A lot going on these days between people that want to impose their will on others and well, the others.  This will be sort of befuddled so bear with me.

This is my review of Boss Dog Millennial Hipster IPA:

Recently, a national chain restaurant received criticism for implementing new uniforms for their wait staff that were considered by some to be a bit….revealing.

SLD:  I admit I might be in the target demographic, so naturally I didn’t find anything particularly wrong with the new uniforms.  Its pretty much how swimsuits are cut these days, even one peice.  So if Hooters wants to require their employees to do that they can.  However, they shouldn’t be terribly surprised if they find there are a few employees that are not too happy with the change.  The present shorts leave little to the imagination after all, and this change certainly will attract exactly the type of workers they are looking to attract:  women that that do not quite hate themselves as much as Elizabeth Nolan Brown.

Does this necessarily mean I would want my daughter working there?  Hell no.  Culturally speaking, its probably 1962 in my house and I’d tell her she can make better money bartending.  In the end, Hooters reversed their decision.

Given the difficulty these days in finding people that are even willing to work*, let alone for entry-level wages, this could be seen as a bit of a white pill.  Namely in that workers now have greater leverage over their employers.

We’re seeing that with workers protesting vaccine mandates.  This leaves employers stuck making difficult decisions, and some of those employers are subject to the ire of White Affluent Females (WAFs).  I guess what I am getting at, is if you are in this situation, you might have a lot more power than you think.

 

Wait, how did I get something from Cleveland you ask?  I had somebody smuggle it.  This is absolute hipster juice, and quite frankly it should be obvious because it says so on the goddamn can.  This is more the unfiltered, hazy type that combines elements of several hops varieties so its a bit grapefruity but not to the point where they can call it a “grapefruit IPA”.  If you’re into it you’ll like it, just try not to ruin leg day by drinking one of these as a recovery drink. Boss Dog Millennial Hipster IPA:  2.4/5

 

*Seriously, only click this link if you want to hate millennials.

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211 Comments

  1. KSuellington

    Personally I am more of a middle finger salute with a closed rest of hand but I can appreciate the classic bent rest of fingers look.

    That beer sounds horrible. I do like the occasional IPA, but I dig more the Anchor Liberty understated style.

  2. Gustave Lytton

    Hooters employees are much like porn stars. They flash and titillate, but really aren’t that attractive. I see more lovely servers at the local pancake house.

    • DEG

      I used to go to the one in Saugus, MA. They had a few attractive women working there.

      Which was surprising. It is Saugus.

      • slumbrew

        I saw an absolutely knock-out at DB’s Golden Banana about *thinks* 31 years ago – the announcement was something like “From Playboy International, here’s X”, followed by a brief moment of silence from the crowd, followed by a huge roar.

        I don’t think I ever went back so I can’t say whether Saugus/Peabody is some nexus of improbably good looking women.

  3. Scruffy Nerfherder

    This leaves employers stuck making difficult decisions

    It wasn’t a difficult decision for me at all.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Sure thing, I’m here to help.

  4. The Late P Brooks

    I have been to Hooters. I definitely do not want to see those shorts on some of the waitresses.

    It gives me some grim satisfaction to see stories about GE employees fighting back against vaccine mandates.

    • Gustave Lytton

      Its working. Twitters splash page is all about how Biden’s mandates are safe and effectivetotes legal.

  5. Scruffy Nerfherder

    Trace Dominguez – Science Communicator

    Yeah, I hate millenials a little more now. Thanks.

  6. The Late P Brooks

    “We’re in much better shape than we thought we would be because so many people have done exactly what we asked forced them to do,” said the mayor.

    Something something get more results with a kind word and a gun than a kind word alone.

  7. Ted S.

    *Seriously, only click this link if you want to hate millennials.

    To be fair, I already hate them.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Yes, but you hate everyone.

  8. limey

    As much as I tuned out of ENB’s work a long time ago, I made the mistake of searching her name.
    It wasn’t one of her pieces that I found, but one of those completely dishonest ‘hit pieces’ that finds an article (in this case by ENB), completely distorts and dishonestly represents what is actually said in that article, and banks on the fact that none of the readers will even bother reading the original article, or would even be capable of any objectivity in trying to understand it. It also accuses the article of being a “hit piece”, with no apparent sense of irony.

    I may have a lot of objections to the Reasontarian gang but when the full-blown psychos go after them I still feel like they are, betimes, worth defending. Just very occasionally. They kind of bring it upon themselves, though, often. Their supposed magnanimity is met only with the contempt of sociopaths.

    • limey

      Long story short I saw she has babby now and I recall her manwife is also some sort of journalism but I forgot and I wondered who put babby in her

  9. DEG

    Wait, how did I get something from Cleveland you ask? I had somebody smuggle it.

    Apropos.

    women that that do not quite hate themselves as much as Elizabeth Nolan Brown.

    Who really knocked ENB up?

    *Seriously, only click this link if you want to hate millennials.

    I tapped out.

    • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

      I made it about 15 seconds. The pre-pubescent voice was too much.

      • DEG

        That’s further than I made it.

      • R.J.

        “…So many people..”
        *R.J. taps out. Equals DEG’s record.

  10. The Bearded Hobbit

    RE: Front page photo

    When I joined the Air Force in 1971 we were issued the tan 1505 uniforms. I liked the blue ones that came a couple of years later better.

    Still had the green fatigues when I got out, though.

  11. Mojeaux

    Brought over from dedthred since it’s on topic.

    A good friend is getting married, but she’s only sending invites to people who are vaxxed. Weirdly, I am not upset, just amused.

    • limey

      Does she know that you’re unvaxxxxxed or did she just put the requirement on the invitation?

      • Mojeaux

        She asked me if My Dude and I were vaxxed and if so, what was my new address?

      • limey

        She sounds nice.

      • hayeksplosives

        No shit. So if this becomes a trend, if an unvaxxed person has a traditional role like Father of the Bride, does someone else walk her down the aisle and dance with her at the reception?

        Is he still expected to pay for the wedding? I

      • DEG

        I think it is becoming a trend.

        A swing dance in the Boston area I used to go to will only allow you in if you can prove you are fully vaccinated. You also must wear a mask at all times for their indoor events.

        Someone who used to be a friend runs D&D nights… but only if you are fully vaccinated.

        Interestingly, the most Covid Crazy of my relatives invited me to her and her husband’s Halloween party. Strangely, they said nothing in the invitation about fully vaccinated only.

      • R.J.

        So… for fully vaccinated events: Does it matter anymore if you have nuclear-level flatulence? I could show up, peruse, start up a conversation with “You know, the great thing about everyone wearing masks is that I can fart all I want! Masks keep out viruses AND flatulence, right? Is it working?

      • hayeksplosives

        Don’t get her a gift, whatever you do.

      • Mojeaux

        If she sends me an announcement, I will. She is a good friend, but I am disappointed and deeply dismayed in how she’s swallowing the COVID bullshit, which is why I’m not upset about the shunning. I just don’t need to be near people who are going to spout the party line like they’re smarter than everybody else.

      • Cy Esquire

        The irony of their arrogance and intentional absolute lack of critical thinking is pretty insulting.

      • Mojeaux

        Yes, insulting. That’s the word I should have used. Also, I do feel superior to all these sycophants.

        Jim Jones is alive and well.

      • Ted S.

        I would have suggested getting the friend some sort of really inappropriate sex toy as a wedding gift.

      • CPRM

        Like a bread maker?

      • Tres Cool

        Do you want me to make a tasteless yeast joke?
        Because this is how you get a tasteless yeast joke.

      • Spudalicious

        It’s like a proofing oven down there!

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        Year’s supply of shitty paper masks.

      • rhywun

        LOL perfect

      • MikeS

        And make sure it’s in the honest boxes that say it won’t stop the spread of COVID

      • Cy Esquire

        An ejaculating big black dildo with a note on it: “now you can get a shot and feel safe when ever you’re scared!”

      • CPRM

        “Can fold any size clothes (XS to XL)” English muthafucka! Do you speak it?!

      • hayeksplosives

        A whole new world of etiquette has been opened…

        Seating priorities:

        1) fully vaxxed AND booster
        2) fully vaxxed
        3() one dose vaxxed
        4) J&J ( no mRNA bits, no respect)
        5) unvaxxed=SHUN

        Send the invitations with a RSVP that includes a copy of your Vaxx card.

        This could get ugly. Destination weddings FTW!!

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      Just remember to laugh hysterically if the reception turns out to be a super-spreader event.

      • Ted S.

        Outbreaks and super-spreader events are only caused by the unvaxed.

        (There apparently are people who believe such shit.)

      • rhywun

        Out of one side of their mouth they’ll tell you it’s worth it to “reduce the chances” and out of the other they’ll still claim that “covid zero” is a thing if we just try harder.

      • rhywun

        Ich fucking liebe Wissenschaft!

        Lousy day of tennis. Not a single competitive match for the men and not much better with the ladies.

      • rhywun

        To be fair, this is NYC already and life goes on. I’m not going to become a test subject just to enter a fucking restaurant or bar.

      • Ted S.

        I was listening to ÖRF this morning, and it sounded stricter than even what NYC is doing.

      • DEG

        I have a friend in Vienna. She grew up under Communism in Bulgaria. She compares Vienna nowadays with Communism in Bulgaria. She’s considering going back to Bulgaria because there no one gives a shit about Covid or whatever restrictions the government tries to impose.

    • grrizzly

      I’m going to a wedding in December. In Wisconsin. No Covid bullshit of any kind.

      • CPRM

        Where in Wisco?

      • grrizzly

        Sheboygan.

      • CPRM

        Ah, sadly a bit too south for me to plan a trip without a couple days off. (working nights I’m only up during the day when I have multiple days off)

      • grrizzly

        My attendance of the wedding is a joke. I’ve never met bride and groom.

      • rhywun

        Do they know you’re coming?

      • grrizzly

        Yes. I was explicitly invited. My partner knows the groom’s parents. I’ve seen them too. His father even many times.

      • rhywun

        OK. That could have been awkward otherwise.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        I hear Polka is really big in Sheboygan.

  12. DEG

    Time to go get a little work done in the yard. It’s a nice Fall day outside.

    • slumbrew

      Same same.

    • juris imprudent

      I’m hoping I completed the last mow of the year. We’ll see, no frost forecast yet, so it could be one more cut.

  13. Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

    I like grapefruity, but more in the amber variety. Like the no defunct Shed Amber Ale. That went so well with a grilled burger. Yuuummmm.

    • Chafed

      No info for the US. I feel cheated.

  14. Scruffy Nerfherder

    Gah. I had driven the neighbor from my head, but now she’s back in there living rent-free. At least I have a plan of sorts on how to proceed now after waking up pissed.

    • Gustave Lytton

      Evict the neighbor again, open the bottle.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        It’s aggravating that this popped up on a Friday afternoon. I know what I want to do but I need to speak to an attorney to get it done (and for advice on the appropriateness of it).

        Basically, I’m going to have my attorney return her various things (back-up car keys, house key copy and a tablet we had set up for her medical communications which she doesn’t know how to use), but on the safe combination issue (I don’t have the original, but I have a photo) she can pound a little sand. If she wants it, I’m going to demand my attorney be present for the opening and a legal waiver of sorts going forward. She obviously doesn’t have the combo right now and she appears to be either too afraid to or too cheap to hire someone to open it, so it’s my only leverage. I don’t like playing while on my heels, if she wants it, she’s got to give my family something in return, which is a guarantee to be left alone. Get picked clean by your friend, but leave us out of it.

        Of course, the attorney may shit all over the idea, but I’m not required to return a digital photo of a combination that was provided to me by her, particularly one that was taken before all of this went to shit. A rational person would have had the safe opened already and the valuables moved because you can’t unshare information like that. And it’s impossible to prove that I don’t have it since I and my wife were the ones who opened it for her.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        Now where’s my bottle?

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        And I appreciate everyone putting up with my tantrum here. The anonymity has offered me some freedom to flesh out the ideas in my head before I talk to the attorney.

    • CPRM

      Compulsive masturbation? Oh, wait that was already your plan for the day, wasn’t it.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        That’s what I would send to her vulture friend, who’s the one driving all of this. The neighbor couldn’t find and contact an attorney if her life depended on it.

      • Chafed

        And now it does.

  15. Ownbestenemy

    Nice day out in Vegas. Gotta go to a ‘memorial service…really it’s an excuse to eat good food and drink good wine. It’s at a Beer and Wine store. Widow is a client of my wife’s and the one who gave use the tiki bar. Husband was ex special forces and apparently a master parachuter and local wine critic.

    • CPRM

      local wine critic.

      one of those street corner guys, eh?

      • Cy Esquire

        IPA… Sour… IPA… Sour…

        *throws up a little*

      • MikeS

        Good grief. There are maybe 3 beers on that board that I would order.

        I get that IPAs and Sours are popular, and they’ll make a lot of people happy with that beer list, but I wonder how many sales they lose due to that beer list.

      • Ownbestenemy

        It’s a bit of a hipster joint….so…not a lot loss in sales.

        I’m sticking to the stouts, browns and I’ll try the Oltoberfest

      • MikeS

        Fair point. Know your clientele. I’m probably not their clientele.

      • CPRM

        Yes, I drink A LOT of beer. But everytime I go to these brewpubs there is nothing I want to drink. I could probably keep one in business all by myself if I liked anything they had on offer, but sadly they cater to people who drink fewer than 2 beers a day.

      • DEG

        Some of those beers look interesting.

  16. Cy Esquire

    As an employer, I’m loathing having to hire in the spring. My 5 year contract rate definitely didn’t account for COVID or this ridiculous job market or inflation of this caliber.

    So, I’ll cut some corners, probably be ok. But fuck me does it suck.

    • CPRM

      Other departments at work, who we oversee, got raises. They are now paid more than us. And management is confused why we are short staffed.

  17. Mojeaux

    So XX signed her job offer with FedEx. Still have to do drug testing, but she got it!

    • CPRM

      Or so you assume.

    • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

      Congrats to XX!

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      That’s great!

      I imagine she’ll be quite busy in the upcoming season.

      • Mojeaux

        She’s starting off at an ungodly amount of money for an 18yo, but it’s a hot job market for that labor, she’s a female in a male-dominated industry, and most importantly, she likes throwing freight. A lot.

      • Cy Esquire

        She could still go railroading if she wanted to right now. Especially if she can pass a drug test.

      • Mojeaux

        I gave up trying to steer her in that direction. I can’t make her responsible for my regrets and what-ifs.

      • Cy Esquire

        It’s definitely not what it used to be and it’s not really going in a good direction. That being said, knowing people who have gone through the FEDEX grinder, at a young age, I’d take railroad in a heart beat.

        Really though, if she’s looking for growth and wealth later down the line, I’d focus on a tech company. Going operations or transportation is a grind. Holidays are shit, schedules are shit and most of it’s just becoming more and more automated. The workers are seen as a necessary evil that’ll be replaced eventually. With tech, not so much.

      • Mojeaux

        That’s something she’s going to have to learn for herself. For the most part, she was happy at Walmart except they “never found time” to teach her how to drive the forklift, so she’s salty about that. She worked in the dairy case, though because she loves the cold while she was working. Can’t imagine what she’s going to do when it gets hot and nasty

      • Gustave Lytton

        The workers are seen as a necessary evil that’ll be replaced eventually. With tech, not so much.

        I wish. Workers are seen as just extraneous. Now where’s our ML and AI and automation to bypass those pukes and turn our broken processes up to 11?

      • The coolest vaccine-free BEAM in the world™

        She’s starting off at an ungodly amount of money for an 18yo . . .

        Meh. More power to her.

      • Mojeaux

        Yep. I’m thrilled for her.

      • CPRM

        Might even have to forgo bathroom breaks! Strike!

    • l0b0t

      Yay!

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Awesome!

    • MikeS

      BooYah!

    • Gender Traitor

      w00t! ?

    • DEG

      Excellent.

      • Mojeaux

        LOL ❤️

  18. rhywun

    LOL I just saw a commercial for what’s-his-name Murphy in NJ. They’re still campaigning against Trump. And apparently his Republican opponent was lying when he said “children are not vulnerable to this virus”. MASK UP, NEW JERSEY! AND REMAIN TERRIFIED.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      I’ve been getting political ads from Maine on YouTube for some reason.

      • CPRM

        Well, they said we could never forget The Maine.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        *feels sudden urge to invade Havana*

    • CPRM

      Well, It’s been 80 years of Hitler, we do need a new bugaboo.

    • DEG

      I saw a Murphy commercial on the TV in the breakfast area of the hotel I stayed in on the way back from Florida.

      “What would New Jerseyians do if they were governor?” “Make the rich pay their fair share”, “remove abortion restrictions”, “give more money to schools”, blah blah blah blah blah.

      Then Murphy comes on and says, “But I’ve done all those things!”

      • Gustave Lytton

        NJ legislature ads are airing here. One of the streaming services fucked up.

  19. Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

    CPRM – was it you who mention the Onion Autistic Reporter?

    Because the one where he visits prison? 100% DED. “Can you stack your family?” Fuckin-a.

    • CPRM

      Yes, an amazing set of sketches. ‘How can I get to prison?! I need to go to prison now!’

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        I’m surprised they’re still available in the current environment.

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      My son, who is Aspergers, absolutely loves that guy and can do a dead-on impression of him.

      The trains bit is particularly hilarious.

      • CPRM

        Like all great comedy, it’s funny because of the truth. When I was a kid Aspergers wasn’t a thing, but when I was about 15 my mom was working as an aid in elementary school at got paired with an Aspie. We then realized of this kind of diagnosis, yeah that explains a lot. But, I’ve noticed those kids who got the extra treatment for the condition, like this kid an later my niece, weren’t really helped by the diagnosis and ‘help’, but hindered. So I’m kind of thankful it wasn’t a thing during my time.

      • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

        The autistic reporter is me, exaggerated 100x…I love it so much!

        So I’m kind of thankful it wasn’t a thing during my time.

        I’m glad I was just allowed to be the “weird kid” and not shoved into some kind of box.

      • CPRM

        I live on a peninsula, if you buy out the other 2 properties we could start a aspie Glibs compound!

      • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

        If your state gets rid of the income tax, I’m in!

      • Ownbestenemy

        Arkansas is looking favorable…

      • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

        Too hot…even though I plan to live in SD temporarily, I have a feeling I’ll wind up in WY.

      • CPRM

        Now we’re in the classic aspie stand-off. I’d run for governor if I had people who supported me, but people who support me won’t move here unless I become governor. Same thing happened with a cartoon I wanted to make in college. My animator (this was before I bit the bullet and just did it myself) didn’t want to start production unless the cartoon was already green-lit by the college TV station, the college TV station didn’t want to green-light it until I had already produced it.

  20. UnCivilServant

    I filled in the likely mouse access point with steel wool and spray foam. Judging by how far in I was able to push the steel wool with the probe, I am more confident that it was their point of entry.

    Don’t know how many others there may be, but the more routes get cut, the better.

    • CPRM

      I’ve had them chew through steel wool before. They are a bitch to deal with. With my house having a dirt basement and a boiler system, they always find a way in with the piping. I can smell a dead one in my living room right now, but I can’t find it. Such lovely smell *vomits*

      • UnCivilServant

        The upside of a dense neighborhood and concrete basement is that deterrance will drive them to someone else’s house. I just have to make my place as uninviting as possible. Right now all it offers is shelter and death, not food or water.

      • The coolest vaccine-free BEAM in the world™

        Steel wool, dipped in Bitrex.

    • Cy Esquire

      In the field we always used an oakum rope soaked in cyanide and then filled over the top of that with an inch of quickrete. It worked like a charm.

      • UnCivilServant

        I’m not sure I could get the cyanide without a visit from various government agencies. Darn irrational city folk.

        And the hole is in wood structure, though I suppose filling it with concrete is still feasible.

      • Cy Esquire

        I just went down an internet rabbit hole trying to find the stuff. Apparently the Railroad must have it on special order, maybe through Grainger. You could always just buy the oakum and add a bunch of long lasting rat poison to it too.

      • UnCivilServant

        I’ll keep that in mind.

        I’m into the “monitor the current effort” stage.

  21. Cy Esquire

    Pretty sure hooters and all of the ’employees’ complaining about the new uniform got exactly what they all wanted. Win win!

    • CPRM

      Hit on by 50 year old fat guys?

      • Cy Esquire

        It bothers me how many targeted ‘ads’ and media I get with attractive women claiming to like ‘dad bods.’ People really are that stupid aren’t they?

      • CPRM

        Stupid or ‘smaht’? – JFK

      • Ownbestenemy

        When did beer belly turn into dad bod? Fuck I hate society

      • UnCivilServant

        I was of the understanding that a beer belly was the fatter of the two.

      • R.J.

        I resemble that comment! Outraged I am!

  22. The Late P Brooks

    Year’s supply of shitty paper masks.

    With “I miss TRUMP!” on them.

    • Cy Esquire

      Maybe just a nice knit sweater with “Let’s go Brandon!” on it?

    • rhywun

      Unboxing orgasm LOL

      I unboxed a TV the other day.

      • CPRM

        I unboxed a TV the other day.

        I’m not familiar with gay euphemisms.

    • Sean

      He should stick to sandwiches.

      The steak cooking video was rubbish.

  23. Sensei

    He seems like fun guy at parties.

    The amount of vitriol launched at Komuro is shocking to anyone outside of Japan. “The hate Komuro campaign stems from the sexism of a patriarchal order,” professor Jeff Kingston at Temple University, author of the seminal modern history text Contemporary Japan, told The Daily Beast. “They can’t tolerate women making their own choices and standing up to male authority. The shameless attack on his looks is not journalism. It’s institutionalized bullying with a green light from powers that be.”

    TW https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-japans-meltdown-over-princess-makos-cursed-wedding

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      The persistence of the emperor as a god concept is rather unusual for the postmodern age.

      • Sensei

        We (mostly) put an end to that.

        Japan’s Shinto and Buddhist tradition is quite interesting. Plus most Japanese are non religious, but view the rituals and form observances as quite important.

        One of many things that makes us here scratch our heads.

  24. Chafed

    I don’t know how you stomach all the IPAs you review MS. But thanks for taking another one for the team.

  25. CPRM

    I need to go to bed, work tonight. But I just popped the cork (literally) on some of the ghost pepper hotsauce I made from the peppers Sean sent, and it is AMAZEBALLS. Looking forward to what I make from the new batch of super hots he sent. I Sleep Now.

    • Sean

      ?

    • R.J.

      Seems like it is more of a “what if” article than an actual shortage based on monopolization. We did have record demand for bullets. And at the same time, factories in some states shut down. True that if you have one giant factory, this could be an issue, but for the most part I think the giant demand drove this. Curious what others think.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        Cartelization is nothing new. It seems more likely explained by increased demand, regulatory burdens, and supply chain issues. Plus even gun friendly areas will play the NIMBY game when dealing with raw lead.

        But that demand has kept up, so if there is a dollar to be made, somebody will find a way to increase supply.

    • Sean

      Palmetto state is setting up shop in the US to make steel cased commie calibers.

      God bless them.

  26. db

    I read the LA Times article on the Baldwin shooting. The language they are using to describe the incident is an amazing exercise in crafting language to avoid implying fault on Baldwin’spart. It’s like the gun jumped up and loaded itself after “Cold Gun” was called, climbed into Baldwin’s holster, and waited for him to draw it to do its evil deed. Some examples (note the difference in wording about how a stunt double “accidentally fired two rounds,” but the cinematographer was “killed by the prop gun fired by Baldwin.”

    Baldwin’s stunt double accidentally fired two rounds Saturday after being told that the gun was “cold” — lingo for a weapon that doesn’t have any ammunition, including blanks — two crew members who witnessed the episode told the Los Angeles Times.

    Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was huddled around a monitor lining up her next camera shot when she was accidentally killed by the prop gun fired by Baldwin.

    Baldwin removed the gun from its holster once without incident, but the second time he did so, ammunition flew toward the trio around the monitor. The projectile whizzed by the camera operator but penetrated Hutchins near her shoulder, then continued through to Souza.

    Baldwin wrote:

    “There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours,”

    That seems like the kind of thing you write about an accident that you had no part in, not one in which you are the prime mover.

    • juris imprudent

      Baldwin removed the gun from its holster once without incident, but the second time he did so,

      he cocked the hammer and squeezed the trigger and

      ammunition flew toward the trio around the monitor.

      The LA Times can pay me for an hour’s worth of editing.

    • DEG

      Depends.

      How is the factional in-fighting going?

    • rhywun

      W T F

    • Toxteth O'Grady

      Sociopaths, ’twas ever thus.

      Bricktop would know what to do.

  27. Sean

    https://conservativebrief.com/husband-of-woman-53243/

    “The cinematographer who was shot and killed by actor Alec Baldwin with a prop gun on Thursday was married to a corporate lawyer employed by a law firm involved in defending an attorney who worked with the 2016 campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.”

    *hands out rolls of tin foil*

    • rhywun

      Six degrees of Hillary

  28. LCDR_Fish

    I’m probably just being over-paranoid again but…..I was doing some prep in my crawlspace (putting down a 4 month pest thingy and adding some weatherstripping to the entrance) and I noticed what appears to be a wet spot in the wood overhead. Didn’t feel wet at the time but looks darker than surrounding wood and evidence of possible drippage on the floor. – I *don’t think* it’s “legacy” because I probably would have noticed earlier in the year….but maybe not.

    That section is directly underneath my washing machine. Now, when I got back inside, I checked my washer – it sits on the floor, inside a flat little plastic tub/bin (a couple inches high) and I’ve never yet seen water around it or had a wet floor. HOWEVER…the “drain” hose goes down a space in the wall between the garage inner wall and my house inner wall – and I have no way to get visibility on that hose or the connections – absent maybe a flexible scope and light (is that a cheap option that would be advised?). If I do find a disconnection in there though….I have no idea how I would access it to adjust/repair without ripping out the wall – although presumably someone was able to do it when they hooked up the washer drain the first time….

    Suggestions?

    • db

      You can get cheap USB borescope cameras on Amazon that would help you inspect that drain pipe.

    • Sean

      Ignore it!

      ?

    • Gustave Lytton

      Is it paint over drywall? Open up the wall cavity or bore a hole and stick an endoscope in there. I see them for not that much on Amazon that attach to your smartphone.

      • Gustave Lytton

        The washing machine hose “should” be resting in the drain pipe and not a watertight connection. Should also be a p trap between the pipe and drain line.

      • LCDR_Fish

        How does the water drain outside then? I was looking for “scope lights” on lowes.com without luck. Forgot some of the terminology.

        I’ll definitely try that.

        There is a “plastic fitting” in the wall with the hot/cold water connections and a small hole next to those with the drain hose feeding down to….the drain?

      • The Hyperbole

        Your washing machine drains to the outside? Where do you live, West Virginia?

      • juris imprudent

        Ours did in California, when I was a wee boy.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Betcha there’s some lint in the trap, it happens over time, snake it out and then run a load,

    • db

      The way they’re doing laundry drains these days is to install a unit like this, that has spots for drain piping as well as the hot and cold water supply lines. You might consider installing one of these in the wall if you have to replace the drain anyway.

      https://www.homedepot.com/p/Oatey-Center-Drain-Washing-Machine-Outlet-Box-with-1-4-Turn-Brass-Screw-On-Ball-Valves-38970/202329485

      http://www.spikerexcavating.com/NewburyPoint/1_23_11_Fixed/washer_box.JPG
      https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/publications/books/housing/graphics/chapter_09/figure9.18a_roughed-in_clothes_washer.jpg

    • db

      I tried posting this but it has too many links, in moderation:

      The way they’re doing laundry drains these days is to install a unit like this, that has spots for drain piping as well as the hot and cold water supply lines. You might consider installing one of these in the wall if you have to replace the drain anyway.

      https://www.homedepot.com/p/Oatey-Center-Drain-Washing-Machine-Outlet-Box-with-1-4-Turn-Brass-Screw-On-Ball-Valves-38970/202329485

      http://www.spikerexcavating.com/NewburyPoint/1_23_11_Fixed/washer_box.JPG

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Remodel maybe, but repair? nah…

      • LCDR_Fish

        Ok…maybe I’m missing something – or we’re talking past each other. I already have something like the upper link. But there is a flexible hose for the drain water going down a hole next to those 2 colored connectors – my question is maybe there’s a leak in that plastic hose somewhere before it connects to something else….

        I’ll order a scope to take a look.

      • db

        That box should be connected to a hard piped drain–if there’s a leak it’s either in the drain piping or as someone else suggested, the drain is partially blocked and it’s filling up and overflowing, possibly inside the wall. If the drain pipe isn’t fitted into that box anymore, you might not notice any leakage at all, and it may be a very small amount, so that it runs down the outside of the pipe and then under the flooring.

        I bet if you scope the drain pipe, you’ll find a blockage, or, somewhat less likely, the drain pipe is cracked or not glued properly, or it may be that if the house has old plumbing, that someone just jammed a new drain pipe into the old fitting and it slowly has been leaking for years and you just noticed it.

      • The Hyperbole

        If the plastic hose is leaking it would only be a problem before it goes into the drain, that should be drain pipe from there on.

        like so

      • Gustave Lytton

        That hole is the drain pipe. Your machine machine hose should just be resting inside of it, without a mechanical connection. Like so

        https://cdn-cjfng.nitrocdn.com/DEnkdlmsaJlUXtOOJMZwGKblUPDWTiMO/assets/static/optimized/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/d5f173462a770ac6de29186d3806fbc0.Washing-machine-diagram-1.png

        It may not be leaking from the drain pipe either. Depending on the age and water quality, the moisture could be coming from your supply lines, either a leak somewhere or perhaps condescending. Or the moisture is from something else, particularly if it’s on an exterior wall.

      • LCDR_Fish

        House is only about 8 or 9 years old. I’m second owner.

        I ordered a scope. I’ll look this week and report back.

        Thanks for the tips.

      • Loveconstitution1789

        I would run a quick washing machine cycle and after some water is in the washin* tub, start a spin cycle. Hold the drain hose, that is resting in the drain, above the drain to make sure water drains normally during spin cycle.

        If yes, make sure drain hose is well seated in drain between red and blue valves.

        Next check for water back up in that drain between red and blue valves. Check for water stains etc. You can dump some water down that drain to make sure it doesnt backup.

        Check that overflow protector the washer is sitting in for damage. Some washers vibrate roughly during spin cycles and the washer legs will damage what they rest on.

        Next dump some draino in that washer drain between red and blue valves to remove any gray water (lint/hair) blockages in that drain. If you get massive foaming action or smell, the draino is breaking some organic blockage.

        Next camera that drain pipe or cut the wall to inspect drain pipe.

        A water leak can get very expensive very quickly.

        Hope this helps.

      • Loveconstitution1789

        Also check that when washer is operating, water is not sloshing out of washer tub onto washer overflow and going over onto floor. Some washers cant handle full loads of laundry and the water level is too much for the washer tub, which then leaks onto the floor through the washing machine.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        “or perhaps condescending.”
        Damned uppity Condensation!

  29. The Late P Brooks

    Will Fauci be sacrificed to try to boost Gropey’s approval rating?

    They’re sharpening their knives. I linked an article yesterday from some “political consultant”about how Biden can get away with throwing the “polarizing” Foochy under the bus.

  30. The Late P Brooks

    You can get cheap USB borescope cameras on Amazon that would help you inspect that drain pipe.

    Harbor Freight, too, I think.

    • R.J.

      Looks like a fun toy. My suggestion also, if you can disconnect the line, is to try and pour some bleach down. You may have debris causing a plug which then led to a leak. If the fluids don’t go down quickly you have a situation. The bleach might clean it out.

  31. The Late P Brooks

    Do a few loads of laundry .and go back to the crawlspace and see if that spot is wet/dripping.

  32. creech

    So, Penn State shits the bed and proves their ranking – like Iowa’s – was a fraud. Next week, off to Columbus where tOSU can once again destroy Coach Franklin’s game “plan.”

    • Ted S.

      Why are ties a bad thing?

      • juris imprudent

        Fucks up the sports books.

  33. Gustave Lytton

    As much as it pains me to admit, Strawberry Shortcut Is better than Baghdad Bob at her job.

    • Chafed

      That’s only because you don’t see a family of illegals running behind her.

  34. db

    Yusef, not sure if you’re a fan of Dream Theater, but you may like the first song off their new album. It’s called “The Alien”

    Look beyond the Earth, heading set for the stars
    Interplanetary, some are near, some are far
    Terraform a new world, survival for mankind
    Options but a few, we are running out of time

    Our Holy Grail
    Clearly defined
    Our purpose, a thread
    Weaving through time
    Now with the means to expand
    Life beyond here
    Digital man

    Alien, changed forever
    New found world, here we are

    I am the alien
    Out here in the stars
    We’ll search till we find
    No matter how far
    A far better world
    For all human race
    And beyond

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      I like DT plenty, but them’s some derivitave lyrics right there, I know, I have written hundreds of songs, and some are pretty bad.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Hell Yes! this is Badass! typical DT!

      • db

        cool, glad you like

  35. JaimeRoberto (shama/lama/ding dong)

    While cycling the last couple days I’ve noticed a correlation between bad driving and wearing a mask in the car.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      You mean idiots? Right?

    • Chafed

      I read about it yesterday or maybe two days ago. The superintendent flat out lied. His supporters now get to choose between his job and the narrative.

    • Ownbestenemy

      When and where Ozy

  36. juris imprudent

    The meme has legs like Secretariat.

    King James Only Pastor Leads Congregation In Chant Of ‘Knoweth Joe Biden!’

  37. TARDis

    Hooters: I’ve been to one twice in 20 years. I would have gone to check this (them) out… once. Their food sucks. Thanks for canceling this and not wasting my time.
    Breastaurants (Asstaurants) are stupid.

  38. Ozymandias

    I’m at the Excalibur until Wednesday for a conference. I caught the Knights v. Oilers game last night across the street. McDavid is really that good in person, too.
    I don’t know Vegas that well, but let’s talk offline. Shoot me a forum message and I’ll get back with you later today.

    • Ozymandias

      thread fail

    • Ownbestenemy

      Gotcha

    • Mojeaux

      @Ozy, you haz mail from me.

      I know you’re at a conference. Just wanted to make sure you got it.