Good morning my Glibs and Gliberinas! And what an amazing day it always is!
Russia ready for peace talks while warning new world war would include nuclear bombs
China won’t back global sanctions against Russia, says Beijing’s top banker
Forget Russia, we need military intervention in Canada.
DeSantis tells students to take off their masks: ‘It’s not doing anything’
BLM’s cash hoard may be significantly larger than previously disclosed, new records suggest
Judge Rules NY Attorney General Cannot Dissolve the NRA
All states need to pass something similar to this.
Wisconsin lawmakers, lawyer promise more investigations after election integrity report
That’s all I got for today. I’ll leave you with a song and move along with my day.
“Russia ready for peace talks ”
Good.
Meh. Their opening demands are “Ukraine must unconditionally surrender, give us their banks accounts and all women between the ages of 14 and 30.”
How likely is this just another stall tactic?
100%
Just like the Taliban peace talks.
They seem to have consistently asked for the same things – particularly no NATO in the Ukraine. I don’t see any reason to think that has changed.
If you keep asking for me to let you fuck me in the ass and I am not into that, no matter how many rounds of peace talks we do, my answer isn’t gonna change from “Fuck off”…
And your other neighbors are going to look for someone to protect them from getting fucked in the ass.
It’s always ass sex with you people…
That prostate ain’t gonna massage itself.
*hits bowl*
No es así!
Sometimes there’s drugs and Mexicans too.
We didn’t react well when Cuba tried to become a full-blown member of the Warsaw Pact.
Russian STOOGE!
Citation fell off.
Winston’s Mom told me you *like* getting fucked in the ass.
“Marcellus Wallace doesn’t like to be fucked by anybody except Mrs. Wallace.”
^^^THIS^^^
Don’t make me Ezekiel your ass…
I always assumed that that line referred to Marcellus Wallace’s love of pegging.
I read it as foreshadowing for the Zed scene.
Yeah, probably that.
So give them no Ukraine in NATO. The U.S. kept interfering in Ukraine pushing for anti-Russian government.
The Taliban pace talks? If Afghanistan would be run by the Taliban if it weren’t for the U.S., then let the Taliban run Afghanistan.
Other countries run by governments we don’t like shouldn’t be our problem.
This. We’re far too enamored of our fictional capabilities to make their countries better, particularly through military action.
Everyone wants to be like us. Let’s force them!
I think that’s on the table, the thing they won’t agree to is recognizing influence and annexation of their territory, and Russia as yet has no reason to drop those demands..
I thought WW3 involving nuclear weapons was a given. It seems woefully naive to assume nuclear powers would stick to conventional warfare in a state of total war. I am a little aghast at how bloodthirsty mainstream commentary is going for this conflict.
BUT NAZI’S AND RACISTS!!!
I saw a poll where roughly half of the country was pro-US military intervention last night. I think it was Rasmussen. And it wasn’t split along party lines either.
I’m now beginning the process of getting my family out of town. First step is convincing the wife.
“Let’s start a direct conflict with a nuclear power” and 50% say good idea? ?? This is why majoritarian democracy is a disaster every time it’s tried.
The media is banging the war drums. People are propagandized morons.
Some people just see Russia for what it is, an aggressive nation. Putin is a liar and thug. Who knows what else he will do, so America should be prepared for anything and help others kick Russian ass.
Its the same ol bullshit from pacifists and America haters who want to always allow bullies to run the World. Sooner or later you will have to stand up to a bully. Putin is a bully who got his nose smashed in by Ukrainians.
If Russia attacks USA for helping Ukraine defend itself, fuck Russia. Turn it to glass. Same with China. These tyrants wont ever leave America or the World in peace. Better to fight them now than when they are stronger than America.
Obama’s appeasement over Russia taking Crimea emboldened Putin and his yes men.
Sanctions and financial punishments for Russia being this aggressive work.
The Ruble is now worth <$.01
“China won’t back global sanctions against Russia, says Beijing’s top banker”
As one would expect.
Putin kept his end of the deal and waited until after the ChiComm olympics finished to invade, so Xi’s got to pay him back for that.
Governess: “I hereby dissolve the NRA.”
Fuck these totalitarian leftists are pedantic about disarming the people so they have further reach when they want to stomp people’s faces with their boots.
The worst part is NYers are terrible shots. Hopefully that applies to the bejackbooted as well, but homebrew insurgents are going to be suboptimally effective.
It’s the systematic suppression of childhood marksmanship over generations.
Maybe, but the legend is that the NRA was founded because the captain of a company NY volunteers was horrified at the lack of marksmanship.
Note that the problem was most identified with the volunteers from NYC. The more things change..
The days when officers were concerned about marksmanship as a basic soldier skill and not merely a required task to be completed.
It would be achingly hilarious if this whole witch hunt resulted in LaPierre and his cronies getting tossed.
I haven’t supported NRA for a long time, but joined GOA…
Mainly because NRA DGAF about Title II guns and their collectors.
If the NRA really cared about American gun rights, their primary position would be that ALL GUN CONTROL LAWS are unconstitutional and therefore void laws and unenforceable.
The NRA does some good, so writing off the NRA for lack of being perfect is probably a mistake.
I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. Sadly, WLP has got his claws so tightly into the NRA that he’d rather let it burn down around him than let go.
As long as we’re doing fantasies, I’ve got one where younger WLP doubles down on jack booted thugs instead of apologizing and kowtowing.
“Forget Russia, we need military intervention in Canada.”
South Park did it!
South ParkJohn Candy did it!Leg shackles and no bail for the “crime” of protesting.
Sorry, Canada.
It is too dangerous to release her. She may protest again.
YOU MAY NOT USE THE WOKE AS WE USE THE WOKE!
This whole Ukraine thing is getting stupid. Paralympians now banned. The Canadian Junior Hockey League is now banning 16 & 17 year olds from being drafted. How the hell are these kids responsible? What the hell could a teenager even do to oppose it. So stupid.
Cancel culture is a form of social signaling. Doesn’t matter how stupid of a gesture it is, it shows that these organizations care.
The asisinine bit about this is that Russia was already desperate to keep it’s pro level talent home. They should be smuggling these kids out like the Wings did with eastern bloc athletes in the 80s.
Gotta virtue signal to feel like you are doing something..
^lookee the Putin supporter here!
Insert Austin Powers scene where he thinks the USSR won the cold war.
Poutine supporter. So many confuse the two.
I could go for some poutine. Wonder if there’s any in Florida. Supposedly lots of Canadians here, somewhere. Dunedin?
If they’re Dunedin why would they want more food?
They were probably juicing anyways, cause Russians gonna Russian.
“Lich faces a charge of mischief, meaning she faces up to 10 years in prison.”
So a charge of “naughty” is 3 – 5??
This is the problem with the law. People end in jail over unpaid parking tickets, but are free to beat up asian women.
This is the part that I can’t get over, they literally have a raced based system of justice:
In her affidavit, Lich said that her Indigenous identity was not fully accounted for in her bail hearing, saying that she is a “card-carrying member of the Metis Nation of Alberta.”
Lich’s lawyers are arguing that bail hearings should consider the Gladue principles.
According to Legal Aid, the Gladue principles are “a way for the judge to consider the unique circumstances (experiences) of Indigenous peoples.”
“These unique circumstances include the challenges of colonization you, your family, and community faced and resisted as Indigenous people, and continue to affect you today. These challenges include racism, loss of language, removal from land, Indian residential schools, and foster care. These challenges are called Gladue factors.”
“… Gladue principles try to address these failures and make sure judges don’t repeat the same mistakes that add to discrimination.
“This is the part that I can’t get over, they literally have a raced based system of justice:”
It is even more fucked up than this, IMO. The system is used to punish enemy of the state (meaning the people in power and their agenda that believe in in fascist/marxist power) and turns a blind eye to the things the state doesn’t want to enforce. Today the people getting away with crimes are mostly team blue, because team blue is running the deep state. team blue serfs cheer this on thinking it is helping their cause. They will end up totally surprised when the end goal of the power grab is reached and the machine gets turned on them for causing the people in power any sort of grief.
“The system is used to punish enemy of the state (meaning the people in power and their agenda that believe in in fascist/marxist power) and turns a blind eye to the things the state doesn’t want to enforce.”
They call that “anarcho-tyranny”.
“This is the part that I can’t get over, they literally have a raced based system of justice”
That’s wrong too. It’s the “soft bigotry of low expectations”.
I posit that every heterogeneous society will eventually develop into something like the millets of the Ottoman Empire. And as with the Ottoman system, it starts out informally first, then becomes formalized over time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8M8R835Ck4
Will the Metis be any good without her this year, or will they be locked out?
You’d think she should be able to pay her own bail, what with treasure type A and all.
It’s all tied up in the phylactery.
Where did she hide it?
NERDS!!!
“Wisconsin lawmakers, lawyer promise more investigations after election integrity report”
And none of the people that fortified an election other than maybe a few token idiots will actually be held to account. This is a repeat of the abuses of power of the Obama admin years and the deep state’s attempts to torpedo the Trump presidency because the unwashed masses fucked up and cost them the election they had rigged for Hillary Clinton. We need transparency and serious consequences that get enforced for fucking with elections if they want people to have confidence in elections, but we will not get that because the people that want to cheat need that. Instead what we get is censorship of the people that complain about the elections they want you to accept regardless of how blatant and obvious the cheating was (see 2020 election).
Zuck’s millions aren’t exactly “deep state”, but they were a pernicious influence. If it had been Koch doing it for Trump, we’d have all gone stone deaf from the banshee-screaming of the left.
They went to the deep state machine. and if you doubt Zuck spend time coordinating with the deep state on what to do with those bucks, you must have also missed the deep state and the media coordinating to tell their lies – something that is still going on.
Well, I tend to assume deep state refers to mostly the federal bureaucracy and the supporting apparatchiks in the beltway. The election pilfering was done in a widely distributed scheme at county/municipal level (and in contravention (or elaborate bending) of state, not federal law). Establishment Republicans (the kind most likely to be in some podunk local office) were almost as committed to ridding the country of Trump as the Dems were.
Locally, the news on the Wisconsin stuff is always prefaced with “The GOP committee that is investigating the totally disproven claims of voter fraud …. ”
Similar to the old time stories “Galileo – the scientist who is still investigating the completely debunked claims that the Earth circles the sun – released new data today, but it was totes bogus and can be ignored”.
Morning, Banjos.
Mornin’
Generally, one would expect more oil being produced as the price increases but that was before politicians over ruled the laws of economics.
“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” – Thomas Sowell.
I’m certain that more oil is being produced – in Russia, the Middle East, and probably Venezuela – you know, all the places we want to send our money.
Russia said it was ready Wednesday for the second round of peace talks with Ukraine — while giving a chilling warning that a third world war would certainly involve nuclear weapons.
Lines were crossed. Missiles were launched. People were vaporized.
Obviously a failure of training. We need to go back and review processes and procedures.
“Well, yes Dimitri, I am very upset too….”
[a little too enthusiastic golf claps]
+1 Mussed hair
An article about the Wisconsin Special Counsel’s report on the 2020 election.
The report itself.
The fact is tat we are still stuck with the results of the stolen election, and the people that did it will get away with it. That’s by design. The people that need to cheat to prevent others from fucking with the deep state agenda do not want a transparent and auditable election, because they don’t trust the masses to vote the way they want them to.
Forget Russia, we need military intervention in Canada.
That would at least adhere to the Monroe Doctrine.
Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich appeared in court on Wednesday seeking a bail review. Lich, who was denied bail last week, appeared in court wearing shackles around her feet, which made it difficult for her to move.
The Judge asked that those shackles be removed, according to David Akin. Lich was denied bail because, in part, judge Julie Bourgeois believed that there was a risk that she would continue criminal actions.
Accused murderers get better treatment. Thou shall not dissent from the regime.
Thought crimes are the most dangerous crimes.
Appropriate for a Banjos lynx:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1496981483990437889
Now I want a pet squirrel.
Oil jumps to highest since 2011
Curious.
More than 33% of Children Who Started School During Coronavirus Need ‘Intensive’ Reading Intervention
Predictable consequence is predictable.
Today, the court affirmed my office’s right to pursue its long-standing claims that fraud, abuse, and greed permeate through the NRA and its senior leadership. While we’re heartened that the judge rejected the NRA’s attempts to thwart most of the claims in our case against the NRA, we are disappointed that the judge ruled against the dissolution portion of the case. We are considering our legal options with respect to this ruling. We remain committed to enforcing New York law regardless of how powerful any individual or organization may be.
That this was in question is a real testament to our legal system.
She’s reviewing her illegal options.
It’s amazing she has time for this while simultaneously taking down Donald and Wall Street.
“It’s only illegal if you’re convicted.”
This would never have happened under Trump.
What a Donbas.
Sean Hannity proposes NATO fighter jets bomb Russian convoy “and then nobody takes credit for it, so then Putin won’t know who to hit”
What is Radar Tracking, Mr. Hannity? Either they’ll see where the planes flew from, and know who did it, or they’d know they were stealth planes, and know who did it.
Master strategist. I’m surprised West Point never gave him tenure.
JFC
“Chappy” Sinclair needs to train some teenager for a solo mission.
Ahh, the good old days, when gangs of unruly teenagers could save the world from something other than global warming or Voldemort…
It sounds like he’s volunteering, eh?
Hannity is an ignorant blowhard who still has trouble putting a complete sentence together after how many decades of practice? I feel bad for Tucker having to play nice with him during the handoff every night.
Ha. I actually ran through the scenario in my head a few times of ways the US could get in there and take out that tank column without causing WW3.
I did not speak about it on my talk show though.
The Brits could do it – have a 00 agent sneak in under the cover of darkness, line the road with explosives with the assistance of an impossibly gorgeous member of the Ukraine resistance, blow up the tanks, and be back at the tables in Monte Carlo before dinner. The only evidence left over being a standard military issue pair of ladies panties found in the bushes by the roadside.
Except new 007 will be a trans ogre and sexual relations on the mission will be reported to EEOC as sexual harassment.
Probably going to light the LC signal, but oh well.
If you want some real insanity, take a look at Bari Weiss’s latest column. It’s a roundtable between Neil Ferguson, Francis Fukuyama, and Walter Mead.
This is the moderate position in the discussion:
Speak loudly and carry a twig.
ji: Its okay dipshit. If you Russian apologists wants to keep proving my point, be my guess.
Isn’t a stationary column just about the best artillery target one could wish for
Highway of Death 2: Russian Hour Congestion
Military Times: Ukraine invasion live updates: March 3
Evidently the Ukrainian air force is attacking convoy where it can.
-Evidently, Russia has committed 90% of pre-staged combat power.
-Also more than 16,000 foreign volunteers to fight for Ukraine.
I guess the Russian generals phoned this one in by planning on a napkin.
Ukrainian Defense Ministry claims to have discovered documents maps and plans for the #Russian invasion of #Ukraine, approved back in January (January 18)
The Ukranians splatted a General.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-sukhovetsky-conflict-1684441
A Russia story I believe – they are in big trouble now.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/these-large-invasive-spiders-could-spread-throughout-us
I think I saw one of those (in the US). I’ll have to look through my pictures. Pretty.
Are they radioactive?
Not yet. Give it a few weeks.
I will leave them alone as long as they stay outside and don’t put up webs blocking access. Black widow spiders are my only general hit list in the area.
I see you are a man most probably familiar with the ol’ hold a stick up in front of your face technique to catch the webs afore ye walk into them.
Walking into unseen webs isn’t a problem here. Garden spiders spin the most nuisance webs. The webs are easy to spot with a thick zigzag down the center with the spider sitting in the middle.
Yup, they are very polite spiders that way.
I support nuclear escalation to end those spiders.
What if it just makes them Godzilla-ized super spiders?
Yeah, people were talking about them this past Fall. I hate the presence of invasive species, but from a “heart attack in the woods” standpoint they seem like small potatoes compared to our native (GA) “banana spiders”. The real name is golden orb weaver I think.
Someone’s having a blast.
Video from yesterday’s shelling of the Petrovsky district in #Donetsk. The woman was lucky and wasn’t injured.
My kid is nine. He had television school for a whole year. He might have been towards the lower end of the spectrum, learning wise when it started. This year, with full mask mandates and at least partially returned to in person school, he just refuses to do the work at school. It’s not easy getting him to do it at home either, but at least we actually make him do it. At school, they were just punishing him. Like benching him at every recess for half of the fucking year. Then one day they had a therapist talk to him.
She asked him what was wrong and he said he hates school. She pressed further and he said he hates his life, he’s stupid and the world would be better off without him. Then she asked if thought about killing himself. He said he did, so she asked him how he would do it, if he did. He said he would use one of his dad’s guns. Remember, this is after the whole year off and most of this year being a power struggle that he can’t win and his visible shaming every day for months.
Well, the therapist is a mandatory reporter, so she called the cops. They called over here and asked if the kid has access to my guns. Eventually got rid the cops, but then DCFS calls. They opened an investigation because the school told them we allowed him access to the guns. I had been keeping them in locked pelican cases in a special cabinet, but they made me buy a specific gun safe and send them pics. The social worker came and interviewed all three of us and there was multiple interactions with them, including them demanding that we get him more fucking therapy.
Eventually we got them to close the case. The school and the therapist were just too stupid to understand that my kid was trying to con his out of doing the work. They gave him a whole year off and now are surprised that he’s reluctant to dive back in, especially considering it’s not something he was good at or excited by in the first place.
Oh, and by the way this is the same agency (DCFS) that has ignored repeated reports of serious violent abuse to children who later ended up dead at the hands of their abusers. There was a serious and almost successful attempt to have a group of social workers charged criminally in one of the multiple high profile deaths under their watch.
So, now we take a more careful approach to the homework and my kid is improving. He did learn that the government does scary shit when you mess around with them. He (on his own, mind you) took to calling DCFS the family splitting police. I don’t know if that came from conversations at school or maybe from fortnite or some thing, but we were careful not to worsen the situation by feeding him stuff like that, at least until after it was over.
That’s heavy (?). Raising kids is a lot more complicated and troubled than any kind of safeguarding apparatus can really ever accommodate (I say that from the kid’s perspective, not being a dad). Not that schools don’t play an important role (or should) in identifying kids in trouble, but it must take the patience of a saint to wade through the steps.
Yikes, dude.
Glad it turned out like it did.
The state is assho.
Oh, and by the way this is the same agency (DCFS) that has ignored repeated reports of serious violent abuse to children who later ended up dead at the hands of their abusers.
Yeah, I can see two reasons for that. First, those ‘parents’ (or guardians) aren’t the kind of people you can reason with, unlike parents like you and your wife. You are much easier to both talk with and push around. Second, you and your wife are just flat out less likely to kill someone for intervening, which is ironic, because you should be – since you already give a damn about your kid’s welfare.
What are you saying, we should be using social workers for everything we would normally use police for.
No. In a sense I sympathize with the DCFS folks – they can’t solve the intractable problems so they spend all of their energy (and power) on people that don’t really need it. But at least they can accomplish something there; the other cases are just futile.
Yes, this. I’ve mentioned my social-worker friend before–he says it’s easier for CYS to target good, compliant parents than to go after the real abusers because the real abusers have worked the system (and had it worked on them) for years, if not generations.
Bureaucracy will always go for the easiest targets.
Thanks, guys. It’s not easy raising a kid and these “professionals” make it way harder.
That’s a tough situation. Hopefully the experience will scare the kid a little straighter without escalating into further legal problems. I wish the best for you and yours.
My wife is a grade school teacher and says kids are getting completly fucked by schools. They’re all behind in basics and admin won’t allow kids to be held back or disciplined for not doing any work. She says the kids are smart and know there are no consequences. They’ll get promoted up and out. They’re really setting them up for long term failure.
One thing about the whole Kung Flu debacle that I found solace in was that my kid had left the schooling system behind him years ago and was not subjected to that calamity like so many other children are now. I feel for those people that have watched their children and grand children’s lives literally be set back by government policy. A part of me wants to believe this was just more ineptitude from the powers that be, but when you realize that practically all of the people that made and pushed these destructive choices on others made sure their own kids avoided the consequences of their decisions, you can’t help but feel something else was going on. Our elite in power – government bureaucracy, academia, culture, social media, and so forth – are getting dumber with each generation, and the best hope they have to give their idiot children a hand up so they can maintain the status quo with them on top (their attempt of getting a hereditary aristocracy) is t make sure everyone else’s children are held back and dumbed down even faster.
know there are no consequences
Hmm, if only someone would write a story about where that leads.
I don’t envy you or any other parents these days. My kids would not have taken to home schooling, they’d have had a good time bike riding around the neighborhood teasing their friends. Had they been teenagers I’d not have discouraged them from dropping out and going to work.
Good luck, Blackjack, hang in there. You’re doing well.
Sorry blackjack. I’m ashamed to admit it but I did a similar attention seeking device when I was in grade school after my parents divorced. Good on you for not letting your kid permanently harm themselves academically or via the social worker process. It would be quite easy for an uncaring parent to throw their hands up and give up.
Damn blackjack, I’m really sorry you all had to go (and are) going through that bullshit. I get so fucking mad whenever I think about what has been done and is still being done to kids throughout this shitshow. My kids are still having to wear damn masks for their entire day. I really hope that will be ending in two weeks time when the state mandate ends. We switched them to a different Catholic school after several months of homeschooling as both of us work outside the home. Their current school opened Nov 2 of 2020 so they at least only missed some schooling. I hope you guys can figure something out to get your kid into something more suited for him that isn’t causing him such grief.
blackjack, I’m not going to say much about my family’s situation, but just know that I empathize and hurt for you. I have ZERO answers, but If you want a soft shoulder, you can email me moriah at moriahjovan dot com.
Sorry to hear. Hang in there and do the best you can for your son.
Hopefully this gets him to straighten out as you seem to indicate.
Damn, I’m sorry to hear that your family went through all of that. Any chance of being able to homeschool? I can’t imagine the frustration and anger dealing with CFS and their bullshit. The primary motivator in purchasing a lifetime membership in HSLDA was specifically because of the CPS threat and having a paid for legal team at my back.
I’ve mentioned this before, but my wife has had several interactions with CPS as a mandated reporter (pediatric clinician). CPS never interfered with worst cases she’s seen, including a family she reported for starving their child. CPS followed up but did nothing. One of her colleagues’ patients was baked in the oven by his mother. Mother had been reported multiple times to CPS leading up t this. CPS only cares if a parent fights back and or doesn’t tow the line.
Christ dude. That’s a serious nut punch.
Thanks.
Gasoline up here jumped 9 cents/l on Tuesday, just jumped another 8. A very good time was had by all. Lemonade from lemons, at least I won’t be wasting money commuting back and forth to work because working is a bourgeoise concept! I almost hope that something is wrong with my health so that I can just stay home, away from it all. I’m tired, I’m old and I’m fucking fed up.
Baci ed abbracci, F. Or just the abbracci.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=74Oqe3JT1lY
Baci baci baci!
Prices jumped 10 cents since yesterday.
Same here.
wow, that’s a total jump of abour $0.70 per gallon.
Isn’t it more like 36 cents a gallon. But you have to remember it’s Canadian cents, so only like 24 cents a gallon. (No idea what the exchange rate actually is)
I did it based on 8 + 9 cents.
Less than 4 liters in a gallon.
17.000 x 3.785 = 64.345
I just paid $4.30. (car has to use premium)
Paging Tonio, Jesse, Rhywun et. al.:
Elliott took umbrage with the film’s characters, who he analogized to Chippendales dancers “who wear bowties and not much else.”
“That’s what all these f – – king cowboys in that movie looked like,” the Oscar nominee ranted. “They’re all running around in chaps and no shirts. “Where’s the Western in this Western?” Elliott asked. “I mean, Cumberbatch never got out of his f – – king chaps.
“He had two pairs of chaps — a woolly pair and a leather pair. And every f – – king time he would walk in from somewhere — he never was on a horse, maybe once — he’d walk into the f – – king house, storm up the f – – king stairs, go lay in his bed in his chaps and play his banjo,” he said. “It’s like, what the f – – k?”
Hah! I’ve been described as the Glib Sam Elliot! That was delicious! He’s right, ya know.
My Own Private Montana?
It’s Netflix so it might as well not exist to me.
That reminds me of this excellent scene from The Rock: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wA0j8uRxCzw
I was pretty sure that the gif on the main page this morning was going to lead to some discussions about the sexual proclivities of Montanans, but I did not expect the discussions of chaps.
Ewe don’t get all the action.
Wild action is fine. Wild and Wooly is where I draw the line. No Montana Blondes for me.
Ewe pussy.
So, you’re not Ram-bo?
Protesting is now allowed again in Canada
This whole thing is kind of surreal considering the numerous other conflicts that are ever-present around the world. Does anyone stand with Yemen?
I stand with Yewomen, so long as I can get some.
How much Yemini money has gone to the Bidens?
10%?
Protesting for approved causes was always allowed. Even the USSR allowed people to protest the US. Approved speech was never in danger.
I don’t know. I am against the genocide we aided and abetted there, but there are some nasty pieces of work on the other side as well. I just feel bad for the average goat herder that wants to be left alone.
FL woman is a bitch: Florida man watched girlfriend throw dog off 7th floor balcony
airedale?
a) booo!
b) Would not vote to convict the dude if he sent her after it.
Won’t watch or read, but yeah: ?
Wrong bitch got tossed.
Where is Swiss’s f/16 eyeball?
Meh, it’s their property.
I just can’t be that, well, lackadaisical about intentionally inflicting suffering.
Say somebody chops a leg off of your dog. Is covering the vet bills and a couple hundred bucks (if that) of restitution for “property damage” really the right consequence for them?
I think so. You might fudge the numbers one way or another, the damages are probably higher in terms of the cost/value of the dog, imo.
They would probably have some criminal case against them too, for destruction of property. But I don’t think someone should be in jail for years over it. (Checking my current locale, up to 5 years)
But I don’t think someone should be in jail for years over it.
It’s a capital crime with immediate sentencing if I catch someone in the act with my dogs.
I doubt I’m in the minority. So when the government takes administration of justice out of the victims’ hands, the general sentencing has to be high enough to prevent widespread vigilantism.
There was some road rage incident where the party of the first part reached into the car of the party of the second part and pulled their dog out and threw it into traffic.
Had I been the party of the second part, I would have immediately shot the party of the first part. Because I would have wanted to. After the fact, I would undoubtedly say that the POTFP had demonstrated a willingness to use lethal force and was an immediate threat to me. But that’s not really what would have been going through my mind.
A year is a long time, 5 years seems excessive, though I’m guessing most people don’t get that long unless they have a history.
Of course my original comment was regarding one’s own dog…
Uffda. This story about Biden’s visit to PO’ed Nick’s home reinforces my opinion of DR. Jill. Check out the second photo. Why the fuck is Jill Biden standing at the podium?
My theory is that Joe was the husk that Jill rode into the White House. Normal people would have told their spouse who was getting frail and senile to stay home and enjoy their last years. Not the DOCTOR. She wanted to be First Lady so bad she shoved his broken ass around the campaign trail.
*I am also tired of reporting on Fed stimulus bills that act like people are getting free money. That money comes from taxpayers! Honest reporters would phrase it more like “With the proposed stimulus spending, local taxpayers will be getting over on the sucker tax payers in other areas of the country”.
This is the pic I was talking about. Also is Joe wearing his totes legit Ash smudge to prove that he is a Catholic down to his bones? Mr. Free Abortions for Everyone?
C’mon, Man
https://www.amazon.com/Need-Something-Hold-This-Life/dp/B003FJQRRI
DOCTOR Jill is laughing because Joe is lying about how big it is.
To think like that, you’ve had enough sugarfree for one lifetime.
The money comes from taxpayers not yet born, which is gonna be a real bitch for them given declining birth rates.
Not mentioned in the story, there are two bridges that connect Dooloot to Superior: The Bong (or High) Bridge and the Blatnik. The Blatnik Bridge is only really needed when a jumper closes the Bong Bridge (or when you want to get to The Anchor Bar quicker).
Crazy
Washington state is lifting its mask mandate at 11:59 on March 11. That’s when masks will no longer be required indoors. However, individual businesses and local governments can make their own policies.
Seattle Public Schools says until further notice, mask requirements will continue. The district’s policy states that anyone at an SPS building, indoors or outdoors, must wear a mask. That is a relief for district employee Kate Schueler.
“We have a lot of students who live in multi-generational families. They may live with immunocompromised folks,” said Schueler.
Schueler works directly with students as a reading interventionist, and she has several concerns about schools lifting the mask mandate.
“When we as educators heard that it was going to be March 11, that felt very soon for us. I think that the social and emotional needs of our students have come first and foremost, and it doesn’t give us a lot of time to prepare our students for that change,” said Schueler.
Quit your job and live under a bridge, you fucking psycho.
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Schueler works directly with students as a reading interventionist
Masks are permanent job security for her.
My liver already has enough problems.
The messenger RNA (mRNA) from Pfizer’s COVID vaccine is able to enter human liver cells and is converted into DNA, according to Swedish researchers at Lund University.
The researchers found that when the mRNA vaccine enters the human liver cells, it triggers the cell’s DNA, which is inside the nucleus, to increase the production of the LINE-1 gene expression to make mRNA.
The mRNA then leaves the nucleus and enters the cell’s cytoplasm, where it translates into LINE-1 protein. A segment of the protein called the open reading frame-1, or ORF-1, then goes back into the nucleus, where it attaches to the vaccine’s mRNA and reverse transcribes into spike DNA.
Reverse transcription is when DNA is made from RNA, whereas the normal transcription process involves a portion of the DNA serving as a template to make an mRNA molecule inside the nucleus.
I’m sure this is totally fine.
Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn’t Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million
This appeared in my Google news feed. BS alarm went off immediately, apparently reddit posts count as fact for “news”. Although I thought BoredPanda was a viral media media site not news. This lead me down the rabbit hole that is the anti work sub reddit. A lot of commie derp.
Yeah, that seems like total BS.
The company didn’t really lose $40M.
I’ve been in the moccasins of overworked, underappreciated IT guy several times. You know what always happened? Somebody in my network would hear word that I was unhappy and would come knocking at my door with an offer for greener pastures. I’ve poached other good developers from other companies too.
Good workers are always in demand.
His whole story sounds a lot like the fantasies I would have as I exited a shitty company. “Man, they are going to have an outage and it will be so awesome. Then they will realize how awesome I was.” The old company might have some blips, but for the most part they can get along without you.
Gell-Mann Amnesia effect, as of 2022: almost all of the news you read comes from Reddit, but they usually hide it better than this.
Heh – I keep reminding myself that the same people who spent 2 years lying about covid, lied about the election, are now lying about the economy, also lie just as casually about the Ukraine and everything else in the news.
For 31K a year? Sucker.
You could make more at burger King.
I don’t believe it.
I don’t believe it either. Nobody puts in 5,800 hours in a single year.
-1 Associate at a Big Law firm.
My father who is a retired corporate lawyer told me about his days as an associate at Jones Day during the 70’s. It was basically a meat grinder.
Physically not possible.
Dear Penthouse …
Aight. I may be fucked.
Went in to see the police today. That was my mistake. But my legal partner then said that I need to answer their summons. But then told me that I’m dumb for talking to them! Both are true? I recorded everything and was smart enough to mostly stay smart. I refused to answer multiple questions. I got the embassy involved and they confirmed that I am not under arrest. The police said that I wasn’t there for “prosecution.” They just want to hear “my side” of the story with my boss.
I balked and gave them a bit, but I was smart enough to not sign anything or say anything of any real value. I later said that “I couldn’t remember’ when he tried to get me to confirm my previous statements with the other investigator/detective taking down all of my notes. I was dumb. Mostly dumb, but not fully so.
It was intense. I may need to just bounce out before I get my paycheck and before this gets worse. No idea if my boss is going to pay me for Feb. If I get that then I consider it a win. I just don’t know.
I am in a fucking flutter.
Pope Jimbo: ESPECIALLY you, got any advice? They are trying to get me to come back in again and talk…I know that’s dumb. My lawyer (a good friend now back in Mpls) yelled at me to never say anything. But then she yelled at me for NOT responding to their summons. I am playing my first legal basketball game. I’m not in elementary and trying on the other kids. I’m going one one one with Michael Jordan and I’m completely out of my zone.
I am very concerned. I don’t know what to do. Life is surrounding me. At least I’m out of my boss-given apartment and am off the radar in my own dormitory type place for two weeks. I’m doing that just to HOPEFULLY get paid. If not…I don’t think I can see the value in ignoring the risk I’m in for the amount that I’m owed.
Fuck. Me. Sideways. But in a good way. Like Winston’s mom has done many times. I’m getting up the ass fuck-scared by police and legal threats. No warrant. No charge. No nothing. I was not being detained and was free to leave. I did. They barked at me but they didn’t touch me. They say the investigation has to proceed but there is no charge. So they have nothing. So I should not say a fucking word. But my lawyer friend says I need to respond to them.
I don’t know where the fuck I am. Well. This has gotten interesting! The embassy was called multiple times and they know who I am and what’s going on. I feel secure but not safe and I don’t know where the next turn could lead. This is rather unpleasant! I preferred getting hit by a car over this. At least that I can’t remember. This is just full of bullshit and I don’t know if I should trust my own self or what others are telling me. I am aware of every single second of it. Fuck. I may need to bounce out of this country fast and without letting anyone know. Yay.
Sorry for the long, venting rant. Any legal advice that anyone has is greatly appreciated. I think I should just shut the fuck up and never say anything. They don’t technically know where I am. I lied about that to them. They know my phone #. Other than that, they got shit. But they do have my passport info and shit.
Fuck. Fuck. Life is fun. It ain’t easy. That’s part of the appeal. Onward, upward, always.
I think it’s probably best that you take this to the forums or direct communications with others. Public posts are probably unwise.
I wish you the best. I know nothing about Korean law.
DM is probably for the best. TPTB and others know my email.
My vacation is full of difficulties! Such is life. Thank you for wise words of safety. (No sarc.)
I don’t understand how the Police are involved in this cluster-fuck. Please elucidate.
My boss had me sign a false letter of resignation. Even on that, I wrote that I was fulfilling the year-long contract. Not resigning.
My last day of work I taught and I asked her for the paper. I made a mistake! I (stupidly) ripped up the paper then and there. I had my copy. Boss and her mom grabbed me and wrestled me to get my right hand free so they could get my copy. I didn’t fight back. I just shut my hand and didn’t let go.
The police were called. They were hilariously polite. They let me go and told me that I had to visit today at 2pm. I went, against and within my legal friend’s advice. I recorded it all. Two hours or so in the box with ’em. Embassy was called. I was told I wasn’t being detained and I was free to go. I got up and left. They were not happy.
They are now sending me further messages that if I don’t answer them then “they will have to proceed with the investigation.” They won’t tell me what that investigation is. No charge. No warrant. No formal detainment. They are fishing for me to give them something that my boss can use against me. I am keeping silent. I am off the radar in a new apt that technically no one knows about.
That was today. I have until April 15 to stay with my visa. I want my February paycheck. That’s owed tomorrow. I get that and I’ll take that as a win. She owes me ~$5k on top of that. Committed legal crimes. I told the police about all of that and that she isn’t to be trusted. I showed them her illegal actions. I don’t think they at all care.
@Pope: My “lawyer” is now back in the US. She did great work for me and has been 8/8 in legal battles in Korea. I talked to the embassy and will talk to them again tomorrow. That’s about all I can think of. They spoke to my interrogator for like 30 minutes. They let me know that I wasn’t being held and I was free to go. I bounced immediately. They wanted me to watch the CCTV footage and I should have to see the cards in their hands, but I was so angry and fed up that I (politely) excused myself and went off to my new little place to stay.
Back away from the shit-storm. Take the loss, lick your wounds and come back whole and hearty to these civilized shores.
come back whole and hearty to these formerly-civilized shores
At least the Koreans aren’t holding him in solitary without charges.
Evan,
I don’t have great advice for you off the top of my head. I missed what is going on.
The only real experience with Korean law was watching my brother-in-law bribe his way out of a DUI.
In general, can you tell them to talk to your lawyer directly? That is probably the best advice I have.
p.s. You can hit me up at pope at jimbo.church if you want me to ask my wife some questions
My lawyer (a good friend now back in Mpls) yelled at me to never say anything. But then she yelled at me for NOT responding to their summons.
Any legal advice that anyone has is greatly appreciated. I think I should just shut the fuck up and never say anything. They don’t technically know where I am. I lied about that to them. They know my phone #. Other than that, they got shit. But they do have my passport info and shit.
Your lawyer is in the United States? My advice is to immediately get a local lawyer who is on the ground at your location. Even if your friend practices in Korea, you need someone local.
You’re a foreigner in a homogenous culture. Do not expect anything to come out in your favor regarding the police or the courts. This is like getting a speeding ticket with out of state plates but 1,000x worse. If I were in your situation, I would immediately vacate back to the States and forget the rest of your pay. If you want to stay and fight it out, the cost of your lawyer is going to far exceed a month’s pay. Best of luck navigating this.
My “lawyer” studied law and has won legal cases in Korea before. Perfect record. (an odd and lovely human.) Nothing is going to go in my favor. She owes me February pay and she’s always been consistent about that. Friday. Or technically the 7th, which would be Monday. I think. I’m all out of sorts. I want that money. Then I flee without thinking.
I am in a very odd place. I’m laying low in plain sight. Yeesh. I shall try to be patient for a bit and then be aggressively quick to bounce. This may change. I need to hide away for at least two days regardless of any wisdom.
My “lawyer” studied law and has won legal cases in Korea before. Perfect record.
You need a lawyer who will physically sit beside you during every interaction with the police. Who, if you are arrested, will work to get you released and handle all subsequent interactions. Your friend is not your lawyer. She may be the best lawyer in the world, but her record is meaningless if she’s a half a world away providing vague advice and not actually representing you in real time.
Absolutely true. I need to bounce fast.
I would not stick around past Friday for the money. You absolutely cannot count on getting a fair shake from the cops or the legal system. Buy your ticket and pack your bags now.
Oh, and once you are clear, light up that school’s socials and whatever expat networks there are with a warning against working there.
Any legal advice that anyone has is greatly appreciated
I’m having a hard time figuring out exactly what’s going on, but I have two suggestions.
1) shut up and don’t say another word until you have a local lawyer representing you who is sitting in the same room as you during the questioning. That means don’t post anything else here, don’t talk to friends, don’t talk to anybody about it.
2) meet directly with somebody from the embassy and ask them what resources they have available for you. Explain your situation in the broadest strokes possible without getting into any level of detail. “I have a situation where police have gotten involved, no charges have been leveled against me but I don’t fully understand what is going on.” That high of a level. Be cautious in revealing anything more than that. Take notes, and make sure you have an actionable next step for each resource they give you. Ask them directly whether they have a local lawyer they can recommend to you.
Thanks everyone for the kind words about my article last night. It’s always hard to follow up SugarFree, hopefully you all had some retina left to read.
Just in this morning, the IPC has reversed its ruling, and athletes from Russia and Belarus will be sent home from the Paralympics. They had several countries threaten to pull out, and were worried about incidents in the Olympic Village.
China has to be displeased about this whole thing. They like nothing more than to show off their national pride with events like this. Now there’s a cloud over the whole thing.
Story here.
No one is ever comfortable with SF behind them.
If SF says to you “That’s a purdy mouth”…
RUN!
C’mon man!
SF being content to violate your mouth has got to be one of the better options on the table.
It starts there is what I was saying your holiness. I am well aware that it won’t end there at all though and that before it is over your soul crushed and begging for release, will wish you could just die already…. Of course, then the whole Sam Kinison skit about the guy in the morgue starts playing out…
I didn’t get to say much about your article last night but I did read it this morning. Thanks for your coverage of sled hockey. Are you still planning on being at the tourney you mentioned in Pittsburgh this spring?
Yes! The Disabled Hockey Festival is still on. Our A team will be in the “championship tier”, and there are 5 lower tiers. I will be in tier 4 this time. If you can go, please do, there are big and small teams from all over the USA, and the number of athletes is staggering. I think it was 700 athletes last time.
I’m hoping to go and bring the GF and some of her hockey friends. I looked at their web page but couldn’t determine whether there will be a vaccination/masking requirement for spectators.
I’m sure that will all come out when they post the schedule, which should be any day now.
Make sure you post it in the comments for all to see, please!
Will do. I have my schedule for next weekend in Chicago, I’ll post that soon.
Thanks!
Leave Yuri Alone!
I would imagine they’re also looking to the future. Sending the athletes home because of international politics is creating a precedent that will happen again.
Ha ha! Just told the HR department to go fuck themselves. You’ve already laid me off, why on earth would I kowtow to you now? My separation is already in writing. A small, sad win, but a win, nonetheless. Grrrr, still need to drop my poop scoop off at the clinic today and get a chest x-ray. The next day will be the CT scan. Thud Thud Thud. So unpleasant.
sudden swerve in the path to the left singularity
Whatever happens in the Ukraine, our new war stance against Russia is a really bad direction.
Heh. To think that when I was a young, dumb Socialist, Ronald Reagan was the boogeyman. This is far worse. Much worse.
So now you’re a pessimist who doesn’t care at all?
Oh, for the people that want us distracted from the real threat to our future and the faith of the world from the country whose leadership they sold us out to, this is all thumbs up. Xi approves too.
Complicated
“While the U.S. and EU governments are attempting to ringfence the energy sector from sanctions so far, absent further clarification regarding carveouts, widespread risk aversion is likely to persist,” the analysts said in a note published Monday.
“There also remains a risk that energy will be targeted directly if fighting escalates, or that Russia will curtail some oil exports as a retaliatory measure,” they said. “As the main supplier of fossil fuels to the EU, Russia retains leverage.”
No kidding. And when the Russians find out they can’t get paid for oil shipments, what do we think they’ll do?
Biden is a complete idiot. With just one move he can a) bring down gas prices, which will b) bring down other prices, and c) make Russia and other despot countries less powerful. He might even turn around the upcoming election. All he’d have to do is allow more domestic oil, gas, and nuclear. Put it all in an “energy independence” bill. But no, he and his party are so devoted to the far left they have brain damage.
If BLM is so financially shifty, why do the charity watchdogs not seem to notice? I checked 3 and they either claim “too new” to rate, bury them under local affiliates or “can’t find”.
You may think BLM is a shady organization with questionable ethics and a propensity for accounting fraud, but you’d be wrong. You might even have some evidence leading you to these beliefs. But you have to ask yourself, is it really worth losing your job over?
The Clintons now have their hands in that organization’s finances now… The punishments can be far more than just job loss..
FYTW
Seems legit.
President Joe Biden suggested the Capitol riot inspired Putin to invade Ukraine and divide the West and then falsely claimed rioters killed five cops on January 6.
‘Vladimir Putin was counting on being able to split up the United States,’ Biden said in a speech in Superior, Wisconsin.
‘Look, how would you feel if you saw crowds storm and break down the doors of the British Parliament and kill five cops, injure 145? Or the German Bundestag or the Italian Parliament?’ he asked.
One Capitol cop died of a stroke a day after January 6 and four killed themselves in the aftermath of the riot.
‘I think you’d wonder. Well that’s what the rest of the world saw. It’s not who we are. And now, we’re proving under pressure, that we are not that country. We’re united. And folks, that’s how we were able to make sure we kept Europe united and the free world united.’
The Reichstag Fire comparison grows in accuracy daily.
I’ll believe it when Putin wears the buffalo hat.
It isn’t the buffalo hat, it is Pelosi’s lectern you need to keep an eye on
and kill five cops
Fuck right off with thus bullshit, Joe!
And all of the cops were killed by drunk protesters behind the wheel of a truck. Just like the drunk who killed his first wife.
“U.S. Capitol police kill six in January protests.”
Today’s Daily Ray of Sunshine is a bit darker than normal.
It made me nostalgic about all the times my old mutt knocked the Altar Boys into the cheap seats.
I laughed ’cause no one was hurt but lessons may or may not have been learned
Chickens are not your friends?
Hopefully that residency requirement passes. After that, maybe they’ll make it so Congressmen cannot be citizens of other countries too.
I’d like to see a natural born requirement for any political office in the representative jurisdiction. Fuck carpet baggers in the ass.
You still get Pelosi, AOC and Sanders.
Worth reading in full.
William Burn’s memo from the US Embassy in Moscow, dated February 1st, 2008
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08MOSCOW265_a.html
Wow – yet the first thing that idiot Blinken did was start running his mouth about the Ukraine joining NATO.
Well, when you work for the MIC, war is good for business.
And six months later Russia would curb stomp Georgia.
“I think it’s because Black people in general have a hard time with money,” Cullors said. “It’s a trigger point for us.”
Now imagine Trump saying this. I wonder if the reaction would be any different?
If it was not for the double standard….
There would be a secret, a quadruple secret standard, you bigot!
I think it’s because Black people in general have a hard time with money
*grumble grumble*
This whole idea of doing some demographic analysis and then applying any found disparate impact downstream to the individual is absurd. Poor people are bad with money. That is the definition of poor. Black people are disproportionately poor. That doesn’t means that black people (in particular) are bad with money. It means that there are a lot of black poor people. There are plenty of middle class and wealthy black people who are very good with their money, enough to put a lie to this correlative analysis. Anybody with even a mote of curiosity would figure out that skin color has nothing to do with it. Culture is what drives personal finance choices.
I’m gonna have to call bullshit. This long time video exposes the real causes
https://youtu.be/l_LeJfn_qW0
Eddie was prescient back when SNL used to do satire.
Yeah, well “black” and its earlier and later mutations have been a shorthand for a certain culture forever but which interpretation is being implied depends on how useful it is to the argument one is making. In this case it is impolitic to blame a culture for this problem so it’s useful to imply “skin color” which of course leads to the ever-useful “systemic racism”.
Yeah, that explains Oprah, black woman has a hard time with money.
And go ahead and put that fucking statement in a white person’s mouth; the rhee-ing would be deafening.
The spoils of war.
#Ukrainian civilians steal a #Russian tank and are having a great time it seems
Rereading that government tweet, it’s saying that you don’t need to declare captured rooskie tanks because they’re worth less than 10 “living wages,” and listed a quarter million of whatever the Ukes use to buy booze and hookers with. I find it extremely difficult to believe that they’re valued that low.
Hrivna. I have a stack of them from 2003. I suppose I could sell them and promise to give 10% to various charities, eh?
“We don’t want to go out into a warzone and figure out who has what. Besides, if you could turn that to point the guns at the Russians, that’d be great”
/Ukraine Tax Service.
I saw the other day that the average monthly wage in Ukraine is something like US$350, and in Russia it is about US$400.
Think about that.
In the midst of the 2014 Israeli killing of over 2,300 people in Gaza, not only did Google not ban any IDF Youtube channels, it actually allowed a game called Bomb Gaza to be sold from Google Play. Other Gaza inspired games available were Gaza Assault: Code Red and Iron Dome.
https://twitter.com/Lowkey0nline/status/1498949926595743746
My beer can fort is crumbling. I shit you not, I haven’t visited the recycler since October. “Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho and the Walls come-a- tumblin’ dooooown!” Literally thousands of bagged beer cans.
These quips are why I love you Festus. Happy Thursday!
Right back atcha, my albino Friend!
On top of it
The Build Back Better proposal was not initially intended to fight inflation: It focused on expanding the social safety net, reducing income inequality and combating climate change.
In fact, many economists said the package could modestly add to inflation in the short term.
In his State of the Union address, Biden framed the proposals he highlighted as lowering Americans’ costs so they can better weather rising prices.
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Also, he touted that families would save an average of $500 a year by combating climate change through provisions such as tax credits to weatherize Americans’ homes and businesses and to buy electric vehicles, which would save drivers $80 a month because they wouldn’t have to buy gas.
And Biden pushed his proposal to limit child care costs for many working and middle class American families. They would pay no more than 7% of their income for care for their young kids.
“My plan would cut the cost of child care in half for most families and help parents, including millions of women who left the workforce during the pandemic because they couldn’t afford child care, to be able to get back to work, generating economic growth,” he said.
While Biden and congressional Democrats haven’t fully given up on trying to advance portions of the Build Back Better plan, the measures face an uphill climb in the Senate.
And the President still faces challenges in convincing Americans that he’s on top of inflation.
Yeah, okay. Pumping more money into the economy is a surefire way to end inflation. And price controls.
So… spend $40K on house upgrades and expensive cars and save $500.
That man is a fucking genius – we don’t deserve him.
Haven’t there been dozens of bills passed through the years to weatherize homes? How is there anything left to weatherize? It’s like the bonds for schools we vote on in every election in CA.
You’d be amazed…
Duck and cover.
Moment the Kharkiv city council building was struck
As Russia Wages War, US Army Trains Officers on Gender Identity
They are making sure our military is as inefficient as possible for when the people demand it be used to confront the new masters in Beijing they have sold us all out to.
This whole program started 50 years ago, when women were first initiated into TOE units. The cohesiveness started to break down as special accommodations had to be made for the ladies. It slowly grew until we are where we are now. For me, I liked stag bars, go in at 5 PM in fatigues, get drunk if necessary, have someone cart you home. Swearing was gratuitous, the next day was business as usual.
I rarely went but it was a quiet place (at times) to relax with a cold one and sort out problems from the day. That all changed.
“The Spirit of the Bayonet is to Kill” and hurt feelings were not a concern.
That is an actual Babylon Bee headline come true.
https://babylonbee.com/news/americas-armed-forces-ramp-up-inclusiveness-training-in-face-of-looming-war-in-ukraine
“Today, the court affirmed my office’s right to pursue its long-standing claims that fraud, abuse, and greed permeate through the NRA and its senior leadership. While we’re heartened that the judge rejected the NRA’s attempts to thwart most of the claims in our case against the NRA, we are disappointed that the judge ruled against the dissolution portion of the case. We are considering our legal options with respect to this ruling. We remain committed to enforcing New York law regardless of how powerful any individual or organization may be.”
I like how now she’s rethinking the whole deal. If you still day there’s criminality, you should go after it. Might even help the NRA if the accusations are true.
Minnesoda Winter Explainer
Where is the “Colder than a witch’s tit” at?
“All states need to pass something similar to this”
Seems reasonable on it’s face, but it would become hard to campaign for your district of you need 3 years residency and the district switches every 10 years.
Smells like a way to keep upstarts out when you’re redrawing you’re districts.
Putin is the climate change of world leaders.
This is what media is doing to crazy people
WATCH: Florida man pulled over for speeding blames Vladimir Putin.
“I just found out that Putin just said he’s gonna launch nuclear thermal war against the world and I was trying to get back to my house to find out what’s going on.”
I hope he wins that in court…
Rereading that government tweet, it’s saying that you don’t need to declare captured rooskie tanks because they’re worth less than 10 “living wages,” and listed a quarter million of whatever the Ukes use to buy booze and hookers with. I find it extremely difficult to believe that they’re valued that low.
Depreciation is a bitch.
Depreciates by half as soon as you drive it off the battlefield.
You can never get that new borscht smell back.
What’s the resale value on one of those, anyway?
“Russian main battle tank. Lightly used. Only abandoned once.”
Tarleton’s quarter it is.
A verified Ukrainian military account warned that Russian artillerymen trying to surrender would be “slaughtered like pigs” in a now-edited Facebook post after reports of heavy shelling in some cities.
Hey look over there!
TikTok is under investigation by a bipartisan group of state attorneys general to determine if the popular short-form video platform’s design, operations or promotion to young users negatively affects their physical or mental health.
The AGs are seeking to find out if the short-form video app violated state consumer-protection laws.
The probe is the latest evidence of momentum behind the push for greater protections for children online. On Tuesday night, President Joe Biden explicitly called for a ban on targeted advertising to children on social media during his State of the Union address.
Frances Haugen, the former Facebook employee who leaked internal documents that showed the company’s research into the impact of its products on teens’ mental health, was a guest at the annual address. Her testimony before Congress spurred a series of hearings with tech executives on the subject of better protecting kids on their platforms, and helped to inspire new legislation to require more significant guardrails.
“As children and teens already grapple with issues of anxiety, social pressure, and depression, we cannot allow social media to further harm their physical health and mental well-being,” Massachusetts AG Maura Healey, one of the leaders of the coalition, said in a statement.
Anxiety, social pressure and depression? Where on earth could that have come from? Maybe they should get some public health experts to offer their professional input. And some representatives of the public school system.
Ban Joe TikTok!
Look, man. We are not actually interested in solving the problem here.
Anchor Stephanie Ruhle said, “I want to stay on gas for another moment. You’re absolutely right, the president does not set the price of gas, but he can influence it. And while releasing some strategic reserves matters, given how much has been released, it is really just a drop in the bucket. Are there things, and I realize this is controversial, it has huge environmental impacts, could the president possibly consider authorizing the Keystone Pipeline? Or working something out with Iran?”
Buttigieg said, “Look, the president has said that all options are on the table. But we also need to make sure that we are not galloping after permanent solutions to immediate short term problems, where more strategic and tactical actions in the short term that can make a difference, like what you have with the strategic reserve, which exists partly in order to respond to situations like this.”
What are the chances another totalitarian country with a lot of oil and gas production will use other countries’ energy dependence to get what they want? That never happens.
Buttigieg said, “Look, the president has said that all options are on the table. But we also need to make sure that we are not galloping after permanent solutions to immediate short term problems, where more strategic and tactical actions in the short term that can make a difference, like what you have with the strategic reserve, which exists partly in order to respond to situations like this.”
Goo goo gah gah.
I’m pretty sure he just admitted they don’t actually want to solve our problems. I can’t see any other way to read this:
It’s so content-free you can actually read it in several different ways.
To me, it reads like “let’s not jump into ‘build back better’ horseshit so fast” because you know Joe is pushing that crap as a means to “solve” all of our problems.
So is this guy actually going to get the jail time he deserves? I remember when it happened and the video is stomach churning.
Former Colo. Police Officer Austin Hopp Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Elderly Woman with Dementia
So it begins.
aiwan reported a massive blackout on Thursday that is affecting its two biggest cities as well as its most important iPhone processor production hub.
Taipei, the capital, and Kaohsiung, the second biggest city, were among the areas affected.
Taiwan Power Co. said in a brief statement that its southern power grid system encountered a malfunction, causing the blackout. Knock-on effects from the outage triggered power outages in some parts of northern and central Taiwan as well.
The malfunction took place at Kaohsiung’s Hsinta Power Plant, the biggest power plant in southern Taiwan, according to the company.
“Malfunction”
From the Russian Ministry of Defense
If true, it means we’re pursuing the quagmire approach.
I can neither confirm nor deny . . . .
‘Dangerous Dean’s 1st Ukrainian Assistance Brigade’ has kind of a nice ring to it…
Ah! Taking a page from our unlawful combatants playbook on how they’re not entitled to PW protections. Good thing those sort of things never come back to bite us.
1. I don’t think that part’s necessarily a new thing though. Without being an expert of course, I’m pretty sure the Geneva Conventions frown on stuff like that.
2. Maybe I’m wrong and there’s GC status that “recognizes” mercenaries differently/officially.
If US PMCs were moving assets to the Ukraine for actual military operations, that would be the biggest news in that world since Executive Outcomes back in the 90’s. But I haven’t heard a peep from any of my friends who are active contractors.
In other words, I don’t believe the Russian MoD any more than I believe the Ukrainian propaganda campaign.
It’s fair enough to surmise this is propaganda as well. You can probably view it as a warning as well.
I’ll just throw another “as well” in here for good measure as well.
Also, you should additionally supplement other options, as well.
I would be shocked if our agencies weren’t planning contingency operations and what if’s including feeling out those companies for an idea of what they’d be able to do right now.
The best lies including propaganda has a nugget of truth buried inside.
Re: gasoline prices. I’m up about $600 this year on a $1,000 purchase of Exxon stock. That pays for lots of gasoline. I always laugh at those proggies who complain about Big Oil, or Big Pharma, or Big Box Store making “obscene profits.” So, you can join the Big club, too, if you want in on all this supposed lucre. Ownership is for sale everyday on something called “the stock market” and you don’t have to be a millionaire to join. Plus, with your one share, you can attend stockholders’ meetings and make an ass of yourself in person.
I’ve lost about $8k thanks to the Stock market in this year so far.
Check out a simple 3-fund portfolio of index funds.
https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Three-fund_portfolio
Can’t be beat over the long term. Reading a A Random Walk Down Wall Street opened my eyes. Though I do a two fund without International.
The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing is another good one in the same vein.
I try to do a zero fee 3 fund portfolio, but 401k limitations keep me from doing it 100%
Replace bonds with something else, crypto maybe*.
*Not financial advice.
I LOLd.
I’m down about 7% YTD, but even with that I’m up 8% since last March.
I haven’t moved a single dollar from where I had it. But my deferred comp and mutal funds are all down about the same. From december of 2020, my brokerage account is down ~10%, I can’t tell how much of the deferred comp is due to the market versus inputs.
I don’t pay much attention until it’s time to sell. I figure the money was lost on the day I bought in. The market goes up and down, hopefully it’ll be up when I sell. If not take the loss as a tax write off.
I quit sitting on down mutual funds, hope is not an investment strategy. Take the loss, move to something that appears to be safer.
Tee hee.
I just tossed a grenade into a teams chat.
Manager A wants something from me. With someone from microcontamination in the chat, I asked Manager A how microcontamination was allowing something to happen. Manager A says micro “doesn’t care about” it. Micro and Manager A have now pinged SIXTEEN additional people in to fight about who’s fault this is.
Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
It’s microcontamination. Manager A just thinks it’s a small problem.
I hate micromanagers.
For some reason, we received at my office today a postcard from a restaurant equipment manufacturer in a neighboring county. They’re advertising for employees.
You still awake, Fes? If you can sneak over the border, they may have a job with your name on it. https://www.hennypenny.com/careers/
Good morning, Banjos!
And good morning, my deviant pals.
Is the war over, yet?
*checks Geiger counter*
Nope
/slaps deck of Russian tank.
Boy have I got a deal for you!
If you want it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1km7jamx-Xg
Panic buying in Russia.
That looks like status quo for an Ikea.
Yep, pretty much any Saturday I’ve gone there.
They need a lesson from the Snatch and Run crowd. IKEA will have to adjust prices with the devalued ruble.
Red meat for Glibs.
I’ve always hated the name Klaus, ever since my brother was killed by a forklift driver by that name.
I think I saw that video…
Richard Grove was on Pete Quinones’ show this week talking about the history of the WEF.
The bad guys really do understand the long game.
Good Heavens Richard Grove talks fast! I had to slow down the podcast to .85 speed.
And so I have completed my first quiz and assignment in my medical coding course. Pray for me because I have the attention span of a gnat at the best of times. The amount of information in this course is more than I ever had in any one course in college (although I may just have not done it—it would explain so much), so I think this going to kill me. But failure is not an option.
learn
to
code
Oops. Forgot to close my tags.
FAIL.
That’s what Income Tax Time looks like to me
/Runs from room cursing
The first year Mr Mojeaux and I were married filing taxes, I had my tax dude do ours and handed us a $2,000 tax bill. WTF? Then Mr Mojeaux had his employer’s tax dude do it and not only handed us a $2,000 tax bill but took it upon himself to file it electronically without permission! WTAF?
Well, I was complaining about this to my aunt, who knew I was an independent contractor getting paid on 1099s. She is also a very smart cookie. She guided me in what can and cannot be written off as a business expense and how that all worked.
So I got tax forms (1099, schedule A, and schedule C) and a booklet and a pencil and went through the forms line by line. I filed an amended return that was right around $2,000 and sent the ~$7 check. The IRS sent a letter back saying they forgave me the 41¢ I still owed.
So there’s a $2000 marriage tax?
That’s how I took it.
Gotta break that movie out again soon.
Good luck with the course, Mo!
Thanks, Tundra.
That movie is evergreen. Holds up fabulously.
Gorsuch delivers – sadly in dissent again.
Is Gorsuch-Sotomayor going to be the new Scalia-Ginsberg?
I get to be singled out starting next week…as one of the few who is mandated to wear a mask while everyone else takes them off. They have the gall to state “Your privacy is important…” well not really because I am forced to look different than everyone else you fuck faces.
Tell everyone you have TB and see if they still have confidence in the mask.
Well, on the plus side you won’t get VAIDS.
This guy is too good
https://youtu.be/KfLtV-AuQOk