I missed April Fool’s Day by just one. But still, we live the spirit of it. In any case, dealing with a resident patient, I have been getting a rapid education on mobility aids and general sickbed crap. I’m amazed, though shouldn’t be, at market response to any needs, real or imagined. We’re inundated by Amazon boxes, SP’s bedside looks like a handicapped version of those TV gadget reviews, we have a wheelchair that would make Ironside proud, and every gadget has an app.
The only thing on the table that’s not a gadget or a pill vial is a large toenail of mine that fell off an injured toe after a few months, and due to its size and disgustingness, it demanded to be kept. I call him Leo. And every time someone comes in the house, the first thing I ask is, “Wanna see something cool?” Leo has definitely reduced the number of repeat visitors.
Anyway, I should do the birthday ritual. Birthdays today include the originator of disposable cars; a guy without whom Disney would be another unknown failed animation auteur; perhaps my favorite comic actor (as opposed to acting comic); the definitive Jed Clampett; the inspiration for generations of pigs; Sloopy’s fantasy woman; arguably the finest female voice in classic pop; an actually interesting “public intellectual”; a guy who died before he could record my outgoing voice mail message; and a guy who was a real riot.
OK, let’s do some Links, shall we?
Coincidentally, I used to know a guy named Buster.
Clarence must feel the same embarrassment about her that SP feels about me.
A long piece, really worth the read.
I stopped going to the movies because everything was a remake or a sequel.
The propaganda mill doesn’t even try to pretend anymore.
The tut-tutting reaches a fever pitch. “More research will be needed…”
Old Guy Music is because I was in the mood for a guitar god. And this was McLaughlin’s debut album. Progressive British jazz. Real JM fans will recognize this as the Ur version of Follow Your Heart.
Always great to see you back.
whaddup doh’
I stopped going to the movies because everything was a remake or a sequel.
As always, Ricardo Cortez was the ultimate Sam Spade.
an actually interesting “public intellectual”;
She’s an absolute hoot in The Watermelon Woman.
What or who is a Taylor Lorenz?
The originator of the Lorenz transformation. You’d think that would be enough, but nooooo, we gotta whore for more attention.
Lorenz Welk was more talented.
+ a vun and der two
Good morning, Older man,
Like Ginni, every time I had to go to the county courthouse my plan was to ruin some one’s day. I went to get something, a building permit, variance, pay taxes, any way, some kind of business.
As we went in, Mrs F said, “Just keep your mouth shut, so we can get it over with”. I did but it was tough nd hurt.
It hurt less than not listening to your wife.
The Daily Beast, citing people familiar with the matter, further said the lists featured “infamous bigots and conspiracy theorists, woefully under-qualified names, and obvious close friends of Thomas,” as well as selections of names that caused aides to “laugh at them.”
Junior high school lunchroom politics.
How’s that different than any other administration?
*whispers into mic* “It’s not.”
Is that you, Joe?
The Daily Beast linking up with Business Insider – rock-solid journalisming right there.
That toenail deserves to be ensconced in amber and preserved forever.
Reliquary.
Always some of my favorite things to go see in Europe.
Drives my wife nuts.
Looks like you could use it to hollow out a tree trunk for a dugout canoe.
(Sometime in the future…)
“Welcome…. to Old Man With Candy Park.”
Maybe it can be bronzed like baby boots!
Junior high was a learning experience, a transition time, to learn the lunchroom politics and find one’s place on the pecking order. A time to try to be in the “In Group” but yet not having any social capital to bargain with. It was hell.
Worse than high school, but a fun age otherwise (when around pleasant people anyway).
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Yup. ?
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You should rethink your scoring of a ?. If I did the math right, it should be 22.
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By “beat” I mean be a bigger number than…
Ugh. No, a smaller number. Good grief. I’m going back to bed
Nope. Needs to be 25 as I suppose a
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Someone’s salty because Trashy got a better score (with a miss) than they did.
No, I actually started thinking about it when I missed one the other day. If you don’t get all 4 words, you lose. Why should a loss result in a higher score than a win?
MikeS, there’s something about losing you should know. It’s not by how much you lose that’s counts, except in the Stock Market
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Jeebus.
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Ugh. Fucked up early and was down to one guess. I chose “sassy” instead of “jazzy”.
Love this game!
Extra, extra, read all about it!
White House press secretary Jen Psaki will leave her job this spring and join MSNBC as a pundit and host of her own show on the streaming service Peacock, a person with direct knowledge has confirmed to NPR. Axios first reported the news on Friday.
The White House had no announcement to make about Psaki’s future.
“We don’t have anything to confirm about Jen’s length of planned service or any consideration about future plans,” a White House official said. “Jen is here and working hard every day on behalf of the President to get you the answers to the questions that you have, and that’s where her focus is.”
In her role at the helm of the White House press briefings, Psaki is among the Biden administration’s most visible staffers and its first line of defense against questions from the press. She has been known for subduing hostile questions in the briefing room while returning a measure of respect and decorum to relations with the press.
The sober responsible voice MSNBC truly needs.
*cash register rings*
Nooooo. What will we do without our beloved Strawberry?
Sugar Free will think of something.
Oh, Id bang some curl into that hair.
After me, she’d have to be buried in a Y-shaped casket.
Dude, that imagery is nastier than OMWC’s hoof trimmings.
Nastier than the Latvian tits Mike S. posted last night?
Now why did I go back and look? Whyyyyyyyy……
Because you want to see tits regardless of the shape?
She should do a fundraiser for a boob job.
As soon as I saw those, I thought of Betty White on The Golden Girls. There was an episode where she was recounting her younger days in St. Olaf and she mentioned that because of the shape of her breasts, her boyfriend nicknamed her “Old Bananas.”
I hate that I feel that way. But she was a swimmer….that’s only a notch or two down from gymnast.
I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A SAFE PLACE WHERE I COULD SHARE MY FEELINGS!
/runs away crying
A year and change of spinning lies should come in handy at her next position.
She’s been saying for a year that she’s leaving. And WTF is with using first names singular in official statements? And who is “WH official”?
The rightthinking ladies get first name privileges. It undeservedly humanizes them.
Haha…go fuck yourself.
That toenail deserves to be ensconced in amber and preserved forever.
A necklace.
It looks like a dog chew.
I skimmed a bit of that “Talyor Who?” story, and got nothing for my efforts. Apparently, it falls in the new “news” genre of a-story-about-a-story which includes reactions to previous acts or statements too unspeakable to explain in detail.
And largely played out on social media.
I want a race horse, so I can name him “Infamous Bigot” and enter him in the Kentucky Derby.
My horse would be named Glue Factory.
“Dog Chow”
Last year when I went up to Idaho to visit Spud, we went to the stables where his wife boarded her horse. As we were walking through, I greeted the horses, “Hey, Alpo! G’morning, Gravy Train! How’s it goin’, Rival?” No-one was amused. Except me, of course.
Ah yes, Maxar. In another life I would have been working for them.
If I recall correctly, they were born out of another company whose name I can’t remember at the moment. All I remember is that it started with a “e.”
Back in the early 90’s, commercial satellite imagery was still pretty rudimentary, but at the start of the first Gulf War it was discovered that the military didn’t have any maps of Iraq. So they contracted with this predecessor to Maxar to generate some for them based on Landsat data. It was a huge PR win for the company but it was only a small part of their business. They specialized in using satellite images to hedge the commodities markets. Out of a couple hundred employees, about five of them made 90% of the profits.
Although the US government has upped its usage of commercial imagery quite a bit in the decades since, these types of companies still do a lot of business in commodities forecasting. Some of them are even known to track oil tankers for competing companies so that they can estimate spot prices down to the day of arrival in port.
And the article is correct, you don’t see any current satellite imagery the government doesn’t want you to see.
Keyhole? I think that was the company that Google bought for their sat imagery of the planet.
When asked if it was ethical to continue conducting her job while negotiating for a media job, Psaki said:
“I have always gone over and above the stringent ethical and legal requirements of the Biden administration. And I take that very seriously. And, as a standard for every employee of the White House, I have received rigorous ethics counseling, including as it relates to any future employment. I’ve complied with all ethics requirements and gone beyond and taken steps to recuse myself from decisions as appropriate.”
A beacon of probity. She is an inspiration to us all.
So, she has to kick up 10% of the contract to the big guy.
“I’m doing nothing wrong. Take my word for it.”
“And every time someone comes in the house, the first thing I ask is, “Wanna see something cool?” reminds me of a story.
Once, ex Mrs Cool and I were going to a housewarming party for her best friend. Her friend had just started dating a guy that had a glass eye. I was told numerous times before we left and on the way there, “do not, I repeat DO NOT ask about his eye. Kristen has asked me to tell you to NOT ASK ABOUT THE EYE! OK?” “Fine, fine” I said, fingers and toes crossed. “I wont ask about the eye.”
We get there and I see the guy. He looks like Dolph Lundgren. With a noticeably off-kilter eye. It was a small party, he and I hit it off well, and started talking one-on-one. About 6 or 7 beers (I wasnt driving), numerous shots of Crown, and probably (in those days) a percocet I was captivated by his cell-phone eyes. One was on hold, the other was roaming. Despite the daggers and glances thrown at me by both women as we got louder and more drunk, I had to.
“What the fuck is wrong with your eyes?” I said, both the ladies in another room. He told me the BEST story- a bar fight that could rival any scene in “Roadhouse”. And some guy picked up a glass ash-tray from the bar and bashed it into dude’s face, where it broke. The shards of glass entered that eye and he ended up losing it. Epic. Now on to Phase Two:
“So can you take it out?” I asked. “Yep” he said. “Watch.”
Just as he popped it out (or whatever part it was- something was still occupying the ocular cavity) our two ladies turned the corner to see him holding eye in his hand.
“WHAT THE FUCK! TRES I TOLD YOU TO NOT ASK…”
“But its a really cool story!” I told her. His girl yelled “PUT THAT BACK IN AND GO OUTSIDE!” which he did.
We were kept separate for the remainder of the gathering. But when I left I shook his hand, said “best story ever”. When I walked out I said, “We’ll have to drink again. Keep an eye out for me.”
Then I was hit upside the head by ex-wife.
Funny story. Seriously. Great setup.
“And go outside,” is the funniest part.
And he did.
Absolutely true story, too.
“And that’s why they call me Honest John.”
When I walked out I said, “We’ll have to drink again. Keep an eye out for me.”
[Motel 6 ad music plays in the background]
O.o
Lulz.
I knew a dude with a glass eye once, back in my 3gun days. He actually had several different glass eyes that he would change out, depending on the situation. For major matches, he would usually drop in one that was just plain glossy black. It looked fucking evil.
He would also sometimes take off his prosthetic leg and use it as a makeshift rifle rest.
The vast right wing good news boycott
The U.S. unemployment rate hit 3.6 percent today, as 431,000 jobs were added during the month of March.
It’s the type of data point that should make a White House giddy. And yet, one can’t help but smell the whiff of frustration emanating from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
There is a remarkable disconnect among the American public involving the reality of the jobs market and the perception of it. A little-noticed survey by Navigator Research last month showed that 37 percent of the public thought that more jobs had been lost (yes, lost) over the last year while just 28 percent thought that they had been gained. That was particularly pronounced among Republicans, 47 percent of whom believed jobs had been lost over the last 12 months.
Needless to say, that’s wildly inaccurate: The unemployment rate was 6.4 percent when JOE BIDEN took office.
That these basic facts aren’t translating to the public says a lot about how news is disseminated and consumed. It’s also an illustration about how difficult it’s been for the White House to communicate its successes in light of the setbacks that have come along too.
Things are awesome, but FOX won’t let you hear about it.
A portion of the jobs coming back that the government arbitrarily destroyed over the past 2 years does not constitute any gains.
It’s like the assholes that talk about the growth of wealth during the pandemic – they start at the bottom of the ’20 correction. You start in Feb instead of Mar and by the end of the year, the market had just barely broken even.
Anybody who uses the U-3 number as an indicator of any type is either an idiot or a propagandist.
Or both
Imagine the success if the country at large wasn’t weighed down by so many Republicans. I mean, just look at one-party cities and states like New York and California for examples of the success that could be achieved.
One question, how many are working now compared to the number working at some previous time?
!00% unemployed at the Fourscores! National disgrace ! .
Thanks for that great analysis, Politico. Now do a story about how Democrats’ perceptions of the deadliness of COVID is wildly inaccurate.
This is not a U.S. phenomenon, as the administration frequently notes. It’s gripping Europe and others too. But political opponents don’t operate in the world of nuance and global context. And Republicans have been eager to lay it all at the feet of Biden, the major Covid relief bill he helped push early in his presidency, and the energy policies he’s pursued in office.
You don’t say.
The projection here is strong.
You mean that policies that would usher in another Dark Ages if he achieved them? Those policies?
JFC.
Yup. And they wonder why they are held in such low esteem.
Concerning the Old Guy music, I saw McLaughlin live as part of the Guitar Trio (McLaughlin, di Meola, Lucia) back in the 90’s. That was phenomenal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADwfyxpriAM
I always liked Adrian Legg.
I miss The McLaughlin Group.
WRONG!
BOOM!
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A bit late for April Fool’s, lobot ?
Yeah… I was frustrated to distraction by those cursed double letter words. My actual score was something like 3, 9, 7, scratch.
Van Life, anyone?
Confederate flag not included.
Want
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1962-chevrolet-corvette-130/
Want
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-shelby-mustang-gt500-11/
Mornin’, Old Man. Great links as usual, you really nailed it.
I thought they were a little moldy.
Morning Glibs.
I see some of you are suffering from core dumps and will need to be rebooted or even patched.
WANT
Those wheels and tires would have to go, in favor of something more tasteful, like old style Basset NASCAR wheels.
I figured you’d replace the wheels with the drugs falling out of your ass.
Haha, Scruffy. Good choice.
For those who didn’t see it, C.W. McCall died yesterday.
Now that’s a throwback to my childhood.
That’s sad; G/d bless him and keep him.
These are my two faves – Classified Ad
And – Black Bear Road
Powerline,
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/04/the-week-in-pictures-slap-happy-edition.php
This got me
https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/04/IMG_5331.jpeg?w=800&ssl=1
Well you gotta test whether there’s power.
I figured it was a sign of my penis taking over
“KEEP MY WI-FI’S NAME OUTTA YOUR F”
hahaha
The difficulties, however, have been on the messaging front too. The White House went from downplaying inflation concerns, to calling them transitory, to pinning it on corporate greed, to castigating VLADIMIR PUTIN and his invasion of Ukraine for contributing to the costs. In announcing that the U.S. was releasing 1 million barrels of oil per day from strategic reserves for the next six months in order to help with supply issues, Biden mentioned the Russian leader 14 times during his prepared remarks.
The war in Ukraine and the Biden administration’s subsequent decision to cut off Russian oil clearly has played a role in higher energy costs. But as far as narratives go, Democrats concede the one the White House has built around inflation has been … choppy.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhh,” said one top Democratic operative when asked for his thoughts on how the White House was handling the topic. He paused for about five seconds to think about what to say: “I’m not gonna touch that one.”
Stupid peasants. They just don’t understand the Big Picture.
Once we have completed our transition to clean (un)reliable energy they’ll wonder how they got on, before. You’ll have plenty of time to catch up with the latest narrative dump from the Ministry of Truth while you’re cooling your heels waiting for your electric car to charge.
As forecast, the judge reinstated the five school board members in the West Chester School District that he had ordered removed. The board ‘s attorney apparently convinced him that he misunderstood the judge’s “vague” time deadline and that it wasn’t fair to democracy to have the board members removed due to their lawyer’s mistake. The board now has until April 4th to respond to the removal petition circulated by a former LP candidate who believes that continuing the masking mandate was unconstitutional AS RULED BY THE COURTS TWO MONTHS AGO! Prediction again is that the court will find removing board members violates “our democracy” and that the law should be disregarded. One wonders if perhaps the former LP candidate shouldn’t have waited a few more days until the “vagueness” of the judge’s order had obviously expired on April 4 before filing a demand for removal? It is unclear if the board was going to respond or blow off the whole petition. At the least, the board now has to respond and justify keeping masking in place.
*Kif sigh gif*
It ain’t over ’til the dead-enders are swinging from lampposts
A Staten Island judge lifted mask mandates for toddlers citywide Friday — but Mayor Eric Adams vowed shortly after to keep the rule in place, citing a new COVID-19 variant and saying the city is appealing the judgement.
The ruling by Richmond County State Supreme Court Judge Ralph Porzio struck down the city rule requiring kids ages 2 to 4 wear masks — rendering it immediately unenforceable in schools and daycares and calling it “arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable,” according to court documents.
“It’s effective immediately,” attorney Michael Chessa said Friday after arguing for a permanent injunction of the ongoing face covering requirement. “It strikes down the order from the department of health.”
The SCIENCE!-tistic equivalent of “Because Mommy said so.”
Children should be seen not heard
Prediction again is that the court will find removing board members violates “our democracy” and that the law should be disregarded.
Good
and
hard.
Relief
Bipartisan legislation that aims to help tackle supply chain woes that have wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy is inching closer to President Biden’s desk.
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Bottlenecks forming for U.S. exports have played a key role in the country’s rising inflation.
The bill requires ocean carriers to certify that late fees comply with federal regulations or face penalties, prohibits carriers from unreasonably declining shipping opportunities for U.S exports, and ramps up reporting requirements to the Federal Maritime Commission. It also empowers the commission to initiate probes of carrier’s business practices and apply enforcement actions.
Momentum for the plan drew praise from the White House on Friday.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden had called out ocean shipping carriers raising their rates during his February State of the Union address, saying “these costs pass through to American businesses and families and contribute to inflation.”
“The Senate yesterday passed overwhelmingly bipartisan legislation to reform the ocean shipping industry and lower costs for American farmers, businesses and consumers,” Psaki told reporters at a White House briefing.
Yup. That’ll fix it. Apparently American business regulators have complete jurisdiction over international shipping.
Death to Profiteers!
I have to say…they are squeezing every ounce out of covid
DNR, but did they mention perhaps repealing the Jones Act?
More government regulation! How come I didn’t think of that?!
We are so lucky to have Congress looking out for us and coming up with brave, new solutions like this.
The problem with the economy is a glaring lack of red tape.
That’s certainly true of our free market health care system .
Certificates of Shipping Need!
Wait, I thought shortages and demand on imports was causing inflation? It’s almost like they’re throwing out excuses like spaghetti on a wall to avoid saying inflation is being caused by printing worthless dollars nonstop.
When you have no policy other than to continue the fundamental transformation of thr US economy everything is caused by whatever fleeting moment has passed.
Covid caused inflation, shipping delays caused inflation, reopening after covid caused inflation, people buying treadmills caused inflation, Ukraine caused inflation, Russia caused inflation, and on and on.
Klobuchar said she and Thune learned about farmers and manufacturers in their states losing money because their products were not being shipped. Ships were coming to U.S. ports filled, but left empty because importing goods was much more lucrative.
“They were basically exporting air,” Klobuchar said.
Meanwhile, Klobuchar noted, the mostly foreign-owned shipping container industry posted record profits, seeing a sevenfold increase in profits to $190 billion last year.
“So you had an obvious case that they were fleecing their own pockets and they were biased against American goods because they didn’t want to spend the time to load up our crates,” Klobuchar said. “They wanted to go over to other countries and then ship them over to America. It is pretty outrageous what’s been going on.”
They make more money running their cargo ships empty. Gotcha.
“Fleecing their own pockets.”
OK, she really is a moron.
Yeah, but she’s Minnesoda’s moron.
There’s lots more where she came from.
/Looks at the governor and the big cities mayors, waiting to pounce on any national vacancy.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden had called out ocean shipping carriers raising their rates during his February State of the Union address, saying “these costs pass through to American businesses and families and contribute to inflation.”
Business costs are passed on to consumers by evil greedy corporations, so we’ve decided to pass a law that will increase their business costs. You’re welcome, America!
No, no, no. Government-imposed costs are eaten by businesses. They remind us of this all the time. Sheesh.
DNR, but did they mention perhaps repealing the Jones Act?
Haha, you slay me.
3/8 and 5/8 are interchangeable, right?
The difference is negligible. Less than a half, rounding error
*looks for hammer to make it fit then*
This checks out
with a drill, anything is possible
Great McLaughlin tune there. This is probably one of my favorites from him, rocking hard with Miles. This is some of the best fusion music ever made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U_jem9q_mg
I loved a bunch of JM, especially the first couple Mahavishnu albums and My Goal’s Beyond. But… I don’t think he ever made a better album than Extrapolation.
I’m not familiar with the Extrapolation album, really only know the Miles stuff and Mahavishnu, gonna have to put that album in my playlist. Thanks!
It’s somewhat obscure, admittedly. I came to McLaughlin after being blown away when In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew came out.
(If you happen to look at the old thread, just had a kid’s baseball game)
In a Silent Way is such an incredible album. Probably in my top 50 albums of any genre, probably my second fav Miles after Kind of Blue.
OMWC – thanks for the Maxar link. I think there’s some conflation of data – while the pics from Maxar may not always show something definitively, they’re probably being combined with other info for the press stuff.
I know when I was in Korea over a decade ago looking at military grade imagery (in different formats) – we could get VERY defined and clear information of sites/vehicles/etc – match up locations with expectations and look for differences, activity, etc – esp with daily+ updates. I wasn’t an imagery specialist, but if I had questions, we’d get verification/answers from the folks who knew what to look for – also specialized viewing equipment etc. I have no doubt that there is corroborating data from DoD but those pics can’t be shared due to sources, etc.
BTW, for Tulip and others – some nice new Tuna options – trying these canned versions this week.
https://twitter.com/FishLikesFlicks/status/1510264544458858499?cxt=HHwWhoCzlb_mxPUpAAAA
Linda Hunt, potential Fantasy Women
Let’s see;
1) 3 ft tall—Check
2) flat head to hold your beer–close enough, Check
3) no teeth–Fail, looks like a mouthful of crooked ones!!
NotTheBee has a video on how to speak Bidenese.
https://youtu.be/3HmFnp-jgfw
Imagine if it were a Republican President saying these things. Think the media would ignore it or gloss over it?
C’mon man, Cornpop was a bad dude and he ran a bunch of bad boys.
Morning, geez… almost afternoon, wokestars and various sippers and swillers of the hipster juice.
I never heard of Curtis Yarvin before today. Not to be confused with Curtis Loew…
He normally goes by Mencius Moldbug. Good interviews on Malice, Thaddeus Russel, etc. Fun follow on twitter too.
I just stumbled onto this article this morning
Red Pill
Long but interesting.
His political views are pretty fucked up:
“an enlightened corporate monarchy that would only arrive after a hard reboot of the political system”
This dude been hanging out with Klaus?
Although I agree with him on the failures of democracy, he seems to be advocating for a sort of super technocracy state? What could possibly go wrong…
In an ideal scenario I guess it falls apart, which of couse it would, we get something like Snowcrash world stead with a sort of federalism with corporations instead of states.
Yarvin (and the NRx folks in general) have successfully identified all the problems, while going completely off the rails on the solutions.
Agreed.
Good morning, Old Man!
And good morning to the rest of you maniacs!
Went to the Nuggets/T-wolves game last night. Lovely arena, Wolves won, but I still don’t get BB. Still, though, I think it’s nice that they have games for kids that can’t skate.