It’s my 30th anniversary today – so I have other things to do. Therefore, you get a quick look at the week, a handful of links and I am taillights.
Monday – I hope you liked the start of Animal’s new series. It will continue on next Monday. Kristen will point out some libertarianism sightings in TV and movies.
Tuesday – RC Dean tells us of Risk Management, and UCS’ series continues with Part 3.
Wednesday – Sugarfree. Yes, Sugarfree. Deal with it. To keep the theme of the day, CPRM gives us another animated Hat n’ Hair.
Thursday – What Are We Reading (get those entries in!) Then RJ’s Glibflick will conclude the day.
Friday – The Daily Stoic helps us cope. Richard takes us on a tour of Vermont.
The usual links and our weekend features will be there too.
Links:
- Zero requirements to graduate soon?
- Not sure what the Swiss could do to help in this set up.
- Who had hot, acidic, mutant shark volcano on their 2022 bingo card?
Comments are open and all yours.
Provide dairy to the lactose-intolerant?
Global warming thru better methane.
Congrats on the Anniversary.
Thank your secretary for reminding you?
Ah, that explains the unpunished thread last post.
He just told her to order two sets of flowers, one for the Wife and one for herself for saving his bacon.
This is why I chose June 1 for our wedding. I still don’t think my wife knows why I picked that over another day.
*taps head*
Comments are open and all yours.
Please let the Commies choose the worst possible option
Worst team name ever.
“Washington Red Tape”
“Washington Scrotums”
Commodes is not to far off.
“Washington Taint.”
“T’ain’t no denying it!”
Washington Tape Worms
Happy anniversary, Swissy!
Is 30th beer and ammunition?
I’m pretty sure it’s Xanax and vasectomy
And 3-legged orphan races.
Somebody’s been doing medical experiments on their orphans again.
When I get the process perfected, extra leg for everyone.
Ammo is appropriate for any anniversary.
…
Somehow that didn’t come out sounding quite right…
https://frinkiac.com/caption/S06E03/176242
Nah, eggbeater!
*cringes, instinctively protects his “huevos”*
(Naw: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086927/mediaviewer/rm2841546240 )
Aww, remember when she was cute and (possibly) not crazy?
TH sure was cute then, “the next Bill Murray”.
It is also my wedding anniversary today. Although, I want to assure Glibs that Swissy and I don’t have that kind of relationship.
Confirmed
Happy anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!!
Happy Anniversary!
Well, what did you get her for putting up with you?
Take out dinner as tonight unfortunately she has to work!
Bummer. Is she at least home for dinner?
I tried to remember what we did for our 30th. I know it was a bust because of the beginning of the end-of-days in 2020. We agreed in January 2020 to have a huge blow out as expensive as a wedding. We would have until November to plan. It didn’t happen. I couldn’t remember what we did. It’s like we blocked it. I’ve used Quicken for years to answer just such questions as these.
On our anniversary, my wife went to Taco Bell… in Indiana. She had driven her mom home after a Thanksgiving visit here, and was on her way home to GA. I’m pretty sure I had leftovers.
FUCK [Redacted]
Anyway, what I meant to say was, Happy Anniversary.
Happy Anniversary!
Lazy LOL of the Day!
Bonus Lazy Awwwwww of the Day!
(Sound on)
Something big happened to Swiss 30 years ago.
Someone said ‘I do’ and he narrowed his gaze.
Or maybe his eyes widened and he said, “Oh, shit.”
It’s my 30th anniversary today
Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary!
Sununu vetoes bill prohibiting NH public schools from requiring masks
Calling it “Big Government” and a “one-size-fits-all approach,” Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed legislation to place a ban on requiring students or the public to wear face coverings while inside public schools.
Small government Republicans for mandatory masks and vaccination.
Geez, we better make sure to elect the right ones in November, huh?
*ponders never voting again*
Come to the dark side. We have…better things to do.
Like not getting called for jury duty? (Though I would like to be on a Justice Squad case someday.)
I’ve never been on jury duty. California tried a few times, but the folks out here don’t seem to care to even send a love letter. I almost got to serve as a witness for a
don’t know what happened
for a DUI but the guy took a plea.
Oh no! They finally got Rat in the end!
It’s intrusive big government to allow people to choose? What a mendacious cocksucker.
Yeah, that’s a standard lefty talking point about libertarianism, too–that limited government prevents “the people” from choosing to allow the government to do things to everyone. Because government is what we all choose to do together, or something.
We had a (formerly) libertarian-ish conservative blogger make the argument that a statewide ban on mask mandates was anti-small government because it prohibited cities and counties from doing so if they wished. TDS/COVID really did break people.
On the bright side, it brings the authoritarians closer to you where they can nor easily be tarred and feathered.
“Meet The Globalists: Here Is The Full Roster Of Davos 2022 Attendees”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/meet-globalists-here-full-roster-davos-2022-attendees
Interesting list and not a nonscumbag to be found.
This is all conspiracy theory….no one wants to drive the world in a certain direction at all. Crazy people. Geesh.
That doesn’t include the financiers and the like.
That’s only the politicians and those that the politicians are sending.
The (R) governor of Indiana is there. Guess I’m not voting for that asshole again.
Hope they all get monkey pox.
When I was in NYC, the WEF used to have some sort of lesser meeting in my company’s building. The thing I remember thinking is “Geez, these are the people we’re supposed to be worried about taking over the world?” What was most notable about the lot was how remarkably unnotable they were. If it weren’t for their entourages, you’d think it was a meeting of dentists from Passaic. I suppose it gets to a point that’s struck me. Lately, you see the idea of authoritarianism tied to the notion of a strongman, an imperious leader pushing everybody around. But, that’s not really always, or even necessarily usually, accurate. You can just as easily have authoritarianism by Central Committee of guys and ladies not much different from this. People skilled at playing the game, but otherwise not particularly remarkable.
Tracy Flicks?
Power tripping bureaucrats
Dirty 30!
“CPRM gives us another animated Hat n’ Hair.”
YAAAYY!!
“Then RJ’s Glibflick will conclude the day.”
Anyone know which one?
Thursday
*snicker
Congrats Swissy, I always thought you may be a little older than that. Still, 30 ain’t bad either.
I thought he was Younger than that.
I’m younger than that now.
And lower in sugar.
Hmm, https://youtu.be/rGEIMCWob3U?t=16
FWIW – in my day, the Regents exams led to a sort of “honors” diploma. That is, “Regents math” was harder than “regular math” etc. Not very many kids took the tests or got the Regents diploma. There was no final testing required to get a normal diploma.
I seem to recall that at some point they started requiring Regents exams for all students, and I’m guessing dumbed them the fuck down in the process.
So… I don’t know what any of this means without knowing what the actual content of the classes is. I just don’t think ending the Regents exams is the calamity they’re making it out to be, since they only became a requirement in recent decades.
From my NYS college roommate and NYS friends – your recollection is similar to what they told me when I was in college.
I graduated high school before the regents exams were pushed to all students. I got both the regents and national honor society endorcements on my diploma.
Fat lot of good it’s done me.
I was a “Regents Scholar” and would have gotten, like $500/yr if I had gone to a state school.
Even then, it wouldn’t have helped much.
As far as I know, most of the average students in my school did the Regents diploma. It’s just that they were a year behind the advanced students as it were in that us advanced students were taking AP classes our senior year.
The Regents exams were dumbed down between when I took the German exam (1988) and the French exam (1990). There was a writing section that more or less required writing a 10-sentence/clause story. In 1988, you’d be marked down for up to two grammatical errors per sentence; two years later, the scoring system when we did practice exams was different and I was told you could only be marked down for one grammatical error per sentence. I think you could also make some number or errors without getting marked down.
You’re probably right that more students took it than I remembered at first. Maybe around half?
Probably back in the day it was considered racist to hold certain segments of students to lower standards. Now it’s considered racist to hold them to the same standards.
Whatever is decided, it’s racist.
New lady friend likes pinot noir. I know nothing about wine. Help a fella out, please?
So far she liked Apothic, 19 Crimes, and Bread and Butter.
What similar pinot noirs should I try?
If you want to impress her, Domaine Drouhin out of Oregon. Most anything out of Oregon will be good (Bethel Heights and Adelsheim are reliably good). There are a number of smaller wineries on the California central coast (around Paso Robles) – names are escaping me at the moment, but worth a try.
Mad Dog and TJ are the only ones I remember but everyone seemed to like them at high school graduation
Heh. You just named checked the place I live know and the place I grew up (sorta), and I don’t even like wine.
I was not a fan of 19 Crimes for some reason.
I don’t know reds well, except decant / aerate / let breathe.
I’m a big fan of pine-knot noyer with my steaks. On the rare occasion I just have a glass of red by itself, I like a mur-laht.
Oblig: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375063/mediaviewer/rm2803793921
she says I have a purty mouth.
*Flashes back to Monkeyshines* – as Mantzoukas put it on How Did This Get Made?, “Man, it’s like she’s using his face like a saddle”.
*sigh* threading fail
I was going for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXXDC5FarhE
(that movie crushed the merlot market)
Aw, poor Merlot. Perfectly cromulent tipple.
We had a friend that said she liked Carmenere. Said it was like Merlot, only interesting.
From one of the comments.
Miles doesn’t want to drink Merlot because it is his ex-wife’s favorite varietal, not because there’s anything wrong with Merlot.
Dr. F: Hmmm. I should read the novel, or at least get around to the commentary.
Yeah, the movie totally failed to explain why Merlot was a no-no.
kinnath: Your friend is correct.
Yes. I have Carmenere in the cellar.
My brother’s husband was down in the cellar helping me pick wine for dinner.
Me: What do you like?
Him: I don’t know. Merlot probably.
Me: This is how gay men get stereotyped. Let’s go with the Carmenere instead.
Pick a price you’re comfortable with and find one on the shelf at that price.
“New lady friend…”
You go, dude.
She likes my chin whiskers and she says I have a purty mouth.
Seconded.
Food & Wine will do periodic round-ups of particular styles:
https://www.foodandwine.com/wine/red-wine/pinot-noir/best-affordable-pinot-noir
Newer one:
https://www.foodandwine.com/wine/oregon-pinots-for-spring
Oregon pinots are a bit different – a bit “earthier”; I like them a lot.
Hmm, Bethel Heights and Adelsheim used to be about half the price of Drouhin. I did pick up a bottle of a special reserve Bethel Heights at the vineyard that was $100, and it was mind-blowingly delicious.
Impress her with your wine knowledge and get her a Malbec from Argentina. I thought Pinot was my favorite until I tried Malbec. (And buy a bottle of Pinot…just in case )
Clos d’Argentine? Grocery Outlet* always has that.
*if geographically applicable
Yup. That’s one.
And the demand isn’t as high, so you can get a high quality wine for $20-$30.
Here’s a cute sommelier talking about it.
She also has a more in depth couple videos on Argentine wine and explains how the price tiers are different and that there’s lot of deal to be had.
Get a Catena Malbec from Argentina. Big name, high quality brand.
Plus, the daughter of the family, Laura Catena, is an ER doc in San Francisco.
That’s a solid wine. Can recommend.
(Hey, CA, I would have given you an airport lift gratis.)
Which airport?
I find any of the $10 Garnachas I’ve tried have worked well.
Also a good varietal.
What are you willing to spend? If $omething, go to a wine shop and get a couple of aged things (plural, in case one is corked).
La Crema.
Monterey, CA
or Sonoma?
Yes, they have two terroirs. One is more pricey, both are good.
I’m not a big fan of terriers, especially the little ones.
de rigueur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6lQISMZpcY
Gah, I really should go do something productive.
STOP PEEPING THROUGH MY WINDOW!
Nah, that was your previous life. ?
Just had a bottle of that last week. I think it was with the shrimp and grits. It’s something we buy regularly.
Red wine with shrimp?
It was white.
Thanks to the Sideways Effect, there’s a whole lot of Pinot Noir out there. The good stuff tends to come from Sonoma, the Santa Ynez valley near Santa Barbara, and Oregon. Unfortunately, Pinot is a very fussy grape and technically difficult to vinify well, so it comes with a hefty price tag.
That said, I’d recommend casting a bit further afield. Casablanca Valley in Chile make some excellent moderately-priced pinots, as does Central Otago in New Zealand. You can also get basic red Burgundy at a price that won’t break the bank.
If you’re looking to keep the price tag down, I’d also look into Carmenere from Chile, Syrah/Grenache blends from the Rhone and Languedoc regions of France, and Sangiovese from Italy.
My local liquor stores only sell Sauvignon Blancs from New Zealand.
I think I had the best pinot noir in Tasmania. But it’s hard to get anywhere else.
The devil, you say!
?
Nighttrain
One of Axl’s best
Thank you guys. So much knowledge here…
All you and your wine talk made me uncork a bottle of a Cabernet I made 2 years ago.
It’s from a kit, but it was good from the beginning (good as a kit with no skin pack can be) and it’s still good. I think it has gotten a little drier since I bottled it but I’m not sure.
Parenting advice:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TogetherIsMyFavorite/comments/urpyp6/omg_i_found_the_holy_grail_trying_this_with_e/
“Not on our watch! Moment children of family-owned jewelry store owners and employee FIGHT BACK and stop robbery after spate of armed thefts in upscale California neighborhood”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10845525/Moment-employees-family-owned-jewelry-store-CA-stop-robbery-spate-armed-thefts.html
Good for them. Too bad they didn’t have shotguns.
Father Trans and son Dallas. OK…
Good for them.
Not sure I agree with putting names and pictures up of the defenders. Could open them up to possible retaliation.
Ganged up huh. Interesting word choice to describe the victims defending themselves.
I watched five dudes get jumped once. They tried to fight a guy who had 30 friends at his back without realizing all the friends would jump in. 5 on 1 immediately became 5 on 30. Each of the original five was on the ground surrounded by 5 or 6 guys punching and kicking them. That’s getting ganged up on.
Is this going to be Fauci Part II- Homo Boogaloo ?
“CDC officials sound alarm for gay and bisexual men as monkeypox spreads in community”
+1 dental dam
You mean Part III overall or are you talking about Part II of his anti-homosexual series. Part one was AIDS.
The AIDS one.
I fully expect Fauci to fuck up his response to monkeypox at least as much as he did to AIDS. Guy’s a walking gaffe-ball witling.
“A bomb threat closed all schools in a Wisconsin school district Monday, days after three middle schoolers found themselves under investigation for refusing to address their non-binary classmate by their preferred pronouns.
Kiel Middle School received the threat during school hours, at roughly 12:45 pm, shortly after police announced they were working to investigate ‘threatening communications’ toward district staff regarding the sexual harassment probe.
The students, all aged 13 and all enrolled at Kiel Middle, were all hit with a formal complaint earlier this month, for referring to the unnamed student as ‘she’ or ‘her,’ rather than ‘they’ or ‘them.’
One of the children, Braden Rabidoux, spoke out about the investigation in an interview with Fox News last week, airing fears that he may not get into college because of the sexual harassment charges leveled against him.
He along with his two classmates – whom have not been named – argue that the First Amendment allows them to refer to their nonbinary classmate with whatever pronouns they wish.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10846771/Bomb-threat-closes-schools-Wisconsin-school-district.html
Whee! Isn’t present year fun?
Like Christmas on a farm!
Every day is a holiday, and every meal is a banquet!
I thought every day was a winding road.
I am by nature a pretty patient person, and I don’t easily speak to people in anger. But in this case if I were a parent, every verbal exchange with the school would consist of “go fuck yourself.”
That’s one of the reasons we switched to homeschooling.
Have I mentioned how much I hate teachers?
But in this case if I were a parent, every verbal exchange with the school would consist of “go fuck yourself.”
Dear Kevin, we’re suspending your child for not respecting pronouns. Because your child has missed 10 days of school due to the suspension, he is now considered truant. Since parents can be arrested for their child’s truancy, our school LEO will now arrest you for contributing to the truancy of your child. Also, we are referring you to DHS for terroristic threats.
The game is heavily stacked in favor of the school administrators and school board, including armed agents of the state and a judiciary system that has now received marching orders from the DHS to consider outspoken parents to be treated as domestic terrorists. The best way to win the game is not to play it. One of several reasons we homeschool.
“Directly before Monday’s threat, which saw all three schools evacuated, City of Kiel Police Chief Dave Funkhouser revealed the district had been receiving a stream of ‘extremely vulgar, hateful, and disturbing’ threats since the case went public.”
How is Funkhouser not a band name ?
I lived in Funkhouser Il. for a little while as a young’un.
The band was not as good as it should have been.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264235/characters/nm0251872?
Winner. Since Im off tonight and already quite drunk, I’ll shanghai the TV from Jugsy (who is enthralled with Depp/Heard) and watch Larry David.
I went to high school with a Shelly Funk.
Decent bass player.
Happy Anniversary, Swissy!
…and the Sensei s…
“EXCLUSIVE: Grounded! United Airlines employee is fired for slapping ex-NFL player Brendan Langley (before getting punched so hard he went flying onto baggage conveyor)….
But Langley, who once played in the NFL for the Denver Broncos and most recently played for the Calgary Stampeders in Canada, was the only one arrested.
It’s unclear why the airline worker was not booked. He was taken to the hospital instead to be treated for a wound to his eye whereas Langley was booked on a single count of simple assault on Thursday.
It is believed that the fight began when Langley used a wheelchair to transport his luggage, instead of a paid-for luggage cart which cost $5.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10845321/United-Airlines-worker-PUNCHES-passenger-check-hes-smacked-ground-bleeding.html
I sounds like everyone in this story is a dumbass.
I wish I hadn’t wasted my time reading that when the writer could not even have bothered to figure out who started it.
Everybody needs to chill and have $27 beer.
How desperate must one be to pay $27 for a beer.
For a Sam Adams, no less.
Of course, most normal people also wouldn’t buy a fully refundable first-class ticket \anywhere (ideally on a southeast asian or gulf states airline), cancel it on their phone as soon as they’re through security, then use the ticket to hang out in the international lounge for a few hours…
Happy anniversary Swiss & Sensei.
?❤️?
Zey are married to each uzzer??
?
We don’t judge here. Or do we? *shrugs*
Silently, like cats.
?
Righteous burn.
Bidenomics-
I went to Walmart with a fifty dollar bill.
1 30-pack of Coors light (no ID); 1 pound of pulled-from-the-bone rotisserie chicken; i package of oatmeal cookies; i box of triscuits: $49.78.
Let’s go Brandon.
Yikes!
I’ve discovered the joys of little airline bottles of whiskey. $1.50! Woo!
Having to bid for cigars to keep the price down.
You gotta pull your own bone to save money.
I know but I want to help that young girl pay for college.
What you just did I noticed in an ocular capacity.
He’s trying to deal with the obesity problem in this country by getting the US to follow the Maduro diet plan.
That’s terrible…Coors Light?
I stand with Ukraine.
Father-of-two, 29, DUMPS his partner after falling for 22-year-old Ukrainian refugee who came to live with couple to escape the war
That’s gonna be a short-lived relationship, what with him getting stabbed to death in his sleep.
“Do you understand what I’m saying?”, “Yes.”, “Are you a giraffe?”, “Yes.”
Nah, arsenic after the ink dries on the marriage license.
She needs to get the British equivalent of the green card first.
I dunno, it looks like she is gonna get a red card allready.
Dirtbag
And, yes, that smacks of a whole bunch of violations of trust by that guy. not cool
I’ll have to see what the GF thinks of charity to refugees.
Perfect story for the day two Glibs are celebrating anniversaries. Bravo!
Happy anniversary to Swissy and Sensei!
Your daily dose of Sanford & son:
https://youtu.be/6PxHibbfRhk
+1 You Big Dummy
Last update for a while on the travails of Fort William Football (soccer) Club who play/ed in the Highland Football League (Scotland’s 5th tier). They’ve been notoriously poor for a number of years. They finished last season winning one game out of 34 with a goal difference of -100. This put them, theoretically, in a four-way playoff with the winners of three 6th tier clubs. However, two of those clubs were not eligible to compete in the playoffs. This left Fort William to play a two-leg playoff against Banks O’Dee FC from the Northern Superleague. The day before the first leg, Fort William withdrew. They have a long post on their FB page blaming the Highland League. The league blames the club (http://www.highlandfootballleague.com/News/Item/2113_Highland_Pyramid_Playoff_Cancelled_-_SHFL_Statement.aspx).
Anyway, FWFC will be playing in the North Caledonian Football League next season.
*plays sad bagpipes in a fare thee well*
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/oz-and-mccormick-clash-over-lehigh-county-ballot-ruling/article_0f7ca86a-da20-11ec-b259-33b510756f91.html
Still no winner.
The ballots shouldn’t be counted, and the law should be changed.
Two men enter. One man leaves.
Given the “quality” of mail service in Penna., these ballots could be from the Nov. 2021 general election!
Lol
Finally figured out the site is no longer refreshing unless I log in first.
“If this spike in trans children is all biological, why is it regional? Either Ohio is shaming them or California is creating them.”
https://twitter.com/billmaher/status/1527887977845649408
Worth watching.
Reading the comments? Not so much.
That was really good.
Maher has been consistent in his liberal policies all his public life. And he has stuck to his positions even as the left went REALLY left.
He has a unique platform and I’m glad to see him encouraging discussion and questioning with humor as a softener.
His point about using children as cannon fodder was especially good.
(For those who don’t want to do Twitter, here’s the YouTube.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10844775/Hubble-detects-changes-universes-rate-expansion-explained-current-physics.html
Oops, wrong link! Lol. https://youtu.be/mMBzfUj5zsg
Is there an embedded YouTube video in that Daily Mail link?
The link in my “oops” post leads to Bill Maher’s editorial.
Faster than expected, slower than expected, variable?
I still think that a lot of things that are “explained” by dark matter and dark energy, and even variable expansion rates, could be explained by the idea of our universe being adjacent and at points possibly intersecting with a neighbor universe. In most places, we wouldn’t see interaction with the matter in the adjacent universe, but where the dimensions of that universe and ours coincide or come close to each other, there might be crossover effects in both universes.
“If you’re wealthy and a burglar tries to steal something from you, let them and check your privilege for once.”
https://twitter.com/dasuperbackup/status/1528791117659000832
OFFS!!!
I’d let them steal my status of non violation of what I consider to be the most important of the Ten Commandments and that’s about it.
*racks AK*
pumps Ithaca 12
*Slaps top cover down on the belt-fed*
*flips down the AN/PVS-31As*
*turns on the lights just to fuck with ES*
*grins in auto-gated tubes*
*pressurized the Super Soaker*
*Unfolds Kel-Tec Sub2000*
/May 23 is the birthday of George Lars Kellgren (born 1943 in Borås, Sweden), the founder and chief engineer of Kel-Tec.
*raises glass of Cabernet to Mr. Kellgren*
Fuck off, commie.
A $22m fixer upper. In the last bit she notes the location is what’s holding it back.
https://youtu.be/xwXwwb60ktw
It needs to sell for roughly half the ask. Or you get an impatient person who wants something this size and doesn’t care about being underwater.
I don’t get it. Why the fuck was it gutted?
Neat place, though.
Me neither. Possibly when they tried to create the basement.
We did a big renovation on our house 2 years ago that turned into a big structural fix because when we started the demo, we found things that were progressing toward failure of the original structure. We had to gut the entire 1st floor and re-do a lot of basic structure to do what we wanted to do without the whole thing collapsing in 10-15 years.
It’s a travesty that it was possibly destroyed due to a new owner wanting to put a swimming pool/basketball court in the basement. The previous restoration looked amazing.
Looking at that structural work in the basement, I am guessing there was a ton of deferred maintenance on that end while the decorative elements were restored.
Congrats to the Glib Anniversary Couple–I dub thee “SensServator.”
Or is that “Swissei?”
Swissei was the one that came to me.
Swissei would be a pairing of Swiss Servator and George Takei.
/oh my
How is Kissinger not dead yet? Is helpful full?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10847579/Henry-Kissinger-tells-global-elite-gathered-Davos-Ukraine-Russia-territory.html
(Full disclosure: I own Kissinger’s “Diplomacy”, “White House Years”, “Years of Upheaval”, and “Years of Renewal”.
Whatever you want to say against Kissinger, he is a compelling author. Now I’m thinking about buying “On China”, “New World Order”, “A World Restored” and others.
Dammit, he’s a good writer.