Grüezi mitenand. Bit of an interesting week at Glibs – I am grateful our contributors gave us enough content to make another week here. (Yes, that is a hint/beg for articles). So now let us preview Things To Come:
Monday – Having wrapped up Animal’s 3-parter (Liked the end, eh? Next series will start on the 23rd) we will have, by POPULAR DEMAND – whiz will tell us all about (and Science the #$%^ out of) this crazy Quordle thing that all the kids are doing.
Tuesday – ron73440 continues his epic rebuild of The Truck With 350,000 Miles on it. UCS continues a story that had Part 1 published earlier – I INCLUDED THE LINK BACK TO PART ONE. READ IT (or reread it) FIRST. Then you can enjoy part 2.
Wednesday – Su-Su-SugarFree (What? It’s a stutter!) will amaze and harm us. Later, to help restore some balance to the universe, Kristen will give us Part 2 of her cruise review.
Thursday – RJ Day! First he gives us a look at making our very own dandelion wine. No, really. Then, Glib Flick! Thanks, RJ!
Friday – The Daily Stoic helps us cope with the mad, mad, mad world around us. Then kinnath will demonstrate mad wood working skillz.
Weekends continue to be supported by Not Adahn and Chafed. Thanks to all TPTB for your links and features!
Oh, yeah…Links.
- NIMBY. But I don’t understand the opposition…it is not like anyone is ever held in NYC anymore.
- Get ready for some shootin’ and Gulagin‘!
- Russia suffers a severe defeat…no, no, not the one around Kharkiv, but the Golden Arches! Expect angry Muscovite Moms to storm the Kremlin – “Bring back the Playland and Happy Meals!” Oh, and from an old Reason favorite group…fugitives from Russian justice!
- Stupid idea defeated.
The comments section is all yours.
The Notorious KJU is back baby!
Pickled vegetables are big in Korea.
This remark resembles me.
I’m going to be an hour away from Biden? This is going to be fun. US diplomacy might want to take care of a US citizen…nah. That’s too hard. I got a new visa today, good til mid-October. Yay.
@Scruffy: “Pickled vegetables are big in Korea.”
Legit LOL.
I don’t think you’ve mentioned Korean corn dogs
I’m an American. I sell a solid horn dog. Mine.
(Korean pizza is…bizarre. Their frozen corn dogs are…frozen corn dogs…but not bad. My horn dog is much more satisfying. Ask me how I know? It pleasures the ladies, but usually…warms my hand…I need to get a sock. My…feet are cold…)
“it is not like anyone is ever held in NYC anymore”
LOL
Also, sad, but George Soros is just a crazy right-wing conspiracy.
Lefties here have tried about three times on the ballot to get the yout the vote and surprisingly failed all three times. Of course, a couple years back they raised the smoking age to 21 and I have not heard of them trying to get the drinking age lowered to 18.
That’s the joy of mail in ballots and motor-voter registration (although, if the supposed trends of kids not wanting to drive continues, it will have to be shifted to an “Internet License” or something stupid probably). The kids might be bothered to mail them… and if they aren’t even that motivated — there’s always harvesting!
Well, before motor voter you had to actually fill out that postage paid, pre addressed note card with your name and address and party preference. That is a whole lot to ask of a potential voter.
“Well, that’s just, like, TOtally because they didn’t let the 16- and 17-year-olds vote on it! And srsly, I identify as an 18-year-old, so WTF??”
Music link — or at least what music Swiss’s links put me in mind of.
Alternately, just because I’m sure Swiss loves it so much…
Nice.
Here’s mine.
Also nice — though if you go that direction, there’s only one for me.
Remember when Kimmel was funny?
The Man Show: Stop Suffrage Now!
No — I remember Adam being funny on that show, but Kimmel being a bit annoying even then. (And queue Q to say “Wait… there were men on that show?”)
Then they replaced him with Joe Rogan who was much worse.
Adam Carolla was better all the way back to when they were on KROQ.
I remember one of my Russian coworkers describing the Happy Meal in total awe. He had made his first ever trip to McDs after one opened up close to his apartment in Moscow.
If Soviet lunches were anything like the boxed lunches I had in China, I can see that.
A friend of mine from central Europe loved the local McD’s because it was the only restaurant where people smiled and were happy.
In Russia, it was forbidden to smile in official photos (drivers license or passport). That carried to pretty much all of public life.
The government made an “effort” to break that habit when I was traveling to Moscow in the middle 90s. The ladies at immigration would scowl as you handed over your passport. They would do all the official viewing and stamping, then look up, give an awkward smile for 5 seconds, hand you your passport, and then go back to scowling.
It was forbidden in Virginia to smile for a drivers license photo when I got mine.
In the US it is also forbidden to smile in driver’s license and passport photos. You have to have a neutral expression. We had quite a time getting our middle kid to do this when he was five and sitting for a passport photo.
Natural smile is ok for US passport photos
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/how-apply/photos.html
*checks DL* Hm, Big smile.
Huh, I was told not to smile in my last DL photo and they wouldn’t let my kid smile in his passport. Guess it’s not a law tho.
Maybe it’s because you are in Soviet California, comrade.
The cleavage is a nice touch, but at the end of the day she’s just a dusky Strawberry.
I think the bar is low enough that if she doesn’t just babble incoherently, folks will consider it as a good day.
Blackberry. Yum.
Lazy LOL of the day!
Yeah right. Everyone knows the Air Force has the heavy lifters.
I refuse to believe that is real. It simply can’t be.
https://swimsuit.si.com/swimsuit/model/yumi-nu-2022-si-swimsuit-photos
If anyone needs me, just knock twice on my bunk.
Ill be in it.
Throwing up?
What an eggcellent time for an egg shortage.
Dallas commuters were faced with a sticky mess Monday morning. I-30 was shut down near I-45 because about a quarter of a million eggs were spilled on the freeway.
Sounds like they had to scramble to get to work.
Huh… didn’t expect this to be the bad yolk thread. Should have taken the ova / unda on it happening, though — would have been nice to have a bookie shell out on it.
It’s going to be a Grade AA eggstra large mess.
They’re going to need to poach some more workers to clean up that many eggs.
Omelette ya’ll get the narrowed gaze.
A little egg wash on top will make a fine glaze
No need for Plan B!
It’s supposed to be in the 90s. The pavement is likely hot enough to fry an egg.
*Mass Narrowed Gaze*
Sounds like we all have egg on our face.
You guys crack me up.
Omelet that one go by.
I knew this thread wouldn’t go over easy.
To quiche their own I say.
Well, this will soon be over. Easy, once Swissy got here.
Get a load of this guy, looking at the sunny side up here.
Daily Quordle 112
7️⃣5️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
Double Bogey over the Tundra line.
I haz sad.
How Often Can You Be Infected With the Coronavirus?
TW – NYT
That’s it. I can’t leave the house. Just keep the government checks and DoorDash coming.
(Kidding aside since NYC has gone from Green to Red skipping Yellow if my company requires masking in the office they ain’t seeing my face as long as I have still have the option of working at home.)
Gee… if only people had known up front that that’s how coronoviruses behave — that they also trend towards “highly infectious, but relatively harmless” as a survival mechanism, and their high mutation rate is a big part of why there’s never been a successful for-real-vaccine-not-the-CDC-redefining-it for just that reason. All those past influenza epidemics are still with us in some form or another, after all…
And if only people encouraged strengthening natural immunity while those who can’t protected themselves…. wish I’d heard something like that over the last couple of years… I’m sure Scary Poppins will be right on that…
Sound familiar to anyone? I just can’t put my finger on it…
Herpes?
Now smell that finger.
My idiot company left the CDC’s county level color code as a trigger for future masking. I have a bad feeling it’s coming sooner.
Huh, I didn’t know that we’re coworkers.
Their hands were tied. What else could they do? It’s not their fault. They are just following the experts’ recommendations.
Perfectly reasonable. I assume you believe in science.
Their hands were tied.
Don’t get my hopes up.
I’m not trying to step on the linx, but I’m not sure I’ll be around later.
@Mojeax, I responded with a valid link in the forums.
Replied. Thank yooooooooooou!
That thing is hideous.
A drag queen was crowned prom king in an Indiana high school
I don’t really have a problem with drag queens *in general*. They know they’re putting on a show.
Plus, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert was pretty entertaining.
You know what would have been good is “Dude Looks Like a Lady” belting out while he took the stage.
Look, dude’s a dude, knows he’s a dude, likes to perform in a dress. Okay. So did Klinger.
Yes. They are entertainers.
HS is a bit young for it, IMHO.
Since it was high school, I’m guessing the kids thought it was hilarious to have a dude dressed as a woman be the prom king.
Ok, groomer.
If a child misgenders someone it’s the parent’s fault for raising their kid in the gender binary which is a system of oppression
“JOHNNY DEPP VS AMBER HEARD LIVE UPDATES: Amber Heard admits ACLU wrote her 2018 op-ed about domestic abuse but insists it ‘wasn’t about Johnny Depp’ and says she PROTECTED him during their marriage”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/live/article-10821213/JOHNNY-DEPP-VS-AMBER-HEARD-TRIAL-LIVE-Amber-Heard-stand-live-trial-resumes.html
Yeah, sure.
Thank you for giving me a reason to trot this classic out.
Elon is a freakshow technocrat, ’tis true, but goddamn he’s funny!
Look they examine 100 accounts and perform some kind of “analysis” to determine if they are fraudulent. Whatever BS multivariate analysis they do I’m sure is statistically significant. It’s easy enough to back into that even if it constitutes statistical malpractice.
But let’s step back. Why only 100 accounts and how often? My guess is they do it once a frickin quarter… They don’t want to know the answer as it will massively screw with their ad revenue and guarantees they make there.
That’s and old Department of Insurance trick. Do a tiny sample, find a couple of issues and extrapolate up to describe how big you think the problem is. Then the onus is on Twitter to prove otherwise. It’s quite an effective move.
Clarence Thomas is also funny
Things that are actually in the constitution must be regulated and restricted because reasons.
“As a leader of the state of New York, I also have a responsibility to make sure we protect people with respect to guns. We have some of the toughest laws in America on the books here, but the guns are coming in from other states or the enhanced magazine, which is exactly what happened here, the high-capacity magazine that led to the slaughter of people in my hometown. So, we are dealing with it on the gun side but also on the social media side. And the combination of the wild access to guns, unfettered, we need national laws to deal with this as well as the unfettered sharing of hate information on the internet, that is a lethal combination. We saw that on display here just hours ago yesterday.”
“hate information”
???
I find this turn of phrase unsurprising. Wrongthink will not be tolerated,
subjectcitizen.I’m surprised they are not pushing stronger for a ban on body armor. Regardless of the veracity (it may be true, no idea), the narrative is the shooter’s body armor stopped a bullet fired by the armed security guard.
Ahh, armed guards at the grocery store. Takes me back to my Norfolk days.
Some excerpts of his manifesto I saw posted in the twits said that he was certain IIIA would stop anything the security guards were carrying so he would be wearing that plus a helmet.
Thread – https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1526167486282051584
reasonable conclusion: https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1526208346247905282
Doesn’t surprise me at all that NY’s gun control makes it a more attractive target. I don’t know if it’s true or if I’m misremembering, but I recall something about there being two nearby movie theaters in Aurora, Colorado. The one the shooter chose had a “no guns” sign on the door and the other didn’t. May not be remembering correctly though.
In the end though, a free society comes with danger and risks. Trying to prevent a shooter like this is approaching the problem from the wrong end. Instead the focus should be on ensuring citizens have the means to protect themselves and can quickly bring down threats. The shooter shouldn’t have made it 5 steps before being ventilated by a handful of shoppers.
That’s as I remember it. I can say from personal observation that the theater in question did have a “no guns” sign. The venue was about five miles from our house, and we had taken in movies there regularly.
Our second daughter’s boyfriend (now her husband) is a huge Batman fan, and had plans to go to the late-night premiere that night. When she got the news the next morning, she was pretty freaked out until she got hold of the boy and found out he had gone to a different theater.
Until that time, being a guy who respects private property rights, I had followed the request of the signs and didn’t carry into the theater. After that event, I said “fuck that,” and ever since I have always carried into the theater. If they discovered I was packing, the only thing they could do was to ask me to leave, which I would have politely and immediately done. But I’ll never get caught in an enclosed place full of people like that unarmed.
Incidentally, the theater we go to in Wasilla bears no such signs.
Incidentally, there are no “no guns” signs around Boston. Presumably, it never occurred to the busybodies here that there could be legal gun owners who are allowed to carry in MA.
Meanwhile, in the this morning’s WSJ, I read a full page ad for businesses to move to NYS because of its abortion rights. I’m in the mushy middle on abortion and even I thought that was in bad taste.
First he gives us a look at making our very own dandelion wine.
Yummy.
despite leader Kim ordering nationwide lockdowns
So what’s the difference between lockdowns and an ordinary day in North Korea?
Welding your door shut.
Free internet?
(be seriously fucking ironic if he opened up the intertoobs while people are homebound, just to keep them occupied)
Today in Billionaire news:
“Kim Kardashian stars on first-ever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover: Reality star poses in tiny bikinis for racy lagoon shoot – as Elon Musk’s 74-year-old mom Maye, Ciara, and plus-size model Yumi Nu all grace front of the famed magazine”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10821257/Kim-Kardashian-poses-Sports-Illustrated-Swimsuit-cover-alongside-Maye-Musk-Ciara-Yumi-Nu.html
“‘Look, a squirrel! This is the White House’s statement about my recent tweets,’ said Bezos, above a posting of a spokesman’s comments.
‘They understandably want to muddy the topic. They know inflation hurts the neediest the most.
‘But unions aren’t causing inflation and neither are wealthy people. Remember the administration tried their best to add another $3.5 TRILLION to federal spending.
‘They failed, but if they had succeeded, inflation would be even higher than it is today, and inflation today is at a 40-year high.'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10822265/Bezos-mocks-Biden-administration-trying-distract-failed-3-5T-spending-hike.html
SI jumped the shark a while ago. Now it’s just a joke,
Which one was Kardashian?
The one with the giant ass.
No, no, that’s Jill Biden
Who is the target audience for this? Serious question. I can’t figure out who they think wants to buy that issue.
Well, Tres obviously, but how many copies is he going to go through?
Woke advertisers.
I’ve got good news and bad news.
The good news is that Black Mirror is coming back after three years.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10821965/Black-Mirror-season-six-currently-development-Netflix.html
The bad news is that we all now living in it.
The better news is it’s being renamed African-American Mirror.
I thought that was Black with a capital-B now?
Maybe Russel Brand is rubbing one off on – uh – rubbing off on Katy Perry.
Perry, 37, opened up about moving to Kentucky for the last month during an appearance on Chelsea Handler’s podcast, “Dear Chelsea.”
“I’m like, living in Kentucky, and I have for almost a month now. And that’s quite an amazing experience. Because it reminds you that Hollywood is not America,” Perry explained. …
“You need to remember that,” Perry added. “Because I think you can understand people better.”
“Yeah, right. It’s nice to get outside of what you know to be normal and your reality,” Handler responded.
“Yeah, I mean they’re living in a bubble of sorts. We’re living in a bubble. Our bubbles are completely opposite. But they’re — it’s interesting,” Perry said.
Huh… so maybe we’re going to get the opposite of what happened when Taylor Swift moved to New York (and proceeded to either become another left wing ditz or reveal she always was one but was hiding it well for her “country” career… only she would know)?
Bad new. Looks like Putin is likely healthy as a horse.
Vladimir Putin is ‘quite seriously ill’, says former spy who wrote Trump Russia dossier
I’m sure he must be sick from all the pee hookers Steele keeps seeing in his head.
Alternate response:
Steele just misinterpreted a member of Putin’s new “hip” inner circle: “Yo, Putin be sick dawg!”
Somebody got a new paying gig.
It’s not new. He’s been a payed propagandist for a while. The checks just don’t say Clinton Foundation anymore.
I promised three articles last week, they are all close to done, will get them in.
Three totally unrelated topics.
Thank you.
Might have missed a couple posts – saw Rat said something last week at least once – what’s the status on the Fredericksburg Gourmeltz meet-up this Saturday? Do we have specific time, etc yet? Don’t see any updates in the forum.
I’m available for almost anytime. I’m trying to convince the ratess to stop by with the ratlings.
Early is fine for me, but doesn’t really matter – gotta run at least one errand up on 3 afterwards, but don’t plan to hang around downtown too long other than food.
I woke up at 3am and realized that I needed to book another night in my hotel. Now, I can stay up as long as I want. Yay. I have a bathtub! (I haven’t showered in ~3 days and have been wearing the same clothes for at least a week. This is not smart. I am aware of this.)
I am not well. I don’t eat and do many other bad things. (I’m looking at a pizza I bought. It’s tasty. I ate 75% of one slice. This is not good. I can’t make myself do something I have no desire to do.)
I’m not here to complain nor bitch, just being honest. Many have it far worse. At least I haven’t had a seizure in a week. Small victories are important. (The last one was not pleasant. Blood was everywhere, and bruises abound. (They’re easy to ignore.)) I should write about Cambodia, but I haven’t the nerve at the moment. I don’t trust myself to live up to standards. Another Hollywood chapter in my movie script life goes on. There will be more. They don’t end. The Evan Book grows.
I. Need. A. Fucking. Break. (But I also want independence, and that relies upon me working and supporting myself. That’s fine and enjoyable. I just can’t do it now. I should. But nah. I’ll just keep drinking myself toward my Slow-Motion Suicide. Band/album name? I claim them for me.)
The positive part of me just looks at this AS MY FUCKING BREAK. I don’t have to commute, work, deal with students, anything. I wish the Cubs were doing better. This is my time to chill. Going back home, I’ll have to live with my parents or bro, and his kids, and dive back into work to get my own spot. So, I’m going to attempt to enjoy it while I can. Work awaits. Now, I’ve got 33 hours in my own space, paid for, and zero responsibilities. I’m going to take a smoke and turn it into…a joint feature. I can. I might as well.
Again, I’m not complaining. I’m just being honest. I am more positive and well-heeled than most would be, by my reckoning. I. Wanna. Get. Laid. (That would be nice. Look out, gals. I’m remarkably cute and handsome (though short). Prepare to be disemboweled by my prestigious endowment. Trust me. It’s worth it. *It really is.*)
Did you ever do the USO DMZ tour? Definitely worth it – esp with JSA and tunnels – if you haven’t done it yet – and if you’re not sure whether you’ll be back.
http://www.usodmz.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=dmz_tour
I’m embarrassed that I never have. My parents have done it! For a long time in my tenure here, it was closed off for foreigners. On this stretch, I literally have not left Daejeon for the (so far) 15-months I’ve been back. I should. That actually is a pretty damn good idea. It’s right here. I have nothing to do. (Other than…errands.) I’ll see if (ex)Lady is interested. Another friend is fine as well.
Positive note! I’ve been noticing more and more Koreans are going (mostly) maskless. It’s wearing off, even here. My hotel operator (?) doesn’t even pretend to try to wear one. Pretty much, wear one indoors, but even that is changing. Thank. God. It’s fucking sickening.
Personal note that (I think) we all know: The Incident caused permanent hearing damage in my right ear. I need to lip-read to fully get shit, especially here in Korea. Accents/etc. It’s fucking abominable. Put CC on the TV. When I talk to someone, I kinda need to see their mouth. I don’t look people in the eye. I need to look at their mouth. It is important for me to be able to understand. The world gives deaf people sign language on TV, when they can just read, but in person, they are fucking clueless because they can’t see others’ mouths. It’s predictable, evil, annoying, useless. No lessons will be learned from this.
I wish I had something to write about, but I do not.
Make up stuff, call it autobiographical, see if anyone picks up on it.
“This ain’t no s…. ”
You get the idea. I’m like you, Mojo, life is passing us by.
“So, like, I was sitting on the pot minding my own business … “
Um. Yeah. Make it funny. It’s the hardest thing to write, and hard to perform. Every little detail is funny.
I bet you do. Even if it isn’t important. I’m thinking of Seinfeld. The delivery is the tricky part. The message…there doesn’t have to be a message!
(I’m legit thinking of doing stand-up. It’s been an interest for a while. I’m a professional performer. I’ve got plenty of stories. Just gotta shrink down to a Tight-5.)
How many of the media talking heads huffing and puffing about that crackpot “great replacement” theory have been openly gloating over DNC claims that demographics are destiny, or whatever the slogan has been?
Call it the Coalition of the Ascendant. It sounds so much nicer.
How many times must you be told: IT’S DIFFERENT WHEN WE DO IT!
How much of our political discourse can be contributed to our politicians convincing the populace that their constituency deserves to live under different rules? It’s the left’s main MO, but it’s not like the R’s don’t pull that crap either.
I hate it when I open the item I meant to cook for dinner and it fails the sniff test.
Money in the trash…
That’s just awful, isn’t it? That happened with a ribeye a few days ago. I cooked it anyway, to medium-well (I’m so sorry) hoping to kill off any pathogens but a couple bites in and it was clear that it needed to be thrown away. I received an evening in the toilet for my folly.
This was chicken, and no way I’m risking that.
If my wife asks me to take a look at something the answer is almost always “Give it to the fox” We have a local fox that apparently will eat anything, no Best Used By Date is to old for that critter.
The whole “close Rikers” project is so unbelievably boneheaded one barely knows where to begin.
For starters, the whole point of Rikers is to keep a lot of very bad dudes away from us not-criminals. It was built on an island off the shore of Queens for a reason. Nobody is asking for this happy horseshit that Deblasio was spinning where inmates are held “in their neighborhood” for the “convenience” of them and their families.
Next, the total capacity of the proposed grift-jails that are supposed to replace Rikers is less than the current carrying capacity of Rikers – and that’s with many buildings on Rikers in the sort of disrepair that comes from being run by the city. Crime is currently soaring but it’s still down like 80% from a few decades ago – if that shit returns, where the hell are we supposed to store the very bad dudes then?!
It is peak nihilism of the sort the left has been trafficking in for years, deliberately calculated to enrich some connected pals while sticking it in the eye of the rest of us.
You go Bernie Goetz on them.
+1 hero we need
This is gonna lead to woke remakes of The Warriors, Ft. Apache The Bronx, and Death Wish isn’t it?
“Ft. Apache The Bronx”
I think that already had a remake.
Death Wish was remade in 2018 with Bruce Willis.
Oh yeah, I think I forgot that on purpose.
I never saw it,. I just knew it existed. Sounds like I didn’t miss anything.
How many sequels did Cannon make in the 1980s?
Relevant
Not enough!
I actually liked that remake.
Perhaps it’s my memory but ‘Ft. Apache, The Bronx’ isn’t quite like the other two, did you mean ‘Assault on Precinct 13’? I think that movie is more in the Warriors/ Death Wish vein.
‘Assault on Precinct 13’
LOL, that’s what I thought he meant.
I’m not sure if it’s nihilism so much as they think they’re addressing the root causes of crime. Which in the liberal’s eyes is racism and the draconian punishment that comes from it. They’re getting rid of the racism by getting rid of punishments and we’ll all sing Kumbaya.
Maybe the activist base who are too stupid to know any better but I’m not buying that the likes of Deblasio and his supposedly “law ‘n’ order” replacement believe any of it.
I’m starting to think the activists watched Escape From New York and thought it was an instruction manual.
No, they really, really do believe that BS. Part of the problem is that they removed all dissenting opinions, either by marginalizing them or by ridicule. Not knowing that there is a reason alternate opinions exist. “If we are all thinking the same thing, someone isn’t thinking.”
“NEW – Gas prices in the U.S. have reached a new all-time high today: $4.48 per gallon national average.”
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1526289152014155778
Now can we bring back quaaludes?
Wow, it was steady around $4.30 for weeks here. $4.75 today.
Paid $4.59 today to fill up my bike.
I passed by a station on Saturday that was either $4.65 or $4.69; today it was $4.73.
“The House GOP leadership has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-semitism. History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse. @GOP leaders must renounce and reject these views and those who hold them.”
https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1526159124840558592
CWAA
Does that mean she’s admitting what we’ve all known about her for a while and going into self-imposed exile? I needed to hear some good news today.
Bitter disappointment
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional.
Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said the law that would have required boards have up to three female directors by this year violated the right to equal treatment. The ruling was dated Friday.
The conservative legal group Judicial Watch had challenged the law, claiming it was illegal to use taxpayer funds to enforce a law that violates the equal protection clause of the California Constitution by mandating a gender-based quota.
David Levine, a law professor at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, said he was not surprised by the verdict. Under state and federal law “mandating a quota like this was never going to fly,” Levine said.
State Senate leader Toni Atkins, a Democrat from San Diego, said the ruling was disappointing and a reminder “that sometimes our legalities don’t match our realities.”
Damn the Constitution, full speed ahead.
“I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part. And we’re just the guys, er, persons to do it.”
/California legislature
Speaking of being the persons to do it, do they need to be birthing-persons women or just anyone who is willing to utter the words “I’m a proud and powerful woman?” I’m thinking of joining the grift and trying to profit off of the quotas. Plus my ankles look phenomenal in heels.
Hawt. You go, girl!
It is just like how corporations could reduce their payroll by hiring all women at 70% of what they pay men, but won’t unless the government forces them.
I’m sure the evidence for that statement is overwhelming – probably doesn’t even need to be provided.
Look at you with your cis
heterohomo male patriarchal need for facts and evidence. Be better!Corporations just hate woman more than they like making money, obviously. Which is why they hire some women, but don’t have an all female workforce.
Wait…
Sorry I missed the comments on the last installment of Mr. Okpik Goes to Washington. We had business that required us to be in Anchorage early this morning, and it ended up taking until mid-afternoon.
I’m working on a new series now, but I wouldn’t completely rule out a Part II of the Okpik Administration.
Would be interesting to see the Okpik administration after the mid-terms. From their perspective or in response to them.
Yes, one would expect tons of congressmen – who know which way the wind is blowing – to join the Okpik Revolution (in fact to claim they had always been part of it, if not actually leading it!).
He’ll be impeached for the high crime of obstructing Congress.
So, you are saying it was an Okpikal allusion?
What you have done, has been seen.
First mow of the year. What should have been about an hour took 3. Belt came off, belt snapped, new belt was the wrong size…
Now to finish the rest of my chores for the day. But at least the weather is nice (upper 60s and sunny) and my knees, back and ankles are doing fine today.
Well beyond first mow. I’m getting the first stretch of summer weather here. The car was toasty after sitting outside for a couple hours Sunday. I’m not looking forward to hot, humid days being the norm. The cats are annoyed that the back door isn’t left open all day.
I have no grass. It’s perfect.
I have a guy who mows.
Best of both worlds.
Immigrants from South of the border do the lawns, etc. here. The standard procedure for these guys is sign up as labor for the old guy who has the landscaping business, then the smart guy (there’s at least one on every crew) takes over the business when the old guy retires; I now transfer funds to Senor Lopez weekly . They are living the American dream, and I’m reasonably certain they are not on board with the woke proggies.
I mowed today as well; finished a few minutes before the heaviest rainstorm we’ve had all year came down. This lawn is small enough I can knock it out with the 20v cordless string-trimmer and 2 batteries. I hate cutting grass. I would happily let it grow wild, but the HOA sends nasty-grams and levies fines against the landlord. We have a busybody who goes around photographing everyone’s yards for violations. NYC strong indeed.
Thank goodness you didn’t have a John Deere. You’d have to get it the shop somehow, wait a few days and cough up a couple Benjis. I learned some new words when a friend offered to replace the belt on my JD 166. He got it done but he never volunteered again.
I got a few chores done. The best news was that I found that I’d saved the excess roofing steel and snow barrier material from the time I had my roof redone. I emailed to the roofer, now he has no excuse not to repair my roof, it’s only cost him the labor. The chimney repair on the garage I’ll have to pay for, since that was already paid for by the insurance company.
Is this your way of telling us you shaved your balls?
It’s breathtaking.
Belt came off, belt snapped, new belt was the wrong size…
Ouch.
Anyone look at Hunter Biden’s e-mails yet?
Full disclosure: a) I used Brave with Tor and a private browser window to poke around in there. and b) I have no idea if this is legitimate.
128,000?
He’s worse than my wife.
It would be nice if he had added a way to sort on those that Hunter sent himself.
I’ve seen others talking about them and it looks legit. Considering what’s likely to be there Tor’s probably a good idea.
Whoops.
Generals used to have assistants to keep them from doing dumb shit like that.
Too much drugs in the Clinton administration.
McCaffrey must have dipped into the product while he was drug czar.
He never was very bright.
Lord have mercy
Jesus Tapdancing Christ.
I’m sure this is simply coincidence.
Protect that freedom, boys!
I’m sure we’re just there to protect democracy.
Wetting the beak, protecting democracy – all the same thing.
I guess it’s alright when we send in troops uninvited.
See also: It’s OK when we do it.
Time to start building some roadz!
DAILY QUORDLE ROUNDUP™©®
(The ‘it’s on like Donkey Kong’ Edition)
#112
Champ
l0b0t 19
Sean 20
The Hyperbole 20
whiz 21
Not Adahn 22
SDF-7 22
MikeS 22
Tundra 22
Grumbletarian 22
ScoobaSteve 22
The Other Kevin 22
grrizzly 23
Rat on a train 23
Ozymandias 24
Ted S. 24
trshmnstr the terrible 24
kinnath 24
Grummun 25
db 25
one true athena 28
Grosspatzer 29
TARDis 30
Chump
Tulip 120
rhywun 123
Bleah! 24 entrants, 31.5 Average, 11/13 Tundra Line, 40 Scrabble Score. So much for the tournament kickin’ you people in the ass, Man! what a pitiful start. Speaking of which, Tulip’s historic run as the first woman to try for the championship dies with a pathetic chumping, only one ‘upset’ with whiz besting Grumbletarian, and we have a tie between MikeS and Tundra. This means tomorrow will be the a tiebreaker round between those two and the rest of us winners catch a breather. Round 3 will start Wednesday, Good Quordling and good luck.
Oh, and you can see the updated Glib’s Quordle Championship bracket by clicking on my handle.
Are the rest of us losers supposed to keep playing, or must we sit in the box and feel shame?
I’m going for both. A Glib traditionalist, I am.
The Daily Quordle Roundup goes on as normal. Also, it is how one will get into and be seeded in the next tournament, so it is very important that you get those daily scores submitted.
Not Pictured: Evidence
I figured you weren’t capable of feeling shame.
But everyone is still welcome to do the Daily Quordle Challenge.
Still calling bullshit on bottom-left. Mighta did done better if I hadn’t chased it with a bunch of real words.
Co-sign. It’s spelled “bony”.
I agree, but I got it in 4 so I’m not complaining.
I’ve only played this twice, so I haven’t worked out the efficient strategy yet.
Cheating is the most efficient strategy. You can see how well I am doing with that strategy.
I still contend that the only winning move is not to play.
Dang, one point short. *womp womp*
Daily Sanford & son:
https://youtu.be/ljOWSylCskM
Daily Quordle 113
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