This band was the soundtrack to my boyhood.
Lovely model Dolores Erickson.
TRUMP ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR EARTHQUAKES, METEORS, SOLAR FLARES: Continuing proof that The View is still a cesspool of hysteria and TDS.
FIRST AMENDMENT TROLL GROUP BEDEVILS BOSTON CITY GOVERNMENT: The Satanic Temple, who act as a private equal-protection enforcement arm for the First Amendment, are at it again.
THE MASQUE OF THE RED COOF: A number of individuals who attended the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner Saturday evening are already testing positive for COVID-19. The WHCA used to be a serious annual event for the working press, ink-stain’d wretches who reeked of cheap cigars and rye whiskey, but has now morphed into a media circus attended by celebrities. (h/t to BrettL for the link and lede)
SURELY A UNIVERSAL THIRTY-HOUR WORKWEEK AND LIVING WAGE WILL FIX THIS: Worker productivity down, labor costs up, jobless claims increase. We are so screwed.
THE LAW REMAINS AN ASS: Car owner who left Jeep at dealership gets sued after worker dies during oil change.
SNAKE HANDLING, NOT JUST FOR WEST VIRGINIANS ANYMORE: This bizarre practice is now established in Bolivia.
PERSONAL COMMENTARY: We’re seeing a lot of “if it were really about saving babies you’d give us free shit before, during and after pregnancy” rhetoric from the left. These statements all carry the stink of “pay up, or the fetus gets it,” exactly the sort of sociopathy you’d expect from those people.
Who is Sunny Hostin anyway? What is she famous for?
She’s famous for being a celebrity. Sheesh.
She’s famous for raining on your parade.
Isn’t it ironic?
Streisand effect?
Mine too, but I was probably more interested in the album cover than you were.
But I also loved the music too.
Little known fact: Tonio grew up in a department store elevator.
#metoo
She was pregnant during that album cover photo shoot.
For the non-cis, search for Soul Asylum’s Clam Dip And Other Delights
*points to comment 18*
He should probably get checked for herpes.
After touching a Biden, hell yeah.
inorite?
x4.
but declined to install UV light air cleaners that experts say could have helped curb the spread of the virus.
Disinformation!
It could have, but then again, it might not have.
Well, that’s just fucking dumb.
Oh, a Michigan law that protects car dealers from their own negligence. Sure, I can see that – no favoritism there whatsoever.
That’s preposterous. Car dealers have never lobbied for any special favors anywhere.
It seems that Chappelle is more like Trump in that analogy rather than like the attacker. Trump was talking about beating down someone who was disrupting the show, rather than being the disruptor. But what do I know? I’m just a cishet white guy.
He’s also super duper anti trans or something, just like Chappelle. Complete bizarro world on their heads over there.
I’m old-fashioned. I still blame George Bush for everything I don’t like.
Not Reagan? He’s still to blame for homelessness in California even though he hasn’t been governor for nearly 50 years.
I blame Reagan for George Bush.
That and the ACLU forced the asylums to be emptied, and at least partially rightly so but of course it went too far.
Dirty White Boy – Foreigner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJSRfztl_tc
We’re seeing a lot of “if it were really about saving babies you’d give us free shit before, during and after pregnancy” rhetoric from the left. These statements all carry the stink of “pay up, or the fetus gets it,” exactly the sort of sociopathy you’d expect from those people.
I oppose police shooting people who aren’t a threat. That doesn’t mean I will pay to house and feed them. I oppose the war in Ukraine, I’m not taking in refugees.
SEA SMITH APPROVES
So to get around the Workers’ Compensation “no fault” they are suing the vehicle owner. Normally you try to use the General Liability coverage of the business to get around that. Suing the customer is new one for me.
This is a grab for the vehicle owner’s insurance, it will never see a trial IMHO. Question is will the carrier fight or fold. I’d fight, but I haven’t worked a P&C carrier for two decades and I have no idea what they do now.
The carrier will fight if it’s going to set precedent. Otherwise, it’s foldtown.
And explains to everyone scratching their heads why the plaintiff “had no choice”.
“pay up, or the fetus gets it,”
Excellent.
Also- there are a lot of people out there who are genuinely surprised when their actions have consequences.
New Parents?
Even with the fourth one, there were several months of: “are you sure that we’re gonna have a baby because of that 17 seconds?”
Which brings the question to mind, “It’s your kid. Why the hell should I pay for it?”
Same reason we pay for public aka government schools.
Fuck you, that’s why.
Oh, I know that. But just think how much simpler things would be if the universal expectation was “if you’re responsible for something, you pay for it.”
Have kids? You’re responsible for feeding, housing and educating them.
Have a dog? You’re responsible for its vet bills, and liable if it bites someone.
Quit your job? Better find some new way to feed yourself.
Took a crap degree in Ethnic Underwater Dog-Polishing Studies? Sucks to be you, best start thinking how to repay those student loans.
In education in particular (since you brought it up) I’d much rather see government out of education altogether. At any level. But nobody in the Imperial City is asking me what I think.
In education in particular (since you brought it up) I’d much rather see government out of education altogether. At any level. But nobody in the Imperial City is asking me what I think.
#metoo
In NH, the usual suspects are lining up to attack Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut. He supports parental choice. He likes the newly passed “education freedom accounts” which have the effect of having tax money following the student. He and his wife homeschooled all of their children. I suspect if it was up to him, government schooling in NH would be abolished. As part of the attack, I’m seeing a lot of the “this is why we pay for public schooling!” bullshit. Anyone who suggests parents pay for their own kids’ education get shouted down.
…if you are an American citizen, you are entitled to…
I’m not even against doing this, on a completely voluntary basis. They’re just saying it as a gotcha.
FOX 2: “You’re suing the owner of the car who’s getting his oil changed who did nothing in this case?”
“I have to do that,” Femminineo said.
That’s the law.
This is insane. Or to put it another way, perfectly normal for the government.
See my other post he doesn’t “have” to do this. He wants more money than work comp will provide.
Sue Jeep. Making manual transmissions is negligent when so few people know how to use them.
That’s next.
They really don’t want to put this claim in front of a jury. Also as part of discovery they will likely only claim damages up to the customer’s policy limits so that the jury won’t feel like they are taking money from the actual customer, just the “evil” insurer.
Just Jeep? Or do you want to stick it to anyone making a car with a manual transmission? I think you are clutching at straws.
Sue anyone making a car with a manual transmission?
You’re thinking too small.
Since you could convert a car to a manual like the Cam Master, you need to sue anyone that makes cars.
“Making manual transmissions is negligent when so few people know how to use them.”
YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH!!!!
But attorney David Femminineo claims that the person responsible is the owner of the car.
He should have known better than to take his vehicle to those morons. Open and shut case.
The 18 yo auto mechanic did not apparently know how to drive a clutch. Seriously? An auto fucking mechanic.
They balance cost of defense versus payout and try to negotiate.
Might not be a certified ASE Senior Master Mechanic either…
Speaking of which I just read that Motor Week’s Pat Goss died in March at 80 years old.
YouTube is likely going to put Motor Week out of business soon.
Isn’t Motor Week on Government TV?
Why yes, yes it is. Proud Maryland Government TV. Although in the past decade or so syndicated and edited up with commercials on other outlets. Just like Big Bird…
I see it on Motor Trend TV now days, no longer on PBS.
And that’s when you build the killdozer.
In Michigan? It wouldn’t get more then 10 feet.
This works on multiple levels.
Isn’t that when you start putting together the class action lawsuits against the auto companies for having dealerships and forcing their negligence onto every car owner?
“FIRST AMENDMENT TROLL GROUP BEDEVILS BOSTON CITY GOVERNMENT”
Sorry, but didn’t the Christians already do the hard work there?
I bet the city is more comfortable flying the Satanist flag.
Just wait till NAMBLA wants to fly their flag.
I’m not sure why a mechanic doesn’t know/isn’t trained how to drive a stick.
Probably because he/she isn’t really a mechanic, but a lot jockey.
Who doesn’t have a driver’s license at all?
My car is a manual transmission. I never bring that car anywhere with valet parking. The auto shop I expect them to be able to deal with it.
Until my Tesla all my cars were manuals.
In the early 2000s I was forced to valet my manual Audi A4. To their credit one they had one designated guy who did the manuals.
All I’ve ever owned is manuals. It’s been at least 15 years since I’ve been to a Jiffy Lube, but the last time I was there, the worker who met me outside the bay directed me to get out and head to the lobby while he pulled it in for service. As soon as he got in, he realized he couldn’t drive it and had to grab a more senior tech.
3 years ago I went to play a somewhat swanky golf course (it has hosted the US Open) and they had to go beyond the valet list (I believe there were two or three working at the time) and have somebody who worked in the kitchen park my car.
Hello, Tulpa. Do I know you and forgot (Bad Mojo!) or are you new or a lurker or a prodigal?
He’s a Badger, so he’s OK.
A badger?
My brother bought a Jeep Gladiator 6-speed, and the lot jockey could not bring it out after the pre-sales service.
Fuckin’ pathetic.
I consider manual transmission a theft-prevention device.
Mojeaux, check your email, and spam filter…
Yeup, found it by accident. Just replied.
My parents had that album.
I had this one.
The Jeep story is infuriating.
“When you hand your car over to anybody including the valet or the person at the service desk at your local dealership, you better be able to trust that person,” the attorney said.
Shut up, cunt.
From one of my textbooks: “electronic claims are sent electronically”. ?
Well, I for one am glad that’s cleared up.
Are they positive about that?
No response–they’ve gone into a cationic state.
A number of individuals who attended the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner Saturday evening are already testing positive for COVID-19.
He really had to set that joke up.
I got a size 11 steel-toed boost for your ass rightcheer, Joe.
Every time I see “WHCD”, I think WCHA and have a sad.
The Golden Rodents leaving the WCHA to play in the Big10 makes even less sense than that oil change story. I miss the old rivalry games.
The fact that the Big 10 can make an exception for Notre Dame for hockey tells me there’s no reason they couldn’t also make exemptions for UMD, UND, St. Cloud, Minnesota State & Denver (at least.) But now that 4 of those 5 are in a stronger conference than the Big 10, would they even want to merge?
Mumble, grumble…something about Bobby Bowden keeping FSU in the ACC to help the football team at the expense of EVERY OTHER SPORT.
‘We’re seeing a lot of “if it were really about saving babies you’d give us free shit before, during and after pregnancy” rhetoric from the left. These statements all carry the stink of “pay up, or the fetus gets it,” exactly the sort of sociopathy you’d expect from those people.’
I heard online contraceptive providers had a 700% jump in business the past few days. Already saving babies.
That’s pretty damning statement about how abortion is really used.
That too.
And there are probably a few thousand morons who think contraception will be outlawed.
I already heard it on CNN.
“electronic claims are sent electronically”.
Otherwise, you might think they were sent via carrier pigeon.
*envisions somebody tazing a carrier pigeon*
RFC 2549: IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service
Holy shit, that is fantastic.
“When carrying web traffic, the carriers may
digest the spiders, leaving behind a more compact representation.
The carriers may be confused by mirrors.”
I need a new keyboard.
It’s starting, isn’t it?
Buckle up.
Been buckled for some time. Now I just want to get it over with.
Yup. The chain noise has stopped and the front of the coaster has pitched over the hill. It’s all over but the screaming.
Which will crash first – the value of the dollar or the housing market? (Sitting on cash from last house trying to decide when to buy or build)
Lol. You, me and trashy.
I’m the opposite, tried to get into debt and out of cash. One of us will be proven correct soon.
That makes sense, too. It’s mostly just circumstances. I’m not sure where I want to live yet.
As you say, we’ll find out soon.
*peers at stock market*
Yup, missed yesterday’s rally, but glad I didn’t stick around longer for today’s fun.
It’s definitely happening. I think TOK’s anecdote below is just another sign.
I think we’ll both be okay. You guys might really come out ahead depending where you’re headed and how it all shakes out.
*bides time*
Seriously though, I’m seeing signs of the market peaking in the Ozarks (where we are looking), so things may come together very nicely for us if my interview with a certain Ozarks-based megacorp go well next week.
You’re laundering money for the cartel?
Or, uh, re-laundering money? I’m not sure how that works, really – once you have “clean” funds, that’s it. I have some issues with the premise, is what I’m saying.
He’s going to be a groupie in Branson.
You caught me!
Well, I’m getting ready to change jobs. New job is involved with real estate. Should be fun.
I’d be far more nervous if I wasn’t a year (two tops) away from retirement.
Here is a house that’s been on the market for 603 days, and it’s only $183/sq.ft. Of course it has a $1371/month HOA fee that might be a poison pill to many (including me).
We have a friend whose husband sells cars. I asked her if business has changed recently. Are people buying less? Are they buying more efficient cars? Nope. They’re still buying like crazy, even trucks and Broncos. Seems like those of us buckled up are the outliers.
As long as the interest rate is lower then the real inflation number, it makes sense to take on debt.
Thanks for this. We just remodeled our kitchen, and it’s beautiful but of course way more expensive than we thought. But we did get a deal when we financed the cabinets.
Several years back, I looked at my mortgage interest, and the returns on my investments. Comparing the two, I decided to stop paying extra on my mortgage, and put that into savings and brokerage accounts. I believe I’m still ahead overall even with the Putin downturn.
Maybe putting $50 down on a $70k truck is the smart move. I can pay it off with a suitcase full of worthless 100’s in a couple years.
I stand corrected, maybe people are smarter than I’m giving them credit for.
Now you guys are getting it.
And worst comes to worst, you can sell it for a billion dollars.
And buy two loaves of bread.
I wish that was a joke.
The fact that I made the same decision, and that it appears sane, only shows how terrifying the next stage seems to me. 53% of all wealth is tied up in a generation that will be gone in a decade. What happens next? My 8 Ball seems to show nothing but blood and terror as an answer.
Better hope nothing important on it breaks on it because it they will be waiting for critical parts from disrupted supply chains for months.
Because nothing on a modern automobile is actually switched directly. Instead it’s all commanded by various ECUs.
Legit LOL
Gov Newsom “‘If men could get pregnant, this wouldn’t even be a conversation”
Gavin Newsom savagely mocked as ‘disgusting transphobe’ for claiming men can’t get pregnant at abortion rally
Being pregnant is the only thing that can get men to the doctor.
Sucks when you forget the latest bullshit.
Also interesting that, iirc, women overall make up the core of the anti abortion side.
LOL yesterday’s platitudinous talking points called
That is perfect.
If men could get pregnant, deaths during childbirth would skyrocket. Mostly because men would pretty much stay home and attempt to have the kid on their own. And I mean on their own. Not like some sissy with a midwife.
The most impressive thing about the child birth process to me was how many doctors/nurses/random strangers (as far as I could tell) who came into the room and jammed fingers into my wife to check how dilation was going. No way a guy would put up with that much probing.
I don’t think men have the hips for it, either.
It’s a good thing I don’t take my cars to somebody else for service. The lawyers would have a field day when they found out I disable the “clutch safety switch” on all my cars.
To start: Transmission in neutral. Left foot on brake, right foot on gas. Turn key.
It’s a dying skill.
My 22 yo son is picking up a manual Tacoma next week. He’s never driven an auto as a daily driver.
/keeping the skill on life support
It save me once when I tried to get a reservation for a moving truck. I tried multiple locations until one mentioned all they had available for the time frame were manual transmissions. I said no problem, I’ve driven a deuce before.
No felony charges for man who attacked Dave Chappelle at Hollywood Bowl
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/no-felony-charges-for-man-who-attacked-dave-chappelle-at-hollywood-bowl/
Another Soros funded DA – not doing the stuff he’s paid to not do.
Sucks to be a wrong-thinker, you can’t even be a legit victim.
….. What??
That’s bull.
And he had a weapon.
WTF
The fact that evil fuck is not dead shows how corrupt our government/media/academia truly is.
CLIFTON — A van slammed into The Original Jumbo’s on Wednesday evening, less than two weeks since the Van Houten Avenue hot dog stand opened.
So after repairs, “New Original Jumbo’s”?
So it was a contractor van that slammed into the building. I guess the guy driving the van can put in a bid for the repair work.
Then an unrelated “Famous New Original Jumbo’s” opens down the block.
Which will crash first – the value of the dollar or the housing market?
Around here (Pocatello/ East Idaho) the housing market is already showing some signs of returning to sanity. Prices are being dropped. Houses take more than 48 hours to sell.
As always, a desirable place will get snapped up, but people don’t seem to be throwing money at anything with a roof and a front door.
Even here it’s starting to moderate. We’re still a ways away from sanity, but it’s trending down.
So 72 instead of 48?
Whatever it takes.
There’s a house 2 doors down from me that’s been on the market for over a month, basically unheard of in Tampa. But they’re asking about 120k more than they bought it for 3 months ago. They had a price drop, but only 5k.
Wait, it just sold, but only for an extra 50k…
“There’s a house 2 doors down from me that’s been on the market for over a month”
I think that is unheard of anywhere. Did it burn down after they listed it?
Like I said, they were asking way over even the inflated market here. Guess after 15 offers for 75k under their asking they finally agreed to something.
In perspective, the cost of financing is way up(almost doubled now), so they’re really lucky to be getting anything above their asking.
It’s going completely crazy here. A house sold 4/18 for $82,000 over asking. 816 square feet.
In the areas I was looking in, you could buy a beautiful home for under 300k 2 years ago. Now piles of junk, so bad I’m not even sure they are currently livable, sell for 500k or more. If anything decent comes on the market, there are multiple over market bids within 24 hours. I just gave up for now. Because no matter what speculators speculate, this is a bubble and it is unsustainable, so the pop happenes eventually and it’s just a matter of when, not if.
Looking at housing affordability (median house price to median household income), we never really recovered after 2008. The ratio is around 4.5-5 in normal times, and it bottomed out around 5.5 in the 2010s. From late 2005 to early 2007, it hovered around 6.8 (peak of 7.03) before the bubble popped. As of the beginning of the year this year, we’re at 7.72. (https://www.longtermtrends.net/home-price-median-annual-income-ratio/)
It amazes me that there are lunatics out there who only see upside in the housing market. A little bit of unemployment will prove them wrong.
I’ve never gone more than 3x gross. Can’t imagine doing so. I guess if it was that or rent…
We didn’t even go that far. We were under 2x.
3x is about right. The income number is skewed down by renters.
We’re targeting 2.5-3x, and I think that’s a bit high, to be honest. In a non-insane market, 2x would get us what we want.
I’d be looking at least 5x around here. And that’s for a condo, not a full house. It’s nuts.
In grade school, about 1947 or so, we were taught 2.5, someone making 5 K could afford to go 12.5, that was way more than a 2 BR subdivision Cape Cod was priced at. The Senior Fourscore didn’t make 5K and our house was proof.
I’m really sad I had to move. I had it made. Rent for somewhere livable is as high as my mortgage now, and I paid ~3x gross earnings. But we’re a 1.5 income family.
They don’t believe that, they just want to keep it going as long as possible.
In this house we believe the government should stay out of the bedroom.
But it should be in the kitchen telling me not to use a gas stove.
And it should be in my car so I don’t use too much gas.
Oh, and it should be in my bank account tracking my transactions.
And it should be on my face in the form of a mask.
And in my veins.
Strawberry’s replacement is in a relationship with a CNN reporter – because of course.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/3380948/who-is-karine-jean-pierre-partner-suzanne-malveaux/
LOOK AT ME
But of course…
What a hypocrite. She should have insisted that the kid be aborted. I’m sure that poor kid is going to come across some uncomfortable quotes from Mommy praising and celebrating abortions when she gets older.
Ugh, those names…
They’re Traditionalist Punky Brewster Fans, apparently.
Not so fast!
What, no brother named LeNiege?
Groundbreaking
Karine Jean-Pierre will become the new White House press secretary when Jen Psaki departs her role next week, President Joe Biden announced in a statement Thursday, becoming the first Black and out LGBTQ person to hold the position
Who gives a shit?
Well, at least she can check more boxes than Strawberry, that’s what is really important.
SugarFree’s writing will only get…..better.
Which will now make him not only sexist, but racist too, and probably transphobic, and when we learn her nationality, also a xenephobe.
Are you suggesting that an upcoming episode will feature chocolate covered strawberries?
Let’s keep segmenting the population into ever smaller wedges so we can always have a first.
It’s a game in which they have to lose in the end. Why they do it is that they don’t think that end will come soon enough to matter. Because they believe that they are the future for all humanity and have already won. So they believe they will have absolute power before any harm from their insanity comes to them.
I feel like Blacking out myself.
Using deprecated racial slurs? Shame on you, Double Hitler!
…and way under appreciated…
Boa tarde, Glibs.
I’m so depressed. I mean what if I get pregnant like so many men are doing today and I can’t get an abortion? Besides my climate anxiety, this is all I am able to think of.
With Trump and his MAGA gang roaming free, this is literally the most dangerous time to be alive in all of history.
You can check your retirement account balance if you want other things to think about.
I don’t even want to look, seroiusly.
Still way up from March of 2020. But yes, not good if you’ve put money in during the last 6 months.
You mean the end of Net Neutrality didn’t kill you already?
“Under state law, if the valet driver injures someone with your car, you are responsible.
The law is called vicarious liability and means the owner is automatically liable for the negligence of the driver.”
That’s retarded.
BTS May Get Pass From Military Service Under Minister’s Plan
Elvis wants them to know they are yellow-bellied cowards.
Russia ‘steals 400,000 tons of grain’ from Ukraine to spark famine warning
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
Inflation rewards people that borrow money and punishes people that save money.
The “smart” response to high inflation is to borrow, borrow, and borrow. Money sitting is savings becomes worthless.
This is, of course, a terrible way to manage you personal finances. Inflation basically rewards self-destructive behavior.
So, I bought a new-to-me pickup truck that I could have lived without because I got a 3.5 percent fixed loan, and I will be paying it back with worthless dollars in the future. And I am betting that FedGov will continue to make that vehicle more valuable as they ruin the utility of new vehicles through green regulation.
Borrowing money to buy the truck still makes me queasy, but I think it was the right bet.
Interesting. I new a new computer soon and it never would have crossed my mind to not pay cash for it.
“need”
Credit card interest it typically tied to the prime rate. Buying stuff with credit cards will always be a bad idea.
Fixed rate loans that are still well below the “official” CPCI (and way, way below actual inflation) the way to go, IF you plan to borrow.
Right now I have a mortgage at 2.5%, one car loan at 3.5%, and another car loan around 4%. I would love to pay these off early, but there is little gain from making extra payments.
I was expecting something “no interest” but apparently that’s not an option where I’m looking. Yeah, I don’t do credit.
Cat Fight!
I have to say, Gutfeld is absolutely right, and Rivera is full of shit up to his eyeballs. The left have been making getting an abortion some type of bragging right or prize FOR YEARS NOW. Has Rivera been hiding under a rock or is he just a disingenuous liar?
I’m sure Misinformation Poppins will be along shortly to put Gutfeld in the gulag. Because there is no examples of anyone “celebrating” abortion. Ever!
I said about 10 years ago that the screeching harpies are going to start having tupperware parties where you get prizes for the most aborted fetuses you bring to the party. Depraved idiots.
What happens to aborted fetuses? I’m thinking there may be a business opportunity here for a creative person.
/sort of sarc and dark
Let me introduce you to my friend Kermit. He had a few uses for them.
Rivera is an irredeemable shitbag.
Now I kinda want to see that fight. I bet it would be hilarious.
“Buyback”? WTF?
The Biden administration plans to seek bids this fall to buy 60 million barrels of crude oil as the first step in a years-long process aimed at replenishing America’s emergency oil reserve, an Energy Department official told CNN.
This would mark the first time since the early 2000s that the Energy Department has acquired large quantities of oil for the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the largest emergency supply of oil on the planet.
The Energy Department plans to announce the launch of the long-term buyback plan on Thursday to show officials are serious about eventually refilling the SPR, which has been drained by the war in Ukraine and sales mandated by Congress to raise revenue.
They should just buy it from Russia.
Please tell me we’re not just giving it to them.
No. Biden’s blaming the war for him having to release oil in order to offset prices.
Trumputin causes everything you know? If only they would have let Hillary have her turn, this would all be OK.
Ah.
No, we were selling to France.
The war’s been only going for a few months. And already reserves are so depleted they need to be restored? Maybe releasing reserves wasn’t such a good plan?
Of course it was a stupid plan, it’s what hey do.
That of course, makes no sense at all, which is what you expect from this administration.
Buy high, give away low. That’s the plan, they’ll make up for it in volume.
Why don’t they just have a gun buyback program in Russia?
The Biden Administration can give any Russian who turns in a assault rifle a couple hundred bucks. Pretty soon that region would be totes peaceful.
I know, I know. You are going to say my plan is impractical. That it will cost too much. Well Mr. Smart Guy, we can save lots of money by just dropping the guns we bought over Afghanistan. That way we don’t have to pay to haul them all the way across the Pacific.
COVID-19: ‘We might not be in a great spot in the fall’: Moderna CEO
UCS, I just read your mid-day post/story. I like it.
Thank you.
So, it’s looking less likely that the dem’s SCOTUS leak will trun around the midterms for them. So, what will it be? A stronger verion of a genetically modified bat virus, or nuclear war?
Armed coup.
By the left? I don’t like their chances. They’ll shoot their eye out.
Let’s start a war! Start a nuclear war!
Great fun that song.
Why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLvsmho1lGA
DeSantis tries to kidnap Gavin Newsom and forces him to carry a child to full term.
Ugh, SF’s ears just perked up.
Of more interest is that JD Vance won the Ohio GOP primary and he ran on an explicitly populist, non-interventionist platform including opposition to Russian sanctions.
I guarantee you that the Romneyites are freaked out about that.
They aren’t freaked out about it. They’re just wondering and plotting how they can keep their war mongering going forever, against the will of most Americans.
As if JD Vance won’t be led down the garden path, assuming he gets elected in November. The guy has zero experience.
The next big scandal will be when an anonymous source leaks the results of the mid-term elections on October 15th.
The report – written by George Soros – will be marked “DRAFT”.
If we see that in the Babylon Bee, we’ll know we have a lurker.
The bee may not have done that one yet, but they’re doing good work.
Yep, really good work
Speaking as the parent of a child who is definitely on the spectrum and suffers mightily for it, these people can go fuck themselves. I’m willing to bet good money that they are not truly autistic but wear the condition like a cloak of acquired victimhood.
“ “Autism is a neurodevelopmental and neurobiological disability that is not treatable or curable,” wrote the petition’s authors. “It is not an illness or disease and most importantly, it is not inherently negative. Autistic people at Harvard and globally have advocated in the face of ableism to defend ourselves from such hateful, eugenicist logic.”
https://reason.com/2022/05/05/harvard-students-autism-violently-ableist-panel/
My oldest had a day where he couldn’t sit still and keep his mouth shut in 2nd grade and came home wanting to quit school because he doesn’t belong. I’m not sure how much to encourage this. I’m taking him for ice cream later though. I would not wish it on anyone.
Boys shouldn’t have to sit still all the time. They need to move.
My son has been under medical treatment for almost ten years now and while he has greatly improved, he still struggles with anxiety and depression.
Had he not been treated, he would be dead.
We’re already on that path. I hate it for him. Not the treatment, but that he’s already struggling to fit in socially at 8.
If you’re truly concerned that he may be autistic, e-mail me at scruffyglib at ProtonMail, I can offer some resources and advice as someone who went down the wrong roads first before finding the right people to help.
Thanks. We have a really good therapist who has told us we are lucky that he is very social (aka talks to anyone without any social curing) so he’ll probably end up passing by the time he is an adult. That said, therapist is working with him and us on coping strategies. He’ll be okay. But I wish I could do more for him.
Most doctors and therapists are completely unaware there are some tests you can run that can identify specific problems which lead to neurological inflammation. Some of those problems are treatable.
In other words some forms of autism, while not wholly curable, are manageable. However, diagnostic testing is required beforehand; genetic screening, gut biome, heavy metals, etc… Insurance typically does not cover it.
Uffda. I feel for him.
My boys got way less time in grade school to burn off physical energy than I did. I remember getting a short recess in the morning and the afternoon (in addition to lunch). Just to go outside and run around like maniacs. My boys would get held inside at lunch if it was even slightly cold.
My daughter is the oldest and my wife would sit her down and they’d go through all sorts of flash cards. It worked great. Then my first son started school and my wife tried to do the same thing. Unfortunately, he had to devote so many brain cells to sitting quietly, that he struggled with the flash cards. My wife being a stubborn Korean mom fought with him for weeks. I finally stepped in and took over the flash cards. Instead of making him sit still, he could run and jump as much as he could. He just had to yell the answers. And if he got one wrong, I made him do “penalties” like hopping on one foot until he could answer 5 in a row.
He loved it and breezed through the flash cards with ease. I thought it was funny. My wife hated it because it just reinforced her suspicions about us being barely socialized apes.
I sympathize. I even look like a barely socialized ape.
Aspies took over when they were merged in with Kanners.
“The US Federal Trade Commission is reportedly reviewing Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter buyout for potential antitrust concerns.
The FTC now has 30 days to consider the deal and decide whether to issue a second request to probe the matter further, although most experts believe there are no antitrust concerns that could block the takeover, according to Bloomberg.
However, the anti-monopoly activist group Open Markets Initiative, where Democratic FTC Chair Lina Khan used to work, has urged the agency to block the deal, saying that it ‘poses immediate and direct threats to American democracy and free speech.’
The group argued that Musk’s ownership of the Starlink satellite internet service already gives him control over a key communication platform, and that his purchase of Twitter would be a dangerous concentration of power.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10786851/Elon-Musks-Twitter-takeover-faces-FTC-antitrust-review.html
OFFS!! How much shit does Meta and Alphabet own?
Dumbfucks, Starlink is barel operational now as a system in beta. How worried are they about Comcast? That’s what I thought.
Barely, damnit, Musk is right, edit button now!
As much as I love our overlords here, can musk buy this site? Lol.
I am proof reading challenged (right up until hitting post)
How could his purchase of Twitter violate anti-trust laws?
Interesting take
Elon Musk and Cathie Wood took aim at index funds in a Twitter thread, arguing that passive investments have controlled too big a percentage of the stock market.
The CEO of Tesla responded to a post by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, who said giant asset managers like BlackRock have outsized voting power in corporate America because of their increasingly popular index funds. Musk agreed with Andreessen, saying passive investing “has gone too far.”
“Decisions are being made on behalf of actual shareholders that are contrary to their interests! Major problem with index/passive funds,” Musk tweeted.
Ark Invest’s Wood joined the conversation Wednesday, saying investors in index funds like the S&P 500 ETF missed out on Tesla’s 400-fold appreciation before it was added to the equity benchmark.
“In my view, history will deem the accelerated shift toward passive funds during the last 20 years as a massive misallocation of capital,” Wood added
There is certainly a huge growing disparity between shareholders’ and fund managers’ interests and aims.
Give me somewhere to put my money without it getting inflated away, and I’ll happily get out of the market.
Land, but Bildo has already bought it all, which is totes fine with lefties worried about billionaires owning too much stuff.
Much better to have a Top Woman like Wood making her hot stock picks, and getting those fat management fees.
When her performance reverts to the mean, it will just be Bad Luck.
Lol, when?
She’s way down below the market right now. Not sure why anyone listens to her lucky ass.
He has a point and I say that as someone who is almost wholly in ETFs.
The lack of market signaling from passive fund is also an issue.
But the small investor doesn’t have better options.
Celebrate diversified portfolios.
I read that as “Celebrate Diversified Potatos.”
Hey, it looks like we got Dan Quayle here.
Remember, one of the teachers misspelled it on the card he was using.
“Amber Heard breaks down on the stand as she claims Johnny Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle in Australia just weeks after their wedding – and smeared walls, art and furniture with his blood”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10787247/Amber-Heard-breaks-describes-Johnny-Depp-sexually-assaulting-liquor-bottle.html
I don’t believe you.
https://www.newsweek.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-timeline-canon-linked-discovery-original-series-1703848
Another Star Trek?
Blech.
IRelevant
Yeah, it can join “Star Wars” and “Doctor Who” in the pile of “don’t care anymore”.
Yup. Maybe change my handle to ‘TARDwas’.
“Republicans reveal their campaign strategy on abortion: Create a ‘compassionate consensus’, attack late-term and taxpayer-funded abortions – but AVOID praising overturning Roe v. Wade (and focus on the leak)”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10786351/Republicans-reveal-campaign-strategy-abortion-Create-compassionate-consensus.html
That sounds unbelievably intelligent.
It’s what I have been saying all along. So of course, they won’t do that.
Nope. A dude in Louisiana already proposed making it a felony to abort a fetus.
https://www.wired.com/review/balldo-review/
Why? WHY?
Prolly NSFW.
Didn’t you RTFA?
Mmmmm…
I want to reek of cheap cigars and rye whiskey right now.
I have had a very good and productive day today. That is all.
Much better to have a Top Woman like Wood making her hot stock picks, and getting those fat management fees.
When her performance reverts to the mean, it will just be Bad Luck.
It already has, hasn’t it?
Last I looked she was indeed coming back to earth
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/covid-study-finds-18-million-deaths-three-times-official-tally/ar-AAUUnac
Lol, sure.
“may be”
Or it may be ten times less.
I have had a very good and productive day today. That is all.
*toots horn, throws confetti*
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MikeS 18
The Hyperbole 18
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Ozymandias 22
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Sean 22
The Other Kevin 22
Tulip 22
Tundra 22
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Bobarian LMD 24
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25 P, 21.44 A, 19/6 TL, 39 SSS. That’s some mighty fine Quordling there Glibs. It’s not looking like the Scrabble score is a good indicator of difficulty, today was the 2nd highest Scrabble Score of the week and by far our best day. The nerds at the nerd store haven’t fixed my laptop yet so I’m putting MikeS in charge for a few days (if he wants it), as I don’t want to do all this from my phone. Give him the same respect and admiration that you give to me.
SDF, you have been kicked out of office.
Ha! You wish! I remain Dictator For Life of Chumptown — I know where the triple failure bodies are buried… mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha…..
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Good thing for me they all think more of you than I do!
Dispatch from the moral high ground
Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it will reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time employees who need to travel to another state for health care services, including abortions.
The apparel company best known for its jeans is the latest U.S. company to offer the benefit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.
And now, the U.S. Supreme Court looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday.
“Given what is at stake, business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our employees. That means protecting reproductive rights,” the company said in a statement.
Good news, girls! You can participate in that spring break gang bang after all. The company’s got your back.
Don’t let your baby distract you from your career!
If that’s what they want to do with company money, that’s fine. For that matter, it seems there are enough rich pro-abortion people that they could pretty easily create a modern abortion railroad.
“So, pay raises will be limited this year. I know inflation is bad and so are interest rates, but we have helped so many birthing people combat climate change and enjoy irresponsible sex at the same time. This is a core company value, and you should be proud of sacrificing to help those oppressed by the Patriarchy.”
Damnit. I like the fit of Levi’s.
Turkish inflation rate hits 70%
I can’t wait.
Speaking of Levis- aren’t they HQ’d in San Francisco? It’s not like California is going to ban abortion any time soon. Do they even have
sweatshopsfactories in this country, or are all their clothes made in places like Honduras and Viet Nam?It’s nothing but empty vapid posturing.
According to wiki they have 2800 company-run stores.
They have Levis stores around the country. They probably have offices in places like Germany that restrict abortion after the first trimester.
While looking up abortion laws in other countries I came across this one for Belgium in Wikipedia. “Abortion in Belgium was fully legalised on 4 April 1990.[1] Abortion is legal until 12 weeks after conception (14 weeks after the last menstrual period). The women is required to receive counselling at least six days prior to the abortion and to check in with her doctor to monitor her health in the weeks after the procedure.”
It says it’s fully legal in Belgium, but when states in the US want to restrict it after a certain time like in Belgium, much of the media is framing it as a ban, and the counseling requirement would be an outrage here. Maybe something got lost in the translation from Flemish. Hopefully Wikipedia will make a correction.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1255796/corporate-news
Another remake.
https://chamberlainsun.com/firestarter-release-date-plot/
Yawn.
I predict it will be a burnt shit-show. I can’t wait to ignore the reviews.
When I die, please incinerate my body on top of a pile of remakes and sequels. It will be my last gift to the world.
Meh, remakes of forty year old, mostly forgotten movies are perfectly cromulent in my book. But I’m an oddball and remakes don’t bother me much anyways.
Agreed, but I don’t much care for soft reboots of beloved franchises in a way that doesn’t respect the source material.
I guess, if you’re under 40. There are a fair number of remakes I like often without even knowing the original came out before I was born.
Uhh… But…
Oh, never mind. Not like I’m gonna watch it anyway.
It’s not a good idea to remake a movie that was well done, had great practical effects, and great acting.
It hasn’t stop people in the past, but my two cents.
A remake of a movie that was not done well with the effects of the day is fertile ground for a well made remake.
I’m sure it will have all the magic of the Carrie remake(s?).
Next they’re gonna remake Christine, but Christine is gonna be a Prius.
Silent. Electrical. Death.
Terrifying.
As long as she plugs in first.
New car smell. That’s the greatest smell in the world, except for the front hole.
Tesla. Prius are hybrid.
dammit
Found a place to live over the summer. Vivian the Class C RV will be open for bidness in Hendersonville NC starting July 1!
Fantastic! I prompted people for RV suggestions on Tuesday as well. Hope that may help in the future.
I missed that! Was it in PM linx?
Tuesday’s Car thread.
Congrats! I’m really happy for you!
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https://ktla.com/news/fda-restricts-jjs-covid-19-vaccine-due-to-blood-clot-risk/
O.o
So pfizer dumps data and FDA is like…J&J
It is 26° C (79° F) and 19% R.H. on my back deck right now.
In Edmonton. Alberta. On May the 5th.
God Bless Global Warming.
Colder and much more humid in NYC.
72° and 50% here in DFW.
My one regret is I have nothing to grill and I’m too buzzed on cheap French brandy to safely drive to the butcher for a Hunk ‘O Meat.
Huh. I should drink brandy in the morning:
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Wait you’re a Canadian? and here I’ve been letting you play in the American Quordle League.
You already knew my nationality, based on disparaging comments you’ve made about it in response to previous posts of mine.
I honestly don’t remember, but it sounds like something I would do. So, it’s a fair cop.
Can we also split the American League into East and West conferences?
53 degrees and 37% RH here in the Great Land at the moment.
I can handle that.
Yeah, well we have AC here.
*mashes temperature button*
The only time that I’ve ever lived in a house with A/C was when I lived in off-base housing in California. Every other house has been in cooler climes.
Everything back under control there? No more fire?
The mosquitos are coming.
89 F here, pool is still chilly but I went for a nice swim anyway.
Did some “plantsnap” sleuthing and found out that my two odd dark purple shrubs that recently sprouted very frizzy tips are “Royal Purple smoke trees.”
Good for desert growing. I approve. I’m glad the prior owners were good landscapers. Except maybe for the box elder tree. That sucker might have to GO!
One of the few things I liked about our B.C. property was the smoke tree (which I’d never heard of before). Beautiful tree!