This weekend my son put on the Treehouse of Horror from the second season of The Simpsons. We had a brief exchange where I had to explain to him the joke where Kang and Kodos were showing them their TV and Bart asked if it got HBO.
“No, that would cost extra.”
Now I feel old.
Mexico is definitely in a recession—after the election, of course.
I guess that’s one way to get the US to re-establish order in Haiti, offer to get a UN-led coalition involved.
Fuck that, and fuck you too FIFA.
Its terrible how Trump Brandon treats asylum-seekers.
Here’s my attempt at a man-o-sphere style analysis of the Brazilian presidential debate:
First Lula denies he is friends with other communists. Bolsonaro calls him out as a liar, then proceeds in a master class of how to be the biggest dick in the room.
Watch his subtle but confident hand gesture close to the chest as to imply a personal insult. Next he uses his larger stature to his advantage by leaning forward into Lula’s space. Lula is beneath him, and its best to remind him of such. This is akin to the mob boss that incredulously accusing somebody of insulting him in his house.
Lula then walks back to hide behind his podium. Bolsonaro seeing the obvious advantage here, cleverly remains resolute, in the same spot rather than walking into the center of the camera’s field of view to deliver his soliloquy. This allows the viewer to see Lula is barely there in the place assigned to him, as he will remain there when it really matters. Then when he approaches the audience still leave Lula in view so they can still see he is in hiding.
Now turn the audio on. Bolsonaro speaks in a forceful, yet measured tone. The same one would choose should he need to remind his son why he is a disappointment. He does nearly the same thing here, physically encroaching upon Lula and using the same gesture. Regardless of who wins the vote, Bolsonaro clearly won the debate. Even Al Jazeera agrees.
How did I do?
A tune for the ages…. of 45-55.
So now they want people not to wear masks?
Heh heh heh. “You told me a mask was required for entry…”
“US and Mexico call for international force to break gangs’ stranglehold on Haiti”
Okay, but who will staff the new government if they get rid of the gangs?
The Clinton Foundation?
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
I thought we were running off the organized crime syndicates.
Depends on whether you mean ‘running them off’ or ‘running off of them’.
Running off the wrong one(s).
Bring in a more powerful gang? That’s fighting fire with fire.
I do really feel sorry for Haiti, I actually visited after the earthquake for some soil testing stuff. The countryside and even the city is so undeveloped it rivals and is now probably behind India… But I think they just need to be left alone to sort their stuff out, I don’t think you can fix what’s wrong there from without.
Now do numerous cities in the US and Mexico.
“Its terrible how Trump Brandon treats asylum-seekers.”
Pretty sure Delaware can use some busloads of migrants. That way, it has some population and it won’t even make the news because no one’s ever been there, not even the media.
I think one of the best argument that Trump treated immigrants better — besides trying to enforce the law — is that he was the wall. He sent a strong message not to come here illegally. No one bought Kamala Harrris’ “do not come” comment.
I agree. Crossing the border on foot is dangerous, and you also have the problem of human trafficking and all that. Stopping people from doing that is literally saving lives.
I’m seeing Trump as Judge Dredd. I AM THE WALL!!
“Biden last week invoked a Trump-era rule known as Title 42 — which Biden’s own Justice Department is fighting in court — to deny Venezuelans fleeing their crisis-torn country the chance to request asylum at the border.”
Immigration enforcement is only for disgruntled subjects of communist regimes.
“Here’s my attempt at a man-o-sphere style analysis of the Brazilian presidential debate:”
I don’t even know how anyone can listen to Lula talk for 30 seconds, that guy sounds like shit.
This weekend my son put on the Treehouse of Horror from the second season of The Simpsons. We had a brief exchange where I had to explain to him the joke where Kang and Kodos were showing them their TV and Bart asked if it got HBO.
Whoa. I remember watching that when it first ran.
Presenting a resolution at a special session of the UN security council on Monday, the US envoy to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, called for “a limited carefully-scoped non-UN mission led by a partner country with the deep, necessary experience”.
“Deep, necessary experience”: Rape? Clinton Grifting? Spreading disease?
Whoa. I remember watching that when it first ran.
So do I.
The swinging kind? Or the asshole kind?
You know the old saying: Only a dick can fuck an asshole.
Great gif! Great song!
Great job!
Points off for Great Whites front man not bothering to learn to play a few simple harmonica fills, your rhythm guitarist shouldn’t have to perform double duty.
My fav Great White tune. Such a cool groove.
‘How did I do?’
Nice links, great analysis. You could start your own body language interpretation channel on YouTube.
…but I’m not a mind reader?
I’m a bit north of that age group but I always thought that it was a great song.
Selected because its slightly before my time.
Apparently Alabamans (Alabamians? Alabamamas?) really like their fried chicken. On the intersection next to the hotel, there is a KFC, a Popeye’s and a Zaxby’s. There is a Bojangles one block down. No Church’s within eyesight though.
Production staff match tomorrow, hopefully I won’t fuck anything up. The weather looks a lot better. My victory conditions:
Failure – place same or lower than in 2020.
Partial success – place higher than I did in the Limited match
Success – place higher than in 2020
Great success – score in top half of C class
Complete success – win C class.
Bammians.
Albumin.
Albuminium, if you’re watching the BBC?
That’s the term for after the Bammians become a space faring race.
They apparently have these combo liquor/tobacco stores in which the most hilariously stereotypical examples of trailer trash spend lots of time asking the cashier to do the math for them on how to mix and match cans to get the most for the amount of cash they have in their hand. Prices for hooch are high, selection is limited. The beer in the grocery stores isn’t specially labelled, but it must only be 3.2%.
Of those, you go to Popeye’s — just go while the sun is still out.
Where in Alabama are you?
Oxford or Anniston. The match is being held at the CMP Marksmanship Park in Talladega.
The range is flipping gorgeous. It’s not surprising what with the fedbux they have (SLD: fedbux should not typically be used in creating beautiful things. Constitutionalists could make an argument that the CMP is within legitimate governmental functions of protecting the citizenry from invasion)
This is a constant source of emotional trauma for me, when I’m shooting on Range 405 at Quantico.
The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a means of making sure the militia has the arms and practice required. I have no issue with it save for how limited it is. Trim the regular army, expand the militia support.
You can buy Garands off the rack for $700. However their “no returns” policy makes me EXTREMELY hesitant to pull out the plastic.
Can you try it first?
I don’t know. The 600yd range is literally withing view of the store so… maybe?
They also sell ammo — but only to people who buy a rifle.
We should be able to buy anything the military has.
I bought from the CMP in ’04, ’05. Two Garands, two Springfields (03 and 03A3), and a 1917.
Back then, they spent time going over every rifle. They didn’t clean off cosmoline or test fire, but they would go through a set of checks. I don’t know what they do today.
Back when I bought, if the Garand was service grade, you were getting a good rifle for range use. It probably won’t be a collector’s piece, but will be fine for use on the range.
Both my Garands were service grade, and are decent shooters. I don’t remember how the Springfields or 1917 were graded beyond remembering that the 1917s were advertised as in “poor condition”. It’s been a long time since I shot the 1917, but it looks good and has a good bore but never grouped well. The 03A3 shoots exceptionally well. The 03 did not group well.
Ah. I do a bit of driving instruction a bit west of there, so while I could recommend restaurants and watering holes in Birmingham / Leeds, I cannot for Anniston.
My only advice would be to find a local BBQ joint and try the chicken with some Alabama white barbecue sauce. It’s a regional thing, and rather tasty. Have some pork, too. Leave the brisket to the Texans.
Roger wilco.
Music for the gif
Oooh. Highbrow!
*raises pinkie while sipping cocktail*
Tom Woods interviews Robert Barnes on the Alex Jones trial.
Very good episode
I hate this runoff election for Brazil. That means I have to go to DC again so my wife can vote. I don’t like going there.
A near-certain US recession next year will likely pull Mexico’s economy into a contraction, Bloomberg Economics’ models show.
And here I thought that meth and fentanyl were pretty much recession-proof commodities.
I’ll have you know they export cars, leather goods, home appliances, and avocados.
And Mexicans.
Probably their most valuable export
And citrus, most notably limes which only grow in a very small area in the US — Key West.
I’ll be turning on my porch light this year and answering the door for trick or treaters. I’m trading candy for Rainbow Fentanyl. They say all the kids have it.
Pimp that narrative!
I have no doubt there are any number of articles already written blaming the recession on the
Dems fucking the dog in theRepubs taking power after the midterms.That just so happened to have started about a year and a half ago.
Contents of a First World War solder’s pack.
Could a fella have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with it,
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11327683/MAUREEN-CALLAHAN-knows-takes-blame-tossed-salad-Wilde-Sudeikis-Styles-scandal.html
Olivia Wilde can toss my salad.
As with many in the biz, she tests your ability to apply the hot/crazy matrix.
I gotta say, that glamour shot in the black dress is surprisingly . . . unappetizing.
I like them athletic, but that’s just…
Ew…
That ain’t thicc, bro.
She needs to go eat some hamburgers and come back for reappraisal.
Holy shit, is she vegan? Nobody with a normal diet smiles while being so horribly malnourished.
I’ve talked about the ongoing issues we have with our oldest two kids, but we got some good news from the youngest. She wants to study forensic accounting, and has already been accepted to Indiana State and as of today, Valparaiso. Valpo is offering a scholarship of over 50% of her tuition, and that’s before any student aid.
She wants to study forensic accounting
May I suggest a father/daughter night watching The Accountant?
You could do a lot worse.
I haven’t seen that. She’d probably like it, she’s working her way through Breaking Bad right now.
It’s goofy but fun.
Congrats, BTW!
Did she tell you that it is fun to charter an accountant?
Tell her if she likes Managerial Accounting she’s found her calling.
I hated it. But I never wanted to be an accountant.
You haven’t seen pathetic until you’ve seen a room full of best-and-brightest law students, slackjawed and glazed over, in the Intro to Accounting class at Harvard Law.
That’s totally awsome, TOK.
Awesome!
She wants to study forensic accounting, and has already been accepted to Indiana State and as of today, Valparaiso. Valpo is offering a scholarship of over 50% of her tuition, and that’s before any student aid.
Excellent.
So from college to IRS to private practice?
Absolutely fabulous!
Congrats!
👍🏻
Danchenko acquitted. Lying to the FBI is fine if it is for the right cause.
Lying to the FBI should not be a crime. Whatever the reason.
But did he bare, False Witness?
Or if it is to be a crime, the FBI should be required to record its interviews. Heck, that should be required anyway.
To be fair, the FBI paid him to make shit up.
inorite?
This whole pretense of a trial doesn’t make any sense.
Local proggies are not happy that the jackpine savages in Greater Minnesoda are refusing to go along with the Education Plan.
Everyone in the story is nuts. The right wing whackos are nuts, the rainbow warriors are nuts. Anyone who says that Minnesoda is “disinvesting” in education is really nuts.
Bonus Quote:
They were not outwardly supportive of his sexuality! I can’t even!!!!
Tolerance is not acceptable, your celebration and vocal support are required.
I first read Mankato as “manko”, but I think it still works.
マンコ, まんこ
noun
1. pussy, cunt, vulva, vagina (vulgar word)
noun, suru verb
2. fucking, screwing (vulgar word, slang)
They were not outwardly supportive of his sexuality!
When I was in high school, great effort was expended to keep our sexuality under control, off the streets, you name it. Nobody wanted to see hormone-addled teenagers parading around as if they invented sex.
One result: a single girl in my class of 160 got pregnant before graduation.
It would have been OK if it had been a married girl.
Guessing bullshit.
Guessing also bullshit.
Anyone who says that Minnesoda is “disinvesting” in education is really
nutsEVIL.AKA Republican.
We should welcome anybody fleeing socialist/commie countries with open arms.
Wong change for a quarter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/18/us/anna-may-wong-quarter.html
Sum Ting Wong.
Uffda. Now your surgeon can wear her hijab in the OR, thanks to Brave Minnesoda Muslim Woman.
We’re making such great advances in medicine since this pandemic thing. I guess something good came of it after all.
So she doesn’t have to wash her hands? Gross.
But the bonus is that if the patient is female, they get a free genital mutilation with the operation.
If I’m reading that correctly, they are making “accomodations” that increase the risk of infection. The actual head covering shouldn’t be an issue (provided it is made out of the right material, sterilized, and changed before every operation; the one in the article looks OK). But compromising on other PPE and processes should be right out. Not sure from the article if they have, but one thing that is the enemy of quality control is variation, and they just introduced that into their pre-op processes.
Stunning and brave.
Think how much trouble you’d be in if she came in and said she’d be your surgeon and you said “Nope. Not gonna. I want a doc who does shit by the book and doesn’t have 13 exemptions. Also, I have no faith that they system would weed her out if she was a hack doctor.”
Yeah, a few years ago I’d not even have those questions. I could have trusted that “the system” ensured she’s as competent as any other doctor.
Not anymore.
The system is broken
From a sane point of view, yes. Unfortunately, those in charge are ecstatic about how well it’s working.
If you’re still shocked after ten years, you have a mental defect.
https://twitter.com/hunnybadgermom/status/1582284938543407104
This is just wrong.
Fucking sickos.
More here:
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1582242317578031106
I remember when drag was a fun, adult thing.
They are literally setting several causes (if you will) back decades.
It will be centuries.
Right now, sharia law is going to be the replacement in many places and many are going to welcome it.
It’s like they’re trying to provoke a serious backlash.
It is like they are trying to rip the book “Submission” by Michel Houellebecq from the fiction shelf to the current events shelf.
This is madness on many levels.
The old drag queens hate this shit. They see it for what it is, the sexualization of children, and they recognize the danger it presents to them.
At a bar? OLCC (used to) have zero tolerance for minors on premise.
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1582364632614068226
I think someone could easily make a supercut of these that would be way longer.
Oh that’s fake news, nobody ever said the vaccine stopped transmission. *rolls eyes*
And we still have Fauci out there denying he ever said anything about closing schools. In fact, from the beginning he always wanted schools open!
He also played post for the Celtics.
They should all owe the vaccinated far more than Alex Jones was fined.
https://twitter.com/SaraGonzalesTX/status/1582398497185099776
OFFS!!
“Every parent/guardian with a child in that room should be arrested for child abuse”
This
As far as I can tell it was only one kid who was probably too young to understand the words. Still dumb of the parent(s), but not worthy of an arrest. I do have to wonder about parents who bring their kids to shows like this. It’s like with drugs. There apparently is a demand for this crap, and someone is supplying it.
Then again, I took my son to Hooters when he was a few months old, so maybe I’m living in a glass house here.
It’s become an article of faith. They’re demonstrating their right-think and differentiation from the religious troglodytes.
There is no logical stopping point for them. It will become more and more transgressive until the reactionary wave arrives.
That is what I don’t get.
Why is there so much of this now??
People need opportunities to pad their resumes in order to remain in the vanguard.
There were articles in the education journals pushing it.
I have been saying for over a decade that the schools of education need to be razed. They produce nothing but enemies of liberty and rationality.
As with everything, it’s money. There are NGOs (probably fronts for bigger lefties – they tend to be interconnected) that fund all/most of it, hire the performers, all of it, so all you need is one person (a librarian, HR, whatever to set it up).
Much like all the gender transitioning, it’s a bottomless well of cash propping all this shit up.
The normies are getting close. /sarc
I think it really is a reaction to Trump having won, and anyone in the “transgressive” community feels the need to act out and show the world that whatever it is that gets them off if totes cool, normal, everyone is a freak, etc.
Agreed, I don’t think the law should be involved in this. The parents should be shunned by families, friends, and neighbors. The venue boycotted until it closes.
And there is nothing wrong with taking your kids to Hooters. Less skin shown there than at a beach or waterpark.
It’s acceptable to stage a “fiery but peaceful” protest, right? Those are the rules now?
Concur. We need to rebuild civil society, not sit around waiting for the state to solve this. Right now, the only social feedback these parents are getting is “Yay, you. Stunning, brave, blah blah.” They need to be told that its completely unacceptable and that “my kids will not be around someone who is grooming their own children” etc.
I was thinking about this today. The left is all about “white men” being the source of all evil. In one way they’re right. TIME’s woman of the year? White male. Swimmer breaking all the women’s records? White male. All these drag queens? White males.
Interesting point. Notice it’s their white monsters too. Not Reagan in a dress or anything.
Right wing monster incoming.
You asked for it, proggies.
If given a binary choice between the overt sexualization and mutilation of children by fringe nutbars, and some hyperconservative reaction, well, the reaction is going to have to be pretty off the charts before its worse.
Exactly.
People don’t ever bother with history.
That’s why it tends to repeat.
Nah.
Knew it before I clicked 😉
Good song, good band.
I was expecting this: https://youtu.be/yzLT6_TQmq8
If you don’t want Hitler, don’t create Weimar.
That right there is one of the things that worries me. In both the micro and the macro scale.
This is a great episode.
The Last War Chief.
I’m sure many of you already listen to this guy, but it’s a new one to me and I really dig it. If you are into native and western history, this is for you.
I’m glad he is back on open platforms. He has some good stuff.
I don’t know if anybody has posted this, but here is a video of one the Nord Stream pipes after the explosion.
Can’t really tell much from the video but the damage is substantial.
Posted this morning, and either scoffed at or brandished, depending on confirmation bias.
Biden is:
Emperor Nero, or
Emperor Caligula.
To discuss.
You give him too much credit. Both of those men accomplished something, and neither one brought ruin to the Empire beyond their immediate circle in the capital.
Either one would be giving him far too much credit.
Second!
Michael Scott.
Ha. Correct.
Romulus Augustulus
Not Claudius?
Claudius was competent.
Aye.
Biggus Dickus.
Centurion…why do they titter, so?
And his wife, Incontinentia Buttocks.
Edward VI.
Based on inflation I would say Emperor Diocletian. I’m sure there was one who was a mentally deficient sock puppet as well but no one comes to mind right away.
I chose Caligula, as he presided over the fall. His nephew Nero could be a stand in for when Hunter becomes president and the entire shebang collapses.
After that I hope we never see another “legacy” candidate. Like the end of the line of Caesars.
I don’t know, I can envision Joe sniffing some preteen girl’s hair while the bombs fall.
Ceasar “Elagabalus” was Roman emperor from 218 to 222, while he was still a teenager. His short reign was conspicuous for sex scandals and religious controversy. He was 14 when he donned the purple so his mental acuity was better than biden, but he like biden got the job because he was connected to a more “successful” ruler.
The historian Adrian Goldsworthy’s writes of him: “Elagabalus was not a tyrant, but he was an incompetent, probably the least able emperor Rome had ever had.” biden is a wanna be tyrant so he can rank behind the kid.
I’m going to go with Caligula. He appointed his horse Council of Rome, and everyone Biden appointed is a jackass.
Cartagia.
https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Cartagia
Pretty good read, given the author was intending to go exactly where you would expect an Esquire author would go. Even had his eyes opened, a little.
“conducting daytime and nighttime surveillance on Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer’s vacation home; undergoing focused military training to rehearse for their mission, including drills run through a “shoot house” that served as a mock-up of the governor’s home; testing explosive devices that could be used as antipersonnel devices during the kidnapping; seeking high explosives to bring down a bridge they’d reconnoitered near Whitmer’s home to hinder the expected police response; and so on. When not plotting face-to-face, they would practice meticulous OPSEC (operational security), methodically cloaking their ugly schemings by using code words and encrypted chat apps.”
That’s when I knew it was bullshit. All you need to do is jump a couple of her monkey guards, disguise yourself in their uniforms, and toss a bucket of water at her.
Went to a McDonalds today. Holy fuck is their pricing all over the place. Almost random ._9: .09, .39, .79. Looks like desperation pricing.
Took me all afternoon, but I painted the face of this model. Faces are hard.
Wow. I like detail work, but that is a whole ‘nother level.
Thanks.
I’m trying to improve my skills, since this is pretty much near the limit of how well I can work with tiny details.
Very impressive.
Thank you.
The link is SFW.
Not sure what you thought it’d be.
what you did there is seen
Cruel hoax
In a seemingly hostile political environment for women, with abortion rights and female bodily autonomy on the ballot, multiple states have far-right Republican female candidates like Lake in Arizona, Tudor Dixon in Michigan and Sarah Huckabee Sanders in Arkansas running for governor as Trump stand-ins, sometimes against female Democratic opponents. These former media personalities have flipped the script on a country full of women desperate for representation by cynically offering themselves as an option, while actively working to diminish women’s rights.
They look like women, but they don’t think or speak as we believe women should.
Meanwhile, out there in the real world, women are more concerned about putting food on the table than free unlimited abortions for all. It’s really screwing up the Democrats’ political strategy.
That’s why we need to elect more women with penises.
a country full of women desperate for representation
Because there are no women opposed to unlimited taxpayer-funded abortions on demand.
Exhibit ___________ on how stupid and weak the Repubs are: They are not highlighting the stock Dem position on abortion as extreme, even though, when laid out for people, not many support it. Every Dem ad darkly portraying Repubs as extremists should have a mirror image ad.
I agree, but it’s sad that nobody seems to be truly representing the middle right now — such a person could really clean up.
To follow up on that, pointing out the other side’s extremism is less effective when you are just as extreme the other way.
Took me all afternoon, but I painted the face of this model. Faces are hard.
Good grief. Are you one of those guys who uses single hair as a “brush”?
The manufacturer sells that model under the name of “The Psycho” and yes, I had to use it to clean up some errors on this piece.
You used a psycho to fix it?
Yes.
…the prospect of putting a pretty, TV-ready face on ugly politics creates a huge obstacle for the future of feminist politics, tossing the basic idea of “elect more women” out the window. Being a woman isn’t enough, but Republicans want you to think it is.
More intentionally duplicitous ass backwards “analysis”. Those darn Republicans, pretending women are all alike.
But unintentionally hilarious.
Went to a micro-town (pop 869) BBQ joint, where the specials board informed me they were out of gator and the waitress informed me they specialize in fish. BBQ seemed to be an afterthought. It’s okay food.
One inch of a sweet onion, finely chopped. 1/4 cup on salted butter and 1/4 cup of white flour. Cook until you have clear onion and a blonde roux.
Pour in one pint of half-n-half cream and about a quart or so of whole milk. Put in 1 and 1/2 caps of Zatarans liquid crab boil, 1 can of flake crab meat, 1lb of crawfish tails , a hefty dash of cayenne, a medium dusting of garlic, four cubes of chicken bouillon.
Put it on a low boil for one minute. Be careful it can boil over easily. Stir constantly.
I brought some of that to my neighbors this evening and their response was “Oh my God, that is heavenly”.
Gator, not so good. It is rich in a way that hard to describe. Eat much and you get quesy. Be glad they were out of gator.
When not plotting face-to-face, they would practice meticulous OPSEC (operational security), methodically cloaking their ugly schemings by using code words and encrypted chat apps.
“Mother Goose is on her nest. I repeat. Mother Goose is on her nest. Operation Reynard is go.”
“This is Rimlapper. I hear you loud and clear.”
“The password is Podesta. Repeat. The password is Podesta.”
Since her departure and subsequent candidacy, she’s been a frequent guest on Steve Bannon’s podcast and Tucker Carlson’s show, and has appeared on programs hosted by QAnon devotees. The fact that Lake is so publicly and openly embracing the racist corners of the far right signifies that in post-Trump America, the bigot vote has become a legitimate voting bloc.
… she shrieked, without evidence.
Exhibit ___________ on how stupid and weak the Repubs are: They are not highlighting the stock Dem position on abortion as extreme, even though, when laid out for people, not many support it. Every Dem ad darkly portraying Repubs as extremists should have a mirror image ad.
Earlier today I was reading an article about a new NYT poll. The Democrats are absolutely dumbfounded that independent women are more concerned about economic issues than abortion.
But your abortions will be free!
I was chatting with my new boss about work stuff today, and somehow a political issue came up. I didn’t know where he stood politically before then, but it turns out he was very libertarian at heart without knowing about libertarians by that name.
We had some good lulz, and I think I earned some cred with him.
I’ve noticed that many Feds out in the field are Repub/Libertarian leaning. Even the die-hard union members