¡Martes por la tarde, enlaces mexicanos!

by | Dec 20, 2022 | Daily Links | 199 comments

Now that the world cup is over, I no longer hear the faint shouts of a soccer announcer from the TV in the living room from my home office.    After two weeks, my wife began putting on TLC Docudramas from the mid 00’s for background noise.

Yup.  Now I walk in and find another episode of Sister Wives on with nobody watching.

Here’s  few links!

SCOTUS made a temporary ruling on Title 42, now we get to see them enforce it…but not after we get to witness the Gruniad’s confusion.  Here’s a primer on Title 42 for those that don’t know.

For somebody who’s job it is to lie, she is really bad at it.

Why can’t we just let them all die?

Just keep voting until it results in an agreeable outcome.

What if ancient beings were just writing their names in the snow, so to speak?

Brazilian court rules Lula won.  That’s is, Bloomberg says there can be no more challenges.  They said so.

 

Here’s a tune, I’d have posted a link past her commercial…but nah.

 

 

 

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199 Comments

  1. Count Potato

    Ass pics?

  2. Brochettaward

    I have not dared to venture back into the Firstiverse since my encounter with the anti-Bro. What I say has left me shaken to my very core; it made The First That Shall Change Everything tremble in my womb. The beast had seven heads with ten horns and multicolored crowns upon each horn. It was mighty and strong, towering above the Firsters it trampled beneath its hooved feet. But there is, I beleve, a weakness. It wore no clothes, and its appendages were on full display. Two cocks, with only one set of testicles shared between. A strong, vibrant cock on its right which radiated golden energy. The remnants of my Firsting prowess, but enlarged even further with the essence of The First gushing forth in volcanic-like eruptions. Such power could only have been obtained by giving birth to The First, and by consuming its power instead of unleashing it upon the world. To the left, though, was another cock. Small, shriveld, shrouded in a gray hue. Maggots upon maggots had attached itself to the small but sturdy shaft. A moldy puss dripped forth from it in steady intervals. It was the cuck cock of a second, there can be no mistaking it. The Firsting nut still fueld the golden cock. The cuck cock was given its life from the left. It must be stricken down. Removed from the Firstline and cast back from whence it came. The golden cock must be consumed, reinserting the energy of The First back into the Firstline.

    This will be no easy task, and it is something that I must attend to alone. I will need to work in concert with all past versions of myself which exist in the Firstline. They must find and descend upon this monstrosity and do the deed. It will require them to muster all of the essence that they contain within them and to unleash it all together in a synchronous and focused First. The beast must be disarmed, and every cancerous growth associated with seconding removed. Once done, the golden cock of the beast must be consumed. One version of myself must remain. All the others have to go back; severing their connection to the Firstline in the process so that nothing shall be able to follow them back through the Firstiverse should they fail. This First will be the last that you will receive from this version of me. I do not know what shall remain in the aftermath of this cataclysmic battle, but The First That Shall Change Everything must live. It is the future of Firsting. One of me must remain to carry it to term.

    Only one Bro can remain. That is the ultimate destination of all of this. There can be no others. The Golden Bro’s and their Firsting prowess – many of them will die in a dark and ugly place where seconding reigns supreme. There will be no songs sung of this battle. No poems or nomuments to its dead, but never has any had more consequence than this one. Come back with your Firsting cock, or without it. I have met the enemy, and he is me. Where we are going, we won’t need roads.

    Goodbye for now.
    –The Firster formerly known as The First Of All Firsters who is now called The Three Eyed Firster

    • SDF-7

      That’s the downside to hanging out with a bunch of small-l libertarian types. Some of y’all dropped too much acid or something.

      Alternate take: There was only one Agile Cyborg, man.

      • Rat on a train

        Imagine a family of Agile Cyborgs.

      • SDF-7

        I know who I expect the mother would be at least…

      • mexican sharpshooter

        I imagine that’s like thanksgiving with Gary Busey

      • mexican sharpshooter

        People think its Mr. Joshua, but I contend his role in Under Siege is his finest performance.

      • Bobarian LMD

        Probably more like going motorcycle riding with Busey.

      • juris imprudent

        thanksgiving with Gary Busey

        With or without acid?

      • mexican sharpshooter

        “Acid? You know what acid is? Acid is nothing more than an acronym…

        Acid is:

        Actions
        Coming
        Indirectly (from)
        Drugs”

      • Lord Humungus

        Speaking of Agile, I stopped by TOS the other day since on another site I read they linked to an article.

        Palin’s Buttplug is still there… and sarcasmic… and a few other names that I vaguely recognized. And I didn’t miss it at ‘tall

      • Bobarian LMD

        I do a drive-by once every few months; a hive of scum and villainy.

      • Lord Humungus

        Funny thing is I learned more about libertarianism from the posters than the articles. Go figure.

      • Bobarian LMD

        The crowd was more level back then, when Obama was King.

        Today, Reason tweeted out this non-sequitur:
        “The addition of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court has the potential to kickstart a renaissance of progressive originalism.”

        They ain’t even pretending anymore.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        How? Does she intend to poison Thomas and Alito over the next 24 months?

      • MikeS

        WTF is “progressive originalism”?

      • Lord Humungus

        >>WTF is “progressive originalism”?

        It’s whatever you want it to be /Willie Wonka voice

      • Tonio

        WTF is “progressive originalism”?

        BOHICA

      • Count Potato

        “WTF is “progressive originalism”?”

        That’s some authentic frontier gibberish.

      • Count Potato

        BOHICA?

      • Fatty Bolger

        WTF is “progressive originalism”?

        It’s where you pretend to use originalism to justify lockstep liberal voting.

      • juris imprudent

        Progressive originalism means going back to the original Progressives who said the Constitution wasn’t worth shit – oh wait, that’s what they still say.

      • Rat on a train

        It’s not the same without the risk of Hihnfection.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        BULLY

      • Certified Public Asshat

        Sarcasmic was here for like a week, then left again. *shrugs*

      • Count Potato

        There are so many people who aren’t here anymore. Not sure why.

      • Lord Humungus

        Life gets in the way.

        Or, in my case, I get really anxious if I read too much political crap. So I try to limit my exposure for my own sanity.

      • Swiss Servator

        STEVE SMITH SAY RELAX.

      • Swiss Servator

        Was just wondering what happened to Number 6…

      • pistoffnick

        And Tulip

      • Name's BEAM. James BEAM.

        I think Tulip’s taking a break, which might end up being permanent.

        I get it, but it’s still a shame.

      • Count Potato

        Well, that’s one guy I don’t miss.

      • slumbrew

        AFAIK, Tulip feels this is a little too much of a boy’s club – she’s not amused by the 19th Amendment jokes, (probably) Q’s links, etc.

        She’s not wrong but you can’t really herd the cats.

      • Animal

        #6 is still regularly hanging out over on the Discord. I drop in there from time to time.

      • DEG

        I miss Agile Cyborg.

    • MikeS

      tl;dr: “I am a seconder”

    • Aloysious

      If you encountered an anti-Bro, wouldn’t you explode?

  3. Count Potato

    “After two weeks, my wife began putting on TLC Docudramas from the mid 00’s for background noise.”

    The sound of waterfalls?

    • Lackadaisical

      Stick to the telenovelas that you’re used to.

  4. Lord Humungus

    Those bookend asses are a bit er big. Not that I would complain if smothered to death.

    • Lackadaisical

      Not a fan of badonkadonk?

      • Lord Humungus

        Oh I had a GF or two with larger than average rears. One had great hips, a well-exercised bottom, but small A-cups. No complaints though since she also had a beautiful face.

  5. Count Potato

    “For somebody who’s job it is to lie, she is really bad at it.”

    A Cuban or Sicilian wouldn’t have been diverse enough.

    • SDF-7

      They need all the Sicilians in the DoD anyway. So even if we’re dumb enough to get involved in a land war in Asia, at least our enemies will be going up against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

      It will all balance out! A-ha-ha-ha-ha! A-ha-ha-ha-ha! *thunk*

    • The Other Kevin

      In hindsight, the literal spokesperson for the whole administration should probably not have been a diversity hire.

      • Lackadaisical

        Whatever, if the Democrats are going to be evil, at least let them be stupid as well.

      • The Other Kevin

        Funny part is, it would look terrible if they fired her, and if they convinced her to quit, they’re never going to find anyone who checks off as many diversity check boxes. So just like with Harris, they’ve painted themselves into a corner.

      • Tonio

        She may legit quit on her own. It’s apparently a stressful job and even the tame lapdog White House press corps are starting to snarl and nip at the more egregious Biden lies.

      • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

        The nuclear waste trannie is available.

      • Gender Traitor

        …and has already demonstrated its ability to lie.

      • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

        Though to be fair, he comes with a bit of baggage.

      • R.J.

        Just don’t look under the lid, everything will be fine.

      • The Other Kevin

        ^ We have a winner!

      • Count Potato

        He’s an asshole, but still no reason to call a person “it”.

      • Penguin

        Too busy stealing bags flying to Secaucus and back.

      • Penguin

        Crap ‘strikethrough’ HTML apparently doesn’t work.

        Not that it matters; TOK is right – Jaime won the thread.

      • UnCivilServant

        it’s <strike> text to be stricken </strike>

        That gets:

        text to be stricken

      • Penguin

        Thx, UCS

  6. Count Potato

    “What if ancient beings were just writing their names in the snow, so to speak?”

    I’m not saying it was aliens.

    • Bobarian LMD

      It was in your mother’s hand writing, Trebeck!

    • SDF-7

      I always assumed we’d find the aliens doing that around the moons of Jupiter. The alien experts said Europa-ean after all.

  7. DEG

    The lass looks kinda bored at times in that video, like her smile is fake.

    amid the possibility of protests by Bolsonaro’s supporters who have been stationed at the Brazilian capital over the past several weeks.

    Who stationed them? Or did they arrive there of their own free will?

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Military units typically muster by coincidence

      • R C Dean

        “It just happens. Natural causes.”

  8. Count Potato

    “In that time, the vaquita’s population has dipped from 97 to just 10.”

    Ten?

    • Count Potato

      “While fishing for totoaba is illegal, there is demand for totoaba swim bladders in China, where they are considered “a symbol of wealth and for their purported, but unproven, medicinal value,”

      They think they make your dick bigger?

      • SDF-7

        Is there anything the Chinese don’t think is a penile enhancement? Kind of makes one wonder….

      • Lord Humungus

        Or is there any animal or vegetable or bounty from the sea that they won’t eat?

      • Bobarian LMD

        If even one in a million chinamen believe that, it’s still a whole lot of customers.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      *pulls up fishing net*

      Nueve.

      • R C Dean

        Dammit, mex!

    • R C Dean

      Ten?

      Or, diez, if you prefer.

  9. Scruffy Nerfherder

    The same court that freed Lula from prison wit something less of a clear rationale?

    • Rat on a train

      Even transwomen?

      • Dr. Fronkensteen

        I don’t know about Afghanistan but in Iran gay men will transition to avoid being killed for being gay. I assume they have the same rights as biological women. IOW not many.

      • Penguin

        Yeah, the revolutionary Islamic government of Iran totally recognizes transwomen as women, with both their rights intact. I wonder how long it’ll take for the moron left to start holding them up as a role model.

  10. The Late P Brooks

    Under the wire

    Lawmakers increased the budget for the National Labor Relations Board by $25 million for the first time in nearly a decade — a top priority for unions amid a surge in union organizing across the country. Its funding now exceeds $299 million.

    Essential services.

  11. PutridMeat

    That’s a beautiful guitar.

    • Ozymandias

      And whatever else can be said about the video, I never really imagined I would be watching some teenage girl make Sabbath’s guitar anthem look pedestrian. Holy shit. She can play.

      Watching her I was reminded of an interview with “Train” after they did that “tribute” of Zeppelin II (IIRC). Basically, they can play note-for-note everything that Page, Bonham, et al., did. It’s (of course) NOT the same thing, but it’s a reminder that like athletics (and science), the next gen of musicians does stand on the shoulders of those that came before. Things that were considered “impossible” or “shredding” in the 70s are now all “staples” to the new generation because they grew up learning those songs – and the techniques necessary to accomplish them – until they became just… “standard.”

      Likewise, I have a friend who did a documentary on two-time Armenian gold medal rings champ Albert Azaryan (’56, ’60). After watching it, another friend (who had been a “ring guy” in high school) noted that by the 80s, the moves that won Azaryan gold in 1960 would all be expected of any decent college gymnast. They wouldn’t even rank in the higher levels of ring moves (now up to “G,” I believe).

      Some routines and feats, musical or athletic, of course, do stand the test of time because they approach the limits of our capacities… but human beings are amazing at their ability to continually raise the bar.

      • Lord Humungus

        I had a friend who was really into playing the blues guitar. He became quite good – even to the point of making the same facial expressions of oh say Buddy Guy, but it sure felt inauthentic done by a middle class white guy.

      • Michael Malaise

        Did he have a soul patch?

      • PutridMeat

        Holy shit. She can play.

        I’m constantly amazed (and TBH discouraged sometimes!) at how many phenomenal guitarists there are out there; maybe it’s just with youtube and other platforms we can see all of them that would have be invisible in the past. But there’s just so many people that make very difficult things look effortless, both ‘professionals’ doing their own stuff and amateurs covering others.

        To draw MikeS out of hiding, I see it in new (and not so new) bands that cite Rush as an influence/inspiration. They speak of them in worshipful tones. Then you listen to their stuff and it’s like holy shit, you are just such a better technical player than them! They;ve gone far past their heroes. Still seems to take the ability to write a good song though.

      • R.J.

        All the new kids need are some white kimonos and flappy silk bellbottoms. A little more Gandalf will put those kids past their heroes.

      • Tundra

        Art is soooo much more than technical proficiency. Think about who you love the most – they are 99% likely not likely to be the best musicians, painters, actors, Firsters, whatever. But they are absolutely able to tap into something that endures.

      • Michael Malaise

        It’s not the playing, it’s the inventing. (or what Tundra is saying)

      • Michael Malaise

        I mean, even if you hate U2, think about how Evans essentially created a new sound with an instrument that had been in use since the 1940s over 30 years later.

      • PutridMeat

        While I agree (hence my “Still seems to take the ability to write a good song though” comment), like all things, it’s a balance. I think you need the chops to be able to fully express the music/inventiveness. If you don’t have the technical prowess to realize what’s in your brain, it doesn’t do much good. Fortunately, having that intangible in your brain often seems to lead to developing the chops to express it with.

      • Mojeaux

        In the past, we pretty much practiced in obscurity, never knowing who else was out there also practicing in obscurity.

        So it comes time to, oh, say, sell a book to a traditional publisher and the few writers you know say, “If you are any good and continue to try, you WILL get published.” And you believe it because you don’t know how many other GOOD writers there are out there.

        And then one day you wake up and realize you’re not competing with a bunch of n00bs. You’re competing with excellent writers for just a few publishing spots. Mathematically, it is impossible for you to get published no matter how good you are—and no matter what readers really want.

        That has been the beauty and freedom of the internet—to find out with whom you’re competing, why, and what makes them better than you. They may not be better than you. They just might be more attractive, more charismatic, more marketable, more SOMETHING that has nothing to do with how good you are or are not.

        But there’s something for everyone, and you might just end up changing one person’s life because you stopped listening to people who wanted you to wait for a gatekeeper’s approbation.

      • Tundra

        Thanks, Mo. That’s good stuff.

        Mathematically, it is impossible for you to get published no matter how good you are—and no matter what readers really want.

        I happened to know Vince Flynn as he was getting famous. The thing I loved about the guy is how aware he was that he was the luckiest – not best – writer on the planet.

        RIP, brother.

      • rhywun

        the luckiest – not best – writer on the planet

        Stephen King would like a word.

      • Tundra

        Ah, but Vince was humble and grateful.

      • slumbrew

        That sort of think always makes me think of the 720 on a skateboard – a wild, nigh-unreachable goal until it became something 10 year old girls can do (granted, not a _lot_ of 10 year old girls)

      • Michael Malaise

        My hot take is that Sabbath is actually a jazz quartet playing early metal.

      • PutridMeat

        Listen to Geezer and Ward and it’s hard to argue with that!

      • DEG

        Tony Iommi, after he lost part of his hand in an industrial accident, was inspired by Django Reinhardt to keep going..

    • slumbrew

      Not a guitar guy, but I was thinking the same thing.

    • Penguin

      Paul Reed Smith – yeah, absolutely beautiful.

      Of course, the ‘bargain bin’ PRS is around $1500, the model she has is closer to $4500. Things like that are part of the reason I dream of fuck-you money.

      • PutridMeat

        I’ll confess to being a PRS sucker. I have an SE 24 signature I got for ~$600 maybe 10-12 years ago. I’m constantly looking at those core models with a bit of drool. But I always convince myself that it will be a reward when I get better – I can’t really justify that kind of money given the quality of my playing. Unfortunately, I don’t seem to get better, so I’ll probably always just look at them!

      • Penguin

        I can relate to your entire comment, except the part about already having a PRS. But I got my Fender P Bass, and discontinued Les Paul model, so I’ll STFU about not having enough instruments. I have the ones I need. But I see those beauties, and I have to keep my mouth shut so no one can see the drool.

      • Penguin

        Note – that’s just my estimate. Based on this.

        Also, she’s a smoking guitarist.

  12. Tres Cool

    Perhaps my favorite Gary Busey.

    I know Ive mentioned it before, but how Id love if Trump had made Busey his press secretary.

    • Tundra

      Yes.

      Sublime.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      Whatever became of his fairly recent public masturbation scandal?

  13. Tundra

    For somebody who’s job it is to lie, she is really bad at it.

    Both of my kids were more clever and convincing liars as middle schoolers.

    Karine Diversity Hire is the worst I’ve ever seen.

    • The Other Kevin

      She doesn’t even cleverly misdirect (“I’ll circle back to that”). She’s got crumbs all over her and she says “I didn’t eat that cookie.”

      • Tundra

        I miss Trump’s chick. She was pretty hot, good at her job and quite entertaining. Even Strawberry’s brazenness was impressive.

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        Yeah, what’sherface was pretty fine and she was always at least able to be coherent.

      • Penguin

        I loved it when she brought a ton of binders into the press briefing, and then proceeded to smack aside all the lying press dweebs. She could have gotten bonus points for saying “these binders used to be Mitt Romney’s, but we took all the women out and put in the facts” or some such.

    • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

      As loathsome as Jen Psaki is, I have to at least admire her ability to get the press to eat out of her hand. The only thing Karine Abdul Jean Pierre van Damme has going for her is that the media doesn’t want to be mean to her because they are on her team.

      • The Other Kevin

        Agreed. Psaki was a terrible person, but at least she was frustratingly good at deflection. KAJPvD just says the complete opposite of the truth and it’s obvious.

      • Bob Boberson

        Why bother investing time and money to hire a good professional liar? The proles aren’t going to do shit about it anyway, might as well just fill the position with a diversity hire.

  14. The Other Kevin

    Looks like we have another snowmageddonpocalypse on the way just in time for Christmas. Good luck to all the John Candys and Steve Martins out there.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      Those aren’t pillows.

    • rhywun

      Something’s coming when I see Friday’s hi of 54 is going down to 16 later. 😱

      • robc

        Tomorrow, high of 48. Thursday morning, low of -12.

        Nice 60 degree swing in just about 18 hours.

  15. Lord Humungus

    Speaking of guitars, EF got a Gretsch. I bought her a distortion pedal for her birthday.

    • Count Potato

      Which one?

      • Lord Humungus

        Guitar or pedal? The latter was a cheap Rat, modified.

    • Tundra

      Sweet! What model G?

    • Michael Malaise

      I would like to get one of these, and then learn to play guitar.

    • Bob Boberson

      Shameful how we are so miserly that he needs to show up in person to get us to loosen the purse strings during this festive and charitable time of year.

      • UnCivilServant

        He should be arrested for invading the US Capital. That is what we do to people who are invited in, right?

      • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

        And he’ll be taking more than just a lectern.

    • rhywun

      Hoo boy… the sycophancy is going to be nauseating.

      • Rat on a train

        Couldn’t he wait for the State of the Union?

      • juris imprudent

        And The Bee on the job.

        Congress Warns Of Government Shutdown If We Don’t Fund Ukraine By Friday

  16. Lord Humungus

    Some good news: The Golden Age of Cocaine Is Happening Right Now
    https://news.yahoo.com/golden-age-cocaine-happening-now-110023701.html

    Underlying that boom is a massive growth in acreage, as well as higher productivity on coca farms — trends driven by shifting political dynamics in the region as well as rising demand. The illicit industry now produces about 2,000 tons of cocaine per year, almost double the amount being made a decade ago, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Satellite photos show that the amount of Colombian land planted with coca rose to a record of more than 200,000 hectares (500,000 acres) last year, more than five times what it was when Escobar was gunned down in 1993.

    All that supply is flooding markets around the world, bringing violence, corruption and huge profits with it. Some 10,000 miles from those farms in the Andes, arrests for cocaine possession in Australia have quadrupled since 2010. US overdoses involving cocaine have quintupled over the past decade as dealers took to mixing the drugs with synthetic opioids. Ecuador imposed states of emergency on its largest port, Guayaquil, this year as warring cocaine traffickers spread terror with car bombs and contract killings.

    • slumbrew

      Wrong! The golden age of cocaine was the mid 70’s when cocaine was “good for you” and before AIDS was a thing.

    • Swiss Servator

      Last year I was looking at going to Guayaquil to oversee a project being implemented… I got someone from our Colombia office to go instead. Did not know I missed a gang war.

    • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

      Huh, my sister was just in Guayaquil with her husband. They said that it was a little shady and that they were close to getting mugged near the KFC.

    • juris imprudent

      Now this would really be a golden age.

      As the official legislation hasn’t yet been laid out, it’s unclear whether Colombia’s decriminalisation laws would apply to people visiting the country. Current laws on cocaine possession do apply to tourists, though similar laws in other countries get a bit fuzzy when it comes to foreign nationals. Oh, and to be really, really clear, we do not condone anyone planning a coke-fuelled trip to Colombia. Obviously.

      Obviously

      • KSuellington

        I was in Colombia in the late 90’s for a month and gringos were buying unstepped on grams for about $2 in Santa Marta. I can only imagine what the wholesale price was. I’m not sure if possession was already officially decriminalized there at that point, but it may as well have been.

      • juris imprudent

        I was under the impression the decrim was more recent, maybe around 2010 or so. Plus Colombia has legal prostitution, so…

      • KSuellington

        Looks like possession of most recreational drugs was legalized in 1994 (and the gringos I saw there were mostly very much in favor), but then in 2009 Uribe got a constitutional amendment to change that. A couple of years later it was back decriminalized again.

    • Trigger Hippie

      I just watched a documentary about how the Albanian mafia of all people are largely responsible for the massive influx of cocaine into the European market, Great Britain in particular. Apparently they’re business partners with the cartels and have massively expanded the shipping routes and opened up new distribution centers all over the continent.

  17. Tundra

    I’ve been listening to Joe Jackson this afternoon. I don’t think that fucking prick had a bad song. Why couldn’t God spread that talent around a little?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n34s98WpwJg

    • Michael Malaise

      Is he really a prick, or just difficult?

    • Michael Malaise

      Nick Lowe was a great contemporary that has been criminally underrated.

      • Tundra

        Yes.

        Playlist for tomorrow.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      Daily Mail: “Terrible, this girl sexualizing herself at 12. Here’s a ten pictures so you can harrumph too.”
      Give me a damn break.

      • juris imprudent

        you can harrumph

        Is that really what the kids are calling it these days. 😉

    • R.J.

      We all knew it was happening. No way Twitter could have all those employees and make money. Also 3 million os just what has been discovered so far. Imagine how much was also going to Apple, Google and Facebook. All out of our pocket.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        What’s funny is that $3M is chump change for Twitter et al, but the Dems were freaking out over $120K from the Russkies.

  18. The Late P Brooks

    Wish list

    The blueprint outlines actions the council deemed necessary for New York to achieve what it described as “nation-leading” climate goals established in the state’s 2019 climate law.

    Among these targets are the use of 70 percent renewable energy resources by 2030 and a zero-emission electricity sector by 2040, as well as a 40 percent reduction in statewide emissions from 1990 levels by 2030 and an 85 percent decrease by 2050.

    “This plan serves as a bold, monumental achievement not just for New York State, but for the nation and the world,” Climate Action Council co-chair Basil Seggos said in a statement.

    Seggos, who is also commissioner of New York’s Environmental Conservation Department, touted the plan’s focus on equity, justice and opportunity, as well as its ability to transition the state’s workforce into a “new clean energy economy.”

    To attain New York’s climate objectives, the blueprint recommends a long list of investments in decarbonization efforts and calls for concrete climate actions.

    ——-

    At the core of the plan are also actions aimed at ensuring climate justice and addressing the fact that environmental and energy burdens disproportionately impact disadvantaged communities.

    The 2019 climate law, known as the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, requires disadvantaged communities to receive a minimum of 35 percent of benefits from clean energy and energy efficiency programs, the council explained.

    To fulfill these goals, the Climate Scoping Plan recommends addressing energy affordability, as well as ensuring full participation in the clean energy economy through union-based jobs.

    Climate justice.

    • rhywun

      Nation-leading! Suck it, California.

      Oh wait, reality will intrude.

      • juris imprudent

        These assholes should all be forced to hold their breath until reality bends to their will.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        the final “Scoping Plan,”

        My proctologist was just explaining that to me the other day,

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        Don’t sweat it, if they get into too much hot water we’ll bail them out.

  19. KSuellington

    I’ve actually seen a vaquita pretty close up while fishing in the East Cape of Baja. The captain, who I have caught a number of marlin and tuna with on different trips was super excited (more excited than when we had marlin on the line) and pointed it out. Looked like a small, unusual porpoise. We are often fishing in huge pods of dolphins or porpoise so I didn’t realize how unusual it was until I saw the listing for vaquita in one of my kids’ books on endangered animals.

    • juris imprudent

      So what are we expected to give up to save the vaquita? This shit is never just about saving some fucking critter – it’s about how they can fuck us over to satisfy their morality complexes.

      • KSuellington

        That place is still a world class fishery for pelagic species, and from what I have seen the dolphin population is doing just fine. I’m not exaggerating that I’ve seen pods of several hundred dolphins on a few occasions and pods of dozens and dozens many times there. Back forty or so years ago and it was many times better. The Japanese and Chinese (as well as some Mexican ones) long range net boats have decimated it and it is still good fishing. The last decade or so they have gotten more serious about enforcement and it has rebounded a bit.

  20. Count Potato

    What’s something I can do with extra green onions?

    • R.J.

      Baked potato toppings, bleu cheese salad topping, Bloody Mary garnish, or add to (almost) any casserole. You could also make onion wine if you have a few pounds of them.

      • Count Potato

        I wonder how they would work in cornbread stuffing?

      • Michael Malaise

        Good, because they have a relatively mild flavor profile that complements a lot of things.

      • R.J.

        Agreed. Good in there too.

    • Ownbestenemy

      Plant then

  21. creech

    I know I’ve commented that libertarians shouldn’t let others slide when the others start a political argument full of falsehoods or contradictions. Unfortunately, today I decided discretion was better part of valor. The Tuesday Fellowship’s speaker this morning was the group’s chair, who is an anesthesiologist. His topic was Americans’ bad diets (not enough veggies, our capitalist meat is poisoned, etc. etc.) and why the government needs to step in to regulate more strictly our diets before heart disease and obesity kills us all. A good “fuck off slaver” was in order, but I like the guy and didn’t want a confrontation. Anyway, believe it or not, he ends the talk with musings about how God put the good vitamins in veggies (and chuckled, wondering why God made so many tasteful things “bad” for us. ) Then his last p.p. slide is Romans 14:2 which, you can read it for yourself, tells people who eat certain foods not to “condemn” those who do not, because “God has accepted them.” Absolutely no clue as to how his demands for more congressional action runs completely counter to what he acknowledges is God’s position on the subject.

      • Ted S.

        Ezekiel 23:20 suggests he cam fuck himself, too.

      • Tundra

        Dude. The Bible, too?!?

      • R.J.

        Electric Boogaloo??!??!

    • Mojeaux

      [[[Our]]] dietary recommendations include eating mostly grains with meat eaten sparingly in the winter. I like to tell my contemporaries that that’s the diet that made me sick and fat. They don’t know what to do with that.

  22. Michael Malaise

    I once watched an episode of Sister Wives because my aunt and cousin were visiting. What a waste of time.

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      That’s going to be a large coffin.

    • Tundra

      Terrible.

      Why don’t these bodypos idiots just shoot these poor people in the head and just get it over with.

  23. westernsloper

    Excellent music link MS. She rocks. Our government is illegitimate is about all I can contribute to the group from the the info I have learned today. Merry Christmas!!