Good morning my Glibs and Gliberinas! Grab that coffee, wave to that co-worker, and enjoy another amazing day and the links!
Gun Owners of America, Texas AG Filing Suit Against ATF Pistol Brace Rule
House Passes Legislation To Block DC’s New Crime Law
Chuck Grassley: Whistleblowers Say FBI Has Evidence Joe Biden Involved in Family Business Schemes
FBI To Retract Catholic Infiltration Memo, Conduct Internal Review
Donald Trump reinstated on Facebook, Instagram
Missouri AG Investigating Child Gender Clinic Following Whistleblower Report
Yahoo to lay off 20% of staff by year-end, beginning this week
SNAP emergency food benefits ending for millions of residents
Tesla’s Model Y and Model 3 Top-Selling Vehicles in California in 2022
US Citizens Facing Lengthy Jail Time For Accidentally Taking Firearms Into Mexico
That’s all I got for today. I’ll leave you with a song and move along with my day.
We seem to have a rodent theme?
I would think that the Mo Hawk would be a bird, rather than a squirrel.
Punk squirrel prepares you for a punch to the nuts.
90% of what we discuss is politics. I would say we always have a rodent theme.
Hey!
“Chuck Grassley: Whistleblowers Say FBI Has Evidence Joe Biden Involved in Family Business Schemes”
Of course they do. They were doing a lot of the dirty work to protect that racket Joe, and others like Obama, Clinton, Schumer, Pelosi, the Bushes, Cocaine Mitch and so on were all engaged in.
In the quid pro quo it begs to question what some in the FBI were getting in return?
Free reign to go after “domestic enemies”?
You don’t whistleblowers for that. They have had the Laptop From Hell for years, and we know it has evidence that Joe is absolutely part of the whole corrupt family biz.
“Yahoo to lay off 20% of staff by year-end, beginning this week”
The one thing that I would love to see is the breakdown of all these tech layoffs. Part of me suspects most of the cleanup is dead weight in bloated managerial and HR bureaucracies, which wouldn’t be a surprise, but what if you find out they were purging the woke or doing the opposite?
I expect a good chunk of the woke are in the bloated managerial and HR bureaucracies, honestly.
They probably have whole armies of super-woke millennials and Z’s in fluff like “marketing” and “engagement”.
Agreed, but are they the bloat being cut out or are they getting rid of the non-woke….
I wouldn’t be surprised things are happening either way, and by design..
I don’t even know what Yahoo! does any more… I’m assume web analytics / ads for what little is left of it outside the Alphabet-Borg? They may not have anyone left other than Marketing and HR at this point, so it would be tough to tell.
I still have a Yahoo mail account — it’s mainly for junk and stuff I know will end up getting on a list.
They are trying to sell a subscription mail service with a few added bennies but it’s not worth it.
If they cut out the non-fluff, they will go out of business and cut out the fluff that way.
“Gun Owners of America, Texas AG Filing Suit Against ATF Pistol Brace Rule”
The whole thing is so fucking atomized it’s ridiculous. Even knowledgeable people here can’t agree on what is a “firearm”. The AFT is wildly inconsistent.
I am starting to suspect that the confusion about what firearms they really want to ban is by design, because the end goal is to disarm the law abiding citizen (so all guns must go). The globalist reset needs two things: the US middle class gone so US citizens will accept marxist autocracy, and nobody able to fight back.
Starting to?
“Any device that uses combustion of a propellant to produce gases to induce velocity to a projectile where said projectile is not then limited in travel to an area solely within said device.” would be my take. No, air guns are not firearms — they are, however arms. I suppose rockets are a grey area there… I mean, missiles and rocket launchers are a type of firearm in a way… Space-X typically isn’t used as such. 😉
Of course, my take is also that all arms shall not be infringed… so what the hell do I know compared to Our Betters(tm) apparently.
It’s whatever the ATF says needs a tax stamp.
❤️ GOA
The whole “rule” is fucking ludicrous.
I thought a firearm was a stunt where you dressed the stuntman in a protective suit, daubed the limb in flammable gel and lit it. I mean, it’s in movies all the time.
Word….
Even knowledgeable people here can’t agree on what is a “firearm”. The AFT is wildly inconsistent.
It has nothing to do with firearms. The rule states that ownership of operable brace by itself, even if not attached to a firearm, is now considered a short barreled rifle.
So you can’t simply remove your brace and be in compliance. And, as has already been discussed here, the amnesty is a trap.
“It has nothing to do with firearms. The rule states that ownership of operable brace by itself, even if not attached to a firearm, is now considered a short barreled rifle.”
I think you just contradicted yourself. A short barreled rifle is a firearm. So are silencer parts, auto sears, bump stocks, and, in at least one case, rubber bands.
Right. And solvent traps are now considered silencers with ownership being a felony.
I meant that there can be debate among gun enthusiasts on the finer points of the technicalities of firearms. What the ATF is doing has nothing to do with that knowledgeable debate, so it’s inaccurate describe their actions as inconsistent. Everything the ATF has done and is proposing is consistent in their goal to end firearm ownership. It goes back to the malicious versus incompetent argument.
SLD: ATF delenda est. Repeal the NFA. Gibbet anyone who votes to keep it.
“Braced pistols” were a way of having an SBR while pretending it wasn’t an SBR. SBR’s should not actually be a thing which is regulated, but let’s not pretend “pistol braces” aren’t stocks.
Engaging in an extended game of “let’s pretend” only makes things more convoluted and dishonest for short-term gain.
“Braced pistols” were a way of having an SBR while pretending it wasn’t an SBR. SBR’s should not actually be a thing which is regulated, but let’s not pretend “pistol braces” aren’t stocks.
Interestingly, the gist of this is actually written into the rule by the ATF. The legality of any individual brace can be partly determined based on its depiction in social media by people unaffiliated with the manufacturer. It’s one of the most dangerous arguments I’ve ever heard made by the government.
Essentially, although you’ve legally purchased a product and used it only in its intended manner, the government can arbitrarily turn you into a felon at any time on a bureaucrat’s whim simply based on how other people you don’t know are using a product. Think of this legal doctrine now being applied to computers, printers, cars, phones, drones, playing cards, etc. It’s Pandora’s Box.
That Pandora’s Box has been open for a long time.
the government can arbitrarily turn you into a felon at any time
That’s not new. Nor limited to the BATFE.
This. All that time and energy that we spent sticking a dick in Firearms Branch’s eye, really should have been spent advocating/lobbying to have SBRs/SBSs removed from the NFA.
“shall not be infringed” is pretty strong language and pretty simple and straightforward.
I am not sure how they get away with the mental gymnastics of saying that a total ban is not an infringement.
“Donald Trump reinstated on Facebook, Instagram”
The only reason I care about this is that I hope he starts shitposting about the corruptocracy, like crazy, and pisses them off.
He spends all of his time now trying to dunk on DeSantis and embarrassing himself in the process.
That’s probably why they let him back on.
*nods*
So true.
“Donald Trump reinstated on Facebook, Instagram”
And he can show his nipples. Will he be allowed back on Spotify? Best thing he could do is drop an album.
+1 Autotune
I am convinced that the most important component of the whole trans female athlete shit is about dudes wanting to make womenz see their junk and not being able to do anything about it..
True enough since they’ve gone out of their way to put social and legal pressure on disarming the women’s most potent weapon in that situation — pointing and laughing hysterically.
When I show my junk to a woman, it’s because I want her to be able to do something about it.
“It looks like a man’s penis, only smaller”
The truth is funnier than any made-up fantasy vision you could have of reality…
Heh… from the sidebar there.
Fantastic.
You have a choice, sell your soul to the devil or make crappy music?
That guy, “Why not both?”
“Missouri AG Investigating Child Gender Clinic Following Whistleblower Report”
Posted link to article from whistleblower yesterday. Some found it shocking, but many people already knew that this is what has been happening at pediatric gender clinics for a long time. Given the existence of these extreme zealot doctors, medical schools should be investigated.
The boy who was sexually abusing dogs and then given hormones was a new horrifying twist.
You just haven’t been paying attention.
I guess I am behind on the sexually abusing animals beat.
Get busy and whip your ass into shape then.
[wicked witch voice] And your little dog, too.
Whippet good.
**shocked face**
I’ve never accidentally taken a firearm anywhere, let alone somewhere I know that it would be real trouble.
^^^THIS^^^
Have you met people before?
A lot of them are really fucking stupid.
Fully half of them are below average. More than that are shocked to learn that 40% of sick days occur on Monday or Friday.
That seems low, and assumes an even distribution of usage.
Some of them wonder why nobody takes sick days on Sundays…
I was in a meeting when a manager brought up that statistic as an issue she wanted to address, and was completely serious.
“Our new work week will be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, & Sunday.”
Have you met people before?
Did you not catch that I am a misanthrope? My starting point with any human is I probably don’t like you.
I have. Program compliance FTW!
And I have found spent casings in the oddest places.
“One in a million chance, Doc.”
*wild applause*
Live artillery shells, yes. Spent cases sound like a really awkward laceration waiting to happen…
I once took empty magazines through the airport.
I was a Security Force Instructor, we did a lot of sim round training, and I forgot I had a couple empty mags in my gym bag.
They said I could be in real trouble, because it is considered a weapon by TSA, if I wasn’t an active-duty Marine.
I said “That’s some of the dumbest shit I ever heard.” My wife punched me and told me to shut up before I talked myself into trouble.
I don’t know what happened to them, but some cop probably got some new Berreta 9 mil mags for free.
Were you planning on throwing them at people to hijack the plane?
There is a fair portion of our population that would cower in fear.
I know, right?
After a combat tour in Iraq TSA confiscated a set of toe nail clippers from a guy because they had a built in scissor.
my CO told me to shut up when I quipped. “I would like to see the guy that could hijack a plane full of Marines on their way home from combat using toenail scissors.”
I hate the TDA and get pissed off every time I go through security.
*urge to pick on marines rising*
Go ahead, won’t hurt my feelings.
Too late, I got distracted by Calculus.
It varies a lot, depending mostly on whether the TSA drone has gotten any lately. I’ve been tagged twice with loaded AR magazines in my carry-on, and escaped both times just with a passive-aggressive ‘don’t do that again’ letter from the Department of Transportation …
Yea, but you’re nicer than me.
I still sort of think that this story is really a TSA secret operation to get their numbers up, but we have lots of dumb people in our airport.
Two in one day?
That guy got a nudge from the TSA Union Rep for making everyone else look bad.
Sounds like the sort of thing travelers to Mexico should educated themselves on fast… those Mexico customs folks are liable to just be furious otherwise.
+1 gunrunner
Did they not have an Obama bumper sticker on their car? I thought that would make running guns to Mexico perfectly OK.
Schrödinger’s state of emergency.
Temporarily forever.
“The temporary boost to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic — known as emergency allotments — is set to end nationwide after the February 2023 issuance.”
Insane food prices because of the government shutting things down and carpet bombing money is a bigger problem.
For 32 states — as well as Washington, D.C.; Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands — benefits will return to normal amounts next month.
Starving babies! Will Gulag Barbie weep for them?
If there’s a camera nearby? Most likely.
I live in one of the poorest counties in California. I routinely watch people on public assistance purchase “groceries”. The crap these people are allowed to purchase with their public assistance is truly mind boggling. I’m going to contract diabetes from standing too close in the check-out line.
Check-out stand was one of my college jobs… I remember on Food Stamp day (back then they came out one day every month) there would be carts loaded up with lobster and steaks, just one after another all day long.
I must admit: Whenever I go to the grocery store and hit the checkout line with my loaf of bread, packs of ramen, hotdogs, sack of potatoes, couple cans of chili, couple cans of veggies and whatever reduced price for quick sale/about to turn meat they have and see that shit in a cart right behind me(usually accompanied by an obese person with their equally obese children) my twenty pounds underweight ass can’t help but feel a sense of burning resentment.
Privileged white male whining.
Heh. I’ve heard this in the wild. The reasoning is something along the lines of: I simply haven’t taken full advantage of my white privilege and if I haven’t that’s own fault.
Of course, my fellow whites never did mention to me how to cash in on my whiteness. We need some sort of How to Access Your White Privilege program for us honkeys not in the know. I feel cheated all this time. To paraphrase one of those shitty Medicare commercials “They’re my benefits and I want them now!”
I’ve not only taken full advantage, I have it on good authority that I also am receiving regular checks from the Koch Brothers, Big Oil, and the Russians. I read so on Facebook.
Here you go:
https://youtu.be/l_LeJfn_qW0
+1 Beavis and Butthead reboot
And for the record, at least half these people are white and about a third of those white people are men. Race has nothing to do with it… There’s no longer any shame for many people to be on the dole. Hell, most seem to think it’s a God given right nowadays.
Yeah — not all that surprising given all those Obama era initiatives to “destigmatize USDA food plans” or whatever they phrased it. They were absolutely clear that they wanted more kids and families on their programs (hence doing 3 meals a day with zero means checking) and that “pride” was holding people back in their view.
And you’re not alone in not capitalizing on your white privilege apparently. I know I sure has hell never picked up on using it to learn teleportation magic!
Ah, yes. Nothing like being lecture to by a pretty, young, western woman about my “privilege” like they aren’t the most privileged creatures on the face of the planet.
And chances are the SNAP people are not eating that lobster and steak themselves, but trading it for money which they use to buy drugs or alcohol.
Usually they just trade the card for straight up cash. $100 SNAP card for $50 cash, then a trip to the liquor store. The cashiers at the grocery store don’t check to see who’s card it is, they couldn’t care less. At least that’s how it goes in the hood.
Check the card? Fuck… here you can use them in self checkout lanes.
I’ve been Hey Buddied* before. 25% discount off store prices if I pay cash to the SNAP recipient. Never done it of course.
*Not sure what else to call it. We did something like it occasionally in high school when the usual sources for alcohol dried up. “Hey Buddy, can you buy us some alcohol?” Worked surprisingly well if you asked the right person.
Local news already had several sob stories about it when the additional SNAP benefits ended here.
“Additional…? So, you still get ‘regular’ SNAP benefits?”
/Never asked
“FBI To Retract Catholic Infiltration Memo, Conduct Internal Review”
How many lists can one guy be on?
There is a list for THAT!
You just made the list!
The FBI is retracting a leaked document that advised the Bureau to infiltrate groups of traditionalist Roman Catholics who the assessment claimed were at risk of committing acts of extremist violence, the Daily Caller has learned.
Indeed they are at risk of committing acts of extremist violence if fbi agents infiltrate and commit acts of extremists violence.
Their agents will do their best to incense those at Latin Masses?
*narrows gaze*
The entire thing is a Hail Mary.
Exactly what worries me. I don’t think there was any real trial of Catholic violence, but with the FBI in the case…
This seems less like parody all the time.
Said internal review will most likely focus on how to weed out whistleblowers in the future so they can work with the SPLC on labeling anyone to the right of Mao as a terrorist and not have to defend it.
Exactly, the review and action will be about how they can hide the evil shit they are and want to keep doing. Not to stop being evil fucking shit.
I’ve been getting food assistance. First as a school pickup (open to anyone who showed up) then on EBT (for each registered child). Thanks you taxpayers.
“Yahoo to lay off 20% of staff by year-end, beginning this week”
I thought Yahoo was a thing of the past?
Fantasy sports and…reposted news?
yahoo finance still seems pretty good. I don’t use it, but it seems like a good product still.
It’s fine but there’s 43 other places you can get the same info.
Long long ago in a land still mired in the 20th century, Yahoo Finance ran a contest each month, mock trading. I forget what they called it. Anyway, each month you’d get so much fake money to invest in the stock market and whoever ended the month with the most money won something like $50,000 or something. I forget. Entry wasn’t capped, so there were thousands and thousands of people playing. Anyway, month after month, I’d make it into the top 50 (one time the top 20), but never got the prize.
I cheated, though. I saw what the leaders were investing in and did that.
Do you know how many people still have Yahoo! mail accounts?
I do, but I only keep them in case someone from my distant past uses it and/or I remember to use it for junk mail.
My login to Glibs is an yahoo account.
You yahoo.
I used the word “yahoo” in my pirate book and it drew my beta reader out of the story, even though it was in wide use then.
So your book was set post-1726?
Yes. 1776-1786.
“The document Seraphin posted claims that Catholics “characterized by the rejection of the Second Vatican Council” can be prone to “anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ and white supremacist ideology.”
“The document expresses the FBI’s concern that racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists (RMVEs) will use traditionalist Catholic social media groups and parishes as “facilitation platforms to promote violence.””
It’s identity politics all the way down.
“The document draws on three articles — two from Salon and one from The Atlantic — to make the connection.”
OFFS!!
So, based on the inane fantasies of far-left lunatics.
Of course.
“It’s what we would do.”
anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ and white supremacist ideology
Interestingly leftist narratives on these things are a religion in and of themselves.
traditionalist Catholic
Hm. Brandon claims to be Catholic.
In what way?
Yeah, but he’s one of those hipster Catholics that are cool with abortion.
Just like Nancy.
And multiple Cuomos.
This is the finest marketing the Catholic church could hope for. Especially rejecting Vatican II.
‘Orning ‘ordles — duotrigordle updated their Java or something and made some UI changes… a little jarring, but I suppose I’ll get used to it. Definitely slowed me down.
Main event sucked without chumping, so “a normal day” for me unfortunately. Meh.
Daily Duotrigordle #345
Guesses: 36/37
Time: 06:19.30
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Multiple led astray day.
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Fuck you, Quordle
Update. I’m sure some of you heard Justin Shittard tried to expand the gun ban. As I cautioned people (being a member of the NFA – National Firearms Association), his scheme was a looooong shot. And it turned out to be the case. The idiot ideologues backed off completely. A miserable loss for them.
The pushback was too massive. Law enforcement and groups basically gave him the finger while five provinces and one territory said they wouldn’t enforce the ban.
He’s taken major losses as a few of his legislation attempts have failed. But there’s still a lot to be done. Bill C-11 (the so-called internet ‘censorship’ bill – which it really isn’t) has been amended and basically watered down. But the question remains: Why even bother with this bill? It’s so counter-productive. The only reason is that Justin is committed to the WEF/UN agenda on green transition and combatting “misinformation”. It’s all tied together. But for now, Canadians aren’t taking it lying down.
Where he has managed to do damage is spending more than any PM in history combined while increasing taxes significantly.
Canada isn’t dead yet.
We have to get rid of this virus known as Justin. There are no masks effective enough to block the transmission of his party’s stupidity.
As for the National Citizens Inquiry, despite the drama (to the point a few of us are disappointed), the dates for the Montreal hearings are set to take place in March 22-24. We’ll see if the other cities can get their acts together.
Fuck Trudeau – and his supporters.
That’s the update y’all.
Love Rufus*,
xoxoxo lolol.
*I’m mulling a name change soon so be prepared.
Keep fighting the good fight Muppet master!
Yeah, I saw that in the news a few days back (see, America’s Hat — we do pay attention to y’all sometimes! 😉 ). Good to know there’s still some pushback.. have to admit at the point they were gleefully seizing bank accounts with no pushback outside of those affected it seemed like Canada was lost.
Here’s hoping sanity continues to build up and prevails and you can get rid of your slimeball (and here’s hoping we can return the favor on this side). Keep fighting the good fight, you inspiring muppet!
Well. It would help if the U.S. would stop being Democratty.
Two recent polls showed nearly 70% of Canadians say the country is ‘broken’ and on the wrong path. BUT, 51% of them believed the truckers posed a threat to ‘national security. 80% of Liberal voters believed this.
Everything is garbage.
At the risk of sounding black pilled I’m coming around to the idea that the only fix is some real hard times. Most people don’t live in reality. They think food comes from a store, money comes from a printing press and that you can spit in someones face without any backlash. Until they understand that water is wet and fire burns we can’t change course.
Remember. Justin pretty much has lost the moral authority to govern, He didn’t win the plurality in the last two elections. The conservatives won that. He’s in minority status propped up by a perennial third party in the NDP mooching off the Liberals to get a whiff of power. That’s weak sauce.
He ACTS like his in-majority status and that he has the support of Canadians but he really doesn’t. He derives most of his support from the morons in the GTA.
All he has are his socks.
Democrats thought a tied Senate and a few vote lead in the House was a mandate.
That’s what the Liberals were saying after squeaking out a minority government. WE HAVE A MANDATE.
Up is down…..
How was it not? I’ve seen zero pushback in the form of protest against Brandon and his edicts.
That and the ability to seize people’s assets cut them off financially for not taking experimental drugs.
He’s got more than you give him credit.
Wait what? The handgun ban was overturned/withdrawn?
Yes.
Amazing.
Congrats.
Grover the Monocled?
Good guess!
No.
/flicks ears.
I’d recognize Roosevelt Franklin anywhere.
Rufus the bifocaled?
/flicks ears.
No.
Rufus the Ear Flicker?
/attempts to flick ears.
HEY!
Rufus!
Hey, listen to this dude Rufus. He knows what he’s talking about.
Daily Ray of Sunshine
Good way to start the morning, Jimbo.
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=save+the+last+dance+for+me+song&atb=v198-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9Awn_eLPwWQ
Let us have war
Not once in Biden’s speech did he reference the pressing need for the U.S. to urgently go on a wartime economic footing. This, despite the recent call in Davos, Switzerland by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for the organization to do just that. Stoltenberg, in clear terms, framed the war in Ukraine as an existential “fight for democracy.”
Democracy as we have known it since 1945 is under assault. Putin is aggressively calling for a multipolar world, and Chinese President Xi Jinping is intent on reshaping the global order to reflect Beijing’s self-serving belief in totalitarian democracy. This fight is taking place everywhere on a global scale — everywhere, that is, except where a far louder gauntlet should have been thrown down: in Biden’s State of the Union address.
Instead, Biden glossed over the Chinese spy balloon incident. He chose to indirectly reference it when speaking about protecting U.S. sovereignty from China’s threats. Further, there was no mention of China’s building of military bases around the world, be it in Equatorial Guinea or its naval installation in Cambodia that, when completed, will threaten Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
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When is the Biden administration going to recognize that we are essentially in the equivalent of WWIII?
It has been “game on” for some time. We are, arguably, (quite) late to WWIII and seemingly blind that we are caught in the eye of a hurricane. It may move rapidly at any moment now — Ukraine, Taiwan, Iran and/or North Korea— and we could soon find ourselves badly exposed from a national security standpoint.
It’s time to nationalize the steel mills.
If we’re in the equivalent of WWIII it is solely because these assholes are deadset on sparking it. And no, the fate of Ukraine doesn’t mean shit to “Western Democracy” (given that there’s quite a lot of argument on how much their current government is a democracy and all, they aren’t part of NATO, we don’t have fucking shit with them regarding treaties, etc.). Gah this just all pisses me off… I should go find beagle puppy videos or something.
Ahh… that’s better….
The West survived when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. We don’t have a defense treaty with Ukraine. A Russian victory is not an existential or even major threat. It’s not a Germany invades Poland event.
I still want Ukraine to win.
…yeah, about that.
China has threatened Taiwan for decades. North Korea has threatened the US. Should we attack?
Yes, now is the time to take Canada.
About as likely as Russia invading Poland.
Quick while they are distracted by hockey and before the maple thaws.
totalitarian democracy
Sounds like the Democratic Party.
We’re playing chicken with a nuclear armed power. The unfortunate thing about chicken is that the most psychotic person usually wins.
So you’re saying our chances of winning are good.
Psychotic and impaired are different. Psychotic implies thinking, even if it in not rational.
Geez. We’re always late to the world wars.
“Democracy as we have known it since 1945 is under assault. Putin is aggressively calling for a multipolar world…”
It seems that a multipolar world, or even a multipolar country, would be more democratic.
“Democracy as we have known it since 1945 is under assault.”
Wut? In 1945 there was a Soviet occupation of half of Europe, and the British, French, and Portuguese still had colonies all over the globe…
It was 1945 GMT; since last night.
https://twitter.com/LeorSapir/status/1624037076063641600?s=20&t=W8wXfw-blyVADOyBtMX2jw
I don’t know if any of you say the pediatric gender clinic whistleblower yesterday. But that and threads like this are why I think we are past the peak on the trans epidemic. There will be much more to come but at least in pockets the tide is turning.
I’m so glad this hasn’t affected me personally. It’s a nightmare.
Say what you will about Putin and his ilk, but they are absolutely correct in their assessments of the madness inflicting “the West”. And the US most of all.
when they say in their propaganda that they are fighting gay demons I can’t really argue so much.
That’s so cute.
This shit is just getting started.
Odd glitch with the site this morning — immediate logout when trying to view the main site (backstage part was fine)
For Rhywun:
How much you like Dallas will almost perfectly match how you like shopping malls.
My credentials: Tons of experience with Central TX, lived in Houston, Bryan and Austin, while I was living in Bryan, I drove to one of the major cities every weekend as my friends were in Austin, my parents in Houston and my girlfriend in Dallas. Also worked Scarbie in Waxahachie/Midlothian and TRF in Conroe/Magnoila) My limitations: Moved out of there in 2011.
If you like your NYC lifestlye, there are very limited choices in TX, since that sort of dense urban space did NOT happen organically there. Most of those areas are deliberate/master planned/new urbanist spaces and show what was hip at the time. Having said, that, there are/were a few places like that in Houston. The gayborhood is Montrose, and if you REALLY want the whole “I never need to walk more than two blocks ” thing, you can find that closer to the core, but you’ll have to be willing to be the only white guy in a Vietnamese neighborhood.
The weather in Houston is among the worst in the nation, but everyone has AC and if you make an effort you can acclimate to it. Fantastic Chinese/Vietnamese/Mexican/Indian/Cajun food/BBQ/Ice Cream/Donuts. Dallas is, well, an enormous shopping mall.
I would never recommend Dallas to anyone. I would only recommend Austin or Houston to certain people. I absolutely loved my years living in Austin, much more than my time in Houston. My time in Bryan was completely acceptable in every good and bad way that implies.
*snort* I hate shopping malls.
I recommended Fort Worth and Denton. Much better. Or even better, live outside Fredericksburg in hill country.
Although I think a Rywhun tour of Texas sounds fun. Start in DFW, then Houston, then Austin, then hill country. Glibs exist in each area.
Rywhun Does Dallas
Glib article or porn flick?
Embrace the power of “and” ?
“The weather in Houston is among the worst in the nation”
Unless you’re a mosquito.
Or a rat.
Nope, the weather sucks for us too.
Democracy as we have known it since 1945 is under assault. Putin is aggressively calling for a multipolar world, and Chinese President Xi Jinping is intent on reshaping the global order to reflect Beijing’s self-serving belief in totalitarian democracy. This fight is taking place everywhere on a global scale — everywhere, that is, except where a far louder gauntlet should have been thrown down: in Biden’s State of the Union address.
By all means, let’s have more empty bluster and unenforceable threats.
Totalitarian democracy, indeed. We could do do with a little less of that right here at home.
Yesterday I saw a newer F150 with a Ukrainian flag painted on the tailgate lettered with a big “FUCK PUTIN” on it.
🙄
Personal opinion: Any sort of writing painted on an automobile is gauche.
My car is a means of transportation, not a billboard for any cause. That makes me an enemy to many people.
“We weaponized the government fair and square!”
“Today, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is launching the Fox News reboot of the House Un-American Activities Committee with a political stunt that weaponizes Congress to carry out the priorities of extreme MAGA Republicans in Congress,” the letter read. …
“These extreme MAGA Republicans in Congress are choosing to make it their top priority to go down the rabbit hole of debunked conspiracy theories about a ‘deep state’ instead of taking a deep breath and deciding to work with the President and Democrats in Congress,” he said. …
“If these extreme MAGA Republicans in the House want to use this committee to examine ‘weaponization’ of government, they could start by looking at many of the actions of the previous administration,” the letter read.
extreme MAGA Republicans–skip–extreme MAGA Republicans–skip–extreme MAGA Republicans–skip–*poof of smoke and acrid-smelling electrical fire*
The GOP better make Angie Craig (D-MN) the face of their attempt to block the effort to lessen the punishments in DC.
The GOP should be out there talking about how the proposed DC crime bill puts lesbian women like Craig at risk and they won’t stand for it.
He just wanted some fat ass Minnesoda bitch ass to plow in an elevator?
So, the Democrats are in charge of the Capitol Police whether they are in the minority or the majority? I mean, since Nancy was giving them orders as Majority Leader, and Jeffries as Minority Leader, and all. Seems odd to me.
They are part of the Democrat Praetorian Guard.
I am sure either party leader can request services from them.
Hey, they said it wasn’t political. You can’t go making it political now, see. Shut up and ignore how the guy walks because intersectionality says lesbo white is trumped by black-muslim-mentalwhacko.
“Nevertheless, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he has ordered U.S. Capitol Police to help protect Craig, and her wife and sons, when they are in Washington, D.C., and at home in Minnesota.”
Arent they the same people guarding Pelosi’s crib when Paul was getting hammered ?
Next meetup in the Bearded Hobbit tour is on February 12th, 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM.
It will be at The Lazy Dog in Plano, 8401 Preston Road, Plano TX 75024
Biden family business schemes?
You people need to stop impugning the good name of this fine and decent man and selfless public servant. Y’all should be ashamed of yourselves.
“Father of 14-year-old who killed herself days after bullies beat her in hallway slams trolls linking tragedy to race – as it’s revealed school is being sued over eerily similar attack on another student”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11734873/Bullying-ran-RAMPANT-high-school-14-year-old-girl-filmed-beaten-hallway.html
“Minnesota mom is found guilty of murdering her six-year-old son: Boy was placed in foster care but returned to his mom just DAYS before she shot him NINE TIMES while they sat in car”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11734723/Minnesota-mom-convicted-murdering-six-year-old-son-shotgun-fired-car.html
Damn.
Last week, my niece’s 4th grade son took a swing at a kid that’s been tormenting him for over a year now.
The school responded by cornering him alone in a room and telling him he was a suicide risk over and over until he freaked out. Then they put in a “crisis action plan” and called his mother. She had to follow the plan to the letter or risk losing him to CPS.
The system is designed to protect itself first and foremost. They don’t give a flying fuck about your kids.
Damn.
Holy shit.
This is in Bucks County
o.O
I’m gonna guess lower Bucks.
Yeah, when I was seven I was fascinated with spirals. But I couldn’t draw worth a shit, so I used a ruler and made a four-armed… well, you get the idea.
I was put in a room and interrogated relentlessly until I “admitted” that I had seen that evil shape before. They were satisfied that a comic book had showed it to me, and not that I was trying to replicate the design from the Sit-N-Spin without being able to draw curves.
Getting bullied is one thing, that’s pretty normal and I’d even argue it can be helpful in the long run depending on the form. Getting your shit kicked in in the hallway by multiple people is not.
This.
Wut?
Nope.
Death penalty. I understand all the arguments against. Don’t care.
That’s not very Catholic 😉
I never said I was any good at it!
I oppose the death penalty because it’s too easy for the government to wrongfully convict someone, but some people just need to be put down.
^^^THIS^^^
After the state tried to fuck over Kyle Rittenhouse for political reasons, even if the death penalty wasn’t part of that case, people should have realized that letting scumbag evil prosecutors have that power is dumb.
I oppose the death penalty because it’s too easy for the government to wrongfully convict someone
I would keep the death penalty possible, but make it so that the burden of proof to convict is elevated if the prosecutor wants the death penalty to be considered during sentencing. Prosecutor makes that decision before the trial, and if they can’t convict at that elevated burden of proof, the accused is not guilty and goes free. It should make it so that only the most egregious acts with the most ironclad evidence are tried at that level.
Honestly, how the hell was she [Minne mom] found competent to stand trial?
That was a question I had, as well.
2nd link: Fathers have no rights.
whaddup doh’
DFL in win-win situation. Not only is an evil wood processing mill blocked, but I sure bet there will be a giant spike in “hate crimes” in that area. The DFL will be able to decry the racism of the Norwegians against the Indians.
For the non-Minnesodans. The state has a series of treaties with the Ojibwe from the mid 1800’s. that not only gave them reservations, but the right to hunt and fish on their old stomping grounds.
The courts have interpreted that access to their old territories to mean that they get to weigh in on all sorts of things that happen in northern Minnesoda that might impact the hunting and fishing there.
So in this case, the mill isn’t on their land, but they get to block it because it would impact hunting in the forests there. It is like a HOA from hell.
I’m sure the people in that town will be so happy to lose jobs and money because the Indians said so. Like I said, I’m sure there will be a bunch of “hate crimes” where tribal members might get yelled at.
I passed on even considering several great houses because they were on or near reservation land. People who DO buy on or near a reservation usually purchase special insurance in case the tribe sues them.
I’m guessing a liquor store off the Res is still a good investment, though. Do they even have a casino?
Are you sure they don’t just have their own
griftlegitimate business going already like some other tribes?I thought the DFL was primarily made up of racist Norwegians.
Were these fuckers just hiding behind their badges to play the knockout game? I still say tat from the video I saw of them whopping Tyre, it definitely looked like it was personal and they were making a point.
If Friday Funbags is a-rockin’ don’t come a-knockin’.
https://archive.ph/p8q2E
When the left accuses you of being a white supremacist, what they are saying is you believe in the meritocratic system they want to dismantle so they can feel less like the life-losers they are.
The controversy surrounding Suparna Dutta’s appointment to the Virginia Board of Education comes due to her recent defense of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, as well as her opposition to socialism.
Dutta got into a dispute last week with board member Anne Holton who argued she was “uncomfortable” with proposed changes to history and social science standards that labeled the founding papers as “remarkable documents.”
I take it Dems are admitting that they are against the Constitution/DoI and in favor of socialism.
“You cannot reference the Declaration of Independence and Constitution as remarkable documents without also acknowledging that they contain fundamental flaws of enshrining slavery and limiting the protections that they provided for only to white, propertied men,” Holton said.
I don’t believe these terms are present in the documents. Nor did they “enshrine slavery”.
Good morning, Banjos!
It’s Friday and the missiles aren’t flying, so I’m gonna call that a win.
Also, in case you were wondering, the science is settled:
https://twitter.com/ItsGoneAwry/status/1623675932899700736
L O L
That man has played entirely too much of the God of War games.
Well okay then…
And I thought the Polish women who have a Polar Bear club here were crazy.
Don’t just close it; burn it to the ground with everyone inside and salt the earth
When the pandemic erupted, no one knew much of anything about the virus and how to respond. Was it safe to go grocery shopping? How easily could someone get infected on a bus or train? Could runners get sick just by passing another jogger in the park?
“As everyone can remember, there was very little information, particularly at the beginning of the pandemic,” says Beth Blauer, an associate vice provost at Johns Hopkins who has helped run the center.
“And when we started to see the cases move out of China and in through Europe and headed toward our shores, we knew that there were going to be a series of public policy decisions that would have to be made,” Blauer says.
Those decisions included where to impose dramatic but crucial public health measures. Should mayors close schools? Should governors mandate masks? Should CEOs shut down factories? Should heads of state seal borders?
But there was no good data available to make those decisions. Neither the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nor the World Health Organization were providing enough useful numbers in real time. So journalists and academic researchers at places like Johns Hopkins jumped in to fill the void.
Misinformation Central.
| Could runners get sick just by passing another jogger in the park?
I don’t have a fancy degree from Johns Hopkins, nor any real medical qualifications, but I do know that is not the way one would generally contract contagious respiratory diseases. I also knew putting a piece of cloth on your face would do nothing to protect you or others from contracting them. What do I win?
You go on some FedGov list of naughty people…
Heheh, I figured. We have three little kids and the amount of people who would cross into the street to avoid passing anywhere near our unmasked, virus emitting miasmas was at least one amusement to me during the shitshow. There were times I felt like Moses parting the Red Sea watching people seeing us approach and scuttering to keep distance.
You ever have some of them freaks yell at you?
I was hiking some 12 miles into a state park, when I ran into a couple of libs (the guy was a soyboy for sure, I could hear her telling him what to do about their dog a mile away, and they were both wearing masks) and she told me to move away from them cause I was not wearing a mask or else. I told her that since the soyboy she was with was not going to be the one doing the fighting, I would have no problem kicking her ass, then kept walking my way. She then freaked out when she saw my sidearm. I told her I hoped they didn’t run into the bear I had a few miles back…
Heheh. I had multiple incidents of people freaking out on me. A month into it I was riding with the boys in the park and these two middle aged birds had constructed a hoop and pool noodle contraption around each of them ( I am not shitting you) that was meant to keep people away from them. We passed about 10 feet away on a path and they flipped out, yelling at us to put on masks. My kids just burst out laughing at the hilariousness of it.
On a mountain in Maine some shriveled lesbian yelled at my son and me. “Do it for the rest of us!”
“No.”
In Gettysburg Nov ’20 a couple crossed the street to avoid my wife and me.
Not trying to be racist, but he was wearing a CANADA sweater.
Sounds like my blind dog’s “halo”.
https://s.yimg.com/aah/entirelypets/muffin-s-halo-quarterback-2xlarge-14.jpg
I was on a hiking trail in Tahoe and some lady who claimed to be a nurse was berating us and many others for not wearing a mask.
Pay no attention to the “crucial public health measures” not making a damn bit of difference behind the curtain.
All of that was pure fear driven propaganda as by April/May, pretty much everything was known
The site, which Blauer and Gardner note was created and run largely by women, cost $13 million and eventually drew more than 2.5 billion views, Blauer says.
Attagrrrrl, Karen.
https://www.brownells.com/.aspx/bapid=698/ClientPage/super-barrel
Eh, why not?
I’ll enact your labor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcW8VNwYvL0
Nice choice!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul0uJfhywW8
Mmmmmm.
https://twitter.com/landofthe80s/status/1624053838897459205
My personal fave.
Morning everyone. I have a question that I hope’s OK to ask out in public: Is Ozymandias still around?
I’m little more than a lurker myself but noticed the other day (was thinking about the military vax situation) that I hadn’t seen him lately.
He’s busier than a one legged man in an ass-kicking contest, but he sticks his head in from time to time.
Thanks. And good.
He’s doing great. His practice is going nuts and he has a half dozen federal cases at the moment.
He said that being a vax lawyer is gonna be a good niche for quite awhile!
Imagine Congress removing the liability shield (which they would only do if the alternative was feet first into the woodchipper).
Something will have to drop soon right? Since Biden said the emergency will sunset in May?
FDA Says No Link Between Taco Bell And Diarrhea, Declares Food ‘Safe And Effective’
Yeah fuck the FDA.
I have eaten Taco Hell twice in my life – granted it was 20 years ago, and not my choice either time – and I ended up pissing out of my ass both times.
And don’t you tell me diarrhea is hereditary cause it runs down your jeans either, FDA.
It’s the Bee.
Eh. I think it is almost all of fast food that messes with the human body, so partially true /I’m a fact checker dammit
🙁 This woman in a cube down the way is too loud on her personal calls.
On the plus side, I’ve been drowning her out with a series of lessons on Differential Equations. It started with a calculus review, and I can’t tell you how happy it made me to find the material was still sparking recognition in my memory (even if I couldn’t summon it on demand)
GAAAAAHHH! 2nd Order DiffEqs with a gorram German master’s student instructing is what burned me out so bad it put me on the trajectory to being a MSCS instead of a BSNE. (Since Reactor Physics and various follow on classes rather needed that as a basis). I really don’t want to think about those today.
I stalled at regular DiffEqs, and was always annoyed at myself for doing so (it wasn’t the math, I was depressed my sophomore year and also stumbled in CompSci)
I know it isn’t personal call but just as relevant
https://youtu.be/VcJVwnAWTp0
In one of the examples, the guy doing the video instruction is using compound interest on a loan – He isn’t including any repayment.
Sorry, that was meant as a joke about academians and their approach to loans.
Don’t do that.
Real or fake?
Twirling a chambered striker fired pistol is about as dumb as it gets.
But only police should have guns.
Real laffer, Sean. We only get to see the survivors.
Political calculus
President Joe Biden is swinging into Florida on Thursday and he’s bringing more than just talking points.
Fresh off his State of the Union address, Biden is giving beleaguered Florida Democrats a glimmer of hope that the rest of the party hasn’t written off the nation’s third most populous state after a crushing midterm.
“It’s very clear to me he can win the state of Florida and it’s very clear to the White House,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a South Florida Democrat and former chair of the Democratic National Committee. “They are coming down to underscore what they accomplished and how they can build on it.”
Rep. Kathy Castor, a Tampa Democrat who will accompany Biden during his brief visit, said she “cheered” when she heard that the president was coming.
“That means they are going to continue to invest in Florida,” Castor said. “They have not given up. To the contrary, they are going to fight.”
Maybe he will create a refugee program for all the Democrats who want to escape political and economic oppression in Florida.
It’s very clear to me he can win the state of Florida and it’s very clear to the White House
Delusional.
Yeah I got a chuckle out of that.
I think his chances would improve by not visiting Florida but that’s just me.
Florida is a strange place. It swing democrat due to the influx of out of staters, even though the Cubans and natives swing to the right.
Funny how it swung way to the right after the voting process was cleaned up.
It’s almost as if the voters don’t actually want what the left is peddling.
“It’s very clear to me he can win the state of Florida and it’s very clear to the White House,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Okay Debbie
You know, she just sort of fades into the background stupidity of the House these days.
https://banana1015.com/deja-vu-lansing-prettiest-butthole/
LOL
Be sure to scroll down for the sign war too.
How many Glibs are in Michigan?
I’d say on the rough order of more than 6, fewer than 12. At a guess based on commenters.
Is anyone else wondering who is actually going to judge this competition?
I think we all know the answer to that.
It’s why he has been eerily silent as of late. Been hitchhiking his way to Michigan
During his short speech at the University of Tampa on Thursday, Biden touched on the tense exchange he had with Republicans on the House floor during his State of the Union address over cutting Medicare and Social Security, bringing up Sen. Rick Scott’s proposal to sunset the two programs in five years. Biden showed the pamphlet and read from it during the speech.
“I reminded them that Florida’s own Rick Scott is the guy who ran the Senate campaign committee for Republicans last year,” Biden said. “Had a plan to sunset, maybe he changed his mind, maybe he’s seen the Lord, but he wanted to sunset, meaning if you don’t reauthorize it, it goes away. Sunset social security and Medicare every five years.”
If the Republicans were smart (I know, I know) they’d be asking Biden why he assumes a program as wonderful as Social Security couldn’t make it through a reauthorization process.
Defilement of our sacred temple
A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate battle flag as he stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison.
Kevin Seefried, 53, tearfully apologized for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot before U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced him.
“I never wanted to send a message of hate,” Seefried said.
McFadden said it was deeply troubling that Seefried wielded the flagpole as a weapon against the officer.
“Bringing a Confederate flag into one of our nation’s most sacred halls was outrageous,” the judge said.
I’m surprised the building didn’t collapse under the spell of such a powerful talisman.
No judge, making statements like that is outrageous.
But it’s the Citadel of Democracy! Even Lee’s army never marched in the capitol with their flags.
wielded the flagpole as a weapon against the officer
I’m sure this was clearly captured on camera. And I am sure it warrants a three year prison sentence on top of the 2 year pre-trial detention.
pole attached to a Confederate battle flag
This phrasing is…odd.
The claim is that the “insurrectionists” were armed because they had flag poles. The Confederate flag makes it a hate weapon which is even worse.
Granted, a flag pole can be used as a weapon, much like Antifarts use skateboards as weapons.
I think the flag is supposed to be the more dangerous part.
It’s a possible modification.
His lawyers do not seem to be acting like his advocates.
Seefried is embarrassed and ashamed that many may view him as a racist, his lawyers said in a court filing.
“He had brought the flag as a symbol of protest, but had not considered the logic of those who see the flag as a symbol of American racism,” they wrote. “Now that photos of him with the flag have become iconic symbols of the horror of January 6, Mr. Seefried completely understands the harm he has caused.”
It was rather horrifying to see government agent provocateurs entrap protesters and then proceed to conduct a massive manhunt and persecution of people with the “wrong” politics.
It’s time for another big rock to hit the planet and cause an extinction level event….
“I will happily leave the brown stains in the white toilets for the sake of diversity.”
I figure submitting the statement in Spanish is good enough.
“After 11 months of fighting for accountability, two Loudoun County parents are breaking their silence after they say their daughter & other female students were allegedly sexually harassed & sexually assaulted by their teacher at Stone Bridge High School”
https://twitter.com/NickMinock/status/1623838701125074944
The fuck is wrong with Loudon County?
It’s full of government apparatchiks.
Arlington and Fairfax are too expensive! It’s a spreading virus.
Wealthy White Women?
Perverts grooming kids pushing CRT and the grooming agenda…
News @ 7!
The article keeps mentioning Title IX, not the police. WFT?
“Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Why an Experimental Vaccine was Added to the Childhood Schedule
“The reason ACIP recommended…getting the COVID-19 vaccine on the pediatric schedule, it was ONLY because it was the only way it could be covered in our ‘Vaccines for Children’ program””
https://twitter.com/KelleyKga/status/1623682733292630017
SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!
Bullshit… bullshit bullshit bullshit
They put it on the pediatric schedule in order to retain the liability shield after the emergency declaration is ended.
Remember, they know that we know they’re lying, but they don’t even pretend to care anymore.
Something missing
The downtown plan is structured around nine strategies that also include making downtown more “inviting” and safe, improving parks and plazas, and “transform[ing] Downtown into a leading arts, culture, and nightlife destination.” And Breed discussed the oft-mention push to streamline the permitting process for new downtown businesses, as well as creating more flexible zoning to diversify the uses of downtown properties.
“The truth is it won’t be one thing that fixes downtown,” Breed said in her speech. “It will be many things. And the good news is that downtown San Francisco has so many advantages — a beautiful waterfront location, local and regional transportation a dense walkable neighborhood restaurants, bars, entertainment and the proximity to iconic venues like Oracle Park and Chase Center.”
Just don’t mention the bums.
I’ve watched these “re-vitalizing down towns” for about 50 years, in TX (see Waco and Temple), MN (every small farming/mining town) and always with tax reduction incentives.
It seems that most people enjoy shopping where parking is easier and prices are lower. Ambiance is not as important for most people with families. There’s a reason that Big Box stores thrive.
Read your article, thanks for writing 🙂
I like walkable downtowns. I don’t want to live in a walkable downtown. If I can’t drive to your walkable downtown I will stay in my drivable suburb.
Zat iz vy ve are taking your car, serf.
A reverse Khmer Rouge. 15 minute cities for all.
“Harry potter was my childhood. I loved it so much I sleeved out my whole arm around 2012. Im honestly embarassed about it now. Fuck jk rowling, fuck your terf game, and fuck your excuses “allies””
https://twitter.com/ashatteredyouth/status/1623502207336296449
“So you are saying you regret a decision you made to permanently alter your body when you were younger?”
https://twitter.com/adriaanjelle/status/1623599087642714115
Oh, bravo. 😂🤣
No ragrets.
My neighbor goes hunting down in Mexico. In fact he just got back from one of his trips. He takes his own guns. I forget the whole process he described, but there’s paperwork you have to fill out when bringing the guns in. And he said they get pulled over all the time and searched, so you better be darn sure you have your papers.
It it though.
It’s funny how they pretend it’s not. In 12 years there will be some mighty pissed off people.