Untouchable
The Devils absolutely embarrassed the Rangers in Game 7, so round 2 in the NHL is set.Ā Is gambling on college sports a good idea? And across the pond, Everton clawed back to a draw with Leicester in their collective fight for survival. And that’s it for sports.
Gordon Lightfoot died yesterday. Bummer, he was a hell of a songwriter.
But at least there’s no icky guns around, right? Heaven forbid somebody have the means to defend themselves. We’ll just force them to completely alter their way of life instead.
The US Treasury
I hope this next month flies by then. This needs to happen.
And…he’s right. It’s a gross violation of his first amendment rights.
It’s probably time to just indict him. Perhaps a remote federal court in west Texas or something. Turnabout, after all, is fair play.
The new Jim Crow is as fucked up as the old Jim Crow. Yet here we are…
I’m sorry competition exists. Perhaps you’ll have to adapt to technology, you bunch of entitled jackasses.
No way to go through life
She couldn’t just leave? I mean, did the thought not cross her mind to simply leave? Because if I was offended at something I paid for, I’d just…leave. But I suppose I couldn’t sue somebody if that was the case.
I’m sorry, but I need to catch my breath after that retarded shit. Ā Ok, I’m good now.
I hope this passes. Not for personal reasons. I don’t touch the shit. But because it’s the right thing to do. Ā Plus it would cause so many heads to explode from “leaders” of other states who call Texas backwards. Anyway, it’s been to the Senate twice before and failed. Hopefully this time it gets over the hump.
Here’s a catchy throwback. And a poignant one.Ā And here’s a fantastic tune. Enjoy them both.
And enjoy this lovely Tuesday, dear friends.
I AM DA GORILLA!
“Itās probably time to just indict him. Perhaps a remote federal court in west Texas or something. Turnabout, after all, is fair play.”
Yes, please!
“The new Jim Crow is as fucked up as the old Jim Crow. Yet here we areā¦”
LBJ might really have won when he made that comment that the democrats were going to destroy blacks and play them into accepting segregation and all its evils again…
I have to admit he got them in the end.
“Iām sorry competition exists. Perhaps youāll have to adapt to technology, you bunch of entitled jackasses.”
One of the big reason I have been told by many socialists that they are socialists is that they know they can’t, or worse, don’t want to, compete. Hence they hate any sort of meritocratic system, as they know they will be at the bottom.
Remember the spelling bees in school? Where everyone started out standing and as a word was missed the kid had to sit down? No one wanted to be First Loser.
Probably can’t do that today, someone might be embarrassed.
I missed on the word “ascertain”, I knew how to spell “a-certain” but didn’t realize that it was pronounced as it is. I learned something that day in 5th-6th grade.
Obligatory.
“Is gambling on college sports a good idea?”
Not if you are a college athlete or coach, and certainly if you run some college athletic program, I assume.
Yep. This was always destined to end with match-fixing. Even in the age of NIL rights.
“Andā¦heās right. Itās a gross violation of his first amendment rights.”
Tyrion Lannister: “When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”
whaddup doh’
I’m still laughing at that next to last link. It’s completely insane. And I bet she wins a pile of money, which is even crazier.
In this day and age when pearl clutching pays off, you are going to get even more of this idiocy.
Richard Prior is spinning in his grave.
Did Richard Prior come before Richard Pryor?
I kid, I kid. ; )
Have a coke and shut the fuck up, Cosby!
I tapped out from the stupidity.
They should get the comedian in question on the stand. That might be amusing.
A black comedian used the N-word in his act, and this pearl clutcher wants to extract wealth from others because…
I guess because we are so demented they are allowed to do shit like this without being pilloried and made fun off.
it happening at an expensive retreat house in big sur is what makes it possible. this black woman insists she was targeted, and given the crowd there I’m sure it felt like it to her. but damages? I don’t want to live anywhere people think this is worth $$$
but if they eat their own, let them fight. I guess this is how we get segregation.
civil rights has become this twisted demonic form barely resembling the reading rainbow vision I was spoon-fed in the 90s
Or see the Jim Crow link above. Literal segregation is another way we get segregation.
as a possibly 1/4th Irish-American or something I find it completely hilarious.
My name is partly Irish even if I am not. I should sue for millions too.
Whoa! When did you micks get rights and shit? Are you telling me that in our modern age, some paddy can sue a real person in court?
*adds Jimbo to Defendant list*
The process server will be along soon.
I’m a shit ton mick. I can call anyone I want a micker (not a micka).
*adds more evidence to the complaint*
Look at this donkey wouldya? [an even more classically Irish insult]
No dogs or Irish allowed.
I’m more offended at the obscenely priced New Age bullshit than anything else.
The programs run up to $10k for five days in order to “recenter” yourself by chanting, walking, and otherwise acting like a self-obsessed asshole pretending to be “deep.”
That article led me to this one.
https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/brad-pitt-moving-clifftop-california-castle-17869288.php
WTF is he wearing?
He’s a furry, apparently. Nice pad, though. This was funny:
Elvira made bank!
A burlap sack?
I choose to believe he’s just wearing the most ridiculous thing he can find to test if women will still throw themselves at him.
(the answer: yes, yes they will)
You can do that at HH for free. Some do but I’m not revealing any names or handles.
Dude, don’t you even Big Sur?
The Waterbed Company?
It’s kind of weird to play a video like that in that setting, but I don’t see that it’s something to sue over.
I’m came to XTC late, but like a great deal of their material. Your second link is one of my faves, as is “No Thugs in Our House” and “Satellite.” Such a great sound, such great tunes.
I like them but without having done any deep dives, perhaps because I feel they peaked early.
One of my favorite bands. Their later albums were ridiculously good. Skylarking and Oranges & Lemons are worth your time.
From O&L:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0dXZfcw34Q
I owned both of those long ago. Still prefer the older stuff.
Enjoy non-AI generated tits.
https://archive.is/Pke6Z
Titty Tuesday.
Daily Ray of Sunshine
It’s dusty in here.
Yeah, that was a good one.
Wow,
Yeah. The biological dad is an incredible POS who should never see the light of day again.
Adoptive dad is a total mensch.
Last writer’s strike gave us Dr. Horrible’s Singalong Blog, which is the Wheedon show that best stands up to repeated viewings.
Iād rather rewatch Firefly, but de gustibus
I only watch old TV – there isn’t a single show airing currently that I have any interest in. (Or in most cases, knowledge of).
There might be something good on pay streams but I don’t do those. I wonder if those writers are impacted too.
My TV watching consisted of Tucker on the weeknights, old shows like Frasier and X-Files, and maybe a golf tournament on the weekends. Sometimes a Netflix or Prime series.
With Tucker gone, I may not get any kind of TV service when we move. An HD antenna and internet should suffice.
Re-watching Firefly for the first time in the right order, followed by Serenity, was a real pleasure.
By about the third watching, the snappy/witty/clever dialogue became to seem mannered/pretentious/twee. Just my opinion.
What’s odd though is that actually, deliberately mannered/pretentious dialogue of The Importance of Being Earnest doesn’t impede my enjoyment of rewatching it.
The other day my brother reminded me that when I was 12 I used to play with our niece’s Barbie & Ken. I reminded him that while I did, it was because GI Joe drove his tank or jeep, or flew in his F-14 Tomcat up to Barbie’s car, whooped Ken’s ass, then took Barbie for a ride (know what I’m saying) in her own car. We both wondered if today someone would decide I needed surgery and hormones.
You’d be on the sex offender registry at least.
At least he didn’t intrude on her in the Ladies’ Room after serenading You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feeling.
(Which raises the question of why Maverick dredged up Penny Benjamin as the old flame… did Kelly McGillis (or whatever her name is) want nothing to do with the project? If I cared more, I’d look… but I don’t, so I won’t.)
You seen what Kelly McGillis looks like these days?
That’s why she was not the old flame in the new movie…
Yeah, Kelly… Kelly isn’t quite leading lady material these days.
Plus she joined Team Subaru.
Kelly McGillis played the part of Iceman.
Barbie spit roast featuring Steve Austin on one end and GI Joe on the other.
So basically this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8QKK5IDSXE
I had completely forgotten about that commercial. Better than most shows they put out now.
Ken the cuck!
So good. We have lost a lot.
If they remade it today, it would be Ken coming down the elevator in a dress.
Thank you for enacting my labor.
What? You don’t say. A new soccer stadium is not driving development around it?
Good thing that guy has tenure because talking about rent control being stupid out loud is going to keep him out of government and/or nonprofits.
āthe venue itself has attracted enthusiastic soccer fansā
At least a dozen. Totally worth the āinvestmentā of government money.
It took 10+ years but I see some new apartments have sprung up next to Rull Bull Arena. I imagine cleaning up the toxic waste might have led to some delays.
Never mind the shithole neighborhood. They’ve been trying to fix that forever.
Here’s a hint: put the criminals in a hole for a long, long time.
I’ll be listening to Gordie music in my head all day. He died too young.
You be you, Fourscore, but I don’t know how you could listen to this all day.
Tundra finally sees the real Jimbo, shocked face.
That’s actually pretty good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZsnnvcPuNg
I see “Sundown” is in there.
I wonder if the real purpose for segregating medical students is so you can grade on a curve and the affirmative action students don’t look as bad. If all the students who only got in because of the color of their skin (and not entrance exams) are put in the same group, it won’t be as obvious how poorly they are doing.
On the other hand:
That could easily be construed as “White people need their own space where they don’t have to worry about some POC accusing them of racism for no reason”.
And across the pond, Everton clawed back to a draw with Leicester in their collective fight for survival.
Relegation prediction with 4 games to go: Southampton, Everton, Leeds.
Leeds don’t deserve to stay up – most goals conceded in the PL.
Their remaining schedule is the hardest out of the bottom teams too. Of course it sucks that 3 US players could not keep them up.
I was trying to figure out how badly Adams absence has hurt them, but it seems they were pretty loose defensively even with him.
I have a feeling Everton will stay up and Forest will go down. It won’t make me happy, but that’s what I see playing out.
I think it depends on Southampton vs. Forest next Monday. If Southampton win or draw they will bring Forest down with them.
That would make me very unhappy.
After much arguing, (MUCH), Ill be installing a ring doorbell this morning. On Easter, the neighbors had family over and some of the kids thought it would be funny to play “ding-dong-ditch” (as annoying kids, we had another non-PC name for it) in the afternoon. While I could care less, this incident got into her craw.
Despite my protestations of “IM NOT HAVING ANOTHER GODDAMN SURVIELLANCE DEVICE IN THIS HOUSE”, she’s adamant. Consequently, I’ve decided to find another hill to die on.
I have a doorbell camera, but all of the footage is stored locally (in theory).
What kind? I’m probably in Tres’ situation when we move.
Well, I was lied to: https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/30/23486753/anker-eufy-security-camera-cloud-private-encryption-authentication-storage
We have the Eufy stuff too. It’s quite good.
It looks like they fixed the issue but I am not thrilled that they initially lied about it.
If it’s in the cloud, it’s not yours.
The cloud cameras also typically only store events, unlike my local 24/7 storage, and normally charge for that.
Depending on the system you can configure them different ways. One of the most common storage methods is rolling delete. The system stores all footage from all cameras and when storage starts getting full auto deletes the oldest footage to make room. Given camera resolution and data compression you can store about a week of footage for a small system on a minimum cloud data plan (or low-end NVR).
My local storage does rolling deletes.
Rig the current doorbell to open the trap door to the crocodile pit. Advise people you want to visit to knock instead.
Good… good! We can feel your anger…
Tell her if she wants it, she can install it. I suspect that will result in no goddam surveillance devices, etc.
The thing is you don’t specifically need a doorbell camera, all you need is a security camera at the entranceway. That gives you a lot more vendor options. Top-selling brands like Ring tend to be less secure because they are the ones that people try to hack most frequently. But unless you’re using a system which is end-to-end analog (probably no longer manufactured but possibly available as new old-stock) it’s going to be subject to hacking.
IIRC, the last system I setup, a NiteOwl all-digital system, it got really pissy until I connected the NVR (Network Video Recorder aka central control and storage device) to the internet for “update and registration.” This system was also setup for cloud storage because of the specific security needs of the client so I don’t know if you can leave the NVR disconnected for daily operations. A network connection is also required to use operator-convenience features like cell phone monitoring; you could do this on a private network but it wouldn’t be user-friendly.
I have considered installing one of Ubiquiti’s network video recorders: https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-protect/products/unvr
Looks like video is stored locally, but offers features like cell phone alerts/monitoring.
My impression of the Ubiquiti stuff is a bit spendy, but good.
Since I already splurged for a Synology NAS a few years back, I’ve contemplated setting up their video surveillance stuff; lots of cameras supported:
https://www.synology.com/en-us/compatibility/camera
Ooof, the per-camera license fees are expensive, though. So mebbe not.
https://www.cctvcameraworld.com/network-video-recorders-ip-cameras.html
I use this brand. I like the software so far.
My doorbell doesn’t work. The cops are going to use a battering ram anyway.
Don’t forget to join Nextdoor, so you can post pictures or video of all the suspicious characters walking by your property.
The camera is facing outwards, so the surveillance is the neighbors’ problem.
Dads playing with kids
Ooof.
Thankfully kids that age are pretty robust.
With the first kid, you freak out every time they fall or bonk themselves. By the third kid you don’t even bother looking away from the TV when they fall off the coffee table.
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WTF?
Blossom Puzzle, May 2
Letters: A C I T O P R
My score: 213 points
My longest word: 10 letters
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Play Blossom:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/blossom-word-game
Double crapola day for me… taking I-285 around Chumptown.
Daily Duotrigordle #426
Guesses: 37/37
Time: 04:38.21
https://duotrigordle.com/
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Fucking squirrels ate my comments.
Good morning!
RIP Gordon. Here’s my fave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Af5d1FeJn4
I’m taking Dallas. They are built for a run. Which naturally means I’ve just jinxed them.
XTC is a top 20 band.
Good choice. He died way too young…
Dallas? As good a guess as any, after that crazy first round. Were there FOUR game 7’s? And two major upsets that blew up everyone’s brackets. I’m rooting for Edmonton and Toronto this round. But I don’t see a clear favorite, which is what makes it fun.
So what is the Official Glibertarian Explanation on how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built?
From the bottom up.
Aliens, duh.
^^
I’m going with “big self-aggrandizing public works (‘workfare’) project by the bigwigs”.
But as “I love me” welfare monuments go, they’re pretty cool.
I was in Egypt for a field op, but it was one month after 9/11 so we were on lockdown and never got to see the pyramids or the Sphinx.
I’m not much of a tourist, but that is something I’ve always wanted to see in person.
All a plot by Big Quarry.
And another good example of the rich not paying their pharaoh share.
Opera.
F’ing.
Clap.
(((slaves)))
Monocled orphans?
More seriously… where did this come from and why in the world would we have a collective opinion on it? (Hell, do we have a collective opinion on practically anything? something something herding cats and all…)
where did this come from – I have a friend that keeps going on abut lost civilizations.
why in the world would we have a collective opinion on it – are you like new here?
The pyramids were built with corvee labor during the months when the fields could not be worked. Most likely using some combination of internal and external ramps to get the blocks up to the appropriate height, probably spirals.
I mean, we have enough surviving precursors built by Pharohs like Sneferu that there is a clear evolution from Mastabas to pyramids.
there are also pre dynastic granite vases that are too precise to have been made by Egyptians
“Too precise”?
That’s just condescending bullshit. You make granite vases by taking sand and water and grinding out the unwanted material. Being precise just takes time and patience, because it’s such a slow process anyway.
They had hundreds or thousands of years to perfect their technique. We just don’t see the many, many fuck ups.
We can’t agree on important topics like Hawaiian pizza.
I’m not saying it was aliens.
Voluntary contributions in a free-market system?
I thought the Jews did it?
For once, that’s not an antisemitic remark.
I think the pyramids significantly pre-date the arrival of the Hebrews.
Poking around it looks like you’re right – about 300 years difference – but there’s debate about it.
You just have to look at the work order.
https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/features/an-ancient-papyrus-reveals-how-the-great-pyramid-of-giza-was-built
Cool,! Thanks for posting that.
Wild. Thanks!
Internal ramp.
I see he has a new video on the Great Pyramid. I haven’t watched it yet.
Seems fairly neutral in tone and approach to data.
I approve.
Is the dude’s entire channel pyramids?
Yes.
SPHYNX SMITH
Hard as a rock?
Kendall Jenner frees the nipple in a VERY revealing bodysuit to party with new beau Bad Bunny as braless Olivia Wilde, Rita Ora and Emily Ratajkowski don their raciest looks yet for the star-studded Met Gala bash
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12036215/Kendall-Jenner-sizzles-sheer-bodysuit-new-beau-Bad-Bunny-head-Met-Gala-party.html
Alternate headline: Attention Whores Whore for Attention.
Obligatory.
Looks like it’s made of bubble-wrap.
Obligatory.
Those outfits are terrible. It’s like they gave a few junior high girls a box of vinyl and ribbon and a glue gun.
A womanās dream retreat at the Esalen Institute on the Central Coast quickly turned into a nightmare as she faced the repeated use of racial slurs in a video played by one instructor during her stay there last fall, according to a lawsuit.
She’s a survivor.
“Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers’ late-night comedy shows are SHUT DOWN as Hollywood writers vote to strike for first time in 15 years over low pay due to explosion of streaming services”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12036107/Late-night-comedy-shows-SHUT-Hollywood-writers-vote-strike.html
“Vice Media prepares to file for bankruptcy – as it becomes the latest company to collapse with dwindling revenue and interest”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12035453/Vice-file-bankruptcy-buyer-not-latest-new-media-company-collapse.html
HA HA
Well… bye
They’ve (late night ‘comedy’ shows) gone without writing for this long… what’s stopping them now?
“The company, founded in Montreal in 1994 as a free magazine, reached its zenith in 2017 and was seen as an avatar of new media.
Its founder, Shane Smith, rocked the establishment with his brash approach and provocative style, venturing personally to North Korea and cartel-controlled Mexican badlands to film rollicking documentaries.”
the only founder?
Yes. One founder. Just the one. Definitely not anyone else involved. No sireee, bob.
You need writers to grouse about Trump for 10 minutes then ask some blist celebrities about their hobbies and dogs while they pimp their new project?
How many writers does Adam Corolla have? Suck it Kimmel. A real comedian would go unscripted, have more musical entertainment, and brag about doing it.
Extinction Rebellion co-founder Roger Hallam has taken to Twitter to share his frustration in an 11-point thread after he was served carrots and a handful of potatoes for dinner as the ‘vegan option’ in hospital.
Mr Hallam posted a photo of an almost empty plate from his bed which had just a portion of carrots on it, writing 391 words on the environmental benefits of going vegan – but did admit he had already eaten the ‘six’ potatoes that were served on the side.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12028137/Extinction-Rebellion-founders-Twitter-anger-hospital-served-carrots-vegan-option.html#newcomment
He’s right, it should have been straw, maybe some alfalfa sprouts.
He should be served bugs.
Pretty sure those aren’t vegan. They don’t eat honey.
*clears throat*
Yeah, but still…
Of course not — Honey has higher standards.
Why does he question the SCIENCE!tists at the NHS?
Dude’s certifiable. I’m tired of hearing about and from these lunatics.
Thank you wonderful State for saving us! Behold the horrors of unlicensed legal THC products!
Our experts are here to help…
If high school kids getting sick after over indulging is reason to crush a store, the municipal liquor store in my hometown should have been shuttered every weekend.
You need to go fuck yourself.
I’ve had low blood glucose before, but I think I’d still wonder why 7 candies cost $400.
Definitely an everyday occurrence that is a clear and present danger to everyone.
So if regulators had their way, heād have slipped into a coma filling out paperwork instead of having actrippy sugar rush?
One clerk screws up, and we need to pass a bunch of new regs, impose new taxes, and hire dozens of new bureaucrats.
Do I have that about right?
Is Randal working?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2vXTqN2k1U
Well, they’re pretty consistent in applying this approach.
During James Cordenās lengthy run as host, āThe Late Late Showā on CBS was reportedly losing as much as $20 million a year before going off the air.
Cordon, the British funnyman whose āCarpool Karaokeā skits made him wildly popular, signed off last week after eight years as āThe Late Late Showā host.
However, the program was ānetting less than $45 millionā against annual production expenses of $60 million to $65 million, according to sources cited by Los Angeles Magazine.
https://nypost.com/2023/05/01/cbs-was-reportedly-losing-millions-on-james-cordens-late-night-show/
“made him wildly popular”
But not really.
Who? /Most everyone
Also, unless they’re talking about his looks calling him a ‘funny man’ is a bit much.
I don’t know how long this will continue, but it’s looking about as good for Bud Light as the dude in the tub in this article.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12035697/Bud-Light-sales-26-PERCENT-compared-year-ago-amid-Dylan-Mulvaney-backlash.html
Chicks in beer commercials are supposed to be hot.
Yes.
The best part of that ad is the look on their girlfriend’s faces at the end.
Well, that’s a dude, so…
Chicks in beer commercials are supposed to be chicks.
You knew the Bee had this covered.
That’s funny, but I’m not sure it’s satire.
Theyāre also supposed to be chicks, not dudes running around in girlface and being portrayed as the peak of womanhood.
But the polls man, the polls say everything’s gonna be alright.
Poles don’t poll so well.
Well, I for one am so glad that Bud Light got rid of their stupid frat boy humor
LOL!
https://twitter.com/NoContextHumans/status/1653388007863353347
the worlds strongest man was won this year by a Canadian of all people
The flappy head gives them an extra edge.
Need more checks
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Monday that the U.S. could default on its debt as early as June 1, if legislators do not raise or suspend the nationās borrowing authority before then and avert what could potentially become a global financial crisis.
In a letter to House and Senate leaders, Yellen urged congressional leaders āto protect the full faith and credit of the United States by acting as soon as possibleā to address the $31.4 trillion limit on its legal borrowing authority. She added that it is impossible to predict with certainty the exact date of when the U.S. will run out of cash.
āWe have learned from past debt limit impasses that waiting until the last minute to suspend or increase the debt limit can cause serious harm to business and consumer confidence, raise short-term borrowing costs for taxpayers, and negatively impact the credit rating of the United States,ā Yellen said in the letter.
We’re gonna get straight, honest, but we need a little sumpthin for the pain.
The US defaults a little bit every year. They want to default at an annual rate of 2% so most people won’t notice, but it was getting over 8% annually for a couple years.
The Treasury said Monday it plans to increase its borrowing during the April to June quarter of this year, even as the federal government is close to breaching the debt limit.
Serious people, doing serious things.
“Coca-Cola shareholders vote down proposal that targets pro-life states
The proposal was introduced by As You Saw, a nonprofit that promotes ESG policies in corporations….
The proposal by As You Saw cited research that showed women who do not have access to abortion are more likely to drop out of the workforce…
The activist groupās statement included a suggestion that the board of directors, at its discretion, may elect to cease operations in states where abortion restrictions are in place…
During the Trump administration, the Department of Labor proposed a new rule that would always require fiduciaries ā entities with a legal responsibility to act in the best interest of their clients ā to always prioritize financial returns over issues such as climate change…
The Biden administration reversed this policy.
Furthermore, President Biden vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have ended enforcement of a Biden Labor Department rule that urged private retirement fund managers to consider ESG in their investment decisions.”
https://nypost.com/2023/05/02/coca-cola-shareholders-vote-down-proposal-that-targets-pro-life-states/
Did the shareholders then move to have the activists tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail? They should have.
“All in favor of kicking this guy’s ass?”
Aye.
Because having a parent (either one) staying at home and bonding with the kids is much less important than getting the right cover sheet on that TPS report over the weekend… m’kay?
Assholes. I know there were problems in the past — but I seriously have to question if folks see an overall benefit to society since we’ve been pushing for two income families (insert that “What’s happened since 1971” graph here).
Itās definitely been a double edged sword. Financially itās been a boon. But society has lost cohesion in many ways, right down to the family level.
There are times I look at some of our friends with two incomes with envy. But then I think of how great it was to have Mrs. Holiness taking care of our own kids.
I also have never had giant fights about who’s turn it was to pick up dry cleaning or other crap like that. So maybe it is great that we have a knuckle dragging relationship where I go make some money and she runs the house.
I agree 100%.
I remember when the kids would get sick and I never had to worry about how we would handle it.
Also, when I was deployed or in the field, I don’t know how she would have managed with a job on top of everything else she was doing.
Two things happened in ’71 and gold isn’t one of them. First, feminism had sold women on the idea that men were having all the fun (and meaningful lives) in the corporate world. Second, the seeds were planted for everyone wanting to have – RIGHT NOW – what their parents had spent a lifetime achieving and accumulating. Rising aspirations are a bitch.
I am not understanding why legislation is needed to void Biden’s fascist and unconstitutional diktats.
I am shocked that shareholders do not want to shrink their customer base.
š Password change day is coming up.
I hate password change day.
I have a system. It will run out in nine more cycles but I can retool it so it works for another couple years.
My system will last a little longer, but I just know I’ll keep typing the old password post-change.
Eh, I’ve got a password manager – I have no idea what my AD password is (it’s a long, random string).
I only need 9 cycles then it resets…
I have a poem that I use. With each change I move to the next few words. There’s usually punctuation in the poem, so that takes care for the special character. Sometimes I need to mess around to get capitalization and numbers.
That’s a good idea.
I’ve gone to the string of words password with a capital somewhere and a number at the end.
Does no one use passworD123! anymore?
Not long enough.
Alright, I knew I should’ve waited until this morning to drop this, so I’ll repeat myself.
Yellen said last week at the Cap-to-Cap policy conference in Washington: āCongress must vote to raise or suspend the debt limit, and it should do so without conditions and it should not wait until the last minute. I believe that is a basic responsibility of our nationās leaders to get this done.ā
It is the solemn duty of our leaders to spend infinite amounts of money with neither let nor hindrance.
I don’t know why I find the Hindenburg Research reports amusing, but I do:
https://hindenburgresearch.com/icahn/
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/IEP:NASDAQ?window=5D
Down 20%, NBD.
I mean, it’ll be less funny if it starts some sort of huge, market-wide slide…
Are things finally kicking off?
Not looking forward to the next couple years if so.
it’s..weird. things are different. I would think things would be kicked off if it were 10, 15 years ago. but now there’s a lot of people invested in making sure they don’t. I don’t think it can be stopped but it won’t be a torrent.
HB 218, authored by Democratic Rep. Joe Moody, would “make possession of up to one ounce of marijuana a Class C misdemeanor, removing the risk of jail time and instead imposing a maximum fine of $500,” per Marijuana Moment’s Jaeger. “Existing law classifies possession of small amounts of cannabis as a Class B misdemeanor, which carries penalties of up to 180 days in jail and up to a $2,000 fine,” Jaeger continued in a Tuesday morning dispatch.
Not ideal, but I guess it will do.
Today in “you’re not supposed to fuck that”: https://nypost.com/2023/03/24/meat-riddled-with-e-coli-causes-half-a-million-utis-in-us-annually-study/
Foodborne bacteria could be behind more than a half-million UTIs in the US each year, according to worrisome new findings from experts who also warn that deaths caused by the same bacteria that bring about UTIs ā E. coli ā could be on the rise.
You’re not my supervisor!
Death first.
OFFS
It’s not a one-size-fits-all approach.
So eat it raw?
Mmmmm, tartare.
SCIENCE
There’s not enough time between customers to wash my hands AND fingerbang the drive-through chick. Besides, the grease makes great lube.
/grill guy
Fastfood fun!
CORRELATION!! Don’t ask us about that other thing.
So that’s what they mean by “meat curtains”.
Sheer. Fucking. gall.
And here we all thought gingers were the soul-less ones.
LOL, she always does that blinking thing when she knows she’s telling a lie.
You know this one’s especially bad because she’s blinking like crazy and won’t look up from the podium.
Has anyone checked to see if she’s giving an SOS?
Maybe reduce the fake eyelashes or mascara? Seems excessively obvious with the blinks.
Jesus. Even I can lie better than that.
I don’t believe you.
What you did there…
The OMB administration caused the
illegal alien invasionimmigration crisis. It is known.I mean, I’m sure at some point in history it might have been down 90%, fact check true.
I always think of George Costanza.
“It’s not a lie if you believe it.”
Sometimes you need to set the record straight
https://twitter.com/agnesfrim/status/1653064907607212033
No, they really didn’t need to correct that one.
^^^THIS^^^
Heh.
they really didnāt need to correct that one.
Not with as much of a dishonest cunte that guy is.
As well as being a violation of civil liberties, this would cripple the tech sector.
https://twitter.com/peterrhague/status/1653284872742395905
Gross violation but TBH I rarely pull my hood up because I don’t like looking like a hoodlum.
“There are more of us than there are of you.”
Public health emergency
US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released an advisory Tuesday addressing the āepidemic of loneliness and isolationā affecting the country and laying out a framework for a āNational Strategy to Advance Social Connection.ā
The advisory is part of the Biden administrationās broader efforts to address mental health, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday.
āIn recent years, about one-in-two adults in America reported experiencing loneliness,ā Murthy says in the advisory. āAnd that was before the COVID-19 pandemic cut off so many of us from friends, loved ones, and support systems.ā
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Social connection is as essential to humanity as food, water or shelter, the advisory says. Humans have historically needed to rely on each other for survival, and modern people remain wired for that connection and for proximity to others.
āGiven the profound consequences of loneliness and isolation, we have an opportunity, and an obligation, to make the same investments in addressing social connection that we have made in addressing tobacco use, obesity, and the addiction crisis,ā Murthy says in his advisory. āWe are called to build a movement to mend the social fabric of our nation. It will take all of us ā individuals and families, schools and workplaces, health care and public health systems, technology companies, governments, faith organizations, and communities ā working together to destigmatize loneliness and change our cultural and policy response to it.ā
There will be plenty of social interaction in the forced labor camps.
I’ve never seen a better example of the government breaking my legs and then charging me for crutches…
Social connection is as essential to humanity as food, water or shelter
Meh.
Reading that gave me a tumor.
These effects just came out of nowhere.
If only we had known putting people in lockdown had long term consequences!
But it’s not their fault:
It was the pandemic that done it.
“āAnd that was before the COVID-19 pandemic cut off so many of us from friends, loved ones, and support systems.ā”
Nope. Have to keep saying this: state reaction to covid-19 and local scare-mongers cut off people.
They’ll let you pay hookers with EBT cards?
Canuck news media is asshoe.
Just installed the ring iĢµnĢµtĢµeĢµrĢµnĢµeĢµtĢµ ĢµcĢµoĢµnĢµnĢµeĢµcĢµtĢµeĢµdĢµ ĢµsĢµuĢµrĢµvĢµeĢµiĢµlĢµlĢµaĢµnĢµcĢµeĢµ ĢµdĢµeĢµvĢµiĢµcĢµeĢµ doorbell. And the software asks if I want to be friends with 16 others in my neighborhood with the same set-up.
Good Lord, what a commie device.
Is there no offline operation mode?
Oh the program just asked and I quickly said “no the fuck no”.
But just like people willing to use that “Nextdoor” app about their neighborhood, I wonder how many people fall for it.
Welcome to the glorious future of unaffordable transportation.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/only-new-car-priced-under
The first new vehicle I ever bought was a Chevy S-10 that was nothing but a “heater and a key”. No radio, AC, power windows, power locks, nothing. I got it for just under $8K in ’97 or so.
The sales guy couldn’t believe I was going to buy it. “Yes we advertised that truck for that price, but it doesn’t have anything in it? Are you sure you wouldn’t like the other S-10’s? We have some nice ones starting at $10K”
Drove that truck a long time. Was one of the better ones I owned. My biggest gripe was that there were no stake holes in the bed (or anything else to tie things down with).
Shit, my beloved Accent got discontinued.
What a cluster.
I bought a 2018 ford focus, 5mt, all basic for 14.5k brand new on 12/31/2018. I don’t love it, but it’s been reliable transportation so I can’t complain. If I had known it would be impossible to get the car I’d want I’d have chosen differently, but even if it’s not so precious to me, the thrifty sedan might be to someone else.
I swear to God, ZH is filled with useful idiots screaming DOOOOOOOM at every turn.
They’re almost as bad as the climate apocalyptists.
Funny how some people want you to be afraid, like they stand to benefit from that.
If you didn’t think there was a bubble in the housing market already, here’s a new development called the Silo Residences (yes, this is sponsored) that’s 144 stories underground that will “protect you from the toxic and deadly world outside”
https://twitter.com/zillowgonewild/status/1653072425221775361
I’ve read that book
Those were really good books.
There it is.
Love that series.
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That looks interesting, I might check it out.
It looks so inviting.
Yes, those artist renderings look much better than reality.
Vault Tek approves of this message.
I’ll take my chances.
I have a feeling this is a tie-in to this:
The use of the present tense in those descriptions is outright fraud.
If I had won one of the really big PowerBalls, I would have been very tempted to get the abandoned missile silo outside of Tucson. Without its own micro nuke generator, though, I donāt know how viable it would be. Still, with $400MM in the bank, I could fix it up real nice.
The Fed denied Blackrock’s bid at acquiring FRC bank.
Blackrock is trying to become a SIFI in order to get access to TBTF money from the Treasury and acquiring FRC would have given them some ammo for their argument.
Looks like Powell wants to keep Blackrock from becoming a SIFI, while Yellen wants them to become one.
That’s scary.
Why would they want to be sifi? š
They’ve actively resisted it in the past because they were acquiring risky off-balance sheet investments.
Now they want a bailout.
And Fink is all-in on the NWO, so forcing the Fed to print money by creating a financial timebomb that forces their hand is a plus.
Exactly what you’re saying is what I was worried about, of they are really trying to be sifi. Most healthy financial institutions would not want to be one…
Nurses of the world, unite!
Close to a third of nurses nationwide say they are likely to leave the profession for another career due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey from AMN Healthcare shows.
This level is up at least seven points since 2021. And the survey found that the ongoing shortage of nurses is likely to continue for years to come.
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Unions representing nurses have long warned about the problem facing the profession, said National Nurses United President Deborah Burger and President of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW Jane Hopkins. Both women are also RNs.
“It’s a critical moment in our time for nurses. The country needs nurses. We are very short and we are feeling very worried about the future of their work,” Hopkins said.
The COVID-19 pandemic certainly exacerbated problems, but short staffing was an issue even before then, Burger and Hopkins said.
“The staffing crisis didn’t just happen. It’s been around for years. Unions have been sounding the alarm that organizations were putting profits before patients,” Hopkins said. Employers “had cut staffing so bad, that there was no room for flexibility.”
She said she hears from members that they rarely have time to eat lunch or use the bathroom during their shifts.
Low staffing has a dangerous trickle-down effect, Burger said. It leads to a heavier workload, more stress and burnout for the remaining staff, as well as a negative impact to patient care.
Profits over patients? Communism will fix this.
They’d probably have more time to eat lunch and use the bathroom if they didn’t have to line up outside the hospital with signs supporting the BLM and other woke protests that were going on.
and Tik Tok dances.
The irony of people saying they will stop taking care of patients if they donāt get paid more and simultaneously decrying āprofits over patientsā . . . .
“Hmm, what would one call a movement that would emerge to counter this decision-making failure, in the wake of the rights of parentsā and their kids getting so royally screwed by teachersā unions. Iām just spitballing butā parentsā rights?”
[NYT screenshot]
https://nytimes.com/2023/04/28/briefing/pandemic-school-closures-randi-weingarten.html
https://twitter.com/mkhammer/status/1652094315680657412
“They sued to keep schools closed. They staged mock funerals in front of children. They said lazy parents wanted teachers to die and kicked them out of school board mtgs. They told kids school wasn’t a safe place. They falsified data to justify it. And now they’re lying, again.”
https://twitter.com/rorycooper/status/1651958483351158785
“Randiās problem is that people remember this all too well. Part of the reason why school choice has expanded so much in so many states recently is because millions of parents donāt want to be held hostage to such insanity ever again”
https://twitter.com/patrickmgleason/status/1651947081794215937
Not the teachers fault:
It was those damn idiots.
Probably the ones who do their own research.
Lol, GTFO with the keep kids safe line.
“Covid scared the nation, but we tried to do everything we could to reopen schools safely. It would have helped if Trump/DeVos helped instead of hectored. Now we must do everything we can to help kids learn & overcome the effects of the pandemic.”
https://twitter.com/rweingarten/status/1651959322388094977
CWAA
She has replies blocked, but can’t block community notes.
That woman rivals Fauci for evil super-villain status.
It’s just cause and effect.
Last week, Supreme Court Justice Samual Alito told the Wall Street Journal that the leaked draft of his opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Womenās Health Organization made the justices ātargets of assassinationā in the hopes of changing the courtās ruling.
āThose of us who were thought to be in the majority, thought to have approved my draft opinion, were really targets of assassination,ā Justice Alito says. āIt was rational for people to believe that they might be able to stop the decision in Dobbs by killing one of us.ā
Before mocking Justice Alitoās concerns about assassination threats on Friday, Alex Wagner of MSNBC first discussed the Courtās recent stay in a case involving the FDA and the abortion pill, mifepristone.
āSo sorry to interrupt your workflow, Justice Alito,ā she said. āItās just a decision about whether or not millions of people with uteruses across the country can access the most commonly used method of abortion, but sorry for bothering you.ā
I would say that these people are aka “women”, but I’m not a biologist.
“We’re the only ones allowed to play the victim card!”
āExcuse me, Alex, but I was wondering – do you consider someone who has had a hysterectomy to not be a woman any more?ā
And the software asks if I want to be friends with 16 others in my neighborhood with the same set-up.
The police are your friends and neighbors, too, Shirley. Won’t you help them solve crimes?
One source of that stress? Nurses are also experiencing an increasing level workplace violence in the hospitals, Burger said.
“Nurses don’t feel safe in many of the hospitals around the country. And we’ve heard horrendous stories. That also gets tied back into short staffing,” she said.
So common there is no need to elaborate.
the banking crisis continues and the mainstream is just zzzzzzzz. this feels insane. I’ve never felt like we were so captured. what a world we live in.
I’m reading a book right now about the Russian Civil War. The guy makes frequent reference to how oblivious the normies were to the obvious shit-storm on the horizon. I suspect this is normal human behavior.
it really seems to be. we had alarmist headlines about this stuff 12, 18, 24 months ago. but today, wow, crickets.
Part of the challenge is that most everything is alarmist now. And how many times has it been THE END OF THE WORLD, only for the world to keep on spinning? We’ve had a pretty easy run for the last 80 years or so. The people who remember all out war, famine and true financial apocalypse are mostly gone.
At that point, they figured they could still blame Trump. Now…?
It make sense when you look at it that way.
Would there have been any quibbling over the definition of a recession if Trump was in with the same GDP numbers?
“A Canadian mental health phone line for kids is using two drag queens to advertise their services to children.
We find this incredibly ironic since any child exposed to sexualized drag queens will undoubtedly need mental healthcare well into adulthood.
Feel free to contact the phone line directly to let them know what you think about this incredibly bizarre and inappropriate advertising campaign”
https://twitter.com/againstgrmrs/status/1653195064540053505
WTF, Canada?
I think I need consoling after seeing a snippet of the video under that tweet.
That was supposed to be *counseling*, but consoling kind of works too.
“Transgender toddlers treated at Duke, UNC, and ECU
Top medical schools in the state are now transitioning toddlers and training future primary care doctors on how to engage in the experimental treatment.
Duke Medicine opened its Gender Clinic in 2015 to offer a wide variety of services under one roof. The clinic treats children as young as two for gender dysphoria.”
https://www.edfirstnc.org/post/transgender-toddlers-treated-at-duke-unc-and-ecu
WTF, North Carolina?
That can’t be true.
If it is, it’s not gonna end well for those people.
Duke?
It absolutely can be true.
The clinic treats children as young as two for gender dysphoria.ā
OFFS!
That’s the Bee, right?
Most unfortunately, no, it isn’t.
Pure unadulterated insanity
Some people really don’t want their genes propagated.
Parents are too young to be deciding that they don’t want grandchildren.
The clinic treats children as young as two for gender dysphoria.ā
A few “pediatric gender specialists” found in their driveways face down in a pool of their own blood would be a step in the right direction.
Part of the challenge is that most everything is alarmist now. And how many times has it been THE END OF THE WORLD, only for the world to keep on spinning? Weāve had a pretty easy run for the last 80 years or so. The people who remember all out war, famine and true financial apocalypse are mostly gone.
All noise, no signal.
Goddammit. I just put in a 1200 word article that is little more than that.