Here we are again on Monday afternoon. I should really pick a better day to link. Monday is pretty slow. But absolutely packed with meetings. If meetings were currency, my company would be the richest company in the world. “Why don’t we go faster?” — Looks at 34 hours of meetings on calendar last week. Other than that, the baby was sick last week, but not to sick to play peek-a-boo. Bonus chuckles for when he only covers his eyes with the blanket. Smartest. Baby. Evar.
Here’s a Florida resident just trying to get a dip in the Gulf, and all these tourists keep hassling him. For those who don’t click through, he’s a black bear.
I see Elon has found his Mini-Me. h/t Mexican Sharpshooter.
I wonder how many scientists Italy will prosecute if this volcano erupts.
Damn. At least he made his last shot count and saved the taxpayers some money.
This is not a great song, but its been rattling around in my head with alternate lyrics since I heard Uncle Ted died.
Yeah. Really not a great song. Or link.
Google newwwws… you knew just what I was there for… you had me saying a prayer for… a link someone really could share more…
Honestly, given the main page pic I was expecting this.
“I read the news today, oh boy…”
I am posting a song for Mr. Shooty – Shoot who made his last shot count.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9mJ82x_l-E
Probably already posted though. A futile gesture! The best kind.
I was not disappointed.
That’s exactly what I was expecting. Excellent.
The music link brought me to a new site. I read this story and thought about how awesome that would be – Rick Barry playing with Bird on the Celtics. I can’t imagine why this wouldn’t happen – 2 guard was that team’s weakest position in the early 80’s.
https://www.si.com/nba/celtics/top-stories/rick-barry-discusses-nearly-joining-celtics-shares-his-perspective-on-larry-bird-vs-magic-johnson
Knowing Barry’s reputation, which of those two does he rate closest to himself (since he’s #1)?
He has definitely mellowed with age.
Back then he and Bird would either of hated each other or been soulmates. It would have been a blast to watch either way. Pretty funny he stopped shooting in the playoffs because his teammates didn’t ack him up in a fight.
The ground beneath the coastal town of Pozzuoli has been rising about 4 inches a year for the past decade, investigators reported Friday. They also noted a series of persistent small earthquakes, including 600 recorded in April.
About 360,000 people live on the roof of the volcano, which resembles a gentle depression and is not an obvious mountain.
I’m a big fan of “you do what you want,” but shouldn’t the insurance companies, at the very least, step in and price the risk accordingly?
Honestly, this reminds me of that Harry Truman guy (not the President) who lived in the shadow of Mount St. Helens for years and refused to move until he was under 60 feet of pyroclastic flow.
Also, what are the odds that if there is a cataclysmic eruption that leaves thousands dead, the usual suspects blame it on climate change?
“All the heat the oceans were supposedly absorbing must have gone into the mantle! argle bargle blargh!”
And yeah — I can’t blame them too much if they didn’t know when the town was settled. But when you know you’re on an active volcano, and the ground is obviously the top of a bubble… get the hell out of there, dummies.
Becoming the next Pompeii tourist attraction isn’t a good thing.
Stands to reason that if Guam tips over and the weight of Manhattan’s buildings cause the island to sink ( due, of course to the buildings erected by Trump, ) then Gaia is going to push up land somewhere else.
The earth’s crust is really like a giant waterbed.
Kinky.
Wait until you see the Solar System’s shag carpet and mural on the side of Jupiter’s van….
People in Naples are asking if we can plug a leak.
We have a few leaks around here. Fortunately its water not lava leaking.
I know it’s going to happen and it’s still going to drive me nuts.
shouldn’t the insurance companies, at the very least, step in and price the risk accordingly
Maybe it’s like California where the government doesn’t allow that.
Sounds like the work of ‘Climate Change’!
Dammit, update before responding.
Don’t feel bad, I almost posted that too, but forgot to.
Wasn’t Truman in his 80s and basically making the decision to die at home instead of going to what would effectively be a nursing home?
Yeah. 83, wife had passed two years earlier. Just him and his home of many years and his sixteen cats.
You live in FL right?
s/ Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
Hopefully if Elon does colonize Mars, the next generation will be better than some sequels I could name….
So which Florida bear was that… Zeke or Zeb or Ted or Fred or a bar named Tennessee?
It’s Ron” target=”_blank” >this guy, of course!
I always hated Mr. Target=blank.
You prefer to get your generics from Walmart instead?
He does like his bathing suit to be tuck friendly.
The Campi Flegrei volcano in southern Italy is at risk of erupting, researchers at Italy’s National Research Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology and University College London said in a new study published in the Communications Earth and Environment journal from Nature.
Even the Earth is upset that Berlusconi died.
The two species in the state are the American black bear and the Florida black bear.
FBB is identifiable by the tell-tale meth teeth and mullet.
Smartest. Baby. Evar.
Elon Musk on line two.
It could be worse. If the baby was a girl, it could be that Dicaprio fella.
Narrative wander
Manufacturers around the world are contending with weakening demand as the economic outlook for the industry darkens.
Factories in the United States and across the eurozone reported a decline in new orders for manufactured goods in May as they worked through their backlog of orders, according to recent business surveys released by data firm S&P Global. It’s unclear for how long those backlogs, which swelled in the early days of the pandemic, will sustain the industry globally.
S&P Global data showed that the US manufacturing sector fell into contraction territory in May. A similar survey released by the Institute for Supply Management showed the industry contracted for the seventh consecutive month in May, at a faster pace than in the prior month.
US government data also show what could be the beginning of a consistent slowdown. The Commerce Department reported on Monday that factory orders excluding transportation, a volatile category, fell for the third consecutive month in April. Excluding defense, factory orders were down in four of the past six months through April.
That’s odd, just a day or two ago I was reading a story about a massive boom in manufacturing, due specifically to Joe Biden’s wise stewardship of the economy.
It’s almost like people don’t have as much extra money to buy stuff for some reason. Huh.
So you’re saying we need another stimulus check?
I read that whole “factories are booming” shit too. Oy.
Those making ammo and weapons for the forever war are doing great. The rest not so much.
Success! /Fed reserve
“Elon Musk’s SpaceX Hires 14-Year-Old Prodigy Who Dismisses Notion Of ‘Missing Out On Childhood'”
He’s right, nothing so great, especially about your teenage years. It’s way, way better being an adult.
Hmmm, let’s see, work for Elon and make hundreds of thousands or go back to HS to get pantsed by the ‘cool’ kids?
Tough decision.
He can get Elon’s castoffs.
SpaceX is all about reusability.
Maybe pass on Amber. Or get rubber sheets.
If he’s really that smart, he won’t stick it in that kind of crazy.
Everyone has a plan until Amber puts her _________ in your face.
Talulah Riley is a bit of alright, tho
That is a Grimes of passion.
I saw Filter along with three other also-rans / one-hit wonders in St. Pete when I was living there in 2012. I’ve been to worse shows. I walked out of this one upright!
I saw one of the guys from ASIA/YES and the dude from Buggles play the lunch crowd at Borders Books once.
Talk about sad. Video killed the radio star’s fame.
Didn’t the black bear get the memo that Florida is unsafe for homosexuals and people of color?
If you look close he was wearing a hat that said “DGAF”.
I thought it said “Don’t go Straight, Go Forward!”
No, Jaime! That’s TWINKLEBEAR! The bear for all shades and…predilections.
They got him to improve holiday numbers…in some areas.
Now we just have to teach him to stop mauling people.
Then he wouldn’t be Florida Bear.
Smokey says “You’re not here for the hunting.”
Child Waves At His Teacher And Principal Acting Out Bondage Scene On Pride Parade Float
Got me…because I would have sworn that actually was real.
Yeah, me too. Too close to real, Bee!
Then you’re not going to like this little nugget on the sidebar.
https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-names-hunter-biden-as-his-running-mate-so-doj-will-stop-investigating-him
False: They acted out the bondage scene in school.
Edna Krabapple and Seymour Skinner?
I think they killed off Krabapple when her voice actress died. However that would require Watching new episodes of the Simpsons so I can see why you would not gave known that.
https://www.humanprogress.org/why-are-we-so-gloomy/
Interesting how Teh Yutes are more miserable, more socialist and more authoritarian than ever before. How is it that the massive increases in living standards have resulted in this?
Obviously the constant stream of rhetoric of Climate Crisis, Systemic Racism and Late Stage Capitalismis having an affect. This is is just one reason.
The future has always been frightening.
Are you suggesting that bad change can not happen?
Propaganda works. Film at 11.
No, prosperity, new tech and commercialism was supposed to defeat the propaganda. I mean okay this strategy totally failed in the Edwardian Era and plenty of prosperous societies have very willingly destroyed themselves but this time it will be different!
You should try hanging around people that understand humans instead of half-baked theories.
The strawman slaughter would be more difficult were that to happen.
This.
“Fifty-six percent thought that “humanity is doomed.”
If they are the future of humanity . . . .
“Fifty-five percent thought that they will have “less opportunity than [their] parents.”
Quite possible. Due mostly to irrational fear of the weather causing the economy to be crippled.
39 percent stated that they were “hesitant to have children.
And if the young people don’t have kids of their own, there will be a population collapse and the humanity is doomed belief will become a self fulling prophecy.
Western humanity might die of self-inflicted stupidity, but I have zero reason (drink) to fear that Asia and Africa will pick up the slack.
I can’t bring myself to care.
I have a great life that I’m very happy with; I suppose I sympathize a bit with Yootz who have been brainwashed but at a certain point you just throw your hands up and say whaddyagunnado?
Besides, I fail to see a downside to emotionally damaged socialists not breeding.
Because their kids will rebel and bring about the Libertarian Moment.
The problem is that those emotionally damaged socialists are very much not interested in leaving you alone.
Blehhhhhh
“Moment Ecuadorian woman, 76, knocks on her COFFIN and ‘comes back to life’ during her own funeral – hours after doctor declared her dead at hospital”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12185943/Woman-comes-life-inside-coffin-hours-doctor-declared-dead-Ecuadorian-hospital.html
Yikes!
Saved by the bell.
That brought us to a Screeching halt!
Mammary Monday thinks torx bits are bullshit.
https://archive.is/wip/hXUNQ
Torx aren’t so bad. Try fixing something from Apple.
https://www.ifixit.com/
I already have a couple sets of tools for it, but Apple are still assholes for using those fasteners in the first place.
True, but I’ve eked a lot of extra time out of my MacBooks because of those guys.
Besides, specialty fasteners are everywhere. Looking at you VW/Audi.
Torx is the tits.
Robertson drive kicks it’s ass.
Not for automation in manufacturing environments.
Point.
https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/june-2023/what-are-your-links-to-slavery/
Dammit this was supposed to stop with the Confederate Battle Flag!
It’s like North Korea.
That’s very much the right comparison.
Dammit this was supposed to stop with the Confederate Battle Flag!
Said who? This comports with the belief that current wealth was built on the backs of slaves.
Forget it Doc, it’s Winstontown.
😆
Most of the people complaining about wokeness supported the woke in going after symbols of the CSA. They did so because they hated Southerners and assumed that the Woke desire the eliminate the Legacies of slavery would not be allowed to go beyond the Confederates. Of course there were of plenty of slaveowners who were not Confederates and plenty of racists who did not own slaves…
“Most of the people complaining about wokeness supported the woke in going after symbols of the CSA”
Assumes facts not in evidence.
What are your links to slavery?
I’m pretty sure the next question is, what’s in your wallet?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10155783/amp/Tate-exhibition-highlights-slavery-links-William-Hogarths-paintings.html
I mean, I know what my links to slavery were: as Jews, it goes with out saying. Anything else is kinda Johnny-come-lately.
My marriage combines Jewish and Irish, so it’s slavery all around.
“A Florida state legislator posted video and images on her social media showing several individuals waving Nazi flags and banners with fascist symbols outside Walt Disney World in Orlando…
Shannon Watts, an anti-gun activist, also posted an image which appeared to show the same group of protesters holding up homophobic signs.”
https://nypost.com/2023/06/12/protesters-with-nazi-flags-seen-outside-disney-world/
Well, if you can’t believe Shannon Watts.
lolFFS
Today’s agitprop has no use for “subtlety”.
It is funny how the right has basically decided to laugh all these off and the leftists are so very upset that the Charlottesville playbook isn’t working anymore. Nobody’s running around frantically disavowing, they’re just ‘eh bunch of fake losers’ Which seems like a fine response no matter who they really are.
Well, what did they think was gonna happen? Of course all the “racists” who aren’t stopped listening too you. Boy who cried wolf. Go read it.
/not you OTA.
Two WHOLE dozen?
23 feds and some autistic fuck
Cool. DeSantis just signed a law to prosecute the shit out of Nazis. Go get those Democrats!
At least he made his last shot count
shot 11 times in multiple places
I still blame sportstalk for half of the stupid constructions and habits to recently enter American English (the other half coming to us almost entirely from the screenwriter of Valley Girls). It is as if tautology were required.
Trump will be arraigned by a fake Judge / Magistrate.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/new-magistrate-preside-trumps-arraignment-florida-not-aileen/
How does that matter?
Probably eliminates the chance of a judge just tossing the nonsense charges. We’ll see tomorrow if it’s part of a venue shopping plan.
Trumpsters gonna Trump.
And this is unusual how?
Well, it is the first time an ex-president and a leading presidential candidate has been arraigned by a DOJ that reports to his lading rival for the presidency.
Drake is talking about the fact that a magistrate is presiding over the arraignment, that’s not unusual, hell I think the clerk of courts handle it around here in some cases, It’s a formality. Read the charges, accept a plea, set a date for the trial, a semi bright border collie could handle it.
Don’t stick it in government-mandated sexbots, gentlemen
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1668308033078800398
I was told there would be no kink-shaming.
The government mandated sexbots will be trans. If you object you’ll be branded a bigot and sent to the camps.
If you are fucking a robot, does it matter? It is still a bag of bolts.
I need to know if I’m supposed to go for the intake or the exhaust.
That is your mistake. She might tell you to put in the hole but the hole is really a nut.
And don’t think a wrench will help
The Bulwark, of course.
If you’re going to force me to hang out with those kind of people, I’m going to do my best Amber Heard impersonation.
Husband: Whores are going to go door to door. “Hi, I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
Mojeaux, come get your crickets. https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/mormon-crickets-invade-nevada-roads-18148492.php
I know what you’re thinking. Do they taste better with cocktail sauce, or sweet and sour sauce?
what kind of crickets are those in Waco?
so thick on the ground your feet crunched everywhere outside you walked?
Mmmm… Crunchy. Just like Klaus likes them.
I don’t know. That happens in Dallas too. They flood shopping centers. So gross. I don’t think they are mormon crickets.
Old Bay seasoning, of course.
My bad. Be right there with the ShopVac.
The government mandated sexbots will be trans. If you object you’ll be branded a bigot and sent to the camps.
The head swivels 180 degrees. You get a choice.
Most of the people complaining about wokeness supported the woke in going after symbols of the CSA.
They don’t make a broom big enough for a sweeping generalization like that. You need a street sweeper.
Every Firster has a First that got away. Except me. I have never not nailed my Firsts.
And we have bebes!
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/1177521287/ireland-alcohol-warning-labels-cancer-calories
Hmm, the War on Pot ramped up after Booze was legalized so now that Pot is becoming legal I guess it is time to start warring on Booze again.
Was pot legalized in Ireland?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/dariosabaghi/2022/11/28/ireland-aims-to-legalize-cannabis-for-personal-use/amp/
They are Trying to.
Also don’t think this won’t spread outside of Ireland.
ooooOOOOOOOO! You know that’s what we want, right?
Lol.
https://twitter.com/KatieDaviscourt/status/1668405343007965187
I guess that’s what you have to do when you can’t just get your pal at Twitter to ban the story to keep it from spreading.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the Ukro-Nazis. They have free rein to do as they please.
Joe’s denial of it all. How many corvettes does he own again?
Where’s the money? Cayman Islands probably.