An appropriate tune for reading the links below.
Left: Goodthinkful Montgomery County (Maryland) Councilperson Kristin Mink. Right: White Supremacist-adjacent children.
SOME, I’M SURE, ARE VERY FINE PEOPLE – FOLLOWUP: Remember Montgomery County (Maryland) Councilcritter Kristin Mink who I covered last week for saying “[t]his issue [QUILTBAG curriculm in MoCo elementary schools] has unfortunately put some, not all of course, some Muslim families on the same side of an issue as white supremacists?” The former MCPS teacher has now apologized, but claim her comments were “focused on promoting inclusion.”
BILL INTRODUCED TO SPIN-OFF NOAA INTO INDEPENDENT AGENCY: “After years of complex organizational challenges, it’s time for NOAA to become an independent agency and reach its full potential.” –Frank Lucas (R-OK), Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee It always makes me nervous when someone wants to increase the size and scope of a government agency, particularly one that has a federal uniformed service and operates a navy and air force. NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce (WTF?) will remain part of NOAA’s current parent, the US Department of Commerce.
WHO DOESN’T LOVE REGULATORY OVERLAP? A bill introduced in the House to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration includes a provision directing the agency to get involved in space traffic management, potentially duplicating ongoing work at the Commerce Department (see NOAA link above).
BACK IN MY DAY WE CALLED THAT GETTING AHEAD: Fortune magazine whines (link to archive, since paywalled) that “America has failed millennials so badly they’re turning to $1,000-per-month side hustles to make ends meet.” Okay, now the zinger: Most Bankrate respondents (33%) said they need the job to afford “regular living expenses,” while 27% said it helps with “discretionary spending.” A quarter are using the extra cash from the side gigs for savings, and 12% are using it to repay debt. Most??? Nope, calling bullshit on that one. “Regular living expenses” may have been the category that got the most responses, but it’s a plurality not a majority. So, roughly 1/3 of respondents are self-reporting they take these gigs to afford “regular living expenses,” which can include anything the respondent wishes. Most respondents claim to be using the money to get ahead, the combination of discretionary spending, savings, and debt repayment. That’s some fine journalisming there, Fortune.
AUSTIN MAYOR FINDS MAGIC WORDS TO CLOSE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS: “Environmental damage.” On one hand this column applauds a rare bit of clearheadedness from liberal politicians, OTOH we fear the use of alleged environmental crimes as a pretext to fuck with people.
CANADA UPS THEIR GANGSTA GAME: “Drug syndicate hid meth in Canadian maple syrup, canola oil bound for Down Under, authorities say.” Are Australians incapable of cooking their own meth? Do they not have easy sea access to precursor chemicals. Also, drugs are flowing the wrong way, here; they should be moving from warmer places with many deadly reptiles to colder places with fewer reptiles, eh? Also, seed oils.
LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD: Shamelessly plugging our friend Animal, who is now “a professional opinion journalist” at RedState.
Shouldn’t that be a unicycle?
/no hipster
The Russian circus lied to me!
I see what you did there…
So long as it’s staffed by Ferengi
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Some kind of malfunction …
Was trying to make a Jews in Space joke.
I thought you were just requesting oomox for your lobes or something.
” a federal uniformed service and operates a navy and air force”
To enforce the weather?
I have long suspected that NOAA, while actually collecting weather data, also is an intelligence-gathering agency operating in plain sight with plausible cover. And what better cover is there for loitering around in ships and planes bristling with sensor arrays? So much better than Russian fishing trawlers stuck in one place for months with “engine trouble.”
*Taps nose* We are just studying the atmosphere, if signals happen to be there, well…nothing more we can do.
Is getting into space traffic management a lateral move or a move up for you?
It would really boost my career to new heights.
I would be amazed if this were not the case.
Not doing much fishing!
Considering that the only person I have met who works for NOAA is probably the dumbest person I have ever met, it could be true.
*Looks out window at Chinese weather balloon*
Most of the US govt satellites launched in recent years have been labeled weather satellites.
Sure.
The uniformed service provides Geneva Convention protections for geodesy and meteorology in combat areas. The same for the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. There used to be a graves service as well but it was folded into the military services.
Interesting. But still legal cover like “military attache.”
Meth-flavored Maple Syrup?
Now that’s how you start a Saturday morning.
Still healthier than most breakfast cereal.
lol
Better than Starbucks.
No. None of them are good people. All progressives are awful people, all the time.
“potentially duplicating ongoing work at the Commerce Department”
Also the Space Force?
Space Force doesn’t do any thing that could be construed as work.
Well, they are part of the government.
“(link to archive, since paywalled)”
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FIXED! Thanks.
In my defense I swear that WordPress has been eating edits recently.
Kristin looks batshit crazy.
Good job Montgomery County.
She looks like she dressed as AOJ for a Halloween party.
I’m coming to see this as ‘the Look.’
AOJ? Hispanic woman so crazy she’ll cut your head off?
That shirt she is wearing is just so precious.
Well, she was including lots of people into the category of Undesirables / Untouchables, so you have to give her that she was fostering inclusion.
@GT, your quip on morning lynx was noted and verily appreciated. I may have, in fact, snort-guffawed.
Thanks! I knew it was late, so I’m glad it didn’t just disappear into the Glib archives unseen. 😁
“It was Sutter Gold, Jerry!”
Maybe if “regular living expenses” according to Millenials didn’t include internet, streaming services and a $1k+ smartphone? I suppose it might be balanced by them supposedly not wanting a car… but I somehow doubt they’re really ditching car culture too at this point. And the cars are obligatory $70k+ Tesla class most likely.
Gee… I wonder why life’s gotten so hard to afford?
The cost of the car would be offset by paying a premium to live within walking/biking distance of your work/necessities/entertainment.
Not to mention the regular Uber/Lyft/Zipcar fees. It seems like most of those ‘walkable’ neighborhoods require a lot of driving to do anything other than go to work, go to the store, go home, watch TV, sleep, repeat.
I can think of several “walkable” neighborhoods in the city core-ish, but may lack, say, a proper grocery store within walking distance. Maybe there’s a deli and/or a bodega, a coffee shop, a bakery (maybe), but no proper grocery store. The inner city’s even worse. I don’t make fun of the “food desert” screamers. It’s rough getting food home if you don’t have a car.
I actually live in a completely walkable neighborhood. A proper grocery store is only 6 minutes away by foot. It’s not my favorite grocery store, so I often drive to shop elsewhere, but I don’t have to.
/Remembers WW2, gas rationing, street cars and Moms/Dads carrying bags of groceries
When you are in your 20s with no kids, things like a grocery store are not as important. A good bar, on the other hand…
I’m sure that some ppl consider booze, weed, and internet pr0n to be “regular living expenses” instead of discretionary spending.
Gin & steak ARE essentials.
You mean some people don’t?
If you’re paying for internet pr0n, I think you’re doing it wrong.
While they don’t want a car, I’m willing to bet they use rideshares/rental scooters/rental bikes and the like most days.
I’ll admit I forgot about Uber. I’ve never done that.
I use them frequently when heading out to a bar (or the like) for an evening.
For those who don’t, they’ll probably be the ones using Instacart/Ubereats/Doordash and the like and having nearly every meal delivered from a restaurant.
It would be an interesting cost comparison: owning/maintaining/gassing a car versus premium housing/Uber/Doordash. Of course, *I* am not going to make those calculations, but I bet it comes out about even over X number of years. Amortize the life of the car against a studio in downtown?
I probably make out ahead without a car because I cook all my own meals and don’t have a social life anymore.
I would think that having everything delivered/rideshared is going to wind up more expensive. A ~10 mile ride runs between $20-40 here (depending on start/end points, time of day, phase of moon, etc).
Most of the meal delivery places bump up the menu prices a bit as well as charging fees for delivery and the like.
“Please tip your drone”
Meal delivery is for shut-ins. I can’t imagine the laziness at play for anyone else who does that, and I’m lazy.
owning/maintaining/gassing a car versus premium housing/Uber/Doordash.
Premium housing is the budget killer. No calculations needed. My mortgage for a similar house would be at least 5x higher in a city. Add a zero on the end when counting the 30 acres.
Only considering the house alone, I could buy a sports car, light it on fire, buy a replacement, and then trade in/buy new every year and still come out far ahead of buying or renting housing in a city.
Since the Uber/Doordash guy would also own/maintain/gas a car, using rideshare services have to be more expensive per mile than just owning one yourself (unless subsidized somehow). A person who rarely uses the service will come out far ahead. A regular user will pay significantly more.
” they use rideshares/rental scooters/rental bikes” and friends with cars
Just those bears hyping each other up.. 😉 (Seriously, congrats again Animal. They should start printing your short stories too!)
They don’t really do fiction, although I’m planning on making some waves as the token libertarian.
Always enjoy your commentary as well.
Redstate editors add pictures like we add pictures to our articles. I can see no other reason for the Student Debt article and its headline photo than to show off that girls ass.
Ackshually, I selected that image, from RedState’s media library. You’re welcome.
Most very thankful, please
‘Tis a lovely ass, though.
“Redstate editors add pictures like we add pictures to our articles.”
Sir, I assure you that Glibertarians has never added gratuitous illustrations of feminine pulchritude to *our* articles to titilate our overwhelmingly male, hetero readership.
<— Has prolonged coughing fit
Weed, huh, What about the Meskins and ass sex?
Depending on one’s definition of gratuitous.
“We have, however, been known to subtly slide in an image intended to subliminally elicit an “Eat Mor Shellfish” response.”
Thanks for the props, Tonio!
Go you!!
+1
+1+1
Anxiously awaiting your sequel to Nova Roma (got the name right this time!)
August!
Nice article Animal! Don’t spend all that Red State money in one place.
I agree with the opinion – a war with Russia over their dispute with the Ukraine (that we instigated) isn’t worth American blood and treasure even if we were to win rather escalating into a nuclear exchange.
her comments were “focused on promoting inclusion.”
EVERYBODY HO DISAGREES WITH ME IS A FUCKING NAZI!
EVERYBODY HO does the links on Sunday mornings sometimes, we just normally refer to her as Winston’s Mom as to not kink shame.
“Regular living expenses” obviously includes two weeks snorkeling in Tahiti, or heli-skiing in British Columbia.
LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD: Shamelessly plugging our friend Animal, who is now “a professional opinion journalist” at RedState.
Lol. I dig the commie touque.
Can’t they just learn to code?
Or maybe start a Tik Tok. I mean come on.
I’m TRYING!!!! Sheesh.
I’ve been experimenting with putting maple syrup in my water bottles as an energy boost while cycling. It seems to be working. Maybe I got some of the good stuff.
Teen #1 had his first day of logistic training at Harbor Freight. Made me proud, got up at 3am to make sure he was there on time. Teen #2 is relieved, the issue with his transmission it seems was just the control unit. He’s a little lighter in the wallet, but better than having walk/bike/uber/bum rides.
Yay OBE SPAWN!!!
Lots of good news around here lately. We’re shifting the vibe.
Good news on all fronts!
Huzzah!
Congrats.
Happy spawn is happy spawn!
🙂
canola oil
STEVE PREFER THE OLD NAME. STEVE COUSIN DROPBEAR SMITH TEACH THEM SILLY AUSSIES HOW TO OIL THINGS.
Wife is in hospital. Doctors ran tons of tests, didn’t see any heart issues. But she is extremely dehydrated. Due to her very high blood pressure, they are going to run the heart tests again late tonight. As such I may not be running movie night.
Sorry 🙁 I hope she is feeling better soon.
Good luck.
Oh, no! All the best to her. Went through that last month.
Shit, sorry RJ. Do what you need to do and best wishes for your wife. We’ll OT anyways.
Oh no! Hope she’s OK ASAP! 😟
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Hope she’s ok soon.
Prayers incoming, brother.
I hope she’s better soon.
My best wishes to both of you.
I’m sorry RJ. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Sorry dude, hope she’s ok.
Wishing the best.
Sorry to hear it, RJ.
I hope she has a speedy recovery.
Hope it turns out OK.
Hope all is well!
Oh no! Prayers.
Wishing the best for you guys, R.J.
Off in search of a new Cone of Shame from which Little Black Houdini Cat cannot escape.
Good luck. Cats are made of some form of viscous substance.
Give him a pet for me.
I’m still thinking I’m seeing my recently deceased black cat out of the corner of my eye.
Oh, I’m sorry. We had a black cat who died of old age (well, congestive heart failure, but she was 14). We now have a 4-year-old black cat. They’re surprisingly common, but at least around here, they don’t allow black cats to be adopted in the fall, or at least, not before Halloween.
End stage kidney disease at age 9.
That sounds rather odd.
Bad things happen to black cats around Halloween.
I thought it was the other way round.
Teen #2 is relieved, the issue with his transmission it seems was just the control unit. He’s a little lighter in the wallet, but better than having walk/bike/uber/bum rides.
My money was on “least worst option” the whole time.
By the way, OBE, if teen’s car has a turbo, advise him to change the oil regularly and often. Turbos are hard on oil.
Coke usually isn’t. But the rush…
The goatrope continues. First of the week, I ordered a mower from Tractor Supply. Yesterday, I get a text telling me the order has been cancelled. I call today, and the pleasant but unhelpful lady on the phone says, “Huh. I guess we don’t have any of those. Inventory is a little slow.”
Looking at the Lowes website, it says there is one in the Pocatello store. I drive down, because calling on the phone would be a waste of time. A search party is sent out. Nothing. Must be a ghost in the machine.
I’m about ready to break down and order one from Amazon, except I know if I search for “walk behind string mower” I’ll be shown ladies’ handbags, dumbbells, ball peen hammers, toasters and clothes dryers.
Don’t forget the ball gag.
Don’t forget the banana cleaners.
I was looking for similar stuff from Home Depot. Their website claims free home delivery, which along with a veteran discount might clinch the deal.
Monkey see, monkey do
Georgia is pushing ahead with a plan to establish itself as the “electric mobility capital of the country,” or as Kemp, a Republican, recently pledged at one event – the world.
For years, Democrats have primarily led efforts to fight climate change by curbing carbon emissions. But as green industries have expanded, some Republican-led states are now racing to attract companies that make electric vehicles, batteries, wind turbines and solar panels.
As a result, Georgia is now edging out Michigan in some recent years as a top draw for new investments from auto manufacturers and suppliers, according to an analysis by the Center for Automotive Research.
Your good works are for naught if your heart is not pure.
His approach could be a blueprint for like-minded Republicans: courting clean energy jobs without acting on climate, promoting EV production without nudging people to buy them.
“I believe the best way to let a market develop is to let the consumer drive that,” Kemp says. “The Biden administration has been forcing the market on people, much like the vaccine was forced on people and it turned some people off it.”
D’oh!
“Remember Montgomery County (Maryland) Councilcritter Kristin Mink…?”
I see she has that Skrillex haircut to indicate that she’s down with the cause.
And if the audience misses the message, it looks like in the picture she’s helpfully wearing a t-shirt with “empathy,” “compassion,” and a bunch of other words from the woke Nicene Creed.
Space is big enough for every government agency to regulate. It’s coming.
Big enough to ignore them too.
One might call it the final frontier
Regarding the Indian Ocean Express, does anyone know if Biden actually just flubbed his lines and meant something… else?
https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1669472439472988161
Wow.
I thought “wannabe dictator” was a Photoshop or something.
LOL what interesting times.
‘🧵1/ BREAKING: We’ve obtained internal docs from @FoxNews employees. Fox Corp is celebrating Pride by encouraging employees to read about “glory holes,” supporting a group that gives sterilizing hormones to homeless youth, & deployed woke AI to monitor everyone. EXPLICIT CONTENT:”
https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1669457286677291008
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1669457286677291008