OK, I will admit to being ancient, and I especially feel that way when I see rock acts from my youth. Last night was Hot Tuna, NPR Lady’s treat, and holy fuck, they all looked older than my grandpa. They could still play, though the vocals are a few (or more than a few) notches shakier. Of course, not one person I work with ever heard of them. A couple had heard of Jefferson Airplane, but only a couple. Sic transit gloria mundi.
And birthdays continue to pass, including a guy responsible for (((us))) ruling the world; an artist who seems to be a favorite of Will Shortz; the guy responsible for two of the most surreal TV shows ever made in America (one of which describes my life here perfectly); a guy who was always a surprise; a guy who gave a perfect explanation of why work environments universally suck; one third of the best vocal trio in American history; an absolutely delightful guy who was always fingering his organ; the original benevolent dictator; a woman who was so bad at golf, she always scored a Bogie; a fantastic guitarist who made Almeida cry; a fantastic guitarist who made Lucy cry; a guy who saw eye-to-eye with Sandy Duncan; the second most famous mole in Hollywood; a guy you likely don’t know, but should if you like woodwinds; a woman who did the nepotism thing with one of today’s birthday boys; a guy who elevated race-hustling to a fine art; and one of the uglier trannies out there, but who counted.
Now Links. And Happy New Year.
So when is that evil fuck going to die already?
My sister once got bitten by a møøse.
Ignorant reporter writes about ignorant regulators concerning ignorant superstition.
Totally legit and above board.
One more analysis and set of papers which will be roundly ignored. Climate “science” will always be a disgrace as long as Michael Mann is alive.
I think Dunning and Kruger covered this pretty thoroughly already.
Apropos of today’s title, the Old Man brings a song from another now-geriatric band.
the guy responsible for two of the most surreal TV shows ever made in America
I thought he was a shitty Canadian magician.
Yes, it is David Copperfield’s birthday as well, but he wasn’t worth mentioning.
So you made him disappear.
Copperfield is from NJ. Maybe just as bad?
a fantastic guitarist who made Lucy cry;
I thought Desi Arnaz was a percussionist.
a woman who was so bad at golf, she always scored a Bogie;
I’ve never understood why the Betty Persky/Humphrey Methot romance is considered the great Hollywood romance.
a guy who elevated race-hustling to a fine art;
Happy birthday Ta Coates?
Ted s. Coming out strong on Saturday morning with a firsting golden sombrero. Well done.
Hrm. If we’re talkin’ baseball that’s a decidedly tongue-in-cheek ‘compliment.’
My Sarc-O-Meter needs recalibration. My b-day Mistress will soothe me.
I forget where I put the last calculations I ran on RF penetration into the human body, but suffice it to say that it’s all bullshit for the same reason that defrosting a chicken breast in the microwave always leaves you with a frozen center.
I still have an iPhone 8. 😒. I was thinking I might get a new battery instead of a new phone.
Now, there is a military satellite comms system that was premised on using 3G, with ‘cell towers’ in geo-sync orbit. It did require 7W at the handheld to close the link. My comment was to not worry about the radiation, the thermal was going to be the real problem.
I assume that somebody has photos of Mann with a dead boy somewhere. He’s consistently reprehensible.
The Drew Carey Show has rolled over to Season 1, if anyone interested gets the Rewind channel.
OMG! This resort has Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries with the continental breakfast! 😃😋🍓🍒
Good morning, Ted’S., Mr. Nerfherder, and TO’G!
CARBS!!!!!!
*runs away*
CARBS!!!!!!
::blissfully peels a banana::🍌
🫡, 👩🏻🦰!
Breakfast bliss!
Now out on the patio outside our room with coffee and my laptop – just like home, but with a lake!
Jelly. This is the best time in the Northwoods.
I read an article in USA Today that summarized all I need to know about climate change. I also just stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.
You could also regularly attend the church of progressive pieties.
Unitarians?
Repent or doom.
More reasons new cars suck. Eric is about as reasonable and professional independent an auto shop as you are going to get. You and I would likely try and find some used parts and splice a used connector.
Eric is going to replace the whole harness because that’s all that is available. So to replace a blind spot module and harness that is a perfect location for water intrusion costs over a grand. Program it too of course. Wouldn’t want it to just work. Dealer wanted $2,200.
https://youtu.be/yYnldhWO6Dc?si=CpVq-aQCPXB5IHr-
Estimate is around the 18 minute mark.
A key you have to insert and turn? How barbaric!
Needs more shit to break.
I can be one of those Tesla snobs. It uses Bluetooth on my phone. I carry a NFC in my wallet as backup.
In reality it uses three readers, console, b pillars, to read the NFC and four Bluetooth readers. First six months I owned the car it was hit or miss, but now is quite reliable in how well it works. But I’m sure none of that will break.
Hey from Cali where we’ve been here since Monday and have very little to show for it, work wise
At least when I left for this 4-day job I told Jugsy, “Ill see you in 2 weeks…”
A Jan. 6 rioter was convicted and sentenced in secret. No one will say why…
So when he goes to apply for a job or buy a gun, does he have a conviction?
https://alt-market.us/rothschild-admits-esg-failure-as-globalists-shift-to-inclusive-capitalism-agenda/
Speaking of the Rothschilds
Whee. I hope I’m gone before utopia lands.
https://dailysceptic.org/2023/09/14/g20-announces-plan-to-impose-digital-currencies-and-ids-worldwide/
ESG is a new “improved” form of fascism. Inclusive capitalism sounds like ESG 2.0.
L’shanah tovah you degenerates!
https://archive.ph/A9XeI
New Year T&A on Silicone Saturday.
Instant karma. I hope the owner got it back.
How not to steal a tractor
OK, you got me. I couldn’t help but no-shit laugh out loud at that one. Perfect.
Good morning, Old Man!
I like a lot of the nostalgia acts I’ve seen. While the voices might not be what they were the years are excellent for improving musicianship. Sobriety seems to help, too.
Doubtful. Off-lead dogs are really common. That would absolutely piss off the moose. But there are a lot of them out here. I was fishing at an alpine lake, walked around a bend and damn near ran into a huge bull. He had no fucks to give, luckily, so I slowly went back the way I came. Heart was going pretty good, though.
Miid 40s this morning, but looks like a perfect day for a hike. I know MikeS and CPRM are sleeping off hangovers, but what’s on the agenda for the rest of y’all?
what’s on the agenda for the rest of y’all?
Heading to the gym later. A local brewery has a new beer with some good food specials, all Polish inspired. I plan to drop in and have some this afternoon. If the rain from Lee stops, I’ll stop in another brewery which is having an Oktoberfest celebration . There is a dance this evening.
Sounds perfect, except for the rain!
Ah, that reminds me – I need to see if Gunpowder Falls Brewing has their Marzen out yet.
At NPR Lady’s house in Rochester, where it’s in the 50s, sipping some excellent coffee, getting ready to go biking this afternoon, then weed and dinner this evening. Back to Alfred tomorrow.
I gotta admit, autumn temps are my favorite. A break from the 90s is a treat. Have a great day!
Riding off my bourbon hangover in the 50’s air this morning.
I had the opportunity to watch some dope from New York slowly roll backwards into the car behind them. Everyone around was beeping at them but they didn’t stop until contact was made.
If I was behind them I would have been knocked over. Idiots abound.
Done at the gym. Later Mrs. TOK is playing some roller derby in an outdoor venue in our town. My youngest has secretly traveled home to surprise her.
Why you never Turo you care about or what’s the fastest car?
Car renter hits pole, says it’s not his fault…
It comes after a regulator in France this week asked Apple to stop selling the 2020 iPhone 12, claiming tests found the handset emits radiation levels that exceed EU restrictions.
Germany, Belgium and Spain have all signaled they could follow suit. Apple has disputed the findings, but the news has reignited deep-rooted fears about health and cellphone usage.
Whom did Apple piss off?
The Justice Department has refused to say why the case remains under wraps, and attorneys for Lazar did not respond to multiple requests for comment from The Associated Press. The judge overseeing Lazar’s case in May rejected a request from media outlets — including the AP — to release any sealed records that may exist.
I wonder if he’s now a Fed?
Le OTTOMAN has arrived.
The case is raising concerns about transparency in the massive Jan. 6 investigation — the largest in Justice Department history. Court hearings and records — including sentencing hearings and plea agreements — are supposed to be open and available to the public and the press unless there’s a compelling need for secrecy.
Obviously, there is a compelling need for secrecy. Shut up about it.
“With little knowledge comes great confidence”
Of course the article focuses primarily on the general public and not on the scientists themselves who, over the past decade and a half or so, have, at least in public, abandoned the scientific method in lieu of Twitter-style one-liners. Yes, NASALT, but unfortunately the loud ones play into the genpop’s ignorance and crave the media stroking just as much as a politician.
George Washington University criminal law professor Randall Eliason, who spent 12 years as a federal prosecutor in Washington, said he couldn’t remember any case during his Justice Department tenure in which a sentencing hearing and sentence were placed under seal. Eliason said it’s possible that “either there’s some kind of security concern about him personally, or maybe more likely that he’s cooperating in some respect that they don’t want the people he’s cooperating against to know about.”
But many Jan. 6 defendants have cooperation deals with the government, and their cases haven’t been resolved in secret. Defendants who agree to cooperate with prosecutors often get their sentencing hearings delayed until they finish cooperating.
The only truly surprising thing about this story is that the Associated Press is reporting on it at all.
This right here. When even the AP is pointing out issues with secret trials…
Because they have unlimited money and won’t leave.
Socialists want to hit New Yorkers with new ‘Migrant Taxes’
Not gonna happen. Not if they want to keep their jobs.
Oktoberfest starts today.
The one here ended Sunday, but it got some props (TW: USA Today). The local BrewDog outpost is doing one in October, and the various churches and communities still have their own ones going on.
Some relatives of mine like the Liederkranz Oktoberfest. I haven’t been yet.
I’m pretty sure the list isn’t comprehensive, since I’ve heard the Cincinnati one is supposed to be huge and amazing.
Which means it is pumpkin ale season. 😀
Pumpkin ales have been befouling the shelves for a while now. We’re damn near on Christmas Ale season.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/09/the-week-in-pictures-knife-sharpening-edition.php
🙂
Speaking of dinosaurs…
This week in class, I was attempting to teach students about reference angles in trig (precalculus class). One student was still confused, so I held up one arm at a 45 degree angle, and said “Here’s the original angle”, and then the other arm at a 45 degree angle and said “here’s the reference angle,” while standing with both arms raised obliquely. Student said “Oh, I get it now!” and I said “Good, that means I don’t have to do the MCA part.”
Complete silence.
LOL
Did they even get the reference? A friend said he had to stop using ’60s-’70s music references in class ’cause no one knew what he was talking about.
I don’t get the later ones but still…
They turned OMWC into a hippie!!!
That train left the station in 1968 or so.
You’ve noticed on the Zoomies that NPR Lady has encouraged me to grow out my remaining hair.
Oh no. Ponytail?
I avoided the hair ring with ponytail. I believe I made the right decision.
You have hair?
I’ve threatened to try to comb the beard up and over.
My dad is still rocking the fringe of hair for some reason, I go a half guard on my clippers.
Nose and ears?
He’s braiding them and putting beads in.
Masking requirements in barbershop during the Great Pandemic encouraged me to grow out my remaing hair. It’s getting good in the back.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8LaZmyqCKUs
You need to go for that aging college philosophy professor look.
That’s pretty much what I’m rocking.
Oh for fuck’s sake
I was going for Einstein but ended up looking more like Larry Fine.
Jewfros rock. ::reminisces about Eric Rosen in 7th grade::
*glances at pic of Dad*
No. No, they really don’t.
This sentiment, I second.
(((Happy New Year!)))
And the band played on…
Minor High School band director tased, arrested after Birmingham police order him to end performance
Cops keep coming up with new and creative ways to show us that they are barely functional retards.
And sadists.
Cleary they should have pepper sprayed him instead. And the band. Maybe a flashbang or two.
Training issue.
‘Officers spoke with both schools’ band directors to end the performance so students and attendees would leave the stadium. Officers were able to get Jackson-Olin’s band to stop performing.
Officers approached Mims and began asking him to get his band to stop performing.
Mims did not comply with multiple officers’ requests to stop his band from performing; he instructed his band to continue performing.’
Not complying with a request is a crime, doncha know.
Even their explanation sounds dumb, but interested to see the footage.
Why were the cops even there let alone trying to end the performances?
Guessing they are at every ball game to avoid ‘disturbances’, and were trying to disperse people so they could go home.
They were playing this? (NSFW)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IxaSqKelRro&pp=ygUPRnVjayB0aGUgcG9saWNl
‘My sister once got bitten by a møøse.’
Looked like a small moose, they got lucky, despite being so dumb.
I do not care about Lauren Boebert, her tiddies, her boyfriend, anything.
But as usual, Warty wins
Those puppies look like they’re about to escape.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
https://www.amazon.com/Pearl-Harbor-Date-Infamy-December/dp/B0CHG8SZSC/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2K3N5387XI16K&keywords=michael+j+clark&qid=1694873475&sprefix=michael+j+c%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-1
If only more people could grasp this
Sen. Mitt Romney’s announcement on Wednesday that he will not seek re-election next year has sent pundits in Washington on a frenzied quest to uncover the deeper significance of the Utah senator’s exit from public life. Does Romney’s retirement signify the collapse of the moderate center in the Senate? The final stage of former President Donald Trump’s takeover of the GOP? A noble rebuke to Washington’s ossified gerontocracy?
But according to one of Romney’s erstwhile Republican colleagues — former Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, who retired from the Senate after two terms in 2019 — there might be a simpler explanation for Romney’s decision: Life after the Senate can be pretty pleasant.
Being a former United States Senator would be a really sweet gig.
The Bee occasionally is funny:
babylonbee.com/news/house-democrats-threaten-to-keep-government-open
Even better…
I was going for Einstein but ended up looking more like Larry Fine.
Stay away from Niagara Falls.
NIAGRA FALLS
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MYP1OBZfFK0&pp=ygUcbmlhZ2FyYSBmYWxscyB0aHJlZSBzdG9vZ2VzIA%3D%3D
[insert /em as needed]
It’s a conundrum
Appellate Judge Jerry Smith said there is no early American history of restricting guns for addicted people, except a few ordinances that prohibited drunken people from firing off weapons at New Year’s celebrations.
“At no point in the 18th or 19th Century did the government disarm individuals who used drugs or alcohol at one time from possessing guns at another,” Smith wrote.
Meanwhile, the gun possession law at issue was “the first federal law of its kind” and “was not enacted until 1968, nearly two centuries after the 2nd Amendment was adopted.”
Law professors who closely track the 2nd Amendment say Hunter Biden’s indictment for illegal gun possession could be challenged and dismissed on constitutional grounds.
“That is a distinct possibility,” said Jacob D. Charles, a Pepperdine law professor. He said the 5th Circuit was the only appeals court to rule directly on a challenge to the gun possession law, but other judges have been “skeptical of the government’s power to prohibit someone from possessing guns based on past nonviolent conduct.”
However, lawyers for the Biden administration are urging the Supreme Court to step back a bit and to uphold laws that restrict gun rights for “persons who are not abiding, responsible citizens.”
Generally speaking, when we refer to “persons who are not abiding, responsible citizens” we mean the, you know, darkies.
You know what – I’m okay with Hunter getting off on the 4473 violation if he can take down that whole fucking law. But somehow I doubt even Gorsuch, Alito and Thomas would vote to strike it down, and I damn well know the others won’t.
Happy Rosh Hashanah heathens.
Coincidence this occurs with Honey Harvest?
We embrace everyone, though it isn’t always easy.
Union-Man-in-Chief hardest hit
Just as Fain’s hefty demands and unique strike method were designed to maximize leverage with the automakers, his lack of deference to the White House added pressure on pro-union President Joe Biden.
Fain said the union would withhold its endorsement of Biden. Although Fain has at times praised Biden, he has also criticized the president for failing to do enough to help the autoworkers in their cause. The UAW routinely supports Democratic presidential candidates, and the president – who is fighting low approval ratings ahead of the 2024 campaign season – could use all the support he can get.
The unpredictable and unknown commodity in Fain has created a “uniquely challenging” predicament for the Biden administration, according to three sources briefed regularly on the discussions, who requested anonymity to describe sensitive conversations during ongoing negotiations.
CNN, keeping their eye on the ball.
You know what – I’m okay with Hunter getting off on the 4473 violation if he can take down that whole fucking law.
Me too. I don’t expect that to happen.
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pleaded for Secret Service protection after an armed gunman was arrested at his campaign spot – just two miles from where his father was assassinated in 1968.
The Democratic presidental hopeful was speaking at a Hispanic Heritage Month event at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on Friday night when the suspect tried to approach him.
Carrying a US Marshal badge on a lanyard, the man attempted to identify himself as a member of Kennedy’s security team.
He was seen wearing two shoulder holsters with loaded pistols with spare ammunition.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12525775/rfk-jr-campaign-la-suspect-arrest-assassination-ambassador-hotel.html
He said on Tucker getting him to pay for his own security is a way to cost his campaign.
“There was a lot of shock when he won,” said Art Wheaton, director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations in Buffalo. Even with the close result in the initial round of voting, Fain caught the ruling caucus of the union “flat-footed,” said Wheaton.
“I don’t think they were as in tune with membership and how frustrated people were with both the companies and the union,” Wheaton said.
I think Fain is just as crazy as he sounds. I also think we can be sure he isn’t playing “what’s in it for me?” in the back room like his predecessors. I hope he brings the whole industry down around him.
Of any honey harvesters are about, MikeS and I will be going to the model train museum in Cross Lake around noon.
Comes out swinging
“Aaron Rodgers bizarrely believes the ‘noises from dolphins when they’re LOVE-MAKING’ could heal his Achilles rupture”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-12525809/Aaron-Rodgers-bizarrely-believes-noises-dolphins-theyre-LOVE-MAKING-heal-Achilles-rupture.html
SCIENCE!!
No wonder I drink so much. I am drowning in an ocean of lunacy.
Experts Believe Aaron Rodgers Ankle Injury A Result Of Being Unvaccinated
Is there any proof it isn’t?
Sounds about as sane as anything else I’ve heard this week
For the true believers no amount of logic, facts or reasoning will sway them. If someone is on the fence you can present them with logic, facts and reasoning. They will likely see the light.
As for the evil Malthusians that cooked this scam up in the early ’70s and brazenly said that is what they were up to there is only one way of dealing with them.
That way does not involve engaging with them using logic, facts or reasoning.
“Russell Brand says he is victim of ‘co-ordinated campaign’ after receiving ‘extremely disturbing letters’ from media firms outlining ‘serious criminal allegations’ as he insists all relationships were consensual as he is backed by Elon Musk and Andrew Tate
The video comes ahead of a much-anticipated Channel 4 Dispatches investigation set to air at 9pm tonight, with speculation building over who or what could at the centre of the investigation.
Sources said the long running current affairs documentary series will feature details about a well-known celebrity, which the Mail have been told are shocking.
There is no indication that Brand will feature in the programme, however, last night he made a video address to fans where he insisted any relationships he had ‘during his time of promiscuity’ were ‘consensual’.
Brand said he had received two ‘extremely disturbing letters’ from a ‘mainstream media TV company’ and a newspaper which the comedian said listed ‘a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks, which are untrue’.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12525401/Russell-Brand-women-Star-dated-Kate-Moss-Sadie-Frost-married-Katy-Perry-boasted-having-Wonka-ticket-lovely-sex-factory-fame-writes-ALISON-BOSHOFF.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12525509/Russell-Brand-says-victim-ordinated-campaign-receiving-extremely-disturbing-letters-media-firms-outlining-criminal-allegations-insists-relationships-consensual-backed-Elon-Musk-Andrew-Tate.html
“News breaking
Russell Brand accused of raping, sexually assaulting four women — including 16-year-old: report”
https://nypost.com/2023/09/16/russell-brand-accused-of-raping-sexually-assaulting-four-women-including-16-year-old-report/
Sixteen is the age of consent there.
I’m thinking this is going to be another one where the facts are irrelevant.
Sad.
Time for me to head out to Global Fest in Indy. My 3, 8 and 10-year-old nephews will be there along w my bro and SiL. Dad is doing a juggling teaching thing at 2 and 5:15. He taught Colin and me how to juggle as part of his mid-life challenge and to help us with hand-eye coordination in baseball/etc. We legit performed at schools semi-around the country and would use the $ to fund our little trips to Florida/etc where we put our show on, teaching kids how to juggle.
I imagine I may be used as a prop/instructor, but that might be my own doing. I realize now this is fucking PRIMO territory for me to find my-age cuties. Hopefully they’ll be aunts to the kids there, and aunt not in the Asian way. (Sigh. Nanny/caretaker/nurse. Some are still smokin’. See also: The rest of the human species.
I had another long night deep in my thoughts. It was profound, like the last one I had a couple of weeks ago. That was the impetus to starting this leg of my journey.
I am now on Day 11 of sobriety. This is the first time in a long while that the drive truly feels internal. Keep it up, ev. I’m rather good at being the self-playing Whack-A-Mole. The battle rages on. I hope time is the one that ends it, and not crossing the line too much, too soon.
Onward, upward, always.