Here comes the BOOM!
I’d say the Bengals season is probably done after last night. The F1 practice session in Vegas turned into a clusterfuck due to a loose drain cover. And after all the bluster, Jim Harbaugh and TTUN dropped their action against the Big Ten and he will serve the three game suspension levied by the conference, which is his second three-game suspension of the season. Now THAT’S what I call targeting. And that’s it for sports.
I’m shocked! Shocked, I say.
“Fuck the taxman.”
He picked a hell of a venue. I shouldn’t be surprised.
Nice headline, you scumbags. Remember, friends: how ever much you hate the mainstream media, it isn’t nearly enough.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! FUCK YOU, NO!
“Demented and sad, but social.”
Funny or sad? Wait…why not both?
They didn’t see this coming? And how can they prioritize something that isn’t written into the law? Oh, it’s government so they can do whatever they want.
The beatings will continue until morale improves. This is what a government-imposed monopoly does. Enjoy it.
This is fantastic. Sorry for their trouble, but maybe they should have cared about the students before the failed so miserably in instructing them.
This song doesn’t waste any time. What a great track. As is this one. Enjoy them both.
And enjoy this lovely Friday and weekend, dear friends
Huh… I haven’t been watching the practice sessions — I remember a drain cover came up in a race once and I think destroyed a car.. Malaysia back in the early ’10s maybe?
Trying to find it… God, web searches suck these days — “F1 race” should preclude the Vegas practice session news feed, assholes…
Not finding quite what I remembered — but this might be it… later than I thought.
I forgot about this one.
Vegas should be happy to be an official F1 session now….
Mrs OBE still in Vegas and says it has been a complete clusterfuck anywhere on and adjacent to the strip.
Yeah, like Athens (GA) when the Olympics came to town (spill over from Atlanta), if I lived there I’d damned well find somewhere else to be this week and into the next, probably. But I hate crowds and all, so that’s not surprising.
ATL was surprisingly empty during the Olympics. Those that stayed had easy commutes for 2 weeks.
Yeah, ever since they started trying to read your mind instead of looking at what you actually typed.
I was in Vegas 2 weeks ago for SEMA and one of my favorite gambling holes is Ellis Island on turn 4 of the Vegas circuit ($5 craps table!). 2 weeks ago I was wondering if they were going to be finished in time. They had a lot of work to do yet. And the traffic, worst it’s ever been to get to what should have been an easy destination since it’s off strip.
I was a bit upset to learn that Ellis Island closed down their brewery. While they weren’t the best, they were a decent, inexpensive choice while off strip in Vegas.
Does that mean your $5 craps table is now $20 for the duration?
Other historical takes: “Japan gets new opportunity for urban planning in Nagasaki, Hiroshima”
“German leader found dead — known vegan and recently married to long-time girlfriend.”
“British liner maiden voyage unfortunately cut short. New Yorkers scramble to find alternate passage…”
Austere religious scholar…
Paul Kessler, 69, died Nov. 6, one day after he fell and hit his headduring a confrontation at dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Thousand Oaks.
Technically correct is the best kind of correct.
Except his “fall” was caused by being smashed with a megaphone, so not even “technically” correct, since he was knocked down by his assailant.
“First! I’m going to hit you… and you’re going to fall down.”
This is where you fall down…
/feels better that someone else messed up a link
Mortal Kombat?
Fuckity fuck fuck….
Yup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7cAYBjcP-Y
If the roles were reversed the Jew would be charged with a hate crime.
Local news had a feel good story about a guy who called in a hate crime, claiming he was walking down the road, minding his own business when a car came by, yelled anti-Palestinian slurs, shouted pro-Israel slogans, and tried to run him down. CAIR of course jumped on the initial claim, and held it up as an example of the growing anti-Muslim bias in America.
The feel good part comes now… fast forward about a month, and the guy who called in the crime and his brother are both under arrest. Turns out the injuries that were suffered were due to a fight they had, and they came up with the story of the racist pro-Israel driver. CAIR has no comments at this time, as the brothers have retained their own council.
There needs to be some kind of additional penalty for this hoax hate shit no matter who does it. It’s the basest kind of emotional manipulation.
We shouldn’t be surprised — all the county health officials got a taste of real power, the governors got to mainline it and the media happily got over a year of “We’re better than the deplorables! Nyah Nyah!” They miss those days and really, really want them back.
Honestly, I’m surprised they’re trying it without just engineering and releasing a new variant. Maybe the Ukraine labs got too distracted and the Chinese decided “enough of this shit” with their real estate woes.
It’s just advertisement disguised as “news”. The Post has been doing that a lot lately.
Also, it’s from a year ago.
Dammit. It was on the front page near the top. Can’t believe I missed that.
Don’t.
Fucking.
Start.
Me.
Extra fun is all the money PG&E is spending on advertisements all over touting how they’re burying lines and shit. Instead of spending the money actually doing anything — because hey… it doesn’t really matter, they can always raise rates. And work with their bought PUC to screw over solar rates and everything else. So sick of this f’d up state.
Why would a publicly-imposed monopoly ever need to buy advertising? What, so people considering using their own diesel generators will think twice?
/looks at all the commercials for mandatory programs
Fuck if I know. But they won’t shut. the. fuck. up. My podcast gets ads for this shit, youtube does it like every third ad, MS Solitaire…. why ever they think they need to (cover for their bought PUC decision they just got I guess) they’re damned well pushing it hard.
The ads are to tamp down public outcry enough so the intended “customer” of the ads – the regulators who could turn down rate increase requests – approve the rate increases.
Most of the ones I see are touting “green” fantasies.
How can you quibble over a measely $3M/year that Xcel pays to have its name on the St. Paul hockey arena. It isn’t even like the rate payers pay for it!
Not that money if fungible or anything, but they just have to advertise to teach you maroons how to use electricity wisely.
The more we spend the more you save. Government math.
Part of being a public monopoly is being a deniable front for government propaganda.
Green dreams are being dashed by reality all over the place.
While this season, there aren’t new strains like Omicron to worry about, experts are warning of the “tripledemic,” a.k.a. spiking COVID, influenza, and RSV cases, all happening at once.
Yes, we used to call that “cold and flu season,” and no one panicked about it before 2020.
I don’t recall ever hearing of RSV until the last year or so.
I got RSV back in 17. It fucking sucks.
It’s been around. There is a major problem in young kids going back decades. My daughter got it at 6 months old and had to go to hospital. It was quite disturbing.
“How can we herd the flock if we don’t howl at them and terrify them?”
That article is from December 2022.
While this season, there aren’t new strains like Omicron to worry about, experts are warning of the “tripledemic,” a.k.a. spiking COVID, influenza, and RSV cases, all happening at once.
Tripledemic. This sounds like an opportunity for a new cocktail. I’m sure one of our talented glib mixologists will come up with something appropriate.
Something that includes Triple Sec, or maybe three types of booze?
Thank God I kept reading… something about Triple Sec was my immediate thought as well.
I was thinking cherry NyQuil but Triplesec sounds better.
Embrace the power of both
Hm, a mixed drink with Triple Sec, that is also pestilent… Triple Sec and Jager?
A layered drink. Crème de Cacao, Malort, Triple Sec, Yellow Chartreuse, Gin Mare
You could fancy it up with one of the new Malort expressions!
Isn’t that already called a Long Island Iced Tea?
https://youtu.be/itBvop9GVc8?si=hJXJsoQ29atMjifb
It’s a good thing these are so time-consuming to make, because I think that three of them might rise to the level of genuine health hazard…
Why don’t you take some Penicillin and call me if you don’t feel better?
I recently made some candied ginger… might give this a try.
You can also use that ginger syrup to make homemade ginger beer. Ginger syrup is something I usually keep around because it’s so good in many things.
Of course, I also will eat candied ginger by the pound.
yup!
I used it to make a few moscow mules for the wifey. I might need some more practice…
Breaking sports news: Everton deducted 10 points.
Man City unavailable for comment.
Whoa, that came out after I’d done the sports stuff.
I think they’re good enough to avoid relegation this year, even with this. And I’d hate to see them go down over a points deduction. I want to see them go down solely based on their on-field product.
They’re probably good enough and there are some pretty weak teams this year.
Insanely weak teams this year. The bottom 4, other than Everton, are going to struggle to crack 30 pts.
Bournemouth is on 28.5 pt pace
Luton 19.
Shefffield United 15.8.
Burnley 12.7.
They will do better than that, they have to play each other after all, but a 1/3 of the way thru the season and its ugly.
Everton was on a 44.3 pt pace before deduction, so that reduced it to 34.3. And they had an ugly start to the year, have been playing at top 5 pace since October started (10 pts from 5 matches). 1 pt from first 5 matches of season, 13 from next 7. The big change was the addition of two strikers who can actually score. DCL got healthy and they transferred in Beto.
See my comment well below, it drops them to 19th and 2 pts from safety. And Man City is now starring at a 1450 pt deduction, because you know, they wouldnt get any kind of better treatment right?
10 pts per charge is the standard now apparently.
Someone calculated that that would relegate Man City to the 13th tier (if pts deductions worked that way). Although my calculation says 12th.
Yeah, that’s just laughable. Oh, you, without the big-money backing – yeah, you get the hammer.
What’s a
LeppoEverton?Chelsea too.
The difference with Chelsea is the guilty owner is now divested.
The Everton owner is trying to divest but its going slowly, it will be done by end of year.
And the minority Everton owner is now dead.
Holy shit.
Talk about two-tiered “justice”.
If Man City gets their 1450 pt deduction, it will be balanced. Of course, Everton was fast tracked in months, while Man City’s charges have been hanging out their about 6 years.
SpaceX scrubs Starship launch, will try again tomorrow. Explainer video with lots of background.
Hopefully without the radical unplanned disassembly event this time, but data is data and flight tests are there for a reason.
I have confidence SpaceX will work things out – they seem to have a handle on the enterprise.
Just because its you Tonio, I will pat myself on the back
Glad they caught it in time to make the next launch window. I still give it a 50/50 of success in terms of their goals stated for the flight.
There’s only a 20 minute launch window, and then they can’t try again until after Thanksgiving. So I don’t think the odds of a launch are great, but fingers crossed. 🤞
I see that the chick pictured in the article has on a t-shirt that reads “Respect Teachers.” Maybe someone should clue her in that teachers are finally getting all the respect they deserve.
This was fun. Here is a good almost bullet point list of why this happened:
https://houstonlanding.org/hisd-takeover-explained-answering-your-questions-about-the-teas-controversial-move/
And here is how the Texas Observer, bastion of mews, reported it:
https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-isd-takeover-racism-education/
So massive system-wide performance issues, combined with endemic corruption.
The only surprise here is that it’s not just being covered up further.
The USMNT had a scrimmage last night, or at least that’s what it looked like for 75 minutes – since they didn’t seem to give a lot of thought to scoring.
Was surfing around and caught the last 20 minutes. I thought, oh T&T. Not again.
I saw T&T and thought at first you were referring to a Q link to skinny white chicks with extra big tits.
I thought of what’s typically in his lists — Tits & Tats.
At first I read that as ‘TMNT’, which would be much more interesting.
Make with the graft.
/snaps fingers
I am in the wrong line of work pt. 324
Kinda like that concept company that just went belly up after receiving a billion from the FedGov to make modular nuclear reactors.
Govt is the worst venture capitalist known to man.
That went teats up? That’s kind of a shame, I’d already cleared some room in my basement for one.
Daily Ray of Sunshine
Take notes, if you aren’t already a grandparent. If the kid’s pants are wet, call Grandma !
The Illinois Electric Vehicle Rebate Program has reportedly run of out of funds for the latest rounds just weeks after opening.
Moving forward, the state said the program will prioritize applicants that qualify as “low-income.”
Just how many low-income people are purchasing EVs?
Nothing says equality under the law like prioritizing only a subset of the people. FIFO should be the only way if we are doing crap like this.
“Not enough.”
/the State
State regulator approves nearly 13% increase in PG&E rates
On the high side, once California’s population plummets due to emigration, the state won’t need nearly as much water.
Since most of it is actually used in agriculture (which they’re doing their level best to drive out), that isn’t really tied to population trends.
I have two words for you, almonds and alfalfa. No one would grow that shit in California if they had to pay any kind of real price for their water.
They didn’t see this coming?
It is only a few pennies a day! Much cheaper than the cost overrun of our new Family Leave Act! A report came out recently saying that the new tax to pay for universal paid family leave was going to be raised to collect another $600M over the next 3 years.
For the price of a cup of coffee you too can have govt utopia here in Sunny Minnesoda. All my family of 5 needs to do is pay $130/year.
Backers of the plan, however, said the actuarial analysis brought no significant worries.
Well of course not, those are just numbers and numbers don’t reflect reality – they are just symbols. Everyone knows that math is symbolic of white privilege.
“The study is exactly what we were expecting”
I’m sure they were expecting something that would let them lowball the tax going in, knowing that it would be easy to raise it later.
You missed on Everton getting hit with a 10 pt deduction. Assuming its not reduced on appeal, it drops them to 19th but only 2 pts from safety.
If ot stands, I cant wait to see the 1450 pt deduction Man City gets. Someone calculated that that would drop them to 13th tier. Thats not how point deductions work, of course, but thats the way it should work.
Of course Man City was get a fine or a pat on the back, not annihilation.
LC have an interesting case now too. They do not get relegated if the punishment was served during the season it should have applied.
Which year? The “offense” happened in 2020, but the investigation started in March, there wasn’t time to get it done before end of 2023.
And it turns out the official finding is a 19.5 million pound overspend. 10 pts over less than 20 million. If they apply the same standard, Man City and Chelsea are going to be smoking craters.
I thought it was for 21/22, which if it was investigated timely would have meant a deduction for 22/23. To be clear, I think Everton are getting hosed here. I also think point deductions are dumb and fines would be more appropriate.
Its a little confusing. I think you are right on the 19.5 million overspend, but the report talks about contract extensions in 2020.
What it came down to was Everton estimated 21 million more in revenue in 21/22 than they actually received and spent based on the estimate. If the revenue estimate had been accurate, they would have been 1.5 million underspent.
They took a gamble that spending the money would make the team better. It didnt, because they spent poorly. The thing is, that is exactly what is wrong with FFP, it is anti-entrepreneurial.
And, of course, there is the corruption angle. Man City investigation has been going on since 2017, but Everton was quick tracked (even if you think it wasnt fast enough). Everton cooperated and handed over all the documents because they had been working with the PL, who had approved all the spending. But Man City has fought ever step of the way and refuses to cooperate. The PL needed a “win” to prove that a government commission wasnt necessary, so this is their PR move.
Comment on reddit: “The only fun part of this is that the Leeds sub is absolutely fuming”.
Didn’t that old fellow “fall” after he got conked in the dome with a bullhorn or some shit? The degree to which the media is willing to manipulate language to obfuscate the truth is truly a wonder to behold.
“We don’t like it any more than you do, but it might be time to wear a mask again.”
Lick my balls New York Post. WHO the hell is buying this shit anymore?
For a Friday, not bad I suppose. Blew accuracy on the main round – but oh well.
I played https://squaredle.com/xp 11/17:
*21/21 words (+1 bonus word)
🎯 Perfect accuracy
I played https://squaredle.com 11/17:
*68/68 words (+6 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 9% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 110
I played https://squaredle.com 11/17:
*68/68 words (+6 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 36% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 5
I played https://squaredle.com/xp 11/17:
*21/21 words
🎯 Perfect accuracy
I played https://squaredle.com/?puzzle=10×10-2:
*888/888 words (+720 bonus words)
📖 In the top 5% by bonus words
That’s 1,608 words.
No hints.
*mic drop*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjaqrPpdQYc
Sickening.
Well! I have a legit good idea for an Iron Rule. No time to type it now. Waiting to see my neurologist. But I did worked on it and wording last night.
The Law is there. Curious about feedback on wording and my reasoning for the also consistent outliers.
As in, it is an inescapable reality. Not truth. Fact.
People forget it constantly. It explains all of what humans do.
Iron Rule: Human beings are social primates.
That’s for brevity. Outliers are such, either by choice or parental/Nature’s ‘choice.’ Money + Power = Status. Social groups fighting/working to get/preserve mates, which comes from status, accumulated land and resources.
People are so eager to think homo sapiens are ‘special.’ in our own way, yes. But we’re fucking social primates. My slightly longer wordings are no more than ~12 words and are at home.
Thoughts?
Too general to be an Iron Law. Needs to describe some specific and unavoidable aspect of human organizations/societies, have some predictive power.
My Iron Rule is to buy cotton/poly blends and pull them out of the dryer before it stops so you don’t HAVE to iron them.
My Iron Rule on that is simple: Don’t iron. Even business outfits, khakis up and below formal dress pants, dress shirt (but no tie ever in my professions)… Just wash the damn clothes and hang ‘ em up.
Wearing them irons out enough wrinkles to be acceptable.
Y’all im sure have much nicer need to wear for al clothes than I. Outside of attending weddings… I haven’t needed to.
Note: Typing on phone w new keyboard waiting for neurologist.
Ignore former Managing Editor ev’s odd mistakes today.
I can’t believe IL is such a MAGA country regressive shithole. A subsidy program for EV cars *shudder*
Real utopias like Minnesoda have E-bike subsidies! And they are income-based!!!!
Anyone want to explain why a product that is “flying out the door” needs a subsidy?
Damn man. With a discount like that I could probably convince the girlfriend to pick one up.
You too, can accidentally burn down your garage when the cheap battery fails during recharging .
Firemen need the practice putting out all the extra horrific fires those things cause?
The govt must stop the deplorables from fixing their own bikes! Make them buy another new bike instead.
At a minimum, the dirty rubes should have to bring their e-bikes to an authorized govt licensed repair shop.
Man, what a sleazy business practice.
People can’t even charge the batteries without the fucking things blowing up.
To be fair, that’s because they are the cheapest made, no safety standard followed, Chinese made POS batteries that are igniting low income housing across NYC.
Yeah, I know… and there is a big helping of user error there too. In most cases they leave them charging overnight and nobody is watching.
There is a Citibike-like outfit here, I might take one for a spin some day.
Sure, they fly out the door if some other sucker’s paying for a big chunk of it.
Since I ‘earn’ no income I get a bike for free?
Howdy.
Hey bacon! Long time no see. How’s tricks?
Things are good…wish I could get on this site more but my work frowns on surfing the nets all day.
It’s baconnnn! 🎵 🐶
They’re sizzling.
Hot damn! I can finally grow tropical fruit in NJ, right?
“It feels like I’m not crazy.” Gardeners aren’t surprised as USDA updates key map.
(My landscapers are here doing leaf cleanup. I’m currently listening to 4 gas powered leaf blowers rattling my teeth. All the more enlightened surrounding towns have, naturally, banned them, This in no way will be reflected in their costs, right? The reason my town hasn’t jumped on this progressive virtue signaling is the large number extremely wealthy people with large amounts of land that would easily paying five to six figures for landscaping as a result. Funny about that…)
In recent months, People for Bikes, the national trade organization representing bicycle manufacturers, has reached out to lawmakers and officials in several states to request that e-bikes be exempted from right-to-repair bills.
Just toss it in the trash and get a new one. That’ll show what an eco-warrior you are.
The single admirable thing about electric bicycles was the culture of DIY surrounding them, so of course the ‘National Trade Group’ wants to stomp that out.
Some New Jersey Democrats throw cold water on Tammy Murphy’s Senate bid
Let’s be realistic sleeping with politicians worked well for Harris.
And Hillary.
I’m currently listening to 4 gas powered leaf blowers
*scribbles design for landscaper’s trailer with constantly running Onan diesel generator powering racks of lawn tool batteries*
More or less that’s what they are forced to do in the surrounding towns.
Detroit diesel powered for more noisy goodness.
It seems I’m supposed to hate Elon Musk even more now. He hates Jews, or something. Wants them all dead, maybe.
I’m definitely not the dog, this time, because the whistle is completely inaudible. I actually tried to read a couple of articles, and I obviously don’t have the right code book to decipher what all the outraged squealing is about. A bunch of oblique references to things people said which were so horrifically bad they cannot be repeated in full detail, but Musk apparently agreed, or didn’t object strenuously enough.
It’s all so fucking tiresome.
Same.
If you’re not with it us you’re against us.
A world without nuance is a stupid world and we’re living in it.
He was painting with too broad a brush there, but I believe it was an intended slam on the ADL. The follow up post pretty much confirms it.
Special education
The Department of Education released a list of higher education and K-12 institutions that are under investigation for alleged shared ancestry violations Thursday as part of the Biden administration’s effort to address reports of rising discrimination in schools.
“Hate has no place in our schools, period. When students are targeted because they are–or are perceived to be—Jewish, Muslim, Arab, Sikh, or any other ethnicity or shared ancestry, schools must act to ensure safe and inclusive educational environments where everyone is free to learn,” Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a statement.
The department said the investigation, which will update weekly on the Office for Civil Rights website, is to address the “alarming rise in reports of antisemitism, anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, and other forms of discrimination” in schools since the Oct. 7 surprise attacks by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel, and the weeks-long conflict that has ensued.
The department said by releasing the list of schools, it is following up on President Biden’s promise to protect students and foster a safe and inclusive learning environment.
“As part of that work, last week the Education Department released a Dear Colleague letter reminding schools of their legal obligations under the Title VI and its implementing regulations to provide all students a school environment free from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin, including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics,” the statement said.
Let’s all join hands and sing the Praise Obama song.
Gadfrey, I hate those sanctimonious treacly motherfuckers.
anti-Muslim, anti-Arab,
Obnoxious how they automatically throw this in there even though the reality is overwhelmingly that anti-Semitism that has exploded.
So the list dates back to 2016/17. 9 new investigations out of 51 total opened since 10/7. Columbia, Cornell, Duke, UNC, USC(cali), UC Berkely, a bunch of CUNY, Oberlin and Atlanta Public schools. Bastions of right wing hate the lot of them.
Okay, someone is having fun on wikipedia, my additions in bold:
Manchester Football League Division One Tier 12
Altrincham Hale
Avenue
Avro Reserves
Bolton Borough
Bolton Lads & Girls Club
Bolton United
Boothstown
East Manchester
Elton Vale
Govan Athletic
Hindley Juniors
Manchester Central
Manchester City (Pending 115 FFP charges) THIS RIGHT HERE!!!
Tintwistle Athletic
Wilmslow Albion
Not my additions to wikipedia, I wasnt involved. I just found it doing research. The bold is just my comments here for edification.
Title VI’s protections require schools that receive federal financial assistance address discrimination.
Schools that fail to address issues of discrimination can lose federal funding or be referred to the Department of Justice, the release said.
As of Nov. 16, there are 51 schools being investigated by the Education Department.
“No dogs or irish.”
My boss sent an email to our IT team starting with “I’m here to report…”, as if she’s standing in a room with them. Made me LOL
I have to correct myself from saying, “I’m sorry to hear…” when I reply to an email and say “read” instead all the time.
Collectivist dilemma
Domestically, the president has also unveiled a strategy to tackle Islamophobia, amid concerns among some Democrats he could be vulnerable to losing support of Muslim Americans, especially in the critical swing state of Michigan in next year’s election. Amid an unprecedented upsurge of antisemitic incidents in the United States, especially on college campuses, the president also directed his administration to protect Jewish Americans.
But the longer the civilian carnage plays out in Gaza and as anger mounts among activists on the American left, questions will arise over Biden’s capacity to sustain his bedrock support for Israel’s military action. Senior administration officials have repeatedly denied that any part of Biden’s calculations on Israel are rooted in domestic politics. But Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that progressive anger over the war “has a potential” to hurt Biden politically. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told CNN last week that the White House position on the Gaza war was also a problem for Biden among younger voters on whom Democrats often depend to drive up turnout. “I think it’s significant,” the New York Democrat said. “Young people have been paying attention to this issue.”
The issue is especially acute given the president’s weak political standing overall, as his reelection race heats up with polls showing that he’s shedding support from critical elements of the Democratic coalition.
How do we formulate a narrative for this? How do we keep the dupes in line?
Funny this hasn’t got much space in the MSM.
Myanmar’s military junta appears to be in terminal decline
Quick let’s see what the good old USA can do to make things worse here and piss off China and India.
BTW – I found this really interesting given that the WSJ loves US supported war. I wondering if both Team Red and Blue are trying to temper expectations so we can go make trouble elsewhere.
It’s Time to End Magical Thinking About Russia’s Defeat
It must break American elite’s’ brains when they hear that subjects of other countries support their leadership and not ours.
Oh, and I thought Putin was on his death bed like a year ago. What a recovery!
Hillary too. And Biden is so senile he can’t read a teleprompter. And Trump’s next book is titled “My Struggle.”
Dave Smith followed up his Laura Loomer debate by going on Timcast last night.
Tim’s generally not terrible, but boy did he have a stick in his ass last night. Dave should avoid the show for awhile.
It’s entertaining watching the juxtaposition of many commentators go from “we can’t continue to fund Ukraine’s war effort” to “why don’t you want to fund Israel’s war effort?” And then on the other side somehow Ukraine flags have been replaced by Palestinian flags.
Dave Smith remains “the most consistent motherfucker”.
Israel is an official non-NATO major ally, unlike Ukraine, so there’s at least a valid argument to be made for that position. The Ukraine/Palestine flag people are just lame “I support the current thing” followers.
Domestically, meanwhile, the reaction to the war in Gaza has served to reveal already wide ideological splits inside the Democratic Party and the coalition on which Biden is relying to try to carry him to reelection next year. Large numbers of younger voters are showing greater support for the Palestinians than has been typical in the United States, following harrowing video footage of civilian casualties caused by relentless bombing by Israel. Protests have rocked university campuses, where there’s been an outbreak of anti-Israel feeling that has sometimes crossed into blatant antisemitism. On the left, the plight of Palestinians has also become a vessel for frustration among progressive activists and an organizing point for left-wing politics.
In the most graphic sign of the dissent Wednesday, a protest demanding a ceasefire in Gaza – for which Biden has refused to call – saw clashes between demonstrators and police outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other senior Democratic leaders were inside at the time.
The plantation needs better fences.
TL;DR – Propaganda works.
Most of the world is sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. The United States is an outlier.
Sorry teens we are still going to brand your only Android using friend a loser, but we will let you know when he has read your text.
Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year
WSJ link:
Putin does not feel any pressure to end the war or worry about his ability to sustain it more or less indefinitely. As winter approaches, the Russian army has mounted a limited ground offensive of its own and surely will expand missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities, power plants, industrial sites and other critical infrastructure. At a minimum, Putin expects that U.S. and European support for Ukraine will dissipate, that Ukrainians will tire of the endless terror and destruction inflicted on them, and that a combination of the two will enable him to dictate the terms for a deal to end the war and claim victory. From his perspective, the ideal person to put such a deal together is Donald Trump, if he returns to the White House in January 2025.
That rat bastard Trump might pull the plug on our war profit project in Ukraine? Truly the end of American democracy is at hand.
^THIS X 1000^
Markets are resilient, ch 6,802
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced three vessels and shipping companies being sanctioned for violating the Russian oil sanctions on Thursday, only a few days after Treasury began a separate, larger probe of approximately 30 ship management companies covering 100 vessels suspected of violating a price cap on Russian oil.
“Shipping companies and vessels participating in the Russian oil trade while using Price Cap Coalition service providers should fully understand that we will hold them accountable for compliance,” said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo in a statement on Thursday. “We are committed to maintaining market stability in spite of Russia’s war against Ukraine, while cutting into the profits the Kremlin is using to fund its illegal war and remaining unyielding in our pursuit of those facilitating evasion of the price cap.”
But as the Treasury seeks to cut off the Kremlin’s access to oil profits, its hunt for crude tankers and shippers violating OFAC guidelines is revealing complexities in its own guidelines and a murky marine industry.
I can’t believe anybody would ignore Comrade Biden’s noble decree just to make a few bucks.
Since July, Wright says most exports from Russia are assumed to be above the caps, yet a large number of ships from within the EU continue to trade. This is because of the way Russian crude is traded.
“It is very likely vessels loading Russian cargoes that are EU-owned will have documentation showing a crude trade below the price cap, even if the cargo was actually traded above the price cap,” Wright said. “This is because a charterer or middleman will have traded it at a price that can be shown to the owner as part of a wider trade with the final buyer. The (vessel) owner is unlikely to have any evidence to the contrary.”
Vessel owners do not produce these documents, he said, but are provided with these documents by the charterer.
“The vessel owners are merely the custodians of information provided to them,” Wright said.
Obviously, we should seize any ships we intercept unless the ship owners can prove origin and price paid for the cargo. That will put a stop to black market profiteering.