Someone approves of my links!
“Javier Milei Delivers Argentina’s First Surplus in Over a Decade—and US Media Is Silent”
“Mortal Kombat 1’s Peacemaker perfectly captures John Cena’s gleefully stupid hero”
‘Elimination Chamber 2024: Why Liv Morgan Needs to “Finish Her Story”‘
Argentina’s surplus comes on the heels of ambitious cuts in federal spending pushed by newly-elected President Javier Milei that included slashing bureaucracy, eliminating government publicity campaigns, reducing transportation subsidies, pausing all monetary transfers to local governments, and devaluing the peso.
You can’t let the proles know about things like this. They might get ideas.
The whole country must have burned down without the steady hand of the bureaucracy steering life.
I want to move there.
I’m going to brush up on my Spanish so I can listen to his speeches.
I doubt you’re the first ’round these parts to consider that.
Knowing our collective luck, we’d get an expedition going and the pendulum would swing back hard. Argentina does do that, after all.
*hears helicopter noises
Yeah, I’ll wait until Libertarian Paradise gets established before making any more moves. Wishing him the best though, a wonderful country if it weren’t for the government.
Uruguay? Sounds stable and quiet.
The folks on the FreedomFest 2023 Latin America panel thought well of Uruguay.
But that was before the rise of Milei. I wonder what they think now.
Uraguay? Imaguay!
Everyone sucks.
It’s the best place to ride out the nuclear war
I suck terribly at MK…. but I have to say, the Peacemaker trailer amused me. A little surprised they didn’t throw in the opening credits music but licensing presumably would hit profits.
That sounds more like toilet humor than Peacemaker….
I don’t do video games much anymore, but that Battlefront games looks cool.
I did not find them particularly fun.
All I know about Star Wars:Battlefront is that EA apparently reached new levels of money suck by trying to make it Pay-To-Win in one of the incarnations. Just not my particular type of game.
I was just thinking this weekend of playing Control again (40GB!) because I sort of finished it on (very) easy last year and it was so good I would rather start over than struggle to find something else out there I might like – it’s been a while since that happened.
I have a long list of “Coming Soons” that don’t seem to be coming at all WTF.
“To be clear, I’m not suggesting the CIA is paying the above-mentioned media organizations not to write flattering stories about Milei.”
I would suggest that.
I’d be very surprised if the CIA had to. They’re more likely lining up to suck on the government *cough* line….
Locally, to protect NCAA athletes, the state has banned player prop bets on NCAA games.
Meh… Hamilton has hit that level of “People just won’t shut the hell up about it” for me that I’m inherently put off by anything from it.
Like Cats.
This was mildly informative from the sidebar that opened up on that, though… Didn’t know Tainted Love was a cover…
I think I just had a revelation.
Google’s Gemini created Hamilton.
And invented time travel to do it?
Woke Skynet! 😉
It was the beta version.
Hamilton is too gay for me.
Also, the only white person in it is a bad guy? that checks out.
I watched the film version of Hamilton last month as my middle kid was studying the Founding Fathers in school and wanted to watch it. I was not surprised to find it kinda sucked. The music was so so and the only character whose songs were somewhat memorable was the lone white dude playing King George. I also have a natural tendency to avoid that which is popular. I still haven’t seen Avatar. Sometimes that which is popular does t suck. 15 years after it came out I found out that The Matrix was pretty damn good.
Thank God they only made the one Matrix movie, yeah.
(And no — I never watched Avatar either… a friend even loaned me a blu-ray of it… and I just couldn’t bring myself to care.Dancing With Smurfs just doesn’t appeal.
Heheh Dancing with Smurfs.
The great thing about being a late adopter is you can totally skip the shitty parts. I still haven’t seen the newer Matrixes, nor will I likely as I got all the terrible reviews from people that know me. I’m still waiting for everyone to come back and join me and Tom at MySpace from that new fangled Facebook thingy.
Inorite?
Dont feel bad- Ive only ever seen the original Star Wars (in the theater). Never saw Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi.
Or any of the 1,000 variations on the SW theme they shat out.
The Empire Strikes Back is the best film of the entire Star Wars franchise. If you liked the original it’s well worth a watch. Jedi is ok. Once Leia replaces her metal bikini with the robe it goes downhill. Everything mad after sucks.
Empire … ends on such a down note. I mean, that’s what life is, a series of down endings. All Jedi had was a bunch of Muppets.
Everything mad after sucks.
I do like Rogue One.
Rogue One and Endor were “stories set in the Star Wars universe” in a way that the later movies were not.
I saw the first three in the theater as a kid. Had a chance to see the… first(?) the night before it opened (a friend managed a theater, and had a viewing party for his staff). I walked out.
But I did have to take my son to one of the new ones (count cookoo? dookie?) and would have walked out but for the boy.
That’s impressively weirdo.
Casting 60-something George Arliss to play a guy who died in his 40s was daring casting.
She killed the guy from T. Rex.
Don’t know why — but Journalist Cookie Monster just reminds me of one of the true Sesame Street classics.
This was a trip to silly town.
Yeah.
Was the “Jeb Bush defends Trump” story already posted?
https://archive.is/82fV4
No, but that does raise my opinion of him somewhat. The headline ain’t wrong.
Indeed. I will clap now.
Seems pretty obvious why CBS “laid-off” Catherine Herridge. I trust CBS less than Cold War era Pravda was less of a state mouthpiece.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/unprecedented-now-fired-cbs-reporter-who-investigated-biden-laptop-story-has-personal-files
I don’t trust any media corp anymore nor government. They think they are winning but losing that much trust among the masses will bite them in the ass.
Don’t watch their TV stations
It’s all a fabrication
And don’t march in their formation
A media sensation, yeah
I don’t know. 20 employees were let go on the spot, and their offices locked. She has been told that all her stuff, including her files, will be packed up for her to come get. Standard HR practice. She was told that was what would happen, and that a person would watch the packing to make sure no funny business happened. Also standard practice. I had to read a bunch of different stories to come to that conclusion. Did they really seize her files? Doesn’t seem like it. The network’s statement:
“We have respected her request to not go through the files, and out of our concern for confidential sources, the office she occupied has remained secure since her departure.”
“We are prepared to pack up the rest of her files immediately on her behalf – with her representative present as she requested,”
I really think this is blown out of proportion.
Look at you trying to be a voice of reason. That’s not how you stir shit up!
I have had enough shit-stirring this week already. I am ready to leave the shit and have a martini.
Vodka or gin ?
Her firing was what really bugged me.
Due the actions of the media et al over the last few years, this was going to be the response.
Posted that yesterday. There was…some disagreement about this being an egregious breach of standard journalism practice
I think of it as I would any layoff. You get locked out, come get your stuff with your last paycheck later. HR packs your stuff. In this case, she is even allowed to have a third party watch as her stuff is packed. That’s nice. Most places it’s a manager, or an HR person who watches.
Layoffs suck no matter where you are.
I’m not convinced it wasn’t ideologically-based. There are a bunch of useless reporters with high salaries they could have booted and no one would notice.
I like to click on DJT quote Tweets and screen shots, then wait for the “yeah, buts” to roll in
https://twitter.com/SallyMayweather/status/1761151263436149191
I’m amazed the western media hasn’t jumped all over that Argentina story.
“Radical right wing leader balances budget on backs of starving poors!”
They did. I read a piece already about how his devaluation of the peso threw untold masses into poverty.
Yup, I immediately expected “blacks and browns hardest hit” stories.
Moar pink drinks!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87821224358?pwd=eW55MTRDbDNtQkh2aHd3M1Nmenlzdz09
SugarFree fodder
Even after 47 years of marriage, the romance between President Joe Biden and Jill Biden is far from dead.
From kisses before he boards Air Force One to date nights and him introducing himself as ‘Jill’s husband’, the stress of the White House has showed no signs of straining their relationship.
But, in private, the president has revealed some very risqué secrets about why their bond is so strong, much to his wife’s annoyance.
He infuriates wife Jill by joking that the key to their 47-year marriage is ‘good sex’.
I’m proud of myself. On Twitter I responded to:
“He infuriates wife Jill by joking that the key to their 47-year marriage is ‘good sex’.”
with:
“Did he mention who it was with?”
Saw that on X, I was very tempted to comment using Sugar Free’s line from the last Joemala, but decided I better not.
With whom?
“Details about the Bidens’ marriage are revealed in Katie Rogers’ forthcoming book American Woman”
American woman
Stay away from me
American woman
Mama, let me be
Ridiculous
“It’s my roots. It’s how I feel closer to my people, how I feel closer to my ancestors,” 18-year-old Darryl George shared ahead of a bench trial over his in-school suspension at Barbers Hill ISD.
On Thursday, a Texas judge ruled in favor of the school district, saying the suspension over the length of George’s locs is not in violation of the state’s CROWN Act.
Barbers Hill ISD removed the Black 18-year-old student from regular classes Aug. 31, stating he was not complying with the dress code. The Texas CROWN Act, which prohibits race-based hair discrimination, went into effect just one day later.
“It’s put a lot of emotions on me—anger, sadness, disappointment,” George said. “It makes me very angry that throughout all these years, throughout all the fighting for the Black history that we’ve already done, we still have to do this again and again and again. It’s ridiculous.”
Boo fucking hoo. It doesn’t sound like it took the judge very long to reach his verdict. Drop out of school and move to New York. They can always use more young good looking male
modelsescorts.Just because it’s stupid doesn’t mean it’s illegal.
I suspect the judge concluded that the dress code didn’t single out black hair, that George violated that color-blind dress code, and so there was violation of the state’s (idiotic) law protecting black hair.
Is the school being stupid? Probably. Is it breaking the law? Apparently not.
I hate literally everyone involved. From the “part of my roots” flapdoodle to the respeck-ma-authority types.
We are tearing ourselves apart over this stupid shit.
The George family’s attorney says they will be asking a federal court for an injunction.
Jesus wept.
STFU.
Get a haircut
Federal jurisdiction over this application of a state law isn’t exactly jumping out at me.
Why does that haircut story aggravate me so? Because it’s a perfect illustration of the current phenomenon of people who believe the entire world should rearrange itself to cater to their individual delusions and emotional needs.
fuck you, kid. Don’t like the rule? Drop out and get a GED. Apprentice yourself to a good farrier. They make surprisingly good money, from what I hear.
“Don’t like the rule? Drop out and get a GED.”
Or, get a haircut and stay in school. Shave your head and call it a protest, if that jiggles your jimmies.
I see a future as an anti-racist activist for him, probably with a Harvard scholarship.
It’s a perfect crystallization of cultural Marxism in action, the type of shit that makes Pooh and Putin laugh their asses off.
I was telling my kids about the time our Principal sent a kid home our senior year because he came back from Christmas vacation with a scraggly beard. Got sent home to shave and his parents got an invitation to visit to talk about school guidelines.
The other thing I ranted about was that one of the best reasons to participate in sportsball at school was because you could wear shorts and a t-shirt last period of school. Otherwise, wearing shorts was another reason to be sent home.
We actually won the battle of shorts during my time.
I’m not aware of any special rules against hair – many of the black males wore do-rags and the rest various fades. Half the white males had shoulder length Rush hair.
It’s almost like nobody’s teachers had pulled them aside and told them what kind of hair they were supposed to agitate for.
I see nothing wrong with challenging silly rules. It’s kind of the reason why this country exists. Dress codes are dumb. The only good reason to follow one is if you’re being paid to do so.
If freedom means anything at all, then it means people should be allowed to pick their hairstyle. This isn’t North Korea, which does in fact have a short list of approved hairstyles.
Public schools bend and break their own rules all the time for various reasons, which are often petty and arbitrary. Given that, I’m in favor of anything that limits the power of education bureaucrats.
I see a future as an anti-racist activist for him, probably with a Harvard scholarship.
He’s an 18 year old junior. Law school might be a bit of a reach, but somebody could find a spot for a dogged crusader for justice.
No one has ever had a surplus of Firsts.
Diggity.
Peter and Ray are back:
https://youtu.be/6hjlyknlTaw?si=FeheufR6c4JP6Zqy
Winston, too
Ok. I may watch that at a matinee.
Nope right the fuck out of that.
I hate movies/books/tv that make kids heroes.
The International trailer:
https://youtu.be/gs4M_kmHJR0?si=DYLiqGJbebLDVm91
From the weather widget: “Tomorrow’s temperature will be 32° lower.”
😨
Almost 60º here today, snow in the morning.
Mother Nature is on the rag again.
Yeah, they are saying snow on Monday here.
Looks like we keep going up. Will be in the eighties soon.
78 here with a low of 74 expected. Nice Trades blowing so it should be good racing this weekend.
Same here…supposed inch of snow tomorrow for us
An inch of white stuff? Just another day that ends in Y for Mrs. OBE
How long before they go back to the Laptop Protocol and insist that all those videos of Biden acting like a senile old man yelling at clouds “have all the hallmarks of Russian Disinformation?” They are setting the stage already.
The only thing I’m not sure about is whether a new law to prevent people from posting mean things about Biden will start with Moobs or McConnell.
“paid a New Orleans magician to use artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden for a robocall”
I, too, would hire a New Orleans magician for that kind of work.
Yeah, what would happen if some Radio shock jock hired them for the same thing? Freedom of speech, no?
Huh, I knew I should have carried over Spy Balloon onto my 2024 bingo card.
I can’t really compete with SugarFree, but I do have my moments.
Say what you will, but Joe’s sex life is nothing to sniff at
/teen girl EWWWWWW!
You were a hair away from a good joke there, you highness.
“But one day, my cousin and I were out at the farm shooting some pheasants, and when we got back to the house, Grandpa told us to come in for some lunch.”
I think you mean Grandma, there.
Great article, BTW.
Well, this weekend into next will be interesting. For several reasons. I’m gonna make it my goal to publish the piece I wrote the day I got out of detox. It was losing my virginity to being incarcerated…in the most pleasant way possible.
I’ll certainly add an intro to explain my state when writing. I did edit it, but made sure to keep the original sense and meaning intact. It should help me stay focused on my Surprise Tryout for Current Publishing in Carmel. I don’t know what that audition will look like, but I await instructions.
Have you been to city hall? Legend has it that Clint Eastwood had toilets installed all through the hallways of city hall, as that was Carmel’s primary export. I wish to know if this is true.
Carmel, Indiana.
Clint should have been appointed Mayor of all of the Caramels (or at least the old dude he played in Grand Torino should’ve been)
@Mo: Thank you. Carmel-by-the-Fucking-Sea? Uh. Huh. That’s hardly a real place. Carmel, IN is…well. Certainly far more real than that.
(I had never heard of that Werther’s place name until recently.)
Anyone want to join a betting pool on when the first Trip Agent is killed?
I think if Im on a train in Minne (or NYC or ATL or CHI…) the last thing Im worried about is smokers.
“Metro Transit Police Chief Ernest Morales III said Thursday that he understands that uniformed officers sometimes are not able to see people who smoke on vehicles or violate other rules and law.”
Yeah but they are convenient signal of folks that are likely up to no good.
Hey, I used to be a smoker!
Oh, umm, fair point.
Pretension as only the NYT can.
‘Shogun’ Remake: This Time, the White Man Is Only One of the Stars
As an Irish American just wait until you see my version of Finnegans Wake.
I’m waiting for the second wave of woke reviews that bring up how problematic it is that the warlike Japanese samurai are being portrayed positively. Do they not know how triggering that is to Koreans and Chinese?
Yes. And also the women are only so subservient in the series. Despite the historical reality.
I’d also love to know why they feel compelled to do much but not all of the dialogue in Classical Japanese. Even natives struggle with it, particularly if not highly educated.
Imagine something slightly more archaic than Shakespeare’s English.
“Excuse me, but I speak Japanese Jive.”
Fully 50% of the Japanese in “Seven Samurai” is incomprehensible to me.
My native 20 something at the time Japanese teacher was lost as well.
“Something about ‘let’s kill that guy’.”
It really was germane to the lesson, but I showed Nagasaki footage to a couple Korean high school classes.
No shit: Standing. Ovation. For both of ’em. It was interesting, and I totally get it. That those two within-reason get along so well is a damn good example of trade overcoming social primate group grudges.
“Your culture is shit whitey Volume MCMXVII.”
Sounds to me like she’s just plain old American, born and raised.
Think Belfast in the 80s, but with more tanks.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-presents-blueprint-for-postwar-gaza-with-free-rein-for-israeli-military-36b1d53c?st=azg21h4p54o1zso&reflink=share_mobilewebshare
Well, after more than a thousand dead, tortured, raped, and kidnapped, I wouldn’t leave the Palis unsupervised, either.
The Fristing man can….
Doo doo doooo
And when your bitch burp….you smell my balls in the air.
Study shows women are more likely to vote for Trump during their ‘fertile window’ – but it’s not because they have a crush on him
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wellness-us/mind/article-13118021/study-women-likely-vote-trump-fertile-window.html
🙄
Only because there is no onanistic-gesture emoji.
Are you really like 28?