Angel and Daisy want in.
If you remember last week ended on a major downer as Saturn decided to bring its titanic ass into things. This week the acute effects of that have passed as the alignments have broken up, but there will still keep things a bit downbeat for the first part of the week. Tuesday Leo gets an early birthmonth present as it provides a more attractive home for Mercury than Cancer does. Then on Wednesday everyone gets a break as Jupiter brings the happiness and luck via it’s (transitory) connection with the moon. Thursday is a mixed bag, with predictions of noise and smoke. Since I’ll be coming back from a shooting match, this really won’t be any big thing for me, though there is an indication of more actual fire on that day. Saturday isn’t looking too nice, expect some news about war (Mercury-Mars).
That fifth dog is a Pyrenees/Boxer mix. Great Pyrs make good looking hybrids.
Cancer: Knight of Wands reversed -Rupture, division, interruption, discord.
Leo: Knight of Cups – Arrival, approach, advances, proposition, demeanor, invitation, incitement.
Virgo: Death reversed – Inertia, sleep, lethargy, petrifaction, somnambulism; hope destroyed, successful CPR.
Libra: Ace of Coins – Perfect contentment, felicity, ecstasy;, speedy intelligence, gold.
Scorpio: 3 of Wands – Established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery
Sagittarius: The High Priestess – Secrets, mystery, the future as yet unrevealed, silence, tenacity, mystery, wisdom, science.
Capricorn: Page of Swords – Authority, overseeing, secret service, vigilance, spying, examination
Aquarius: Ace of Swords – Triumph, the excessive degree in everything, conquest, triumph of force.
Pisces: 3 of Coins reversed – Mediocrity, puerility, pettiness, weakness.
Aries: The Hermit reversed – Concealment, disguise, policy, fear, unreasoned caution.
Taurus: Wheel of Fortune reversed – Increase, abundance, superfluity.
Gemini: The Blank card – There is no fate but what we make.
Between her Golden Retriever father and her ultra-luxe coat, Lily loves spending time in the water.
Bonus inside-baseball humor: The current director of the National Range Officers Institute has in his career, revoked only two ROs’ credentials. One of those two miscreants (who has since worked/earned his way back into the game) gave me this at my last Major. I wear(?) it next to my NROI Chief Range Officer’s patch.
“Cancer: Knight of Wands reversed -Rupture, division, interruption, discord.”
*sigh*
😒
Doggie playground looks like my garden but my weeds are bigger. Dogs are having a good time anyway.
Fish sticks are not crab meat.
If only there was a market for thistles, I would be rich.
Arrival, approach, advances, proposition, demeanor, invitation, incitement.
I’m not sure if that is shitty or not.
Nice dog videos and picture.
Sagittarius: The High Priestess – Secrets, mystery, the future as yet unrevealed, silence, tenacity, mystery, wisdom, science.
How does tat help me find somebody to build my barndominium?
Curious how often Capricorn and Aries are perfectly juxtaposed.
If this result holds, star-fuckers are going to have a conniption.
I’ve got peppers already set on several plants. Also, just found two ladybugs making more ladybugs. The first batch did too. Found some egg clusters and larvae recently.
Any gentlemanbugs?
It seems that Sean is problematically assuming their gender.
Eating radishes, diakon, broccoli, had 1 banana pepper. One kohlrabi almost ready, another day or two.
Looks like the cool, rainy weather has slowed things down. Peppers/tomatoes with a few blossoms but no fruit yet. A couple tater bugs only.
kohlrabi.
Yum.
By scissoring?
Holy motherforking shirtballs it’s humid out here
Here too. I got my walk in before the thunderstorm, which didn’t seem to do much to lower the humidity.
Where are you? I think the temp and humidity are triple digits here right now.
I am setting 12ft 4x4s to support a trellis about 30ft long. It’s so freakin’ baking out there I set one post and come in for a giant root beer on ice and a 20min cool off before going out to set another one.
Smoky Mountains. So far all the rain has gone around us 😭
Mama said there’d be days like this…
An 85 degree day here is unbearable, not because of the humidity necessarily but the temp.
In Florida. Very, very humid.
Last Friday I was testing in Cuyahoga Heights, OH. I think the outside temp was the low 90s, and plenty of humidity.
I spent about 5 hours inside, on top of a shit incinerator. The indoor temp was between 105º and 107º, with tons of humidity.
Then I drove home sans a/c for 3 hours.
When I walked out to the car for work at 6 this morning I was shocked by how oppressively humid it was
My glasses fogged to the point of complete blindness this morning
So I have that to look forward to this week? [We’ll be down around Asheville for the Fourth.]
We’re getting a cold front, so it’s supposed to dry out for a couple days, but not sure about the 4th
84 and 28% humidity. I’m on the patio and not sweating.
Just skimming the morning comments something occurred to me.
Trump should calmly and with as much faux empathy as he can muster, call on Biden to end his campaign and relinquish his bid for a second term for his health and the sake of his family.
Watching the D’s eat each other alive over siding with OMB or having to back the corpse might be the single most delicious political freak out since the 2016 election.
I’m not a Trump supporter by any means but i got the impression he held back partially because it’s clear that Biden isn’t doing well. He had his moments but he left a lot of low-hanging fruit on the tree.
“He had his moments but he left a lot of low-hanging fruit on the tree.”
I doubt he did that to be nice. I think he did it because he’s just so scattered.
I think he did it because his handlers told him to tone down his schtick.
Trumps “handlers”. Those poor bastards.
They’re better off than Biden’s handle-ees.
All of them are alcoholics and Xanax addicts at this point.
No, let the Dems dangle with Biden. Trump has feet of clay and is much more vulnerable to a Democrat (not named Harris.)
I don’t see any way Trump could phrase such a suggestion without having it be twisted and attacked. As I believe has been quoted here recently, “…when the enemy is making a false movement we must take good care not to interrupt him.”
I see among my proggie friends that one of the new interpretations is that Trump told so many lies so quickly that not even a genius like Biden could respond. This is similar to how Ds played the first Romney/Obama debate.
One national columnist compared it to the Gish Gallop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop
It’ll be interesting to see which group prevails.
The troo bleevers are looking for any straw to hang onto in the storm. They’ll eagerly go with the “blizzard of lies”. But they don’t matter because they were never not going to vote for the big D.
I think the real impact of the debate was that, regardless of the troo bleevers, it crashed the narrative that Biden is even remotely competent (in whatever sense of the term). I think the audience that matters is the funders, and they were apparently Not Pleased.
Oh, and apparently, CNN is a fraud news organization which is seeking to undermine Biden.
Is this according to MSDNC? 😄
for his health and the sake of his family
Scorpio: 3 of Wands – Established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery
uuhhhrrrmmmm….Mother? – JRB46
Why would he want someone other than Biden? Anyone else may require some work.
Aquarius: Ace of Swords – Triumph, the excessive degree in everything, conquest, triumph of force.
In the sequel to the Incident With the Ceramic Bowl early yesterday morning, after a slight bit of anger, a realization occurred, and someone admitted that maybe fine irreplaceable objects shouldn’t be used on a daily basis. Victory is sweet, IFKWIMAITYD.
I’m hoping you still have some kind of apologia on line – flowers, something. If nothing else, you need to apologize for being right, which is borderline unforgivable.
Pretty sure the standard marriage contract says that being right may never be held over the head of the person that was wrong.
being right may never be held over the head of the person that was wrong
There a reverse of the standard (D) exception applied to that rule, except D doesn’t stand for Democrat in this situation.
Five minutes….
What a complete fucking disaster.
Save the Melmac! That stuff is hard to find these days.
It almost deserved to end at 90 minutes.
“Save the Melmac! That stuff is hard to find these days.”
As it should be.
Organist playing national anthem for prelude music and I’m already tearing up. I’m susceptible to these little patriotic displays, sue me.
It’s not about what we ARE. It’s about what it could’ve been and maybe once was for a brief moment in time. It’s the IDEA, not the reality.
You get it. You and as many other people outside of this place that I can count on my fingers.
“It’s about what it could’ve been and maybe once was for a brief moment in time.”
This is a proper patriotic response.
“…and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark: that place where the wave finally broke, and rolled back.”
What bothers me isn’t the morons who dont get it but the ones who do get it and actively despise the idea. Those are the people openly waging war on us right now. I have never seen it like this in my lifetime. I think it has been this bad before but certainly not in my lifetime.
We have always had pro-slavery, pro-socialist parties and movements. It puzzles me how anyone could sign on for that.
My classmates and I were brought up hearing about the evil of Nazism (Anne Frank, Holocaust-survivor guest lecturers) but not of more recent Communism than that.
Saddest is seeing the Americanized children of boat people go full on for socialism or even outright communism.
And I couldn’t make it through all 3 verses without my voice cracking.
The fires of Hades has descended upon the Piedmont and my son bullied me into an off-road 5k. No breeze and it felt like running through warm water; I’m pretty sure I actually died.
“Taurus: Wheel of Fortune reversed – Increase, abundance, superfluity.” Makes me feel slightly better about the surprise meeting invite I got from my boss and her boss for tomorrow morning.
Your boss and her boss ?
3-way ?
Yes, but the kind where getting fucked is the worst possible outcome.
+ 1 strap-on
I hope nobody from HR was included in the invite.
I got one of those three years ago the day after the July 4 holiday. It turned out we’d lost one of our contracts and a bunch of our group was either being reassigned or let go. I was one of the lucky minority whose job wasn’t affected.
No one from HR. I was chosen to start a pilot program out here in rural NC and they’re supposed to just be “checking in” but I’ve ruffled more than a few feathers this month and I don’t like unpredictable.
Im headed to the (216) for a short week.
Alert Neph.
Wednesday the girlfriend and I are heading up to Western Reserve for one of their cocktail classes (Mastering the Mojito). It’s much more for her than me, as that’s one of her favorite drinks.
I always loved P.J. O’Rourke’s description of the mojito – “Too much rum and not enough soda and too much lime and not enough sugar.” They really hit the spot when it’s hot though. I may grab another bottle of Plantation and do some experimenting this weekend.
Did I hear correctly, during the debate, Trump say he would “absolutely” accept the results of a “fair and legal and good election.”. Or should I believe my congresswoman who continues to assert Trump refuses to say if he will accept the 2024 results? I guess the assholes won’t be happy until Trump says he will not complain even if there is widespread fraud and illegal fortification.
Well, if you look at his wording, no election in the US would qualify.
I think that is his point.
“Yeah, I will follow the law. Will you?”
Also, there is a lot of talk about the popular vote. Do we have any idea what the electoral college is going to do?
One of these is not like the other.
The “Real Clear” folks track trends on this map. Discounting states that are currently a “toss up” (which I believe I’ve heard is a saucy slang term in British English,) gives these results.
The Iowa Electronic Market has a pretty good track record of predicting the winner.
This chart is the winner take all version of the presidential election (based on popular vote, not electoral college). So the market gives the wrong answer when a president loses the popular vote and wins the electoral college.
https://apps.biz.uiowa.edu/IEMOffice/chart/market/PRES24_WTA
So the day after the debate, the market had a “oh shit” moment, but then said, “never mind” the next day. So the market is still predicting the democratic candidate (not necessarily Biden) wins the popular vote.
I suppose there a multiple interpretations of that.
I do remember this. Amazing that the people who live in the Clinton Archipelago believe they, whose interests bear little In common with everyone else, should lay the rules for everyone.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/5iyef7/clinton_archipelago_1600_x_952/
that’s one my all time favorite maps
“”The only person who has ultimate influence with him is the first lady,” another person told the outlet.(NBC News) “If she decides there should be a change of course, there will be a change of course.”
So, Dr Jill is running the government now, making Joe’s decisions
*shocked expostulation*
Well at least she is better educated than our first woman president, Edith Galt Wilson. I wonder what Dr. Jill will do when the phone rings at 3am and is told the Norks have just launched a nuclear missile at Hawaii?
“Well at least she is better educated”
You say that like its a good thing.
Another person. Are they familiar with the matter? Are they familiar with Jill’s thinking?
NA, I love that range officer’s patch.
From the horoscope I’m guessing Macron is Pisces [Mediocrity, puerility, pettiness, weakness]. Just throw in some humiliation on top of that.
our first woman president, Edith Galt Wilson.
Beat me to it.
For Mo, re: XX’s birthday: musical number.
Damn you.
I’m not crying, you’re crying!
Streamlined
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is planning to present a “streamlined” platform ahead of the Republican National Convention later this month, according to a memo obtained by NPR.
“The platform is an opportunity to make our vision clear, and to lay out a framework for policy making, while rejecting any special interest influence that seeks to make public policy stray from our clear and straightforward objectives,” stated the memo, signed by Trump advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles.
They said the platform should reflect Trump’s vision for America, and avoid creating lines of attack for his opponents.
They want to shut down the government with their secret agenda.
Look, Brooksie, if I vote, I’m already going to vote for Trump. You don’t need to sell me on him.
“….rejecting any special interest influence that seeks to make public policy stray from our clear and straightforward objectives.”
The debate and the aftermath thus far tells us that the president does not run the country. Now you know who does.
I used my brand new All-Clad mini-casserole pan today. Quick review: The thick walls of that bastard retain heat like a son of a bitch. On the plus side, it slows down your food cooling off after taking it out of the overn – on the down side, an unsuspecting cook used to thinner-walled dishes might make the mistake of trying to touch the lid too soon, despite it sitting off to the side off the rest of the pan for a while. Thankfully, I did not injure myself.
Mrs. Dean favors All-Clad. From which I can only conclude that you made an excellent choice.
She also likes Le Creuset (enameled cast iron), if you’re looking for cookware that operationalizes a heat sink.
I was tired of cheaply made chinesium cookware.
The All-Clad is definately on the opposite end of the spectrum from that. This thing is solid.
We’ve got enameled cast iron pans from La Creuset, Staub and Lodge. I’m sure a cast iron snob will tell me I’m wrong, but Lodge gets the job done at a fraction of the cost of the French iron.
The enameled French pots are a joy to cook in and a solid warranty. Lodge is decent but their cast iron is not ready to use without a bit of prep work first. Have both and use each for different things. Also carbon steel pans. And Allclad.
I’ve been using AllClad for many moons. It’s the schnizzle.
“Libra: Ace of Coins – Perfect contentment, felicity, ecstasy;, speedy intelligence, gold.”
That’s what I’m talkin’ about.
Cookware: We have an induction stove. It is to a gas stove what a gas stove is to the old electric coil stove.
Drawback is that our choices of cookware are limited.
So, over-rated performance and not worth the extra expense?
You’re a mad man.
I would say that gas stoves are actually a little easier to control than my induction, but the induction can get crazy hot so amazing for searing and it has almost no waste hear, which is a god send in summer. And just like gas it can go from 0-100 instantly.
Electric stoves are okay of all you do is boil your food, or enjoy burning it.
I have electric for the first time in – checks watch – 30 years? I cook much more now than I did back then. It’s not as bad as I expected but yeah I miss the gas.
I am coming around to the induction stove that came with this house. My initial urge was to tear it out and put in a propane stove.
So pretty much business as usual for me.
I had a nice little trip to the range this afternoon. I just worked on standards.
Good: Draw to 1st shot in the 0.8x range with one at 5 yards in 0.68, a new personal record. Four Alphas (that’s draw, two shots, reload, two more shots) at 5 yards in under 2.20. El Presidente drill in 4.74/48 points. An M run and also a new record.
Eh: My strong hand only and weak hand only shooting needs some work. Possibly related, I’m having trouble with my grip out of the holster – need to look at that in dry practice.
Bad: I also wanted to rezero the 11.5″ AR, since I just stuck a new-to-me scope on it. Unfortunately the second-hand battery was so low that the dot was all but invisible at 50 yards. I got it close but I’m gonna have to hit the rifle range again next week. I’m also sunburned as fuck.
Just listened to Viva Frei rant about Biden and the debate.
Is there anyone in the world more red-pilled than Viva Frei at this point?
Is vivi frei on X or on YouTube? Or other?
Rumble
https://rumble.com/v54nzdo-ep.-217-biden-debate-debacle-scotus-jan.-6-scotus-chevron-trump-and-more.html
youtube as well
Prolly not. He does come from the Great Commie North, after all.
He went from mild mannered Canadian who was bemused by the US judicial system to a Florida-man ranting about the corruption in the US justice system and the Biden administration.
Quite a long distance for the guy.
This Shark Fan is terrific. Not cheap, but amazing. Utterly silent.
The fan can be slid right off the standing base and run in battery powered mode for hours.
Remote controlled. Lots of adjustments available.
Perfect for the Pacific Northwest where most homes lack air conditioning. I have it in the living room now, but I’m putting it in the bedroom tonight. Bliss.
https://www.sharkclean.com/products/shark-flexbreeze-fan-with-instacool-mist-attachment-zidFA222?utm_source=GOOGLE&utm_medium=cpla&utm_campaign=Shark_DTC_Fan_PMAX_Brand_Google&utm_adgroup=&utm_content=fan&utm_term=&gclsrc=aw.ds&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwhIS0BhBqEiwADAUhc4Gur7f9uKX45q_oFYOhrpixCpGMCwih8Adb7-0pbDfe_x5bWuBVXBoCKJEQAvD_BwE
I dunno about the “instacool mist” feature. Maybe for the desert where swamp coolers work.
There is a massive fireworks show going on somewhere near my house. Sounds like 4th of July has come early!
Or the Civil War started early. Any F-15s in the skies?
Triumph, the excessive degree in everything, conquest, triumph of force.
And just three days until an 11 day vacation.
My step-dad just scored a 3 point post hole digger to fit my tractor for $397. That’s about 1/3 the new, off the shelf price.
This will help with a more permanent chicken run, a larger deck, and a perimeter property fence.
You’ll soon be doing contract work
Remember like 15 or 20 years ago when the libertarians joined the debate over how charity should be done and argued to just give cash to the people and cut out the middleman?
Well, that is still a thing. Mr. Beast jumped on board, and here is his video
https://youtu.be/pZ-MpxDZr9I?si=GiGkDfxzX2FvIJrR
Ban women from making Star Wars.
Yes please.
At least, “those women”.
Are nerds fired up a bout minutia? Yes
Are they super passionate about their Star Wars?
Yes. Yes they are.
And do nerds who love swords take their Star Wars light saber battles seriously.
Oh yes. Yes they do…
https://x.com/shadmbrooks/status/1807207004601204875?s=19
Hahahah…
“Poisoning a man is what women want to see!”
How about just ‘Ban Star Wars’?
There’s Star Wars, and then there’s Star Wars fanfic—which is everything that came after, including The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
Now THAT’S a purist!
Don’t be silly.
All we ever got was FanFic, starting with that 1977 piece that claimed to be Episode 4.
The original was not called “Episode IV: A New Hope”. That was the work of revisionist historians. The original 1977 movie was just “Star Wars”.
By the way, Cracked did a nice three per review of SW, ESB, and RotJ a few years ago:
https://youtu.be/46QP8mRL89A?si=_x6a213D3ZWDVy_V
Darth Vader is not Luke’s dad. That’s dumb. Darth Vader killed Luke’s Dad as an act of betrayal.
That’s canon.
A backdesert farmer having any connection to the major enforcer of a galatic empire strains credulity. Except perhaps in a “For me, it was tuesday” sense.
Bubba Feet is a terrible bounty hunter:
https://youtu.be/syYge8MJTN0?si=7qFG1lLkdRFn8aLC
The terrible truth about Ewoks:
https://youtu.be/vqkgKhqZipk?si=__wj4zjXr3UAzhLS
All we ever got was FanFic, starting with that 1977 piece that claimed to be Episode 4.
In a way, you’re right. Star Wars is Flash Gordon fanfic. The movie studios declined Lucas’s offer to make a Flash Gordon movie.
(It was either Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers; I don’t remember which)
I get gently lied to about pretty much everything in my personal life. Ah well, beer and ciggies and knowing. Two out of three ain’t bad.
Beverly Hills cop 4? Sheesh.
Hey! Happy Monday, you mighty fine peoples!
🗽👀🎆
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zYKupOsaJmk
Bringing in the funk. 🎶🎶
My favorite of theirs.
Morning, Glibs.
I woke up after the time I normally would have left the house. I was most distressed. I made it here to work only five minutes before the start of my workday.
*sigh*
Of course, being an abbreviated morning routine, I forgot it was trash day and my can isn’t at the curb to be collected.
😣
🙁
suh’ fam
whats goody
Good morning, homey, U, Sean, cav973, and somewhere upthread, TAFKALack!
Morning.
is everyone running late today? 😜
I’m not going in until this afternoon, mainly to keep my boss from panicking about backing me up on payroll for the first time in many months. 🙄 😨
Given his recent change of role, wouldn’t it make sense to identify someone else to be said payroll backup?
The new CFO starts on the 22nd, so she’ll eventually become my payroll backup. Traditionally, the only folks who are allowed to know how much everyone gets paid are the CEO, the CFO, and me.
Must suck for the employees, wondering how much they’ll be paid this time.
😝
Well, it DOES
forceinspire them to be nice to me! 😁🙂
https://babylonbee.com/news/dems-stick-with-biden-as-it-would-be-a-real-pain-to-reprint-these-ballots-they-already-filled-out
Dems Stick With Biden As It Would Be A Real Pain To Reprint These Ballots They Already Filled Out
Ouch.
https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-ask-kristi-noem-to-take-biden-out-behind-white-house-shed
Democrats Ask Kristi Noem To Take Biden Out Behind White House Shed
LOL
Mornin’
Instead of the gym this morning, gym after work.
The fireworks last night stopped around when I went to sleep.
The Sun is shining.
“The fireworks last night stopped around when I went to sleep.”
There is no such thing as a coincidence.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/06/riots-break-france-antifa-is-vandalizing-stores-after/
Preview of November.
Restored steam tractor pulling 40 plows.
There are no coincidences: Florida is the new Rome.