This sucks
On Sunday I decided to change it up a bit. Typically, my son and I will do a set of deadlift, followed by a superset of pull ups, since the platform we use allows us to do both. So I did behind the head pull ups and I can’t decide if I just don’t have that kind of flexibility in my shoulders or they just suck that bad. Because its Tuesday and I am still feeling them.
Fine…I’ll do them again next Sunday.
¡Enlaces!
Mexico’s judicial reform measures criticized by US Ambassador. AMLO correctly responds by asking the US not to meddle in their democracy.
Maybe Mexico should ban guns?
This might get interesting should the Orange Man get elected, reimpose tariffs on Chinese imports, and they simply respond by using Mexico as a middleman.
Dangit. I’ve been telling other Scottsdale people my rationale for not buying a Tesla is the infrastructure won’t allow me to flee to Mexico in an electric car. It used to end the conversation since they didn’t want to know why I would flee to Mexico.
Why yes, the fires were started intentionally. It allows the owner to clear his land for more economical purposes than just letting trees live on their property.
Okay what was the number pre-El Presidenté Dudebro?
I propose we simply import Milei and elect him president. If nobody else seems to give a shit what about what is constitutional, why should I?
Here’s a tune, have a great Tuesday.
One a day?
Sounds like a good start
One what a day? Pullups? Last time I went to exhaustion I did 12. Chin ups I can get to 16-18 dpending on how you want to count the last few.
The link to El president,
Jeez,
I think he meant people.
Maybe they get the Jelly Guts and melt into the river. (Reference to last post).
The link to El president,
My bad.
Your link, too.
Yusef: nice midday piece! FWIW: Mike Riggs at TOS did a review too: https://reason.com/2024/08/24/nuclear-disaster-porn/
The attorney general’s office counted 366 people who went missing in the 12 months to May 31 this year, the Working Group for Missing Persons in El Salvador, an association of nine NGOs, reported on Wednesday.
El Salvador’s government, meanwhile, reports more than 650 days without any homicides since President Nayib Bukele came to power in June of 2019.
Can’t prove someone was murdered if you don’t have a body.
I had long ago written off El Salvador. I didn’t think they would ever claw their way out of the complete savagery they had descended into. I am impressed.
I am not going into detail about my views on the matter.
I will do those pullups occasionally, but my shoulder flexibility is terrible so it’s not fun. I also don’t do behind the neck presses for that same reason. My PT says I have some kind of pitcher’s something or other.
Related, I did some heavy chest work Sunday, followed by hockey, then more pushes today and now might right shoulder feels like I pulled something. Hopefully it will go away with rest, because official practices start in a week.
I’m feeling better since I wrote that this morning. Might’ve just been tight.
Just hang from the bar. It’s the best therapy I’ve ever leaned for shoulders.
I think DEG did that for a slipped disc in his back.
For anyone interested.
Excellent article on the how and why.
I used to love hanging. I’d get the best stretch. But since my shoulder surgery about a year, it’s a no-go.
I think Trump addressed the Chinese/Mexico problem yesterday. He said NO.
He’s waiting for Mexico to finish paying for the wall.
“This might get interesting should the Orange Man get elected, reimpose tariffs on Chinese imports,”
Yay, Trumponomics! He must have learned a lot at Wharton.
Latin America has an electric infrastructure superior to our own? Or they love them a good scam?
Speaking of Mexico – I was yesterday years old when I first learned about chilaquiles. Now I’m probably gonna have to learn to make it.
That is a great dish.
I eat that for breakfast all the time.
I learned about it from this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vk3DJ0GNRk
Arizona had the good sense to choose it as their representative breakfast dish.
Interesting, its not really an AZ thing.
It is funny to me how the bitching about third world countries developing their land comes from lands that are already developed.
The forests of NA were easily on par with those of SA once. Not very productive but very impressive.
As much as I’d naturally love to see the original forests of North America, I do feel compelled to point out that a bunch of folks ackshually did get a whole lot of productivity out of them, like naval stores, building a ton of stuff (capital and consumeables), burning to power operations where you didn’t have coal or water head, etc.
@Pine-Tree
Just north of Fourscore: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/chippewa/recarea/?recid=26672
That is true. Timber came first and there was slash and burn style agriculture. Naturally it had little to no topsoil. The best thing we did for the land was keep livestock on it for a few hundred years. Manure goes a long way to making productive soil.
I remember reading a settler’s account of GA writing about oak, pine, poplar, walnut, cypress and chestnut forests with trees an average in 10 feet at the base. Also, he saw buffalo, elk and a moose in GA.
And ‘wildcats’ which I presume meant panthers. I know there were jaguar in Louisiana at that time.
Catamounts, what I have heard them called. And there were wolves all over Europe at one time, along with bears and ginormous pigs.
‘Course they did what we did too, only earlier.
It’s a never ending battle with the trees here. They think it’s their land.
Thankfully we have the same problem.
Hey @ RC Dean:
$589 w/night sight and a $50 GC
Interesting indeed.
In a conference to present the next head of Mexico’s state oil firm on Monday, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, who takes office in October, emphasized that the judicial reform aimed to improve democracy and had been carefully drafted to ensure candidates are legitimate.
“We will always have a dialogue with our trade partners such as the United States, but we don’t need to discuss everything,” she said. “Some issues are up to Mexican citizens.”
Obviously, Mexicans should get the OK from their neighbors to the north for every policy change above the local level. They’re in dire need of adult supervision, after all.
Neither the US or Canada has adults in charge at the moment.
Since Sloop didn’t cover it in his sports roundup this morning — did anyone catch the end of the Little League World Series Championship?
Completely unexpected, at least on my part.
Yikes. Second baseman’s gonna have a sad ride home.
The Dem strategy for countering Trump’s policy proposals?
Keeping RFK on the Michigan and Wisconsin ballots and threatening pesky poll workers who will only certify clean counts.
https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1828483622413754541
“We will come for you. “
Somewhat OT: I generally don’t argue politics on Facebook but I made an exception for this acquaintance I knew from college. he was ranting about Zuckerberg’s letter to Jim Jordan and then referring to them both as fascist.
I responded that perhaps instead of calling everything you don’t like fascist, do some research to see if these accusations are correct. And I also wrote that as much as he’s always in panic mode about Trump violation of our civil liberties and his upcoming dictatorship, he sure is quiet when his side violates people’s civil liberties especially the First Amendment. His response was as follows:
“Please. No, really, please. The first amendment? That thing the Republican Party wants to restrict? The administration reportedly asked social media companies to stop the flow of COVID misinformation because IT WAS KILLING PEOPLE. If you’re gonna piss on about the first amendment, at least be honest about what was going on. This wasn’t pressure to change the facts. This was pressure to DISPLAY the facts. These are not the same, and the fact that you think they are says a lot about you, man.”
Followed up by: “Perhaps if social media companies were actually regulated like normal media companies, we wouldn’t have had any issue. But you libertarians freak out about the least governmental restrictions while you live under the heel of big business. I’ll take the elected representatives over unelected business leaders, thanks.”
I didn’t even respond because how do you reason someone from a position that they didn’t reason themselves into in the first place?
This is the only thing I can think of.
Sorry. Your friend, like so many others needs mental help.
There is no mind there. It is only capable of repeating its team’s talking points.
Also, you know Keith Olbermann?
The only adequate reply:
“Cool story, bro.”
I didn’t even respond back. I went on about my day and finished up some work.
We must have some of the same friends.
LOL I sat down and watched that for the first time a couple days ago.
So many references.
You people need better friends.
FR.
You were correct. This is not a person you can engage with.
I am not sure where things go from here but I am not hopeful. We are a complete impasse with people like that and they are legion.
I think the but rule comes into play here: Everything before the ‘but’ is bullshit.
“I believe in free speech BUT…”
The way social media was strong armed by the Biden Administration was one of the first topics.
https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-rfk-jr
He sounds too deranged to listen to any counter argument without some serious deprogramming therapy.
That’s why I didn’t even engage him after that. He has full blown TDS and we was always kind of politically daft but after 2016, he became a giant ignoramus.
Pressure to display the facts. Which, conveniently, are invariably distributed by those stalwart and honorable guardians of truth, the Democrats. Yeah, pardon me while I laugh.
Your friend doesn’t have politics – he has a cult, and a cult leader, and a collection of thought-stopping rituals that he’s clearly deeply ensnared in. Feel free to tell him so, but I’d expect the response to be, “Nuh-uh, you!!!”
Way back in ’08, an old friend emailed me to say I needed to get on FaceBook, and so I did. It was cool to hear from old friends for about a month, and they Obama won. And the world went insane.
So, I left FB, as I quickly was reminded of all my “friends” being intolerant Dbags. Which was why I didn’t talk to them in the years between.
This is the only social mediaesque thing I do. I prefer the old way where friends (or you) move away, you have no idea what they’re up to for the most part or even if they’re still alive, but you sincerely hope they’re doing well and you have little idea of their current motivations and likes or dislikes. It worked for tens of thousands of years and it still works now.
There are three people that I have had contact with for the duration. One friend going all the way back to grade school*, another back to junior high**, and the third the start of college*** I know the ups and downs of their lives, and petty political BS isn’t going to derail long term friendships. We all know when we can push, and when to shut up.
*She is probably the most libertarian of the people I grew up with, outside of me.
**He is half Austrian and half NODAK, so who knows what he is thinking.
***Lives in SF. ‘Nuff said.
First, social media companies were not asked by the government to remove information it considered to be dangerous. They were threatened with legal or other adverse action if they didn’t do as they were told. “Nice social media company you got there, it’d be a shame if something bad were to happen to it.” Second, regardless of the information the government wanted removed being true or not, it still constitutes a restriction on speech. If I’m not allowed to express opinions and/or facts with which the government disagrees, then I have no right to free speech. The government declared that the information was killing people in order to justify actions it knew were blatantly unconstitutional. Third, what the Republicans want or don’t want to do with the First Amendment has no bearing whatsoever on objecting to what the Democrats want to do with it. Whataboutism: Noted and then ignored.
My shoulders don’t do that anymore. Chins only, thanks.
What a perfect 90s song.
I basically said that it’s not fascism that you hate, it’s just that your flavor of fascism isn’t being enacted fast enough and on those you hate.
Chins only
Tundra’s got the yellow fever?
Only one cure, Bob.
Cowbell?
Chins Only
Weird for a band name or an album title.
Bruce Campbell’s side project.
Family reunion?
Why do my stupid one-offs get so many likes on Twitter but can’t even get 1 view on a tweet pimping my books?
Chick with the hot takes is hot?
I guess. https://x.com/MoriahJovan/status/1828462066899837050
You gotta do the follow up reply Tweet with your links (“This really took off LOL here’s my Soundcloud”)
The algorithm?
We name all our cars (except the Ram). XY’s truck (not that it’s ours, but we now have records on it because of the repair) has been dubbed “Theseus.”
My Kia is a sweet girl,
My Caddy is my bad boy,
/both minivans, technically
The spin on this is impressive: https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/mark-zuckerberg-election-funding-republicans-19726160.php
I can’t guess at Zuck’s true motivations but the idea that he submitted to “GOP bullying” is laughable.
It’s pretty wild how they can make themselves look like the victims or heroes depending on the situation. They were caught red handed trying to influence the election and disregarding our First Amendment rights but yet they somehow make the GOP out to be the bad guys.
This what scares me about the Left especially Progressives. How they can disregard the evidence placed before them and still be convinced that they are good people even when they are destroying people’s lives. That kind of lack of awareness is how you get gulags and gas ovens.
The left still thinks they’re fighting “the Man”, even as they’ve been the man (for the past 30 years at least). It hurts my brain to see the same people that were all for smashing the system years ago working to enforce the system even harder.
What’s even crazier is that being a Conservative/Right Winger is now counter culture while being on the Left is basically being the system.
To at least 95% of San Fran, Republicans are the root of all evil, so, yeah, they would see it as their fault.
And, they didn’t sell out, they bought it!
Sigh. Bought IN, not it.
If any TBTP are hanging around, I think I’m supposed to have the evening post, but it’s not showing on the calendar. Dunno if that matters.
“Odds and Ends”?
I’m showing it scheduled. If you’re looking on the calendar, it probably has you on a woefully inaccurate date.
Thanks for checking. Didn’t know if the calendar really shows what is and isn’t going to be posted when.
KAROLINA MUCHOVA HITS THE SHOT OF THE YEAR!!! | 2024 US Open
Holy shit!
Jeez a Frenchman just pulled the same thing live now – twice. The second one was not successful against the American.
The administration reportedly asked social media companies to stop the flow of COVID misinformation because IT WAS KILLING PEOPLE.
There’s your trouble.
To be fair, the administration was killing people.
The Hotel DNS in Dayton is not as Biased as the one in Cleveland.
This one is especially for KK, but you are all welcome to enjoy it.
Duran Duran -Bond medley View to a kill live Coachella 2011
👏
Best DD song ever IMO.
Talk about setting a low bar.
Hyp, your wrong-ness is legendary. I’ve always admired it. Good to see that you can still push it toward peak!
Really probably the best Bond theme (excluding the original of course) although I have a soft spot for “Gold-finGAH”.
Excellent one. I also dug Live and Let Die.
Gentlemen, you cahn’t fight in heah!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCfRPT904uE
Excellent.
Definitive
Harris campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt said Harris was “proud to cast the tie-breaking vote” for Biden’s climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, which she said helped spur 300,000 new energy jobs.
“Vice President Harris is focused on a future where all Americans have clean air, clean water, and affordable, reliable energy while Trump’s lies are an obvious attempt to distract from his own plans to enrich oil and gas executives at the expense of the middle class,” she wrote in a statement.
Focused. Like a laser. Pony not included.
That person said it is unlikely the campaign will soon release specific policy positions, though that may come in the future. It instead will highlight Harris’ broad vision and her record, such as pushing for lead pipe removal to expand clean drinking water, promoting electric bus manufacturing and advocating for bolstering resilience to wildfires and drought.
Don’t fret, she’ll fill in the blanks after she’s elected.
It’s Kamala – the gaps will get filled.
Re: Mojo’s Twitter post. The thing my brain instantly goes to when I read or hear “Mira Sorvino”: https://youtu.be/8_CURqcrv24?si=XA_WFYaozKYHieeu&t=218
Gotta love a girl who rocks a CZ-75…
She was my spirit animal.
Re Milei: Christ that fully reveals the inherent nature of People (who want to remain) In Power. Triple their own fucking salaries to match the triple-digit inflation Argentina is going through.
Uh. Fuck. Can’t even pretend to not only care about their own glorious benefits and well-being, and that of their progeny.
*SHOCKER! See also: All of human history. We’re social primates. People too oft forget this fact, and that our species has its own ways of procuring the best for their progeny. Namely: Land; resources; mates.
(We are tricksy animals, tho. Hence poker (esp) being so fun. Sometimes ‘getting along’ means losing, as in, being worse off in one’s personal goals.)
You must be interesting in person, E.
*curtsy* Sincerely.
Of all adjectives one can use to describe me, almost all are valid. From sinner to saint, chore to whore — “boring,” I ain’t.
In many realms, this does not at all benefit me. I will say. My 37+ trips ’round the sun have certainly been interesting.
(12+hr shift today. Stoned as fuck. Cubs killin’ it. I hope I don’t sound too weekend-y.
Fun Edit: The dumb shit I’ve done…I deserve all criticism. I own it. Use it to bounce back.
Also fun: It’s impossible to “offend” or even mock me. I can make fun of myself FAR better than anyone else.