That’s right people, our countries long suffering is at an end, as football has returned. Five straight, glorious days this week. I’ll have it on in the background while I’m processing this:
How about some links?!?
Looks like we’re repeating the ’70s. Serpico nods from the grave.
It’s bad for the business of DEI.
Oh look, Ukraine is using thermite drones. They need to throw in a few robotic flame throwing dogs.
I think Epstein’s island is available.
They tried to take out Commie Pope.
Okay, no rest for the wicked. Time to go throw some tomatoes in a pot. Peace out Glibbies, have a great weekend.
The original version of the Monday Night Football theme song. Mmm, young Joan Jett.
Looks like we’re repeating the ’70s. Serpico nods from the grave.
He would if he were dead.
Is he still alive? Holy shit, he’s old.
Not for lack of trying by his now former colleagues.
14 months older than Fourscore, if Wikipedia is to be believed.
Wikipedia knows how old Fourscore is?
Mitolo Serpico Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
https://mitolowines.com.au/products/serpico-cabernet-sauvignon-2020
Named for Frank who apparently wasn’t all that happy with them using his name.
I’ve had prior vintages. Pretty good wine.
That is one fat fucking cat.
Scroll down for the link to the moral panic story about “hairless bullycats”.
Part of that journey will include ditching a popular LGBTQ+ equality metric from the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights advocacy and a prominent target of the far-right.
Notorious militant queer extortionists HRC.
The DEI backlash has been brewing for almost as long as DEI has been in vogue — roughly since the summer of 2020, when the murder of George Floyd set off a national reckoning over racism in America.
I thought the Obamas cured America of racism.
They did. Then Trump ushered back racism with a roar. Don’t you remember when he rescinded the Emancipation Proclamation and sent the quiltbags to concentration camps?
“Retreating is not a good look. The conviction of a CEO, and their discipline in sticking to declared business strategies, is the measure against which they’re ultimately going to be judged,” Tom Sebok, managing partner at The New England Consulting Group, told me. “And if you start to waiver as a CEO, all you wind up doing is diminishing investor confidence in your conviction as a leader.”
The mark of a truly great leader is the steadfast refusal to alter a plan.
“In a sense, we had a DEI bubble,” says Cait Lamberton, professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. “I find it ironic that [companies] don’t seem to recognize that they are just as activist by stepping back from DEI as they would be by participating in it.”
Declining to hire some token darkies is the same as loudly hiring some token darkies. Okay, “Professor” Caitlin.
Ah, the old “You’re either with us or against us” ploy.
I’d be careful with that, if I were them.
Now with 100% less glam than last night!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87821224358?pwd=eW55MTRDbDNtQkh2aHd3M1Nmenlzdz09
So instead of the low-cut shirt, you’re going with no shirt at all?
Wearing my handmaids tale outfit
Preparing for the Heritage 2025/Obergruppenführer Trump future already?
Might as well get ahead of the game. Those outfits are gonna be real expensive come January!
Me: Blessed be the fruit.
KK: Leave Tonio out of this.
Me: May the Lord open.
KK: I said leave Toni… wait, what?
It’s like Spirit Halloween, but for ‘tards
Brick-and-mortar Trump stores have popped up around Florida and across the U.S. in recent weeks. Others never closed. Unlikely to appear on Google Maps, they draw visitors through word of mouth, roadside signs and the power of Trump’s defiant brand — and sense of humor.
The shops have no affiliation with Trump’s 2024 campaign and have not licensed the use of his name or image, five store operators told the Tampa Bay Times.
“Is Trump seeing any of this money?” asked Joe Ramsey from Clermont when he entered Ferreira’s store.
“No, Trump said he wants me to keep it,” joked Ferreira, 61. “So I can take care of myself and don’t have to be with a hand out to the government.”
I prefer OMB’s policies, such as he attempts to articulate them, to those of his opponent, but I’d never debase myself by plunking his name or visage on a t-shirt, flag, or anything else — and I can’t figure out those who would.
Trump and Whorris signs are cropping up all over town, as we are the first red county south of Portland. I told my wife once that I would put up a Wu-Tang sign, but that is it.
Anyway, the signs are so trashy to me.
There’s been a surprising lack of Harris signs in my area. There’s still Trump flags flying, but there were more Clinton signs back in the day. I’ve seen a few in the wild, but not many. In fact, I passed a UAW hall today and even they didn’t have a Harris sign out.
I have not seen a single Harris sign in town, and the politics are impeccably leftist here. I have seen more Trump signs, just outside of town.
Joy and laughter ain’t working.
Anyway, the signs are so trashy to me.
You called?
In seriousness, I’m more of a gray man type. I don’t have bumper stickers. I don’t have any signs proclaiming my beliefs or opinions. I’m even hesitant to put up the flagpole I bought because I’ll have to choose what flags to put up there and I’d be really tempted to put a “come and take it” or “don’t tread on me” flag up.
I am curious about the Trump shop in my town, though. I may stop in there at some point, just for the fun of it.
There’s a vendor table setup in front of Winco. Hurry down to get your Trump kitsch flag!
This.
Despite the lack of Harris signage around me, there is a never-ending litany of leftist signaling about every other “cause”. Those people are so fucking insecure.
I live in the ritzy area, and, of course I am seeing the Harris signs. But not outside that area so much.
re: flags
I’ll pimp my hometown’s historic contribution, the Huntington Liberty Flag
https://www.longislandernews.com/the-long-islander-archives/2019/7/15/anniversary-of-first-us-flag-commemorated
Fortunately, I live where only retards put out campaign signs. Unfortunately, there are a couple retards in the area.
“Unlikely to appear on Google Maps”
Funny, that.
Local Walmart (or was it CUB?) had a “Trump” magazine available at the check out . Mrs F picked it up to show me, I was afraid she would waste money and buy it.
She is a Trumpinista through and through but claims it’s only ’cause she dislikes Biden/Harris,
Where’s Pie at? Need his expert opinion on this one.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1fb4eyj/american_breakfast_as_envisioned_by_a_european/
Looks like hot chocolate in that coffee cup, but otherwise, would.
Needs moar bacon.
The utensil is pointing the wrong direction. No way you could grab it easily the way it is currently placed.
My internet is down. Does anyone have the score to the Cal game?
eleventeen
Game cancelled due to internet being down.
The beat those booger-eatin’ Barners 21-14.
Cal beat John Davis 382-136.
Eleventy one to twiddly two divided by zero.
wtf?
Sorry, who are you?
New Phone. Who Dis?
New link. What dis?
I will stay silent on this.
MS – regarding your earlier comments about looking for gifts for your kid…if he’s interested in a sword…see if you can get a weighted training sword for practicing with. Maybe not quite as extreme as Guts’ sword from Berserk, but something designed along those lines would probably be pretty motivational/badass.
Ok…completely lost my badass link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRESUSy72DA
How the typical husband – wife conversation goes about swords.
Nice harvest.
Making any pickles?
Do you guys have any opinions on the shingles vaccine? I never used to worry about vaccines, but after the Covid debacle, I’m now skeptical.
I have had chicken pox as a kid. I am 50. My new doctor, who seems to be a drug minimalist, at first recommended I get the pneumonia vaccine and the shingles vaccine, but when I told him of my tetanus vaccine allergy, he said eh, maybe not at the same time then.
They ended up giving me neither one that day.
My doc says the old vaccine was useless. He says the new vaccine is pretty good. But I still haven’t taken it.
I decided to get it when I go in for my annual. I looed into it (Shingrix) and it’s the good old fashioned kind where they put some dead virus in you instead of fucking with your DNA.
Full disclosure; I am not a virologist. 🤓
Have you stayed at a Holiday Inn Express?
Yes! I have!
I had chicken pox as an adult, so I have a much higher risk of getting shingles. I had my second shot on Thursday. My arm hurt and I spent yesterday sleeping and not eating. Back to normal today, but my arm still hurts. You do not want to get fucking shingles. Absolutely miserable.
I tend not to combine stuff like that. I do need the pneumonia shot.
My younger brother (late 30s) recently had shingles.
You do not want them.
Is the shingles risk related to when you had chickenpox?
Your skepticism is well earned.
I was always a bit skeptical but then the covid scam….I dont trust those lying fucks as far as I can spit.
I took the rabies and all associated critter vaccines cuz…well, what did I have to lose.
I have had the Pneumonia and flu also but I am wondering if I will do it again.I wont touch any of the cold associated ones. Things I used to think were too far out there crazy conspiracy theories have turned out to be true. Now I dont trust any of them.
Had chicken pox. Had shingles. I cant remember if a second go-round is more or less likely. In any case, I aint taking the vaccine.
Never got a flu shot, never got the flu
Had pox as a kid, no vaccine. shingles, covid sorry but fuck vaccines, they create more problems than they cure.
Iron Bob
You can get shingles twice.
I took the shingles vaccine a few years after getting shingles. SHINGLES WAS NOT PLEASANT.
Luckily, the shingles vaccine has been vetted over many years trial (unlike the COVID vaccine)
A friend of mine lost his vision in one eye because of shingles.
That scared the shit out of me.
But, I still haven’t gotten the vaccine yet.
A friend of mine got pretty significant tinnitus from shingles.
It’s cost/benefit. The cost of shingles can be pretty bad. A killed virus vaccine should be pretty safe. That said, I haven’t had it, mostly because I have seen a doctor (as a patient) in around 10 years.
I got tinnitus from chronic aspirin and ibuprofen use. I can’t have either of those now, but the tinnitus remains.
I have gotten the shingles vaccine, but i have MS, so they make sure to give me all of that stuff, as I am super susceptible to everything.
I’ll get it whoever it’s recommended. Had CP in 3rd grade.
No to flu vax, pneumonia, or any of that other shit.
Apparently, I had shingles in my early 30s. It wasn’t a big deal. I’m not getting any shingles vaccine.
Husband and I both had chickenpox as children. He’s gotten shingles, which comes and goes. I haven’t. I’m not going to bother with that vaccine. Or pneumonia. Or flu. Or covid. Or anything but a tetanus shot, which I don’t even know when that’s due. Husband says he’s had the Shingrix vaccine, but has had a shingles outbreak since then.
You can request a test for continuing immunity to tetanus. It’s a blood draw and takes a few days to get the results back, so you might want to request it randomly during a blood draw for other reason.
My last tetanus vax was in 1999, but the reaction was so severe that I was advised never to get another.
They really wanted to give me one in 2021 when I was badly bitten, but I insisted on “No”. Antibody test revealed that my tetanus immunity was still strong.
So this idea that you HAVE to get a booster is bogus. Probably varies by person.
Shingles sucks, arguably worse than much of my travails. Avoid at all costs. I say go for it, regardless. The possible gain outweighs disadvantages (to my ignorant self).
Shingrix. Shingrix. Twix w a side of Chex. I’ve had chicken pox, shingles, so by my proper logic, I’m immune (read: MORE immune) from herpes than most, as it’s in the same family. I hope they’re a naughty Thanksgiving bunch. Prefer to stay away for best relations.
I stand by it: Shingles sucks enough to do anything to NOT have it. I was 18 when I got it, right after an intense LSD trip, weirdly, and this spring chicken remembers how shitty it was for me as a barely-hatched chick. Don’t get it. It was no-shit like a smallish shark got a damn solid bite into my ribs, from sternum to spine.
NOW! VALTREX. That’s what they gave me to kill it, which it swiftly accomplished. It’s one of few products I’d happily do an ad-lib, sincere commercial spot for. Shit went into gear and did it’s fucking job. Get it diagnosed early if ya can — I couldn’t cuz MLK Day — and insist upon that shit.
I’m on that now, as a preventative I guess.
“Honey, its just a cold sore…”
Just because Ive heard that song on the radio far too many times…..
Better Joan Jett.
Second place.
The first link is my favorite Joan Jet.
For a doo-wop song, third place.
I used to have a thing for her. Then I found out more about her. Decent musician and that’s about as far as it goes.
Never meet your heros, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd5MDLDanGo
DEI: Keep in mind that the point of it is to create incompetence. It is a methodology for selecting for incompetence, thus doomed to dismal failure.
And chaos and hatred.
Kid wants a sword, huh, imagine that.
Dont choose blades for psychological effect. The spiky swirly magic things are useless junk.
Chopper: https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/p/33641/41640/sitepro-heavy-duty-machetes?utm_medium=cpc&msclkid=8262a400136a16df06e2c2dcfba163b7&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=LA.s%2520-%2520Shopping%2520-%2520Alpha%2520%28Non-Branded%29&utm_term=4585307087883807&utm_content=All%2520Products
A proper sharpening will take some time. You want it sharp. Factory edges are shit. Do not use a belt sander or power grinder. Use a flat file going at the edge from behind so none of your strokes are toward the sharp, always away from it. Get it pretty sharp. Hit it with a 600 grit sandpaper until the file scratches are gone. Move to 3000 grit paper until the edge is mirror smooth and shaves har on your arm easily.
Poker: https://www.coldsteel.com/small-sword/
Needs strong sharp point. The rest of the blade is fine as it is. If he is going to have a proper sword some proper fencing lessons might go a long way.
First one, the chopper is a very useful tool. The poker…not so much.
Cold steel is very good if you want a real sword. I have their modified cutlass. Very nice.
If you are ever in a sword fight, the poker is much better than the slasher, unless you are on horseback.
For my machete, I don’t go for a razor edge. I use it as more of a chopping tool for the woody brush we get around here, than a slicing tool, and so I want a more durable edge.
Did someone say Machete?
Ackshually, the USMNT just got done losing to Canada. LOL.
This is truly the future we were promised: BEAR RAMPAGE Terrifying moment hoverboard-riding circus bear ATTACKS handler during show in front of screaming families
That’s how normal bears behave in Russia.
Just 18??
LOL never change, racist sexualorientationalist assholes.
Damn Spud. Did you clean Costco’s produce section?
Nice array, Spud. Missus has been busy canning cukes and making tomato sauce. Your peppers are different than mine, none of that hot stuff in my house. We’re eating as much fresh garden stuff as we can, the store stuff is tasteless off season. Tomatoes, cukes, corn, bell/banana peppers. Watermelon is not ripe yet, getting a little late and the days are noticeably shorter/cooler. Squash are HUGE! Like giant flat green pumpkins.
I am reaping the benefits of coworkers who are bringing in their excess garden produce.
Just had a nice zucchini, sliced, with a bit of butter, salt and pepper in the microwave.
Easy and delicious.
We too suffer from abundance. It makes neighbors more neighborly though. It’s easier to call for help when the snow gets too deep for me to use the snowblower but that’s not often.
I love when people start handing out the zucchini bounty. It’s delicious fried in EVOO, sprinkled with a veggy spice mix. Throw in a little (lot) butter right at the end…yummy.
Splosives, try the zucc in microwave with olive oil, garlic salt, and a sprinkle of pine nuts.
I just pulled 30-40 lbs of sweet potatoes today. Hoping for another 10 from a raised bed.
We have 2 spaghetti squash put up after giving away a bunch. Pumpkins were done early, so they’re gonna struggle to make it to October. We got 2 watermelons. All from the same 10×20 patch as the sweet potatoes.
Cukes are all canned, tomatoes never really came in (my fault), and beans were a mess (my fault). Not enough okra to actually eat, and peppers were also a mess (my fault). Overall, the garden has been a learning experience, particularly ia lesson in not abandoning all the planning in frustration just because the help is impatient about the sowing process.
Eggs started arriving last week, so we’re awash in the. It’d be nice if the chickens consistently laid in the coop, but we’re not there yet. I got a handful (7) of new chicks today on a whim.
Ya this was our tester garden so really only a 5×5 and it produced. So next late winter/early spring its going to get expanded and done properly in hopes of providing a bounty.
Oh, and square foot gardening is overrated. It was amazing from March through May. It started showing it’s weaknesses in June.
I strangled my cukes with the squash..totally my fault. A branch of the tomato plant that split and I tore off mistakingly was planted and it has healed up and produced. Tomatoes are one hearty sucker.
Submitted w/o comment other than I’m feeling that Muscle Shoals horn section.
Ann Peebles.
Very good. Thank you for bringing to my attention.
I have made it to Albany.
Oddly enough, there’s no sign of my office nor the Hudson river.
Oh wait, it’s Albany, Oregon.
Hey, it was very nice having dinner with you tonight. Be safe in your travels.
It was nice to meet you as well.
Well, IN has Peru, Denver and Mexico within 20mi of each other.
Good-ish news? Springfield and Shelbyville aren’t mortal rivals, AFAIK. About a three-hour drive between ’em. So it goes.
I am familiar with Mexico and Peru, NY but dunno if there is a Denver.
There is
Also within a short drive: Bunker Hill, Twelve Mile, Erie, Converse, Vermont, New London, Young America, Dunkirk, Nevada, and a lovely pairing: Hemlock and Groomsville.
(One or two may be unincorporated communities, but they are all real places. Quite close to another.
And Metropolis!
Warsaw is about 20 miles southeast of me, and Oslo is about 15 miles further.
The OR one is named after the NY one, not any other.
I do hope you enjoyed the Redwoods.
When is your trek back Unciv?
This was technically my turnaround day. I hit the westernmost point in the lower 48 and it’s all East from here.
To clarify, my road trips generally do not go to point b, sit at point b for a while, then go back. It is typically just a continuous series of jaunts with maybe a day or two of touristing in between driving.
Are you going to hit the northern-most point while you’re in Minny?
No.
I’m just stopping in to the Honey Harvest, then headed towards home.
Are you taking US2 or I94 across NoDak?
Or are you going through *spit* SoDak?
This warms my heart.
The Texas Billionaire Who Has Greenpeace USA on the Verge of Bankruptcy
Consequences? You don’t say.
Love it.
That’d be lovely and deserved. I strongly welcome such development.
😀
It’s calendar ordering time, folks!
https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/123872ty/dp/B0C8GFN8D2
That really is tempting
I have a coworker with extreme TDS. I so want to hang that up on the wall.
Too bad he’s not wearing a Che t-shirt in one of those pics.
ЛOЛ
You need the 8-language, normal size version https://www.amazon.com/Generic-President-Russia-Wall-Calendar/dp/B0D7M2PJVR
Why none of the shirtless pics I keep hearing about?
Nice haul! Im still getting tomatoes and our squash is coming in nicely.
Went kayaking down the Licking River. Ya…great name. I took a spill. Might have been beer or maybe I sneezed wrong..I dont know but had to swim the kayak to the opposite bank so I am exhausted.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/kentucky-office-homeland-security-actively-monitoring-shooting-highway
Probably a drug deal gone bad and more reports say not all motorists were shot, most likely auto accidents as a result. This is why I moved here!
It’s made international news
Good morning!
I’m ready to hit the road, but Lily’s boarder doesn’t accept visitors before 9:00 on Sunday, so it’s time for a trip to the park.
I am not looking forward to this drive — had to put too many manual waypoints in to avoid the Acela corridor.
Good morning all you cool cats!
😺🌄☕
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r-rgIPIkCl4
🎶🎶
Nice wakeup tune!
The bad news is my flight is delayed four hours.
The good news is my wife found that out when she got up at 4:30, so I was able to sleep another couple of hours.
Ah, well. We’ll just miss out on some pool time today.
No one wants to see you in your speedos.
Rule 34 begs to differ.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/09/07/tony-blair-calls-for-global-agreement-on-social-media-speech-restrictions/
Fuck you Tony. You’re a cock gobbling Nazi.
Tony and friends.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxSM5y7Pfs
Please share your sick fascist fantasies with us, Tony.
Public execution of tyrants may be the answer.
Mornin’, reprobates!
Getting a taste of fall here, I like it. Sitting on the beach is much better when it’s not sweltering. And it’s perfect weather to head over to this lovely place later this week.
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/edwin-b-forsythe
Not a lovely place like Vineland? 😉
LOL, no. Maybe Egg Harbor City.
Combining this and UCS’ being in Albany, let me repeat my call that the Egg really needs to be demolished.
Morning all,
We’re back into summer weather for a few days, 80s for highs. Yesterday morning was in the low 40s, garden still can use some warm weather, w’melons are big enough but not ripe yet. The days are noticeably shorter, just early daylight at 6:30. Time to fill the wood box up, get ready for the fall.
The birds are gathering up, robins and flickas have been active and passing through on their way south. Turkeys are bunching though they will be here all winter, begging food.
Deer are coming out in the evenings and fawns are self sufficient, more or less.
Good morning, 4(20), Ted’S., rhy, ‘patzie, Sean, slummy, and NA!
It’s only 47 degrees outside at the moment, so too chilly to venture out to Tranq Base. 😞 I hope we have a few more warm weekends before I have to stay inside in the mornings until spring.
Brazilians protest goverment crackdown on X/Twitter; note how AP puts “free speech” in sneer quotes.
AP also wrote “a few thousand” (the pictures look like more than that), while WSJ said “tens of thousands”.
The whole thing is such blatant propaganda it’s impossible to know what if any of it is accurate.
Of course, TwiX at large is blaming Elon Musk for being banned in Brazil. “iT wUz jusT Se7en acccOuNts!!1!”
“Just the tip.”