Yes, another one.
This time, I’m being smarter about it- we’re meeting up at a brewery, so if/when we hate each other, at least I can have some beer.
Birthdays today include a guy who might have been your uncle; a guy who made major contributions toward destroying American education; a guy who could be in three places at once; a fantastic comic actress whose skills as the straight man were unparalleled; Martin Landau’s best role; a guy whose fame rested on always being neutral; a famous humorist who, to be fair, wasn’t very funny; a woman who was mostly famous for constantly being boring on night-time talk shows; a guy who managed to live off his pee-pee money; creator of one of the most unintentionally entertaining museums; a baseball player known for the spitter; and yes, this is too broad, but a serious candidate for dumbest senator; a without-contest winner of the dumbest former senator award; and a guy who has ridden a single joke into eternal fame and fortune.
And with that out of the way…
“No, seriously, I really DO hate Jews.”
Gaffe (n) – The unintentional telling of the truth.
Look, it’s as relevant as anything else they’re talking about.
At least he’s using his own money and not taxpayers’.
/raises hand “Ummm, I think I know why…”
Wishbone Ash seems to have been forgotten over the years which the Old Guy thinks is a pity. Dueling guitars, dueling vocals, great harmonies. This is a song my band covered. Not well, mind you, but we gave it a shot.
Good luck sir — here’s hoping you find a cure for what ales ya and not a strange brew.
I certainly couldn’t do it, that’s for sure.
He can just hops right out of there if it comes to a head.
Don’t be such a worry-wort, OM.
“Lager? I just met ‘er!”
Hoping it gose better this time.
Yes, another one.
Though really, isn’t this the textbook definition of insanity?
I don’t know, it seems a repeat of what I did in my 20’s and 30’s.
Which worked, eventually. (19th anniversary dinner last night.)
I think this gets a pass because he’s not actually expecting a different result.
Triumph of hope over experience?
If it gose sour, I think is what he is saying.
But, he can crack a good bock and at least get some studying done.
Happy birthday Garrison Keillor?
Happy birthday Chelsea Handler?
He was a humorist? Who knew?
Al Franken.
Those guys are really funny in Minnesoda. Maybe he water?
Ugh there is not a single day that asshole isn’t on my television hawking something or other. I don’t get the “appeal”. Go away already.
Happy birthday Jimmie Walker?
Ha not this year. Thank god.
This year it’s a bunch of unknowns hawking medicare stuff every ten minutes.
He has 2 jokes. First, the one he lifted from Frankie Smith. The other one he lifted from Willie Nelson.
Q would like a different TV Bra.
“Or at least I’m going to pander like hell to Michigan!”, yeah… nice contrast with the “Jesus is Lord” heckling she did just prior as well — “You’re in the wrong rally!” Ok… so Christians who actually still believe in Christianity shouldn’t be in her Democrat Party… believers in “Zionism” and abortion are the important ones.
Here’s hoping the electorate pays attention — I know there are a lot of really squishy “Christians” out there (he says throwing the stone firmly through his lapsed Catholic glass wall [Francis and the Church hierarchy have really soured me, though I still hold to the tenets]), but surely the heckling dismissal versus the outright pandering should make it clear how well you’d be “represented” in your concerns once you’re no longer useful.
Of course, I say that — but look at the urban African American demographic and how they keep getting absolutely nothing but denigration and corruption for their votes for night unto 70 years now. Sigh.
Watching the party having swung to the far left over the last few years only to get henpecked by the keffiyeh set which is largely comprised of the even farther left has been one of the few bright spots in this hideous election season.
While I was watching the Indians lose to the Yankees last night, I was chatting with a couple people at the bar. Both (in the modern parlance) people of color, both had done time, both were 100% on the side of Trump and vehemently opposed to Harris. One of them said (in regards to Trump), “I don’t care if he calls me a spic, or threatens to deport me. As long as my W-2 is better again, he’s got my vote.”
Is there any better definition of not knowing what is in your own best interests? This is why he NEEDS progressives to tell him!
That crystal clear message is lost on Team Blue.
All the urban A.A. need to know is that the GOP will put them back in chains if the Dems don’t win.
“It worked, didn’t it?”
Sigh…
Well fuck the universe for putting me on Lizzo’s side of anything.
lol Not if you listen to what she actually said. 🥴
Technically correct and all that.
I’m waiting for someone to juxtapose that line with the opening scene in Barbarian or Don’t Breathe.
Does Detroit have wealthy gated enclaves of privilege? Because I’d argue the goal is more of a “whole country is California” (the worst parts… not Cascadia) model instead… peasants in squalor… effete elites still getting treats and meats.
But yeah… smooth move there, slick.
It’s a whole “Detroit Strong” thing they’re playing. So yeah, it’s one message to one group but with a completely different meaning for most of the rest of America.
It’s our shit-hole!
Grosse Pointe and (((Bloomfield Hills))).
Neither of which are in Detroit. Grosse Pointe borders the city but is a suburb.
Short answer is no, outside of a couple of swanky condo complexes. The money fled Detroit decades ago and went to the suburbs. It isn’t like some cities where there is a rich, swanky gated community and a bunch of slums on the other side of town. The town was gutted and the money and young professionals never came back.
And now some member of the commentariat is going to sharpshoot me because they put in some condos across from the stadiums.
I say good sir — are you imputing that our honorable elected officials might seek to bribe their voting blocs using the public purse? Why, such an idea! As ludicrous as the government selectively hiring based on skin color…. or taking money from honest tradesmen to pay for the education of their devoted minions or the children of their friends!
Harumph!
Harumph, I say!
Yeah, Cuba can’t keep the lights on despite being able to trade with every other country on planet earth besides The United States, because apparently you can only buy copper wire, transformers, and turbines from GE.
Why aren’t others selling power equipment to Cuba? Perhaps because companies and countries believe it isn’t productive to shovel fleas into a barnyard.
Why the Cubans haven’t tossed their erstwhile rulers into the Caribbean is a mystery.
So what you are telling me is that for your socialist model to function you need access to the (relatively) free markets of the US?
Funny that.
Why don’t they just boost power from a neighbor. Any one have a 90 mile long extension cord?
That’s how China made it work.
https://youtu.be/j_nJMjK-0bM?si=7tkuAIkgdOHqwwtp
This time, I’m being smarter about it- we’re meeting up at a brewery, so if/when we hate each other, at least I can have some beer.
Good idea.
Pop star Lizzo was ripped online after she claimed that if VP Kamala Harris is elected president “the whole country will be like Detroit” at a rally for the Dem candidate in her hometown.
They aren’t sending their best.
“When he took the showers with other pros, they came out of there. They said, ‘Oh my God. That’s unbelievable,’” Trump said with a laugh. “I had to say. We have women that are highly sophisticated here, but they used to look at Arnold as a man.”
How do you know it wasn’t a bummer of a birthmark?
All the presenters have a learning disability or autism. They speak more slowly than on normal TV news shows.
So they’re more intelligent than the typical TV news talking head?
Old Guy Music is good.
“The TV station is called TV BRA, which means “TV Good”.”
Q approved?
Depends on the bra.
I got to thinking (I know) about our little conversation yesterday morn, and I was confusing Jaco with Arto. Lindsay than is. Hence why I wrote guitar as opposed to bass.
Also, saw a street beggar (panhandler, whatever) with gas cans as his schtick and a sign that said “fuck the Jews” yesterday.
Portland, moving up in the worlds
Thinking hurts. 1/10, would not recommend.
destroying American education
Happy birthday Horace Mann!
Trump can’t help himself from spewing stream of consciousness ad libs at his rallies.
It’s not a problem when he is at a social or informal event, but boy does it look bad when he his supposed to be serious and acting as a leader of our Country.
I can’t think of another presidential race where “none of the above” probably could have won had it been offered.
*Carter-Ford waves*
I’d vote that line in a heartbeat.
/raises hand “Ummm, I think I know why…”
It’s just bad luck.
In honor of one of our birthday boys, a song, live in studio the first time they had ever recorded, and was done in a single take:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy9h2q_dr9k
Great song
Batty batty batty! 🦇
In honor of another birthday boy, a super cool video that I see in my head every time I hear the song.
And a very fun cover.
::clicks::
So…not at all like the US. ::clicks link from “easy English” version to “standard English” version::
Ah! So none at all! THAT’S what you mean!
How many NPR ladies on Slutty Sunday?
https://archive.is/saRCl
I’d discuss literature with #20.
I can see why.
You are NOT the father!
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/real-madrid-baby-wag-tattoo-33927217
Elon does standup comedy on accident.
I LOL’d
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1847909500839194999?s=46&t=g7EG4Y-juKY6VXgHEzprrQ
A pure example of the seed of good intentions sprouts into reams of unneeded paperwork. Someone, somewhere is earning a fat pension (okay — several someones) making sure this sort of thing is done.
But yes, the Elon and OMB comedy tour should be a thing (hopefully after his next and final term — he can retire to that).
I’d watch that.
Apropos of nothing…
The other night I watched a movie called The Texans. Appeared in 1938. It was an interesting historical artifact, set in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, carpetbagging Yankee plunderers featured prominently, and it was pretty sympathetic to the ex-Confederate characters. In the end, justice, unity, and the Union prevailed.
Could you make a movie like that again? Who knows?
ATTN: OMWC
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/real-life/i-make-fortune-bonking-old-33865606
Is this subsidized by Medicare?
Think you used the same line for Margaret Dumont last year…but no worries. Need to decide if I want to go ahead and upgrade all my Marx Bros to Blu-ray in the short term or just rewatch all the DVDs (once I get them unpacked). Not really a wrong answer here.
Elon does standup comedy on accident.
“the whale had it coming”
Holy shit.
Was the site actually down last night? I tried getting to it sometime after 8 to check links and couldn’t connect at all.
I didn’t have any problems after I turned it off and on again.
NPR digs deep
While the collapse of the electrical grid comes as a surprise, the crisis is years in the making. Cuba’s power plants are dilapidated and in desperate need of maintenance. In addition, Cuba produces very little fuel of its own, meaning it relies on imports to keep the electrical grid afloat.
The big problem for the island is that Venezuela — a political ally that for decades was Cuba’s principal provider of fuel — has slashed shipments amid its own economic crisis. Mexico and Russia have also cut exports, leaving Cuba in a vulnerable position.
Total surprise. It’s like watching a big tree overhanging your house getting older and deader and rottener for years without doing anything and being astonished when it falls on top of you in the middle of the night.
For the life of me, I can’t understand how OM keeps going to a well full of stupid, because if you follow NPR regularly (and unironically) you ain’t the brightest bulb on the grid.
Somebody needs to stare into the abyss. Better him than me.
It’s the only game in town, from what I understand.
Cuba’s economy initially began tanking during the pandemic, when international tourism plummeted and inflation soared. During that same period, former President Donald Trump imposed a range of sanctions on Cuba after re-designating the country a “state sponsor of terrorism.”
Never saw that coming. Cuba should declare war on us.
“Cuba’s economy initially began tanking during the pandemic”
That’s an odd way to refer to when Castro took power in the ‘60s.
While the collapse of the electrical grid comes as a surprise, the crisis is years in the making.
How did you go broke? Slowly at first and then all at once.
While the causes of the crisis are multifaceted, the country-wide blackout is a new low for the government — and those Cubans still living on the island. Amid growing desperation, an unprecedented number of Cubans are trying to migrate to the U.S. by any means possible. The island has lost an estimated 10 percent of its population over the last three years.
Send rope.
Take him to Detroit.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kpJy38HNjMU&pp=ygUTc2VuZCBoaW0gdG8gZGV0cm9pdA%3D%3D
We’re not Detroit!
That’s awesome
Lol – I sent the Lizzo clip followed by this clip to a bunch of friends last night.
if you follow NPR regularly (and unironically) you ain’t the brightest bulb on the grid.
Intentions matter. Exclusively.
Speaking of intentions!
Personally, I think the only intelligent political ad I’ve seen is the Trump one that quotes Harris talking about how tough the economy is now juxtaposed with her talking about how great Bidenomics is.
🙄🙄🙄
Oh yeah, I didn’t read that as anything but arrogant narcissists.
The progressive movement is largely composed of thematic issue groups, dedicated to a cause or causes, such as climate change, women’s rights, economic justice, and so on. All of these groups, naturally, see their own issue as having special importance. Accordingly, they generally understand their role as pushing the Democratic Party to the left on their issue of concern.
An organization dedicated to changing the world on Issue X isn’t going to raise much money or inspire its staff if it takes the posture that Issue X is politically dicey and that the prudent course for Democrats would be to trim their sails. It’s standard for activist groups to insist their specific cause is highly popular (or, if that stance is too implausible for Democrats to believe, at least not unpopular).
Nice try. The people pushing those issues couldn’t care less if they are popular. They’re IMPORTANT. Too important for the lowbrow masses to be allowed to have a say.
“The progressive movement is largely composed of thematic issue groups, dedicated to a cause or causes”
“The cause is never the cause. The cause is always the revolution.”
Therefor:
“Accordingly, they generally understand their role as pushing the Democratic Party to the left on their issue of concern.”
What was that quote about the purpose of lies is so that people can’t even recognize what is true?
I was told that Trump is the one who shoots his mouth off.
I was told Clarence Thomas is part of the Supreme Court. Not sure why he gets singled out. Actually, I am.
Yeah, it is a mystery.
They have been using this canard since Trump vs US. As usual their outrageous lies are for short term gain, in this case to prosecute Trump which is in essence ’rounding up and prosecuting their political enemies’.
Talk about logical and rhetorical pretzels. I cant think of anything even close to that coming out of the right. Their faults are egregious but c’mon, nothing on par with that.
News stories about the king and queen of England touristing in Australia. It’s hardly anything I’ll lose any sleep over, but I thought what’s-her-name was disallowed from claiming the title of queen, and had to be the Royal Side Piece.
QEII named her queen consort before she died which meant she would officially become queen when Charles became king:
https://apnews.com/article/camilla-queen-consort-difference-coronation-797b45b366926e77f238b895587a7288
That’s a bold move Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off.
I dont pay much attention to the British royals. I was under the impression that Charles, famous for being a booger eating moron, was essentially in hospice care and expected Camilla to take on the ‘Dr. Jill’ role. Last picture I saw of Charles he appeared very poorly.
https://royalfamily.news/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/king-charles-new-portrait.jpg
My usual response when the subject of that lot comes up: “Dont blame us, we shot as many of them as we could.”
Turns out the King and Queen vacationing there were Henry VIII and Victoria. It was a bigger story until the pictures got mixed up and the paper had to use stock photos of living people.
/lies
Scurrilous poppycock
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday is expected to visit a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania as he continues to criticize Democrat Kamala Harris and claim without evidence that she never worked at the fast-food chain while in college.
His plan is to visit a McDonald’s and work the french fry cooker before heading to an evening town hall in Lancaster and then attending the Pittsburgh Steelers home game against the New York Jets.
The former president has fixated in recent weeks on the summer job Harris said she held in college, working the cash register and making fries at McDonald’s while attending Howard University in Washington. Trump has claimed the vice president never worked there, the latest example of his longtime strategy to seize on conspiracy theories and question the credentials of his political opponents.
Hey look over there!
Would you eat a burger cooked by Donald Trump?
I don’t eat McDonalds
Hell yeah, why not? The dude is a germaphobe.
I see that subsequent to the accusation of Trump failing to prove a negative the accuser fails to prove a positive.
The fact he’s a germaphobe is one of the reasons he eats so much McDonalds and eats his steak well done.
He’d best trade The Hat for a Steelers cap to make his (likely newfound) loyalty clear.
The left is getting scared they can’t fortify this election.
Behold “Salon” on that known John Birchesque publication the NYT:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/if-trump-wins-blame-the-new-york-times/ar-AA1sAfxn?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=3250d26a6eb14fcfa13becb50509c1f0&ei=97
Wait…who’s claims about McDonalds are without evidence? 🤡🌎
Kamala Harris claimed without evidence that she did work at a McDonald’s.
Someone on Twitter agrees with me:
https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1847793585137360969
Warboners at the ready! Stroke, stroke, stroke!!!
Who gives a shit about 10,000 bits of North Korean cannon fodder?
Or, as it’s called in communist east asia – a platoon.
Harris, who was a California prosecutor before becoming a senator and vice president, raises her McDonald’s experience as a way to show she understands working-class struggles.
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“Part of the reason I even talk about having worked at McDonald’s is because there are people who work at McDonald’s in our country who are trying to raise a family,” she said. “I worked there as a student.”
Harris also said: “I think part of the difference between me and my opponent includes our perspective on the needs of the American people and what our responsibility, then, is to meet those needs.”
Isn’t that what they call “cultural tourism”? Maybe she wrote a paper for her sociology class.
Maybe she can get her old job back in January.
I worry the Walz will get his old job back and take it out on the locals.
there are people who work at McDonald’s in our country who are trying to raise a family
Maybe someone in a position of authority, someone those people look up to, someone with practically unlimited access to the media should tell these people that is generally a terrible idea.
Trump has promoted false and baseless claims throughout his campaign
It’s far from the first time that Trump has promoted baseless claims. Most notably, he claims falsely that he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden due to voter fraud. Trump said during his presidential debate with Harris that immigrants who had settled in Springfield, Ohio, were eating residents’ pets.
Trump has long gone after opponents based on their personal history, particularly women and racial minorities.
At least the Democrats take the high road and abjure ad hominem attacks.
Well that just makes all the difference – see assholes, we can vote for either party and have some minor differences, but those entrenched interests? Those are fucking untouchable. And I don’t care that Republican-leaning third parties score Republicans better than Democrats. I want to see a party that looks at entrenched interests and has a Marvin Heemeyer like solution.
I hold that Duck Soup is the Marx Bros.’ funniest film, but I think that A Night at the Opera is more accessible to anyone who hasn’t seen one of their movies.
My favorite will always be Animal Crackers. Once I was in the public library, with a book that was just the script, along with stills from the movie. I found myself laughing heartily. A movie that can get me to laugh just by reading the script; impressive.
As the dominant voice in American journalism, the Times could have fundamentally changed the way Trump has been covered not just by its own journalists but by the political media as a whole. It could have stopped using soft, empty language and false equivalence, and made it crystal clear to the public that if elected Trump would turn America into a racist, authoritarian regime where facts don’t matter.
Gracious sakes alive.
“I see no lack of passionate, morally confident actors sounding the alarm,” Sulzberger said in a speech this past spring. “Indeed, the alarm seems so loud and so constant that much of the public has by now put in earplugs.”
No shit, Shirley?
Well, well-played with Hernandez as known for his “spitter.” Brilliantly written, acted, and surprisingly(?), the ’79 (co?) MVP winner did a great job in his role. He’s not a bad (non-)color(ed!) Color Man for MLB, either. Haven’t seen him in a bit, but damn good.
Nothing outranks Harry Carey, cultural figure though often just in his own (hilarious) place by the end, and Steve Stone, with legit, the best insight I’ve seen for foreseeing how at bats and pitch selections would go.
+1 “I contend there was a second spitter on the gravely road!”
One magic loogie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA5HRW4DWz0
+2 Arlen specter
Anyone had any experience on the MeetMe /MeetUp apps? Scoped out the former last night to.. better success than Tindr for findin’ (some) real folk. MeetUp seems a good one to investigate and find more social shit happenin’ ’round.
Costanza nails the social issue, though I’ve got plenty o’ hair:
Still feel outta place in Carmel, IN, and kinda right in dead-center fancy part. New work should start soon and I’m not ‘Out’ of $, but shit’s exorbitant for a guy like me. HOWEVER! I have a new gig, tentative start date Nov 5. I’ve confirmed the invitation offer and am awaiting the official job offer paperwork. Finalized Fri eve, and with weekend and closed on Monday, a rare opportunity to “chill.” This is rare and to be enjoyed.
DAMMIT! I’d sign up and be damn good at it! Alas, PA ain’t my territory. I’m an actor, trained and by nature. I’d kill the PR TVspots *and* Releases. (See also: Valtrex to fight Shingles. I’d (nearly) do an add for that shit for fuckin’ free. (‘Nearly’ free. Outstandingly delivered , with multiple takes to appeal to certain audiences.