FEDERAL BUREAUCRATS WHINE TRUMP CAMPAIGN NOT COOPERATING: Delicious, salty ham tears from Government Executive. Your unintentional self-parody for the day: “On this proposition [of] ‘we don’t trust the government,’ that’s a problem, because at the end of the day, if you’re running it, you’re going to have to be trusting it…” Some advice about that.
“SUSTAINABLE AVIATION GOALS” Your weasel-phrase of the week, folks. How can aviation, one of the world’s most carbon-intensive industries, become more sustainable? A new study suggests that slower planes could be part of the solution. If they can’t stop you from going to Disneyland, they want to make it as inconvenient as possible and force you into green-approved, government-controlled mass transporation (trainz!!1!). Fuck these people.
A RAY OF HOPE ON THE COP IMMUNITY FRONT: The Fifth Circuit seems to love nothing more than creating more distance between cops and accountability. But, every so often, it finds a law enforcement member that even it is not willing to redeem. That’s how far Louisiana state trooper Kasha Domingue went off the rails in the incident leading to this lawsuit.
TEXAS TEACHERS IN GOVT SCHOOL ACCUSED OF DOPING KIDS WITH SLEEPYTIME STICKERS: The accused teachers have been placed on administrative leave, but the school is dragging its feet in addressing the issue. I hope the parents file charges AND sue.
IVIES ACCUSED OF PRICE-FIXING: According to the lawsuit, these universities bilked applicants from divorced or separated homes by including the financial backgrounds of noncustodial parents when determining financial aid packages. Wait, I thought the places were supposed to be beacons of fairness and social justice.
SOME LIKE IT HOT: Spice wimp? It may all be in your head. This article suggests there may be hope for those pitiable, scoville-averse people.
AN ODE TO MARMOTA MONAX: I just learned of this delightful toe-tapping song this weekend at a fest. Enjoy.
Are you going out to bathe in the G4 solar storm tonight?
Heh. Who doesn’t like a big dose of CME?
First. A weak first, but still a first.
*Thrusts hips
Look at this 30-minute forecast map!!!
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
Yes. We hit G4 now, it’s worth going outside tonight. The previous one was visible in Missouri, I heard.
For some people the spice must flow. For me I prefer mild.
“Mild” is a poor descriptive, what I call mild, the girlfriend calls pain.
My wife gets mild Pace Picante sauce for herself. I have tried it. Tastes like tomato paste. Totally pointless.
R.J.:
The girlfriend has a desire to try the extra mild salsa that some in the midwest get.
My condolences, R.J.
For you, and all the other spicy folks here, I recommend Cocina Fresca salsa, in the refrigerated salsa section of your supermarket. The Mild (Jalapeno) is quite acceptably spicy, the Medium (Serrano) is very zippy yet fun. I have yet to try the Medium-Hot (Habanero). Unfortunately, they don’t have a full-on Hot.
I drop a whole chopped pepper into a mild container of Sam’s fresh salsa.
It puts anything labeled “hot” to shame.
Fourscore likes to say, “Ketchup is spicy enough for me.”
I can attest that CPRM makes some pretty good salsa.
My wife will sometimes take a bite of something and say her mouth is burning, while I take a bite of the same thing and detect no heat at all.
I used to do super-hot, but now I’m more medium-hot, partially so the burning doesn’t overwhelm the flavor and partially so my intestines don’t light up a few hours later.
Back in the day when I was living in NoVa (DC suburbs, many authentic ethnic restaurants) I had worked my way up to ordering “Thai hot” and living to tell about it.
Spicy is good! Super spicy is even better.
I’ve got more peppers to harvest by this weekend.
Agreed. I need to sweat post-tasting. It needs to be a fire that cannot be quenched by beer or water.
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fmake-him-regret-being-born-v0-xwm360fe32fa1.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D03fe95d4956d047eeab3c0c73816f07a81fcb5e2
When I first moved to Houston, we went to Chinese restaurant that had “triple spicy beef.” The kind of heat that made you feel drunk. I wonder if it would still have that effect on me now.
I can’t understand the purpose of overwhelming the taste of food by doctoring it up.
A garden fresh tomato, a nice bell pepper, what’s not to like?
I had a boss at my last job who would make chili using decanted peppers (cooked down and drained off the oil).
It would go right past hot and would actually make my ears ring.
Yeah, I like enough heat to enhance the flavor.
Too much heat just ruins it.
rhy is right. I like spice, but at this point it is either boring, or done as a way to show off more than anything.
IE Thai spicy is nothing, ghost peppers are stupid.
I love how at the bottom they admit genetics “might” be involved. 🙄
As a “medium spice”, I can attest that my reactions to “hot” are more than just in my head.
I’m not imagining when spicy makes its way through my gut.
Or being butt naked in the bathtub at 2am running the cold-water tap over my poor abused asshole.
(Did I actually eat anything spicy that day? I honestly can’t remember…)
Did your poop etch lines in the porcelain? If not, try again!
No kink shaming.
(Did I actually eat anything spicy that day? I honestly can’t remember…)
That sounds more like the effects of rohypnol than spicy food.
But other than that, how was the Diddy party?
We used to call that a “three rock shit.” As in you need to keep three rocks next to the toilet to throw in and splash water on your A-hole to cool it down.
Medium is my setting at the Indian and Thai restaurants.
In the universe I am not sure exists where Trump wins, I am cautiously optimistic that he has learned some lessons from last time around. Things like “don’t hire your enemies”.
I have heard him say exactly that. When he first won, there were thousands of people to be hired, and people close to him told him who to hire. He wasn’t familiar with any of them and they turned out to be bad choices.
He didn’t exactly get great people before, and I don’t see great people lining up to work for him this go round. So I have zero optimism.
Having been on Donnie’s staff may not be a boost on a resume.
True, but it’s about 100% certain that Kamala will make bad choices.
Some potential employees could be picking up on a faint “if you work for him we will imprison you at the end of four years” vibe in the air.
I don’t know that he needs ‘great people’ as opposed to ‘people who aren’t actively subverting and sabotaging him’.
And he needs to nut up and shitcan those people. Empty out the fucking Pentagon if that’s what it takes.
Impeachment #3, coming up!
The other thing he needs to learn is you don’t fucking Tweet orders, you put it in writing.
His marital choices reflect his ability to make bad decisions.
/Second time around
The climate grifters are nothing if not a constant source of hilarity – esp. as their desperation is showing now that people are finally waking up to the hoax.
slower planes
That will apply to private and government flights, too, right? Right?
No, their time is way more important than yours.
Welcome back to blimps!
Relevant
RIGID AIRSHIPS!
Zeppelin rocks!
“You can only fly these certain times and days based on the first letter of your last name.”
Evidently Boom Supersonic didn’t donate enough to leftist causes
Supersonic
Suck it, haters.
I don’t hate that one at all!
Here’s another good one
Ha that is the other match in my library.
Supersonic
First snow in the Great Land today. Winter is coming. Only got about an inch, and it’s already melting, but it will start to snow in earnest by the end of October.
It’s still 90 degrees in the afternoon in TX.
Our Hummingbirds haven’t even left the area yet, and they’re usually gone right after labor day.
Fucking 84 here. I don’t want snow, but c’mon man.
We did the usual 80 last week, 50 this week.
I wish the 60s would stick around a little longer.
84 in Denver, and, try as I like, I just do not like this town.
We’re suddenly overwhelmed by ladybugs. I thought we were clear this year but we haven’t hit peak lady bug yet, I guess. Jillions of them want to share my house with me. I just came in, brushed off about 10 from my clothes. They’ll be crawling on the walls and ceiling.
shot a man in the back as he was running away and then lied about it.
Bad cop, no donut.
“shot a man in the back as he was running away and then lied about it.”
Sounds like one of those Old West books they sold on TV when I was a kid.
“He once shot a man for snorin’ too loud.”
Not even Jon Wesley Hardin would shoot a man running away.
Snoring too loud, you betcha.
I’d be fine with slower planes if they brought back the Pan Am flight attendants and food service.
You know what would happen. Vegan food and roasted crickets, courtesy WEF.
And the flight attendants would all have made up pronouns.
There are free sandwiches and other food items in coach on AA. There’s also unlimited beer, wine and liquor if you’re in Main Cabin Extra (the front rows in coach). I switched from booking business class seats to basic economy cause I can select Main Cabin Extra seats for free at booking.
I like 505 “hatch valley green salsa”. Not particularly hot, but flavorful. Good for dunking blue corn tortilla chips.
From Costco? That stuff is great on eggs too.
This week my shoulder injury improved enough for me to play hockey. I went back for the first time last night. By the end of practice my entire shoulder joint was really tired and a little sore. Feels pretty good today though. I have about 4 weeks before the first big tournament.
Congrats! Keep us updated.
I will! I promised you some content too, I have a few shorter things I’m writing off line that might become a series.
Nice! Thanks.
WOot!
Excellent
Nice!
I start on Monday. I wasn’t gonna play until winter league but this team needed a few dudes. My son played this week and said they are good but much more chill than the fucking pricks we skated with last season.
Great to hear progress. Keep dem ball-socket joints safe, and give ’em their due. A (not really) shocking amount of complex work they do for us.
Finally get to sit down and peruse the lynx.
Feeling a little under the weather. I think I have Dutch Elm disease. Or maybe I’ve smelled too much pumpkin spice.
It’s Lupus
It’s never lupus.
Is one of your symptoms the ability to fold space-time and commune with the sandworms?
I called the Dr. He asked: “Got wood?”
I’d be fine with slower planes if they brought back the Pan Am flight attendants and food service.
Back in the day (a cursory search came up empty) somebody did some concepts of the Northrop flying wing as a commercial airliner. My favorite was the one which was basically a giant flying cocktail lounge. That might tempt me to fly again.
This is all a pipe dream of course, because the goal is always “less consumption” unless you are one of the elites.
That would be an interesting business idea though.
Maybe this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMTwQ9b5hvk
It’s a classic of late ’40s early 50s advertising; “and the bar will raise the spirits of those who don’t feel high enough in the stratosphere.”
Outrage
The USDA’s Wildlife Services program is a holdover from the 1930s, when Congress gave the federal government broad authority to kill wildlife at the request of private landowners. In that era, government-sponsored extermination programs for native wild animals, like wolves and grizzly bears, were common.
After the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, federal agencies were required to change course and start helping some of those wild animal populations recover. But today, Wildlife Services employees still kill hundreds of thousands of noninvasive animals a year, data from the agency shows. Even species considered threatened under the Endangered Species Act, like grizzly bears, are not exempt. So long as livestock or human life are threatened, federal rules allow Wildlife Services to kill those animals, too.
People should all be forced to live in cities, so the cuddly critters can roam free and unharmed.
/thinks back to the woman with the trash panda infestation
I’m sure they’ll all be peacefully relocated to an upstate farm, right?
People here:
“Gimme mountain properties! Gimme wolves! Yes to Prop 127 (ban on lion hunting)”
*time passes and apex predators apex*
“Where are Fido and Fluffy?!? DO SOMETHING!”
I detest Disney environmentalists, especially those with money.
The Grey Lady.
https://x.com/nytopinion/status/1844467343788826857?s=19
Harris “has brought back the kind of excitement, hope and energy that I have not experienced since the presidential election of John F. Kennedy.”
Sad. Pitiful, even.
Even better if you scroll the comments.
New algorithm game… how many comments do you have to scroll to get to the first positive comment?
JFK taught me where Viet Nam is. He was like a geography teacher for about 1 million young men and women.
We’ve moved on from Team Evil and Team Stupid, to Team Stupid-Evil and Team Pathetic-Evil.
Gufaw!
We are all unburdened from what the country can do for you.
excellent
…can do to you…
Ask not.
Ask not? I thought we were all about affirmative consent these days?
“Ask not what you can do to unburden your country — ASK how your county can unburden yourself?!”
RFK was a right wing extremist by today’s standards
Definitely to the right of Trump
Or, *JFK, even
These people are the sorts that would try to smear shit on your face, lie and tell you that it’s not shit, and then get angry when you call them out that what they are trying to smear on your face is indeed, shit.
This lady during the 2020 Presidential Primaries couldn’t even win her state and then was only chosen as VP because of her gender and race. Then had a low approval rating as VP along with being incompetent at the tasks she was assigned. Following her getting a nomination that she didn’t need to fight nor campaign for a couple of months ago. I can have a little respect for someone who can at least admit that they’re voting for her because in their minds she’s the lessors of two evils, but I want to fly into a rage when someone is trying to bullshit me and say how amazing and accomplished she is and therefore is deserving of the Presidency.
That is the part that is astonishing.
Some people really seem to be buying in to the light bringer propaganda. They really, truly love Big Sister.
I no longer wonder how the Nazis could have gotten away with the death camps.
Now I wonder how we don’t all still have iron maiden and drawing and quartering and all of the barbarian.
People in groups really will go along with anything at all.
We had the pussyhat brigade chanting in favor of war with Russia in Ukraine.
Other than a few weirdo libertarians and maybe… maybe a few nutters in the greens…. nobody stands on principle.
It’s the unhinged anger that freaks me out a little. I have no doubt that these people would turn us in for our principles and speech.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thats-just-like-your-opinion-man
*outright, prolonged laughter*
And I can see the steam flying out of Obama’s jug-ears from here.
The Louisiana State Use of Force Board determined that Domingue repeatedly failed to use her body cam and repeatedly violated Louisiana State Police Policy and Procedure regarding cameras. It further found that Domingue repeatedly lied about her actions and shot Dilley “without any reliable justification.” And it found that Domingue committed criminal negligence.
Guys, guys, guys. Passive voice.
“There was a failure to follow procedures”.
Sheesh.
Where is the obligatory “but taking into account the totality of the circumstances….”
Me, to my boss: “All the stories should have tags. We covered that in our training, IIRC”
Boss: “I wasn’t aware of the IIRC requirement”
Me: “…”
Boss: “…”
Me: “IIRC = if I recall correctly”
Boss: “I should have Googled that”
😂
Even worse admission…. even today I see that and think “why are they talking about internet relay chat?”
#metoo
There’s a lot of TLA you need to (IMNSHO) KIM. OTOH, at some point you need to RTFM or STFU, not everyone can be a TLA SME.
Prince of Wales!
Is it wrong of me to wish for a poorly timed meteor strike?
He must have been really IIRCed.
Wait, did you say IIRC, or did you type it?
‘Cause that would be like saying LOL as opposed to actually laughing.
Fuck these people.
Preach. Two of my favorite things in the world are cars and travel. These thundercunts want to eliminate both.
Also, great song choice. Absolute 70s perfection.
Thundercunts!
Thundercunts!
Thundercunts!
Ho!
Harris “has brought back the kind of excitement, hope and energy that I have not experienced since the presidential election of John F. Kennedy.”
Fap fap fap.
The electorate is composed of delusional imbeciles.
The electorate is composed of delusional imbeciles.
It’s bi-partisan even!
She is literally running on no platform whatsoever.
Auroras already strong just after sunset in Greenland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfF9bhaBuvw
This is unreal
I can have a little respect for someone who can at least admit that they’re voting for her because in their minds she’s the lessors of two evils, but I want to fly into a rage when someone is trying to bullshit me and say how amazing and accomplished she is and therefore is deserving of the Presidency.
She’s the best, smartest, most qualified candidate ever! We’re lucky to have her.
Amazing how few Dem voters realize how badly they’ve been screwed. Or maybe it’s just denial. They’ve been told Trump is literally Hitler, yet they had two of the worst candidates ever forced on them. Those two were supposedly the best the Dems had to offer to counter this grave threat.
Look…. just shut yer pie hole until we can get this speech thing locked down.
-55 DNC elites and government insiders.
Anyone that can garner praise for bringing slavery to a State like California in modern times is truly a miracle worker.
[JFK] was a right wing extremist by today’s standards
He cut taxes on the rich!
So glad they provided any independent substantiation.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/10/24266848/violent-threats-against-fema-swirl-on-social-media
How do you say “We fucked up” without saying “we fucked up.”
If the program does kill native wild animals, “Wildlife Services uses wildlife damage management strategies that are biologically sound and environmentally safe and strives to reduce damage caused by wildlife without impacting sustainable wildlife populations,” the statement outlined.
Some scientists NPR spoke with see it differently.
“It’s been scientific consensus since 1999 that indiscriminate killing is damaging,” said Adrian Treves, a professor of environmental studies and director of the Carnivore Coexistence Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
My expert can beat up your expert.
So glad they provided any independent substantiation.
Unsubstantiated rumors about threats and interference which impede government activities are on their face believable.
As for private vigilante gangs carrying out alleged “rescues” …
Apparently i am paying Barney Fife’s salary. Makes me proud.
https://youtube.com/shorts/SckoSdZubxY
Warrant for child endangerment.
The woman they arrest has the same first name and same sex.
Other than that….
JFC
Part of the climate change goals for aviation is demand reduction aka increase prices or outright limit who gets to fly. Doesn’t apply to the Davis crowd, of course.
The proper response to all green demands is “You first”.
Especially the Just Stop Oil protestors.
I’m waiting for the news that millions of students have pledged to stay home for Spring Break.
Doesn’t apply to the Davos crowd, of course.
Well of course not – you think we fly commercial?
@Rhywun
I really hoped you linked this Super Sonic
He didn’t but of course Ted’S did.
Dreadful.
lol I’m kind of enjoying it.
Reminder of simpler times.
“if you’re running it, you’re going to have to be trusting it”
Well, that’s not true at all. A great many people brought in to make changes or reform an institution don’t trust it. That’s why they are brought in to make changes.
“including the financial backgrounds of noncustodial parents when determining financial aid packages”
As a lot of divorced parents can tell you, not having custody does not mean no financial obligations. Does “child support” ring a bell?
That jumped out at me as well; I don’t see how it’d be wrong to consider both parents’ income, regardless of marital status.
My public school required the reporting of my mom’s boyfriend’s income.
I was more or less independent by then – I got the occasional emergency help, rides home and stuff but I was otherwise on my own.
I did not report the father who never paid his child support anyway.
But yeah the whole situation is fucked up way over and above what’s in that story.
Do I stay home and do chores or do I go out and watch at least the first period of the Bruins home opener?
Decisions, decisions…
Don’t be ridiculous. There’s only one home opener this year.
It’s this sort of unimpeachable, high-quality advice I come here for.
(Tuesday’s game vs the Panthers was ugly, but Swayman should be in net tonight. Plus, the Habs aren’t the Panthers)
The Wild have Columbus tonight for the home opener. Two home games to start the season and then 7 straight on the road. I’ll know by the end of the month what we’ve got.
Cheers!
I had to invest in the second VPN to be able to watch it on NESN in LA.
I can follow the Sabres from here again this year – will they stink it up again?
Though I am not terribly familiar with these dopes after following the Rangers for a number of years.
There were high hopes for the Sabers this year but they aren’t exactly off to a great start. I haven’t watched but a guy on a podcast I listen to said they just kind of look like they have. But who the hell knows – hockey is weird.
It’s time.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.
Enjoy hockey season, boys!
Here’s tonight’s haul:
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/8nrTXBdtSPO8-2v2h-OR3g.92tXqz_dZKeLE48ATXn78L
Amazing! Very artistic, too.
Are there Scotch Bonnets in there?
No scotch bonnets. Yellow scotch brains, yes.
Lovely. I’ve been drying tomatoes in the oven this week. Today I filled a big baking sheet with halved cherry tomatoes. They dried up into cute little tomato raisins. They’ll be great to use in cooking. Except that whole baking sheet shriveled down to about 2 ounces.
That must be why a whole jar of sun dried tomatoes is so expensive.
No guns? No beef? What kind of monster hijacked Sean’s account?
Real or deep fake or missing context? https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1844456829394485536
Moments ago in Iceland
https://ibb.co/W2Xbs71
WOW!
Better than AI
Despite losing my lob on Friday (though paid for Monday!), I have two strong leads for a new gig. One is more reputable than the other, and I will admit, my decision to wear scrubs was a good one. Might as well. There were also two cuties there. They gave me the eye a few times. Strongly approve, do I. I find odd ways to always slink into alleys/careers/locations where others ‘overlook.’
‘Without delay/ good news is on the way.”
Again I gotta say, Go Detroit. I also like KC, and I detest the AL. Universal DH now, so… I s’pose no point. I’m happy with the Phils. I’m rooting AL? Feels so icky.
I lost my lob once. It was terrible.
It was a bad lob on my part, but he caught it anyway. He lobbed it back and the game went on.
4yo nephew can catch quite well when he isn’t laughing. Focus Pocus! He must be moving and loves many things
“There were also two cuties there. They gave me the eye a few times. Strongly approve, do I.”
I would keep my hands to myself unless I wanted to lose that job, too.
That was not why I lost the other job. I’ve never flirted nor dated within work. Terrible idea. (Argument home comes to work? Fuck that. Even I’m smarter than that.)
Pretty girls at work is like wallpaper. Might as well be nicely decorated, and not be some Hutt-slum sans Leia.
This.
No fishing off the company pier. Especially these days.
Ya don’t fish for wallpaper or interior/exterior design. You appreciate niceties and possibly get fashion-forward ideas moving on. What the eye sees; how the mind reacts and fingers type, is not how Evan acts.
I’m a bit upset with myself for being too distracted to notice real opportunities when I see them. Had a great one yesterday when my pup got friendly with a cuties’. Perfect chance for even a sentence that coulda/likely woulda gone nowhere. But ya miss 100% of the shots ya don’t take. I prefer making Active Mistakes rather than passive ones. (Try too hard or do too much, rather than sitting back. Humans make both flavors of mistake.)
I see you McKinstry!
Going opo with the heater!!
Former Cub. Think about it. (“We will.” “…no you won’t.) Predictable Baez was left off the roster. Damn he was exciting when he *could* play. His pickle between first and HOME… and yeah the idiot first baseman misplayed all of it, but it totally worked. Got a run in and Baez got to second. I can’t think of a more fun play I’ve ever seen, and to the best of my knowledge, not something that’s ever been done before. (Not sure on that…)
Baez had hip surgery in the second half of the season. He won’t be playing again this season.
We also got rid of him at the right time. Age didn’t do well to his athletic abilities. He hasn’t hit in several years. I still wish him the best, especially with the hip surgery. I sincerely hope a strong return for him.