Monday Afternoon Links

by | Nov 25, 2024 | Daily Links | 65 comments

News and Links and Stuff

The work keeps pouring in…and my Swiss masters have a lot more coming up the next few months. So Happy @#$%ing Thanksgiving to me.

Here are some links that are not so cranky as I am.

  • Randy old goat remains randy.
  • So always look for the union label!
  • Huh? This just keeps happening in Europe lately…its a mystery, why. I will hope Pie weighs in.
  • If this industry was more Swiss and more niche, it would be 3 people in a shack.

Music….hmmm. How about something in a parody mode.

Comment section is open and yours.

About The Author

Swiss Servator

Swiss Servator

Currently serving at the pleasure of a Swiss multinational. Previously a Soldier, rugby player, lawyer, bouncer, bartender, substitute teacher, risk manager, and cubicle mushroom. Will work for raclette.

65 Comments

  1. Shpip

    The Vaud-based company Sicpa, which specializes in inks for banknotes, will cut fewer jobs in Switzerland than planned. Instead of 120 jobs, fewer than 90 will ultimately be cut in the canton of Vaud.

    I suppose we should expect a whole song and dance about this, as that’s what we’ve come to expect from Vaud-ville.

    • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

      If any of them complain they can just put them on a train to Zug.

  2. Shpip

    “I was fascinated watching our crowd of kids, especially my granddaughter, standing there with the wife of one of Chelsea’s friends from 20-plus years ago and her daughters, and all of them up there singing and they all knew the words to all the songs,” he shared.

    Hasn’t the “teen idol” been a thing since the end of World War II or something? I always figured Tay-Tay was this decade’s version of Elvis.

    • Necron 99

      Clinton also praised the “Blank Space” singer for singing for “three-plus hours straight” on stage.

      Well, if you consider lip-syncing and on-the-fly pitch correction “singing”, then yeah, she did great.

    • Sean

      2025 is gonna be great!!*

      *Unless we all get blown up.

    • B.P.

      I thought the consensus was they would just keep calling the am programming Morning Joe.

    • EvilSheldon

      Which Syrian government are we talking about?

      • Tundra

        Who cares? I’m tired of funding three or four sides regardless/

      • Lord Humungus

        something something bomb them all and let god sort ’em out?

      • rhywun

        Seriously. GTFO and stay out.

      • juris imprudent

        Pretty sure there is only one Syrian government, even if it is one we don’t like.

      • EvilSheldon

        The usual dodge is to call one of the various rebel factions the ‘government-in-exile’ or some such.

      • Fourscore

        “Who cares? I’m tired of funding three or four sides regardless/”

        We’re still talking about ex-wives, right?

      • juris imprudent

        The usual dodge…

        Deserves to be punched in the face for lying.

      • Tundra

        Seriously. GTFO and stay out.

        Newsletter?

        Yes. GTFO everywhere. Stop the bombing and bullshit. Deep state fuckos and defense contractors can pick crops or sell their asses. I don’t care.

    • The Other Kevin

      That’s crazy, according to Kamala we have zero troops in harm’s way!

    • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

      Are you saying we should give Syria to Putin? I mean never mind that it’s not ours to give and the Russians/USSR have had a base there since the 70s.

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        Putin is the next Hitler!

        /US invades AFPAC.

    • juris imprudent

      Damn, and without even mentioning Taylor Lorenz. I’m sure she’ll pitch a fit and then cry about that.

    • rhywun

      You can see them all over the socials, adults wailing like toddlers in need of a nap and a weighted blankie

      Well, yes. Except such people are drawn to ‘the socials’ like moths to a flame, because they are malignant narcissists. Normies aren’t posting their normal behavior anywhere.

    • EvilSheldon

      Where do I get in on the therapy petting zoo grift?

      • LCDR_Fish

        I’m sure we have some members who’d rent you a goat or two for the weekend.

      • slumbrew

        If anyone here already has a goat handy, It’d be Sheldon.

  3. rhywun

    less than the living wage for one person with no children in Charlotte, North Carolina

    Low-wage jobs that maybe require sharing a residence have never been a thing in the history of the world before.

    • juris imprudent

      Maybe you got a gig you’d like me to take, you know, since I’m still on the govt payroll.

    • Suthenboy

      I would imagine Jack is having a tailor made mustache made along with a passport in a fake name with a visa to an unspecified Latin American country.

      • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

        He could try shaving that scraggly beard he has.

    • Shpip

      “Well, the lawfare didn’t work, so we better sweep it under the rug and hope everybody forgets about it.” — Dems, probably

      Tell you what: dismiss all the state and federal charges and civil suits with prejudice, and suspend the Eighth Amendment just long enough for Judge Chutkan to be fitted for a ducking stool followed by immediate retirement, and then we’ll think about calling it square.

      • SarumanTheGreat

        Nope, IMO as soon as a Democrat is elected President the case will be revived. They can’t forget, they won’t forgive, and they must make an example of him to cow any future challengers to TPTB

        “”It is not enough to simply beat Trump. He must be destroyed thoroughly. His kind must not rise again.”

        David Plouffe, pre 2016 election.

      • SarumanTheGreat

        Meant for Sensei.

  4. Sensei

    That’s a hell of a set of controls you have there Macy’s.

    Macy’s says employee hid up to $154 million in expenses, delaying Q3 earnings

    An independent investigation and forensic analysis found that a single employee with responsibility for small package delivery expense accounting intentionally made erroneous accounting accrual entries to hide roughly $132 million to $154 million of expenses from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the fiscal quarter ended November 2.

    • creech

      How many felonies is that in NY?

      • Sensei

        Depends if he is “documented” or not.

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        Not a Penny’s worth.

  5. The Other Kevin

    Strange holiday week this year, because my birthday is usually within 2 days of Thanksgiving. But I only have 2 days of work, my wife scheduled a massage for me Wednesday, and the youngest TOK and her husband come into town this week too. Hope you all have a good week ahead of you.

    • Tundra

      Sounds like a great week, Kev!

      my wife scheduled a massage for me Wednesday

      May your endings be happy!

  6. Suthenboy

    I see the end of cash. Not long after it becomes extinct people will realize that bills and coins are works of art and the value will be many more times the current face value. Just a hint…might want to stash some away.

    • R.J.

      Like those plated gold election coins with Kamala and Trump on them? Those are sweet.

      • Suthenboy

        I am talking in 50 years…common currency stuff today. By then people willl say “Kameeka who? Hey where can I find a ’76 Washington quarter?”

    • Fourscore

      What did people use before paper money? Can’t we just revert back to that?

      • Suthenboy

        Now that you mention it I dont think the chances are all that bad that we will start using that again.
        Dont sell your chickens.

    • Sean

      I have a collection of mint $2 bills.

      😛

  7. KK, Plump & Unfiltered

    Pretty sure I thought of everything for Thanksgiving dinner. Hopefully no additional grocery runs will be necessary this week.

    Note to Swiss/Tonio – new article is waiting for you.

    • The Other Kevin

      I hope you did. There was one year I had to go to the store the night before Thanksgiving, and again on Christmas Eve. Double nightmares.

      • creech

        “Shit, I forgot the turkey and the supermarket is out of them. Guess it is Peking Duck at the Chinese place for us.”

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        “FA Ra Ra-Ra RA, Ra-Ra Ra rAAA!”

    • Tundra

      I told someone today that I’m ready.

      Which means I am not.

    • pistoffnick (370HSSV)

      Turkey thawed, injected, and in the brine
      Stuffing made
      Gluten-free, dairy-free stuffing made
      Gravy made
      Gluten-free gravy made
      Macaroni cooked
      Cheese sauce for mac ‘n’ cheese made

      Yet to do:
      Mashed taters
      Dairy-free mashed taters
      Green-bean hotdish
      Sweet potatoes
      Smoke the mac ‘n’ cheese
      Make bread
      Make punkin pie

  8. Fourscore

    Ol’ Bill is looking a little pasty, needs to get out in the sun more.

    • Suthenboy

      You mean pale? That’s because he keeps seeing Satan in the shadows whispering “Soon, very soon Bill” to him.

      • juris imprudent

        Eh, not as bad as the sound of velcro separating.

      • Nephilium

        ji:

        Where do you think the whispers are coming from?

      • Tundra

        Please stop.

  9. The Late P Brooks

    I see the end of cash. Not long after it becomes extinct people will realize that bills and coins are works of art

    Like stock certificates.

    • Suthenboy

      No, it totally wont be like that. This time it’s for real!
      *glances over at commemorative Winchester rifle and 50th anniversary smith and wesson

    • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

      My dad had a framed stock certificate from the Reno-Wyoming Oil Company in the entryway of this house because he liked it as a work of art.

      • Tundra

        That’s actually a cool idea. Some of those old certs were beautiful!

  10. The Late P Brooks

    Maybe Musk can sucker Jobs’ widow into paying a ton of money to “rescue” MSNBC.

    • DrOtto

      While it’s amusing to see Musk threaten it, I don’t really see a point to anyone buying MSNBC. Any of the legacy networks are walking dinosaurs. They were done in (but seemingly just don’t know it yet) partly by their own political leanings and partly by cable/satellite television slowly fading off into the sunset in favor of people seeking alternative ways to consume news/entertainment. MSNBC is probably vastly popular in old folks homes, but on the east coast where they were probably the most popular, Cuomo killed off many of the viewers out of spite.

      • Mojeaux

        Agreed. He’s just trolling.

    • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

      And then impregnate her.

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