Long weekend. The wife is out of town this week. I am a bit overextended so I will present this as an icebreaker:
Think of a few of your favorite bands, and make us guess what it is by changing one word of the name to “moist”. Incidentally, today’s music link is from Moist.
Now for some links!
Experts say medical tourism in Latin America can be risky, experts say.
AMLO says Mexico is safer than the US. It sounds like a bold statement, given the cantina shootings. On the other hand, if you are Venezuelan and traveling north to Texas, you’ll probably be fine.
This is why you never see headlines from Nicaragua.
Remember, the purpose of National Review is to tear down anyone that poses a threat to the progressive establishment. Also, when did those shit bags move to a paywall? People actually pay to read Charles Cooke?
FARC is still a thing. Bang up job there Ronnie.
Lula cracks down on the army. Hopefully, they don’t have a war in the next couple years.
This sounds like the plot to an 80’s action movie.
That be all. Have a better than average Tuesday.
“Nicaragua ’s government said Sunday it has proposed suspending relations with the Vatican days after Pope Francis reportedly compared President Daniel Ortega’s administration to a communist or Nazi dictatorship amid a crackdown on the Catholic Church in the Central American country.”
Sounds fair?
“Two congregations of nuns – including from the Missionaries of Charity order founded by Mother Teresa”
That’s not the winning point you think it is.
Pope Francis reportedly compared President Daniel Ortega’s administration to a communist or Nazi dictatorship
Commie Pope though, so could have been compliment.
My wife’s aunt and cousin went to Mexico to get bariatric surgery. They said it was like a resort and everything went great. But the nurses couldn’t understand them. Nobody else thought it was a good idea.
Medical tourism is a pretty good idea as long as things go well. If they don’t though, hoo boy…
Its always a great idea until it isn’t.
It’s fun and games until you’re given the choice of liver die.
I choose #6C2E1F for dye color.
Sounds like my preferred investment strategy.
Jesus Tapdancing Christ, Daniel Ortega’s still around?
Han Solo starting shit again?
That’s disinformation. It was Greedo who started shit.
He was a freeloader who was refusing to pay Jabba his well deserved money, part of the Rebel Alliance, and a traitor.
Han. Shot. First.
Han is the only one who ever shot.
“Also, when did those shit bags move to a paywall? People actually pay to read Charles Cooke?”
Charles Cooke is good. I’ve noticed I’ve been out of articles for a very long time.
Sounds like you don’t pay to read Cooke.
True, I don’t.
Long weekend. The wife is out of town this week. I am a bit overextended so I will present this as an icebreaker:
These euphemisms.
Ten people were shot to death and another five were wounded in an attack at a bar in Mexico’s central state of Guanajuato over the weekend, officials said.
Shot? Odd that happens in a place with lots of restrictions on gun ownership. I mean, would the gun grabbers lie?
Something something Indiana.
What’s Indiana got to do with it?
I know nothing of Nayib Bukele and hadn’t even heard of him before today, but considering National Review’s position on Pinochet, maybe they should leave the conservative criticism of his administration to somebody else.
Other countries in the region, such as Colombia, with the help of the United States, have been able to go from poor, dangerous countries to middle-income and relatively safe places to live, all without autocratic rule.
Won’t you embrace the help of the United States?
I’m willing to let the Salvadorans decide how to handle it.
Particularly since a lot of their crime problem stems from us deporting those who learned the gang trade in our prisons.
I just knew of him as President Dudebro. I didn’t know the name he claims to go by.
I think I saw him on Tucker once and that was at least a year ago; other than that I’m not sure where the supposed “praise” is coming from.
Recently he has lowered crime, including the murder rate. His citizens apparently like not being killed.
👆👆
National Review is nothing more than a conservative Trotskyite outlet. I only pay attention to them to figure out when the eGOP is about to pivot on a major issue.
Useful idiots may be a more apropos descriptor.
I’ll go with neocon shitbags with a smattering of could be worses.
National Review’s job is to protect the right flank of mainstream Republicans like Romney and Graham.
Lulu is doing for Brazil what has been done for Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Arizona – making sure a conservative never wins again. The Army chickened out a few months ago. Now they get purged.
AMLO says Mexico is safer than the US.
State Department doesn’t think so.
So it’s settled, then. Mexico is safer than the US.
I tend to travel to colder climes rather than warmer ones. Canuckistan before Mexico, Norway before Italy, etc.
Frankly, I don’t know who to believe.
I’ll be there later this year. If I don’t come back, well there you go!
Save water by drinking beer.
Been there many times. Beer and tequila keep you happy and hydrated.
I wonder what explains the difference between western and eastern Europe there.
A better song from Moist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTPwM4nFw0
And one from Moist X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgAYMTn5-TI
And this one was stuck in my head all last weekend…which I didnt mind at all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_8lYL6VXMo
Share and Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtOb2_3YOCE
31 years old: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbpKGb8aHTw
I think I have posted before, if you enjoyed this series, this one is, ummm, different:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by1A-eUjXq4
Weird Moist wants you to consider your career fallbacks carefully.
Moist Gold thinks that’s a hell of a bird!
Tough one. Do we want regional banks to exist or only have national options?
Fuck off Robby.
You’d win the battle and lose the war. The entire banking system would freak out and we’d be saddled with a CBDC by the end of 2023.
https://www.econlib.org/time-inconsistency-in-bank-regulation/
I’m with Luongo. The Fed is breaking the back of the EU/Davos crowd. If it has to create some moral hazard along the way, so be it. War isn’t pretty and we are absolutely in a financial war.
If the US banking system goes tits up right now, we lose everything, including what little freedom we have left. The Federal government will seize it all.
Once the ECB/EU is dead and buried, I’m fine with fighting the Fed. But if the Fed loses this battle, commercial banking is over.
Because the bankers with money either are their donors or are the ones who schmooze with their donors. They don’t have to pretend to give a crap about people outside of their social circle anymore, and anyone within it shall be propped up as much as possible, regardless of what stupid crap they do.
I don’t give a fuck, no bailouts.
There are a ton of other regulations that are pushing down regional banks, we can get rid of those too.
^I’m with this guy. I know that in practice allowing SVB to fail will likely only lead to further centralization, but what fucking difference really does it make? We’ve got to subsidize one set of financial institutions with taxpayer money so they can compete against the larger national financial institutions that are also subsidized with taxpayer money? Forget it. Let the problems compound until the entire facade collapses.
Because I am principled, definitely let SVB go under because they are so loathsome. Not sure about other regional banks that played by the Fed rules and got fucked over, but were less cunty about it.
In all seriousness, I suppose I lean toward no bailouts to let the entire system blow up. I just hope CBDCs are not that end result.
I just want to get rid of the CBs.
Bail out deposits up to $250K as is the law. Make other depositors take a haircut. Investors get wiped out.
This.
Libertarian and gatekeeping. We really just want to be Dem/Repub-lite.
I don’t care if he happens to be right, but who died and made Rico Soave the gatekeeper?
Virginia Postrel?
Moist Floyd
Moist Zeppelin
Moist Funkadelic
Fine Moist Cannibals
Oh, nice.
Better than Moist Young Cannibals — reeks of vagina dentata
Moist Pistols
The Moist Parsons Project
Grand Moist Railroad
The Moist Transfer
The Amboy Moists featuring Moist Nugent?
Moist Mississippi Allstars
The Sensational Moist Harvey Band
and probably the most obvious answer – Moist Pie
Moist Pie
But hopefully not flakey
Alice in Moist
Moist Garden
Moist Temple Pilots
Pink Moist
Now I’m giggling to myself over Moist Boy Slim.
Okay, I’m fucking off for the duration of the links. Have fun.
Moist Monkeys
Moist Caballero
Electric Moist Orchestra
Moist! At The Disco
Jefferson Moist amuses me for some reason.
More than Moist Airplane?
Yes, although I also considered Moist Starship, which is why Jefferson Moist amuses me more.
Moist Whigs
Moist Fashion Show
Blue Moist Group
Dick Moist
Flogging Moist
Mighty Moist Bosstones
Moist Plug
Reel Moist Fish
The Moist Smashers
Moist Slackers
Moist Religion
Hootie & the Moistfish
Moist Sevonfold
Creedence Moistwater Revival
Moist Sabbath
John Cougar Moistencamp
Moist Leppard — the crankiest of leppards.
Wait! I have it….
4 Moist Blondes
The Moist Girls featuring Scary Moist,Sporty Moist, Baby Moist, Ginger Moist, and Posh Moist.
Winner!
Moist Can Dance
Clan of Moist
Moist Dream
Moist Costello
Tom Moist and the Heartbreakers
Big Moist
Moist Sabbath
Blue Moist Cult
Damn your fast (ten) fingers!
I like Moist Öyster Cult better.
The Moists
I prefer Moist Beatles.
Moist Muses
Art of Moist
Depeche Moist
Moist Gabriel
Peter Moist
The Moist Giles Band
Moist Order
Moist Furs
Moist Heads
Alternatively: Moist Mode
Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Moist
“REVEALED: Only ONE member of failed SVB’s board had a career in investment banking – and the rest were Obama, Clinton mega-donors who ‘grieved’ when Trump won including one who went to Shinto shrine ‘to pray”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11859379/Only-ONE-member-failed-SVBs-board-experience-investment-banking.html
OFFS!
FTA:. “while others are a former Obama administration employee, a prolific contributor to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…”
I’m curious to know if Nancy had any money at SVB and if maybe she was “wise” enough to get her money out before last week.
“US SUMMONS Russian ambassador as Moscow DENIES its fighter jet collided with American Reaper drone in international airspace and sent $32M unmanned spy plane crashing into Black Sea after dumping fuel on it”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11859443/Russian-fighter-jet-CRASHES-Reaper-drone-Black-Sea.html
Uh oh
Remember the Reaper!
How effective can a fuel dump at that speed really be? That sounds bogus.
So they’re actually going to talk to him. That will be refreshing.
Have the Russians formally established an exclusion/interdiction zone?
I really can’t blame them for splashing an aircraft that was directing fire at their troops (whether at that moment or not hardly matters; we have been boasting about our intel support for the Ukes).
Today in “Headlines you hoped you’d never see”
Lindsay Lohan expecting her first child
I’m not saying I agree with those people who argue you should have to be licensed to become a parent, I’m just saying I understand.
I’m surprised it’s even possible.
Her womb was so polluted she couldn’t even have a little baby?
I’ve been wrong before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqcGoAgB8Sg
You will be pleased to know that I instantly knew the reference and heard it in my head in his accent
Maybe she has straightened herself out?
Stranger things have happened.
I hope so. We need more babies.
Didn’t seem to work for Britney, unfortunately.
I thought it did…eventually.
How have things gone since she finally got her Dad removed from her life?
18 year old me loved 18 year old Mean Girls Lindsay Lohan.
18 year old Pat the contrarian thought 18 year old Mean Girls Lindsay Lohan was completely overrated and would argue with his high school buddies about it just to wind them up.
“Hippy crack is ‘more dangerous than cocaine’, neurologist warns
Nitrous oxide is more dangerous than cocaine, according to a neurologist who has warned that kids are taking up to 150 canisters a day.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11857791/Hippy-crack-dangerous-cocaine-neurologist-warns.html
150 a day?!
Darwinism?
Is that something like plumber’s crack?
I think it is, but it smells like patchouli.
“Does this rag smell like ether to you?”
A) So what?
B) Cocaine isn’t all that dangerous until you get into junkie dosages and dependency.
C) Coming from the people who scheduled marijuana and LSD above cocaine for “lack of medical use” and “potential for dependency” I’ll take this assessment with a brick of salt.
D) is a heluva drug
Sounds like another false alarm.
So dangerous the dentist office charges extra for it.
So if I do both at the same time they offset then? Duly noted.
“Can YOU recognize these famous faces? If not, you may have COVID to thank”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11859375/Can-recognize-famous-faces-not-COVID-thank.html
What?
All I see are assholes. What’s that condition called?
Reality.
Hey, my face is up here.
Its called making shit up and hoping someone will throw money at you Count.
When everyone made fun of Madonna’s face, it was because everyone has had covid. Accurate, maybe.
Normally I’d say a sample size of 1 is insufficient to establish causality, but it’s probably good enough for the FDA in the post-comirnaty era.
Spike protein, clotting issues, ministroke by chance in a pattern recognition area-plausible but an isolated case
OFFS!
If not Titties then what? If not Tuesday then when?
https://archive.ph/kTP9Q
Are they moist?
Any opinion on Florida prepaid plans for college?
Seems like they calculated pretty close to the maximum likely cost of college and then used the average rate of return to calculate how much you ought to be paying in.
Wouldn’t it just make more sense to just invest in the stock market? Obviously some more risk there, but also the possibility to make more and hedges against reductions in growth of college costs.
Thoughts?
I’m only familiar with Florida prepaid college plans because you mentioned it and I put it into a search engine. Seems like it would box you in quite a bit in terms of options, although you can use the plan at out of state schools and get a refund of your payments if you don’t use it, according to their FAQ. There’s probably better ways to save for the cost of college and hedge against tuition increases, but the equities market being the only place you could get a return over inflation until very recently, and its consequent overvaluation and volatility, I can see why a person might take the prepaid option as a safer bet.
I’m mildly surprised that Florida doesn’t have something like the Ohio 529 plans (allowing savings for college and other training).
I just checked, and it looks like they do. In fact, the prepaid plan is administered by the same department, and you can combine them.
Yep, looks like the same thing. I withdraw my surprise, and would suggest that as the better alternative to pre-paying for college, as it provides additional options. Noticed they covered technical schools as well, so there’s that too.
Yup, that’s what I would do if not the prepaid.
I dislike the limited options of pre-paid plans and even 529 plans. Although some 529 plans don’t have a retention period so you can pass money through it for a state tax deduction. Right before tuition is due, put the exact amount into a 529 plan. Then pay tuition from the 529 plan. Some states allow this, but other states require money sit in the 529 plan for a year or longer. I don’t know about FL, but that’s a no brainer if the pass-through approach is allowed.
Another option would be getting a custodial account at a brokerage like Schwab. That gives the most flexibility. The kid can use the money for college, other training, a downpayment on a home, or whatever. For tax benefits, you could set up a custodial Roth and fill that instead of a 529 as soon the kid has reported earned income.
To clarify, the Feds give a tax deduction on gains in 529s. But many states give a deduction on 529 contributions, including some states with no cap. So it can be good sized deduction for doing nothing more than shuffling money from one account to another.
I went to college on the FPCP.
I’m sure the way it works is way different than 30 years ago, but it was basically my parents simply paid the difference between what was paid into the program and what tuition was at the time.
OT, regarding OMWC’s pup, we got me a blue heeler puppy when the neighbor bred his red female with another red. Ours turned out blue, half-mask. Born overnight Nov 3-4. Named her Bluey (shut it, love the cartoon, and the grandkids had a say), and she is smart. She started herding our cats.
Soooooo cute! Congrats!
I do love heelers. Challenging but fantastic pups.
We have a bit over 1 acre. Our (Mrs Three-Fingers) ex is trading some fence work for some bookwork. Right now the pups have a fenced yard about 30 yards deep. Once the new fence goes up and the old comes down they can run free on the back 3/4 acre. She is a hoot. We spend a couple hours a day training (focused play), then she “helps” me rebuilding the privacy fence up front and the planting beds.
You need some goats or sheep for her to work!
Do two other dogs and two cats count?
Probably.
You still need goats.
We made her socialize right away into the multi-species pack. She may work out as a service dog for me for some sevice-connected neuro and ortho issues. Pet first though. Road trip dog for sure.
How big are the parents? The size range of those dogs is wild.
The parents are not huge, 30-35 lbs, look like dingo in the squat and muscular department. She is already 30 lbs, her shoulder is at my knee and she has those long legs and huge paws. She will be… large. Her 2 sisters are about 1/3 smaller.
We need pix.
I’ll work up a word doc with pics of several goings on when the grandkids are here Thursday. Pics will be involved.
Dogs, shop, astronomy. Got tired of not engaging.
Be careful with her around the cats. Pater Dean’s blue heeled killed some cats by accident trying to “heel” them. Broke their backs.
Thanks. She does wrestle with our big tom, but he mostly starts it. He has taught her what too rough means. Cute when she rolls on her back for him. They sleep snuggled. Ridiculous.
https://twitter.com/TheLaurenChen/status/1635052762353504257
I read that as “Silicon Valley Tits Blue”
Sounds like the descriptor of a James Cameron film
Sure, let’s throw that whopper against the wall and see if it sticks.
That’s actually a commonly held opinion in Mexico.
Guessing based on remunerations. I don’t know if that’s a wise way to steer your country’s future.
Joe Biden’s racial totalitarianism
FARESUCTFG?
They were going for “fascism”.
We prefer to call it The Institute
This story made me laugh hard. Even though I’m sure that I’ll end up paying for them.
She is no less blatant a grifter than Biden, yet she gets fired? Fucking systemic racism I tell you.
Seriously if you read the story, you almost admire the gal. She blatantly lied, did nothing and apologizes for nothing. You sort of begin to like her. It isn’t her fault that a bunch stupid proggies threw money at her.
I’m not saying it’s whitey’s fault, but it’s whitey’s fault.
This chick could have learned a few lessons.
College Fires DEI Instructor for Not Being Radical Enough
Neocons be cryin’
Really quite impressive. Neocon tears taste as good as proggie tears!
Being a Republican, of course, it had to be framed in the context of “What we should *really* be spending 105 billion dollars a year on is the drug war, not Ukraine!” It’s all so tiresome.
Not sure where this cartel fighting thing came from but I’m cool with closing the fucking border for awhile.
More:
Dumb twat.
“I’m cool with closing the fucking border for awhile.”
Me, too. Or should I say “Mi, tambien”.
Five years sounds like a good start.
I’ve moved to the position of spending it on not war. Paving roads? I’m a libertarian but fuck it, sounds good. Same with building flophouses for the homeless, paying for drug rehab, building a big beautiful wall, and any host of other issues where my old position would have been fuck that.
*votes for Stinky*
We’re gonna need more ice axes…
Kinziger might be the tallest midget in that crowd. He’s so wacko it’s hard to credit that he believes what he’s saying.
or… shortest midget? Whatever the metaphor is.
Most batshit crazy, it is.
Tallest. And yes, he’s a pathetic shitstain.
You misspelled sociopathic liar and war profiteer. You might want to try a third party spellcheck.
These people seem completely unaware that we’re quickly emptying our store of weapons and ammo, and do not possess the manufacturing sector required to refill it without help from friends like China.
Moist-maiden?
Moist-ica
Moist Sabbath?
Mega-moist?
Pablo Moist?
Tom Moist?
Moist hot chili peppers
Excellent
https://mobile.twitter.com/GadSaad/status/1635719482499891200
“We don’t want you here because we are an open and accepting society.”
That’s gold!
The sarcasm is strong in this one.
Eat the shit we feed you and ask for more or you’re a bigot.
Was that parody?
Hard to tell, ain’t it?
“anyone who’s been on Rogan”
So only literal nazis like Snoop Dogg and Miley Cyrus.
I mean Moist Dogg and Miley Moist.
Has Kanye Moist ever been on JRE?
Of course.
Awesome!
So fucking funny.
The bad cat’s been knocking out out of the park lately.
https://open.substack.com/pub/boriquagato/p/the-glorification-of-sub-mediocrity
Lately as in the last three years!
Love the gato.
Nice rant. For some reason the name “Ellsworth Toohey” kept coming to mind.
I call bullshit. Mediocrity has be the de facto condition of workplaces since desk work was a thing. Add in a bunch of women and their cattiness and you’ve got a bubbling pool of toxic waste for people who excel.
Very typical of conservatives who don’t really understand the battlespace. They may be B’s and C’s at doing their described jobs, but that’s just a cover. They are A’s at navigating the bureaucracy for their personal enrichment.
See St Fauci. Worthless as a Dr/Scientist/Epidemiologist but an amazingly competent beaurocrat.
A good read, but why are there no capital letters to start sentences? Is this a thing on substack? The Gunslinger does not approve.
He comes from the Cormac McCarthy school of fuck proper punctuation. After a while you don’t even notice.
Bullshit.
That article is worth reading. Which means it’s worth the effort to do it right. I was annoyed the whole fucking time.
Define “a while”? It sucks and makes it harder to read than it should be.
Butthole Moist
Moist Apple
Mazzy Moist
The Moist Kennedys
Moist Fudge
Canned Moist
Moist Robinson
Moist at the Disco
Frankie Goes to Moist
Big Bad Moist Daddy
The Moist
Smashing Moist
Lol. “Illegal”
I predict nothing else will happen.
No, but at least it has some chance of taking him down, unlike destroying California’s economy.
Is that really a prediction though?
It’s like predicting the Sun will come up tomorrow.