Monday Afternoon Return to Normalcy Links

by | Jul 10, 2023 | Daily Links | 152 comments

It’s Monday everyone, and I have a serious case. My FIL passed away 4 years ago, and given our really shitty treatment by FLDOC employees on that day, I have the urge to firebomb some facility housing. Not sure I like the State of Florida enough to do them that favor though. In happier news, my littles went absolutely terrorist this weekend, just fucking shit up for the sake of it. If they weren’t so cute, it would be harder to put up with. Fifteen month olds shouldn’t be able to give you a look to make sure you’re watching and then push their toys down a flight of stairs.

Okay, on to the links…

You gotta love a political committee fight that starts with kick to the yarbles. That’s how family fights should go.

People will say that there are no heroes in America anymore, but then someone did this.

Here’s some good news out of a Florida prison.

I assume this means it is an excellent product.

 

We’ll go mid-90s pop for today. Bonus, my favorite video of the mid-90s.

About The Author

Brett L

Brett L

Brett set out to find America, the real America, the America of strip malls and serial killers, of butthole waxing and kelp smoothies, of cocaine and maggots. He sought it in the most American part of America—Florida: swamp gas and fever dreams, where love arrives on a rickety boat and leaves when it doesn't have the money for its fourth abortion. Oh, where has Brett gone? He’s drinking at the neck of America’s wang, chewing its foreskin and working its shaft. Brett is becoming legend. Brett can never die. Brett can never die. Brett is America, facedown in his own patriotic puke: the red his blood, the white his stomach lining, and the cold, cold blue his gas station slushie, spiked with coconut rum and tetracycline.

152 Comments

  1. Common Tater

    SNAFU?

  2. Warty

    Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse Nassar, tweeted Monday that none of the women she spoke with are rejoicing that Nassar was attacked. “We’re grieving the reality that protecting others from him came with the near-certainty we would wake up to this someday.”

    Another victim, Sarah Klein, said the stabbing forces her and others to relive their abuse and trauma “at the hands of Nassar and the institutions, including law enforcement, that protected him and allowed him to prey on children.”

    “I want him to face the severe prison sentence he received because of the voices of survivors. I absolutely do not support violence because it’s morally wrong and death would be an easy out for Nassar,” Klein said an emailed statement.

    What?

    • juris imprudent

      What good is victimhood if you can’t milk it for more than it is worth?

    • milo

      We are not in favor of this asshole getting out of this too early in our victimhood play for pay.
      Instead of suffering from what happened to us in private with our family and friends, we have decided to slobber across every media outlet we can find. We wished him dead for so many years; we cannot countenance it actually happening without our direct participation.
      Spare me the false contrition. Hate the bastard and wish him dead. God will forgive you in the end. You were wronged.

  3. Common Tater

    “Fifteen month olds shouldn’t be able to give you a look to make sure you’re watching and then push their toys down a flight of stairs.”

    LOL

    • Sean

      Is he raising a kid or a cat?

      • Mojeaux

        There is little difference between a toddler and a cat.

      • juris imprudent

        One will outgrow it’s maliciousness.

      • Ted S.

        Cats do eventually outgrow their maliciousness.

    • The Other Kevin

      My SIL used to work for a gynecologist, and they’d sometimes examine low income people, or do prison visits. She has some stories. So does my friend who used to be a detective in Gary, IN.

      • pistoffnick

        Three of my deer hunting buddies are married to gynecologists. The stories their wives tell….shudders.

      • Pope Jimbo

        Do they bring out some stirrups to help them gut the deer?

      • Bobarian LMD

        You use the speculum as a duck decoy.

        *quack*

    • The Last American Hero

      Not a Yukon Gold, so I’m guessing a fingerling?

      • Name's BEAM. James BEAM

        *golf clap* + “Ewwwwwww, *gross*!”

        Yeah, I’m conflicted.

    • Lackadaisical

      This is why I don’t work in health care.

  4. Common Tater

    “Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds”

    who?

    • Brett L

      The biggest British musical twat since John Lennon. One of the Oasis bros. I can’t be arsed to remember if he was the “talented” one or the hanger on.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        Uglier, more talented. Liam sang.

  5. Mojeaux

    Bonus, my favorite video of the mid-90s.

    Excellent choice.

  6. Common Tater

    “I assume this means it is an excellent product.”

    Well, Logan Paul is a jackass, but it has electrolytes that plants crave.

  7. kinnath

    Thanks for Fiona

  8. Pope Jimbo

    Hottest day ever on earth? Minnesoda just rolls its eyes.

    While the airport’s post, and the comments it inspired, are all in the spirit of good fun, it is true that the most recent winter was a pretty brutal one by many measures. In addition to ranking as the ninth-longest stretch of days with at least 1 inch of snow on the ground, it was also the third-snowiest winter on record, according to the National Weather Service, and within about 9 inches of tying the all-time record.

    But I’m sure all that cold and snow last winter was caused by Climate Change and the solution is the exact same one that will stop hot weather too.

    * This isn’t actually very unusual. I have a buddy who was a fireman at the airport and he said that it is pretty normal to have snow into late June/July every year.

  9. Bobarian LMD

    If ya got any yarbles.

  10. Shpip

    Today is National Kitten Day. New Shpip clan member Puccini requests that you take due notice thereof and govern yourselves accordingly.

    • Sean

      Adorbs fuzz ball.

    • Toxteth O'Grady

      “When called by a panther…”

    • Zwak , “There is infinite amount of hope in the universe… just not for us.”

      Puccini looks much like the eponymous, and sorely missed, Zwak. Albeit with a tail.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        Aww, you had a Manx? 😻

    • Tundra

      Congrats!

      What a cutie!

    • Gender Traitor

      Another LBC!!! 😃🥰🐱‍👤

  11. Common Tater

    “EXCLUSIVE: Tori Spelling is seen staying at $100-a-night MOTEL with her five kids amid Dean McDermott marital strife – after growing up in $165M Holmby Hills mansion with TV mogul father Aaron Spelling

    Over the weekend, the former 90210 actress was pictured leaving an $100-a-night motel with her five children – all who are believed to be staying with her – just weeks after Dean McDermott announced their divorce before deleting the statement.

    The 50-year-old reality star, who famously inherited just $800,000 of the estimated $600million fortune left by her late father, checked into a Los Angeles area motel on Saturday alongside her brood amid marital strife with her 56-year-old husband of 18-years…

    Being pictured leaving the no-frills accommodation – which reportedly costs $100-a-night – is a stark contrast to her luxury life growing up in one of LA’s most expensive mansions – dubbed The Manor – located in the exclusive Holmby Park neighborhood.

    Regardless of the circumstances Tori looked in great shape as she showcased her ripped abs in a black cropped T-Shirt with navy blue trousers and baby blue and white Nike Dunk Low sneakers.”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12284087/Tori-Spelling-seen-staying-LA-MOTEL-five-kids-amid-Dean-McDermott-marital-strife.html

    The most Daily Mail article ever?

    • Pope Jimbo

      Close, but they didn’t have that feature “How you can dress like …” where they link to where you could find a t-shirt, sweats and other stuff to look like a down and out Hollywood actress.

    • The Other Kevin

      OMG they really did say what she was wearing.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        That might be descriptive for the blind, not kidding.

    • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

      Even if she inherited only a small portion of her father’s wealth, didn’t she earn a ton of money from her time on 90210? I actually kind of respect her for staying at a cheap motel.

      • Drake

        I’m a connoisseur of cheap hotels. $100 a night is a decent chain if you have the right discount code.

    • Spudalicious

      She’s made a lot of mistakes and has a pretty rough life, given the pedigree.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        I suspect she’s not rich in IQ points.

    • rhywun

      -1 “flaunt”

      I am curious… is there some Hollywood rule where male children are not allowed to cut their hair?

    • juris imprudent

      I hate you for inflicting even the summary on me.

    • Animal

      The correct answer is “who gives a shit?”

    • grrizzly

      $100 motels might be safer.

      • The Other Kevin

        Did it say what she was wearing?

      • Bobarian LMD

        The cocktail of drugs is just meth, meth and trendy ‘pink’ meth.

    • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

      “Camila Sterling, 24, died inside David Bolno’s Setai Hotel room in Miami Beach after working with him on her music”

      Yeah, she was playing the flute for him.

      • Bobarian LMD

        “Put your finger over the hole while you blow into it.”

      • Dr. Fronkensteen

        When asked why a 24-year-old beauty would have been in his room at such odd hours during the night Bolno said: ‘I let her stay there, there’s not much more to it’

        I’m going to guess the wife won’t buy this one.

      • Pope Jimbo

        A woman and her rich husband went to a party. When they got there the wife was surprised at the number of very attractive young ladies there.

        “Who is that?”

        “That is Bob’s mistress.”

        “What! And that other gal?”

        “That is Ted’s mistress.”

        Just then a pretty young gal came up and gave her husband a drink.

        “Who is this?”

        “This is my mistress.”

        “ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!! THAT IS IT WE ARE GETTING DIVORCED!”

        “Fine, but remember you signed a pre-nup. If we get divorced you get nothing. No more fancy cars, no more living in our mansion, no more vacations.”

        After thinking about it for a few minutes, she says, “you know I think our mistress is much better looking than Bob’s”

      • Ted S.

        It’s only natural that if I had a mistress, she would look hotter than the rest of your mistresses.

      • Fourscore

        I read that as mattress and WTF?

  12. Tundra

    Hi Brett!

    They are little demons for sure. Still funny though!

    The Nasser thing is amazing. There had to be parents who knew. Disgusting.

    Great songs. Love VS.

  13. Shpip

    Guy goes to a VA medical center, doesn’t like how he’s treated, decides to raise a stink about it.

    Bog-standard ‘dog bites man’ story, right? But this is Florida Man, so you know there’s a twist.

    • Common Tater

      https://ballotpedia.org/Jodi_Jeloudov

      That’s a man. Trans women don’t have beards.

      “Although Florida recently passed a law requiring people to use the bathroom that reflects their gender assigned at birth”

      That’s a lot of stupid.

      “Jodi Gregory Jeloudov is a 48-year-old disabled veteran from Jensen Beach running with no party affiliation. Jeloudov, an LGBTQ+ transgender woman, said basic civil rights are under attack in Florida.

      Women’s rights and access to abortion, better access to voting and fixing a broken criminal justice system are some of the issues Jeloudov said she is focusing on. She said she would change the intolerance and bigotry that occurs in Florida under the current administration and would repeal laws like the “don’t say gay” bill as governor.

      “I’m here to stop this totalitarianism and get the governor accountable,” Jeloudov said.”

      https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/07/11/floridas-other-candidates-for-governor-who-are-they/

      CWAA

      • The Other Kevin

        No party affiliation, but lists the entire Democratic party platform word for word.

      • Common Tater

        Two candidates can’t both run as Democrats at the same?

      • The Other Kevin

        Checks out.

      • R.J.

        Good. Please continue to split the Democrat voting base in Florida. Return it to the conservative Cubans and Florida men.

    • blighted_non_millenial

      Here’s your twist, the governor nor the state legislature have eff all to do with how you get treated at the VA.

    • rhywun

      “They were trying to humiliate me.”

      Because demanding the people around you believe your obvious lie is not an act of humiliation.

    • juris imprudent

      You too! Stop feeding my misanthropy. I can know the world is full of stupid people without having it rubbed in my face can’t I?

  14. Lackadaisical

    @moj

    I’m thinking specifically of Endometriosis. Pelvic floor therapy can be effective at treating side effects associated with it. Hormone therapy may be the cheapest in out of pocket cost, but therapy has no side effects.

    I am not an expert in the field by any measure, but I know of patients who had a hysterectomy meant to correct endometriosis and it didn’t work(actually the symptoms got worse), but some hands on therapy did.

    • Red Pill Matt

      I hear Larry Nassar is good at pelvic floor therapy, but you may find it hard to get an appointment.

      • Bobarian LMD

        I believe he called it the pelvic floor routine.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        👏

    • Mojeaux

      Ah, okay. Thank you. I had to look up endometriosis after hysterectomy, as I didn’t know there was such an animal, provided the ovaries and tubes got taken too.

  15. JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

    I wonder if Twatt’s sister city is Fucking, Austria.

    • Pope Jimbo

      Why go to Europe? You can go to NW Minnesoda and visit Climax (motto: More than just a feeling) which is just down the road from Fertile.

      Best headline ever: Fertile woman dies in Climax

      • blighted_non_millenial

        Just be careful on Beaver Ruin Road while traversing I85 through Atlanta (well Duluth really).

    • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

      Of course another sister city could be Horny Bar, Slovakia.

      • Zwak , “There is infinite amount of hope in the universe… just not for us.”

        Yeah, well, when I get Beaver fever, I head down to Coos Bay!

  16. Pope Jimbo

    The $652M that the Feds gave Minnesoda to bring broadband internet to the sticks? Not enough!

    Even if the federal money were to arrive faster, it still wouldn’t be enough cash to fully hit the state’s broadband goals, because the state has higher standards for speed than the federal government.

    The federal government believes the $652 million is enough to cover the whole state because of their definition of an area that is “unserved” by broadband. The feds count any location with access to internet that can potentially reach speeds of 25/3 Mbps as “served.” Maki said that includes “fixes wireless” technology — internet distributed through a device placed on a high location like a water tower — that state officials view as less reliable than fiber-optic cable. Maki said the federal definition leads to a count of 134,850 unserved businesses and households.

    By contrast, in Minnesota, the state’s broadband task force estimated in October there were 291,000 unserved locations because they’re operating on a much higher speed standard of 100/20 Mbps. “There’s a gap there,” Maki said.

    One estimate by the state broadband task force expected about $426 million in new state or federal money — on top of the $652 million from the infrastructure bill — needed to hit the 2026 goal, though the price tag could be larger if developers need bigger subsidies to reach the hardest-to-serve areas. Since the Minnesota Legislature approved $100 million for broadband subsidies earlier this year, the leftover sum necessary is roughly $326 million.

    • Dr. Fronkensteen

      Which politicians have a close relative with a fiber-optic cable laying company?

    • Tundra

      Wouldn’t it just be cheaper and easier to give everyone Starlink?

    • Fourscore

      Since I already have fiber optic can I get my share in cash? So I won’t feel underserved?

    • The Other Kevin

      There have always been that many, it’s just that now they finally feel safe to express themselves.

      But also, the whole country is transphobic and awash in hate crimes.

      • Common Tater

        Interesting, but not at all surprising.

    • Pope Jimbo

      Do alums of Brown get to say they are POC?

    • Bobarian LMD

      The + carries a lot of water, I’m guessing.

      • rhywun

        The graphic shows it’s driven mostly by “queer” and “questioning” – both of which are completely meaningless.

    • Drake

      I’m imaging a regular college guy who just wants to go to keggers and talk to pretty girls. Probably make for a funny / sad comedy if the idea wasn’t immediately cancelled.

      • Pope Jimbo

        I had a buddy at Memphis State who was an actor trying to get a theater degree. He would talk about the gals he got because he was one of the few straight guys in the department. I went to a few theater parties with him, but the gals were all – literally – drama queens and I was worried that if I passed out, instead of drawing a dick on my face, they’d just trace a dick instead.

      • Pope Jimbo

        Doh! Busted.

  17. Pope Jimbo

    For those with scientific bent.

    An asteroid the size of 100 hot dogs is set to slide past the Earth on Monday, July 10, according to NASA’s asteroid tracker.

    Asteroid 2018 NW is estimated by NASA to be around 16 meters in diameter.

    For comparison, consider the hot dog. While the exact size of each hot dog differs, most estimates put it between 6 inches and 6.75 inches.

    So on average, and converted to the metric system of between 15-17 centimeters for non-American readers, that means that asteroid 2018 NW is around the size of 100 hot dogs, pressed tip to tip in a row, and possibly with a serving of fries and onion rings.

    • Bobarian LMD

      Damned metric system.

    • Mojeaux

      I think we need to start measuring everything in hot dog units.

      • The Other Kevin

        Much better than some guy’s foot.

    • R.J.

      I really am enjoying whoever has been sizing asteroids lately. Well done.

      • KSuellington

        I’m trying to do the hot dog to armadillo conversion in my head.

  18. Tundra

    GlibFit:

    This isn’t the nutritionist you want to hire.

    This does go nicely with the “Fitness is Right Wing Nazism” from earlier.

    I for one encourage all of our left friends to eat like shit and not work out. Have at it!

  19. The Late P Brooks

    I tripped over this earlier today. I check in on what themses are thinking once in a while. It’s old, but it’s just too precious to not share.

    Tragic error

    In a statement late Thursday afternoon, Colorado College announced it is removing its COVID-19 vaccine requirement for incoming students in response to the U.S. federal government ending the COVID-19 Pandemic public health emergency. According to the statement, the college lifted its requirement for incoming staff and faculty in April 2023.

    ——-

    “I am disappointed to hear that CC has decided to join the national ableist, ageist, and neoliberal trend of making vaccination an individual choice rather than an act of collective care and in doing so abandoning those members of our community who are immunocompromised, elderly, and at greater risk of both infection and long-term debilitation by the COVID-19 virus,” wrote feminist and gender studies Professor Nadia Guessous in an email Thursday evening.

    Guessous also noted that many immunocompromised individuals are concentrated in the Global South and are marginalized due to many factors such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, citizenship status, and more in the United States.

    Forcing healthy college students in Colorado to partake of your cargo cult ritual sacraments will protect oppressed persons of the global south.

    My elite and prestigious alma mater, ladies and gentlemens. Believe it or don’t, once upon a time CC had an annual symposium on “Freedom and Authority”. I guess they cancelled “Freedom”.

    • Tundra

      $80k a year. Fools.

    • Nerfherder (Non-Non-Man)

      “ making vaccination an individual choice rather than an act of collective care”

      See? Now that’s the kind of talk which gets me all revolutionary and bloodthirsty.

    • B.P.

      “Guessous also noted that many immunocompromised individuals are concentrated in the Global South and are marginalized due to many factors such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, citizenship status, and more in the United States.”

      They’re not even forming real sentences anymore; they’re just sprinkling words around. Does this sentence mean that immunocompromised people in the Global South are oppressed due to the list of terrible -isms extant in the U.S.?

      • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

        Forming real sentences is white supremacy.

      • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

        That woman speaks authentic prog gibberish. Here’s here latest paper: “On Tenderness, Joy, and Intergenerational Indebtedness: Reflections on the Decolonial Potentialities of the World Cup”

        In the article, professor Guessous argues that the Moroccan team’s participation in the 2022 World Soccer Cup “challenged dominant assumptions about Moroccan/North African/Muslim/immigrant masculinity while at the same time speaking back to notions of Western superiority and benevolence through their expressions of affection and indebtedness towards their immigrant mothers. In doing so, they reminded us of the liberatory and political significance of the felt and the intimate in resisting the dehumanization of minoritized, racialized, and marginalized subjects on the global stage.”

      • rhywun

        Professor Gaseous does know how to spin some bullshit.

      • B.P.

        I know this style of writing is just impenetrable cant meant to signal affiliation and impress other members of the in-group, but I tried hard to understand this. I got lost somewhere around “immigrant mothers”.

        One thing’s for sure though. Since the 2022 World Cup, gone are my tired old assumptions about Moroccan masculinity.

      • Common Tater

        “significance of the felt”

        It keeps my tools from sliding around and scratching the drawers.

    • The Last American Hero

      Butbutbut nobody pays attention to the cdc!!!

      /Moynihan being a dumbfuck

    • one true athena

      Which is hilarious, considering how long everyone in DC has known he was an asshole. Heck, when I was working in the Senate in the 90s, everybody knew Biden was a deeply unpleasant person to work with. Just shows how effective propaganda is when a decades’-long record can be swept out of the way, to be replaced by Our Dear Leader is Such a Nice Guy It’s Amazing!

      • Nerfherder (Non-Non-Man)

        As with everything else in the corporate news, it’s not the subject matter that’s important. It’s “who wants me to know this?” and “why now?”

    • rhywun

      In what should come as a surprise to no one, President Biden is a complete asshole.

      LOL, well he is a Democrat.

  20. Pope Jimbo

    This could be really cool, or absolutely horrible

    Have you ever dreamed of giving it all up, leaving it all behind and hitting the road to escape all your responsibilities?

    It sounds good, doesn’t it? But it also sounds expensive. Or at least, it did sound expensive until now – because now a cruise company is launching a three-year, 130,000-mile, escape-your-daily-life cruise for a relatively affordable $30,000 per person per year.

    Life at Sea Cruises has opened bookings for its three-year voyage on the MV Gemini, which sets sail from Istanbul on November 1.

    The company is promising to tick off 375 ports around the world, visiting 135 countries and all seven continents. The ship will cover more than 130,000 miles over the three years, taking in iconic sights from Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue and India’s Taj Mahal, to Mexico’s Chichen Itza, the pyramids of Giza, Machu Picchu and the Great Wall of China. It even slots in trips to 103 “tropical islands.” Of those 375 ports, 208 will be overnight stops, giving you extra time in the destination.

    • Tundra

      I’d rather be waterboarded.

    • Nerfherder (Non-Non-Man)

      Definitely gonna be cannibalism city

    • Drake

      That includes all food and utilities? Less than I’m paying now.

    • Bobarian LMD
    • creech

      Will it be crewed by Q-worthy beauties or Lena Dunham/Rosie O’Donnell look alikes?

    • R.J.

      If drinks and a buffet are included I could give Hedonism Bot a run for his money.

      • rhywun

        How delightfully decadent!

  21. The Late P Brooks

    An asteroid the size of 100 hot dogs is set to slide past the Earth on Monday, July 10, according to NASA’s asteroid tracker.

    How much is that in cricket bats?

    • rhywun

      So… 1 joeychestnut.

    • Not Adahn

      Neefarbingrizzle! Wooooooo!”

    • Common Tater

      “cocaine expert Mitch McConnell”

      LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

  22. The Late P Brooks

    Now that’s the kind of talk which gets me all revolutionary and bloodthirsty.

    “This ditch is full of dead people. Why did you bring me here?”

  23. The Late P Brooks

    Demand disequilibrium

    The auto industry is beginning to crank out more electric vehicles (EVs) to challenge Tesla, but there’s one big problem: not enough buyers.

    Why it matters: The growing mismatch between EV supply and demand is a sign that even though consumers are showing more interest in EVs, they’re still wary about purchasing one because of price or charging concerns.

    It’s a “Field of Dreams” moment for automakers making big bets on electrification — they’ve built the cars, and now they’re waiting for buyers to come, says Jonathan Gregory, senior manager of economic and industry insights at Cox Automotive.

    ——-

    Yes, but: Sales aren’t keeping up with that increased output.

    Details: The nationwide supply of EVs in stock has swelled nearly 350% this year, to more than 92,000 units.

    That’s a 92-day supply — roughly three months’ worth of EVs, and nearly twice the industry average.
    For comparison, dealers have a relatively low 54 days’ worth of gasoline-powered vehicles in inventory as they rebound from pandemic-related supply chain interruptions.

    Zoom in: Some brands are seeing higher EV inventories than others.

    Genesis, the Korean luxury brand, sold only 18 of its nearly $82,000 Electrified G80 sedans in the 30 days leading up to June 29, and had 210 in stock nationwide — a 350-day supply, per Cox research.
    Other luxury models, like Audi’s Q4 e-tron and Q8 e-tron and the GMC Hummer EV SUV, also have bloated inventories well above 100 days. All come with hefty price tags that make them ineligible for federal tax credits.
    Imported models like the Kia EV6, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Nissan Ariya are also stacking up — likely because they’re not eligible for tax credits either.

    Just don’t say they’re not worth the price.

    • B.P.

      Auto manufacturers are so disappointed in their customers.

      • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

        We’ve let down the central planners again.

    • Ted S.

      Why it matters:

      I hate what are ostensibly news articles doing shit like this.

    • R.J.

      Hahaha. Can’t wait for the industry to panic when there are 300+ inventories. I wonder if there will be more than the Jeep Renegade, which hit 500.

  24. R.J.

    TPTB: Thursday movie turned in. A day late.

    • UnCivilServant

      Was it a dollar short, or did you pay the late fees?

      • R.J.

        I can say it was around 100 words short. So a dollar short of my cheap talk.

  25. The Late P Brooks

    They’re not even forming real sentences anymore; they’re just sprinkling words around.

    Formation of a sentence requires a discrete coherent idea.

      • Nerfherder (Non-Non-Man)

        Grammar is a relic of cisheterine whitish patriarchicalistic paradigmisms that only seek to subjugate the oppressed classes.

      • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

        Well said, Professor.

    • The Other Kevin

      I’ll bet this is one thing AI is good at doing.

    • Tundra

      Yeah, shocking why no businesses want to work in the hood.

      • Nerfherder (Non-Non-Man)

        The pathetic part are the replies saying that he didn’t deserve it unless he said “nigger.”

        Because saying a word makes you deserving of a gang beatdown and the theft of your property which probably represents most of your personal value and certainly your only way to generate income.

  26. Tundra

    Milo!

    Since you are here: I was late to the thread when you were talking about the essential tremor treatments you tried. I reached out to a dude I know who has it but is also a big shot in the health and fitness world. His response:

    Phenibute does wonders for symptoms. I’ll do up to 1,000mg at a time, perhaps twice per day. Once before jits so I’m not a seizure salad, once at night to help sleep.

    Have you ever tried it? He also mentioned that there is an aa in green tea that seems to help.

    • Common Tater

      Propranolol works.

      • milo

        It didn’t for me. If it did for you, I’m happy it did.

    • milo

      Thanks! I’ll look into it. Appreciate the response. You are a good man.

  27. The Late P Brooks

    Because you can see so well while you’re trying to focus on something 3/4″ away from your eyeball

    The most compelling reason to upgrade to BMW Motorrad’s new ConnectedRide Smartglasses is that the device could make motorcycles a little safer by allowing riders to always keep their heads up and their eyes on other drivers. Unlike the Apple Vision Pro headset, which positions full-color 4K screens in front of the user’s eyes, the ConnectedRide Smartglasses project a minimal amount of information onto the glasses’ right lens so that it’s always in a rider’s field-of-view, hopefully without distracting them or obstructing what they’re looking at.

    The Smartglasses link with the BMW Motorrad Connected App through a Bluetooth connection so that the rider is presented with their speed, the speed limit of the road they’re on, what gear the bike is in, and GPS navigation information with the option of keeping it minimal with just arrows, or more details including street names, intersections, and distance to the next turn.

    BMW, always on the jagged bleeding edge of technology.

    • Tundra

      Lawsuits incoming!

    • B.P.

      Can’t most of this (or all of it) be done with a headset and voice function?

  28. one true athena

    just as a local anecdote, I went to the movie theater to buy MI tix for this weekend, and the three buyers in front of me were all getting Sound of Freedom tix. The women directly in front were spanish-speaking, so I’m wondering if the movie isn’t getting a boost from either Spanish radio and/or Catholic groups. Caviezel is a devout Catholic, so the latter wouldn’t surprise me, but it’s definitely not just appealing to the Southern MAGA crowd, like RollingStone or whoever it was, is trying to insinuate.

    • Lackadaisical

      Don’t be so sure of that last one. Lots of pro -maga Spanish speakers, at least where I am.

  29. Homple

    Speaking of signs, in the early 1990s I worked in the former East Germany and often had to drive from Leipzig to Prague. On the way there, I passed through the hamlets of Křimov, Křimov Domina and drove by the town of Jirkov.