364 Comments

  1. Brochettaward

    And I call these links…Broandria.

  2. UnCivilServant

    IRS Ends Most Unannounced Agent Visits to Taxpayers’ Homes

    Most?

    The IRS should not be making ANY visits to homes, announced or otherwise. Any unnanounced visit should end in a dead IRS agent, and no reasonable prosecutor would indict the homeowner.

    • Sean

      Spicy take.

      • Not Adahn

        In retrospect, we should have realized that UnCiv was our Fed infiltrator.

      • UnCivilServant

        Too obvious. Clearly you’re the fed.

      • juris imprudent

        Taibbi wasn’t quite that spicy…

        After yesterday I wondered what the Democratic strategy is for people like me. I assume based on support levels for candidates like RFK, Jr. and Cornel West that a lot of us who grew up voting blue find themselves out of step with current leadership on issues like war and censorship, but it’s worse than that. The Democrats’ pitch now is VOTE FOR US OR YOU’RE TREASONOUS SCUM. They mean it in a literal sense, whether it’s “Russian asset” Tulsi Gabbard or “dangerous anti-Semitic and anti-Asian” RFK or even West, whose campaign manager Jill Stein was just called “almost certainly a Russian agent” by the party’s once-avuncular Clinton-era consigliere, James Carville. What are they doing? It feels like a corporate restructuring, in search of a leaner, meaner electorate. ActBlue2024: Fewer voters, but better! Can this be a strategy?

        In my case, elected officials of one party essentially called me a dangerous money-grubbing FSB whore who should be jailed on television, while the other has now actually done something in response to the IRS showing up at my house. This kind of thing is getting harder to ignore. Thanks, really, to Chairman Jordan, who’s lived up to a friend’s recommendation as someone who’ll be an old-school stickler on certain issues, even if he disagrees with you on others. Why is that such a hard thing for some politicians to be?

        Taibbi freely admits he grew up and still thinks of himself as a Democrat, but he’s just a little bewildered by these modern times.

      • John Nerfherder

        It’s interesting to me that people like Taibbi couldn’t see this coming even just a decade ago.

        Obama made it clear he was bringing Chicago to DC and the bureaucracy ate it up.

      • Tonio

        There’s often a lag between seeing it and saying something. You know the thought progression: isolated incident, another isolated incident, a small number of bad apples, something definitely going on but people will think I’m crazy if I say something, too late.

      • rhywun

        Inertia is a hell of thing.

      • Bobarian LMD

        First they came for the Trump voters and I said nothing…

      • juris imprudent

        Who called the digression of the Republican Party post Reagan?

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

        George HW Bush?

      • juris imprudent

        You’re forgetting Gingrich leading the effort to retake the House for the first time in what was it – 40 years?

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

        Conservatism was resurgant, not the Republicans.

        See George W Bush for how to quash that in one easy lesson.

      • Drake

        The “Read My Lips” guy?

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

        Drake gets it.

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        Taibbi strikes me as the kind of guy you might be able to sell the Brooklyn Bridge to twice but he’s a good journalist and mostly a good fellow regardless.

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

        It depends on when you get hit with the effects of Obamas actions. I got whalloped pretty quick, when that fuckwit Chu started making noise about raising gas prices, which sent shocks up and down the trucking and logistics world pretty quickly and very verbally. IE everyone knew why and who was fucking with the industury. And this caused my layoff, which gave me a shit load of time to think and read up on all his shitnanigans.

        That is when I left the “church.” And, now it’s Taibbi’s time.

      • WTF

        ActBlue2024: Fewer voters, but better! Can this be a strategy?

        It can when you have the ability to “fortify” elections.

      • SDF-7

        Exactly what I thought from that. “2024: We Don’t Have to Bother Anymore!”

      • juris imprudent

        “It’s a bold strategy Cotton, let’s see how it plays out”.

      • R C Dean

        I was thinking the elevator pitch would be:

        Fewer voters, more ballots!

      • R.J.

        Welcome to the party, Taibbi. That’s how Republicans feel about libertarians.

    • WTF

      Or maybe just “You got a warrant? No? Bye.”

    • Rat on a train

      If you don’t have a warrant you will have to make an appointment.

    • Nephilium

      Eliakim Shot the Taxman, from a brewery about 15 miles away named after a family story.

      • WTF

        Damn revenuers!

      • Nephilium

        And found the story:

        A Belgian Farmhouse Ale with floral, sweet citrus, tropical fruit, candied ginger and pink bubble gum flavor and aroma with an earthy hop and pepper finish. The malt takes a back seat to the yeast and hops in this easy drinking but complex ale.

        Brewed with farm fresh Ohio wheat and barley and Michigan hops this beer is named for our Great Grandfather Eliakim. While hunting on his farmland Eliakim accidentally shot the tax assessor who was passing through his property. Don’t worry Eliakim was acquitted of all charges.

      • WTF

        *snort* “accidentally”

  3. John Nerfherder

    Biden Biden Biden Biden Biden Biden Biden airplanes CLINTON

    It’s like a game of duck duck goose, except with a suicider at the end.

  4. Grumbletarian

    Everyone knows it never got hot in the summer before the Republican party was formed.

    • WTF

      Just wait, next they’ll be blaming cold, snowy winter on “climate change”.

      • robodruid

        Bout 5 months from now.

      • Pope Jimbo

        5 months? Minnesodans will be getting these stories in 2 months.

        September/October are the best months for CLIMATE CHANGE stories here. Cold snap? CC! Indian summer? CC! A case where they win no matter what.

      • juris imprudent

        Too late – that overdose of precipitation California got last winter, yep – climate change. After all the Farmer’s Almanac had predicted: Mild temperatures and drier than normal conditions are expected to come to the California region, according to the Farmer’s Almanac 2022-2023 Extended Winter Forecast.

        Meanwhile in PA where we had the second lowest snowfall on record, and milder than average temps, the prediction had been: winter also will be colder than normal, with near-normal precipitation and above-normal snowfall.

        You would think people might learn something about predictions. But it seems to be all but in our DNA to be stupid about shit like this.

      • WTF

        That’s how you know that the manmade “Climate Change” hypothesis isn’t science, because it’s unfalsifiable.

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

        Exactly. It is Malthusianism, which has run throught the left since time immortal. Climat change was global warming was global cooling was the population bomb etc. There were other bits of fallicy in there as well; ozone holes, Y2K, The Bomb, SST’s, you name it.

        It’s all just a millenial death cult. And you can see it in early Christian writing, Umberto Eco’s reenactments of theology in The Name of the Rose, and so on. Some version of Satan on earth. Except there can be no Satan, so it is man.

      • juris imprudent

        Look at Karl Popper over here! SCIENCE is what we say it is, infidel!

      • SDF-7

        The flippin’ hell? The established pattern for California is cylical — drought years followed by monsoons, rinse (literally) and repeat.

        Next up: Climate change responsible for thunderstorms in the Southeast and tornadoes in the Texas Panhandle!

      • Sean

        *looks at shiny new 4×4*

        I hope we get the snowiest winter EVAH this year.

      • Pope Jimbo

        When I was living in Memphis there was a giant ice storm. The area was covered with glare ice. I had never seen anything like it.

        Every hillwilliam took it as an opportunity to show off what his 4×4 could do and zoomed out of their driveway straight into a ditch. An amazing number of crashes post storm as the Memphians discovered that nothing can drive on glare ice.

      • Sean

        I like to think I’m not that dumb.

      • Common Tater

        4X4 can help you go, but doesn’t do much to help you stop.

      • Drake

        I once watched on Audi Quattro fly off the road during a snowstorm. Just because your car can get enough traction to accelerate in snow, doesn’t mean it can stop any faster.

      • Sean

        Or if you drive in deep enough snow to lift the wheels off the ground…

        *former Quattro owner*

        🙁

      • pistoffnick

        Climate change withered my taint.

  5. robodruid

    I wish Biden would be impeached for “mental impairment”
    seems like a …… no brainer.

    • SDF-7

      Missed the “Put on sunglasses… YEEEAHHHH!” at the end of that. 😉

      But more seriously — I want him impeached on the corruption charges, and I especially want it brought out if (as it damned well looks like) his video bragging about getting the Ukraine prosecutor fired was exactly for protecting his corruption schemes.

      And then I want a formal f’ing apology to Trump and the American people for impeaching him for trying to look into that as was his flipping job. I know I might as well also want a pony — but holy hell, that first impeachment never made sense — always seemed like exactly what the President should do if there was evidence of corruption of an American official, etc. I’d really like that on the record to set a precedent.

      • R.J.

        I also want all unelected bureaucrats who helped him hide this shit fired and possibly imprisoned.

      • R.J.

        I also want all unelected bureaucrats who helped him hide this shit fired and possibly imprisoned.

      • juris imprudent

        Look at you getting the squirrels all worked up.

      • R.J.

        The site decided it was so nice, it had to be said twice.

      • Pope Jimbo

        One of the things that makes me think that Biden is really out of it is that he hasn’t gone on one of those Biden rants where he starts lying about everything. Remember the clip of him yelling at that guy who asked him where he graduated in his law class?

        If Biden were actually aware of what is going on, there is no way he wouldn’t have started ranting about his ethics and how he is as pure as the driven snow. Not saying it wouldn’t be a lie, but he would definitely be out there yelling (or at least having a push up contest with someone).

        Nope, his silence tells me that his handlers aren’t letting him know a thing about this. Like S7, I want to see him hauled out of the White House in a stumbling daze, not knowing why he can’t have any more pudding cups.

      • rhywun

        I want to see him hauled out of the White House in a stumbling daze

        Chained together with the Clinton and Obama crime syndicates.

      • Drake

        Then I want to win the $Billion Mega millions jackpot and buy a herd of unicorns.

      • Not Adahn

        Why would you want a herd of unicorns? Do you know how much work cleaning up rainbow poop is?

      • John Nerfherder

        It’s the glitter.

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

        True. All that glitter is not gold.

      • slumbrew

        Allow me:

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        ( •_•)>⌐■-■

        (⌐■_■)

        YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

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

        Yeah, I want a pony, too.

    • Mojeaux

      *sunglasses of justice*

  6. UnCivilServant

    Aviation industry is short 32,000 pilots, mechanics and air traffic controllers

    Each? Or in agregate?

    • WTF

      It seems there are no editors these days.

      • R.J.

        Editing is a social construct.

      • rhywun

        Editing is systemic racism. Try to keep up.

      • R.J.

        Darn! One memo behind!

      • Brawndo

        There’s a shortage of editors too

    • Fourscore

      See? That’s why we need to welcome our friends from the south, taking jobs no one else will do.

      • UnCivilServant

        I don’t give out the title of ‘Friend’ so easily.

      • Brawndo

        How about “amigo”?

      • Bobarian LMD

        Friendo.

        *flips a coin*

    • Fourscore

      Thanks Jimbo. Always nice to have some good news occasionally.

  7. John Nerfherder

    Hunter Biden’s lawyers claim ‘fake phone call’ attempt to remove papers from court docket was ‘unfortunate and unintentional miscommunication’ after judge threatened to sanction them on eve of plea deal hearing

    That’s a whole ‘nother level of stupid.

    Seriously, you’re already basically untouchable and then you go and pull a stunt like that?

    • John Nerfherder

      And one wonders what will happen today in order to distract from that shitshow.

      • WTF

        They are holding UFO hearings in a House Panel today.

      • Rebel Scum

        Trump will be indicted for j-walking in 1987.

    • juris imprudent

      How I would love to see that judge scuttle the deal.

    • The Other Kevin

      They held all the cards. They went from deep state to dip shit.

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

        Pride cometh before a fall?

  8. Negroni Please

    Has anyone had a phone break in recent times? My phone bricked a week ago. Couldn’t access my account because 2 factor verification required them to text my broken phone. No other option like email provided. I was moving into a new place anyway so I bundled cell with internet with a new provider for a good deal. But they wouldn’t ship the phone until I activated my internet. Go to activate internet and you HAVE to do it via phone app. Why is the world fucking with me?

    In totally unrelated news I’ve been thinking a lot about that movie Falling Down.

    • UnCivilServant

      I ordered a replacement phone as soon as I was certain the battery was actually borked. I stayed out of the catch-22 situations.

      Can you do any of these tasks in-person at a brick and mortar location?

      • Negroni Please

        I tried one task at a brick and morter: uploading a driver’s license to the new account. That literally didn’t work because the system is so poorly designed that it didn’t recognize the pic attached to the account by the rep. It apparently had to go through my phone.

        Ultimately I found an old shity phone I never threw away while moving. It was barely functional enough to start the ball rolling. Good times

    • Nephilium

      Sounds like the season finale for the newest It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

      “Of course it’s got an app. I have money, you have tea, can’t we do this without an app coming between us?”

      • robc

        Two Sundays ago while my daughter was in cooking class in Denver, we went into the nearby massage place to see if they had any openings for the next Sunday (3 days ago). They did. We wanted to book them. You have to book online or via the app.

        I AM STANDING IN YOUR FUCKING LOBBY TALKING TO THE RECEPTIONIST WHO IS LOOKING AT THE FUCKING SCHEDULE. WHY CAN’T SHE FUCKING SCHEDULE THE FUCKING APPOINTMENT!?!

      • UnCivilServant

        “So… you don’t want my money. Got it.”

      • Nephilium

        That was the running joke through the episode. It started with a rental car, where Dennis got a %Tesla% that didn’t have a key, the app was your key. He then stopped for tea, which required an app, was cashless, and had a $10 minimum on credit card purchases (unless you used the app). Things went downhill from there.

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

        I think the Tesla thing happened to him in real life, it was on the podcast.

    • Brawndo

      Yep. About two weeks ago, I dropped my Motorola and bricked it completely. Got a new Google pixel phone, but 2FA kept me from using the new phone for 2 days even though I had the correct password to my Google account and logged in on my home PC. It kept wanting to send a verification code to my completely defunct Motorola. Like, c’mon.

      • juris imprudent

        Aren’t you supposed to be able to transfer the phone # to your new phone?

      • Brawndo

        It did. But I couldn’t even get to the part where I can read text messages on the new phone

  9. rhywun

    Aviation industry is short 32,000 pilots, mechanics and air traffic controllers

    This seems to be a common refrain – seeing it everywhere… lack of buses, lack of drivers, etc.

    It’s almost like we started paying millions of people to sit on the couch all day about three years ago I wonder why…

    ‘unrealistic scheduling’

    OFFS.

      • UnCivilServant

        Have they consitered cutting welfare payments?

      • rhywun

        Mostly I hear bitching that the pay isn’t good enough.

        GEE I WONDER WHY.

    • SDF-7

      If you don’t disrupt the basic services and infrastructure of Western Civilization — how are you going to get the people to go along with a Great Reset in the hopes of getting basic life back on track? Hmmm?

      And at this point, I wish I thought I was joking / that was a conspiracy theory. Way past ascribing this to incompetence or stupidity.

  10. Pope Jimbo

    After Watergate there were tons of people who wanted to be a journalist and take down a crooked politician.

    Now?

    There is an obviously corrupt president and the MSM is bending over backwards to ignore the entire thing.

    • juris imprudent

      Thank you Columbia School of Journalism!

      • juris imprudent

        Seriously, most journalists pre-Watergate were not college grads in journalism. I think college programs in journalism might even be lower on the scale than the programs in education.

    • Fourscore

      Isn’t “crooked politician” redundant?

      • SDF-7

        Just shorthand for “extra crooked”, 4×20.

  11. John Nerfherder

    I thought she had been denied the position as of a couple of weeks ago. Seems that somebody pulled some strings and got her into it. The warmongers are fully in charge now, hold onto your shorts.

    https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/07/25/uber-russia-hawk-victoria-nuland-rises-to-acting-deputy-secretary-of-state/

    In a little-remarked move, the Biden administration announced Monday that Victoria Nuland will take over as the acting second-in-command at the State Department. She replaces Wendy Sherman, who plans to retire at the end of this week.

    • Banjos

      Jesus Christ. I guess I’ll have to escalate my purchase of a property in the middle of nowhere plans.

    • rhywun

      Unfuckingbelievable.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      Wonderful, yet another finger in the eye to the American public and a drooling blowjob to the defense industry. Why do the most vicious and incompetent always fail up?

      • juris imprudent

        That is the behavior that The System rewards. We might better wonder, why do we have The System?

    • blighted_non_millenial

      Acting, so won’t they have to get her confirmed or move on in some ‘reasonable’ time frame… ha ha.

      • Rebel Scum

        Advice and consent is so passé.

    • Ownbestenemy

      “Biden has asked Victoria Nuland to serve as Acting Deputy Secretary until our next Deputy Secretary is confirmed,”

      I believe he has a bunch of constitutionally questionable people in this capacity in various agencies. Put in a bunch of ‘actors’ instead of getting anyone actually confirmed via the Senate.

  12. rhywun

    Hillary Clinton blames ‘MAGA Republicans’ for making it hot outside

    Our family-friendly rating prevents me from unleashing the long string of profanity that this incredibly stupid and dangerous stunt deserves.

    • SDF-7

      I feel that way about the Victoria Nuland link just above.

      • rhywun

        Yeah, I hadn’t read that yet.

        Words fail for a second time today.

    • Common Tater

      “incredibly stupid and dangerous stunt”

      spell checker?

      • Rebel Scum

        Stunt double?

      • rhywun

        spell checker?

        lol

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

      Clinton Stunt, or Cunt.

  13. Rebel Scum

    Joe Biden Allegedly Interacted With Son’s Clients More Than 200 Times

    You’re a damn liar, man. No one ever said that. You want a pushup contest right here right now?

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      Look fat, only a dog faced pony soldier would bring that up. C’mon man!

  14. Rebel Scum

    Hunter Biden Partner to Testify to Congress as White House Says President ‘Never in Business’ With His Son

    Well, not officially.

    • Not Adahn

      Incorporation documents with both of their names on it or STFU!

  15. Rebel Scum

    Hunter Biden’s lawyers face sanctions after being accused of lying to the clerk in his criminal tax case as judge orders attorneys to explain themselves

    Doesn’t sound like sanctions.

    • RBS

      You have to really try to get sanctioned and I’m not really sure what gets you there. I’ve seen some really shitty behavior from some awful attorneys and the court has accepted bs reasons. It’s like get disciplined by ODC, short of a felony its more about how much deference you show to the Inquisition than the underlying behavior.

      • John Nerfherder

        You can’t blame me for trying, Judge! It was worth a shot, amiright?

      • Sensei

        Bingo, aka “professional courtesy”.

        The only thing that is a 100% redline for the guild, I mean bar, is screwing with an attorney trust account.

        Anything else results in a “you caught me” followed by the legal version of kabuki theater. You can what you want about the self regulated financial industry where I work, but shit that attorneys regularly do would make you lose or your licenses and certifications here immediately.

  16. Drake

    I’m starting to think these Bidens may not be trustworthy.

    • juris imprudent

      Hey buddy, don’t fall for any of those Q-Anon-like conspiracy theories! Just trust the Dems, close your eyes and lie back and think of how privileged you are.

      • Bobarian LMD

        Lie back? Son, we’re gonna need you to roll over.

  17. Sensei

    Look I detest Leon Black with the best of them, but I’m finding this rather hard to believe.

    Leon Black hit by new suit in confrontation with #MeToo law firm

    Tuesday’s lawsuit, filed by Wigdor on behalf of a pseudonymous Jane Doe, contains graphic descriptions of Black’s alleged mistreatment of a plaintiff who has Down’s syndrome and autism and the developmental capacities of a 12-year-old.
    Black is alleged to have inflicted permanent injuries on the woman, who was 16 at the time of their alleged 2002 encounter at a Manhattan townhouse belonging to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
    Susan Estrich, a lawyer for Black, said the lawsuit was part of a “vendetta”, adding that it was “frivolous”, “sanctionable” and contained “vicious and defamatory lies”.

    • Grummun

      Does it open up any possibility of a wider investigation of Eptein’s other clients?

      Also WTF is this pseudonymous crap? Do we not do ‘face your accuser’ anymore?

  18. Rebel Scum

    Biden admin launches permanent pandemic preparedness office

    There is nothing more permanent than a temporary government program.

    • SDF-7

      This worries me more when paired with that push to give WHO control over the “global response” next time: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/scicheck-who-pandemic-treaty-draft-reaffirms-nations-sovereignty-to-dictate-health-policy/

      Especially stuff like:

      Some of the other chapters propose measures for strengthening and sustaining health systems, particularly in developing countries, and to promote coordination, collaboration and cooperation. Article 17, for example, stipulates that member nations should strengthen pandemic and public health literacy and “tackle false, misleading, misinformation or disinformation.”

      A global “agreement” (not a treaty I’d bet… because we don’t want to have to ratify anything!) that pushes “equity” and censorship and the Executive branch having the infrastructure ready to kick it into gear… all managed by an organization bought out by China before the last go ’round. What’s not to love?

      • Common Tater

        “tackle false, misleading, misinformation or disinformation.”

        No.

      • Rebel Scum

        “false/misleading”

        Like that from the WHO?

      • WTF

        false, misleading, misinformation or disinformation

        Like the wet market origin of Covid? Like the experimental mRNA therapies are actually vaccines? Like the “vaccines” prevent infect? Like the Vaccines prevent illness and transmission? Like the US government never funded gain of function at Wuhan? Like those kinds of false, misleading, misinformation or disinformation?

      • Name's BEAM. James BEAM

        Don’t be so hasty. In the right hands, this could lead to a complete shutdown of government propaganda.

  19. Rebel Scum

    “Hot enough for you? Thank a MAGA Republican. Or better yet, vote them out of office,” Clinton tweeted Tuesday.

    Dems only need ballots, not votes. But it is ironic that Dems want to stop your AC while complaining about summer weather.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      They want to stop your AC, not their own.

      • juris imprudent

        They do know what is best for you.

  20. Rebel Scum

    I guess this is the narrative for the next couple months.

    It is so hot in Maricopa County, Arizona, that people are being brought into the emergency room with significant, sometimes life-threatening burns. For the past three or four weeks of this record heatwave, people have been burned just by falling on the ground.

    “Summers are our busy season, so we anticipate that this sort of thing is going to happen. But this is really unusual — the number of patients that we’re seeing and the severity of injuries — the acuity of injuries is much higher,” said Dr. Kevin Foster, director of burn services at the Arizona Burn Center at Valleywise Health. “The numbers are higher and the seriousness of injuries are higher, and we don’t have a good explanation for it.”

    Every single one of the 45 beds in the burn center is full, he said, and one-third of patients are people who fell and burned themselves on the ground. There are also burn patients in the ICU, and about half of those patients are people burned after falls.

    We are all going to fry like an egg on the pavement…in the summer…in the desert….

    • John Nerfherder

      Whatever. Bring back the days of vinyl seats in cars and let’s see how many burns there are.

      • Nephilium

        First time I was in Arizona was in August. The rental place “helpfully” upgraded my rental to one with leather seats.

        After leaving the training class the first day, I sat down in the car, and managed to burn my legs through a pair of jeans, after burning my hand on the seat belt buckle. I firmly believe the car rental associates were laughing their asses off at the joke they played on the damned Yankee.

      • UnCivilServant

        Even in climates where it isn’t a furnace, leather seats are a distinct negative.

      • Mojeaux

        100% true

      • Sean

        Learn to code tint.

      • SDF-7

        “We pulled you over because your windows are too dark… now step out of the car so we can be sure you aren’t aiming a gun at me… I’m just going to talk to you for a little while I wait for the 4th Amendment Bypass officer *cough* K9 unit to get here… you’re acting nervous and I swear I smell something… and our bonus checks are looking low this month….”

    • pistoffnick

      THE FLOOR GROUND IS LAVA!

      • robc

        “THE”

        I couldn’t agree more.

      • juris imprudent

        Finally, something that we can all agree on!

    • R C Dean

      It’s no joke. The cute little reporterette on TV yesterday evening pointed a thermometer at the sidewalk (not the asphalt, the concrete sidewalk) and it showed 145 degrees. No telling how hot the asphalt is.

      • Ownbestenemy

        They then added that to their data model as reported temperatures in the State of Arizona. Seriously though, concrete and asphalt get hot in direct sunlight; news at 11

  21. Rebel Scum

    Jaw-dropping.

    On Monday, as much of the country stewed in bubbling heat, a boiling milestone was hit — a buoy in Florida registered a jaw-dropping 101.1 degrees Fahrenheit water temperature.

    This was on the heels of the same buoy in Manatee Bay registering 100.2 degrees on Sunday. For perspective, the average hot tub temperature is 100-102 degrees F.

    While the readings would’ve been considered a possible outlier or sensor error, surrounding buoys recorded similarly high temperatures, with 99.3 F at Murray Key and 98.4 F at Johnson Key.

    Another reason why these water temperature readings are being taken seriously is the fact that experts have been tracking the exceptionally warm water temperature readings that have ranged from 92-97 degrees since early July.

    And yet this hurricane season has been rather lame.

    • SDF-7

      Any chance those buoys are downstream from a power plant or anything else that might be venting secondary coolant heat their way?

      And like the slight of hand with 100 F as “boiling”. That’s just barely above body temperature, assholes.

      • UnCivilServant

        To be fair, Trimethylphosphine boils at around 100 F.

      • Nephilium

        One headline I saw said it was the hottest water temperature every recorded.

        Editors are idiots.

  22. Grumbletarian

    Meanwhile, waaaaaaay on the other side of the aisle…

    McCarthy still doesn’t have evidence against Biden. At least at this point in the process, House Republicans still haven’t uncovered any credible evidence of wrongdoing against the Democratic president,

    Honest Joe is pure as the driven snow.

    • John Nerfherder

      Give Madcow credit, she’s got balls.

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

        Whose?

    • WTF

      There is abundant evidence, but the left just doesn’t want to recognize any of it.

      • SDF-7

        Yeah — that was my response. If they admitted to any of the evidence / testimony, they might have to mention why they didn’t cover any of it during the hearings and all.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      Hunter getting a half million for his freshman art school level art alone should merit a serious investigation, much less the other stuff. These people would excuse anything at this point.

      • Pope Jimbo

        Biden: I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and accept a suitcase of cash from Xi Jinping and I wouldn’t lose any of the MSM.

      • The Other Kevin

        I keep going back to the multiple businesses and bank accounts that do nothing but transfer money to each other and to family members who aren’t participating in the business. There is no legitimate reason to structure things like that. It can only be for money laundering.

    • Rebel Scum

      haven’t uncovered any credible evidence of wrongdoing against the Democratic president,

      If only saying it would make it so.

      • Grumbletarian

        I’m sure they’ll say the key word is ‘credible,’ but to those same people some random chick who said Brett Kavanaugh copped a feel thirty-some years ago at a college party nobody remembered that took place on different nights each time the story was told was considered a credible accusation.

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

        And we all know Trump admitted to molesting women with the Grab them… comment.

  23. John Nerfherder

    There’s nothing quite so despicably untrustworthy as a DC apparatchik.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/incandescently-stupid-ex-dhs-official-says-trump-needed-highly-classified-memos-dumbed-down/ar-AA1elHc2

    Former United States Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor recalled to Meidas Touch podcast host Brett Meiselas on Tuesday that he had to drastically dumb down national security reports to ensure that ex-President Donald Trump could interpret them.

    “This fifty-page memo that we would normally give to any other president about what his options are is something Trump literally can’t read. The man doesn’t read. We’ve gotta boil this down into a one-pager in his voice,” Taylor said.

    “And so I had to write this incandescently stupid memo called something like, ‘Afghanistan, How to Put America First and Win.’ And then bullet by bullet, I summed up this highly classified memo into Trump’s sort of bombastic language because it was the only way he was gonna understand,” Taylor continued. “I mean, I literally said in there, ‘You know, if we leave Afghanistan too fast, the terrorists will call us losers. But if we wanna be seen as winners, we need to make sure the Afghan forces have the strength to push back against these criminals.’ I mean, it was that dumb and that’s how you had to talk to him.”

    • SDF-7

      Because if there’s anyone I trust these days — it is an IC flack. Especially on the topic of Trump. :eyeroll:

    • WTF

      How stupid does someone have to be to actually believe this shit?

    • rhywun

      Not like Obama’s towering intellect. 🙄

    • R C Dean

      So what does Biden get? Emojis?

      • R C Dean

        Oh, and you never give a 50 page memo to a chief executive. It’s an obvious CYA exercise to do so. Your job is to boil it down so somebody who will never have enough time to get to everything can make a decision without wading through 50 pages of ass-covering to-be-sures and on-the-other-hands.

      • rhywun

        Yeah good point. Obvious bullshit.

      • cyto

        I cannot imagine anyone handing a top executive 50 pages of anything important. Not anything that isn’t “stop the entire business” critical and requires them to be in the loop completely.. something like a merger contract, if the CEO happens to also be a lawyer.

        There is zero chance of even a young Biden wading through 50 pages of jargon filled intelligence assessment.

    • blighted_non_millenial

      So dumbshit thinks any president wants 50 page memos on anything.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Only those in IC that want to bury their shady shit to a president they don’t like.

      • juris imprudent

        This dunce apparently was part of W’s admin, late on. So sure, you dumped 50 page memos on Bush – routinely. Uh huh.

    • Pine_Tree

      Yeah who the hell thinks it’s right to send a 50-page memo to somebody in an Executive position? And who out there imagines that they’d read it? To be a “Chief of Staff” he sure doesn’t seem to understand what a Staff is for.

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

        My wife and I were talking about that yesterday, as she is mentoring a couple new executives. No one wants a multi-page summary, as it stops being a summery at that point, and becomes a morass.

        And now we know what happened in our last couple wars.

    • Rebel Scum

      Drumpfler is an evil genius and a retard at the same time.

    • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

      My usual line during a presentation is that I try to make things so simple that even a manager can understand it. Not sure why my career hasn’t taken off.

  24. Rebel Scum

    NPR: Eat the bugs

    Also NPR: You are a crazy, right-wing bigot if you believe the “eat the bugs” conspiracy theory.

    “I will not eat the bugs” became a meme on 4chan and emerged in conservative talk shows and political speech. But why has it gained traction? In this week’s Code Switch, Gene Demby and NPR reporter Huo Jingnan dive into the sprawling conspiracy theory behind it. Proponents of the theory lean on the anti-semitic trope that “global elites” have a plot to control the masses — in this case under the guise of climate change solutions — by forcing them to eat bugs.

    • John Nerfherder

      the anti-semitic trope that “global elites” have a plot to control the masses

      Elites openly espouse their ideas to control the masses with social credit systems and eliminate the “useless eaters”

      Somebody notices.

      ANTI-SEMITISM

      • rhywun

        NPR listeners nod sagely to the dangerously stupid claptrap.

      • Nephilium

        Wait… are insects kosher?

      • robc

        “While the consumption of most insects is forbidden under the laws of kashrut, the rabbis of the Talmud identified eight kosher species of locust. However, the identity of those species is in dispute.”

        From wikipedia.

      • Nephilium

        Just trying to figure out how saying I don’t want to eat the bugs would be anti-Semitic then. I’m pretty sure crickets and mealworms don’t count as the kosher locusts.

      • Common Tater

        Who are you to question Huo Jingnan’s expertise on the Jewish experience?

    • KK, Non-Man

      Klaus Schwab and Bill Gates are not Jews.

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

      Can I just say I hate, hate the whole idea of Code Switch.

  25. Pope Jimbo

    I learned about a fun new thing today. Perusing a story about an exciting new Black Market here in Minnesoda I saw this:

    Sheppheard says the market is also popular because the community is immersed in a cultural experience.

    “It’s to really let people be submerged into Black culture. For people to get our food, see our artists, listen to our music,” Sheppheard said.

    But it’s not just Black culture.

    “We do not close our doors to anybody,” Sheppheard said. “We have African vendors; we have foundational Black Americans. We have different types of Latino vendors. We have different types of white ally vendors.”

    • Pope Jimbo

      I had never seen the term “foundational Black Americans” before and wondered what sort of fun that involves. Oh, it is fun ideed.

      According to the Official FBA website, Foundational Black Americans are descendants of Black slaves who built the United States from scratch. Followers of the ideology, however, believe that the origins and history of Foundational Black Americans did not begin at the start of slavery in the early 1600s. They strongly believe that FBA’s settled in North America in 1526, when they were allegedly brought over from the Caribbean by a “colonizer” named Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón.

      Ayllón and 600 of his men settled on what would later become the South Carolina and Georgia Coast, but they weren’t there for long. The enslaved Black captives organized a successful rebellion against the Spanish colonizers, ultimately forcing them to retreat.

      FBA historians believe that the liberated Black people integrated with local Native American tribes in the region and formed their own community and culture as a result.

      Reminds me of a guy I knew in Memphis. Any subject at all, he could explain how it was The Man stealing black culture and ideas. He would have loved this crap. Bonus points to these nuts for also splitting with other black groups because they aren’t getting enough respect.

      • rhywun

        built the United States from scratch

        OK then. 🙄

      • Rebel Scum

        Blacks built everything, even the things they didn’t.

      • Grumbletarian

        Black slaves built the boats that carried them across the Atlantic!

      • juris imprudent

        OMG – that means they were CAPITALISTS!

      • Name's BEAM. James BEAM

        Or Scotsmen.

      • Common Tater

        To be fair, they did pick the cotton to make the sails.

      • Pope Jimbo

        So the Natives should really be beefing with the Blacks?

        Actually, that wouldn’t be hard to set up. No one is more racist against black guys than the Natives.

      • PutridMeat

        No one is more racist against black guys than the Natives

        That’s not what I learned from this historical document

      • R C Dean

        “Black slaves who built the United States from scratch”

        Fuck.

        Off.

  26. Common Tater

    “Temple University is set to host the first-ever Philly “FatCon” this October, a conference boasting its role as an exclusively judgment-free fat-focused event featuring “fat-friendly” fitness classes, vendors, talks with influencers, a Halloween costume party, and more.

    “The Fat Sex Therapist” Sonalee Rashatwar, who uses they/he pronouns according to one of the con’s Instagram posts, is slated to be the conference keynote speaker. Rashatwar commonly focuses on the “White supremacist” ideals behind “fatphobia,” the “social construct” of health, “fat trauma” and the intersection of fat and gender, according to their website.

    “Based in Philly, they are a superfat queer bisexual non-binary therapist and co-founder of Radical Therapy Center, specialized in treating sexual trauma, diet trauma, racial or immigrant trauma, and South Asian family abuse, while offering fat positive sexual healthcare,” the post explains, adding that VIP ticket holders to the event will get the chance to meet and greet with Rashatwar.”

    https://nypost.com/2023/07/25/temple-university-hosts-fatcon-offering-fat-friendly-health-care/

    “they are a superfat queer bisexual non-binary therapist”

    • UnCivilServant

      It’s a Trap! The ‘conference’ is just a means of harvesting landwhale oil!

      • rhywun

        “they/he”

        Which of course doesn’t even make sense. The second pronoun is supposed to the direct object form (“him”).

      • Common Tater

        Neither does “bisexual non-binary”

      • rhywun

        It makes sense within the framework that such people have set for themselves.
        Bisexual means he will sleep with anything.
        Non-binary means he thinks he is neither male nor female.

        Unpacking the rest…
        Queer means annoying leftist; and superfat, well… look at the pic yikes.

    • John Nerfherder

      the “social construct” of health

      Good luck with that.

      • The Other Kevin

        I’m sure the Angel of Death will be open to that argument when your time comes.

    • creech

      Cheesesteaks, hoagies, and Tastykakes by the truckload for everyone!

    • Rebel Scum

      “fat-friendly” fitness classes

      Fitness is fat=friendly? I though it was white-supremacy or something.

      • Rebel Scum

        Wtf is proofreading, actually?

      • Nephilium

        White supremacy.

    • Fourscore

      I am happy for them but I’m thinking of the damage to my lawn should they protest near a fault line.

  27. Tundra

    Good morning, Banjos!

    You know, I’m starting to think that things with SloJoe and his family aren’t on the up and up.

    You gotta hand it to them – if you’re gonna corrupt, corrupt big. And they are gonna get away with it.

    Aviation industry is short 32,000 pilots, mechanics and air traffic controllers

    Looks like I’m gonna be putting more miles on the truck

    • Pope Jimbo

      I have no doubt that the rest of the pols in DC are also on the take as Joe. I just think that they are much, much better at it than the Bidens.

      The rest of them wouldn’t brag in public about getting a guy fired for the benefit of the people paying them bribes. And they wouldn’t let their crackhead son run things. And they wouldn’t leave an entire laptop full of evidence laying around.

      • Rebel Scum

        I have no doubt that the rest of the pols in DC are also on the take as Joe.

        Which is why nothing will happen to any of them. At least until Slow-mo Joe loses favor with the party.

      • creech

        Not all congresscritters get rich. It is my understanding that when 15 term congressman Dana Rohrabacher, R-Cal., got defeated by Democrat chicanery in 2018, he left office with hardly a pot to piss in.
        Couldn’t be corrupted, even though he once had a girlfriend high up in the State Dept. Or maybe didn’t have a wife, brother, cousin, or kid who could have grift funneled through them?

    • WTF

      Aviation industry is short 32,000 pilots, mechanics and air traffic controllers

      I’m sure that has nothing to do with firing people who didn’t want to get the “vaccine”.

      • Ownbestenemy

        The more worrisome is the shortage of us technicians. We lost a lot that were in the “give me one reason to retire” mode when the whole vaccine mandate came down and we are up against an aging workforce that a large chunk are eligible to retire.

      • WTF

        Yeah, the airlines are building a perfect storm of young inexperienced pilots and young inexperienced technicians, many of whom are getting hired based on DEI rather than competence.

        I never worried much about flying, but I do now. I wish we could bring back all the 50-year-old white guys.

    • John Nerfherder

      We all know Porsche drivers are dull.

    • Sean

      “Cerulean Blue…Cerulean Blue…”

      X-Files theme

      Perfect.

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

      Porsche drivers tell everyone they always pull out.

  28. Rebel Scum

    There’s that term again…

    We urge President Biden to restrain MAGA justices immediately by announcing that if and when they issue rulings that are based on gravely mistaken interpretations of the Constitution that undermine our most fundamental commitments, the Administration will be guided by its own constitutional interpretations.

    We have worked diligently over the past five years to advocate Supreme Court expansion as a necessary strategy for restoring democracy. Although we continue to support expansion, the threat that MAGA justices pose is so extreme that reforms that do not require Congressional approval are needed at this time, and advocates and experts should encourage President Biden to take immediate action to limit the damage.

    The central tenet of the solution that we recommend—Popular Constitutionalism—is that courts do not exercise exclusive authority over constitutional meaning. In practice, a President who disagrees with a court’s interpretation of the Constitution should offer and then follow an alternative interpretation. If voters disagree with the President’s interpretation, they can express their views at the ballot box.

    There is a context in which scotus should be ignored, but it has to do with inverting the plain text of the constitution, not stating something is not a federal issue, as I suspect is the real issue these cuntes have because muh-abortions.

    • creech

      I wonder how many “gravely mistaken interpretations” they would support if it was a conservative Republican president and congress who were complaining about a leftwing majority court decision? Nothing created this libertarian faster than the perpetual “it’s evil if your team does it, but wonderful if my team does it” mentality that seems to have applied all my life.

    • Pine_Tree

      Some bits of that are not wrong – though of course where they’re trying to go with it is the standard evil Proggie direction.

      Courts are not the “exclusive authority over constitutional meaning”. The most obvious example is anybody (military officer for example) who takes an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. He’s expected to be able to understand and interpret properly the Constitution ITSELF, not what some court says about it. One has a duty to disobey unconstitutional orders. Another example is a jury box; you don’t have to do what a judge says.

      • juris imprudent

        You MUST OBEY the Party, without the slightest hesitation!

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

        You just wait until we tell Commerad Stalin!

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

        i can spell.

    • Grumbletarian

      We urge readers to let the administration know in their own ways that reinvigorating the long and honored tradition of popular constitutionalism is both viable and urgently needed in today’s circumstances.

      My eyes rolled off my desk.

    • Ted S.

      This is what Netanyahu is accused of doing in Israel.

    • one true athena

      “We do what we want and you do what we want” is a lot shorter.

  29. Tundra

    My wife an I were chatting about the tunnels at DIA, so of course I had to search.

    Check out the creepy capstone.

    • blighted_non_millenial

      It’s a weird airport.

    • robc

      When I fly United for work, I now “fly” out of FNL to avoid the 3 worst aspects of Denver International:

      1. Luggage carousels

      2. Parking

      3. Train

      The FNL-DIA leg is a bus, but on the way back, I load the bus from a gate and my bags magically appear on the sidewalk at my destination. I don’t have to take shuttle to distant parking and drive home an hour thru Denver traffic. I park for free at FNL and its about 10 mins to my house.

      The only thing I can’t avoid…I still have to go thru security in Denver on my outbound trip. The bus drops us off outside terminal. But luggage checking occurs at FNL.

  30. Rebel Scum

    Insurrection.

    The curvy, scenic roads of McDonald County — and maps that showed them — were great cause for concern in the 1960s. In fact, they nearly directed drivers to another state.But it wasn’t a misprint that caused the map’s misdirect. It was a decision by Missouri officials to omit several tourism-driven McDonald County communities from a map.The decision so riled McDonald County folks that they seceded from the state.For several months, the area temporarily became known as McDonald Territory. Signs were erected to let visitors know where they were — and even visas were “required” to cross the border from Missouri into this new land.Although the secession began out of passion and not publicity, it ultimately resulted in what residents wanted: tourism.”It had real meaning to the people of McDonald County,” wrote Patric Stevens about the period of secession. “The territorial uprising will be regarded in history as a time when a small community organized and made the statement, ‘We count, too. We don’t want government without representation.'”

    Neat story.

    • blighted_non_millenial

      Practically Arkansas.

  31. Sensei

    Inexperienced flyers, oysters and small aircraft. What could go wrong?

    Tailwind requires passengers to show up 10 minutes before departure. For flights out of Boston, it suggests arriving early to enjoy the oyster bar. I showed up an hour before my 2:45 p.m. departure and, like any self-respecting jet-setter, ordered the $48 oysters—four Wellfleet oysters topped with tuna crudo, creme fraiche and caviar. A giant yacht called Kisses was docked next door.

    There’s a Faster Boston-NYC Trip. You Just Have to Land on Water.

    • slumbrew

      I’ve been eyeing that. Prices aren’t totally terrible if you’re avoiding the business folks and go off hours. Build-in the fact you don’t have to schlep from LGA to the city and it’s not a terrible price.

      • Sensei

        Two hours and no BS is quite nice.

        Amtrak’s reliability is questionable as an experienced Northeast Corridor rider and can quite attest to it. Penn Station is a shithole, but you can get to most places in Manhattan from it in 20-30 minutes. On that basis I recommend Amtrak over most flights if you can get to a station on its route conveniently.

      • grrizzly

        I always drive to Manhattan. But this seaplane looks interesting.

  32. Evan from Evansville

    OT: @ Do, his “NewWife” and all: Ev has an appointment today at 12:30 at an addiction center. Gonna scope out their in/outpatient (IOP) plans and see what, if anything they offer, will work for me. We’re looking at other venues as well, but this one is the most likely. However, we shall we.

    IOP is pretty much a family requirement and I’m fully on board. Eyes on me are necessary. Having said that, I’m going up to my own apt today afterwards. I need to talk to them and get out of that lease, and also I’ve been down in Indy for 11 days wearing the same clothes over and over. Laundry is remarkably being done now!

    IOP would be enough to keep track of me but also allow time for some sort of part-time job/gig. I need to keep busy and have goals and direction, even if it’s just stocking or cleaning any store. Thought at work is to be kept low at this point in time. Just tasks.

    However, thoughts came up about the Indy zoo. They apparently need plenty of part-time work, and I can elevate that. I have several angles on that: I legit have worked hands-on with lions/tigers/cougars/bobcats and other large cats at a sanctuary before; I minored in animal behavior; my SiL worked at the zoo and has connects; I actually enjoy that work and could start lowly and move up. SiL also wrote for the zoo and I’ve got a healthy resume for that as well.

    That seems like a good idea. Investigation will occur.

    W/O alcohol I have immediately regained clarity of thought that had been obscured before. I’m not terribly concerned about a relapse. I have over an ounce of an alternative at my apt. I want more edibles and vape-ables but that strategy worked before with ease. For six months, with some eyes on me and accountability, I was on point and in control. Getting me on my own led to an immediate disruption, obviously all of my own doing. Yeah, I inherited the same shit Dad has, but this is on me.

    Now that I’ve been through Medical Jail and resigned because I couldn’t take everything at once, I’ve not been ‘Finger-wagged at’ and TOLD that booze is bad for me. I’ve discovered once again, but this time in a stronger setting and with far more import, that hooch is just a no-no for me. I don’t even have cravings for it nor cigs, but brain chemistry is goofy. Especially when you have legit brain damage, with about a golf ball-sized chunk of my brain being legit dead-black and had to be scraped off.

    The Venn diagram of ‘bravery’ and ‘idiocy’ overlap considerably. Ev the Explorer pretty much exists in that realm.

    Excitement, she wrote! It’s also come with plenty of injury and struggle. Instead of climbing up Everest and possibly dying, I do just about everything else…and have come close to possibly dying for sure once, with plenty of other injuries along the way.

    Ya miss 100% of the shots ya don’t take. So back on my feet for now. Next educational step departs in two hours.

    Sorry this is so long.

  33. Ownbestenemy

    Priorities. The union that covers us electronics technicians have chosen the FAA’s new revised rules on work-from-home which require 6-days in the office with Wednesday as mandatory day to be in the office. During Biden’s mandate and demand of personal medical information? Fucking crickets. What loser.

  34. The Late P Brooks

    Popular Constitutionalism sounds classier than “mob rule”.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      It’s nice to see the antiestablishment types being friendly with each other even if they disagree on some, maybe even most, things. It’s the establishment’s worst nightmare.

      • John Nerfherder

        It’s the establishment’s worst nightmare.

        When Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party both arose at the same time, there were a lot of clenched buttholes in DC. They were able to subvert both last time around, but it gets harder to do with each incarnation.

      • Common Tater

        In both cases they used identity politics.

      • juris imprudent

        Hard to subvert? I thought they did (and do) so with relatively little effort.

      • Drake

        The Tea Party was skin-suited before the rallies ended.

      • John Nerfherder

        I hold that the parties are incapable of that feat on their own. The agencies had to have spearheaded it.

      • John Nerfherder

        I didn’t say it was that difficult for them at that time, just that the difficulty increases with each successive iteration.

        We’ve now gotten to the denial of genetic reality and threat of nuclear war. Not much further to go before it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy of destruction.

        FFS, they’re talking about UFOs in Congress right now.

    • PutridMeat

      “I just tell what’s real; If the truth hurts, say ouch”

      Heh.

  35. The Late P Brooks

    Popular Constitutionalism– We make it up as we go along!

    • WTF

      Basically just “whatever we like is guaranteed by the constitution, and whatever we dislike is prohibited by the constitution”.

    • juris imprudent

      Really should call it Popular-girl Constitutionalism – because only the right kind get to be popular!

  36. The Late P Brooks

    Justice is served

    Hunter Biden, the troubled second son of the president, is expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of failing to pay his taxes at the federal courthouse in Delaware on Wednesday morning.

    It is the first time the Justice Department, which falls under the executive branch, has brought charges against the child of a sitting president.

    Hunter Biden arrived at the courthouse just after 9 a.m. He is expected to follow the terms of the plea agreement he reached last month with U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who was appointed by President Donald Trump and allowed to remain by President Joe Biden to oversee the case.

    I want him to get up and say, “Don’t you know who I am?”

    And this- “appointed by President Donald Trump and allowed to remain by President Joe Biden to oversee the case” got an audible WTF? The President chooses the judge in his son’s case?

  37. The Other Kevin

    “Aviation industry is short 32,000 pilots, mechanics and air traffic controllers”
    My nephew just graduated from pilot school at Purdue. He’s currently teaching flying so he can get his hours in, then at some point he’ll train to be an airline pilot. He always wanted to be a pilot, and got his license at 16. Nice to see the timing is working out for him.

  38. The Late P Brooks

    Outlining the charges, Weiss’ office said in a statement that “Hunter Biden received taxable income in excess of $1,500,000 annually in calendar years 2017 and 2018. Despite owing in excess of $100,000 in federal income taxes each year, he did not pay the income tax due for either year.”

    The IRS has a long and proud history of saying, “That’s okay, kid, try to do better next time.”

    • Pope Jimbo

      TurboTax Tim waves hello.

    • Common Tater

      “Hunter Biden received taxable income in excess of $1,500,000 annually”

      I should have been a crackhead.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Look. He is a prodigy. Energy baron, master artist and international playboy take talent that you just couldn’t understand.

    • juris imprudent

      WTF? How does Hunter get a 7% tax rate? He should’ve owed more like 300-400 thousand – each year.

  39. The Late P Brooks

    Biden also faced a separate gun charge, for illegally owning a Colt Cobra .38 Special handgun. The Justice Department, however, said he had reached a pretrial agreement that most likely means that, under certain conditions, the case may be wiped from his record.

    The laws regarding gun ownership by known drug criminals are extremely complicated and murky. It was a simple mistake.

    • juris imprudent

      This is the shit that bothers me more than the taxes.

  40. Mojeaux

    Attention KK and Shpip: My husband and I may actually pull the trigger on the cruise.

    • R.J.

      Wife and I are going.

      • Nephilium

        The girlfriend is going to check out the page today, and I have high expectations that we’ll be planning on going as well.

    • Ownbestenemy

      Depending on the move…we have thought about it.

  41. The Late P Brooks

    The affair has consumed the U.S. political world, particularly Republicans. They have argued Biden has received preferential treatment because of his father, saying he should have been charged for some of his other business dealings. Trump, members of his family and his political allies have weighed in regularly with numerous allegations about his actions. While the deal brought an end to a sweeping five-year investigation that involved federal prosecutors, FBI agents and IRS officials, it is unlikely to hinder the deluge of political commentary.

    Republicans pounce.

    • The Other Kevin

      That’s the narrative. The totally unbiased FBI and DOG investigated thoroughly and found the Bidens did nothing wrong. But Trump just keeps bringing it up.

      What’s the legal equivalent of “The science is settled?”

      • juris imprudent

        “No reasonable prosecutor.”

  42. Tundra

    LOL

    • Ownbestenemy

      I can answer that

  43. The Late P Brooks

    The FBI also shared a memo with Republican oversight leaders in the House and the Senate that included unverified claims about Biden’s time on the board of a Ukrainian energy company while his father was vice president. The allegations, which remain uncorroborated, were part of a Justice Department review that Trump’s then-attorney general, William Barr, launched in 2020. The probe was closed later that year.

    White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dismissed the allegations, which Republicans have raised regularly during the Biden administration, at a briefing Monday.

    “I’ve been asked this question a million times,” she said. “The answer remains the same: The president was never in business with his son.”

    DEBUNKED AND REFUTED, motherfucker!

    • Ownbestenemy

      Big propaganda push ahead of the dude who says he has the tapes/texts that reportedly do put Biden in the know of his son’s business dealings.

      • Tundra

        Don’t forget the UFO bullshit.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Fantastic.

    • Drake

      “uncorroborated”

      Today’s word that is getting a new definition. I noticed charges against J6 protestors are never “uncorroborated” despite the hidden videos the jury doesn’t get to see.

    • The Other Kevin

      There is some subtle Clinton-ish language here if you look closely. The line used to be that Biden had no knowledge of Hunter’s business dealings, and never even had a conversation about it. Now it’s “The president was never in business with his son.”

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

        What is the definition of IS?

      • The Other Kevin

        Yes. That’s where we are now.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      She’s not even intelligent enough to parse the truth well.

    • Rebel Scum

      The allegations, which remain uncorroborated

      Hunter was totally qualified to be on that board and Joe is definitely not on camera stating that he got a prosecutor that was investigating the situation fired.

  44. J. Frank Parnell

    Joe Biden Allegedly Interacted With Son’s Clients More Than 200 Times

    Why do Republicans hate small family businesses?

    • John Nerfherder

      Why do Republicans hate small family businesses?

      Because it’s too much work to gather all that graft from so many sources. Some of them might not even pay their protection money on time!

  45. Shpip

    For those of you who might have missed it: yesterday’s mid-day post detailed our first Glibs Cruise. It’s roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale, with stops in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and St. Maarten. We’re hoping to have at least sixteen participants, since that’s when Celebrity Cruises will start giving us additional perks.

    Price is ~$1600 per person, double occupancy. This price includes upgraded wifi, the premium drinks package, and pre-paid gratuities. Booking by August 19 gets you a $200 onboard credit as well. You can decline the drinks, etc., and save yourself some money.

    Further details, along with cabin options, are here.

    • Shpip

      Forgot to mention that said cruise will take place in October 2024. You have plenty of time to clear your calendar and save your pennies.

      • R.J.

        I sold some subpar orphans to a sultan last night. See you there.

    • Pope Jimbo

      I love the idea. But the wife and I will be on the other side of the world then.

      Hope it works out and we can try again.

      Maybe a Glibs ice fishing derby? Mid-January? Lake of the Woods?

  46. The Late P Brooks

    Stunning revelation- lots of people live in cities

    About 41 million people in the U.S. live in urban heat islands, where city topography elevates temperatures by at least 8 degrees Fahrenheit, according to an analysis published Wednesday by Climate Central, a nonprofit research group.

    Urban heat islands occur when cities replace land cover such as forest, open water and greenery with buildings, pavement and other materials that absorb and retain heat. While the heat effect is most noticeable during summertime, urban heat islands are warmer all year-round.

    The Climate Central analysis covers 44 cities and highlights how certain populations are affected more acutely by global warming, in which global surface temperatures have risen at rates unprecedented in 2,000 years, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

    “We’re basically talking about a phenomenon where there’s a measurable increase in urban air temperatures that’s caused by the way the city is built,” said Kaitlyn Trudeau, a climate scientist with Climate Central. “It’s additional warming that is caused by dark building materials, dark pavement, building heights, population density and lack of green space.”

    Minorities and transvestites hardest hit.

    • WTF

      Now talk about how they place temperature stations in the middle of urban heat islands to pretend that there is overall global warming.

      • John Nerfherder

        shush you

      • juris imprudent

        It can be a little more subtle – the station used to be outside of the city and the heat island grew to encompass it. But don’t acknowledge that that has any effect on readings.

      • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

        They claim to correct for it, but I doubt they do a good job of it.

    • The Other Kevin

      I saw Urban Heat Islands last year with KONGOS and Judah & the Lion.

    • Common Tater

      “according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change”

      Clearly an objective unbiased source.

    • Rebel Scum

      the way the city is built

      Concrete, pavement, steel and stone, I presume.

      • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

        On rock and roll.

    • rhywun

      Do they come around to making a point? As in, why should I give a fuck?

  47. The Late P Brooks

    Didn’t this name come up a day or two ago?

    A federal judge on Tuesday vacated the military conviction of Bowe Bergdahl, a former U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to desertion after he left his post and was captured in Afghanistan and tortured by the Taliban.

    The ruling from U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton in Washington says that military judge Jeffrey Nance, who presided over the court-martial, failed to disclose that he had applied to the executive branch for a job as an immigration judge, creating a potential conflict of interest.

    Walton noted that former President Donald Trump had strongly criticized Bergdahl during the 2016 presidential campaign. Bergdahl’s lawyers argued that Trump’s comments placed undue command influence on Nance.

    Walton rejected the specific argument surrounding undue command influence, but he said a reasonable person could question the judge’s impartiality under the circumstances.

    Bergdahl was charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy after the then-23-year-old from Hailey, Idaho, left his post in Afghanistan in 2009. He said he was trying to get outside his post so he could report what he saw as poor leadership within his unit, but he was abducted by the Taliban and held captive for nearly five years.

    Nothing about the substance of the charges.

    Maybe Joe will make him head of the CIA.

    • SDF-7

      Double sigh for my taking too damned long to read that story apparently.

      • Pope Jimbo

        There are tons of young enlistees who have been drummed out of the service with a dishonorable discharge for far less than what Bergdahl did.

    • Fatty Bolger

      Vacated, but not dismissed with prejudice. So they should charge him again, refuse any plea deal this time, and make him stand trial for desertion. But of course they won’t.

  48. SDF-7

    Sigh. Need more rays of sunshine news.

  49. SDF-7

    Also sigh — another reminder of why I’m never selling my 2003 Monte Carlo as long as I can keep it running. My data is not your profit engine, assholes.

    • Mojeaux

      2006 Hyundai Sonata and Azera here.

    • Pope Jimbo

      You are just being paranoid!

      OnStar went from an option to help sell cars to a huge revenue generator for GM. All your data belongs to them and they sell the shit out of it.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Eagle Eye is closer to reality than most people realize.

  50. KSuellington

    What sort of business did Hunter Biden have? It seemed pretty lucrative. Why did he decide to get out of it?

    • The Other Kevin

      It’s tough to be a businessman, all those long hours without a break to relax. He retired to follow his life long passion of being an artist.

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

        Like that guy who wrote Confessions of an English Opium Eater?

  51. The Late P Brooks

    You people who plan your lives a year in advance.. I have no words.

    • SDF-7

      I have no words.

      So… what did I just read? 😉

    • R.J.

      My wife is a work force planner. We plan two or three years in advance.

    • kinnath

      I have vacation days planned on my work calendar to cover three annual events next year. Farthest one out is August, only because I haven’t put Honey Harvest 2024 on my calendar yet.

  52. Common Tater

    “Three women suspected of shoplifting from a California Burlington store were caught on camera slowly wheeling out three shopping carts of merchandise in a broad-daylight spectacle over the weekend…

    Video of the brazen incident emerged online showing the plus-size suspects making a break for it in the parking lot of the shopping center on North Freeway Drive and loading the goods into a red Dodge Charger as alarms blared in the background…

    Retail theft in America has skyrocketed to $94 billion — an alarming 90% increase since 2018, according to the National Retail Federation.”

    https://nypost.com/2023/07/26/shoplifting-suspects-casually-roll-out-three-carts-of-goods-from-california-burlington-store-video/

    It seems way more than 90%

    • R.J.

      You mean their BMI? Totally over 90%

    • SDF-7

      The paranoid conspiracy part of my brain wants to say “Driving more people to trackable online commerce like Amazon and shutting down small businesses”

      But then there’s stuff like this from last year, so they don’t seem to be trying to tamp down on any kind of theft. Back to “let society collapse so we’re begged to rebuild it how we want”. Bleah.

      • UnCivilServant

        If society collapses, those hoping to benefit will not survive to see what emerges from the ashes.

      • Tundra

        Yikes.

        I’ve never paid any attention to this stuff. Now I won’t be able to ignore it!

      • SDF-7

        I’d buy the US Government bunker complex — with Cheyenne Mountain not that far away (just 100 miles), NORAD / Joint Chiefs in one complex, civil government in another close by.

      • rhywun

        Nah, it’s as simple as “equity”. I recall the beginnings of this effort and they were quite explicit about it. Too many black and brown people getting caught up in the criminal justice system.

  53. The Late P Brooks

    There are tons of young enlistees who have been drummed out of the service with a dishonorable discharge for far less than what Bergdahl did.

    Mutiny? Nonsense. He was living his truth. It’s what Audie Murphy would have done.

  54. The Late P Brooks

    Eagle Eye is closer to reality than most people realize.

    Total Information Awareness isn’t dead. It’s just resting. Resting, waiting, gathering strength.

  55. Mojeaux

    I can’t decide whether to have poached eggs on toast or a Reuben sandwich for bfast.

    • R.J.

      It’s getting late. Reuben.

      • Gender Traitor

        It’s never too late for breakfast food. Poached eggs with nice, runny yolks to soak into the toast! 😋

      • Ownbestenemy

        You have serious problems

      • UnCivilServant

        I’m surrounded by disgusting people who advocate eating the inedible.

      • R.J.

        Do you prefer your eggs burnt beyond recognition?

      • PutridMeat

        Though it pains me to agree with UCS, I’ve never understood the fascination with runny egg yolks. Flavor whatever, but that texture… yuck.

      • Mojeaux

        I hear everybody about the texture of things. There are lots of things I don’t eat because of the texture, watermelon (fruit and vegetables) being some. But the runny yolks sink into the bread, giving it texture.

        I mean, in all fairness, Hollandaise sauce is a beverage.

      • PutridMeat

        Hollandaise sauce is a beverage.

        Suppresses gag reflex.

        Watermelon – weird. Nothing to dislike about a nice crisp texture like that, unlike thick, slimy, viscous…. (runs to trash can to hurl).

      • Mojeaux

        Poached eggs with nice, runny yolks to soak into the toast!

        That’s the idea!

    • Common Tater

      Try an egg and corned beef sandwich?

  56. The Late P Brooks

    US attorney, not judge.

    Ahhh, that makes slightly more sense, but it’s still just a wee bit inappropriate to think Joe is in a position of personal involvement.

  57. The Late P Brooks

    WTF? How does Hunter get a 7% tax rate? He should’ve owed more like 300-400 thousand – each year.

    He’s got a lot of overhead. He only entertains clients in the classiest international sex clubs. And you can’t very well expect him to fly coach.

    • Sean

      Oh my.

    • rhywun

      “Oh fuck!” indeed.

    • SDF-7

      Have to wonder just how close that fell to that bus… and if it is as close as it looked from that vantage, how quickly the next stop is for new underwear for all onboard. Ouch.

      Also wondering just how much that poor firetruck is going to be able to do — I don’t think about skyscraper level fires often — but with it that high and outside the building, “helicopter drop” is all I can think might work. I’m assuming the motor locked up / leaked or something.

      • John Nerfherder

        Definitely an electrical fire.

        The inspectors are going to have a field day.

  58. The Late P Brooks

    Poached eggs with nice, runny yolks to soak into the toast!

    I kinda wish there was a Cracker Barrel around here. I’d drop in for their “egg in a basket” once in a while. That and the sourdough french toast.

    • SDF-7

      Waffle House would be nice.

      Of course the last time I was back East, they didn’t seem to have country ham anymore. Heresy.

  59. John Nerfherder

    Lemme just say, the dancing nurses can fuck right off.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYmk_8IDC4A

    Used to think that those on the frontlines might be a beacon of sanity, no longer.

    • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

      What about dancing naughty nurses?

    • Fatty Bolger

      Dancing for climate change now, lol, of course they are.

      @popothebright 9 hours ago
      Their synchronized dancing is a perfect analogy for their mental process. In another era they’d be chanting out loud in unison while reading from a little red book of slogans.