There seems to be some law of the excluded middle when it comes to the guns on my “buy” list. There’s some sub-$500 like The Beretta APX and then the rest are >$1000 like this, or this, or maybe this (if the reviews are good). Definitely this. And then there is the upcoming glibcruise, AND a ladyfriend has invited me to accompany her on a Mitteleuropean tour (she’s thinking Munich, Cologne, Prague, Vienna, Salzburg and Budapest) next summer. I guess what I’m saying is, I’m nowhere near as rich as I’d like to be.
If there is no water available, Lily will use mud to cool off.
This is one of those weeks where it’s very difficult to discern a coherent message in the stars unless you get a little sloppy creative with your straightedge. However, as far as general concerns go, the skies are still dominated by Mars, Venus retrograde and Saturn retrograde. So basically more war stuff. The only really exact situation happens on Saturday where the alignment is one of those wonderfully ambivalent signs indicating a messy breakup or a fantastic first date.
Just like last month, most of the goodies are going to the sign ahead of the current one. Virgo gets Mercury and Mars (luck and power) whereas Leo gets stuck with Venus retrograde (irritation, loneliness). Of course, that could be a predictable result of being at the top of the food chain. Jupiter is still in Taurus, so open, honest, direct interactions are encouraged there.
It was so hot that Dakota, who hates getting wet, got in the stream (but not deep enough for his belly to touch)
Leo: Knight of Cups – A fast red car. Also, a redhead who is not usually present arrives.
Virgo: 10 of Cups – Your cup runneth over, but x10
Libra: 7 of Coins reversed – Cause for anxiety over money, especially if you’ve lent some.
Scorpio: Ace of Cups reversed – House of the false heart, mutation, instability, revolution.
Sagittarius: The Emperor reversed – That guy from last week is still in a snit.
Capricorn: 2 of Swords reversed – Misdirected anger, incorrect conclusions
Aquarius: Knight of Coins – Utility, serviceableness, interest, responsibility, rectitude. Good but not exciting.
Pisces: The Hierophant reversed – People taking advantage of those who are kind. Also possibly Commie Pope does something.
Aries: The Chariot reversed – Vehicle difficulties or the perks/advantages of status fail you.
Taurus: 6 of Cups – Remarkably well-behaved children.
Gemini: 8 of Swords reversed – A seemingly insoluble dilemma that may in fact be insoluble.
Cancer: Queen of Coins reversed – Evil, suspicion, suspense, fear, mistrust.
I am NOT going to take up duck hunting, no matter how much Lily would enjoy it.
Well, I mean, one doesn’t live with me atm and the other sleeps till noon, then goes to work until 10p, so … yeah.
For the record, I have no travel plans this week, although I suppose something could happen.
Also, I don’t know who I know who’s a Leo.
I am. My wife is a red head. But she is always here.
You don’t have another one on the side, do you? Who might show up at your front door?
My cousin is. That would be a nice surprise.
Sagittarius: The Emperor reversed – That guy from last week is still in a snit.
I promised him cake.
I don’t know what those [red👀cted] are upset about – Emmanuel Macron
“Cancer: Queen of Coins reversed – Evil, suspicion, suspense, fear, mistrust.”
I don’t like that. No sir.
Did you buy the Shadow 2?
I did not.
*Points to shiny new SUV*
I need to be responsible for a lil bit. Plus we’re going away in a couple weeks.
“Scorpio: Ace of Cups reversed – House of the false heart, mutation, instability, revolution.”
Nuts.
seven, count ’em, seven grandkids! – JRB46
Utility, serviceableness, interest, responsibility, rectitude. Good but not exciting.
I’ll take it.
Performance art
The San Francisco Department of Building and Inspection says it has been unable to inspect a new black “X” logo on the roof of Elon Musk’s social media company formerly known as Twitter for two days in a row after the company declined access to the structure.
It’s the latest in the push and pull between the city and Musk since he formally changed Twitter’s name to X this past week as part of the company’s overhaul following Musk’s $44 billion acquisition in October.
On Tuesday, an attempt to remove the company’s iconic blue-bird sign and logo from its Market Street headquarters was rebuffed by city officials who said there was no permit filed, leaving only the “er” remaining from the Twitter logo and one of the birds de-blued.
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Despite all of it, Musk pinned an post atop his X page overnight showing the lit X logo on the roof — and wrote he was committed to X staying in San Francisco despite the city being in a “doom spiral with one company or another left or leaving.”
“Many have offered rich incentives for X (fka Twitter) to move its HQ out of San Francisco,” he wrote. “Moreover, the city is in a doom spiral with one company after another left or leaving. Therefore, they expect X will move too. We will not. You only know who your real friends are when the chips are down. San Francisco, beautiful San Francisco, though others forsake you, we will always be your friend.”
San Francisco is like the retarded brother who should be in an institution but you just can’t bring yourself to sign the papers.
San Francisco, beautiful San Francisco, though others forsake you, we will always be your friend.
Is that like the expression of full confidence in the soccer club manager that is fired within a week or two?
I’m nowhere near as rich as I’d like to be.
I’m extremely grateful for the life I have – but yeah.
Have any of the dogs had issues from the creek water?
Leo: Knight of Cups – A fast red car. Also, a redhead who is not usually present arrives.
No issues, they must be immune to giardia.
Good song.
Pisces: The Hierophant reversed – People taking advantage of those who are kind
Leave me alone: I’m going back out there – Mitch McConnell
Travel update: still trapped in Iowa. Flight to Chicago this morning was delayed to the point I couldn’t make my connection. Cancelled that flight, rebooked on another airline, 10 minutes later that flight was delayed an hour or so.
My new plan is to get to Chicago and rent a car to drive to Dayton.
Ugh! 😖 Then turn around and fly back out tomorrow morning?? What a nightmare!
Might it not be about as easy just to drive from Iowa?
Did you give Alitalia a try?
This song just popped up on the SiriusXM North Americana channel…just for you! 😁
Sorry. Best wishes.
Virgo: 10 of Cups – Your cup runneth over, but x10
If you mean runneth over with frustration and shit, it’s in the money.
Which vehicle is gonna give me trouble is the question
Hmm, I do have to prep the bikes for Burning Man – I could handle that kind of vehicle trouble.
Aries: The Chariot reversed – perks/advantages of status fail you
I’m for freedom…..or not so much! – Samuel Alito
Investigating impropriety is evidence of impropriety.
A key suspect in an alleged plot to illegally access Michigan voting machines following the 2020 presidential election says she has been indicted in the long-running probe and expects to be arraigned next week.
“My attorney has been informed that I have been indicted by DJ Hilson, the special prosecutor in Michigan, working at the request of (Attorney General) Dana Nessel,” Stefanie Lambert said Wednesday on a conservative podcast, where she bashed the pending criminal action.
“I’m not losing any sleep over this,” continued Lambert, a metro Detroit attorney who has worked for 2020 election deniers across the country. “I know that I’ve done absolutely nothing illegal. My clients have not done anything illegal.” …
Lambert is one of nine suspects Nessel referred to a special prosecutor last fall, citing an alleged tabulator tampering plot that aimed to prove former President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims the 2020 contest was rigged against him.
Wow. That is some impressive journalisming.
“Deniers”. “unfounded claims”. “conservative podcast”.
Amazing. They named a special prosecutor for the purpose of prosecuting those who would question the election…. not for the purpose of ensuring election integrity.
It is an avalanche of evidence that we are living in a banana republic. There was a time that people who talked like that were crazy. Now? You are crazy if you can’t see the soviet-style corruption running through our society.
“Who is John Galt?”
Weird when even Ayn Rand isn’t over the top with her hyperbolic parables.
How is it possible that the political fiction of the first half of the 20th century was *understated*?
Capricorn: 2 of Swords reversed – Misdirected anger, incorrect conclusions
a shiny new cabinet is all that’s needed for a fresh, fourth run! – Justin Trudeau
Vehicle difficulties or the perks/advantages of status fail you.
Don’t really give a shit about status, so I’m okay with that. Not so much the ‘or’.
Misdirected anger, incorrect conclusions
Hmm, better watch any discussions with the missus.
“Virgo: 10 of Cups – Your cup runneth over, but x10”
I bought a lottery ticket yesterday on a wim for the $1B jackpot. I never buy them but I looked over at the counter at the minimart and saw the jackpot number and threw 2$ into the mix. I loose more in change in a month.
Timeloose with fuck you money would be a problem for some and a boon for many.
Let’s just say if the stars will it, the Glibs cruse would be on me.
Good luck, ‘loosey!
My husband Lazlo still hasn’t won that fucker. Chez Mojeaux would be lying low until an LLC could pop up with the ticket and then, modest house, housekeeper, gardener, and travel. Also, crafts, books, and select charities.
I would lie low, put the ticket in a safety deposit box, get a financial planner, then claim the winnings and buy as much acreage as I can get in the highest mountains I can find (in the U.S.)
Good luck!
I need to buy a ticket.
Two properties in the middle of nowhere, both adjacent to 240 acres we already own.
Both are 240 acres also, one to the north of us and one to the south.
A third property 100 acres adjacent to another 100 acres we have around 5 miles from the ones already mentioned.
Oh, and one of these to get around on
https://www.polaris.com/en-us/off-road/ranger/models/ranger-sp-570-northstar-edition/
The wife bought a ticket for that last billion dollar lottery. She won $8. The first time we ever won. Well, I think we won a free ticket once.
One of my buddies on my last contract said he always bought a ticket when he went to buy beer and he always won enough to cover the beer every time ;p
Asshole using up my luck for his beer money. I knew it had to even out somewhere…
Huh, I throw all my spare change into a bowl when I get home, maybe I should invest that into lottery tix. Better than a lot of things.
On a off topic.
I have been staining my deck with the wrong tools my whole life.
A lambs wool fuzzy applicator on the end of a broom stick with a rolling pan took 75% off the time to completion
Is the corruption obvious yet?
https://twitter.com/ChuckCallesto/status/1685670381519015936
“ JUST IN: Department of Justice issues letter on Saturday morning to arrest BIDEN CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION witness Devin Archer, just prior to his Monday testimony..”
It’s stunning.
Wow. Total banana republic.
What is wrong with us? How have we allowed this to happen?
One witness getting intimidated should set off all sorts of alarms… but it is an epidemic. When they came after Taibbi, that should have been a wakeup to all journalists to jump off the bandwagon and turn on these folks.
well, I guess I answered my own question. I suppose it was a wakeup call of sorts, one that has been heeded by the media for at least a decade.
Worse, it keeps getting reported as “you clearly can’t trust these guys…. just look at how they keep getting investigated and arrested”
Decades of non-stop propaganda?
“I dont care about politics….”
*sticks head back in sand*
Cancer: Queen of Coins reversed – Evil, suspicion, suspense, fear, mistrust.
2018: All of my energies as Acting Chief of Staff will be spent to assist the President
2023: I am working hard to make sure that someone else is the nominee
– Mick Mulvaney
“Politics ain’t beanbag”
Munich, Cologne, Prague, Vienna, Salzburg and Budapest
I’ve been to all except Budapest. Nice places to visit, though Cologne has a bit of a crime problem.
A fast red car. Also, a redhead who is not usually present arrives.
I’m trying to place a Challenger Scat Pack with manual order. It’s not going well. I want it in black, but I expect even if I wanted it in red it won’t go well. “Redhead who is not usually present arrives”? Why do I smell bullshit here?
Nice dog videos.
I have a question from this morning’s discussion about incandescent bulbs being banned.
I have an oven, as do many Americans these days. In that oven is a burned out light bulb that needs replacing.
Does an LED exist for this application? What are we to do about such things if not?
BTW… initial searches returned bulbs for microwave ovens and refrigerators that “Produce almost as much light as a 40 watt bulb” for only $7.50 to $11.00
Lowes still has incandescent appliance bulbs.
Bonus claim on a GE 11 watt LED bulb that costs $9.50: “lasts 4 times as long!”
(not for use in dryers or ovens)
Such a deal.
It isn’t as bad as it sounds… .that 2 pack of appliance bulbs that used to cost $2 is now $9, so the LED that you can’t use in the oven is only double the cost of the incandescent bulbs.
I think there are exceptions for specialized applications.
Why would I maintain a light bulb factory simply to make bulbs for tiny exceptions?
I suppose $4.50 per bulb is the reason.
There used to be exceptions for “artisanal” light bulbs like the ones you see at pubs going for a particular look.
No idea if that will continue.
A lambs wool fuzzy applicator on the end of a broom stick with a rolling pan took 75% off the time to completion
Before I moved in, I ripped all the disgusting carpets out of this place and painted the floors with a roller on a stick. Highly effective. There is a very high probability they’ll just stay this way.
“ JUST IN: Department of Justice issues letter on Saturday morning to arrest BIDEN CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION witness Devin Archer, just prior to his Monday testimony..”
Witness intimidation: it’s not illegal when the President does it.
Those guys sitting in jail for calling their lifelong friends and asking them “what did the police ask you?” have to be really happy to see this sort of behavior.
I confess. I swapped out the bulb in a halogen work light for an led stick, just because halogens put out so much heat. The led bulb cost four times as much as a halogen. We’ll see how long it lasts.
If I won a billion dollars in the lottery, I’d probably do something really dumb, like host a mini-Davos non profit convention on a big cruise ship, and then sink it over the Marianas Trench.
Marlin kind of lost me when they put that stupid cross-bolt dingus on the receivers of their lever guns. I’m sure it’s some lawyerly pettifoggery, but I hate it. No gun with an external hammer requires an additional safety, and relying on mechanical safety is dumb anyway; the only safety a shooter should rely on is the one between their ears.
My 336 is pre-safety (1979). My 1895G had one of those safeties when I bought it. It doesn’t have one now. And that’s all I have to say about that.
I can justify buying a lever gun in .44 spl/mag. I was looking forward to rewarding Ruger when/if they resurrected the Marlin brand.
One of my long term goals is s Henry lever action. Kinda low at the moment given my lack of range availability.
*pedant mode on*
JMB made the 1911 with TWO additional safeties.
Which is why they are only qualified to be mini boat anchors at this time.
Fuckin’ WWI tech, and nowhere as good as a luger.
Someone, dont remember who, makes blued steel plugs for the holes left after the removal of cross bolt safeties for marlin and winchester
Thought some of you guys might like seeing a 70 yr old 4-wheeler still 4 wheeling. Plan on posting vids here eventually when I write an article.
https://twitter.com/FishLikesFlicks/status/1685715754686005248?t=qNZ4wEj56Bo54zhcoXMGnA&s=19
Flaties are nice. Do a hocky puck lift a later F head on the motor, it will give you a nice torque curve and be mostly original.
Speaking of witness tampering
Federal prosecutors asked a judge to revoke FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail in a Manhattan court filing Friday, claiming that the billionaire had violated the terms of the release and repeatedly tampered with witnesses.
“What the defendant may not do, and what he has now done repeatedly, is seek to corruptly influence witnesses and interfere with a fair trial through attempted public harassment and shaming,” prosecutors wrote.
If granted, the order from U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan would return Bankman-Fried to jail, months after his extradition from the Bahamas and ahead of his expected October trial. Bankman-Fried, whose crypto company sank into bankruptcy last year, faces multiple fraud and money laundering charges over his role in the implosion of the multibillion-dollar exchange.
A federal prosecutor argued in court Wednesday that “no set of release conditions can ensure the safety of the community.”
The safety of the community. Makes him sound like a spree killer.
I’m not on this guy’s side in any way, but the appropriate response is “OK, now do the prosecution”
Maybe they shouldn’t get pretrial release either. How many witnesses did they legitimately intimidate… Like, “You are going to jail” version of intimidation, not “he gave an interview to the NY Post” version of intimidation.
OK nerds… new question….
I followed the twitter link and they want you to sign in to read the thread.
I went to my Chrome menu to check my password manager. On the menu was “Install Twitter”.
Only on Twitter.com pages.
How are they doing that? Is that new? I have never noticed that feature of Chrome before.
I am worn out on cookies, pop up ads over text, demands for email addresses, sign ups etc. if i cannot immediately read a site without all of the bullsit puzzling over poorly designed sites, or giving my info then BYE motherfuckers.
*click*
Most of the internet has become unreadable.