This morning I woke up to the mellow sounds of the rain. At least I was able to hear the rain once the 45 pound pit bull freaking the hell out, panting hot drool over my face. Every freaking time a storm passes over.
Otherwise its great because its only like 93 and muggy as I write this, soon to be 110 and muggy!
¡Enlaces!
In spite of record climate change related heat, border crossings somehow are still up 134%. Any for good reason! Between the useless culture war arguments between Mexican communists and fascists, and the dystopian future they’re testing out down there, they aren’t missing anything we don’t already have.
The best part about crypto is the government and the fools in the media still doesn’t get how it works. Every transaction ever made is available to the public. They just don’t want to look, its easier to get the banks to do it for them, for free.
Speaking of which. El Presidente Dudebro: there has to be a better way!
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is highly undemocratic, highly abusive—and highly popular.
That’s an odd endorsement of authoriarianism, I thought he was elected?
I give my son shit for never combing his mop top, and then I see it still hasn’t stopped this guy.
When the supposedly stupid people in the Amazon are on to you…
Haven’t heard this one in a while. Enjoy your Martes.
“This morning I woke up to the mellow sounds of the rain.”
In Arizona? FAKE NEWS!
Climate change.
“The best part about crypto is the government and the fools in the media still doesn’t get how it works.”
To be fair, they don’t understand the drug business either.
Holy shit it’s the ghost of Dudley Moore!
(if he’s dead – can’t be arsed to look it up)
Dead at 66. Missed almost all of the new millennium, lucky bastard.
Cook was gone too young as well, although probably his own doing.
I don’t know about his haircut, but I definitely like how he cuts his jib.
Aye.
Seriously.
Guys that get shit done are too busy to get haircuts.
Today’s crazy bastard award goes to Patrick Lancaster.
https://youtu.be/WgQKQHPrqUU
Viva la libertad carajo!
His travels through history are over.
Traveller, the horse which served Confederate General Robert E. Lee, has long been a fixture of campus culture at Washington and Lee University, as the famous steed, known for his courage and stamina, is buried on campus.
But Traveller’s Confederate connections recently led university officials to remove two markers erected in his honor, his gravestone as well as a plaque honoring the beloved companion.
The decision prompted anger and concern from some alumni and students. Traveller served Lee both during the Civil War and afterwards, when the ex-general became president of the then-Washington College. Lee was president from 1865 until his death in 1871. Traveller died a few months later.
The university replaced one marker – Traveller’s gravestone – with a version omitting the original references to Lee and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. …
The modifications follow a June 2021 decision by the small, private liberal arts college to retain its name while further distancing itself from the Confederacy.
Might as well nuke all the former confederate states from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Desecrating the grave of an unwoke horse.
Those snowflakes should make Trigger their new mascot.
Mitch McConnell is as popular in Kentucky as Lindsey Graham is in South Carolina.
https://nypost.com/2023/08/07/mitch-mcconnell-drowned-out-by-chants-of-retire-in-kentucky/
RNC Combs Beach Seeking Possible Replacement For McConnell
LOL. I have to admit it took me a second to get it.
#metoo
Speaking of the drug business, have some buzzword salad:
“Justice-involved” is a new one to me. 🤡
TL;DR – Kathy promised all the pot licenses would go to drug convicts and apparently that’s contrary to the law. Oops!
We have to pass it to see what’s in it.
Well, ok then.
“I believe to keep those documents was a crime and the obstruction was clearly a crime. And now the superseding indictment where he was ordering folks allegedly to delete the surveillance cameras, reminded me of what maybe Abbott, Costello meets the Corleones would have looked like all of a sudden,” Christie mocked, earning big laughs from host Joe Scarborough.
“I mean, this is both criminal and completely stupid, which is the combination that Donald Trump is bringing to the country, is the combination of criminality and abject stupidity, both in terms of his comments and in terms of his actions,” Christie added.
“That’s cute coming from a fat fraud who has a fat chance at wining the primary. He knows. Everybody knows. I know your initials are CC, but those bags are far bigger. I call you Double D Christy. Your mom must have been one hell of a woman to give birth to you. Sturdy woman. Double D with a capital D Christy.” – Trump
We get it – Trump screwed you because you locked up Kushner’s crooked dad. You would have made a much better AG than Sessions or Barr. Get over it.
Maybe Christie and Pence can vote for each other in the primary.
Go back to closing public beaches so you can vacation with your family.
And bridges to punish political appointments.
*opponents
He had plausible deniability for that.
Worse they let the underlings off on appeal.
Christy could have beet Obama, and he knows it. But he assed out during that Hurrican, to which R’s still hate. He still thinks 2012 didn’t happen, and everyone forgot.
Believable.
He walks in with him and Jill Biden, and their little entourage of people and like photographer and right away, I remember him coming up to me trying to shake my hand, trying to shake my right hand. I look at him, and I’m like, “I don’t have an arm.” My left arm is in this big-a** cast with this giant orange f***ing foam block around it. I’m completely immobile, all I can do is move my hand, and he says “Oh” and like kind of stands up and goes over to reach for my fingers because about an inch of my fingers are showing. Doesn’t greet me or anything. That’s what happened, just grabbed my fingers.
I was like, “Okay, that’s weird,” and, you know, almost immediately starts talking about how their son served in the military. Doesn’t say anything about what happened, just starts talking about how their son served in the military, and my mom is just like, she’s furious at this point. And they’re like taking pictures and stuff.
I believe it. I’ve also heard first hand that Obama was as terrible in his own way.
Bush 2 was supposed to have been genuine to injured service members.
All Joe knows (knew) how to do is bullshit.
At least he didn’t feel the guy’s hair.
PSA for gun Glibs: PSA is closing out Toolcraft BCGs at $49.
No excuses not to have a backup or two.
Hmm
No murder gun parts are allowed to be imported into WA. 🙁
From the President Dudebro screed:
Security forces have arrested over 71,000 people, including more than 1,600 children
For certain values of “children”
Many Salvadorans with no connections to gangs have been arrested
The poor lads were wearing masks, hanging out in gang-controlled areas, and covered head to toe in grotesque tattoos. But they’re totally not gang members, they swear!
Supported by a powerful propaganda machine, he has advertised his government’s human rights violations as achievements.
Locking up murderous thugs = human rights violations.
They were just getting their lives together.
Nah, I can believe both (1) there are massive humans rights violations there, and (2) every one of ’em is guilty.
Doesn’t sound like the law-abiding citizens are losing any sleep over (1).
That they have matching colors and tattoos is evidence enough they’re a standing army to me.
Good news. Class counsel is inching closer to winning the lottery. The class is inching closer to a coupon for a free Happy Meal.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/7/23823878/google-privacy-tracking-incognito-mode-lawsuit-summary-judgment-denied
You can also win as the class action lead plaintiff.
“Latin America Urgently Needs an Alternative to Bukele’s Security Plans”
After the last 500 years of security failures, maybe they should give bukele a go.
Why don’t you let the Salvadorans decide what’s good for them?
Ok, tingles.
“You know, our great pride is that we’ve had clean elections. We’ve had people who conceded defeat at the end of them. In fact, in the entire age of television, going back to Adlai Stevenson when we first got TVs at home, the defeated candidate went on television and said he lost, or she lost with Hillary Clinton.”
Dems always gracefully concede. It is known.
“That’s why we need this trial in court. You can call Jack Smith deranged, make fun of him the way you did of Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio, and treat him like a clown act, but once this guy is in court with you and basically has the law on his side and operates with procedure, you’re going to look like the bad guy. The beauty of this is we’re going to have a concession speech basically on television in the form of a trial. I think that’s something Trump is scared to death of, where he sits in the defendant’s booth, in that desk, and he has to act like a defendant in a criminal case.”
If only saying it would make it so.
The “scared” talking point has been distributed, I see. I’ve heard it repeatedly now.
I think he’s looking forward to discovery but I’m not a mind-reader so WTF do I know.
1824, 1876, 1960, 2020 have entered the chat.
And 2000 and 2016
Once again, I recommend the gallows.
https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/urgent-italian-researchers-find-covid
Hang them next to the politicians who shielded them from liability.
There’s no real financial penalty that would compensate, so yeah.
Today’s Mencken Moment:
Notwithstanding the source of the commentary or the veracity of the TikToker’s tale, I’m inclined to agree with his sentiment. Uncharitable, I know.
“I am literally shaking right now…”
And I’m out.
There was a riot in Union Square park and the mother of one of the arrested kids was blaming society for her son having admittedly punched a cop.
It wasn’t his fault you see…
“I’m depraved on account I’m deprived”.
My sympathies are with the minority that wanted no part of the lawlessness.
Those people generally aren’t making TikTok videos.
There is no proof whatsoever that she did any of this.
So I will be uncharitable and tell the author of that twit to kindly fuck off with his presuppositions and his victim-blaming.
Yeah, and I don’t blame her a damn bit for “literally shaking right now”. She just had a guy spit in her face and tell her he’d rape her if she didn’t get out of his way.
Eh, that little turn of phrase is very popular among the woketards online.
I could very well be wrong and if I am, I will accept my punishment in the form of Snu Snu.
I’m aware. And I promise I’m not white-knighting for her just because of her beautiful blue eyes.
But seriously, if she is giving an accurate account, I’d expect her to be shaking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQmmM_qwG4k
^^^This
If she’s not the type to vote progressive but cannot call out the source of the rot I cannot find sympathy for the ally. Now if she had called out the soft on crime policy of a source then I’d give her the benefit of the doubt.
Oh, and in a follow up she claims the asshole was a well dressed white man. My doubt doubled with that.
SF is one of the safer big cities in the US in terms of violent crime. In terms of property crimes it is one of the worst. Granted, the defund the po-po movement didn’t help things as it has definitely gotten way more lawless, but it is far from some post apocalyptic hellhole despite what is put out there by right leaning sources.
That long video someone posted of all the vacant shops between Civic Center and Powell was eye-opening, though.
I will say, from the one year I lived there, I got the impression that “crime” and “mayhem” in general are more in your face there than here in NYC. Maybe because so many trips go through the Loin.
Here in Brooklyn I can walk for miles in any direction without encountering anything like the shitty neighborhoods that seem to be on top of each other in SF.
When are you departing for greener pastures, btw? Have you nailed down your new housing?
I am moving in 41 days.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040613/quotes/?item=qt2067525
Just kidding. Congrats! 🍾
LOL I watched that for the first time a few weeks ago. Wonderful film.
Excellent. Hope the move goes smoothly.
👍🏻
Some guys buy a Porsche for their mid-life crisis.
I move to a small town. And I can’t wait. I’m so over NYC.
I used to run into various ‘Tones back when I lived in SAC, as I ended up being a regular at their favorite bar. Chino, Chi, occasionally Abe.
A couple of neat little tidbits in here
https://www.sciencealert.com/dna-from-beethovens-hair-reveals-surprise-almost-200-years-later
This latest study, published in March this year, debunks the theory, however, revealing that the hair never came from Beethoven in the first place, but rather an unknown woman.
I thought science is always settled.
I blame society
I think he’s looking forward to discovery but I’m not a mind-reader so WTF do I know.
That could be why the prosecution really really wants that gag order.
Jeeminy criminy, there’s a long line at my polling place for exactly one ballot item! Maybe it’s just the timing. 🙄
That is why we need extended voting from as soon as the ballot is finalized to however long it takes to forge the votes needed to get the correct result.
Early voting has been going on for weeks. If Issue 1 fails by one vote, feel free to blame me.
I heard the left was counting on low turnout. Gee it would be a shame if that didn’t work out.
The left is counting on early turnout and voting in the blue cities (Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Cincinnati, Akron, Toledo, Dayton, and a couple more that I’m sure I’m missing).
Maybe it wasn’t just my right-after-work timing…
Next he’ll be marveling at the price of a gallon of milk.
https://twitter.com/_johnnymaga/status/1689029357640019969
lol
“At least I was able to hear the rain once the 45 pound pit bull freaking the hell out, panting hot drool over my face.”
Yours, too?
Every male we’ve had has been a giant pussy about thunder (and fireworks). Every female couldn’t care less.
Newdog is what we think is a Staffy and Boston terrier mix. He hates novel / loud noises. He’s not afraid of them, he runs around the house raging during storms. Not pleasant. Also goes off at the tv, garbage truck, shredding machine, etc.
Normal terrierist behavior.
+1 for cats.
My female staffie mix was unfazed by all the thunderstorms we had recently. Shocking, given that she otherwise finds most of the world frightening.
Stand by
– General Motors on Wednesday will reveal a new all-electric version of the Cadillac Escalade, testing the luxury SUV’s prestige for a new era of drivers and the company’s strategy to turn its most lucrative vehicles into money-making EVs.
GM CEO Mary Barra and other executives have promised Wall Street that the automaker’s new EVs will be profitable, targeting EV profits comparable to gas-powered models by mid-decade and annual EV revenue of $90 billion by 2030.
But slower-than-expected electric vehicle launches, inflated raw material costs and emerging concerns about consumer acceptance have some doubting the automaker’s ability to achieve the scale it needs to deliver on such targets.
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“The Escalade is one of the lynchpin or capstone vehicles for GM. It is the sweet spot of their image and profitability,” said Tyson Jominy, J.D. Power vice president of data and analytics. “It certainly defines the Cadillac brand. Beyond that, it’s an extraordinarily profitable brand itself for General Motors.”
Just invite Biden to the unveiling. Get him to order one for the Presidential fleet.
The current “beast” is based on a GM medium duty truck platform.
I’m sure the secret service will be ecstatic with having a huge flammable battery and 50 mile range given the weight.
But we all have to do our part to save the planet!
They’ll get custom builds with IC engines.
The plebes will get shit.
^^^ this guy gets it ^^^
I hope he gets an electric one and Hunter sparks off a massive battery fire with his crack pipe.
“US arrests 79 people linked to global pedophile ring that was busted after high-profile murders of two FBI agents in Florida in 2021: Aussie cops detain 19 others and rescue 13 children”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12386149/International-pedophile-ring-headquartered-Australia-busted-FBI-agents-killed-Florida.html
Sound of Freedom was Qanon conspiracy nonsense.
Update:
“Chinese-run biolab in California that was experimenting on deadly viruses was awarded over $500,000 in US TAXPAYER cash”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12374471/Chinese-run-biolab-California-experimenting-deadly-viruses-awarded-500-000-TAXPAYER-cash.html
PPP funds or actual PublicHealthComplex grant?
An Egyptian mathematician contacted me on Facebook today. He was interested in my conjecture about the squares of consecutive primes. He shared his proof of Goldbach’s strong conjecture, which says that all odd numbers greater than 5 can be written as the sum of 3 primes. I had trouble following his proof though. My Arabic isn’t as good as it used to be. His page is titled “Conjectures about prime numbers?” in Arabic (hal hadasiyat al-‘adaad al-awliyah).
My conjecture is that for any consecutive primes greater than 3, the difference of their squares is always a multiple of 6. I have checked this for some large primes, including Belphegor’s prime, and haven’t found a counterexample yet.
That… is extremely interesting.
I generally regard the prime number stuff with a fundamental knowledge but the more esoteric stuff is too complicated for my simple mind.
x^2 – y^2 = z
x, y are consecutive primes and z/6= integer.
Very cool.
Hi Derp, I think your conjecture is fairly easy to prove. Consider two consecutive primes, n and n+2, and the numbers immediately around and between them: x, n, y, n+2, and z. Since n and n+2 are prime, they are not divisible by 3. x or z can’t be divisible by three since if they were, n+2 or n would be, being 3 apart from x or z. Therefore y is divisible by 3, and n and n+2 can be written as 3m -1 and 3m +1. Then (3m +1)^2 – (3m -1)^2 = 12m, which is divisible by 6 (also by 12).
Actually, when you said consecutive primes, I was assuming you meant primes that are 2 apart, and that is what the proof assumes. Never mind!
My conjecture also works for arbitrary gaps between primes. For example:
(9949^2 – 9941^2)/6 = 25620
On a related note, there is in fact a formula for the nth prime. It’s just not practical to calculate for large values of n.
Willan’s formula for the nth prime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5s0h42GfvM
OK, I think I may have a general proof for any prime gap (regarding the difference of squares of consecutive primes). But let me look it over more carefully.
What about the bear’s arms?
Joe Biden tells a story in which he says a “little girl” randomly approached him on the streets of Washington D.C. and begged him to “take care of Bears Ears” national monument.
In Arizona, A Confused Joe Biden Salutes The Audience And Meanders Off Stage
Gussie Fink-Nottle awards prizes at Market Snodsbury Grammar School.
One of the funniest scenes I’ve ever read.
Every libertarian should admire Mexicans for lacking trust and confidence in their institutions. Mexicans have been red pilled since the 1920s.
The English-language PSAs from Mexican radio evoke cynicism.
*elicit