Good morning my Glibs and Gliberinas! It’s that wonderful time again to sit down, sip that coffee, bitch about traffic to your coworker and enjoy another spooky day and the links!
GM Reaches Tentative Deal With UAW, Ending Strikes at Detroit’s Big Three
Biden issues sweeping executive order on AI
Anatomy of a Biden family ‘cover-up’ executed by our own FBI and DOJ
Hunter Biden got $250k loan from Chinese exec during 2020 election, later his lawyer assumed debt
House Speaker Mike Johnson says it’s ‘very likely’ Biden committed impeachable offenses
Rep. Eric Swalwell Testifies in Case to Keep Trump Off the Ballot
Democrats Already Failing in Plan to Circumvent Tuberville’s Holds
New Report Outlines The High Costs Biden’s Rules And Regulations Have On U.S. Homeowners
McDonald’s revenue spikes above expectations in latest figures
That’s all I got for today. I’ll leave you with a song and move along with my day.
Ack!
Nak.
That debt clock page is impressively fast.
And suitably terrifying. Well played (and Good morn), Banjos.
Debt is up $508B so far this month. I remember when that was considered high for a year.
“GM Reaches Tentative Deal With UAW, Ending Strikes at Detroit’s Big Three”
Spooky indeed how every car will now cost $1k more to accommodate this stuff….
Shit like this is why employers sent jobs to Mexico, Canada, and then China….
Get rid of the safety and emissions regulations and new cars would cost a fraction of what they do now.
The agenda here is to end the US middle class by making most things that were a sign of that class – homeownership, cars, personal savings – unaffordable to them. Marxist revolution can not happen as long as the American middle class remains viable.
“The executive order includes new standards for safety, including requiring companies developing models that pose a serious risk to national security, economic security or public health to notify the federal government when training the model, and they must share the results of all safety tests. The Commerce Department will also develop guidance for content authentication and watermarking to label AI-generated content.”
So strangle the baby in the crib? At least Clinton had the sense to leave the internet alone.
‘Member when you used need to pass legislation to do stuff like this? And the legislation had to at least give a nod to some sort of claimed constitutional authority?
We turned into a lawless dictatorship really quickly.
Just wait for the mandate on wearing the underwear on the outside of the clothing so that it can be inspected.
Speaking of underwear. I had a package delivered to my house from Duluth Trading Co. that was miss addressed and had no name. After talking to the Post Office people they told me they were told the package was mine so happy Halloween. One side of me wanted to do the right thing and try to figure out who it belonged to, but the package was small and light, and I guessed not worth my time and maybe I was just lucking out here.
I thus opened it up, and to my consternation, found 4 5X granny panties….
My reaction was WTF do I do with this? I did some serious brain crunching and got a solution!
I guess if anyone comes to my house tonight, I will be giving them one or more of those…
Happy Halloween!
It’s OK to admit granny panties are your thing. We won’t kink-shame you.
What am i saying? Of course we’ll tease you mercilessly.
These days it is all granny panties for me. It’s the price you pay for not being good and dying young…
But 5X granny panties is just scary shit. That is just way too much ass.
If I had a sailboat I could use them as sails, man…
At the same time, it’s not enough ass for Tres.
THAT PACKAGE BELONG TO STEVE SMITH. HIM GIVE TO QUOTA HOOMANS AFTER RAPE. THEM NEED IT.
Beats 5X thongs.
Along with Ozempic and Wegovy, that 5x thong are weight loss plans (them thongs make you hurl).
“The order also aims to promote innovation and competition through a pilot of a tool, the National AI Research Resource, that will expand grants for AI research in areas such as health care and climate change.”
Gosh, I wonder what will happen if it doesn’t give them the answers they want.
NAIRR? Well I guess that beats a close shave.
More money will be thrown at it until it does?
AI’s answer to climate change is going to be to kill all the humans.
At least all the White Man
At least Clinton had the sense to leave the internet alone.
Our political class isn’t going to make that mistake again.
“The order focuses on advancing equity and civil rights by providing guidance to landlords, federal benefits programs and federal contractors to keep AI algorithms from exacerbating discrimination. And it aims to develop a set of best practices for AI use on the criminal justice system, including sentencing; parole and probation; surveillance; crime forecasting; and forensic analysis.”
OFFS!!!
Translation: the discrimination will be ramped up and it will be of the “reverse” variety, as Biden’s Handlers have dictated at every other government institution.
Biden issues sweeping executive order on AI
I can’t seem to find the article in the constitution that gives the president the authority to do anything remotely like this.
Must be the invisible FYTW clause.
My pattern matching brain first read that as “the insatiable FYTW clause” when I skimmed over replies.
Frankly, I don’t think it was wrong.
“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.”?
“Biden issues sweeping executive order on AI”
Over and under this order came from Xi?
“Hunter Biden got $250k loan from Chinese exec during 2020 election, later his lawyer assumed debt”
Sounds like tax evasion….
Or a lawyer I’d like to hire.
Because Congress making the laws is such a quaint conceit and all…
New Report Outlines The High Costs Biden’s Rules And Regulations Have On U.S. Homeowners
Bidenomics! It’s working! To fuck you in the ass!
Yet half the country wants to vote for more of this shit.
Well, voting for the other side is literally supporting Nazi’s, or something.
For a sizable chunk it seems not being able to sacrifice to Moloch in the name of individuality and sexual freedom outweighs all else.
So I will disagree with you that it is about them having/wanting the ability to do despicable/deplorable things as much is it is to force others to not just accept that they want to make these nasty choices normal, but to cheer them on. It’s about stomping a boot on other people’s faces (power) with this crowd. Always.
Bidenomics is working. Don’t believe your lying eyes.
The Cackler-in-Chief assured us it is just a matter of messaging, after all.
Yeah but Trump is a bad guy and he might do some things that are bad and democracy is at stake!
“House Speaker Mike Johnson says it’s ‘very likely’ Biden committed impeachable offenses”
BULLSHIT!
If the captured and controlled legacy media doesn’t look for facts to prove something happened, then that something didn’t happen!
If the media doesn’t look, then there is no proof!
Translation: They most certainly already knew all this — and almost certainly knew back in at least the Obama Administration. (And why not? Selling out to foreign countries apparently has a long chain of precedents in DC, from Aaron Burr through the Clintons and certainly every mysterious mllionaire-on-a-public-salary since.
Delenda IC est. And while I don’t think we can or should dismantle DOJ entirely, the lot of them need to be fired and we need to find (somehow somewhere) some lawyers with a sense of the Constitution again.
So a hack for a hatchet job?
Swalwell is the Dems designated liar.
“New Report Outlines The High Costs Biden’s Rules And Regulations Have On U.S. Homeowners”
The priority of the progressive movement is to first and foremost keep the powerful unchallenged, and then to pick the winners & losers. When Obama told Americans to get used to anemic GDP growth and economies (1% is the future, along with high energy/gas prices, as well as lower income), he meant that the progressive movement preferred to have policies that negatively impacted or even destroyed people’s economic prosperity to assure government’s ability t make sure the wrong people would not get to win.
One of the things the progressives and the government machine hated the most about Trump was that his economic choices showed that our anemic and crappy economy during the Obama tenure was by choice. That we had the ability to do much better, but that they CHOSE to fuck it over to make sure they got to control and pick the winners & losers.
The evil part of my brain wants to believe this is because all the young men decided to do first dates of the TikTok moron brigade only at McDonalds to counter that stupid list.
Did you not see the empty storm of news coverage about the “date options” that some social media user posted? McDonald’s is way too low class.
That would be the “stupid list” referenced, yeah.
The tabloids are still going on about Matthew Perry for some reason.
Well, at least we still have Lou Reed.
If that stops working to keep people distracted, we will soon have another “whistleblower” come out to tell us about the space aliens…
Matthew Perry’s Pickleball Coach Gives Glimpse Into Actor’s Final Moments
It’s bad enough that there is such a thing as a pickleball coach.
When I retire I plan to be the old home fucking coach..
Oh that isn’t a Bee article…
For you investing Glibs, McDonald’s (MCD) is on my watch list. I happened to look at a 10 year chart and there was a clearly defined channel, the stock has kept pace with the S&P 500, plus the dividend yield is pretty good (3%? If I remember correctly). I think it’s a buy at $250 but couldn’t pull the trigger because I’ve had a run of bad picks. Curious what y’all think.
Great change of pace from other articles Banjos (good morning!). The debt clock is an eye opener if you haven’t been paying attention. It ticked off $100,000 every couple of seconds. 😬
After reading this gripping financial analysis, and agree they are a buy. That is until the people start demanding these loans also be repaid by tax payers like student loans…
No kidding. Shit’s expensive everywhere now. Although I will say the breakfast burrito and large drink I sometimes get at Sonic is only about $6 and change.
One of the local(ish) breweries to me just launched a crowdfunding campaign to try to stay afloat. They had the misfortune to do a hefty expansion in 2019. One of the things mentioned in the article was that his business loans had climbed from ~3% to over 10% interest in the past couple of years.
A McD’s in CT was charging $19 for a Big Mac meal.
That’s insane. You could get a decent burger with fries at the restaurant/bar down the road for $18. Add another $5 for a draft beer.
Daily Ray of Sunshine
More appropriate daily ray of sunshine?
“Anatomy of a Biden family ‘cover-up’ executed by our own FBI and DOJ”
So this is the thing I think most people have realized yet. The corruptocracy wants only the politicians it can control. Biden, being this compromised, was never going to be able to stand up against them and wreak havoc like Trump, whom they lacked control of, did.
The truth is that we mostly have only had choices between candidates that were approved/vetted by the machine, whom would put the machine first. What the American people wanted only happened when the machine felt it benefited from that. If not, then no politician delivered any such promise. But nobody however got to see these machinations, because it was under covers. So after Obama’s fundamental changes weaponized that bureaucracy to the point they were blatant about how things really worked, and Clinton still lost the rigged 2016 election, allowing Trump to come in to shit in their punch bowl, the machine has decided to make sure their supremacy and agendas are never again going to be challenged by the voting people.
The machine will going forward only straddle us with people they can control – and that means they will have criminal baggage – if they can do so.
Sure, it’s a variation of the Soviet model where you’ll get two more or less approved candidates only what keeps these suckers in line is they’ve already been caught and let off on the sly for something like tax evasion or having unfortunate pictures on their computer. Either that or they’re too all-shit stupid to have an original thought. I’d say America is doomed but most of the rest of the world seems to be doing similar things so enjoy the race to the bottom.
Our credentialed elite class has proven to not just be inept and outright destructive, but are doubling down on their plans to drag humanity towards their goal of creating a world order where ineptitude and credentialing will be the status quo. See, that leaves them in power and absolves them from whatever calamity their policies cause.
This should be a happy story but I’m sure the it will turn out that this is really about removing any rioting charges from a bunch of rich connected kids.
I’m not sure where they came up with the $300. I have a buddy who needed to get his youthful indiscretions expunged and I remember him bitching about it being a couple grand. Of course, he got a lawyer to guide him through the process. I wonder if the $300 is just the official filing fees, but there isn’t any way a normal citizen could fill out all the paperwork themselves and needs a lawyer.
“but there isn’t any way a normal citizen could fill out all the paperwork themselves and needs a lawyer”
^^^THIS^^^
As it looks more and more like issue 2 will pass here in Ohio (recreational marijuana), local news is already lamenting that the bill doesn’t automatically expunge previous convictions.
Enjoy smelling pot literally everywhere.
It’s already a lot more prevalent with Michigan and New York both having recreational and being only a couple hours away. I don’t believe public consumption is allowed under the legalization being passed. I also firmly believe that will be ignored in quite a few major areas.
I don’t know if public consumption is supposedly prohibited here; but yes it’s completely ignored. The cops are cracking down on illegal pot stores, unsurprisingly.
From my (limited) understanding, public consumption is not prohibited. The way it was explained to me was if you can light up a cigarette, you can light up a joint.
You wouldn’t want to prohibit people living in apartments from being able to smoke weed, would you?
The outdoor shopping plaza – public streets – near me is No Smoking.
There are multiple pot stores there.
What rhywun is telling you is that you will not be able to pass bye a bus stop, fast food joint, homeless encampment, or government building without getting a secondary high from the lingering smoke.
It’s one of the forms of media bias: The media will report on how a company or government wants to implement policy/law X, but will interview someone with the point of view that the policy change *doesn’t go far enough*.
More likely a race thing.
Say what now? That seems nuts.
Minnesoda Nice in action.
Speaking of McD’s…
“Shocking video shows pro-Palestinian protester releasing spray-painted mice in McDonald’s
A pro-Palestinian activist posted a shocking video of himself releasing hordes of spray-painted mice into a McDonald’s in the UK, as he shouted “F—k Israel” in front of panicked customers.
The clip captioned “Enjoy your rat burgers” begins with the man, who is wearing a Palestinian flag on his head, opening the trunk of his car, which displays license plates reading “PAIISTN – Free Palestine.”
He removes a box filled with mice painted red, green and white — which he then dumps onto the floor of the McDonald’s in Birmingham, according to LBC.
The rodents scurry throughout the eatery amid screams by the shocked customers.
“Free f—king Palestine!” he yells as he walks back to his car. “Boycott Israel! F—k Israel!””
https://nypost.com/2023/10/31/news/shocking-video-shows-pro-palestinian-protester-releasing-mice-in-mcdonalds/
Points for creativity I guess?
Hollow points, ideally.
So in this strangely crafted message, Palestinians are mice?
Mass says hold my beer.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/massachusetts-affordable-housing-tax-real-estate-maura-healey-michelle-wu-df597e06?st=jo8zlx3en9n6uz5&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
I didn’t know it went away.
Tom Woods bitching about the Taxachusetts millionaire tax:
https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/masstax?e=79f79bb737
Grand Swiss Rest Day Update.
Yesterday finished round 6, standings here: https://chess-results.com/tnr793016.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=6&fed=KAZ&flag=30
Its the half way point of 11 rounds, today is a rest day, round 7 is tomorrow, with final round on Sunday.
There are 8 players tied at 4.5 pts, with another 12 at 4 pts. Any further back will need an amazing run over last 5 rounds to challenge for title. My guess is that 8.5 pts will be enough to win it outright, at 8 it will come down to tiebreakers.
But of more interesting note it the IM update. In 9th place, top of that second pack is IM Ramazan Zhalmakhanov from Kazakhstan. I have mentioned it in previous updates, but he is performing at an insane level for a non-Grandmaster. His current performance rating is 2833. To become a grandmaster he needs to get his rating above 2500 and earn 3 GM norms in “qualifying” tournaments. He has 1 norm so far. This tournament (being probably the toughest tournament in the world) insanely exceeds the standard. His 4 pts will be enough, if he had hold his average opponents rating above 2698. It is something like 2707 so far. His next opponent is a 2691, so that will pull it down. If he goes on a losing streak, he will play lesser and lesser quality opponents, so wont be able to hold that average. But, if he can hold that average above 2664, he needs 4.5 pts. And at 2632 he would need 5. His average isn’t going to fall below that at this point, so 5 should be enough.
But with all the talk of him, the second highest IM in the tournament has been ignored. Sitting on 3.5 pts is Shaun Rodrigue-Lemieux of Canada. He lost his first round and has won two and drawn 3 since then. His performance rating is “only” 2703, because he has played much lower average opponents, sitting at about 2650. He will probably need the 5 pts mentioned above, but its within sight.
There are 4 more IMs sitting on 2 pts, any of them would need 3 pts in last 5 to have a chance.
One more thing. 7 of the 8 players tied for the lead got to 4.5 pts with 3 wins and 3 draws. Vidit has 4 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss. With a change to the soccer-style 3-1-0 scoring, he would have the sole lead. Its a marginal effect, but anything that encourages players to play riskier lines and play for the win is worth it. Although playing for a draw is not very advantageous in big swiss formats anyway, so probably doesnt make much difference. The biggest cause of draws in this event is the extremely long time controls. Players get 100 minutes for first 40 moves, 50 minutes added after move 40, and 15 minutes added after move 60, plus a 30 second increment per move.
You can thank us Minnesodans for all the slutty girl costumes you will see tonight.
But Trick ‘r Treat is set in (fictional Warren Valley) Ohio!
For some reason Ohio seems to be a popular place to set horror films…
They want the Lake settings but need to keep it Erie?
They’re usually set in the more central Ohio area (you know where you can see the palm trees of Springwood, OH) with corn fields. It isn’t quite as bad as the Titans live action show which set several scenes in the cornfields of Middleburg Heights… which is a Cleveland suburb that is more strip malls and parking lots than farm land.
No slutty Minnesota girl costumes pictured herein. Am disappoint.
You deserve whatever selfie Pope Jimbo gives you now…
Gak… that brought the old View Askew clown logo animation into my head.
Pure evil.
Those pics are only for Mrs. Holiness and I swear they are tasteful.
Halloween is when it starts getting cold and that means that Minnesoda Girl can pack on 10 pounds in the winter and hide it under bulky sweaters. She will swear she will drop them when it warms up in spring, but few do.
“Winter weight.”
You gotta put on some layers to make it through the cold months.
Biden WH Halloweens news?
Every day is Halloween for that MF.
Every Day Is Halloween: https://youtu.be/D2MH5c2sTvc?si=XCkdIE1q_wzuqvy1
You decide you want to create a business in partnership with FedGov you pay the price. I don’t have much sympathy.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mohela-student-loan-servicer-biden-administration-miguel-cardona-richard-cordray-5ebc3ade?st=w4ejuit9pxsksgu&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
These programs always tout good intentions, but indubitably turn into shit that allows government to fuck over impacted people and tax payers.
Believe harder!!!
People are gullible. Unfortunately, at some point. When shit is so bad even their gullibility won’t suffice, you can’t sell them bullshit anymore.
But the best part is – the author is lambasting LIBERALS. Believe harder or Tinkerbiden will die!
Liberals tend to be very gullible by nature.
When you fail at that, well..
That’s hilarious.
Even the left knows that auto unions “winning” means they lose.
Biden is super pro union, so much so that he’s executing a plan to eliminate gas powered vehicles, which would eliminate almost all those UAW jobs.
It’s cute when they call themselves “liberals”.
In Texas, Bitcoin Springs from Gas Wells
When gas prices go down, producers can use it to mine crypto coins
I’m shocked, but I get the concept.
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/in-texas-bitcoin-springs-from-gas-wells-47e5e2b6?st=d5dloxr9ogqvz3d&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
abortion maximizing really is religion to these people.
Satan wants his tribute for supporting them, yo…
You aren’t winning a jury over like that son.
He better watch it saying shit like this or he will be found having committed suicide by shooting himself in the back of the head…. Twice.
“Mar-a-Lago was only worth $27M despite Trump Org. claiming $517M to gain edge: trial evidence”
https://nypost.com/2023/10/30/news/mar-a-lago-was-only-worth-27m-despite-trump-org-claiming-517m-to-gain-edge-trial-evidence/
$27M? You couldn’t buy an outhouse in Palm Springs for $27M.
Yes. It’s amazing. Everyone but the judge knows that. Pretty sure the judge must know it too, but continues on because all democrats can do is double down. Moron.
I know when my company issues an insurance policy, we take the stated value of the applicant’s property no questions asked. 🙄
… Who is falling for this shit? It’s so ridiculous.
Think back to the moment it was clear that Trump had won the WH. Trump broke a lot of brains and the malicious ridiculousness has been non-stop since. History will not look kindly on these people.
The history books will.
I cannot imagine that inflated property values, even if taken at face value, would result in net financial gains of several hundred million dollars from loan and insurance rates. In fact, claiming high property values will get you higher insurance rates, as insurance companies, wait for it, charge more to insure high-value property. Now, if you only buy a $50MM policy for your $500M house, they only charge you for the $50MM. At the same rate as anyone else buying that much insurance.
These moron’s argument is that Trump (or his accountants which do the work) somehow fooled some banks into giving him way too much money for which he really had no collateral, then he repaid those banks the loans, with interest, meaning everyone made bank. But because orange man is bad, that now needs to be seen as a crime?
Really? Really?
“In 2022, Forbes estimated the value of the estate at around $350 million. Forbes said that ‘Real estate experts outside of Palm Beach guessed that the place was worth more than $200 million. Brokers on the island thought it could be worth far more, with the most aggressive estimate coming in at $725 million. When Forbes last valued the property in March, we went with a conservative $350 million.'”
Proving that neither party has any scruple whatsoever. Now that the left has shut up about dark money, because they’re better at it than the right, the Senate right’s second-most flamboyant ‘tard is ready to jettison free speech. Wonder if they can recycle the protest signs instead of printing new ones?
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That was not easy.
Yeah, I looked at it.. but am just not in the mood. I do give them points for the ghost letters, though. Cute trick.
Feh. That was more than 2 stars. Too pissy to move to the bonus round yet.
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Co-worker of mine said she and her husband spent 50 dollars on breakfast for the two of them. Breakfast has always been the cheapest meal. McDonald’s looks like the only place people can go out to eat any more. Well that and Taco Bell.
I went to Taco Bell the other day. Three crunchy tacos and a burrito supreme (which is really less grand than it sounds). Sixteen bucks.
Saudi Arabia set to host 2034 World Cup after Australia decides not to bid
Well crap, now the Saudis sound kinda based.
LOL
So was the last one and nothing else happened. Well, some slave labor died.
Also the idea that “the kingdom” operating an insanely expensive retirement league for European stars isn’t entirely due to petrodollars is a bit ridiculous.
Your obsession with Hunter Biden is weird. It was all that time in the past. Let’s look to the future.
It’s snowing here. Why is it snowing? Happy Halloween 👻 everyone.
it is not. 25C and sunny. I am beginning to think winter will never come.
I stole your weather. It was freezing last night. Now it’s 34 non-commie degrees.
Heat wave, 23 real degrees here right now. Although its going to get up to 44F, so all the snow we got this weekend will be gone.
Left behind at my house are piles and piles of freshly fallen leaves.
The German constitutional court on Tuesday ruled that individuals acquitted in cases of murder and war crimes cannot be tried again for the same crime, even if there is new evidence.
Six judges at the Karlsruhe-based court voted in favour of the ruling, while two voted against.
The complaint was brought by a man in his 60s who was found not guilty in 1981 for the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl due to insufficient evidence.
When DNA evidence discovered years later indicated the man could be guilty after all, the father of the victim filed a petition to have a double jeopardy clause in Germany’s basic law overturned.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germanys-top-court-overturns-double-jeopardy-reform-2023-10-31/
I would like to think that SCOTUS would vote 9-0 on that. Or that it would get shot down at lower levels and SCOTUS would refuse to take the case.
They would rule that the state couldn’t retry him because double jeopardy, but that the feds could bring federal charges against him for the same crime because FYTW.
I suspect SCOTUS would dodge that case.
On account of they don’t take appeals from German courts.
Are you sure about that?
And in local news Parliament wants to ban the sale of energy drinks to under 18 year olds
Just add some alcohol to these drinks, and presto! it would be legal?
Pot-infusions.
Just found out I get to go to Baltimore tomorrow for one night.
Only place I know there is G&M which has amazing crab cakes and a spicy seafood pasta.
Do we have any Glibs there?
Is Hyper Ion still there?
I read that as hyper loon
Ok, this is worth a watch just for the moment when you have to ask yourself… Does Oxford University have a history department anymore?.
I mean…. daaaaamn, that lady made a statement on a whole new level of stupid. No spoilers… you have to hear it for yourself.
The credentialed elite class is so dangerous not because they are educated, but because so much of their educated beliefs are plain wrong and absolute bullshit.
As Mark Twain said: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. “
Oxford University predates the Aztec Empire.
Rats in McDonald’s
https://twitter.com/CrimeLdn/status/1719097628082782503
Rat in mi kitchen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLoXFmJBvlk
Just as ,long as the IRS can use AI to catch (civilian) tax cheats.
And then send armed agents to harass and intimidate the ones that do not bend the knee?
Speaking of sports, I guess Los Angeles will be hosting another Olympics. Fucking morons.
There should be maybe 8 or so cities that host Olympics, reusing existing facilities, instead of pissing away billions on building new facilities that will rot after the games close. It would also cut down on the eye-popping fraud and graft in the IOC.
It would also cut down on the eye-popping fraud and graft in the IOC.
Which is why it will never happen.
Eye-popping fraud and graft is the whole point.
Part of the bid was that los angeles alresady has the facilities. The only thing that has to be built is a bike velodrome because the 84 facility was torn down for a soccer stadium. LA has 3 giant stadiums, 2 more pro level soccer stadiums, at least two Olympic quality swimming complexes, etc between all the pro teams and colleges
And tbh it’s making both metro and lax get off their ass and improve things so I like it
maybe they make robbing pharmacies and Olympic sport until then. or is that San Francisco?
It is every large American city. Just look at the cities where they’re closing.
Muslim farmer wants more diverse rural visitors
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67228292
the bbc tweet said “Muslim farmer wants more ethnicity in rural Wales” but the title of the article changed…
Is Welsh not an ethnicity? We are all ethnic. What a useless term in that context.
Besides, dude said he wants diversity, but the article shows what he means is for “his” people—Muslims—to visit the country and eat his halal food.
Which Muslim country has the climate and landscape of Wales?
Scotland
France is the answer that comes to mind first, but I think Belgium is a little closer on climate – not landscape.
Democracy’s last stand
In a Denver courtroom, Trump’s lawyers clashed with the challengers, bashing their case as an “anti-democratic” end-around to derail Trump’s campaign without giving voters a say. The challengers argued that their litigation was an unfortunate but necessary step to ensure a “fair” 2024 election by keeping an ineligible candidate off the ballot.
In addition to opening statements, a US Capitol Police officer who was on the front lines of the violent assault and Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat who recounted the horrors of running from the pro-Trump mob, testified for the challengers.
Horror and violence is our future. If Trump is on the ballot there will be blood in the streets. America will will be no more.
Venezuela says hold my beer, having banned from running for office the person who won the opposition party primary with 93% of the vote.
I dunno seemed like mostly peaceful affair to me
Remember when Reagan had Mondale investigated and they used the 14th amendment to keep him off the ballot? Neither do I. Because Reagan was good at his job and didn’t need to. The Dems are saying loud and clear that their candidate is shit and they’re not at all confident he can run on his record. Biden and his crew have 100% fucked up everything they’ve touched.
How to stay safe this Halloween
https://twitter.com/drhingram/status/1719087573727920588
Very apropos there, Pie…
You get in trouble with the law and been told to do community service?
Thanks. I was expecting a mask commercial.
I’m not sure who has the best costume based on history’s greatest movie: the family, or the kid.
I’m going with the kid, based on the cigarette.
The shark in the family does have a nice rack, though, so close call.
Ruby and Sapphire Swim // Runway7Fashion // New York Fashion Week 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnk4y5xdG0Q
Miss Litorale Pisano 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdFXxJDFEqg
From Juris’ link:
Conservatives, having no policy agenda, can’t be disappointed in their leaders’ lack of passing big legislation. They’re against big legislation! They mainly just want their leaders to pick fights with, and flick rhetorical acid at, the perceived destroyers of America.
Liberals, in contrast, have an abundant policy agenda, so they live in a constant state of disappointment. That’s fine; it’s who we are. But we have to recognize this reality and not allow it to curdle into indifference, especially next year, when liberal indifference will mean the end of American democracy.
*guffaws, slaps knee*
I love how all these economic analyses focus on investment returns flowing directly into Scrooge McDuck’s gold doubloon swimming pool. Pay no attention to those widows and orphans behind the curtain.
Meanwhile, there’s a court case going on to kick a presidential candidate off the ballot. Democracy demands it.
Even though it’s from thirty-five years ago, this clip from ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ seems like it was made for this moment.
“But what about the bad teachers? It wouldn’t be fair on them.”
https://twitter.com/TomMaynes/status/1719060113103761759
Dude playing dressup gets meals comped (probably) by bitching about being misgendered.
https://twitter.com/l__g__b/status/1719155271912882465?s=61&t=LIX8FW8aive9kjToi-Xhzg
as seen on the internet, karening with woke characteristics
Where is Hamas when you need them?
SOUTH PARK: JOINING THE PANDERVERSE | First Look | Paramount+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU-XfZgQIVw
It was on point. I enjoyed it.
I still have to watch it.
I went back and re-watched the Beavis and Butthead movie that came out last year instead. Still fantastic.
The girlfriend and I both enjoyed it as well.
“Protesters dragged out of Antony Blinken hearing demanding a ceasefire in Gaza: Demonstrators are hauled out and put up hands covered in ‘blood’ in chaos in Congress”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12693421/Gaza-Israel-Antony-Blinken-ceasefire-blood-congress.html
INSUREKKKTION!!!!
If they interrupted an official proceeding then it’s treason.
Oh look, more trusties.
I hate these people so much.
Connecting Trump to the violence is a key part of the voters’ case, which faces an uphill climb. Citing evidence from the January 6 committee, Olson said Trump “summoned and organized” the mob and “knew” they were “armed and dangerous.”
You remember the gigantic piles of confiscated firearms displayed by the Capitol Police the next day, don’t you?
I guarantee that their evidence will include that when Trump told people to be peaceful he really meant they should be violent.
He used a lot of dog whistles that day.
They are literally using mind reading as evidence.
Hey, what’s one more outrageous lie when DEMOCRACY IS AT STAKE.
Had wings with THE LAST DAB: XPERIENCE last night. It is made with the newly verified hottest pepper in the world, Pepper X. It wasn’t even close to the hottest thing I’ve had. But at least now I can laugh at everyone who thinks it’s hot.
To quote the Hat: Fucked by tolerance, the root of all weak willed sober bore.
Well most guests on hot ones need to be able to get to the last wing lest they look bad
A key part of Trump’s defense is that the January 6 insurrection was not actually an insurrection, as envisioned by the 14th Amendment, which was ratified in response to the full-blown rebellion that occurred during the Civil War.
IRRELEVANT.
Already posted by CT? Second female teacher Megan Gaither at Missouri high school is suspended for having an OnlyFans account as she slams her $47,000 salary and says porn makes her an extra $5,000 a month
And yet, it looks like her teaching salary alone is 20% more than the median HOUSEHOLD income in St. Clair, MO.
those people are probably bumpkins without edumacation or advanced degrees
OF pushes these stories with hugely inflated earnings.
How the hell are these average looking women with a shit-ton of makeup making bank on onlyfans?
It’s gotta be bullshit.
Too many men are simps.
“Ethnicity, support for totalitarian government, belief in malevolent global conspiracies, and anti-hierarchical aggression were identified as the strongest predictors of Generalised Antisemitism.”
https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1719350163700109506
Those must be some interesting definitions being used.
“In many ways, the left has the easier task. No one earns a high IQ. It is a gift…The right, for its part, must state why it thinks a free society that tolerates large differences in income, significantly caused by unfair inequalities, is preferable to a more regulated society”
https://twitter.com/robkhenderson/status/1719019219566592394
Welp, there it is, the stupidest thing I’ve seen all week. (So far.)
It’s only Tuesday.
Mystery
A 20-year-old Carbondale resident and Roaring Fork High School graduate flew “completely under the radar” and ultimately “decided not to go through” with what could have been a larger tragedy at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, based upon an initial investigation following his apparent suicide.
In a Zoom press conference on Monday afternoon, Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario said that Diego Barajas Medina, who was found dead at the park Saturday morning with firearms and explosives, appeared to have a change of heart. Authorities believe he might have written, “I am not a killer I just wanted to get into the caves” amongst other words on the wall in a women’s bathroom before taking his own life. Vallario said that they can’t be certain the writing is Medina’s, but he called it “not a coincidence.”
“Speaking with family and doing a search on his room in his home, we don’t see any history,” Vallario said in the press conference. “We don’t see any reason. We don’t see any motive. He was just completely under the radar, to the best of my knowledge at this point. We don’t know for certainty that there was nothing to indicate any type of warning or any type of concern on the part of the family, friends, school, what have you, but we’ll be finding out as time goes on.”
Authorities believe Medina trespassed after hours Friday night when no employees or patrons were present at the park, carrying a semi-automatic rifle, a semi-automatic handgun and multiple improvised explosive devices, real and fake. Vallario said the firearms appeared to be “ghost guns,” homemade weapons built from a kit of parts without serial numbers. The firearms were not believed to have been acquired over-the-counter.
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“Now that the scene is secure and we’re confident that everybody’s safe, now the hard work begins,” Vallario said. “We have to dive into his life. We have to know everything.”
Undoubtedly driven mad by wealth inequity.
He obviously had information that would lead to the conviction of Hillary Clinton.
Gonna make a prediction on part of this, not that the truth is ever likely to see the light of day: See that “…appeared to be ‘ghost guns’..” quote? Well, my bet is that they were really bog-standard serialized lowers with commercially available uppers, accessories, etc (“…a kit of parts…”). And that the Sheriff is, either through malice or ignorance, using “ghost gun” inaccurately here, since it’s a popular inflammatory term.
Maybe not, and they’re all truly non-serialized. But I bet he’s just saying it out of stupidity or evil since some of them have accessories.
Doubt we’ll ever see.
It’s “hard work” to gin up an ultra-MAGA cis-hetero white supremacist bigot background for an everyday schlub, I’ll give them that.
““Speaking with family and doing a search on his room in his home, we don’t see any history,” Vallario said in the press conference. “We don’t see any reason. We don’t see any motive.”
Chosen by his classmates as “Most Likely to Kill Buckwheat”.
Buckwheat is just wookin pa nub!
Vallario noted that the FBI is involved in the investigation; neither Medina’s motive nor his reason to abandon his purported plans have been determined.
Busily covering their tracks, one assumes.
“Shit, one of our loonies that we spun up had second thoughts!”
– The FBI, probably
Massimo
@Rainmaker1973
«There’s always another chance»
https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1718955297882939847
net income adjusted ebitda
https://twitter.com/netcapgirl/status/1719106669655835031
Glibcruisers,
There is some discussion in the forum about what we’d like to do together. We are shooting for some first night fine dining and maybe drinks beforehand.
/herding cats
My high school senior son took a test for his economics class to see what historical economist his views are most aligned with. The results:
Most like: Adam Smith
Least like: Karl Marx
I’m so proud.
Adam Kinzinger, truly an American hero
People are getting elected as a way to become famous. This is the new Hollywood, so to speak. But the problem isn’t that they’re not there to govern. The problem is the ones that are there to govern are not fighting back.
And a lot of the time they just put their head in the sand and pretend like we can get this fixed by just allowing the far right to have their way on a number of things. And so while most may be there to govern, that doesn’t mean that they’re going to actually do what they need to do to get to a situation where they can fight back and govern.
“Govern” of course means writing and passing more laws and regulations and spending unlimited sums of money. What else could it mean?
Because when I think a of a true renegade, the first thing I think of is that unimpressive POS.
The above quoted from a book he wrote,
Yes, it is OTHER people seeking fame from politics.
“People are getting elected as a way to become famous.”
Oddly, the name that comes to mind as someone who clearly views being in office as a major social media brand extension, and little more, is his colleague Ocasio-Cortez.
NPR, just calling balls and strikes. I also see that they’ve adopted the Axios style of bullet-pointed articles.
Because when I think a of a true renegade, the first thing I think of is that unimpressive POS.
Hall monitors can be renegades.