So much excitement here this week. My phone went off with a Weather Service emergency notification. TORNADO WARNING. Now, it strikes me that we’re not in a high risk area, being surrounded by hills and up a couple thousand feet. And here’s a trailer park right outside of the town which would certainly be a lightning rod. Nonetheless, the shrieking warning instructed us to go to the basement. I looked outside- nope, the sky did not look tornado-y. None of the characteristic freight train roar. My poor puppy was freshly post-op from their transition surgery this past Monday so they were looking like they didn’t want to be run down two flights of stairs. Fuck it, I told myself, and poured another glass of wine. And indeed… we got a little rain (the default here this time of year), maybe a tepid thunderclap, and that was it.
This seems like a good metaphor for government.
Birthdays today include the Catholic Joe Biden; the spirit animal of Hamas; a guy who did it before Spencer Tracy; the guy who taught me how to speak German; a guy who spent more time on the ground than he did on the floor; a guy who demonstrated that even if you burn your food, people will buy it; an actor who was insufferable on camera and in real life; a guy you don’t want flying your airplane; the true Free Byrd; a true square, and more; and a guy who knows how we roll.
So lets roll into Links.
I will concede that he’s gotten much better at trolling this time around.
The author list of this propaganda piece is another sign that CNN isn’t even trying anymore.
Fingers crossed, but even if they got him, this will still be spun by the Jew-hating Left.
We need to provide subsidies for people who move in order to mutilate their kids.
On theme, we’re really, really having to strain to get outraged.
Wisdom from one of our intellectual giants.
Can you imagine what this would fetch on eBay?
A local-ish band whose songs I listen to a lot. This one in particular recently.
Mighty helmet! Is it being worn by the chief of the Capitol Police now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kH0Bag0akc
Perfect. Thank you.
Was? Are you wishing death on him?
What you did there…
I know, let’s give them a few hundred billion more tax dollars. Because nobody is skimming it for their own enrichment, nossir.
can I have one billion please?
Are you doing anything to contribute to the downfall of Western culture?
Fingers crossed, but even if they got him, this will still be spun by the Jew-hating Left.
test
This might be your best response ever. :-p
i was complaining about the zionism and transphobia of the post but the site fucked up my reply. CENSORSHIP!! OMWC can’t handle the Truth
the website is tarded today
At least this time my Internet was only down for half an hour.
Hey! I’m just a little tired.
So what is everyone drinking?
https://www.vivino.com/CZ/en/condes-de-albarei-carballo-galego/w/1927114
I dont usually drink much white but goddamn its fucking hot. Good wine though.
I had a delightful Cabernet Franc from Ria’s last night, light and refreshing, slightly chilled so perfect for a summer evening with pizza.
Interestingly, I spent some time last week chatting with their owner/winemaker, who was the first person I’ve talked to here who was familiar with Feteasca Neagra and was intrigued with the idea of planting it on the Seneca Lake hillsides.
one of thew top winemakers in Romania would want to plant nebiollo here
Iced tea now, but I stumbled upon a recipe for a drink called the White Linen (a Collins with elderflower liquor and cucumber) that will likely be made this afternoon.
Coffee.
What is hot there?
in general 35C or more… these days 10 days of 40C or more
That is quite warm. You’ll be used to it by the time you visit the South.
Somewhat on topic, since it is about twisters – of course, climate change is the real story.
I am trying to think of a movie that is centered around weather that isn’t complete bullshit.
L.A. Story?
[golf claps]
The Crow?
The Shining?
The Perfect Storm?
John Carpenters The Thing?
Sharknado.
So, a fantasy film?
And I was going to run out and see it. 🙄
We need to provide subsidies for people who move in order to mutilate their kids.
“Abbie Goldberg, director of women’s and gender studies at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., ”
we need to listen to the experts.
This seems like a good metaphor for government.
There are no consequences to over selling risk – ‘an abundance of caution’, ‘safety first!’, ‘your safety is our only concern!’ – and lots of consequence to ‘underselling’ it. If you’re wrong and disrupt peoples lives and precipitate a chain of events that leads to negative impacts down the road, well it’s hard to connect those to your actions and ‘better safe than sorry’ anyway. If you’re wrong in the other direction, we have lots of lawyers to take care of that. You don’t face consequences in one case, and can face life altering consequences in the other. All upside, no downside.
Except the pervasive, diffuse, general decline of the health and robustness of your society.
Not sure which comes first, the drive to less responsibility and consequence or safety first culture, or if it’s just a big circle jerk of self-enforcing wankery, but safety culture is at the root of so many of our general cultural ills. Probably a general feature of human psychology writ large when societies become as large and dispersed as ours.
You see this in weather reports, too. Even before the “ZOMG, Climate Change is wrecking the world!” When was the last time a snowfall, or rainfall, hit the forecast amount?
“All upside, no downside.”
That’s how Pascal wagered.
And boy was Zeus pissed
Beau:
–Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
Neph — exactly what I was thinking of 😂
“cissexist”
Fuck you, that’s not a real word.
This shit doesn’t end until the media stop paying attention to the malignant ravings of this tiny cohort that are sucking up all the attention now.
But the media can’t help themselves.
Butter in a Michelin Star Restaurant in the Dolomite Mountains with Riccardo Gaspari – SanBrite*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9jTNzmKGis
goddamn hippies
Rep. Cori Bush is a crosscut representation of our fellow citizens.
So per Mencken, she has a shot at being President?
Well, she does know all the proper party shibboleths…
Long drop satisfaction
https://youtube.com/shorts/cjRzZYMw-78?si=gAiGdqKyZs4oxp72
no.
For a minute there I thought you were talking about politicians, ropes and trapdoors.
What a week. Major radar outage was waiting for me after coming off of vacation on Monday.
Electrical, networking, signals…I am an excellent technician. Mechanical? Not so much but can do it.
Both motors on the radar were failed, which is odd. Turns out that there have been some changes over the past 40 years that were not completely captured in some of the logic circuitry schematics.
After much reading it came down to a electronic clutch thay we had powered off drawing too much current for the operational clutch to engage.
Yesterday was a 16 hour ordeal of rain, wind, humidity, heat, back to wind, rain…rinse and repeat.
I wish I had one of those real government jobs. This actual work bullshit has to go.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/07/the-week-in-pictures-anyway.php
The Bevis and Butthead comparison…absolutely spot on
As much as I want to see Baldwin be held accountable for improper handling of that firearm, my desire for the State to do their job correctly in prosecuting is greater.
From what I can gather, it got dismissed because of some evidence relating to other live rounds on set, which is a total side issue, if not distraction, from him point a gun at somebody and pulling the trigger. Which leads me to two thoughts:
The prosecution was, indeed, stupid for not disclosing it, since it wouldn’t affect the main part of their case.
The judge was looking for any reason at all to let him off the hook. I’m pretty sure she could have said it was an issue for appeal or a mistrial without prejudice. But she jumped at the chance to let him walk.
Ugh I got the phone blast and with the TV running, about forty Emergency Broadcast System warnings.
My town did not get a drop of rain, even. Though there was lots of activity in surrounding towns.
Looking for an Idaho Ranch For Sale? Featuring 450± acres and over a mile of frontage on the lower Boise River, Parma Lodge and Stables is among the Northwest’s premier equestrian, sporting, and lifestyle properties. The ranch is conveniently located 45 minutes west of Idaho’s capital city of Boise and 20 minutes from Treasure Valley Executive Airport in Caldwell. Building improvements are of impeccable quality and highlighted by a 9,000± square foot owner’s lodge overlooking a series of interconnected, year-round lakes, and an 18-stall horse barn that is the centerpiece for one of the west coast’s most successful thoroughbred breeding operations. Other improvements include a four-bedroom manager’s residence, a custom-built wooden training/breaking pin, equipment storage buildings, and a large shop building that supports various land management operations and hunting activities on the property. The ranch holds excellent senior surface water rights from the Boise Riverand Sand Hollow Creek to irrigate approximately 320 acres of cropland, horse pasture, and wildlife food plots. The Parma area is a coveted destination for waterfowl and upland bird hunters from around the region. Utilizing multiple wildlife water rights, the owners have developed extensive habitat on the ranch that attracts and holds a multitude of ducks and geese through the season, as well as quail, pheasants, and wild turkeys. The property is not covered by a conservation easement at the present time. However, because of its size, location near Boise, and potential for development, it is a prime candidate for one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGHW4g_IQ8M
$22,500,000
Zelensky, Hunter, and Harris could afford it.
LOL. He’s better at trolling and also at knowing when to keep his trap shut.
That was a brilliant move.
Well that is Vice President Trump after all…
Ukrainian President Putin nods in agreement.
That’s an interesting twist on “the Dems are the party of the rich”.
“Eminem SLAMMED over ‘sick and tasteless’ album song referencing Alec Baldwin’s Rust shooting: ‘Get popped like Halyna Hutchins'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13629315/Eminem-SLAMMED-song-referencing-Alec-Baldwins-Rust-shooting.html
Because they never heard any of his other songs?
his other songs were generally family friendly , just like this website
“Katy Perry enrages transgender activists by including image of female body part in new Woman’s World music video”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13629277/katy-perry-new-song-slammed-transgender-uterus.html
“Katy Perry has a VIBRATOR in her tool belt as a ‘bold declaration of women’s sexual liberation’ for her Woman’s World music video”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13628851/Katy-Perry-VIBRATOR-tool-belt-bold-declaration-womens-sexual-liberation-Womans-World-music-video.html
so stunning much brave
Which is it we are outraged about? A uterus being a definitive part of a woman or that she likes to pleasure herself?
Dealer choice. Take whichever rage bait you choose.
What color is the sky in that person’s alternate reality?
I don’t know, but that person isn’t the only one living there. So much so, the word for “fascist” is worn out by now.
No, it’s the same thing it has always been for them “someone I disagree with”.
Yes, but just like “racist” which also means the same thing, they need a new word for that, like African-American, global warming, etc. have been replaced.
The same color as the tattoo on her tit.
/Michael Moynihan
“A Florida mom has been charged with inciting a 500-person riot at a skating rink after calling on her daughter’s friends to “tear this bitch up” when her kid’s birthday party was canceled, according to police.
Stephanie Pedroso, 36, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly sparking the chaos at Astro Skate in Brandon in May after the rink canceled her booking for an “after hours birthday party” for breach of contract, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
Pedroso made the reservation on May 14 for the May 17 event for her daughter’s birthday, but failed to secure off-duty deputies for the party as agreed upon in the contract, leading to the cancellation.
Pedroso was issued a refund, cops said.
However, an outraged Pedroso posted an expletive-filled rant on her daughter’s social media account encouraging the girl’s friends to show up at the rink anyway.
“For y’all, if y’all still go up there, tear the f–k out of them. I’ve got some money for y’all, and I’ll pay y’all ass,” Pedroso said in the video, according to police.”
https://nypost.com/2024/07/12/us-news/florida-mom-sparks-500-person-riot-at-skating-rink-after-daughters-birthday-party-is-canceled/
Were things like this before covid?
Not every day.
I knew it before I saw her picture.
Amish.
I think we all knew it before we saw her picture.
Who needs off duty cops for their kid’s birthday party?
Anybody who lives near Stephanie Pedroso.
Homple gets it.
Nice track. Are you going to GrassRoots? Claim your tent space early.
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I have a ticket but something else intervened. Saw them at Grass Roots last year.
“John Deere, one of America’s most famous farm equipment and supply companies, has been conducting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training, promoting critical race theory (CRT), and supporting the radical gender identity agenda, such as funding LGBTQ “Pride” events for toddlers and urging employees use their “preferred pronouns.” The company also has controversial ERG groups that separate employees based on race, gender, and sexual orientation….
Democrat megadonor and controversial billionaire Bill Gates is the company’s largest shareholder.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/john-deere-promotes-dei-crt-radical-trans-agenda-including-pride-events-for-toddlers
What do they gain by this? Regulations in their favor?
That’s an astonishing cultural disconnect between the management of a corporation and it’s end use customers.
See also Tractor Supply.
Religious absolution.
It’s the 21st century corporate equivalent of Havel’s greengrocer with a placard in his window saying: “Workers of the World Unite!”
Trump should challenge Biden to a game of checkers.
He should challenge him to a game of Jenga.
See how many tiles shaky Joe can pull.
Heroes of the revolution
It’s dawn at the foot of the Otay Mountain, and the heat is already nauseating.
Even this early in the morning, temperatures near this 3,500-foot peak reach triple digits, with this whole section of the U.S.-Mexico border under an excessive heat warning.
Into this baking wilderness hike volunteers with Borderlands Relief Collective, a group of private citizens from the San Diego area who deliver water and first aid to migrants crossing into the U.S.
Almost as soon as they start climbing up the mountain, the group encounters a man sitting on the side of the road. He breaks into tears when he sees the volunteers approaching with water.
He is dehydrated and wearing shoes too small for his feet. In broken English, he says his name is Taleb, and he’s from Mauritania. Before NPR can get a last name, he’s rushed aside to receive care.
He’s just a lost tourist.
Reads like peak NPR.
Otay Mountain?
Wasnt that Eddie Murphy doing Buckwheat ?
Nonetheless, the shrieking warning instructed us to go to the basement.
You’ve unlocked one of my pet peeve rants!
In the attempt to give people as much lead time as possible, the NWS has gotten really soft on what constitutes a tornado warning and what sets off the tornado sirens. Granted, they have different levels of tornado warnings now, but that’s not usually communicated very well.
IMO, they should go back to using tornado warnings and the sirens for when they have indications of an actual tornado on the ground. They need a different category of alert for “the sky is spinning, so a tornado could drop at any time” to avoid tornado warning fatigue.
We’ve been under probably a dozen tornado warnings in the past year. We’ve had 2 tornadoes within a couple miles of the house in that time frame. One an unwarned landspout and the other got a “Potentially Dangerous Situation” tag. Thankfully it was nice enough to lift before the trailer park.
Anyway, point being that we could’ve easily been lulled to sleep by the dozen radar indicated “velocity couplet” warnings and not taken decisive action when the real deal was bearing down on us. I’m a weather nerd, so I know the difference, but the average person doesn’t.
A lot of people don’t understand the difference between: ‘storm potential for rotation’, ‘tornado watch’, and ‘tornado warnings. Also, TV Tornado Weather Reporting is nearly a sport in OKC.
As OMWC alluded to, you don’t need a weather radar to inform you of impending tornado because there are some pretty telltale signs and the reliance on the weather guys or government to instruct it’s citizens is more damaging IMO.
The one actual tornado I experienced… no sirens, no warnings. We heard the noise, and SP and I ordered everyone to the basement immediately.
My phone doesn’t give weather alerts because I disabled it because people are scaredy cats.
I like tornado sirens in the middle of the night when I’m not paying attention to what’s going on outside because I’m, you know, sleeping.
Astroturfers
The list of more than two-dozen “everyday American” speakers shared with NBC News includes a number of immigrants and Black Americans, part of Trump’s continued efforts to make inroads with groups that have leaned against Republicans. Many of the speakers will argue that President Joe Biden is responsible for challenges they have faced, including the impact of the fentanyl crisis, economic hardship and domestic divisions over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Multiple speakers have a history of political activism and running for local or state office. The lineup also includes several former Democrats, some of whom voted for Biden in 2020.
One speaker described in a convention announcement as a “lifelong Democrat” is business manager of Steamfitters Local 638A, Robert “Bobby” Bartles, Jr. He attended the former president’s recent New York City visit with construction workers.
That’s cheating. “Everyday Americans” hate Trump.
More proof that everyday Americans just don’t know what it is in their own best interests. Now shut up and we will tell you.
Annette Albright, a former school employee in Charlotte, North Carolina, will also speak at the convention. A Facebook account bearing her name and likeness used to criticize Trump, especially after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot by Trump supporters at the Capitol. The page labeled it “an attempt to overtake our democracy and it was [led] by the President of The United States.
But after a failed bid for her local school board in 2023, Albright in April 2024 posted a message on her campaign Facebook page critical of Democrats and of what she called “the Liberal White females that have strong armed” the organization, disavowing her previous loyalty to the Democratic Party. That same month, she spoke at an event held by the conservative Moms for Liberty group.
OMG that bitch!
She sounds like a lost soul.
Marc Jennings
@MarcJennings90
Northern Irish Transphobe
https://twitter.com/MarcJennings90/status/1811693853981671667
woke comedy is not comedy. it is painfully unfunny and I think it is supposed to be to test rightthink. laugh or you are bad person.
They’re hysterical
President Biden’s reelection campaign rallied against Meta Friday for lifting the restrictions on former President Trump’s Facebook and Instagram.
In a statement first provided to The Hill, the campaign called the move “greedy” and “reckless,” arguing that it is an attack on democracy to include the former president on the popular platforms.
“Restoring his access is like handing your car keys to someone you know will drive your car into a crowd and off a cliff,” Charles Lutvak, the Biden campaign’s national spokesperson, said. “It is holding a megaphone for a bonafide racist who will shout his hate and white supremacy from the rooftops and try to take it mainstream. Without question, it is a direct attack on our safety and our democracy.”
“This greedy, reckless decision will allow Trump and his MAGA allies to reach more Americans with their fundamentally undemocratic, un-American misinformation,” he added.
Full blown panic mode. You can’t let him speak to the people. They might listen to him.
Yeah not sure that’s a winning campaign message Biden wants to put out be cause well…it might look like you are pivoting from trying to jail him to silence him to trying to silence him altogether.
“bonafide racist who will shout his hate and white supremacy”
Is anyone outside their cult buying this?
Sadly I know quite a few people on board with that. You can even challenge them to specify what he said, and they don’t – it’s just pure feels.
What JI said. It is stunning to me how lacking in self-awareness they are.
Tell me specifically what Trump did. “I dont want to talk about this anymore.”
I usually respond with “Polly want a cracker.”
Banana Republic bullshit. With them this is par for the course.
I just can’t get behind the woe-is-me of this when one picture is of your kitchen with $700 pots/pans and probably the $3000 Cutco knife block.
Trim the fat, yell your kids no more phones, and buy food.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/07/12/federal-funding-children-food-program-rejected/
Fail
Checks and balances are for the birds
“I think it is clearer than ever that folks who believe fervently that we should protect public health from environmental harms really can’t make progress if they have a hostile judiciary waiting,” said Cara Horowitz, executive director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the UCLA School of Law. “The work becomes a lot harder when you have a Supreme Court sitting at the end of every litigation road that’s hostile to the administrative state and environmental regulations.”
A global socialist dictatorship will protect the environment and keep those depraved “conservatives” in their place.
The work becomes a lot harder… well ya, you might have to produce actual science and data now.
In my opinion not hard enough.
“Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the UCLA School of Law”
Why the fuck does a law school have an institute on climate change?
There is money to be made in litigating climate issues!
It’s in the last page of the Constitution that visible only to very special people.
Legal experts say the decision could affect the government’s ability to regulate food, medicine, telecommunication and worker safety, among others. But the implications for environmental regulations are particularly stark. That’s because the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act were purposely written vaguely to accommodate for future problems.
Or maybe they were intentionally written with no clear and specific goal, so they can be perpetually expanded and revised in order to increase the power and scope of those agencies.
“the Endangered Species Act” is complete horseshit.
In his first campaign, Trump vowed to appoint judges in the mold of the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. Three-quarters of his appointees were men and roughly 84% were white, according to the Pew Research Center. An analysis by The Washington Post in May found that Biden has placed more non-white federal judges than any president in history. Nearly two-thirds are women.
Martin Luther King would be impressed.
<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dr-ruth-westheimer-celebrity-therapist-whose-grandmotherly-charm-and-blunt-honesty-revolutionized-public-discourse-on-sex-dead-at-96/ar-BB1pVc8ZRest in sex, Dr. Ruth
RIP
RIP.
I have her board game.
“Campaigns Battle in Pennsylvania Saturday: Trump Rally in Butler, Jill Biden in Pittsburgh, Kamala Harris in Philadelphia; While Joe Biden Rests at Delaware Beach House”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/campaigns-battle-pennsylvania-saturday-trump-rally-butler-jill/
LOL
Don’t be alarmed. Joe’s on the phone “running the world”.
Maybe Jill will replace Joe.
SCIENCE!
A new brain-imaging study of young adolescents has shown that sex and gender map onto different brain networks. The findings, published on Friday in Science Advances, demonstrate the importance of considering the social impact of gender in neuroscience research rather than conflating it with physiological sex.
“Moving forward, we really need to consider both sex and gender separately if we want to better understand the brain,” said study co-author Elvisha Dhamala, a neuroscientist at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, in a recent press conference.
Physiological sex is largely determined by chromosomes, genes, hormones and other biological systems. On top of that, cultural ideas about what it means to be, for example, a man, woman or nonbinary person—what we call gender—also play a critical role shaping people’s life and behavior. Scientists understand sex and gender to be related yet distinct concepts, but they are often conflated in neuroscience research. This means that differences between the brains of people who are assigned male or female at birth are often taken as reflections of biological differences when they could very well be the result of how each group is treated based on cultural expectations.
Gibberish in, gibberish out.
Lysenkoism for the win.
“During a round table held by Republican Senators on Tuesday, federal whistleblowers claimed that the Biden Regime is facilitating the trafficking of migrant children via contractors receiving billions of taxpayer dollars.
Deborah White and her colleague Tara Rodes, who are federal employees in the Health and Human Services Unaccompanied Child Program, both testified that the Office of Refugee Resettlement sent thousands of unaccompanied migrant children into potentially dangerous environments after failing to properly vet the sponsors they were being placed with.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/bombshell-whistleblower-testimony-biden-regime-paying-billions-facilitate/
When you see individuals as means to an end what’s a few children compared to the greater good?
Finally, the researchers compared the networks associated with gender differences with those associated with sex differences. They found that while there was some overlap, these groups of networks were largely different from one another, though this difference was only statistically significant for the parent-reported gender data, not the self-reports. (The study authors think the self-report questionnaire was not sensitive enough to capture differences in how children think and feel about their gender.)
Maybe a bunch of 9 and 10 year old children thought questions about their “gender identity” were silly and meaningless.
Children’s brains aren’t fully sexed. Many of the differences don’t happen until puberty.
They are. Trust me on this.
Trust the man who knows about kids and sex.
Anyone Notice This ruling yet?
In addition to the effect on home distilling, it could also be used as a platform to reverse Wickard.
I think the judge is wrong, in that the 21st amendment clearly leaves it to the several states to regulate alcohol.
OK, the feds might not be able to ban it, but states can
I prefer the judge’s rationale because it can be applied to pushing back elsewhere.
I do agree that the 21st removed alcohol from federal remit.
I would say that rights are inherent to individuals and neither the feds nor the states are granted power to violate those rights outside the fifth and fourteenth amendments.