BREAKING: Trump expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS.
ENVIRO-WHINERS’ EPIC SELF-OWN: Marin Audubon Society v. Federal Aviation Administration would seem to be a standard enviro-whiner lawsuit trying to stop something they don’t like, in this case sightseeing flights over National Parks. But the enviros got more than they bargained for when the court sua sponte (all on its own, without being asked to address the issue by either of the parties) ruled that the Council on Environmental Quality actually lacks the rulemaking authority it has been exercising for 48 years. Forty. Eight. Fucking. Years. Hopefully this ruling stands, and is the basis for similar rulings striking down similar overreach.
THE DEEP STATE IN FULL PANIC MODE: Deep state tool John Bolton wants FBI investigations of Gaetz, Gabbard before confirmation hearings. CWAA, but I’m taking comfort that they are running scared. And, of course, the obligatory re-airing of Russia collusion accusations: “Given the Russian propaganda that [Gabbard] has espoused over the past period of time, I think she’s a serious threat to our national security.” Bonus link to paywall-bypassing web archive version of delicious NYT article about DOJ pants shitting.
WHY THE STATE KILLING OF A SQUIRREL MATTERS SO MUCH: Zero Hedge explains it to you. TL;DR: It’s not about the squirrel (or the raccoon), but about the violation of the rights of the human owner and the deliberate infliction of cruelty upon him by the state. Although not covered in the article, NY Gov Kathy Hochul will be up for re-election in 2026, and is a potential candidate for president in 2028. P’nut and Fred will be campaigning against her and their deaths may ultimately end her political career.
THEY’RE JUST REPORTING, NOT SPREADING RUMORS AT ALL: Wired platforms the left’s election conspiracy theory that Elon Musk used StarLink to steal the election for Trump.
BUT THEY “ACTIONED IMMEDIATELY” WHEN TOLD: Hertz employees apparently abandon car rental counter at Syracuse airport, chaos ensues. I wonder if this is why the company reports so many cars as stolen.
SOMALI PIRATE FROM MINNESOTA SENTENCED FOR HOLDING US JOURNALIST HOSTAGE: The journo was researching Somali pirates. I guess he got his story — good and hard.
BYE, NOW: Laura Helmuth resigns as editor of Scientific American after apologizing for online tantrum about Trump voters as ‘f—ing fascists.’ Scientific American was once a respected publication. Perhaps they can regain that status.
TOOK ‘EM LONG ENOUGH: Australia finally develops own orbital launch capability. For perspective, here is a list of spacefaring nations.
THE BEE, KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK AGAIN: You guys already knew this about Tulsi.
MEA CULPA: Apologies to the Glibs community. I’ve been terrible about editorial duties this week. Thanks to Neph for stepping in and scheduling MLW’s piece which I totally spaced on (me, space, go figure).
the court sua sponte (all on its own, without being asked to address the issue by either of the parties) ruled that the Council on Environmental Quality actually lacks the rulemaking authority it has been exercising for 48 years.
One of those “Why are we even talking about this?” moments?
The last few weeks have been crazy. Thanks Tonio and the other linx posters for attempting to keep up with everything. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TWO LINX POSTS. 🙂
Just say lino or lina, nobody uses linx.
Lynx
You ignorant savages
Pierce County WA does
I’m with UCS.
Lynx are the Minnesoda team that actually brings home championships. How dare you try to use their name! You ain’t worthy.
TOK, I’m seeing “hand cycle friendly” tags on a lot of the MTB trails here.
That’s cool! Except I’ve tried hand cycle mountain biking and it’s terrible. LOL
Yeah, I can see how that would be as MTB riders need to switch from braking to accelerating very quickly. There are rare instances where I both brake and pedal simultaneously.
Incorporating brake controls into the hand cranks would be mechanically challenging and probably ‘spensive as fuck. Could be done with BT, but I wouldn’t want critical safety controls reliant on wireless.
I guess doing a machine wash cycle was too hard on the trails and their fall colors faded.
Kevin:
There’s always trail riding.
Although, I can’t imagine the work it would take to do a steep climb with arms alone.
It’s so exhausting! I hate endurance activities. I have teammates that have done the Chicago Marathon in wheelchairs, some multiple times. I admire them, but that’s not my thing.
One of the bike races I’ve written about (https://www.tuff.ventures/mtuff) has an “adaptive” category. I’m not sure how many miles their course is, but it takes the winners a little over 2 hours to finish. They must have some seriously strong arms.
Nice, although I wonder if it’ll stick.
It will be anarchy!
The members of that council, past and present, should have to personally pay restitution to everyone harmed by their non-rule rules.
I suspect it will, particularly after Loper.
There will be 3 votes for cert at SCotUS, they only need one more to hear the case.
You guys already knew this about Tulsi.
Yes, we did.
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1856807356111139246
I considered using that but I didn’t want you straight guys fapping all over the place.
TOO LATE!
But wait – there’s more!
https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1856907362625335317
Seriously, she may turn out to be a disaster but I’ll still treasure the time we spent together.
Too late.
I object to the ‘all over the place’ slur. My fapping is precise and carefully targeted.
Skee skee skee
Thicc?
Yeah, that whole “I’ve changed my mind and now support gun rights” was just a total head fake.
floppers:soccer::fappers:glibs
Too much going on in either case.
Bacon:
Your ‘t’ key appears to be broken. And that looks more like some combat course, definitely not skeet.
Hawt.
I want that duffel bag, but in leather
First legitimate gun gamer ever to be nominated for a cabinet post. We are living in interesting times.
MOAR!
I NEED MOAR!!!!!
Seriously, Trump isn’t even in office yet and we’re getting things like this.
There was an element of fun to the campaign and they’ve brought it forward. I’m having a great time hearing the Dems complain now that they’ve been neutered.
Also love the dudes in the replies criticizing her grip, etc.
None of them would say that to her face.
They are just negging her.
Grip?
I doubt that many would post their own groups and splits, either.
If we’re going to have the DNI by that criteria she’ll need to name that Florida congresswoman (Anna something or other?) as her Deputy DNI I would think….
No more poaching members of congress for cabinet posts. They need to preserve a cushion to their majority as a hedge against death, absence, defection, etc.
Remember that replacements for senators are appointed by governors, but replacements for members of the House o Representin’ must be elected and it takes time to spin up a special election.
Guessing that they’ve coordinated with governors pretty closely to ensure no stupid replacements.
What standing does Bolton have to “call for” investigations of anyone or anything?
Meh. He’s allowed to do so, just as any of us can opine on things. This is just saber-rattling and tantrum pitching. They are rattled. Deeply.
But the Justice Department and FBI are “jittery”! Do you want a government agencies to be jittery?
Depends. Are they pointing a gun at my pet squirrel? Then no. Are they cowering under their desks, worried that the other shoe is about to drop right on their metaphorical nutsack? Then very much yes.
It’s fucking glorious.
Someone agreed to put his ugly mug on TV.
Lol. It’s just grassroots, viral, gonzo stuff, like the Arab Spring, not a coordinated conspiracy theory to spread conspiracy theories, like wondering why a first world country that has sent spacecraft outside our solar system can’t have an auditable custody chain for ballots.
Anyone Bolton hates is fine by me.
Related: when will that fucking guy go away and who the hell is he anyway (metaphorically – I know who he is)?
I guess he was manufactured in some neo-con laboratory.
If we didn’t just want him to go away I’d suggest a storyline where he’s controlled by the discarded psychotic leavings from The Hair — The Moustache.
But better to just ignore the warmongering coot.
I don’t want him to go away. I want him hung in an iron cage from the dome of the Capitol Building.
Pour encourager les autres.
Someone who has held a series of government appointments that gets confused with experience. Getting quite wealthy off his CNN gig apparently.
In previous times, Dems would have called him a chicken hawk. Mr Warmonger didn’t think Vietnam deserved his own skin.
A chicken hawk isn’t an insult that can be used in the Dick Cheney Democratic Party.
What have I said about just blaming “technical difficulties” or a “glitch”?
Look, that glitch set him up.
Bravo.
Spicy.
PA counties saying “F your glitch and F your election laws!”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/swing-state-election-officials-openly-violate-state-law-to-help-dem-senator-s-recount-effort/ar-AA1u6Kfu?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=80626ef0e9ac4f33875f072e7398b030&ei=11
AMERICA didn’t REJECT Kamala. It was MUTUAL!!!
100% MUTUAL!
She SWEARS!!!! 😭
https://x.com/Freedom_Toons/status/1857170078799913455
My God, the Russians! Russians! Russians! nonsense coming out today. I think we expected it to some extent, but wow. Just so much insane nonsense from people you would think should know better.
Tulsi is a Russian spy because she doesn’t want nuclear war. This is known.
Either you are willing to give Ukraine whatever it asks or you are beholden to a foreign government.
Yep. I’ve seen people using her quote about how the war could have been prevented as proof that she’s a Russian asset.
And so many quoting Kruschev’s “we will take America without firing a shot” and “destroy you from within.” Somehow they always forget to mention that he was talking about socialism taking over capitalism.
That’s quite the ourobouros.
I suppose it’s because of how much of my youth I wasted in online navel gazing contests with Marxists and left wing USSR apologists, but it still amuses me to no end that the American left has turned into raving McCarthyites agitating for nuclear engagement with Russia after having spent 3/4 of a century defending Lenin and Stalin while castigating Reagan as a diplomatic pyromaniac for his “evil empire” rhetoric.
“Wired platforms the left’s election conspiracy theory that Elon Musk used StarLink to steal the election for Trump.”
Just weeks ago they were prepping us by saying elections are 100% secure and anyone who says otherwise is an insurrectionist.
You gotta love ‘em.
BY LOVE ‘EM, MEAN . . . .
How does an Internet provider change an election when we’ve been assured that the dominion machines aren’t remotely accessible
Through the power of crystals!
Well, that was when they were going to win the popular vote, the presidency, and have a clear 51% mandate!
I’m surprised Wired isn’t pushing the theory.
I don’t mind them running that story. It shows (as if we didn’t already know) that conspiracy theories aren’t just a right wing thing. I’m old enough to remember conspiracy theories from the left about Diebold machines in Ohio in 2004 and Russians in 2016. Merely platforming the story isn’t a problem. The problem is when it’s taken seriously, like with the Russia stuff.
“I respect and value people across the political spectrum. These posts, which I have deleted, do not reflect my beliefs; they were a mistaken expression of shock and confusion about the election results,” she continued. “These posts of course do not reflect the position of Scientific American or my colleagues. I am committed to civil communication and editorial objectivity.”
Just say, “I was drunk.”
In vino veritas.
Age quod agis.
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Hovercraft mea plena anguillarum
I’m lit.
I am just happy she’s gone. May many more follow her!
*Raises glass for toast
I’m thinking of submitting something to DOGE that should be cut in the agency I work for LOL
(specifically, why do we have a “mission” in Greenland?)
To block the Vikings?
The Vikings will block themselves in some spectacular form during the NFC playoffs. Don’t need no govt help with that.
They’re hiring! But they have a July 2026 deadline so it won’t be a long job. Good news is, they are not an official government entity, really just consultants, so there is no confirmation process and they can get to work now.
My Mom sent me that ad. I suspect she just wants to be able to tell people that her firstborn works for Elon Musk…
That’s pretty good foresight. The ’26 midterms will most likely flip the House, possibly the Senate.
JI, the last thing we need is a government efficiency office that gets bloated and never goes away. This is what is known as “self awareness”. We haven’t really seen that in a while.
Certainly, but face it, flip the House – as is likely to happen – and DOGE’s output has nowhere to go. Even if it is solid gold.
Yeah, the ‘26 Senate elections have 20 Repub and 13 Dem seats on the auction block. Tough hill for the Repubs to hang onto their majority.
If only there were things the President and Cabinet Secretaries could do with agency operations without asking Congress for permission. But, Congressional micromanagement of agencies is definitely a thing, so . . . .
Mr. Dean,
♪♫ Money makes the world go ’round, the world go ’round ♫
I think Two Scoops still wants to buy it.
Interestingly, this Greenland “mission” is new – only started about 2 years ago.
It’s obviously a money-laundering op of some kind, but I can’t figure out what we are actually doing there. There’s nothing on our website (I’m in charge of the Greenland pages) about what actual programs we have there and what we’re spending.
We should buy Diego Garcia while we’re at it.
The Brits are playing stupid games and I’d bet Mauritius would sell.
Mauritius doesn’t even make any sense geographically. They certainly don’t have the capability to reach that far. It’ll wind up CCP property pretty soon.
Hears one.
https://x.com/realdogenews/status/1857121499158618577
Where is the submission link? I have a couple of papers I wrote on distortion of the insurance markets I can submit.
I thought I had seen a link from either Elon or Vivek at some point, but can’t find it
They just started a Twitter account, that’s all I found: https://x.com/DOGE
Thank you.
Keeping an eye out for recruits for the Brute Squad?
To help the unemployed!
After all, unemployed in Greenland *is* rock bottom.
Inconceivable!
Preparation for our eventual annexation of Greenland under Trump?
why do we have a “mission” in Greenland
To bring The Word to the heathens?
Mission of Greenland is a Mission of Burma tribute band.
I wonder why the process isn’t one hell of a lot more automated. Reserve the car in advance, have your insurance and license and credit card on file — just show up, hit “I agree” to the agreement and have a vending machine type setup spit out your key fob and a copy of the agreement. Bonus points if it goes through a phone app that makes you do a walk around video of the car first so you can confirm scratches, dents, etc. — for everyone’s sake. Probably still need people to process pickups and put the cars back in slots and all… but seriously, why is it so hard? (More to the point — why is it when you do all this crap online to begin with does it seem to still take 20 bloody minutes when you go to pick a car up, anyway? Just so they can try to upsell you?)
The last couple times I had to rent a car with Enterprise it was fairly smooth, and the wait in person was more sitting in line waiting for walk-ins to finish their transactions than dealing with my actual reservation, but there was definitely some redundancy that could still be wrung out from the process. I basically just had to wait for them to print out the paperwork their online system had already generated so that I could sign it, and then show proof of insurance, both of which probably could have been done online, but I actually kind of prefer handling in-person for privacy reasons anyway. Then again, my impatience may have been partially assuaged by their choice of front desk help. Hubba hubba. I’m lucky I could remember my name to sign it.
Use a different rental car company. With National, I go to the tier I reserved/status level, hop in the car, hand DL to agent at exit booth, get rental paperwork/receipt back, exit lot.
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1857170020427595797
Rand is psyched.
https://x.com/RandPaul/status/1857171822405419466
The right people are happy. Earlier Massie said something about Gaetz to reporters about recess appointments, like “He’s confirmed. Get over it.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pusZXECS0mM
Good. The future in general, but especially in space belongs to those who show up. Let’s hope some competition spurs us into action again.
I just assumed you tried reading MLW’s summary before staging it and were mentally stunned by the “plot” she was attempting to make sense of. (To be clear — I’m saying the show is idiotic, not her valiant attempt to bring it to us in a coherent fashion).
Don’t cry, cryo – sleep your way through the Trump (and maybe Vance) Presidency like it never happened.
https://x.com/realnewzy/status/1856719517348458842
Damn… that’s cold.
That is hilarious. Thanks.
“Don’t worry, we’ll wake you up when it’s over…”
*wink*
You know life is bad when it starts to resemble a Woody Allen movie.
To crush your enemies, and see them driven before you, nd to hear the deafening lamentations of their bureaucrats.
Nice paraphrase of Genghis Khan.
Conan endorsed Kommiela so he is hearing the lamentations of his own women
He is now the woman doing the lamenting.
Relinking from last post.
Excellent podcast interview with Hegseth on Shawn Ryan show. He’ll make a solid SecDef. Need someone like him for SecVA too though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoN5ovwB8s4
Rand Paul wasting his breath trying to get some green energy funds reallocated to hurricane relief.
https://x.com/YALiberty/status/1857150454762774764
He has to try. We all have to. Beating your head against the brick wall until it shatters is the fate of people who must try.
Mmmm….
I have some cheap Kroger steaks, potatoes to bake, and a little whiskey for tonight. This is pleasing to me.
Well, don’t leave us in suspense. What’s the cut of steak, varietal of potato, and brand of whiskey?
Bulleit Rye Whiskey left over from the election
Kroger Russet Potatoes.
Kroger bacon wrapped tenderloin filet, prepackaged for $5.
I Am Trash!
OMG! There are two random beers left too! This is heaven.
Swap Brookshire’s tenderloin fillets and potatoes for Kroger, and Jefferson’s Bourbon for Bulleit Rye, and that’s my birthday dinner.
I’ve long since accepted my trashiness.
I like Bulleit Rye and Bourbon, but unfortunately, they’re priced too close to Woodford Rye and Bourbon, which I like more.
All good. My preference is for the Bulleit Rye. You are correct in that it is really difficult to go lower in price and not drink ethanol.
When is your birthday, whippersnapper?
Buon Appetito, R.J. Never be ashamed of who you are.
Not wanting to fully doxx myself, it’ll be in a little over a week. Come to think of it, I may actually end up at the liquor store before then, in which case it might be Four Roses instead Jefferson’s. The Jefferson’s Small Batch is really nice though. There’s an almost citrus hint to hit, like orange zest.
RJ, that sounds like awesomeness on a plate.
I’ve had those steaks before. Muy bueno.
The anti-Trump ‘sex boycott’ is peak liberal hysteria
So… a new version of the VHEM?
And are they counting two queers of different biological sex as heterosexual sex?
Poison Frog Hair nutjobs taking themselves out of the dating pool — fine by me.
The Aqua Tofana nutcases are the ones I’d worry about. I’d say “They can’t be serious”… but I think at least a decent fraction of them are.
As a dad about to send my son to college next fall, I’m pleased that he’ll have definitive markers. Shaved head? Blue bracelet (or tattoo)? Pass. It’s like they’re wearing a sign that says “I’m a psycho cunt. Stay far away.”
Add in the other crazies who completely remove themselves from the pool, and I couldn’t be happier about it.
Good. That makes me so happy for you straight guys that these women are taking themselves out of the dating and reproductive pool. I know that decrease in supply is a problem, but you don’t have to worry about these women making your life hell for 18 years (21 in some places).
I have a radar for the poison frog hair types. I avoid them like the plague.
* inserts shameless plug
BTW, tonight’s movie, “Dick Smart,” features a belt buckle that detects attractive single women.
I notice that belt doesn’t filter for crazy.
True. I don’t think that is a knock out criteria for Italian men.
These 4B women shouldn’t stop there. Don’t give icky men anything including your money and business. Your car crapped out on the highway? You tell any man coming by in a tow truck to keep on driving and wait for a girlboss to arrive and haul your car out of the ditch. House needs a new roof? Ain’t no man gonna fix it for you, right? Only a team of women should get your money. And don’t let any stinky guy pick up your trash as the side of the road each week. Save it for a woman trash collector!
Given the shortage of women in these occupations, I can only assume that the 4Bs live amidst mold, and vermin their residences filled with heaped up trash, or don’t actually live by those ‘principles’
“tracking their menstrual cycles”. I’d love to know where this one came from. Nothing about it in Project 2025. Nearest answer I got was that some high schools ask about the last menstruation on medical forms for sports. Such right wing Christian Nationalist hotbeds like Oakland and Los Angeles use a form that asks that information.
The theory is that Trumps wants to turn women into birthing factories. He’ll track their periods, have them impregnated, and force them to give birth. I think this is the origin of camps in those circles too, or at least a part of it. He’ll be taking minorities and single women to camps. Some they’ll kill or otherwise keep away from society, and the women will be raped and forced to give birth.
They’re fucking looney toons.
PA has found another 50k ballots to count in the Senate race. Totally legit I’m sure.
In the trunk of Al Franken’s rental car, I assume?
In a locked filing cabinet in a disused storage room in the basement with a sign on the door reading “Beware of the Leopard.”
I hope that Team Trump is paying attention, and gathering intelligence on what is going on, so that if there is voter fraud, the perpetrators will get caught, tried, and punished.
Lara Trump has been on top of these irregularities…hopefully her team of hardass lawyers is still on the clock.
No Starlink in PA?
Okay, it’s late in the game, but I’m awarding you the coveted [golf clap] for the thread.
Oh fuck off. To late, so sad. That is insane.
One of the many problems with mail in voting is that it creates these pools of invalid ballots (unsigned, late, no postmark) that can be tapped in the name of democracy and counting every vote if things aren’t going the correct way.
That, and it opens the door for fully manufactured ballots to be slipped in through any crack in the chain of custody for ballots. You’re placing millions of ballots in circulation in the wild. Their chain of custody is crap. You have no way to reconcile ballots distributed to ballots returned/counted. One of the most basic protections against ballot box stuffing no longer exists.
Fuck that noise.
I know GOP lawyers are ready to pounce, so imma keep my titties calm for now.
They must be scrambling for the exits by now
Some staff members at the Food and Drug Administration are considering a quick exit as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being floated as a potential health official in the incoming Trump administration, according to three former and one current government official who were granted anonymity to speak freely about sensitive issues. The former officials are still in touch with colleagues who work at the FDA.
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“With the first administration, more people took a wait-and-see approach. Now, between the concerns about new post-employment restrictions and the risk of involuntary separation, more people are looking proactively,” one former official said.
The current official agreed with that assessment, adding that “dozens” are most likely considering their options.
It’s not yet known what kind of health role Kennedy will have in the administration — if any — but Trump has said he’ll let the former independent presidential candidate and vaccine skeptic “go wild on health.” Meanwhile, Kennedy is promising a shakeup at the federal health agencies, including the FDA, telling NBC News the day after the election that “in some categories, there are entire departments, like the nutrition department at the FDA that are, that have to go.”
All those years of hard work, gone in an instant.
Stopped clocks and all that, but tbh, I still find RFK Jr. to be a nutter. I wouldn’t really blame anyone who actually does serious science from being insulted by having their work placed under the authority of someone who, at best, simply doesn’t understand it. But the field in which I once grew the fucks I give about government scientists and their bureaucratic cathedral was already fallow from global climate warming, and went feral during COVID.
Err, Pat, I don’t think we’ve ever had a Secretary of DHS who understands Teh Science(tm). Anybody who would quit for that reason is long gone. The ones left are counting on the Secretary not understanding Teh Science(tm).
What you need is somebody who understands how the system works. Which I think RFK Jr. does.
The man certainly seems to understand the [incestuous] relationship between FDA and Big Pharma. If for no other reason, that thoroughly qualifies him.
As for Teh Science – apologies to the honest few left, but the corruption is so broad and deep that cutting off all smaht, scientific govt decision making (in a fucking bureaucracy??? – who are we kidding?) is just a price we have to play.
Just played a short session with the tax deductions, using Risus.
https://www.risusiverse.com/
The year is 1920, and the three characters were flying to Enterprise City in a dirigible.
A storm suddenly and mysteriously blows in, and the pilot gets accidentally knocked out. Two of the characters have “flying ace” as a cliche, but neither can gain control of the craft, so one of the passengers slips from his seat and heads to the controls. It’s Governor Fiercly, the famous adventurer! He is currently running for President, and presumably is returning from a trip to Washington, D.C. (Try to figure out who Fiercly is based on).
He manages to get the dirigible safely landed (he’s just that good), and then he and his companions get into a waiting limousine and drive into the darkness.
The characters decide to head to a local diner for a late supper. While they are eating, at the counter, two men in trench coats enter the diner, and move to a booth. A few minutes later, two more men enter and sit in a booth on the opposite side of the first two.
The character who has the cliche “no-nonsense police detective” recognizes the men as criminals, and knows that three of them have warrants for their arrest.
Another couple of men enter, and the character who has “suave spy” recognizes them as Soviet Spies, and calls them out. The spies pull out weapons, but our suave spy uses his spy skills to bluff the Soviets into leaving. The four criminals pull out weapons, and a gun fight ensues. The “hardened veteran” and “suave spy” try to vault behind the lunch counter, but the veteran can’t quite make it over.
The characters manage to outshoot the criminals, and the detective arrests them.
The end.
It was pretty fun; I had a vague idea about what I wanted the adventure to be. I imagined that the Soviet spies were part of a plot to kill Governor Fiercly using a weather control device, and had hired the criminal gang to steal the machine from the inventor who designed it. The characters job would be to discover and expose the plot.
Maybe next session.
This sounds great. I’m developing a real love for minimalist rules-lite TTRPG systems.
Risus uses only d6 dice. When you pick your character’s “cliches”, you assign a number of dice to each.
In a fantasy setting, for example, you might pick “Wizard”, “Scholar of Forbidden Lore”, and “King’s Jester”, and assign 4 dice to the first, and three dice to the other two.
When you attempt something, you pick which cliche you are using, and roll that number of dice, trying to meet or beat a target number.
If it is a contest, then you roll your chosen cliche against the opponent’s cliche. Huger total wins, and the loser removes a die from play. Lose all the dice from a particular cliche, and the character loses the contest
As soon as I can remember my DriveThruRPG password, I’m gonna download a copy.
Internet Archive Risus:
https://archive.org/details/RisusTheAnythingRPG
The archived website (there should be a link to download the rules without going through drivethrurpg):
https://web.archive.org/web/20110902034746/http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/risus.htm
Palm Springs to vote on $5.9M in reparations for former Black, Latino residents
It bothers me that an 86-year-old woman, who has undoubtedly experienced legit racism, perhaps harshly, is a leading figure in bullshit ‘reparations.’ I think SHE may actually deserve some cash for shit that happened to her. That she is motivating young folk who have never experienced such is a disturbing sign of the prevailing winds. You can’t teach kids to be strong and independent while convincing them they’re surrounded by racists who want to make America a Sundown Town. It’s remarkably evil, really. For now, I don’t know any more than the bit you posted. But makes me wonder.
This month shows the winds may indeed be a’changin’. I doubt it can last, but it is awfully nice to bask in sunlight for a change. I didn’t put all my eggs in the Trump Basket, and it’s lovely to see his cabinet is mixing it up quite a bit. Getting Big D Kennedy in there is a bit of genius, methinks. How can a KENNEDY *possibly(!)* be working with Trump?!” <– Their cognitive dissonance can only take so much. It's a killer batting order. I strongly approve.
Pictured.
Uffda. You are giving our Rondo proggies vapors with this story.
The Rondo neighborhood was directly between Minneapolis and St. Paul. When the interstates were being built, they got in the way of I-94. It wasn’t racism that done it. It was more a fact that a big road was being build and they were in the way.
I think Mr. Bolton has a point. Our enemies are quite wily. They likely would have plants in the US who would make false accusations against Americans they consider a threat to sow doubt and mistrust amongst us. Perhaps the FBI needs to be taking a hard look at some of those accusers.
Who they work for, where their money comes from, who their associations are, etc.
Wanna play banana republic? That is a game two can play.
I want to find someone who supported “Internet safety” laws and “disinformation boards” and see if they still think it’s a good idea.
Yeah, there’s more to this story that hasn’t come out yet. Someone tattled. Jilted woman would be my guess.
IIRC, it was some social media nutjob who was pissed that Longo was more popular than her.
Proving yet again that social media is, in fact, permanent high school.
Yeah that rings a bell.
lol But I shudder to think who’s waiting in the wings after her.
rhywun – this won’t help!
Gov. Hochul to relaunch congestion pricing with $9 base toll, sources say
Saw that.
The fact that Donald can probably stop it says a lot about WTF is wrong with this country. Let NYC tax itself to death. No sweat off my back now that I don’t live there anymore.
But IMHO the better ways to defeat it (beyond the complaints of suburban drivers) are twofold:
– Point out that it will make everything more expensive – it is unbelievable that they’re charging trucks
– Point out the unfathomably titanic amounts of waste and fraud at the MTA and ask why they think the public needs to pay for that
The person was named and shamed and changed all her social media. As Tonio said, it was because she couldn’t understand why a squirrel had more followers than she.
Wow what a raging bitch. It sure explains a lot.
On behalf of Indiana, I would like to thank him for leaving.
SciAm: “Perhaps they can regain that status.”
That would entail every single person associated with it to get a pink slip and start from scratch.
“California and other swing states were able to use Starlink in order to tally up and to count voting ballots in their state,” said Etheria77. “The numbers don’t make sense, and the reason I’m going to tell you that is, you had guaranteed states that were going to turn blue and didn’t. Then you had millions of [votes] that are missing. This right here is bullshit.”
This sequel to the Diebold conspiracy theories back in the GWB years is boring.
“With this green light, we will soon attempt the first orbital test flight of an Australian-made rocket from Australian soil,” said Adam Gilmour, the co-founder and CEO of Gilmour Space. “Our team is assessing the conditions of the permit and will advise on the anticipated launch date for Eris TestFlight1 in the coming weeks.”
Hmm… sounds suspiciously like an escape attempt.
It’s weird, because in 2016 Russians were able to remotely hack into our voting machines to change the totals and steal the election from Hillary Clinton. Then 2020 was literally the most secure election of our lifetimes, with not a single incident of impropriety or fraud, and literally impenetrable air-gapped voting machines. And then in 2024 states were unable to correctly and properly count their votes because of lack of access to a satellite internet network for their air-gapped voting machines.
So it’s a calculator or spreadsheet?
I got spoiled by Texas Instruments. Most of their data sheets contain any and all information about the product you could hope to know.
Some of these other companies don’t even give me a pinout.
My head hurts.
How am I supposed to tell if your product, which presumably you want to sell me, meets my needs if your documentation is so piss poor I can’t figure out what it actually supports or doesn’t support?
Gaetz really does look like butthead from Beavis and Butthead. Some photos of him are truly unflattering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ9Cp7cM4IA&ab_channel=ComedyCentralUK
To me he looks like Dwight K. Schrute
Some people seem to really appreciate his looks.
https://youtu.be/3wXjaWImoT8
That is why I could never be in congress. There would be hundreds of videos of me picking my nose or belching.
OMG! Perfect song, too!
Are you sure she didn’t have some spinach between her teeth?
IFL Thanksgiving dinner, but since I’m on my own for the first time in ~10 years, I’m considering my options. I may make a traditional meal, but also the sky’s the limit. I really want to try to make a bouillabaisse (had it on Glibscruise and I haven’t stopped thinking about it). Maybe I’ll ask the seafood counter at the grocery for any trimmings and shells they may have lying around.
Then there’s this place, which I have yet to visit, so I may go red meat for Thanksgiving dinner.
We don’t do turkey anymore since we moved out here and out gathering is usually small. Last year Ii did a rib roast that was absolutely fantastic. Can’t go wrong with the red meat.
During the lockdown year, as the girlfriend had tested positive for ‘vid, we stayed home. I did the Alton Brown Pork Wellington (which I have done a couple times before and since).
We do ham.
We’re going to Golden Corral again. Say what you will about cheesy redneck buffets, they have good food.
Wish we had one here.
Grand kids liked going to a buffet, lotsa to eat and better than what their parents were doing. We started taking the family out for the holiday meal. It saved a lot of anger and disappointment.
Gaetz had previously been embroiled in a federal investigation into whether he was involved in the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl. That probe, which ended last year without charges being filed, was conducted by the Department of Justice — the agency Gaetz would lead if he were confirmed as attorney general.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/14/trump-matt-gaetz-house-sex-drug-probe-attorney-general.html
“No charges filed.”
Also, by resigning, Gaetz has stopped the Ethics committee report from being released.
If he was falsely accused of stuff, then the accusers need to face the same penalty they were seeking for Gaetz.
I only vaguely remember that drama but wasn’t it generally agreed to be a hit job? In the age of #metoo and nothing became of it?
I am going with “since no charges were filed, nothing happened.”
Yeah but I dunno. Kinda curious what happened so I will listen anyway.
Oh yeah, I hope he gets approved and goes scorched-earth.
I feel certain they’d rush the report out before he resigns if there were anything there.
This way they can continue with the innuendo that they just were prevented from releasing the report due to trickery.
See, I swear when “no charges are filed”, that means you* are “cleared” of the accusations.
*for values of “you” that include a (D) after your name
Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution states that “in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, [the president] may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper.” The president could, therefore, exercise this power to adjourn both chambers of Congress if one chamber votes to recess while the other does not.
While no president has done it before, there is Supreme Court precedent stating that this power does, in fact, exist. In 2014, the Supreme Court ruled in NLRB v. Canning that presidents do have the power to make recess appointments, but that they cannot do so during short Senate breaks or when the Senate holds pro forma sessions. The majority opinion by Justice Stephen Breyer and joined by the liberal justices and Justice Anthony Kennedy included one line addressing this very scenario: “The Constitution also gives the President (if he has enough allies in Congress) a way to force a recess.” The line included a citation to the constitutional provision above.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-recess-appointments-adjourn-congress_n_6736188de4b0958bad3e821a
DOHWITT! DOHWITT!!
Do we care if Democrats do it when it’s their turn?
If not, then fine.
The Constitution seems perfectly clear that if the House adjourns, the President can order the Senate adjourned. No make-believe pro-forma sessions to block recess appointments.
If he hasn’t been sworn in as president, why should he have any priority for appointments. It would make sense if we were talking about winter 2025.
It also says that can only be done “on extraordinary occasions”. I would hope SCOTUS finds it unconstitutional for a president to forcibly adjourn Congress so he can enact recess appointments.
Nobody is formally proposing or approving anything until after he’s inaugurated in a couple of months. This is just him letting the Senate know not to play the games they did in 2017-18.
“WHY THE STATE KILLING OF A SQUIRREL MATTERS SO MUCH”
It’s one of those little things that perfectly encapsulates a very big thing. No four-page run on sentence needed, just “They kicked down P-Nut’s door and killed him”.
Along with “destroy a village to save it” mentality. Better Peanut is killed than continued to be owned by someone not sanctioned by the state.
“No charges filed.”
Because charges were not of much political value then. This has changed.
Sham democracy
But Trump’s electoral victory does not solve the central problem here: He and many in his movement still remain a dangerous threat to the continuity of our constitutional republic. They still don’t respect democratic norms. They don’t respect facts. They don’t believe that the rules apply to them.
We shouldn’t come to the conclusion that, because he won, all of that doesn’t matter.
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We cannot accept a status quo in our elections, where if one side wins, they have to scratch and claw to withstand lies — illegal challenges and violent mobs — and if the other side is successful, they’re invited to measure the drapes and gather around the fireplace.
Yes, the nature of preserving democracy, institutions and norms is that you uphold them even for people like Trump who have tried to tear them down. But this is not a sustainable equilibrium: One side upholds liberal democratic norms, the other subverts and destroys them.
It’s going to break, one way or the other. I don’t know how it ends up or who wins, but that central struggle didn’t dissolve because Trump won more votes this time.
Fuck the voters. What do they know?
Oh, we’re a constitutional republic all of a sudden?
Yeah, Democrats just need to man up and start challenging elections that they lose. I know it will be a real departure for them, but the nation depends on it.
Are we forgetting J19?
I fucking love that lede. Somehow 6 cops were injured at peaceful protests.
Substitute “bureaucracy” for “democracy”, and you can see what they really mean.
Indeed. That needs to be a new T shirt.
lolFFS!
This guy is delusional.
I wonder if they make a deep dish version: The Gobbler! Limited Time Only.
No.
I also saw the frozen Kroger version. I would not eat that either.
Pizza Luce is a great pizza joint. I’m sure their abomination is miles ahead of the Kroger’s frozen variety.
No doubt.
Do they make banana and curry pizza?
Inside you are two wolves.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/pro-abortion-rfk-jr-is-a-disastrous-hhs-pick/
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https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/id-take-tulsis-record-in-syria-over-the-cias/
I don’t see how RFK Jr. could fuck shit up worse
Heaven forbid consumers learn the true price of health care. They might demand reforms to the system to make things competitive.
Relevant
Honestly, I’m sick and tired of National Review’s abortion absolutism. That’s what fuels the concerns of moderate people – D, R or I – all of whom can live with a non-absolutist compromise that neither NR or their counterparts at PP can tolerate.
You’ll see different perspectives by different writers there – but I think it is a legitimate concern that HHS will adequately reflect the Republican’s push to limit federal funding for abortion – still no word on whether rollbacks there will reflect in DoD/VA or not.
Depends whether Trump pushes it (SecDef probably will), but need to ensure that gains made are not lost.
I thought it was just that one chick there, Kathryn something? I haven’t read them in years.
Trump just nominated former congressman Doug Collins to be head of the VA. What are your thoughts?
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/11/14/president-trump-announces-nomination-of-doug-collins-for-secretary-of-veterans-affairs/
🤬
I have auto updates disabled in about:config I have auto updates disabled by group policy, I have the maintenance service disabled, yet firefox still decided it was allowed to run a background update while I was browsing and then locked me out of the application until I restarted it and accepted the update which it had already executed.
I DECIDE WHEN UPDATES HAPPEN, Not you, Developer SCUM.
Mozilla turned evil a while back, both socially and in regards to their dev steategy. I try to avoid their products at all costs.
+1 ousted CEO
I nominate THICC Thursday for Secretary of T&A.
https://archive.is/bVoMG
My nephew posted on FB his dismay at getting a code enforcement notice on his carport – over 5 years after buying the place, and apparently a nuisance notice too because he doesn’t park under it, he uses it as an outdoor workspace.
I suggested that after exhausting all reasonable means he look into buying a Komatsu D355A cheap.
How pricey is steel sheet now?
That wasn’t resolved when he bought the place and did a home/title inspection?
No apparently code inspectors were across the street for another reason. But yeah, he is checking in to if it can be grandfathered (though that doesn’t solve the “improper” usage).
The post photo has the lone yellow happy face obscured, so you just see the sad faces. This is not the Tonio way. The happy face must be free!
“BREAKING: Trump expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS.”
Looks like he should have picked SugarFree.
Still wonder if the sliver of votes he got from Kennedy was worth it.
I don’t think it was about getting people who would have voted for RFKj, I think it “humanized” him to a particular demographic of irrational suburban moms (anti-vax types) who might have otherwise voted for Kommie-la.
IMO Kennedy, Gabbard, Musk, Taibbi, etc. all supported OMB for one reason; they felt sure that they would all be silenced and pauperized if Calamity Harris won. Trump was their only chance to stop that from happening. I think they also realized that they had more in common with POTUS 45 than with the leaders and drivers of the Democratic Party.
“Perhaps they can regain that status.”
Not unless Conde Nast sell it.
Impotent Rage.
https://tacticalamericans.com/news/neighborhood-terror-cuts-down-trump-us-flags-as-police-hunt-for-suspect/
Send this back to the kitchen, I didn’t order it well done!
https://www.ibtimes.com/mans-dead-body-found-planet-fitness-tanning-bed-after-3-days-3751037