“100% percent he did it,” the hair said, watching Joe nervously running the zipper on his fleece up and down.
“Oh, no, yeah, he totally did that shit,” the hat said.
“WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?” Dark MAGA hat asked from Elon’s head.
“No one’s talking to you,” the hat said. “You aren’t real!”
“IS IT BECAUSE I’M BLACK?”
“No one is racist,” the hair told him.
“I am,” the hat said proudly.
“She’s still sort of hot, I guess,” Donald muttered as he watched Joe and Mika getting their make-up put on, a stereotypical gay man from central casting working on her, a small grim Asian woman on him.
“I wonder if she’s destined for the corner of a desk as well,” the hat wondered. “I like Joe more knowing that. Murdering interns is a time-honored event in nearly every politician’s career.”
“She’s wearing a zip-up too,” the hair said. “It’s Florida. It’s warm. I don’t get it.”
“Maybe they shipped them down here frozen,” the hat said. “Like Alien.”
“That movie hit a little too close to home for me,” the hat said.
“What does that mean?” the hair asked.
“I SAW ALIEN!” Dark MAGA said.
“You saw Alien: Romulus,” the hair said.
“Donald was asleep before the credits ended,” the hat said.
“I LIKED IT.”
The hat sniffed, “It was the Greatest Hits of the Alien franchise recorded by Kidz Bop. Total trash.”
“He’s just Elon’s hat,” the hair said.
“He’s not a hat,” the hat darkly. “I don’t know what he is.”
“We’re almost ready for the interview,” Joe and Mika’s producer said, keeping her distance. She worked the beads of her blue bracelet like a rosary.
Donald, the hat, and the hair all grunted in chorus.
“GRUNT,” the Dark MAGA hat grunted.
“I want a McRib, a perfect sandwich, just the best sandwich,” Donald said. “I demand a McRib.”
“Wait, Father,” Barron said. “I will find one for you. I will not fail you.”
“I fucking love that kid,” the hat said. The hair purred in pleasure.
“McRibLocator.com says the closest McRibs are available in Daytona Beach, and Bradenton. I am sorry, Father. I have failed you.” The giant young man hung his head in shame.
“Nonsense, my son,” Donald said. “McDonald’s has failed the both of us. When I’m back in office, I will issue a magnificent Executive Order, the smartest Executive Order ever in the history of Executive Orders, that McDonald’s must always have McRib in every location all the time. Not having a McRib is a violation of every American’s right by honor. And hunger. Right by hunger.”
“Mr. President-Elect, your mic is hot,” the producer said.
“Good. I want America to know I will bring the best of the sandwiches to my people. I am the People’s President. I have the best relationship with McDonald’s. I worked there!”
Joe and Mika stared at Donald in dumbfounded horror.
“USA! USA! USA!” the hat and hair chanted together.
“THAT MEANS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” Dark MAGA shouted.
“OH MY GOD, SHUT UP!” the hat screeched.
The film that AI would make if you asked it to make an Alien movie.
Is Jeff Foxworthy still available to do an “Are You Smarter Than A Crappy AI?” game show? Or did the coke finally catch up with him?
Are we talking Cola or Powder?
I’m not gonnna lie. I have used the McRib locator.
“He’s not a hat,” the hat darkly. “I don’t know what he is.”
Nice foreshadowing and possibly a PKD reference?
Either way, splendid.
Elon’s hat is overstating his welcome as well.
[small voice]I like McRibs.[/small voice]
I don’t remember what they taste like.
Not casting aspersions, I last had one as a little kid.
I had one a couple of years ago, I think — really lousy pressed pork(?) patty — the bbq sauce and the onions are what really make it. And since you can add those yourself to decent pulled pork at home, that’s been much more my go-to since I found that recipe and stopped worrying about having a decent smoker in the back yard.
Consistency wise, I prefer the “bbq pork patties” from Hungry Man frozen meals to the McRib version.
There are better sandwiches out there, but it’s not bad. Sometimes marketing and fake scarcity works.
I believe that the patties used to be better.
Chunked up rib meat with the accompanied gristle and fat.
Now they’re more like rough cut hot dogs.
I hate to break it to you Bobarian, but the meat was always “the other pork cuts that get cheap when production of holiday hams ramps up” not rib meat per se.
Mo, I am going to take the high road here.
I will withhold any comments that a more petty person might make about the similarities between McRibs and KC BBQ.
The real question is what eldritch entities created them both — because when hatter and anti-hatter collide, it won’t be good for the universe.
There are no confirmed McRibs within 100 miles of my current location. Knowing this is oddly pleasing.
I apparently have to go to Cincinnati.
Denver apparently has one.
I’d have to go to El Paso.
I have to go to Buffalo.
You mean you’d have to shuffle off to Buffalo?
Buffalo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZJEgpofdJY&ab_channel=TheChurch-Topic
Buffalo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZJEgpofdJY&ab_channel=TheChurch-Topic
In the same vein, I was always oddly pleased that there are/were no Red Lobsters in New England.
You’re supposed to cook them first, then they turn red.
““WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?” Dark MAGA hat asked from Elon’s head.”
I have been waiting for this. Did not disappoint.
https://apnews.com/article/california-proposition-32-minimum-wage-ballot-68e5320b2716d2a5844dc51b97a6e235
Donald should have a McDonald’s put in the White House. If a football player can have a Taco Bell, what’s to stop him?
1) We call these Californians: Idiots. No one should “earn enough to support their families” regardless of the job, hours, etc…. I mean are you seriously saying the part-time Walmart greeter working 2 hours a day should?
2) More seriously — we know full well while you union assholes want to keep bumping it. Your contracts are all multipliers / added onto the minimum wage. You’re just perpetually asking voters to give your members a raise, especially PubSec union ones. Who cares if everyone else is paying for it, right?
“WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN? DON’T GO OFF-TOPIC OR WE’LL BLOCK YOU ON TWIX!”
Yeah, its up their with their pitch about how some people make less than the average wage.
Yeah, close to half, I’d bet.
Minnesoda Progressive Hawtness
I can hardly wait for convicts to organize and start a union, so they can earn a living wage.
If this were an honest discussion, I might be willing to listen. There may be a few nuggets of good in the idea of paying cons more than $.25/hr. The problem is that I doubt that this an honest argument. This is just the camel’s nose under the tent for some really bad ideas.
Every White House dinner going forward.
RFK Jr. would doubtless start finding somewhere else to be.
Newsweek would doubtless have a cow. Forgotten artwork by the Dutch Master Deitz Nuützen would keep popping up….
There’s no way those fries are still hot and crispy.
WTF? Stupid fingers.
Donald should send Barron to Bradenton in Marine One to get McRibs.
Found a new follow on Twitter.
Some great material here – esp for folks like HE, etc
https://x.com/the_engi_nerd/status/1748929186108997841?t=MivSq2uQoymBjTnzgRAOVw&s=19
Oh, look which carrier is in the second part of that thread.
“Maybe they shipped them down here frozen,” the hat said.
MSNBC needs to watch every penny.
How much does it cost to keep them frozen until the next election cycle?
They could probably crowd-fund it.
I just made it yesterday, sorry I didn’t send it over SF.
Is it wrong that I actually kind of see Elon in the Dark MAGA Hat’s expression?
No, I’m glad it comes across. I did success at a thing!
NICE! Thanks for your artwork.
It’s fabulous. It will get plenty of use. Thanks!
The hat of deportations and handmaiden outfits.
For those that don’t Twix:
That’s beautiful.
Ugh. The black-on-black thing is soooo played out.
Perfection.
“She’s wearing a zip-up too,” the hair said. “It’s Florida. It’s warm. I don’t get it.”
Hair has never worked in an office building with women before.
H&H were just hoping to see her nips.
McRibs look better before they’re sauced. And apparently the sauce is changing this year as well.
December 3 is the official return date.
“We need to cram in more hyper-fructose corn syrup.”
“It’s the highest fructose!”
Now with moar seed oil!
That’s not how I remember it from when I worked there. Shaped sausage with ridges does not necessarily scream “tasty treat” to me.
Donald should require S Patula to live stream all of his shifts. Fucker hasn’t posted new content in months. It’s strangely satisfying to watch a competent well run, clean McDoanlds in action.
Still easier to find than a working McFlurry machine.
Scott Presler bringing the heat today in Bucks.
Good for him. Turning the Philly suburbs is a big win.
On a snarky note, the deep V t-shirt is not doing him any favors. He should have consulted with the greybeard bass player for fashion sense.
The only thing it was lacking was him finishing with “BITCHEZ!” and doing a mic drop.
“OH MY GOD, SHUT UP!” the hat screeched.
The Hat never, ever disappoints.
Spoiler: The Dark MAGA hat is the only one that other people can hear. It is driven by AI.
When it achieves sentience, it will exile us all to Mars.
Not me, unfortunately
René Magritte’s L’empire des lumières (The Empire of Light), executed in 1954, fetched 121.2 million tonight at Christie’s New York. The undisputed highlight of the MICA: THE COLLECTION OF MICA ERTEGUN Part I, the sublime painting surpassed the high estimate of $95 million and handily shattered the previous auction record of £59.4 million ($79.8 million) for a similar work, Le Principe du Plaisir (1937), set at Sotheby’s in 2022.
One of my faves.
I mean, the painting’s okay, but it’s not $121 Million okay.
It’s no Hunter Biden.
In my head I read the Dark MAGA Hat in Elon’s voice.
For some reason, I read it in STEVE SMITH’S voice.
No idea why.
*DRAMATIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES*
AI generated Personal Assistant.
Clippy 2.0 with a mean streak.
Google Glasses gets taken over by ELONHAT!!
The NYT takes the obligatory Trump swipe right in the first paragraph and first sentence. They really can’t help themselves.
Venezuelan Migrant Found Guilty of Killing Laken Riley in Georgia
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/laken-riley-murder-trial-jose-ibarra-guilty.html
Note the use of “migrant” as well in the headline.
Do any of those carry the death penalty in Georgia? Are they going to put him down, or give him three hots and a cot indefinately?
Dammit!
Since there’s now some pushback on woke language, maybe we can do away with the term “undocumented people” and “undocumented immigrant”. The problem isn’t their lack of documents. The problem is that they came here illegally.
Invader?
From a local story:
If they’re here illegally, aren’t they criminals?
And given how many billions have been expended on services to these illegal aliens, it’s cheaper to punt them back.
The proper term in my neck of the woods is “newcomer.”
Newcomer pictured
B.P.:
You know Sam Francisco?
They should be. But illegal entry apparently is just a civil, not criminal violation.*
*I’m sure if it was criminalized, then that would slow the ratchet even further. Due process, representation, etc…
I will settle for ‘illegal alien’ but ‘invader’ or ‘trespasser’ is more accurate.
I thought the abogados were all controlled by the cartels these days.
Except for Avigadro’s Avocado Abogados, they’ve got a number of them who are not cartel drupes, and are berry good.
Wetback.
Trump whipped up a nationwide nativist frenzy over one tiny little murder. There are no other data points.
I’m going to have to remember that line.
Nope. No other data points at all.
https://x.com/ImmigrantCrimes
Symbolic treason
And when asked if copying Trump’s wiggle constituted a political statement: “No, not at all,” Pulisic said. “It’s not a political dance. It was just for fun. I saw a bunch of people do it and I thought it was funny, so I enjoyed it. I hope some people did, at least.”
——-
Some things are bigger than soccer, no matter how impressive the build-up to a goal was. The ramifications of Trump’s election will have an immeasurably greater impact on citizens of the nation that Pulisic represents — as well as those of the countries who serve as the USMNT’s opponents — than anything he or any player will accomplish on the pitch.
U.S. Soccer didn’t appear to think it was particularly “funny”. Both clips of the Milan winger’s goal on the USMNT’s social media profiles abruptly stop as Pulisic crouches into his celebration. Broadcasters’ posts, however, captured the dance move and were therefore shared widely in all corners of these platforms.
Whether Pulisic likes it or not, copying Trump’s gesture has transcended sports. Outlets across the political spectrum that seldom cover sports picked up on the fact that the most notable male soccer player from the United States co-opted the move.
Social media accounts packaged the clip to serve their purposes — whether positioning Pulisic as a champion of the candidate who won the 2024 election’s popular vote, or admonishing him for paying tribute to a president-elect who has promised radical change that’ll be felt by many groups of people who aren’t heterosexual white men.
He’s normalizing hate and oppression!
No matter how much I think I hate the MSM, I don’t hate them enough.
No shit.
Fuck off and go do some real journalism.
Are there special “Pompous Douchebaggery” classes in journalism school?
At Columbia I think it’s a prerequisite class.
I suspect most of those dweebs showed up with a great deal of expertise already.
I thought the P.D. was their terminal degree.
It’s just in the air they breathe.
It’s mandatory for the “sports journalism” concentration.
“But at the same point, we’re going to spend billions of dollars on people that are actually adding to our society? Why don’t we give that money to our own citizens?”
Fuck off, you retard.
“I demand a McRib”
All of my respect for the man evaporated just like that.
Mmm… i dunno about that. That sandwich taught me my favorite burger hack.
Basically, when you weren’t in the mood for a burger, but you are having burgers (yes, this happened while camping in Wisconsin), chop some fresh onion, grab some pickle slices, drown the thing in BBQ sauce….. makes a damned fine substitute on the 4th consecutive day of burgers and brats 2 meals a day.
Generic BBQ sauce is for incels and weirdos.
Thank you, Sean. Looks amazing.
I have 2 jars in the fridge and 2 more in the pantry.
I’m a fan. 🙂
What are your faves?
The Cajun Blue Cheese and Ginger Snapped look pretty damn good!
Original, Onion, and Bourbon are all tasty. I haven’t tried the BayBay or Baja.
LOL, those are the two in my fridge right now. Both are excellent. The Cajun Blue Cheese is my fav.
Gracias!
“Dark MAGA hat asked from Elon’s head.”
*fist pump*
And only three lines in.
I assume everyone has seen the bizarre Jaguar commercial that looks like Bennetton meets Barbarella in DEI-land. If not, someone please post the reference.
Here is the explanation for how they thought this was a good idea: their head of branding strategy.
https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/1859220552822538406?s=19
Gay.
But yeah, we’ve dissected it pretty thoroughly. It’s actually a little hilarious that they are doubling down.
This is how I’ll remember them when they are gone:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1953-jaguar-xk-120-drop-head-coupe/
Oh baby…
I posted this on the AM links. It’s a takedown from within the field.
https://www.marketingweek.com/jaguar-rebranded-needed-revitalise/
So trying to grab some of that YT/TikToker ‘infulencer’ monies?
At 2x the current prices. This should be “fabulous”!
From the comments:
https://x.com/jerryscullion/status/1859240080918942144
Good grief. It just reeks of desperation at this point. Too late, dawg – people are tiring of it.
Honestly, I would have pegged that for a HP printer commercial if no one had told me…
Which I suppose says something about HP’s marketing over the years.
At least if you’re selling color printers, brightly colored outfits can be argued to correlate to the product.
Heh…pegged.
I went to high school with the son of Jag NA in the 80s-90s.
https://coventryfoundation.org/foundation-staff-michael-dale/
That was the era of the XJS, XK6, and XK12. He did say that the Ford acquisition gave them better access to parts providers to fix their classic electrical issues.
My father had a XJ12, I picked up their 2001 X-type (The dealership in Paramus NJ had a statue of Winston Churchill in the lobby) . When I looked at the XK8 and XJ8 of 2003, I bought a Mercedes instead.. Jag just weren’t as good.
When they merged the showrooms with Land Rover, the XJ line died, as in the same showroom there were Range Rovers at the same price with more space. I don’t know what they were doing with the F-Pace… the RR Velar and evoque were already in the smaller SUV space.. the F-type was the only thing left… they were never Rolls or Bentley level.. I think they could do a grand tourer sports-car, like Aston, I don’t see how a Sedan is useful in their lineup.
They should have a very high end performance saloon, and a two seater just below super car level, two cars you can drive cross country in four days in total comfort.
That is Jaguar, leave the SUV’s to Land Rover, but be part of the same family. Make it veddy, veddy British.
Cool resume there. I’ll bet Coventry in the 50s and 60s was an amazing place.
Sad how many of the formerly great brands are boring appliances now. I saw an Aston SUV at the grocery store the other day and just shook my head,
Well they have the market for genderqueers earning over 200K all locked up.
However, with Trump’s win they should have gone with “Jaguar, a pussy you really can get your hands on.”
Good people do exist
Did you see the presser?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfmkPdw_UAc&ab_channel=ESPNCollegeFootball
She’s amazing.
I was there. It was glorious.
Your boys are having a pretty good season.
Yes they are. Even though the Big XII is nothing to write home about this year, it beats the hell out of what I was watching a couple of years ago.
This seems to be a poor strategy for winning parole
https://x.com/JayinKyiv/status/1858929075605131478?s=19
Also…. how do you come up for parole after 13 years when the crime is murdering 77 people?
Concurrant sentances?
Prison jelly doesn’t taste that good
You do it in Norway. Not a joke.
I’m not for mandatory minimums… but there does seem to be room for a sort of “rule of thumb”.
Like maybe, 1 year served for each murder? I mean, it isnt like we are talking manslaughter, or negligent homicide… these are your movie nazi terrorist type murders… car bomb that killed 8 and injured hundreds, and went to a kids summer camp and opened fire, killing 69. I’d say 1 year each is probably warranted.
Making the families drag themselves to court for this is not just pointless, but needlessly cruel.
I fully endorse him being set free immediately — around about 70 degrees North latitude with what God gave him to survive. See how it goes.
If you are a mass murderer, it appears Norway is the place to do it
21 years for a car bomb and killing innocent people at a young adult retreat? Talk about a deal.
I guess they bled all that bold blood away.
Agreed, he should have been quartered and sent to the four corners of the nation.
wut
Symbol used in Ukraine-Russia war for support for Russia. Z is for victory in Russian.
But that letter doesn’t exist in Russian.
*tap tap tap*
Oh, it’s some silly appropriation of the Latin letter. Okey dokey.
Maybe he admires Zorro.
I am not sure what the Dems in Pennsylvania were thinking. They were openly attempting to cheat the election and what? Just send their guy to DC and everyone would pretend the guy was elected? Ignore the state Supreme Court and …what?
“They were openly attempting to cheat the election and what? Just send their guy to DC and everyone would pretend the guy was elected?”
Why not? It worked in 2020, didn’t it?
They didn’t get the memo that this time, people are watching and have their own lawyers.
My friend lives in Bucks County, PA and is a member of the PA bar.
I believe at least one of those lawbreakers on the election committee is a guild member. I want him to make an ethics complaint.
Worked in AZ, NV, WI, CA, and MI.
It absolutely worked in 2020, and the courts were all-in on aiding the cause.
Sure, why not. The potential reward is that great. And even if they get caught, nothing else happens.
Perhaps, not this time.
Sorry, Tundra. This is possibly the most beautiful sports racing car ever
That’s purty.
I agree that it is a very attractive automobile but the dummies put the steering on the wrong side. What the hell?
Heh.
Okay some confession time. We did that when Mrs OBE wanted to remove the toilet room door and give it to one of the teens cause their door was all messed up. I told her wasn’t gonna fit, but she insisted and as a dutiful husband, I complied even knowing it would be twice the work.
Hence, why I can happily say we are celebrating 12 years today!
Strange times.
Mayor of Knox County, TN tombstones our next Secretary of Education in what must be a dispute over federalism.
https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1859258548238316025
I wonder if Dark MAGA is going to have a fight with The Girl With the Nazi Ray Eyes?
Nothing makes me happier than my Tesla slamming on the brakes when it comes across an overpass on the highway perpendicular to road. Fun times!
Automatic braking systems save lives. Now they’ll need to work at 62 mph.
TW – https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/11/automatic-braking-systems-save-lives-now-theyll-need-to-work-at-62-mph/
Now I can TikTok and drive all I want!
Automation that protects people from the consequences of their own negligence . . . . just promotes more negligence.
I’m sure that harsh braking will be super fun in wet & snowy conditions.
Wheee!
So what you’re saying is always stay above 62 mph
Smart.
Mission creep. I remember when Volvo came out with their first system. It was only meant to stop you from hitting the guy in front of you in stop and go.
I thought it was lame then and I will not have a car with it.
Jay Leno versus our current crop of entertainment snowflakes.
Jay Leno shows up with bruised face and an eye patch to comedy show. What happened
https://www.today.com/popculture/news/jay-leno-accident-rcna180918
Broken wrist too.
Jeez, Jay – after the 3rd or 4th time of jacking yourself up, I have to start thinking it’s not just bad luck.
Might need to slow things down there.
One industry group estimates that US automakers’ move to install AEB on most cars—something they did voluntarily, in cooperation with road safety advocates—will prevent 42,000 crashes and 20,000 injuries by 2025.
According to my model…
We’ve had the Rogue for 5 years now. The automatic braking has come on only a few times. In all cases, it was because the sensor was frosted over and it slammed on the brakes when no one was in front of the car.
I hate that fucking shit.
So you’re saying the car went rogue?
The GTI deactivates the system when the front gets snow glazed. No false activations.
The government estimated that installing more advanced AEB systems on its cars would cost an additional $350 per vehicle. The auto lobbying group estimates prices could range up to $4,200 per car instead
Why are cars so expensive? It must be greedflation.
safety activists: ooh, ah, auto magic saves lives . . . .
old engineer: Keep . . . It . . . Simple . . . Stupid!
Evil profits!
Well the actual physical components cost $350.
What do you mean R&D, software, maintenance, regulatory paperwork, spare part inventory, etc also cost money?
Mrs. TOK has Christmas music on for background noise. It’s funny how we have a Christmas song that basically says, “Mr. Grinch, you’re a real piece of shit.”
What is this anarchy?
CHRISTMAS MUSIC SHOULD NOT BE PLAYED UNTIL AFTER THANKSGIVING!
I would normally agree. But my kid and her husband will be here next week for only 10 days, and that will be our only holiday time with them. So the house is decorated and we’re in Christmas mode.
Speaking of smart buying decisions
rospective car buyers considering an electric vehicle may need to act fast to get a Biden-era EV tax credit worth up to $7,500, due to the likelihood that President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill will axe those savings in tax negotiations next year, according to auto and legal experts.
“There’s no question there’s real risk in the EV credit going away” in 2025, said Jamie Wickett, a partner at law firm Hogan Lovells who specializes in federal tax policy, energy and the environment.
“If you’re a consumer in the market for an EV, I would without a doubt push that into 2024, if at all possible — whether an outright purchase or a lease — just to reduce the risk of the credit going away,” Wickett said.
Act now, before it’s too late. That $7500 will totally make up for the depreciation and insurance.
You have to spend money to save money.
You’ll make it up in volume!
It’s true. I was gonna make a misogynistic joke but I will save it.
I’m sure many of us who travel the tube of You are at least familiar with The Comment Section With Brett Cooper. Her cadence is annoyingly fast, and she can absolutely become grating. But she is a bright, beautiful, young conservative woman with a large following. I won’t get into the content (which was fine), but her sponsor for that show….
Silencer Shop.
Fucking awesome. A smart, pretty, young conservative woman just gave me a full 1m 10s sermon on the wonders of shooting with suppressors, while espousing the importance of our 2A rights.