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Spudalicious

Survey says I’m a Paleolibertarian bitches. That means I eat “L”ibertarians for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Soave tastes a little fruity. Wait a minute, that doesn’t sound quite right…

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  1. Sensei

    In case anybody still had questions, we’re probably headed to war in Europe.

    The important thing is to make sure Trump is distracted from focusing on anything domestic.

    • R.J.

      I hate politics so much.

    • Swiss Servator

      *looks down at Retired Reserve paperwork*

      Dang.

      I suspect this is just another breathless pile of BS.

      If OMB gets everyone to sit down and stop shooting, Nobel Peace Prize? Just to anger the proggies?

      • rhywun

        If OMB gets everyone to sit down and stop shooting, Nobel Peace Prize?

        Not even if he changes his name to “Obama”.

  2. Shpip

    Trent Tripple, a Republican who had worked in the Ada County clerk’s office and was elected to lead it starting last year, said he was convinced there was a solution that could help people gain confidence in their elections once more: It was time to publish the ballots for everyone to see.

    Explains the quaint affinity for ballot security and accurate counts.

    The extraordinary effort is being watched by elections officials around the nation who are looking for ways to restore confidence among voters amid years of distrust, stoked in large part by Mr. Trump’s false claims about a stolen election in 2020.

    I assume this is just boilerplate, since the millions of missing Biden “voters” who apparently vanished into the ether this year give credence to Mr. Trump’s claims.

  3. Shpip

    The vice president is the daughter of Marcos’ predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, whose police-enforced anti-drugs crackdown when he was a city mayor and later as president left thousands of mostly petty drug suspects dead in killings that the International Criminal Court has been investigating as a possible crime against humanity.

    Now I see where President Dudebro got his inspiration.

  4. KK, Plump & Unfiltered

    Hugs to you, Spud.

    • Aloysious

      Ditto.

      I hope he doesn’t mind hairy man-hugs.

      • slumbrew

        When Spud’s involved it is, by definition, a hairy man-hug.

        *also hugs Spud*

      • PutridMeat

        Presents manly hand-shake and shoulder clap.

    • Atreides

      I can only imagine how you must feel, Spud, but I send my warm wishes. We’re glad to have you here to share your thoughts.

  5. Shpip

    Matt Gaetz is following in the footsteps of another Republican who left Congress under a cloud of controversy … by joining Cameo.

    $250 gets you a brief appearance.

    $500 if you want him to wear a g-string.

    • R.J.

      Need to raise money to pay for him to do a Butt Head impersonation.

      • LCDR_Fish

        Worked for George Santos.

    • KK, Plump & Unfiltered

      Ilhan Omar has already signed up for option 2

    • Urthona

      He was from a voting standpoint technically a way more libertarian congressman.

      Too bad he was a creep.

      Btw, can’t help but notice Trump straight up lied about appointing a libertarian.

      Prepare for more disappointments.

      • Sean

        CommaLa lost. Everything else is a bonus (hole).

      • R.J.

        Yes. I have no expectations, so if anything goes right, I also consider it a bonus.

      • Sensei

        How Scott Bessent Went From Democratic Donor to Trump Treasury Secretary Pick

        https://archive.fo/DTfPa

        Interesting choice. No all good not all bad.

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        Well, the(we) Libertarians had a chance for a seat at the table, but screwed that pooch, I don’t know why they(we) expect anything more.

  6. LCDR_Fish

    Swinging by philstar.com – one of the papers I used to read fairly regularly in the 90s – is just weird. There’s still the bizarre pinoy habit of publishing nicknames for most politicians or famous figures – and just publishing full conversations. Sounds like that threat thing is tied to an ongoing story I hadn’t been tracking with internal corruption trials, etc – seriously don’t recall hearing that Duterte’s daughter was Veep because the big takeaway at the election was that Marcos (son of old Marcos and his shoe-fanatic senator wife) was so much more anti-China than Duterte and willing to play ball with us in the SCS.

  7. rhywun

    “When products are interchangeable, the primary way to compete is on the basis of price,” the lawsuit said.

    Except the products are not interchangeable, in my experience. And how did some supermarket employees come to their conclusions here I wonder. Everything’s been jacked up so much in the last few years how do you even decide that something’s fishy in frozen potato products in particular.

      • R.J.

        I had the record. Bought it at the local head shop.

    • pistoffnick (370HSSV)

      Cum inside, cum inside…

    • Old Man With Candy

      It seems quiet. I guess you’re all hiding to jump out and yell, “SURPRISE!”

      • Ownbestenemy

        Id join but no mic/video tonight so would just be weird silence

      • Ownbestenemy

        U.H.F is such a classic.

      • Grumbletarian

        Id join but no mic/video tonight so would just be weird silence

        From my heart and from my hand,
        why don’t people understand?

      • Evan from Evansville

        I wish I could, but I’m in a Drury Inn outside of Louisville with Mom & Dad. Bro and youngest two nephews, 4 and 9, are next door. Kidney stone either shall not pass, or has already passed on through without my knowledge. Still no barking pain, only mild scrunchy-ness, but even then more in my lower stomach. Much gas. Lack of affect.

        Family has made a few wry comments re: The Coming Doom, but I’m wisely remaining mum. Bro was talking to Dad about not being able to talk with people if they “aren’t willing to learn” why things are the way they are. Seemed like people need to ‘know their proper place’ type of thinking/ reasoning. I ignored it all and focused on the 4 year-old’s swimming. He’s very good for his age. And a curious li’l monster who eats his ice cream sundae face first, without a spoon, and loves language. Me likey.

        I wish I could partake in the conversation along with the wracking pain of a kidney stone. I still await further developments and my moment of Reckoning. Still, later I may partake in the quiet, matter-of-fact confidence knowing my body apparently can take down Big Boy rocks without much ado. I’m upset I got days off work as I got into a good groove and I feel the need to embellish my misfortune. (Though wisely won’t.)

      • Gustave Lytton

        That’s Dreary Inn.

        Was stuck in one for a week for training.

      • Old Man With Candy

        I was there. Nobody else was. Hmpf.

      • Ownbestenemy

        I checked every 10 or so minutes no one was there….I blame KK

      • Swiss Servator

        4 of us are there now!

      • UnCivilServant

        I Am trying to get shit done.

    • Atreides

      I wish that I could join the festivities, but I won’t make it tonight.

      Thoughts and prayers to those who will be lost without my listening quietly in the corner of the room.

    • KK, Plump & Unfiltered

      It’s an actual party in here!

  8. Grummun

    including french fries, hash browns and tater tots

    Is Tater Tots not a trademark of Ore-Ida? Or, like Xerox and Kleenex, has Ore-Ida lost control and the name has entered the vernacular?

      • Gender Traitor

        Did you google it?

    • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

      They have been tatoring on the brink of death for a while.

    • Ownbestenemy

      I believe it has been shredded and reshaped

      • Fourscore

        You really have an eye for those things but hey, no skin off my nose.

  9. Shpip

    Many pints of ale will be hoisted in Big College Town tonight, as our gridiron lads vanquished a (now formerly) Top-10 foe.

    I can certainly tell you that Blondi was stoked.

    • rhywun

      Awww terrifyingly adorable!

  10. Spudalicious

    Thanks, guys. Self pity time is over and it’s time to get on with it.

    • Ownbestenemy

      It’s been 4 years since my dad’s death and 8 since my grandmas…..still reflect on them, hit low points and everyday things remind me Spud.

      If one thing can unite humanity it is grief.

  11. Ownbestenemy

    World on fire yet? No? Alright back to learning pixel art

  12. ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

    Alas, Jaguar seem to have got the piping-down memo too late, declaring this week that: “This is a reimagining that recaptures the essence of Jaguar, returning it to the values that once made it so loved, but making it relevant for a contemporary audience. We are creating Jaguar for the future, restoring its status as a brand that enriches the lives of our clients and the Jaguar community.” OK! Although, counterpoint: you’re releasing a tired mess, two weeks post a Donald Trump election victory, and amid the undeniable sense that there has been a vibe-shift on the era of woke capitalism that has perplexed and delighted consumers for the past few years, in distinctly unequal measure. In some ways, the timing of this ad calls to mind all those Sunday newspaper columns viciously slagging off Princess Diana that – print lead-in times being what they were – appeared in the newspapers just as the world was waking up to news of her death. There had, to restate the point, been a vibe shift.

    The effect is to render Jaguar’s new ad an instant period piece. Or to put it another way: while it might have been infinitely less iconic in terms of design, there is a sense in which that lift in the Jag advert really has turned out to be a secret weapon. Trouble is, it’s pointing the wrong way. Jaguar have Trojan horsed themselves.

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/22/jaguar-new-branding-cars-donald-trump

    When even the Guardian has you pegged as dated by DEI, you done fucked up.

    • rhywun

      Wow. Losing the Guardian is remarkable.

      • rhywun

        It goes to show that the C-suites are just completely out-of-touch.

      • Ownbestenemy

        This one seems they put the ad in production just prior to the election and it didn’t go the way they thought but felt they needed to run it anyway. The double-down though is what is odd; except it is someone who is fighting for their job now.

      • R.J.

        Stocks tanked already, I think.

    • R C Dean

      “making it relevant for a contemporary audience”

      There it is. In the particular micro bubble apparently inhabited by marketing and ad people. The contemporary audience is gay and trans and edgy and shit.

      • Mojeaux

        Those people have no money.

        I heard someone say, “There’s a reason Lamborghini doesn’t need to advertise.”

      • rhywun

        Heh I remember being edgy and flat broke.

  13. Ownbestenemy

    The Bulwark had an interesting article. Which I think was the basis of the DNC campaign team. Otherwise, why run it? Why highlight it?

    Not to be crass, but if a third of the population is gay/lesbian then where are all the kids coming from?

    For instance, in addition to believing that 30 percent of the country lives in NYC, the average American thinks that 30 percent of the country lives in Texas and 32 percent lives in California.

    Its a clarion call to the DNC for sure. This was their demo they thought would help carry them over the line.

    • rhywun

      lol Transgender 1%? Still way overguessing.

      • Ownbestenemy

        YouGov polls are paid polls if I remember right.

        How we recruit and reward panelists

        YouGov has a large panel of Americans who take part in our surveys, and anyone who is an adult living in the U.S. is eligible to sign up to participate.

        So a particular group of people sign up and participate doesn’t really mean it represents anything.

    • creech

      1/3 gay? Only in tv commercials and quiz shows. Also would say 1/3 couples are interracial based on same

      • Fourscore

        At HH 2 years ago there were 4 Asian ladies, married to honkies. They quickly found each and formed their own group.

  14. DEG

    “Drugs appear in many shapes and sizes, but every now and then we come across special things,” Dongemond Police said in a translated social media post.

    These euphemisms

  15. pistoffnick (370HSSV)

    What’s happening on pistoffnick’s farm:

    Thawed the turkeys today. One will be brined and roasted. The other will be brined and smoked.
    Washed the comforter. You would not believe the amount of cat hair I removed from the drier filter.
    Did the grocery shopping the week.
    We both got haircuts. I needed one more than her.
    Weeds burned in the garlic plot. Soil amended with sulphur in the garlic plot. Soil tilled in the garlic plot. Garlic planted in the garlic plot.
    White bread cut and dried for stuffing.

    For tomorrow:
    Wash the futon cover.
    Set up the guest bed.
    Water the houseplants.
    Boil eggs for work snacks for the week and for devilled eggs.
    Wash clothes.
    Put the chains on the rear tractor tires.
    Change the forks for the snow bucket on the tractor.
    Cook the macaroni for the smoked mac ‘n’ cheese.
    Cook the cheese sauce for the smoked mac ‘n’ cheese.
    Cook the gravy.
    Make the punkin pie.
    Put plastic on the windows.

    • Spudalicious

      So your soil is such that you don’t need to add calcium to the garlic bed?

      • R.J.

        Glibs plant grifters in the garlic plot. Plenty of calcium.

      • pistoffnick (370HSSV)

        I have not hear of adding calcium. Maybe next year?

      • Fourscore

        I used to add lime to my tomato and pepper plants to try to avoid blossom end rot. It didn’t seem to make much difference and I quit.

    • Fourscore

      I filled and watered 12 peat pots. Tomorrow I’ll put some apple seeds in the mix, hoping that some may germinate and be ready to transplant outside in late April-early May.

      I’ve started and given away about 30-40 baby trees to friends and neighbors over the past 3-4 years. A friend told me that it will take 6-7 years before the trees are productive.

      My answer was, “Yeah, I know” They are Honey Crisp but will revert back to Minnesota Apples. I have about 10 growing in the enclosed garden and some outside the fence.

      A couple of the trees from 2021 are 6-7 feet tall, may have blossoms this year.

  16. The Hyperbole

    Alright, I had some time on my hands and did some research to partly answer Suthen’s question in the last post about where the 8 million D votes went, in the 6 stolen states- Harris gained 130,00 in Georgia, Lost 100,00 in Arizona, Lost 60,000 in Michigan, Gained 2,000 in Nevada, Lost 3,000 in Pennsylvania, and gained 30,000 in Wisconsin. She lost 2,000,000 in California and 800,000 in New York.

    I could check the rest, but I’m not that bored (there’s always Backgammon to play) but it appears that in the “stolen” states she more or less broke even with Joe’s total and she lost a bunch of votes in the “safe” D states.

  17. KSuellington

    The NL makes more MDMA than tulips. Fantastic stuff when it’s pure. A dose that would put a perma smile on your face for several hours was the price of a couple beers. Gnome fooling around.

  18. kinnath

    Saw a Jag in the wild today. Elderly dude was filling the tank our my regular convenience store. Saw him 10 minutes later tooling around in small town Iowa.

    Very strange.

    • Urthona

      I had an older one until recently when some drunk dude in a Deep Ellum (Dallas) parking lot decided to total mine while I was seeing a show.

      Insurance decided to pay it.

      That was a fun car.

  19. Gustave Lytton

    Rhywun isn’t the only Glib with Sandra in their library, although only a few singles not entire albums.

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