Wow, its been a long time since I did the links. I wonder if I can even remember how to do this? I’ve been married for a while now, so I’ll just treat it like the bi-annual hookup with my wife and trust that the old moves still work. I’ve missed you all, but I’m sure SF, Mex, and SP have been doing better than my usual quality links. So are you really happy I’m here?
Wow, Florida Man must have a better credit score than I do. Nobody lets me take an overnight test drive in a new car.
Apparently a bunch of states are having primaries today, while the Fed voted for Trump.
I’m not saying its aliens, but a glycide polymer backbone with an iron-oxide tip that can split water to derive energy is pretty much a proto-alien.
We might need this when Comrade Bernie’s people come to take us on our train ride to camp.
Sorry to OT so soon, but I’m an asshole.
Who was talking about wanting Walmart health centers recently?
You’re not really sorry, are you? :-p
It’s rude to call out the set formalities of a social group as a mere formalities.
I have claimed that Walmart and Target should take over retail health care operations.
I know which waiting room I’ll be…waiting in.
Walmart is putting Quest Diagnostic Patient Service Centers into some of their stores – going full-service with medical care.
CVS is going to compete with them. I’m surprised they aren’t already putting labs in their stores – the new stores are huge and clearly built with space to do that kind of stuff in the future. I bet they are deciding which lab company to buy right now (BioRefrence would be my wild guess).
CVS, at least here in Richmond (VA) has had in-store “Minute Clinics” for some time. Some services are provided onsite by pharmacists, etc. They also have a video option to connect you with an off-site medic. Researched this last year for an article about a neighborhood grifter seeking donations for urgent medical treatment for her poison ivy rash on her leg because she was “about to go on vacay” and all.
I assume you commended her enormous brass balls, after you reached escape velocity.
https://www.glibertarians.com/2019/09/portrait-of-a-grifter/
Ocassioallly the Air Force forgets that Air to Mud is really the only thing going on these days. There have been maybe 20 Air to air engagements since the end of Veitnam? Not that the air superiority mission set is irrelevant bus putting ordnance on the ground is more realvant. The Army doesn’t like being told to wait for the F-35 Boodoggle II to come online.
I would not be surprised that plans to add lab facilities would be nixed because of CoN laws.
Got to keep the costs high
The majors (Quest and Labcorp) fly their samples to central processing locations usually via PC-12. probably a combination of economies of scale and CON laws in certain states.
Flight ID’s LBQ:SKR
https://flightaware.com/live/fleet/LBQ
https://flightaware.com/live/fleet/SKQ
More of a hub-and-spoke model with regional labs and a couple of specialty labs.
I see bit of both, I see the NJ flights out of EWR MMU and TTN every weeknight.
Dr offices to a local center, then the airport.. airport to regional with the lab probably adjacent.
20 years ago it was banks moving canceled checks every night via small aircraft couriers. The laws changing to allowing scanned checks killed that.
Fedex does the opposite with Cessna Caravans.
Memphis -> EWR, MHT, ALB etc.. then C208s to the outlying airports.
But we all know progs will find something not to like about this, and continue to demonize Walmart and the Walton family.
Itz NoT FrEE!!!!
Muh unions
I don’t trust Walmart to effectively and efficiently handle healthcare.
Chik-Fil-A on the other hand runs like a Japanese train, except they smile. CFA should be in charge of everything
Chik-Fil-A on the other hand runs like a Japanese train
Lots of frottage?
Lots of pressed meat.
Hopefully you don’t need medical care on a Sunday.
[golf clap]
also 24HrWalmarts. Add medical care and it’s basically a hospital with food you can actually eat.
‘Twas I.
Walmart General Hospital and Clinics.
How does that differ from a CVS Minute Clinic?. I got my Shingles Vacc at 1 last weekend.
“a proto-alien”
That is what the Greys WANT you to think!!!
*adjust foil suit and hat*
You have a suit? Is it a space/hazmat type suit, or more like a jacket and tie?
Yes.
*orders moar foil*
tin smith?
TIN SMITH WRAP EVERYONE!
Get thee to a mirror and gaze!
Hey Jarflax, I got all the fixins to make some carbonara, and on a whim I bought some cream, how much do you add? (lets say you are using two eggs) I figure if I’m going to mock you people for making it wrong I ought to at least give your way a shot. I even have bacon but I don’t think I’ll stoop that low.
2 eggs? maybe 1/4 cup?
Carbonara has no cream, heathen.
It’s a southern Italian peasant dish. You can go on and on about purity tests but I suspect it got modified with whatever ingredients were on hand, just like every other peasant dish in history. The purity stuff wih things like chili and carbonara is cultural appropriation and punching down by you elitists!
Carbonara made with cream?
I can’t even.
Unbiased review-First I should mention I made the dish in the exact way I always do except I added about 1/4 cream to my egg and cheese mixture. Was it tasty? sure but the silky smooth cheesy sauce became more creamy and Alfredo-esque, which has always been my bitch about the cream thing. If that’s your thing and you dig it, great but you are missing out on the singular taste and texture of a ‘true’ carbonara sauce.
THERE ARE NO BEANS IN CHILI, JARFLAX!
Ok, how about this, we add the cream and bacon to the chili and the beans and tomatoes to the carbonara, restrict pineapple to deep dish, and ban kale.
Whycome you hate food?
Ban kale.
Kale sux. I should know — I was forced by my MIL to grow the damn stuff.
I’m on board with banning kale.
Do you want cybermen? Because that is how you get cybermen.
Space suit.
I’m not saying its aliens, but a glycide polymer backbone with an iron-oxide tip that can split water to derive energy is pretty much a proto-alien.
Way to buck the current scientific consensus, which is to say “You can never say it’s aliens!”
Rock blood? Or am I getting by psuedo greco-latin wrong?
Hemo generally refers to blood, and is derived from the Greek for blood, but in this case probably refers to the iron content. Normally it is reserved for proteins that include a heme complex, though this once lacks such a structure, so I’m assuming it is just a reference to the iron. Lith in this case refers to the lithium present in the molecule, though again it is ultimately derived from the Greek for stone, but it is also where we got the word lithium from. The -in ending is the preferred naming convention for proteins in accordance with IUPAC standards.
Came here to say that.
You can’t fool me, you might be saying you wanted to talk about iron, but really you were about to write about your iron-clad hero,
Ferro Lad!
Good answer.
Bloodrock!
hemo, greco-latin
I didn’t see the mandator NTTIAWWT disclaimer. WTF? Mayor Pete drops from the race and the very next day you are shit lording your hemophobia all over this site?
Yes, it’s true, I don’t like to bleed.
Apparently a bunch of states are having primaries
Oh geeze. Is Joe trying to get a sniff of Amy in that picture? Cmon Joe. Have some self respect.
You know he’s got his hand on her ass.
But he’s not aware of it, not consciously, anyway
Explains the shaking
I keep telling you folks that watching mainstream white suburban feminists grind their teeth as they provide cover for Candidate Biden will be one of the best things about this campaign. Second only to the Bernie Bros and Antifa rioting at the DNC.
“Wow, Florida Man must have a better credit score than I do. Nobody lets me take an overnight test drive in a new car.”
This happened also in Florida only about two months ago.
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/01/03/man-takes-corvette-on-test-drive-from-florida-dealership-doesnt-return/
I was surprised when I was allowed to go on a test drive without a salesperson riding along.
” Wow,”UnCivilServant “must have a better credit score than” Brett L does.
It’s pretty poor, it’s down to 812.
95.5% +/- 0.1% of ‘perfect’ 850. (Financial credit)
You can probably improve your social credit score by avoiding sites like this. For when New York state becomes ‘more like China’.
I used to have 825.
Then I had to go and need to use money for stuff.
Yeah, credit scoring companies hate it when you, y’know, actually want to use your credit. I’ve just learned to ignore the effers.
Dang. Down to 801.
It’s amazing how much buying a house will tank it.
He’s had it for TWO MONTHS!!!
That’s an understatement.
My body makes them all the time, they can’t be that complex
I just ate a burger – didn’t seem complex to me!
*burp*
My FiL always used to say he suffered from mochus.
Everything he ate turned to shit.
“while the Fed voted for Trump.”
Anyone here in favor of there being a Federal Reserve?
Nah. We need it to Keep the monetary base stable, and prevent things like the Great Depression from happening.
*Notes that leon not 100% agree with Ron Paul.*
In 2016, John Allison, before Steve Mnuchin, was trial ballooned as Treasury Secretary in a Trump Administration. Then it was ‘discovered’ that in the dim distant past of 2014, John Allison had said or written: “I would get rid of the Federal Reserve because the volatility in the economy is primarily caused by the Fed.”
No, but I moved in the middle of 2018 and even with a 15 year mortgage my rate is 3.99%. I’m hoping I can refi and get under 3%.
The average annual 15 fixed for the US was about 2 2/3% in 1991. Assuming you are in US, at least average risk, and considering economy 2020 vs. 1991, sounds reasonable, barring the Fed, The Coronavirus of Doom, etc.
“Proteins are considered to be essential building blocks for the development of living things, and finding one on a meteorite bolsters theories that suggest either life, or something very close to it, came to Earth from elsewhere in space.”
OK, then how did that elsewhere get life?
Some kid dreamt it.
The sin of exceptionalism carried to it’s extreme. I don’t see why they feel so threatened that life, or something close to it, may have arisen many times and places.
I vaguely recall my fundie uncle telling me something about how the Bible says there are no aliens.
Upon my own reading, I saw nothing supporting his position. Seemed like soconism just to stoke controversy and “own the libs”
I kinda want life to be exceedingly rare so that those IFLS types are forced to confront the fact that their favorite sci-fi is more fiction than science, but that’s just by shadenboner showing.
Green slave girl is definitely real.
Space herpes, dude.
Space herpes affects anatomy we don’t posses. No worries.
Space warts on the other hand…
How dare you dismiss space herpes?
Do you really think a blister on the sun is something to laugh at?
I kinda want life to be exceedingly rare so that those IFLS types are forced to confront the fact that their favorite sci-fi is more fiction than science
I mean, it’s basically already known that this (or it’s equivalent) is the case. At least for intelligent life, which is what I presume you meant. There is no evidence for extraterrestrial intelligent life, so it either does not exist at the moment or is incapable or uninterested in showing itself, so the end result to humanity is the same. Given the vast distances of space, even if it did exist we would never meet it and likely be unable to even communicate with it, so for all intents and purposes it doesn’t.
Headlines on every newspaper in the world tomorrow: “Aliens Reveal Themselves To Earth”
Subhead : “Experts Say: ‘There’s a metric fuckton of ’em'”
Gadfly: “SONUVABITCH!”
If a tree falls?
I’m sure that life came from some rugged, rural deity living an honest life.
Definitely not one of them sissy ass deities that lives in one of those city-heavens like Asgard or Olympus. Those fuckers have no idea how to create life. Those smug bastards think life comes from Prometheus’ Market.
Warp over heavens?
Man, the Dems have really put the hit squad out on Bernie. Haven’t they. I really hope he gets all the delegates.
Conflicted. Yes, I’d like to see him shaft the Dem Establishment, but on the other hand… he’s a fucking commie.
Who will go down in red flames if he makes it to November.
I would like to think you’re right.
Either way, I’d love to see them alienate half their supporters and destroy the party as is goes rocketing leftward into the void.
EXCLUSIVE, JUST FOR GLIBS:
Harvard Square was full of Bernie supporters today.
All the houses around Elizabeth Warren’s house in Cambridge spotted “Warren” signs.
The Hahvahd folks would be the ones up against the wall…
Liberals get the bullet, too.
Oh no, we don’t want him to get ALL the Delegates.
We want him to end up with around 48% of the delegates with the Biden and Bloomberg splitting the remaining 52% on a ~70 – 30 ratio. That ensures a brokered convention that Bernie will not win and likely the end of the democratic party because the Bernie supporters will burn that Mofo to to the ground
I never understood all the hubbub over finding organic compounds on space rocks. The
atheistsscientists! have been saying for a long time that we’re just a collection of molecules on a rock at the far end of some backwater solar system at the edge of an insignificant galaxy. More seriously, however, If ALL of it – everything in the cosmos – came from one singularity, why wouldn’t there be the same elements on other hunks of rock? In fact, wouldn’t it be surprising – given the vastness of the Universe – if there weren’t?The atheists scientists! have been saying for a long time that we’re just a collection of molecules on a rock at the far end of some backwater solar system at the edge of an insignificant galaxy.
You’re saying that in the end we are all just backwater rednecks?
Some of us are so stupid we still think digital watches are a neat idea.
Now that is stupid.
A watch? It had better be on the end of a chain and tucked into a vest pocket, and not someplace silly, like an arm.
*pulls left shirtsleeve down*
Yo, UCS, you let em know what time it is, boyee!
Fun fact: EMTs have to wear analogue-face watches on-duty because they need the sweep second hand for measuring vitals.
My analog watch doesn’t have a second hand.
Too bad for somebody.
YOURE FIRED!
I used to wear an analog watch, and then switched to digital. And then stopped using a watch for taking pulse and respiratory rates because I had done so many that my guesstimate was usually withing 10%.
I don’t know how anyone can take a pulse with a digital watch.
Just hum the jeopardy theme, 30 seconds exactly.
I love analog watches. They are elegant. I’ve tried to teach XY how to read an analog clock but he didn’t get it within 1 second into my explanation, so he stopped trying. I don’t know if XX can read an analog clock.
They’re not going the way of the buggy whip, though.
I have this watch. It’s not fancy or anything and not especially elegant, either, but I love it.
I know they’re not too common anymore but it’s not that crazy of a concept. They read English ok? Working knowledge of the decimal system? Functioning eyesight, etc?
Have you tried beatings?
I have my orphans beat them for me.
After you first beat the orphans, of course.
That went without saying.
After my grandfather’s death, my dad found his old watch in a dresser drawer in his bedroom. It had been my great-grandfather’s watch before that, and Dad gave it to me. It is a Bulova, and a little research revealed it is a 1954 model. I haven’t worn a watch in years, but I am going to get it repaired so I can wear it, and when my son graduates high school in six years I’ll give it to him as a graduation present.
First make sure he will appreciate it and not just throw it in a drawer or put it in with a thrift store donation.
True. I think he will, he’s very family-oriented.
That digital watch better have a calculator built in!
* My gramma bought me a digital watch in ’80 (or so) with a built in calculator. I was in 8th grade and I thought it was awesome. Then my dumb nerd ass wore it to school and got completely torched by the other sub-humanoids in the 8th grade.
I still wore it all the time and thought it was cool though. I guess an early indicator that I was going to be a dumb contrarian for the rest of my life.
Failure to invest in Casio digital watches almost cost the late Albert Brooks a chance to go to the next level of heaven with a surprisingly likable Meryl Streep in Defending Your Life.
In the unfashionable arm of the Milky Way.
*shudders, prepares for cycle N+1 of the Fermi “paradox”*
“A paradox, a paradox, a most ingenious paradox…”
G&S FTW! ::two thumbs up::
Does it surpass the quips and quibbles heard in flocks here?
Tonio is the very model of a modern major-general.
I like the brazenness of the Fermi paradox. To claim to have deduced an answer from the absence of any evidence takes balls.
I think it’s the surprise of finding organic compounds that require very sophisticated reactions occuring in a precise sequence. Proteins are associated with life simply because almost universally when their construction has been documented, it’s been a biological process.
As I pointed out above, Space Herpes.
^this
It is worth noting in this specific case that the protein was about as simple as possible while qualifying as a protein. It is made of a glycine chain with a novel termination. Glycine is the simplest, and easiest to synthesize, amino acid and it loves to form polymerized chains. The termination with iron and lithium is interesting, but again not immediately complex and well within the range on non- biologically created molecules. This isn’t to downplay the discovery and its rarity, simply to provide some context for it. It isn’t as if we discovered Titin, to go for the other extreme of proteins.
Everything I know about protein came from reading the side panel on a box of cereal. That’s all I need to know, as long as I know the guys/girls that know about protein.
I remember reading about an experiment that was run years ago. A scientist put in a globe what they thought the earth was like a few billion years ago. Then he shot lighting bolts at it for a couple of weeks. When he examined the goop, he found amino acids.
I saw that episode of ST:TNG.
Were the mice happy?
“Fox News political commentator Brit Hume, 76, is mercilessly mocked for posting then deleting screenshot about the election with a ‘Sexy Vixen Vinyl’ tab open in his browser”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8069693/Fox-News-commentator-Brit-Hume-blasted-online-posting-screenshot-Sexy-Vixen-Vinyl-tab.html
LOL
Oh. Look who’s on board kink shaming now?
Dumbass had his banking tab up there too.
Well I’m sure he wanted to know how many vixens he could afford.
I’m assuming he’s like my brother, who never seems to close a tab. I borrowed his laptop once to look something up on the internet and he had like 50 tabs open.
He was just doing research for his next news program.
“Sexy Vixen Vinyls — is Trump to Blame?”
Kurt Eichenwald nods.
Awe.
Some.
I mean, its not a tentacle hentai site, but plenty good enough for public embarrassment.
He should step into it:
“Yo, damn right. Gotta keep it fresh with my bitches, homes. Check in with me when you’re 76, we’ll see how you’re doin’.”
He could have been buying it for himself. Has anyone seen Brit Hume on Halloween?
^This
Halloween, right.
Dammit…..this is why I need to start refreshing the page before posting.
Nah…he should say “Clearly a photoshop…everyone knows I prefer Leather Dwarf Bun-Busters!”
“You should see my Incognito Window…”
The real question – is it for his own wear, or someone else’s?
Depends on the size. Did he order overnight delivery, inquiring minds…
Nicee.
Time for shower then bar.
Shahram Rouhani, 41, is facing charges of grand theft auto and scheme to defraud. Court records also list his name as Arron Rouhani.
At least he didn’t blow them up.
No, it’s ok. I’ll see myself out.
“The fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong,”
That’s what you said the last time..
First question – what is being referenced as “The fundamentals” in that claim?
They’ve still got extra rolls for the printing press.
A couple trillion dollar coins.
They’ve still got extra rolls for the printing press.
Because reading is FUNdamental!
A little humor to brighten your day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtJ-KH5_H8E
Biden or Sanders?
The latter is a commie but the former is a fabian who will give future Sanders an easier time.
I would feel more confident about Sanders losing, but the entertainment value of stump-dumb Slow Joe and his creeping senility would be high indeed. Such a conundrum.
Biden debates with Trump is must see TV.
Put it on Pay-for-View, settle the national debt
Genius.
In Major Gaffe, Bernie Sanders Forgets Words To Communist Manifesto
New Law Would Allow Millennials To Stay On Their Parents’ Netflix Account Until They’re 35
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/03/03/did-joe-biden-just-name-beto-orourke-his-gun-confiscation-czar/
Looks like Joe is going all in on gun control. Like I said Fabian socialist.
It’s been absolutely hilarious watching the Billy Kristol Gang beg Democrats to vote for the “moderate” Joe Biden, who is of course very much a man of the left, just because he’s as much of a war enthusiast as neocons like them.
Well neocons are generally pro-war Democrats so the whole MUH RUSSIA is them returning to their cold war liberal roots.
The Hill: Longtime CNN political analyst Paul Begala predicted on Monday that President Trump is “gonna dump [Vice President] Mike Pence in favor of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley” on July 16 when the Democratic nominee is slated to give his or her acceptance speech.
I know many of us will be in our bunks should this happen.
I didn’t know you were attracted to Nikky Haley.
Maybe it’s the thought of Pence getting cornholed?
eeeeewwwwwww
I think went too far.
Eeeeewww.
Srsly? How could one not be, Ted?
To be fair many of you would be in your bunks anyway. Fucking perverts.
Posted from my iBunk.
One-handed, of course.
Nikki Haley is the deciding factor for suburban moms on the fence about Trump? I don’t know, Paul, that just doesn’t seem quite right.
I severely doubt that will happen.
Trump can’t afford to lose Indiana so I am skeptical…
Eh, don’t really think dumping Pence would cost him Indiana
Explains why Trump banished Pence to the coronavirus ward.
“Libertarian Test
How Libertarian Are You?”
https://www.idrlabs.com/libertarian/test.php
“You are 92% Libertarian, which makes you a Hardcore Libertarian.
Watch out, we’ve got a badass over here. A hardcore libertarian, to be exact. In your case it would be patently wrong not to classify you as a libertarian as you are in complete agreement with almost all of the libertarian positions, save for a few pet peeves. Perhaps you are one of those eccentric libertarians who have a soft spot for the trappings of hereditary aristocracy and monarchy. Perhaps you have a personal religious faith to which you assign priority over more worldly matters, or perhaps it’s something else altogether. In any event, though you nurture a few pet peeves, you really are an ardent libertarian. You probably use socialist as a swear word, and you strive to banish the influence of statist scum on your life. While you are not quite 100% libertarian, you truly are hardcore.”
Count Potato is Moldbug?
That wasn’t one of the questions I voted less than libertarian.
I got 94%.
It is a trick. The only way you can score 100% is to send a long screed to their Contact Us form on why they are totes wrong giving you only 94%. Explain how your position is the only true one and you are the One True Libertarian.
Once they get that, they will bump you up that last 6%.
Meh I got 98% just buy pegging every answer hard right. It would have been 100% but the ads kept causing my screen to ‘jump and I must have hit ‘next’ once before I was ready. Seriously if you’re going to make one of these at least have a few questions where the ‘right’ answer is on the other side of the scale.
Yeah, 100% here. I did use the ‘back button a few times to make sure I’d made the selection.
Me too.
You are the Black Flag of libertarians.
Well, I was acquainted with Rollins bitd, but unfortunately he is way less libertarian now. I remember hanging out backstage talking about rights with the guitar player from Rollins Band, and it was that conversation that convinced me animal rights don’t exist.
Rollins is a funny, entertaining guy, but I never really got a libertarian vibe from him.
Nope. He went from anti establishment to Obama cocksucking in 2008 and hasn’t looked back.
81%. Y’all are going to kick me out, aren’t you.
74%. About what I figured.
96%, only down from a hundred because there was one question I cared so little I left the thing dead center (and don’t remember) and I am fine with titles.
You misspelled “titties”
Define ‘libertarian’.
There can be only one.
*Cuts off DNT’s head*
Apparently I’m a hardcore Libertarian.
took this last night. Scored 70% Moderate Libertarian.
I got 62%. Are you supposed to hit the far right end of the scale every time to get into 90%?
How Libertarian Are You?
Enough to decline to take your conformity-seeking test.
This guy^^^
Auto-scores 100%
Only 84% which, though still hard-core is a mere B. I shall retake the test to get a perfect score.
I’m only a medium-core libertarian. I would feel shame were I capable of such.
85%.
Some of the questions are puzzling:
I suspect my tepid or less than “swipe right” response to some of the oddly phrased questions is why.
81%. I think that puts me on Glibertarian probation status. I’ll do better, I promise.
Shriek got a 94.
So I voted. California is trying to raise my property taxes. The Dems that run this place are crafty fucking scumbags. The prop that would let them raise property taxes just so happens to be named Prop 13. And of course it is on the March primary ballot so they can avoid some Republicans voting as they don’t have a primary. I almost pulled the lever for Bernie as I want to see him in the general get his ass handed to him and cause the Dems to wonder if maybe going full commie is not such a good idea. Ended up pulling for Tulsi.
They named it Prop 13?
That’s an asshole move.
Even better it is the only state prop in this election. They tried something similar a couple of elections back when they worded a proposition to lower our outrageously high vehicle fees in such a convoluted way that I had to read it three times to figure out which way to vote on it.
I wonder if, for good measure, they also pulled one of those double-negative style word traps to confuse people about what “yes” and “no” actually means.
I’m guessing that the props are arbitrarily numbered when they are registered with…whoever. Not all props get enough petition signatures to qualify for the ballot.
That can’t be a coincidence since the prop they’re trying to turn over with this referencing is also Prop 13. They’ve been hankering to get rid of it for decades.
“Ended up pulling for Tulsi.”
But did you vote for her?
Prostate health is not taken lightly.
At least something useful happened in a voting booth.
That’s a total scumbag move. I’ve never seen anything other than “which candidate do you want to get the nomination” on a primary ballot. FYI, I live in Virginia where the primaries are open to all registered voters because you don’t register a party affiliation. In 2016 the democrats had a caucus instead of a primary for presidential nominee; that’s not uncommon when the party hierarchy wants to avoid people like me voting in they primary.
How can that be binding if its on a primary ballot?
Oh, CA. Never mind.
BOHICA, Californians. Get out while you can, before the property taxes take too big a bite out of your bank account and your house value. Remember, houses are valued based on the monthly payment necessary to pay for the loan to buy them. Property taxes chew up a chunk of that monthly, so they have a leveraged negative impact on your house value.
Yep, I decided to get a Democrat ballot and put in a ‘fuck you’ vote for Tulsi today.
Also voted No on 13.
What was really weird was the choice of US Representative – there were 2 choices, one Democrat and one Republican, who will be the same two guys on the November ballot, so there’s really no point, it’s just sort of a test run. I probably should have voted for the Democrat to let the Republican know he needs to try harder between now and November.
Oh yeah, and a Judge slot that had one guy (former DA) on the ballot. I left that one blank.
Just voted in Norcal. Voted no on all bonds and props. Overheard an elderly woman rejoice she was voting for the local school bond for her grandkids and their kids. Nice move since she is exempt from the bond due to age and near future passing. Thanks for setting me up with the tab.
There should be a mechanism to ban people from voting for taxes they will not pay.
In most towns, the local school district is one of the ten largest employers. But they get to vote on school bonds like everyone else. This is not a conflict of interest. Because reasons.
Voted in NorCal today too, and also yes on Tulsi and no on 13.
If only there were enough Glibs, sounds like Tulsi would have taken the state.
Bi-annual hookup? Is that twice a year, or every other year? Or does it mean include some dude in the mix once a year?
I think that would be Bi-anal.
[rimshot]
I see what you did there.
Bi-annual is twice per year; biennial is every other year. /Ted’s
Semiannual is twice a year. Not sure what bi-annual means (though JRD did provide a Florida-worthy guess).
What Un said. Sounds like Bi-annual is every two years, and Biennial is a celebration/commemoration of something that happened two years prior.
At least, that’s what I take away from it.
It can’t be the first…but either of the two is possible, given that Brett’s a Florida Man.
She seems nice.
ar-left Denver City Democrat Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca stated from her government Twitter account on Monday that she stands in “solidarity” with someone who posted a graphic stating that if they became infected with the coronavirus, they wanted to attend as many Trump rallies as possible in an apparent effort to infect supporters of President Donald Trump.
CdeBaca, who has advocated for communism in the past, responded to a tweet that featured a graphic that stated: “For the record, if I do get the coronavirus I’m attending every MAGA rally I can.”
CdeBaca responded by writing, “#solidarity Yaaaas!!”
They hate you, and they want you dead.
And, unable to pronounce their names. “Cde”?? THa fukk is “Cde”? “Cadet”?
C (prounced like the letter) de Baca. There should be a space after the C since it derives from an abbreviation of ‘cabeza’, but I guess her family is just that cool they mush it into one word. It’s a Spanish family name. That (and related Baca) are one of the old families in NM, though I have no idea if this commie is related to them or not.
Considering her red-ness, shouldn’t it really be “Lde Baca”?
/4Loco
Once upon a time a couple of years ago when we refinanced in hopes (assurances) that we would get enough out of the house to buy a car (the car was truly necessary), Mr. Mojeaux went on many a test drive. He had 3 cars over 3 different weekends.
In other Mr. Mojeaux news, he got me this today. He was going to save it for my birthday, but I was going over the bank statement yesterday (something I haven’t done in years, but have been forced to in light of recent events, and he is not accustomed to this yet) and he had to tell me what it was for. He was…not happy.
Awesome, Mojo. I had one also; I think most here are old enough here to remember them… less than fondly.
I never saw one. I just had a regular protractor and compass.
These things are awesome for sewing and drawing, though.
I think I have a bunch of different ones.
You can now design a quilt of the Dunham family tree.
Oh ugh no. I actually did a quilt of a family tree once and while it looked nice, it was a PITA and since it was for an assignment, I resented every second.
I WANT to be able to illustrate my books and/or have a graphic novel, in lieu of an HBO series.
My grandfather was a civil engineer in the days way before CAD. We had a bunch of stuff like that lying around the house when I was a kid.
I love stuff like this. Office supply stores and art stores are the best.
Amen.
A nice tool is joy to use.
Here is an example from my watchmaking collection. I have this exact set. Probably 75 years old or so.
http://blog.watchdoctor.biz/2019/05/20/what-is-a-staking-set/
Not my blog or set, however.
Oh, that is beautiful. Old tools are themselves works of art sometimes.
I’ve got a nice tool, and I can definitely say that it’s a joy to use. 😉
Pix or it doesn’t exist.
That’s what they said about Nessie, back in the day.
You aren’t a surgeon, are you, Ted?
Wait, my terrible pun was in the old thread?
Well? We’re waiting? What is the terrible pun?
Any chance you will tell us soon, or are we in for a protracted wait?
Yep.
It had to encompass the world.
No, I didn’t know he ordered it until yesterday when I saw it on the bank statement. I HINTED that that was something inexpensive he could get me for my birthday. I didn’t know it but it had to come from Turkey. The last time he got me something I really wanted, he had to get it from Spain. I’m going to have to start looking at the countries of origin before I hint around.
Forgive me, I used up my brainpower reserves at work. We had multiple things that were each crises to the user groups impacted, and no overlap so it was this top priority versus that top priority versus the other top priority, each with dire consequences if it wasn’t fixed.
I wish users wouldn’t flip out so easily
Oh, I didn’t mean to sound snarky. I’m sorry.
I flipped out today when I had to switch over my WordPress classic editor to the GUI and ran smack dab into WordPress 5.0.2 aka Gutenberg, which is an abomination.
Now I have ANOTHER thing on my to-do list which is to switch my blogs to ClassicPress.
It’s just that I don’t have anyone to flip out TO, so I just have to sit here and stew.
You didn’t sound snarky.
Nice thingymajig, Mojeaux.
Nothing like having good tools and instruments.
That’s vintage?
I have a whole set. Of French curves and other drawing tools
I guess I am vintage too
The combination tool is apparently vintage.
I have a slew of French curves for pattern drafting and suchlike. I even have a flexible ruler.
So, a tape measure.
No. A flexible ruler.
Did you say a Flexible Flyer?
I had one of those! And I lived at the top of a steep hill!
A good time was had by all.
I have one of those in my tool bag
And…its magnetic
A flexible ruler so Edward the VIIth not Louis the XIVth?
You need one of these-
https://postimg.cc/dLq9qZJh
A dirty keyboard? Those are pretty common.
Oh and the slide rule is over there.
Loved slide rules. Had a big circular one when I was a kid. My other nerd friends were totes jelly. Much accuracy. So powerful.
I can add/subtract/multiply/divide with it.
The engineering functions are lost on me. Its a Keuffle & Esser that belonged to Tres Sr.
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_904638
FTFY
That’s a bunch of malarkey.
Interviewer Linsey Davis asked, “Just curious to get your response to hearing that Bernie Sanders said that if he makes it to the convention with the most pledged delegates that he should be the nominee. That’s quite a bit of change in his stance from 2016. Your reaction?”
After laughing, Clinton said, “My reaction is, let’s follow the rules. We’ve got rules. We had rules last time, and we have rules this time. I think it is always a good idea to follow the rules. Everybody knew when they got into it.”
Davis asked, “In the campaign, in the documentary, you talk about his campaign from 2016 and call it, quote, ‘just baloney and I feel so bad people got sucked into it.’ Do you still feel that way now?”
Clinton said, “Sure, yeah. You know that was my authentic opinion then. It’s my authentic opinion now.”
There is nothing authentic about you.
*pulls hot sauce from purse*
*looks around for Queen Bae*
I don’t feel no ways tarrrrrrrrrrrred
and feathered. Amen
Pokemon-go-to-the-polls
My reaction is, let’s follow the rules.
Is she complaining about the Electoral College again?
No, I think she is referring to the regulations around archiving emails so they are subject to FOIA requests.
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/index.php/2020/03/03/dead-country-walking-2/
Regarding the previous thread’s discussion…..HM certainly does have a point – there is absolutely a mirror image to the condescension that drips from urban sophisticates. I grew up in the burbs of a medium sized city and lived in a huge metropolis as well as backwater towns and several flavors in between. I’ve known and worked with good ol’ boys from rural parts of places like Alabama and Texas who have just as much disdain for, say, New Yorkers as the New Yorkers have for them. Where I fall on the side of the yokels is that I don’t think most of them want to actively impose their will on the cosmopolitans and force them to yokelfy. Most of the white lefty gentry types I know do want to do exactly that. That’s why politics is such a dominant aspect of their lives that shades virtually everything they do. Me, I don’t really care about what Californians do – if they want to live in a Marxist state, that’s their business. I do care that my own state is being dragged sharply to the left by the inexorable growth of the DC suburbs and the statist types that are drawn to them like moths to a flame. All of this is why, regardless of my own personal policy preferences, I want to see the federal government chopped down into little bitty pieces so it will no longer have the ability to ooze its way into every facet of my life. In certain ways I do depart from libertarian orthodoxy, but not when it comes to the absolute necessity of shrinking the DC leviathan.
And while it’s somewhat ancillary, I never encountered actual anti-Semitism among the more redneckish of my acquaintances but, as they generally had very little interaction with any Jews, they often held rather broad stereotypes about them. Race relations in rural Alabama were interesting, too. Never saw any overt racism in the way of hatred. Rather, I saw more than a fair bit of prejudice in the original meaning of the word – “pre-judge”, in other words, a robust stereotyping that wasn’t hateful but wasn’t exactly positive either. Despite that, though, it always seemed to me that blacks and whites are far more comfortable around each other in the rural South than in very liberal Northeastern enclaves. Made for kind of an odd dynamic.
My wife’s late grandmother was a hardcore Baptist who had maybe met two Jews in her life before I started dating her granddaughter. She definitely had a lot of ingrained stereotypical thoughts of me, and for the first few years I was with my now wife she was absolutely convinced she was going to convert me. But after a while (and I think after a talk with her pastor) she backed off of that (G-d’s chosen people and all).
I saw more antisemitism in my life here in Florida (both having it expressed to me and after my synagogue was vandalized) than I did living in rural North Carolina.
Evangelicals do hold pretty strongly to the “God’s chosen people” thing, even if she was trying to convert you (best of both worlds!)
But, like HM noted in the last thread, [[[we]]] have a cultural crush on Judaism and (((you))) are sacrosanct.
Since I went to a Southern Baptist private school and am LDS, I was well on my way to middle age before I saw rampant anti-semitism and it was all online.
I’ve seen real Jew hatred from two categories of people in my life – the type of black people who are fond of Louis Farrakhan (some of whom were actually NOI, but plenty of them weren’t) and the preppy WASP T. Coddington Van Voorhees IV types I knew in high school and college.
Yo, I’m a Voorhees descendant and I’ve always admired the heck out of (((them))).
Honestly (as opposed to sarcastically), I’ve not seen antisemitism in real life, but I’m also a social outcast, so take my experiences with a grain of salt.
I sat next to a black guy on a flight between NY and Houston many years ago. He said he experienced far more racism in NY than he did in the South.
That’s true
More than once I’ve had big city libs make remarks about the rural south and my answer is “have you looked around your city lately”
“In the south we pretend to hate blacks; in the north they pretend to like them”
Albertans are always characterized by other Canadians as being redneck and racist, but in my four-and-one-half years in the Lower Mainland of B.C., I saw more overt instances of racism than I’ve experienced in the 40+ years I’ve been in Alberta; this is more ironic than one might think, since pretty much every one I’ve met from the Lower Mainland (particularly Vancouver) seems to think they live in an area that’s absolutely marinating in tolerance, love and diversity, plus of course they’re all just soooooooo wise and intelligent for living there. The few I’ve met who aren’t convinced, by and large, were also planning on moving away from That Shitehole ASAP.
See the channel ‘zip ties and bias plies’ on YouTube for a great Grand Prairie experience
Let me make this point here this one and only time: my piece isn’t about stereotypes of city folk; that is HM’s recasting of it. I noted in there – in several places – that my ire is for those people in the cities who are/were “with Her” AND unjustifiably called their fellow Americans racists. And then, after losing the election, incorrectly chalked up Her loss to the same imagined racism. And continue to do so, I should note. Given that several counties had previously voted for Obama (as I noted) and then went for Trump, the claim itself is refutable nonsense. Call it “debunked” if you like.
THAT’S the point of the piece.
HM’s ancillary rant about stereotypes is a non sequitur. In that entire piece I devoted only one paragraph to cities, in order to make one (innocuous) and (to me) self-evident observation, which seems to have ruffled some people’s tailfeathers, and it is this: rural areas feed metropolises. Ergo, those people who live in metropolises and who can’t stop unjustifiably calling their fellow Americans racists should cut the shit. That doesn’t seem a particularly stunning insight to me, either.
I also didn’t – and don’t – think that it ought to be necessary to caveat my writing with “of course, there are some actual rednecks in Blue places and there are people in Blue places who know what the reverse slope defense is, too!” because (a) it’s tangential to the argument I’m making, (b) it’s shitty writing to try to shoehorn that obvious point in there, and (c) I presume that folks as intelligent as roam these pages don’t need to be told such things.
Now, I also did not expect anyone to read into my piece that this is some attack on all citydwellers, but that’s only because I’m pretty explicitly not doing that, but here we are.
In my mind, that dovetails with my point – they want to impose their will on everyone else because they not only disdain those who are not like them, they actively despise those people.
Not to speak for HM, and I missed the earlier kerfluffle, but I have noticed that HM seems to play a Britain v the Great Powers (pre WWI when it all broke apart) role. Always standing up for the weaker side to maintain balance. And here the weaker side (in terms of advocacy) is clearly the urban and academic world.
No, Jarflax. I do not play contrarian to be contrarian. If I state something, it is because it is a sincerely held belief. Oz is trying to rewrite history. What I saw is that when I countered a point he made using the same language he used, he went from zero to apeshit in 3 seconds. And despite him interpreting a common phrase as a challenge to a vale tudo match, I attempt to deescalate the situation 3 separate times. This is the 2nd or 3rd time he has reacted this way to me, and I’m sick of it. If his ego is so fragile that he can’t take criticism of his opinion pieces, then he shouldn’t be blogging. No, I’m not going to allow Oz or anyone else to chalk this up to that’s just ol’ HM, LOL! Fuck anyone who accepts the fact that Chip can paraphrase my argument without incident, or Sugarfree could have posted the same meme that I did a few weeks prior, again without incident, but I seem to warrant a “special” response from some people.
I did nothing wrong. Nothing I wrote could be misconstrued the way he is claiming, and based on how he’s flown off the handle at something quite milquetoast, I’m concerned about him, to be quite frank. On the other hand, I’m not going to serve as the punching bag for his rage issues. Deal with that shit before you participate in polite society. I gave Oz the chance to resolve this with some class, but he refused. So I’m not going to play the gracious host any longer. If he continues this shit, gloves are off.
I did not intend to accuse you of playing contrarian to pay contrarian. I meant that you tend to comment as a counterweight when a bandwagon is gaining steam by pointing out the nuance being overlooked and the hypocricy of levying a criiticism in one direction that fairly can be leveled in both. If my comment gave offense I apologize.
No worries. I appreciate it. And I can see how one could say that I have a tendency to do that.
But it wasn’t even that, in this situation. I merely provided my opinion on a particular point he made in the same glib tone that he used in the piece and he responded right away in beast mode (and I note that this is becoming a pattern in his interactions with me). I’m not going to let someone accuse me of speaking to him in a haughty tone, threatening to hit them (ridiculous!), and to project his irrational insecurities on me. Everything that Oz wrote – that’s an Oz problem, not a me problem.
The mission of this place is that, unlike TOS, we can have spirited, yet friendly, discussions on topics that people can, in good faith, have varying positions on. If your ego is so fragile that you can’t handle that, then kindly fuck off. We don’t want that shit here. Be honest. Be civil. Be funny. That’s it. It’s not that difficult.
OK, I went back and read the exchanges in question and have some thoughts:
1. Your response was unclear in tone. I read it as deliberately mimicking the style of Ozy’s post from the opposite direction to make and emphasize your point, but since his post was an undirected rant I can see how a direct response in that same tone could be seen as a personal attack.
2. I think you may misinterpret some of the anti-academia comments here. I know you and I have had exchanges about this before. I do sometimes use the shorthand of attacking academia, because rhetorically speaking you end up in off on tangents when you stop ever other sentence to distinguish between academics who are sincerely pursuing serious studies and the grievance majors. I don’t even regard that shorthand as unfair because the rot seems to have spread far and wide in the ‘real’ humanities as well. But it is a shorthand, and my hostility is toward those skinsuiting something I hold in the highest regard. Serious scholarship is a demanding, rigorous discipline that requires a tremendous amount of character, and without it our culture and society are doomed.
The biggest reason liberty culture has lost ground to equality culture is that for the most part the conservative and classical liberal leaning people avoided, often with derision, the academic and artistic disciplines, while the socialist leaning people actively pushed into those disciplines. So perhaps you don’t misjudge those comments as at least some of them come from that tradition, but not all do.
TOEFL isn’t serious scholarship.
Shorter Ozymandias:
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Party of civility and decorum
Longtime Democratic operative Donna Brazile told Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Tuesday to “go to hell” after the GOP party chief claimed that Democrats’ convention this summer would be “rigged against” Bernie Sanders.
“First of all, I want to talk to my Republicans. First of all, stay the hell out of our race. Stay the hell out of our race,” Brazile, a Fox News contributor, said during an appearance on the network.
Brazile went on to criticize the Republican presidential nominating process, which saw the canceling of several states’ primaries to smooth President Donald Trump’s reelection effort. Brazile also accused McDaniel of abetting efforts by the Russian government to meddle in U.S. elections.
“For people to use Russian talking points to sow division among Americans, that is stupid. So Ronna, go to hell,” Brazile said, insisting that Democrats “are not trying to prevent anyone from becoming the nominee” to challenge Trump in November.
Come on, Mr and Mrs America, bring dignity back to Washington.
I know that, when I think of “dignity”, Joe Biden is the first person who leaps to mind.
Because of course. Did she call her a racist while she was at it?
Something something content of one’s character.
“I think that whoever emerges tonight, particularly if it’s Bernie Sanders, if it’s Vice President Biden or even if it’s Mayor Bloomberg, what I would do is break with conventional wisdom and announce a running mate that’s a woman of color,” Jarrett stated before being cut off.
“Tonight?” asked host Gayle King.
“No, not tonight,” Jarrett replied. “Certainly before the next primary. Woman, person of color, someone who reflects the diversity of our party. And yeah, that’s not usual, that’s not what they normally do, but these are not normal times. And I think it would send an important signal going into the next round of primaries to do so with a running mate.”
Woman, person of color, someone who reflects the diversity of our party.
Your party just kicked all those candidates to the curb. How diverse is it, again?
I still say Rosanne’s joke was spot-on and kind of prophetic judging by how she looks now.
One reason I’d probably never vote for a Democrat. They aren’t concerned with competency, just gender and nonsense like skin color.
Yeah, sending an “important signal” about identity politics would be a surprisingly out-of-character step for any of them to take. Nobody has been predicting such a move all along.
Re space proteins
As some of have noted there is no reason earth is all that special given the huge number of stars and no doubt associated planets
My HS science teacher threatened to put me in detention for saying so
Some people can’t tolerate the idea that the universe isn’t all about them
Uffda
I don’t even know what craziness that popped out of my fellow Minnesodans mouths to quote.
I’m voting for SMOD after reading that. Why? Because I don’t think Coronavirus is tough enough to handle the job.
Obligatory
Not the craziest Warren supporter in the article by the way.
That would be this guy:
That sounds like the guy I talked to in Santa Cruz, once.
The government had apparently installed a camera in his head the last time he’d been committed, so he had to be careful about telling me how he really felt about things.
So if I go look at the national Republican platform from say, 1988 or 1992, it would be dramatically to the left of their present platform? In what way?
*spit-take*
That would be the road not taken.
“people want to control guns”
Indeed. I always use both hands.
The most cogent argument for Bernie I have seen yet:
God, it’s gonna be funny when Two-Scoops tips the state.
I’m really disappointed that Klobuchar dropped out before she lost her home state in the primary.
Personally, I have grown very, very tired of her droning on about how she’s never lost any race she’s been in. With Pete dropping, I was sort of hoping that she might come in third in Minnesoda behind Biden and Bernie.
Her Biden ads dropped today. Her voice makes me want to shove an ice pick into my ear.
I do think she was destined to lose here. I don’t believe for a second she will be the VP.
Is there an issue that’s most important to you?
Maybe like abolishing the electoral college.
He seems nice.
If Two Thumbs Up Black Lady isn’t the pic for a future installment of Links, I will be extremely disappointed.
“Outcome of the 2016 United States presidential election and the subsequent sex ratio at birth in Canada: an ecological study
Objectives The sex ratio at birth (proportion of boys to girls) generally shows slight male preponderance but may decrease in response to societal stressors. Discrete adverse events such as terrorist attacks and disasters typically lead to a temporary decline in the sex ratio 3–5 months later, followed by resolution over around 5 months thereafter. We hypothesised that the unexpected outcome of the 2016 US presidential election may have been a societal stressor for liberal-leaning populations and thereby precipitated such an effect on the sex ratio in Canada.”
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/2/e031208
yeah no
It is unclear whether the increased stress was due to fears Cartoon Orange Bad Man was going to annex Canada or due to fears all the asshole Clinton supporters were actually going to follow through on their threat to move to Canada.
Sex-selective abortions are okay if they are used to terminate male foetii.
I believe that girls are aborted more than boys.
Yes. My post was a parody of progressivism, poorly planned.
Well, parenthood is sometimes the result of poor planning.
Proper prior planning prevents poor performance.
-1 “pull & spray”
/then pray
I learned that from my 7th grade CompSci teacher.
Heh. Always heard it as “prior planning prevents piss-poor performance.” (The “6P” Method.)
See my previous comment 🙂
I saw today a new explanation for Biden’s gaffes: he speaks with a stutter.
I wonder what the excuse for touching will be.
Bad eyesight?
Communicating by braille?
Are you cold?
Corona virus screening.
It’s not new, they brought out the stutterer thing a few months back (tried to shame some twitterer for mocking him if I remember correctly), and he only gets handsy with close friends/family members so it’s all cool.
It’s not new, they brought out the stutterer thing a few months back (tried to shame some twitterer for mocking him if I remember correctly), and he only gets handsy with close friends/family members so it’s all cool.
By close they mean physical distance.
Curious sort of stutter that makes him forget things such as what office he’s running for, the words of the Declaration of Independence, and whether his son was Attorney General of the US.
So Joe likes to stand close behind little girls, massaging their shoulders while smelling their hair and quietly stuttering old man stories into their ears. Nothing weird about that at all.
All close family or family friends nothing odd at all about being affectionate to the ones you love, Christ we use to have a word for it, avuncular or sommat? You fucking prudes would put the puritans to shame. “is?!..Is that an ankle?” *swoons*
Nice try but creepy Joe is…..creepy.
We had two words for guys like that – “Uncle Chester.”
The Cheetos Cheetah?
You mean this ?
We have to stop building all those bike paths in Minneapolis! Or maybe we need common sense car control?
Uffda. I just don’t know what to do with this awesome analysis by the journalos at the Mpls Strib.
Maybe for once we can agree that the cops are the ones to cheer for in this story?
Finally got a chance to read the article about the campaign to ban plastic posted earlier. Great article. Love the comparison to sumptuary laws, I think that’s very accurate.
Alas, BoJo, Turdeau Jr. and Cuomo don’t care.
“Yeah, no, sorry. Not gonna do “My Corona.””
https://twitter.com/alyankovic/status/1234923352810119168
oh well
Shame. If he did it would take off at fever pitch.
Weird Al knows you don’t compete with yourself.
Because I never miss an opportunity to mock the ever-loving shit outta that simpering, useless pile of flesh Will Wilkinson:
Ever the fucking clown. Be sure to scroll down to see Will showing off his best Blue Steel pose!
What a shock!
And the only “ideological diversity” in the Democrats is whether to go full commie now or later.
What in the ever-lovin’ fuck is post-libertarian?
Third-Way TOP MAN elitism?
An out of the closet pinko
Suthen, how about this….
Teaser!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/3NUAVYJzssW9vD9U6
Looks good.
A post-libertarian is the libertarian who was picked to be in the first starting gate.
“What…is post-libertarian?”
{insert post turtle joke}
Farmer Higgins said, “Well, ya know, that candidate is a ‘Post Turtle’.”
Not being familiar with the term, Dr. Weinstein asked him what a ‘post turtle’ was.
Farmer Higgins said, “When you’re driving down a country road you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a ‘post turtle’.”
Farmer Higgins saw the puzzled look on the doctor’s face so he continued to explain.
“You know they didn’t get up there by themselves, they don’t belong up there, they don’t know what to do while they’re up there, and you just wonder what kind of dummy put them up there to begin with.”
“because the Democratic coalition is much more diverse ethnically but also ideologically.”
The only ideologies in the Democratic Party are commies and Fabian commies who know you have to slip in communism through the backdoor. The New Deal and the Great Society are automatically baked into the cake of the American budget at this point, and there’s not any kind of serious push to dismantle it at all from the Republicans. Socially speaking, abortion up until birth is legal and state funded schools are teaching elementary schools kids about transgenderism.
There’s not really much room left for whatever you vaguely define as “moderate social democracy”. The only “progress” you can make from here is outright nationalization of various industries like healthcare, banking, education, energy production, etc.
I mean, Donald Trump is basically Bill Clinton but not hostile to gun rights, and the chances of a Republican President actually doing anything resembling a net spending cut are sub 10%. The wars over, the Bill Clinton/Tony Blair type of neoliberalism is the actual system of the US, and the only change from here is returning towards liberty, or tipping over the precipice to outright totalitarianism.
City Air will make us free!
The Fabian Commies have been advancing since Teddy Roosevelt’s time and their model has proven successful. So far, there is no sign of any Fabian Libertarianism taking hold in the LP. 2016 did not count and all current seekers of the LP nomination seem to be tripping all over themselves to claim they are utopians.
The big flaw with Fabian Libertarianism is that no one wants to lose money and power. Fabian Socialists offer people free shit and more power on the other hand. Why would the Deep State want to lose money and power, even a little bit?
What a bunch of losers.
OK, I’m sold.
Teaser!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/3NUAVYJzssW9vD9U6
Yusef! That is utterly LOVELY!!!
I’m not even close to finished, then it will be an article, Thanks Mo!
When do the panzers roll through?
Next one, this time we are fishin’
Are those cookies in the river?
I kid, I kid.
Hand selected stones from my yard…. pebbles really..
Very nice!
Thank you,
Nice new application of aluminum foil. Its not just for hats anymore.
XX and Walmart are playing very well together so far. She volunteered to take a shift today, although it had to be modified because I won’t let her work past 9:00 p.m. She is to work in lawn & garden when it gets rocking and rolling. She’s dreading the heat a little, but they keep fridges of bottled water for them. I told her to stay hydrated and she will probably be downing a lot of Gatorade.
I tell her I brag on her to you all. It makes her feel good.
She is to work in lawn & garden when it gets rocking and rolling. She’s dreading the heat a little, but they keep fridges of bottled water for them.
Not gonna lie, that sounds like the best gig at Wal-mart for a teenager. (i mean apart from management track and whatnot)
Yep. Other than the heat, she is looking forward to it.
They have an app where you can sign up for shifts, see your assigned shift, request days off, whatever. It also gives you your pay stub. She was soooooo excited when she saw what her paycheck was going to be.
BTW, she started at $11/hour, soon to go up to $12. Minimum wage ($8.60) might as well not exist here.
Shoot. I didn’t have a job that paid that well till I graduated college.
As recently as 12 years ago I was making ten bucks an hour.
2003: First job, $7.00
2005: $6.85
2007: first job after college: $7.00, $7.50
2009: $12
2011: $14
2013: $15 with my first corporate / professional job and then onwards and upwards in corp america
My last out-of-doors job (i.e., not working for myself) was in 2002 and I was at $14. Generally, as a temp, I was making between $11 and $13/hour.
First job, 1986: $95/week, plus room and board.
My first “job” (other than mowing lawns) was working a fireworks stand in my dad’s cousin’s gas station. I must have been about 10-11. I put in a decent amount of hours for a kid in the week and half of sales, and on the last day he offered me fireworks for payment. He didn’t tell me how much money he owed me, just kinda let me pick fireworks until I was “happy”. I picked what I thought was fair (I think a large brink of firecrackers and a gross or two of bottle rockets).
When I got home and showed dad all the cool stuff I had earned, he loaded me and my haul in his truck, drove me back there, and explained to his cousin that I would be getting paid in cash. Then he let me do some fireworks shopping with my fist full of cash. ? (But no bricks of firecrackers)
I hope it was a very loud and profanity-laced explanation.
I don’t recall any swearing, but I do recall my dad talking to him in that “dad voice” that I feared so much and his cousin acting quite similarly to how I acted when in the same position.
This is the first time I’ve thought of this story in decades. I need to ask my dad to fill in the many missing details.
Cool story, Im sure your dad would enjoy you bringing it up
From the context I’m guessing this a first job situation? Part time, I assume? What’s the pay rate if you don’t mind sharing, curious what WM starts at these days.
Yep, first job. $11/hour, soon to be $12/hr (storewide).
They are apparently hurting for help. Personal shoppers are EVERYFREAKINGWHERE. Her assignment will be lawn & garden when it gets into full swing.
How’s she gonna raise a family of four by herself on that wage?
Fortunately, she is vehemently opposed to having children.
Won’t let her work past 9:00 p.m. on a school night is what I meant to say.
I’m happy to see Glibs posting some good news. ?
I am way more excited about this than is warranted.
False. You get to be excited. Period.
Well I need a drink. Just voted for Grandpa Gulag.
To cause strife?
I want his commie ass on the ticket so I can vote against it.
Frankly, I think Bernie getting slaughtered in the general will be the best thing for the Democrats in the long run.
Libertarian Card revoked. I can do that since I am the One True Libertarian.
I voted for Trump and I feel fine.
I’m in Ohio and not sure what I will do. Leaning towards selecting Team Blue so I can vote for Tulsi.
Also my House district has the establishment dem vs radial dem and I am inclined to vote for the establish dem, despite how much I despise her.
Huh, coronavirus related ASMR videos are a thing now:
https://youtu.be/EuLY_6oKCv0
Enjoy, you weirdos (you know who you are).
https://www.rivetingnews.org/2020/02/coronavirus-outbreak-at-cyber-goth-rave.html
LOL
Fred Dibnah: Steeplejack (hat tip to They Hyperbole):
https://youtu.be/znMzDw3zosY
A nice hardworking guy with balls the size of beer kegs.
The guy reminds me of my father’s old business partner, No fear, just get it done, always had a unfiltered ciggie hanging off his lip. The bit towards the end where he’s tending the fire that’s going to fell the smokestack and just casually scampers off as three hundred feet of smokestack comes crashing down on his heels. I can see Fred and Jack sitting around and shooting the shit.
Just watching the footage makes me clench up, the guy was truly impressive. I looked him up figuring his cause of death would be a fall but, nope, cancer in 2004.
Love the Otto avatar.
Just told the time share salesperson that I can’t take advantage of the free vacation because I’m in quarantine for Corona virus.
That’s gold, Jerry! GOLD!!!
Creepy ass Voicemail,
“Hi, just to let you know, we are Shipping Your Wife, she should arrive by the 5th, “
At any other time I would have to tag an ending on “and thank you for patronizing the Stepford company.”
Or a Russian accent.
Wow. Just wow. smdh
Yeah, that’s just weird.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_Russian_Constituent_Assembly_election#Bolsheviks
City Air and anti-war attitudes made Russia free in 1917
Did you know that government officials can close houses of worship?
(((They))) mishandled one of (((their))) plague vials apparently.
Is this a general quarantine in effect?
Not as I read the article:
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/westchester-synagogue-closed-congregants-self-quarantined
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2019/07/12/must-read-why-city-air-makes-you-free-and-bad/
City air makes you bald?
Even after leaded gasoline was banned?
“The countryside cannot be disentangled from the extractive and environmentally unsustainable industries it supports.”
Those cities arose unblemished and pure from the landscape.
^THIS^
“I can’t actually argue about how it’s really the urban/manufacturing areas that cause the problems I’m claiming, so I have to tie this to rural life, which allows me to shit on the plebs.”
Damn you farmers–why won’t you help us with the problems we created!!!1!
“It also explains much of the hostility towards fundamentally important urban issues such as public transport,”
Maybe better explained by the desire of urbanites to make the rural folks pay for their bus and train lines. This is not to say that rural folk have also demanded subsidies from urban folk -e.g. postal service, “buy my surplus cheese,” etc.
“NATHANIEL RAKICH
6:30 PM
Yeah, Perry, in 2018 we saw women do extremely well in Democratic primaries; it seemed like Democratic voters were keen to put women in positions of power during the Trump era. To the extent that Democrats still think that, you would think there would still be some market for Warren’s candidacy”
That’s some mighty fine analysis Lou
“PERRY BACON JR.
6:28 PM
Sarah, it sure seems like Warren wants to stay in. She seems to be positioning herself as a better potential president than Biden or Sanders and kind of between them ideologically. I can see why she thinks a third candidate who is not a white male in his upper 70s should hang around. But I’m not sure I see much of a path for her. I expect Bloomberg to join the wave of people endorsing Biden pretty soon. His whole campaign has been premised on Biden being weak, and Biden seems strong now”
Sure he does…
Saying crazy stuff doesn’t get you fired from MSNBC. It’s only saying stuff that annoys the Left that gets you fired from MSNBC.
Kinda kills the women in combat roles doesn’t it? All the adversary has to do is blurt out an inappropriate remark and she is out of commission.
The enemy will fall before our human resources officials.
Well, they are probably the most vicious and crazed people, as a group, on staff.
Like the fuzz, that career path tends to attract people who have no business having that kind of authority.
If what he said ruined her she needs to see a shrink. I don’t like Matthews one bit but him losing his job over that (and we all know that actually wasn’t it, it was badmouthing socialism) is ridiculous.
They can literally steal her power.
Oh boy. They put XX on a skid steer. She can’t even drive yet.
I was driving a forklift at 10.
She will be fine. And stoked!
Counterpoint: I was 11 and caddying. The golfers asked me to bring the cart up to them. The cart was in reverse, and I had no idea that one turned the key to put it in drive. The cart was next to a water hazard. Shortly thereafter I was no longer a caddy.
Uh, caddying with a cart?
I was 11 they sent the little kids out as fore caddies (spotting ball landings and fetching stuff)
We had that at a club I worked at as well. The caddy was expected to be able to consult on the hole and club selection, not just carry the bag.
My aunt (the one with the despised horses) has a golf cart to doop around the place with and XX was driving that around Saturday.
Matthews is 75 YO? Why didn’t I know that? Damn, I need some of the stuff that guy drinks
Careful. You may get a tingle up your leg that lasts more than four hours.
Working with the Minnesota Nice people at Lokgrips to have a set made for the Beretta. They are going to thin them down as far as they can without breaking the G10. Because of that, they won’t be able to texture them, but the Glibmark will be left raised a mm or so to provide something to cut into the palm. No designs to share yet.
Yeah, I still need to check them out. I need thin groups for my 1911.
Michigan, but people mix us up all the time.
Huh. The return address on the package was MN.
interesting. Maybe the production is done here.
Either way, I forwarded the link to my little brother, who is gleefully changing everything about his new SIG 1911.
looking them up, it says Dorr MI is where I’d need to ship them back for a return. Maybe there was a distributor involved with my first order?
Sure possible. For the CZ?
Yeah, the first set I bought were stock (so they might not have shipped directly from the factory) and I loved them so much that I had the custom set made.
They made a huge difference in my accuracy. The bogie texture made it so I didn’t need to put forth as much muscular effort holding the three pound gun in place.
The Beretta is much lighter, so that kind of texture shouldn’t be necessary. I’m just hoping to reduce the overall size of the grip. And of course, look good doing it.
Sweet!
Bloomberg just won American Somoa. boom!
Oh noes, he’s going to threaten the cookie supply!
Cookies have too much sugar. All packages holding more than five cookies are banned.
#keto ?
Cause he bought the place ?
maybe?
Looks like Tulsi got 1 delegate. Just Say’n is orgasmic.
Wife generator sputtered out. Oil change, clean the spark plugs, and still no work.
Took off spark arrestor and what would you know…caked on carbon. Once i get out the ol’ wire brush and give that a good cleaning hopefully its back online.
Own your own home or business and you are forced to learn new trades and skills. It is refreshing at the old age of 40 to get my hands dirty and bloodied from factory tightened bolts.
What is a ‘wife generator’ ? Some weird Japanese hentai ish ?
A Mother in Law.
Its the source code from Weird Science
I know some lonely guys who would really appreciate the services of this “wife generator”.
It runs on ethanol.
Be on the lookout for Fat Albert.
https://www.wthr.com/article/impd-looking-man-wanted-sexual-assault-citys-east-side
+3 Hey
What you did there…noticed
Yes, I did as well,
Tall Cans!
What’s your opinion of these? (Not fake, they are sold everywhere)
https://www.nomooo.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_5226.jpg
Well, they’re not very big. Quench a small thirst for Mike Bloomberg?
Out of curiosity…anyone used “simplisafe” before? The reviews on some podcasts sounded pretty good, but also seemed like a good candidate for “Internet of Things” screwups – albeit maybe not as tied in as “nest” or similar devices.
Then I saw my local gun shop uses it (or at least has a sticker on their door) and they’re not exactly the most likely to pick up something like that under other circumstances (given that this is VA).
Any thoughts/opinions/recommendations? Thinking about alarms, etc more now that I’m going to be in the market to actually buy later this/next month.
Have friends that use it. They seemed satisfied with it and the monitoring service
We haven’t had any problems (except idiot property managers forgetting to set them up) and at any given time have 4 or 5 active in vacant properties
Sounds good. Do you get notifications direct to your cell phone or are there other options for tracking securely?
They were easily hackable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlNkQJzw4oA
Thanks for the info. Looks like it’s still potentially worth it with additional preps.
What are you using it for? I got a couple of the cheapo WYZE cameras and for me they work fine, the notification timing is a bit random sometimes I’ll get one within a few minutes of the activity other times it might be half an hour to an hour later. I imagine it’s not the most secure but if someone wants to hack in and watch the somewhat jerky live stream of my shop and driveway I could give a rats.
Geeze. Not looking so Hot for Bernie right now. But that could be because all the states he was doing bad in was in the East/South so he looks like he’s in bad shape. Shall be an interesting night.
should get a big boost with california.
whoa just took a look at the results. thus far the polls look like they were massively biased towards Sanders. Did Biden just get that big of a boost or were they just off?
Hard to parse. Biden was doing well in the south already, and then the dropping out and endorsment of K and Buttigieg could have helped. But it’s hard to tell
My guess is that a large chunk of team blue voters really don’t care who is the nominee. They are just circle the wagons around whatever lizard they see in the desert.
The weirdest one to me so far is Mass. Both Warren and Sanders had a huge lead on Biden in all the polls.
oh nm. things have adjusted now.
“Let’s go to Tom at the Decision Desk to get a break down of the early results. Tom.”
“Thanks, Susan. If you look at the monitor you can see how if Biden can capture this area *Makes wild sweeping gesture across map*…”
“Uh, Tom? Could you roll up your sleeves? You must be very tired breakdown these results.”
“Thank you, Susan. Now look at how these demographic groups voting in North Carolina… *Starts pressing side buttons on monitor*”
“Tom, sorry to interrupt you again, but could you roll up your pant legs. You must be an exhausted analyst today.”
“Sure, thanks. So, let’s look at this pie chart and the the paths to victory for Bernie and Joe …”
“Hate to do this again, but Tom, why don’t you just go ahead and take off your pants? You’ve gotta be heated up today and we don’t want a heat stroke.”
“Really? You really are helping me out on this big day, Susan. Now, breaking down the exit polls coming in from Virginia we can see…”
“Take off the boxers, Bitch!”
“Of course, Susan. I’m sorry. Just don’t make me do that thing again. Anyways, Bloomberg has under performed in this area of California *Makes small circular motion with one hand, conceals junk with other*
“Finger in the ass. Now!”
Tom rapidly taps his ear. “We’re getting breaking news from Vermont. Can we please go to our correspondent there, Susan?”
“You think that’s going to get you off the hook, Tom?! I don’t think so, you little monkey spank. Start…” *Network cuts to Vermont correspondent*
Glibs after dark?
Just paying Homage to Baked Penquin. Wish he hadn’t stopped.
??????????
Dem titties
::sniff::
/xenu not comin’
I’m not above ad hominem attacks, so that being being said, what the fuck is wrong with her eyes ?
Look normal to me. Who is that?
Im asking the wrong person.
She’s coming on to you.
She has strong glasses and they are crooked because she has no nose bridge.
Nice teeth, though.
Tooth fetish noted.
My avatar says differently.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2OYcgr4rM
Is that the late James Lipton’s wife?
He just died? Hope he confessed his secret on his death bed.
Yes, yesterday, I believe.
Age 93
I was shocked he was that old. Seems like yesterday my film-geek roommate had that show on all the time but I guess it was like 20 years ago.
Nose fetish noted.
Maybe some mild strabismus.
They aren’t American eyes.
I’d guess it’s a combination of 1) strong prescription, 2) glasses are not straight on her face, and 3) a weird perspective caused by the depth of focus.
Apropos of nothing in particular, the “Batman Theme Song” from the group “Steelism,” out of Nashville:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT3AC0ddcBc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT3AC0ddcBc
Somebody is asking Bloomberg the hard questions:
https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/03/voter-confronts-mike-bloomberg-over-armed-security-detail/
Listen to the condescension in Bloomberg’s answer as to why he has an armed security detail
have you seen the one how flying around in one of his private jets isn’t hypocritical? hilarious
Answer subtext – yes, I do matter more than you, your wife & family or any of these other people here.
Well you see, the rich and powerful might be victims, and that has serious implications!
His life, and the life of the political class here, just have more value.
So, Biden picks Beto to be his gun control czar. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
Ahem. I mean, keep on with the Trump campaign soundbites, Joe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg2xjnz-fFE
Pittsburgh is a state now, per Mini Mike.
Huh. Can we do the thing for philly? Sure, it’ll upset the balance in the Senate, but Pennsylvania will truly be North Alabama.
That would be a good thing for PA.
Or just giving Philly to NJ.
How hard could it be to reroute the Delaware? Think of the jobs!
NIH doctor during press conference with Trump. “People call us the National Institute for Hope” That doesn’t sound true.
Sure. The people that work for them.
Trump pinned the tweet of Bloomberg eating the pizza and licking his fingers.
lol
It’s happening!
Coronavirus:
The good: a great opportunity for me to take advantage of panicky idiots and mass transit and make a lot of money.
The bad: my employees are retarded and think they will die even though they frequently encounter deadlier situations.
Solution: hire Browns.
Crusty knows what’s up.
Yes.
Working class white males are the biggest bunch of bitchy bitches on the planet.
1st world problems are a hell of a drug.
WOULD YOU RATHER I COMPLAIN ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING
By all means – yell at some clouds.
Thank you!
You’re welcome.
I say the things they won’t.
Wanna buy some hand sanitizer? $100/oz.
There is somebody on the local craigslist trying to sell a pack of 5 N95 face masks for $100.
Solution: hire Browns.
So they can let you down one last time?
They’re still “building” in 2020; I wouldnt hire them until the 2021 post-season.
I made the mistake of saying to my wife, “covid-19 aside, we probably should have enough food on hand to last a couple of weeks, as a general principle”. Smash-cut to her scrabbling around supermarket shelves for anything at all.
I don’t think she grasped my basic anti-fragility message.
I think I figured out why I love watching primary results. I get to watch so many more people I hate lose all at once, and not one of them takes power after.
This guy gets it.
Simon Cowell ^. I’m watching Bernie’s rally in California. All the speakers are yelling at me.
I think I figured out why you love watching primary results…
You’re a weirdo.
Please please please, let the Mass results hold (though only 6% reporting) – Warren in 3rd. Maximum schadenfreude.
Yeah. How can she stay in after this?
SCHOOLMARM HARDER!!!
She’s just there to pull votes from Bernie at this point. She’ll be rewarded with something
It’s pretty obvious, too. You’d think they’d be a little bit sneakier.
You don’t need to be sneaky when your supporters are willfully retarded (see Russia fever dreams)
Yeah. She’s sure not pulling all that many though.
I’d like to see Deval drop below ‘No preference’, too. He’s on the bubble.
Amazing, for a former governor. Not exactly beloved.
Score one for the Patriarchy!!!
I don’t have internet, what’s the update?
Trump is winning
The glass jar broke and he is bleeding profusely.
“you guys talking about jar squatter?”-ladydoom
Cal lost by 7.
Cal is behind, but it’s still early in the 3rd quarter.
Look, you keep covering football, and I’ll cover women’s beach volleyball, deal?
Don’t you dare cover them up.
They appear to have shanked Bernie. The next 4 months may not be as funny as I had expected.
A wounded animal is a dangerous animal. And watching Trump run circles around a senile guy will be funny. And I will laugh because the senile guy is a muderous drug warring power hungry shitbag.
+1 Cal…
UD won the A10
UD won the A10
Brrrrrrt!
As someone that spent 5 years in army aviation, generally the Apache squadrons had an AF wing of A-10s attached, since their mission as armor-killers was similar.
Ive heard the ‘sonic fart’ noise plenty of times
I’ve read that the Air Force would love to kill the A-10, since the AF is run by the fighter-jet mafia – that old, slow CAS plane is just so embarrassing, donchaknow.
The Army has repeatedly offered to take over the A-10 fleet but the AF will be goddamned if they let the Army run any fixed-wing aircraft.
They should really roll the AF back into the Army Air Wing.
(civvy who probably got half of that wrong)
There have been a few attempts to discontinue the A-10, which is crazy because the A-10 is the bomb diggity no doubt.
Bring back the A-1 Skyraider!
If you don’t have internet then HOWD YOU POST THIS?! HUH! AHA GOTCHU
PHONEY!. HEY EVERYBODY DOOMco IS A PHONEY
You’re just supposed to tell me who’s winning, not blow my cover.
No one cares about your cover. We just expect regular avatar updates.
Beto O’Rurke is an Honorary Latino. Or so i heard.
In honor of the great master’s apparent death, I say we honor his prestegious memory by answering his questionnaire:
What is your favorite word?
What is your least favorite word?
What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
What turns you off?
What is your favorite curse word?
What sound or noise do you love?
What sound or noise do you hate?
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
What profession would you not like to do?
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Hitler?
Best answer
Plethora
Love
Tits
The nanny state
Fuck
A child crying
A child laughing
Retail
Condoms are a sin (wink)
Hollywood producer
That kind of fell apart at the end.
I BLAME THE WEBSITE FOR MY ERROR!
ADDITIONALLY, YOU FELL APART AT THE END
Close to doing so – I had a bunch of free booze. And oysters. And shrimp. And some lobster sliders. *hic*
Stop bragging.
I had Chinese takeout and approx 6 Scotch and sodas.
You win.
You win on the day Jimmy the Lip died.
You win.
Well, I was going to play but my brain hurts.
Im not enacting your labor, Berniebro.
Fuck off, slaver.
Acquiesce*
Surrender*
*(I know, right?)
Filipino hookers with blonde highlights.
Filipino hookers with blonde highlights.
^
/hat tip to Artie Lange
Douche-Nozzle
A woman rustling beneath my blankets
A woman rustling beneath my blankets at 3pm the day after
Pre 20th century paintings restoration
Shovel shit in Louisiana
By the skin of your teeth, you defiant scofflaw
fuck
moist
dark humor
pretentious people
fucking
Prairie birds singing on a summer day
multiple people trying to talk over each other
historian/researcher
accountant
“You were right. Overindulging in alcohol is not a sin. In fact; it’s encouraged!””
No way. I was going to say “moist” for that one too.
Moist panties > damp panties imho
Dank bloomers > moist panties > damp panties
I suppose that depends on the moistening agent.
*squeeeee!*
And I can’t explain really why I don’t like it…I just DO.
Home
Sepsis
Dancing
Sleep deprivation
Belgium
Thunderstorms
Smoke detector battery warning
Carpenter
Customer Service
Child, thou art welcome
What is the airspeed of a sparrow?
African or European?
1. What’s the word? Thunderbird.
2. “Talk” as in, “we need to talk”. Has anything good ever come from that word?
3. So, I’m in leather chaps. The next stage involves a goat, two midgets and a tub full of pudding….wait, why am I telling you this?
4. Answering questions on a web site. My dick is so limp right now.
5. “Red Raw Moose cock”. Not one word, but it’s evocative.
6. The sound of a woman.
7. The sound of a woman.
8. I’ve done most of the gigs I always wanted to do. Trying to figure out the answer to this one.
9. Personal assistant. Jesus. That’s like slavery with extra steps.
10. God has plenty to answer for. I plan on punching him in the nose when I meet him.
Zephyr (D2’s name)
“social”
My wife.
My wife’s voice
The tinnitus that rings in my ears 24/7
“Want to run my pulsed power?”
Of course Bernie Sanders drives a Subaru.
To which home ? I bet he has a car or two for each house.
NO ONE NEEDS MORE THAN 1 KIA!!!!
HEY YUFUS!
Sup Tres! besides the wind, Damn the wind!
tomorrow however,
Yeah, the dude eats puss like a champ, bro.
You mean cats, right?
Now that you mention it I have never seen ALF and Bernie at the same place. And Bernie’s does move and talk like a muppet. (No offense intended to our resident Canadian Person of Cloth.)
It’s gotta be the Judge, so many questions…
and Wienershnitchel Chili fries are the Bomb!
Bloomberg proving that at some point, money does get votes.
File this pic under no shit Sherlock.
“Chad” and “Jazlyn”???
I can’t even right now.
/Jazlyn???
Stephen Miller @redsteeze
“Becoming President just wasn’t in Elizabeth Warren’s DNA.”
Ugh, terrible. But I laughed
The music the network news shows play as they cut to commercial triggers latent memories that should’ve remained supressed.
The Romper Room Theme?
It’s that music I created in my head when grandma would come into my room late at night.
Oh, in the event UCS is still awake- I cleaned that damn keyboard.
I’m sorta awake.
And I work tech support, I’ve seen far worse keyboards.
*shudders*
Then how come I have had to beg for a non-grimy keyboard. Do IT people hoard clean keyboards?
I’ve just brought my own on more than one occasion.
Th
^see what a dirty keyboard can do?
e horror!
Yes?
They replaced my system and took my old, clean keyboard and replaced it with a grimy – like can’t read the letters grimy- one. I took it to IT and tried to get my old one back. They couldn’t find it, so I wouldn’t leave until I got a clean(er) one. I cleaned it after making them give me cleaning supplies. But sheesh, why did they take the old one?
“The ticket said swap the machine, they gave us this one with a keyboard, so we take the old one with a keyboard back.”
People with thinking skills move on from those types of roles.
In my defense, its a Microsoft ComfortKey 4000. Which makes it at least 12 years old.
It’s reassuring to the very concept of democracy that so many Bernie supporters are dealing with the results in a Sane and sensible manner.
Can’t wait until that kind of middle of the road thinking takes power in four or eight years.
Oof. It will not go well for those pajama boys if they truly think that’s the way to go.
Point of order- that doesn’t reflect directly on a Bernie supporter. Or anyone in favor of any candidate, for that matter.
True, true…
In many ways Biden is worse than Sanders since he is a Fabian who will soften us up for more socialism. Biden wants to ban guns, plastic straws, supports the GND, will increase the calls for socialized medicine but he will nice about it and the MSM and Deep State won’t be complaining about him so all will be “peaceful”
Biden doesn’t want any of that. He just wants to continue his grifting.
The administrative state, on the other hand, wants all sorts of shit that Biden will happily assist them with.
I was going to say, he is neither smart enough to nor interested enough in taking shit away for any principle he may or may not believe. He just wants his palm greased and ego stroked.
Biden was a dumb stiff when Obama chose him as his running mate and he has done nothing in the interim that demonstrates otherwise.
Also, his rubbing Mayor Pete’s shoulders shows that he is an equal opportunity creepster.
Well the issue isn’t really whether or not he really believes in anything he says but will he do the statist stuff he says will do? All the evidence says yes. Even if he backs off a bit the ratchet is still in effect and this time the Courts, the MSM and the Deep State will have no problem with it.
Wouldn’t Bernie losing in the Dem primary be a bigger rejection of his redistributionist policies than him losing in the general? If you wanted to prove that a team sucked, you want them to lose in the first round and not the Super Bowl. Bernie getting even 45% of the popular vote (not unlikely) could easily turn into a springboard for more of that shit in the future. I hope he gets crushed sooner than later.
Well Bernie losing the nom in 2016 didn’t stop the Dems turn to the Left.
Also you are implying that Biden is not a redistributionist? That seems to be false.
Aren’t we forgetting Biden’s role in Obamacare?
Bernie is much more socialist than Biden. And yes, Biden is bad, but he’s no Bernie. IOW, no, that is not what I was implying.
Biden is also extremely incompetent and probably has dementia. Two big plusses in his favor.
However his Veep and apparatchiks on the other hand.
My gut is — although it’s close — Biden/Trump will make for the funniest debates.
Where as Bernie has had to battle with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome his entire life.
Which is more worrisome? Only your mortician will know.
;p
Biden is a redistributionist by secondary intention.
Bernie is one by primary intention.
Yeah, no. Biden sucks but Bernie’s is 10x worse.
Bernie is an immediate threat while Biden is a long term one.
Hey kids! I’ve been eating and drinking with the neighbors. What did I miss?
Warren is in the process of coming in 3rd in Mass, which is fantastic.
That’s delightful.
Hervé Villechaize has been found alive & well in El Salvador, and having immigrated legally to the US, is running as Bernie’s VP.
DaPlane/2020
I missed the little feller.
Lou Reed died.
Leprosy?
According to the news, it was probably COVID-19.
UCS, I finished Shadowrealm, really enjoyed how it wove together all the threads from the earlier stories!
I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Brooksing Jarflax’s comment above because mine has no relevance to the thing being discussed above. (So is that REALLY a Brooks?)
But…why?
Amongst us liberty-minded people here, we have loads on loads on loads of talent and skill. We are all very good at our chosen creative a/vocations and there are a lot of us.
I used to think that conservative/libertarians simply weren’t suited to artistic pursuits or interested in them, and thus, did not value them because they had no frame of reference, but I am beginning not to believe that anymore. Granted you lot are a small sample, but the percentage of skilled artists/artisans here is very high.
Because people here don’t believe that others should subsidize our artistic (autistic?) endeavours.
I don’t think it has anythingto do with innate temperment or talent. I think it is a result of an over emphasis in conservative and libertarian circles on material rewards and ‘serious’ pursuits like business, and possibly, at least for the conservative side.
“The biggest reason liberty culture has lost ground to equality culture is that”
For many reasons liberty culture has lost ground because those with a media presence are largely incoherently arrogant and self-assured, allowing them to feel morally superior to all others, which in turn produces mistrust and an overall standoffish attitude which benefits almost no one.
That same criticism can be leveled at many on the equality side.
Artistic types like to rebel against the status quo. The Status Quo is seen as capitalist so they oppose it. However they don’t want to rebel against their ingroup and since their ingroup is socialist then…
Also arty types tend to think commerce vulgarizes True Art and they have a weakness for the notion of the Artist as the TOP MAN exposes the lies and corruption of society in order to bring True Freedom and communism appeals to that.
And arts funding. Rightwingers want to cut their funding while lefties will give them more money. No brainer who they will support
To the extent that the arts contribute to the effect I am talking about it is the popular arts not the “serious” arts. The Academic role is actually the larger role as it filters down the education ladder and helps shape the artistic side.
NOT if they get into a high-end gallery and/or achieve superstardom without “selling out.”
There is an income bell curve to respectability/morality. If you are a busker or starving artist, that’s fine. If you’re making anything above subsistence level from your art, you’re a hack. If you’re making oodles of money on the high-end art market (or litrachoor or Broadway [see Hamilton], etc) you “made it” without selling out.
Another factor is that Arty types tend to be urban progressive types and “liberty-minded people” are considered to be racist, reactionary hillbillies and such are totally uncool.
You are talking about the end results. When the Fabians started on the path liberty was well represented, as was the side of actual class privilege which has since gone into hiding among the egalitarians.
Live or Memorex? I strongly support liberal education (classic sense), and artistic pursuits without subsidies. I loathe and despise the “I am a local artist” bullshit, and couldn’t care less about a self-proclaimed artist/artisan without the goods.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defence_of_Poetry
This kind of sentiment definitely suggests political activism…
The Fabians in the beginning of the process understood that the art had to be good art first and political message second. In my experience many of those who have tried to do this from our side don’t understand that. Rand is a prime example. Many libertarians revere her, but that is because they were sympathetic to the message already when they read her and she seemed to validate their unpopular beliefs. She doesn’t reach those who haven’t already accepted the ideas because her books are polemic first art a long way second.
Have you read Anthem?
Yes, and it is far and away her best and most effective book.
Absolutely.
Most of my fans are lefties. They know exactly what my characters are saying and why and … they don’t care.
It seems we are having 2 separate conversations here.
My question was: Why does it seem that libertarians/conservatives de-value the arts? My premise was my assumption that this personality type was simply not suited to the arts. Yet here, we have a disproportionate (to me) number of liberty-minded folks who are very artistic and, better, excellent at it. Your take is, as Jarflax noted, superficial in that you are seeing the effect, not the cause. I am asking about core personality traits.
Now you are saying things about political activism, which is TRUE, but also superficial. Chaucer was political. Shakespeare was political. DaVinci was political. I’m political. Being “political” in one’s art is as old as Chaucer even when the artist was being supported by a patron.
Now, I think Jarflax’s answer is probably the correct one:
serious
Well, I’m seriously a writer, but I don’t tell people that’s what I am/do because I don’t make my living that way and I feel like a fraud saying it. I ALSO do not market myself well at all. In fact, neither does Animal or UCS. Coincidence?
I don’t think that is superficial at all as Shelley was specifically talking about poets affecting the world, society and the law. This sort of thing appeals to those who want to seriously challenge how the world works. These people today tend to be communists.
How can you get an experimental avant garde artist type to go “You Know America is actually pretty awesome!” which is a pretty conservative attitude?
That … is a good question.
In what way is that a (solely) conservative attitude? There is a non-trivial tradition in conservatism that consists solely of pissing and moaning about the current state of America and claiming that America was only awesome [present year – 50].
This is true, but I mean it is hard to get transgressive types who want to epater le bourgeois motivated to do weird avant garde stuff if they think the status quo is basically fine. What does motivate those types is “America right now pretty much sucks in every manner”.
Also the American Left hasn’t really been that optimistic since 1968. See Star Trek TOS for example of the optimistic Cold War Liberalism of the mainstream American Left.
And the artistic community has gotten pretty overwhelmingly leftist since the creation of the NEA in 1965 and universities too since the GI Bill and such which I don’t think is a coincidence.
Yep. I agree with you.
What we need is a return of The Young Fogies.
The kids call it The Dark Academia aesthetic nowadays. Hasn’t crossed the pond yet, as far as I can tell.
I would think it natural for libertarians to be artists, creators, etc. even if also analytical.
We can’t be pigeonholed, we don’t seek anyone’s permission or approval, and we are creative and open-minded enough to think (and feel) for ourselves.
Don’t tell me what I am!
Damned skippy!
I can only speak to myself, but this has been my experience.
I am tone deaf. I don’t think this is anything like a hereditary or genetic condition but is rather a consequence of not developing the necessary skills. My parents wanted me to learn to play music when I was in elementary school. I kind of half-assed it but never got into it. I didn’t feel a drive toward it. Fine, that’s one kind of art down, there’s lots of others.
I enjoyed making things. I took wood shop (it had a fancier name, but we mostly worked with wood and woodworking equipment) all through middle school. There was a part in CAD in the last year that I especially enjoyed. But (although I did not understand this at the time), wood shop was what rednecks took. Nobody in my other classes ever gave me any shit about taking wood shop. But the rednecks (can you call a middle schooler a redneck?) did. I was made fun of, a lot. Including by someone who used to be a friend. So, understandably, after middle school I stopped talking wood shop. I still enjoy woodworking to this day but fuck those people.
I could draw pretty well. I very much enjoyed art in high school. When I took it in college, though, the teacher (who wasn’t bad) gave assignments that I could never complete in class. I did not want to draw for homework, so my grades were either As for the things I finished or Fs for the things I didn’t. It being art class, there were not a lot of graded assignments. I withdrew before failing, retook the class and failed outright the second time. When I transferred, I didn’t need to take any art classes anymore. Thus ended another artistic pursuit.
When I transferred to four-year college, I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a math teacher. Despite doing well in math (when I did the homework, anyway) up to that point, I never thought of it as my thing. However, I had several good math teachers who inspired me. I felt very strongly that this was for me. I student-taught at a charter school in Baltimore and got a strong recommendation. There was a solid program (or so I thought) at UMBC and I had good mentors. Then it all started to fall apart. They laid off my mentor, they closed the departmental library, and my advisor said I had to schedule with a different advisor to go any further in the program. That person never returned my emails, was never in her office, and never returned my voicemail. I would not learn until years later that the department enacted the final purge (so to speak) of wrongthinkers and went full leftist (they now consider their number one priority to espouse equity pedagogy; Google that sometime if you don’t think the left is taking over education). Politics aside, the whole experience left a very bad taste in my mouth, and I was already a little wary of the final two semesters of the program, where you work essentially part-time then full-time not only without pay but moreover while paying tuition. I had it instilled in me through many jobs (retail, food service, construction) not to work for free. Moreover, my grandparents’ gift to me had run out and I and my parents were racking up loans.
So I retreated into math. That department was not nearly as dysfunctional. I enjoyed the study of the subject immensely. At its core, it is very artistic and I think people are mistaken to exclude it from the liberal arts (where it used to belong). However, it is categorized as STEM and most people treat it like science or engineering (which, in their own way, have some artistry too). Anyway, I also double-majored with computer science, which is going to be relevant for this next bit.
I had a proficiency with computers since I was young. I enjoy programming, tinkering, pulling things apart then putting them back together. I took a number of computer science classes, which really ought to just be considered a branch of applied mathematics (and sometimes, pure math). This was an interesting experience. The students were okay and the teachers were decent. But the department? Oh my god. One time, towards the end of a semester, when we had to do reviews of the class and the instructor (these are now done online, but at the time were still done on Scantron and so had to be collected up and delivered to the department), I got volunteered to turn them in. But the place where I was supposed to drop them off was locked, and so I went and got the instructor and asked what to do. He said he’d let me into the department office. Holy shit. No sooner than we walked in and the contempt was dripping. Not just for me, but for him too. Granted, this was after “official” office hours, but we were there on official business (which he clearly explained). I had never before seen anyone treated so poorly. I didn’t really mind my treatment (whereas nowadays I’d be more inclined to tell them I’m paying their salaries so they can shut up), but I was struck by how my professor (and he was a professor, not an adjunct or lecturer) was being treated. I swore off academia then and there.
So I ended up in industry, doing those serious and businessy things. And I enjoy it now, but I didn’t at first. Yet nobody pressured me; my on-again, off-again conservative parents didn’t push me into it. My friends were all over the place in terms of education and careers. And from time-to-time I get to use my creative side. But for one reason or another, I am not interested in playing the long games. I don’t want to spend 10 years eating shit with a grin just so I can end up in some position of power or control (not that such things don’t happen in business; on the contrary). I don’t want to change the world, or start a revolution. Such things are fools’ errands.
This is an extremely long winded way of saying that I don’t know that Jarflax’s answer is quite correct. I’ve been a libertarian since early high school (Badnarik ’04, baby, even though I couldn’t vote for another 2 years). Did I end up at the same end point despite a different environment because of an underlying temparament? I don’t know. I’ve met liberals who are very much like me and conservatives are quite different. It’s hard to say how these things shake out, except that perhaps there are some aggregate forces at play in a large-scale statistical fashion.
I’ve met liberals who are similar to me and conservatives who are different* (and, of course, the opposite)
The “fuck those people” is directed at the kids I went to school with (who are now in their 30s). I’ve met plenty of decent rural-living folk, and my best friend for much of my life considered herself a redneck (her dad was quite literally one). Rednecks don’t bother me, shitheads do, and those shitheads happened to be rednecks.
Thanks, it was interesting to read. I could certainly relate as being tone deaf myself and not admitted to any piano or violin programs in musical schools.I
But I didn’t quite get what happened when you were returning students’ evaluations with your instructor. Was it the animosity toward computer science from the math department?
Thank you for the thoughtful answer. It was very interesting. (Sorry it took me so long. I had to wait until I could read carefully to finish it and comment.)
My dad went through a thing with art in high school. He was an extremely talented natural artist and would have been a magnificent one if he’d had training. But in the 50s he didn’t do that because dudes who were artists were gay.
He took a couple of art classes at night that were offered by my art teacher at school. He really loved it and he was good. Really good.
But he didn’t pursue it then, either, probably because he had a family to support and that may have seemed frivolous to him. I don’t know.
It makes me sad.
It was the Playboy magazines in his desk drawer, Mojo.
Because I make music in my spare time not as my job. As it should be.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3rbxa6.jpg?w=1150
Ooh, prime has a “Travels by Narrow Boat” show. I want to do that again.
I can’t wait to read the letters from soldiers after the coming Bernie Sanders Civil War!
Dearest Mother. I do not know whether this cause be just, but I felt quite the man today when I ambushed a taker with a bike lock to the head. I hope this finds you well.
Your son (now daughter)
Pat
PS, my Starbucks card is low again. How am I to fight the Man without my soy latte?
Forecast – 90% chance of rain.
*checks Radar* *swath of rain from Canada to the Catskills*
Note – the window is zoomed so that those are the end of the image, it probably goes further.
It’s clearly going to rain, so why is it only 90%?
It’s only going to rain 90% of the time.
Enjoy. It just left here.
SMOD 2020
TW: Joe Biden twitter account attempts meme
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1235027778048864261?s=20
That’s just… sad.
NEEDZ MORE POOL CHAINS!!
If Biden wants to run as the steady, dignified, serious Joe, he shouldn’t try to out-do Trump on twitter. Nobody out-Trumps the Trump.
“When I tell you to get off the board, you get off the board, and I’ll kick you out again,” Biden recalls telling Corn Pop, chain in hand. Biden says he then apologized for the manner in which he kicked Corn Pop out of the pool, and Corn Pop closed his razor. “My heart began to beat again,” Biden says.
Those tales from Depression-era Delaware sure are relevant to today’s America.
Gabbard with at least 1 delegate from American Samoa.
Hang in there, Tulsi, even if only to steer the conversation a bit, like Rand did.
I’ve always wanted to go to Samoa and Tonga. One day, one day.
My parents caregivers are from Tonga. Very nice people, but they are puzzled as to why anybody would want to go there.
I dig far flung locales and went to school with a number of Samoans and Tongans. Reading Thor Heyerdahl books at an early age also piqued my interest in Polynesia and I dig on fishing and eating fish.
Fake Mexican.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/03/beto_orourke_joe_biden_is_el_proximo_presidente_de_los_estados_unidos.html
Busy day at work, so I just now settling down to catch up. Where do I go first? Drudge—Nope; it’s clickbait and increasingly leftist. CNN, FOX, MSNBC—Puh-lease! No way.
Nope, for the day’s highlights (and sometimes lowlights) I hit up GLIBS!!
That protein in meteor story is great! Really something to think about.
Drudge is rapidly becoming useless. And I can’t handle cable news at the moment. Glibs it is.
Cali polls close in 20 min. Really wondering if the Dems here are going to go for Bernie “Free Stuff” Guevara, or Joe “Corn Pop” Biden.
That post upthread was meant to be here-
“Well he came off, and he said ‘I’ll meet you outside,’” Biden recalls. Biden says Corn Pop was waiting for him outside with “three guys and a straight razor.” So Biden walked out to his car, which was where Corn Pop was waiting for him, with a 6-foot chain.
“When I tell you to get off the board, you get off the board, and I’ll kick you out again,” Biden recalls telling Corn Pop, chain in hand. Biden says he then apologized for the manner in which he kicked Corn Pop out of the pool, and Corn Pop closed his razor. “My heart began to beat again,” Biden says.
Joe- the motherfxin hero we deserve!
Supposedly Drudge sold the site, it has noticeably changed for the worse in the past year. I often go to realclearpolitics and it also has a good election tracker thingy.
I am looking at Politico poll tracker. They show California (polls closed minutes ago) as 0% for each candidate, then confidently called it for Bernie. Lolwhut?
Sanders is gonna win big in Caliunicornia. I almost voted for him today as I want to see that fucking socialist get his ass beat and the Dems to realize that they need to moderate. I could not do it thought and had to vote for Tulsi. Big frigging no on Prop 13. Ya gotta love how the scum bags in charge here put a ballot measure in a primary with that number that will in effect void the original Prop 13.
Moderate Dems are more dangerous than wacky socialist Dems. Moderates are skilled at boiling frogs.
That’s what I was trying to say about Biden. Well maybe not him but certainly his underlings.
I don’t view Biden as a moderate as much as an easily controlled stooge that will do as the party commands. The Dems need to go full commie so they alienate some of their traditional base and pay a price for it.
That was pure trickery, the way they “recycled” the prop number, hoping to fool the original “Yes” voters on old Prop 13 into thinking a “Yes” now would preserve it, not reverse it.
Cunts.
They’re crafty fucks. They did that on purpose I am sure. A couple elections back they had on a measure that would roll back some of the excessive vehicle reg fees. They worded it in such a convoy manner that I had to read it three times to make sure I voted the right way. It lost of course and now I pay 110 a year for my 1975 Honda that I bought for 1700 ten years ago. Bastards.
Yeah prop 13 is all “for the children.”
I floored a Cali acquaintance who lamented about selfish people who would vote no, equating it to not caring about education, and I said, “I got news for you: voting more money into the school system doesn’t equate to better education, and it sure doesn’t equate to caring about children.”
I got three young kids and I hate the “for the children” bullshit as much as anyone. Having them made me more libertarian.
666 comments on Super Tuesday. Coincidence? I think not.
With 57% reporting, Massachusetts has been called for Biden, with 34% of the vote, Grandpa Gulag 2nd with 27% and America’s Schoolmarm coming in 3rd in her home state, with 20%.
In a better world, she’d be shamed into stepping down as senator.
A man can dream.
Ayanna Pressley is rested and ready. It’s not like anybody else would be better. Is Scott Brown still in New Zealand?
True, she’d just be replaced by someone who is as bad or worse.
Brown is apparently taking over as dean of New England Law Boston in December 2020, once he’s done hanging with the kiwis.
And, huh, I missed the Pressley alopecia thing – the bald head threw me.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/02/instead-rote-learning-useless-facts-children-need-taught-wellbeing
How to do this? Free shot, obviously.
*Free shot*
Also gilmored
Free shit
Stupid autocorrect
What, you are too proud to call upon the assistance of the magickal Edit Faerie?
No, just never knew I could call it?
[The Edit Fairy loves all her children – Edited by the Edit Fairy]
I told you all she was real.
And Asian.
Not intersectional enough.
The Edit Fairy works in mysterious ways, Winston.
Harari is basically just gay Andrew Yang. I’ve seen nothing deeper in either man’s thought than “Robots, so UBI.”
… just gay Andrew Yang
You can just say Andrew Yang
Jewish Andrew Yang?
Only Grace Jones could pull that look off.
Pressley is no Grace Jones.
In a better world she’d be in jail for fraud, and lying about your race to steal an affirmative action spot would be called “pulling a Warren”
I had an occasion to email someone through an old email address and did not want to reveal my real or pen names.
You may call me Tulip Hayek.
I’m …honored?
I could hardly use “splosives” anywhere in there and still have a modicum of verisimilitude.
IOW, “mythical libertarian woman”
Is that your porn name?
Oh, do go on!
http://archive.li/QN1ix/4c6d946df3d7efd4d599b6d088760f9e4f22d3fe.jpg
NSFW.
http://archive.li/UYFlj/f9982fd8fd078d929b7ee458298c74c3964081ea.jpg
NSFW.
http://archive.li/4mCry/5db94550f2fa3b66d3ff4ab9ad6c9e8d8097d173.jpg
NSFW.
http://archive.li/pwzJM/0e35d2f9e32297a37ff3a9f2b69362570aa4a48d.jpg
NSFW.
Our next President!
Getting better.
Not so Super Tuesday.
The 1st one??? I mean…maybe not super-super. But, day-um!
#1 discovered a mole. #3 is “The Gymnast” from Seinfeld.
Non-political post of the day for me: I just used my air fryer (a lid that converts the Instant Pot to an air fryer) for the first time tonight.
Bone in, skin on, turkey breast rubbed with olive oil, Weber’s no salt poultry seasoning (i have to go low salt) and a little kosher salt. Put it in skin down for 20 min and walked away. Heard it beep, turned the breast skin side up, set for 30 min and walked awat again. Heard it beep and let it rest for 10 min.
My goodness that was easy, moist meat, and covered in a crispy skin! Hallelujah!
Submitted without comment.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/omg-joe-biden-introduces-his-wife-as-his-sister-the-hope-of-the-democrat-party-video/
Getting some tips from Omar?
That poor guy has had one mini-stroke too many. Retire, Joe.
This field is absolute horseshit: Bernie, Biden, Bloomy, Hilldog, Warren…
Just, no.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/03/tories-austerity-budget
It has been interesting to watch the austerity and Russia narratives evolve in real time. There is very little in the way of facts backing either of them, but they have gone from poorly sourced speculation to widely repeated gossip to firmly held beliefs. One can see in them all the same seeds of various panics, scandals, and social affairs of generations past. Post-modernity looks more and more like pre-modernity with every passing day.
That’s because there is nothing new under the sun and all is vanity.
Man is Born. Man Lives. Man Dies. And it’s all Vanity.
What about a “tolerant society” that can’t tolerate stuff it doesn’t like? How is that different from the old intolerant society?
I think the issue is that the phrase “tolerant society” is a personification fallacy. Societies can’t be tolerant, but an individual can.
Oh, how I would love to see a talking head/celebrity/media figure constantly and consistently hammer home the idea of the individual. Too many discussions about what groups think and do, when people need to be reminded that everything comes down to individuals making choices, even when this happens in a group setting.
I am amused at the notion of “post-truth” and “post-fact” as if Truth and Fact where ever a thing.
Stephen Colbert captured it perfectly when he identified it and called it truthiness. It doesn’t need to be true, it just needs to feel true. This is the engine that powers “fact checkers”, the belief that “our” news is real and “their” news is fake, etc.
Although, I’d imagine he was not the first person to either identify it or give it a name. And he ended up failing to recognize the universality of it, leading him to become a different sort of caricature.
In the early 70s, Norman Mailer first coined the term “factoid” to describe just that. Something that becomes accepted as fact because it was printed in the right place.
About 15 years later, CNN popularized the term as “a piece of interesting trivia.”
CNN has always been a boil on the ass of society.
What was it that Neil Simon* put in Biloxi Blues?
*presuming that was his line, and not just something for the movie
It’s all getting a bit heavy handed.
https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/pbs-kids-clifford-the-big-red-dog-introduces-lgbt-characters.html
As someone who loved the original run of Rocko’s Modern Life back in the good old days, the pathetic tranny angle of the new one that just came out was embarrassing. Propaganda and ideology are the death of art (if you can call children’s programming art).
My coworker lamented today that his 10 year old daughter said to him “I’m confused. I get that some men like men and some women like women. But why do the teachers want to talk about it all the time?”
From the mouths of babes.
Sarcasm? or has the meaning of ‘heavy handed’ changed? Mentioned in the credits and a girl calls two different women ‘Mom’ in two seperate episodes seems pretty subtle to me.
I guess children of same-sex couples who watch PBS Kids are shit out of luck too. I mean, if they want to see that shit, they should move to Lesistan or something. We say Merry Christmas here!
I meant the near constant bombardment of LGBT books, story prob ok end, art, science, everywhere for the kids.
See my comment above about my coworker’s daughter.
To me, heavy handed is like Mel Brooks later movies. No subtlety, no smoothly weaving into the tale. I can picture him off camera going “Heeaah?! HEAAAYH??!??”
I think something we really need to do is to smash the Teachers’ Unions. Not only do they indoctrinate teh Yutes but they ask for a lot of free shit and donate to the Left. Jobbery in action. However defeating them is really hard since it effects pretty much everyone and the MSM are extremely sympathetic to them and you do not want to get attacked for Hating Learning, especially of minority children.
Teachers Unions? Why do you hate the children Winston?
Why do you think the agitprop industry works so hard to destroy charter and homeschool movements?
Just remind them of when Albert Shanker dropped his mask for all to see.
Unless you have the reincarnation of Calvin Coolidge in your pocket, nobody is going to break up the teachers’ unions.
Looking at the number of comments in this thread I assume a bunch of you are still awake, watching the primaries with bated breath
Bernie has had a bad night. The democrats have enthusiastically decided to go for the Young Man in the race.
is it over yet?
No, several states haven’t had their primaries, and most of the delegates haven’t been won.
But by SuperTuesday, as it is called, there are results from a good cross section of the country and a signal of what is to come.
We also didn’t get a 7:00 p.m. post.
You’ve been bad. This is your punishment.
You call that punishment? Harder.
Speaking of which, I enjoyed you’re goading Ted’S into a dick Pic.
Sometimes, I worry about you, friend.
I mean, really–that’s not anywhere near weird enough for you.
And I did not enjoy not getting one. ?
Well…..I mean, it’s
short noticelast-minute, and all….FYI–Craig is wearing a kilt in my avatar, but the site crops so much.
/ouch!
Craig … Ferguson?
Kilts are hawt. Srsly hawt.
That is Fergie! Big fan, and, it would seem, others here are, too.
The Dunans Rising tartan (from my purchased Lord title):
https://scottishlaird.co.uk/products/dunans-rising-tartan-fabric-double-width?variant=1235702255
Damned expensive to get enough to make a kilt.
Umm… hooray Joe? It’s even more of a bloodbath now so that’s good.
He has done surprisingly well.
I can’t help but notice Sir Digby isn’t here tonight. I guess this confirms he is a high ranking member of the DNC.
You don’t read the whole meghilla, do you?
😉
Why does anyone care about the Dem outcome? other than pop corn futures? Don’t we all have jobs? haven’y the drugs fallen out of our ass already?
Because I’m curious to see if Team Blue is ready to go all in on socialism.
/Serious answer
The temperature in the pot is still too low…
yeah, something like that: demographics on parade
I don’t like to fixate on race or to treat any demographic as a monolith, but take Texas: it would seem the question there was simply whether Blacks or Hispanics would show up. The next question: who will show up four years from now.
And some things never change: the counties Biden won in MS and AL are the cotton / slave counties from the 1860 census.
Because it’s hilarious to watch these assholes pummel each other.
That too.
Presuming they don’t win on this go-round, you have to be prepared for what they’ll offer up for 2024.
“2020 was hindsight. Introducing Commu-bot 3000! Xe is all gendered/non-gendered, constucted by only People of Color, and ready to meet your every need, by appropriating the ill-gotten wealth of the
1% 5% 12%25%.”This is our 1990 era “Twin Peaks”.
Something political we can all agree on.
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/03/03/what-an-ahole-one-thing-both-republicans-and-democrats-can-agree-on-david-frum-is-shockingly-off-putting-watch/
Warren is taking a drubbing. I wonder if she will drop out. If she does, will she endorse Sanders?
I don’t think so. There is no love lost between them.
Posting simply for the dick pic: https://www.theblaze.com/news/cenk-uygur-melts-down-on-his-show
https://www.foxnews.com/us/iowa-man-given-two-years-prison-beating-rabbit-stick-beheading
“I’m having rabbit stew tonight.”
Oh ffs squirrels
I always thought the concept behind that show was strange – one of them is clearly Armenian in heritage, yet pairs up with this Turk who flatly denies the Armenian genocide.
The (not so) Young Turk + Armenian Collaborator?
I dunno if it’s good or shitty that she ditches her ethnic roots for shared commie fantasies. Something you didn’t choose for something you do, I suppose.
Sorta kinda maybe both at the same time/quantum moral state
Utterly fantastic. Consider it pilfered.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/iowa-man-given-two-years-prison-beating-rabbit-stick-beheading
“I’m having rabbit stew tonight.”
Depending on the facility, he may be having something quite different tonight…
BY SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT MEAN RAPE
Kat Timpf; ja oder nein?
I’d go to mein bunk (whatever the German grammar) for her.
Dein Koje? Jawohl mein Gummikartoffeln mit Kraut und das Boot für diesen Neun-und-Neunzig Scheißenballon.
I used to get in trouble for the garbage German at an old job I used to have. There was a German girl who, on more than one occasion warned me that I’d accidentally managed to say something very offensive or controversial.
“Accidentally”?
Huh. It got so quiet around here that I thought everyone had succumbed to Flu Manchu.
Sharp girl. Great gams but her delivery is off. She’s like Gutfeld, funnier in print but much more pleasing to the an old lecher’s eye.
And then they all died. Fin
Poor Delta Smelt.
Headline from Fox:
(Didn’t link to video talking about Super Tuesday in general)
Please, oh PLEASE pull your ads from Ohio. I’m tired of having to grab for the “mute” button and wanting to shout at the TV.
You put the remote down?
I have to do so in order to pet the cat.
Go with the flow. We have two cats and a dog which is small beer for us but when they come around it seems pretty easy to forgo the remote and visit with some buddies. Younger one (12 years) has discovered a love of cat treats.
Take pleasure in watching the colossal waste of money.
That’s my one and only consolation.
Today’s 30 minute sketch. Glib Island.
https://imgur.com/a/eeYy08Q
Noice! Just needs “Fuck Off, Slaver!” in Gothic script on the streamer (or whatever the proper name for that style of flag-like banner is.)
“The most striking part of the Artist’s presentation is the mystery of what might lie beneath the surface of the water. What drives the un-moored boat? More specifically, the Top Hat reels the viewer in as a quasi welcome juxtaposed by the forbidding edifice of the the stronghold and the apparent blinding white of the banner flown above.” It is magnificent!
SEA SMITH. Duh!
I was just getting my AP high school art teacher panties on for a second. I’ll bet Warty rents the basement suite.
The hill to the right of the fort look sad, the one to the left knows something.
You’re right and the building has seen stuff, Man!
Not finished yet. I’ll add ya all’s input.
Where do the orphans grow the corn?
No love for “Flu Manchu”? Buncha little shavers. *grumbles* I guess I’ll try harder next time, Gadget.
Not bad, but I think I’ve seen it before, here or elsewhere. “Flu Manchu,” “Kung Flu” – variations on a theme.
Don’t be sad, Fes. Just keep throwing them out there and see what sticks. (That’s what I do.) We still love ya!
Honestly hadn’t seen FM before. I go to the box now and feel shame.
Wuhan Virus.
That’s Laaaacist!
Covfefe 19
^ solid.
I can’t take credit, saw it on the tweets.
^ points for honesty. I actually thought that I’d originated something. Stupid Festus. By the time I think of anything original the Vietnamese sweatshops are already in production.
Good morning everyone.
Festus, I dig Flu Manchu. Hong Kong Flooey is my favorite, but a bit off base.
Mojeaux, I’m glad your daughter is enjoying the working world so far. My first job was as a 14 year old dishwasher in an upscale marina/resort restaurant in SW Florida. Making $3.25 per hour, working for a head chef who enjoyed screaming and throwing things at underlings.
Yusef, Your fishing vignette was great; thanks for sharing it.
hayeksplosives, I owe you an email and I will get on it when I can keep juggling the shards of my broken for a wee bit longer. While the bulk of my electrical knowledge beyond household wiring is gleaned from chatting up theatrical electricians while feeding them during commercial shoots. I am VERY interested in both electric propulsion and scaling down rail guns.
So you worked at that same restaurant for the same wage? And a Sagittarius?
What a night! Massachusetts can’t even stand the thought of Warren for president.
I will be listening to Boston NPR for insider tears.
New Baybeee!
Keep the avatar, Doom. Looks like Chris Hayes when he can’t act like a neo-lib asshole on live TV anymore…
She was waking up, and that’s never fun.
3rd or 4th in every state. Always a bridesmaid.
“Spinster!” The correct answer is “spinster”…
My wife and I go back and forth between “My Corona” and “Wuhan Flu ain’t nothin to Fuxx with”
The first sung to my sherona and the second to wutang crew.
Sharona.
Fucking guy. Never change, Cyclops.
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