I do not like April 19th. I was in my Organic II lecture when someone came in and asked all the National Guardsmen and reservists to please come with them.
Still no alignments except the one that I’m not talking about until it breaks up. I’ve caught myself making some really stupid mistakes this week, so this reading may not live up to my typical standards of accuracy.
The moon is in Pisces. This along with some peripheral indicators show that it’s going to be an absolute bitch to concentrate, but if you get a chance to go fishing, you will be wildly successful. Aries ends on a high note. Stubbornness pays off, but also expect it to be a tactic taken by others against you, especially if you are a Libra. Venus in Gemini is good news for those looking to start a relationship, end a relationship without rancor, or carry on an affair without getting caught. Because of all the nonsense going on, the only thing I see when looking at Jupiter (rulership) in Capricorn (thought) is “government plans,” so I’m not going to even bother trying to tease anything else out of that.
This is an interesting and not-terrible draw this week. It’s a very masculine draw, but more of a focus on guardianship, fatherhood, creativity, generation and the like. Very positive for married couples and unmarried couples.
Aries: The Emperor – Stability, power, protection, realization, aid, reason, conviction, authority, will
Taurus: Page of Cups – Fair young man one impelled to render service and with whom you will be connected, a studious youth, news, message, application, reflection, meditation, also these things directed to business
Gemini: 6 of Wands reversed – Apprehension, fear, treachery, disloyalty, also indefinite delay
Cancer: 3 of Cups reversed – Expedition, dispatch, achievement, end, excess in physical enjoyment, pleasures of the senses
Leo: Knight of Wands – Departure, absence, flight, emigration
Virgo: Queen of Wands – A dark woman, countrywoman, friendly, chaste, loving, honorable, love of money, certain success in business. Because of how this card was drawn, it also indicates a positive encounter with someone represented by the Knight of Wands (blue-collar man, constable, strike-breaker, trucker, brunette)
Libra: 9 of Wands reversed – Obstacles, adversity, calamity
Scorpio: The Fool – Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, bewrayment
Sagittarius: The World reversed – Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence
Capricorn: 7 of Wands reversed – Perplexity, embarrassments, anxiety. It is also a caution against indecision.
Aquarius: The Empress – Fruitfulness, action, initiative, the unknown, clandestine, difficulty, doubt, ignorance.
Pisces: 9 of Swords – Death, failure, miscarriage, delay, deception, disappointment, despair
Virgo. Ok. I’ll play.
Seems much more detailed than usual.
Man, I was indecisive about my comment and I missed being first!
What happened with your ride? Did you recover anything besides a body and frame?
Nope. The insurance company is picking up the shell. I’m collecting for sale ads to try and prove up the value. I paid extra because of the bitchin’ motor and failed to get accessory coverage. I’m losing money for certain, it’s just a matter of minimizing the loss, now.
That fucking blows, sorry. I hate thieves with a passion. If you rebuild it you may want to consider putting an anti theft gps on it. Car thieves love to target classic and souped up rides in addition to the Honda’s and Toyotas before they switched to electronic keys (although now the more sophisticated thieves have figured out how to steal your frequency from your key fob).
Yup. There’s no chance of rebuilding. It’d cost twice the price of buying another. I’d have to buy another and transfer 90% of it over, and then just have a salvage title. I’m prolly gonna buy an old school hotrod like a chevelle or camaro. I’ve never had a camaro that I didn’t buy just to flip. Always been a ’66-’67 chevelle kinda guy. Maybe a ’70-’73 firebird or trans am. Whatever it is, it’ll have a lojack and better insurance this time.
Sucks. Hope you get as much as possible on the insurance to get something to start with. From what I have read and heard LoJack is pretty damn effective with tracing, I think they run about 700-800 and then you gotta install. You might also consider getting a kill switch. If you mount it inside a small car gun safe it can be damn effective. Even if they figure out its inside the safe, those things take some time to get into. Of course, they don’t help at all if your car was stolen with a tow truck.
“Maybe a ’70-’73 firebird or trans am. ”
This gets my vote. I had a 71 formula 400.
Actually, I have an ’02 Z28, but I meant a gen 1 or 2 ( you know, a real Camaro.)
Appropriate song.
And this.
But wait, there’s more!
Wow. Thanks for that. Haven’t heard it in years. Back to the days of long hair and my army jacket with a pocket full of ‘ludes and weed. Good times…
Youtube served me this on after listening to Deep Purple.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQVTtpE9J7s
When I want to hear Sammy, I like this one.
Did I ever mention that I hate thieves?
I heard from a buddy about a retired Special Forces NCO who had a lunch-box sized package sitting in his gun safe. It was a package of C-4 with a mercury switch (tilt sensor) arming device and a light sensor trigger. Anybody who might have taken the safe would have armed it just by moving it. And once they opened it the light sensor would detonate.
I like the concept.
and a light sensor trigger.
Ooh, that plays a part in the underrated 1970s thriller Juggernaut.
Damn, sounds like someone out there hates thieves more than I do.
Also, like the Chevelle idea. My first car was an utter beater 72 Chevelle with a 350 from my uncle. I think I paid him $200 for it. Lasted about 8 months I believe until it wasn’t worth it anymore. It was fast tho. I ended up finding a 65 Buick for $500 that set me for a couple years till I sold it. The new buyer had it for a week before it was stolen and wrecked. Loved that car.
“ Libra: 9 of Wands reversed – Obstacles, adversity, calamity”
Fuck astrology.
Yeah, what he said!
Stubbornness pays off, but also expect it to be a tactic taken by others against you, especially if you are a Libra.
Screw you, I don’t have to do it.
“Expedition, dispatch, achievement, end, excess in physical enjoyment, pleasures of the senses”
Finally, some good news in these troubling times.
pleasures of the senses – by one’s self in isolation, mind
That’s what I’m talking about!
Expedition – my friend did suggest we take a spontaneous trip to FL to his family condo. I’m just worried our freedom of travel would be restricted somewhere, somehow.
I went to the creperie fully masked as to comply with Caesar’s decree. They laughed. The dish-soap trick to prevent lens fogging didn’t work very well, but I could still browse hte phone.
?
Take out the lenses?
“This went from being a Daily Show episode in 2015 to something people aren’t supposed to talk about in 2020. I wonder what changed between then and now?”
https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1251808149985726464
Jon Stewart is hashtag CANCELLED.
“Amazing study, supporting droplet (rather than aerosol) as key means of transmission. One asymptomatic person infected 10 (out of 91) at restaurant—but *only* if they were in direct line of air pushed by the A/C. (Aerosol would have infected others, too).”
https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1251556084424347649
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article
Although I’m very suspect of any research out of China.
Yes. They’ve fucked themselves so hard and they’re still digging. There’s really no way to know what’s garbage and what isn’t from there.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01108-y
Yes, although, unfortunately, they’ll probably get away with it.
So when I had to go to the pharmacy, I made a mask out of three layers of cloth (I think it was from a table cloth) with a coffee filter stuck in the middle. I used surgical tape to seal the edges against my face. Any ideas how I could improve it to protect myself?
My theory is, if you inject a large amount of heroin, your breathing will be so shallow that the virus can’t make it in as easily. That’s why no heroin addict have died of it yet. Well, that and they always just sit around on the couch all day. Maybe needs a bit more thought?
IFL SCIENCE!!
That’s probably about the best one can do with homemade material. Tight weave cloth and a filter media. HEPA air filter might be more efficient than a coffee filter, but I’m not sure about using fiberglass containing stuff at the mouth, particularly if it’s cut down. They’re also often engineered with ridges for their ratings over just pulling through a flat surface.
Looked for a comparison on filter efficiency and found this
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7108646/#!po=86.8421
Thanks, reading it now.
Did you fill the beak with herbs?
HEPA filter.
Not even lavender?
The G conversion kit arrived. Now to watch a bunch of how to videos and regret drinking quite so much coffee.
Make sure you use the right size punch and work from underneath the slide, especially when reinserting the pin. Getting the spring reset correctly is probably the trickiest part.
OMFG, the kit is missing the main spring. Considering it’s supposed to come with TWO, this is pretty absurd.
Good thing Midway has a decent return policy.
Sagittarius: The World reversed – Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence
Stuck in the ditch.
Same. I have to say this one looks spot on.
G conversion kit arrived.
Are you converting to “de-cock only”?
That’s how my Beretta works.
Yup. More than once, drawing from an IDPA-legal holster has re-engaged the safety.
Prime strips for lunch. Gonna be some juicy steaks.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/zZfMGzcwTpOh1z-FBwRd_g.Mts3yvTa6Qvou-rs3jvk5r
Shown with the new hotness.
10mm auto is a hot round.
That would be near the top of my list if I didn’t already have a SIG P220 in 10mm and a half dozen 1911-types
Doubly nice.
Another kicking myself moment- those West German Sigs that used to spill over vendor tables at gun shows. *sigh*
Sharp. I see you went with the long slide. Very nice:)
Standard govt profile.
Do you do some color correction/modifying to your photos? Your steaks always look unnaturally bright, even the marbling looks red.
It’s actually dyed tofu.
I salt them and place in the fridge overnight. That’s the color they turn. No photo enhancement.
https://jesspryles.com/recipe/how-to-make-your-steak-even-tastier-use-the-dry-brining-method/
Ah thanks , I just happen to have a ribeye in my fridge right now, going to give this a try.
Don’t use as much salt as shown in her pictures.
Definitely deserves a sticky note push pin and a piece of string on the board.
Nice.
New hotness is hot.
Scorpio: The Fool – Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, bewrayment
Sagittarius: The World reversed – Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence
Being a Scorpio-Sagittarius cusp that seems the right mix for this lock-down theme.
Virgo: Queen of Wands – A dark woman, countrywoman, friendly, chaste, loving, honorable, love of money, certain success in business. Because of how this card was drawn, it also indicates a positive encounter with someone represented by the Knight of Wands (blue-collar man, constable, strike-breaker, trucker, brunette)
Brunettes are good…
You can’t be wrong all the time, either
HBO’s Bill Maher criticized the media’s coverage of the coronavirus, alleging that news outlets have caused additional panic by the way they are covering the pandemic.
On his show Friday night, Maher speculated the way the media is covering the pandemic could result in President Trump’s reelection in November.
“Now that we’re starting to see some hope in all this,” he began. “Don’t hope-shame me. The problem with nonstop doom-and-gloom is it gives Trump the chance to play the optimist. And optimists tend to win American elections.”
Bringing up President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous quote, “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself,” Maher followed it up with, “As full of shit as he is, I could see Trump riding that into a second term, and then, there will be no hope left for you to shame.”
Oh, wait, never mind.
He makes some great points, but instead of concluding that isn’t good for anyone, he concludes it isn’t good for his political party. Partisans gonna partisan, I guess.
Lunch was awesome. 3 cheese (mozzarella, cheddar, “italian cheese mix”) and kielbasa quesadilla. Will definitely do this one more in the future – need to experiment with dipping sauces though – maybe some salsa or something else.
I think I need to identify as some other astrological sign. Gemini’s horoscopes seem to suck all out of proportion to, well, everything else . . .
How do you think I feel? I have to share a horoscope with Invisible BEAM.
Maybe it really is spring. There’s a gopher sunbathing on one of the big rocks at the edge of my driveway.
Has anyone here linked this Fumento article? The guy has been right about epidemics since the 80’s and HIV. Worth a read if you haven’t.
https://issuesinsights.com/2020/04/18/after-repeated-failures-its-time-to-permanently-dump-epidemic-models/
I remember when he took apart the Erin Brockovich lawsuit as not supported by science.
Pretty much my take, only with facts.
“Departure, absence, flight, emigration“
Well, I am on a 20% furlough.
Fresh brewed coffee, maple syrup, Jim Beam, heavy cream. Starting the day off well.
Eventually, my wife will drag her ass into the kitchen and make brunch. Candied salmon, capers, sliced red onion, cream cheese inside a fluffy omelette.
Meantime, I’m sitting on this sofa listening to tunes, commenting with you cheeseburgers, and looking at ads for vintage Rickenbacker hollow body 12-string electric guitars. Maybe the jangliest of the jangly guitars that ever jangled.
You eat well indeed E. If you have the cash on hand (hey where’s that Trumpbuck check?j) I imagine that there are going to be some real deals to be had in the next year as people sell off things. Maybe you can find your dream geettar.
That’s exactly my plan. I figure (unfortunately) That people are going to be liquidating some guitars, and I plan on being a buyer.
That reminds me, I should start buying vintage Ludwig snare drums, too.
If you are in this neck of the woods (once this panic is over) this guy is awesome for classic drums. He used to have a shop in SF that I would visit several times a year and drool over his collection of classic kits. I bought one of his handmade wood snares. Unfortunately I also sold him a sweet ass copper snare that I shoulda held onto. Sam is a blast from the 80’s hair rock past as well, very nice individual.
https://www.samadato.com/
I do a fair amount of work in Portland/Eugene/Bend. Will check it out next time I’m down that way. Thanks.
Shoulda held on to that copper snare.
I was just regretting that yesterday as I was playing my kit.
You’ll get a kick out of him if you do go by. This is the kind of stuff he always seems to have:
https://samadato.com/drupal/item/drums/1970s-ludwig-vistalite-snare-drum
Yep. That’s awesome. Thank you for the link, and keep rocking that kit.
*drools*
Friend of mine into classic cars called the price crash now in progress.
Take housing: I think it’s over-valued.
You put syrup in your coffee? Never thought of that.
Grill is heating up. Ribs are ready to roll.
Sun is out and life is good.
I wish I could grill, but is verboten at my apartment building. Enjoy the smoky goodness and family time.
My big adventure today is to walk over to the hardware store, buy a hammer and some picture hanging hardware. I figure after six months of living here I should hang the art. Also, a small set of dykes, and then restring some guitars.
Also, a small set of dykes,
I hope your wife is OK with that threesome.
I think I’m going to convert my kid’s toddlercaster to left handed today. He insists on playing it lefty. I can’t even teach him chords with it backwards AND upside down. He plays with it a lot, so I oughta at least get it set up right. I already bought him strings. Only concern is, I have to pry the nut out and flip it so the grooves match the new string set up.
“I have to pry the nut out and flip it”
*winces, crosses legs*
Jimi Hendrix re-incarnation?
backwards AND upside down
Gemini: 6 of Wands reversed – Apprehension, fear, treachery, disloyalty, also indefinite delay Spot on for summing up my life.
Who drank all my tequila? Doesn’t matter.
Pisces: 9 of Swords – Death, failure, miscarriage, delay, deception, disappointment, despair
Alright, alright, alright.
Installed the scope on the mini-14 and the red dot on the PC9 yesterday.
Planted an apple tree. Now to mow the lawn for the first time this year.
Given my horoscope, I will probably roll the lawn mower and die today. Been nice knowing you people.
I made an early start. Managed to mess up a resin pour and spent a good while cleaning it up. Ugh. Some slow-curing shit that is just awful.
What are you casting? I do a bit of resin work myself….
Just the underside of a small able top. I set some threaded inserts in place and poured around them. Most of it went fine but the final pour was a mess and the whole thing is totally ruined.
The calamity continues. I managed to smoke out my neighbours with the incinerator. I moved it so it wasn’t so bad but the damage is already done. I bet their house smells awful now. The wind just picked up and kept carrying the fucking smoke right to their back door, incredibly specifically to that location. I grabbed some wet rags and moved it further and further up the yard but it just kept happening. It’s like Gaia wants these people to hate me with a passion. I don’t know if they will complain because they are in their second home at the moment which they traveled to after the lockdown was already in effect, which technically they shouldn’t have done, so they potentially risk some kind of penalty if authorities found out. I wouldn’t say anything because I’d have done the same in their position. I feel terrible. I’m a shitty neighbour. They must be furious.
Again with the fucking squirrels but okay that sort of works.
they left the door open?
brunch. Candied salmon, capers, sliced red onion, cream cheese inside a fluffy omelette.
Sounds tasty. I like to just scramble salmon and cream cheese and a few eggs together.
Tell me again why we’re doing this.
Current number of active WuFlu hospitalizations in MT is 18. That’s not one per hospital.
I bet that’s fewer than the number due to skiing accidents in Bozeman alone on a average winter weekend.
Tell me again why we’re doing this.
We are clattening the furve.
Herd lunacy.
Stay home, stay stupid.
Why? Because we’ve ceded too much power to bad people.
Bad people do bad people things.
Who is we? I aint ceded shit.
I don’t see freedom in democracy
I thought the rapture was upon us…you would not believe the noise level of hundreds and hundreds of motorcycle parading down for this kids birthday.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/178612249448?view=permalink&id=10158110514484449&refid=18&_ft_=qid.6817479016981403896%3Amf_story_key.10158110514484449%3Agroup_id.178612249448%3Atop_level_post_id.10158110514484449%3Atl_objid.10158110514484449%3Acontent_owner_id_new.100000251740818%3Asrc.22%3Aphoto_id.3153474984670862%3Astory_location.6%3Astory_attachment_style.photo%3Afilter.GroupStoriesByActivityEntQuery&__tn__=%2As%2As-R
That is fucking awesome!
These stories really make it tough to maintain my cynicism…
Depends on whether they’re regular old motorcycles, or government-sector workers having a propaganda parade
Oh FFS. Word on the street here is the reason (drink!) the schools closed is the teachers (read union) were bitching that they were being put at risk with all the snot nosed little shits coming and going from their classrooms. If it saves one teachers life…….
I got no issue closing the schools, as long as they refund everyone their property taxes for every week the schools are closed.
Said this a ton, but it bears repeating: the people making these decisions aren’t even having a token gesture of solidarity. Governors aren’t cutting their pay, or the bureaucrats pay. Nancy Pelosi with her 13 dollar a pint ice cream. Mayor of Chicago ordering her hairdresser to come out of her place and make her look pretty.
It is upon us
That looks like an unauthorized public gathering. Time to call in the strike aircraft.
Porlex coffee grinder is the bomb. Better than my old German one that I’ve had for years and stopped using.
How long does it take to grind? I was just looking at electric ones, but if it’s fast enough if consider a manual.
I do a single serving at a time.
Two minutes or three minutes maybe? I’ll have to time it this week. Usually I grind it while the dog is eating or between other things in the morning. Grind for a bit, stop and do something else, go back, repeat.
Leo: Knight of Wands – Departure, absence, flight, emigration
So, what you’re saying is is I should have bought property in Wyoming or South Dakota a while back?
There’s still time to do that. Here’s more:
So get going, boy!
Just scored 170 pounds of ground beef and our freezer still isn’t full. I’ll get breadstuffs for the rest of it.
I hope you have a backup generator!
Me too!
*Homer drool*
If you have any TrumpBucks left, this is the generator we bought when we had a choice. (We’d bought a bigger, noisier gas guzzler right after Hurricane Ike blew through because it’s what we could get.) You CAN get one cheaper, of course, but this is nice for less noise and much better fuel economy. In any case, of course, it’s best to think through what you’d REALLY need to run and do your research accordingly.
I could swing it easily, but at the moment, the Trumpbux are spoken for.
That said, I’m earmarking some funds for a generator that will power a 5th wheel RV in case I need to come up with office space. I could go to the library (if they ever open up again) to work, but if Mr. Mojeaux is work-from-home for good after this (they will see that his department need not be on site), then we’re going to have some space problems.
I found a GREAT one that has no bathroom, no kitchen, but has heat, AC, and lights. It is a toy hauler with doors and windows. It’s PERFECT for my purposes, but I can’t buy anything until after the bankruptcy is discharged.
Topic-adjacent: If I ever end up in an RV, the first thing to go is the toilet, to be replaced with an incinerating toilet. I cannot STAND the thought of having to drag around hundreds of gallons of water that will be used to flush shit when there are such nifty things as incinerating toilets. I don’t know why they don’t just go mainstream in every home.
Tell me again why we’re doing this.
Failed Presidential Candidate Bullock needs your loving obedience, Comrade. Otherwise, you might trip and run into that door, again.
*This is how he should be unfailingly referred to, henceforth.
I hope you have a backup generator!
*uptwinkles*
Overreaction? Nonsense!
Montana hospitals have cleared clinics and beds to prepare for unprecedented patient loads anticipated with COVID-19 cases. Meanwhile, many are sitting close to empty and their revenue has been halved.
Last month, Bozeman Health suspended non-urgent visits. People could get care if there was an emergency, but other appointments like joint replacements and physical therapy had to wait.
Cutting down visitors reduced the chance of spreading the highly contagious virus. And if there were outbreaks, fewer patients saved hospital beds and medical equipment.
But the stall in services also stalled incoming cash.
Bozeman Health officials said the system’s weekly revenue has dropped from $7.5 million to $3.75 million.
Rich Rasmussen, the president and CEO of the Montana Hospital Association, said similar plummets are happening across the state as health care facilities take the same steps to decrease the risk of COVID-19 and prepare for what might come.
“We have hospitals creating tremendous surge capabilities, but they have no patients,” Rasmussen said. “It’s not just hospitals; it’s every provider.”
Hysterical kneejerk panic leads to “unintended” consequences. Well, blow me down.
Price you gotta pay. One one hundredth of one percent of Americans have died. Just a bit more tyranny and we might have flattened that number to .0099!
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2020/04/19/nick-cordero-leg-amputation-virus/111569754/
If there anything the commie cough can’t do?
My neighbors threw an “illegal” party last night. Lots of booze was consumed and “social distancing” was flouted. At the same time, the cul-de-sac to one side had about 15 kids playing a modified game of baseball. Fuck off, slavers.
modified game of baseball
key management school for nine-year-olds everywhere until Watergate
?
No idea what this could mean, other than that XY (connected by virtue of the fact that I gave birth to him) is a fair young man who has rendered great service the last week or so. Kid’s a hard worker, that’s for sure.
I didn’t get that at all. It is clearly talking about you enlisting the services of an underage paid escort specializing as a tantric bondage submissive.
^ This guy can read a horoscope!
It did occur to me, but I’ve a bit of an aversion to guys younger than I.
Well here’s an odd quandry.
Doorbell rings. There’s a delivery of popeye’s food on the steps, no sign of the delivery guy to tell them they have to wrong address.
I have no clue who ordered it. What to do?
Score! ?
Actually, the real purchaser showed up very soon after I posted while I was getting my shoes on and took it away.
Self-solving problem.
My plan had been to check if there was a reciept and find the correct house.
I’m not the type to steal from my neighbors.
So, as you probably don’t recall, I have 3 school-aged kids. So last night I had “movie night” with the family instead of joining you guys on Zoom. What follows is a review of the movie and the night.
The wife and I dress up for Halloween. It’s kinda her thing. We have young kids, so we have multiple Halloween obligations and multiple parties… therefore, by wife logic, multiple costumes. As a bonus, it is an opportunity for the wife to humiliate her husband by dressing him up in ridiculous ways. When the movie Trolls was out, this meant that I was dressed up as Prince Gristle jr., the fat Bergen kid with his belly hanging out. Thanks hon…
I tell you all of that to explain why my wife was so excited for the Trolls sequel. She’s been on me for 2 weeks about it. She was going to organize a whole group to go see it before the Covid thing happened. So last night was a big deal in my world. We popped popcorn 3 different ways, broke out boxes of gummy bears, nerds, twizzlers…. the whole movie-going experience. And plunked down a double sawbuck for the HD experience in our own home.
And wow, did this movie suck. I mean, it sucked hard. I personally went in with low expectations, but it still managed to disappoint.
But it wasn’t just “not good”. Oh, no.. that’s not enough for the label “sucked hard” from Hollywood. No, they went above and beyond the call of duty in making something suck. No, there’s something to hate here for everyone.
My 12 year old didn’t really want to do movie night anyway…. he wanted to play video games with his friends over the internet. So he was already primed to react negatively. 15 minutes in, he stood up in front of the TV, held up a blanket like a sail and wiggled his butt, saying “This movie sucks!!” over and over, just to piss off his sisters. It worked. The middle child eventually jumped him, sending popcorn and drinks flying everywhere. I surmised that his objective was to make us mad at him so we’d send him away and he could escape this turd of a movie and go hang out online with his friends. Well, 50% success on that one. Disney Circle eliminated the “online” part of that equation for him.
But I digress. Back to why this movie sucked so hard…. and this is going to be right down the center for many of you….
So the basic plot of the movie is that there is 1 troll queen who wants to conquer the world. You see, all the different troll kingdoms have different musical styles. And this one is from the kingdom of ROCK! I can hear you thinking… “hey, that doesn’t sound so bad…. an opportunity to bring in some great rock songs for the soundtrack. ” Well, you’d be wrong. Major violation number one was that whoever did the soundtrack doesn’t understand rock music in the slightest. So when they did a version of Crazy Train, it sucked and sucked hard. Now, Crazy Train is a great song. So great in fact that it stood up to being done in Sinatra style for the theme song to The Osbourne’s reality TV show. And they managed to make a rock version of that song that absolutely blew. But again, I digress.
No, that’s not the bad part yet, even though it borders on sacrilegious. For that, we have to revisit the 70’s. Remember when Hollywood felt the need to bolster the self esteem of black Americans by making TV shows and movies where the black guy is the smart one and all of the white people are really stupid, inept and terminally uncool? Yeah, that’s where they went with Trolls: World Tour.
You see, the Rock trolls like Rock, and they are the evil bad guys. And they hate anyone who likes any other kind of music, and they want to destroy it. But the good guys like pop. And they ally themselves with the Funkadelic kingdom that likes.. well, they called it funk, but it was more just hip-hop pop. The people from country music land were evil hicks who were terminally depressed and threw our heroes in jail for the crime of singing pop songs.
This was a script that was written by someone channeling Ta-Nehisi Coates as a junior high student. It was at once preachy and over-the-top about acceptance of others and simultaneously openly and overtly racist about anything that wasn’t “of black culture”.
The family hated it. Well, except the second grader. She enjoyed getting up and dancing to the various music pieces. (even those were mostly terrible, unlike the original.) But they hated it as just a bad, boring movie with a dumb plot that went nowhere and did so slowly.
I hated it with a libertarian website commentariate passion. The kind of hate that is dredged forth by being preached at by someone who has no clue that they are the embodiment of everything that they pretend to oppose.
This was the animated version of “Shallow Hal”, a Hollywood movie that was preachy about judging people by their appearance (I’m already out), but made the point by hiring super-attractive actresses to play what “good people” really look like on the inside, and yet having all of those “good people” be played by fat and unattractive actresses to show what they looked like on the outside. (meanwhile, everyone who was pretty on the outside was played by a fat, ugly actor to portray what they look like on the inside).
It was terrible. Really, about as bad as a movie can get. Bad, not because of incompetence, but via intent. They worked really hard at making this one bad. And the list of super-talented people involved is stunning. So they had to work extra long to make something this horrible. It is a kids animated movie for the whole Woke family. This one is one to judge your friends by. If they say they liked it, they are the ones to watch for when AOC opens the re-education camps.
To sum up… I didn’t care for it. I do not recommend “Trolls: World Tour” for my Glib brethren.
I just realized how to convey the musical style this movie used.
Remember that remake/mashup of Freebird and Baby I Love Your Way? Yeah, this movie is as if they hired Will to Power as musical director, only without the talent.
Top Chef did a Trolls-themed challenge last week.
I gave up after that. Not specifically because of that, but I was growing tired of all the hipster wokeness and it’s the same show every year anyway.
So I popped over to Rotten Tomatoes. 70% on the Tomato meter.
“Reader, I wept.” was the pull quote from the reviewer from Slate.
Critics are definitely predictable. If it is woke, they love it.
I’m so glad I only have two kids.
We’ve tried movie night several times. It never goes well.
instead of joining you guys on Zoom.
You missed interesting times. It ended for me at 0430 I think. I only told myself “one more drink” 8, 9, or 10 times (I gave up counting years ago). On the last mixing a drink stumble I noticed the bottle of tequila was empty. Well, that bottle at least. But I didn’t get into the other because I have restraint.
Ha! Every bottle is childproof if you’ve had enough…
Actually, that’s a pretty good premise… put childproof caps on your liquor. That way you’ll always have the willpower to stop.
Help?
So let’s say you want to help the workers or small businesses you’re unable to patronize now because you’re stuck at home. Where do you start? With your hair stylist? Your nanny? What about all the Lyft or Uber drivers who have given you rides?
Who might benefit the most?
Rather than trying to make everyone around you whole, focus on the people you have depended on the most, says Ann Skeet of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.
“If you have been relying on somebody to come in and do a high-touch, personal level of service in your home, you want to maintain a good, long-term relationship with them,” she says. “That’s really the way to think about it, what is my relationship with this person? How regular is it? And how much are they relying on me?”
In other words, if you had someone caring for your children or cleaning your home and they are no longer coming, they may not have many other places to turn for help. Skeet, who teaches and consults on business ethics, says these types of workers are often independent contractors, and lack the kind of safety net a business might provide, such as paid sick days.
Although self-employed workers are eligible for unemployment compensation under the the coronavirus rescue package passed by Congress, the money has been slow in coming. And those domestic workers who are undocumented immigrants aren’t covered.
The National Domestic Workers Alliance has set up a Coronavirus Care Fund which has raised nearly $4 million for domestic workers in need.
But Smiley, the workers’ rights advocate, says a more direct way to help is to “continue paying your domestic worker,” even if they are not working.
“Consider it a paid leave,” she says. “This is something we would get, many of us who are in full-time, formal positions where we have paid leave. Why wouldn’t we also offer that to the people who provide us immediate services?”
Here’s an idea, you stupid fucking cunt:
Let those people go back to work, and stop trying to make them wards of the state.
Here’s another thought for her….
Did she run down to her favorite clothing store and drop a 20-spot on the counter. You know, since she’s not using their services, but they need to get by anyway?
Or how about the gas station? She’s not driving any more, but they gotta eat and make rent…. why not drop off a fifty this afternoon?
And your mechanic…. you haven’t been using your car, so you have not taken it in for your normal maintenance. Shouldn’t you drop off another 50 for them?
Or maybe you didn’t really put enough thought in to this position.
and stop trying to make them wards of the state.
But the state only wants what is best for those poor, benighted souls.
grrr. building our raised vegetable garden planter and measured wrong…looks like Lowes is getting a few more bucks outta me.
Also all their lumber smells like marijuana when I cut it
I’ve been geeking out on these videos all day. Here’s Japan’s introduction to the gun:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xZnaCel6LdU
It was terrible. Really, about as bad as a movie can get.
Almost as bad as Starship Troopers, then?
I liked that movie,
but I also like Pineapple Deep Dish Pizza…
Starship Troopers was fantastic! I laughed my ass off.
I think my buddy and I were the only two in the packed theater who understood that we were watching a farce.
“Recruit! Put your hand on that wall!” Thwack!! A knife drives through his hand, pinning him to the wall
Gales of laughter from us. Everyone else is reacting in horror. They slowly turn to identify the source, and note the crazy people to avoid after the film is over.
I had the exact same experience watching Roadside Prophets. Our group of three was doubled over with the giggles for the whole film while the rest of the audience seemed to think it was a drama.
First thing we do, let’s kill all the experts.
Experts say it may be time for grocery stores to ban customers from coming inside
Dozens of grocery store workers have died from the coronavirus, despite masks, temperature checks and capacity restrictions to keep them safe. So far, supermarkets have resisted the most draconian policy: banning customers from coming inside.
However, some worker experts, union leaders and small grocery owners believe it has become too dangerous to let customers browse aisles, coming into close range with workers. Grocery stores are still flooded with customers, and experts say it’s time for large chains to go “dark” to the public and convert to curbside pickup and home delivery for food and other essential goods.
“Careless customers” are “probably the biggest threat” to workers right now, according to Marc Perrone, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers’ union. The union said 85% of its grocery store member workers reported that customers are not practicing social distancing in stores.
“Anything that reduces the need for interaction with the public and allows for greater physical distancing will ultimately better protect grocery workers,” said John Logan, professor and director of Labor and Employment Studies at San Francisco State University. “Shuttering stores and repurposing them for pickup and delivery only would be a positive step.”
Sure, why not? Think of all the new jobs we’ll create. We can pay those shopper surrogates $25/hr. That’s as good a way as any to soak up some of the trillions of dollars which will soon be flooding into the economy.
I’m an expert Harley mechanic. If I was 1/100th as wrong as these experts, I’d have starved decades ago.
Dozens of grocery workers have died? Really? Are we sure about this? Where are the statistics on grocery worker deaths due to Covid-19. Somehow I doubt that they exist.
And over what number? Is that dozens in New York City? Or in the state of Massachusetts? Or in the USA? North America? Globally?
And “workers report customers are not practicing social distancing.” Is that from each other, or from the workers? Because you don’t really interact with any workers at a grocery in a “not distanced” situation. The cashier is behind a counter, and most places put up a plastic shield. The deli is behind a counter. There are not that many bag boys any more… but I suppose you get pretty close to that guy.
This sounds like completely made-up nonsense.
As a grocery store employee who is quite happy to be working, I believe those experts and union shills should be promptly gibbeted.
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Public safety officials are not requiring essential stores to shut down to customers, but the US Labor Department last week recommended that retailers start “using a drive-through window or offering curbside pick-up” to protect workers for exposure to coronavirus. The California Department of Industrial Relations said this week that companies should “encourage customer use of online order and pickup.”
Tighten your grasp. Pull the garotte harder.
“We have no choice. They have to stay open. [America’s grocery] delivery system has not matured to the point where we can switch to an entirely remote system,” said Seth Harris, former deputy secretary of labor during the Obama administration.
Online pickup and delivery requires a much larger staff than grocery stores are currently equipped with. That could fill supermarkets to capacity with workers, defeating the purpose of removing the public from stores.
Paying that many workers would also cost grocers a lot more money, and many smaller chains don’t have the resources. They have already hired more workers during the pandemic to meet demand, and they’re raising pay for existing employees to convince them to stay on the job. Grocers operate on razor-thin margins, and for many, the recent increase in sales because of coronavirus has been wiped out by the increases they’ve needed to make in payroll.
“I think that’s one of the major reasons chains are reluctant to do the switch,” said Logan from San Francisco State University.
The country is in the best of hands.
Truly, the best of hands.
If they can’t afford to double their staff at higher wages, they shouldn’t be in business in the first place.