Somehow I missed until now that Ricky Wilson played a Mosrite. I know he used a special tuning for Rock Lobster but forgot he got the tone with the Mosrite.
Gender Traitor
on September 1, 2020 at 9:12 pm
::starts to pogo & slamdances db::
dbleagle
on September 1, 2020 at 9:13 pm
This was the YT suggested next video. Q must have infiltrated their algorithms.
Roam, at the very least, has a category it could be classified into….sort of. Tempted is a bunch of nothing, and quickly gets the channel changed should its shit, shrill warbling touch my ears.
And, I’m not exactly a fan of the B-52’s, although I don’t dislike them, either.
“Squeeze”–tha fuck is that? Nada, that’s what.
Rhywun
on September 1, 2020 at 10:19 pm
Falls out of chair. Who’s gonna school the kid in Squeeze?
Now, see, Slum–that was so much better than that warbling mess. It had some style.
There is no way in Satan’s Hell that Tempted is “blue-eyed soul”. If that’s what it officially gets labeled, it’s no wonder the Blacks hate the Whites.
slumbrew
on September 1, 2020 at 10:39 pm
Oh, you done did it now.
Going totally off topic, that phrase reminds me of a hip-hop video by a WWE star that I find shockingly enjoyable
How come I fear the opening cartoon is an accurate sneak peak at the USA’s future?
peachy rex
on September 1, 2020 at 9:16 pm
A few weeks ago, Fauci floated the idea of mandating eye protection, and it went over like a lead balloon.
Cancelled
on September 1, 2020 at 9:27 pm
Has there been a single confirmed case of someone catching Covid while on fire? I think not! The solution is obvious and any decent person would be willing to suffer e few minor burns to save their beloved gnad parents.
Chafed
on September 1, 2020 at 10:56 pm
JAMA is saving space for your article.
Seguin
on September 1, 2020 at 11:32 pm
Uh, check the stats. Plenty of people have died of COVID while being actively on fire.
I stopped renting my attached apartment in January because I feared this situation was going to get out of hand. Sadly it appears that the situation dropped out of hand, was kicked while trying to pick it, and is now circling the storm drain before getting flushed out to sea.
I know several other people who did the same thing in early 2020. How many of these units will come back into Oahu’s tight rental market is anybody’s guess. My money is on a 33-40% drop in 2021 and it will last multiple years.
Gender Traitor
on September 1, 2020 at 9:30 pm
“Whycome we got such a housing shortage??”
Chafed
on September 1, 2020 at 11:01 pm
Exactly
db
on September 1, 2020 at 9:27 pm
As a landlord who has had to evict deadbeat tenants in the past, I have sympathy for people in true need, but at some point, you have to own up to your obligations. Nothing is free in this world, and landlords have to deal with crazy shit all the time. I basically had a shitty tenant’s damage to my property eat the entirety of their annual rent once.
Gender Traitor
on September 1, 2020 at 9:31 pm
…and the CDC is now in charge of the country and has picked you to lose.
Yusef drives a Kia
on September 1, 2020 at 9:54 pm
if I don’t meet my obligation, can he meet his? It’s more than Capitalism to me, it’s ethics, if we aren’t capable of being civilised then what do we have?
Francisco d'Anconia
on September 1, 2020 at 9:35 pm
The X-Files had it right, but the wrong agency.
mexican sharpshooter
on September 1, 2020 at 11:22 pm
The Simpsons were closer with the EPA.
slumbrew
on September 1, 2020 at 9:50 pm
WTF? I missed the part where the CDC had that sort of authority.
They’re suddenly like Obi Wan – *waves hand* this is a public health issue.
I was going to respond to Bruschettawad when this post dropped.
Yeah, renter in a tight place through no fault of their own are in a shit sandwich, but forcing it uphill doesn’t make it taste any better or go down easier. All this does is a) halt price discovery and downward pressure on lowering rents and b) creates incentives to take housing units off the market & cut costs (repairs, maintenance, and upkeep). Those will linger longer than any eviction freeze.
Proving once again that landlords are evil and private property is a myth propped up by raysis.
Brochettaward
on September 1, 2020 at 10:19 pm
Like it or not, landlords are not a particularly well liked class of people in this country.
I’d like to think that decent landlords are treating decent tenants in a rough spot correctly on their own through self-interest and some amount of compassion. I don’t believe it is the government’s role to intervene regardless. But good luck finding a politician who will support that and who can win elections.
My M/F In-laws have several properties adjacent to theirs. They have kept rent steady for years because they feel it is better to have a tenant paying $100/mo less in rent, than spending 3 months trying to fill a vacancy. They are friendly with their renters, and my F-I-Law is still the guy who goes over to fix their plumbing and sprinklers. They have done their best to work with their renters on a structure that will work.
This is, to be frank, a nut punch. At any point these renters could say that they aren’t going to pay. My in-laws would have worked with them to try and keep them in their homes, but now, these renters could just say “F-U I am not paying anything” and my in-laws would have no recourse.
To me, this is the worst sort of pandering, and even my sympathy for Trump leaves me feeling like this is a huge f-u to the property owners who have tended to support him.
mrfamous
on September 1, 2020 at 10:12 pm
Yeah, ultimately this is bad for tenants too.
Toxteth O'Grady
on September 1, 2020 at 10:21 pm
And for buildings, just like rent control.
CPRM
on September 1, 2020 at 9:23 pm
Had another meal out in a sit down restaurant without having to wear a mask. Place opened during all this shit. Stopped in today for lunch. Staff was wearing masks, because state mandate, but no guests were. Overpaid for a mediocre fajita meal, but it was nice just to do it.
CPRM
on September 1, 2020 at 9:28 pm
I’m confused, Wisconsin’s lock downs ended because the State Supreme court said the gov couldn’t declare a state of emergency for more than 30 days, yet this mask mandate is starting it’s second month. The rules don’t matter anymore. Political Thunderdome.
db
on September 1, 2020 at 9:34 pm
Here in Western PA, none of the counties (except Allegheny) are enforcing this. It’s mostly the private business owners mandating masks out of fear for their licenses. Staff in restaurants wear masks, but none of the diners do. The servers love customers and are just glad we’re coming out to eat. Basically the only places people wear masks here are in stores where the state could potentially revoke a business license. But as far as I can tell, most police and sheriff’s departments here are refusing to enforce the state requirements. Some stores post a sign saying the Governor has “requested” you wear a mask, but they will respect your choice to disobey (usually phrased as “respecting your privacy”).
Brochettaward
on September 1, 2020 at 9:31 pm
Fear not Glibertariat. The Bro, First among Firsters, the One True Libertarian, is alive and unbanned.
I promise to bring you many more Firsts. I will always be here to let you know what is or isn’t gay, or just how gay something may or may not be. Because I care about all of you. You, the Glibertariat.
Tejicano
on September 1, 2020 at 9:38 pm
Sure thing, Mr. Sloppy Eighths.
Brochettaward
on September 1, 2020 at 9:56 pm
How dare you. How fucking dare you.
And to Straffinrun – I appreciate the compliment, but I don’t swing that way.
Yusef drives a Kia
on September 1, 2020 at 10:00 pm
Sean, if you are out there, any recommendations for a place to have lunch in Easton, PA?
Sean
on September 2, 2020 at 4:30 am
Sorry, but not really.
A lifetime ago, I was a huge fan of Pearly Baker’s Alehouse. They aren’t open for lunch most days though.
Been grooving on Prime steakhouse in Bethlehem recently though.
Rhywun
on September 1, 2020 at 10:09 pm
I’m seeing another one of those commercials frequently today (remember when channels used to rotate through more than two or three different commercials?) where shoppers and shopkeepers are all happily masked up and doing commerce like everything’s just peachy keen. I wish they would stop normalizing this shit. I don’t want to see another fucking mask in a fucking commercial.
straffinrun
on September 1, 2020 at 10:13 pm
If they didn’t, you’d get Covid. Science.
slumbrew
on September 1, 2020 at 10:19 pm
For the record – your avatar makes me me grin every time I see it.
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (which I had not watched since I was a child) is secretly a very intelligent movie. And, even if inadvertently, it raises some interesting questions. Genghis Khan is a historical figure that its ok to joke about, but the movie knew enough to stay away from, say, Hitler.
I don’t think the SDHS class of ’88, or ’89 was very interested in hearing from Hitler. Or, him to speak to them, since their football rules, and is a threat to his Reich.
Faux pas time–I remember going with my broseph to see B&TEA when it was released as a sneak preview, complete with surveys afterwards. We drove around laughing our proverbial asses off, afterwards.
salted earth
on September 2, 2020 at 12:31 am
Bill and Ted’s reminds me of the movie Young Einstein (YE was released the year before). This is the scene I remember from YE, kitten pie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvOTWb9fpN8
To be fair to that person, denying them a lifetime of gainful employment is just going to push them into a lifetime of either protest larping or university administration.
And then I think about how Underworld stared out like this.
I’m betting only Rhywun knows that one.
KSuellington
on September 1, 2020 at 11:25 pm
I saw that a couple weeks after it opened after taking a half eighth of mushrooms at the Kabuki in SF. This was the best Underworld song on the soundtrack.
I, too, saw the film in SF when I was visiting my sister – it took us about 15 minutes for our brains to start interpreting the Scots accents correctly. We then laughed for the rest of the movie (other than at the horrible parts, of course. Poor Tommy).
Drudge is currently running with headlines related to Melania Trump. One on her having a private email server (like this is comparable to Hillary having one as Secretary of State), and another on why one of her backstabbing aides was recording her. Like, who gives a fuck?
Drudge has lost his god damn mind.
slumbrew
on September 1, 2020 at 11:14 pm
Drudge, as in Matt, sold the site last year. He’s currently swimming around in his Scrooge McDuckian cash vault.
Brochettaward
on September 1, 2020 at 11:16 pm
It would have to be the quietest sale in history. But it would make sense. I mean, the guy has either lost his god damn mind over Covid and Trump or it’s not him running things anymore.
Brochettaward
on September 1, 2020 at 11:20 pm
If you did buy Drudge, you’d want to keep it quiet. So I won’t dismiss that out of hand. But I think it’d be tough over the long term. And the reports on this seem old already. And how fucking hard is it to run the Drudge Report? Maybe he sold just because the offer was too good. I don’t know. But the site is different and not in a good way.
slumbrew
on September 1, 2020 at 11:25 pm
Matt himself is mid-50’s now and may just be tired of it all. The deal was probably a big pile of cash + an NDA. He probably assumed readers would catch on to any ideological shift and/or he just couldn’t care about anyone who didn’t notice.
All supposition, of course.
slumbrew
on September 1, 2020 at 11:22 pm
It was indeed quiet, but it’s been kicked around for a bit now; Drudge himself gave a “no comment” a while back, which would seem to be a yes. As you say, it makes a ton of sense – the tone shift has been obvious.
KSuellington
on September 1, 2020 at 11:19 pm
Drudge is now a leftist news aggregator site, has been for awhile.
Some front end cloudflare like service that is blocking the login page. Don’t feel like jumping through the hoops on the other device at the moment so griping from phone instead.
Chafed
on September 1, 2020 at 11:22 pm
Whichever TPTB posted that cartoon, thank you. It’s spot on.
My first half day of Crusader Kings 3 impressions – Your enjoyment will be based upon how much you enjoyed Crusader Kings 2. The biggest difference in how it plays is in shifting around the UI. During this mod-free phase, I have an ironman game going on starting in Celyon in the earliest start year, I took the Maldives and just got my first foothold on the subcontinent. I plan to take the rest of Kerala then focus on economic improvements. I’ve weakened the Raj of the region enough that I can do it once my truce runs out.
In my “No achievements” game played somewhat in parallel, I made the most insane custom faith I could manage to see how far I could push it. For some reason my neighbord are afraid of that character. Might have something to do with the human sacrifice and ritual cannibalism… nah.
I had one of those sessions. Norse count on the tip of Brittany. Doomed from the time I picked the character. It’s a no-win starting position unless you cheat.
Actually, now that I think about it, if he immediately grabbed a catholic concubine and converted, he could have bought enough time to try to do something. Might end up losing independance and being a vassal of the king of brittany, but that’s not a game over.
Gotta say–for anyone in his (former) camp re: things like owning a Tesla, that’s a good sell video.
hayeksplosives
on September 2, 2020 at 1:32 am
He makes a good point distinguishing Tesla subsidies (paid back early with internet) compared to the Big Three ICE vehicle companies, who still owe BIllions.
As for the Green aspect, that was never really the main goal for Elon. He wants to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and also get out there with self driving cars, maybe even ride share ones.
The computers developed for Tesla are ridiculously powerful.
As is the Tesla itself. It’s damned easy to speed to 90-100mph and not notice because the car isn’t strained or whiny, not shuddering and oh so quiet. Today I had to call loudly to the security guard at the tent to the work parking lot so he could take my temperature today on the way in. He didn’t hear the Tesla 10 feet from him.
How easy is it to keep yours charged sufficiently? They do require special outlets, do they not?
thepasswordispassword
on September 2, 2020 at 1:58 am
The biggest issue I heard about them was that they had some issues with fit and finish. Things like panels not quite fitting right which can make those 90-100mph drives a bit louder that you’d like. A mix of not using conventional hardware development processes so QA is less consistent and the actual design of the frame and panels being more complicated than a traditional vehicle manufacturer (I remember a not entirely fair complaint about total number of fasteners and the diversity of size and type of fasteners) so more places to screw up. Minor criticism in the long run compared to having a space car.
Still will never convince the curmudgeons who like mechanical feel though. Even though most would be hypocrites with their ABS and their EFI. They might even have ESC!
Yusef drives a Kia
on September 2, 2020 at 12:42 am
So i racked the 590 for practice and noticed a round in the chamber, Glad i’m paranoid, those things are lethal…
Hopefully, ever firearm handler develops (and lives by) the muscle memory to:
-Keep booger hook off boom switch
-keep the fiery end pointed away from any and all people/animals/explodey things
-check that the firearm in unloaded, including the chamber
Yusef drives a Kia
on September 2, 2020 at 1:56 am
Digby, since I don’t get here late, here’s the deal.
a Bad business deal turned into a Dangerous scene, and i probably should leave for my safety, it’s that bad,
/Short story
Oh, yes–I recall a mention of bikers. Yeesh–just trying to work a trade, right? And bikers want to get involved in somesuch? Yeah, I think a high-tail out of there, at least for the time being, sounds wise.
Yusef drives a Kia
on September 2, 2020 at 2:07 am
I have one more thing to do, and them I’m out, this is a bad place for me, I’m going North,
Yusef drives a Kia
on September 2, 2020 at 2:10 am
The irony is I’m making good with my Bad customer, just to clear the air, I don’t need his money, I hate people that think that way, but what are you gonna do?
Approximately 15 to 16 million K-12 public school students in the US live in homes with inadequate internet connection
OMG!! First, it was the Inquisition. Then the Holocaust. That princess who couldn’t sleep due to a pea under her mattress is in there, somewhere….but, THIS???
Damn you, Unequal Lives!!!!
Tejicano
on September 2, 2020 at 5:23 am
I saw this coming from way off. I kept trying to tell myself it would never get here, but – dayum – here we are.
Festus' Mustache
on September 2, 2020 at 5:51 am
I’ve noticed 5-g towers going up all over the place around here, mostly atop the existing “high rise” buildings. I don’t fear it but it seems weird to put that sort of apparatus atop apartments.
Scruffy Nerfherder
on September 2, 2020 at 6:33 am
5G has very limited range compared to 4G so they have to install more, smaller towers in order to get coverage.
Scruffy Nerfherder
on September 2, 2020 at 6:34 am
And I guarantee the building owner is collecting rent on that installation.
Festus' Mustache
on September 2, 2020 at 7:02 am
Well that’s a given. It’s just that some people are still freaked out about high-tension lines and say nothing about cel towers getting installed upstairs.
Rhywun
on September 2, 2020 at 6:31 am
How convenient that we now have a handy excuse to drone on about the dIgItAl DiViDe.
Kitteh! My namesake is doing better but I’ve watched this play out too many times. Sure has gotten even sweeter since we started drugging him and I didn’t believe that was possible. My poor feller. He’s a cat but it will be a nut-punch when he goes. The last one we said goodbye to was nearly 20. Imma cry like a baby. We’ll wait a bit and get two more kittens, as God intended.
Festus' Mustache
on September 2, 2020 at 6:42 am
They probably won’t even let us in the room when they do the deed. I wonder how many of the elderly have died scared and alone since this bullshit started. Sure, Granny is going to die but why does she have to among strangers without a family member to hold her hand? This shit is evil. They are grooming us for what they believe is sure to come.
Scruffy Nerfherder
on September 2, 2020 at 6:45 am
We have the worst revolutionaries.
Festus' Mustache
on September 2, 2020 at 6:48 am
It was worse than when his his Grandpa started calling him a “Nancy”! He just couldn’t EVEN…
Sean
on September 2, 2020 at 6:48 am
Would you prefer them to actually be scary?
Festus' Mustache
on September 2, 2020 at 6:55 am
Like bomb-setting and snipering and the like? Fuck no! They’re moving in that direction which is worrisome but they still seem to be a tiny minority getting an out sized bit of attention. I mean, look at that guy… Most of them seem to be just like him.
heyo
How am I supposed to type with a finger up my butt?
Put your phone up there too.
Pssst – he didn’t say “Simon says”
Put your nose on the keyboard and twitch your finger when you want to type.
::tiptoes in, looks around:: I guess everybody else just gave up.
First?
I Am Third. Could do worse.
I totally want to respond to the morning thread’s inclusion of the B-52s’ Private Idaho. Excellent choice!
For the evening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4QSYx4wVQg
Somehow I missed until now that Ricky Wilson played a Mosrite. I know he used a special tuning for Rock Lobster but forgot he got the tone with the Mosrite.
::starts to pogo & slamdances db::
This was the YT suggested next video. Q must have infiltrated their algorithms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KItYnaM60nw
I much prefer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJwQuTqqPvo
WHY DON’T YOU DANCE WITH ME????
Back when the women of the B-52s were tolerable and tolerable to look at.
Not the B-52s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT54eM3fxKk
not the B-52s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGZv0XrbMO0
Different song with the same melody
https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/2020/09/01/sweet-creek-milepost-2-fire-still-burning-500-acres/5681173002/
Also not the B-52s, but just as much fun.
In-freakin’-deed.
I had a neighbor growing up that was about 10 years older than me that looked exactly like Susanna Hoffs in that video.
I cannot express how much I wish there was more to that story than a single sentence…
Not the B-52s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TyNdTgjgKY
but maybe a kindred spirit.
(*Lyrics are a bit salty)
I like her! Thanks!
More great female vocals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFzCtKZo24M
More rockin’ than the B’s, but a great tune.
Tempted
Tempted
?
That is a good tune.
Actually, that’s what I intended to link. I just fucked it up. Time to quit for the night.
*whew*
I didn’t really want to point out that Roam kinda sucks…
(TBF, I probably just heard it _way_ too much when it came out)
Channel Z > Roam > Love Shack (speaking only of that album)
Lord, I barely remember Channel Z!
Ha–good times.
Wait–you wanted to link that??
What you picked was so much better, and considering the state of the band back then, your sentiment makes sense.
Are we into the insane nonsense part of the night?
Because saying Roam is somehow superior to Tempted is just crazy-talk.*
* These statements have not been evaluated by anyone. These opinions are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Oh, you done did it now.
Roam, at the very least, has a category it could be classified into….sort of. Tempted is a bunch of nothing, and quickly gets the channel changed should its shit, shrill warbling touch my ears.
And, I’m not exactly a fan of the B-52’s, although I don’t dislike them, either.
“Squeeze”–tha fuck is that? Nada, that’s what.
Falls out of chair. Who’s gonna school the kid in Squeeze?
Oh, you wanna fight? Take me on!
A-ha is one of the supreme musical talents of the 80’s (and beyond, really). You’ll get no argument from me, there.
Tempted is just a frggin’ whiny sounding song. Oh:
No wonder. ?
Bruh, Tempted is Blue-Eyed Soul. Which is a category.*
Next you’ll be saying intemperate things about The Style Council.
* also, maybe New Wave. Also a category.
Now, see, Slum–that was so much better than that warbling mess. It had some style.
There is no way in Satan’s Hell that Tempted is “blue-eyed soul”. If that’s what it officially gets labeled, it’s no wonder the Blacks hate the Whites.
Oh, you done did it now.
Going totally off topic, that phrase reminds me of a hip-hop video by a WWE star that I find shockingly enjoyable
(I got range)
That shit’s fun! Also, I find it funny & sad that adding Gary Coleman (RIP, man) could make a video even better.
My favorite comment from that video:
It’s should be crap really but it’s not
Tempted
I’m all for it.
Us Polynesians are just getting to quitting time.
How come I fear the opening cartoon is an accurate sneak peak at the USA’s future?
A few weeks ago, Fauci floated the idea of mandating eye protection, and it went over like a lead balloon.
Has there been a single confirmed case of someone catching Covid while on fire? I think not! The solution is obvious and any decent person would be willing to suffer e few minor burns to save their beloved gnad parents.
JAMA is saving space for your article.
Uh, check the stats. Plenty of people have died of COVID while being actively on fire.
Sorry if this came up during PM Lynx, but when did this coup d’etat happen??
Jimmy McMillan won in the end.
The rent is too damn due
LOL.
I stopped renting my attached apartment in January because I feared this situation was going to get out of hand. Sadly it appears that the situation dropped out of hand, was kicked while trying to pick it, and is now circling the storm drain before getting flushed out to sea.
I know several other people who did the same thing in early 2020. How many of these units will come back into Oahu’s tight rental market is anybody’s guess. My money is on a 33-40% drop in 2021 and it will last multiple years.
“Whycome we got such a housing shortage??”
Exactly
As a landlord who has had to evict deadbeat tenants in the past, I have sympathy for people in true need, but at some point, you have to own up to your obligations. Nothing is free in this world, and landlords have to deal with crazy shit all the time. I basically had a shitty tenant’s damage to my property eat the entirety of their annual rent once.
…and the CDC is now in charge of the country and has picked you to lose.
if I don’t meet my obligation, can he meet his? It’s more than Capitalism to me, it’s ethics, if we aren’t capable of being civilised then what do we have?
The X-Files had it right, but the wrong agency.
The Simpsons were closer with the EPA.
WTF? I missed the part where the CDC had that sort of authority.
They’re suddenly like Obi Wan – *waves hand* this is a public health issue.
F
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Same here. I guess it came as a über directive from the Ministry of FYTW.
Evictions are a public health issue!!!
I’m not dead yet!
I was going to respond to Bruschettawad when this post dropped.
Yeah, renter in a tight place through no fault of their own are in a shit sandwich, but forcing it uphill doesn’t make it taste any better or go down easier. All this does is a) halt price discovery and downward pressure on lowering rents and b) creates incentives to take housing units off the market & cut costs (repairs, maintenance, and upkeep). Those will linger longer than any eviction freeze.
And, the sort of tenant that needs to be evicted to leave a unit is least likely to be a fine upstanding person who takes good care of the place.
Proving once again that landlords are evil and private property is a myth propped up by raysis.
Like it or not, landlords are not a particularly well liked class of people in this country.
I’d like to think that decent landlords are treating decent tenants in a rough spot correctly on their own through self-interest and some amount of compassion. I don’t believe it is the government’s role to intervene regardless. But good luck finding a politician who will support that and who can win elections.
Screw dat–got enough of ’em in my life.
My M/F In-laws have several properties adjacent to theirs. They have kept rent steady for years because they feel it is better to have a tenant paying $100/mo less in rent, than spending 3 months trying to fill a vacancy. They are friendly with their renters, and my F-I-Law is still the guy who goes over to fix their plumbing and sprinklers. They have done their best to work with their renters on a structure that will work.
This is, to be frank, a nut punch. At any point these renters could say that they aren’t going to pay. My in-laws would have worked with them to try and keep them in their homes, but now, these renters could just say “F-U I am not paying anything” and my in-laws would have no recourse.
To me, this is the worst sort of pandering, and even my sympathy for Trump leaves me feeling like this is a huge f-u to the property owners who have tended to support him.
Yeah, ultimately this is bad for tenants too.
And for buildings, just like rent control.
Had another meal out in a sit down restaurant without having to wear a mask. Place opened during all this shit. Stopped in today for lunch. Staff was wearing masks, because state mandate, but no guests were. Overpaid for a mediocre fajita meal, but it was nice just to do it.
I’m confused, Wisconsin’s lock downs ended because the State Supreme court said the gov couldn’t declare a state of emergency for more than 30 days, yet this mask mandate is starting it’s second month. The rules don’t matter anymore. Political Thunderdome.
Here in Western PA, none of the counties (except Allegheny) are enforcing this. It’s mostly the private business owners mandating masks out of fear for their licenses. Staff in restaurants wear masks, but none of the diners do. The servers love customers and are just glad we’re coming out to eat. Basically the only places people wear masks here are in stores where the state could potentially revoke a business license. But as far as I can tell, most police and sheriff’s departments here are refusing to enforce the state requirements. Some stores post a sign saying the Governor has “requested” you wear a mask, but they will respect your choice to disobey (usually phrased as “respecting your privacy”).
Fear not Glibertariat. The Bro, First among Firsters, the One True Libertarian, is alive and unbanned.
I promise to bring you many more Firsts. I will always be here to let you know what is or isn’t gay, or just how gay something may or may not be. Because I care about all of you. You, the Glibertariat.
Sure thing, Mr. Sloppy Eighths.
How dare you. How fucking dare you.
And to Straffinrun – I appreciate the compliment, but I don’t swing that way.
Easy Conan, you’re in good company here…………..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9FzVhw8_bY
Tell your mom to stop tweeting at me.
https://twitter.com/SnarkyPinkette/status/1300921705863557121
NSFW.
Sean, if you are out there, any recommendations for a place to have lunch in Easton, PA?
Sorry, but not really.
A lifetime ago, I was a huge fan of Pearly Baker’s Alehouse. They aren’t open for lunch most days though.
Been grooving on Prime steakhouse in Bethlehem recently though.
I’m seeing another one of those commercials frequently today (remember when channels used to rotate through more than two or three different commercials?) where shoppers and shopkeepers are all happily masked up and doing commerce like everything’s just peachy keen. I wish they would stop normalizing this shit. I don’t want to see another fucking mask in a fucking commercial.
If they didn’t, you’d get Covid. Science.
For the record – your avatar makes me me grin every time I see it.
It’s all I can picture every time I see that stupid fist now, e.g., on the Portland shooter
Given the guy is a dickhead, I get it.
Speaking of–you lot almost had me convinced that I no longer believed in Capital Punishment.
Well, I believe.
Oh, I didn’t notice that was a fist.
Hard core, dude.
There is a lot of correspondence in the world right now for which the only dignified response is a slow jerkoff motion.
“You’ve changed the way you do business…” ?
It all reminds me of (pardon the cliché) The Twilight Zone, esp. this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734568/mediaviewer/rm1697683457
Or this one.
Yeah, that’s the one I meant.
Eh, it’s been downhill since Adam and Eve started covering up. This too shall pass*.
(* either the masking or knee jerk reaction against it)
Commercials are supposed to be a fantasy world, like sports. Not a training manual buttering us up for dystopia, dammit.
It’s been a butter dystopia since this
https://youtu.be/O7oD_oX-Gio
That cartoon is equal parts funny and frightening.
Attention Red Rocket Ryder…whateverthefuck your code name is:
You may want to figure out a new ‘position’, considering where you’ll be going.
That’s pathetic.
Well….look at what we’re dealing with. He seems like much the sissy trying very hard to be fierce.
Speaking of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7FX6sAL0Zw
Bad photo? Or fetal alcohol syndrome?
Why not both?
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (which I had not watched since I was a child) is secretly a very intelligent movie. And, even if inadvertently, it raises some interesting questions. Genghis Khan is a historical figure that its ok to joke about, but the movie knew enough to stay away from, say, Hitler.
I don’t think the SDHS class of ’88, or ’89 was very interested in hearing from Hitler. Or, him to speak to them, since their football rules, and is a threat to his Reich.
Faux pas time–I remember going with my broseph to see B&TEA when it was released as a sneak preview, complete with surveys afterwards. We drove around laughing our proverbial asses off, afterwards.
Bill and Ted’s reminds me of the movie Young Einstein (YE was released the year before). This is the scene I remember from YE, kitten pie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvOTWb9fpN8
You may be the only person I know of who saw that. Or, any of Yahoo’s movies.
🙂
Those wacky coffee jockeys….
Picture of the little bitch in question: https://media.thedonald.win/post/ff29dlLh.jpeg
Because of course.
To be fair to that person, denying them a lifetime of gainful employment is just going to push them into a lifetime of either protest larping or university administration.
OMG!!!
Also, AFAIAC, he’s free to become a rent-boy.
I’d need a rule from those Glibs so inclined, but I can’t imagine there’d be much of a rental market for that.
Look–he’s already a little bitch. I’m sure there’s a customer base out there…somewhere.
Maybe he can find a somewhat wealthy patron, a la As Good As It Gets
rent-boy
Every time I see that, all I can think of is “Renton” and this opening plays in my head
I thought this was the go-to.
It’s those opening notes for me – so very, very 90’s.
You still hear your link today (in, like, Depends commercials)
Why you watchin’ Depends commercials?
And then I think about how Underworld stared out like this.
I’m betting only Rhywun knows that one.
I saw that a couple weeks after it opened after taking a half eighth of mushrooms at the Kabuki in SF. This was the best Underworld song on the soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brZ_WBEzw6E
That’s a fantastic track & one I still listen to.
I, too, saw the film in SF when I was visiting my sister – it took us about 15 minutes for our brains to start interpreting the Scots accents correctly. We then laughed for the rest of the movie (other than at the horrible parts, of course. Poor Tommy).
It’s shite being Scottish!
Savage.
Oh, just cut your balls off already.
I’m guessing he’s number 2 or 4.
His name is Van Greyson Hart because of course it is.
The stuff of nightmares.
I did not need to read that.
No, but, he does need a good ol’ dose of strychnine.
TFW you read while moving your lips.
https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1301000306625515520
Heh–Schrodinger’s Dictator
“ö”
Scared ya, didn’t I?
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Blame it on….Jazz Shaw (copy n paste, FTW).
Drudge is currently running with headlines related to Melania Trump. One on her having a private email server (like this is comparable to Hillary having one as Secretary of State), and another on why one of her backstabbing aides was recording her. Like, who gives a fuck?
Drudge has lost his god damn mind.
Drudge, as in Matt, sold the site last year. He’s currently swimming around in his Scrooge McDuckian cash vault.
It would have to be the quietest sale in history. But it would make sense. I mean, the guy has either lost his god damn mind over Covid and Trump or it’s not him running things anymore.
If you did buy Drudge, you’d want to keep it quiet. So I won’t dismiss that out of hand. But I think it’d be tough over the long term. And the reports on this seem old already. And how fucking hard is it to run the Drudge Report? Maybe he sold just because the offer was too good. I don’t know. But the site is different and not in a good way.
Matt himself is mid-50’s now and may just be tired of it all. The deal was probably a big pile of cash + an NDA. He probably assumed readers would catch on to any ideological shift and/or he just couldn’t care about anyone who didn’t notice.
All supposition, of course.
It was indeed quiet, but it’s been kicked around for a bit now; Drudge himself gave a “no comment” a while back, which would seem to be a yes. As you say, it makes a ton of sense – the tone shift has been obvious.
Drudge is now a leftist news aggregator site, has been for awhile.
The Federalist has a podcast up talking about the influence of Drudge on the media. If I remember correctly, the guy being interviewed seems not to have an answer about whether the site was sold.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/19/how-matt-drudge-changed-the-breaking-news-industry/
Jetpack can suck my ?.
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Tower, American 1997 — we just passed a guy in a jet pack
Man, that would definitely let you live out a Rocketeer fantasy (sans Jennifer Connelly, dammit).
Yeah–wouldn’t that be blow?
Some front end cloudflare like service that is blocking the login page. Don’t feel like jumping through the hoops on the other device at the moment so griping from phone instead.
Whichever TPTB posted that cartoon, thank you. It’s spot on.
My first half day of Crusader Kings 3 impressions – Your enjoyment will be based upon how much you enjoyed Crusader Kings 2. The biggest difference in how it plays is in shifting around the UI. During this mod-free phase, I have an ironman game going on starting in Celyon in the earliest start year, I took the Maldives and just got my first foothold on the subcontinent. I plan to take the rest of Kerala then focus on economic improvements. I’ve weakened the Raj of the region enough that I can do it once my truce runs out.
In my “No achievements” game played somewhat in parallel, I made the most insane custom faith I could manage to see how far I could push it. For some reason my neighbord are afraid of that character. Might have something to do with the human sacrifice and ritual cannibalism… nah.
I immediately got my ass kicked. A bit rusty.
I had one of those sessions. Norse count on the tip of Brittany. Doomed from the time I picked the character. It’s a no-win starting position unless you cheat.
Actually, now that I think about it, if he immediately grabbed a catholic concubine and converted, he could have bought enough time to try to do something. Might end up losing independance and being a vassal of the king of brittany, but that’s not a game over.
Damn, not I have to try it and see if I can get away with it…
Yup, it’s doable. Now he isn’t dead, and has a decent chance of having a dynasty.
Paging hayeks–Steven Crowder has your back
Gotta admit–seems like a fun car.
Lol. He finally got going at 6 minute mark on the commentary.
The whole ride video was great. “Black guy in a Tesla—you goin’ to jail.”
Gotta say–for anyone in his (former) camp re: things like owning a Tesla, that’s a good sell video.
He makes a good point distinguishing Tesla subsidies (paid back early with internet) compared to the Big Three ICE vehicle companies, who still owe BIllions.
As for the Green aspect, that was never really the main goal for Elon. He wants to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and also get out there with self driving cars, maybe even ride share ones.
The computers developed for Tesla are ridiculously powerful.
As is the Tesla itself. It’s damned easy to speed to 90-100mph and not notice because the car isn’t strained or whiny, not shuddering and oh so quiet. Today I had to call loudly to the security guard at the tent to the work parking lot so he could take my temperature today on the way in. He didn’t hear the Tesla 10 feet from him.
How easy is it to keep yours charged sufficiently? They do require special outlets, do they not?
The biggest issue I heard about them was that they had some issues with fit and finish. Things like panels not quite fitting right which can make those 90-100mph drives a bit louder that you’d like. A mix of not using conventional hardware development processes so QA is less consistent and the actual design of the frame and panels being more complicated than a traditional vehicle manufacturer (I remember a not entirely fair complaint about total number of fasteners and the diversity of size and type of fasteners) so more places to screw up. Minor criticism in the long run compared to having a space car.
Still will never convince the curmudgeons who like mechanical feel though. Even though most would be hypocrites with their ABS and their EFI. They might even have ESC!
So i racked the 590 for practice and noticed a round in the chamber, Glad i’m paranoid, those things are lethal…
That’s not paranoia—that’s good sense!
Damn right
Hopefully, ever firearm handler develops (and lives by) the muscle memory to:
-Keep booger hook off boom switch
-keep the fiery end pointed away from any and all people/animals/explodey things
-check that the firearm in unloaded, including the chamber
Etc, etc.
every*
“those things are lethal…”
Isn’t that the point?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c
You have no Idea…..
This thing scares me,
Hopefully you only need the “para” part of “si vis pacem para bellum”
^This should be a common greeting^
Practice makes perfect. Semi-auto can be tricky, sometimes they leave a little one in the den.
I reached out to my besties, what happened?
I don’t know–what is/was the issue? (What did I miss?)
Kind of personal for now, but big changes in the works, Ill let you know,
?
Digby, since I don’t get here late, here’s the deal.
a Bad business deal turned into a Dangerous scene, and i probably should leave for my safety, it’s that bad,
/Short story
Oh, yes–I recall a mention of bikers. Yeesh–just trying to work a trade, right? And bikers want to get involved in somesuch? Yeah, I think a high-tail out of there, at least for the time being, sounds wise.
I have one more thing to do, and them I’m out, this is a bad place for me, I’m going North,
The irony is I’m making good with my Bad customer, just to clear the air, I don’t need his money, I hate people that think that way, but what are you gonna do?
Damn,
Low class tweeking POS, I fucked up moving here, I’m out ASAP, sorry Daughter
This belongs here at this time.
https://twitter.com/OrganicBTW/status/1296782306502250496
Weirdest superpower ever
Captain Cumm Guzzler?
https://ktla.com/news/california/we-must-do-better-2-salinas-students-who-sat-outside-taco-bell-to-use-free-wifi-get-hotspot-from-school/
OMG!! First, it was the Inquisition. Then the Holocaust. That princess who couldn’t sleep due to a pea under her mattress is in there, somewhere….but, THIS???
Damn you, Unequal Lives!!!!
I saw this coming from way off. I kept trying to tell myself it would never get here, but – dayum – here we are.
I’ve noticed 5-g towers going up all over the place around here, mostly atop the existing “high rise” buildings. I don’t fear it but it seems weird to put that sort of apparatus atop apartments.
5G has very limited range compared to 4G so they have to install more, smaller towers in order to get coverage.
And I guarantee the building owner is collecting rent on that installation.
Well that’s a given. It’s just that some people are still freaked out about high-tension lines and say nothing about cel towers getting installed upstairs.
How convenient that we now have a handy excuse to drone on about the dIgItAl DiViDe.
Vaccines in the news:
https://www.wfmz.com/news/un-says-new-polio-outbreak-in-sudan-caused-by-oral-vaccine/article_5e497b16-9110-52d4-9e19-e758bbdd17bd.html
“Be sure to not catch Polio with this medicine…..unless, the medicine gives it to you.”
“Symptoms include dry mouth and polio. Call your doctor if you can’t walk.”
And they wonder why people don’t trust them.
Whatever they come out with Imma wait a couple of months and see how many people do/don’t get majorly screwed up.
Let Gates take it first.
Bears lives matter.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/09/01/Bears-make-repeated-visits-to-California-convenience-store/6031598986497/
No mask, shoes or shirt, sorry, you’ll have to leave
America don’t trust Bear! Bear is Asshoe!
White girl in the comic is HM thicc.
If you can clearly see her hand and butt crack, what could we see from the front?
Hey, Kennedy lost the primary:
https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising/status/1300955271150415872
Congrats to the new but old slightly creepy capped choppers face of the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
Is this a tiny light in the midst of the darkness (yeah, yeah, I know – dark/light metaphors “problematic”) or is this guy even worse?
He seems to be the choice of the AOC types so I’d guess worse. I’ll take corrupt womanizing alcoholic over commie-lite and not so lite any day.
Bernie’s cousin, maybe?
Markey is a Commie but it’s nice to know that the flickering Kennedy flame has been snuffed for another cycle.
No fear, the other one with the “Lion’s Mane” of hair will soon step unto the breach.
*swoon*
And a complete, pandering douchebag.
This is one of the reasons Tom T has forbidden me from joining Glibzoom chats. : (
Mehh, sounds like they weren’t using a passcode. I am not too worried about it. Other Zoom participants are in the biz and they don’t seem concerned.
Oh no, they showed a swastika. I think I would die from fright.
“No one should have to experience such blatant acts of hatred,” the social media post said.”
So some douche with an internet connection hijacked a frat Zoom meeting and trolled them with swastikas.
IT’S JUST MORE OF TRUMP’S AMERIKKKA.
I’m sure everyone who even heard about it needed therapy for PTSD afterwards. I know I do.
No, but you’ll probably get canceled and lose your job. Welcome to current year.
We use a waiting room
Yeah, there are no dick-pics. Everything under the desk is the Wild West, though.
https://twitter.com/PetiteNicoco/status/1300662189641080832
Kitteh! My namesake is doing better but I’ve watched this play out too many times. Sure has gotten even sweeter since we started drugging him and I didn’t believe that was possible. My poor feller. He’s a cat but it will be a nut-punch when he goes. The last one we said goodbye to was nearly 20. Imma cry like a baby. We’ll wait a bit and get two more kittens, as God intended.
They probably won’t even let us in the room when they do the deed. I wonder how many of the elderly have died scared and alone since this bullshit started. Sure, Granny is going to die but why does she have to among strangers without a family member to hold her hand? This shit is evil. They are grooming us for what they believe is sure to come.
Coming to America soon?
Only if you’re not Antifa
*Furiously starts scrubbing Glib accounts from lap-top and phone, gives up and hurls computer, phone and himself off the bridge*
https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1300886042048782336
BLM vandalizes the home of San Jose’s mayor.
Best comment:
“The peacefulness is intensifying”
if they did not burn it down what is even the point?
So impatient.
These things take time to develop as the mob gains more and more chutzpah.
In other words, we’re not quite at the Romanian revolution stage yet.
Use of unnecessary violence is authorized now.
What is the extreme far-right-wing Rethuglican’s name?
Does it matter? They are eating their own and “voting” Day is still two months hence.
I’m passing around the graphic above as a crew briefing. Now people are running around saying, “Smell my finger.”
That’s how you do it! Insert Robert Redford GIF.
He’s gonna have a full dance card in prison.
We have the worst revolutionaries.
It was worse than when his his Grandpa started calling him a “Nancy”! He just couldn’t EVEN…
Would you prefer them to actually be scary?
Like bomb-setting and snipering and the like? Fuck no! They’re moving in that direction which is worrisome but they still seem to be a tiny minority getting an out sized bit of attention. I mean, look at that guy… Most of them seem to be just like him.