I had hoped to provide a Crossrope review this week, but Home Depot is taking their sweet time shipping the gym flooring I ordered to my local store. They processed my order on December 7th. Theoretically, it will arrive by Monday. Have they never heard of Amazon?
I did mostly keep my head screwed on straight this week. I woke up early to workout except for one day. Moe had doggarhea which resulted in some late night/early morning trips outside. Destroyed sleep destroys my morning motivation.
As predicted, my office received several deliveries of delicious holiday treats. We have way too much dark chocolate just sitting there. I did some serious damage.
Typically, I eat well when I’m working out regularly. So, I had to ask myself what was going on. On the one hand, I’m busting my ass and feeling good about it. On the other hand, I’m eating a ton of chocolate and other sweets and regretting it. Yet, I kept going back for more. One day I had to stop because I had a stomachache. I felt like a six-year-old.
It finally hit me that I was stress eating. Why could that be? Pandemic shut down earlier in the year, jackass governor threatening more shutdowns despite the economic damage, impending discovery deadlines, difficult clients, two mediations in two weeks, weeks long delays in the courts processing orders that get my firm paid, foreclosure moratorium preventing evictions so houses can get sold and get my firm paid. Nah. It must be something else.
It’s times like this I stare at a print my father gave me when I graduated college. It reads, “Illegitimi non carborundum.” Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I only recently learned it’s not actually a Latin phrase. Doesn’t matter. My father knew exactly what button to push. That’s exactly the attitude I’ll adopt.
So, this week I’ll pay more attention to what’s going in my mouth and why. I have to work while this post is live, so I won’t see the many euphemism jokes until later.
I’m not including a Coronavirus rant because we all have enough stress.
*Lights the MikeS signal* This week’s music link.
(((I))) just realized this is the last GlibFit before Christmas. Here’s hoping you gentiles get what you want for Christmas.
https://youtu.be/4sLIMmmjh_U
I’ve been stress eating for weeks, knowing exactly what I’m doing, and not caring. Controlling my diet is just one more thing I have to control and I don’t have the emotional/physical energy to do it.
That’s an explanation AND an excuse and … I’m okay with that. For now.
I did ok early in the pandemic, but the last two months I turned into a carbivore. I’m hoping to reverse that.
Carbs, comforting and corrupting.
Add me to that list as well. I’m hoping with time off work, I’ll be able to reset some of that, and get the trend line pointing back down.
My other issue is that I haven’t been sleeping well. Today, I walked on the beach then have just napped and watched tv. My pets never let me nap more than 45 minutes, this has been lovely. As Chafed notes, it’s hard to be motivated to exercise or control eating when you’re overtired.
One thing I learned during my long-ago affair with low-carbing is that no matter how “good” you are, if your sleep is shit, the weight won’t come off as quickly.
Good sleep hygiene was always stressed heavily in my LC newsgroups (yes, that’s how long ago it was LOL).
Also, HALT. Don’t eat when you are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired.
I would also add, drink a lot of water when you’re hungry. It may be that you’re actually THIRSTY and possibly dehydrated.
Yep. I have learned all those things over many years of dieting. Never hurts to be reminded
“Don’t eat when you are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired”
You want me to starve, don’t you? Those are the reasons I stopped drinking but never quit HALTing
You’re far more disciplined than I am so it doesn’t apply to you. ?
Ugh… I’ll put away three or four cheeseburgers in a day. I’m about to make a prime rib, creamed spinach, Yorkshire pudding, and Béarnaise to slather it all with just for myself. Adult female took kids to her parent’s in Florida for Christmas break, so I’m cleaning and eating.
I’m about to make a prime rib, creamed spinach, Yorkshire pudding, and Béarnaise to slather it all with just for myself.
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It’s the time of year when bone-in roasts go from $14.99lb to $3.99lb, so I fill the chest freezer. By March, there is enough room to focus on corned beef; they drop from $7.99lb to $0.69lb for St. Patrick’s Day (The tip of our peninsula, Breezy Pointe, has the highest percentage of Irish-Americans in the whole country).
I’m jealous at those prices. No where near those swings and the stores that run sales usually have the lowest quality meats. Quality cuts are hard to find around here period. The specialty shops for both meat and fish aren’t nearly as good as they think they are and for what they charge.
One upside, at least for me, is that when I spend time cooking quality food, I am less interested in eating (the smells help satisfy) and I am satisfied with smaller Porte because it is good quality
Stress + boredom eating here. We’re in the fussy, colicky phase where we look at one another in frustration and say “I have no clue why she’s crying.”
Between being anchored to the couch holding the baby for hours at a time and generally being in a frustrating phase with the baby, I’m just trying to make good choices about what to eat instead of trying to fight the when/how much fight. Cocktail shrimp are on the menu right now because theyre better than mindlessly raiding the Christmas candy bowl.
Mylicon is your friend, my friend.
That stuff is magic!
She’s teething. That’s always the answer, “She’s teething”.
XX teethed on chicken gizzards.
You’re hXc as fuck.
*preen*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGrP2inoTS0
I wonder what Mike S’s music link was.
I dunno but I’m sure he would have liked it.
John Cage. Duh.
The suspense is killing me! My guess.
Holding at my desired weight, walking 4 miles @ 4 MPH on the treadmill, followed by some weights. Pretty good on avoiding the culinary temptations, rationing out the good stuff. I have very little other physical activity, so being cautious on the calories in part.
Today is my exercise free day but back again tomorrow. ! grand daughter is coming tomorrow, I’m sure she’ll be loaded down with store bought delicatessen treats.
Tell her hi from the deviants in the 612!
So, this week I’ll pay more attention to what’s going in my mouth and why.
I was gifted a cured peppered chunk of beef tenderloin. Sweet lavender smelling baby jesus it is good stuff.
From the side bar of your last link.
Since the music link is done broke, I offer something seasonal
https://youtu.be/dp06Tultg6c
Ding dong.
Also seasonal, somehow.
Seasonal music
More seasonal music
Seasonal music for our friends in America’s Hat
The cover is better.
Despite the swells yesterday some whales gave us a decent show. We first spotted a pod off shore of us when a couple of them spy hopped. We could see other whales in the pod and they were heading opposite of us. About ten minutes later, inshore, of us two whales jumped together and made a big splash about 50-70 yards away. After that we saw a couple more whales we saw a few more spouting and a couple of tails.
I am glad whales seem to enjoy our presence, because the ocean would be more scary if they went all Moby Dick on spotting boats.
Always wanted to do that but my fear of sea water kept me from taking the only chance to do it.
/landlubber
I am glad woodpeckers don’t like human brains.
GlibFit.
https://archive.li/JwBmY
An incredible number of crunches have been done by that lot. Holy moly.
No face diapers! Good!
The CrossFit girls are coming out to play.
I like #28’s iChive gallery.
I’ve been walking more and eating far more vegetables because Middle Age. The taste buds have changed again, it seems. For the first time in my life I like the taste of raw tomatoes. Not enough to eat it on its own, but a few thinly sliced pieces on a sandwich is no longer objectionable.
Still too skinny.
Thanks for the edition and greetings from NOCal. Weather here has turned to foggy with late burn off to high 50s. Great hiking temp and trails are little muddy; so fewer people, which is better. Went hiking with my son and kicked his butt because he didn’t pace himself up a steep ravine. Plan this week is to do some additional mileage since work is winding down through the new year.
G-fit update: Sleep was just alright… Food priority highest quality proteins, but too much alcohol consumption this week. Still burning 2600 cals/day before bed but just 3 missed days. Wim Hoff/meditative techniques…quest for the “ancient man”.
I think now is a good time to starting putting together some fitness goals for next year (so I have them in the back of my mind, while indulging for the holiday). I think need a theme first. Maybe…some Fabulous Thunderbirds “Tuff Enuff”…yeah! Now, I need to define what is reasonably tuff for me in quantitative terms.
Covid update: Well my 79 yr old mom tested positive Thursday. She is feeling better as of today..she just feels sluggish, never had a fever, either. I think she will be OK since she is in good health. This virus and variants seem to be super-adaptive, like it was designed that way or something.
I guess, we will all become experts in PCR cycling since with enough cycling (amplification) anything can test positive. Reminded me of a project were I consulted with a company that was trying to “eliminate” mold DNA from their negative controls since their instrument was able to detect down to the ppp (parts per pico)…a positive on the negative control would invalidate the result and require retest. Long story short, we were able to reduce the mold DNA by space and time (like aseptic processing) but we could not eliminate or reduce to required levels no matter what we tried without having to post process with radiation and/or gas, which destroyed the sample integrity. Anyway, DNA is more than everywhere…like vira (viruseseses) are ubiquitous, dood. Oh well, wear a mask for the safety of: you, others and all the vira.
De todos modos, ¡tenga una gran semana y sáltese una comida o tres!
I’m running into more and more people who had it but said it was just a turbo-charged cold/flu that lasted longer.
I think this virus is more cold than flu. Remember when it seemed like everyone had a cold..back in the good old days. Getting a cold is way more frequent than flu and sometimes a cold lasts longer with ailments hanging around for a month or so. During the hang around there is the potential for complications.
Flu is bad for a week and, if you live, you are good within 10 days. If you die, then the ailments are over when you are.
Had lots of colds and moderate amounts of flus during my life. The colds have never had complications. The flus, on the other hand, have, at various times, scarred 40% of my lung tissue, and every few years have gifted me with secondary bacterial infections of the upper respiratory tract, requiring antibios to clear. Last time I had the flu, during the 2017/2018 season (a bad one, according to the pundits), I had a persistent cough for almost three months afterwards.
Orthomyxoviruses suck.
Goals are good.
PCR tests are the devil.
Kicking your son’s ass on a hike is AWESOME!
He was exhibiting quite the hubris and then he was expectorating most of his lungs. The dog and I were a little embarrassed…
It’s good that your mom is feeling better.
Well fuck. Went to fix my desk chair and realized the bolt is too large, diameter and width. Back to the hardware store tomorrow.
Wouldn’t diameter and width of a bolt be the same thing?
Depends which way up it is. If you lay it down sideways it’s gonna be wider, that’s just how it is.
Diameter, length and pitch
This confusion is why I always state girth and length in my tinder profile.
Length. Yes, thank you.
From the sidebar of GL’s music link, either coincidentally or because I’ve seen/heard it before: Alison Krauss & Yo-Yo Ma. Need I say more?
Day 20 of my second attempt at Ozy’s Challenge. This time around I’ve added jumping jacks to the squats. Been pretty faithful to my diet so far; haven’t weighed myself but my clothes feel a bit looser.
Good job, Hobbit!
I haven’t seen Ozy around. I hope he’s well.
Haven’t seen him for at least a month.
Been trying to go for walks with Mom but she’s using a walker and the wheels get clogged up with snow. Today was nice.
I had lunch in Murray at the Sprag Pole yesterday. The pass is closed but I guess I could have ridden the snowmobile over.
I’m jealous.
Snowline has moved up the mountain, you’d have to put wheels on the snowmobile.
Good!
I went to the store and got stuff for my lazy bastard crock pot spaghetti sauce. Italian sausage, Newman’s sockarooni sauce, and some canned mushrooms and black olives. Sausage is in the crock pot now. I’ll add the rest of the stuff tomorrow. I should have grabbed something to eat this afternoon.
On the other hand, I’m eating a ton of chocolate and other sweets and regretting it.
I have noticed something about myself, in the past few years. I hardly ever crave chocolate in the summer. I won’t turn it down it if it’s offered, mind you. However- in the winter, especially after a few dreary days, I find myself thinking how nice it would be to have some dark chocolate to nibble on. I keep a bag of Hershey’s dark chocolate chips around. I toss some back and suck on them as they melt.
Minimal people in the office and a lack of holiday goodies from vendors have helped me avoid temptation, though the boss DID buy us pizza for lunch Friday. And he encouraged me to bring the leftovers home for dinner…
In other news, we just put up the artificial pre-(partially) lit Christmas tree. (We’ve had it about fifteen years, so some of the attached light strands are half or completely burned out.) We’re waiting before we put anything else on until we see how the New Cats react to it. The black one parked himself underneath it for a while, as his predecessor had done. The big tabby-and-white (the one more likely to create mayhem) stared at it for a while, gave it a brief sniff, then went off to take his afternoon nap. We’ll see what happens later this evening when it’s Batshit Kitty Time.
I stripped all the prestrung lights off mine and put in new ones in an arrangement so I can replace whichever string is out without disturbing the rest. I think there are a good 750 lights on it. It’s BRIGHT.
That said, it’s in storage and I didn’t feel like getting it out, so I got a little Norwegian pine (the one with really featherish, floppy needles), threw some lights and small, cheap ornaments on it and called it good.
was it Marion’s?
Seems like when they do that its always Marion’s.
Donato’s. : )
The Marion’s nearest our office apparently doesn’t deliver, at least to our address. (Do any of them deliver?)
I picked the five other closest places and put it to a vote among those of us who would be in Friday. I did not use a Dem-inion voting machine.
My glibfit is crawling around the attic space pulling off some not-as-hot Kate Beckensale slides under and over rafters.
All to finally hang out surround sound speakers
Right time of year to be an attic rat,
For IFLA Gustave gave us the attack on pistol braces. For GlibFit, I give you The beginning of the attack on 80%* receivers
*80% is marketing, parts are receivers or not based on some ATF voodoo.
There are certainly FedGov departments that do more damage overall, but if I had the power, BATFE would be the very first one abolished.
I’d order an 80% or two, but any sort of mail order, assuming can find stock, precludes cash sale. I would assume any transaction record will be available to any Stasi that wish it with corresponding visit in the future. Look how they’ve shown up for legal oil filter purchases online.
You are all ready on a list, might as well get on a few more.
I had the same thought when I ordered mine, but fucke em. I have several lowers awaiting uppers. The uppers will be cash sales (when I prioritize what little cash I have for that) from local pawn shops. The dream is a CNC machine but that is never going to happen unless I win the lottery. #fucktheatf
You have awesome pawn shops.
I’m sold. Now for some Xmas shopping then.
A HAAS VMC is on my short list of equipment purchases for my company.
you can get a worn-out Bridgeport for under $3,000
or a new piece of China from $2,5000
unless you’ve got fixturing and CAM, it’s all going to be free-hand anyway
and you do that with a dial indicator from one side even if the main screw is worn out
I already have a 12×54 manual mill with a DRO. I have plenty of work which will be more productive by upgrading to CNC
ah: I thought we were talking a personal rig just for finishing parts in the basememt
but I suppose most of that of thing is done with carbide bits and drill guides
I don’t know what that is but I bet it is cool.
What was the rule back in the day: basically a chamber and barrel constitute a gun?
I can’t keep up, and I only lasted 5 minutes in the video . . . because the minutiae don’t really matter. I mean, you’ve got a right to own a gun anyway, so all ATF efforts are unconstitutional and raving about the details hardly matters.
But if you want to take this on as if the ATF were legitimate, well it’s the barrel that’s the problem? So don’t ship barrels? No one is surprised that crossed the DMZ, are they?
None of it is the problem, except the ATF’s interpretation. The receiver is the serialized, transferable part and a 80% receiver isn’t one, it’s just a hunk of metal. The ATF is saying, ignore the actual written law (and regulation), it’s the intention that turns a 80% kit into a regulated firearm.
On the positive side, from what Alito has said recently, he is itching for a fight on this. And with the recent changes in SCOTUS makeup, that might balance out in favor of gun rights.
Not sure if I should laugh or cry.
I predict Roberts will write the opinion for any gun rights case ostensibly in support of the 2nd amendment so he can neuter the ruling.
Chafed!
Dude, if you weren’t depressed, I’d worry about your mental health. I think we are all kind of fucked up right now. I know my eating and drinking has gone a little haywire lately, too.
Thinking people can see that this shit has absolutely nothing to do with a fucking virus. I listened to the podcast ‘Splosives recommended (Ivor Cummins on the Tom Woods Show) and he nailed it: the bug is just a chance for bad actors to slam through in months things that would ordinarily take many years to accomplish. A must-listen episode, by the way.
So that’s the situation. Things are really bad and likely going to get worse.
BUT, the one thing you can somewhat control is your strength, health and resiliency. Big fucking deal, you fell off the wagon for the holidays. Put the shit down afterwards and don’t pick it up again for a couple months.
Think of being strong and healthy as the ultimate fuck you to the people who would take everything from you.
I had a decent week of lifting. My gym reopened, but I’m not sure I’m gonna go back The fucking mask thing and the Karens have really taken their toll on my patience. Besides, the secret gym is a cool place with good dudes there. TBD.
My food/booze was fairly atrocious this weekend, but IDGAF. Friday night was some zooming with my Glibpals and last night was ribs, wine and Cards Against Humanity with my kids and some of our best friends. I think I might have laughed hard enough to herniate myself. It was therapeutic as hell.
If all goes well with the ‘vid testing, I’ll be on vacation for next week’s GlibFit, so hopefully this is my last one for 2020.
I wish all of you the very best. I really like this feature and I appreciate all the work Chafed (and his predecessors) put into it.
Now go fucking do something, huh?
https://i.imgur.com/IwFzqpF.jpeg
That’s the good stuff, right there.
I think I might have laughed hard enough to herniate myself. It was therapeutic as hell.
I did that in hunting camp with lifelong friends. It was what I needed.
Friday night was some zooming with my Glibpals…
Stop by more often, even though you talk too much it is a good thing. Jimbo stopped by last night and we all slagged you. That was a good thing too. Next time you are in CO drop a line. I will make a drive to have a beer.
Did you see the Calgary cops arresting the kid for playing shinny hockey? If you haven’t, search it out if you want a blood pressure increase.
Lol. If there wasn’t at least one person who is comfortable talking all the rest of you (so called) introverts would just sit there staring at each other. It was fun as hell and we will absolutely kill some brain cells together in CO.
Did you see the Calgary cops arresting the kid for playing shinny hockey?
Yeah, Rufus sent it. It was unbelievable. The thin blue line is a joke. As you probably know I have family and friends who are cops. It’s really difficult to confront the reality that they would most likely fuck me over and side with the state.
Fuck off we don’t talk. I described my beans last night. Hell, I will tell you my whole life story given the chance. Just ask other Zoomers. Some have suffered through it on more than one night when I could barely complete a sentence.
Indeed. I think all of us will say things on Zoom we wouldn’t type up in a comment.
Beans?
I’m not touching that one.
Making this with with the beans tonight.
Heck, I got going on Friday night after the bourbon set in. After I went to bed, I wondered why the hell I was blabbing so much about nothing.
I love it when all of you blab about nothing. Friday night I was a bit deep in the cups and had to throw a flag on myself and log off. No worries. All is good.
I don’t even really know you fuckers and I’m so much more comfortable with you than most of my real life.
So thanks.
I used to live in Calgary. And the cops there used to be decent human beings. Now they’ve got ladies (sorry, Glib-chicks) who think that authority comes from a Taser.
And Nenshi (the mayor, a former academic who’s turned into a greasy pol) was just fine when oil prices were high and Calgary was swimming in cash; now, the SOB’s “best before” date is long since in the rear-view mirror. You find out who the true leaders are when the money spigot runs dry. Nenshi ain’t one of ’em.
Waaaaaahhhh! I missed you!!!
Go to the secret gym.
Hopefully you can go on vacation and you enjoy the vacation!
Better than you
As COVID-19 cases skyrocketed before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, warned Americans to “be vigilant” and limit celebrations to “your immediate household.”
For many Americans that guidance has been difficult to abide, including for Birx herself.
The day after Thanksgiving, she traveled to one of her vacation properties on Fenwick Island in Delaware. She was accompanied by three generations of her family from two households. Birx, her husband Paige Reffe, a daughter, son-in-law and two young grandchildren were present.
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Birx has expressed a desire to maintain a significant role on the White House coronavirus task force when President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated next month, according to a person familiar with the Biden team’s personnel deliberations and a Trump administration coronavirus task force official. Neither was authorized to publicly discuss internal deliberations and both spoke on condition of anonymity.
“To me this disqualifies her from any future government health position,” said Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security. “It’s a terrible message for someone in public health to be sending to the American people.”
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She insisted the purpose of the roughly 50-hour visit was to deal with the winterization of the property before a potential sale — something she says she previously hadn’t had time to do because of her busy schedule.
“I did not go to Delaware for the purpose of celebrating Thanksgiving,” Birx said in her statement, adding that her family shared a meal together while in Delaware.
Exercising personal judgement is a well recognized trait of the ruling class. You peasants wouldn’t understand.
Doesn’t everyone have multiple vacation homes?
They have one too many–they are selling it.
This little bit of a hypocrisy is trending quite a bit on Twitter. The common sentiment is “how dare she do such a risky and dangerous thing.” No one seems to be doing the necessary mental work to ask: who were the people telling you this shit was ‘risky’ behavior in the first place? And does the fact that they aren’t behaving as if they actually believe this behavior is risky suggest that maybe you shouldn’t necessarily take them at their word?
Birx did what she did because she god damned well knows that they, at worst, moved the needle on expanding the spread by the most minutely infinitesimal amount one could possibly conceive. The car trip itself was a hell of a lot more dangerous than any infectious disease considerations.
I just don’t understand how all of these hypocritical behaviors (Fauci has done them too, particularly with his mask which you know he resents having to pretend they work) isn’t cluing people into the fact that they’re being played? Are they that far gone?
With most of the hardcore pro-lockdown people I know, it appears to be an effect of Trump Derangement Syndrome. They heard that Trump was saying we have to get back to normal life at some point, so they are compelled to take the hardest opposite position they can think of, which is “we have to stay locked down forever until the virus is completely gone, we should wear masks forever, and every single person must be vaccinated“.
And yet they’re doing it in Europe too, where TDS isn’t really a political consideration.
“…some whales gave us a decent show.”
Have you been on my pr0nhub channel ?
One of these days Q is going to post a gallery along that theme.
Mammoth Mondays?
Tubby Tuesdays?
Whale Wednesdays?
Thunderbuns Thursdays?
Flabby Fridays?
Supersized Saturday
Stretchmark Sunday
This can’t be true can it?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/breaking-huge-simple-math-shows-biden-claims-13-million-votes-eligible-voters-voted-2020-election/
Of course it is not true and you are a Trumptard for even questioning the free and fair election results.
Seems like a backass-ward way to do calculations. You need to know the number of votes cast and the number of eligible voters to get the turnout rate, starting with the eligible voters and some reported turnout rate to determine how many votes there should be makes no sense to me.
They are using the Washington Posts numbers. Are you saying they are wrong?
Yes.
As someone who has some significant misgivings about the conduction of the recent Presidential election in your country, I also have been under no illusion about the fact that The Gateway Pundit lives in its own fantasy world of Krakens and some sort of competent litigation.
He has generally the correct point but because his brain is mush, decides to just go off the deep end rather than simply state the basic problem: an absolutely massive increase in voter turnout (I believe it’s up 15% over 2016) due to a massive expansion in mail in balloting helped push Biden over the finish line.
Mail-in balloting is notoriously dicey and it’s much easier to generate huge numbers of them in large metropolitan areas, areas which are almost universally Democratic strongholds. Is that proof of fraud? No. Is that the sort of things that is extremely suspicious and should trigger a real investigation? Oh yes. That investigation will not happen.
yup
It wasn’t even the mail in. Throw in the number of drop boxes in certain areas vs other areas in the contested precincts we get disenfranchising. Plus, we get to count ballots from boxes and mail in days and days after the poll’s close when the in person voters where told they can’t vote anymore. There is a clear violation of the so called equal protection clause here. It is a bunch of shit and nothing will be done. The courts rejected these cases so it is clear there was no merit for the cases according to the media and some here. Ya, the courts have never been corrupt or wrong. They are always just.
The courts are going to take the very reasonable, but also very scary, approach of refusing to overturn some of the results even if legally they probably should. Because they have a pretty good idea of what the result of that would be in the country. The media wasn’t declaring Joe Biden “president-elect” within a day of the election for no reason. They were working the refs.
These things needed to be stopped beforehand, and they certainly need to be fixed before next time. I doubt they will be.
I think the error is that they are applying the Washington Post percentage of all eligible voters to the total number of registered voters. We should see a higher percentage of voters out of the registered population than the eligible population. They cannot be used interchangeably.
I like some of the information GP reports, but you have to sift through it. They have provided some solid smoking guns… such as 200,000 ineligible voters in GA who voted, including 60k underage voters that have absolutely zero ambiguity. It’s either true or false on its face… doesn’t matter how you shade it. Same with PJ Media’s list of voters who double voted (and votes were counted twice) in Nevada. Both were over the margin of victory.
Numerous elected officials, including prominent Democrats, have been forced to acknowledge that they have not heeded their own stern warnings to the public about the dangers of spreading the virus.
But Birx occupies a position of far greater authority when it comes to the pandemic. Many Americans rely on the advice that she and the government’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, have given.
Kathleen Flynn, whose brother is married to Birx’s daughter who lives in the Potomac house, said she brought forward information about Birx’s situation out of concern for her own parents, and acknowledged family friction over the matter.
“She cavalierly violated her own guidance,” Flynn said of Birx.
Git ‘er, Karen! Call her manager.
I’m still wondering by what standard he is “the top” or “foremost”. I just notice that the corporate media inserts that superlative every single time they mention his name, kind of like how Muslims do the “peace be unto him” thing every time they mention Mohammed.
I just don’t understand how all of these hypocritical behaviors (Fauci has done them too, particularly with his mask which you know he resents having to pretend they work) isn’t cluing people into the fact that they’re being played? Are they that far gone?
People are completely unable to turn the number around and say, “I have a 99.9% chance of surviving, in the unlikely event I do actually get infected.”
And, of course, nobody in the media will tell them.
Mammoth Mondays?
Tubby Tuesdays?
Whale Wednesdays?
Thunderbuns Thursdays?
Flabby Fridays?
To each his own, and all that, but – please don’t.
Sounds like the hard Brexit is being implemented.
They can’t possibly think they’re gonna keep this off the continent indefinitely, can they? Or are they just being bitchy?
I thought travel bans were ineffective and would only be implemented because of racist feelings towards the country in question.
Its the gift that keeps on giving. Strict government control will forever be required to control the new mutations of the CCPV.
Did any of us really think this was ever going to stop?
Never Gonna Stop
Also never gonna stop.
President Trump, shoot down this plane. Why take chances?
The COVID Express!
<a href="https://nypost.com/2020/12/20/cuomo-rips-uk-to-jfk-air-travel-over-covid-19-mutation/"< Hey look over there!
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday called it “reprehensible” and “grossly negligent” to allow UK travelers to fly into JFK Airport without being tested despite a contagious new mutation of the coronavirus shutting down London.
“Right now, this variant in the UK is getting on a plane and flying to JFK,” Cuomo said in a call to reporters Sunday of the mutation UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned could be 70 percent more transmittable.
“Right now. Today,” the governor stressed, calling for the feds to impose coronavirus testing of UK travelers at a “minimum,” if not an outright ban.
“Literally six flights a day. And all it takes is one person,” he said of the possible seed for the new strain’s spread.
Governor Not-My-Fault puts the blamethrower in full dispersion mode.
Me and the boys are getting on either the Nina, Pinta or Santa Maria and sail around ’til we hit some land. Anyone else wanna go?
/Columbus
We’ve come a long ways, into darkness
I managed to lose some weight by changing my lunch to two things:
– A small container with some artisan salami, feta cheese, and a handful of olives (Kalamata and Castelvetrano)
– Plain Greek yogurt with some flavored olive oil (lime-flavored oil results in a Key Lime Pie flavor – just sayin’)
I usually eat this in four or five “meals” throughout my 8 hour shift. It’s not very satisfying, but it keeps me full all day without a ton of calories. I’ve lost about 10 pounds, and judging from the re-emergence of my abs around the sides, I’m dropping bodyfat.
I sliced off a chunk of my finger while sharpening a knife, so I haven’t been able to do my full barbell routine this week, but fortunately I can hold a kettlebell without that finger, so I did some high-rep work with my two 25-pounders. My arms are good and sore. I think it’s beneficial to change things up now and then, anyway.
I’m about to go jogging tonight; I’m trying to get back up to running 5 miles nonstop.
From my perspective, the biggest trick to running is to go slower, at least while you’re building your base and most people are really just building their base for a few years.
I’ve never really done Maffetone stuff, as such, but I’m a big believer in heart-rate based running. All my easy runs are done at 130bpm (which is slightly higher than one might expect for a 58 year old, but I’ve been doing this for many years), which makes them more than fun, because I get the runner’s high.
Eventually (after all of your weaknesses disappear), your slow pace becomes much faster than you’d ever think possible.
I’ve found in my case that treadmill pace and road pace are completely different creatures for me. I get gassed after a half hour running on the pavement at the same pace where I’m a little worked but not particularly tired on the treadmill. I realize the treadmill is likely easier for everybody, but I don’t know whether it’s supposed to be as much easier as it appears to be for me.
I don’t have a lot of treadmill experience, but I do have a lot of experience logging tons of stuff and then coming up with crude rule of thumb conversion factors. Since I watch my HR pretty closely, if I were to find I did better on a treadmill, I’d just try to figure out how to weight it so that I could compare treadmill and non-treadmill runs.
I don’t know if the above makes sense, but I’m constantly looking at my numbers and trying to figure out what works, what sets me back and what is neutral so I can do more of what works, less of what sets me back and choose the neutral options that make me happiest. Temperature greatly affects my speed, for example, so if I compare a day in December to a day in May I need to have some idea of how the temperature difference has affected things.
So, if it’s easier for you, it’s easier for you! Depending on what you’re trying to do that may mean you’ll want to run the treadmill harder or the roads easier.
I’ve had the same experience. I cannot maintain the same speed outside as on the treadmill. It’s probably mostly psychological in my case. I was prone to switching to walking using any excuse. On the treadmill it wasn’t a problem. Though in the last year or two I was able to keep running as much as I intend without stopping but the speed is still lower than on the treadmill.
WTF, KC?
I’m getting back on track diet-wise. Just finished the white rice; brown rice only for me from now on. Still going strong on the non-alcohol, liver-friendly diet.
I’ve sent off my “everlywell” food allergy and sensitivity test. Results should arrive in a few weeks and then I can see if i believe any of it enough to change my eating habits further.
Still no regular exercise routine. I have no routine at all with regard to sleep/wake, mealtimes, etc. I kind of like it that way, but maybe it’s just not compatible with implementation of a disciplined exercise regime.
For now I will stick to walking and house/ yard work for exercise.
All in all, my physical state now is much improved over what it was 1 year ago. My mental/emotional/observational state—somewhat less so.
Aqib Talib is the worst NFL former player commentator ever.
Every sentence contains at least one “man…” word thrown in, his voice is reedy and yet his pronunciations are horrid. It’s difficult to try to understand him. And for what? He’s offered no meaningful insight about the game. Terrible.
(Eagles vs Cardinals game)
And she’s the fugliest commie congress critter!
You should see the Twitter jokes.
Twitter jokes? I thought fun was banned over there?
Only amongst the Left (which may soon be the only people on Twitter…).
Good, I hope they make each other so miserable that they go extinct.
ROFL.
He doesn’t even conjugate verbs. No idea if it’s past, present, present perfect, future—whatever. No need to match verb to subject in singular, plural, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.
Just utter shit that makes my head hurt.
The suit is just… no.
Man, I’m almost ready to celebrationnnnn!!!!!
The way the holidays fall this year, I’m able to take off 2 days vacation and get 12 days straight off work! I realized this, I’m doing a dance, 12 days off, 12 days no work, 12 days, 12 days!
And my wife is saying ‘Oh God, have mercy on me, please help me?’.
12 days, 12 days, much lazy, many beer, no work, no work! Woohooo!!!!!
On the second day, two turtle heads. Lay off the Yule log.
Fire up the Yule log!
On the 12 days of Christmas, I said to me, 12 beers a day, many lazy no work, Cyberpunk and AC Valhalla, many no work for me!!! 12 Carlsberg almost frozen, many gaming playing, and a fucking no work for me!!!!
It puts the…
I did mostly keep my head screwed on straight this week. I woke up early to workout except for one day.
Good!
Moe had doggarhea which resulted in some late night/early morning trips outside. Destroyed sleep destroys my morning motivation.
Sorry.
So, this week I’ll pay more attention to what’s going in my mouth and why. I have to work while this post is live, so I won’t see the many euphemism jokes until later.
I’m certain will link the Onion article about “Why do these homosexuals keep sucking my dick?”
On a serious note, I need to watch what I eat too. A relative sent me some baked goods for Christmas. I picked up some baked goods from a NH restaurant which is skirting the Clown Prince’s rules. I’ve been heading out a bit more while I’m on vacation. Weight is now trending up.
The trainer I’m working with has some ideas about how to change up my current program. He wants to have me load my spine more in preparation for normal squatting with a barbell on my back. He’s talking about weighted carries. He got after me about a lack of stretching. Tightness is affecting my deadlift form.
Here’s hoping you gentiles get what you want for Christmas.
I like that song.
It won’t come true for me.
I biked 33 miles yesterday, hiked 7 miles today, and sat in the hot tub last night. I guess I can say I’m a triathlete.
?
Based on this observation, I’m a monoathlete.
This global warming is shit. I miss snow days. I remember back when my biggest client would close shop when it snowed like an inch. Because Balmer ain’t got no snow removal equipment and no one here can drive in snow. Or rain, or when the sun is shining. So we’d get a snow day. My cell phone would chirp at like 6am because the CIO would get up that early and as soon as they announced, he’d send an email out to all us IT plebes.
So I’d let our a war whoop like yell and run back to our master bedroom and go flying through the air yelling ‘SNOWWW FUCKING DAYYYY!!!!’ And land on our bed. My wife never found this amusing and would grumble something and then go back to sleep. Which caused me to start drinking at 6am.
I can’t tell you how many time a Tennessee boy was the first guy in the office in Detroit. The Germans were particularly funny without their infrastructure or AWD: worst cowboys ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTRfKiCQlrs
Thanks! That looks like crazy fun.
I have a kite for it. A 12m Peter Lynn and a hand full of others. I have skis, (sold my boots for gas money a few years ago so that is a problem) and a snow board. I need to try this. I might get broken but I am thinking worth it. We don’t have the open parks like Europe though. We have trees unless you get way high and I am in no shape to skin my way up there.
Shortest day of the year feels like the longest. Grumpy people everywhere.
Bah Humbug!
I’m texting, walking and wearing headphones. No idea what you just said. Morning commute.
So you’re going to get run over?
I’m going to try and convince the spousal unit that, since it’s the shortest day anyways, we might as well spend it in bed, wildly ****ing each other’s eyeballs out, and surfacing occasionally for food, drink and/or bathing.
Wish me luck!
****= anal gangbang?
Um, sure.
I think you’ve been in Japan for too long.
No doubt. Humans are weird, but I’m not. That can’t be right.
No twitter, 5 minutes a day on glibs, FB account nuked. My mental health is improving this week.
You left twitter? I didn’t notice.
#meneither
Hey, I had 300 followers. Pretty good for a libertarian without tits.
I had 200 followers on Parler, in a week. They were all fucking idiots like everyone there.
So, normal humans? I can deal with that.
Left Twitter twelve years ago, but FB only 10 days ago. Can’t say I miss it.
I left facebook 11 years ago.
Good for you. I had to create a new account for work. 50 friends, all Japanese (buh bye, High school friends). No lecturing and all food pics. I’ll take it.
What’s up with y’all. You ain’t in the Twatterverse? But Jack said….
Jack can lick me.
Jack only wants to lick his gray alien comrade cunte, Zuckerberg.
Not surprising. From my external observer viewpoint, it looks like most people don’t spend time on social media because they enjoy it but rather because they’re addicted to it. It appears to make them unhappy more than anything.
And people will admit to me that social media is 90% time-wasting bullshit, but then insist that they need it to see new pictures of their nephew or keep up with buddies from the Army or whatever… But they never think to just do those things and then leave the site.
Vast sums have been invested to get exactly what you describe.
Yea, there’s some scary psychological shit at work there.
Someone on a podcast (I think Johnathan Haidt) was talking about this “infinite scroll” concept… Every form of previous media had some kind of stopping points; even if it’s on 24/7 like modern TV stations, it’s still broken up into separate programs, so you might question if it’s time to stop and do something else.
Most social media has an infinite scroll. It’s possible to swipe forever, and it will keep showing you more stuff.
I used to blow off the alarmism about social media, but I’m starting to think it’s the emotional health equivalent of smoking cigarettes and binge drinking.