Does this look like a goon? He’s got a puppy, dammit!
Is the NFL draft finished yet, or are we on Round 12 yet? TBH, I tuned out after finding our where Fields landed. The NFL draft just isn’t that exciting to me. But there’s a dearth of sports going on right now, so I’m having to resort to inane gibberish to fill up some page space. Or, I suppose I could just say and “and that’s it for sports” and more on. I’ll do that, but not after I point out the pussification of hockey writers. This guy would have shit himself a few decades ago.
I had no idea he was dead.
Proponent of child enslavement Horace Mann was born on this day. He shares it plastic surgery pioneer Archibald McIndoe, golf great Betsy Rawls, Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak, lovely actress Audrey Hepburn, guitar legend Dick Dale, actor (who I had no idea was dead for 15 years) Paul Gleason, drag racer John Force, baseball player Ken Oberkfell, new country singer Randy Travis, other baseball players Joe Borowski, Miguel Cairo, and Ben Grieve, and golf great Rory McIlroy.
Right-o, now on to…the links!
Let’s kick it off with some good news. The only thing that would make me happier would be ammunition manufacturing keeping pace.
I wish this was my closet.
A train overpass in Mexico collapsed, killing at least 23 people. Jeez, that looks horrible. I pray for those people.
Welcome to the world of powerful teachers unions. Also, if a school is saying kindergarteners need to wear masks for safety, they’re too stupid to be educating kids anyway. And if they’re not completely back to in-person learning by now, their union needs to be disbanded, every teacher and administrator fired, and they need to start from scratch.
I’d say the answer to the question in the headline is “maybe”. In a sane world, the answer would be yes. In today’s world where decisions like this are made politically, I’d say the answer is “probably not”.
Even weirdos have rights.
Holy shit! I’m absolutely shocked that a judge did this. And I’m sure he’ll be pilloried for it by people on the left who don’t understand how it’s supposed to work.
Good riddance to all of them. Unfortunately, three more imbeciles will take their place and the shitty performance will continue to be rewarded while kids suffer.
Sounds like this lady has a screw loose. It also sounds like they’re way over-reporting on Qanon here. Also, what possible hate crime could this be?
And I’ll end on a sad note. Not that I’d ever want to go to that circus, but still. It’s always sad when bureaucrats overreact in ways to take away from the joy of life.
Here’s a magical song for you to enjoy. I know I sure will.
Now get out there and have a great day, dear friends!
“A train overpass in Mexico collapsed, killing at least 23 people. Jeez, that looks horrible. I pray for those people.”
Hope it is not too soon, but was it designed and built by that same college crew of woke ladies in Florida that did a bridge there?
Or the Minnesota DOT?
Morning all. Taking the kids to school, see ya soon.
Morning.
A couple years back the girlfriend and I were talking about planning a trip to Oktoberfest in Munich for this fall. Little did we know that Europe would be locked down for more than a year, with many of the big events cancelled.
NFL draft ended Saturday, there were quite a few people out and about downtown. I met some people who had traveled in (from Florida) who had reservations for seafood… in Cleveland. After pointing out their folly, and suggesting they at least try to get some pierogi while they were here (which had to be explained), we went our separate ways to find refreshments.
I met some people who had traveled in (from Florida)
The super-spreaders aren’t waiting for people to come there anymore. They’re being proactive in their evil.
-NYT opinion writer
Fredo’s brother wants a word with you, yo!
Hey, if anybody knows about killing grandmothers, it’s the guy with experience.
If he hadn’t killed the grandmas, they wouldnt be able to redistrict AOC out of her seat.
Who needs Bayern when you have Blumenau.
Some cousins of mine planned to go to Oktoberfest in 2020. They booked everything before the lockdowns started. Then the lockdowns started. They clung to hopes of going anyway since they relatives in the Munich area on the branch of the family we don’t have in common. Nope. Didn’t happen.
You know who else drank beer in Munich?
Me?
That sucks, Neph. Find some way to enjoy. May I recommend Parking Lotfest?
Man, has she let herself go. I remember those abs when Rhythm Nation came out…
That’s Ms. Jackson to you.
Even though Chauvin is guilty of at least some of the charges, if he doesn’t get overturned on appeal due to misconduct, we’re officially into show trial phase.
Narrator: They were officially into show trial phase.
I’ve made a huge mistake.
They should’ve allowed Franklin Delano Booth on the jury.
Booth?
Or Bluth.
They aren’t even pretending. It was blatant.
You can’t have a banana republic without show trials.
Bananas are not required, though.
Preet for Beria! Preet for Beria!
I see they couldn’t resist the amply-disproven “racist!” nonsense.
Never change, NBC.
Didn’t Sleeper feature the line about how the world ended – “some nut named Shanker got hold of the bomb”.
Thanks for the heads up about the project to get the story straight on the nonsense of the lockdowns. I’ve been saying for almost a year that when this is all over (god willing), we NEED to get the story right and we NEED to pound it into the heads of everyone that this was a massive overreach, or else it will happen again.
Again?
Doesn’t there need to be a point when it stops for it to happen again? Fuck… last year I was expecting people to be ignoring all of this shit by Memorial day.
/looks at calendar
Well… I didn’t say what year.
I’ve known people for over a year that I have never seen their face. Pathetic.
Nobody can “prove” anything either way so no minds will be changed.
I guess I appreciate the effort but I’m afraid it’s wasted.
^this here. The lockdowns, curfews, and mandates have nothing to do with Covid so trying to prove they are unnecessary for combating Covid is already missing the point.
The world will do as the world does. I can make a very real difference in protecting and improving the lives of my myself and my family so that is where all of my effort is focused.
^^^
I agree that it wasn’t about covid. It was a naked power grab, everyone on this web site knows that. But they’ve painted themselves into a corner by saying it’s about covid and given people like Tom Woods who have been keeping track of the data an opportunity to dismantle their stated argument.
It’s sad that we’ve been unsuccessful arguing against lockdowns on a rights based message; clearly normies don’t seem to care much about that stuff. But if you can show from a medical/scientific standpoint that masks don’t work, lockdowns don’t work, social distancing doesn’t work, etc. you can start to convince some of the normies.
“…pound it into the heads of everyone…”
I see you haven’t met many useful idiots. Good luck with that. I recently had one say to me ” I dont care what facts you have, how much evidence, or how reasonable your arguments are, I will never change my mind.”
Me: “So you admit you cant be reasoned with”
Her: *blank stare, dropped jaw*
5″ thick skulls encasing 65 cubic inches of air.
People like that receive the internal ✔ If you can’t reason with them, walk away.
65 cubic inches of
airvacuum.FTFY
I know a lot of conservatives that were very pro Iraq war/Afghanistan war that have come around. I think people can be persuaded. Getting to the point where the correct narrative is the dominant narrative is obviously the hard part but it’s not going to start from the top, nor will it come from convincing people that can’t or won’t be convinced.
After 20 years?
I forgot what it was but I recall the judge was already near to calling a mistrial a couple weeks ago. Maybe this will push it over the edge.
Prosecution wanted to introduce evidence that they hadn’t previously turned over in discovery; judge said any mention of it was an instant mistrial. Also, in closing statements the prosecution called the defense attorney a liar which is a no-no. There were a few other minor things the judge didn’t like but I don’t remember them specifically.
You might be thinking of Maxine Waters’ comments.
Yep, that’s the one.
Mommy bloggers are the worst ?
Mommy bloggers are Yelp reviewers with a God complex.
*nods knowingly*
Are those the ladies whose one and only personality trait is “I have kids”?
I get that when you’re a parent, the kids are the number one priority, but I just find it freaky to see someone throw away their personhood like that (or maybe they never had any interesting attributes and simply use the kids as a substitute).
Ding! Ding! Ding!
the kids are the number one priority
This is not directed at you, Akira, but fuck that.
Kids are a priority, but they are not the number one priority. Yes, we’ve sacrificed and changed for our kids, but they conform to our lives, not vice versa.
This is probably an article worthy rant, but I’ll keep it to a couple sentences. It’s amazing how many people simultaneously overindulge and underparent. They buy everything for their kids, transform their lives and houses for their kids, and then they spend every waking hour finding ways to get away from their kids.
So you’ve met my ex-wife.
the kids are the number one priority,
We practiced a policy of benign neglect.
The kids grew up to be willful, independent-minded adults who bolted the house as soon as they were 18.
They are now fully-competent, middle-aged people who took similar approaches with their own kids.
So no, the kids are not number one. They are barely in the top five.
My SIL is all about “I am my kids’ mom.” She has no identity of her own, no interests, no hobbies. The 20- and 21-year-old are still at home, not going to college, with minimum-wage jobs (actually, I don’t know if the 20-year-old has a job) and are, by my brother’s own admission, “aimless.” I’d bet dollars to donuts that she would be happy as a clam to have them live there in perpetuity so she can mother them.
I’d bet dollars to donuts that she would be happy as a clam to have them live there in perpetuity so she can mother them.
“Sorry you can’t handle being in your 50s. How about you deal with that issue in therapy rather than destroying your kids’ lives”
/I’m feeling snarky today
Let me guess – her Facebook profile picture is a picture of her kids, right?
Her and one of her kids photobombing.
This.
Mothers whose lives are completely revolved around their children freak me the fuck out. My wife too.
It’s like, you’ve brought someone new in to the world, and your job is to help them to become 1/2 decent human beings. Not kill your own self and replace it with your child’s “needs.”
become 1/2 decent human beings
Dave Ramsey has a saying about this. “Your job isn’t to raise good kids. Your job is to raise good adults.”
As I wrote in one of my books, “I am their steward, not their maid or owner.”
Warden.
Does Nikki have kids?
Pathetic.
Another country swirling down the drain.
But Disneyland is open. It’s alright, you can cry. No one will judge you.
Swirling? They’ve been caught in the gooseneck for 20 years.
Ummm….for September? Everyone who gives a damn will be vaccinated by then.
*turns on irrational hope” – Ya know, the Germans could just have Oktoberfest anyway. Just show up and do it in spite of what The Leader says. Who says it has to be “official”?
Some parts of history would have been a bit nicer if more Germans had told their government to stick it. Here’s another (small) chance.
Germans?
No. Germans are very culturally rule-followers.
Said no one before mid-19th century.
a lot can happen in 170 years.
It is amazing how fast they flipped.
I don’t know if you have read them, but the disorganization of Germany is a plot point in The Ring of Fire series.
I have only read 3 out of the approximately 1,546,753 novels.
The story concept is interesting, even if I don’t care much for Flint’s writing style. The writing got better when he got a co-author.
It seems like a perfect series for Netflix or somebody to buy the rights to and make a series. I really need to stumble into a few billion dollars so I can afford to buy and run the Sci-Fi network correctly.
The Prussians getting the upper hand in Germany was the worst thing that ever happened to them.
There is your cultural shift.
I have met some Bavarians that were definitely not rule followers.
+1 Bavaria is the real Germany.
I spit on the other states.
It’s like you don’t know any Germans.
Oh I do. Hence the “irrational” part. I can wish.
Hockey would be better if someone skated Tom Wilson in the throat.
It won’t be anyone on the Rangers.
The Islanders were playing dirty against them too last week and they never fight back.
It’s just that he’s still so misunderstood you know.
I’m sure that the league will do nothing (or the basic equivalent). Big credibility test for Parros and that group, I have no doubt that they will fail it.
$5000 fine. That’s it.
Panarin should offer to have someone grab Parros by his hair and do him the same way a la Joe Adler/Gene Simmons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5ONJPmt0HQ&t=1m22s
I want to see people smiling and laughing again. Is that too much to ask?
*blank stare*
I know not what these words mean.
Festus… this was the scene at one of the events the girlfriend and I went to on Saturday. People were sharing tables, talking, and mingling. It was wonderful.
We don’t have to wear masks at my office. Sadly, our field techs are obligated while in customer’s homes.
Some poor delivery girl just dropped some stuff off here wearing a clear full face shield. *facepalm*
Come to Texas. Except Austin, Houston, SA, and Dallas. Every other city I travel to has people acting completely normal.
I was in Outer Banks, NC this weekend. Still mask requirements indoors anywhere, but other than that 95% of people didn’t give a damn. And, of course, inside restaurants is the stupid “where mask until you sit down, then remove” rule.
You’re getting into some very specific definitions of “city” once you exclude those.
A settlement with a cathedral.
There are no cities in Saudi Arabia?
‘fraid not.
Amarillo, Lubbock, Corpus Christi, Tyler, Wichita Falls, Waco…
Corpus Christi is an overgrown gas station.
I’ve never been to Lubbock or Amarillo so I can’t comment on those, but Tyler, Wichita Falls and Waco are up (down?) there with Bryan, College Station and Calvert.
I should probably mention I strongly dislike the TX gulf coast. Bunch of dead-fish smelling mud-beached refinery towns.
Plus I got rejected for a professorship in Corpus and I’m still holding a grudge.
Fort Worth is bigger than Dallas.
Plus the main highway is named SPID.
No it isn’t. Fort Worth is 750k, Dallas is 1.2m. Dallas is 383 mi^2, Fort Worth is 355 mi^2.
If you measure the metro areas of each (ignoring the shared suburbs), dallas is probably 4x the size of fort worth.
If you measure metro areas, Dallas and Fort Worth are the same, and in each other’s.
I knew somebody was gonna call me out on that, and I had a sneaking suspicion that UCS would be the one to do it.
It’s not too hard to carve DFW into “Fort Worth metro*”, “Dallas metro*”, and “Intercities”
*metro being used loosely here
It used to be easier when cities had walls.
The census bureau does note “divisions” within some metros – including D/FW.
I was wrong, if you measure the divisions, dallas is only 2x the size of fort worth.
On a tangent, I was surprised that New York is only the 3rd largest city in the Americas when measured by MSA population.
El Paso waves hello flips you off, then returns to long-simmering ethnic tension, drunken bar fights, and drug-related murders.
Don’t forget hand jobs on national tv on the hill above the stadium.
Brilliant! I had no idea that was thing. G/d blessed Texas.
You mean North Juarez?
Before they renamed the city for Benito Juarez it had been called “El Paso Del Norte”. The city north of the Rio Grande from there was Franklin. When the Mexican city changed its name the people in Franklin figured, “Heck, if you guys aren’t going to be using it anymore we always wanted a name that was easier to pronounce in Spanish since there aren’t a whole lot of us speaking English up here.” and they adopted the name.
Indeed – I was at a concert just over a week ago. Didn’t see a mask at all until a roving photographer (I think, didn’t pay much attention) showed up with one on. And that’s employees, customers, everyone.
Of course, the metro areas of those four cities is around 19, in a state with 29 million residents. So, over half the state has lost their damn mind.
19 million, not 19, obviously.
Come to Alaska. Outside of Anchorage and Juneau things are back to normal.
People around here have just largely started ignoring the bullshit mandates. I think that’s ultimately what has to happen or we’re stuck with them forever.
The only way is mass disobedience.
Sadly most people still wear masks indoors here. I only put one on in places that I know I can’t get away with it.
Eye Doctor
Physical Therapist
Vapor Shop
I don’t even bother at other places. I just walk the fuck out if even asked.
“Vapor Shop”
Oh, the irony.
Smiling and laughing could lead to dancing.
Good morning, Sloopy!
What a great song!
Reminds me of this gem.
Have a great day,eveyone!
Oh, and happy May the Fourth or Cinco de Cuatro depending on your fandom.
I’m looking forward to forgetting about the very American holiday of Cinco de Mayo tomorrow.
Cinco de Mayo you say?
My favorite sign showing government incompetence. Don’t try to go to the website, it died several years back, as this event only lasted a single year… for some unknown reason.
Maybe it was Eastern Orthodox Cinco de Mayo?
My group chat has popped off because I made the claim that Spiderman movies are better than Star Wars. I feel pretty good that this is a true statement.
I am referring to the total body of work of each. I realize Spiderman 3 was garbage. Still, probably better than the worst Star Wars movie(s).
Which of the 4 Star Wars movies do you think are bad?
Four? As far as I know, there are only two.
^^ and even then that is debatable, but acceptable.
All Jedi had was a bunch of muppets.
Amazing Spider-Man 2 was much worse…
But few things on the Star Wars side have even come close to being as awesome as Spectacular Spider Man (animated series) or Into the Spiderverse.
Hasn’t Spiderman been rebooted like 27 times by now?
They’ll get it right eventually!
The problem is Spider Man is the physical embodiment of youthful freedom and exuberance. Today’s “entertainment” industry finds those things abominable.
Porn seems to get it right a lot of the time.
And responsibility, and making decisions that you thought were right in the moment that come back to haunt you later, and guilt. Off the top of my head, the list of series (TV/Movie) that are spidey based:
Spider Man and his Amazing Friends (80’s tv show)
Spider Man (90’s tv show)
Amazing Spider Man (00’s tv show – MTV)
Spectacular Spider Man (00’s tv show – Fox – AWESOME)
Ultimate Spider Man (00’s tv show, caused the cancellation of Spectacular)
Spider Man (Raimi trilogy)
Amazing Spider-Man (Webb movies)
Venom (Sony Spiderman adjacent-verse)
MCU (Introduction in Captain America: Civil War)
Into the Spiderverse (animated movie – Sony)
That’s not even getting into the video games, and I’m sure I’ve missed at least one or two animated shows as well.
There was whatever animated version I was watching as a kid in the 70s.
Into the Spiderverse is quite good. There is a touch of wokism in there if you look at it sidelong but it doesn’t detract from the story.
How are you forgetting the very first live-action adaptation, 1974’s Spidey Super Stories, starring Danny Seagren.
Those are the ones that never got a DVD (or even VCR) release, right? I have vague memories of trying to watch them in the early-mid 80’s, on Saturday afternoons when they were on, adjusting the antennae to try to get a good picture. And always wondering where even the Kingpin was.
I also didn’t mention Italian Spider Man, or the Anime version now that I think about it.
“RESPETTE LE DONNE!”
*rispette
27? Where have you been?
Originality is poison to the Hollywood crowd. One more comic book movie and I am going to puke. Once upon a time you could find movies that had meaning and originality.
The Maltese Falcon
Citizen Kane
Strangers on a train
psycho
I could go on all day. All we get now is Spider man 47, and reboots of…well everything for the last ten years.
The Maltese Falcon – REMAKE
Citizen Kane – BASED ON A TRUE STORY
Strangers on a train – Ok, mostly original
psycho – BASED ON A BOOK
Maltese Falcon was also based on a book as was Strangers on a Train.
You expect a town founded on piracy and avoiding patent enforcement to be that big on original storytelling?
More sober nerd makes my case harder…..er…….that came out wrong…
Strangers on a Train was also an adaptation of a novel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers_on_a_Train_(novel)
Stupid no refreashing.
I loathe creative people who’s work is derivative of a another creatives! By the way, have you seen the latest Hat and the Hair cartoon?
But Citizen Kane 2: Off tha Chain was 100% original.
However, it begs the question: Is this list getting better or worst?
I was going to skip baseball birthdays today, because there werent any of note, and sloopy found some anyway.
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Are any dressed as slave Leia?
No, but #2 and #35 are FN hot.
I was hoping for one dressed like topnotchtoledo.
RE: Chauvin juror.
Shouldn’t the fact that a juror demonstrably lied on the pre-selection questionnaire by itself be enough for a retrial? I still Chauvin is getting what he deserves but G-d help anyone who gets falsely accused of something high-profile with a political angle. It’s a show trial and you’re fucked. A corrupt and politicized judicial system should scare the shit out of everyone; especially those currently wielding it to their advantage. History has taught us again and again (and again and again and again…) that it eventually gets turned on everyone.
It’s not going to get better for a while. The law schools are pumping out postmodernists at a breakneck pace and our political class is hopelessly venal and corrupt.
Too many people run on emotions.
Too many people are invested in the idea that their feelings are of universal importance.
It should be a crime to make me feel bad.
Narrator: The universe doesn’t give a shit about these peoples’ feelings.
This is really what it’s about. Morality is supposed to be an objective standard that is the same for every person. But it’s been turned into some foggy notion built on how it makes a certain person feel. And of course, people feel all kinds of things that are not necessarily valid or reasonable. And without logic and reason, there’s no way to determine whose feelings should take precedence, so the only thing left is to scream your feelings at each other louder and louder and eventually devolve into fighting.
Welcome to postmodernism
truth is what you make it
People really believe that, and it’s scary how they never see the logical contradiction of making a truth claim that denies that truth claims exist at all.
Maybe I’m guilty of idealizing the past, but I can’t help but think this postmodernist shit wouldn’t have gotten as far as it did if they still taught the Trivium in schools.
There is no objective standard for morality. It is inextricably subjective, like everything in economics where people value different things.
That is not the same thing as maintaining morality should be based on feelings devoid of any rationality.
There is no objective standard for morality. It is inextricably subjective, like everything in economics where people value different things.
When it comes down to it, if morality is subjective and in the eye of the beholder, why should I respect the morality of the majority even a whit more than I respect “Democracy”?
Why should I ever sacrifice for “higher ideals” when those ideals are just social lubricant at the very best, and a system of oppression on the average?
“Morality is supposed to be an objective standard that is the same for every person.”
That’s ethics.
Morality is subjective, and often personal.
/pedant
The Potato is correct, and there is a very good reason why we have 12 people on a jury; truth and facts are two related but ultimately different things. Morality is mine alone and only has to bear in this as far as so many people have similar moral opinions as to form laws. And what in particular is legal/illegal is is what is being decided upon by listening to facts, accepting some as important and or relevant, and discarding others, thus arriving at a truth
“It’s always sad when bureaucrats overreact in ways to take away from the joy of life.”
I think you mistook “overreact” as meaning “act intentionally for pure sadistic pleasure”.
Risk aversion and bureaucrats are like lime and coconut.
thicc?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9540663/EXC-Demi-Rose-flashes-ample-assets-tasseled-bolero.html
Having sex with her must be like smashing your pelvis into pillowcases filled with Jell-O.
Interesting description, generally I prefer an Audrey Hepburn in her prime body type but I must admit I’m titillated.
+1 ballet body
There was also something about her voice.
You say that like it is a bad thing.
Probably still would, but I have no standards.
^^^ The Last Honest Man
I have standards, just different from the norm here – pale, skinny, and hungry doesn’t do much for me.
#metoo
John?
Winner, winner. Give this man a prize.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9540019/Carter-Library-releases-odd-endearing-photo-Bidens-visiting-Jimmy-Rosalynn-Carter.html
Photoshop?
I’m just marveling at the baby blue shag carpet that’s straight out of the 70’s.
Stagflation shag.
It looks like it was taken in one of those rooms designed to mess with your sense of proportion.
I could understand a picture with strange perspective from time to time, but this type of thing is happening way too frequently for it to be nothing.
Totally photoshopped. No way Biden (78 years old) is gonna be able to take a knee and get back up.
Fourscore knows…
GIANTS of POLITICS!
Wilson and Jamie Benn are both scumbags. There is absolutely nothing wrong with playing hard, clean hockey, a la Scott Stevens or Nick Kronwall, but those first two should be run out of the league.
Agreed.
Cut to the middle and you are dead.
DAMN! I could’ve definitely got into hockey if I grew up in hockey country
I grew up in Los Angeles…its as much hockey country as can be in the 90s thanks to the Kings and Gretsky
But the nearly killing thing is ridiculous.
Wilson has been deliberately injuring other players for his entire career, and worse, he’s a giant pussy who picks on players who can’t fight back. He should have been banned years ago.
I know the NHL is trying to find that sweet spot of European hockey vs. North American hockey but discouraging fighting leads to players like Wilson running around with impunity. Dicks will always make there way to the ice and not having a counter when the dirty play happens is just stupid unless the NHL is willing to bounce on first offense.
The problem with that hypothesis is that fighting hasn’t actually stopped Wilson in the slightest. He’s been “called out” before and he’s been in plenty of fights and he keeps doing this shit.
Sorry, fighting of the 80s/90s to be more exact where every time you step on the ice a McSorely type is in your face giving you a facewash or jabbing your ribs with a butt-end close in on a board battle.
It still seems to me that there were plenty of guys running around doing dirty shit back then as well though. I really don’t think it makes much of a difference.
More specifically you must see how funny it is that the “keeping things orderly” name that you mentioned (McSorley) is a player whose own career ended when he was suspended for a lengthy period after he maliciously whacked another player in the head with his stick!
Yeah just named popped in my head. Hockey hides its brain injuries really well.
Liz Cheney is like Joan of Arc.
She just wants to save the Cartoon Villain’s robot army from themselves. Why do they resist her maternal embrace?
She’s in Wyoming for cripes’ sake; how she hasn’t already gotten the shit primaried out of her by now is baffling.
Dick holds some sort of political capital there, it would seem.
Lot of people vote on name recognition. Never underestimate the ability of voters to cast their individually meaningless ballots in frivolous ways. That was pounded home the one time I ran for office, and listened to what people said was their big thing. Like who has the most campaign signs up.
There is a reason she is their rep instead of a senator. Its not like the race is any different.
It’s almost as if the face diapers are being used to demand obedience and as a tool to filter out wrongthinkers.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/new-jersey-school-nurse-suspended-after-saying-masks-are-harmful-to-students_3800659.html
In 10 years are we going to see asbestos lawsuit commercials replaced with mask fiber lawsuits?
We’ll get silicosis lawsuits first. OSHA made sure of that.
The NFL needs to dispense with the charade of “Student” Athletes and start a farm system.
Buyout college football keep the teams at colleges, eliminate the student requirement for players.
Yep. The infrastructure is already in place. That way the draft is not a circus.
it’ll still be a while. Hell, Madden said that in a book that was published like in the early 80’s
But I do think it is getting closer. I think in maybe 5-10 years the big five will form a high tier, maybe dropping some of the less performers, and the NCAA will be the D1 without most of the big 5
She seems like a nice lady
https://mobile.twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1389345964658348032
The very definition of a psychopath.
Goddammit! Stop making me come down on the side of cops. We have been talking about police reform since forever but these people are lunatics.
The left tends to do that to me. I didn’t vote for nor do I like Trump. In comes the left, well he’s not so bad. I want police reform. In comes the left, well I wanted rational police reform not no police. I want legalized drugs. In comes the left, well I wanted legalized drugs without heavy taxes.
The left is decent at spotting problems, but they suck at identifying root causes and their solutions are worse than the problems themselves.
There is only one root cause to leftists: lack of absolute control.
Their solutions are entirely superficial and create negative second and third-order effects. Which, I suppose falls into the ‘feature not bug’ category for them.
The left is decent at spotting problems
Meh. There’s a parallel rule to Rule 34, which I’ll claim credit for and call Rule 84. If it exists, there’s a leftist bitching about it.
There’s a complementary rule, Rule 85: If it doesn’t exist but could be used to further leftism, a leftist will create it and bitch about it.
ALA, the False Flag Rule.
There have been many causes I support. Some group proposes a rally or other such activity. Then they bring in garbage, often unrelated, and I say no thanks. They would get more support for reform if they focused, but it is like legislation. You attach all your crap to non-controversial legislation because it isn’t going to pass on its own.
Can I haz public sector union reform, even better abolishment?
It’s almost as if both sides have windup disruptor toys at the ready, for whenever the people try to have a rational discussion about a problem.
In the private sector, the goal of leaders to “work themselves out of a job” is a real and good thing; it moves companies forward. On the contrary, the narcissistic sociopath politicians of all flavors would never do anything that would make them less needed, never do anything like actually solve a problem. Instead, they’re that boyfriend in the movie Endless Love who burns his gf’s house down so that he can save her family and look like a hero.
A rational discussion? Lectures are what is needed.
Well, you know, douchebags come in all the colors of the human rainbow.
The only things I know about San Dimas, I learned from Bill & Ted,
The gridiron squad apparently preponderates the others in the area.
What is the point of a cover letter to go with a resume. It seems like a pointless exercise.
Speaking of, I need to write one. Anyone have any good advice?
Sell yourself. Don’t make it generic, target the specific job and show some passion for it.
Other that that, no clue what the purpose is anymore.
I hate them. Makes me feel fake when I write them and it doesn’t show anything that isn’t on my resume. Also I work in an industry where I cannot disclose metrics based information, and a lot of my work. So my pitch is pretty much I’ve worked this previous job for x amount of years, I can’t really tell you what I, did but trust me.
Don’t ask me, I am a proponent of hiring based on fights to the death.
Haha, I’d rather do it that way than sit there answering stupid questions like “why do you want this job?”
Used to be what stood you out from the piles of resumes, but nowadays, I am not sure. I guess it could be the first indication you can string together a few coherent sentences?
Cover letters give you a chance to sell yourself and expand on things in your resume. A lot of people don’t do them anymore, but I read through the cover letters factor them into next steps. One of my recent hires landed an interview because the cover letter grabbed my attention enough to overcome a less experienced resume.
The key is to get in front of the hiring manager. Your cover letter isn’t written to get you the job, it’s written to get you to the interview. So I would try make it attention grabbing and less formal than a resume.
To whom it may concern,
I always thought those letters were fake, until one night…
Dad nails it. I use cover letters to bridge the resume to the job listing. A couple paragraphs, pick up some key points from the listing and say how you’re teh awesomest evah at those type of deal.
Here’s where it gets funny. The listing is “My job plus more management”. There’s not much of a gap to bridge.
“sell yourself”
This is where I fall flat. I can’t sell books, let alone myself. I have an ingrained mindset that if I can do something, it must be easy and obvious. So the idea of pointing it out seems pointless to infantile.
You are being lazy. If you are as good as you appear to be, you are doing the group you wish to join a massive favor by joining up. They deserve to know why.
People fear sales, but they usually are engaged in it more often than they think. Focus on them, not you. Lead them to the obvious conclusion.
Good luck!
The obvious conclusion is to feed the resume into the circular file.
UCS, think outside the box and disrupt the cover letter paradigm.
“Don’t hire me, I suck.”?
If you hire me I will tell you on day one how much shit you morons are doing wrong!
And I will be the CIO in a couple of weeks too…
Imposter syndrome sucks. That voice in your head telling you how you’re not really that good – it’s pernicious and tough to escape. But it’s also a complete liar.
I read once that Neil Armstrong, of all people, struggled with imposter syndrome. If the first man to walk on the moon had to deal with that internal voice, it might be a sign that the voice should be ignored out of hand…
I was reading an interview with Neil Gaiman who was talking about imposter syndrome.
Gaiman had invited to a major conference involving science and engineering. He was standing at the back of the room during the reception talking to another Neil.
The other Neil blurted out that he didn’t belong there with all those smart people. He was just a guy who did what he was told to do.
Gaiman replied. “Well, Neil. You were the first man to walk on the moon.”
Yup, that was the same article I read.
It does kinda put things in perspective.
I don’t use them to sell myself, but to explain why I want the job. The resume is facts. The letter is your chance to explain why you’re passionate about your work, why you’d be a good fit. Research the company, find something out about it that you can connect with personally, and write about that.
I’m not passionate about the job. I’m not passionate about anything. (insofar as it would be of value in securing employment)
It seems that you’re passionate about writing fiction. Make something up 🙂
Speaking of, I need to write one. Anyone have any good advice?
If its on your resume, don’t put it in your cover letter. If every success is on your resume, shorten your resume. The cover letter should be a value add. That said, I don’t really read cover letters. I may skim them, but I very quickly lose interest because they’re all the same.
“Thank you for the opportunity. I think I’d be a great fit with your company. Your company does interesting things. Sincerely, Candidate”
I haven’t written a cover letter in a while, but when I did, I tried to capture one aspect from the job posting or from the company web page and relate it to something in my experience.
I don’t really read cover letters. I may skim them, but I very quickly lose interest because they’re all the same.
I’m that way with resumes. Do you have the minimum experience/training to do the job? That’s about the only question a resume answers. A cover letter tells me at least a little more. Did you write it for this application? Can you write worth a damn? Have you made some effort to convince me you want this job and will apply yourself? Resumes don’t do that, but a good cover letter can.
When hiring, I tend to be in the same camp as Trshy. Cover letters, when they do appear, never contained any information.
I’m fretting because it’s required in the listing.
Well, you’ve been getting sucky cover letters.
For my current job, I knew they were going to have some concerns over whether me and Mrs. Dean would relocate. So I threw in a couple sentences about my family would visist Albuquerque when I was a kid, how much we liked the high desert, etc. This job is also pretty much the same job I had before, only bigger, so it was a short bridge, which made it easy to cross. “Professional growth” is an easy sell.
You can find samples on the internet. You basically want to say why you are interested and how your skills match up to the job description. Just trying to get past the HR gatekeepers to the hiring manager.
Also ask what the company policy is about pinching purdy boot-theys…
Tell them you are asking for the spudsman…
First, make a list of all the projects you’ve ever worked on, no matter how small. Write down the goal of each project.
Pick the biggest 2-3.
Make a list of exactly what tasks went into those projects in bullet points. No task is too small.
Then rewrite them in such a way as to make them seem bigger.
Pick the 4-5 biggest ones and work them into your letter.
Now, the following is what I would do: Treat it like a short essay. The opening paragraph is your thesis with a tidge of your knowledge of the company and culture. “I know that Company is the only…” some such tastefully flattering thing.
The second paragraph is those 2-3 projects you worked on.
The third paragraph is those 4-5 tasks you already drew up.
The last paragraph is what you bring to the company, its culture, and your enthusiasm for that particular position. If your only answer to “Why do you want this job?” is “Duh, I need it.” then fake it till you make it.
I would keep it short and sweet. Nobody wants to read a wall o’ text, but they need something to grasp other than air.
The key is for you to be able to explain your skills in terms of your present employer’s project goals.
It gives you a chance to sell yourself to the specific job, talk about how your skill set is what they need, and shows real writing skills.
“Germany cancels Oktoberfest for 2nd year over virus fears”
I hope they allow the agricultural fairs up here this year. Going on the Zipper with my daughter has always been a highlight of the summer.
Whoever throws up last gets funnel cake?
I never get the funnel cake… [walks away with stooped shoulders, wishing he brought his toothbrush; kicks pebbles]
http://b10mediaworx.com/recipes.html#_Toc484952659
Well, I know what I’m having on my next day off. Thanks.
You’re welcome!
Better than any funnel cake…
https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/county-fair-fried-dough-recipe
crap, wrong recipe
Alright. Two tries with a link. Neither posted.
I googled “homemade fry bread yeast” and a recipe by Simply Gloria came up. That’s what I use.
I prefer yeasted dough over chemical leavening.
I had a sample of funnel cake fries at the bar on Friday. Much better than the traditional plate of fried pancake batter.
Fried dough for me.
Last time I went someone was selling kielbasa wrapped in bacon on a stick with a mustard dipping cup.
Heaven.
The year before that I tried my first deep-fried Twinkie.
Again…
According to my model, my model is correct
The Biden administration used its federal powers to limit emissions for the first time Monday, proposing a rule that would phase out the use of a common refrigerant blamed for driving global warming.
Hydrofluorocarbons, known as HFCs and used frequently in air conditioners and refrigerators, are greenhouse gases that trap heat — and do so far more than other gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. The new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency will require the U.S. to ramp down production and import of HFCs by 85 percent over the next 15 years.
Phasing out HFCs worldwide is expected to avert up to 0.5 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end of the century, the EPA said, a significant step toward meeting global goals of limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
“Put simply, this action is good for our planet and our economy,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said.
Put simply, you people are a bunch of delusional imbeciles.
Congress desperately needs to limit executive rulemaking. The Pres has way too much power over shit like this.
Aren’t they replacing HFCs with isobutane? Hopefully no leaks near flames. If they can get the high-pressure requirements worked out, carbon dioxide would be a good substitute.
By mandating that everyone break their windows, the economy will boom!
*places order for case of auto airco refrigerant*
“WASHINGTON (SBG) – A classified study of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 conducted a year ago by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Department of Energy’s premier biodefense research institution, concluded the novel coronavirus at the heart of the current pandemic may have originated in a laboratory in China, Sinclair has learned.
Researchers at Livermore’s “Z Division,” the lab’s intelligence unit, issued the report May 27, 2020, classified “Top Secret.” Its existence is previously undisclosed. The Z Division report assessed that both the lab-origin theory and the zoonotic theory were plausible and warranted further investigation. Sinclair has not reviewed the report but confirmed its contents through interviews with multiple sources who read it or were briefed on its contents.”
https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/exclusive-classified-study-found-covid-19-could-have-originated-in-chinese-lab
Amazing, so all of those people who were slandered as the basest of racists and conspiratorial nutjobs had a point all along and they were known to have a point.
The most rational explanation for why the CDC has buried this theory is that Fauci was extra-legally involved in funding “gain-of-function” research in viruses and some of that money went to Wuhan for such.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/fauci-reportedly-relaunched-nih-gain-of-function-research-without-consulting-white-house/
There are many upper level bureaucrats who probably should hang for being wholly incompetent and insubordinate, all the while ignoring safety warnings, therefore they are covering their asses any way they can.
Yup. When both the ChiComs and the Deep State want something buried, it gets buried deep.
They also find some crazy, conspiratorial, wackjob version of that thing and call attention to it so that people will be afraid to be associated with it. You can see this now with how much the Branch Covidians rant about the theories that the vaccine contains a microchip that is activated by 5G towers or something. I’m convinced that the Establishment media gives more attention to these theories than they would ever get on their own (and if I may get a little conspiratorial myself: I wouldn’t put it past them to fabricate these things just so they can point them out).
Bavarian officials on Monday canceled Oktoberfest festivities for a second year in a row due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, saying there are too many risks in hosting the celebrations — which bring in visitors from around the world — during a global pandemic.
NNNOOOOOO!!!!!
Probably won’t make you feel much better, but one of the local beer-centric restaurants got in Einbecker Mai Ur Bock and special 1/2 liter ceramic mugs to sell it with (~$10 for the 1/2 liter and the mug to go). I’ve already got one of the mugs, and plan on stopping in to see if they still have any this weekend coming up.
Urgh.
I haven’t seen any Bockbier up here yet.
A local brewpub has a good Summer Bock. Not on tap yet.
Don’t ask me, I am a proponent of hiring based on fights to the death.
That still implies some sort of discriminatory skills based selection process. We need completely blind randomized hiring in all fields. Only then will we attain true job equity.
And if a few bridges and buildings fall down? More jobs!
The world needs
ditchgrave diggers, too.Don’t you know equality is a thing of the past. Equity is the “in” thing.
Well I’m stoopid! Read equity as equality. I’ll see myself out.
… blind randomized hiring in all fields…
So long as all diversity requirements have been met.
Hiring needs to be done from a Chinese menu. Chose 1 from column ‘B’, then proceed to column ‘C’ and chose 2
Tom Wilson has long history as a cheap shot artist and deliberately trying to cause injuries to defenseless players. He is a coward and he’s lucky to be playing in this era, back in the 80’s/90’s he would have faced immediate retribution. Some may not like watching unskilled enforcers play but they are necessary as long as teams are suiting up dip shits like Tom Wilson.
Or you can just seek out guys like Dustin Byfuglien, who aren’t goons but will murder you if you run the goalie or body slam the Euros.
Well, if you can get him away from the buffet.
Bought our house 4 years ago for $270k. Neighbor with the same layout just sold theirs for $400k, with 0 updates (20 year old homes). This market has lost it’s damn mind. What are all these people going to do when the prices tank bank to normal?
You’d think people would at least remember the previous housing bubble. It’s not like it was that long ago…
My 401k is also exhibiting the same gains as it did during the housing bubble.
They’ll unload their houses because it’s not worth it to pay the mortgage. It’s an opportunity in the making if you have the patience to wait three to five years.
We plan to build our next and hopefully last home. Hoping we can time the sale of our current house just right in the next few years. Until then we are updating our home one project at a time.
What are all these people going to do when the prices tank bank to normal?
Bitch to FedGov and get a bailout. Happened last time, why not this time?
It amazes me how many people are buying at the top of the market. So many people who are leaving perfectly serviceable living conditions to urgently buy a house with 0% down or 5% down, counting on the market to stay hot for the next decade. It’s like they think houses are just gonna disappear if they don’t buy now.
We, on the other hand, are biding our time. Buying other stuff. Slowly accumulating a down payment. When the market craters, we’ll be in a position to pounce. If the market doesn’t crater in time, we buy an overpriced house with 30% down or more.
At least we haven’t yet returned to the golden days of flipping houses, sometimes without improvements.
iTs A SouNd iNVestMEnt! HoUSeS dO NoT DePrEcIaTe! -Some Galaxy Brain Financial Analyst circa 2006.
Ours just sold over the course of a single weekend. 34 showings and 5 offers by 2:00 on Sunday.
Now, we bought this house in 2007 at the last high water mark, but we also sold at the same height. The family that is buying is doing the same thing as we did. Moving to a bigger house that you know you will be in for awhile (small kids), plenty of equity/cash, so the mortgage isn’t insane.
It’s all very situational.
The price of building materials has to factor into this bubble. My Zillow estimate has gone up 9.4% in 30 days, but I am still 15% below what the insurance company says it would cost for a total loss replacement. My wife and I have come to an agreement on when to bail, if it comes down it. She only wants to move one more time. I agree, but this crap is ridiculous.
My Zillow estimate is up 5% in 30 days.
If we didn’t absolutely love our home I’d consider selling. But not when we’d be looking for a similar house close by that would likely be as much or more.
We love ours too, but when the kids go, we really need to downsize. Unless I’m allowed to… you know… keep some sugar babies. ?
My house is only up 3% in 30 days. The big shock is comparing the per square foot price of my childhood home ($630) to my current home ($138).
The trick is to disassemble the house right now and sell the lumber.
My employer has truckloads of pallets. I keep eyeing them like a tweaker eyes copper wire.
You’ll be competing with all the mommy on-the-cheap DIY bloggers out there. They can make anything with pallets. They look like shit, but I’m not going to tell them that.
My wife tried that once. It did not end well.
I’m renting right now, waiting for the market to bottom out again. Not because I’m clever, but because of a divorce blah blah.
If I was clever and a homeowner I’d consider cashing in while the market is up, renting for a while, and buying low in a few years.
That is my plan.
That’s one of my favorite Clash songs. The story behind the song makes it even better.
As the Biden administration seeks to meet its goal of cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2035, tackling HFCs is among the rare low-hanging fruit, enjoying broad bipartisan support in Congress, as well as buy-in from industry groups.
Initially developed to replace other refrigerants like Freon, HFCs were once viewed as environmentally preferable because they have less of a depleting effect on the ozone layer. A fuller understanding of their ability to trap heat in the atmosphere has since prompted widespread global concern.
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute, a trade group that represents major refrigeration manufacturers, applauded the EPA’s move, saying it would “help create the certainty necessary for U.S. companies to maintain their natural technological advantage.”
“It continues our path of industry job creation, innovation and trade, and we are pleased at the signal it sends to the states and to other countries around the world,” its president, Stephen Yurek, said in a statement.
“We will, of course, be needing hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies as we transition ourselves into newer, unproven and likely ineffective alternatives.”
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute can suck it, fucking rent seeking assholes that they are.
Plumbers agree
“force customers to obsolete units faster as they wouldn’t be able to get maintenance done cheaply, driving our sales up until the NEXT time we decide to change the standards….”
and still sell R22 to the rest of the World, while you pay 100$ a pound, DuPont can Suck it!
“Good morning to everyone from the brave and brilliant @RoseMcGowan, who liberals turned into a hero until they realized they couldn’t control her, just like they do to anyone who doesn’t fully submit to Party orthodoxies (read about Cindy Sheehan to see that playbook):”
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1387017183276982273
“Department of Energy’s premier biodefense research institution, concluded the novel coronavirus at the heart of the current pandemic may have originated in a laboratory in China, Sinclair has learned.”
I’m not a conspiracy theory guy. But I don’t think it would be unreasonable to believe that a country with a history of unethical population control programs created a virus. Especially when the virus hits the elderly and diabetics hardest, but leaves the young unharmed.
It is a bit conspiratorial but the CCP are monsters in human form so I wouldn’t put it past them. They certainly aren’t restrained by ethical considerations.
Brett Weinstein came to a similar conclusion when he looked at some of the research on the virus. Conclusion may be too strong of a term, he took the possibility seriously, is probably better. From what I know, Brett does not seem like a guy that is prone to conspiracy theories, so my ears perked up.
Cock-up over conspiracy – the simpler explanation is their biocontainment protocols were poor.
I do not think that it was intentionally released, I strongly suspect it was engineered though.
Search for “gain of function” research and your suspicions will be explained.
Agreed, I’m not saying it was naturally occurring but got out of a lab – we know(?) they were doing gain-of-function research (which has legitimate applications).
I’m just saying the release was more likely to be an accident than a grand conspiracy.
Exactly. Don’t fall for the motte and bailey “if you think it came from a lab, you’re a kookyt conspiracy theorist who thinks the Chinese intentionally engineered and released a bioweapon” bullshit. They were doing a legit type of research, funded in part by the US, and (typically) their quality control was shit and it got loose.
My guess? Somebody was selling lab specimens at the wet market. Its happened before in China; I read about a researcher who got busted in, I think, Beijing for doing that.
UCS, think outside the box and disrupt the cover letter paradigm.
Tell them a story? Spin them a yarn?
In all seriousness, I think that the cover letter is intended to demonstrate that you care about that particular position and you aren’t spamming out your resume to anything that moves.
I just put my place on craigslist as an experiment. Probably stick it on Zillow, too. Who knows? Maybe a fish will jump into my boat.
Good luck, Brooks, hope it goes well. Where to, after that?
We like this guy because he tells us what we want to hear
“I believe that the amount of money that will be put into start-ups will be just as strong as it is now,” Patricof said. “Entrepreneurs are not going to stop and say, ‘Gee whiz, the capital gains rate is going up. I better not start my company.’”
“Venture capitalists like me are not all of a sudden going to turn their money back into their funds and say, ’Gee whiz, the rate is going up, so we can’t justify making investments anymore,” added Patricof, an early investor in Apple and AOL.
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Patricof, whose venture-capital career has stretched over 40 years, has long advocated for the elimination of the carried-interest loophole, including in a 2016 opinion article for The New York Times.
Patricof told CNBC he believes narrowing the differential in tax rates on wages and capital gains was “constructive,” without specifically saying whether he thought they should be placed at the same level.
“I think that investors in general are going to invest their money the way they have before, and I think that new companies will be started. I think that funds will be formed. Private equity will prosper,” Patricof said.
“Please raise my taxes, if it will hobble my competitors.”
Those startups and investors at the margin? Who needs them? More for me.
He’s right. They will. Based on their evaluation of the risk/return of the investment. Raising the cap gains rate reduces the return, making the risk/return worse, and moving some investments to the margins and beyond. It will absolutely shift investments away from risky startups and toward safer companies. For exactly the reason he says it won’t.
The Salk Institute released a paper at the end of April which summarizes the results of research into the spike protein on COVID. You can see it here:
https://www.salk.edu/news-release/the-novel-coronavirus-spike-protein-plays-additional-key-role-in-illness/
It’s not good news. It would appear that the spike protein, besides allowing the virus to attach to and enter human cells to replicate, also causes significant vascular disease all by itself.
This would be the same spike protein that we’re busily manufacturing in our cells after receiving hundreds of millions of doses of mRNA vaccines worldwide, with many more to be administered. Remember a few days ago when I said I had a vague, unfocused dread about this giant genetic experiment we’re performing on the human race?
It’s not so vague or unfocused now. :-/
Makes sense vis a vis the clotting issues too sounds like.
I know at least one person who dropped dead after receiving the vaccines due to clotting.
I’m scared that if we do start to see severe side effects from these vaccines, Big Tech will collude with government to make sure the word does not get around and nothing gets done about it.
The manufacturers are exempt from liability ( except the lamppost kind). The government has a huge motivation to hide the truth if it is bad.
“If you or somebody you love got the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 shots between December 2020 and May 2022, you may be entitled to compensation! The People’s Indigenous Government of the Former United States has just given five trillion dollars to the Covid Relief Administration for those who have suffered vascular issues due to the Covid shot. Call the law offices of SMITH, SMITH, and MechaHitler today!”
I consider this to be a very likely outcome.
Really? I thought it was one in a million.
For J&J…
The CDC has about 4000 deaths reported after the mRNA vaccines but they won’t talk about it.
And in this particular case, the death certificate does not mention clotting even though that is absolutely what he died from.
The the vaccine they suspended due to clotting actually causes less clotting?
That would probably explain the severity/morbidity link to diabetes, and other diseases and treatments that can cause vascular damage.
Where to, after that?
A cardboard box. Under a bridge, maybe.
You can sleep in my back bedroom, and work at a mushroom farm….
“…work at a mushroom farm…”
Euphemism?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtkbDNNrFoY
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Spinal Tap’s Sex Farm. Might be NSFW for the risk averse
not at all, it’s what I do, and we are always hiring,
Are the Morels to market yet?
not yet, they are the most difficult variety to grow in our conditions, so we alter conditions, trying to get it just right,
You’re saying that’s the morel of the story? You’re fungai, I know that category doesn’t have mushroom, but it’s nothing so truffle as to be ignored…
Hey now, we’re just shooting the shitake.
We shoot the Maitake U!
Not a box-like automotive conveyance by a linear body of water?
A Scion by the canal?
A Honda Element by the creek?
I know! A Winnebago by the Wadi.
No, you are both wrong its a Ford Falcon by the storm drain.
I do live down by the River, and drive a van…….
And you’re motivational!
We are on the same track
Headed towards the wrong side of them?
Yusef’s shirt
LOL!
An Aerostar by the strait?
A Transit on the tributary?
An Escort near the Estuary?
I woke up too exhausted to go to work, I’ve been running for 15+ days straight, this Old Man is Burnt!
“Frank Luntz & Kevin McCarthy. Not only are they friends. They are roommates.”
https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1389386341461467137
I smell a sitcom.
One Half A Man?
Welcome to your totalitarian future
Five years jail and a $51,000 fine: that’s the price Australian citizens can expect to pay if they’ve been in India and try to board a flight home to Australia in coming weeks.
The new border policy, announced under the country’s Biosecurity Act without public consultation at midnight Saturday, may have ramifications for what it means to be a citizen in a democracy.
A democratic government’s fundamental allegiance is to protect its citizens: but if your country won’t allow you to return home when you’re in danger, what then?
Critics of the new policy say that instead of rescuing stranded Australians their government is abandoning them, in breach of its obligation under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that “no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his [or her] own country.”
Something something consent of the governed.
The only sane response is to start hanging politicians and their enforcers from lampposts.
Australia is fucked. They’ve created the expectation that COVID can be staved off indefinitely if they just crack down hard enough.
Australia is fucked because cracking down harder is the government’s goal for problems well beyond covid.
Once a penal colony, always a penal colony.
The path that Australia has gone down saddens me, for most of my life I thought of them as the last bastion of the frontiersman. Now they seem to be entirely in the thrall of wokism and cowards.
The fine sucks, but is five years longer or shorter than their current quarantine plans?
No path to normal
While Australia may be winning the fight against Covid-19, it risks losing the war to return to normal life.
Australian state governments, alongside the federal government, have enacted a set of popular border closures and restrictions over the past 12 months. The left-wing government of the state of Western Australian locked out people who don’t live in the state for more than 220 days starting in April 2020 and went on to win re-election in a landslide on March 13.
Nationally, the federal government has banned nearly all departures from the country, and it has no concrete plan to open back up.
Australians and permanent residents of the country need to apply for an exemption to leave, except to travel to neighboring New Zealand. The policy traps at least 4.4 million foreign passport holders — including American citizens — and Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is in “no hurry” to change the system.
“popular”?
We should designate Australia a failed state and declare war on them.
Sounds like Drumpf! is in control there! Why else do think they have a right to border security! Nazis! Rushun plants!
They’re reverting to their penal colony roots.
While Australia may be winning the fight against Covid-19
Checking the official data, they are doing extremely well. Suspiciously well, in fact. “Dear Leader was re-elected with 99% of the vote” suspiciously well.
I know at least one person who dropped dead after receiving the vaccines due to clotting.
Nonsense. It was merely an anxiety attack.
Sincerely,
The CDC
Local headline:
Story is paywalled, emphasis added by me.
My clinical anxiety has cause shortness of breath, numbness in limbs, stiffness in the neck, but never bleeding in the brain or fever. And I thought my anxiety disorder was bad.
Gina Carano tweeted this out about the lockdowns and mask mandates the other day and it is the absolute truth. All of us Glibs will have to play a part (ignores chorus of “you can’t tell me what to do!”).
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0MpdkeWEAAOwAm?format=jpg&name=medium
why does it look like a JPEG from 1992 made in MS Word?
I was thinking more of a Jeopardy! answer square
A nurse just asked me if I was getting the vaccine. She seemed flabbergasted when I said no.
We’ll see how my neurologist reacts.
He’ll order an MRI and blood test. Because that seems about all they ever do. Maybe, you’re lucky, he’ll shock you.
Been there, done that. Even got multiple hole punches in the leg for tissue samples.
Hope your diagnosis process is getting to an explanation for you. I’m proof that it quite often doesn’t.
Spent years going to the neurologist with my dad before my shit even started. Just feels like re-runs now.
You guys probably don’t remember but 3 weeks ago, I was ordered to put on safety googles by my employer because of the ‘VID – apparently people with googles don’t stick their fingers as much in their eyes, therefore are less susceptible to give themselves the Winnie the Flu. I said no, they said go home. Fine.
I applied for that Canadian Relief -it’s only temporary we swear- thingy. I’m out of a job because of COVID after all. I had 2 boxes to fill : Name of the employer, phone number.
Well I got my first deposit : 900$. Need to re-apply for another one in 2 weeks.
That’s about ohhh… 150% of the money I was making for the last 6 months. Apart from the managers, nobody at the place I worked makes that. Not even close. Nobody at the grocery stores nor at any of the gas stations either.
I’m amazed our society is still running. The libs are sure as hell doing all they can to kill it.
Inflation is killing the raise I just got, but I would rather work than live on the Dole again,
sitting around just gets me into trouble,
Sorry, Brosw. Felt some pain myself this year, but not like that.
Needz moar authoritarian iron fist
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it has received approximately 1,300 reports of unruly passengers from airlines since February, a statistic that far outpaces the number of cases of bad passenger behavior the agency has seen in the past.
Of the reported instances, the agency has so far identified potential violations in approximately 260 cases, an FAA spokesman told The Hill on Monday.
The spokesman added that the agency has initiated approximately 20 enforcement cases and has sent notices to the passengers. It is, however, preparing “a number of additional enforcement actions.”
In a normal year, the FAA would see between 100 and 150 formal cases of poor passenger behavior a year, NBC News reported on Monday. That number, however, has spiked since February, despite the fact that fewer people are traveling because of the pandemic.
According to NBC, the unruly behavior includes passengers refusing to comply with mask orders, drinking excessively and partaking in alleged physical or verbal assault, which the agency in part designates as political intimidation and harassment of lawmakers.
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FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson, according to NBC News, said the surge of unruly passenger cases is “not permissible and we will not tolerate interfering with a flight crew and the performance of their safety duties.”
In March, the FAA extended its zero tolerance policy for bad behavior on flights. Under the policy, which was set to expire at the end of March, passengers can face fines of up to $35,000 and jail time for assaulting or threatening airline crew or passengers.
The Transportation Security Administration recently extended its mask mandate into September, requiring face coverings on airplanes, in airports, on buses and on railways.
That’s it. We need to arm the stewardesses.
“Passengers refusing to comply with mask orders, drinking excessively and partaking in alleged physical or verbal assault” I did all three of those at the airport last week, and was escorted out once by the TSA, but they let me catch my Later flight,
‘Splain please?
Or give them tranqulizer-guns
It would be darkly satisfying to see a harried stewardess drop a nagging Karen.
One man’s “bad passenger behavior” is another man’s appropriate response to bullshit.
Yeah. I am going to buy a ticket this afternoon.
Allegation: Mayor of Cleveland protected grandson, a reputed gang member, from arrest in shooting case – now the victim’s family is suing.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/03/cleveland-mayor-protects-gang-member-grandson-from-arrest/
Let me guess… they don’t provide the Mayor’s party?
The grandson has been in the local news for the past couple of months.
Allegation: Mayor of Cleveland protected grandson, a reputed gang member, from arrest in shooting case – now the victim’s family is suing.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/03/cleveland-mayor-protects-gang-member-grandson-from-arrest/
Multiple allegations even…
Yeah, but it has to be said three times to be true.
Double Jeopardy
I can only imagine what I would do if my 30 year old kid was murdered and the police didn’t do any police work.
The reporter made a mistake and accidentally wrote that the mayor is a Democrat. They are only supposed to point out party affiliation when it’s Team Red.
What a POS.
It’s Cleveland – of course it was Democrat.
The city council isn’t much better.
Yeah, city councils are where wannabe mayors practice their grifting. The ones who are good at it have a shot at higher office.
Where did all the crazies come from in such a short time? And how do they function in the world? More importantly, I think, is how do we fight back?
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22418208/basecamp-all-hands-meeting-employee-resignations-buyouts-implosion
The company I work for is super woke but what’s glorious about working in the finance department is that the CFO is a giant asshole (in a good way) and don’t have time for that shit which means we’re not subjected to it.
What Basecamp did was wise because the woke assholes basically left the company on their own accord (with a payout) and they do not have to worry about a giant lawsuit.
Yep. That industry in particular is rotten with entitled, young, “hotshot” assholes. Emphasis on the “young” – that is where the problem stems from.
I work in IT too but in a relatively conservative industry (finance). We don’t see *any* of this, because we don’t hire that type.
PS. I only skimmed that article but it sure gives a different spin on reality. “The managers were stunned”, “racist/sexist/blah blah blah”, “Oh noes!”
Yeah, no.
In the April discussion about the list of customer names, Singer posted to say that attempting to link the list to genocide was “absurd.” On the Friday call, he went further.
“I strongly disagree we live in a white supremacist culture,” Singer said. “I don’t believe in a lot of the framing around implicit bias. I think a lot of this is actually racist.”
He continued: “Very often, if you express a dissenting view, you get called a Nazi. … I have not felt this is open territory for discussion. If we were to try to get into it as a group discussion it would be very painful and divisive.”
A list of funny names? Fired.
Argety barbety white supremacy? Fired.
Shut the fuck up and do your job or pound sand. Yep, where did all of the crazies come from in such a short time? Maybe they were always there and just afraid to out themselves.
Also, fuck spellcheck.
They cleared out a bunch of deadwood for relatively little money. They have no open positions listed, but they’ll get a pile of applications when they do, judging from Coinbase’s experience.
I guess I didn’t think of it as a strategic HR move. Thankfully my employees are not like that, but I’ll keep that idea up my sleeve.
I don’t think it was started by management intentionally, but once it got frothy the founders just went “fuck it – anyone who doesn’t like it can leave, 6 months severance”.
Given the headaches involved in firing someone, even in a “right to work” state, that’s a small price to pay.
That’s what I was thinking. Companies need to purge these people to function.
They won’t need open positions. That was all useless deadwood. The remaining employees will be relieved to get on with work. Probably at 150% productivity now the lodestone of wokeness is gone. All those idiots who quit and proudly posted on Twitter will be remembered by managers hiring for positions far and wide. I think this is tip of the iceberg. Political discussions will be banned in the workplace everywhere. A good thing too. You wanna talk woke all day? Move to San Fran, get a tent and go for it. Not on my company dime.
More importantly, I think, is how do we fight back?
As a country? Not happening. It’s done and over.
Possibly on a state level. Alaska, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, possibly Florida may provide some shelter.
You can have the most impact on a local level. Move to a free place. Don’t wear a mask anywhere. Expand your resources and set firm boundaries. Someone said the other day “Be the change you want to see” and that’s stuck with me on not wearing masks anymore.
I haven’t worn a mask in weeks. It’s easy enough to say “oh, sorry, forgot” if confronted (not that any confrontation is happening around here) and go to a different store.
You’re right about getting to a free area. It’s a breath of fresh air to be around people who don’t bother to mask. It’s nice that the maskers are the weirdos around here. It keeps them quiet when you can tell they want to go all Karen on you.
It’s hard to fight it because political wokism is a religion where the heretics need to be proselytized and forced to bend the knee.
TN has been a blessing. Constitutional Carry. State and local mask mandates essentially outlawed. Drive Thru liquor stores. Critical Race Theory about to be banned.
Although I missed this bit:
Seems at odds with all the woke snowflakes quitting in a huff.
Its a little ambiguous. Was he woking and “questioning”, meaning accusing? Did he break the directive not to talk politics by engaging with the wokesters.
Basecamp seems to have run off a bunch of wokesters without exposing itself to a (credible) discrimination lawsuit. Getting into it with wokesters is a way to expose the company to a (more credible to the courts) discrimination lawsuit.
Hard to say, IOW. Of course, its always possible that they were looking to dump him anyway, and this was a useful pretext.
See the quote in my post above for the offending language.
Yep, where did all of the crazies come from in such a short time? Maybe they were always there and just afraid to out themselves.
They have always been with us. They’ve been let off the leash. Now they think they can act without consequences.
They seem to be right more often than not. *frowny face*
How can I legally find out if a person is a SJW or a snowflake during the hiring interview process?
I am a firm believer in the “no assholes” rule on my team. Divisive wokesters are assholes, but I need to know that up front.
Slip in this question: “10mm or .45, which is better?”
Winner!
.45 hands down.
They’re pretty upfront about it in the legal field.
“What interests you about this position? ”
“Well, I really like how big of a focus your pro Bono program is. I’m really passionate about justice and equality.”
We need someone who can performa billable hours. Next.
I’m really passionate about justice and equality
“Interesting. And how do you feel about representing clients?”
Make an off-color joke and see how they react.
CMYK or RGB?
They’ll give themselves away if you give them an opening. And if they are really Troo Bleevers, whether or not you give them an opening. Makse some noncommittal comment about your “corporate culture” and “diversity” – “Well, we’ve been talking more about diversity and equity recently around here. I’m sure there’s something to it, but its hard to see where its really going.” Something like that.
Put a MAGA hat behind you somewhere and if they recoil in horror, you will know. Red hats are to them as garlic is to Pie.
Casually mention “drag-queen story hour Tuesdays” and watch their reaction.
Or you could go the other way and mention something about a voluntary lunch bible study. They can’t stand people choosing to partake in something they don’t like.
They seem to be right more often than not. *frowny face*
The fleas have taken over the flea circus.
I don’t think it was started by management intentionally, but once it got frothy the founders just went “fuck it – anyone who doesn’t like it can leave, 6 months severance”.
It is devoutly to be wished.
“Oh, HORROR. What ever will we do without you?”
And now I have that scene from MASH in my head:
“Well goddam it, Hot Lips, resign your goddam commission.”
Sorta OT, sorta not. I mean to post this on the What We Are Reading article and forgot.
Can anyone recommend a good tome on the history of the US military? I’m not looking for any rah-rah bullshit, in fact I don’t want any editorializing at all. I’m just looking for a well researched, thorough history of the military branches from their births through the years, up to some point closer to modernity.
I have an idea for a “how-did-we-get-here” piece, but I need a lot more historical knowledge first….
Prof. Russ Weighley’s “History of the U.S. Army” is quite good. Don’t know about the other services.
Thanks Creech, I’ll check it out.
From the article about the Chauvin juror:
“Mitchell acknowledged being at the event and that his uncle posted the photo, but claims he doesn’t recall wearing or owning the shirt or cap”
Uh huh.
I was there, that was me, but I never owned those clothes! No one can own anything! Communism now!
You don’t go around picking up random shirts from the ground, posing for pictures, then forgetting it ever happened? You’re really weird.
Hobo status confirmed.
Decent article on COVID origins.
Long, but seems pretty thorough.
Some random song from my Pandora
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGPi1lNw6UA
Believe it or not I actually liked the song before I saw she’s an anorexic ginger. Net worth $42 million? She didn’t make it off this song, that’s for sure.