Would you like a drink with your fried food?
We have company this weekend, so here you go.
I’m finding it hard to get upset about this.
I’m out!
Saturday evening links of haste
About The Author
Spudalicious
Survey says I’m a Paleolibertarian bitches. That means I eat “L”ibertarians for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Soave tastes a little fruity. Wait a minute, that doesn’t sound quite right…
That’s a cute small bloody mary.
If only I liked tomato juice.
I’ll split it with you, I’ll drink the red stuff, you drink the additive. No need to spoil either.
I’ve got a couple of cans from the last time I tried tomato juice again.
I figure I owe stuff I don’t like a retry every couple of years.
How long before we find out Hamas used the press building for some nefarious purpose?
That’s why they nuked it. Hamas was running intelligence out of it.
I would be utterly unsurprised. I just want to see it published somewhere. Then we can ask how the news organizations didn’t know.
Willful ignorance?
It’s already out there.
Why did they warn the terrorist supporting journalists?
Because unlike Hamas, the IDF avoids taking innocent lives where possible.
What does not killing innocents have to do with the terrorist propaganda arms?
It was a 12 story building housing various news outlets and who knows how many other businesses and workers who have no relation to Hamas, but yeah, lets just kill everyone in there because some percentage of them might be terrorists or terrorist apologists.
So, using human shields is the best way to protect against you in war?
I’m not really OK with it until we see Don Lemon and Brian Stelter under a pile of smoldering rubble.
Then I’m going to turn a blind yes to the charbroiled puppies.
I’m overly grumpy tonight.
I shouldn’t be in “kill them all and let god sort them out” mode.
Sorry folks.
Sure, since I’m not a monster I won’t purposely kill innocents just to get at my enemy, If my enemy can exploit that, so be it, I’ll figure out another way. And before this turns into a stupid “Trolley Scenario” there is always another way.
The building was evacuated first, according to the article.
Right and UCS was asking why the IDF warned the occupants. I have no problem with them blowing up the building if it was being used as a base of operations for Hamas and they deemed that it was in their best strategic interest, I was explaining to UCS why the IDF didn’t want to massacre innocent women and children.
I thought it was rhetorical question.
I’m juggling reading comments, a bit of work in my office, and the headache from these @#$@# protests outside my window.
I might not be following the conversation close enough…
How long can they cover it up?
Depends how you rate it as “covered up” because there’s already discussion of the hamas use of the building.
Or does it have to be a legacy media admission of guilt?
I’ve never seen Molly Hatchett. The singer doesn’t fit his voice.
Cover art is very important for both a book and a record cover. Molly Hatchett had great covers. I’m not familiar with the music but sold a ton based on the covers.
+1 Frank Frazetta
I had always had him as a Meatloaf-looking fellow.
No, not in the early days. Danny Joe was a badass looking dude, not a meatloaf at all.
He appears to have wet his britches in that video! How unfortunate!
I have. Never seen so many USA shitkickers fighting each other in my life. I blame lack of pussy.
Would you like a drink with your fried food?
Why yes, yes I would.
I’ve rediscovered milk as the drink of choice these past few weeks. Cold and refreshing, drink a glass with every meal now. Whole milk, I need the protein and calories. Goes with fried food too.
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Milk was my drink of choice growing up all the way through high school, even though the rest of my family drank Pepsi like it was water. I didn’t care for anything carbonated until college – Mello Yello helped me through many an all-nighter. Now I have to be cautious of my caffeine intake past noon. I’m getting back into milk somewhat – I’ve even become accustomed to skim. (Yeah, yeah – I know: something something water.) Makes even 2% a treat when I indulge. (A bit of Bailey’s doesn’t hurt. 😉 )
I was a farm lad, we had milk cows and grew up with all the great dairy products, then I moved onto coffee for 60 years, now full circle but I still want a little coffee every day. I liked the carbonated stuff in days of old, ‘specially when it had some adult beverage mixed in.
I like milk but seems milk is no longer liking me as I get older. Cheese and other dairy seems to still be ok.
I don’t know if I could live without cheese.
I developed a lactose intolerance as I entered middle age.
Milk – no. Some cheeses – OK, other cheese not OK. Yogurt and Kefir – OK. Small amounts of ice cream – OK.
I love milk. I feel sorry for those weirdoes who can’t drink it.
Same goes for those cilantro hating miscreants. I don’t drink milk at all anymore but probably should. I get my calcium from way too much cheese and protein drinks.
Joel Johnson was riding in an autonomous minivan operated by Waymo, a self-driving vehicle development company, when the car halted in the street after encountering orange safety cones, according to The Verge. The cones ended up confusing the vehicle enough to stop it entirely.
Who could possibly have foreseen orange safety cones along a road?
I’m done enough yard work for today. Time to get cleaned up and head out for dinner.
For those who haven’t saved it yet, here’s the link for the Zoom/Happy Hour/Cocktail discussion link for tonight (and every Friday and Saturday night I’m available). I’ll kick it off at 20:00 Eastern.
Thanks Neph
*looks around suspiciously*
There were comments here a minute ago.
No there weren’t.
What’s a comment?
When you meant to use a comma but used a period instead?
That would be a periodical.
Well, maybe sometimes, but on a regular basis.
Ooops, somehow clicked “hide old threads” button.
I have been looking at mountain bikes to buy recently. I called a local bike shop to place an order and was told the bike was on backorder through next September. I asked about some other bikes and they were also on backorder through next spring and next summer.
This is the bike I want to order.
Nice. What size frame are you looking for?
Large.
Can’t help. I have one of these I would be willing to part with. It is a great bike but a bit too small for me. I am short and right between sm/med frame size. I recently bought a med frame Diamond Back that fits me better. I don’t always feel like I am going over the bars on downhills on it. That was a bit unnerving when riding the Fuji.
I had one of my bikes worked on at the local bike shop. The girlfriend saw all the bikes ready to go out, and asked about the bike shortage. The workers pointed out that every bike in the store was sold, and they were looking at 8-12 month lead times for bikes.
I was hoping to pick up a touring bike this year, it’s on the goals for next year now. With a bit of Craigslist hunting come fall.
I grabbed up one of the last ones of these from bicycle warehouse before the full on run on bikes this year.
You guys are big shots. I ride a 1981 Schwinn Heavy-Duti. Industrial yellow and all original. It has a crappy seat and crappy gearing. The seat is just aged out, and I keep meaning to get a two speed kick back hub for it.
I just checked, mine’s worth around 400-600 bucks now, probably the higher end because I have the original one model only (and just a few years only) yellow fenders.
You guys are big shots.
Remind me, how many motorcycles do you have? 😉
I know of a guy who lost his job during the gov’t reaction to the pandemic and ended up in the bicycle repair game due to how long bike shops are/were taking on repairs when this thing started. He’s now self-employed and quite busy himself. The funny thing is I’m an auto mechanic and I was able to pass him on to several of my customers who were asking if I could fix their bikes.
Bikes are insanely back ordered right now. I live across the street from a bike shop and they said this past year has been their best in biz by far. That coupled with supply chain disruptions and factory shutdowns have left most decent bikes back ordered. I’ve been looking at getting a Santa Cruz mountain bike myself to get back into the sport. You may want to check out Mike’s Bikes as it looks like only a 3 month wait with them.
Wow. Been thinking of a “city bike” for a while. Guess there’s no rush.
If you’re just looking for a simple hybrid you can likely get a good deal just by searching Craigslist for used ones. It’s the higher end stuff that is really hard to find right now.
[Rerun from d-e-d ded thread:]
Got the back yard and one side yard whacked before the battery crapped out. (The weed whacker’s – not mine.) Found most of what I was after on my errands. Continued my correspondence, but not “caught up” because he already replied, dammit!
I’m at 17 minutes on the treadmill at this moment at 3 mph.Update: 2.25 miles in 45 minutes @ 3 mph, bitchezz! (Having a fan clipped to the shelf over the treadmill helps immensely!) Didn’t get to carpet cleaning yet, but that’s why weekends have 2 days.[New info:] Pork steaks will be ready to put on the grill at our pleasure!
congrats.
Keep it up.
I like to treadmill walk with some music playing, mostly I don’t pay attention but still… I’m looking forward to getting back on the t’mill in a few weeks, start slow both in distance and time. Need to be ready by Nov, in case I hear the 30 point buck calling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Utt_XgcWv8
Turdy point buck!
I feel like shit. I couldn’t even eat dinner. Managed just few forkfuls. I feel like I have a fever, but the thermometer reads 98 and change.
Thoughts and prayers that it’s not something contagious.
Ebola?
Covid-19 vaccine?
Maybe this time it’s Lupus.
I need to get one but haven’t yet. Last I checked the scheduling was a pain in the ass.
It’s a toomah.
🙁 So sorry! Any idea what your temperature usually runs?
I don’t take it very often, but usually 97.4 – 98.4 It’s lower in the morning than in the evening.
Shower, early to bed. In the morning you may find your appetite has returned. Dinner for me is the smallest meal but I don’t do any work.
Thanks. I took a shower. Still too early to sleep.
Fibromyalgia?
We completely cured fibromyalgia here in Cali by legalizing recreational weed. The diagnosis have dropped to almost nothing now that you don’t need a medical card.
All kidding aside, I am concerned. Thoughts and prayers that it’s not something contagious would be much appreciated.
Well, I’m hoping that you’re OK.
I hope you feel better in the morning.
Sorry CP. I hope you feel better soon.
Sorry. Get well soon!
I just blew through 40 holes of Disc golf, I’m wiped out, need more takeout, can’t move, hungry, throw money at the problem…
I’m just pleased as punch with the new mask roll backs here. We ain’t Florida, but we ain’t fucking NJ either.
Today was a good day for me mentally overall, despite some level of anxiety at the grocery store (as mentioned earlier).
My question at both of the breweries I was at today was how much they were looking forward to June 2nd. One mentioned that the owners hadn’t talked to them yet, but they were hoping they could tear down the bar dividers. The other one was an owner, and said, “You can’t believe how much I’m looking forward to it.”
The idiots here are trying to write up new rules for mandatory verification. Or businesses can leave their own mask mandates in place. And no problems because it’s all “voluntary”.
They can get bent with their verifications.
First brewery I was at one couple sitting next to me said, “I thought all of this was over!” I mentioned it was only for vaccinated people. The gentleman said, “How can they tell?”
I responded, “You just have to wear a special armband.”
Heh.
I wonder if it went over his head?
If asked, then yes, I’ve been vaccinated. Imma mumble the part about polio, measles, mumps and rubella.
Ours was announced to roll back, but not until the current 30 day mandate expires on June 11.
And long before he hit the goal of having 2.5M guinea pigs in the state before he’d drop the mandate.
“I’m finding it hard to get upset about this.”
This has finally confirmed by bias that the Israelis are the good buys.
guys. Damnit!
My comment was uncalled for, you have my apologies.
…In my defense, you called us tame.
LOL. I love you Messican, it’s all in jest.
Yes. I love all you drunkards, crackheads, Elon Musk worshippers, sexual deviants, meth dealers, and alligator wrestlers.
Doesn’t sound like the worst crowd you could fall into.
and rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists!
But no women. 😉
Where the white wimmen at?
#neverapologize
never appologise to someone who will not accept it and be willing to move on.
never appologise for something that wasn’t wrong.
Otherwise, there might be a reason for appology.
I figured it was a subtle joke.
Sigh. Looks like the afternoon shift went home and the evening shift is now in action, and louder than ever. And now without cops.
wait, we had cops here?
Shit.
*hurries to flush evidence*
I got home buzzed, I’m safe now, Maybe….
Watch out for Yupers, they’re up there, always watching…
But they have pasties.
I Gotcha, eh? Dem Yoopers can’t get me down nyaa, know it?
Won’t work. The first thing they do once they get a warrant is install a no-knock evidence catcher on your sewer line.
LOL now they have fireworks to go along with the raging-boner muffler-mobiles.
Because that makes perfect sense.
Firing off rockets is just part of their culture, like juvenile knife fights here.
Did you shoot any rockets at them yet? *oh shit, that was an eye shot! Oh well, collateral damage in the forever victims war*
No but did you know that Arabic rap music sounds exactly like you would expect.
My wife was watching some reality show with Tommy lee’s son and he “wrote” a song for his girl. It was that typical, barely intelligible baby talk with thumping bass bullshit the kid’s all listen to nowadays. I feel like yelling to clouds for these meddling kids to get off of my lawn. I commented to her that Tommy should beat some sense into that kid and, to my surprise got some huge rundown of all of his domestic violence incidents. Ooops!
I am literally losing my mind here. These assholes with their stupid fucking mufflers are driving me nuts. I want out of this shithole.
That sucks. I hope you get some peace.
I just took another look outside. It’s round three. Blocking traffic, mayhem.
I never understood this tactic of making your case by pissing off your neighbors.
I have long been sanguine about this area – nice folks, very safe, etc. About a third each of Arabs and Arab-adjacent, Chinese, and whiteys. But this shit is not cool.
Geez, I’m sorry you’re having to put up with that shit. Perhaps I missed it, but any idea why it’s happening in your neighborhood, of all places? I got the impression your area was pretty quiet (except for the warm-weather engine revvers.)
We get that all over L.A. too. Thankfully not where I live, but any decent sized intersection will be plastered with donut marks and long burn out lines. I can only imagine being in a house right on the same street.
This corner is like New York’s Little Cairo or whatever. The Chinese and Italians have been aging out for decades and being replaced by Middle Easterners.
It’s always been mostly peace and quiet until that bitch Linda Sarsour started rabble-rousing a couple years ago.
Come out to the Rockaways; it’s Heavenly. It’s very not NYC, but also very not Lawn Guyland. Also, very safe and quiet.
Oh God, the commute. ?
What? The A train gets you anywhere in Manhattan in about 30 – 45 minutes, and the ferry will get you from here to Wall St. (Pier 11) in about 50 minutes.
They seem to be inadvertently proving the IDF is right.
Once all of the mandates and restrictions are lifted we need not fear the authorities, just our fellow citizens.
Fuck Citizens, just a bunch of Sheep,
Amen.
Some, not all. We’ll overpower the Karens with our Barney-energy!
LOL good one.
/Excelsior!
Bought a new weed-whacker. Stihl. I love that it revs so low. Those cheapos always run so fast that you burn them out in about three years. 200 lupins but worth the money. Judi’s running as we speak! 😉
(the tool, not from me wielding said device)
Don’t ruin the image Fes, I was hearing Yakety Sax and everything.
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I got a little battery Stihl saw for my wife so she could use it out in the yard where her current electric Stihl couldn’t reach. I’ve used it more than she has and have been loving it for small tasks. Definitely won’t replace my gasser but it has a place.
Speaking of cordless electric string trimmers, do any of you Middle-Aged Men who know from lawn care know if there’s owt can be done about a trimmer whose automatic line feed doesn’t feed often enough? (Note: NOT a bump-feed.) My Black & Decker Grasshog (several years old) will be down to a little stub of line for so long I often stop to unwind some more by hand.
Not sure about that type. Maybe make sure it’s clean and doesn’t have grass debris build up, lubricated (if it’s supposed to be), and the line isn’t welding either from heat from the driveshaft or storage temp/age/sunlight? YouTube has helped me out with a number of oddball OPE repairs.
Is it self feeding or require a manual feed?
It used to be better about feeding more line automatically when the line wore out and got trimmed off, if that’s what you mean by “self-feeding.” It’ll stop trimming well, and I’ll check it and find less than an inch of line sticking out. At that point, I remove the cover and unwind some more off the spool.
I’m going to bed, but if you have any other ideas, I’ll watch for your answer in the morning. Thanks!
I’m no expert but based on having that problem I would try:
1.clearing anything obstructing the line
2. Check the spool of nylon line. If it wasn’t wound correctly it won’t feed out correctly.
3. Change the spool. If it works properly then the old spool was the problem.
Silicone Saturday thinks you’re a failure yet you still pay attention to it.
https://archive.li/vCTth
PS: The girl on the right in #19 very much a boob twin of Mrs. Q.
Nice. Lucky you has something to fiddle with while the undercarriage heals.
Going out to change the oil and filters on my Tacoma – https://youtu.be/BR2JtsVumFA
So, it’s a young truck?
Such a little truck
I can’t haul too much
To the dump
Always pick ’em up
for the younger trucks
My, my, my Tacoma!
Not a haiku.
It doesn’t even rhyme.
@The Hyperbole
“It was a 12 story building housing various news outlets and who knows how many other businesses and workers who have no relation to Hamas, but yeah, lets just kill everyone in there because some percentage of them might be terrorists or terrorist apologists.”
IDF does what is known as roof knocking. They drop a non-explosive ordnance on the building as a warning to evacuate. They also call Palestinian security contacts who help evacuate the buildings before bombing. Considering Hamas indiscriminately fires rockets into Israel, I’m fine with how the IDF works.
He was responding to my grumpy “just bomb the journalists” remark. I’m sure he knows how the IDF operates.
I didn’t, now I do
Ah got lost in the long string.
I’m not a big fan of the Israeli military but they showed restraint here. Plenty of nations would not have afforded them the opportunity to evacuate.
Imagine if Mexico or Canadia were lobbing missles at our preschools? I’m pretty sure all of these BDS people would out and out demand that we level their whole country.
Depends.
Is rocketing preschools part of their cultural heritage?
I think the opposite would happen. They would label the US as the aggressor and demand we give in to their demands.
Yeah, I keep forgetting that we’re in Costanza’s opposite world lately.
Now you are getting it.
See my response to Rhywun above.
Sorry site doesn’t view well on my phone when comment strings get long. I missed your response.
No worries ?
I”m eating an actual, authentic Chicago Deep Dish Pizza, and yes, it’s a Fucking Casserole, California Deep Dish has the Topping ON TOP! that’s why they are toppings,
anyway, it’s really good food, Tall Cans!
Noms.
It’s Pizza for the next 3 days, it’s so much food,
Pizza stuffed peppers here tonight. All of the toppings, none of the carbs.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
Yusef is in love with all of the above (except the brunette).
O.M.G. and the Brunette!
I stand corrected.
Thank you Sir!
✂️
Nice bunch of red.
Nice! Too bad there is no shrubbery.
Food update (because that’s what we do, right?): Grilled BBQ pork steaks were juicy and tender, and mine only had a tiny bit of bone (not a euphemism.) I didn’t even manage to shove the bone fragment in my mouth by mistake. Whipped up a small batch of mashed potatoes (confession: from a box,) plopped ’em on a baking sheet, covered them with shredded Mexican cheese blend, and stuck them under the broiler for a few minutes. (TT’s idea, and they were all for him ’cause carbs.) They got a thumbs-up-would-eat-again. Rounded out the meal with my favorite kind of lazy cook’s veggies. All in all, a delightful repast.
broiler loaded potato… genius 🙂
Yeah, I’m pretty sure he is. (After all, he married me! 😉 )
Nice!
Tomorrow I’m doing smoked pork ribs on the Weber kettle.
Low carb question: BBQ sauce is not keto, but once the sugars are caramelized, what then?
Then….it’s delicious? (Sweet Baby Ray’s certainly is.)
I did not know that we do that, but ok, I’ll bite (har-har) I clicked about 5 times and some guy brought me Gus’s fried chicken. Spicy, crispy and quite good. With baked beans , fries and mac and cheese.
MMMMMMmmmmm!!! Mac and cheese! ::Homer drool::
Basic burger and fries. These guys are very tasty.
blargh
Crepes and rhubarb compote tonight.
Loving the carbon steel pan. Highly recommend one and there are non-Chinese pan at relatively cheap prices too.
Now I want strawberry rhubarb pie. Come June 2nd, I’m going up to the local crowded, cramped German Baptist market up the road and get one regular one (for me) and one sugar-free (for TT) to celebrate.
I love strawberry rhubarb! Strawberries should be ready in a couple of weeks. Mmmm, cobbler…
When we first bought our house and I started going to the farmers’ market a few blocks away, one of the vendors made a wonderful one with a lattice crust and just the right amount of tartness. Sadly for me, they retired some years back. The German Baptist market I mentioned above also came to that farmers’ market until a couple of years ago. Theirs was not quite tart enough for my taste, but still good.
Pucks in deep!
Not a euphemism.
I was out at a local brewpub for dinner and live music. The live music was outside. The weather was just right tonight.
The musician, half way through his performance, made a quip about not taking a break. “I’m not going on break, I’m not a union guy.” A customer, who was putting on his mask as he was going inside the brewpub, saw me smile at the quip and said, “He just lost his tip for that union joke.” I wasn’t going to tip the musician because he wasn’t that good, but I resolved then to tip him, and tip him well.
After I paid my tab and used the men’s room, I went outside and tipped the musician big.
It was a good night.
Good on you. Fuck union guy. Don’t let assholes ruin your day.
I’ve worked around union guys.
Laziest fucks I’ve ever worked around.
Maybe there are union guys that aren’t lazy, but they’ll have to prove it before I’ll believe it.
I think it depends on the industry and culture. Big difference with one’s back east. West coast, same mixed bag as any other workforce. And ones that would laugh at the union joke too.
Leave it to the Post to find their own angle on this shit-show.
Bella ought to go to Gaza for her next swimsuit shoot. I’m sure it will go fine and she won’t be grateful her grandparents got the f*ck out.
https://babylonbee.com/news/libertarians-to-begin-wearing-masks-now-that-government-says-they-dont-have-to
lol
I KNOW it was someone here. Come on – ‘fess up! ::scans virtual room with narrowed gaze::
Yep.
Way to close to the truth. *glances at Hyperbole *
Hyperbole? Contrarian? The deuce you say!
“CONCORD, NH”
Perfect.
Future not from the Bee: “Karen yells at allergy sufferer for wearing mask during peak pollen season”
Well that certainly changed from one chore to about ten but I feel satisfied. So much more to do, though. Had to stop before the wibbly-wobblys.
Had a great meal out with another couple tonight – people are slowly unclenching and masks are dropping, though still too many people wearing masks walking by themselves.
The bad news: somehow our off-menu Manhattans got lost in the shuffle and took _way_ too long to arrive. The good news: the bar made it up to us with quite generous servings. Including the second round.
Now I’m watching the regional American accents video someone here linked to – it’s really good, albeit a bit woke.
The Latina linguist’s repeated use of “Latin-Ex” is grating. Just say “Latin” if “Latina/Latino” bothers you. Or say “La-teenks”, if you’re going to embrace that nonsense. She’s been severely educated.
I find it hard to take a linguist seriously when she’s got serious vocal fry.
(I assume HM sounds like Matt Berry but cooler).
I caught that too and immediately thought – “You know you don’t do anything like that when speaking Spanish so you should just drop that woke shyte in English too.”
Right on, it’s good to get back to some normality. For the first time in a year we had a family lunch all together (my parents had six kids, five of us still living, with their partners and kids) in a restaurant for my youngest’s sixth birthday and my parents 50th anniversary. I wouldn’t call it normal as one of my sister in laws and my sister wore masks when not eating, but everyone else was more than happy to not bother with the ridiculousness. My mom almost didn’t leave the house for a year aside from seeing us outside a handful of times, but once she got vaccinated she has been ready to get back to life.
A Manhattan sounds tasty, and yes, Latinx is really frigging stupid and doesn’t really work with the Spanish language.
Not here. They’re institutionalized. I’m pretty sure they sleep with the face diapers.
Japan seems to not know what to do anymore. Rules vary by location and different businesses do things differently.
Last evening the oldest was out at a game with his grandpa and the youngest was at his study prep class so it was just the wife and I – pretty rare these days. Most of our before-times favorite places have closed shop and we settled for an OK Italian-esque place. They seated us but immediately my wife caught a vibe and checked the “special menu” – they aren’t serving booze due to the recent emergency measures. The only reason I wanted to go to that shop was to start with a couple glasses of bubbly then go for a nice red.
So we ordered out and I picked up a nice chilled Cava on the way home. Blah – my coffee is better anyway.
“they aren’t serving booze due to the recent emergency measures”
Yikes – one of the few silver linings of this pandemic response has been a relaxing of rules around booze – I can (and have) gotten cocktails to go now – I _really_ hope that one sticks.
Fuck Pimlico and the horse they rode in on. If those luddite cretins don’t knock off the noise, I’m calling in the IDF for airstrikes!
Actually, I haven’t heard anything for a couple of hours. Hopefully they don’t start back up tomorrow.
It’s always the Damned Gatsby’s make noise with there artificial Swimmin’ holes!
Oops. Zoom.
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82972993283?pwd=L1VIYmwwZ1cyK3F6azEyUzdHVkx6UT09
Way to go straff.
Gah! You guys are still zooming?!? I just got into bed after a full afternoon/evening event in Imperial Beach. It was the birthday and end-of-chemo-and-radiation day for an old friend of my husband’s.
Then I had to drive us home and change my spouse’s last IV bag of antibiotics. Then do some laundry.
I’m pooped physically but still wanted to see what Glibs are up to. I failed to account for Saturday Zoom.
Have fun, crazy kids!
::tiptoes in, sees no one about:: Well, good morning to any lurkers skulking in the shadows! I had too much caffeine yesterday, but oh, that iced mocha latte is so good I’m having some more. Went to bed last night even earlier than I do most week nights, so I woke up extra early, besides being hot and hungry. Got up 5ish, had a bowl of cereal, and waited until it was light out to come out here to Tranquility Base. Now I’m listening to my favorite Sunday morning choral music programme on the satellite radio, and with any luck, I’ll get some reading done until someone else shows up to chat.
I’m here. I posted a comment, but the squirrels got it. I’ve been up since 6 ET.
Good morning, TARDy! Pesky squirrels! We need one of those big baffles that you put over a bird feeder to keep the tree rats out.
Mornin’, Red. I wanted to enjoy the dawn, but I’ve some malware on my phone apparently. @#$%&*@!
I woke up before 5.
Me too. I just didn’t want to get out of bed.
I wish people understood math better. Part 492,456,351.
Police say that the overwhelming majority of police are good people doing a difficult and dangerous job. I’m willing to concede that claim. There are roughly 700,000 police in the U.S. If only one half of one percent of them are really bad guys, that translates to 3,500 really bad guys with badges. And that translates to a lot of havoc.
But if they let the bad guys stay, then they can’t call themselves the good guys. The bad guys should be in jail, and the not so good guys should be fired.
True. But, to be fair, the really bad guys aren’t going to announce themselves. They’re going to claim to be good guys.
We need reform. But, understanding the math at least would give us some honest basis for discussion. That said, I’m not sure either side is all that interested in that.
As long as there are PubSec unions, there will be no real reform. Same with teachers.
I wonder, too, what personality types tend to gravitate to careers in law enforcement. Does it reflect the general population, or does it attract those more prone to controlling others and/or seeking out conflict?
I could never, ever be a cop. Interpersonal conflict gives me the heebie jeebies something fierce. (Admitted chickenshit) If forced to join the force, I’d probably off myself with my service weapon on day one.
Interpersonal conflict gives me the heebie jeebies That just means you want to be left the hell alone… like me. Is this a typical libertarian trait? I think so.
Controlling or insecure personalities are certainly an issue with bad cops.
But most cops are just run-of-the-mill useless people. With all due respect to veterans here, most of these people are marginal and were military, and they just bumble around from place to place being told where to be, what to wear, and what to do, and when they can have leave. One of the harmful tropes that runs in the “trust cops” family is the “honorable service” trope we have for the military. . . this culture is the foundation for two things: a mindless need to employ thugs to ride herd on others, and the even more mindless notion that we get what we pay for (viz, we have peace and order, not because most people are good, but because our thugs intimidate and control others into behaving most of the time).
I don’t object to reform notions, but the root problem is too many missions, too many laws. We need all these soldiers lying around all these bases so that we can slap some equatorial island back into line if they scare the American children in their med school, and we need all these cops to enforce all these Baptist notions of why you can’t pursue whatever consensual, victimless behavior you might prefer.
We have a mountain of ugly. Thousands die; millions are abused. And we as a nation can’t tell the difference between cause and effect; we just sit like lumps paying our taxes so that people who are too useless to even start a lawn service can parachute into Cambodia or Compton and slap colored folk back into line.
I suspect you’re partially right about the personality types. But, I suspect it needs to break down further. As much as bullies meet that description, so do protectors.
Obviously, as a libertarian, the latter is what I want our cops to be. I guess the question is how do you get more of them than bullies?
Interpersonal conflict gives me the heebie jeebies something fierce.
Yeah, I find it exhausting simply having to listen to the gossip and backstabbing from the various factions of women in my workplace.
Suh fam’
Good mornin’, homey!
It’s gon’ rain!
I know
Would be a fine morning for me to spray the yard, but with the threat of rain, I’ll be lazy.
I may not be able to finish weed-whacking the front yard. Darn the luck! 🙂
Of course, the rain won’t keep me from trying to clean the carpet. 🙁
Would be a fine morning for me to spray the yard,
Marking your territory?
::chuckles to self:: All of us – myself included – mentioning what time we woke up reminds me of this commercial.
Guess who we’ve become? 😉
LOL. I care what time you got up! So there.
“The waiter doesn’t need to know your name.” LOL
There’s another one where the “coach” is walking some middle-aged guys through a store – a home improvement store, I believe – when a Young Person with Technicolor hair walks by. The MAGs all stare, and the coach mumbles, “We all see it. We all see it.”
“B-Blue!”
Yah that one is LOL too
I thought about your garage storage room and wanted to compare it to the sofa you can’t sit on because of the pillows.
::points to comment^, points to own nose::
I like that one.
Got a good 4 mile walk in yesterday. Lots of hard inclines too. I fell out of bed and crawled to the bathroom when I woke up. I don’t think there was any other way to get out of bed on time.
When I fall out of bed and crawl to the bathroom, it’s not because I was walking the day/night before…
What’s the “on time” that forced/inspired you to get out of bed then?