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Baffert banned by Belmont. Long-faced Harry Kane says he wants out at Spuds. A HUUUUUGE soccer match will take place today at Chelsea. The Astros are allowing a full crowd with no masks starting today. And Canadian stadiums are still forbidding all fans from attending, because they simply can’t admit they were wrong. And that’s sports.
OMWC’s hero
Russian Tsar Nicholas II was born on this day. He shares it with mathematician/philosopher Bertrand Russell, baseball player Babe Adams, filmmaker Frank Capra, tennis great and fashion icon Fred Perry, bluesman Big Joe Turner, musical tv personality Perry Como, Pope John Paul II, baseball HOFer Brooks Robinson, soccer player Nobby Stiles, HOF slugger Reggie Jackson, country singer George Strait, actor Chow Yun Fat, hockey great Jari Kurri, rapper Rob Base, actress Tina Fey, pitcher Rich Garces, and college football great Vince Young.
That was a decent list. Now on to…the links!
Diplomatic immunity….apparently won’t be revoked. Man, movies are way better than real life.
Christ, what an asshole. But even assholes should enjoy due process.
FAA Chief Steve Dickson, in January, first signed the order directing the agency to take a “zero-tolerance policy” in unruly passenger cases — handing down stricter punishments without a warning, including fines of up to $35,000 and imprisonment.
Fuck you, FAA.
Killer Cuomo
Wow, this dude is way underpaid. Doing the math at 15,000 people killed in nursing homes alone, he’s only getting $340 per victim. There’s not a Whitman in the country that would work at that rate.
This shit is absolutely laughable.
“This is the latest tool in our toolbox to maximize our state’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic,” Lamont said in a statement.
No, the tool you need to use is to cut off benefits to people who don’t go back to work. Also, you’re a tool, Lamont.
That’s some nice police work, Lou. I guess its “bailiff work”, but the quote works better my way.
Chicago unveils its new slogan.
These numbers are astonishing. And not on a good way.
Good lord. These people are real life cartoon characters. Or what I like to call “retards”.
This man deserves a medal. What a hero.
I don’t play these guys often enough. Although I bet I get accused of playing them too often by putting them on just once.
Now get out there and have a great day, dear friends!
Morning, Sloopy — don’t let the critics get you down, you can be adamant in your music choices.
I’m sure the FAA would be happy to put due process in place. After they fine you, you can go to a FAA tribunal where they’ll decide if they fined you enough. Process!
That’s how the Clown Prince of NH handled violations of his emergency orders. He set up a special court run by the state AG.
Too early for a pun
I really should have gone into the tiger-repelling rock business.
These people are mentally broken.
Willing to bet that to the very last one they have all forsaken god to worship almighty government.
Yes
I have to assume that was the point for some of this crap.
I know a few that like to wear the mask. “Smile, Honey!”
So folks asked last year “even if you think the masks don’t work, what’s the harm?” From the article:
“‘This is great, I’m never going to get sick again!’”
Some people really have trouble with thinking through the full consequences of certain policies.
I’m actually glad that there are such people. They will serve as a reminder of the hysteria and slowly become objects of public mockery. Hopefully this will help the majority of folks come to the conclusion that it was theatre of hysteria all along.
HOW DARE YOU MOCK THESE POOR SOULS????
I just don’t get how messed up one needs to be Tonio to go through life as stupid as these people do..
Hopefully this will help the majority of folks come to the conclusion that it was theatre of hysteria all along.
Look who’s chock full of optimism today!
I want to see Tonio in his “cold-open” garb actively chasing these people down the street, whipping at their bums…
From your lips to doG’s ears.
It puzzles me how these hypochondriacs don’t think about how if they’re right (and they are reducing their chances at more “normal” illnesses like standard flu, colds, etc.), they’re just weakening their immune systems so they’ll be more affected when they inevitably get *something*.
Like the kindergarten teacher mentioned in the article bewailing that the kids “share their secretions” — yeah, that’s how they train their immune systems, crazy person. I know everyone is big on the whole “colonizer” history thing — but you might remember part of *why* Europe wiped out most of the previous Americas peoples without even meaning to. Because those jammed into small houses to survive the winter, lovers of Scottish sheep had traded so many things back and forth they didn’t even notice when they shared it out with the natives. And that seems much more sustainable in the long term than going in the Matrix or being a nation of Bubble Boys. Ugh.
I was talking with a buddy last night and when the lack of flu came up we both laughed at the idea that the masks had anything to do with it.
We both agreed that the biggest factor was schools being closed. In our experience every time flu hit our families, it started with one kid coming home from school with the bug and spreading it to the rest of the family.
‘He has used this safety protocol for the past 14 months. It did not change after he contracted the coronavirus in November.’
LMAO!
It obviously didn’t work for you, fella but don’t let that get in the way of your ritual.
DON’T QUESTION HIS LIVED SCIENCE!
I never did any of that, and didn’t contract anything at all.
Almost positive I had it in January 2020. I didn’t do any of that since and have been well as rain water. In fact, I haven’t really gotten very sick since then. A small cold or and a very mild flu over two winters. I usually get wiped out for days on end.
Covid was just what my immune system needed!
I’m trying to figure out what TMITE is trying to do by profiling these people? Is it an attempt to shift them out of this behavior? Is it holding them up as especially virtuous? Is it anchoring in an attempt to establish a middle ground where masking is still a thin?
Agreed.
Normally TMITE’s scam is clear.
In this instance it is not.
Methinks the third one rings true. Wearing the mask means that you are a right-thinker but you already read that here.
I remember the days when a person running around in pseudo-medical PPE in public would have been considered a little strange at best, and someone to keep the kids away from.
There’s a time and place for extreme measures against contagion, and at the beginning of all of this, I was pretty cautious, but I quickly realized it was overblown.
The overreaction to this contagious disease has unmasked, or caused, even more mental issues among the public.
Went to Walmart yesterday for the first time since they lifted their mask requirement. 50% unmasked, the other 50%… nearly all were double masked AND had a plastic face shield.
At Walmart.
What was the point of mentally breaking American society I wonder?
OBEY!
Making it easier for the totalitarians to maintain control.
Isn’t that standard procedure for Walmart anyway?
Needs more braless grandmothers wearing Tweety Bird t-shirts.
And don’t forget the big beautiful women wearing booty shorts with their bottom biscuits on display.
It’s almost like TPTB want to divide the populace in two. Have none of them read of Solomon?
It’s easier to loot the treasury when everybody else is distracted.
How many of the muzzled were riding Hoverounds?
My hoveround is only for touring my grand estate when my legs don’t work.
It’s Walmart though. They have Walmart germs.
Deplorables are icky.
I thought it was protocol that if you have had the virus you should not get the vaccine? There might be a timeline in that protocol, I don’t remember atm.
Nope, if you’ve had it, you can get vaccinated. Then you are super-duper protected.
A relative of mine and the relative’s spouse had Covid. They had symptoms. They tested positive. They recovered. They got vaccinated… in Ohio because Pennsylvania hadn’t opened vaccinations up to everyone.
So, it’s a really effective method? Or is he just tricking himself while virtue signalling?
Name doesn’t seem Belgian, doesn’t seem Korean. Wonder if there’s more to this than is strictly being reported.
Red Flag!
The wife definitely doesn’t have a Korean name. I’d bet Chinese.
I’m actually surprised the wife was able to escape without a beatdown by the other employees. In my experience you don’t fuck around with Korean shop keepers. They can get really aggressive if you cross them. Of course, Koreans get really aggressive in just about any situation.
The best I ever saw was when I was in Pohang for Team Spirit ’88. We were taking the bus from the base into town and a drunk tried to get on the bus. I mean a really drunk guy. He didn’t have the fare, but still wanted to ride the bus. Big argument started. Finally the bus driver stands up, grabs the drunk and launches him out of the bus. Launches, not pushed him out the door. The guy was so drunk he never even got his hands up and hit the sidewalk face first and just laid there. Bus driver sat down and just drove on. None of the Korean passengers batted an eye.
Re: The prisoner suicide. This was a federal courthouse, so all prisoner transport and security is done by the USMS. They use contract employees for some parts of this. But this is still a major fuckup that he had that shiznat in the first place, and was able to get it into the court room Womp, womp.
“This is a symptom of Trump’s America.”
-CNN (probably)
Ear-to-ear with a piece of plastic? If true, that was one strong mofo.
According to a more local article the dude wasn’t in for stalking, but for driving his SUV right at a bunch of kids on an indian reservation.
My musical selection for the year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWLdZFCMx8Y
Scruffy, are you still struggling with inventory?
I’m curious because it’s getting tougher and tougher to find equipment in Texas and I was wondering if the east coast was suffering the same fate or if work was still down due to the panic.
Yes
Lead times have increased to 6 months on some fairly standard items. I know Bomag is now estimating delivery dates on rollers to be in the 2nd quarter of 2022.
Parts are a total crapshoot. If it’s not on the shelf, lead times are indeterminate.
Yeah, it’s about the same here.
The only silver lining is that when I do find inventory, it’s selling for a premium.
A new used equipment operation opened up here in the last six months(?) and he has stuff on his lot. Mostly farm stuff but a few construction pieces. I noticed him because he has a little front end loader that I want. I can’t remember the name of the place otherwise I would shoot a link to you. If they have a website.
I wonder how bad the correction in values is gonna be when this bubble pops.
Although with OEM cuts in production over the last year and from a few years ago, they might not drop off much at all.
I was in the Massey dealer a few weeks ago. They also sell Polaris side by sides, four wheelers and snow mobiles. I was told they have no new polaris inventory for sale in the show room at all. Everything they were going to get this year has had a down payment put on. Everything. I guess a lot of people used their Biden bucks to buy new toys. Not sure if there were cuts in production in those lines but I wish I had a few used ones laying around.
westernsloper:
The bike shops have said they’re back ordered to next year already. I’m hoping for a glut of used bikes to hit the market come fall from people who bought them to get in shape during the lockdown, usually right around winter is when they (or their SO’s) realize it’s just been taking up garage space and they start getting rid of them.
I figure I’ll grab a gravel bike this coming winter.
@ Neph.
I have a bike taking up garage space I haven’t ridden in probably 20 years.
I have a bike taking up garage space I haven’t ridden in probably 20 years.
#metoo
I need to get my shit together and sell it.
DEG/Sean:
Keep in mind technology marches on. Do you happen to know who the frame was made by?
It’s a Trek mountain bike. No suspension. I don’t recall the model.
Do you happen to know who the frame was made by?
Giant if I remember correctly.
Tires are slightly knobby. No suspension. I had some delusions of riding it on various trails around here which go between paved sections and dirt sections.
Checking the GSA auctions, I am still seeing gear selling there – although often times the hydraulics are probably questionable depending on which agency owned it and how often it was used. Saw some gear listed with under 500 miles for mobile cranes, etc but 20ish years old IIRC…
I’ve outlawed selling out of our rental fleet. I can’t replace anything in a timely fashion and missing rentals is a huge no-no.
I wish you hadn’t said this. I was gonna come visit and write it off as a sales call.
Hmmmm….
I’m sure I can come up with a list of some things I do need to get rid of.
I choose to believe that is a deliberate pun and no autocorrect.
Just give him a few teen-aged boys to chase and he’ll come around.
Whether made of bedazzled cloth or polypropylene, masks have emerged as a dystopian political flashpoint during the pandemic. A map of states that enforced mask mandates corresponds closely with how people in those states voted for president.
Now do “infections” hospitalizations and deaths.
These people really need to switch over to ziplock bags rather than cloth masks. It creates a better shield between them and the rest of humanity.
We should start calling them “the pre-diseased.” Especially since, slurred or through a mask, it sounds like “pre-deceased.”
Even if it didn’t, I think ‘pre-diseased’ ranks up there at least as high as ‘temporarily able bodied.’ Remember that one?
The guy who figured out the mute button for those awful gas station ads is a true hero. I hope it works at other chains.
But this, in the article….
is unforgiveable.
Strongly agree. That, and the omission of the question mark, are two of my major peeves right now.
What’s unforgiveable is that the article doesn’t bother to mention which button he pressed, but that’s not nearly as important as all the quotes from people on the internet who think he’s just the bestest.
There’s a picture with an arrow pointing to the right side, second from the top. I assumed that was how they (poorly) specified it.
Wow, this dude is way underpaid.
That story is kind of rage inducing.
Kind of?!?! Dude should be run out of town on a rail at a minimum. At most, people should be buying lengths of rope and finding four horses.
There is zero chance in hell that so many people are buying that turd.
This is influence-peddling.
Money laundering
Morning Glibs.
Is anyone else experiencing a problem where the site doesn’t refresh when you hit refresh? I am seeing issues when I load the site that the latest article doesn’t show up and I have to do all sorts of navigation tricks to finally find the latest content.
And my state is run by morons. As you can clearly see from the article about paying people a bonus to get a job. How many bonus checks can I get if I go on a “In Living Color” Jamaican jobs hunt? How about you stop paying people more to NOT work? Fucking assholes.
“I’m also the landing gear.”
I have that problem in Chrome, my iPhone seems to load the most recent ok.
Lemme guess: “I’m too good for this place”? Yeah, that’s always a good look.
His argument has always been that he wants to win trophies. Spurs still seem several steps away from that. Might depend who they hire as manager.
Everton gifted them a spot into the Europa Conference League. That would be a trophy. and probably winnable too.
They are currently holding on to the second Europa spot, thank you very much.
I stand behind my statement. Although the way West Ham has been playing of late (they lost to Everton even), Everton (and Arsenal) still have an outside shot at 7th.
I bet Everton beats Man City on the final day and ends up tied for 7th and loses out on goal differential.
They all want to win trophies but few are willing to take any pay cut to do so.
I wonder why no one else has snapped him up.
Seems like all the other giant egos have found their way to Man City, Real Madrid, PSG, Juventus, etc.
Because he has wanted to win with Tottenham, he’s been there since he was 11. The club was stale after losing to Liverpool in the CL and they haven’t refreshed enough since then.
And he extended his contract through 2024. BBC story says Kane believes he has a gentleman’s agreement that he can leave this summer. Doesn’t mean anyone will pay what Levy asks.
I can respect that, even if I am not a fan of him or the team lately.
He apparently wants to stay in England, so Spurs have to sell him to one of the [truly] big clubs, so MU or City most likely.
Chelsea has the most money and would be best fit, but a very unlikely sale (fuck Chelsea). He likely ends up in Manchester if one of them ponies up the money, otherwise with Real and Barcelona broke, he has to stay.
Can’t see any way that they sell him to another London club, and Liverpool doesn’t seem in play.
And with Aguero leaving City – they have the most need.
He could go to Arsenal.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
In interviews, vaccinated people who continue to wear masks said they are increasingly under pressure, especially in recent days; friends and family have urged them to relax, or even have suggested that they are paranoid. On a recent trip to the grocery store, Glickman said he was stared down by a man who entered, unmasked.
Meaning 6he guy walked past him and rolled his eyes.
Yep. Paranoid schizophrenia will do that to you.
Imagine if a reporter walked into a mental institution and interviewed a random resident, and then published the interview as if it were straight news. That’s the world in which we live.
For those that want to stop wearing face masks but want to signal their allegiance, they can wrap their mask around their left bicep.
+1 deutscher Gruß
I’m so done with this but apparently they are not done with me. So tired. Canada is about six months behind America, as per usual.
In fact, I wonder how much masking has harmed healthy people? I know that I need to rip it off my face regularly. What happens when the sun is high, bright and hot?
As I mentioned over the weekend, I was at a brewery on Saturday and a couple sitting next to me said that they thought all the restrictions were over. I replied that was only for the fully vaccinated people.
He asked, “how could you tell?”
“They’ll have snazzy armbands they wear all the time.”
The couple started laughing, and the bartender almost lost it while ringing up a beer.
If someone asks if you are vaccinated just ask how much they weigh.
I’ll ask them when they got their last colonoscopy.
Honestly in human society when you do weird shit it is to be expected for people to judge you. You either conform or live with it.
Or both.
Mixed masking voting this morn.
None, yes, and a double masker!
Of course, I was in the first column and there was only one in the last.
What were the relative fractions?
Roughly 40%, 60%, and an oddball.
How do you classify the double masker?
Looney tunes.
Good classification.
I’ve seen double maskers in the wild here in NH. Yuck.
Alternatively – “would not”.
Joe Biden?
You’re just trolling us with that music selection, right?
sloopy hit baseball birthdays 1, 2, 3, and 12.
Good enough.
Why are there so many Mormon writers?
https://monsterhunternation.com/2021/05/17/why-are-there-so-many-mormon-writers/
lots of booze, coffee and cigarettes standard writer fuel? or maybe white privilege?
It’s the underwear.
He makes a good case, and I would back up his assertions, but he doesn’t really touch on WHY Mormon writers are predominantly drawn to science fiction/fantasy. And my comment saying as much is in moderation.
Thanks, Pie. I don’t read his blog, so I wouldn’t have seen it.
I couldn’t pull a quote because adblock, but L A Times reports L A County is notifying chains they must still require masks for all.
Because SCIENCE!
(and gov Newsom wants full credit for relaxing the serfs’ chains)
praise SCIENCE brother
And what would Newsom do if counties and towns said nah, we see the rest of the nation and they are still alive.
Waiting for confirmation on when I can expect the HVAC guy to come by today for annual diagnostics…. (before or after noon would be a nice ballpark so I can coordinate with work).
Working on a little master excel tracker file for looking for land options in the next couple of years – a few different factors:
Year Long Access
Mountain Views (Y/N/?)
Utility Access
Water on Property
Mineral Rights
Total Acreage
Price
Good Range Terrain
Type of Terrain
Closest Town
Good Building Sites
Cell Coverage
Any other specific considerations I should be thinking about or may be overlooking?
Minimum distance from neighbors
A serious consideration….but for these properties I’m looking at…I think I’ve only seen one or two that even have folks living on adjacent 40ac parcels.
Same answer, though; neighbor doesn’t just mean resident. It means owner. Current residents fit your calculations one way. Owners who may become resident later fit a different way, but should be consider. And you can’t hand-wave away BLM; they’re a neighbor too. Their presence means something for you, with respect to what they will and won’t (now and later) do and allow.
Good points. Haven’t spent that much time out in those areas yet – hopefully more opportunities. I need to bounce some things off relatives I know who have spent a bit more time in those environments.
BLM will let you get away, literally, with murder if you put a sign in your window showing support.
Where are you looking? I have seen some sort-of interesting 40ac plots in Wyoming, but you have to be careful to make sure they aren’t too low-lying. Water on the property can also mean “swamp” at the wrong times of year, if they’re in the flood plain of a creek.
I’m looking at 40+ acres across Wyoming and elsewhere – wetlands status is a consideration (esp given my current backyard struggles). I doubt “swamp” is a legit concern in dry wyoming, but I’ll be asking about it. Preferring something with at least minor sloping to work with for the construction design, etc.
Building permits, Zoning
I was denied a building permit on 40 acres ’cause it was zoned green space. Had to pay to go before the Zoning Board, at some considerable cost. Got a variance, then pay the shakedown artists for permits. (Well, electrical, septic, building)
Neighbors.
Sometimes we like to pretend they don’t exist or matter, but they’re a very big deal – good and bad. Culture, number, location, borderline issues, etc.
Adjacent properties.
Is there some form of government owned land adjacent to the property?
It shouldn’t matter, but come hunting season it does. Lots of characters “get lost” or “lose track” of their position and “accidentally” wander on to private property.
Yeah, a lot of these are adjacent to BLM. Guessing I’d put up boundary markers either way. At this point, I’m making and updating the list based on availability – then, next summer hopefully get out and walk around on some of them to get a better feel.
Lots of characters “get lost” or “lose track” of their position and “accidentally” wander on to private property.
Putting up a couple miles of field fencing topped with barbed wire was expensive but cut the poaching down by quite a bit. Some asshole still cuts through the fence though to get his atv on the property.
Internet availability unless if you’re going with Starlink.
Unless if you have a blue-sky budget, be aware that there will probably be only a handful of large acre properties available with a nice house. When we bought our current 30 acre property with a standard house, well, pond, barn, etc, there were only five properties in our 40 mile search radius. Of those, only one (the one we bought) wasn’t either a dilapidated shack or impossible to navigate during winter.
I’ve been keeping an eye on the market for similar properties in Alabama, and there’s usually less than 7 or such properties available at any given time across the entire northern half of the state within our budget.
Appreciate the tips. Cell coverage is my consideration there (most likely satellite otherwise) – although things could change moving forward. I’m not specifically looking for land with established houses although I do see a couple nice ones listed in AK. My long term dream has been to buy and then build – an earth-covered home to spec. (formworks, etc).
I’ll wait and see though.
5g is…right around the corner?
Big issue for us. We found a place outside of town that seemed perfect, and really well priced. Then SP tried to use her cell phone…
My mom (who lives with two of her sisters) doesn’t have cable service out in her neck of the boonies, but they do have cell service. Their internet is via their cell hotspots. In fact, that’s how my daughter will have internet when she moves out.
Although now that I’ve typed all that out, I can see that might work for an individual, but it wouldn’t work for a whole-house situation. It certainly wouldn’t work for us, with the Roku and all that.
BTW…is it possible to get a device that will scan all cell frequencies? I had to switch providers because AT&T was awful on most bases I’ve worked on, but Verizon had passable service.
iPhones cover all carrier bands. You are, however, limited to whichever carrier’s SIM card you are using at the time.
If you have internet service, you can use most modern cellphones thru the WIFI connection for voice.
Alternatively, you can set up a directional antenna and a cell booster for phone service around your house. I’ve done it for a couple of people.
I’ve resigned myself to getting a 1/2-2 acre house and picking up 25-50 acres of land down the road.
I have 28 acres in Winston County, with a 1920ish house. But the AC is brand new.
The neighbors are far enough away so you can’t see them.
well=yes
barn=no
pond=no
cell service is sketchy…if I were going to live there full time I would install some sort of satellite service. On the other hand, they are laying fiber along 195 and probably within a few years the internet service will be excellent.
easements
I think that’s covered partly in utilities (current) as well as the access considerations, but I am looking in the text descriptions – ie. some are “lumber only, no permission to build roads”, etc.
I know someone that got hit with road access to an interior parcel. It wasn’t a problem for decades until it became profitable to develop the interior parcel.
You mean having to grant access to someone else for their property? It’s a consideration when I get closer to building I guess. Some of these actually have county roads cutting across them already – not perfect, but better for yearlong access.
Yes. The right to build an access road across your property so they can connect to public roads.
Nearest competent health care system.
There are three hospitals within ~30 mins of my house, I drive ~45 to one that is less likely to misdiagnose a stroke as a headache*, or give me MRSA, etc.
*This actually happened. Licking Memorial: Who are they memorializing? Probably you.
I’ll look into adding that. At the moment though…it’s just me so less of a concern in some respects ;p
BTW, how have we been thinking about Colorado on the whole? – it doesn’t look like Cato has updated their “freedom in the 50 states” site since 2016 so I think there are still a lot of things not being accurately tracked.
Re: fourscore’s point – some of these have the zoning info listed, some don’t but the ones where you can’t build at all are pretty well delineated. Either way will require on site review and more details before I put down money.
I forgot to mention:
MN requires a percolation inspection for a septic system, about $200, also a site plan from an independent contractor, another $300 or so. I didn’t need these 30 years ago.
Fields of fire. Obstacles. Cover and concealment.
How else can they virtue signal if they don’t have a state mandated flag to fly?
Someone explain to me how Jane Wiedlin went from this to this.
time can do so much ?
40 years is a long time.
I always figured Carlisle would be the one to go full hag given her prodigious coke habit, but I was wrong.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/Travel/leadAssets/28/63/belinda-carlisle_2863212a.jpg?imwidth=1400
Like she was the only one of them. Sure.
She looks like a Gerry Anderson creation.
She didn’t keep up with aerobics after returning to France?
Bogus!
Over-painted. Not so bad. She’s my age.
40 years and a bad heroin habit for a chunk of them.
Entropy.
First of all, she’s trying too hard. Also, it’s a bad photo.
Too much makeup. Blonde doesn’t work for her.
She’d be better off going back to brown hair and toning down the foundation, etc.
She’s in her 60s and that’s okay.
This one is better, even with blue hair.
Looks like someone blew chunks on her shirt.
I don’t believe in any made-up religious nonsense. I believe in cold scientific facts, like universal human rights and the equality of man.
Was this ironic? Absolutely not. Human rights were discovered in the Cayman Islands by the English botanist Professor Robert Human Rights.
https://twitter.com/BDSixsmith/status/1394245972402884608
Lulz
I might lose the mask at work next year.
but an airtag on it so you don’t lose it
I’ll just stuff it up some Karen’s ass and be sure to take her name.
Skynet goes live June 8th
I read a paper a few years back that talked about meshing wifi networks together to get around any filtering/censorship on the regular internet. The author argued that there are so many wifi networks that it would be possible to mesh them in a way that you could establish big networks without ever hitting a telcom or other infrastructure where The Man could block traffic.
Basically the guy was saying that revolutionaries could pretty much keep a network up and running in a major metropolitan area no matter what the government tried. It was fairly interesting.
Mesh networking isn’t anything new. Lots of protocols are out there that could be used easily to pull it off.
I hadn’t thought of the proliferation of Amazon devices. A ton of IoT solutions use mesh networking because it is much more efficient to deploy in the field than a pure wifi or wired network.
Coincidence that Amazon is the CIA’s cloud provider as well?
I think not.
I’m slowly but surely planning our declouding here at casa trashy. The downlink doesn’t bother me (Netflix, etc.), but the uplink does (smart home, etc.). There’s no real reason why I need gigabits of information about my home going up to some tech company’s server just so I can flip on my lights and set my thermostat from my phone.
I’ve been opposed to the smarthome services crap from the beginning.
The only thing I use of that nature is a Netgear router that has parental controls because teenagers are a PITA.
Once the kids are gone, that thing goes too.
I’ve been apposed to Smart Homes since Runaway.
I’m a bit annoyed that my network infrastructure is cloud enabled by default. I want the option to turn that off and host a purely local network controller. I don’t need to be able to tweak my LAN from the grocery store.
I guess I could just pi-hole all that traffic…
In fact, pi-hole can solve the parental control problem, too. Only issue is maintaining the blacklist. Heck, you could even go to a whitelist if you wanted.
I could, but the schooling from home stuff makes that into a monumental effort. I had to find a decent service so I wouldn’t be constantly barraged with “DAD I NEED THIS SITE ACTIVATED FOR ENGLISH CLASS”
Titty Tuesday smothering you in bouncy goodness.
https://archive.li/ElAuf
I really want to like #1, but those eyes scream “CRAZY”.
#3 looks like Wifey from Wifey’s World.
#23. YES! Oktoberfest should never have been cancelled.
The never ending quest for newer, more terrifying hobgoblins
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ biggest fear as a parent isn’t gun violence, or drunk driving, or anything related to the pandemic.
It’s social media.
And specifically, the new sense of “brokenness” she hears about in children in her district, and nationwide. Teen depression and suicide rates have been rising for over a decade, and she sees social apps as a major reason.
At a hearing this March on Capitol Hill, the Republican congresswoman from Washington confronted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Google CEO Sundar Pichai with a list of statistics: From 2011 to 2018, rates of teen depression increased by more than 60%, and from 2009 to 2015, emergency room admissions for self-harm among 10- to 14-year-old girls tripled.
“It’s a battle for their development. It’s a battle for their mental health — and ultimately a battle for their safety,” McMorris Rodgers told the tech leaders.
But when she pointed a question specifically to Zuckerberg, about whether he acknowledged a connection between children’s declining mental health and social media platforms, he demurred.
“I don’t think that the research is conclusive on that,” replied Zuckerberg.
Social media is hurting the childrens!
Honestly it is quite possible that social media has detrimental effects. Then again the claim is probably neither provable nor falsifiable
I’m entirely certain it is, but then you just have to act like a mother or father and tell your kids they aren’t doing that shit. I have.
This.
Juniors not going to react well to being told no. He has never been told no before. Well, he has, but he threw a tantrum and we gave in, like government.
“I can’t control my own children – I need govt to do that”.
That kind of talk can nearly convince me to license procreation.
Good morning, Sloopy!
I will never complain about you playing that band. Stuart is 66 years old!
Next time I fill the truck I will definitely test the mute button. I can hear the goddamn thing inside with the door closed.
Mask restrictions are falling away with a shocking rapidity. Still plenty of true believers but I was at Target yesterday and there were no more than half the people masked up.
Finally.
I modeled my play in the 90s after hockey great Jari Kurri. I loved watching him.
Late-career, washed-up Jari Kurri on the Rangers inspired one of my favorite derisive nicknames of all time – Dead Man Skating.
Stay out of the corners and cheap-shot from Gretzky? Sounds reasonable.
Sorry about that. I’ve been trying to curb that for the last while.
Lol
Transgender women allowed to play women’s rugby in France
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/18/sport/transgender-women-rugby-france-spt-intl/index.html
Finally a bit of progress
I’m beginning to think Dave Smith is right. This woke shit is just a way to divide us using nonsense.
I think it is fairly obvious given the focus on such insignificant things
That follows prosperity and people having nothing productive to do with their time.
I think we have finally reached the Sodom and Gomorrah phase.
https://thelibertarianrepublic.com/company-says-its-bitty-bug-crocheted-prosthetic-penises-are-not-for-infants-or-very-young-children/
Of course they are crocheted.
Crotcheted.
When I did my short stint in jail, macrame was the next big thing…
Say what you want, but that project took some balls.
Someone turned their fetish into a business.
The have a blue balls option?
Never gets hard?
Pass.
“The correlational evidence showing that there is a link between social media use and depression is pretty definitive at this point,” said Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University. “The largest and most well-conducted studies that we have all show that teens who spend more time on social media are more likely to be depressed or unhappy.”
Correlation is not causation, and one area of further study is whether greater social media usage leads to poor mental health outcomes or whether those who are depressed and unhappy are drawn to spend more time on social media. But researchers also worry that not enough government funding is going toward getting objective data to answer these sorts of questions.
Shocked, I am.
I worry that not enough government funding is going towards my *insert vice of choice here*.
I’d like more funding toward my chosen vices. Wait! Sitting around, drinking beer and smoking ciggies is basically a career in some states. Hmm, Judi has dual-citizenship. Food for thought.
Commie ratfucker tears into sadbeard.
https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1394446058298613761
When a ratfucker is right, he’s right.
Can one of you smart people possibly explain what the fuck is going on in Israel? It’s like every source I visit has a different take on the conflict. Is it possible that everyone involved are raging assholes?
Is it possible that everyone involved are raging assholes?- that is always possible. Certainly the so called “leaders” are. “The people” are split. Some are ok, some are brainwashed dumb-asses, some are raging assholes, some don’t give a fuck. Because such are the people. The People are still nowhere to be found
Has Scott Horton weighed in on it yet?
He usually has the most in-depth take on Middle East shenanigans.
He usually has the most in-depth take on Middle East shenanigans. – yes but still he has his bias
If by bias you mean “an intense hatred for Dick Cheney” then yes.
Everyone has bias. I’m just not getting the big picture here. It feels like another push to justify a war with Iran.
This administration is more likely to bomb Israel than Iran.
why not both?
The “big picture” is that Joe is doing the opposite of everything Donald did and fucking it all up.
You can apply this to any facet of the current administration.
Again, (re)make America…. great.
Here’s my somewhat unsolicited take: The ramblings of a madman is what follows.
Settlers are dicks when given leeway from Israeli courts (see guy who said on camera if I don’t take your home someone else will. This after Israeli courts said housing complexes in east Jerusalem belonged to some Jews rather than the Palestinians who had lived there for some 50 years), Palestinians react by throwing tantrums and destroying property belonging to likely uninvolved settlers. This provokes counter attacks by Israeli settler paramilitary; one of which was at the Al Aqsa mosque (one of the holiest sites in the regions for Muslims), Palestinians and mideast media report it was an attack by the IDF (almost guarantee it wasn’t). This event gets international attention and Hamas begins lobbing every fucking rocket they have in those bunkers into Israel. Israel does what it always does, and drops bunker busters all over Gaza. Iran pumps more shit in because they want full scale war to gain more control over the west bank and Gaza and to undo the peace agreements made with Israel during the trump administration. So long as the rockets continue to flow, Israel will continue to drop bombs. They won’t escalate to full scale war, though, for fear of reprisal from the countries they have signed peace agreements with. So long story short, Trump is currently why full scale war has been averted thus far, but I think Israel is sick of the shit and kinda hopes they can regain full control of Gaza and the west bank and tell the rest of the world to suck it. Most in the middle east don’t actually like the Palestinians either.
Thanks. This is helpful.
Scott Horton had a guy on the other day talking about the settlers and the games both sides play.
Howsabout we stay the fuck out of it? Back Israel like we always have but back the fuck off. They have nukes.
““I’m confused,” the retired news anchor Dan Rather wrote on Twitter last week as backlash mounted on the platform to those still masked. “Why should people care if someone wants to wear a mask outside?””
Indeed, why? Just as I ask why you should care when, in the before time of last week, people chose not to wear masks and were accused of genocide. There’s this wonderful thing called “personal responsibility”; I know to a slaver like you Dan it’s a foreign concept for which you have no frame of reference but I’ll try to break it down. It’s where you mind your fucking business and I mind mine. Difficult for omnipotent moral busybodies to comprehend but it’s worth a try.
I honestly don’t care. I shake my head as I do when I see stupid shit and move along. As long as the fuckers don’t want to impose that shit on me.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to earn $5.1 million from his memoir about leading New York through the COVID-19 pandemic, according to information provided by his office on Monday. Cuomo received $3,120,000 in gross income from the book in 2020 and is set to be paid an additional $2 million over the next two years.
That is insane.
Chicago was hit with its most violent weekend of the year, with a 2-year-old girl, a 13-year-old boy and two Chicago police officers among 48 people who were shot.
At least six of those people were killed: Two men in their 20s at a party in Gresham; another man shot dead at a gas station in West Garfield Park; and a man found dead on the Northwest Side after police arrested a wounded man with a rifle.
I thought Chicago had strict gun control? How could this possibly have happened?
He has used this safety protocol for the past 14 months. It did not change after he contracted the coronavirus in November. It did not budge when, earlier this month, he became fully vaccinated. And even though President Joe Biden said on Thursday that fully vaccinated people do not have to wear a mask, Glickman said he planned to stay the course.
Sounds like some of my relatives in Pennsylvania.
Folks in PA – Primary Day today. Two constitutional amendments are on the ballot. Anyone, regardless of party membership can vote on referendums in a primary. The two amendments rein in Wolf. Vote yes on them.
Nope:
“We need to have common sense gun reform. Period.”
Straight from the horse’s mouth.
Our civilization needs very little reform. In fact, most reform would consist of re-forming rights that have been stripped away since 1917.
Babylon Bee on vaccine incentives in all 50 states.
Virginia – Invite To Governor Northam’s Next “Antebellum” Party
Sounds about right
Ouch. Good one.
“Kansas – Free double-wide trailer and dog that barks constantly.”
Hey now double-wides are a thing of the past we’ve moved up to prefabs! Them naders can’t throw us around no more.
We live in a prefab and it was about three steps up.
In all seriousness my uncle put a prefab on his land for when they go hunting. I was impressed with the quality.
Absolutely. Components built under factory conditions are often gonna be better than on-site work from modestly skilled, hungover dudes.
I’ve seen some really nice small cabins that are (or were) extremely economical.
And you can get them on sale! The one my parents bought was the used lot show model, discount for the win!
Relatives of mine that retired from PA to NC moved into a double-wide. They moved on up to a prefab.
My mom and stepfather moved up from a single-wide to a double-wide. That thing was nice. Nicer than anywhere I’ve ever lived.
“Oregon – Antifa will still burn down your business, but they will feel bad about it now.”
LOL
Will they? Will they though?
Don’t they mean Broncos QB?
Missouri – Chance to play starting shortstop for the Kansas City Royals.
For a limited time only. Mondesi’s minor league rehab is nearly complete…and the Royals aren’t THAT bad this year(checks recent results to see they’ve lost 13 of 15).
Shit, maybe they are.
New Jersey – Entry into a drawing to win a house in a state that’s not New Jersey.
Perfect
I honestly had no idea this was coming, but it might just be the best one on the list.
Lee-Metford Trials Carbine.
One Cat 3 or better and they’re gone.
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/bay-area-tech-moving-miami-silicon-valley-16176169.php
anyone know anything about Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit Single Barrel ?
Top-notch song choice today. ??
People say what CNN wanted to hear
Several days since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said fully vaccinated Americans can — for the most part — ditch their masks, more places are announcing changes to their mask policies, or doing away with the requirement altogether.
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But experts are worried about the rapid changes, and say that without verification systems, parts of the country are now having to rely on an honor system to ensure unvaccinated Americans are masking up — a system that some say, does not work.
“I say this respectfully to the CDC but we really need to get back to a point where it’s encouraging (people) to get vaccinated and more of that focus rather than celebrating our newfound freedoms,” the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, told CNN on Monday. “Because the honor system just ain’t working here, I don’t think it’s going to work in a lot of parts in this country,” Mayor Quinton Lucas said.
Now, the mayor said, local officials are worried about how to move forward.
“It creates these sort of challenges where, how does the store clerk check it? How does our health department actually enforce any rule at all? So, while I respect many of the jurisdictions that are trying to, I think, really have adherence to the CDC (guidance), it’s a challenge for us,” the mayor said.
Oh, no. Freedom be damned. How will we know whose neck to put the boot on? Those cheaters will leave a trail of dead bodies in their wake.
What difference does it make? If someone is unvaccinated and unmasked, it’s their choice and their risk that they choose to take, it doesn’t involve anyone else, so fuck right off.
Not that I’m back in the office yet, but the dumb ass property management co. for our office building has declared that because they can not verify who is vaccinated or not, all coof restrictions apply wi/in common areas of the building.
“I say this respectfully to the CDC but we really need to get back to a point where it’s encouraging (people) to get vaccinated and more of that focus rather than celebrating our newfound freedoms,” the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, told CNN on Monday. “
Newfound freedoms, my ass. We had those freedoms from the start and you shitheads stole them.
I really just don’t fucking get it.
Everyone who wants to get a vaccine at this point has gotten one. At least in my neck of the woods.
Shouldn’t that be more than sufficient?
Shouldn’t that be more than sufficient?
Dude, don’t you even Fascist?
Everyone realizes that the child credit checks starting in July is a trial run for a UBI, right? Slippy slope, nose under the tent, etc, etc.
That is exactly why it isn’t just a tax credit. 6 months of direct deposit will get people used to and liking the idea of “free” money on a regular basis. Sure, only people with kids will get it, but it is a start.
Slippery slip, one way ratchet. It’s all the same.
“WHY OH WHY CANT WE FIGURE OUT THIS INFLATION?? WE NEED BIGGER PAYMENTS TO OFFSET THE SUFFERING!”
/2024 prog fascist national platform
Can one of you smart people possibly explain what the fuck is going on in Israel?
Everything was fine until Trump and Kushner fucked it all up.
“It was that bluidy Jew!”
“Whenever Joe Glickman heads out for groceries, he places an N95 mask over his face and tugs a cloth mask on top of it. He then pulls on a pair of goggles.”
Can you even get N95’s?
He’s been using the same one for 14 months.
Yes. I’ve seen N95 for sale for several months, but still much higher than the before times. KN95 or other foreign approvals have been more widely available at a cheaper price and usually get lumped in as a “N95” by imprecise people.
https://accumed.com/bnx-n95-mask-niosh-certified-made-in-usa-particulate-respirator-protective-face-mask-10-pack-approval-number-tc-84a-9315-model-h95w-white.html
My boss, who as far as I know hasn’t vaxxed and earlier said he wouldn’t because he didn’t trust it, asked me if I’ll be glad when we can stop wearing masks at work. I said hell yes, and he responded, ‘I don’t know, I’ve gotten sick this whole year’
Neither have I, but also didn’t get sick for pretty much the previous 10 years…
You’re just too mean to die.
Let’s see, get the flu for 2-3 days a year vs. not living under house arrest, being able to worship properly in church, being able to go camping, being able to go to bars and restaurants, parties with friends and neighbors, and oh, yeah, getting my lazy ass employees to work in the office instead of stroking it at home.
Tough decision.
People are still wearing masks? In Indiana you’re not even required to wear pants anymore.
I want to go to there! Wait. Indiana?
$5.1M for a book about doing his job. Talk about a selfless public servant.
Apparently about $140/copy sold – good work if you can get it as a servant of the people.
Nobody pays that much for my books 🙁
You need to advance further in NY state government and kill more old people. That’s when the big bucks roll in.
I know there are ways around this, but I’d like to see laws at the state and federal level that tax any elected official at a rate of 100% for any amount they make over their salary, effective for 5 years after their term. There is no reason a “public servant” should leave office millions richer.
There is no reason a “public servant” should leave office millions richer.
But that’s the whole point of being a public servant.
You’re not wrong. The idea is to talk about how hard you work, tirelessly thinking of your fellow man, while raking in the cash and setting yourself up for a cushy early retirement on the beach. See also: public sector unions.
“You can’t get rich in politics unless you’re a crook.”
– Harry S. Truman
“Other users chimed in to say that the button also works at other chains such as Chevron and Circle K”
woah
Still, not as impressive as the guy who got all the “smart” refrigerators at Lowe’s or Home Depot or wherever to display porn.
Tyler Durden approves this message.
Click through for all of the pro-Palestine comments for extra laughs.
Gay? Come to Palestine! Enjoy the breathtaking skyline from one of our lovely rooftops!
“We think you’ll really fall for us!”
Heh.
I love when they pretend they have been celebrating forever “holidays” that nobody has ever heard of. This is like the fourth or fifth one just since Uncle Joe took office.
Being bi seems to be genderphobic.
Hell, the name itself implies a binary; it is inconsistent with today’s enlightened understanding of gender and sexuality.
It’s a win, but how could it even be a question?
The Supreme Court unanimously rejected Biden administration arguments in a case from Rhode Island that police should be allowed to enter homes without a warrant to seize handguns.
The ruling in the case, Caniglia v. Strom, court file 20-157, came May 17. Oral arguments took place telephonically on March 24.
The case came before the high court as President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats pressed for aggressive new restrictions on Second Amendment gun ownership rights, including controversial “red flag” laws, which allow gun seizures from law-abiding gun owners with limited due process, in the wake of highly publicized deadly mass shootings in March at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket and at Atlanta-area spas.
Police “community caretaking function”?
WTF?
The state is mother. The state is father.
If you think you’re a facist… maybe you are.
I think it’s Tom Woods who notes that even the Gestapo knocked first.
Good, good. So they can go fcuk themselves.
It was unanimous, so not much of a question.
It was originally so they could kick down doors for wellness checks. Which isn’t completely nuts; there’s a fair number of people who have had their lives saved. Of course, prone to abuse and all that, but what isn’t?
A friend didn’t hear from her ex for a few days, so she called for a wellness check. Sure enough, he was on the floor after a stroke. He’d been there for days. He’s got a DNR and is being taken off his vent today.
QI was to protect officials behaving within reason on the job. CAF was for unclaimed property taken during a lawful raid. RICO was for organized crime. BSA was for money laundering. NoFly and Selectee were for terrorists. …
Something about a right lost to one is a right lost to all.
Speaking of jobs and such-
yesterday in Bozeman I went past a work site with a big banner hanging on the fence: “Now hiring carpenters.”
I bet they are. Anybody who can figure out which end of the hammer to hold onto is a carpenter, now.
Nobody pays that much for my books
You have to become a famous serial killer.
It would help to have the ability to wield enormous power to pick winners and losers, too.
I plan to pull this story out next time some yahoo starts lecturing me about how much better Canada is than America when it comes to prescription drugs.
I’m out, compadres. Salad and other goodies await. Have a solid! I hope that I will…
Have a good one!
Have a solid! I hope that I will…
It was a sinker this morning, but agreeably solid.
Adam Ant. *fans self*
I *know*!
I thought I once read he was part Gypsy (also Tracey Ullman and possibly Dave Gahan?).
I would have thought Gypsy was no longer the preferred nomenclature
“Romani.” Don’t care. Gypsies.
Oh here people care due to Romani being waay to similar to Romanian
I like the word “gypsies”. It seems exotic and romantic, if not elegant. I also love the word “oriental” (and its associate “occidental”) because it is exotic, romantic, AND elegant.
These feelings are not shared by The Woke.
My people (Transylvanian Saxons) were down with the Roma. Mostly.
That’s right Pie, one side of my family traces back to Romania. Until they were kicked out in ’44.
Where’s my reparations?
Please come to Bucharest to pick up your 2 liters of Țuică
How does one pronounce that weirdly accented T?
like the ts in ants
thanks
They go the house?
Okay, Walter.
Yeah, don’t care. And Roma is the capital of Italy.
They’ve taken it back.
Those are the Irish-extraction kind though (travellers, tinkers, pikeys), who AFAIK have no consanguinity.
Watched a bit of the British version. Yeesh.
The article seems undecided on that issue.
+1 Stand & Deliver
The only thing I know about him is that he starred in a shitty 80’s horror flick called Skulduggery.
Or maybe not. Hell, I can’t remember shit anymore.
He was in an episode each of Northern Exposure and Amazing Stories? I remember Tales from the Crypt. YouTube hunting time! https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001914/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0#actor
He was in Slamdance and ISTR he wasn’t bad (though the movie was).
Jut what we need- another princeling
Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, announced Tuesday that he’s officially running for governor of the state in 2022.
The 35-year-old, who has never served in elected office and has limited political experience, launched a campaign website Tuesday with little information other than his biography.
“For New Yorkers, Andrew helped to preserve thousands of MTA jobs by facilitating CARES Act funding,” Giuliani’s website says, referring to his time working as an aide under former President Donald Trump. “He also worked with the Treasury Department and Health and Human Services to ensure that the $3.9 million that had been inadvertently taken out of the 9/11 First Responders Fund over thirteen years and three administrations was completely refunded.”
Giuliani had been hinting at a bid for weeks, telling The Washington Examiner last month that he thinks he has a chance of winning.
Fuck you and the legacy you rode in on.
I’m thinking the author doesn’t know what ‘inadvertently’ means.
Also, running on how much pork you brought in, how conservative.
I’m torn.
I dislike the tack, I also know someone whose values reflect mine has zero chance in this state.
I would take him over Cuomo any day of the week.
New York won’t, though.
It all depends on whether the party machine turns on Cuomo. If they do, and nominate some loser nobody knows, there’s a slim chance a non-Democrat with name recognition could win.
New York hate Giuliani with the first of a thousand suns right now.
Just came back from voting at 0930. There was no line, only three voters at the table and one who strolled in after me. 80% masking. Outside, there were three candidates for school board, one of whom was masked.
It reminded me that in PA, as a voter registered in a party other than the Democrat or Republican, that I have no say in the closed primary (unless some idiot from the local LP decides to run for School Board as a Libertarian). Closed primaries are mostly BS. They perpetuate the two (or mono) party system. If there were a legitimate “none of the above” option in the general election (that would result in a new election or an empty office if it won), a closed primary would make more sense, but otherwise, it is simply a way for the two major parties to maintain their stranglehold on the electoral process.
Did you have any problems voting in the referendum? And you voted to rein in Wolf right?
When I lived in PA, I heard numerous stories about people not registered in parties taking part in the primary not being able to vote.
No, the “non-partisan” ballot contained only the referedum questions. There were no individual candidates listed. And my vote is private, but you can probably guess how I voted on the four questions.
And my vote is private, but you can probably guess how I voted on the four questions.
🙂
I just want the joy of watching Tom Wolf lose.
This is the ballot I was given to vote on today, basically. http://www.beavercountypa.gov/Depts/Elections/Documents/2021%20Municipal%20Primary%20Non%20Partisan%20Sample%20Ballots.pdf
Heh…heh…heh
I’m sort of a homebody. I spend as much time in Beaver as I can.
Just called it the Praetorian Guard
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/05/14/lawmakers-propose-200-million-for-new-guard-quick-reaction-force-to-aid-capitol-security/
Makes you wonder what they are planning that they have such reason to fear the people.
^^ So much this.
Seriously have no idea how they’re gonna man this – you can’t keep guard members on orders indefinitely – unless they want to rotate through state by state every month – which should get massive pushback from every state gov.
“What is Annual Training this year, First Sargent?”
“DC watch…again.”
One of the combined benefits/drawbacks to still being at home is getting to cook myself lunch.
Bacon cheeseburger on a pretzel bun hot off the pan made just the way I like them carries a ton of flavor – but begs me to overindulge.
AlasLuckily I’ve run out of pretzel buns.Why does Hollywood insist on letting Brie Larson ruin everything?
https://twitter.com/RussCanRead/status/1394644349397446657
The real question is does anyone still give a crap about star wars?
although this chick seems to be ruining the good name of cheese
Behold the power of cheese.
I used to love Sluggy Freelance but it got too convoluted and weird.
Probably around Oceans Unmoving, I expect.
Pete’s tied a lot up a couple years back (Hereti-Corp, a lot of the K’Z’K stuff), I think the Oceans stuff reads better in the archives, so you may want to give it a shot. Or not. This is Glibs — you do what you want. 😉
I think that’s when I dropped out and stopped bothering to read it.
I want to say it was around 2003 or 2004 or so that I quit reading.
2004 was the Holiday Wars. If you missed *that* you should at least read it. It was a really fun arc — but yeah, it directly led into Oceans Unmoving, so if it was more like 2005, that would fit.
I’m sstill trying to find my Chloroform scented candle gag. but the duck search engine is failing me
Looking back I do remember reading at least the beginning of Oceans Unmoving. I may have read longer than I thought.
Here ya go..
http://sluggy.info/ is better for in-comic searches than general web searchers.
Hmm… hopefully this won’t double post but:
1) http://sluggy.info/ is better for in-comic searches.
2) Here you go.
Oh… I kept trying to post it for you, but I bet it thought it was a double link and I’m not allowed or something.
So, Here you go.
I’ll follow up with a better search method link.
Yeah, that must have been it. So anyway — http://sluggy.info/ is better for in-comic searches as opposed to normal web searching.
Huh… it really, really doesn’t like the searcher.
Ok, do the usual http lead-in, then sluggy info — that’s better for in-comic searching. Hopefully *this* time this posts.
Jeez. and the markup ate the “dot” I put between sluggy and info there. So “sluggy dot info” where dot is an actual period and no spaces. :eyeroll:
I don’t know why WordPress hates what I’m trying to type so danged much.
Replace the space before info with a period above. That should be clear enough, I hope. And I hope it lets me post this this stupid time.
Thank you, SDF-7
That movie from the 70s?
I got nothing, here.
They needed a backstory to explain why Luke went from the very definition of hope to a bitter, old, cynical SOB.
I just hope the MCU introduction of the X-Men starts with Rogue putting Carol Danvers in a coma and stealing her powers.
The question is should Rouge be a trans POC
https://mobile.twitter.com/Draco9986/status/1394652593364819968
Ha!
https://youtu.be/oSyF–mMyu0?t=146
It’s the girl who fucked The Batman when he was a sparkly vampire.
With the personality and acting range of a stump.
Cannot verify, but if true, *sob*
I can verify the gas and home prices.
Gas, at least, matches my observations.
#metoo
Well, gas is a little cheaper than that here, but the delta is about what happened here.
I’ll note food prices are up across the board.
Yup, sticking to the grocery budget is getting harder every week.
people have been complaining about lumber. There are even memes for it.
I don’t know the exact number, but it is definitely up by over 100%.
As an experiment, I’d like to see how long that would last if someone were to post it to FB.
Me too, but I’m not doing it.
Anyone else feel up to it? Am not registered, myself.
Oh you’ll be registered soon enough, give uncle Joe some time
Comparing to May 2020 is a bit misleading, prices for everything nosedived last April.
I don’t know about “everything,” but gas sure got cheaper pretty suddenly then.
So is giving credit or blame to either of them, we’ve been spending and printing and borrowing for decades, Joe’s been in office for 5 months and inflation is his fault? If you want to argue that Joe’s been part of the problem for decades as a senator and veep, fine, he carries the blame for that. But him being president ain’t why prices are continuing to rise across the board.
I agree, and Trump was no skinflint when it came to Federal spending, but Biden’s announcement of multiple trillions of transfers and spending aren’t doing any good to stem the tide.
Oh definitely, I have no doubt the spending, borrowing, and printing will continue under Biden’s administration.
Possibly, but those are some enormous changes.
There are charts that track from pre-covidiocy
I don’t know individual figures but my grocery bill has been giving me agita in recent weeks.
how much does agita cost?
I only get a partial look at our line-item expenses (what Mrs. Dean spends is her business, and she buys the groceries, etc.). And our spending this year has included a pretty good chunk on guns and ammo, but even backing some of that out, my month-over month is up around 20% from last year.
Which is starting to affect my retirement plans.
Wreckers and Hoarders, we’re coming for you!
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on Tuesday for business leaders to pay higher taxes to support government stimulus spending, and backed stronger labor unions and lowering barriers to foreign competition.
In a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Yellen reiterated the White House’s intent to raise taxes on corporations and the highest earners as part of an ambitious infrastructure spending plan.
The administration also is seeking a global corporate minimum tax in an effort to stop companies from relocating their bases to avoid higher levies at home.
“With corporate taxes at a historical low of one percent of GDP, we believe the corporate sector can contribute to this effort by bearing its fair share: we propose simply to return the corporate tax toward historical norms,” Yellen said in prepared remarks for the Chamber’s Global Forum on Economic Recovery.
Yellen added that President Joe Biden’s American Families Plan will be paid for in part by a “series of tax reforms that ensure that wealthy individuals are paying their fair share.” She said the administration is also looking to stop tax evasion that has “stacked the deck for decades against responsible and compliant taxpayers.”
You’ll just have to work that much harder, Scrooge McDuck. You have a lot of mouths to feed.
From Fed chair to Treasury Sec, seems like she’s falling down the ladder. But that won’t stop her attempts to destroy the dollar. Good for her.
stronger labor unions and lowering barriers to foreign competition
Uhhhhhhh
But taking money that belongs to the poor is already hard work. ?
Dandy highwayman especially apt now.
“You can’t get rich in politics unless you’re a crook.”
– Harry S. Truman
Just look at the Clintons. they barely had two nickels to rub together when they left the white House.
But they had some nice silverware.
I mean it’s not true though, even if you were somehow not crooked. Speaking and book fees alone will make you super rich.
Those fees are just money laundering, for the most part. Still influence peddling, even when (temporarily) out of office.
I suppose. Anyone hiring a politician as a speaker may be trying to buy influence.
Its the gap between their enormous fees they collect and the dull, platitudinous material they deliver that gives it away.
Cuomo has collected something like $140/book so far? Give me a break.
UPDATE: @YouTube
again removed my explanation of how Geneva Conventions apply to Gaza conflict, after I uploaded to my channel – for violating their “Violent criminal organizations policy”. You can still watch it here (and see how crazy this is).
https://twitter.com/EVKontorovich/status/1394461466380677122
I mean while it is RT and could be somewhat one sided, I see little reason to ban .
Geneva Conventions apply to Gaza conflict
Doubtful, since both sides must be signatories, and since both sides must abide by the conventions. If one signatory violates, then the opposing signatory is no longer under an obligation to abide by the conventions.
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon plans new ‘Diagnostics’ brand that offers at-home medical tests for COVID-19, sexually transmitted infections, and clinical genomics
https://twitter.com/leonardkl/status/1394377814787383301
I don’t see how you can have an at-home medical tests for most sexually transmitted infections
If you jizz on the biscuit and it turns blue, you have aids.
This isn’t like the hairy palms thing, is it?
Things that work: putting some goose fat when roasting new potatoes aint half bad
LOL
https://babylonbee.com/news/joel-osteen-unveils-new-ultra-thin-yacht-that-can-fit-through-the-eye-of-a-needle
stronger labor unions and lowering barriers to foreign competition
Uhhhhhhh
You noticed that too, I see.
Let’s give the EPA more power, too, shall we? That should really make us more competitive.
The only competition these people care about is the race to climate justice
So who’s excited about the NBA play-in tourney? Nobody? Fuck not even I am.
So who’s excited about the NBA
I stopped at that point, with a “nope”.
Why play 80 games if 20 teams still have a chance?
China?
As heard about from Adam Carolla, James Dean’s transaxle: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/gearbox/
Why hasn’t Adam Carolla been canceled yet?
Why?
SJWs sense that there are no apologies to be extracted from him, I’m guessing.
Why would someone bid? Dean fans, early-Porsche fans, morbid souvenir?
I like him well enough. Apparently he was quite myopic, and wore a bridge after falling from a loft in a barn.
(From AC, natch. But JD too.)
From the sidebar.
That’s a pretty good price. I like the color. I could do without the stripes, but if they work on anything, they work on this. My only (slight) reservation is that it might have been exposed to salt in Canada, but probably not enough to matter.
Oh, and I expect it will never stop taking money out of your pocket.
@muzzled woodchipper: Please drop me an email, omwc at this domain. I may have something interesting for you.
don’t do it it’s a trap
What… like free candy from a van or something?
Free candy?
I think it’s best to teach children that the only candy worth taking is candy that you have to pay for. If it’s being given away, it can’t be any good. Value for value.
-1 Halloween
База будь-якого гардеробу! Маст хев до літніх луків! Огляд безшовних трусиків laser cut від
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xaLRZL_z-o
Русский или убирайся
будь-якого was the only word I didn’t understand.
Russkiy is the only one I do.
I was making fun of the modern Ukrainian language. By the way, маст хев above stands for “must have.”
I’ll just bet Trump understands Russian.
James Dean’s transaxle
How am I supposed to set my beer on that?
For us non-car guys, what exactly is a transaxle? I know what an axle is, but I’m not sure what car part gets confused and identifies as an axle.
Lol.
Axle, transmission and differential assembly.
differential assembly
That is where you dangle one of those bitty bugs that Scruffy linked to above from our rear view mirror?
Transaxle is an all in one deal. Transmission and differential and drive flanges driveshafts to wheels all in the same housing.
These euphemisms are getting pretty automotive.
What did you expect them to do?
Brainerd has a bomb squad?
Can never be too careful, what with all those white supremacist insurrectionists running wild. I’m surprised that police depts. don’t have A10 Warthogs yet.
You don’t want the hillwilliams out in the sticks to have a bomb squad? I bet you don’t want them to have a SWAT team either.
Big city elitist.
drive flanges FOR driveshafts
Noted scientist Jane Fonda is here in Minnesoda to help us rubes understand that pipelines are bad.
Her lab partner Winona LaDuke is also quoted:
Wonder if she’d like to explain to the Easterners how they could have avoided all the gas shortages if they’d only gotten rid of their pipeline earlier.
it wasn’t the soldiers’ fault
Yeah, you’d probably be better off not bringing that up.
I see the Bidens and Harris’ released their tax returns. Joe and the Doctor gave about 5% to charity, and Kamaltoe and the Second Man gave less than 2%.
Yet both will continue to lecture us about compassion and concern for the poor and unprivileged.
You do know that personal charity is worthless and only govt can truly provide for the people.
“Really, if the lower orders don’t set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them?”
I ❤️ Oscar.
Harris is even more niggardly than Biden?
Obviously. /ducks