Not really related to the post, but it is funny!
I’ve had a hard time finding my cat’s favorite wet food. I finally found a place online that had it for nearly double what I was used to paying. I bought two cases. I’ve also bought an extra bag of dry cat food and of dry dog food.
Last time I was in the grocery store, there was only one package of toilet paper. I think it was re-stocked shortly, but I’m glad I have a large stash of paper products. Canned tomato products have been hit or miss lately, so I buy a couple whenever I have the chance. I placed an order tonight, and apparently rice is low.
What shortages are you seeing? What are you stocking up on?
Just woke up and Rittenhouse is found not guilty on all counts. I am very happy about that, and sad that he had to go through all that he did, from the attack/shootings/trial/memories-that-won’t-disappear of it all.
I am having a shortage of Proggie tears to munch upon. I’ll find more soon.
There will be no shortage of those for quite some time, Evan.
No need for details (‘cuz I believe a gentleman doesn’t kiss and tell), but did your date go well?
It was….shockingly lovely. We met up at 5:30pm or so, and went on my roof to see the eclipse…and we couldn’t see it. (It was hidden behind the mountains.)
We were on the roof of my building. Had smoked my last joint. Then knocking came. And I thought we were in trouble! Like being too loud or some shit. Turns out that she was the gas lady (that my boss THAT DAY told me would be coming at 6:30pm+ NEXT WEEK, “Do you know what day?” “No.”) came THEN. I stumbled through it stoned and in Korean and eventually figured out that she was the gas lady and we weren’t in trouble. Stoned, I let her in my apt and she did her quick thing. Thankfully I had cleaned it. A great benefit of knowing Julie might pop in as well.
We walked to my commuter walk-spot where I can always see the moon and KNOW exactly where it is to get some better visual reference. We eventually caught glimpse of it! We walked my route and were on it the whole night and eventually came back to my apartment roof too see the moon retake its full glory.
I was on-point and was funny and she was laughing at everything. Good, honest conversations, as well. We spent 5-6 hours together and we both had a fantastic time. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve had a night like that. I walked her to the bus stop around midnight, I didn’t try for a kiss but maybe I should have. I’m glad I didn’t. We both just had a fantastic night together. Full of fun, laughs and insight. It’s been a while since I’ve had that type of night. We plan on hanging out again later tonight. I think my best play is for a peck on her cheek and read the response. She is so fucking mousy, red-head cute! Just my type of (looking) girl. Next-door cute. I’m still legit gushing over the fun I had. I hope that she feels the same. We’ve already talked today (10:30am now) and she’s confirmed hanging out later tonight.
I might be on to something….*crosses fingers* I gotta go in for a kiss, or a cheek peck tonight. I just have to. It’s THERE. Hopefully she’ll grasp on to it and give me the full tongue.
Must add: Julie was cracking the fuck up in silence at the Gas Lady bit. We joked about it all night. She agreed with me that I did an incredible job handling that. Cuz I had NO IDEA what the fuck was going on at first and ‘gas inspection’ isn’t near the top of your Must Learn vocabulary. We laughed and laughed. All night. It really was a fantastic evening. I’m still gushing. I officially have a legit crush. I can’t wait to see her tonight.
Ah, yes.
And remember: lean in slowly and make sure the kiss – even on the cheek – is soft.
Happy for you, Evan! Attaboy!
Handling gas inspections in Korean. (Hopefully the hangul for gas isn’t like En-guh-rish with the same double-meaning.)
Good luck!
I’m gonna take that soft cheek kiss tip to heart. It’s been a while. Last relationships were both 4+ years long. Lost the subtlety along the way!
She understood the word “Gas” at least! The sticker I had gotten on my door a week ago said, in English, CNCity. We know that’s the city gas+ agency.
I’m feeling so silly. I legit have light a teenage crush right now. I’m 34. (35 in Korea.) I haven’t had this in a very long time. She was cute, but she is also just interesting and we had a brilliant back-and-forth banter and serious conversation mixed in with just the right amount of levity to keep it fresh and never got too serious about anything. We were both just playing. And playing well.
I misted up a bit reading about your date and I’m a dude. Nicely done, young Man!
I don’t even know if it was technically a date! I suppose it was! But oh, dear. Thank you, gentleman. I’m going back 20 years and gushing like a teenager. I guess it just never goes away. I’m fucking giddy right now. No idea what tonight will hold.
Early joke: She offered me some weird type of super-crunchy chips to eat. I declined.
Jokingly, she retorted “What! You think you’re better than me?!”
I pulled out my bag of pistachios and quickly looked them over. “Yes, at this moment, I do.” *MUNCH* Got a huge laugh. I was in like Flynn.
That’s awesome.
Excellent Evan, sounds like a bunch of fun. Ozy has good advice. And if you read this, remember that you never get together with any of the women that you don’t take a chance for a kiss on.
If she likes 80’s tunes throw on a sweet Huey Lewis and get to business time.
Goddammit, Evan. You win the thread with the first comment? Bravo Sir. Bravo.
It _was_ on-topic, wasn’t it? Bravo, Evan.
To be honest?
Nothing.
The steaks I like cooking are getting more expensive though. And I live in Texas.
I see the empty shelves, some due to merchandise rearranging for Christmas, some quantities seem to be limited but no specific shortages. OTOH we are not , for the most part, specific brand shoppers. Mrs F left me again and I’ve been looking through the pantry, goodness, that lady keeps a healthy reserve on most things. She’s threatening to come back in another week or so. She went to Orange County without a vaccine and so far has not encountered any demands of “Papers, bitte”, not in English or Vietnamese. She’s headed for Seattle and test the waters there.
OC is fine. LA on the other hand….
The spice rack at Target has been empty for a month or more.
Any given weekend, major sections of the dairy aisle will be bare.
Paper product come and then disappear.
The price of everything is up dramatically.
Spices, I have been buying what doesn’t grow in north America, Vanilla, cinnamon stick, Curry and Black pepper corn, trade goods you know,
We have a spice lady for that. She hasn’t indicated any issues from her suppliers so far.
https://plantersseed.com/
I don’t know what annoys me more; the content or the terrible sentence structure.
I do not believe that’s in effect anymore.
It’s a cute place in a 1920s-hardware-store way.
Most shops around here just add the newest signs to the old ones.
“You must wear a mask.”
“Masks are optional if you’re vaccinated.”
“Please wear a mask anyway.”
It’s ridiculous. I’m not playing this game any more. I refused to play along for the first time the other day.
At least you don’t have to wear a large yellow sign that says “I’m not vaccinated” while you’re in the store while the other customers shout “Shame, shame”
…yet
It does look like a really cool place.
https://www.penzeys.com
We buy in bulk.
Better link: https://www.penzeys.com/shop/spices/?letter=C
We used them extensively for years, but the wife put her foot down when the owner came down with full-flown TDS.
You sure you want to give them money?
Depends on the day of the week. Sometimes seltzer is out of stock, sometimes it’s beans, other times paper products. The girlfriend used to laugh at me having a backup of items like aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and the like. She doesn’t laugh at that any more.
Paper products and foil, I don’t use them much, but I need to stock up,
I can’t get Indoor cat food unless it’s generic, Sophie eat’s Friskies.no V8, my coffee is getting low, and they don’t appear to be restosking, so I’m buying it as much as possible.
Turkey is 33 cents a lb.
I can hook you up with some Juice, first sixer is free, next dose is gonna cost ya.
28 pack. What is with all the odd package sizes these days? 4, 10, 15, 18, 20, 28… Back in my day there was 6, 12, and 24. That was it. And we liked it!
I was in the grocery store on Tuesday, and they were almost out of store-brand whole wheat bread (the other types of store-brand bread were in stock, however). Didn’t notice much else in the way of shortages, but wasn’t really looking.
The Italian sausage was more expensive, however, as the packages (same size as before within a couple hundredths of a pound) were over $9 when they used to be in the $7-$8 range.
I’m not stocking up, but I do restock sooner than I used to.
For a few weeks the cases of V8 in 12oz cans were scarce, one could still by the plastic bottles and jugs but no cans unless you wanted the low sodium V8, and what kind of sociopath wants low sodium V8. Also the variety pack of Kroger pork rinds were missing for a while, I found some off brand at Sam’s club, but the quality is hit or miss, some bags are nice and crispy but other from the same carton are stale. Do better ‘Mac’
lol ?
We get the low-sodium V8 (my wife has blood pressure issues) and we found it was also missing sporadically.
So far no shortages, but price hikes are noticeable for sure.
There are empty shelves at Walmart but I think they’re just rearranging.
Smith’s and Albertsons are well stocked.
The issue we have is we live in an area that is exploding in growth and still just have one market for the whole area. So shortages are just part of our life all the time.
Mostly the same here.
One shortage: “gourmet” burgers have been absent for some time. I really don’t want to go down to the generic crappy hamburger.
Paper products are still spotty at the bigger places but my brands are readily available at mini-marts and such.
We still get Wahlburgers, very tasty,
Yeah, they’re pretty good. I forget the brand I usually get. But similar.
Any of those gourmet patties will ruin you for the cheap crap – the difference is really strong.
This. No shortages, but everything is expensive.
I’m extending my emergency supplies out to 2×60 days, while I can still afford it.
Yeah – I have stocked up on tuna, canned salmon, and canned shrimp, plus I have from an earlier stock up, pasta and flour & yeast
It goes in waves here in Vegas. Some weeks it will be Nabisco products…another Frito Lay. I have to do a Costco run tomorrow so hopefully they have their $.99/lb fryer chickens. Last time I went I think they pulled them for their rotisserie
the entire Oscar Mayer section is gone at Meijer, like they don’t exist, that is a wierd one to me.
mSNBC: “Nation Grapples with police brutality as vigilante cleared of all charges”
Um…yeah.
Fortunately here at the Pahrump VFW, they are showing Tucker Carlson.
The quotes from MSNBC and the like are breathtaking. They are literally, explicitly trying to cause race riots.
mSNBC: “Nation Grapples with police brutality as vigilante cleared of all charges”
Um…yeah.
Fortunately here at the Pahrump VFW, they are showing Tucker Carlson.
You’re Twins? Whoa,
We are a bunch of squirrels inhabiting a human suit.
You contain multitudes.
The bathroom scale concurs…
So does mine.
Are they showing squirrels too?
Only weirdness, so far. One store will be out of quite a few things. Next store is out of some other things. Next store is fully stocked.
Makes you appreciate the complexity of the supply chain, eh?
Also maked me appreciate decentralization.
Haven’t noticed any grocery shortages. The local liquor mega mart was having trouble getting certain products in. Bulleit Bourbon was the one that caught my attention, so I bought an “emergency” bottle of their Rye. Read an article about it a couple weeks later and they said a glass bottle shortage is the main culprit there.
Which shouldn’t happen.
It’s all tied together.
There’s also most like another aluminum can shortage coming now due to Ball having issues getting supplies.
And CO2 apparently
The floods and mudslides fucked us hard but there isn’t any rioting yet (LOL). We’re self-sufficient in regards to electricity, fuel, water and the like. Produce and meat are cleaned out. Vancouver got what was coming to them, good and hard.
I need to amend that. The people that are suffering are the farmers that bought land in a historic flood-plain. The city denizens won’t be hurt much.
We haven’t noticed major shortages that compare to The Great TP Loss of ’20, but there are certainly empty shelves here and there. It seems to vary each time we’re there, but I chalk it all up to those container ships stacked up off the Cali coast. That falls firmly on the idiots who think an economy can be flipped off and on like a switch – as most everyone here has already noted.
Morons gonna moron, but we’re doing fine.
On a pleasant note, it looks like we get one more day of 40’s weather and clear skies, so Angela and the fam are road tripping, up to Benzie for a Disc game, the off to Frankfort and Stormcloud for lunch, it shoulld be snowing on the way home,
I’m glad that your back discs are better!
Amytriptaline does wonders, and cute girls, Tomorrows play date,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/wMVWUqasse5JoJxf8
Just the girl,
Glad you specified! Lol.
Have fun!!
In case you were under the misapprehension that the NY Post aren’t in favor of totalitarianism.
Fuck off
No, he doesnt. Holding an office does not confer special rights on anyone. It confers limited power as designed in Fed, state and municipal charters.
The power to force people to consume hinky, risky medical treatments are mentioned nowhere in those. In fact I think it is specifically prohibited. I should go back over Ozzy’s articles.
What SpellCheck? ‘Designated’ is not a word?
This Rittenhouse decision is a tiny victory for liberty. They will come back even harder with the next one. I submitted my compliance venom paper-work on Wednesday and HR was asking about dose two today. They won’t stop, ever.
Frozen breakfast items seem to be perpetually sparse.
That’s odd, here in the sticks there are all the usual frozen products, I would think we would see shortages first,
The empty shelves at Walmart were a problem long before they shut everything down last year. Mostly the problem of not hiring enough people to put stuff out on the shelves combined with the rise of online ordering and pickup.
I think so too, in addition Walmart hires a lot of handicapped of one sort or another. The high minimum wage reduces the number of employees. Seems like Walmart is messier than before, with shopping carts of miscellaneous waiting to be restocked kind of scattered through the store.
In a way, I think the higher wage thing is a bullshit excuse for Walmart to be sloppy. “We don’t want to pay X.” Well, sure, okay, but your store is understocked and looks like shit.
They do treat their people badly and they don’t hire enough people to adequately run a store. There’s almost no training and the people who are there get run to death.
My daughter said they were pretty much only hiring people to pick out groceries for the customers who ordered online and are picking up at the store.
I’m not going to say that Walmart’s not wanting to have a large payroll is a bad thing. But I’m also not going to say Walmart’s any kind of virtuous capitalist for having 3 people to run a supercenter.
That said, people still go there to shop and mostly I see people checking theirownselves out at the self-checkout, so I guess it’s not critical yet.
I wonder why the protesters in Brooklyn airing on Tucker now are carrying the Pali flag.
I live in Pali central so I see that thing everywhere. Mostly nice neighbors – don’t want to dive into their politics, at all.
And a bunch of commie signage.
The messaging seems a bit muddled.
It’s intersectional. Yes, I’m serious.
Programmable Logic Controllers, pressure switches, sensor cables, industrial control switches, etc.
Circuit boards, gascolators, upholstery adhesives, carbon fiber, hydraulic oil and filters, load cell calibration services are now quoted as 6 week turn around (used to be 2 weeks), string potentiometer repair rheostats are 8 weeks out.
“Programmable Logic Controllers”
One of the few times I have used calculus in my engineering career: I programmed a Modicon PLC to convert linear propane level in a hemispherical headed horizontal tank into volume. Times 90 tanks. Boss gave me a bonus for that. My code is still being used (although it has been modified).
We shop too erratically for me to be sure, but I checked the price & availability of the Wegman’s ribeye family pack yesterday & prices was back to $15 & change / lb. but available.
I confess that’s the only thing where I’ve paid attention to the price over the last couple of years (no family to feed, I just like ribeyes).
Youthful vigor.
That happens as you get older, Animal. Totally natural. :^)
There are pills for that.
So you’re _not_ Holling Vincoeur?
Boy, howdy!
Reasonably priced automobiles of both the new and used variety. I need another one and I’m not looking forward to the purchase or the process.
I saw a semi-disciplined study corroborating your observations on used cars.
Unfortunate, as it discourages folks from seeking employment in some cases where they’d need a car to get to work.
You going to Kevin’s tournament tomorrow?
Sadly have another commitment.
Hollywoke is still full of ignorant and/or lying cuntes.
Bubba Smollett still has not learned.
Ha, let the boy be black and it would’ve been life…hell he would’ve had his life taken before the bullshit trial.. sad
Huh, Imma starting to think the concern about the noose that wasn’t a noose was all hyped up publicity seeking bullshit.
Et tu, Geordi? Educate yourself, dude.
The only one on that list I’m even a little sad about is Patton Oswald – funny dude and smart enough to know better. But, nope, it’s hurr-durr, racism.
He is a real disappointment. He is smart. He will always be a leftist. That’s also fine. Following the party line about this trial is not.
The only thing that caught my eye at the store today was that the fruit squeezie shelves were almost empty.
We see various things, seemingly at random, missing for a while, then showing up later on. V8 juice (mentioned above), certain low-salt peanut butter, things like that. And frozen raspberries, which I use in making smoothies, hasn’t been available at Walmart for over a year; some stores have other, higher-priced brands, but I don’t buy those on principle.
One more thing — my favorite flavor of Mio (a flavor additive for drinks), cherry/blackberry.
I take a lot of kratom which makes it so I need a lot of fiber. Hard to find Metamucil powder on the shelf. Been able to get it on Amazon tho.
You take it for pain relief?
Yes also energy and mood but mainly back pain.
Motivation.
Why should I keep saving these people from their own short-sightedness if they’re never going to listen to my warnings?
Sadly, it spills over the things I need to get done out of work too.
they said a glass bottle shortage is the main culprit there.
We’ve run out of sand!
My life is in a state of chaotic flux. Mostly I buy beer, milk, coffee and cookies
Maybe I’ll get things sorted out in another couple of weeks, as I get “settled” camping in the Airstream inside the shop. New challenges await.
“…beer, milk, coffee and cookies”
Does not appear to be a balanced diet.
Agreed, needs whiskey.
I was thinking cigarettes
lawyers, guns, money…
Wait, wrong list.
I was at this show:
https://archive.org/details/warren_zevon1996-03-11.ss-dsm6p.manbearpig.burke.sbeok.flac16/warren_zevon1996-03-11t02.flac
Not his last, but one of his last.
Very cool. Thanks for sharing, Nick
Hear him!
/Cigars
Well, it’s got samples from the “beer” group, samples from the “milk” group, samples from the “coffee” group, and samples from the “cookies” group.
Sounds well balanced to me!
just missing Beef! and Bacon!
Thanks for reminding me, I have beef in the fridge. Not much, mind you, since I don’t want any to spoil before I can eat it.
No ketchup or peanut butter. The Food Pyramid Lady is not going to like you
Peanut butter is Food of the Gods, a universally good thing,
I stand with my 20 lb. of peanut butter!
Bottles are sitting on ships outside California. Wineries are having problems.
Don’t scare me like that. Can you use mason jars, like moonshiners?
I have 30 to 40 cases of new wine bottles in the house and garage. I buy them wholesale and have them shipped freight to the local terminal.
My friend owns a meadery, and they switched from using standard wine bottles to swingtop beer bottles and cans. I bought out his entire inventory of wine bottles at his cost.
I am good for a couple of years.
Did you notice my addy on the forums? better late than never.
Yes I did.
I will get something out in the next week or so.
I will message you with the info, when it goes.
We’ve run out of sand!
Probably because this dude ate it all.
OT: evidently, Tucker Carlson had somebody embedded with Kyle and is making a documentary with the behind the scenes stuff.
It sucks that Rittenhouse was charged at all, but maybe it was the best possible solution. He got his day in court. All the exculpatory evidence is in the public record, and it has changed some minds. Now I hope he goes after those who have slandered him.
As someone mentioned earlier; now the Feds get him.
No way that the Injustice Department will let a peasant protect himself.
If they try that, then all I can say is fuck Joe Biden.
Every time we go to Costco we buy extra. “It’s gonna cost more next time”
Every time we go to the grocery store we buy extra. “It’s gonna cost more next time”
In the 70s/80s. If you got money, buy it now. It will cost more next week.
Now. If you got money, buy it now. It will cost more next week — if it is even available.
I bought peanut butter a while back, bought some recently, 50% higher price, so I bought extra, funny how that works,
Exactly. I have a much larger stash now than I did last year.
Shredded lettuce and cabbage today. Lots of empty spots here and there at the grocery stores. No hot buttered rum mix at the store. Usually it’s out on the shelves by Thanksgiving.
All quiet on the Kenosha front? Is it too cold to riot, or have “protesters” realized rioting pisses people off? Or have they lost heart or re-examined being led around by false ideas? Or is it just the calm before the storm?
I vote for too fucking lazy.
Looting loses a lot of its appeal when the store shelves are empty.
There is some half-assed protest on the Brooklyn Bridge but it’s all the usual generic griefers – defund the police, free Palestine, capitalism sucks, etc. Basically professional protesters. Fawx News says it’s all of 150 people.
Maybe the the threat of an actual response this time??
That’s what I was thinking.
I’ve been having a heck of a time finding my preferred varieties of the Atkins frozen breakfast and lunch entrees I like to take to work. Lots of bare shelf space in that cooler. Likewise some of our favorite frozen mixed vegetables (more appealing than just the standard peas and carrots) in the throw-the-whole-daggone-bag-in-the-microwave varieties have gone AWOL.
The one thing I notice is the price of Beer is unchanged for the last 2 years, maybe Soma? or we just love beer in the US of A,
Really? Beer has gone steadily up for years. I’m paying a buck a beer for Coors swill.
In the college days I used to buy Carling Black Label for a buck a six-pack, 4 bucks for a case. That stuff was bullet proof: Set it out and let it get hot or freeze it on a deer hunt, still tasted the same.
I said in the last 2 years, not decades, inflation just is,
Texas Pride or Buckhorn…
Drank that back in the lean years, probably why I’m dried out now.
Heroes soon to be in short supply
With less than one month until the Army’s deadline to vaccinate its active-duty force, the service will begin barring soldiers who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 without an exemption from reenlistment, promotions, and other “favorable personnel actions.”
In a memo dated November 16, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said soldiers who refuse the vaccine would be “flagged,” preventing them from “reenlistment, reassignment, promotion, appearance before a semi-centralized promotion board, issuance of awards and decorations” and more.
The Navy and the Marine Corps issued similar guidance last month, paving the way for the discharge of service members who refuse to be vaccinated.
What the hell, you can find people ready willing and able to replace those guys (and girls) on any urban street corner.
Pooh Bear smiles and nods.
Wendy (Pooh Bear) smiles from Heaven,
Oh yeah, labor shortage – one of the local restaurants has signs on their doors saying they’re now closed Monday and Tuesday due to lack of staff.
Shortage of give-a-damn and customer service is also notable in some sectors. Like we should be grateful they are doing their damned job.
Eh, they’re not getting paid enough for some of the shit they have to put up with
I think most or all of us have had those jobs.
What’s different now?
Now people act like those jobs are careers and not a stepping stone to another job?
ding ding ding
Yeah, my solution to not getting paid enough to say, have a gun pointed at my face, was to find another line of work.
and/or the current generation of people doing those jobs never learned the interpersonal skills and emotional detachment necessary to deal with shitty customers and coworkers?
My life revolves around customer service, You should be grateful I look out for your interests,
/Real Contractor
Well, giving a damn and customer service are tools of the white supremacist patriarchy.
/White guy
Noticed that a bunch of formerly 24 hour McDonalds are now closed by 11pm. Same with gas station/convenience store. Paint store closes early every day.
I want my 24/7 stores back. I’m sick of paying attention to other people’s schedules.
Me too. Twenty years ago there were more and more. Several grocery chains went 24. Even Home Depot had some open all night. Seems like just a dream now.
Flagged soldiers will also be ineligible for tuition assistance, attending military or civilian schools, and being paid their enlistment bonuses.
Though the Air Force hasn’t issued specific guidance about reenlistments or promotions, Secretary Frank Kendall made it clear Thursday that airmen who refuse the vaccine will be discharged.
“The bottom line is that willfully disobeying a lawful order is incompatible with military service and to get a vaccination is a lawful order,” Kendall said in a Facebook event when asked about the vaccine mandate.
“I was only issuing orders.”
Maybe fragging will make a comeback.
I spent a year in the Pentagon working for that asshole Kendall. Fuck him
Meh, I don’t recall any big precedent setting trials or anything that condemned military men who went just a tad beyond the acceptable bounds of ethics.
Important people, doing important work
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland formally declared “squaw” to be a derogatory term Friday and ordered a task force to find replacement names for valleys, lakes, creeks and other sites on federal lands that use the word.
The order, which takes effect immediately, stands to affect more than 650 place names that use the term, according to figures from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
“Racist terms have no place in our vernacular or on our federal lands. Our nation’s lands and waters should be places to celebrate the outdoors and our shared cultural heritage — not to perpetuate the legacies of oppression,” Haaland said in a news release about the change.
I find the “Crazy” Mountains triggering. Fix that, chop fucking chop.
All I know is the Secretaries of This and That and the Other Thing have way too much fucking power.
Those horrible, racist Massachusett indigenous peoples!
See also “Whiteface Reservoir”, just nort of Duloot
That is totally fine. Do you even equity, bro?
Soooooo….we are banning Injun words now?
I think the word squaw lost its derogatory meaning a couple of hundred years ago.
What percentage of towns, highways, lakes, rivers, creeks and bayous have Injun names? Which word is next?
I never understood how adopting some foreign word is automatically derogatory. I’m not 375 years old so maybe I don’t get why “squaw” is supposed to be derogatory.
Or… maybe this is all just bullshit keeping everybody walking on eggshells?
I have heard it alleged that the word squaw meant ‘whore’. There are many Indian tribes here with different cultures so generalizing is not wise, but many of those tribes treated women as chattel. It is possible that may be the reason it was considered derogatory but I cant say for sure. Nearly anyone you ask is going to have some agenda/narrative and you are unlikely to get a truthful or honest answer. Personally I never thought of it as derogatory. I thought it just meant ‘woman’.
Also, “papoose creek”? Seriously?
Because of the Jones Act our supply chains are fucked by multiples over the mainland. That being said our shortages seem like yours. Items just gone, seemingly at random. This week at the store the following shortages jumped out at me: no eggs, “Fresh Squeeze” brand juices (except for calcium added no pulp), some brands of sparking water, and PopTarts.
Of a greater tragedy was shortages at my local Poke and Liquor store. Only one bottle of Buffalo Trace per customer, many French and Italian wines were gone or down to the dregs or very very high end. Even the local Hawaiian produced stuff was spotty. I asked a staff member I am friendly with and he said he didn’t know all the reasons but one company has bottles, but not the stoppers and seals.
local Hawaiian produced stuff
I miss Hawaiian pineapples. Wife got the foofoo tourist ones and light years better than the Central American crap that’s replaced good ‘Murican fruit.
I spent a year in the Pentagon working for that asshole Kendall. Fuck him
Ouch. That sounds like the torments of Hell.
‘I’ve had a hard time finding…’
[fill in the blank]
Not everything is short on stock but fear not! You’ll soon receive your fair share!
Primers, powder and bullets
TPTB determine that your “fair share” Is a blindfold, a cigarette, and a Private with a functioning lighter…
Rejoice, comrade!
The origin of the word “squaw” has been traced to the Algonquian language, in which it meant simply “woman.” But its meaning was skewed by centuries of use by white people, including colonists in the 1600s.
“The term has historically been used as an offensive ethnic, racial, and sexist slur, particularly for Indigenous women,” the Interior Department said.
Something something if you hear the whistle…
The USGS can change the name but I won’t change how I refer to the feature. Squaw Peak and Praying Monk in Phoenix remain. As does Juniper Serra Peak in California, Mollie’s Nipple in Utah, Chinaman’s Hat in Hawaii, and Skeleton Cave in Arizona.
https://giant.gfycat.com/WideeyedValidHadrosaurus.webm#t=1.5134889510003362
NSFW.
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Hypnotic.
In honor of the many fine twitter comments by ignorant boobs, here is another example of white privilege getting away with the murder of his girl friend and the attempted murder of 3 fine law officers.
The ten bullets that struck the GF, whose gun did they come from?
*The question is rhetorical, we know the answer*
Yeah, I was wondering that too.
So fucked up.
Shortages: spotty and short lived. Besides, I keep stocked up with 3 months worth of long storage foods.
From all the commentary I saw today it is becoming increasingly clear that it will end up divorce or a hot revolution. The mendacity of the left is way over the top and they have no intention of ever leaving people alone. Their thinking, if you can call it that, is diametrically opposed to the foundational ideas of this country. I dont see good times ahead unless the left collapses in on itself which is a distinct possibility.
500 National Guard troops in Kenosha? That is why there are no riots tonight. The leftists are nothing if they are not persistent. They are just waiting for the troops to leave. I am guessing as soon as those troops are pulled out the fun will begin.
Or…maybe they arent rioting in Kenosha because there is nothing left to burn?
Stupidly burn in the summer, now the heat is all gone. Who wants to protest in the winter? Even looting gets tough when its icy out.
PJ Media says the crowd in Kenosha is mostly pro-Rittenhouse.
All is Quiet on the Kenosha Front.
I’ve abstained from commenting on the trial so far. Now that the verdict is in I must say…My faith in humanity is slightly restored. The most cynical of us here(I include myself in that category) assumed a night of rampage and mayhem across multiple U.S. cities if the jury rendered him absolved of guilt. So far, I haven’t read an article mentioning rioting or looting in the wake of the verdict…Only lamentations within TMITE and thinly veiled disappointment by the political class.
Point being: Us Midwits are still capable of recognizing injustice at the evolutionary/reflexive level, and The Hyperbole smiles.
Rolling Stone is very afreeed of the Redneckus Amercanii,
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-rittenhouse-verdict-and-a-supreme-court-case-could-spell-an-open-season-on-protesters/ar-AAQUYc7?ocid=msedgntp
Open Season? Good
let them cower in fear, we won’t
Meh, just don’t physically attack people and you’ll be fine.
“While patrolling the streets, there was gunfire that resulted in some of the Black Lives Matter protesters thinking Rittenhouse was attacking them. They charged Rittenhouse, and he opened fire, killing Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and injuring Gaige Grosskreutz.”
This is what I mean by the pinko’s mendacity being over the top. They are incapable of telling the truth. That is not what happened at all. Not even close.
Hey shitheads, surely you must know that everyone has seen the videos and eye witness accounts for themselves?
If you have to lie to sell your case maybe. you dont have a case worth selling.
The Rittenhouse Verdict and a Supreme Court Case Could Spell an ‘Open Season’ on Protesters
“Or Could Not”
/ht RJ Dean
heh right?
“could” is another weasel word for “may”
Possibly.
No, they’re not afraid at all. If they were afraid, they would dial things down, detail the facts of the case and explain why in this particular instance the jury would dismiss the case as self-defense.
Instead, they’re trying to stoke the fires on both sides, telling the right wingers “hey, it’s open season on protesters now!” and telling the left wingers “hey, any right wingers that show up to counter-protest are probably there to kill you, better do something about that!”
Amid disorder
For liberals and many people of color, Rittenhouse’s acquittal was an outrage — and a dangerous license for others to engage in violent vigilantism in the future.
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To many, it was a jolting demonstration of the fact that what is just and what is legal are not always the same thing.
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Rittenhouse walked the streets armed with an assault-style rifle, despite being only 17 at the time. He and other pro-police demonstrators were thanked by cops in Kenosha and in some cases handed bottles of water.
A short time later, amid disorder, Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26. He also shot and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, 27.
He hunted them down. They were just minding their own business. They never had a chance.
The absence of rioting and looting – I’m thinking back to the Times “fortification” article where they basically admitted they had goon squads ready to take to the streets if given the command from the top men. There is little spontaneous about the lefts protests and the marching orders weren’t given. You’ll see sporadic protests from the crazies on the fringes, but the community groups who are central to organizing large scale protests aren’t going to move.
Biden is president now.
Exactly, I didn’t see that there would be a lot of violent protests if the Kenosha Kid got let off. The RevCom crowd has been told to stand down, it’s not the time for bad behavior now.
Bro, KSue: I think this only reinforces my point.When the political and social pressures pressed upon the average prog are given half-hearted support they tend to revert to common sense…this a good thing.
TH, when the shutdowns first happened in March 2020 I predicted that we would see massive social unrest within a month or so. This really wasn’t that hard to predict, but I thought it would be more directly related to the shutdowns themselves. Instead we had the media fanning racial flames amid the sparks of the Floyd killing, with lots of bored people. Add in the professional elements, like RefuseFacism (RevCom) and Dem run cities that allowed it to happen to screw over BOM and you have months of burning and looting.
I maintain that those instances are related to social and political pressure. Look, All I’ll I’m trying to say is that humankind responds to immediate personal incentives, in all its distasteful glory…The media and certain members of the political class will always try to convince you that sacrifices are need via you or your family’s immediate financial well being.
Absolutely, the individual incentives were very much in place for rioting. Shut down sports, bars, clubs, and most socializing and youth will find a way to take out its energy. The professional element is only a small, albeit very important, part of it.
Politics had somehow managed to swim upstream of culture…and God help us all.
Rolling Stone:
What this means in conjunction with the Rittenhouse verdict is very scary for all, but especially for racial-justice protesters everywhere. With a proliferation of concealed-carry permits and a sense among the far right after today’s verdict that they have the freedom to patrol racial-justice protests and act as vigilantes, the court system’s message couldn’t be clearer — anyone who protests against racial injustice risks taking their lives into their own hands.
Hard as this may be to believe, if a throng of “racial justice protestors” blocking a public street attempts to drag a motorist out of his vehicle, and a couple of them succumb to lead poisoning, I won’t weep a single tear.
ZOMG, concealed-carry permits!
If we are being honest, I would cheer.
PJ Media says the crowd in Kenosha is mostly pro-Rittenhouse
If that’s the case, excellent.
Maybe BLM didn’t get the west coast pros bussed in quickly enough. Or maybe it’s too cold.
That’s what I was thinking…too chilly for the professional out of staters.
Look, Thanksgiving is in a few days and they still have a stack of “How to explain to your family over Zoom that you’re not coming to Thanksgiving dinner because Uncle Bob watches Fox News and won’t take his vaccine” articles to read.
lol
Being a lefty is exhausting.
Hey, I’m Uncle Bob and I’m bringing the Turkey!
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Well maybe it’s because the cost of gas and food have sky rocketed. The ROI isn’t worth it for the scummy proponents of tyranny. A small positive for Bidenflation. Thanks, Poopy-Joe!
No worries yet for home stuff (just expensive). My steel, resins, foam and fasteners, though, have been a nightmare.
Not really sure what that means.
Same. Steel has been crazy. For a couple weeks it’s 1/4″ plate, then for a couple weeks it’s 2″ round, then… And the price increase over the last year is nuts. Consumers haven’t really noticed it as much as they will next year. Big companies lock in prices every year so many of them were spared from having to raise costs this year due to material, but that will change very quickly as they are currently negotiating the 2022 rates.
We should have a chat about pricing strategies.
Sounds like this year will be by quarter. The budgetary number we’ve been asked to use by a very large construction vehicle company for projects slated to start end of 2022 is $36/CWT. It’s currently about $90/CWT. I hope they are right with their guess.
Pipe size A500 $1.74/lb
1/2″ Hot rolled flat bar $1.34/lb
OH FFS
Why is my comment awaiting moderation?
For those not there:
Tonio: I shall leave. Who wants to be host?
* a multitude* I shall be host
*Tonio makes Spud host, who did not volunteer*
Spuld: goodnight, all, I’m out *ends Zoom*
Spud just done gone blew up the Zoom.
Well _that_ was hilarious!
(re: the Zoom)
HALP!
Spud killed the zoom.
Did he do something like this?:
‘Yeah, we’re runnin’ a little bit hot tonight
I can barely see the road from the heat comin’ off of it
Ah, I reach down between my legs
Ease my cock out,’
New zoom since Spud shit the bed: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82417713320?pwd=UTIxVEdPMjE1SnJnQktTSmxRRGRDQT09
Damn Spud!
Get bent, Spud! Pound sand!
Sorry guys, I fucked up, Here.
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78821546291?pwd=R3VFYU9yY1FuMVFPOFpoV1lmVTk1UT09
Most of us are back on Tulip’s
ooooooooooooooops
Ok boomer.
Fine. I’m going to bed.
I know there are a few that will dig this.
I have seen you’re Zoom thing, hard pass you miscreants,
/keeps me out of trouble
The product in highest demand here is houses. Prices are up 75% in one year where I live.
Everything is a rounding error compared to that massive inflation.
My neighborhood went up like that, then dropped, but is now trending up again. I have a number in my, and if it hits that, I’m gone.
Watching Thunderball with the wife and boys minus the youngest who is sleeping. SPECTER steals a nuclear bomb, an MK 15, from a RAF fighter that they hide in the seabed. I mentioned to my wife that the USAF lost a nuke in the 50’s somewhere off Georgia and she didn’t know the story. Looking it up to find the details I came across a story of a Canadian couple that were diving and found it. It was a fake story, but I believed it for a minute. Kind of amazing that it is still out there and hasn’t been discovered since the crash in 1958. It also an MK 15.
Any chance it was secretly recovered and never publicly acknowledged?
Yes, that is absolutely possible. They have never acknowledged finding it though if they did. Officially they searched for months and then claimed it was under seabed. There were a couple ex Navy guys in the early 2000’s that searched for it with radiation meters for weeks. They thought they found it but it was just a naturally occurring radioactive source. You’d think with the tech nowadays they would at least know where it was.
Several still missing nukes. US alone,
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_nuclear_incident_terminology#Broken_Arrow
The plane in Thunderball is a Vulcan bomber, one of the most beautiful aircraft and most beautiful and distinctive engine howls
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Vulcan
https://youtu.be/w1igQoRqpBA
The Argentines must have been shitting their pantaloons hearing that coming in.
https://youtu.be/xJlsDiC9TBI
Interesting story of the Vulcan in the Falklands.
Heheh, indeed.
I started Miami Vice season 2 now. Some great cameos in the first episode. Gene Simmons, Penn, and Pam Grier so far.
I think that is around the time Gene played the villain in some forgettable movie.
Impressive aircraft there indeed. I didn’t know about the others, going to have to read about them now as the wife and kids are in bed and I’m still up with a fresh Sierra Nevada. Thanks.
Tried Zooming but apparently my connection is crap.
Oh thank goodness, Gavin Newsom has something to say.
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2021/11/19/sit-down-calif-gov-newsom-joins-lefts-gaslighting-spin-fest-after-rittenhouse-verdict-hint-its-bs/
What was done, was seen.
Youngest kid hosted a friendsgiving for 15 friends. I’m delighted she did it. Now I want them to leave.
/cranky, tired old man
15?! You are a stronger man than me.
I have to give her credit. She put the whole thing together. Mostly a potluck but it wouldn’t have happened if she didn’t organize it. I just had the good graces to stay out of her way.
News You Can Use: Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl was an homage to fucking a woman up her ass.
Goodnight, all!
Nightie night,
Sleep tight AF,
Don’t let the bed bugs bite your wiener.
I have some doubts.
Paging Crystal Gayle…
Yeah no.
Alternatively
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpHuRO1QXgw
LOLOLOL!
Goodnight, Irene. And goodnight to all the rest of you fine people.
God sometimes the internet just comes through when it is needed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OG5PJ3ikyU
Yes! This made my week. Thanks for posting.
I don’t have twatter account, but I might just get one so I can get banned.
Good Morning All:
On the shortages, the local sams club was once again missing lots of pallets of merchandise. Very obvious. Since its the weekend before black Friday, seems that shopping season is going to be a bust.
Meat on display cases $100, reduced $20 for quick sale. No idea how long that can last.
Going to make a baby chick run today to replace flock looses.
At work, it was reported 20% have requested RE or ME from the vid.
Good Morning and Good Night! I’m about to delve into the stored canned goods and rustle up one of my favorite comfort foods – Campbell’s vegetable soup with melted cheese and a bounty of salted crackers. It’s cheap, easy and delicious. Wish I had some shrimp to add to it…
Sprinkled with salty tears. Yum!
The kids not out of the woods yet, but it was nice seeing the outrage.
Enjoy.
SO how was the fallout?
Morning glibsters
I was looted last night.
Turned out it was my wife and kids going through my wallet.
Call Kyle, he can help you.
Not much happening. I dont think they got their orders to riot because they dont want bad behavior while their puppet is president.
So much for road tripping, my back is so jacked up I can’t even walk, wrecking another day. I really want to get out for a bit, but it’s not to be,
/sad Yusef
Going to make a baby chick run today to replace flock looses.
flock losses
How do you guys do this?
Do what?
find obscure (to me) music so quickly.
What shortages are you seeing? What are you stocking up on?
Stocking up on soup! Annual sales of Campbell’s Chunky and Progresso for $1.00 – $1.50 per can. Got about 300 cans, I won’t starve if the SHTF
At my house, we have all the toilet paper.
Wait, wait. I’m worried what you just read was, “At my house, we have lots of toilet paper.”
What I said was, “At my house, we have ALL the toilet paper.”
Do you understand?