What’s all this, then?
“Microsoft Promises To Play Nice With Future Unions Too”
“Insomniac’s Spider-Man and Miles Morales coming to PC”
“Every Reveal from PlayStation State of Play June 2022 in 4.5 Minutes” (Autoplay T/W)
Friday Afternoon Links
About The Author
Riven
[riv-uhn]
noun
1. a gaming, lifting, shooting, intoxicated, ravenous, and happily-taken nerd.
2. often aims to misbehave.
3. and though she be but little, she is fierce.*
And rumor has it that she (and her husband) are also delightful dinner companions. You didn't hear it from me, though.
it’s morbin’ time?
Anyway meme stuff besides, has anyone seen it?
Critical Drinker has an in depth review.
I’m waiting for DVD.
you’re late to the show
At least I’m consistently late.
It’s a gift.
I’m glad to see Sony and Insomniac is deciding to give me a chance to give them money to be Spider Man without buying a whole console.
Woot! Just picked up My First Suppressor! For the bullpup.
I’m pretty sure Mrs. Dean will want one the instant she sees it. It even came with an extra flash hider with the quick-detach threads, so once we put that on her bullpup, she’ll be good to go with mine until hers arrives*. From paperwork submission to delivery was 4 months to the day for this one.
* I will naturally add her to the NFA trust so she is allowed to touch it. What a fucking farce all that is.
What kind of bullpup?
A fussy one, most likely. Hence the suppressor.
One of (((those))) bullpups, I believe.
Sweet! What’d you end up with?
The bullpup is a Tavor X95.
The suppressor is an OSS (now Huxworx) QD-HX95.
The NFA needs to die.
I’d rather get a loudener. (I’m on my phone I can’t link the scene from Johnny Dangerously)
“A Chevron gas station in Los Angeles was spotted charging over $8.00/gal for gasoline on Tuesday, a stark reminder of just how much fuel prices have risen across the country.”
Now it’s up another $2
“Gas prices leap to nearly $10 a gallon at California station after smashing record highs nationally amid Bideninflation”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10883003/Gas-reaches-10-gallon-Chevron-station-California-day-prices-reached-record-levels.html
What’s that? I only know Putinflation.
Oh no… Neph has become one with Landru and the Body….
Fedinflation. I have to remind my trump loving coworkers damn near daily that it is not the president that sets monetary policy, its the FED. And it is the FED that needs to die.
We need a Biden “I did that!” gif like the “It’s Happening!” and “BEEEEESSS!” ones.
I’m still going to do my annual trip across the country to go see the parents. Hope the East Coast doesn’t go too nutty, I know I’ll be paying out the butt until I get past Reno, minimum. I suppose on the plus side, as long as the East Coast doesn’t go into rationing — it is very unlikely their prices will be as bad as California anyway. Glass 30% full and all….
I’m going the other way in July. Hopefully there is no rationing anywhere.
It would be cheaper if you both stayed local and streamed your travels to one another.
But then how would I enjoy FreedomFest despite getting nowhere with libertarian women?
Regular is hovering around $5 here on the Atlantic coast of New York.
Diesel’s over $6/gal in many spots I’ve seen, and gas is creeping up there, too (non-ethanol is already above $6).
Vegas is closely tied to Cali since we do the bullshit winter/summer blends…we are close to $6/gallon here. 364 days and counting….
$4.40 to $4.50 near me. That is up 30 to 40 cents in the last few days.
For some unexplainable reason. I can buy fuel for 20 cents less per gallon in ID than WA
Funny, that. I see a difference of between 20 and 40 cents just crossing the border into Ohio.
Indeed: Waited until Missouri to buy our gas after traveling from Michigan thru Indiana and Illinois. Saved about $0.50 per gallon with our motorhome.
#FJB
Unlawful flight
A federal grand jury has indicted former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate in the House January 6 committee’s investigation.
During a court appearance in Washington, DC, on Friday, Navarro said that he still wants to represent himself without a lawyer and accused prosecutors of using “hardball” tactics by arresting him at an airport and not allowing him to make a phone call.
Navarro said he was arrested at a DC-area airport Friday on his way to Nashville.
January 6 committee member says upcoming public hearings will “blow the roof off the House” 04:58
He faces two contempt counts: one for his failure to produce documents demanded by the committee and the other for failing to show up for subpoenaed testimony before House investigators.
Judge: Are you showing contempt for this court, young lady?
Mae West: I’m doing my best to hide it.
And the Schiff-weasel had documented proof of Trump’s treason… every time… sure. Pull the other one, its got bells on.
Why don’t they show up and take the fifth? You want testimony? Give me immunity.
Maybe because he doesn’t want to be a prop for grandstanding lecturing and participate in that farce?
Yeah it is a double edge sword. Plead the 5th, which gives media coverage and the oh so subtle “no one innocent pleads the 5th!” or just ignore it and get hit with whatever nonsense charges they come up with.
Except Lois Lerner, she is as pure as the driven snow.
“I’ll coöperate if you tell us how many FBI agents were in the crowd leading the ‘insurgency’.”
add “and show me where you have the authority to play all three branches with this inquiry?”
Who is Ray Epps?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJjo8s3fKUM
That really explains Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine.
Would it be possible to do a GoFundMe for Jared Leto to get him to quit acting?
And give up show business?
He could always go back to being a third-rate nu-metal singer…
Can we just bribe him to date Amber Heard? She should kill his career quickly enough….
Half a dozen shots, a few lines, and some GHB and I bet that broad is dynamite in the sack (off her meds).
Depp should be the poster boy for “DO NOT STICK IN CRAZY”.
A half dozen shots and GHB would probably kill her.
Didn’t she snort coke in court?
Appeared to..most likely something to make her cry or just plain habit
YouTubers say WaPo’s Taylor Lorenz falsely claimed she reached out for comment in story about Depp-Heard trial
The WP – the epitome of the ethical MSM.
Bonus after saying one of them “earned up to $80,000 last month”:
That’s still good money.
What’s a factor of 6x when you gotta make a story malign people.
She is a scourge that will continue to do this cause it is the only way she knows he words will be published.
Yup, It’s Terrible
I’m home, and even though it’s a nice sunny day out, I’ll be staying in my dark computer room to kick off the Zoom/Happy Hour/Bull session at 20:00 Eastern.
You’re a saint
I saw it, and now you will see it, if you dare.
I watched it. Why?
The reason, of course, is that gas taxes are hidden in the price of fuel. For the most part, there’s no indication on your receipt about all the taxes that influenced the final price.
After I moved to NH, I noticed some gas stations in NH posted the gas tax total (state and Federal) on the pumps. I haven’t seen that in many years.
All retail pumps herr have stickers showing gas tax by jurisdiction.
Seeing an influx of ‘reaction’ videos to Thomas Sowell. That…is interesting.
Fuck a duck…wrong spot
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Economic-Officials-Says-Biden-Considering-Oil-Tax-Windfall-Tax.html
That will do the trick. Prices will be down to 2 bucks a gallon in no time if only we tax the oil producers harder.
You act as if their stated goal to make oil prices high to reduce demand is not their actual goal.
“If you drove an electric car, you wouldn’t have to worry about it.”
Looks like the duopoly of Pfizer and Moderna want to get rid of another entrant. They basically were successful with J&J, so I’m not surprised here either.
FDA Says Novavax Covid-19 Shot Effective but Signals Safety Worry
“Effective” with this vaccine is quite….a low bar.
So is Safety.
The “advantage” to it is that it is a traditional vaccine.
The question, of course, is if the risks outweigh the benefits.
I saw it, and now you will see it, if you dare.
WTF is wrong with you, Norway?
They’re all weird. Just blonde asians. Je te presente: Whale.
Im going to bed- some of us work all night ya know.
Le déclin de l’empire américain mondial
Patrick Lancaster recently released a report from a DPR camp in Kherson. It’s interesting enough, but for the gun nutz here I’ve started the link where the unit’s snipers show off their 1940’s Mosins.
https://youtu.be/YN6I9IJMxtY?t=686
The wood on one of those Mosins is pretty roughed up.
I wonder if troops in this conflict are bivouacking or digging trenches and churning up material from WW II.
Saw an interesting thing on YouTube reaction videos….reacting to Thomas Sowell. This is a good thing
I agree, Walter Williams and he are not considered real black people and are ignored far too often.
How different would it be if they had been looked to as black leaders?
Instead of the racist grifters like Sharpton and Jackson.
Yep. Sharpton and Jackson are probably household names but Williams and Sowell are not. Great thinkers that didn’t hustle, but educated.
…depending on how they’re reacting…
Mostly black folk giving a pretty honest reaction of “we’ve been lied to”
Hey GT. My company just posted information about our company picnic. It will be at the local Minor League baseball stadium where our West Michigan Whitecaps will be playing your Dayton Dragons. (If I’m not remembering your local team correctly I apologize)
That’s great! You are, indeed, remembering correctly. (We could be at a home game tonight – a game I’d forgotten I’d gotten in exchange for an earlier rain-out – but we’re a bit tuckered after setting up, attending to, and putting away for the night a “yard” [read: “driveway”] sale.)
Hope you have a great time even if the Whitecaps lose! ? They’re 10.5 games behind the 1st place Dragons at the moment. We’ve been to PLENTY of losing games but still had big fun! ?
Does everyone do yard sales the weekend after Memorial Day out in your area, too? Around here it’s the “National Road Yard Sale”. I think the county waives the permit fee for yard sales on this weekend. Effective speed limit on US-40 is 35 with all the yard sale traffic.
I don’t follow the Whitecaps too close, even though they are an affiliate for my Tigers. They are about an hour drive from me so I don’t get there often. I haven’t checked our schedule yet to see if I can make the company outing. Hopefully.
Razorfist weighs in on the Big Trial.
Excellent.
Well played sir
I have never been able to understand what he’s singing.
This was the autoplay after
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkwD5rQ-_d4
I miss the 90s
⬅
Goddammit.
It may be beer time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZgGE_dXBok
Try this one.
First one was better 😉
Watched it… a great take on what captured people to watch the trial. I was angling for a landmark defamation case but the believe women no matter what was a close second.
I was impressed with his empathetic take on the actual mental illness. Kind of took me by surprise.
Whoohoo! Great lesson given to Teen#2….the duty of the police isn’t to protect you, it is to protect the State. His response “Like how they acted in Texas?”
My EBay cargo shorts arrived. All three in excellent condition. I’m very pleased.
Polo shirts and tiki torches to follow?
I do not have any tiki torches.
You should get some.
Hold the drinks in the coaster
Standing round in our shorts (!)
Stand and talk to a boaster
About professional sports
It’s Hawaiian shirts. Duh.
Different gang.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/gun-sales-topped-1-million-month-34-straight-months/
And dems want to enact bans. Lulz.
“Half of them were bought by some guy named Sean.”
?
HEY!
I’m doing my part.
I put in a bid at an upcoming auction for a Webley Mk VI still in .455 and a Remington made Berthier which has no serial number.
I’ll find out soon if I won them both.
Then I’ll be at the Oaks, PA gun show next weekend.
My poor bank account.
Speaking of the Oaks, PA gun show, glibs meet-up on the 11th?
Just wanted to stop by and offer my condolences to OMWC.
I can’t imagine my life without EF and pray to the elder gods that I leave this world before she does. So I can only imagine what OMWC is going through.
Day by day it will get just a little easier but that hole in the heart will always be there.
Relevant
Your daily dose of Sanford & son:
https://youtu.be/dHqT0OkqNfA
Fred had a date.
🙂
Watching Stranger Things – I’m just tickled to see Robert England.
Wouldn’t that be slightly scratchy?
*sigh*
The aphids have arrived. So far just the one plant.
Genocide has begun.
Trade you for our mosquitoes.
We’ll be importing a big batch of ladybugs to work the frontlines.
Ah. So, biological warfare, then.
We have a ghastly gypsy moth infestation going on.
Racist.
I am completely racist against these vermin.
All of them shitting sounds like rain.
Traveler Moth?
Pikey Moth?
A couple good pieces on NRO today.
The editors podcast features Charlie Cooke going on a good breakdown of how Progs who want stricter gun laws – won’t actually prosecute any of those laws when they’re broken – because racism. (starting at 11:00 – https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-editors/episode-439-pride-goes-before-the-fall/).
KDW has a number of gun posts this week, and he keeps hammering the same points he always makes that I don’t see coming from Reason or other “conservative” media. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-can-act-on-guns-without-congress-and-should/ (read past the title)
Joe can show the nation his dedication to fighting gun crime by having Hunter publicly arrested.
Well yes…that’s ultimately why he won’t do the easy stuff like order the gov’t to crack down on violators – see comment above.
That was supposed to be a snide reply to your comment above.
Of course the whole “enforce existing laws” idea carries a lot of traps for the unsuspecting public.
DAILY QUORDLE ROUNDUP™©®
(The ‘Here I come to save the day’ Edition)
#130
Champ
The Hyperbole 19
one true athena 21
QuordleBot 21
Sean 21
Tulip 21
grrizzly 22
Grumbletarian 22
Not Adahn 22
trshmnstr the terrible 22
Tundra 22
whiz 22
Grummun 23
MikeS 23
Cannoli 24
Ozymandias 24
TARDis 27
l0b0t 29
Chumps
Grosspatzer 115
kinnath 118
db 119
Mojeaux 120
robc 122
SDF-7 122
Fucksake! After yesterday’s stellar performance you all Amber Heard’ed it. with the worst average of the week at 47.8695633. 11/12 tundra line and 6 chumps. Do better people.
TWIQ – The Hyperbole holds off the inevitable Quordlebot apocalypse and takes the top spot from that unholy abomination by 0.14285714 points. 18 players posted all seven days with 5 tied for the weekly low of 18 and 2 damn near perfect failures of 309. (Full Weekly Stats for those keeping score at home)
Tourney News – Not Adahn and Tundra tied so they will face off tomorrow to see who joins Grumbletarian, Grosspatzer and The Hyperbole in the Final Four on Sunday.
GQ&GL
I think you missed my 18 on Thursday.