How’s everyone today? The pestilence is still abiding at my house, with the wife probably having strep and the oldest an earache and light fever. I ran out to pick him up from school because he didn’t quite reach the threshold for having to be sent home, and if I come and get him, I can send him to school tomorrow if he’s better. Hoping the doc has space for me to slide in and get some antibiotics. Honestly, though, with the shit a five-year-old’s fingers touch every day, I’m surprised they don’t have permanent infections.
Dammit. I don’t even know how I would improve this story: Florida Man vows to destroy town with army of turtles. h/t: Playa Manhattan
The Day Trump Broke Cher. By which I mean, arrives at a reasonable conclusion on the limits of the welfare state.
China (who has crossed its borders to attack the US in Korea in the last century) says the US treats Latin America like its backyard. It’s called the Monroe Doctrine and its been in place for a while.
From the funhouse mirror: Sudanese protest leaders demand end of ‘deep state’. I lol’d.
Here’s a song about turtles. And probably drugs.
“I ran out to pick him up from school because he didn’t quite reach the threshold for having to be sent home, and if I come and get him, I can send him to school tomorrow if he’s better.”
That’s an expert dad move.
No. I said Bud Light.
Construction worker – “No. I said Bud Light.”
That’s better.
Surgeon: I said “Butt light!” /old dad joke.
It’s an army of Turtles!
Slowly walk around the army, and roll them on their backs. It will neutralize them long enough for the rest of our forces to stop laughing.
Why don’t you just jump on their heads?
And send the shells careening towards our troops? That’s madness
We’ll just have to find a Fire Flower.
You laugh, but those bastards are relentless. My wife works from home. One day she hears a thumping at the front door. She goes and looks out the window, but there is nobody there. And yet the thumping continues. She checks again, but still nothing visible. Thump. Thump. Thump….
She finally actually opens the door and finds a large turtle trying to walk through the door. It never dawned on the bugger to walk around the house to get to the lovely swamp on the other side of the yard. He was determined to go through the house. Given enough time, I am fairly certain he would have succeeded. This bugger was big and probably really old – his shell measured about a foot and a half long and had moss growing on it…
I saw an alligator turtle on TV yesterday. Was 50 years old and weighed 150 lbs. They said they can live to be 100 years old and reach 200 lbs. Damn!
Hopefully IHTH’s turtle wasn’t a snapping turtle. Those things are nasty and often mossy.
And surprisingly good eating.
Nope, was a placid, but very determined, critter. Wife just moved him to the back of the house roughly in line with where he was heading. She went to check on him every hour or so to make sure he was still moving in the same direction, and he eventually made it across the yard.
She said he did seem to be quite disgruntled at the fact that someone put a house in his path though….
…so, any sign of a general turtle mobilization???
That one just took a step!
*blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam*
*reloads*
*blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam**blam*
Damn thing keeps dodging!
/cop accuracy
There’s one of them over there! It’s coming right at us!
-1 furtive movement
That turtle foot looked just like a gun!
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Turtle invasion
Do we need a new Cher now? That one was getting pretty old anyhow.
My media server in college was named Cher. It was supposed to be “Share”, but my friend decided to be a wise guy.
Cher and Cher alike?
[golf clap]
I apologize for my boorishness in hijacking this thread instead of commenting on Brett’s links (which I’m sure are of highest quality), but I may have made a very notable discovery today. I believe that I might have found the elusive Dumbest Person on the Internet:
From the comments here:
https://www.facebook.com/the1ashow/posts/2640986219306792
And these people vote.
And you know these idiots hand their tax return job to “a professional” and never look at the damned thing after it is returned to them.
#metoo
But my professional compares my total YoY taxes paid and discusses strategies.
There’s the difference – you actually pay attention to what the professional has to say.
I was about to start using a professional because my investment stuff was getting more and more complicated, until this new scheme came in, Now I’m back to the standard deduction so it hardly seems worth it. I’m sure when I retire and it gets complicated again I will go to a professional.
Many years ago, I once had a conversation with a half dozen college educated coworkers who assured me they paid no taxes because they got a refund every year.
No explanation worked. I had to beg them to pull up their own 1040’s and look at the line that says TAX. They still didn’t believe me.
Many of these individuals were early career professionals with no assets and a single W-2. Unsurprisingly they paid tax preparers to spend 3 minutes filling out their 1040EZ because they could’t figure out how to do it.
*sigh*
I can’t even.
People should have to do their taxes by hand, even just once, so that they can understand what tax returns are.
+1040
This is precisely why employers should not be required to withhold taxes from your payroll. Sure, you are free to setup automatic bank account deductions to move money to an escrow account, but that should all be on you.
And tax day will be moved to the day before election day.
My wife did a few stints with H&R Block years ago, and the thing that killed her was people paying a fee to get a “Rapid Refund”. They’d pay a hefty fee to walk out of the office with their “refund”, but it was actually a short term loan secured by their refund. So when the real refund came through, it went to H&R Block. She said in most cases if you figured out the interest it was over 100%, but the yahoos didn’t care because they didn’t have to wait a couple weeks for the money.
And I thought she was dumb.
You know, that person really is an idiot but the Republicans cheesed it on the PR aspect of the tax cut by not increasing the refund at the end of the year rather than doing what they did. People don’t realize they’re receiving it in smaller increments during the year it seems.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was an intentional decision by the IRS to fuck up the withholdings. I was expecting to owe a couple hundred bucks based on the previous tax regime, but it turned out to be $2600, instead. I changed nothing, but I was getting hundreds more per paycheck.
My federal withholding last year was $65 less than in 2017, despite my having made rather more.
To be fair, however, I had to write a bigger check because of a 1099 I got. Without that I think I would have written a rather smaller check.
I read that the IRS change withholding requirements for this tax year. Normally, it’s about 2/3rds of people get a refund of some sort. The IRS wanted fewer people to get refunds (closer to 50%).
This means that my wife and I make several thousand more in 2018 and had a net tax bill about one thousand less than 2017 (thanks tax cuts). And yet we were somehow $5700 underwithheld. That was a painful check to write.
The fuckwads at the IRS are clearly trying to fuck over the Trump administration.
And amazingly, a lot of people are falling into the trap.
My state refund was about 80% of the refund I got last year.
And yet I went from owing $2k last year to almost $6k this year on a lower total tax bill from the Feds.
The theory I heard from the local prog was that the withholding tables were rigged to put more money in the taxpayer’s pocket so they would have more to spend every two weeks and that would make the terrible Trump economy look good due to the increased consumer spending. Now the economy will crash because people have smaller refunds to spend.
We actually ended up owing similar to last year based on similar earnings. Go figure.
More turtle music
Is this old news, when did Notre Dame cathedral burn down? Did that just happen?
TODAY, it is Still on fire right now.
I would have loved to have seen it. I love cool architecture and stained glass. Too late now. Sad.
Saw it, and the Holocaust Memorial (Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation) on the Île de la Cité back in the late 90s; there were young couples everywhere snogging and enjoying life, and the cafés were full to bursting. I’m amazed that they could fit “hundreds of firefighters” on the amount of real estate of the Île.
As of right now, both of the rectangular towers appear to have been saved, and hopefully the main structure of the transept. Fingers crossed.
Yeah, but to what end? Do you keep that section open? You can’t rebuild.
This sucks. I never got to see it.
Well, you can rebuild, but yeah, for the next few hundred years, people who go into the rebuilt section(s) will be reminded that they’re in the “new” part of the cathedral.
Given how long it’s taken to build Gaudi’s masterpiece Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, I’m sure I’ll be long dead before Notre Dame‘s completely restored/renovated. Hell, I might not make it to see the Familia completely finished.
There are entire towns in Germany that were rebuilt from nearly scratch. You get over it.
Yep. Stuttgart comes to mind — a friend there showed us the “rubble mountain” of the town after the Allies had bombed the bejeezus out of it during the final days of WWII. For all practical intents and purposes, they voted to rebuild the town exactly the way it was prior to the bombing campaign, including all the annoying little streets that meandered hither and yon and didn’t take vehicular traffic very well.
Same in Würzburg (I lived there for a year). And most towns in the West. In the East – not so much. Lots of their obliterated rubble areas got turned into Soviet-style blocks that look like ghetto housing.
I’ve seen it.
The gargoyles were so impressive they were actually a little scary.
No Happy Together for the song? Asshole.
Too litigious.
Try clicking my music links.
I dare you.
Right after I click a couple of Heroic Mulatto’s links.
Here you go.
Much better.
The Kaylan-Volman version always makes me think of Bwana Dik.
“Dammit. I don’t even know how I would improve this story: Florida Man vows to destroy town with army of turtles.”
The funniest part is that the cops took him seriously. I bet they were ninja turtles, right?
Obviously, are there any other types of turtles?
It’s called the Monroe Doctrine and its been in place for a while.
Bruh, I think you want the Roosevelt Corollary here.
Assume you mean Teddy, “talk softly and carry a big stick.”
Yeah. The Monroe Doctrine roughly stated that the US would not abide European powers meddling within our sphere of influence and that if a colony wanted independence we thought that was peachy.
The (Teddy) Roosevelt Corollary was that if an independent Latin American state was fucking up we’d intervene to prevent Europe from getting antsy and attempting to get involved.
‘Florida Man vows to destroy town with army of turtles.’
Worst Steven King short story ever.
I admit, it’s a slow burn, but it gets there in the end.
Turtles promote home defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9scNl9h4Q
Wow. Those ‘active shooter’ training videos they show the kids at schools nowadays are retro as fuck.
Or, since you all marvel in awe at the terrible music I post, more turtle music
Wow.
You really have a gift.
Or maybe a curse.
I apologize in advance.
I found the house band for the turtle takeover.
Awww, I was hoping one of these links would be TBT.
Minne boys, dontcha know.
Here’s a beauty
Here’s a beauty
One in a million girl?
I saw the tubes at Hollister independence rally 1998. Man they were terrible! I heckled them all the way through. It was epic.
From Duluth, no less
Ever seen them up there at Bayfront?
A few years ago I was doing a quick loop of northern Minnesota for a friendly competition to take selfies with Paul Bunyan statues and narrowly missed seeing them live in Duluth (I checked a few days after I’d booked everything and saw they were playing the weekend before). I was bummed. They’re fun live.
I’ve never seen them and they are popular enough to not be around much anymore. I noticed they are gonna be at Red Rocks in July, but I’m gonna be in Canada.
Eventually I’ll see them.
I got this.
My boyfriend is insistent that if you leave any Pandora playlist long enough it’ll play Where Is My Mind. So I put it on and the first song up was TBT’s cover of it.
It’s Shredder and his minions you have to worry about. Not the Turtles.
Growing up, I had a husky friend we nicknamed Bebop. He hated that.
Motherboard is here. For the record, the Processor was indeed an i9-9900x (LGA2066 Socket).
Sadly, the heat sink is still on the way. So tomorrow, I have a confluence of the heat sink, after-hours work that requires me to not disassemble my desktop, and the Marauder II release.
Which board are you putting that in? I’m looking at the ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe 2. It has 8 DDR4 slots, so I figure I can stick 2 16s in there and add some more later. I think I’m going to go with the 7820X i7 8 core though. I’m balking at spending a grand on a chip, I can get the 7820X for $629.
I have an ASUS TUF x299 Mark 2, also has eight memory slots, of which four will be populated when I put it together.
That’s a nice board also. I’m also eyeing a Thermaltake Tower 900 E-ATX Vertical Super Tower case for the new board. I said I won’t mess with water cooling, but I love how it looks.
I’m using my existing case… I don’t know what it is, but it’ll fit the board.
I have a black Thermaltake case now that is a monster. 13 drive bays. Even with the huge heat sink on the CPU, the 1080ti and 3 SSDs, it looks really empty. But I like the tempered glass cases, so I might finally replace it.
I don’t see my tower most of the time. It’s in shadows under my ‘desk’.
Come to think of it, I should use this moment to move from this piece of plywood on a shelving unit over to my actual desk made of actual wood that is sitting in the same room but didn’t get used because I set up my computer before I moved any furnature into the house.
Nvnme drive on my new MB was a huge win.
*stares blankly*
I’m not sure if that was a typo or tech I’ve never heard of.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2899351/everything-you-need-to-know-about-nvme.html
First hit. Much faster than SATA SSD
Eh, I’m not suffering from read/write time. I need more capacity.
There are two m.2 ports on this motherboard.
I’m not sure if I’m going to use them, or what they support for throughput.
In my qualitative view they seem to make apps open noticeably quicker.
My slower desktop outperformed my old much faster gaming rig with a sata ssd.
are you SLIing 2080Tis or something? I’m wondering why you went go Skylake-X, but not higher core count? You paid a huge platform tax to get on LGA2066 and paid $500 extra over the 9900K for 2 more cores, but not $600 for 4 more? not to mention the higher all-core turbo on the 9900K, and latency penalty from the mesh bus on Skylake-X
Here’s where you’ve erred.
You assumed a higher level of research than I actually cared to do. My process started at the problem. My problem was memory. I started from there and walked towards CPU.
Also I can’t tell from the phrasing if you’re claiming the 14 core model is only $100 more than the ten, or not.
I have actually never had an issue where I ran out of CPU cycles since the introduction of a second core way back when.
the 8C/16T 9900K (LGA1151V2 platform) is $500 and what I’m comparing against
10C/20T 9900X (LGA2066 platform) is $1000
12C/24T 9920X (LGA2066 platform) is $1200
2066 motherboards are typically 50-100% more expensive than 1151V2 boards
(but it’s an extra $200 now, intel’s SRP and street pricing has diverged)
I kinda figured you’d research something like this, especially if you hold onto computers for as long as possible.
There’s a limit to the amount of frustration I’m willing to put up with in figuring out “Will this work with that?”
The reason I stick with the same box for so long is I hate the work to get it running. I’m not going to notice two more cores, so I probably could have gotten away with only 8. And if I’d spent a week, I could have min/maxed the price tag while I was at it.
You’re not going to talk me into buyer’s remorse over wanting to get something ‘working’ as fast as I could manage.
The 14 core is $300-400 more than the 10 core on Amazon. The way I see it is that you are future proofing your rig because you probably won’t find anything to tax that thing for many years to come.
Only on my low powered HTPC rigs have I had CPU cycle issues.
Regular desktop and gaming rigs have never been big issue. Oculus Rift finally pushed me to upgrade. It actually handles multi threading well enough to take advantage.
The games themselves don’t thread particularly well, but all the VR processes do.
Air or water cooled? I’m not a fan of leaks so I have an insanely big air cooler with slow speed fans.
Very good noise levels. I value quiet over absolute performance.
Air.
I’m sticking it in my existing tower, with the existing hard drives, power supply, and video card.
Leaks scare me also. That’s why I’m hesitant to do water cooled. Frying a couple thousand dollars of hardware would really suck.
Yeah, I am not going to put that investment at risk like that. As long as I can maintain operating temperature, I’m good. Overclocking is for people who do research.
Re celebrities. Slowly. Slowly they’re figuring it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2fLfeHfz0M
We all knew it was projection in most cases and that the people doing the screaming had bigger problems personally than anything to do with Trump.
Am I the only one who remembers Trump going on Oprah and there was no talk of him being a Nazi and a monster? It really has nothing to do with Trump anyway, it’s because he beat Hillary and he’s unafraid of them and won’t apologize. They’re used to just being able to shout down everyone or label them a racist and have people groveling. They could have gotten that with Jeb, but that didn’t work out.
Chelsea Handler = would.
Don’t come at me with the hot/crazy matrix stuff. I know and don’t care.
Don’t come at me with the hot/crazy matrix stuff.
How about the fact that she has always been a bit too bony, has a massive case of resting bitch face, and she’s starting to show her age?
The boniness and RBF weirdly seem to work in her favor as far as I’m concerned. I’m also starting to get a little rusty in the undercarriage myself, to her age is a plus to me too. If she was to ever quit drinking and somehow discover libertarianism through sobriety, I think my boner would explode with the force of a thousand nuclear bombs.
That sounds like a nasty venereal disease.
For Handler? No problem-it’ll be quite easy to not do so.
I think she is trying to save face at this point.
I just found out Gram Parsons isn’t in the country music hall of fame?
Wow.
Sounds like a project is needed to get him in.
Alan is on it…
He’s a goddamn pussy.
I wonder what metric they use to decide who gets in.
A pretty good one apparently, although they’re letting in too many people recently. Don Williams wasn’t inducted until 2010. There are a lot of others left out that should be in there before OD boy.
Notre Dame looks like a total loss happening.
I have to remind myself to wait for information. Don’t jump to conclusions or speculate.
I just find it very suspicious to have a famous cathedral on fire in the week leading up to Easter.
They’re doing construction so it
could be grinding, welding, etc. That’s the likely cause but what I assume you’re hinting at wouldn’t surprise me either.
This is why I’m reminding myself of the “Wait for more information” Principle I purport to live by in such situations. (ie, not directly involving me and easily sensationalized)
*If* it would be *them*. The reaction will be telling of it all.
Destroying cherished Western monuments and Churches on home soil shouldn’t be tolerated full stop.
Are you secretly Glen Beck?
*sound of all the pieces clicking together*
I will admit, with this happening during a holy week, The thought did pop into my head to wonder if there were any Muslims on the renovation crew.
Hanlon’s razor applies. Cock-up over conspiracy.
It may have been some idiot leaving a lit cigarette somewhere near flammable stuff.
Fricken Parisian mimes and their cigarettes and berets.
What exactly is burning? I thought that except for the roof the whole thing was made of stone. (Please forgive my ignorance of architecture and engineering).
Roof, one of the spire has collapsed. It’s already on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vgVExkZ9GE
They just said the fire is completely out in the Bell Towers, but the fire in the cathedral proper seems out of control.
Whelp, that’s terrible.
Exterior is stone, but there is a lot smaller wooden rooms that I would guess function as residences for a few priests, as well as storage and display of artifacts.
Wooden trusses too, I just heard.
The Archbishop of Paris has his office there.
It looked like the entire structure was surrounded by wood scaffolding prior to the fire. I wouldn’t jump to conclusions just yet either. Simple negligence is most likely at this point.
Apparently not. Look at some of the pics of the spire burning. Looks like a lot of wood there.
They got a bunch of the artwork and relics out, it sounds like.
Yes, a bunch of statues were taken off the roof last week and other stuff got removed today before the fire got lower. I just heard them say they aren’t sure how many were lost though.
The stained glass is all gone, I think.
And that’s the most notable thing of the entire place. Notre Dame’s stained glass was arguably the finest on earth, featuring hues that have never been recreated in nearly a thousand years since.
Such a tragic event. So much beauty being wiped out.
That’s terrible!
It better be an act of God.
Nope, not me.
Somewhat related, has Just Sayin’ been around lately?
Shut it down. You win.
He’s over on the Reasonoids mailing list.
Once it got going, there was very little they could do to put it out. Based on expert opinion.
He sounds right.
It sounds like we need common sense candle control.
I’d bet the more mundane answer is a run-of-the-mill hotwork failure or something left running (e.g. shop vac) forever that shouldn’t have been. I think the Cutty Sark fire was a shop vac left on.
Construction worker and cigarette?
I’d say a likely candidate.
Would really hate to be that construction worker right about now.
They all smoke, good luck figuring out who done it.
We’re not talking about a nuclear submarine here.
But yeah…fire watch not doing their job.
Huh, I figured some cheapskate priest wouldn’t spring for lube and the altar boy was a bit tighter than anticipated and the friction started thing on fire.
a half dozen college educated coworkers who assured me they paid no taxes because they got a refund every year.
QED.
I just found out Gram Parsons isn’t in the country music hall of fame?
Tell him to keep trying.
He should leave that island where he lives with Andy Kaufman, Elvis, Janis, Jimi and Jim.
Alternative family arrangements: bald eagles.
MMF threeways = freedom (occasionally).
Jesse: “I thought she’d never leave.”
…Latin America IS in our back yard, though.
So is Russia.
Latin America may have it rough but I think they still made out better than Tibet.
thicc?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6923207/Demi-Rose-puts-eye-popping-display-plunging-satin-dress.html
Looks like she had the tires inflated some.
Huh, I never knew this existed.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6924887/Ryan-O-Neal-puts-portrait-former-love-Farrah-Fawcett.html
Holy smokes, Brooke Burke – looking good for 47. Looking good for any age, really.
ISTR she married a big-time Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, so there’s a bunch of work there, but it’s high-quality.
or not Brooke’s first marriage to plastic surgeon Garth Fisher ended in divorce in 2005 – at least, not on the arm.
She’s phenomenal
The “I have one smile” smile.
Look like an asshole for $9430
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6924829/Brie-Larson-turns-heads-floral-dress-statement-pink-ruffle-Avengers-event-South-Korea.html
All you need to know about climate change in 30 seconds. Idiot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuOMuI0okmY
He’s like a stiffer, stupider, Al Gore, if that’s possible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunchback_of_Notre-Dame#Title
It was an angry tome against the modern architecture of the day.
It’s better he’s dead because it got even worse.
If there’s any team that can come from 0-3 down it’s Tampa.
Just saying.
Boo!
Go Jackets!
It’s not likely. CBJ is playing, like, totes amazing.
are.
waaatevah.
Theme song for today.
I was expecting this.
Michael Malice beat you to that one.
Next up: Talking Heads.
For us ex-raver, gen x kids:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw
The inspiration for Mugatu?
Holy shit.
*glass shaters*
Mixed with a bit of late eighteenth century French nobility prissy pants and you may have something there.
Here’e one from Uncle Bob
I thought Bob Mould was your uncle.
“….and Bob’s your uncle!”
/common British expression that doesn’t mean much, there you go.
That was after they stopped making techno though.
I would have gone with this.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NoDEu7kpg
That’s the most on topic.
For a little local flavor.
Was Jimmy Savile the host back then? Extra irony.
We usee extra irony on Jimmy Savile Row tailored shirts. Starchee extra.
I saw him play this live, a long time ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5PoIrcyd34
I know his politics suck ass, but he played a great set.
See those flames lick that spire.
Bravo!
Someone just edited the Wikipedia page on the Hunchback of Notre Dame to add this:
Lol. Sometimes I love life and humans.
Impossible, Pie is the hunchback and she has a rock solid alibi.
And the section I quoted has now been deleted. Hmm…
Well, they finally did it:
Astute readers will notice that our longtime blog, Hit&Run, is gone. All the news, views, and abuse you’re used to from Reason staffers will appear as standalone articles from now on.
Ehh, it died when this place formed. This was merely burying the remains.
I’m surprised they announced it.
No no no, don’t you see now that they got rid of that pesky free speech we are finally on the cusp of the libertarian moment, they had to tell everyone.
So they have no comments section anymore?
Yeah, I just checked some articles, no comment option.
There still are comments, just a lot harder to find.
They still have comments. But, the comments have definitely been demoted.
The departure of all the quality commentariat at one time, doomed them.
The departure of all the quality commentariat…
Along with the rest of you guys…
Looks like it. I checked out a couple articles and didn’t see anywhere to put comments.
Or what Winston & wdalasio said
There’s a pink quotation box at the top of each article along with a half dozen other icons (twitter, etc.).
It’s for the best.
So is the Suckification of Reason over?
Depends, Is TDS still a thing?
No, just like your mother.
Sorry, I forgot to pile on.
Not over, so much as complete.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_(magazine)
Fuck Timmy. Bastard banned me.
Something, something, broken clock, something.
He is the only one I ever respected.
Now I know why.
Fill me in. Why is this a bad thing?
I don’t know. Did they disable comments?
Most of the remaining commenters were disabled so they just ran with it.
It’s not a good thing or a bad thing, just evolution at work.
I do feel a little nostalgic though, because I remember when Hit&Run first started.
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da.
It’s a sad thing for me- I met folks from there who became close and long time real-life friends. At one time, it had a terrific atmosphere and there was some excellent and spirited discussion. That changed, but I suspect that from a commercial standpoint, this is no big loss to them.
This.
I suspect that those of us who donated to the site were just a drop in the bucket.
I’ve been reading Bob Poole’s memoirs about working and building up Reason; and it’s kind of sad where it’s gone to.
Do the memoirs charge an extra fee for each page you turn, on top of the original purchase price?
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2016 Was a Hell of Year. Lucky for You, Reason Is a Hell of a Magazine.
Yeah, it was. Then November, 8th came and went and three-quarters of your staff lost their fucking minds.
The King is Dead. Long Live the Glib!
* Fastens seat belt, braces for sudden influx of commentors*
And cat butts.
Heh, you have a point there. I’m sure one of Shreek’s socks will make another attempt soon.
you’ve been here for a while already.
We need some loyal opposition.
Virginia Postrel’s posthumous victory.
RIP gone too soon
IT WASN’T MY FAULT!
I don’t even speak Spanish.
Ahh, the Ice Queen. She’ll have to miss us forever now.
All the articles I clicked on still have comments sections.
Yep – cloud icon icon on the very bottom of their “articles”
It was a career liability for the writers.
How so? The comment section hasn’t been abolished (for now….)
Don’t talk about Lucy
I’ve seen her naked.
YOU LIE!
Rumors of her penis are somewhat exaggerated.
About a decade ago, they were voted one of the best blogs on the internet.
This is a defeat. There’s really no other way to describe it.
Defeat or slow suicide?
Both, I guess.
Well they still have money and cocktail party invites…
Wow. I think my first comment over there was in 2002? Maybe 2003. Good times but i wasted so damn many hours there…sad to hear it is gone but i suppose i don’t really miss it.
About the same for me (four or five handles back).
Were you there for the first group mutiny from H&R (Grilliad or something like that)?
I was for a while
No. I found Jennifer remarkably annoying and was glad to see her go.
For some odd reason, MNG took a liking to me.
That’s a name I’d almost forgot.
Ah, the Gryl
Wow. Lot of familiar names there. I’ve never been.
Me neither, and ditto on the familiar names.
Wow, it’s still going. Splitters!
four or five handles back
tulpa confirmed!
I recall, quite a few years ago, when Hit&Run was one of the top 10 blogs according to (I think) Playboy magazine among several others. Then they dissed Sloopy’s Mom and the rest is history.
I went by last week and was gonna comment on a Fruit-Sushi article but found my handle was a reference to their ignoring Sloopy’s mother. I changed it way back then but then cut out for this, far superior, place. Then I saw a comment wherein Crusty Juggler was being accused of being a brand new Libtard troll, so I scurried back here. I miss Liberty, it was the magazine that led me to Reason and it was a great read.
China (who has crossed its borders to attack the US in Korea in the last century) says the US treats Latin America like its backyard.
They’re just jealous.
^This.
Their recent actions in Africa and elsewhere show every intent they have to project global power.
It is kind of our backyard. Or front yard, depending on which way you’re facing.
And China treats Tibet like an open air latrine.
Well, that point is moot
No refunds past 2 hours.
At least it was only $15
A company sent me the wrong part. It probably cost them fifty cents to make, but they wanted it back anyway. So they sent me two separate boxes via UPS. One box had the replacement part. The other box? It had a FedEx return label.
SMDH
I ordered two brass rods from Amazon, the package (and it was just an envelope wasn’t like they were shrink wrapped together and bar coded or anything) only had one. There was no way for them to send me one more, they had to send me two more and I had to send one of the three identical rods back.
That’s just retarded.
>>>>arrives at a reasonable conclusion on the limits of the welfare state.
According to a few open border advocates, the US can easily handle the population of 1 Billion people. So just triple our current population and – uh – profit?
https://openborders.info/blog/billion-immigrants-change-american-polity/
oops wrong article – but whatevs.
The same idiots will tell you that unless we reduce the global population to 500 million or less, the earth is unsustainable. I mean, I guess unless we put all 7.5 billion in the USA and give them free shit, then it’s OK.
Unless you put them in sanctuary cities. Because despite the fact that they are literally advertising to illegal immigrants by designating themselves as such, they actually scream and cry if someone proposes the idea of shipping the illegal immigrants there.
It’s amazing how easy they are to troll when you DGAF.
I’m roasting a 30lb suckling pig with some friends on Saturday.
I’ve been doing some test kitchen type experiments to make sure we get it right, and don’t ruin an expensive piece of meat.
Just finished a test run with a sodium phosphate brine (36 hours). It is SO MUCH BETTER than the control. Juicy, succulent, flavorful. I’m going to consider this mandatory from now on.
Interesting, keep me posted
This should last you a few years:
https://www.amazon.com/PhosThis-Premium-Phosphate-Blend-16oz/dp/B014ICW6DY/?th=1
Although, they do have an all in one blend for injection, if you don’t want to make a brine from scratch:
https://www.amazon.com/Make-Meaty-Injection-Base-gallon/dp/B00OVA8N8G/
Do you need any meat glue? I still have a bunch of meat glue.
If the head falls off, you’ll be my first phone call.
Any time I need to hold my meat in place, I just click a Q link.
Is it in a 55 gallon drum?
I’m suckling a 30 lb roasting pig.
How will you be roasting it? Hawaiian luau style?
Rotisserie over a flat bed of coals, with a few applewood chunks.
I’m not the lead on this, but I’m trying to exert as much control as I can. My neighbor wanted to pick the pig up on Friday for a Saturday morning start time. HELL NO. It needs to brine for at least 2 days, if not more.
Take some pics if you wouldn’t mind. And yes, your neighbor is crazy. Hell, I let my tri tips brine for two days. Makes a big difference.
He’s Canadian, here on assignment for 3 years. I assume that he doesn’t know any better.
Did you kill it yet?
El Gaucho Meat Market of Lawndale, CA took care of it for me.
Careful there. Folks might realize you’re not a Player from NYC.
Good to have a posse
*blows into conch shell*
I used to do a pig roast about once per year, generally around the 4th of July. We didn’t do a 30lb pig, closer to a 150lb pig.
1. Dig a big-ass pit (6 ft deep or so and large enough to fit the pig)
2. Throw a bunch on rocks in the bottom.
3. Build a big-ass fire in the pit starting about mid-afternoon. Stand around said fire drinking beer.
4. Stuff the pig carcass with a bunch of veggies and cover liberally with BBQ sauce. We used to use Powdrells
5. Wrap the pig with a sheet then cover with water-soaked gunny sacks. Place the whole thing on a piece of remesh
6. Drop the assembly into the firepit around 9PM. Cover with dirt and go to bed.
7. About 2-3PM the next day, dig up pig, pull out of the pit with the remesh and unwrap.
8. Enjoy the most succulent pig you’ve ever eaten.
Are you Andrew Zimmern?
Amusing story for tax day: since Meghan Markle hasn’t renounced her US citizenship –
*giggles*
There is still an amendment kicking around that would strip citizenship of anyone who accepts a title of nobility.
Extend it to anyone who continues to use their former office as a continuing title and I’m sold.
Florida Man
Video recreation
Wifey is chaperoning a field trip to Hotlanta so it’s me and the kids for 2 days. We just fried a bunch of chicken and okra, made biscuits, and I’m introducing them to the cartoon delight that is Thundaar The Barbarian. Life is good.
Oh, fuck yeah. Thundaar was the joint.
Great taste on both counts!
I had forgotten how much I love fried okra. We had to make a second batch.
Need to figure out where I can find that regularly – home batches (frozen, etc) don’t work well for me. Walmart has it in the deli periodically, but not recently. One of my favorites.
I love that stuff. A lot of restaurant supply places have it frozen in bulk, if you’re feeling adventurous.
Thundaar The Barbarian
Every few years in my Google search history is an entry along the lines of “cartoon comet moon split magic” because I can’t remember the series name.
It’s so ingrained in my childhood that I started laughing when I heard of the band Ookla The Mok
? that show
http://www.itsaturday.com/Thundarr-the-Barbarian-1980-1984
All the episodes watchable at the link above
Got mine here: https://www.warnerbros.com/tv/thundarr-barbarian-complete-series
I got mine at Amazon.
An army of turtles. Hmmm.
Unless they are named after renaissance artists couldn’t you just walk fast and outrun them?
Being Florida, they are sure to have a cadre of suicide gopher turtles. Their mission is to plant themselves on the roadway and act as speed-bumps. Once the townsfolk have been slowed down, it’s TERRAPIN TIME!!
Pretty sure you can walk slowly and outrun them.
I can walk slowly and outrun a bus around here. Fun fact: on the block where I used to live around the corner from my present location, there was a stop at both ends. The system appears to be designed for the senior set, and every time someone points out there’s way too many damn bus stops, they let you have it.
Do they have those stupid double-length bifurcated buses over by you? They are far too long for these early to mid-20th century Rockaway roads.
No. Never seen the like in Brooklyn. Only Manhattan, and rarely then.
They are all over the place out here and they can snarl up traffic like you wouldn’t believe.
First-world problems – I’m reluctant to leave the house because my shipment of wine is “out for delivery, signature required”.
Shipment of wine? That sounds very illegal.
Totally legal in Mass, thanks to Drew Bledsoe.
I spoke it into existence – wine has arrived! Now to catalog it, label it and put it in the basement. It’s like collecting baseball cards! But you eat the cards, and they get you drunk? I dunno, that analogy may be flawed.
Catalog it and label it? How big is your cellar?
These euphemisms!
That all sounds grander than it is; there are around 120 bottles, spread between the cabinet up here, a little wine fridge and a rack in the basement.
I use https://www.cellartracker.com/ to keep track of what’s where; the ‘drinkability report’ is handy, in that it uses an age x quantity formula to let you know what’s ready to go, if you don’t have something particular in mind.
I’d be fine without CellarTracker, but it appeals to my inner librarian.
I like CellarTracker reviews and the drinkability reports.
If he asks you to put lotion on before going into his cellar – RUN! RUN AWAY! IT’S A TRAP!
The house is from 1890-something, with a fieldstone foundation, so it’s got a nice Silence of The Lambs vibe.
Even before Drew Bledsoe, wine could be shipped to Massachusetts customers. But wine shipment companies had to have local distributors/representatives.
True, true – this particular shipment would have been right out as they’re a tiny place with no local representation that I’m aware of.
Some random music: Ronnie Lane of the Faces/The Small Faces had a good solo run before MS took its toll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ0AI_w_70w
Today in pulling numbers out of our ass.
The kicker to me would seem to be that every product I look at already states the amount of sugar in grams/serving.
Or you know, humans can how sweet food is.
But this time it will work.
Looks like the fire started in the attic, where they were doing renovations. Based on the fire load, the age of the timber and the point of origin, this was a done deal before the first engine ever left the station.
Listen to him, folks, he was the top arsonist in Contra Costa County.
“Only thing better than fighting them is lighting them.”
I did put some fire on the ground.
OMWC I saw you took to the charcoal grill. If you haven’t already, I would invest in a good chimney starter and a grilling stone for pizzas.
The grill is a bit too small for our stone, but for small pizza, we have an electric unit with a stone that works surprisingly well.
Building a chimney is a project for next weekend.
Nice, do you own a spot welder?
Torch. I’m old school.
Contra Costa County?
That’s where I live.
Oh, I’m sure the contractor posted enough bond to cover the loss of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
That’s going to take the GDP of a small country to rebuild.
I pick 2137 as the start date for reconstruction, and never for the final date.
So… insurance, Catholic Church, or French Gov’t funds for reconstruction?
Yes. And throw in a bunch of UNESCO funds as well.
Monks all over Paris are frantically handwriting and illuminating “Goeth Thou and Fund Me” pages.
Ok, I lol’d.
[golf clap]
The smallest timber in that roof is 12″x12″ beams.
The cheaper way to go would be with cased gluelam beams. I can’t imagine what the cost for full dimensional lumber would be in today’s dollars. The other question is whether modern building codes would apply?
OSHA would kill any project like that stone dead.
Or steel beams “boxed” in real wood.
Of course, it’s very possible that none of us will be alive to see what the rebuild looks like.
As I understand it, these trusses aren’t visible from public areas. They’re structural, so there’s no reason for them to be wood.
May as well just replace everything with Ikea furniture.
It would take twice as long to rebuild just because of the assembly instructions.
Just to stoke the conspiracy fires, you never know.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Namdaemun_fire
Spud are you currently or have you lived in CCC? I grew up in Martinez, but left many years ago.
I lived in central CCC for 30 years. The last 20 in Pleasant Hill.
We moved to Idaho seven years ago.
CCC was a big part of my life. My great-grandparents had a ranch in Antioch. And every job I had seemed to take me to Concord.
It’s all very different today.
First house I ever bought was in Antioch within walking distance of the Contra Loma reservoir. Every time we go back to see my kids, it’s worse. I have zero regrets for leaving. I got to enjoy it before it became a shithole.
When I was there in the ’70s it was paradise! We could ride minibikes everywhere, hunt rabbits and pick fruit in the orchard. I was probably only one of a handful of MN yutes who had experience harvesting almonds. By the late ’80s it was declining and now I don’t recognize it.
The family still owns a bit of land there, but no one cares.
I just wish my kids could have seen it back in the day. I was really fucking lucky.
I’m glad I left in ’94, but enjoyed growing up there.
We’ve lived in Orinda for 20 years now.
Heh, I remember when we were moving up there from SoCal and the place across the street from you went up for sale. Both wives said in chorus, “NO!!!”
Well, those days are gone. So are those wives.
My tortoise said that water’s for suckas and wack as turtles.
Did SNL start being funny again while nobody was watching?
I’m pretty sure that being funny is offensive to the woke crowd, so probably not.
Whatever SNL does, someone else does it better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEfwyt5-VbQ
Sometimes even Mad TV.
I’d say during its run Mad TV was consistently funnier and more willing to shit on the famous and powerful than SNL over that time period and I thought SNL possibly had its most well-rounded cast.
Who is that? They are not SNL. I dont know any of those people and they aren’t running around with their hair on fire repeatedly yelling “Trump is a poppyhead!”
Joaquin Phoenix is playing Jesus in new film but refused to do one thing: ‘Who the f— would do that?’
For some extra eye-rolling:
“Let’s make a movie about Jesus that Christians won’t want to see!”
Oh I dunno — Jesus, maybe?
Look Joaquin, your Joker was excellent, but do you really think you know more about performing miracles than the Lamb of God? You couldn’t even bring your own brother back from the dead.
“You couldn’t even bring your own brother back from the dead.”
Harsh, but fair.
“Shut the fuck up and follow your lines. You are a prop, that’s all.”
I’m making a gallon of my fresh salsa. Now with MOARZ SOAP WEED!
Did you roast the tomatoes first?
No, it’s fresh salsa, I don’t cook anything.
*shudders*
SOAP WEED, FTW!!!
Love the soap weed, man. Love.
Cilantro is good for the liver, you dumb shits!
You just continue to disappoint me.
Did you hear the part about the liver?
I have to disappoint you today so I can be alive to disappoint you tomorrow.
Maybe the soap weed is why I was able to almost kill myself drinking while being overweight and sedentary, yet my liver function was 100%. Made of cast iron and teflon coated no doubt.
Srsly? All it took was cilantro to draw you out of hiding?
Cilantro, cilantro, cilantro!
*chops cilantro*
I think you need to be looking in a mirror when you say that for the summoning to work.
I commented on something the other day.
But really, Ivory Soap is just too disgusting to put in food.
^^^This
I’m on the fence. It’s essential in salsa but some idiot put leaves of it in my salad I have to think by mistake once and it was disgusting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlzgmr_9sPA
It’s already been scientifically proven that people who like cilantro are genetically inferior.
You spelled superior wrong. Yo, edit fairy!
I like it when I committing cannibalism on a baked potato. Just sayin’.
I feel bad for people who can’t taste cilantro the proper way. That’s not a life. It’s like not liking spicey food, miserable existence.
I love you people but….what the hell is wrong with you?
I drink too much, like cilantro, and want my steaks and burgers served medium rare. No apologies.
This kid gets it.
Bruins/Leafs or Caps/Canes? Decisions, decisions.
Oh, and Kadri is a dumbfuck.
*searches* out for the rest of the 1st round – dumbass.
Tronna here.
O Canada is a solid anthem.
Fight me.
It is. And I hate that they wokified it. I wonder if they’ll take “God” out next.
It was more solider before it became partially woke. Oh well.
I think it sounds better in French.
Doesn’t everything? {waggles eyebrows suggestively}
Um Quebec?
The French version has totally different lyrics by the way. The English version is not a translation of the French version.
Do I have to pull your jersey over your head first or do we just start swinging?
Nice start. Good speed.
For Swiss and any other Catalan fans… https://www.verkami.com/projects/23040-edicio-integral-de-la-saga-datlas-axis-en-catala
Atlas and Axis is a fun book. The creator is crowdfunding to publish a Catalan language edition.
I’m reminded of Asterix & Obelix – which I read in German.
I definitely recommend it. Posted a review on my channel last year. The English-language version is from Titan Comics/Statix Imprint. You should be able to order on amazon or from your local comic book store.
https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Axis-Pau/dp/1782763503/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=atlas+and+axis&qid=1555371730&s=gateway&sr=8-2
I know I’m posting a Facebook link but read the comments. Also take note of the laughing emoji response and who’s posting them.
https://www.facebook.com/1757782394471400/posts/2287076098208691/?sfnsn=cl
I don’t see any comments.
#meneither
Ils est la, mais ils sont en Francis.
I had to watch the twin towers collapse live while I screamed at the TV. The commenters were all scratching their heads “Did someone do this on purpose? Whut happen?” while I screamed at the TV “yes you fucking idiots, someone did this on purpose. Yes, the steel is going to fail and they are going to collapse.”
Then I had to watch people leap from 100 stories high to their deaths to escape the flames.
I am going to hold my tounge this time until more info comes out.
Smells like worker fuck-up to me.
Worse than terrorism, really.
Yeah, as I wrote earlier, Hanlon’s Razor time – half-assed French workers vs. arson? I’ll go with the former.
It’s because they were working too many hours a week to maintain high safety standards. 12 hour week now!
I’m surprised that they were still at work at 5:30.
I remember the landings. From the images they were just splashes. red splashes with clothing. That is all that was left. The loud splash, the red splat and the empty clothes that used to be a human being.
Things that some people did. To this day I would set off neutron bombs over Mecca if I could.
What got me was all of the chirps from the firefighter PDLs(personal distress locators) after the towers were down. Every single one represented a down firefighter who had run into a burning skyscraper on the verge of collapse.
OT: I was called for jury duty this morning, and had another shoulda-gone-to-law-school moment. Un/fortunately, didn’t get picked, so my entire daily routine got wacked, so I read DIRTY JOB by Christopher Moore. Forgot how much I love his books.
I read Lamb every Easter.
Yep, I’m staring at its spine this very moment. Truly LOL work.
You need to have the pleasure of being called to jury duty in the city of Baltimore. The most dysfunctional and corrupt clusterfuck you will ever see. I got called 5 fucking times in 4 years. I only once ever made it to the courtroom. 11 out of 10 times, it will be a first degree murder case. Ponder that shit.
Shit, I haven’t been called in years. Probably past due.
Don’t they have some you-can-only-do-it-every-x-years thing there? That’s how it is in NY.
Nope. They can call you as often as they want to unless you have actually served on a jury. Then it’s every 3 years or something. You have to consider that being one of Baltimore’s 50 or so non-felon citizens, you’ll get called a lot.
Good lord. I think it’s every six years here, and you don’t have to serve either.
You don’t have to serve here either unless you want to make an appearance in court to explain why you didn’t show up. Unless you did show up, but act crazy enough that they don’t want you to serve. That appears to be the popular option. I just tell them that I won’t vote to convict anyone unless the evidence is overwhelming and that my religion doesn’t allow me to judge people any way, and also, I’m a registered libertarian. Or at least I was before Maryland outlawed registering as a libertarian.
I can’t even explain what a total joke that place is. There was this guy down there, the only time I ever made it inside a courtroom, who would just randomly stand up and say ‘May I be excused now, motherfuckers!?’. Seriously. Everyone else would just look around like ‘When the fuck am I getting out of this hell hole’?
I meant even if you don’t get into a courtroom, you won’t be called again for another six years.
That’s actually very nice. Out of my 5 times total called, 3 I didn’t even have to show because they didn’t call my number. One time I just sat there all day and then got dismissed. I’ll be gone from here before 2 years from now, so I hope the hapless bastards don’t call me again before then.
Similar deal in Mass – you’re off the hook for X years just for showing up.
Maryland has some of the oldest laws on the books, and no matter how stupid they are, they aren’t giving them up. In fact, the more stupid they are, the less likely it is they will ever be repealed.
Seems kinda odd. i have lived in this parish of 15K for almost ten years and I have never been called for jury duty. The crime is so low here I guess we almost never have trials.
The two being empaneled today were both civil, although one was probate.
Putting a hamburger together is an art. An art that only Americans seem to understand, and every individual seems to have different ideas about how that should be done.
*takes a huge bite*
Chopped onions, bread crumbs, egg. You mix those in the meat before cooking? I’m torn on those.
That’s the beginning of meatloaf.
You just made meatloaf.
That’s meatloaf nota burger.
LOL. Democracy has spoken.
That Food Lab guy taught me and I agree that you don’t mix *anything* into the burger – it’s vastly improved my results. Also, I smash them now.
^^This!^^
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kz6Kcz62onA
Everybody wants some.
You win.
“Yeah, I’ve seen the people that are lookin’ for a moonbeam
Yeah, ya spent a lot ya got lost in the jet-stream”
I cook for what my wife, daughter and I like. If it turns out to be a meatloaf burger, so be it. Lately, I’ve been adding tempura mix to the meat. It works.
I can’t even.
My wife adds ground up carrot and other veggies because that’s the easiest way to get our picky sons to eat enough veggies.
Maybe it’s a Japanese thing?
Just be sure to let your kids know that it’s a mitorofu, hot a hanbaagaa.
Smash?
Also, flip often. But I already knew that.
Nah. You only need to flip once.
But it doesn’t matter how often you flip, so you’re both sort of correct.
True, but I prefer lazy and less chance of breakage.
Wait…is this still about burgers?
*Snort*
Flip often? What the hell is wrong with you?
You mix things into the meat if you are making sliders.
I learned about the “no mixing” principle from Binging With Babish, but I still don’t know if I buy it.
I usually go with a recipe that won some kind of worldwide burger award. I don’t remember anything from it except that you mixed a *small* amount of Indian curry powder into the burger. Not so much that you recognize it as curry powder, but just enough to give it a bit of spice that other burgers don’t have. It does require mixing it in, but I think it’s worth it.
Powders are fine. The no-mixing thing really just ensures that the burger holds together. I had in mind things like onion or Worcestershire sauce.
I just cannot do it right. Smashburger though, I love there burgers.
OT: You know why so many people hate running? ‘Cause it’s annoying.
It’s true.
Running for what?
Tradition … tradition!
OTOH, it does give one an excuse to have dinner from Total Wine: Allagash Curieux, guinness Rich Chile Chips, “Creative Snacks Co.” Pistachios, Element Brewing Company “Altoberfest Interval Ale”, with an emergency bag of Cape Cod Sweet & Spicy Jalapeño chips in waiting. Most of that is “local” to Boston. Whee!
Random running or were you in the Boston area today?
I was indeed in the Boston area, although I started in Hopkinton.
Oh, and I’m staying at an AirBnB w/network probs. So when I disappear for a while it’s not because I’m blowing anyone off; it’s that I’m too cheap to pay for a hotspot on my ancient phone (which can’t do Google maps in time for me to drive safely in these parts).
What area are you staying in? Likely some good local watering holes.
I’m in Everett, but I wound up going to Total Wine to bring stuff back to consume, because my iPhone 5 can’t navigate for shit between being slow and also having a bunch of roads closed due to construction.
Thank your wife for the cheer. It’s pretty awesome.
You’re probably quite close (short Uber ride) to Night Shift brewing, which is excellent.
Congrats! Weird weather day.
My wife was out around 20.5, cheering people on.
I was looking forward to the rain, although I poured enough water over my head that it was probably the same. I ran my second fastest marathon, but I still didn’t make my goal. I suck at running.
Almost PR in sketchy weather is still damn good.
We have some friends who did the Tough Ruck yesterday, including one who ran the Marathon today and the 5k on Friday – lunatic. He came in second in the civilian heavy category.
Not as tough a course as the Bataan, I’m sure, but still a ton of work.
I think there’s a good chance I’ll Tough Ruck next year. I thought about doing it this year (and I did do the Run as One on Saturday), but thought I’d hold off so I could BQ today. Of course that didn’t happen.
Oh, and my back is still fucked up from BMDM and on top of that I borrowed a friend’s GR-1 and ran a bit about a week or so ago and my shirt hiked up and I wore a two by five inch patch of my back off.
It’s all good though.
Run as One in Boston started and finished at the USS Constitution. We (well, at least _I_) had a few libations, then we went back and saw the cannon fire @ dusk. Awesome. To some extent, hanging with my Team RWB brothers and sisters was the highlight of my trip.
I’m not sure non-runners appreciate how intensely social the running can be. Wife took the day off work to see people and we went into town to meet people from all over the country this weekend.
I’m not a runner but that aspect is pretty cool. Plus, they don’t mind me drinking their beer after the races.
It’s crazy social and trail running is even more so. I don’t want to denigrate the marathoners, but it’s super easy to fall into a “I’ll fix my mistakes and do even better next race” trap when marathoning. Trail runners seem to just say “Hey! That was fun. I can’t wait ’til the next one!”.
Speaking of which, I do a really tough training “run” (mostly a hike, especially with all the snow) on Saturday. Then a week later I run a 50k on Saturday and ride my bike 100 miles the day after. Whee!
I just got back from doing five miles (it’s about 50 degrees here – I would prefer 60 or so, but it’s nice to run without overheating).
I think running clears my head. I’ve noticed that no matter how bad the day has been, I cannot feel depressed or angry when I’m running. I do think about problems in my life when I’m running, but it’s more of a confident, how-to-fix-it kind of way rather than the doom and gloom that normally occurs if I sit there and dwell on them. And of course, if I’m in a good mood, running just makes it better.
Indeed. It’s free (good!) drugs, if you do it right.
One of us!
Work this afternoon featured sentencing. But part of representing my own clients involved hearing a 1/2 hour long “victim impact” statement by a murder victim’s family. My clients were there for OUI and drug use. But all the courtroom gets to hear the victims statements.
Murder Victim was allegedly raped twice, then when she named the defendant as her rapist, he allegedly murdered her to avoid having her testify. He maintained his innocence on the murder charge, but lost. His attorney let the court know at sentencing that his client had already completed the appeal paperwork. Tough time to be there,
I should make it a personal rule not to sit in court for stuff like that until the media leaves.
Daaaaammmmmnnn. :-/
I don’t really know how you can do it. I fucking hate drama, period. This is one of the reasons why I love the fact that my wife live more than 600 miles from our closest relatives and more than 4000 miles from the rest. The only drama is on her novelas. It’s so quiet and peaceful here. Serenity now!
Wife and I
…I love the fact that my wife [and I] live more than 600 miles from our closest relatives and more than 4000 miles from the rest.
Workin’ on it.
Gonna get several mountain ranges in between us, too, if the stars align.
“His attorney let the court know at sentencing that his client had already completed the appeal paperwork”
That’s a good way to get the maximum sentence.
A grim reminder that there are truly evil people among us. ?
Elspeth, you need to seek another area of law to practice. Property? There is more money in that than tears.
What type of law did Michael Avenatti practice? Seemed to be a lot of money in that….
Well, Avenatti was a whoretourney, so it’s self explanatory.
I cant find the quote but Lincoln said to the effect that all a lawyer has to offer is his council. It is true, and good council is valuable. Good, honest council more so.
I dont think Avenatti meets that standard. I suspect Flashman does.
20 years ago to my father: “Has Jim Lossin saved or made you more money than he has cost you?”
A: ” Oh yeah. Many times over. It’s not even close.”
*Shameless plug for Jim Lossin – oil, land and timber*
I’ve done property too, and that can be crazy. People get “married” to the property, in their minds, so it becomes quite personal. Only way to do property is for commercial transactions, in my opinion.
My wife is like that. She’s not a lawyer here, but was in her native country. She would only take business law cases, she hated criminal law and just would not do it.
Me to wife’s cousin, former criminal lawyer: “Why did you stop practicing criminal law?”
A: ” I could build a castle with the bricks that were thrown through my window at night. “
Criminal law, divorce law, and bankruptcy law. Three disciplines where your best day is still the worst day in your client’s life.
You’re doing God’s work (says the atheist). Stay strong.
I was fortunate enough to only have to testify twice in my 30 year career. I hate going to court with a white hot heat.
Clinton, never one to miss an opportunity*, uses the Notre Dame tragedy to sneak a stealth shit onto individualism:
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1117868843446276096?s=19
*except in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania
The comments OMG
I made the mistake of reading a few of those.
mmmhmm…what I expected
“…the true president of the US…”
They still cant come to terms with it. Good Lord.
Sometimes, you really cannot sure stupid.
cure
You’re blaspheming George. I don’t believe you.
Reading some of the comments cheered me up a bit. I just found out we owe an extra ten grand in taxes. Fuck those people, I hope they are still moping over that evil bitch losing.
I wonder how many peasants living in hovels had to pay taxes to erect Notre Dame? Do you think God wants these palaces or instead wishes rulers to show more concern for thelives and liberties of their subjects?
That always boggled me about religious groups constructing these colossal, grandiose buildings… I’m not religious myself, but if I imagine myself to be so, it seems a bit odd to spend all that money on jewel-encrusted cathedrals/temples when you could have used those resources to build dozens of homeless shelters, free daycare centers, soup kitchens, and even charity hospitals.
But I guess that’s a world I’m not part of.
I’m reading a book that addresses this topic. The author contends that you can’t really impose enlightenment Era ideals like individualism on pre-enlightenment societies. They simply didn’t think that way. Egalitarianism was as strange to them as castes are to us.
God wants his palaces.
And blood. God wants blood.
Blood for the Blood God!
Hey! Great customer service, Veteran’s Administration !
Single-payer health care for the win!
I honestly cant think of any other hospital (or business) that “struggles to curb parking lot suicides”.
Heh. Curb.
What? Are you saying that the VA didn’t clean up the dead bodies from the parking lot? I don’t get it.
Most of the employees are unionized AFGE. I doubt they did it.
My Doctor: “The only people pushing Medicare are people who haven’t been on it”
Single payer advocates should go sit on a sharp stick.
What our media doesn’t tell you, is that everyone who has it (government ran healthcare) and has to depend on it, don’t want it. Apparently the only people who want it are American idiots.
{Deleted to protect whomever from whatever ~ SP}
WTF?
Isnt ‘rogene’ that cream for “feminine hair replacement” ?
Vaginal discharge is the term I hear. It’s caused by your toxic masculinity. Ruining panties everywhere.
WTH was that? That was not what I wrote. Is that a bug with the site, or is my puter having a flu?
So, I finished Scratchman over the weekend. As a huge fan, it was very satisfying. There was one teeny tiny little bit I didn’t like. Anyone who reads it will easily see it.
Next up is Hail to the chin by Bruce Campbell. Off to a good start too.
Sweet. More 4 is always a good thing.
Should anyone care, hound update:
https://imgur.com/a/62FOiMl
Fur is growing back nicely; she play-bowed and started tearing-ass around a friend’s backyard yesterday, with no obvious limping today. Recovery seems to be going well.
8 years old, today; a minor bright spot to tax day.
On a related note, that couch is really never going to be the same.
Two thumbs up!
Happy lookin’ woofer-hund
She’s got a good life; she’s a happy pup (other than needing to show other female dogs who the fuck is in charge).
So….a typical woman ?
I’m sure we all care; some of us are mute because figuring out the right thing to say is hard.
Oh, no worries, I wasn’t fishing for sympathy or anything – just don’t want to be one of _those_ people prattling on about their pets.
Dog, leather couch.
Been there, done that.
*facepalm*
“It’s a patina!”
It was a mid-ranged couch, price-wise, so I’m not too bothered by it. I wasn’t expecting it to be some family heirloom.
I care. My almost-12 yo boy is pretty much back to normal after his tumah surgery.
Never fun, but definitely makes you appreciate the little shits.
Yeah, that big patch growing back on her belly was a mast-cell tumor – that seems to be doing well, incision healing nicely, pathology showed clean edges (i.e., they got it all). Hopefully smooth sailing for awhile.
She’s turning into the most expensive “rescue” hound ever.
Good to hear! Hopefully it’s boring for awhile.
Oh, and sofas are for dogs.
Man, this salsa is pretty damned hot. It will light you up for a few minutes, but then fade fast. It’s good, very good, but hot. I wondered why wifey came in here huffing and puffing about how here face was on fire, lol.
Report back in tomorrow morning…..
It should tone down over time.
Mammary Monday must go on!
https://thechive.com/2019/04/15/rise-from-your-knees/
I am still cracking up over your earlier link and the “Holy shit, #3 is my aunt!!!” comment.
I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later.
I keep half-expecting to see one of my nieces in one of those collections. That would be… awkward.
Bill Weld is running for president! Kennedy with the only possible take.
LOL
It’s satire… or is it really?
https://babylonbee.com/news/man-still-clinging-to-outdated-belief-in-good-all-powerful-generous-loving-government
Socialism in a nutshell?
Probably will be anticipating a visit from the Easter Bunny on Sunday morning, too.
Why wait? The bunny’s available now…
Lol
For aviation Glibs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jALTAeHLbQ
Largest airplane ever.
Second largest 😉
CHONKY BOAT
SHE THICC
BEDONKADONK
Huh. 500 plus comments. I’ll give you guys an old poly sci paper i wrote if you need content.
Also, first!
No one is going to read it before commenting, so by all means.
As sad as the loss of Norte Dame is, I’m not all that choked up about it. Way too much preservation going on these days to the point of hoarding. 1092 UNESCO World Heritage sites, not even counting the number of national and local heritage designations. Then there’s the 508 elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The world should not be a giant open air museum. Some spring cleaning would do some good.
Indeed, imagine what marvelous things could be built on that site. Central Paris location, and everything!
I do think there’s value in preserving old buildings, but I think it could just as easily be done by a private foundation that purchases the property and maintains it with donations. If “the community” wants it, they’ll pay to keep it there. If not, the land will be put to a better use.
I live in a historical neighborhood, but thankfully my house is not part of it (it’s not so much a geographical area as it is a designation of specific houses as “historic”). There are all kinds of restrictions on what you can do with the house as far as remodeling if you are designated historic.
In Notre Dame’s case, it wasn’t just an old building just sitting there. It’s owned by the Catholic Church and is a functioning cathedral. A mass was being held when the fire broke out.
It’s not even close to lost. Except the steeple which is fairly recent and a hole in the roof.
The spire crashed through the nave, The vaulted ceiling is probably gone. That’s a bit more than a hole in the roof.
Just going by the photos I saw here.
I want to be wrong about this.
Yeah, there could be further damage to come, esp. in the roof. But I bet the stone parts are fine.
The major question will be whether the fire burned quick enough that it didn’t impact the integrity of the stone. The stone structure is still intact. If there was no structural impairment, they will be able to rebuild. Much of the history and the artifacts are gone forever, but Notre Dame will endure.
Because the roof was the first part to give out, the heat went up, and not out. That’s a big deal.
*First suspect emerges*
So what do people think of the French Revolution? I personally think it shows that all the weaknesses of classical liberalism and the faults of modern liberals where there from the very beginning: collectivism, authoritarianism, war, censorship, economic interventionism were all there and not the result of angry reactionaries or disgruntled socialists. I mean Robespierre went from opposing war, spreading revolution through war, censorship, arbitrarily arrest and the death penalty to an enthusiastic proponent of all them once he gained political power.
I agree.
When you’ve lost Tom Paine…
So Burke or Paine?
Another amusing thing is how Robespierre claimed that War would lead to a Cromwell and it was his own brother who supported Napoleon.
I have to say, I still do have a soft spot for Paine’s radicalism. That having been said, I wouldn’t like his proto-Henry Georgist economic plan.
I would say that a lot of Paine’s words were misinterpreted here. He was speaking to the French in the language of a French athiest, so that they would understand what he was saying. In no way was he an athiest himself.
I forgot: another weakness is the tendency for TOP MEN who follow Reason, Logic and Science to totally upend society and create a new one and how only superstitious yokels or elites losing their privileges would dare oppose them which was clearly show in that time.
I think it shows that positive, lasting change does not typically come about overnight. The underlying cause of totalitarianism (a culture that is not liberty-oriented) was still there after the revolution, so things got pretty barbaric very quickly.
One more reason to say “Fuck the Metric system!”
That’s my college roommate! WTF?!?
How you been, bruh?
I kinda knew he’d end up that way.
Not the best thing I’ve ever fapped to, but I made it work.
So, you “worked it”, eh?
The snuff film screen grab vibe really adds class to this joint.
Pussy be warm af ?. And womens have the nerve to ask “why you buss so quick ?”? What happens when you put a hotdog in a microwave for 2 minutes????.Exactly stupid bald head bitch??. don’t ask me no dumb shit like that.
That’s why I only fuck dead chicks.
ball-headed bitch?
Give her back her wig
I LOVE TRES COOL!!!!!! That, sir, is one of my all time favorite songs; I can’t stop myself, it makes me sing along and dance whenever I hear it – I’m frightening the cats with my Dervish like gyrations right now.
Back in the 1980s, Tampa’s Ybor City had a wig store named BABY, DON’T BE BALD!
Did she have false teeth too? Cause getting a gummer would be hawt.
Lucky me, I’ve been in the market for a high quality ball-spreader for a while.
https://www.askmen.com/dating/love_tip/sex-toys-for-men.html
Seems about right.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71jbFeoHxYL._SX522_.jpg
Haven’t heard this song in years and forgot how good Layne was. He got too grunty when he was with Alice in Chains and what a waste of amazing pipes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Ok7_KFuZw
There is no such thing as too grunty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A43JOxLa5MM
“I have to go grunty” was something we said as a small child when we had to take a shit.
https://www.aier.org/article/revolution-and-counterrevolution
I wonder how many of these “merchants” support all four things that Tucker sets out here. “Freedom of trade” is definitely there but the other three…
He quotes Harwood:
Once again we see how big cities are the ultimate form of progress yet they themselves are major supporters of the “counterrevolution”.
Anyway the downside of all of “we are the Real Progressives!” Talk is that it assumes that every agrees that this “progress” is good and that no one will ever challenge it especially those that benefit from it.
I don’t think you are being entirely fair to Tucker. From reading the essay, Tucker seems to define “progress” as an increase in personal liberty. Other things, such as technological innovation, etc. follow from a society that is free. Harwood’s opening sentence is a statement of historical fact. If urbanization has a connection to progress in liberty it is due to the fact that under feudalism, serfs were bound to their lord’s land, and couldn’t move to cities to peruse economic opportunities even if they wanted to. Hell, internal passports are a fact of life in the People’s Republic of China today for this very reason. I don’t believe you can accuse Tucker of an overall disdain of traditionalism as one of his best known works, Bourbon for Breakfast argues for a sort of reactionary dandyism in dress and manners as a way to protest against the encroachment of the state on personal freedom.
You’ll also notice there is a dude selling a paperback copy for 5,512 dollars.
Sorry if I came across as too negative toward Tucker. My reply to the first quote wasn’t me trying to be snarky towards him but I am genuinely wondering how many people believe in all four of those things rather than just free trade.
As for urbanization well I have been on that for a while since I have been wondering what went wrong. If urbanization in the past was pro-liberty why are the current urban areas electing politicians who oppose liberty? What happened?
And for “progress” I wasn’t attacking his view of “progress” but referring to age old problem of people over time becoming dissatisfied with the status quo and changing their ideology in favor of something they prefer.
It depends on just which group of people he is referring to by “merchant” class. If he is referring to our modern-day titans of industry in Silicon Valley, I agree with your skepticism. But, if he is referring to small business owners, and I think he is, then I would wager that many of them do, if not part of a consciously held set of principles, then as a gut instinct.
I think the direction of causation is reversed here. In my example, urbanization is a sign of increased liberty as it reflects the individual’s freedom of geographic mobility in pursuit of economic opportunity. Urbanization isn’t pro-liberty in and of itself.
If anything, I would wager that it’s just a numbers game. Most people do not support liberty. The concept of being responsible for one’s own self frightens them. Likewise, why are crime rates higher in cities? Because criminals know there are more targets there. As such, wannabe tyrants are attracted to cities as they know they can lord over a greater amount of people and resources.
Possibly. Also in this scenario what sort of class would “modern-day titans of industry in Silicon Valley” be in?
By the way are most “small business owners” Republicans or Democrats? If your interpretation of Tucker is correct then they don’t seem to have a lot of influence in that party.
Grand-Burghers
I found this report from 2016. In short, while 50% of SBOs (n = 860) affiliate themselves with the Republicans, 75% of SBOs do not vote a straight party ticket. 40% say the GOP best represents them as an individual and 40% say neither party represents them as an individual.
You messed the first link up but thanks for both links!
I don’t believe I have heard of “Grand Burghers” before let alone that they were a distinct class in German history.
Hmm….
In case you might have been wondering, woke twitter is celebrating the burning of Notre-Dame.
Let me Guess: It was built by homophobic, racist, imperialist, privileged white cishet male bleefers?
They’re glad the Jacobins work was finally completed.
Well the Hebertistes can now build a Temple to Reason now…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_Reason
Here is a bit of it:
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1117906541225463808
But there is way worse out there.
Oh, and we must not forget that a fire ALSO broke out at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem for about five minutes today!
I’m seeing that passed around more than anything on the cathedral. Woksters are so desperate to believe it’s an equal tragedy, not one has RTFA, so far as I can tell.
Sometimes, I just have to hand it to the Muslim Brotherhood/CAIR and the rest that have played the Left like fiddles for the past ten-twenty years.
You mean the Temple Mount?
A church and a mosque caught on fire on the same day? Perhaps God is telling y’all whom he really chose before this first day of Passover. 😉
Mormons?
Close enough for jazz.
I swear, the Obamas’ true calling in life was celebrity for its own sake. I’ve tried so fucking hard to find any redeeming qualities they might have for an entire decade now and am still coming up completely empty handed.
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1117928853182341121?s=19
We will never hear the fucking end of those two as long as we live. And it’s only going to get worse when they die since Lefties are going to frantically rename every single fucking structure in America to the “Barack H. Obama Memorial ___________”.
G.W. Bush may have been a shitty president, but he’s the best ex-president of my lifetime – just jets off to his ranch and keeps to himself.
+1 frowny face
Living with a divorced dad for the weekend is supposed to be a bad thing? Probably better than living with that bitch he used to be married to.
So cookies and ice cream for dinner and The Best birthday gifts?
Leave it to that guy to announce on the day Notre Dame burned down.
https://twitter.com/GovBillWeld/status/1117895075726417921
Gov? Has he not had that title since 1997?
“Gov”? Dude hasn’t been Gov for 20 years.
I just read it as Guv’ner and imagine he’s drooling on some bangers and mash.
Butt-what’s his name managed to announce at about the time Tiger was on the 17th.
So what will Weld’s campaign strategy be: Open Borders and how Bill Clinton is Teh Awesome?
I wouldn’t mind a “Fuck You Trump for not cutting Spending and Regulation enough” but that is not going to earn him any cocktail party invites.
He’s going to be the Sensible Adult In The Room™.
Like anyone going to let his ass in the room.
That seems to be the Libertarian goal these days. Worked for Gary Johnson until it didn’t.
I mean to the left libertarians are nothing but a useful stick to beat up Republicans with. When Republicans are too statist, fiscally irresponsible, pro-war, nativist or so-con bemoan how unlibertarian the Republicans are. Conversely whenever Republicans actually try to reduce the size of government then bemoan how the GOP is filled with anti-government libertarian nutjobs.
Gary Johnson was trying to act like an adult?
Most of smoked some bad weed that day…
*Must have* Goddamn it!
Twenty year old Doom speedrun record has been beaten, but you won’t hear about it from our libtard media.
Or anyone else.
I’m going to guess that’s where they went from 9 seconds on ‘Hanger’ to 8 seconds. Or rather 8.97 because the ingame timer rounds down fractions and they were only one frame under 9 seconds.
“Despite a codified bill of rights being my number one goal, I will be working with Elon Musk to pursue my dream of government issued genetically engineered cat girls.”
https://twitter.com/CountDankulaTV/status/1117457830351646721
Can I get a booty pic with your panties on and one without them on? can I also get three different picture of your booty is any position? also can I get just a normal pic of your pussy from the front and one where it’s spread a bit open? can I get a picture of you fingering yourself? can I get a pic of you doing a kissing face but also with your boobs in it? can I also get a pic of your pussy and ass from behind in one shot? Can I also get a pick your full front body in just a bra and panties? and can I get a pic of your ass or your panties are all up? and can I also get a pic of your boobs while you’re in the shower? can I also get another pussy pic while while you’re in the shower for the rest of the pics can you just send whatever all the sexy things you want? for the videos can I get a video of you twerking in just really short shorts and one of you fingering yourself and one of you actually cumming? Also can I get one of you play with your tits while not wearing a shirt?
Thank you for listening to my TED talk.
And here I thought you were channeling Larry Flint.
I’m not that sedentary.
So, not wheelchair bound.
Countless temples, shrines and castles had to be rebuilt after war, fire or earthquakes destroyed them. Osaka castle has been basically rebuilt at least 3 times AFAICT. Sucks that Notre Dame burned down, but you rebuild using the closest techniques possible that were used in the original construction and move on. I’ve been to Osaka castle a few times and it looks a lot like the original depections.
Yes, but Paris has never had to experience anything like an invasion before.
They’ve never had to resist one, anyway.
Paris Commune has a sad.
This little fixer-upper took a few decades to rebuild after WWII. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
And some times the spot of the destroyed temple is occupied by opposing force for some 400 years and the believers aren’t even allowed to try to rebuild. Buildings are neat, but they don’t really mean anything in the end… *spends dying breath to keep family homestead from collapsing*
It was an ugly cathedral anyway.
Shut the fuck up with this bullshit.
Trump got OWNED for his brain fart! Suck it Tumpistas! No way any other president has ever said anything stupid offhand!
Man, Youtube needs to reign in those comments.
I disabled them with the Stylish plugin. Youtube is tolerable again.
I just use HerpDerpTube. I mean, I can’t read shit in the comments. Then again, I can’t read shit comments.
I am so pleased that that is a thing.
So true. The downside is having to turn it off (damned extra mouse clicks!!) to see posts that are likely not toxic. Of course, you expose yourself (looking at you, fellow glibs) to ones that most certainly are, as they can take many forms.
But, I can attest that, for me, is has often curbed my reflex to counter-post snark and call out bullshit.
I think helicopter bucket drops would have been an asset. Hit the perimeter and then move inwards.
Why, it’s as if someone who owns a bunch of skyscrapers and other large properties knows something about their maintenance!
Well, no, I wouldn’t describe it as a “skyscraper,” but “large property” is accurate, and yes, I know something about manscaping.
Huh…
Not that simple. It’s a mindset thing. Inner city firefighters in Paris have little knowledge, or interest in wildland firefighting tactics. I said it would have helped, the Seine river is right there after all, but the firefighting infrastructure and mindset is not in the equation. As I said earlier, this was a done deal before the first engine left the station. I’m impressed they saved as much as they did.
Some interesting post-mortem about the unfortunate state of Notre Dame.
The part about restoration possibly becoming a National Front cause celebre is interesting…
Good thing Europe ain’t like us with a separation of Church and state. The French government can spend all the tax cattle’s money on rebuilding a church! We should be more like Europe, they say…
That’s really not surprising. On top of that, life safety is paramount. Water on the fire was delayed because there were still workers in the fire zone that had to be evacuated. I still think, based on where the fire was located, that it was a fait accomplis.
Sweet mother of pearl: 600+ comments…what do you think I do, read?
::starts to read the links::
We’ll see your next comment around 3 AM.
HA!! 11:22, mutha fukkas!!!
Woke Charmed update: my sister and I had the bright idea of marathoning it so I could get out ahead on my recaps. This was a Mistake. We got partway through episode 4 and blood started pouring out my nose. So apparently my brain can only handle one of these a week. However, you’re all in luck because I already wrote the ep 2 recap and I managed to watch all of ep 3 before my brain started bleeding so ?
Your Woke recaps remind me of this silly New Zealand show, The Almighty Johnsons, about the Norse pantheon being reawakened, Neil Gaiman style, in New Zealand, for some reason.
But mine is stupid and fun, and your causes nosebleeds.
Ooo, adding a sister into the mix, now it’s becoming a proper romance novel love story. *waggles eyebrows*
All we need is a mysterious third one to pop out of the woodwork and we can form a sacred coven destined to destroy the Charmed trio. The Power of Three will set us free.
Hey, I’m fine with three women (not really, I’m just trying to be tough, I’m a one woman man, morals always fuck me)
I appreciate your derp mining. It’s hard work and clearly takes a physical toll. FWIW, I was laughing out loud reading your last recap.
#metoo
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2019/04/15/oh-thank-goodness-seth-meyers-expanding-this-thursdays-late-night-show-to-give-context-to-mueller-report/
Seth Meyers will be having a special 90-minute episode to deal with the Mueller report. The full Dan Rice/George Carlinization of late night tv series is over.
I meant “complete” not “over”.
So the idiot media children who pretend not to be solely influenced by comedy writers are… what, going to pretend this isn’t indicative of anything?
They don’t get all their news from lefty late-night hosts, asshole. They get some of it from lefty late-night hosts doing telethons!
Set your DVR’s!
I kind of forgot he HAD a late night show. Haven’t watched that stuff in a couple decades.
Only for lols, I hope Buttgag is the Trump slayer, I could make some great cartoons just based on the name!
Oh any McGill grads or fans? “Redmen” name for their sports teams is being retired due to offending the natives despite the fact that the name does not actually refer to them,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGill_and_McGill_Martlets
Pictured here: Redman (with Method Man).
I think Leap went there.
People will end up preferring almost anything to the nihilism of social justice if they’re given an alternative.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/why-convert-to-islam/
Insert Big Lebowski quote…
This one?
Good one.
Fun fact: Goodman’s character is based on John Milius. And who started her career working as his assistant? Kathleen Kennedy!
It’s been a few years since I heard an update on Milius’ condition. About 5 years ago he awoke from his stroke induced coma when his son played the sound track of Conan for him, haven’t heard anything since. I pray for his recovery. He is one of my inspirations.
I guess I just don’t have the God-gene cuz I don’t get any of that. I mean, yay, more power to him but not everybody is looking for something “spiritual”. And no, I don’t practice nihilism.
Witchcraft?
*twitches nose in Q’s direction*
That’s in honor of my birthday-mate who was inexplicably left off this morning’s roundup.
The jews never did take kindly to those who could perform miracles.
She lived just down the street from me in Boca Grande for many years. She was quite nice to us neighborhood yutes and very tolerant of our trespassing and picking her kumquat trees clean.
*nods approvingly thinking of Elizabeth Montgomery*
Her Daddy was not very woke:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Montgomery_(actor)
On the other hand:
I knew she came from good stock.
This renovating shit better be worth it cause right now it is mighty uncomfortable
Good morning gliberati
Is the Paris Church still burning?
Did you take the train or fly?
You Know Which other Romanians wanted to see something burn?
Was Heath Ledger’s Joker of Romanian descent?
If I had to make a wager right now, I would say that the workers left a pile of solvent laden rags around that combusted.
Or an ennui laden Frenchman tossed the last bit of a Gauloises in a corner as he lamented the state of Europe and the angst of modern life.
I’m guessing welding.
It’s almost always welding.
That would be my third guess. Really, it’s got to be some type of worker idiocy combined with crappy supervisors not paying attention to what the underlings were up to .
At least the stained glass got saved. I’ve never been there but would have loved to see it one day. Maybe the rebuild will be finished by the time I’m ready to dirt nap it.
I saw it 20 years ago. Can’t say I remember much.
Random locksmithing question: I saw an automated key-cutting machine at the store the other day.
How do they deal with some of the basic CA laws, like the “DO NOT DUPLICATE” stamp?
I’ve seen a couple of those but haven’t looked into how they deal with that. There are a few levels of DND. The most basic is just a stamp on a commonly available blank, if you bring it around someone will duplicate it. Then you get to restricted levels. Those machines definitely don’t do those, but I wonder if they would do a regular one.
If it was on a standard blank or if you could ID it as the correct blank you could likely easily get the key copied if it was just a regular DND.
Yeah, I’m thinking of the stamp. Standard 5 pin Schlage, but with a square paddle.
The HOA wants to charge me 200 bucks per gate key, and I have kids who are old enough to walk to school.
An SC1 you can get cut almost anywhere. One of the most common in the state. Don’t pay more than 3 bucks a copy.
I had to look at my pictures. I visited it in 1984.
Does the DND carry the force of law?
AFAIK. But if there’s no person to charge….
In California, as I understand the law, a licensed locksmith cannot copy a DND for someone not authorized. Random key cutters are not bound by that law. That is for regular DND keys. Restricted ones are different.
What do you mean by “restricted”?
Schlage, Medeco and other companies make high security keys and elctronic high security keys that they sell the rights to. For instance I own the partial rights to a keyway. Even if someone wanted to copy that they could not unless they found the few others in the country that had the other rights to the key. Higher levels you have the entire keyway, Government buildings, military, large businesses buy those.
Huh.
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=6980.54.&article=7.
Too bad keys are impossible to transport to another state or country for duplication.
This is all new to me.
I’m probably going to read about this until I fall asleep.
If you had CNC machine or a precise milling machine you could make anything if you knew what you were doing. The higher level stuff is “impossible” to pick. Essentially that just means more time than possibly worth. Time, tools, and knowledge. Cheap stuff just one of those, more for the better constructed.
If you are ever in SF I will give you a one hour primer that would give you a good deal of what to look for.
I’ve been to Paris but I honestly can’t remember if I saw the Notre Dame or not. It was only a weekend and I was alone and mugged by some dude who wanted to take my sweet teen ass home with him on the first night so the rest is kind of hazy.
I remember hearing about a factory in China that was obliterated down to the foundation.
They figured out what happened from two points of information –
1) one employee who had gone home for lunch remembered seeing some guy welding something at the loading dock, and
2) a trucking company was missing a truck (and driver) who was scheduled to deliver a pallet of explosives at about lunch time.
Tianjin?
I never heard the location. It was just offered as yet another example of “safety” in China – basically, if nothing bad has happened yet it is known to be safe.
It’s a place where things happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv5g2MhPT5I
I believe that Tianjin incident was a fireworks depot. The one I heard about was decades ago and was only one huge blast.
I would bet it is an accident.
But what if it isn’t? What if it was an act of arson? Or even terrorism? What would France do? Would we even hear about it?
I’m going with terrorism until I see solid evidence that it was an accident. This is because government in general – and the French government in particular – can not be trusted to ever state the whole truth.
Government never gives me the benefit of the doubt, so I’m giving them the exact same courtesy.
It’s after 10pm. Shut the goddam fuck and start using quiet voices. Shitty paper thin Holiday Inn Express walls.
Do what I do – start shouting “WHAT THE FUCK!!! (Kicking steel ammo cans around) I HAD THREE THOUSAND ROUNDS OF 30 CALIBER BUT NOW I ONLY COUNT TWO THOUSAND!! WHAT THE FUCK! OH! THERE IT IS. Now I can load these magazines.”
It’s a bold strategy, Cotten.
Bow chicka bow bow
“Fukk you biyatch! I’m on vaycay!”
/shitty vacationers
Ergonomic adapter and brace for Shockwave
https://youtu.be/TjK-TtqD5Xc
AWESOME! I picked up a Shockwave in 12 gauge but gave it to my brother as soon as the 20 gauge came out. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the wee 20 and now I need a brace, for to make my wrist more comfortable to be sure.
Sit down before you read this. Valerie Jarret may be involvedcin something that isn’t on the up and up.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/15/valerie-jarrett-book-tucker/
I think this has come up a couple times here that the NYT book list is phonier than a three dollar bill.
Yep.
has a sad
Valerie?? But, she seemed so nice….
https://youtu.be/cbKNICg-REA
That’s some bad hat,
HarrySteve.OT for the early morning crowd:
Why the fuck does the Left hate Julian Assange so much? From some light Googling, all I’ve gathered is that they think he’s a Russian puppet (and we all know how sturdy those theories tend to be) and they’re mad that he embarrassed the Democrat Party.
Are they really so blinded by rage against the Bad Orange Man™ that they’ll reinforce and broaden the precedent of bringing down the hammer on anyone who exposes government wrongdoing? (I know, I know, why do I even ask…)
And why the fuck is he being called “not a real journalist” when nobody gives that title to the news organization that thought “Trump had two scoops of ice cream” is somehow newsworthy?
Without Assange teaming up with the Russians to steal the Clinton emails and publish them Trump would not have been elected. She was such a great candidate there’s no other way she could have lost so that’s obviously what happened and anyone who believes otherwise has suspect loyalty. It’s delusional, I know, but that’s basically it.
*shrugs*
I never really figured it out.