Wednesday Afternoon Links

Hey guys, I hope all the Americans here are ready for the holiday tomorrow. I’ve had a brisket in a sous vide since Monday, and I’ll smoke it on the grill tomorrow. Mmm. Brisket.

This is defintely my wife’s worst one of her worst fears. She hates all of the Ship Channel bridges. And flying.

Oh no! all of that lost whiskey.

In Florida, even the water is trying kill you.

This is how I want to go out.

 

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351 responses to “Wednesday Afternoon Links”

  1. Endless Mike

    Buffalo Trace keeps having their whiskey barrels collapse all over themselves.

    1. Clearly the barrels are drunk. They are slosh full of booze, after all.

      1. Endless Mike

        Yeah, but you would think a whiskey barrel could at least could hold its liquor..

  2. Tres Cool

    I got…..nuthin

    1. Not even a muthafuckin’ theme song?

      1. Tres Cool
        1. Gustave Lytton

          Just out of curiosity, what was causing the blower not to work in your HVAC?

          1. Tres Cool

            The motor was fine….the (likely 36 year old) drive pulley shredded. Im gonna guess it failed due to age.
            I got another pulley from my local Grainger, re-installed everything, threw the switch…..and the outside unit (fan/compressor) failed to do anything.
            So then the next day I got a new start/run capacitor, installed that, and its back in business. And our very own Yufus was providing me troubleshooting tips along the way.

            https://postimg.cc/9RPLskn8

            (I have no answer for why the capacitor went at the same time, other than coincidences tend to be coincidental)

          2. Gustave Lytton

            Awesome! I love a happy ending.

          3. Tres Cool

            So does Bob Kraft!

            /Hey-Ohhh

        2. Grumbletarian

          With the article pic? Try this instead.

  3. The Other Kevin

    I’ve got a nice beef roast in the sous vide as well. It’s tonight’s dinner. Should be in about 36 hours by the time I get home.

    1. Count Potato

      I’m starting to think Tulip and I are the only glibs who cook with an oven.

      1. Gustave Lytton

        I cook bacon and sausage in it.

        1. bacon-magic

          It’s getting hot in here.

          1. Gustave Lytton

            …so take off all your clothes..

          2. blackjack

            So, he should strip?

          3. Tres Cool

            What you just did there- I noticed that

      2. Na href=”https://www.deviantart.com/rm-4sun/gallery/60901748/Food”>Hey!

      3. peachy rex

        I do a lot on the burners – tonight is yellowfin with vegetables and pasta.

        1. Count Potato

          That sounds good.

    2. The Other Kevin

      Most of us are drenched in toxic masculinity so we grill almost everything.

      1. Chipwooder

        Grill? Fuck that, I throw my meat right on the coals like Ike did

    3. blighted_non_millenial

      Just got my brisket on the egg for an overnight smoke.

    1. Count Potato

      I remember seeing that a long time ago. It might have been a joke menu though.

    2. Endless Mike

      All I know is George says You never oughta drink water when it ain’t runnin’…

      1. Endless Mike

        Dammit, should’ve been under #5 – out of practice, I guess.

    3. Gustave Lytton

      Where’s my shocked face that some called @dorpdx is outraged?

  4. Florida Man

    Tampa Bay area physicians are warning residents and visitors to be careful swimming in brackish water or eating uncooked seafood.-

    I get the seafood, but how to I swim more “carefully” so I don’t get bacteria?

    1. You take the speculum out of your ass.

      1. Florida Man

        Never!

    2. Sean

      Wear a rubber.

      1. Florida Man

        Never!

  5. The Other Kevin

    I’m usually offline on my days off, so an early Happy Independence Day, Glibs!

    1. Winston

      You know who else wanted independence? Slave owners!

      1. ChipsnSalsa

        Catalonians?

        1. Winston

          Time to pay homage to them?

      2. BakedPenguin

        Cascadians?

        1. Winston

          I think Steve Smith prefers to restore Sussex’s independence:

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_(county_subdivision)

    2. Count Potato

      You too!

  6. Was it the drugs or the sex that killed the Saudi prince? Or some combination thereof? Inquiring minds want to know.

    1. Rebel Scum

      I assume that is what happened to Agile Cyborg.

      1. DEG

        I miss Agile Cyborg.

    2. Chafed

      More importantly, the woman in the photo with him is identified as a model. Only in England. If that’s who he died screwing than the headline let me down.

  7. Winston

    What about gas gangrene? I learned about it from that Mayday episode about a crash in a Florida swamp back in the 1970s

    1. Grummun

      “2 + 2 = BUTT”

  8. Hyperion

    Shit, lost an entire hour of productivity because the Brazilian ambushed me with some lingerie. Honey, I’m working… or not… Seems guys like Tesla and Einstein overcame this sort of hazard. How did they do it? Is there some sort of anti-viagra drug?

    1. Florida Man

      Tesla was insane, so you could try bath salts.

      1. Hyperion

        Well, I’m already insane, or so they say, no bath salts needed, apparently beer will do.

    2. The Brazilian with a Brazilian amirite?

      Also, Schrodinger had two wives.

      1. Until he looked in the um, box. Then he only had one.

        1. Florida Man

          WHATS IN THE BOX?!?!

          1. Warhammer Minis.

        2. Sensei

          Heisenberg is uncertain if this is true.

      2. Rasilio

        Schroedingers Tranny, there is either a dick in there or there isn’t but you can’t know for certain till you check

        1. Gustave Lytton

          But getting a blowjob first is both gay and non-gay at the same time.

      3. Hyperion

        “The Brazilian with a Brazilian amirite?”

        Doesn’t matter, the women seem to have exceptionally wonderful bodies, and my wife is no exception. Wifes seem to be an expensive luxury, but one with a wonderful body and who is great in bed and willing to prove it pretty much 24/7, not sure how you opt out of that.

    3. Chafed

      Why would you want to overcome it?

    4. Plinker762

      Didn’t Tesla castrate himself? Or is that some internet rumor?

    5. Humblebrag of the month.

  9. I’ll be out until next week so you get a double dose of Freedom Tits.

    http://archive.is/rUFSq

    http://archive.is/M833i

    1. Chafed

      This is what a real patriot looks like.

  10. Winston

    So Betsy Ross Flag and Jefferson are totes offensive now. Isn’t July 4 also offensive? According to Richard Carranza individualism is white supremacy. Interesting how the wokeness has spread from college campuses to MSM and Wall Street. Makes me optimistic.

    1. Hyperion

      I find all of them (leftists) offensive. So there.

    2. Rasilio

      From that noted white supremacist Broadway star Lin Manuel Miranda…

      How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower
      Somehow defeat a global superpower?
      How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?
      Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross’ flag higher?

      1. Winston

        That was then, this is now…

      2. Lin was always a huge shitlord.

    1. Winston

      “Tolerance” has always had a very Jacobinical bent of “in order to be free we must supress those who do not believe in freedom and conveniently all my political opponents do not believe in freedom and we know this since they disagree with me”.

    2. Rebel Scum

      Yea, but he’s just a house-f*g.

      1. Rhywun

        Uncle Tom of Finland.

  11. The Late P Brooks

    This is defintely my wife’s worst one of her worst fears. She hates all of the Ship Channel bridges.

    Don’t people go into terror induced brain lock on that bridge over Chesapeake Bay pretty regularly?

    1. AlmightyJB

      Why would that type of bridge be worse than any other?

      1. Rasilio

        No clue given I drive across it pretty much every day but there are people who make a living driving other people across the Bay Bridge.

        To be fair it is really high, about 190 feet above the bay below and the side railings don’t look like they are capable of preventing a car from going through them (they are although there have been one or two cases of cars going over them following accidents) and it is really long at 4.3 miles with a pretty sharp tiurn on the western side of it.

        So I suppose I could see someone who has a fear of heights having a problem but in reality it is made into way bigger of a deal than it should be.

        1. AlmightyJB

          Makes sense

        2. R C Dean

          I’ve driven that bridge a few times, years ago.

          My recollection is not only is it very high, and the guardrails look pathetically inadequate, bet you can get kind of weird optical illusion thing going. Its hard to explain, but its kind of an optical claustrophobia or vertigo or something. I don’t blame anybody who white-knuckles that bridge.

      2. Rufus the Monocled

        I have crossed it.

        It’s pretty scary.

    2. DEG

      Same with the Mackinac Bridge.

      My one grandfather was a long-haul trucker. He told me about taking a truck over that bridge when the winds were pretty high. He said it was… interesting.

  12. AlmightyJB

    So how long will you smoke the Brisket now? What temp did you sous vide it?

    1. Rebel Scum

      As I understand, hot and fast is en vogue rn.

    2. Brett L

      134F for about 50 hours. Then smoke for about three hours with the grill smoker just to give it some flavor and bark.

      1. AlmightyJB

        Cool thanks! Need to get a Sous Vide. Was checking them out on Amazon.

      2. Sean

        I can grill a steak in eight minutes…and it’s fantastic.

  13. Count Potato

    “Flesh-eating bacteria in Florida waters: Three things you need to know.

    1. Stay out of Florida.”

    1. AlmightyJB

      Never stick it in crazy

      1. Since it’s America’s Wang wouldn’t it be more like frotting?

        1. AlmightyJB

          So America is a tranny?

          1. Count Potato

            Does it have boobs?

          2. AlmightyJB

            Lots of them. They’re in DC.

          3. DenverJ

            Ba-dum

    1. Winston

      That assumes they intend “open borders” to be “workable”.

      (I put “open borders” in quotes since we all know how commies feel about freedom of movement)

      1. Gustave Lytton

        The same way they feel about election results?

        https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-drivers-licenses-illegal-immigrants

        (Also note the ongoing skinsuiting of Fox News- the compromise illegal immigrants, which is a contradiction in itself)

        1. Grumbletarian

          Democracy only matters when Democrats get the results they want. See: gay marriage votes in CA, Brexit, 2016 election…

    2. Florida Man

      It’s just for the debates. They couldn’t care less about open borders. Trump says closed borders, so they say open. There is nothing beyond that.

      1. Sensei

        So much this. Whatever the orange man says is bad and we must do the opposite.

      2. The Other Kevin

        NR had a good article about this. While this it’s standard procedure to cater to the base during the primaries, they’re going WAY overboard this time, and that’s only going to provide Trump with lots of ammo during the general.

  14. Rebel Scum

    Oh no! all of that lost whiskey.

    Now many people won’t be able to have a Happy 4th…and a smooth 5th…

    1. slumbrew

      They have another 3.3 million barrels, so I think we’re good.

  15. Rebel Scum

    Emir of Sharjah’s son Prince Khalid Al Qasimi died aged 39 at ‘sex and drugs orgy’

    Live hard, die young.

    1. DinosaurNeil

      I’m pretty sure he died hard as well.

      1. Florida Man

        First man to get rigor mortis before death.

        1. Gustave Lytton

          What’s David Carradine?

          1. Florida Man

            A puppet?

  16. BakedPenguin

    It’s not just the water trying to kill you in Florida.

  17. Count Potato

    “Tanks take up position at the Lincoln Memorial for Trump’s July 4 ‘show of a lifetime’ as he lashes out at critics of its mounting cost – but storms threaten to ground his massive Air Force flyover”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7209163/Park-Service-diverts-2-5-million-funds-pay-Trumps-Fourth-July-extravaganza.html

    Huge waste of money perhaps, but I don’t get the criticism (even from self-identified libertarians) that the military display is wrong.

    1. Winston

      I find it interesting that Eisenhower and JFK had tanks at their inauguration a fact which is glossed over. Gee, I wonder why?

    2. The Other Kevin

      I can do without the tanks, but anyone who doesn’t think flyovers are awesome can go to hell.

    3. Florida Man

      I’m not a fan of military parades. The military should be used for defense, not dog and pony shows.

      1. Count Potato

        Yet, that’s nothing new. They’ve always had marching bands and such.

        1. Florida Man

          A lot of dumb shit isn’t new.

          1. Winston

            See Socialism and Communism…

        2. Pretty sure that kind of thing goes back as far as organized militaries.

          1. Count Potato

            It certainly goes back farther than the U.S.

        3. R C Dean

          Get the Silent Drill team to do something, if you want classy and impressive.

          1. OneOut

            Most classy.

            I think that’s where the Marines once shipped off the gaz Marines.

            Who says white boys have no rythum

    4. Rebel Scum

      Repost from this morning.

      I don’t get the criticism (even from self-identified libertarians) that the military display is wrong

      The holiday has already been turned into a day that is more about fellating the military. And there are various other times when there is a military display, such as nearly every professional sporting event. So this criticism from these people is hypocritical af. Recall that these are the people that described Trumps first inaugural as the impending descent of fascism on the country even though he talked extensively of dissolution of power from DC. They are dishonest hacks.

      Personally I think it is a waste of money that should be limited to a flyover or three. Then again, we already have dedicated air shows for that.

      1. Rebel Scum

        But the DNC prefers to honor military’s other than that of the US.

        On the last night of the Democratic National Convention, a retired Navy four-star took the stage to pay tribute to veterans. Behind him, on a giant screen, the image of four hulking warships reinforced his patriotic message.

        But there was a big mistake in the stirring backdrop: those are Russian warships.

        While retired Adm. John Nathman, a former commander of Fleet Forces Command, honored vets as America’s best, the ships from the Russian Federation Navy were arrayed like sentinels on the big screen above.

        These were the very Soviet-era combatants that Nathman and Cold Warriors like him had once squared off against.

        “The ships are definitely Russian,” said noted naval author Norman Polmar after reviewing hi-resolution photos from the event. “There’s no question of that in my mind.

        1. creech

          So the Russians swayed the 2012 election too?

      2. OneOut

        Keep in mind that the major cost of this is operating these jets.

        Pilots must fly a certain number of hours for training and ratings etc. etc.

        It doesn’t cost more to fly them on the 4th as it does on the 5th.

    5. invisible finger

      It’s the day we told (a) government to fuck off and prepared to defeated a standing military with ad hoc militia. (And it worked.)

      The citizens should be flexing that muscle every July 4th instead of leaving the display of power to the government.

    6. Plinker762

      An great troll would be to have Hell March from Red zalert as troops with tanks parade past the White House.

  18. Winston

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/03/land-reform-brute-power-billionaire-press-attacks

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    1. leon

      It’s terrible they want thingS. Reminds me of when Content providers decided to propogandize America in order to seize ISP infrastructure

  19. Raven Nation

    On the bridge, this may not be the highest one I’ve driven over, but the shape gives you a funky sensation: https://allaboutbrisbane.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/bridge-to-brisbane/

    It’s 212′ above the water vs. 135′ for the one in Houston. Neither of those are close to the Golden Gate for example but there’s something about driving up that angle that is more mind-bending (for me, anyway) than driving out on to a flat(ter) span.

    1. Unreconstructed

      Yeah, the angle is huge. In fact, the bridge in that article is the friendlier of the bridges over the Houston Ship Channel. The Beltway 8 bridge always makes me feel like I’m on a roller coaster.

      1. I thought that was the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

      2. Sensei

        Same thing with the Delaware Memorial Bridges.

        The angle is much much more severe than the higher, and appropriate for today, Betsy Ross Bridge.

      3. OneOut

        S a child I used to get down in the floorboard when we had to drive over the shipchannel bridge.

        As an adult I still do unless I’m driving.

        Then I just close my eyes so I don’t see it.

    2. Chipwooder

      The Queensboro isn’t particularly high but it’s kind of claustrophobic to drive on.

    3. Gustave Lytton

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria–Megler_Bridge

      A little shorter than that but only two lanes across. And the little railing doesn’t seem like much of an impediment to going over.

    4. Rhywun

      I used to have a recurring dream of driving almost straight up to get over a bridge. Probably a stray leftover childhood memory of something like that bridge.

  20. Not Adahn

    “Alice” is an unusual name for a tranny hooker.

    1. Count Potato

      Well, she’ll probably let you call her any name you want.

    1. Rebel Scum

      Sex Cult Nightmare

      Band name?

  21. Count Potato

    “Former Google exec who ‘got $90M severance amid sexual coercion probe ‘ran a sex ring where lent out women he paid to own for orgies and filmed them,’ claims estranged wife

    The co-founder of Android who reportedly received a $90 million severance from Google in the wake of misconduct allegations is now being accused of running a sex ring.

    Andy Rubin is being sued by his estranged wife Rie, who claims in court documents that were filed in October but only now unsealed, that he and lawyer Stephen M Peters worked together to defraud her of millions by having her sign a bogus and misleading prenuptial agreement.

    Rie writes in her complaint that she was also caught off-guard when she learned about her then-husband’s sexual proclivities, discovering emails in which he wrote to at least one woman about ‘owning’ her and then ‘lending’ her out at his will.

    She also alleges that among the women with whom Rubin allegedly had extramarital affairs was an individual referred to as ‘M,’ who she claims was complicit in helping the father of her children run a sex ring.

    Rie, who is also seeking a divorce from Rubin in family court, is demanding a jury trial and asking that the prenuptial agreement she signed be voided, thus allowing her to collect on the $350 million her estranged husband earned during their marriage.”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7208615/Former-Google-exec-ran-sex-ring-estranged-wife-claims.html

    1. The Other Kevin

      “50 Shades of Rubin”

    2. Gustave Lytton

      $350M buys an awful lot of competent hitmen. Just say’n.

    3. Pan Zagloba

      Saw pic, would uphold prenup on account of not worth the full share of $350 million and she should have known it when she looked at the mirror.

    4. Sensei

      Rie wed Rubin in 2009 after he left his first wife when she became pregnant.

      So she knew he took those marriage vows seriously!

  22. Mrs. A and I are leaving early tomorrow for La Belle Province for a spot of fishing. Because who doesn’t love fishing in Quebec?

    1. The Other Kevin

      The fish?

    2. Winston

      French-Canadians?

    3. Tres Cool

      Daryl from “Letterkenny” ?

      1. +1 for spotting the reference.

    4. Tonio

      Bon voyage, bon chance.

    5. DinosaurNeil

      Black Jacques Shellacque?

    6. BEAM’s not a team player

      Well, as long as I didn’t have to talk to any Quebecois, I’m sure it’d be fine.

    7. DEG

      Enjoy the trip!

    8. Tundra

      Good luck!

      What species will you be pursuing?

  23. Old Man With Candy

    Indians invented the wire recorder.

    1. Winston

      You mean Wikipedia is wrong?

      1. Old Man With Candy

        Your brain is not the boss.

        1. Winston

          I thought the Boss was Bruce Springsteen?

        2. Winston

          I prefer the Weird Al version:

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KThlYHfIVa8

          1. Old Man With Candy

            Your mom was more into Proctor and Bergman, and vice versa.

        3. YOU’RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!

    2. Tonio

      Which sort (of Indians)?

      1. Old Man With Candy

        The kind who could be in two places at once.

  24. Winston

    Speaking of Hong Kong how do we address the fact that is exists due to British Imperialism?

    1. leon

      Got a mouse in your pocket

      1. Winston

        Is that you Mae West?

    1. AlmightyJB

      Lol. WTF.

    2. Scruffy Nerfherder

      That’s…..

      Insane

      1. BakedPenguin

        Well, if she turned him down, he could have eliminated all the witnesses for plausible deniability.

    3. Spudalicious

      He’s lucky he didn’t get a full, forward kick to the nuts.

  25. Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,598 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
    #7572 in Fantasy (Kindle Store)
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    Yay, broke the top 1000 in category.

    1. Tonio

      Congrats.

    2. Count Potato

      Go you!

    3. DEG

      Congratulations!

  26. Count Potato

    ““My Girlfriend Isn’t Hungry” menu items are thinly-veiled misogyny”

    https://twitter.com/Eater/status/1146237627118608384

    https://www.eater.com/2019/7/2/20679016/my-girlfriend-isnt-hungry-menu-trend

    Of course it is.

    1. Rebel Scum

      Acknowledging something that gf’s (and wives…) often do is “misogyny”.

      1. leon

        Not denying that gf/wives do annoying things is misogyny.

      2. Florida Man

        This never happens. Stereotypes are all made up whole cloth.

    2. Chipwooder

      At its most benevolent, it causes men to roll their eyes when women snag bites of their dessert. At its worst, it gives men cover for their misdeeds under the guise that she was secretly “asking for it.”

      That’s an extremely sane sentence, and in no way suggests mental illness on the part of the author.

      1. leon

        She took my fries so i took her virginity.

        Yup that’s totally what guys think. Are we sure she’s not a Trans Woman, cause her insight to the male cognitive pattern is that deep.

      2. Florida Man

        It’s quite the read. “Maybe she knows you can’t afford 2 orders of fries” then let her buy her own damn fries.

        1. leon

          Thats weak. If you can’t afford two orders of fries why the hell are you inviting your girlfriend out to dinner? What that says is that she thinks it’s ok to Hector her S.O about finances but then cash in when he takes a bad decision.

    3. leon

      +1 Men need to be socialized into realizing that Women will take all of their shit.

    4. Akira

      Oh please. Expressing hatred of men is an everyday thing thanks to feminism. I’m just tired of weak-ass bullshit like a silly menu item being held up as evidence that we’re living in The Handmaid’s Tale.

      PS: I think it’s sexy as fuck if a woman can put away a porterhouse or a rack of ribs. I don’t have any logical explanation for this, but those types of women seem more real and sensual.

  27. Winston

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/03/boris-johnson-cynical-sin-tax-freeze-glimpse-whats-to-come

    Instead, the case they’ll make is that this both helps hard-up people and fits the Johnson philosophy, expressed through his many years as a Telegraph columnist: a Merrie England libertarianism, railing both against political correctness and the nanny state as meddling busybodies seeking to deny freeborn Englishmen the fundamental pleasures of life. It’s a philosophy with populist appeal – think of Nigel Farage with his trademark fag and pint – and one that conveniently allows Johnson to fend off questions about his private life by arguing that he is hardly a moral scold and therefore no hypocrite.

    In that sense, his sugar-tax promise is, if ill-timed, very much on-brand. But it also gives us a useful preview of the Johnson premiership to come. First, there will be cabinet splits aplenty, as Johnson cheerfully undermines or tramples on the detailed policy work of his ministers: Hancock will not be the last to suffer this fate.

    Second, we are likely to see a very specific Johnsonian brand of populism, in which he purports to stand up for the little guy against the wagging finger of the nanny state and the PC-brigade. He will suggest that he’s on a mission to cheer us all up, against the po-faced directives of a varying cast of hand-picked enemies, whether at the BBC, Brussels or the Bank of England, who boringly urge prudence or caution.

    And for all the talk of representing the poorest or “the people”, his proposed action will be of greatest benefit to the powerful. The fizzy drink levy might seem like a relatively light business, but through those bubbles you can get a glimpse of what’s to come.

    1. Gustave Lytton

      What a piece of shit. Not taxing is theft. There’s got to be some unused pikes that Freedland’s head could adorn and actually serve a useful purpose.

  28. Count Potato

    “Today’s video is sure to cause a stir… I sit down with Alex Jones to discuss the media’s allegations against him, and the big tech censorship who have done everything they can to silence him. Alex Jones: America’s Most Censored Man”

    https://twitter.com/TheLaurenChen/status/1146440165692452866

    “Alex Jones: America’s Most Censored Man”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVlyTzOvb74

    Less than 10K views? That’s not suspicious.

    1. Winston

      I remember the good old days when Big Tech was going to the libertarian bulwark and how social media would save us from statists.

    2. It’s actually not out of line with her other video views.

  29. Grummun

    Follow up on yesterday’s kegging question. Everyone’s guess about a leak seems to be correct. Soapy water showed a little leak at the keg end of the nylon hose between the tank and keg. The hose clamp needed to be horsed down just a little more. I really don’t like hose clamps.

  30. Semi-Spartan Dad

    Here’s a local Independence Day nutpunch (or at least the day before):

    My county sets up vehicle checkpoints and likes to frequent the intersection bordering my property. The checkpoints aren’t focused on DUIs (random Wed afternoon), but rather fucking with people who are driving to/from work on a suspended license, have warrants out, etc. They also have secondary cops in unmarked cars parked a few hundred yards away from the checkpoint so people can’t just U-turn once they see it.

    I walked down to the street to get my mail, and my neighbor directly across the street comes running up to me and begs me to move his car before its towed. His license is suspended and the cops made him vacate his car and parked it 50 feet from the guy’s driveway, if that. They gave him a few minutes to try and find someone to drive it literally straight across a two-lane country rd before towing it with all of the associated costs.

    Even if they couldn’t bend a little and let the poor guy drive it the 50 feet to his driveway, not one of the four officers volunteered to spend all of 3 seconds just driving it themselves.

    1. Enough About Palin

      “And some call him pig.”

    2. leon

      I fucking hate cops. They are almost always the dumbest most heartless pieces of shit in society. Fuck them all, I hope they continue to do a bang up job eroding the trust they have in society.

      1. AlmightyJB

        Yeah, I may not even turn on the TV tomorrow with all of the “hero” fellating that’s going to be on.

        1. leon

          It’s retarded. I know a bunch of cops and they act like every encounter that gets rough their life was in peril. Stop roughing people up and maybe you wouldn’t be in that situation.

      2. What sucks for me is that I lived next door to a cop for 6 years and now I’ve lived across the street from one for 15 years. Both were awesome guys and really good people. I think most are trying to do their best job (see also Live PD) but there are several who get off on having that kind of power.

    3. Sensei

      In NJ – it is at the officers’ discretion to impound a car for an expired registration. Not unregistered or not inspected (i.e. potentially unsafe) simply expired.

      So in my town they will usually let you drive it home. In the town next door they tow it – no questions asked.

      1. Gustave Lytton

        State inspections

        *smh*

  31. R C Dean

    This is how I want to go out.

    I thought the link would be to this:

    In 2018, about 18,000 barrels of bourbon were lost when a warehouse in Bardstown, Kentucky, collapsed during building work. The bourbon run off killed about 1,000 fish in nearby waterways.

    1. Florida Man

      So you’re saying “Drink like a fish” isn’t an accurate saying?

    2. AlmightyJB

      Nice marinade

      1. The Other Kevin

        And thus Bourbon Fish became a menu item at Applebees.

  32. Yusef drives a Kia

    Hello! Just woke up for work and found this piece, quite funny….
    http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/19/0719/070319.html

    1. Lileks crushes it.

  33. Rufus the Monocled

    The USWNT so unlikeable.

    What a classless bunch with an insufferable and pointless chip on their shoulder.

    1. leon

      The Tea Drinking thing? I don’t know how bad it is in men’s soccer, but I’ve seen some vicious and unsportsmanlike conduct from various women’s teams

      1. Rufus the Monocled

        It’s a bunch of things. They lack class. You don’t do that. ESPECIALLY, the most dominant team in the history of the women’s game.

        I hate the antics.

        1. Juvenile Bluster

          That’s soccer. It ain’t unique to the USWNT.

          1. Rufus the Monocled

            So other teams do it it’s ok?

          2. Juvenile Bluster

            I’ve never been into celebrations as disrespectful in sports. You wanna keep your opponent from celebrating, stop ’em.

          3. Pan Zagloba

            Only if they win.

          4. Rufus the Monocled

            And boy do they win.

            Sounds like the Dutch can give them a ride though.

          5. Rhywun

            Yup. I can’t stand the dopey celebrations. It is another reason I often prefer the lower leagues, where there is less narcissism and arrogance.

          6. Rufus the Monocled

            As I get on with age, I’ve become like you.

          7. Rufus the Monocled

            I have such a low tolerance for it now. Maybe that’s why I can do without the NBA.

          8. leon

            I mean that, and Basketball sucks.

          9. Rufus the Monocled

            I’ll be watching tonight’s game between the USA and Jamaica.

            A USA/Mexico tie would be awesome.

            But they’ll have to improve from that less than stellar performance against Curacao.

          10. Juvenile Bluster

            Mexico needed a terrible penalty call to beat Haiti, so we might still be good if we can get past Jamaica.

            Which we won’t do if we play like we did against Curacao.

          11. Rhywun

            Yeah, everyone’s stinking it up this year. As for last night, I have to wonder if even Mexicans enjoy playing in 100+ degree weather.

            I get they want to schedule games down there for, uh, demographic reasons but have some pity on the players sweating it out, FFS.

          12. Rufus the Monocled

            Haiti played 11 behind the ball but I agree.

          13. Tundra

            Hockey is the answer.

          14. Rhywun

            In this matter, it sure is.

          15. Tundra

            Rangers are starting to look pretty stacked.

          16. Rhywun

            Hell yeah.

          17. Tundra

            But of course so did the Lightning… ?

    2. Raven Nation

      Generally true but I always invoke the ‘screw the poms’ clause.

    3. Their day is coming and I will be happy to see them lose a match they’re supposed to win.

  34. Juvenile Bluster

    So did anyone else get this e-mail from the Reason Foundation? Wondering if it’s to counter the fake Robby article floating around:

    Over the weekend, masked protesters who call themselves “anti-fascists” or Antifa, for short, brutally attacked journalist Andy Ngo in Portland, Oregon. Ngo was admitted to the hospital and diagnosed as having a brain hemorrage. You can read Robby Soave’s reporting on the violence here.

    Nick Gillespie reposted this graphic image of Ngo after the attack:

    (image goes here)

    Antifa uses violence to silence alternative views. Robby Soave writes about this coercive activism in “Panic Attack: Radicals in the Age of Trump.” Despite all of this there is speculation that the Portland Police stood down for political reasons.

    Shamefully, media outlets excused the behavior. The Huffington Post carries the headline “Far-Right Extremists Wanted Blood In Portland’s Streets. Once Again, They Got It” above a story that never pinpoints the attackers. The New York Times’ Charlie Warzel and Politico’s Alheli Picazo all but blame the victim in their tweets.

    Though battered and beaten, Andy Ngo is now out of the hospital. If you want to learn more, you can see his CNN appearance after the mugging here.

    Make no mistake. Free speech is under attack. Thank you for helping Reason advance “Free Minds and Free Markets.”

    I hope you have a safe and happy Independence Day.

    Regards,

    David Nott
    President

    And not a “to be sure” to be seen!

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      Ah, but there is, to be sure, I laughed when I came across it

    2. Rhywun

      fake Robby article floating around

      ?

      1. Juvenile Bluster

        https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/1146076873841172481

        tl;dr: Left twitter faked a headline as coming from Rico that Ngo hired Proud Boys to pose as antifa and attack him.

        1. Rhywun

          Charming.

        2. Heroic Mulatto

          Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person.

          1. Heroic Mulatto

            Robby, not Andy, in case that wasn’t clear.

        3. Count Potato

          OFFS!

    3. Pan Zagloba

      Fake Robby article? He posted over the weekend and it was even more fiery than the above…

    4. grrizzly

      You see, even the Reason Foundation cannot name seven journalists who excused the attack on Andy Ngo.

      1. Pan Zagloba

        *applause*

  35. Suthenboy

    Your wife has sympathy

    Five year old me got to see a crumpled car at the foot of a 600 foot sheer cliff in globe, az
    Five injuns hydroplaned of of the road in a rainstorm. I had nightmares for a long time after that
    The fear stays with me even today

    1. Rufus the Monocled

      You seem to have a lot of neat stories. Publish them!

    2. You’re Jim Morrison?

  36. Tundra

    You may remember the lovely Alfa I linked the other day.

    It was sold for quite a healthy sum.

    This is the proper use for money.

    1. Rufus the Monocled

      What a beaut!

      No kidding: “Coachwork from Carrozzeria Touring.”

    2. Hyperion

      I want a 2019 4C Spider, but wifey wants a new home instead. Maybe later…

      1. Rufus the Monocled

        Same here. But I’ll settle for a pre-2019 Spider.

        1. Tundra

          Buy a used Lotus Elise or Exige instead.

          1. Rufus the Monocled

            I wouldn’t mind those but it’s a long life hope to get an Alfar – or a Maserati GTV. With all the headaches. Lol.

            British cars I love.

          2. Rufus the Monocled

            Man that GTV. I want it.

            *Meant to say GTV and Maserati.

          3. Count Potato

            Too bad they stopped making those.

          4. Tundra

            They made the Elise until last year, I believe.

            Sweet cars. Small, light and fast.

          5. Count Potato

            They looked great too, especially the ones with the paint that changed color. Sorry, forgot the name.

    3. Rufus the Monocled
      1. Tundra

        That was funny!

        It is a great logo.

      1. Gustave Lytton
      2. Tundra

        Japan is so weird.

        1. Gustave Lytton

          55 years younger and a bit more modern where it counts than this guy

          http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4485816.stm

          1. Tundra

            I hope you aren’t seriously comparing the two ?

            For you :

            https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1962-jaguar-mk-ii-13/

    4. Stinky Wizzleteats

      That’s a website that could get me into trouble, it’s more tempting than a gun store.

      1. Tundra

        Yes, it’s incredibly addicting. Watching the auctions is great fun.

        Also, the comments are a great place to learn about the cars. Lots of knowledge in there.

        I love vintage cars. They have soul.

        1. Sean

          You just like meeting tow truck drivers.

    5. DEG

      This is the proper use for money.

      Buying guns and ammo count too.

  37. DenverJ

    First!

    1. Rufus the Monocled

      Yes you are!

      1. Tres Cool

        Someone got a ‘participation trophy’ gif?

        1. Gustave Lytton

          Everyone got their participation trophies.

        2. Yusef drives a Kia

          You get a gif! And you get a gif!
          And you there! You get a gif

          1. Tres Cool

            HEY YUFUS!

  38. Rebel Scum

    Something is wrong with MSNBC

    I like how Rachel Maddow’s kid sister (Chris Hayes) quotes Trump calling people an “infestation”, highlighting those words but showing the whole tweet in which Trump clearly and explicitly references the violent criminal gang MS-13 (twice!). But why would we consider the msm the enemy of the people with such honest contextualization as this?

    1. Stinky Wizzleteats

      MSNBC knows their audience and their audience loves their Trump hate. If he cured cancer MSNBC would criticize him for putting doctors out of business.

    1. Heroic Mulatto

      *laughs in Black History Month*

    2. Now do St Patrick’s Day.

  39. Count Potato

    “I am now selling my bath water! this is what humanity has come to 🙂 get yours here…”

    https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368

    “…So my bath water actually sold out wtf? I didn’t expect to sell so many or to have THIS many baths either LMAO ~For anybody waiting on one don’t be worried if they’re a lil late im working on getting them to you as fast as I can! ~ see my lewds here…”

    https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146516238497132545

    Part of me thinks she’s lying, then again I see all the other utterly stupid crap people buy.

    1. Stinky Wizzleteats

      Only 30 bucks for 30 mL or so. What a bargain.

    2. Hyperion

      She’s not the sharpest tool. Otherwise, she would have figured out that her dirty panties or bottled piss would net her 10x as much. It’s easy, people are stupid, profit.

      1. Rebel Scum

        people are stupid

        And horny.

        1. Hyperion

          That can sometimes go together. Like I tell my wife, I sometimes need most of my blood to flow back into my brain, because I have to make more money for us.

    3. Scruffy Nerfherder

      So you’re saying it was a bad investment strategy?

  40. Rebel Scum
    1. Winston

      Fucking autocorrect: Joe Breen.

      Also first I heard the scene was controversial…

    2. BEAM’s not a team player

      Er, there was a casting couch scene in TS2?

      Really?

      Shows you how much of an impression it made on me (i.e., zero).

    3. It’s an “outtake” that’s not even in the actual film. It’s basically a Blu-Ray extra.

  41. Heroic Mulatto

    Hey ?you hot ?⭐️ piece of American ?? ass ?! Tomorrow ? is the fourth 4️⃣ of July ⭐️ also known as ? Independence Day! 1776 ? years ago, America ?❤️? was ruled ?? by King George Washington ??? from the country ?? Europe ??. Thank goodness ? Daddy Sam ????? and Barrack Obama ??? won our freedom ? from them. Today ? is a day to celebrate ??? our religious ? and sexual? ? liberties. So get down ⬇️ on your knees ?and worship your daddy ??? and thank him ? for your liberal ? labia ?! Send this to ? of your favorite Stars ⭐️ and stripes sluts ??????! If you get 0️⃣ to 5️⃣ back, freedom rings ? throughout your pussy ? because it is so empty ? and large ?. If you get 6️⃣ to 8️⃣ back, your daddy ??? is sure to give ? your sweet land of Liberty ?? a taste ??! And if you get 9️⃣ to ? back, your patriotic ????❤️ pussy will be filled with nationalism ???❤️? and dick ?!

    1. Hyperion

      I don’t even know WTF that is, but happy 4th!

    2. Rebel Scum

      This place doesn’t have a spam filter?

      1. Hyperion

        Yeah, but I just made 3 Zillion dollars last week working at home, using this one trick that your utility company hates.

      2. Heroic Mulatto

        We do. It’s called Akismet.

        Can you believe they gave me the keys?

        1. slumbrew

          It’s like the Original Sin of glibertarians.com

        2. BEAM’s not a team player

          Can you believe they gave me the keys?

          **HEAVY SIGH**  Yes.

        3. Rebel Scum

          Idk. Can you believe this rendition of the national anthem?

          1. Heroic Mulatto

            That shit was huge! Dude needs to invest in some Magic Razorless Cream Shave.

          2. Tres Cool

            why did I just watch that ?

          3. Scruffy Nerfherder

            You’re on the list buddy.

    3. RegicidalManiac

      I wonder if I could get Mrs. RegicidalManiac a red white and blue schoolgirl costume between now and tomorrow…

  42. Stinky Wizzleteats

    Needles, California wants to become a sanctuary city for guns:

    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-03/california-town-wants-become-sanctuary-city-guns

    I don’t think that’s going to go over too well.

    1. Scruffy Nerfherder

      I thought California was a sanctuary for needles.

    2. Not Adahn

      There was a funny-looking guy named Spike who tried to sell me some real estate in Needles once, but we couldn’t read his handwriting on the closing paperwork.

  43. Tulip

    I have a date this weekend and he seems sane. Notice how the bar has dropped. He put dad jokes in his profile.

    1. Hyperion

      As long as he didn’t ask for pics of your feet, you’re probably OK.

      1. Heroic Mulatto

        Tulip sent me pictures of her boots.

        What does that say about her fetishes?

        1. Tulip

          You asked and I only sent the boots, not me in the boots, as a joke.

          1. Tulip

            If I looked like that, I wouldn’t be online dating

          2. Tulip

            I knew it was a mistake as soon as I did it

          3. Heroic Mulatto

            They were a nice pair of scrunch boots, you have to admit.

          4. Tulip

            My boots are fabulous and I feel fabulous when I wear them. A friend and I have tickets to RuPaul’s show and I plan to wear them.

          5. slumbrew

            I feel like I’ve seen her in… other… videos

        2. One of these days her boots are gonna walk all over you….

        3. Hyperion

          Well, I’m sure it doesn’t mean she’s as big of a perv (ruining our family friendly image) as Mojeaux, but still, it’s a little disturbing.

          1. Tulip

            I laugh every time I see that logo. They haven’t read SugarFree.

          2. Hyperion

            I don’t know how anyone here hasn’t read SF, I mean before lunch.

    2. Tundra

      See? All our puns have finally paid off!

      I hope it goes great!

    3. Rebel Scum

      He put dad jokes in his profile.

      Just wait until you see the profile of his dad bod.

      1. Tulip

        I have no problem with dadbod as depicted in the media.

    4. As long as he hasn’t texted wannafud to you.

      1. Tulip

        He’s been sane and reasonable so far. JFC you would not believe the messages I get, but so far (fingers crossed) I have been spared dick pics.

    5. Tulip

      He’s kinda young, verging on cougar territory, but, bar dropping. And his pictures are cyuute.

      1. Sean

        Good luck! ?

      2. Old Man With Candy

        Want a recommendation on a good date flick? Looking For Mr. Goodbar.

        1. Tulip

          When I feel bad about being single I watch one of those forensic shows about men killing their partners. Cheers me right up!

          1. Old Man With Candy

            In my marriage, I’m the one in jeopardy.

          2. Tulip

            Given what I know of SP, no one would convict. How did you get so lucky?

          3. Old Man With Candy

            I ask myself that on the regular. So does everyone else who knows us.

    6. DEG

      I hope it goes well!

    7. whiz

      I met my wife online and we’ve been together for 15 years, married for 6. There is hope!

    1. Hyperion

      The NRA may be relatively useless on gun rights”

      Not like this is a new thing. They always have been. But they’re a useful strawman for the left to attack, since they cannot stand up to actual 2A supporters.

  44. DEG

    I hope all the Americans here are ready for the holiday tomorrow.

    I’ve got plenty of booze though I have to work the 5th. I’ve got enough stuff to do around the house but can’t do because I’m working screwy hours that I’ll probably be working around the house tomorrow instead of going to the range.

    The driver of an 18-wheeler was killed after he was cut off by a car and plunged 150 feet off a bridge in Houston.

    Cutting off a trucker is usually hazardous to your health, not the trucker’s health.

    AN Arab prince has been found dead in his London home amid claims of a drug-fuelled orgy.

    Not a bad way to go.

    1. Hyperion

      Same here, bought enough beer to last the weekend and am off rest of the week.

      “Cutting off a trucker is usually hazardous to your health, not the trucker’s health.”

      I had an asshole driving a flatbed rig, run me off the road on Fayette Street in Baltimore a few weeks ago, which is why I’ve started taking the subway in. Asshole ran me and the driver behind me off the road and nearly hit another driver head on trying to make a left turn.

      1. Scruffy Nerfherder

        Sorry bout that

        1. Hyperion

          Not sure it’s a bad thing, since I’m going to save money ($12 a day parking in my client’s garage vs $3 a day for metro + saved gas) + saved stress because the drivers here have to be some of the worst in the country. And where I get on at the time I do, it’s pretty much all people working in the city filling up the front cars and the riffraff then cannot get on those cars down in the more sketchy areas.

      2. Tulip

        I’m not working the 5th either and have laid in plenty of booze. My mint plant is doing well so I think mojitos are on the menu

        1. Tundra

          Last beach vacation, I started getting them sans sugar. With good rum they are surprisingly good. And healthy!!

          1. Tulip

            I don’t add sugar anyway. Whoever recommended black Manhattan, that was great. Had it several times in San Francisco. I think a bottle of averna is in my future

          2. Hyperion

            I don’t even know what you hippies are talking about. It’s either beer or bourbon in a glass.

          3. slumbrew

            Rye smashes are a good use of mint as well.