Happy Friday to you all! Light candles! Drink wine! Yes, Shabbos doesn’t start until sundown, but it’s sundown somewhere or other. And we start our drinking early these days, what with Mom around, asking, “Where is this place? Why am I here? What is reality?” If we can get her to chug a glass, she’ll doze off, then wake up later asking, “Where is this place? Why am I here? What is reality? Who is that nice little girl and why does she seem skittish around you?”
Birthdays today include the guy who really did make us all equal; coincidentally, our other spirit animal; the pride of Fall River; the other half of the greatest animation team I mentioned a few days ago; half of the shittiest animation team of the 20th century; a great comedian and comic actor who reliably cracks me up; and a guy who couldn’t even leave a mark on Nixon.
On to the news!
Food sales unaccountably skyrocket.
It’s a smart way to piss yourself.
Illinois looks behind the sofa cushions for change. Presumably, the agency is either some politico’s brother in law or a major contributor (officially or “informally”).
Did I mention that, aside from the weather, we love living here?
Old Guy Music commemorates the moon landing. As far as I’m aware, despite the most momentous achievement in human history happening at the peak of rock creativity, this is the only song ever written about it.And it’s a cool song, done before Anderson blew out his voice, so the vocals are excellent.
“Marines on board took down the drone using electronic jamming equipment, U.S. officials told Fox News later Thursday.”
Neat.
I was thinking maybe Trump and Iran worked out a deal where both sides posture and take out drones on a schedule. Both sides can look tough, but avoid an actual war
That would be great if unmanned drones actually let to a reduction in meat grinder-type conflicts.
BATTLEBOTS REPLACES WAR!
THEN SKYNET TAKES OVER!
Interesting that this was the Marines, not the Navy crew. Can anyone shed light on this?
It appears the Marines had the right equipment mounted atop some of their all-terrain vehicles that were on board the ship. Improvise, adapt, overcome.
So, Iranian drones are so bad they get taken down by a troop transport?
I prefer to think that the Marines are so good they can even take down drones with a troop transport 😛
I saw that they were putting armored vehicles on the decks to use on Iranian speedboats if opportunity presented.
“Reconfigurable Deck-mounted Accessories”
Get some!
“Marines, not the Navy crew. ”
They are all the Navy. Just cause the Navy made a club for their “special” members….
I used to love joining chants of “The Marines are part of the Navy…”
Navy, Navy, I’m in doubt
Why’s your belly hanging out
Is it the whiskey, or is it the wine
Or is it the lack of PT time?
*says the now-fat bastard*
The men’s club.
Being a part of the Navy is the price the Marines had to pay in order to ride the WAVES.
To be fair, I think disbanding the army (except a small cadre of leadership for training) , maintaining only a militia and Navy (with still small Marines) would be the way to go.
” (with still small Marines) ”
Like maybe the ones who are under 6’3″?
That covers all the marines I’ve met.
*Note, the sample size is something like 5 marines.
I was a Marine grunt about 40 years ago. I was average size for a Marine back then at 5′ 10″ and 175 lbs.
A while ago I happened to be at a PX on a Marine base waiting in line to pay for some stuff. The 8 or 9 Marines in line ahead of me were all easily over 6′ tall and huge across the shoulders and back.
My guess is that the Marines, by nature being smaller units, see electronics as a bigger potential threat than the Navy whose electronic footprint is too huge to do much about.
The USS Boxer is an amphibious assault craft.
Most of the people floating on it are Marines. It’s a troop ship.
“Troop ship”?
It isn’t a Liberty ship sailing GIs to France.
It is an Amphibious Assault Ship – it has an aircraft/helicopter compliment, landing craft, missile launchers and smaller guns.
Look, just because we under-armed previous generations of troop ships doesn’t mean this isn’t one.
Yes – and all those pilots are usually Marines as are the battalion of troops the thing can hold.
I really lucked out with my MOS. 5953s are just about the only MOS that never, ever goes on floats. If I wanted to be on a ship for months I would have just joined the damned Navy.
If you didn’t want to go to sea, you should have joined the army.
Their uniforms suck.
“Their uniforms suck.”
What month are you referring to?
All of them. When I was in the National Guard I couldn’t be bothered to pick up the shitty grey glow-in-the-dark digital shoot-me cammies.
Fyi, the group of ships in the navy that transport the Marines is called the Gator Navy.
Wait, the Florida Meth Gators have a Navy now? Sheeet.
Cooler if they used one of Hayeksplosive’s “experimental” weapons.
SHHHHHH!
*quickly glances left and right*
Peter Parker was a nerd, nerd play D&D, Peter Parker is Spider-Man, hence Spider-Man is obviously throwing devil horns to seduce the youths of America to the devil’s embrace. Just ask this guy.
And IIRC, there was a Spider-Man story that dealt with drugs and was the first story arc published since the Comics Code that didn’t have the seal of Approval on it More proof that Spider-Man is in league with evil.
The Sam Raimi Spider-Man movie series was uh weird – given he could uh shoot his sticky web from his hands without a gadget.
The biological web shooters made an appearance in the comics as well… I don’t recall off the top of my head which happened first. It does kind of help explain why Peter Parker wasn’t selling this miracle web fluid to the government though (while getting rid of the standard problem of running out of web fluid).
Huh – I read the original series when I was a kid, condensed in black and white form into standard-sized books. Never got into the latter years.
There’s good stuff in there, and some gods awful stuff (Clone Saga and One More Day, I’m looking at you). I’ve been getting my nephews into the newer Miles Morales books. Not for any woke reason, but to be able to keep his backlog reasonable. For a 9 year old, telling him that he’s got over 50 years of backlog to go through (a lot of which will be out of print) is a bit overwhelming.
Favorite theory I’ve heard about the Raimi Spider-Man trilogy was that Bruce Campbell was playing the same person through all three movies, an early version of the Chameleon (who Spider-Man fought in his first comic).
would you sell YOUR miracle fluid to the government?
muh precious bodily fluids!
I want to say it happened during Secret Wars (1988 or ’89?) when he was given the alien shape-shifting thing for his black costume (which eventually became Venom). But it has been many a year since I helmed the funny-book store and was expected to keep current on all the plot minutiae.
There were built in web shooters from an alien costume that Spider-man acquired during the secret wars series in the mid eighties (the suit would later become Venom). After the Raimi movie came out, the comic books wanted to reflect the change of organic webs, In the comics, Spider-Man was kissed by an enemy known as the “queen”, which led to him being transformed into a spider monster. When he got better, he had organic web shooters. Years later, Peter would make a deal with the devil to save his Aunt May, which altered reality around him. One of those changes, without explanations, is that his web shooters were mechanical again. This would be the status quo for the next six or seven years.
Jesus. I know all this shit, but I have to rely upon my phone to remember when my family members birthdays are.
Didn’t Green Arrow have something to do with it? I remember the early to mid-70’s comics getting pretty “woke”.
Snowbirds don’t fly.
Green Arrow was always on the left/progressive side. That’s one of the reasons the Green Arrow/Green Lantern team ups worked so well. Green Lantern was on the right/conservative side. Both characters were usually treated well on top of that.
And yes, Green Arrow had… issues… with his sidekicks. One of them getting hooked on heroin. And here’s the story about the Spider-Man story without the Comics Authority Approval (fun fact: it was requested by the Federal Government).
Look, what did you expect from a guy named “Speedy”? Meth?
So I guess Green Arrow/Lantern would be part of the Green New Deal?
*narrows gaze*
“Under the practice, first reported by the Chicago Tribune, Illinois counties have farmed out fine collection to a private agency in order to cut down on costs and time.”
You want government to let the private sector take over? This is what you get.
/prog off
Yeah, I’m surprised they were able to slip this past the progs who love them some bloated bureaucracy.
Only because; 1)it went to the correct firms, 2) the revenue is used to feed the guvmint beast.
NASA Announces All-Female Remake Of Staged Moon Landings (ht=JFP)
HOUSTON, TX—As a tribute to the 50th anniversary of its fake moon landing, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced a reboot of the staged event that fooled billions worldwide, only this time featuring an all-female crew.
NASA officials confirm they will release a shot-for-shot remake of the meticulously concocted phony moon landing, originally filmed at an undisclosed soundstage 50 years ago this week. The rejuvenated hoax will follow in the footsteps of other recent all-female reboots like Ghostbusters and Ocean’s 8.
“Those were some great buddy films,” a NASA spokesperson told reporters, “but we made the ultimate buddy movie in 1969 when we tricked all those people with Neil, Buzz, and Mike. We thought a modernized update was the perfect way to mark the occasion.”
Rumors claim the part of Neil Armstrong will be played by Scarlett Johansson, with Melissa McCarthy acting in the role of Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. The Michael Collins character will be portrayed by Dame Judi Dench.
According to sources, the only change in the script is a more inclusive update to Armstrong’s famous words when setting foot on the moon, which will be replaced with the line “That’s one small step for a woman, one giant leap for womankind, mankind, transgenderkind, genderfluidkind, and otherkin.”
IOW, I can’t get out of low earth orbit for 50 years, so let’s make up some shit. OK.
Babylon Bee.
Watching folks get fooled by Babylon Bee here tickles my funny bone.
It’s more indicative of the weird times we live in. (or else a few Glibs are as dumb as I am).
Babylon Bee struggles to stay apace with the inter sectional left….I don’t find it surprising or indicative of Glib stupidity that we get fooled
Hey, I reassemble that remark!
Just yesterday I was complaining about the Bee becoming too transparent. I guessed this one two from the headline.
too.
And don’t tell me to slowdown. Give me an edit button instead.
I was strongly against an edit button at HnR because there were so many dishonest debators there. Here I don’t think that would be an issue.
Eh, edit fairies are a good compromise. Makes it clear that something has been changed, and it’s never substantive.
Time limit is the key. Something like 2 minutes to edit. Allows me to catch my mistakes but not enough time to be dishonest.
*EDIT FAIRY ASK “WHYCOME U WANT US UNEMPLOY?”*
Yeah, but that story was more parody than satire (and it was a year old). Their stories aren’t always trolling, sometimes they are just flat-out mockery.
“Babylon Bee.”
But so close to reality, my comment is still just as valid.
Lunacy
Swiss is not going to be pleased with you.
Really? I thought he’d be over the moon to read such a comment.
This thread is cratering
something better will come along and tide us over
As if the world revolves around us.
I thought it was starting t lift off
This right here is a capsule of everything that is great about the Glib.
WTF? Why?
Snopes rates: false, their is no plan to redo the hoax.
Seriously though, this ought to throw the fake news algorithms for a loop.
“In its statement, Jet2 added that airport police boarded at Stansted to arrest Haines on suspicion of assault and endangering an aircraft.
Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays said Wednesday that the airline would “vigorously pursue to recover the costs that we incurred as a result of this divert, as we do with all disruptive passengers.”
It sounds like they might sue her in addition to sending that bill.
“Jet2, which said it has also banned Haines for life, said the U.K. Royal Air Force scrambled two Typhoon fighters to escort the aircraft. ”
How could jet fighters help with a disruptive passenger inside the plane?
Because JET FUCKING FIGHTERS!
As much as I don’t care for the no fly list stuff, this lady, should be on it.
The no fly list is a good idea because of nuts like her but like all good ideas govt is going to fuck it to death.
Aw. The best I ever did was get kicked off a Greyhound bus in the middle of nowhere in December. Gotta up my game.
You aren’t going to go into a bit more detail on how that happened? Inquiring minds want to know.
Fist fight with a grabby drunk. Said drunk was a regular on the route and a friend of the driver. *cue banjos* Not to worry, I did retain my maidenhead and managed to get to Vancouver much disheveled but not much the worse for wear.
I’m thinking that, if she caused the plane to go down, they could blow it the fuck up and prevent the whole thing from crashing into a building, maybe?
Yes they were there to shoot down the jet if it turned out to be another hijack like 9/11.
OK
Yikes, I hadn’t thought of it. It does make perfect sense.
“It’s a smart way to piss yourself.”
Adblocked.
>>According to the brand’s website, Lumi by Pampers will help parents monitor and track their baby 24/7.
Helicopter parenting? More like Drone.
Cloth diapers were crappy, too.
You were supposed to wash them.
“If it ain’t one thing, its another”
/Roseanna Roseanna Danna voice/
“What the sweet fuck???”
Also, adblocked.
For your own good, it may have turned you to the darkside.
Imagine SREDIPS rof NATAS.
Meantime, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Thursday he had “no information about having lost a drone today.”
Bad Orange Man lies again as he tries to start a war with a peaceful, religious nation. – CNN
Well, they didn’t “lose” it, they know where it is.
I would love it if OrangeManBad flipped the script with Iran the way he did with N.K. and the inevitable flip-flop the media would do to demanding immediate and total war with the Ayatollah.
It’s not over, Bad Orange Man. Not ’til we say it is.
Democrats on the House committees set to hear testimony next week from former special counsel Robert Mueller believe the hearings will help Americans understand “the gravity of the president’s misconduct,” staff members told reporters.
“It is not that that there will be a big, dramatic, new revelation necessarily, we’re not expecting that,” a Judiciary Committee Democratic staffer said Thursday in a briefing ahead of the hearings. “What’s important is there is truly shocking evidence of criminal misconduct by the president — not once but again and again and again — that would result in any other American being criminally charged in a multiple count indictment.”
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The Mueller report makes it clear that Trump was not exonerated but it simply found insufficient criminal evidence to prosecute.
The Judiciary Committee hopes to show that if any other American had engaged in the same conduct as Trump did as detailed in the 400-plus page Mueller report, they would be charged for obstruction of justice.
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Democrats on the Intelligence Committee, for their part, believe the public has a “slanted” view of the Mueller report and plan to highlight interactions between the Trump campaign and Russia and WikiLeaks, including that the report indicates that Trump himself knew that Wikileaks possessed emails damaging to Hillary Clinton before they were released to the public and then touted Wikileaks during the campaign.
Shocking misconduct. The man is an affront to decency.
Why won’t you stupid people believe us?
“if any other American had engaged in the same conduct”
Any other American not named Clinton
“the gravity of the president’s misconduct,”
Is this a fat joke because Trump is rotund?
What’s important is there is truly shocking evidence of criminal misconduct by the president
Sow me the
moneyevidence!Democrats on the Intelligence Committee, for their part, believe the public has a “slanted” view of the Mueller report
Possibly true but now how you mean.
Show*, even.
“….there is truly shocking evidence of criminal misconduct…not once but again and again and again — that would result in any other American being criminally charged in a multiple count indictment.”
But enough about Hillary.
“…if any other American had engaged in the same conduct as Trump did as detailed in the 400-plus page Mueller report, they would be charged for obstruction of justice.”
Has anyone said exactly what conduct that was?
“Has anyone said exactly what conduct that was?”
It was her turn, you insensitive shitlord.
He wanted Mueller fired, but didn’t actually fire him. And he tweeted some mean stuff. That’s it. Seriously.
” if any other American had engaged in the same conduct as [Fill in the blank here with any congress critter or high level bureaucrat]”
Yeah, blahblahblah, STFU already.
They’ve got him this time!
It’s amusing that the Dems are still pretending Mueller isn’t on their side.
Trump himself knew that Wikileaks possessed emails damaging to Hillary Clinton before they were released to the public and then touted Wikileaks during the campaign.
So?
Fungal Hallucinogens Send Cicadas on Sex Binges After Their Genitals Fall Off
Um…
I’m not sure they know how this sex stuff works.
You see, when a “mommy” cicada and a “daddy” cicada love each other lots…
Well, I laughed.
Well if our hallowed trannies can do it, why not cicadas shitlord? Insisting you need genitals to have set is totes misogynistic….
One could also say that they are “hollowed,” as in “hollowed-out” – at least the M2Fs who have had the surgery.
I thought you meant all those cicadas skins I find on my garage doors.
Those cicadas must be married, theyre only getting a sex binge every 6 years or so
That’s why the little bastards are so noisy. Serves them right.
I saw a weird thing the other day (which I wouldn’t have seen if not for walking the dog). A cicada that was on the grass, on its back, which I think the dog had batted onto the sidewalk. It was like a turtle that couldn’t turn over to its front again. But the thing was buzzing like a mother f’er on steroids. I thought it was a weird sex toy lost in the grass….
Was it on the sidewalk? Evolution didn’t account for “perfectly” flat surfaces humans would create.
Did you run home asking “Can I keep it? Can I keep it?”
Ew~!! no, I didn’t.
OMWC nails it again! I went on a serious Tull jag starting when I was fifteen and it’s never really let up. *wipes maudlin, half-drunken tear from eye*
And after Benefit, Anderson’s voice was never the same. RIP.
Oh, and if you don’t have the Steve Wilson remasters, run right out…
Still fine for the direction that they went. Heavier Tull is still excellent Tull. Thanks for the tune, Friend!
I have “Thick as a Brick” remastered onto DVD lossless audio. It’s pretty sweet even on a DVD-Video player.
We got to meet Ian Anderson after a Jethro Tull concert last week, introduced by a mutual friend. Really nice and down to earth fellow! But yes, his voice is mostly gone, some parts of the show were him singing along with recorded versions of his past voice.
That’s so cool but sad in the aggregate. There are plenty of the old warriors that tour through my town because we have just the right sized arena so that they can draw a decent crowd without embarrassing themselves. Def Leppard played here last year and there are a bunch of others. Dylan, Mellencamp, Judas Priest. The big thing every year here is when the local brewery sponsors the big Can-con wankfest. Lotsa 80’s bands that made it big for a few years and are riding the nostalgia train to fun and mortgage payments.
BTW, The two fingers thing is attributed to Ronnie James Dio, who says it was a thing his Grandmother did to indicate she was watching him. My grandmother was kinda satan like, but I doubt his was.
The Christian Right; freaking the fuck out so you don’t have to
These guys today are just lightweights compared to the ones I knew back in the 70s – 80s. They could find the devil literally anywhere, in any cartoon, music, under any bed, rock, behind the trash can, just where ever the fuck.
Jack Chick.
Yep. Jack Chick even decries the RC Church as a tool of Satan.
Have you seen the current pope?
Which one? Ratzinger? Frank? Jimbo?
Jimbo is the best of the bunch.
Commie pope?
You know the saying about any organization that isn’t specifically right-wing will eventually be left-wing?
And organization that is strictly hierarchical will eventually be a tool of Satan.
+1 playing records backwards
“Here’s to my sweet Satan”
“These guys today are just lightweights compared to
the ones I knewmy Dad back in the 70s – 80s.”He had me pretty will convinced I would inevitably be kidnapped and killed in a black robed ritual. Satanists were everywhere.
Dio said it came from an Italian thing about warding off the Evil Eye, the malocchio, or maloch
The Evil Eye ward also has the thumb extended.
Electric Eye
That shit is REAL.
Yeah, my Granma did the same thing. Grandpa wore a gold set of horns around his neck every day, including his 5 trips to church a week.
Food sales unaccountably skyrocket.
I don’t know that Doritos count as “food”.
Leave my cool ranch Doritos alone. And don’t even think about slandering flamin’ hot Cheetos.
I’m getting that KFC chicken Cheetos sandwich this weekend
At least I had a picture. *Kicks stone*
I’ve been tempted but keep passing. It is vile, but in the most intriguing of ways.
Stock up on pepto ahead of time.
He said he already keeps passing.
It’s all yours.
That’s just disgusting.
YOU LIE!
California reels under Gummi Bear shortage.
Shoutout to DblEagle. I missed your article last night but will catch up. Thanks for doing this topic.
+1
It’s an excellent article – long – but worth the read. Brings back those days of my youth when I was really excited about space exploration. I wanted to be, along with millions of other kids, an astronaut. Heck I thought – back then – we would now be living on the moon, have bases on Mars, directly exploring Jupiter and Saturn, and working on interstellar spacecraft. ::sigh::
^This.
An article about the promise of Apollo is on my list of things I intend to write up for here. [Avoids stern gaze from SP]
I saved up money from my paper route so I could go to Space Camp when I was a kid (5th grade).
Did they accidentally shoot you off into orbit.
Unfortunately not. And that cool spinning thing (the multi-axis trainer) they didn’t let the kids use, only the counselors. We did get to use the 6DF machine and the 1/6th gravity simulator chair though.
My wife loved that thing.
The counselors also went into the big centrifuge after work and made bets on who would black out first.
Approximate quote, as best I can remember:
“Growing up, I always thought I would see the first man on the moon. I didn’t think I would also see the last.” — Jerry Puornelle
RIP
When I was about 8 years old, my parents gave me the Space Shuttle Operators Manual and I was enthralled. I tried to copy the pictures of control panels onto big pieces of cardboard. I’d lay my desk chair down on the ground to simulate the way astronauts sat and arrange the pictures around me and pretend I was flying.
Sadly, I was a complete dunce when it came to the actual practice of science and mathematics, but I loved to dream about it in those days.
agreed, Awesome write up.
I liked this part…
“My great grandfather called to congratulate my dad. My great grandfather was born in a dirt poor Calabrian village before the Wright brothers and now his grandson had designed part of the “wonderful machine” on the moon.”
Amazing, that we went from not flying (overlooking balloons) to the moon in less than a century.
~34% less than that.
And 50 years later, we are more than a decade away.
I mean once we get the fusion based power plant up and running…
There’s something magical about standing on top of the hill that the Wright Brothers used for their flyer and walking out to see short of a flight it was.
My two degrees of separation from the Moon Landing:
In 1987 I attained the rank of Captain in the USAF. I was sworn into my new rank by retired Brigadier General Jim McDivitt, Apollo 9 Commander.
Definite Tip-o-the-Top Hat to that one and all the other contributors this week. It was a really strong showing every day.
I need to read that, but it will probably be too bitter sweet.
Like basically all kids my age, I dreamed of being an astronaut or at least working for NASA. Add on the fact that I come from a long line of engineers (like 85% of all known At-The-Wheel family men in the last 4 generations were engineers or artisans) and it really was a real thing for me. Fast forward 10 years, and A Leap at the Wheel is going around telling everyone to refer to him as NASA ENGINEER LEAP AT THE WHEEL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I was on cloud nine.
Then I actually started working there, and it was all climate science alarmism (not even climate science at that point) and feather bedding for female management. There was a small cadre of folks putting fucking robots on fucking mars, but good fucking luck getting to work on that.
It crushed me.
Oh my.
I only lasted two years at NASA (I’m not an engineer though – I worked for the IG). I got to do and see some cool stuff, but the culture, especially in my office, was absolutely toxic. Actually took a voluntary downgrade to get the hell out of there.
“Miss World America’s State/National/Chief Director accused me of being racist, Islamaphobic, and insensitive.
They stripped me of my Miss Michigan title due to my refusal to try on a hijab in 2018, my tweet about black on black gun violence, and “insensitive” statistical tweets.”
https://twitter.com/PoliticalKathy/status/1152044590645616640
https://www.instagram.com/katzhux/
Would.
Ehhhh. Does nothing for me but I’m a racist so there is that.
She looks plasticky to me. It’s just my opinion, not the Godsword. Lighten up, little fella!
Second best dog that I ever owned was a chihuahua. Used to shit in Wifey#1’s shoes.
林
“Trump supporter @PoliticalKathy stripped of Miss Michigan title over ‘racist’ tweets”
https://twitter.com/franks_chung/status/1152086086622932992
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/careers/donald-trumpsupporting-model-kathy-zhu-stripped-of-miss-michigan-title-over-racist-tweets/news-story/d32896bc3cb1a1b7fc0b5b4a5308e8cd
I think I figured it out. Only white people can be racist, unless they wearing a MAGA hat while holding a gun. Then they are literally Hitler. But not Mao or Pol Pot because they weren’t white.
It all makes no sense now.
…and the word “racist” gets stripped of just a little more meaning.
Supporter of Badorangeman, all you need to know.
“This is unbelievable @PoliticalKathy has been stripped of her pageant title for not wanting to wear a hijab & for highlighting crime rates in some black communities. The fact that these pageant people find her views offensive speaks more to their own bigotry than anything else.”
https://twitter.com/TheLaurenChen/status/1152060775449735168
” my refusal to try on a hijab in 2018″
Why would they ask that?
It’s even stupider than you might think.
https://nextshark.com/kathy-zhu-twitter-hijab/
OFFS!
I really hope those tweets don’t reflect some college students’ understanding of how life works.
You don’t understand, leon. She just straight-up refused to try on the modest garment without an appropriate and respectful period of listening to the Try-a-Hajib women explain things to her. She was denying them their right to be heard by her.
accused me of being racist, Islamaphobic, and insensitive
Of course they would. You’re a Zhu.
[exclusionary golf clap for Gus]
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It’s only going to be 100 F here for the next 3 days. Staying inside with AC on, stocked up on all the food and alcohol I need to survive this, no need to go out there. Well, I’m watering the tomatoes this morning while it’s still only 90 or so.
This weekend was supposed to be adult kayak camp, and they’re still having that, but no way am I spending all day on the water in scorching temps then spending the night without air conditioning.
One of my co-workers was telling us she’s taking the kids camping with a group and we told her you best cancel, camping in 100 degree temps with 60% humidity is probably not the greatest idea.
Eh, they’ll survive.
They’re going to be some unhappy campers and it may turn them off on the whole camping experience for life.
Depends on how much camping they do. My wife and daughter went camping last weekend. Daughter loved it, wife wanted to murder me in my sleep for making her go instead of me (she is my daughter’s Den leader, but obviously this was my responsibility somehow) but wife said she’d do it again in a heart beat.
Hit post too soon…
But my daughter and wife have both been camping almost every summer of their respective lives.
For new campers into glamping, yeah, bad idea.
Our summer has turned dreary and wet but I’ll gladly take this over the alternative, especially since the neighbor took down the giant cottonwood that used to shade the south side of the house.
I’m glad we sprung for the room with AC for our Shenandoah trip
My daughter’s Y-Princesses group sent a group text out to get a group together to go to the Squirrels’ game tonight. Hell no. I can sit in front of my oven with the door open for free instead.
That would be a dry heat, at least.
“Y-Princesses group”
So unwoke, ;^)
My name was “Bewildered Moose” back when my girls were in it. We called it Indian Princesses (even more unwoke).
I’m Little Horse, a play on the English translation of my last name. It’s getting more woke, sadly – while they changed the name to Y-Princesses, they still kept the tribal names (my daughter was in the Navajo), all the ceremonies, etc. Now they got rid of all of that. Lame. I admire the Cheyanne, who chose as their new non-Indian name Shy Anne. haha
NYC canceled a triathlon. Probably the right move.
They cancelled the horse racing tomorrow.
Don’t racehorses come from Arabia?
Only some of them.
That’s a dry heat.
It’s a kayak, just rotate through the water to cool off..
Last night it was sickeningly humid, condensation on the outside of the windows. Proceeded to have a fabulous thunderstorm last night with constant lighting for 20+ minutes. This morning woke up to the slotted manhole cover on our street blown off it’s spot because of all the water in the storm drain. SLOTTED it’s designed to allow water to pass through it when the storm drain fills up and there was still enough pressure to push it up and off. wild.
Even a small amount of floating debris could have clogged a good percentage of those slots and helped lift it off the storm drain.
My windows and patio doors are dripping wet with condensation on the outside this morning. Was the same yesterday morn, was so hot and humid by the time I got to the office around 9am that I was sweating just walking from the parking garage and across the street.
THAT WHY STEVE SMITH ONCE SHAVED. FUR GET SWEATY. HIKER HARDER TO CATCH.
A rapesquatch could have a heat stroke in this weather.
Ditto. 100* 100% humidity this weekend. I thought we were draining this swamp.
We ARE the swamp.
If you say so.
*throws Hyperion into the drain*
I was actually talking about MD, not we glibs.
MD: Come for the Wet Season, stay for the Wetter Season.
It’s not a manhole anymore, shitlord
“Mangina” is the, uh, preferred nomenclature, man.
Mid to high 90’s for this weekend, with humidity in the 80’s as well. Scattered storms predicted Sunday. But the girlfriend is going to Vegas, so I’m solo all weekend. And I’ve already got plans for pretty much the full day Saturday and Sunday already.
Wifey’s gone to her Nieces’ wedding down in the Land of the Free so I see many beers in my future weekend plans. Already stocked up and no need to drive until Sunday night. Giggity!
Is it beer’oclock yet, guys? I mean it’s almost 9am…
I am a creature of the night. My morning is your afternoon. That’s why I usually only comment on the AM links.
Creature of the Night?
Good Lord! Young Susan Sarandon was somethin’ else, wasn’t she? I had a high school girlfriend that looked a lot like her.
Young Scruffy enjoyed Rocky Horror night at the Naro
Used to go to Rocky Horror at Woodland Mall Theater. I once got asked – by a cute goth chick – to play Rocky but I was too shy to take off my shirt in front of the crowd.
I’ve got to drive tomorrow morning for a single barrel Old Forrester bottle release, then meeting up with my sister and her family for breakfast, then home. Got a party to go to Saturday night, for which ridesharing will be used, and then meeting up with some friends for the Taste of Tremont. Even if I wasn’t planning on drinking, I wouldn’t want to drive into that mess.
Took Monday off of work as well, so I get to enjoy the full weekend.
Must be wifey gone weekend. Mine is in Portugal this morning, I’m flying solo too.
So much faptration, so little time…
Leading by example.
It would seem that Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), that tireless champion of the poor, downtrodden, and underpaid is kind of full of it.
The Washington Post reports that the field hires on Sanders’ presidential campaign aren’t happy with what their socialist overlords are paying them:
Unionized campaign organizers working for Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential effort are battling with its management, arguing that the compensation and treatment they are receiving does not meet the standards Sanders espouses in his rhetoric, according to internal communications.
Campaign field hires have demanded an annual salary they say would be equivalent to a $15-an-hour wage, which Sanders for years has said should be the federal minimum. The organizers and other employees supporting them have invoked the senator’s words and principles in making their case to campaign manager Faiz Shakir, the documents reviewed by The Washington Post show.
I am presently being paid the maximum wage in schadenfreude while writing about this, by the way.
Grade A satire from Babylon Bee.
What? You’re saying it’s real?
: Nelson laugh:
I bet they have one in the next day or two.
I checked with splinter, this is just unions negotiating with management. Nothing to see here.
Am I think only one who’s a little confused how anything could go on a sex binge after its genitals fall off?
Quit being such an ableist shitlord.
See my comment above. Do we have any post-op Tranny Glibs to weigh in on this?
I see you’ve never been to Bankok
“For I have no Mouth, and I Must Scream.”
Dehumanized culture
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked acting Homeland Security head Kevin McAleenan how so many Border Patrol agents ended up in a Facebook group where “rape memes” featuring the congresswoman were shared.
see also
CBP investigating agents’ Facebook group insulting AOC, other lawmakers
AOC started her line of questioning in Thursday’s House Oversight Committee hearing by asking McAleenan if he had seen ProPublica’s report on the 3-year-old secret Facebook group, characterizing it as “violently racist and sexist.”
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“Did you see the images of officers circulating Photoshopped images of my violent rape?” Ocasio-Cortez asked.
McAleenan said yes.
Just wait ’til she finds out about the ones where she’s falling out of a helicopter.
I haven’t seen a lot of AOC in vids, but she seems to have toned down the ghetto accent and gestures while speaking publicly, at least in the attached vid.
What an outrageous hatchet job from the Dems. Hey, how about instead of grandstanding, why don’t you work on reforming immigration? That is your fucking job, you know.
Good morning, Old Man and the rest of you Space Cowboys!
It’s a terrific song, but I’m a little surprised it’s the only one. Space Oddity? But I guess that’s not specific to 7/20.
Have a great day, y’all!
Sex My life in sex: ‘I can get an erection, no problem, but I’m simply not interested’
Maybe he’s secretly straight?
“Winston’s Mom to the pink courtesy phone.”
“have been taking antidepressants”
Right there is your problem, that shit will turn you into a zombie. I’ve known people who were on those long term. They don’t seem to be interested in much of anything.
^This.
If you’re not interested, then what’s the problem?
‘Hey, look at me! Look at me, pay attention to me! I’m special!’
That’s all there is to know.
Why stress out about it? If your not interested go do something else.
Drivers beware. Current and former Illinois residents are complaining that local counties have resorted to hiring a collection agency to harass them over unpaid parking and traffic tickets from as far back as the 1980s.
I mean, you wanted privatization.
Another county heard from
Meghan McCain, the conservative co-host of “The View,” lamented Thursday that President Donald Trump and his base’s repeated attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., takes away her “agency” to criticize the freshman congresswoman’s policies.
In a segment responding to Trump supporters, at his Wednesday night rally in North Carolina, chanting “send her back” — directed at Omar — McCain declared: “I have been one of Ilhan Omar’s most vocal critics on her policy regarding Israel, regarding some of her comments that I and others interpreted as anti-Semitic.”
“But the problem right now is, you’re taking away my agency to criticize her because you’re making this about so much race, xenophobia, racism,” she added, referring to Trump’s focus on Omar’s race and her immigrant roots.
“I think any time you’re hitting in a territory where you’re telling any American citizen of a different color than you to ‘send them back,’ I, too, didn’t think this is something I would see in my country, especially when we’re going into 2020,” the conservative host continued.
She then called for the younger wing of the party — such as the president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband, Jared Kushner — to denounce the attacks, if only to keep from alienating younger voters.
What possible reason is there for anyone to give a shit about what Meghan McCain thinks regarding any topic?
She should talk about how any criticism or questioning of the Squad on any of their policies is framed as a racist or sexist attack
“What possible reason is there for anyone to give a shit about what Meghan McCain thinks regarding any topic?”
There you go fat shaming again…
Megaham McCain
LOL
I calls em as I misreads em.
It seems you have no idea how nepotism works…
So, as I’m understanding it, telling a white naturalized citizen to “go back” would be just peachy?
Oh, wait, of course it is.
Hmmm… wait, what now? In which reality did that happen? Oh, it’s Salon-town.
I think we’re gonna need a ruling from Tonio on this.
https://nypost.com/2019/07/18/more-than-half-of-american-men-are-ashamed-of-their-body-hair/
>>“Our back and body shavers allow men to continue to feel ‘manly’ and keep their dignity while managing the problem in the privacy of their homes.”
The survey also found that men also aren’t too keen on shaving anything but their face, with 62 percent saying they’ve never shaved their back, and 53 percent saying they’ve never shaved their legs.
I’ve never shaved my legs or back, but I’m not what you call a hairy bear man. Full head of hair though.
I refuse to believe that 47% of men have shaved their legs.
“Never” means “Not even that one time in college”
I have. But I was a wrestler in High school. And my legs are tattooed.
And while the average man was found to shave every seven days
Hipsters may have busted the average. Still seems too low.
I don’t know who they surveyed. My rate of shaving is ‘never’. I trim my beard down often enough, but don’t bother with razors.
I use the razors for trimming and just shave the stubble down to the lowest level and keep the goatee neat. No neckbeard shit for me, but I rarely shave my face clean with a razor and have had the goatee for more than 20 years. Would feel naked without it and the wife likes it, so I save a ton on razors. 3-4 of the Harry’s will last me a year.
^This. I use the #3 guard in winter and the #2 guard in summer and trim the neck and cheeks without a guard. No zits or ingrown hairs.
Nope. I shave about once a week (cheeks, neck, and clippers over the head). Trim the mustache every couple of weeks, but let the beard grow. Never shaved anywhere else.
I have always been able to grow a beard – but being in the reserves put a crimp on that. Now that I’m retired from the Army I thought I would grow it out again – kinda like Curly Bill from “Tombstone” – but my firstborn didn’t like the idea and it didn’t matter enough to me to continue.
I did the Hitlerstache starting on an FTX shortly after basic. Figured I’d shave the least amount possible. Once I got out, I let it go into a trimmed beard. I can’t remember the last time I shaved my entire face.
It’s my belly, not my body hair that is the problem.
anywhoo
wtf is bakblade you ask? It’s as disturbing as the name suggests.
https://bakblade.com/
I’m so glad that I aged out before this fad took off. No tattoos , either.
Thanks, Q. Shit is fucked up.
For starters, 44 percent of the men surveyed consider it “unmanly” for men to practice good grooming habits.
So, they think it’s “unmanly” to eliminate what used to be considered a sign of manliness?
“While men, overall, are getting more curious in the area of grooming, it is the millennials that are showing the most curiosity,” continued Dryfhout.
What I’d really like to see is a breakdown of womens’ acceptance of body hair by age group.
Not only by age group but by whether or not they’re on hormonal birth control.
It’s another fucking ad disguised as “news”.
“Good grooming habits.” GFY.
Glad I found a woman who thinks hairless men look like little boys, because no way am I bothering with all that shit.
Since I don’t have to shave every day for work, I don’t. I do it about once every 2-3 days. I used to grow a winter beard (fuck that shit in the summer), but once I had to start using a CPAP, it prevented a good seal so it was out.
I’m ashamed of their body hair as well. It’s disgusting.
Most victims of Kyoto Animation fire tried to escape via stairs leading to the roof but couldn’t open the door
Most victims of the inferno Thursday at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio tried to escape the fire via stairs leading to the rooftop but were unable to open the door at the top of the staircase, police and firefighters said Friday. The cause of their deaths is believed to be carbon monoxide poisoning.
A similar thing happened a few years back at a Mahjong parlor.
At least they didn’t burn to death. Cold comfort, I guess.
Same with the Donki fire that killed several people, wasn’t it?
Don Quihote fire? I don’t remember that one, but that place is a death trap. Floors of shit packed haphazardly everywhere.
I guess it’s been further back than I thought.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/2004/12/15/announcements/don-quijote-president-to-quit-over-fatal-fire/#.XTHbtC2ZMWo
I remember hearing about it in relation to describing the stores as firetraps. I’ve never actually gone in a full size one. Just a smaller neighborhood sized one.
The fire caused the company to temporarily close all 102 outlets nationwide Tuesday morning to check on their safety.
And then reopened and didn’t change the layout as far as I could tell.
Escaping a fire on the roof. Worth a shot I guess.
It was only a two story building from the pictures posted yesterday. Even assuming you can’t make it to an adjacent building and there’s no external fire escape or ladder, that’s a survivable jump.
Especially if you spot a fat otaku to land on.
Updgraded to “Definitely Worth A Shot”
Trump’s at it again this morning:
It is amazing how the Fake News Media became “crazed” over the chant “send he back” by a packed Arena (a record) crowd in the Great State of North Carolina, but is totally calm & accepting of the most vile and disgusting statements made by the three Radical Left Congresswomen….
….Mainstream Media, which has lost all credibility, has either officially or unofficially become a part of the Radical Left Democrat Party. It is a sick partnership, so pathetic to watch! They even covered a tiny staged crowd as they greeted Foul Mouthed Omar in Minnesota, a…
….State which I will win in #2020 because they can’t stand her and her hatred of our Country, and they appreciate all that I have done for them (opening up mining and MUCH more) which has led to the best employment & economic year in Minnesota’s long and beautiful history!
Count down to the fact checkers pointing out that it’s Tlaib and not Omar that has the foul mouth.
I liked “send he back”
“TRUMP IS SO RACIST, HE CAN’T EVEN TELL THEM APART!!11!1!!”
Classic.
MPR said 100 supporters. A lot of the pics I’ve seen this morning all show her “supporters” holding professionally printed union signs. There are some hand printed ones too.
I’m going with 50/50 split between real supporters and the professional protester crowd.
He’s right, you know.
A weary
nationMichigan breathes a sigh of reliefMichigan pool pooper caught on camera, banned for summer
There’s a video in the article for you Germans.
What are you in for?
“Mayhem”.
Various shit.
*narrows gaze*
Pool poopers are the third worst people in the world.
#2: party poopers
#1: pool party poopers
Lifetime ban.
Not related, really, but similar: https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/crime/man-charged-with-indecent-exposure-for-recent-incidents-near-reeds-lake/69-8fa6e02e-b702-484f-a6f6-9a4946012134?fbclid=IwAR0Xcv0adql-qtaUWmW-egBwbbNOAi7KAZz_AXRwDd9tj3WE7dn8bQsEMKA
That’s not how it works.
“Why can’t he be brought up on charges of ‘hate speech’?” Behar asked sincerely. “Why can’t he be sued by the ACLU [American Civil Liberties Union] for ‘hate speech’?”
“I don’t get it,” she said. “How does he get away with this?”
Behar was referencing Trump’s recent tweets about four freshman congresswomen — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) — that sparked a media frenzy, as well as the president’s campaign rally on Wednesday night in North Carolina where “send her back” was briefly chanted by the crowd about Rep. Omar. Trump condemned the chant on Thursday, telling the press: “I disagree with it … I felt a little bit badly about it … I was not happy with it, I disagree with it.”
Joy, I know you may not have much of a grip on reality, but, “Hate Speech” isn’t a crime, nor can it be. Nor it an actionable lawsuit.
I’m sure if you took a national survey an unsettling percentage of Americans would already believe “hate speech” is an chargeable crime.
Also Joy Behar is one of those individuals whom is deeply fortunate that breathing is involuntary…..
I bet if you told her that the Patriarchy made the poor and the minorities survive on involuntary breathing she would sign a petition to stop it.
Even better would be to get her to wear a t-shirt that says:
“STOP INVOLUNTARY BREATHING FOR BLACK BODIES!!!”
…and an unsettling percentage who know that it isn’t, but wish that it was.
Or know that it isn’t, but would go along with it anyway just to get the mob off their back.
Yerp. A few semesters ago I had the pleasure of teaching “communication law” (a graduate level communications class, not for law students), and a lot of them were shocked when we covered this.
I’m not fallling for another Babylon Bee article.
“Why can’t he be sued by the ACLU [American Civil Liberties Union] for ‘hate speech’?”
She is – the stupidest woman in the world, “I don’t often say things- but when I do it’s fucking retarded”
Trump condemned the chant on Thursday, telling the press: “I disagree with it … I felt a little bit badly about it … I was not happy with it, I disagree with it.”
What a Cuck
I also like the part where she blends criminal and civil law in the first sentence.
“No, a love for Tupac wasn’t why Jerry Foxhoven was ousted, Iowa governor’s office says
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ spokesman told the Des Moines Register that Foxhoven’s fascination with the rapper, which caught the attention of multiple national news outlets this week, was unrelated to the governor’s decision last month to request Foxhoven’s resignation as director of the Iowa Department of Human Resources.
“As the governor has said, a lot of factors contributed to the resignation of Jerry Foxhoven. Of course, Tupac was not one of them,” said Pat Garrett in a statement. “Gov. Reynolds is looking forward to taking DHS in a new direction.”
Before Garrett’s statement, the 66-year-old Foxhoven’s fandom of Tupac caught the internet’s imagination, after the Associated Press reported Tuesday that the white administrator sent his more than 4,000 staffers glowing emails about the late rap star.
That Shakur fealty included “Tupac Fridays” listening sessions and “Thug Life” cookies on Foxhoven’s birthday. Foxhoven, who did not immediately return a message Thursday seeking comment, told news outlets this week that he didn’t think there was a link between his fandom and his ouster.”
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/18/rapper-tupac-shakur-iowa-jerry-foxhoven-governor-kim-reynolds-dhs-agency-emails-fact-check/1760942001/
thicc?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7263315/Demi-Rose-sets-pulses-racing-TINY-neon-pink-bikini-sizzling-Instagram-clip.html
Look, Count, cyberstalking Ms Rose isn’t going to get you what you’re looking for.
And apparently he’s looking for a lot.
The bigger the cushion, the better the pushin’!
or so I have read
Heh.
Husband accidentally killed his new wife with a spiked 8-inch sex toy he put inside her during 48-hour bondage session to celebrate their marriage
oh those wacky Germans.
+1 SE7EN….
What the fuck is wrong with people?
They are German.
Still doesn’t beat the guy who denied that he murdered his girlfriend, saying that instead she just choked to death because his dick was too damned big.
worst or best humble brag ever?
suspended sentence […] bondage marathon
Can I get a Swiss over here?
Where is our glorious Ministry of Plenty, when we need it?
It is in many ways a positive story of how new winners can emerge even after a devastating recession. But it also represents a major fault line in the recovery that followed: Winning places like Nashville have won big, often for reasons that can’t obviously or quickly be replicated, while much of the rest of the country has struggled to stay even or slipped behind.
It is a schism that helped elevate Donald Trump to the presidency with his massive support in less populated and slower-growing areas. The divide is also preoccupying U.S. central bankers and economists worried about what happens if large portions of the country never bounce back.
“The superstar cities have pulled so far away,” said MIT economist Simon Johnson. He recently called for a $100 billion annual federal investment in basic research centered in cities like Rochester, New York, that have the base of universities and college graduates to compete as innovation hubs.
“There is no entity other than the federal government that has the capacity to move the needle on this.”
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But interviews with entrepreneurs and officials in Nashville point to a mix of factors behind its success, including some that were out of the city’s control, such as the state’s lack of an income tax, and others associated with its unique local assets.
The once-in-a-generation decision to gamble on the convention center shows the importance of political leadership, something Federal Reserve officials and economists have begun to see as central to a local jurisdiction’s success. But it also depended on the city’s celebrated country music roots and seven-night-a-week year-round party scene as the draw for major conferences and trade shows, something that can’t simply be reproduced by other municipalities.
If we just had some sort of uniform template we could use to make cities grow and prosper. We just need more government funded research. And higher taxes on success.
*clicks link*
*jaw drops*
Why do you hate America?
Oh wait…(((you))) don’t like the Christmas specials, right?
Seriously!! The Rankin-Bass version of the Hobbit was/is one of my all time favorite cartoon and remains FAR superior to the three turds version Peter Jackson shat out.
I enjoy the Rankin/Bass productions – so cheesy. And Mrs. Klaus has an awesome bod.
Sure – right up until the moment he said “I do”. The she pulled the pin on the fat grenade.
Love that psychedelic song she gets when she realizes law enforcement is horrible.
He hates it because it attracts more kids than his van.
Go watch one of those pieces of shit. Then watch the Fleischer version of Sinbad and get back to me.
*clicks link*
Ugh. I hate Popeye.
Also, the only Rankin I’ve see (I think) are the stop-motion Christmas specials. My affection for them is far more sentimental than anything else.
OK, try Fleischer’s Superman or Betty Boop.
Ahh, yes. I remember watching his Superman as a kid. Very good stuff. However, just because that is so good doesn’t mean that Rankin-Bass is bad; just not as good.
I don’t really have a dog in this fight, my only point is that Rudolph and Frosty are a part of happy childhood memories for millions of people.
Just like Achy Breaky Heart. ?
Rankin-Bass is bad because it’s bad, not because other stuff is better. Hanna-Barbera is arguably just as awful, but I rate them an RCH better.
And there are quirks of history. Nashville’s downtown zoning rules had been notoriously strict. When they were eased in the 1990s, the result was fast growth from a low base, as builders turned empty land into new neighborhoods.
It came off as a boom, but in fact it was more “playing catch up” after years of underbuilding, said Jay Turner, whose MarketStreet Enterprises developed the now trendy Gulch neighborhood around an abandoned rail yard.
Jay Turner, who is not related to Tom Turner, said Nashville “was underdeveloped because of the zoning” that had put a premium on offices and parking garages.
A “quirk of history” you say.
Obviously, the lesson to be learned here is that strict zoning and tight municipal review of development projects are what will turn a city into a boom town.
When they were eased in the 1990s, the result was fast growth from a low base, as builders turned empty land into new neighborhoods.
That’s really oversimplifying a complex system. I”m not advocating for zoning: I’m just acknowledging the breadth of the situation.
Housing and land are very cheap in TN and very available in the greater Nashville area. Downtown may have just popped, but it rides a groundswell in the burbs where medical management and manufacturing have been steadily growing for decades. Nissan/Smyrna seems evergreen, but Saturn/SpringHill was rationalized by GM in their great purge. Bridgestone is the new face of the neighborhood.
Downtown Nashville’s surge is a dead cat bounce coming out of a recession in a buoyant MSA where high sales taxes are ignored because there is no local income tax. The location nationally is ideal, draining away automotive talent was easy in a way that it has not been for MS, AL, or SC.
It’s a big story a long time coming.
If nationalists won’t have libertarians, they’ll get neoconservatives
Or worse….
neo-glibertarians.
I think we refer to them as “Tulpae”
“Them”? Surely you mean “us”.
To be sure.
You say po-tay-toh, I say po-tah-toe.
Worser…
neo-sesamestreetarians
I read that as neo-seamstresses.
We’re all Betsy now.
I did too, but I couldn’t think of a joke 🙁
I am flagging this comment.
“The big loser seems to be libertarians,” Mills added, citing the event’s seeming endorsement of President Trump’s tariff policies.
One policy does not a political coalition make.
Freaky Friday: It Worked For Skywalker
Repent!
Marianne Williamson walked to the middle of the stage, paused for a second, then she asked all the black people to stand.
The New York Times best-selling author, internationally known spiritual teacher and native Houstonian was in town recently for her “Love America Tour” at Unity of Houston. She urged the 200 of us from our seats. She then instructed a white person to hold the hand of a black person standing.
A white woman and a teenage girl who looked to be mother and daughter in the row behind me took my hand and arm.
Williamson then told the white people to repeat after her. She began with, “I apologize … .”
I was at Williamson’s event to celebrate my birthday, January 15, the same as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Each year, I try to attend a talk, lecture or event for my birthday that inspires and uplifts as he did. This year, it was Williamson’s sell-out talk at Unity Church with some 700 people in attendance.
Black people are angry, and it’s understandable, she said.
Unfortunately, anger is our Achilles’ heel.
A colleague, whom I have tremendous respect for, once asked me why many black people are so angry today. I responded with, “Why aren’t you angry?”
She looked at me with a puzzled stare.
I explained that ending racism is just as much a responsibility for her white community to “get it” as it is for my black community to “explain it.” Frankly, I said many of us are tired of explaining racist actions and racially insensitive and dismissive messages that permeate our world.
It’s time for white people to get it and speak up, too. That’s why Williamson’s apology to African Americans at Unity was so powerful.
Fuck off huckster.
>> internationally known spiritual teacher
who?
In 2016, she penned, “Prayer of Apology to African Americans,” and shared it on Twitter.
“With this prayer I acknowledge the depth of evils that have been perpetrated against black people in America. … I apologize, please forgive us.” . . .
I cried because I didn’t know how deep the hurt was.
I could not stop crying.
I opened my eyes to see everyone around me — white, black, Asian like my friend, Sydney Dao, who is Vietnamese — crying, too. I nearly collapsed to floor from the emotional weight I was feeling.
But the harder I cried, the tighter the white woman and girl held on to me.
There was a white man in the front pew who had turned around to face the entire audience. He had no one black to hold onto, but he seemed to be shouting Williamson’s words for me to hear.
It was one of the most powerful spiritual experiences I have ever had.
On my way out, I whispered “thank you” to the white woman and girl who held onto me so tightly. They had kind eyes and thanked me back.
Marianne Williamson is right. We need healing. We need real talk about racism in this country. It’s time for white people to get it.
An apology is a start.
Well, that was all supposed to be a quote.
But a month stipend wouldn’t hurt…
http://walterewilliams.com/WalterWilliamsAmnestyProclamation.pdf
What a condescending cunt.
American kids would much rather be YouTubers than astronauts
Asked what they would like to be when they grow up, about 3 in 10 American and British children replied that they wanted to be YouTubers or Vloggers—careers making videos on the Internet for fame and fortune. Lesser preferences included becoming a teacher, professional athlete, or musician. Becoming an astronaut ranked last, at 11%.
Only in China did children have a clear preference for being an astronaut—or rather, a taikonaut—over other potential professions. Children in China were also much more interested in going into space and had higher expectations for human settlement of space in the decades to come.
I am more bothered that teacher was second place in all 3 countries.
It’s not surprising. Teachers elevate themselves and parents are content to let the schools raise the kids.
…parents are content to let the schools raise the kids
not all my friend, not all…
>>taikonaut
I’ll take one order of Hunan Beef, one of fried rice, and two egg rolls.
*laughter and applause*
This is why China is ascendant and Western civilization is dying. They want it more.
“China is ascendant”… Assertion without evidence.
According to a study put put by the Communist Party of the PRC, China is ascendant. How can you argue with studies?
/not serious
You don’t argue with studies. If you don’t like the results, you just wait a week for one that gets the results you do like.
*points to latest Tommy Friedman article*
Being an astronaut is dangerous, and as a Youtube star, I only need worry about someone misusing my preferred pro-nouns.
When we were littluns my elder brother wanted to be an astronaut. I wanted to be a garbageman. Make of that what you will.
So, your brother was Mr. Danger compared to you? I mean unless you wanted to be a garbageman in Baltimore City, then I’ll give you the moar dangerous edge.
Driving the truck or hanging off the back?
I was five years old and I thought that the garbageman got to keep all the cool stuff that he found. I was never the shining star, apparently.
well… my mom had cousins in Chicago who were garbagemen. They _would_ pick up interesting things to keep, some of it would end up in the “warehouse” to be shared among family members. My Chicago Dutch Mafia roots.
NYC has a little-known museum, created by a SDNY employee while doing his doing rounds. https://hyperallergic.com/368152/nyc-trash-is-a-museum-of-treasure/
It’s “Found Art”. (and it really is)
Hon, they’re not gonna vote for you.
She’ll sell some more books. Grifters gotta grift.
Kids what to be what they see. Most kids only see teachers, youtubers, their parents, and maybe pediatricians, dentists, etc.
My daughter wanted to be a teacher, till she went to the doctor, then she wanted to be a doctor. Little girls used to play house all the time when they saw their stay-at-home mother making house.
Nice police work there Montana
To be fair, the Minnesoda car thief was so dumb that it might have been nice if MT had locked him up and paid for his upkeep the next 5 years or so. I’m sure now that he’s back in Minnesoda he is going to use up a bunch of public money.
Why do I say he’s dumb?
“‘Why don’t you just bite the bullet and come out’: Broadway legend Patti LuPone is accused of homophobia after making a personal attack on Lindsey Graham
Broadway legend Patti LuPone has drawn harsh criticism for an attack on Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, insinuating that he is gay.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7263767/Broadway-legend-Patti-LuPone-draws-backlash-personal-attack-calling-Lindsey-Graham-gay.html
“Broadway legend”
Never heard of her.
“Nobody that I know voted for Nixon!” Same deal, different era.
Namath transitioned.
Well, I mean he does act sort of gay doesn’t he? Not gay in like homosexual, but sort of prissy like gay, you know?
You’re looking for “dandy”.
That’s “Southern Dandy” you scoundrel!
I say, sir. You ahh a rapscallion of the first order. Good day!
“Did he hurt you, HoneyChile”? “Oh no, but I was just terribly, terribly frightened”!
If one of the Dem candidates from the clown car could actually pull a crowd, they should all chant “SEND HIM BACK IN THE CLOSET”
That would be fun if it was Booker.
“But he’s a Republican! That makes it totally cool and edgy!”
Freaky Friday: Is It Time For Hugs?
No cats in that household I’d venture.
Probably won’t be kids for very long either.
Ah the old “it’s just a snake” trick.
Akin to the “popcorn surprise”?
TW: interactive article
Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it was saved.
an actually decent article from the NYT showing how the firemen reacted to the blaze.
They hired Lou Holtz to be their football coach?
That’s the kind of hot take I come here for.
You aren’t one of us (and a bit too young also) Leap so you don’t remember when Holtz showed up at THE U of M and for a brief moment it looked like the Gophers would return to their glory years on the gridiron. Then Notre Dame came calling and it was all over.
+1 gummy muttering
firemen
Uh-oh.
Democrats (and Republicans) cut taxes for the wealthy
Members of the House voted 419-6 today for H.R. 748, a bill that could repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) “Cadillac plan” excise tax.
The implementation date of the ACA tax has been repeatedly postponed. If implemented, the provision would impose a 40 percent excise tax on what the government classifies as high-cost employer-sponsored health benefits packages.
Democrats do more to repeal Obamacare than Republicans.
What’s strange is Nancy “you have to pass it to read it” Pelosi didn’t realize that this was in there. Otherwise why would they pass it?
Well, she obviously never read it. With her palsied speech and drooping eye I’d be surprised if she could read a stop sign. That being said, she IS the face of the sane, logical Dems. McGovern 2020, here we come.
Doesn’t matter.
The company killed our great policy in anticipation of the cadillac tax. That policy is never coming back.
The only bright spot is the union got fucked even worse than the professional staff. And the company told the union to pay attention to who they vote for if they don’t like losing their gold-plated benefits.
2020 Democratic Primary Voters Are Confounding the Pundits
“Matthew Iglesias offered another possibility by suggesting that”
Sadbeard is sad, news at 11.
I thought sadbeard was Krugman.
Iglesias is sadbeard. Krugabe is just somehow more wrong that Winston’s mom.
And then there’s Robert Reich, who is the commie midget.
I think more candidates should join the race to clear things up
Biden and Sanders have each served in public office for more than three decades
“Served”…
‘smart woman lawyer’
Misspelled ‘liar’…
Elspeth a comin’!
Heh. Sophist Sad Beard strikes and he never disappoints.
“What the sweet fuck???”
It’s nice to see the religious right finally getting their act together. For too long now the left has had a lock on puritanism, but it seems the right’s back in the game.
They’re missing the true calling. If the religious right, the left, and the muslims could just team up, maybe they could finally bring down oragebadman and usher in utopia.
That would be pretty powerful. But fortunately for the rest of us, those groups are more about the feelz instead of the results, so even if they wanted the same thing they’d never work together just on principle.
No, this isn’t good because people lose rights every time this happens. Religious right will buy-in to the left’s desire for bans on “hate speech” as long as that includes anti-religious speech. And the left will buy-in to the RR’s desire for porn bans, because “violence against women.”
* Taps Tonio’s sarc meter *
Oops, sorry. THanks. This week has sucked horribly.
Sorry to hear that. Hopefully the weekend helps.
Out of touch? Meeee?
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said on Wednesday nobody is “heartbroken” by the prospect of losing their private health insurance if Medicare for All were to be implemented.
I know some veterans who won’t go near a VA hospital. I think there’s a lesson, there.
I love the way these people keep speaking for ‘everyone’ or ‘all Americans’. Takes a special kind of assholery.
Me, being one of them.
#metoo
She doesn’t know one person who has ever lived in a country that has socialized medicine and isn’t interested in talking to any of them. I know plenty of people who do or have lived in a country with socialized medicine. The common theme is, none of them use it, they all have private healthcare insurance because the public system sucks donkey ballz. Only the poor uses the public system, it’s basically a eugenics program to thin out the peasant herd.
Two years ago I joined a concierge medical service which requires a yearly membership fee. Online same day appointments was the big selling point; and also I’m not treated like “patient cattle”. The doctor actually comes out to greet me and discuss things (and actually listens).
I have concierge as well. Worth it.
I said this before, I’ve said it a lot, but the “squad” really wants to make sure of it. Trump’s going to win in 2020. He’s going to win big. Bigger than 2016. He may even win the popular vote, which would be hilarious.
^This. Without him they’d be ignored.
Omar was stealing all her attention. “Hey! Look at me again!”
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_zkWEGUYAAEJ-g.jpg
So you are saying Q is a socialist?
I would never support titty redistribution; titty inequality is unavoidable.
I Found Bigfoot…Maybe
I spent a weekend with the Bigfoot Field Research Organization searching for the large primate. We didn’t find the elusive creature. Or did we?
STEVE SMITH THROW MORE THAN ACORN AROUND!
If they encountered STEVE SMITH, they’d know it.
YOU WANT REASON TO BE BUTTHURT, STEVE SMITH GIVE YOU REASON.
“Something was throwing acorns at us,”
I didn’t think STEVE SMITH did foreplay.
“Gaggle of morons take thermal pictures of each other in the woods, News At 11”
New Glibs T-shirt idea:
I do say, mind where you walk old chap!
Nice.
Better than no step on sneek
I’d wear that.
I would pay upward of $20 for this shirt.
I love it, but SP has a pathological fear of (I’m not allowed to even say the word, so we’ll say “Bitey Noodles”) so no way I’ll be able to wear it.
https://twitter.com/PetiteNicoco/status/1151936544002990080
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez AOC She-Guevara Parody Shirt”
https://www.libertariancountry.com/products/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-parody-shirt
There’s some good stuff on that site. I might buy a few t-shirts from there, like I need a few more to go with the hundred I’ve never worn yet.
*adds to wish-list*
6 goddamn pounds for 3 hours luggage storage. What a ripoff.
Good afternoon glibs. Vacations go by to damn fast. Am enjoying my last dram in the land of Scots before heading to the airport
Safe travels, Pie.
I’m glad you had fun and left the place relatively intact.
You obviously did not hear how the Ardbeg warehouse burned down
Yeah! Hae ye left any whisky for the rest o’ us?
Here’s hoping Amash can topple windmills
Damn foreigner who hates america
“No wonder. Even before Donald Trump, the growing ideological intolerance of the Republican Party”
LOL, because the democrats are sooo tolerant of other views, especially tolerant of Jews, Christians, conservatives, and libertarians. Yup, for sure.
Come on now, Democrats are very tolerant of everyone who holds exactly the same position they do on every single issue.
Something that gets ignored in a lot of these sorts of articles – quite a few people move from Republican to independent not because they’re the fabled “socially liberal, economically conservative” types, but because they found the GOP to be a spineless bunch of pussies who were happiest in a controlled opposition role.
but because they found the GOP to be a spineless bunch of pussies who were happiest in a controlled opposition role.
Yup. Team Blue wins and elections have consequences. Team Red wins and they don’t want to govern.
Refuse to govern. FTFY
Bitchfaced schoolmarm to the rescue!
White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren is proposing new regulations on the private equity industry, pitching constraints designed to end what she decries as “legalized looting” by investment firms that take over troubled companies.
“[F]ar too often, the private equity firms are like vampires — bleeding the company dry and walking away enriched even as the company succumbs,” the Massachusetts senator wrote in a Medium post.
The plan, which counts Democratic rivals Sen. Kristen Gillibrand and Sen. Bernie Sanders among its co-sponsors, is the latest in a series of policy ideas that have propelled Warren into the top tier of contenders in the party’s presidential primary. The bill aims to hold private equity firms financially liable for the debts and pension obligations of the companies they acquire. It also would restrict the firms’ ability to pay dividends as well as high fees that shift money out of acquired companies.
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Warren’s bill includes rules that would require worker pay to take precedence over other obligations when companies declare bankruptcy, and demand that investment firms disclose their fees more openly. It also reinstates a division between commercial banking and investment banking that was a fixture for most of the 20th century, and whose repeal is often blamed for the 2008 financial crisis.
Warren, the former chair of the independent panel that oversaw the government’s 2008 bailout of major financial institutions, is a longtime foe of the financial industry. Like rival Sanders, Warren is building her campaign around a promise of sweeping upheaval she says would spread around more of the benefits of economic growth.
(((Capitalism))) bad.
It also reinstates a division between commercial banking and investment banking that was a fixture for most of the 20th century, and whose repeal is often blamed for the 2008 financial crisis. – never saw any solid evidence of this
Also i would have thought that if you aquire a company you get the liabilities with the assets. Beyond that it is not the case that a troubled company needs to be saved. Sometimes geting whatever value out of it and moving on is the best way to go
“legalized looting”
Asset forfeiture?
Elizabeth Warren is as stupid as she can be and/or is banking (heh heh) on the ignorance of the American public in regard to finance and business. When a “troubled company” is acquired and sold off it’s because the company as it is has ceased to be profitable. Liquidating those companies gets those assets back into the world where they can be reinvested in companies that are or might be successful. The alternative, that you can’t sell a company you buy (I suppose?), would mean that if you’re running a business with, say, a ton of accounts receivable but not enough cash to cover debts, you’re stuck, and your debtors are stuck, too. The company could liquidate itself, presumably, but then where does any net profit go? To “the workers”? That’s a tax nightmare not to mention it probably violates several laws.
the former chair of the independent panel that oversaw the government’s 2008 bailout of major financial institutions, is a longtime foe of the financial industry.
I always give my longtime foes gobs of tax dollars for failing.
“Having a seat in Congress is not about individual glory – it never has been, and never will be.
It’s about serving the millions of children and people in our communities and across the country.
Everyone deserves the dignity of representation. America belongs to us all.”
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1151960555361591296
https://twitter.com/jtLOL/status/1152208548354502656
shorter aoc: i’m too great to be a narcissist
The children didn’t vote you in, nor did people from communities across the country. Try serving your district’s voters first, you vainglorious twat.
Wow, she’s trolling herself now.
It’s about serving the millions of children
They don’t vote.
Everyone deserves the dignity of representation.
Then someone get me a different representative because mine sucks.
America belongs to us all.
Get off my lawn.
If America belongs to us all why am I the only person who ever cuts my lawn?
Why are you not also cutting your neighbors lawns, wrecker?
So, I’ve got this stip along the sidewalk I have to mow over 100ft long. I mow the remaining 20ft of the strip in front of my neighbor’s house so the height of the strip is contiguous for the whole sidewalk.
I’ve wondered if I shouldn’t, but figured if neighbor doesn’t like it they can always introduce themselves and complain.
It’s about serving the millions of children and people in our communities and across the country.
She still believes in borders and national sovereignty? That’s pretty regressive.
Has anyone noticed the new arrow thing on the looks retarded and sucks?
Meh…
The back arrow and the “x”? (click the “X” and it gets 50% smaller and changes to a crosshair) Yeah, it’s blocking my Eyepiece buttons.
There is no up button.
It’s under the X.
And the site doesn’t extend all the way to the right. The sidebar isn’t there, but there’s a grey strip on about a 10th or so of the right side of the page.
I’m not seeing that. Could be a caching issue. I don’t know how the site’s run, but if they’re using something like Varnish there could be a foul-up with that, too. That happens with us at work from time to time when the Varnish server doesn’t update properly or falls back to an old version of a page for some reason.
Warren is headed to Iowa for a two-day campaign swing during which she’s likely to tout her new private equity plan, the latest installment of a broader self-described “economic patriotism” agenda that also includes a $2 trillion investment in environmentally friendly manufacturing.
The Ministry of Plenty will provide for your very need, Comrade.
Not to sugarcoat it
“50 years ago today, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy left a party on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha’s Vineyard with Mary Jo Kopechne, 28; some time later, Kennedy’s car went off a bridge into the water. Kennedy was able to escape, but Kopechne drowned.”
https://twitter.com/AP_Images/status/1151864234910912512
Special appearance by Gilmore.
I’m disappointed that he hasn’t replied to “Mark”
Who is Mark?
A Twatter who replied to Gilmore by calling him a “Trumptard”.
That’s not the real Gilmore, is it? I’ve seen that picture used by a few people.
That’s a good point. Probably not him. Does anyone know his Twitter handle? Now that I think about it, I assume it would be “Gilmore”.
Because I’m terribly out of date on the goings-on here, is there a reason Gilmore has stopped posting?
Are you asking for a catbutting?
Wish Gilmore would drop by more often. He is missed.
Same here.
He could be…long-winded, but I generally enjoyed reading (or skimming) his comments.
He was pretty careful not to get too far over his skis even on his longer posts. Helpful comments.
The Kennedys are being unpersoned.
The Kennedys are being unpersoned.
You can say that a…
Can’t trust those cars, got a mind of their own.
The officer’s firearm discharged…
Muhammad Ali knew a weaselly asshole when he saw one.
That’s how the lion of the senate got his mane.
The folks in her home town and are are still upset over her death and the cover up
“Kennedy was able to escape”
And by escape we mean flee the scene and call a lawyer before calling the cops.
Be fair, his cellphone probably died when it got wet.
There should never be a mention of Ted Kennedy that doesn’t also mention that he ran a car off a bridge while drunk and left a woman to drown slowly because he didn’t want the publicity. So, not only was the Lion of the Senate a coward, but he was a stupid coward at that. And then was re-elected until his death. That shame should follow his name forever, and everyone who fell over themselves through the years heaping praise on him should share some of that shame themselves.
Just goes to show you that if a politician can weather the initial storm, nobody cares anymore.
It’s so weird that the Democrats hate the 1% and the Trumps and all those terrible rich white men while at the same time handwaving the wealthy and powerful backup heir to a family dynasty getting away scot-free with murder. Seriously, the Kennedys are a living example of the stereotype of the privileged that the Dems are supposed to be against, and they’re still royalty.
She didn’t even drown, she suffocated in the air pocket. Mary-Jo was alive down there for a very, very long time.
Trump’s 2020 campaign thanks you for your contribution.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/the-morning-briefing-ilhan-omar-says-boycotting-israel-is-like-boycotting-nazi-germany/
Hello? Reform Jews? Is anybody home? Maybe reconsider voting for these clowns…
The self-loathing is strong in that community.
The squad wants Trump to win. Without him they’re nothing.
I remember the time when a bunch of Israeli terrorists killed a bunch of innocent Palestinian athletes at the Olympics just like it was yesterday.
The Palestinian approach to diplomacy seems to be standing at the door to someone’s house with a hockey mask and an axe yelling at them to let you in and then complaining when they don’t.
They also insist on being given everything they want before they’ll come to the table and demand more.
They have got to be the worst poker players on the face of the Earth. At least *pretend* you’re interested in some sort of compromise just to get past the fence, *then* you kill everybody in their sleep and knock down the Wailing Wall and all that stuff.
Kennedy’s car went off a bridge into the water.
Autonomous vehicle, FTW!
Pretty sure that wasn’t a Toyota (just joshing, I know that’s been debunked).
A “SugarFree” model Subaru…
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_ysUJVW4AAZLA1.jpg
Apparently, King Solomon was a British conservative.
Looks kinda fake
It is. It’s taped to the outside of the ad slot and doesn’t even cover the whole thing. If the Tories had bought the ad space, it would at least fit the space and be set inside the frame.
Cut homeless once, measure twice.
It’s a motivational message to get people off the street.
Damn. Figure it out, y’all, apparently you got five years before you become dog food.
I’ve been ensured by our esteemed media that the Brits will be lucky to even be dog food immediately after a no deal Brexit. If they make a deal, they’ll only become Somalia.
Only Somalia?! How dare you imply that Somalia, erstwhile home of Ilhan Omar, is in any way a lesser country?
It’s not a lesser country, it’s just a shithole is all. If you like your shithole, you can keep your shithole.
Sam Kinison agrees.
I hadn’t heard that one before. That was awesome.
Work or Die.
Kinison was a national treasure. Trump should actually use that as his 2020 campaign add. I remember watching Kinison do a routine once and he said something like ‘I love women, but the guy who invents artificial pussy will be the richest guy on the planet in about 5 fucking seconds’.
He didn’t account for the time it takes for the mold to set.
Lengthwise or crosswise?
The Village Where Every Cop Has Been Convicted of Domestic Violence
https://www.propublica.org/article/stebbins-alaska-cops-criminal-records-domestic-violence
Yikes!
“Mike was a registered sex offender and had served six years behind bars in Alaska jails and prisons. He’d been convicted of assault, domestic violence, vehicle theft, groping a woman, hindering prosecution, reckless driving, drunken driving and choking a woman unconscious in an attempted sexual assault. Among other crimes.”
But the good news is, he can now do all of those things, and throw in a few murders, legally. What’s not to like?
They are just hiring guys with experience.
to catch a thief and all that, yeah
^this^
Apparently, they will hire anyone who walks through the door. Just imagine, a couple of dozen glibs move to small Alaska town and become the entire police force, hilarity ensues…
How much does the job pay?
All we can steal from the citizens we are sworn to protect.
That sounds too much like work.
Well, I didn’t mean like in steal/steal, but you know, a few donations, if you have three kids, no one needs three kids, at least one to work in our gold mines outside town sounds fair. Then we leave you alone, WIN/WIN.
“Gold Rush Alaska – Orphan”
Everything is better with orphans.
I can show you a movie of what that would look like right meow.
License and registration…chicken fucker!
Has anyone here seen part 2? Is it any good?
I enjoyed it. It’s not as good as Part 1, but it takes jabs at the Canadian/American rivalry and Rob Lowe is entertaining. It’s more of the same as the first.
What Hammercorps said.
It was really funny and if you liked the first one, you should like this one.
But Rob Lowe speed bagging the stripper’s dick made my wife a little nauseated.
Um…what meow?
He owns a strip club that has male and female strippers and one guy has a really long (hopefully prosthetic) dong hanging from a hole in his shorts. Rob’s character does a little boxing on it while he talks about how nice his place is.
Funny, but the wife was a little more grossed out than I was.
CRACKLIN BACON, WOOOOOO!!!!!
*shows tits*
“But he’s changed!”
Ohio being Ohio
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed into law a new state budget bill Thursday that raises the legal age from 18 to 21 for purchases of cigarettes, cigars, vape pens and other tobacco products.
The new legislation went into effect immediately after DeWine vetoed a grandfather clause that would have exempted people who are between the ages of 18 and 20 before Oct. 1, Cleveland.com reported.
The age restriction also applies to tobacco-related items such as rolling papers, filters, blunt wrappers, liquids and other accessories.
The measure was included as part of a $69 billion budget passed by the Ohio legislature.
For the childrunz.
Christ, what an asshole.
Christ! What a huge asshole!
Also;
*clears throat*
VAPING PRODUCTS ARE NOT TOBACCO PRODUCTS!!!!!!
I see the Ohio GOP managed to find another giant asshole. Good job guys.
Trying to Garner a few votes.
Team Red has a stranglehold on this type of stupidity.
My God, this is so stupid
You can’t beat this bishop.
https://twitter.com/TalbertSwan/status/1152229144903729153
I love how some nobody can just up and call themself a Bishop. Makes holding the crook even tastier when you’re fleecing the flock.
I wanna see how he came up with the number 22. If Warren gets the nomination the debates will be fantastic. 22 chicks on ones side of the audience eye balling Trump and a bunch of Cherokee in full headdress on the other.
*Warren aide* “The natives are restless.”
“If Warren gets the nomination the debates will be fantastic”
It would prove that the Democrats really do want to lose. Only the 2 geriatric old white guys even have a chance, and it’s not much of a chance. I can see Bernie or Biden only losing in a semi-landslide. All of the rest of them will lose in a historic level landslide.
It is really comical to see that Pelosi seems to be the only serious person left in the Democrat party. She’s not really serious about policy either, but at least she’s serious about democrats trying to hold on to some level of power. The rest of them have already jumped the shark and are heading for the brink of insanity.
I think Biden will beat Trump.
What’s your rationale behind that?
Trump may defeat Trump. But that is the only way Trump doesn’t take the 2020 election.
“I wanna see how he came up with the number 22.”
If you’re just going to make up shit out of thin air, what do numbers mean?
My guess is he just read a Heller novel.
Speaking of novels. I’ve suffered from insomnia for a few weeks now. No idea why. But I thought,maybe I should try reading myself to sleep, always used to work. So I charged my Kindle and downloaded Snow Crash. I read maybe the first 30-40 pages last night and I remember thinking … WTF did I just read? Do you have to be all sorts of fucked up in the head to be a novelist, or is it just really helpful?
I can’t speak to that particular work, but having a normal mind is an impediment to writing stories.
I read it, it was OK.
I didn’t like it enough to read any of his other books.
Well, yeah, I get it. I’ve read pretty much everything Clive Barker wrote and I do read the SF articles here, but for some reason, I wasn’t expecting the same sort of twisted shit from Stephenson. I’ve never read any of his stuff before. The reason I wanted to try it is that someone here was talking about Diamond Age on here a few days ago. I mean, his writing is twisted in a different way, but it’s all sorts of fucked up anyway.
Try “Decline and Fall” by Gibson. The footnotes alone will leave you cross-eyed and painless. It’s my go-to when insomnia creeps through the bedroom window.
“I read it, it was OK.
I didn’t like it enough to read any of his other books.”
Jury is still out for me so far. Held my interest enough to venture beyond 50 pages, which is where I typically stop reading something I’m not getting into at all. Koontz comes to mind, I’ve tried several of this novels and have never made it past 50 pages, boring.
Snow Crash is great, and maintains the WTF through the whole book.
And given that basically every great American novelist was 1) a drug addict, 2) into weird sex stuff or 3) HP Lovecraft, imma go with yeah, you need to be fucked up.
You need to up your game UCS.
He can start them but he doesn’t know the meaning of denouement. Everything happened. The End. I think he gets bored and overcooks the eggs.
But, Ron, I write to entertain myself. If I had other sources of entertainment, I would write less.
“Snow Crash is great, and maintains the WTF through the whole book.”
Pizza Deliverator in the Burbclave… nough said.
I have Snow Crash and Anathem, but I haven’t actually read either one. I remember trying to get into Neuromancer by William Gibson two or three times, but it never held my interest.
Read “Anathem”.
You’re welcome.
“Read Anathem”
Thanks, if I make it through Snow Crash, I’ll try that one.
I hope you enjoy it. A lot of people hated it but I loved it.
In other words, don’t blame me if you hate it.
Dean Koontz? He has a few that are very good amongst the huge pile.
“Dark Rivers of the Heart” has a nice anti-government thing going.
“Strangers” is a fun mindfuck & my favorite of his.
Some others were good but don’t stand out in mind.
But yeah, there’s a lot
I got hooked on his Odd Thomas series. I thought they were fun.
I only read the first one. It was OK, would continue.
+1 Acacia Avenue
Up the Irons!
I love how some nobody can just up and call themself a Bishop.
Makes me sick, it does. Luckily there are still strict standards and processes for becoming a Pope, so none of you can question my moral authority.
But you have actually shit in the woods.
Truth to tell, I revere your “Tinkle Tush” avatar far more than that Vicar of Christ fooferall.
He calls himself a “prelate”. Of what church? That word actually means something. What geographical area does he claim authority over and under whose authority?
The Most Holy Church Of Gimme Sum Dat Money, Sucka!
Swindled
Between short-term office jobs in the Washington, D.C., area, she drives for Uber. But once in awhile, a debt collector will get hold of her cellphone number — the one she keeps changing to avoid them — and it all comes back fresh. “I’ll be like, ‘Oh no!’ ” she says. “It’s a sad reminder that I owe somebody money!”
In April, she got another reminder when the government seized her tax refund.
All this for a degree she never finished.
Back in high school, she recalls, her teachers and friends pushed her to go to college. And so, without too much thought, Chavonne enrolled at the University of Mississippi and borrowed about $20,000 to pay for it.
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The one thing that could help Chavonne earn more money, of course, is earning a degree. But because she’s in default, she doesn’t have access to federal student aid that could help her go back and finish. It’s a vicious cycle for Chavonne and millions of other students who leave college with debt and without a degree.
Keep pushing that bullshit narrative, NPR. The problem is not that too many people were hounded into enrolling in college when they shouldn’t have, it’s that they weren’t given a giant pile of free money.
“If only she had a magic piece of paper, everything would be different!”
Rating: most likely false.
When EF went to law school, I called it the “Chinese fingertrap”. Once you go for awhile, and rack up the debt, you have to finish to get the *plumb job to pay for it.
I knew someone who went to law school for two years and then stopped because it was putting too much strain on the family & marriage. He must have racked up 50k worth of debt for, what in the end, was nothing.
*if you’re lucky. EF was solo from day one.
Plus, twenty grand really ain’t all that much. That’s payments on a used car nowadays.
“Chavonne”
This sort of mentality didn’t start yesterday, unfortunately. When I went to college back in the 90s, it was already well underway. I had plenty of classmates who wanted the magical piece of paper but who did not want to learn a damn thing. Which is why most of them never attained employment in the field they were supposed to be studying. The difference is that now our retarded media openly encourages this sort of self destructive behavior. They really are the enemy of the people, orangebadman speaks the truth on this one.
No kidding.
Make it dischargeable in bankruptcy, end federal guarantees.
Pop the damn bubble.
New Trump Rally slogan – “Lance That Boil! Lance That Boil!”
Here here.
Yep!
I think I found the problem.
I was encouraged to do the same thing after high school, but I couldn’t tolerate any more school so luckily I joined the Marines instead.
That was also done without too much thought.
I’ve had several people pushing me to get a masters. But I always say ‘for what’? I don’t want anything to do with a management position for a company. If I wanted to start my own business, already did that with no degree at all. What good is it to me besides a piece of paper to frame and hang on the wall? At what cost? My clients are not going to pay me more money for a piece of paper. No thanks.
Same, at work. I sling code. “What do you mean you don’t want a masters in business administration?”
I might as well have a PhD in business administration, since there is no level or component of business I haven’t written code for. Like I said, another piece of paper just doesn’t translate into $$$ when you make a living, and a good one, writing code.
I took out a $1500 loan to go to college after high school. After two trimesters, I realized I had no idea what I was doing or wanted to do, so I dropped out and joined up with the Marines (also without much thought).
After I got out and got my EE degree, I had one prof begging me to stay in school and get my masters and work with him. I had a wife and kid and the idea of not being poor or overworked was too much for me. So I went and worked for The Man in the private sector and haven’t looked back since.
Seemed to be a common thread with most of my buddies.
Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children
Me three. I was sitting around at Christmas, kinda going nowhere in life, read the book Flags of Our Fathers and thought “Aha! That’s what I’ll do, I’ll join the Marines.” Enlisted a couple of weeks later. By the time I was heading to Parris Island in April, I had major second thoughts but no way was I going to back out at that point.
I was working full time by the time I finally got my stupid degree. I ended up with a very small amount of student loans and was really glad to be out of there.
The idea of getting an advanced degree in the current Marxist incubators makes me break out in hives.
Pie?
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/792919/Glasgow-CCTV-captures-woman-headbutting-man-punching-him-bloodied-video
Well, it is a day ending in a “y”.
“The Glaswegian Kiss”
How long can the unity last? I got a feeling a cat fight is going to break out.
https://imgflip.com/i/361sk3
She’s either going to be a footnote or Goddess Queen Emperor Of The Seven Continents. Whatta world.
She’ll always be a legend in her own mind. Outside of that, a MEME and a parody of her own joke.
75 degrees and 31%. Good day for a bike ride in the mountains. Like e every day this week.
Suck it suckers!
75 degrees and 31%.
That’s whey there is AC. It’s about the same in here.
I’m not sure why I feel like it’s at least 3pm an it’s only 12:30…
The humidity is actually dense enough to cause time dilation throughout MD.
Stupid me is getting ready to mow.
(correct, time dilation would make it 12:30.0001, not 3pm. I blame the humidity.)
PSD, pea soup dilation, amirite?
24oz water for 90mins on the riding mower. 90mins with the pushmower left. Then I’ve got a double handful of junipers and azaleas to plant. Then 20 bags of mulch to put down. Probably too ambitious unless it cools off a bit, long as I get the mowing done before it decides to rain out of the blue again.
oh, and the 1,800 sq ft of cloth I need to lay on the slope I haven’t mowed all year.