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I let this slide…and was at a neighbor’s eating and drinking like a Viking.  So, open post…the preview is…we will have stuff.

Over to you.

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234 responses to “Open Post…no preview”

  1. DEG

    On this day in history, Robespierre was executed.

    1. Good. He was a rotten bastard.

      1. Gustave Lytton

        Show us on the basket where guillotine touched you…

    2. Count Potato

      So was Cromwell.

    3. Rhywun

      9 Thermidor of the Year II

      FFS. As if the metric system wasn’t bad enough.

    4. Bob Boberson

      I want to understand the French Revolution better. Other than the “Tale of Two Cities” version I never learned much about it in [Public] school. It seems in the age we live in there might be some valuable lessons to learn from studying that period in history.

      Also, from what little I do know of Robbespierre, he met the perfect end for those of his ilk.

      1. DEG

        I recommend “Citizens” by Simon Schama. Someone over at H&R recommended it (I think John but I don’t remember anymore), I bought it, read it, and I like it.

  2. DEG

    Gun Jesus covers the Charlton Automatic Rifle, a conversion of Lee-Metford and Long Lee bolt action rifles to machine guns.

  3. Count Potato

    “eating and drinking like a Viking”

    So how did Vikings eat and drink?

    1. Violently.

    2. blackjack

      I thought they quaffed grog?

    3. Hugely, is the implication.

      1. Rhywun

        Yeah, joints of meat the size of a breadbox. If the video accounts I’ve seen are accurate.

        1. I didn’t think the Vikings had video. :-p

          1. MikeS

            Video pull-tabs are paying for their new house.

          2. hayeksplosives

            Yuk-yuk-yuk.

            That endeavor lasted about a week, eh?

          3. You mean they only tried building the stadium for a week? :-p

    4. hayeksplosives

      Arranged around long tables, with schnapps and/or grog or aquavit that has to be drunk on demand anytime someone proposes a toast.

      It can get wild. Makes the subway ride a bit challenging if you overdo it…

      1. Count Potato

        I don’t think they had rum.

        1. MikeS

          I’ve been listening to a podcast called Myths and Legends. He’s done quite a few of the Viking legends and mead was very, very popular. (As Swissy noted above)

          1. Count Potato

            Mead is made from honey. Rum is made from sugar cane.

          2. And rum is distilled, while mead typically doesn’t get that treatment.

          3. MikeS

            And?

          4. And the count doesn’t want to be made into Vodka.

          5. MikeS

            Da

          6. Count Potato

            Sugar cane doesn’t grow in Scandinavia, so no rum to make grog.

        2. hayeksplosives

          Well, unsurprisingly I’m talking about modern day university sponsored banquets.

          Complete with drinking song lyrics printed up for us furriners

    5. Sensei

      Here is your Japanese eating and viking trivia.

      IN JAPAN, VIKINGS ARE ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BUFFETS

      1. Count Potato

        Awesome.

      2. That’s too far to go for a buffet.

      3. Not Adahn

        Is that ’cause “smörgåsbord” looks stupid in katakana?

        1. Is there a writing system where it doesn’t?

  4. MikeS

    Skol!

  5. Count Potato

    “Residents of Baltimore’s poorest boroughs have lifespans shorter than people living under dictatorship in North Korea. That is a disgrace.”

    https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/728278867639676930

    1. Rhywun

      Bernie was the only candidate to visit West Baltimore in 2016, to see the poverty for himself and address issues like overpriced unhealthy food and high-interest payday lending.

      *snort*

      1. creech

        At which point he convinced his wealthy supporters to open healthy grocery stores and low interest payday loan places?

        1. BakedPenguin

          Or, yuh know, mebbe just fly back to one of his 4000 sq. ft. vacation homes.

          Because he’s all about the poors.

    2. Chipping Pioneer

      “We must bring social democracy to the United States so that all Americans have life spans shorter than North Koreans.”

      1. SandMan

        I laughed.

        1. cyto

          Yup… brilliant!

      2. juris imprudent

        Until all are equally miserable, we shall have unacceptable inequality!

  6. Count Potato

    Today, in everyone is literally Hitler

    “Anyone who supports a racist or a racist strategy is a racist themselves. 2020 is a moment or reckoning for America. Vote for @realDonaldTrump and you are a racist. Don’t hide it like a coward. Wear that racist badge proudly and see how it feels.”

    https://twitter.com/joelockhart/status/1155237947035308032

    1. Spudalicious

      He got appropriately shredded. They still don’t understand that calling anyone who disagreed with Obama a racist for eight years, is what got us Trump.

      1. cyto

        Something he very skillfully orchestrated, I might add.

        Unless you think that “let’s get together and have a beer”, “coulda been my son” and “hands up don’t shoot” taking months to investigate were just coincidences.

        1. Spudalicious

          And now Obama’s too moderate.

        2. Count Potato

          “Covington teen’s $250M suit against the Washington Post dismissed

          The $250 million defamation lawsuit filed by Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann against the Washington Post was dismissed Friday.

          Attorneys for the Kentucky teen — who was filmed earlier this year in January wearing a MAGA hat in a viral standoff with Native American activist Nathan Phillips in Washington, DC — claimed the newspaper’s coverage of the incident led to a “mob of bullies which attacked, vilified & threatened” Sandmann.

          But US District Judge William Bertelsman tossed the suit, saying the paper was within its rights to publish Phillips’ views that the teen was deliberately blocking his path — even if that wasn’t the case.

          “The Court accepts Sandmann’s statement that, when he was standing motionless in the confrontation with Philip’s his intent was to calm the situation and not to impede or block anyone,” Bertelsman wrote in a ruling.

          “However, Phillips did not see it that way. He concluded that he was being ‘blocked’ and not allowed to ‘retreat,’” the ruling read. “He passed these conclusions on to The Post. They may have been erroneous, but … they are opinion protected by the First Amendment. And The Post is not liable for publishing these opinions, for the reasons discussed in this Opinion.””

          https://nypost.com/2019/07/26/covington-teens-250m-suit-against-the-washington-post-dismissed/

          1. Count Potato

            ““Report fairly and accurately”

            The day that story broke it took me all of TWO HOURS to find the original video.

            Then the media continued to peddle that false narrative for a few weeks after.

            Journalism is dead.”

            https://twitter.com/PetiteNicoco/status/1155244262000406528

    2. Grumbletarian

      How to lose an election in 40 characters or less.

  7. Derpetologist

    The ringmaster put on his gold-embroidered, beetle-backed coat and his resplendent top hat.

    He strolled casually to his place. There was a dramatic music flourish as he was illuminated by the spotlight

    His voice roared,like a lion, filled with happiness and energy: Ladies and Gentlemen! Children of all ages! Step right up and see the greatest show on earth!

    Welcome to the Circus! Hurray, Hurray, Hurray!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0

    He jauntily waved his hat and twirled his cane.

    Tonight was going to be epic.

    1. Derpetologist

      The brightly-colored VW bug backfired as it puttered into the ring.

      Oh goodness, what’s this!? A troop of merry clowns came cartwheeling out of the tiny car!

      They honked their big red rubber noses and danced for the cheering crowd.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmMleBjkn2U

      1. Rhywun

        A troop of merry clowns came cartwheeling out of the tiny car!

        Is this some lead-up to this week’s Democratic debates?

        1. Bob Boberson

          I’m sad Duke Nukem dropped out

          1. Rhywun

            Fortunately there is still plenty of entertainment value left.

        2. juris imprudent

          Give that man the Orson Welles applause gif!

  8. Tres Cool

    First!

    Well…Aw, DANG!

      1. Tres Cool

        If you didn’t like Mystery Men, then I have nothi….GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR!

        1. Derpetologist

          The Shoveler was my favorite.

          Mr. Furious: Okay. Am I the only one who finds these sayings just a bit formulaic? “If you wanna put something down, you gotta pick it up”. “If you wanna go left, you gotta go right”. It’s…
          Sphinx: Your temper is very quick, my friend. But until you learn to master your rage —
          Mr. Furious: Your rage will become your master? [The Sphinx freezes, caught] That’s what you were gonna say, right? Right?
          Sphinx: … Not necessarily.

          1. Tres Cool

            Highly underrated movie.

          2. Akira

            Mystery Men, fuck yea!!

            I remember getting all hyped up about that movie in 4th grade, and when it finally came out I went to see it with some friends. We fucking loved it, and I spent the next several weeks building Lego versions of the Hercimer Battlejitney and Casanova’s mansion.

          3. Sir Digby (PBUH)

            Damn, let me in on the love for Mystery Men!

            “Disco is NOT dead! DISCO IS LIFE!!”

          4. Akira

            Another great part was when the trio went to meet Invisible Boy, and he just says, “Dad, I’m going into my room with three strange men!” which is completely ignored by his dad.

          5. Sir Digby (PBUH)

            So much this. Too bad it was only one movie.

            Or, thankfully, it was only one movie. I dunno which.

            Just remember: Wolf pack > Six Pack. May be blasphemous around these parts, but it’s still damned funny.

          6. I used to have a number of the original comix that movie was based on. Most starred Flaming Carrot, a wonderful and hilarious superhero, who sadly was not in the movie (it may just have been too much trouble to create his costume, with a large flame rising out of his carrot-shaped outfit). Great comix on the same laugh out loud level of Reed Fleming, the world’s toughest milkman.

          7. Sir Digby (PBUH)

            I’ve read about the comic/Flaming Carrot, but, never looked into it. I figured that I liked the movie too much to risk lessening that.

  9. Derpetologist

    The crowd cheered and clapped! And now came the lion tamer.

    He cracked his whip. The lion roared.

    The crowd gasped as the lion tamer seized its jaws and put his head in the gaping maw.

    The crowd gasped…then laughed and cheered when the quick tamer deftly escaped.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDSOP_j7HZE

  10. Spudalicious

    Now Trump needs to visit Cummings district in Baltimore and do a town hall with his constituents.

    1. Tres Cool

      Yo, sic burn brah

      That wold be so awesome.

    2. Rhywun

      The dumbest hot-take I’ve seen yet.

      1. Derpetologist

        extra credit derp homework: David Simon on why he created The Wire

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYXNdELqCe4

      2. Count Potato

        That’s just retarded.

  11. Derpetologist

    Oh, hurrah! The lead elephant stood up on 2 legs.

    The crowd clapped and cheered when it used its trunk to put the acrobat girl on its back.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN2FGuYgtlY

  12. Spudalicious

    “eating and drinking like a Viking”

    Which is typically followed by “puking like a hero”.

    1. Tres Cool

      You were at my wedding reception ?

  13. Spudalicious

    Back in my wedding crasher days.

    1. Spudalicious

      Damn.

  14. Count Potato

    “If racist Elijah Cummings would focus more of his energy on helping the good people of his district, and Baltimore itself, perhaps progress could be made in fixing the mess that he has helped to create over many years of incompetent leadership. His radical “oversight” is a joke!”

    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1155558122163003393

    1. Rhywun

      Netanyahu’s role in helping transnational organized crime install Trump is a stain on Israel’s honor, and one which will not be forgotten by Americans for many decades.

      Oh Twitter, you never disappoint.

      1. hayeksplosives

        I dunno. We got over that USS Liberty thing okay.

  15. Not Adahn

    Apparently the new handbook for plotting shows has designated episode 4 of a series as being the ones where thing get supremely fucked up.

    The Boys ep 4. It is glorious.

    1. totally_not_an_escaped_ai

      That dude gave some, err, mind-blowing head to that d-lister superhero chick. That was….graphic!

      Great show and getting ready to binge the rest tonight!

      1. Dude! no spoilers. Jesus!

    2. Count Potato

      I’d look into it but it’s on its second season, and the first season would be difficult to get now.

    3. Sean

      Can confirm. ?

  16. Count Potato

    “What a very angry and homophobic ninja.”

    https://twitter.com/LilithLovett/status/1155320436055371777

  17. CPRM

    My brain was mush today after work and everything ached (even though I don’t work physical labor) so I veged out and watched Another Life on Netflix. Ok fine like 4 LGBTQ+ characters, and then some dudes who make out with eachother while tag teaming a chick, not my thing and it all dragged the story down, but I expected it. The the chick that got tag teamed got pregnant, and instead of saying abortion they said ‘Restore your period.” WTF?! That is the sickest perversion of language I’ve come across out side of a SugarFree story.

    1. hayeksplosives

      That’s some sick thinking. Sounds like how some director or screenwriter justified a decision made in his/her own life.

      Isn’t it enough that it’s legal and available easily? Do we have to pretend it’s not ending a life for your convenience too?

      1. CPRM

        Even if you don’t see it as ending a life, from what I’ve been told by women they don’t much enjoy their periods either, this makes it sound like restoring a super power.

    2. Tres Cool

      Maybe this will make you feel better:

      Agile Cyborg
      March.28.2015 at 7:16 pm

      So who wants to fuck my wife and me with a robot for a fmr and so and so?

      1. Count Potato

        What’s an fmr?

        1. CPRM

          If you have to ask you don’t want to know.

          1. Count Potato

            Full Moon Rave?

        2. Female Male Robot

        3. Spudalicious

          female…male…robot…

          Feel free to slap yourself in the forehead.

      2. DEG

        I miss Agile Cyborg.

        1. slumbrew

          Same.

        2. Tres Cool

          People like you are why I posted that

  18. hayeksplosives

    For odd plant enthusiasts, behold this pic of the aptly named Star Flower in my yard. Shown with my hand for context.

    https://imgur.com/a/qoGgpHj

    Looks like it belongs on the ocean floor or Star Trek bad props department. I had to use PlantSnap to figure out what it was!

    1. CPRM

      How can you bend over so far with broken vertebrae, I can’t do that non-broken ones

      1. hayeksplosives

        I’m just gritting my teeth. The contrast between now and the few days right afterwards makes it seem like such a vast improvement.

        Until 2 days ago I needed help getting in and out of bed. Now I can manage it myself.

        1. Count Potato

          I hope you are feeling better soon.

          1. hayeksplosives

            Thanks. I think I’ll try going to work Wednesday

    2. You’re right it not only looks fake, but badly fake…

      Nature is weird.

    3. Count Potato

      That’s neat.

      Carambola makes a neat upside down cake.

      1. Count Potato

        Why did did I write neat twice? Oh, I’m on my fourth bacardi. Never mind.

        1. hayeksplosives

          I’m on my first! But it’s a double.

    4. slumbrew

      *”flower” screeches and latches onto the back of HE’s neck*

      Yes. You. Should. All. Come. See. This… Flower.

      1. Quick, we need some *technobabble* to *technobabble* the *technobabble*!

        1. slumbrew

          We just need some samples of Nine-day Fever

        2. Derpetologist

          Reverse the polarity!
          Batten down the hatches!
          Fix bayonets!
          At my signal, unleash hell!
          Ugh! Ugga wugga!

      2. Rhywun

        +1 pod

    5. straffinrun

      At first glance it looks like a spider.

  19. straffinrun

    Did a mile in the pool and and hour bike ride. With the daughter. She basically kickboards most of the time because her crawl is not great. We’ve been doing this routine since last Monday and haven’t skipped a day. Nearing 100 degrees this week, so the cycling needs to be cut back. Thinking basketball or badminton instead.

    1. Count Potato

      A mile in the pool?

      1. It’s a really long pool

      2. straffinrun

        Ten 100’s free and a mix a few back. My fly sucks. The daughter made about 10 laps of kicks and free.

    2. Gustave Lytton

      Good for her. My kicks are crap and uncoordinated. I wish I’d spent more structured time in the pool when younger rather than just playing.

      1. CPRM

        All babies are born knowing how to swim, it’s only the cishet patriarcal racism that keeps unwanted bodies from swimming.

        1. Gustave Lytton

          Unwanted bodies? Is that the latest euphemism for aborted fetuses?

          1. CPRM

            No, those are overdue periods.

      2. straffinrun

        The kid is a beginner, so she’s kicking. Generally, you shouldn’t be trying for power in your kicks on free unless you’re sprinting. Just let your legs dangle and focus on your strokes and breathing.

        1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

          Just let your legs dangle and focus on your strokes and breathing.

          I, uh….. ::furiously scribbles notes::

          /thanks, straff!

          1. straffinrun

            You’d think I’d have noticed that.

          2. Sir Digby (PBUH)

            No, no! I am quite….you know….happy that you provided “pointers”

          3. Gustave Lytton

            Straf is an expert at turning Japanese.

          4. Sir Digby (PBUH)

            I see what you did there, Gustave. But, just barely…

        2. Gustave Lytton

          inukaki, got it!

    3. Spudalicious

      “Did a mile in the pool”

      When I was a kid, we called those “canals”.

    4. Sir Digby (PBUH)
  20. Derpetologist

    Oh, how I laughed.

    Trump “sings” Fireflies.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RV_AJrWa9A

    1. Count Potato

      1.7M views?

  21. Sir Digby (PBUH)

    resplendent top hat.

    ::ponders screen name change::

    Hmm….maybe it’s the predecessor of the pofflesnu

    Fun Fact: one of my loooong-ago TOS handles, Trouser-Pod was taken from here. Because, where else?

    1. Rhywun

      Trouser-Pod

      Rings a bell.

      I tried another handle and caught shit for it. ?

      1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

        Aww… Not from me, I hope. I thought it was keen, as I remember it*.

        Yes, Trouser-Pod was well before Sir Digby.

        *

        If that’s not the case, then, it’s simple: you’re all liars

        1. hayeksplosives

          “If that’s not the case, then, it’s simple: you’re all liars”

          sounds legit…

          1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

            Well, if the shoe fits… 😉

    2. Count Potato

      Is that House?

      1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

        Sshhhh! You ruin the suspension of disbelief!

  22. Gustave Lytton

    http://gatehousenews.com/campussymbols/home/site/registerguard.com/

    “The students who are making this push are not angry students. They’re not students who have a grudge against their university,” he said. “They’re students who deeply love their university, and that’s why they want to see it improve.”

    Bullshit. They’re little maoists no different than their Cultural Revolution kindred trying to erase the past and destroy institutions, aided and abetted by the marxists and socialists controlling campuses. They will never be satiated, and rewarding them just encourages more of this.

    1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

      Perhaps they should forego statues in favor of performance artists

      I figure that’s what the little bastards rate, anyway.

    2. Rhywun

      Yeah, I don’t know any normal person who “deeply loves their university”.

  23. Derpetologist

    This song always lifts my mood:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgeIINs1TrQ

    1. Count Potato

      Awesome cast, never seen it.

      https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065938/

    2. dbleagle

      I have absolutely no negative waves about that movie. Count Potato needs to spend some time watching it.

      1. Spudalicious

        You MUST watch it. Intoxicated makes it even better.

    3. Gustave Lytton

      Me too!

  24. CPRM

    Ok, I’ve been up too long, but I’ll leave you with this heady peace from Yahoo I read at work this morning: Progressive jews say the old testament (Talmud) doesn’t ever say nothin bout no abortions.

    1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

      Fine! Git! go on now…

      See ya tomorrow.

    2. Rhywun

      Across the country, as a wave of anti-abortion legislation reinvigorates the fight over reproductive rights

      Huh. Another article that curiously omits the earlier abortion-at-will statutes in NY and I-forgot-the-other-one that prompted said wave.

      1. Count Potato

        You figure a bunch of commies would at least understand Hegel.

    3. Gustave Lytton

      the suffering with giant regrets and self-condemnation, and I couldn’t help but thinking, I couldn’t help but wondering – how much of that was genuinely the feelings that they had about the procedure, and how much of it was layered onto them by messages from specific faith traditions telling them that what they had done was terrible?

      Apologist for Nazi camp guards right there.

      1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

        She wonders, too, if people really understand the risk women will be under if Roe is overturned.

        Which women?

      2. Rhywun

        I’m afraid I’m not qualified to Jew-splain abortion rights and I have a suspicion that Yahoo! isn’t either. But hoo-boy they’re gonna give it a go.

        1. Gustave Lytton

          The repeated use of “Hebrew Bible” had my eyes rolling from the start.

  25. Derpetologist
  26. Sir Digby (PBUH)

    Free will? Rights? Individual sovereignty? Fuck alla yous!

    I’m not a Bailey-esque trans-humanist, but, these people are thinking they know the answers?

    1. Derpetologist

      I’ll see your trans-humanist claptrap and raise you a video urging people to work toward immortality!

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

    2. Rhywun

      Yes, duh. Next.

      1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

        My, my….touchy, aren’t we??

        All I did was question whether these scientific experts have better moral and ethical insight over human behavior and our challenges….

        1. Rhywun

          Sorry. I don’t tolerate derp like some of the experts at it around here.

          1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

            Sorry…I figured you’d want to be forever young.

          2. Rhywun

            I just want todance.

          3. Sir Digby (PBUH)

            I’m almost tempted to go full-on Dead or Alive, here.

            Almost.

          4. Rhywun

            Those hacks? Jeez, what the hell is wrong with you? I can’t even.

          5. Sir Digby (PBUH)

            Just, piss and vinegar with you this Sunday….

            Let’s just go with this jewel. Brings back lots of HS memories.

          6. Rhywun

            Heh, that was the first CD I ever bought. It’s impressive how many songs they managed to cram in that sounded exactly alike.

          7. Sir Digby (PBUH)

            I just know that I loved the song, and my HS friend, and subsequent roommate, introduced me to it. But, it would not surprise me to learn that Red Flag made many similar-sounding songs.

  27. Gustave Lytton

    https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/07/wyden-intervenes-at-border-to-help-mexican-family-apply-for-asylum.html

    I’d be mildly upset about a US Senator using their office to benefit foreigners (why didn’t he escort her to a hospital in Mexico since that’s where she was?), but NY’s 3rd senator has a long history of failing to represent his constituents.

    1. Rhywun

      Meh, he’s using his office to benefit himself. If it takes traveling to Mexico and grandstanding so be it.

    2. Sir Digby (PBUH)

      …a U.S. senator intervened to persuade the officers..

      Yeah, I bet he did.

  28. Derpetologist

    I’m pretty sure I learned about this from one of you miscreants:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3YGtQ40Qvs

    It never fails to make me laugh.

    And laugh. And laugh.

    The first time I saw it, I thought I was going to die laughing.

    1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

      I don’t know which is funnier: the video, or, the thought of you losing it to this video.

      Also, kinda seems like a Verhoeven production, in a surreal sort of way.

      1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

        Hey–psychos need lovin’ love, too, you know!

      2. Derpetologist

        Look at this comment:

        The color is “bone”,

        The lettering is “Silian Rail”.

        Raised lettering.

        Tasteful thickness.

        It even has a watermark.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISYzA36-ZY

        1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

          Dammit, HerpDerpTube! Why can’t you work only when I want, and, not require me to actually go into the settings…

    2. Gustave Lytton

      The hair and shoulder pads.

      Sadly the last Sizzler I walked by didn’t look anything like that.

    3. Rhywun

      OMG that’s great.

      KRAMER: Boy, they got a great cafeteria downstairs. Hot food, sandwiches, a salad bar.. It’s like a Sizzler’s opened up a hospital!

      The only thing I know about Sizzler.

  29. The Bearded Hobbit

    Dear Glibs and mythical Gliberinas,,

    Thank you all for existihg in my multiverse

    I lurve you all so much.

    … Hobbit

    PS: I might be extremely drunk.

    1. The Bearded Hobbit

      ,,or am I ????

      1. The Bearded Hobbit

        Naw, I’m pretty drunk.

    2. Spudalicious

      I would say that this is one of the very few places on the World Wide Web, where drunk posting is still protected speech.

    3. Sir Digby (PBUH)

      Well, we do live in the best timeline…er, universe. I guess it’s your’s.

      Also, thank you. You are lurved, too, ya drunkie.

    4. PieInTheSky

      Must be an US thing, I would not be drunk on a Monday morning. But after a week of poor sleeping I did get to the office at 7 30, last week I got in an 8, and I usually get in at 7

      1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

        Well…..this could fall under the category of ‘poor sleeping’.

        Also, it’s Friday night somewhere.

      2. Gustave Lytton

        What are you doing to my stereotypes? A Euro ragging on Americans for the level of sobriety during working hours?

  30. Sir Digby (PBUH)

    Oh, Snopes–please, don’t ever change.

    That is, of course, unless you are actually going to start worrying about the truth.

    1. PieInTheSky

      To many of these debunking channels keep appearing, who can keep up?

      1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

        I like his. He seems level-headed enough, and will even host certain progs when he’s away (allow them to put up a video on his channel). The idea being that they are far more principled than other lefty commentators, and whit whom he has a good rapport. Sean, though, is pretty center-right libertarian, from what I’ve seen.

        He really does not like TYT, though.

        /fish in a barrel

    2. straffinrun

      That guy does great videos. I always forget to check him out. Thanks.

      1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

        That guy does great videos

        Seconded.

  31. PieInTheSky

    Also good morning glibs. I think I ate to many blackberries and plums yesterday, or so my stomach is informing me.

    1. straffinrun

      Afternoon, Pie. Quite the diet you got going.

    2. Sir Digby (PBUH)

      Wait…it’s possible to have too many blackberries? ‘Cause, I’m right there with you, Pie.

      /Blackberries4Life

    3. Gustave Lytton

      Keep going until your toilet informs you you’ve been eating too much fruit.

  32. hayeksplosives

    I’m watching Parks and Rec for the first time. Why did I wait so long?

    1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

      I can’t even…just now???

    2. Derpetologist

      Here, let me save you some time:

      “Clear alcohol is for rich women on diets.”

      “History began in 1776. Everything before that was a mistake.”

      “The less I know about other people’s affairs, the happier I am.”

      1. PieInTheSky

        There are at lest 3 more good quotes in there

        1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

          “Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.”

    3. Because it isn’t funny?

      1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

        Oooohh….SP, coming in from the top rope!

        /not even a bit?

        1. Saw like half of an episode because someone visiting (SugarFree?) said it was funny and was in my living room haranguing me to watch it. I hated every character. I’m not really a sitcom kind of person.

          1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

            I’m not really a sitcom kind of person.

            Ahh. Duly noted.

  33. Derpetologist

    Me, in the form of a pop song:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pr-xzajQo0

    1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

      Beautiful voice(s)…

      Of course, they are known for the most classic of classics.

  34. Sir Digby (PBUH)

    Matt: You da man.

    “Idling my car outside of a cow fart party…”

    Dammit, man!

  35. Akira

    Can anyone recommend a good brand of sunglasses in the $50 – $100 range?

    I’ve decided to stop going with cheapo Chinese knock-off sunglasses since they break during routine use (not like I’m stepping on them or something). The two styles I wear are clubmasters and aviators, so if they had both of those it would be excellent.

    1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

      I don’t know of any brand to recommend, so I can’t really be of help here. My personal approach would be to look at what is on offer at Amazon, based on ratings, with whatever standard disclaimer applies to relying on Amazon ratings. At least you can get a feel for what is out there and meets your criteria.

      I don’t even know if there are people who rate the various makers, or, who the various makers are, for that matter. Oakleys really do seem to be the go-to for LEO types, so much so it’s a stereotype, from what I’ve seen. Beyond them and Foster Grants and Ironman, you’ve got the whole world of shades-makers.

    2. Gustave Lytton

      Well over double your price, but maybe somewhere might have a discount to list?

      https://www.randolphusa.com/men/aviator/?attribute_pa_frame=matte-chrome&attribute_pa_lens-features=non-polarized&attribute_pa_lens=skytec-american-gray&attribute_pa_temple=bayonet&attribute_pa_size=55mm

      They were the ones used for prescription aviators when I was in. I never got a pair myself as I wasn’t special enough.

    3. l0b0t

      I LOVE my Julbo brand glasses but they are delicate and fragile. I’m very rough on sunglasses. For daily wear, I head to Walmart’s sporting goods section; the fishing aisle has a nice collection of well-polarized choices in the $12 – $25 range.

  36. Gustave Lytton

    Crap. Another amoral asshole at a self-defense free zone. At least the cops seem to have responded quickly.

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Multiple-people-hurt-in-shooting-at-Gilroy-Garlic-14191974.php

    Cut through a fence, possibly wearing body armor, and they would have been dissuaded from killing if they hadn’t been able to acquire firearms? BS. They would have used gasoline tanks or just used a large vehicle to mow people over. Fuck the lying scumbag gun grabbers who can wait to use any tragedy to advance their agenda. And fuck the Chron liars lying about mass shootings and “loopholes”.

    1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

      the Chron

      I think I spotted the problem.

    2. Last I saw there were 4 dead. But 48 hour rule.

  37. So, a mini preview of the week, just because I can.

    Monday: SLD: The Libertarian Case for Section 230 Reform by wdalasio ; East Plum Creek – A pictoral by Yusef
    Tuesday: Let’s Get Pessimistic About 2020 by RC Dean; Glib Survey Results from Mexican Sharpshooter (I think); the start of a special serial from Ozymandias – The Untold Story of the DoD’s Anthrax Vaccine Program: Prologue
    Wednesday: Hat & Hair x 2: SugarFree and then CPRM
    Thursday: Secret Nazi President by Baked Penguin; Learn Japanese Through Anime Titles – ソウナンですか?- Are You Lost? from Sensei
    Friday: Scrot…. SCOTUS summary 2018-2019 session by Trashy
    Saturday: Mexican Sharpshooter drinks beer; Spud brings links

    Links by Banjos, Swiss, Brett L, OMWC, and Spud. Weekly warning, er forecast, from Not Adahn on Sunday. Various cryptids and whomever dipping in and out for miscellaneous duties.

    In short, another great week of terrific community-sourced content here at Glibertarians Central. Thanks to all the Contributing Writers!

    1. Gustave Lytton

      The Untold Story of the DoD’s Anthrax Vaccine Program: Prologue

      Should I start drinking now?

      1. This is a non-fiction, true account.

        So, yes.

        I’ve read the first chapter and he’s told me some of the ending.

        So, yes.

        The serial will be running Tuesday nights at 2300 Glibtime, but always accessible from the front page sidebar.

        1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

          The Untold Story of the DoD’s Anthrax Vaccine Program: Prologue

          Well, if it’s being told to us… You know what–go ahead and pour me one, too.

          /Ted S moment. Except, I’ll take a beer

          1. I’m just finishing up my postprandial Basil Hayden Dark Rye while working a little. I seriously should have had some before formatting his piece the other day.

  38. Gustave Lytton

    Wow, radio controlled tug for moving aircraft around.

    https://youtu.be/C-1gbxURCak

    1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

      I can imagine that concept creating lots of ‘fun’.

      1. hayeksplosives

        But think of all the union workers out of jobs!!! That’s no way to run a charity!

        1. Sir Digby (PBUH)

          Won’t somebody please think of the union people?!?

          1. Always look for,
            The Union label,
            It means we’re able,
            To make it in the USA!

          2. Sir Digby (PBUH)