IFLA: The “ASTG4113” Edition of the Horoscope for the Week of September 15

So I’ve covered some of the very basics of astrology with you before, but this week we’re having to jump straight to some serious advanced level stuff to read what the skies are throwing at us.  Even with all of the millennia of accumulated wisdom, there is still some ambiguity with the principal sign this week because of two principal actors:  Saturn is a butthole, and retrograde motion is a jerk.  So we’ve got Venus-Mars-Saturn retrograde with that last component signifying “beginning” or “really bad ending.”  Now, we haven’t really talked much about angular considerations, but with this alignment we have Jupiter-Sol en tierce which excludes such interpretations as “the birth of twins” or the like.  With that modification, the sign is either “Marriage,” or “Divorce the likes of which The Tudors would consider a bit extreme.”  But whose?  None of the planets are in Leo, so not a royal.  Virgo, Capricorn, and Libra are all indicated in the “who”  and Sagittarius in the “where.”  A double-Virgo points to the more notable party being a woman.

While we’re waiting for that, we have the earth lining up with Mercury and Venus with the sun in opposition, which means it’s an auspicious time for drinking, carousing, gambling, and/or expanding your sexual horizons.  This is confirmed by the moon being in Aries.

Virgo loses their ultra-uber status this week as they’re unable to hold on to two planet, but they maintain Mars.  Expect more conflict this week, but you’ll be successful in it.  There is going to be relationship stress (maybe from following the advice in the previous paragraph?) as the conflict between Libra and Mercury gets filtered through Venus.  And of course, I already mentioned the moon in Aries.  Full Moons?  Goats?  Do I really have to spell this out for you ?

Virgo: 6 of Cups reversed – Renewal, the future coming to pass

Libra:  The Emperor reversed – Benevolence, compassion, credit, immaturity, obstruction, confusion to enemies

Scorpio:  2 of Wands – Riches, fortune, magnificence, physical suffering, disease, mortification

Sagittarius:  7 of Cups reversed – Desire, will, determination, project

Capricorn:  10 of Coins reversed – Chance, loss, robbery, pension, games of hazard, a gift

Aquarius:  6 of Coins – Presents, gifts, gratification

Pisces:  The High Priestess reversed – Passion, moral or physical ardor, surface knowledge, conceit.

Aries:  8 0f Coins – Work, employment, craftsmanship, commission, skill in such matters

Taurus:  Knight of Coins – Utility, interest, rectitude, responsibility

Gemini:  The Devil – Ravage, violence, force, vehemence, extraordinary efforts

Cancer:  Queen of Wands – Dark woman or countrywoman, chaste, honorable, loving

Leo:  4 of Swords – Vigilance, retreat, solitude, tomb

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347 responses to “IFLA: The “ASTG4113” Edition of the Horoscope for the Week of September 15”

  1. Drake

    Cancer – “Dark woman or countrywoman, chaste, honorable, loving”

    Which is it? Chaste or loving?

    1. Hyperion

      Chaste, but you still get to cuddle, isn’t that what’s important?

      1. Drake

        No.

        1. Hyperion

          You need to find a toxic masculinity removal class near you.

          1. Drake

            The poison leaves through the penis.

          2. AlmightyJB

            Cuck State?

          3. Hyperion

            Cuck U?

          4. Trigger Hippie

            Cuck Community College?

          5. Hyperion

            Cuckology Tech?

  2. AlmightyJB: The documentary was “Out of Mind, Out of Sight”.

    1. AlmightyJB

      Thanks Q! Sounds right up my alley.

    2. Tres Cool

      Out of mind out of sight?

      I miss the 80s.

  3. Yusef of Dystopia

    I sure could use some renewal about now, oh back to Cali for 1 day oughtta do it……
    No

    1. BakedPenguin

      oh back to Cali for 1 day …

      I’ll avoid the obvious LL Cool J / Biggie link.

      1. Tres Cool

        I dont think so.

  4. Don Escaped Texas

    games of hazard

    Not Adahn: I reworked the crossword and SP created a link to a pdf of it that includes the solution I fixed a ton of the clues (“oboe” is still wrong, though) so that reasonable people can get more than half way through it.

    1. Yusef of Dystopia

      Thanks Don!

    2. l0b0t

      I found the PDF format to be a most excellent way to present the material. Thank you to both you and SP for providing such an enjoyable exercise. The content here just gets better and better.

    3. Hyperion

      “games of hazard”

      Borderlands 3? I’m still playing Rebel Galaxy Outlaw and Greedfall. No one needs 3 games.

    4. Not Adahn

      I almost finished it as-was, but I look forward to the updates

      1. Don Escaped Texas

        That’s very comforting news . . . good !

    5. Speaking of crosswords, I am working on my second and after submitting imy first I noticed some boneheaded errors, So, I am looking for one or two beta testers to check for errors and solvability, hit me up at lightbeeraintbeer at (google)mail and I’ll send the password to the first couple interested parties.

    6. Suthenboy

      Since I got a little more than half way through I suppose that makes me unreasonable.

    7. TARDIS

      Thanks Don (and SP)!

  5. The Late P Brooks

    Sagittarius: 7 of Cups reversed – Desire, will, determination, project

    Good. I gots things to do.

  6. Hyperion

    “Capricorn: 10 of Coins reversed – Chance, loss, robbery, pension, games of hazard, a gift”

    I’m not getting a pension, but I’ll take the gift.

    #CapricornsRpeople2

    The resistance shall continue.

    1. Not Adahn

      Blame Saturn.

  7. Not Adahn

    There is an Action Pistol match next week at Kayaderosseras Fish & Game Club on Sunday Sep 22nd. I invite anyone interested in turning dollars into smoke and noise quickly to come and spend a few hours on a beautiful Upstate fall day with me.

    I’m particularly looking forward to these two stages as one of them has THREE popper-activated targets. And I find steel more fun to shoot than IPSC targets, though the latter is what allows you to really show off.

    1. Not Adahn

      Looks like I SF’d the second link

      1. Not Adahn

        And on a related note, I’m off to figure out where my new club is, since I have to go through orientation in a few days. It’s somewhere in the sprawling metropolis of Greenfield Center.

  8. the future coming to pass

    That’s a bold prediction there , Not Adahn.

  9. Hyperion

    Just opened a beer. Am I a bad person? Spousal unit says yes. I say it’s Sunday, I dindunuthin and it’s likely to remain so rest of the day.

    1. Not Adahn

      Was it her beer?

      1. Worse yet it was probably a Heineken.

        1. Hyperion

          That’s the best part. Next one will be a Shiner Oktoberfest.

      2. Hyperion

        She doesn’t drink beer too often, mostly wine. It’s a chick thing I guess.

        1. Gender Traitor

          Can confirm.

    2. Rebel Scum

      Sunday Fun-day!

    3. You are a bad person, but the beer’s not the reason.

  10. I’m thinking of running for President in 2024. It’s probably too late to start now for 2020, and besides, I expect Trump will coast to re-election.

    I’m unelectable, of course. But I wonder just how much I could rock the boat?

    1. AlmightyJB

      What party?

      1. I’ll be forming my own: The “Fuck Off Slavers!” part.

        1. *party. Murg.

          1. Jarflax

            Ours not to reason y ours but to fuck off and die.

        2. Hyperion

          Where do I get official party invitation and member card?

          1. Details to follow.

          2. Hyperion

            I’d like to get my request for ‘Hedonism Czar’ in early for when we win.

          3. I can think of no one better suited.

          4. Bob Boberson

            HM and SF would like a word

          5. I said “no one better suited.” I made no claims about “no one equally well suited.”

          6. Jarflax

            If SF is placed in charge of hedonism y’all crazy bitches. Lips that suck tentacles will never touch mine.

          7. TARDIS

            I request to be the Secretary of the Department of Dilbert. Under your authority, I would be allowed to visit and inspect any branch of the FedGov and their contractors. If I determine that whatever someone is doing seems like it belongs in a Dilbert cartoon, they will be given 10 minutes to clear the premises. After 10 minutes they will be stripped to their undies and beaten with wiffle ball bats until the leave.

          8. Well, that would save me the trouble of doing so.

            I think it’s safe to say I would staff my Cabinet completely from the ranks of the Glibs.

          9. Hyperion

            “I think it’s safe to say I would staff my Cabinet completely from the ranks of the Glibs.”

            I think we should all vote early and vote often.

          10. Suthenboy

            I want Secretary of the Interior. I want to take a sledge hammer to the BLM and USFS, or rather to their mission.

          11. TARDIS

            Give me four to six months in my new cabinet level position, and 4 to 6 cabinet level positions will cease to exist. The Dept. of the Interior would be one of them.

          12. dbleagle

            Point of Order. BLM is in Dept of the Interior and the USFS is in Dept Ag. After you appoint Suthen appoint me to the other.

        3. AlmightyJB

          I’m in!

        4. The Last American Hero

          You could attract a lot of woke voters mistaking you as being pro-reparations.

    2. Drake

      Are you enough of a narcissistic sociopath willing to say whatever necessary to curry favor with the rubes to qualify?

      1. No, which is why I point out that I’m probably unelectable.

    3. Hyperion

      Just get up on stage with a rifle and say ‘Shall not be infringed!’ every time they ask you a question. You’ll get my vote.

      1. *Makes a note

        1. TARDIS

          Don’t forget:

          “Hate speech is free speech.”
          and
          “Taxation is theft!”

          1. Hyperion

            and “Fuck you, cut spending”

            They seem to ignore that one the most.

          2. Oh, every time Congress sent me a budget (do they still even do that?) I’d veto it, draw a big line across the cover page with a red felt marker, and with the same marker write “Fuck you, cut spending” on it, and send it back.

          3. Hyperion

            I see a landslide victory coming.

          4. Suthenboy

            Where do I send my campaign contribution?

      1. BakedPenguin

        …unless Beto wins.

        1. Hyperion

          Beta doesn’t want to win. With that ‘we’re going to take your AR-15’ line, he made that clear. He’ll have a career in politics, but not as president, as something in a deep blue city, like San Fran, or maybe Austin.

          1. Hyperion

            I was serious when I said Beta doesn’t want to be president. He did pretty well against Cruz exactly because he was being cautious and refraining from saying shit like that. He just wants some name recognition so he can be a Senator from a blue state or a mayor of some progressive crap hole.

            I’m almost ready to go as far as to say that the democrats have no real intention of winning the whitehouse in 2020. They’re just testing the waters for their extreme far left ideas to see what they might be able to get away with in several years.

            I’m even starting to see more ‘liberal’ media starting to write articles that seem to be very alarmed about how far left the dems are going.

          2. AlmightyJB

            I read something the other day where someone said he sounds like he’s auditioning for MSNBC.

          3. Hyperion

            “https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/the-new-york-times-anti-kavanaugh-bombshell-is-actually-a-dud/”

            LOL, I didn’t think of that, but makes sense.

          4. Gustave Lytton

            The only way this ends is if they get slapped hard in Blue states. Until that happens, they’ll just keep moving the ratchet. Besides, if somehow they do end up with the levers of power, why do go whole hog? What are the R’s going to do? Bluster like they did with Obamacare while fail to overturn it despite holding both branches? The only reason the AWB is gone is because there was a sunset clause. R’s have held majorities at several points over the last twenty years yet they still haven’t repealed the Brady Act. No, they’ve doubled down on what a good idea it is.

          5. Suthenboy

            “Kavanaugh bombshell is actually a dud”

            Noooooooo! Again? I can’t believe it.

          6. Rhywun

            O’Rourke’s plan has been endorsed in full by Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, and is now insinuating its way into the manifestos of gun-control groups nationwide.

            I can only surmise that Robert Francis is a GOP plant.

          7. Robert Francis and AOC have been the finest GOP plants.

          8. Hyperion

            Beta is trying to steal the spotlight from Gulag Barbie. I see a cat fight on the horizon.

          9. TARDIS

            Next interview:

            “So Beto, doesn’t it suck getting your ass kicked by lone girl?”

  11. Rhywun

    Speaking of penis:

    “The book notes, quietly, that the woman Max Stier named as having been supposedly victimized by Kavanaugh and friends denies any memory of the alleged event.”

    Huh. OK, then. Let’s run with it anyway!

    1. Hyperion

      Oh, they will.

    2. Stinky Wizzleteats

      They omitted that from the NYT accounting of the story. That’s sleazy as hell.

      1. Rhywun

        Of course they did. That is how they operate, and always have operated. They are just Salon with lipstick.

        1. Hyperion

          Kavanaugh Bombshell a dud?

          I’m not at all familiar with National Review.

          1. Hyperion

            Or when other people just posted the same link, oops.

          2. Hyperion

            The NYT are now more careless with their reporting than Rolling Stone. I’d say they’re approaching Salon status.

          3. Suthenboy

            They have some catching up to do.

            /The Root

  12. BakedPenguin

    Saturn is a butthole

    Yeah, but it’s really pretty. Kind of like Mila Kunis.

    Leo: 4 of Swords – Vigilance, retreat, solitude, tomb

    So normal week, then? Cool.

    1. Wish I’d seen that prediction before I bet on all these stupid NFL games…

    1. Hyperion

      So, they didn’t photograph the side with the condemned notice on it?

    2. TARDIS

      Is that before they clean out the bums, needles, and feces???

  13. The Late P Brooks

    I’m unelectable, of course. But I wonder just how much I could rock the boat?

    There’s good money to be made losing elections, apparently.

    1. Suthenboy

      No shit! You barely have to lift a finger or say anything that makes sense!

      /Gary Johnson

  14. AlmightyJB

    I can confirm that White Claw is horrible. Their most popular flavor Mango tastes like sweaty gym socks smell. Black Cherry was less objectionable but still didn’t taste good at all. Save your money.

    1. Hyperion

      Dude, I walked into our local high end snooty store on Friday. They have a square counter area set up in the middle of the store where they do wine tasting (which I find highly offensive) and on the front section of the counter sat 2 boxes of… The claw. I was like oh fuck, they finally got out here with their damn hipster juice. The black cherry is the least offensive of them, but I don’t like it and the other clones like Truly. Hipster juice it is. I’ll take this Shiner Octoberfest over that hippy juice any day of the week.

      1. AlmightyJB

        Yeah, I ordered the 2 cans and 2 glasses of ice. Wife and I both took a few sips and had her take them away and bring a couple beers. She apologized and I told her not to because I knew what I was getting into. I started with the Hofbrau Dunkle.

  15. Taurus: Knight of Coins – Utility, interest, rectitude, responsibility

    Kids have doctor appointments every day this week. I suppose this also means I will have to catch up on work I’ve neglected while writing this doorstopper.

    @TARDIS, I answered your question in the last thread. I don’t THINK you’ll have to turn in your man card.

    1. Fuck a duck. I can’t get any HTML right today.

      1. Hyperion

        And your horoscope didn’t warn you of that? See, that’s why I’m not buying into this horoscope thing. That and the fact that I’d already be broke, homeless, completely destitute, and probably dead if even a small percentage of mine actually happened over the last several months.

        1. Decision: a) answer seriously or b) attempt to be funny.

          I got nuthin’.

          Horoscopes are fun. Fortune cookies are more fun, since they don’t seem to have fortunes anymore, just proverbs and platitudes and advice. I keep a little book of sayings I write down. I have a section called “fortune cookie wisdom.”

          1. TARDIS

            I have not had fortune cookie in a long time. When we were silly and young, we used to read them out loud and add “in bed” or something similar to the end of the fortune.

          2. Heh, I remember doing that!

          3. TARDIS

            Oh, and I responded to you on the previous post.

          4. Oh! I see that! THANKS!

          5. Hyperion

            I make some damn good stir fry at home in my wok, so we don’t often go to Chinese restaurants anymore. I’m partial to the spicy Szechuan style sauces. Wife and I both love spicy food, I don’t know how anyone goes though life without spicy food.

      2. Just think about using it in erotic fiction and you’ll get it right.

        1. This is true. I put hyperlinks in book 1 linking to explanations so I didn’t have to use the “As you know, Bob,” method of exposition.

  16. Rebel Scum

    Aquarius: 6 of Coins – Presents, gifts, gratification

    Something positive for once.

    1. Suthenboy

      Those bodies must be from the long past….before their draconian gun control laws.

      1. With the fatality rates in Mexico from Olmec to modern day, I’m starting to wonder if the land is cursed.

        1. Jarflax

          Mexico is 48th in life expectancy. Lot of cursed countries out there.

    1. TARDIS

      Hehehe. Nice.

  17. westernsloper

    ……..and/or expanding your sexual horizons.

    Mojeaux on September 15, 2019 at 12:03 pm
    Fuck a duck…..

    Science!

    1. Well. I’ve cemented my Glibs Legacy.

      1. TARDIS

        FAD! for science!

      2. Hyperion

        Weren’t you already famous for ruining our family friendly status? That and your tractor racin stuff where you pull ponies around, I mean that is just mean!

        1. I don’t see how I bear the sole blame for ruining the family friendly status when we have Hm, Q, and SF. *pout*

          1. Hyperion

            You’re the worst, that’s why.

          2. I thought Nikki was the worst.

          3. Hyperion

            Who?

          4. Nikki’s the worst.

          5. Hyperion

            Who? Stop trying to get out of it, you’re the worst! Can I get a vote here?

          6. It is quite an accomplishment to beat out HM, SF, Q, AND Nikki.

          7. Hyperion

            This Nikki you speak of is irrelevant. SF and HM have diplomatic immunity and Q dindunuthin.

            Can we get a vote?

          8. Hyperion is the worst.

          9. AlmightyJB

            What did you do?

          10. Hyperion

            You mean what didn’t she do, right?

          11. Chapter 18, that’s what I did. Supplied stroke material for half the XY Glibs.

          12. TARDIS

            Dammit! Chapter 18??? I hate being a slow reader.

          13. AlmightyJB

            Chapter 18 of what? Please:)

          14. @TARDIS

            The book I linked you to is the first one I published.

            This Chapter 18 is for an entirely different book, entirely different time period.

            So you’re not getting anything mixed up. I’m just being lazy and not clarifying.

          15. @dbleagle That’s hilarious! Saved?

          16. AlmightyJB

            Thanks Mojeaux! Damn girl, nicely done:) That lucky bastard. Lol.

          17. You know, there’s an actual story all the way around that. ?

          18. AlmightyJB

            I’m checking out your site now!

          19. Jarflax

            Leviticus 18

          20. AlmightyJB

            “He can get over it. I want to be on top.”

            “Clearly you can’t be if his twig doesn’t work when you are.”

            “He’s doing that on purpose.”

            Lol:) You’re very creative Mojeaux! Very intriguing. Love Lilith:)

          21. Thank you, AJB! I figure, if I have fun, other people will too!

      3. Trigger Hippie

        Hey, If it’s good enough for Lea Thompson…

        1. Sadly (and I don’t know why I’m pointing this out), there have been were-[insert beast of your choice] romances floating around for years. If I could find the were-octopus and were-rabbit romances, I’d link them.

          1. Trigger Hippie

            The only one’s I’m familiar with are from Greek mythology and those are gods raping women while disguised as animals more often than not.

          2. My only objection is unmanly beasts. Cephalapods, rodents, and most fowl (ducks? ugh) are not manly beasts.

          3. TARDIS

            You species-otherer.

          4. Yes, yes I am. I will also assume its gender.

          5. Jarflax

            There are dinosaur rape romances out there, and SF exists. The question here is not can, but should.

          6. Oh yeah. The dinosaur rape. I didn’t need to remember that.

  18. BakedPenguin

    Wow. Cowboys vs. Redskins on TV. Of course. I can’t decide which team I want to lose.

    1. Trials and Trippelations

      A tie is possible

    2. Rebel Scum

      I have the Cowboys defense on my ffb team. But I normally want the Redskins to win. I’m torn.

    3. Trigger Hippie

      Root for the Redskins. If for nothing else because they never changed the name or logo. My only interest in that game is for Zeke via fantasy football. He was the steal of the draft as my 8th round pick. Everyone thought he was going to hold out but I said screw it and took the chance. Now if the Cowboys could just move the damn ball…

      1. Rebel Scum

        If for nothing else because they never changed the name or logo.

        ^ Suck it, snowflakes.

        1. BakedPenguin

          It’s a good point.

      2. Jarflax

        I think the Root is against the skins.

    1. Did drugs fall out of his butt when he shot himself?

  19. Rebel Scum

    Ocasio-Cortez Proposes Tuition-Free School For Children Who Can’t Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too

    After learning that many kids have trouble affording good schools, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveiled her plans for a new, taxpayer-funded Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez School For Children Who Can’t Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too.

    The school will be tuition-free but you will have to pay a tax to get in. Ocasio-Cortez says the school will allow less fortunate children to learn a lot of topics, such as doing economics good, doing reading good, and learning how to math good. It will, of course, have a gender studies program, but that will mostly just be like a boxing class where you punch white men.

    Ocasio-Cortez was reportedly upset at the size of the school when she was shown a model of her idea. “What is this—a center for ants? A center for the little people in the cheap seats?” she said. “How are the kids supposed to learn how to become socialists when they can’t even fit inside the building?” She quickly blamed the size of the school on patriarchy and white supremacy.

    1. Trigger Hippie

      Bah! Bitch be rippin’ off Zoolander.

      1. Did you check the link?

        1. Trigger Hippie

          Yes, Ted’s

          ;p

    2. Hyperion

      Or maybe if they act up in class to the extent no one else can learn either? Here’s look at you, Cali. I’m sure Karla Marx would love it if we could make everyone else almost as dumb as her.

  20. Gender Traitor

    O/T – or maybe not. What sign is Vinatieri? He’s got the Family Guy > Simpsons” target=”_blank”>yips.

      1. Gender Traitor

        I concede defeat. I’ll show myself out.

        1. Gender Traitor

          I’ve got the linking yips.

          1. Ask Mojeaux for help.

  21. AlmightyJB

    Beta is not coming for your guns.

    https://youtu.be/OgB8DT0p2nI

    1. Hyperion

      Well, this guy is spot on right. I’ve been warming people since the 1994 Brady act became law, that this was their foot in the door, and they are eventually going to find an excuse to take everyone’s firearms. That was the entire point. But people became complacent and said ‘oh, but that was only for bad people, that will never apply to me’. Well, guess what, it will. It’s just that they’ve grown impatient and decide to skip past that turn the heat up to boiling so slowly they’ll never jump out of the pot, to yeah, we’re taking your guns, all of you.

      It’s either ‘shall not be infringed’ or it’s lose your guns for everyone. There is no middle ground, that’s an illusion.

      1. Akira

        They dismissed gun confiscation as a nutjob conspiracy theory and a slippery slope fallacy, but Beta just gave us the most direct statement that a candidate intends to take your guns away, and I didn’t hear any Democrats saying that this is going too far.

        And I’ll remember this when it comes to other issues. Every time someone raises civil liberties concerns with a Democrat policy, they insist that such violations would never, ever happen and that you’re crazy for even thinking of that possibility. But it always happens. I’m reminded of how they’re saying “nobody wants to take your hamburger away” when it comes to the Green New Deal and ideas about restricting meat consumption.

        1. Hyperion

          You can keep your doctor.

        2. 35 years ago when the anti-smoking brigade was going, I recall people saying that the next thing you know, people will be trying to legislate what we can and cannot eat. Those people were pooh-poohed, but unsurprisingly turned out to be right.

          1. Jarflax

            The idea that slippery slope arguments are fallacious depends on the innate honesty and decency of those proposing the step down the slope. Ergo, it is not a fallacy when applied to prog proposals.

    2. Not Adahn

      YM is a ginormous drama llama who is overconfident in his understanding of anything beyond pistol cosmetics.

      He is however, an expert on cosmetic pistol modifications, and makes some funny videos.

      1. Tonio

        “a ginormous drama llama”

        Hey, now!

        Also, totally would.

        1. Not Adahn

          Ewwwww.

    1. Hyperion

      Is that thing tasty? Looks like a legit career to me.

      1. AlmightyJB

        I’m sure it taste like chicken.

    2. Trigger Hippie

      The Most Florida Man of all Florida Man Careers?

      https://youtu.be/3ILoGcSxCAY

  22. Tres Cool

    “Saturn is a butthole”

    And not 1 of you lot has made the obvious Uranus joke.

    1. Not Adahn

      You know who else went for Uranus jokes?

      1. William Herschel?

    1. We can’t have only one Lou Reed either, I suppose.

      1. Spudalicious

        As long as he doesn’t die from leprosy. He should get those drugs out of his butt though, before he shoots himself and they fall out.

  23. Hyperion

    I’m thinking about buying Borderlands 3. I’m such a gaming whore. Somebody stop me.

    1. As long as people play that instead of reposting the same stories over and over.

      1. Hyperion

        The first one is sort of revolutionary. In terms of graphics style, combat, and soundtrack. I didn’t get into any of the others after that, but it’s been so long, I might enjoy 3.

    2. l0b0t

      Wait, damn you! Wait! Don’t pay full price. There will be a repack available in the next few days. Give it a whirl; if you like it, buy it.

      1. Hyperion

        That’s actually the plan. I still need to finish Risen 3, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, and Greedfall. But like I said, I’m such a ho, it’s never about the game I’m playing, just about the one I’m not playing but could be.

        1. l0b0t

          I feel your pain. I’m still chasing the dragon as it were; always seeking that same feeling I got from Super Mario World, Unreal Tournament 2004, and Below The Root. Remember when you were young and could stay up all night gaming? Nothing yet has scratched that itch.

          1. Heroic Mulatto

            Remember when you were young and could stay up all night gaming?

            Hyp is one of the Glibs on my Steam friends list. Other than myself, he’s the only other one on at around 2 or 3 in the morning.

    3. Semi-Spartan Dad

      I went ahead and started it last night. I’ve been enjoying it quite a bit so far. It’s more like Borderlands 2 than the Pre-Sequel. Not surprising since the Pre-Sequel was outsourced to a different company who missed the boat.

    4. Stop, it apparently is buggy as hell, and the dev response is clueless.

    5. Don’t buy it. Epic Store is full of Chinese data miners and the DRM software they use takes up quite a chunk of processing power.

      1. I was going to mention that, but I started with the problems he’d notice first.

  24. Gender Traitor

    Vinatieri yips confirmed.

    In other news, just had my first beer in recent memory (Usually drink wine, like a Real Chick would) – one of these on tap at a retirement party for a local musician/DJ/vintage guitar dealer. Beer was light & tasty, perfect transition back to brews for a lightweight like me, and the offered orange slice provided my vitamin C for the day.

    1. l0b0t

      That looks quite yummy. I’m spending the afternoon experimenting with different ratios for my favorite drink. It’s just Wild Turkey 101, black cherry juice, peach juice and ginger ale but each change brings different flavors forward and I can’t decide which I like best.

      1. mikey

        All you can do is keep trying

      2. Gender Traitor

        Fun fact: my beer was named after one of the many noteworthy Dayton, OH, inventors:

        1959. Tool-and-die man Ermal Fraze grabbed a flat-top can of beer and asked, “Anyone bring an opener?” To his horror, no one replied, “Yes”. Out of the ashes of this indignity Ermal rose like a phoenix. And to mankind a glorious invention, now known as the pop-top can.

      3. Gender Traitor

        That actually sounds tasty. Please report back once you’ve established the ideal ratios – assuming you can still find and use your Intarweb posting device of choice by then.

    2. BakedPenguin

      Wow. 1/3 for XP’s? Send him some Social Security info. All of Indiana will be grateful.

      retirement party for a local musician/DJ/vintage guitar dealer

      Why TF would you retire from those? You’re messing with us, girlie.

      1. Gender Traitor

        Shit you not! Reportedly liquidating the dealership, and I don’t know for sure if he’s giving up his local public radio show, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he kept up the occasional playing gig. I know from personal experience how them git-tar pickers get.

        1. BakedPenguin

          Ok, i’ll take you word. Also, If he’s got some old Fender Precision basses on auction, send me a link.

    3. Tres Cool

      Meanwhile, I just cracked a 24 oz Milwaukee’s Beast Diet. 10/$10 at Kroger !

      1. Gender Traitor

        Tall cans! And you HAVE to get 10 when they post the sale price that way, amirite??

        1. Tres Cool

          Duh.

          1. Gender Traitor

            For hipster cred, tell folks you get your macrobrews at Creauxjais.

  25. BakedPenguin

    Wow. The Dolphins suck this year. I wonder if they’ll set a record for most point against.

    1. Not an Economist

      Well to compensate they look like they are trying for the fewest points scored as well.

      1. BakedPenguin

        Balance is good.

    2. Yeah…caught the game in the 4th quarter and Jesus, how embarrassing.

  26. Spudalicious

    The Dallas Broncos triumph over the Redskins.

  27. Gender Traitor

    Oh! Topic! Astrology & Tarot!

    Scorpio: 2 of Wands – Riches, fortune, magnificence, physical suffering, disease, mortification

    Well, that’s a hell of a mixed bag. NOW what do I do??

    1. Not Adahn

      Make bank from the insurer after losing a hand in a tragic woodchipper accident?

  28. Ownbestenemy

    Legal glibs. If ABC (or any other news org) have someone on that says Kavanaugh is the fifth man in a gang rape….can they be held liable for that slander if he were to lose his bench seat?

  29. Stinky Wizzleteats

    Julian Castro calls for Kavanaugh’s impeachment.

    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/15/julian_castro_calls_for_kavanaugh_impeachment_mitch_mcconnell_has_stolen_two_supreme_court_seats.html

    Unsubstantiated allegations that the woman it supposedly happened to doesn’t remember are grounds for impeachment. What is the threshold for libel when dealing with a public figure (because that’s what this is)?

    1. Tonio

      They are trying to hound him out of office. Gorsuch is likely to do far more damage to progs in the long run. They must be hoping to get enough votes for impeachment during a second term and want him out of the way. They should know by now that Trump will punish them harshly for that – Amy Coney Barrett as Kavanaugh’s replacement rather than Ginsburg’s.

  30. The Late P Brooks

    I ran over a rattlesnake sunning itself on the road, on my way to breakfast. It had a gopher sized bulge in the middle.

    I’m scoring it as a two-fer.

    1. roadkill turduckin?

      1. Tonio

        [toots car horn twice]

    2. Suthenboy

      You didn’t pick It up? What is wrong with you?
      “on my way to breakfast” I assume means a restaurant. You should have brought it to the chef.

  31. The Late P Brooks

    It’s not what i *should* be doing, but I’m watching the IMSA race from Laguna. I’m rooting for the guys rolling the dice on the late-last-stop pit strategy.

  32. hayeksplosives

    https://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/raptors-launch-team-branded-hijabs-in-fan-outreach-091419

    Toronto Raptors launch team branded hijabs in fan outreach.

    Barf.

    1. I do not understand companies.

    2. BakedPenguin

      Wow. I’m sure they’re going to get a huge number of Muslim women coming to their games after that.

      Idiots.

    3. Rhywun

      That website makes me barf.

      1. egould310

        Please don’t barf. If you barf, I swear I’m gonna barf.

        1. *hands out buckets*

          Please keep it contained.

        2. egould310

          Patrick Mahomes is gonna make me barf.

          1. egould310

            Because he keeps throwing touchdown passes and the Raiders secondary are running around like the Keystone Kops.

          2. My husband is a Mahomie. For 15 years he couldn’t care less about sportsball, then we get Mahomes 2 years ago and suddenly my living room looks like a Chiefs mancave and I’d be a sports widow if I didn’t like football so much.

        1. Rhywun

          What a pathetic piece of garbage.

          PS. I don’t use “flavored” e-cigarettes. (Of course, they are ALL flavored but I don’t expect a towering intellect like Cuomo to understand that.)

          1. Sensei

            NJ isn’t far behind. Can’t be outdone by the progs to the north!

    4. Heroic Mulatto

      I’m not sure what the big whoop is.

      There have been pro sports branded yarmulkes forever.

        1. Heroic Mulatto

          Not this one?

          1. AlmightyJB

            Of course, and the Trump 2020 one as well.

    5. Suthenboy

      “the Raptors want to send a message of inclusion to its diverse fan base”

      At least they are honest that it is nothing more than empty virtue signaling.

  33. Gender Traitor

    Brees out. Ruh roh?

    1. hayeksplosives

      Did you see what happened? I was on the Bears game and was surprised to see Bridgewater under center.

      1. hayeksplosives

        (When I switched over to the Saints/Rams that is)

        1. Gender Traitor

          Thumb issue.

          1. dbleagle

            Now the refs stole a Saints touchdown with a bad whistle. The Saints are in danger of becoming like the Lions for being victims of bad refs.

  34. The Late P Brooks

    At this point, I’d like to see Trump nominate another Supreme Court Justice who makes Scalia look like earl Warren.

    1. So you support my nomination for Supreme Court Justice?

  35. The Late P Brooks

    Workers of the world, unite

    The United Auto Workers union said Sunday that its members at General Motors will walk out by midnight if the automaker does not meet its demands, setting the stage for the nation’s first auto strike in 12 years.
    A union statement suggests the two sides are still very far apart in negotiations for a new contract.
    As union officials met in Detroit Sunday morning, the union issued a new strike threat.
    “If GM (GM)refuses to give even an inch to help hard-working UAW members and their families then we’ll see them on the picket lines tonight,” said the statement.

    I wonder how much of an inventory backlog GM has.

    1. I wasn’t thinking of buying GM anyway.

    2. Suthenboy

      ‘Union’ and ‘hard working’ hardly go together. Let ’em walk.

      “Oh no! The workers are on strike!” – Journalist
      “Really? How can you tell?” – Factory Manager

  36. Derpetologist

    Uncle Joe had another belt onion moment.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-recounts-bizarre-razor-and-chain-showdown-with-bad-dude-gang-leader-cornpop

    ***
    A newly surfaced video clip from 2017 shows Joe Biden recounting a bizarre alleged incident in which he deftly avoided a razor-and-chain fight with a gang leader named Corn Pop, when Biden was serving as the only lifeguard at a predominately black Delaware pool in the summer of 1962.

    Biden’s rambling explanation of how he made Corn Pop stand down was making the rounds on social media as the former vice president was seeking to burnish his credentials with black voters. Biden, in a speech at the 6th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., on Sunday afternoon, told attendees that “we are in a battle for the soul of America” and that the “revulsion of hate” can “bring out the best in us.”

    But Biden’s lifeguarding tale was immediately questioned by commentators with sway in the black community. The former vice president has long claimed that he had applied to be a lifeguard at the pool to better understand black America, and wrote in his 2007 memoir that Corn Pop often tormented him at the pool. For example, Biden said Corn Pop would insult Biden’s mother to distract him so that people could sneak into the pool.
    ***

    1. Rhywun

      The former vice president has long claimed that he had applied to be a lifeguard at the pool to better understand black America

      LOLOLOL. Seriously?

      1. Mad Scientist

        What makes them so uppity? I will dwell amongst them and find out!

      2. Derpetologist

        The whole article is Onion-esque. The Corn Pop part was my favorite. I think he was eating Corn Pops and listening to Bad Leroy Brown one day and his brain blended them together into a story.

        1. Rhywun

          He wants to donate his brain to science some day but science said, “Nah, I’m good.”

      1. Suthenboy

        Murphy was hilarious. “I am from a predominantly black family….and I have yet to run into a relative named ‘Buckwheat’.”
        Joe may even be funnier.

  37. hayeksplosives

    Vinatieri (who missed 2 extra points this week and had a terrible week 1) commented that he would talk to the press tomorrow.

    When they mentioned he wasn’t scheduled to speak tomorrow, he reiterated his intent to speak to the press and added “… and they will listen.”

    Impending retirement announcement?

    1. Raven Nation

      In other football news, Mahomes had a decent 2nd quarter.

      1. egould310

        Barf!

        1. hayeksplosives

          Pass the bucket again!!

          1. Rhywun

            yaassss ?

      2. Spudalicious

        Chuckie’s thinking, “I could be comfy in the booth right now, talking about how bad this team is”.

        1. hayeksplosives

          Lol.

    2. hayeksplosives

      Reporter tweet:

      Stephen Holder

      @HolderStephen
      Just grabbed Adam Vinatieri was he headed to the bus. He said “you’ll here from me tomorrow.” I told him we don’t see him tomorrow. And he said, “Yeah, you will.”

  38. egould310

    “… and they will listen.”

    Made me think of this: https://youtu.be/HnEA1Ag8FXQ

      1. egould310

        Whoa. That was literally the last advertisement Don Draper signed off on before retiring.

  39. MikeS

    Honey Harvest 2019 was a rousing success. Much Glibs. Many fun.

    8 of us met at Fourscore’s place. It was a ton of fun. (like Crusty’s mom) Can’t wait for next year.

    1. Spudalicious

      Awesome!

    2. MikeS

      8 counting Fourscore.

      There was a very special surprise guest; Bearded Hobbit and his lovely wife were there!

      1. Nice posse y’all got there, glad it went well and y’all had a good time!

      2. MikeS

        Actually 9 counting Fourscore’s lurking buddy.

    3. egould310

      Sounds fun. Glibs in real life aren’t too bad.

      1. MikeS

        And many of them are actually good people!

        1. Spudalicious

          That’s just what Tulpa would say.

  40. Crusty Juggler

    I was at a gathering earlier and when I was asked what I want to eat I said, “I’d like a diablo sandwich and a Dr. Pepper. Make it fast – I’m in a hurry.”

    And no one got the reference.

    Now I know what it’s like to be a woman.

    1. AlmightyJB

      Did someone call you frog?

      1. Crusty Juggler

        I WAS IGNORED AND/OR MISUNDERSTOOD!

    2. Tres Cool

      Not “bottle of anything and a glazed donut, to go

  41. Tres Cool

    Well, Cincinnati played just like, well….Cincinnati

  42. Crusty Juggler

    Universal Studios selling Ghostbusters themed hot dog topped with slime

    I love capitalism. Also, I’ve performed a one man boycott of everything Ghostbusters after 2 (I was a child, damnit! A CHILD!) and will continue my boycott into the future.

    1. Crusty Juggler

      Somebody’s been nipping at the cooking sherry.

    2. Playa Manhattan

      “If you have a big ass, you look good in clothes”.

      A very wise woman.

  43. Crusty Juggler

    ‘I was an ex-wife. Time to become a hot ex-wife’: how I found myself at Spin class

    Many Spin classes operate in total or near darkness, something I had assumed was as much a stylistic flourish as the branded, watercolour-inspired leggings on sale in the lobby. To a certain extent, it is: the instructor will often adjust the lighting to illuminate him or herself during particularly tricky choreography, or jump off the bike to fiddle with the large votive candles spread throughout the studio, moving them around, blowing them out and relighting them to create ambience – with varying degrees of success. (Once, a male instructor blew out all the candles, flicked his lighter on and off, over and over, then told us to ask ourselves, “Are we a motherfucking Spin class or what?”) But I had not expected that turning the lights out would free me completely.

    In the dark, I worked out harder than I ever had in my life. I felt no pressure to follow the choreography exactly, or to turn my resistance knob up to the recommended level. I cycled at a pace that worked for me. I laughed when the instructor suggested we should all try to stress less about money, wheezed my way up an enormous hill and somewhat unexpectedly wept, hard, during a particularly well-timed bit of Rihanna. I didn’t have to pretend that I thought it was cool when everyone twirled their towels over their heads like cheerleaders. I lost my mind when one instructor played a techno remix of Charlie Chaplin’s speech from The Great Dictator. But none of it mattered; no one could see. I wasn’t comparing myself with my ridiculously toned classmates, and didn’t feel I had to put on a show for them or meet their level, either. Why should I?

    Never done it, probably would just to see what it’s like, I’m all for whatever helps a person get and feel healthy, but…My God.

    1. Rhywun

      OMG the comments.

      1. westernsloper

        Twitter is a scary place sometimes.

      2. I should not have read those.

    2. Suthenboy

      Jesus fuckity fuck. The more empty and hypocritical the virtue signaling is the more weight it seems to carry. She came over on a zero emissions boat. *facepalm*

      They truly are a cult. Who crewed the boat Greta?

      Do I dare watch more? Listening to them might cause brain damage. *looks up Noah*
      “Trevor Noah is a South African comedian”….thats no shit.

      So a child from a democratic socialist country and a comedian from a socialist country are attempting to tell us how to run the world’s economy claiming to have solid science behind them. I see. Sounds legit.

      1. Suthenboy

        Good God immediately after that she says she stopped flying because of the tremendous impact it has on the climate. But totally Ok to fly all of the individual crew members across the Atlantic….twice…. so save her from flying a single person once. The Warmistas make Sun Myung Moon look sane and reasonable.

        1. creech

          I used that argument but was told “the plane was flying anyway, so a couple additional passengers didn’t add anything to the carbon footprint. But her story probably caused many additional people to question the need to fly, so at the margins, some flights will never fly.” Of course, this counter doesn’t work when private aircraft are being used.

      2. Crusty Juggler

        O’Rourke: My Gun Confiscation Plan Is ‘Constitutionally Sound’

        Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke defended his Thursday night comments about gun control during NBC’s Meet the Press, saying that his plan to confiscate AR-15s was “constitutionally sound.”

        “This is something that we’re able to do through the Commerce Clause, and this is something that is not prevented from, wouldn’t prevent the United States from doing by the Second Amendment,” O’Rourke told host Chuck Todd. “So this is constitutionally sound.”

        O’Rourke added that a confiscation plan was “absolutely necessary” for the safety of Americans, and said many gun owners whom he had spoken to agreed with him.

        “Here’s something I want to tell you,” he said. “Going to a gun show in Conway, Arkansas, stopping at a Buc-ee’s in Katy, Texas, yesterday, listening to owners of AR-15s, Republicans, who come up to me and say, ‘You know what, I own one of these guns, don’t need it to hunt, don’t need it for self-defense. This is the right thing to do, and I would gladly give it up because I also have kids in school and fear for their safety.’ Or, ‘I have grandkids and I want to make sure the country is safe for them.’”

        O’Rourke concluded that not only is his plan constitutionally sound, but “there’s support beyond the Democratic Party to include Republicans, independents, gun owners and non-gun owners alike to do the right thing.”

        I don’t think any of that is actually true. I’ve never been to Conway, Arkansas gun show, but I am going to doubt the good people of Arkansas would make such a remark. They probably yell about the best fried catfish and football and claim Levon Helm is the greatest musician of all time or something.

        1. Sean

          He’s a liar. He’s also a Bloomberg shill.
          He will never be president.

          1. Not an Economist

            Personally I didn’t know the Commerce Clause was the supreme clause of the Constitution, over ruling all other parts of the Constitution. Somebody says something you don’t like — the Commerce Clause will shut them down. Illegal search — okay because of Commerce Clause.

            I wonder Beto realizes that under his interpretation of the Commerce Clause we can throw him jail for the rest of his life without a trial?

          2. Jarflax

            Wickard v Filburn. Everything is commerce. Ergo Congress may regulate everything.

  44. So my eggs benedict is almost as delicious as these quarterback sacks.

    1. Spudalicious

      I love eggs benedict.

      1. MOAR LEMON!!!

        MOAR PAPRIKA!!!!

  45. Playa Manhattan

    Wife asked for no beef or chicken tonight so….

    Gorilla bowls it is.

    Ahi, salmon, yellow tail, masago, dressed seaweed, zucchini, green onion, red onion, sushi rice, sweet chili sauce, and sriracha mayo. I probably won’t eat the rice.

    1. Crusty Juggler

      That’s not my style but it looks impressive.

    2. westernsloper

      Damn that looks good. I made way to much Jambalaya today.

      1. egould310

        …said no one, ever.

    3. Jarflax

      Fake News, there is no gorilla in that.

  46. Count Potato

    https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1173257303476396032

    Is this real or some deep fake of grandpa Simpson?

  47. egould310

    Now that I’m in Seattle, I’m thinking of doing some open mic acoustic gigs. Seattle is a coffee town, so I want to do a version of “Black Coffee”. Here’s a live version I’m working off of.

    https://youtu.be/e0N-rT8gVeM

    1. Count Potato

      Ar you going to toss in all the Greg Ginn crazy shit? I don’t think he’s ever played the same song the same way twice.

        1. blackjack

          Even if it is a typo, they don’t write ’em like that anymore.

      1. egould310

        Kinda hard to replicate on an acoustic. But I’ll work out a little scratchy atonal noodly fucking solo thingee.

  48. Crusty Juggler

    Tweets show Austin fraternity reportedly buying $7,500 worth of White Claw packs

    Tweets show Austin fraternity reportedly buying $7,500 worth of White Claw packs

    By Priscilla Aguirre Updated 10:52 am CDT, Friday, September 13, 2019

    White Claw Photo: White Claw

    Photo: White Claw
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    White Claw

    After news of a White Claw Hard Seltzer shortage broke last week, an Austin fraternity made sure it stocked up on the alcoholic beverage.

    The frat reportedly purchased three pallets of White Claw worth $7,500 from an Austin-area H-E-B, according to Aaliyah Trevino’s Twitter account. Trevino was at H-E-B when the big purchase was going down and tweeted a photo of one of the pallets, which has received almost 20,000 likes

    Tip of the cap to these gents. They will surely be living the good life.

    1. And why the hell is this news?

      1. Jarflax

        Orangemanbad! That’s why

    2. AlmightyJB

      White Claw is disgusting.

  49. westernsloper

    That CHI v Denver game was…………….#bullshit

    1. hayeksplosives

      I’m just glad the Bears finally have a kicker.

      But the penalty flags were a-flyin’ Alright.

      1. westernsloper

        So NFL 2019 rules say you can’t tackle the QB. Both teams got a BS flag for that one. It was the “we called time out when the game was over so we get to kick a field goal” thing that sent me over the edge.

  50. The Late P Brooks

    Now that I’m in Seattle

    Something something thoughts and prayers.

  51. The Late P Brooks

    O’Rourke added that a confiscation plan was “absolutely necessary” for the safety of Americans, and said many gun owners whom he had spoken to agreed with him.

    Many of the people I have spoken to have expressed a deep concern that Beto is a danger to himself and others and should be committed to a mental health treatment facility; by force, if necessary.

    1. Mad Scientist

      Me too. Consensus!

    2. blackjack

      He’s fine. He should just be laughed out of the public eye, except for an occasional story about how he got fired by walmart again.

    3. Jarflax

      To whom he had spoken.

    1. AlmightyJB

      RIP. I had this album, as did all red-blooded males.

      https://youtu.be/TH5pD6PaJBk

    2. Jarflax

      Anyone have Paulina’s number?

      1. Not an Economist

        She has been on the market a while. They broke up a year or so ago.

        1. Jarflax

          Ocasek was discovered unconscious and unresponsive at around 4:14 p.m. inside his Gramercy Park pad by his estranged wife, Paulina Porizkova, sources said.

          If they were still close enough that she is the one who found him, she has to be very vulverable (I’m leaving that typo cause yeah!) and in need of comforting.

    3. egould310

      I’ve written it here many times before. You can jack off, or you can strangle yourself. But for gods sake, don’t jack off and strangle yourself.