Crackpot Corner: The STEVE SMITH Conspiracy?

Dobbshead!

Have you ever noticed that STEVE SMITH doesn’t like to talk about the Yeti?  There must be something there, something that he doesn’t want us looking into.

Well, what race of humans are descended from the Yeti?  Of course, the Yetisyn, also known as the Subgenii.  But why, WHY would our local cryptids want to keep us away from the slackful?  Is it just because of the high infiltration of douchebags since the fires of the ’70 burned out?  Or is it something darker… pinker… could STEVE SMITH be a member of The Conspiracy?  Could he be shaping the Glibertarians to use as a weapon to drive away the X-ists and snuff out the word of “Bob?”

Obviously, there is a connection, STEVE SMITH admits he’s a blood relation.  But did you notice which members of the commentariat didn’t pass through the fires of the Englibbening?  That’s right — the (Stark) Fist of Etiquette and Agile Cyborg (who obviously drank deeply of the vaginal fluids of Connie Dobbs).

So, was STEVE SMITH purifying his church?

Or are we the baddies?

Comments

267 responses to “Crackpot Corner: The STEVE SMITH Conspiracy?”

  1. You mean they’re not reverse vampires?

  2. Checker of Thermostats

    NONE CAN STOP THE WORD OF BOB DOBBS! A GOD FOR ALL………
    BOBS!!!!

    1. BakedPenguin

      Slack is the key.

  3. Tundra

    There must be something there, something that he doesn’t want us looking into.

    Bah. He’s fucking jealous.

  4. Spudalicious

    I think it’s a jealousy thing. I think Yeti may have a bigger dick than STEVE SMITH.

    1. Not Adahn

      IIRC, they have dick clusters, one of “Bob’s” is a total rump ranger, won’t even sniff the poon.

      1. Spudalicious

        Maybe Yeti has one more dick in his much bigger cluster.

  5. Tres Cool

    FIF !

    1. pistoffnick

      And it is snowing.

      Fucking global warming

      Timeloose, did you order all this white shit?

      1. Timeloose

        Say what now? I ordered the Kung Pow chicken.

        1. pistoffnick

          Are you not getting snow up there?

          1. Tundra

            Where is Timeloose?

            We aren’t getting real snow (more like sleet), but it’s cold as fuck.

          2. Timeloose

            50 and dry in Pennsylvania

  6. Rhywun

    I WANT TO BELIEVE

  7. DEG

    I miss Agile Cyborg.

    1. MikeS

      He could really shit up a thread though when he got rolling.

  8. Count Potato

    “Your comment is awaiting moderation.”

    OK, I’ll try again.

    “More Info: Wendy’s refuses to join program protecting farm workers from sexual abuse: #BoycottWendys”

    https://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/1125156236385632256

    “Worker protections, for Perez, are more than a lofty ideal; they are actively enforced by the Fair Food Program (FFP), launched by the Coalition of Immolakee Workers (CIW) in 2011. The FFP creates a partnership between farm workers, Florida tomato growers, and participating retail buyers to enforce fair wages, worker safety, and other basic protections for farm workers through a three-pronged model: it includes worker-to-worker education sessions about worker rights that are held on the farm and on the clock, it adds a premium to the price of tomatoes that becomes a direct bonus for the tomato pickers, and it enlists the help of the third-party Fair Food Standards Council, which conducts regular audits and carries out ongoing complaint investigation and resolution.”

    https://thinkprogress.org/farm-workers-wendys-program-ends-sexual-abuse-in-farms-0b755732534b/

    So it’s a rent-seeking scam.

    1. Sean

      “worker-to-worker education sessions”

      Euphemism?

    2. it includes worker-to-worker education sessions about worker rights that are held on the farm and on the clock

      Union agitprop

      it adds a premium to the price of tomatoes that becomes a direct bonus for the tomato pickers,

      Union dues

      and it enlists the help of the third-party Fair Food Standards Council, which conducts regular audits and carries out ongoing complaint investigation and resolution

      Union steward

      1. Checker of Thermostats

        you win the Internets

    3. What does a “bonus” funded by a fee on tomato purchases have to do with protection from sexual abuse?

    4. Rhywun

      Now I want a Wendy’s spicy chicken rape-sandwich.

      1. Not Adahn

        Why do all the bigot restaurants have such good fried chicken?

        1. Sean

          A place near me does pressure cooker fried chicken. It’s so darn good, I’ll eat a lil bit of carbs. ?

          1. Not Adahn

            This place is too near me:

            https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g48562-d4979499-Reviews-Hattie_s_Chicken_Shack-Saratoga_Springs_New_York.html

            Their chicken sandwich is made with two boneless thighs.

          2. slumbrew

            I’ve eaten there. It was… fine. My Southern MIL also pronounced it merely fine.

            Though I didn’t have the sandwich, which may have been my problem.

          3. Rhywun

            Their chicken sandwich is made with two boneless thighs.

            Ditto with a food truck outfit who had an outpost in my ex-office building. It worked when they cut the thighs into pieces; not so well IMHO with whole “filets” so I would cut them up myself. But… oh so delicious.

        2. Spudalicious

          Black orphans in the kitchen?

          1. Not Adahn

            So…

            When I lived in Bryan, TX there was a semi-local fried chicken chain called Chicken Express. It was VERY good. One day a little wizened old lady said to me “Ah always liahk eatin here. Noplace else you kin look in the back and see whaite people..”

          2. Spudalicious

            Lol. Half way to our cabin in the mountains is a gas station/convenience store that makes some of the best fried chicken I’ve ever had. It’s a very melanin deficient part of a melanin deficient state.

            I do miss the barbecue from a stand that set up on the weekends in front of the black Elks Club across the street from the first ambulance company I worked at. 37 years ago and still some of the best barbecue I’ve ever had.

          3. Mmmm Chicken E.

            If Chicken E and Taco Bueno joined Sonic in moving into the neighborhood, we’d be homesick for Texas much less.

          4. OneOut

            I lived in Bryan after school from about 1995 ish to 2005 ish

          5. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

            …fried chicken chain called Chicken Express. It was VERY good.

            Chicken E?? They’re meh, in my experience. Hit or miss, actually.

            I always preferred Church’s, which would explain why they’ve all but disappeared from the metroplex.

            /fml

          6. Not Adahn

            Church’s biscuits are the best. It is known.

            Though if you’re in that area, you have access to Babe’s.

      2. Chipping Pioneer

        +1 square hamburger

    5. MikeS

      Good lord I wish she’d shut down her Twitter and go back to doing soft core porn.

      1. Gustave Lytton

        +1 Embrace of the Vapid

      2. Chipping Pioneer

        Link?

    6. Scruffy Nerfherder

      Odds are that if thinkprogress is for it, I’m against it.

  9. The Bearded Hobbit

    Going OT early:

    Denver legalizes “magic” mushrooms

    TW: TOS but it has shown up on other news sites.

    Mushrooms had a profound influence upon my life around 1978 (age about 25). I did a lot of mushrooms that summer, almost all of them fresh rather than dried. In the post-high euphoria I took out my soul and had a good talk with it. It allowed myself to actually concede that I was wrong most of the time and that it was OK to have a minority opinion. It was a seminal moment in the building of a libertarian.

    OTOH, I haven’t done mushrooms in at least 20 years, probably more.

    1. Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom

    2. Francisco d’Anconia

      DEG, no more reason to miss Agile Cyborg

      1. DEG

        I look forward to seeing what our Denver areas Glibs come up with.

    3. The Bearded Hobbit

      There is a Meso-American (Mayan or Incan or somesuch) art that is very electric.

      Idols such as this (see if the ASCII art comes thru)

      I saw this during some mushroom trips and finally grokked with them.

    4. blackjack

      We ate them dried. They tasted disgusting. I used to mince them and add them to milkshakes. Still pretty bad but it hid the worst of it. Made me prefer acid. Quick and clean and guaranteed.

      1. Spudalicious

        Blended with Koolaid and then chug. I did acid once in my late teens and never did it again. Two tabs of windowpane. That was like mushrooms combined with speed. I did not like that one bit and it messed me up for two days afterwords.

      2. The Bearded Hobbit

        My sister-in-law (who is of Italian decent) made us a pizza with magic mushrooms (fresh) as a topping. What a wonderful night that was.

      3. R C Dean

        We made “tea”, infusing them in hot water. Nice and clean.

        Good times.

    5. KSuellington

      Right on, that’s good news. I also did a significant amount of hallucinogens in my teens and twenties and had some excellent experiences, fun times, and a couple bad trips. They all built character.

    6. Old Man With Candy

      I did them once. Ever. Maybe 1978? No desire to do it again. But of course, if Denverites want to get goofy, go for it.

      1. Oh, they have. En masse.

    7. Chipping Pioneer

      Does anyone have any experience with microdosing?

  10. MikeS

    I read it twice. I clicked the links. And…they don’t clear much up for me. Honesty, I had more questions after, than before.

    And what about Pisces?

  11. Sean

    Trump in FL. That dude can work a crowd. He pissed me off on bump stocks, but I can still like him.

    1. Meh, ain’t hard to gin up cheers from true believers. Trump is a salesman, and a very good one, he knows his audience. Working a crowd of fanboys is easy peasy chicken greasy.

      1. MikeS

        IOW; That dude can work a crowd

        1. Difference between ‘His” crowd and “A” crowd.

          1. MikeS

            Meh. How often is any given crowd not “his” or “her” crowd?

          2. Rhywun

            Me and one of my brothers went to a Reagan rally in my hometown. I was around 12 or 13. He was a card-carrying Democrat and made sure to point that out to whatever the fuck the 80s equivalent of Antifa was who were of course protesting outside the arena.

            I have no idea why I went – ditching school! – maybe my mom thought it would be a good learning experience or something.

            So yeah… I’m sure lots of people just attend out of curiosity.

          3. That’s my point “That dude can work a crowd” means nothing in politics today when any crowd you play to is going to be “your” crowd. Was a time when a politician might have to work a crowd not filled with fanboys, then ‘Can work a crowd” might have meant something, today it just means this guy is popular with people who like him, IOW useless dribble,

          4. MikeS

            I disagree. You can go through the motions and get the polite applause and some “whoops” from the hard-core faithful, or you can work the crowd; saying the right things and getting them all worked into a frenzy.

            It’s all useless dribble, but some people are better at getting crowds fired up than others. Trump is one of them that can do it.

            Not liking him, or what he’s saying, doesn’t make it not so.

      2. MikeS

        You know who else was good at working a crowd?

        1. Sean

          Winston’s mom!

          1. Spudalicious

            Yet she treats every person like they’re the only one.

          2. Scruffy Nerfherder

            I like her for that reason.

        2. Spudalicious

          Stormy Daniels?

        3. Francisco d’Anconia

          Elton John?

        4. Spudalicious

          Rod Stewart before a concert?

        5. Scruffy Nerfherder

          The star of Bukkake Bonanza 37?

        6. Rhywun

          I know nothing!

        7. Pan Zagloba

          Bill Clinton?

          No slouch one-on-one, either.

        8. PudPaisley

          The Hulkster could whip his little Hulk-a-maniacs into a frenzy.

        9. Chipwooder

          Stone Cold Steve Austin?

    2. Spudalicious

      “This is a horrible stage. The people who built this stage are stupid.”

      Only Donald Trump can turn that into as applause line.

      1. Spudalicious

        “an”

      2. Sean

        That one got a lol from me.

  12. One of my favorite things about Glibs: our mascot is a Rapesquatch. It appeals to my juvenile humor.

    But I do have to admit when I was in the mountains of North Caroline I half-expected STEVE SMITH to pay EF and I a little “visit”. Thankfully we were saved by my quick witted skills (of not getting out of the car).

    1. The Bearded Hobbit

      Yeah! The Libertarian party uses a porcupine as a mascot: “Touch me and be afraid”

      The Glibertarians have a Rape Squach as a mascot: “ME RAPE YOU”

      //Proud Glib

      1. blackjack

        I thought the mascot of the libertarian party was a fat white rhino?

        1. BakedPenguin

          Judge Nap?

          1. blackjack

            I was thinking of the Hillary cheerleader. I mostly like the judge.

          2. BakedPenguin

            Yeah, I usually like Judge Nap as well. Weld, not so much.

          3. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

            Ooooohhh…’Weld’!!!

            Gotcha.

      2. kinnath

        Porcupine humping a pile of money

  13. Scruffy Nerfherder

    Follow up to asshole neighbor scenario:

    So I’m out there raking up some grass clippings this evening after Bob bitched to my wife that some of my grass ended up in his ditch. He couldn’t have asked me nicely particularly since I usually mow his grass in that area and blow leaves out of his ditch on a regular basis. We’ve been here a decade and the SOB has only ever spoken to me to register a complaint and was downright rude to my wife today.

    So I’m out there, resisting the temptation to knock on his door, when he comes out and walks to the mailbox to “check it” when in reality he’s pulling a passive aggressive schtick by walking right by me and not talking to me after he was rude to my wife.

    Well Scruffy wasn’t having any of that bullshit.

    Unfortunately, the old bastard appears to be nucking futs. When I mentioned that I thought I had earned some leeway by cooperating with their pet environmental remediation project that was mostly on my property and then tending to the care of it on both sides of the property line, he responded with “You didn’t have to do that.”

    Every favor I’ve done him, requested or not, deserves no gratitude on his part from his viewpoint because I didn’t have to do it. But his pet obsession with a few grass clippings warrants his assholish behavior.

    Fuck, years ago he gave me shit over some logs from a broken tree I cut down at the bottom of the ravine that were four feet over the property line when he regularly blew lawn trash down there. Hell, one of his large trees fell across the line onto my property and I let it be because it was at the bottom of the damn ravine. Never mind that he was simultaneously lobbying the county to remediate the ravine (unbeknownst to me) so the logs were completely irrelevant other than his pleasure at watching me drag them across to my side of the ravine.

    What a complete asshole.

    1. Scruffy Nerfherder

      TLDR: I need STEVE SMITH to visit my neighbor.

    2. Old Man With Candy

      Dogshit. Paper bag. Lighter. Porch.

      Connect the dots.

      1. Scruffy Nerfherder

        This is how nuts he is.

        The 20 square feet of grass on his side that I mowed yesterday because it’s convenient for me and not for him?

        He mowed it again today like a dog pissing on a previous dog’s mark.

        1. Rhywun

          I can’t imagine going through life like that. I’ve seen it – and I still don’t believe it.

          1. Scruffy Nerfherder

            It’s hard to understand. My wife says that when I’m done working in the yard, he’ll come out and inspect the property line after I go inside. He must be peeking out the windows watching everything that goes on. He must be dead inside.

          2. Tundra

            My neighbor was weird like that. The first week I lived here he was going on about my predecessor and how his landscaping encroached. Never mind that it looked great, the guy was a head case.

            It got better over the years but he was always a psycho about property lines, etc. I think the fact that my house looked so fucking good tempered his stupidity.

            Then he moved and the nicest Hmong couple moved in. Every time I do something nice for them, she makes some ridiculously good food for me.

            I love them. Hold out hope, Scruffy. Shithead could move any day.

          3. I have the opposite issue. My next door neighbor is a nice guy, and we get along swimmingly, but I would love it if the guy would murder the 30′ diameter bush that is sitting on our property line right at the street. He prefers the au naturale look, and I prefer to be able to see down the street when I am pulling out of the driveway.

            Thankfully, the county came through and murdered the part nearest the street today (to free up the drainage ditch) , so my annoyance is subsiding.

        2. Playa Manhattan

          Go out and mow it again RIGHT NOW

          1. Scruffy Nerfherder

            I’m in bed. It will have to wait.

          2. Playa Manhattan

            Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion

        3. As someone said earlier you may have a claim to that land if you can prove you’ve tended it for x-many years, as such I gotta say I like your asshole neighbor, that’s some big asshole points right there, respect.

          1. Scruffy Nerfherder

            Nah, wouldn’t work in this case. But I do look forward to watching him break his hip while trying to deal with it.

      2. Not Adahn

        Glass bottle, gasoline, rag, lighter?

        1. egould310

          Zip ties, grease rag, duct tape, filet knife?

    3. Spudalicious

      Sounds to me like he just lightened up your workload.

      1. Scruffy Nerfherder

        Yes he did.

    4. MikeS

      What a fucker. As a peace offering, maybe offer to let him use a wood-chipper for the weekend?

      1. Spudalicious

        Hand him the business end of a running, rusty chainsaw?

    5. Sensei

      “Fences make great neighbors”

      I’m assuming given what you described that would be expensive.

      1. Scruffy Nerfherder

        I told my wife I’m putting pink flamingos along the property line.

        1. The Bearded Hobbit

          I vote this as the best resolution.

          The only thing that you can do with assholes is laugh at them. Get engaged and they win. Laugh and try to ignore them and you win the moral war.

      2. R C Dean

        Just a row of fence posts on the property line would do the job for cheap.

    6. CPRM

      I’ve lived here about 16 years. One of my neighbors was one of my best friends in HS. In all that time I’ve probably spent about an hours worth of time conversing with my neighbors, and most of that was a couple times I ran into my HS friend at the bar. Once the leaves come in I won’t be able to see any of their houses, nor they mine. I love this place.

    7. Timeloose

      The lot next to my house is vacant. It was owned and put up for sale by the same guy as my home prior to bank foreclosure. Some dude bought it 2 days before I bought my house. He planned on buying the house but I beat him to it. I had no knowledge of this. I parked on the lot during the winter to avoid street parking during snow storms.

      I maintained both the lot and my own land during summer and winter for about a year. One day a guy stopped in front of my house as I was on my porch having an adult beverage and told me he would have me towed if I keep parking on his land. I told him no problem, but he better hire a service to cut the grass and shovel the walk because I’m done doing it for free.

      I have not seen him since, but I have never done a lick of maintenance on the land since. I have however bisected every tree and shrubs crossing the property line and disposed of the limbs on his land.

      I should probably look to buy it as it’s been a few years and the land is zoned in buildable. It’s. Been over 10 years.

    8. Akira

      My entire neighborhood is full of courteous and congenial people (including my awesome next door neighbor who is a craft beer salesman and hosts monthly neighborhood get-togethers where everyone brings a sixer and some cigars and spend the evening sampling the brews, and he sometimes brings vendor samples of new beers that are not on the market yet).

      The one exception is this trashy-ass house “cattycorner” from me. As far as I can tell, the only consistent inhabitant is this loud-ass middle-aged woman. Everyone else is a transient visitor. There is a constant procession of cars coming and going. Personally, I think they’re selling dope; two guys were in the street loudly arguing about a cocaine deal at 3 AM one time.

      They also have a free-range dog that roams into the street and occasionally into other peoples’ yards, where he digs up their flowerbeds and pees on stuff (never comes in my yard for some reason though). The county dog warden van was over there a few times.

      I had heard from someone who works at the city that her house was under foreclosure, but she still lives there unfortunately.

      1. Timeloose

        I have pretty great neighbors. The guy on the other side of the lot is a CO at the county jail, likes to drink bud light and watch tv on his deck in the summer. We have a good relationship. The other side is a shut in with20 cats but we also have a great family of 5 next to her. Overall I have a great mix of people. The guy that owns the lot is some persons injury lawyer that lives elsewhere.

        1. Rhywun

          I live in a big apartment building and everyone keeps to themselves, the way it should be.

          1. Timeloose

            I like knowing my neighbors.

          2. Timeloose

            Get to be friendly with all of the old busybodys on the block. They have nothing to do but watch your house all day.

          3. Rhywun

            When I say people keep to themselves, I mean it. Nobody is watching my house. What would be the point? It’s all renters.

          4. Timeloose

            You and I have drastically different situations. I was the same way when I rented in an apartment complex.

          5. Rhywun

            Agreed. I do like to interject my minority city-boy experiences now and then.

          6. Gustave Lytton

            Same. I stopped by my next door neighbor for the first time in 16 years to pass on something from the power company. Turns out he and his wife had moved out and he just stopped by to clean up a few things before it was sold.

    9. Suthenboy

      “Hey Bob. I understand you were rude to my wife earlier. From now on if you want to talk to me, sack up and talk to me. Don’t come to my house again when I am not there. Don’t talk to my wife again. If you dont see my car there, dont go there. Do you understand? If you come to my house again when I am not there you are going to jail. Understand? Tell me you understand.”

  14. Sensei

    Called Osé, the device uses micro-robotic technology to mimic the sensation of a human mouth, tongue and fingers in order to produce a blended orgasm for people with vaginas.

    As opposed to non people? Think how many words could be saved by using “women”.

    https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/08/sextech-company-scorned-by-ces-scores-2m-and-an-apology/

    1. Scruffy Nerfherder

      Not all women have vaginas dummy.

    2. Spudalicious

      What do the have for chicks with dicks?

      1. Old Man With Candy

        I’ll get that for you for Christmas.

        1. Scruffy Nerfherder

          Damn, I heard that one hit from across the country.

        2. Spudalicious

          Autosuck 5.0?

    3. “people with vaginas”

      This shit will continue until someone stops it.

      1. Rhywun

        I’m sure there’s some sort of sciencey term for the phenomenon whereby the loons get to control the terms of this sort of debate. It won’t stop because most people don’t give a shit about any of this stuff and by the time they do, it’s too late.

        1. R C Dean

          “Insane asylum”.

  15. ?If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it, if you’re happy and you know it look at tits?

    https://thechive.com/2019/05/06/college-cuties-with-phds-in-attractiveness-30-photos/

  16. Akira

    OT: My current job contains some call center-like duties. Today, the phone rang and the caller ID said “Steve Smith”. I had to make up a fake reason for my laughter so that my co-workers wouldn’t think I was nuts.

    You people have ruined me.

    1. Scruffy Nerfherder

      Wait till Mrs. Winston calls in.

      1. Gustave Lytton

        Winston’s mom never phones it in.

    2. leon

      STEVE SMITH THINK OF YOU AS ASSHOLE NOT NUTS.

      1. Scruffy Nerfherder

        I thought he thought of both the asshole and the nuts.

    1. straffinrun

      I’m confused.

      1. Rhywun

        I wasn’t going to say it, in case something flew over my head.

      2. Chafed

        Let me add… Huh?

  17. CPRM

    Been busy doing yard work and spring cleaning, haven’t had inspiration strike for a new cartoon. And today when I was going to work on some stuff my power went out for over an hour, by the time it came back on the inspiration had faded. Fuck you life!

    1. LJW

      Sorry not sure why that was a reply to your comment was meant to be a separate post.

  18. Chipping Pioneer

    I call shenanigans. Joe Thornton’s beard can repel any and all high sticks.

  19. Grummun

    Random crap before I go to bed:

    Ein: I’ve been thinking I need to get a better quality orange liqueur than Paramount Triple Sec, but I’m too cheap to spring for Grand Marnier or Cointreau. So, last time I was in the booze emporium, I see Patron Orange liqueur, reasonable price. Note, this is not branded as orange flavored tequila. I get a bottle, and it tastes suspiciously like agave… anyhoo, I use it to make a G&T, and … not bad. The vague tequila flavor compliments the gin, and it’s not as sweet as with Triple Sec. I’d drink that again.

    Zwei: The worst Police song ever is the execrable 1986 remake of Don’t Stand So Close To Me. I blame stripy shirt boy.

    1. Akira

      I’ve never heard of a gin and tonic with triple sec added. I’ll have to try that tonight; I have all the ingredients. I’ve wanted to try Grand Marnier for a long time, but I never got around to buying any.

      I usually get Cointreau just because I don’t drink a lot of cocktails that contain it. I used to be all about the mixology, and I still have about 30 cocktails in my memory (probably a useful skill to have – girls generally love sweet fruity cocktails). But I usually drink craft beers and nice whiskey with the occasional simple cocktail like a G&T, Manhattan, or Martini.

      Have you ever made a tequila and tonic? I made it once with some 1800 Silver, and it wasn’t too bad. It would probably be even better with a higher quality tequila (although my estimation of Patron is that it’s kind of like the Grey Goose of tequila – good, but overpriced for what it is).

      1. Grummun

        I put in just a little Triple Sec, like just a splash in a pretty stiff G&T. I have not tried tequila and tonic, but perhaps tomorrow night. I’ve tried the 1800 Silver for margaritas, but I think I’ve decided I prefer reposado tequilas in general; currently there is a bottle of Hornitos in the liquor locker, based on the recommendation of someone on this board.

      2. Spudalicious

        You are both gross and should be forced to turn in your booze cards.

    2. BakedPenguin

      Zwei: The worst Police song ever is the execrable 1986 remake of Don’t Stand So Close To Me. I blame stripy shirt boy.

      Not sure I agree, but I can’t call this wrong. I will call the cover wrong.

      1. Rhywun

        Enh, it’s one of their shittier songs; I can’t imagine the cover being much worse. Never a huge fan but of the songs I know there are so many better.

      2. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

        Not sure I agree

        And, you shouldn’t. He’s wrong, and he should feel bad for being so wrong.

        The re-work of the song actually fits the subject matter better. Liking the original more is one thing; saying the remake is “execrable” is just wrong.

    3. slumbrew

      Local place uses Combier for their non-premium margs – I’m assuming it’s cheaper than the other two you mentioned.

    4. blackjack

      Da doo, doo, doo, that’s all I have to say to you.

    5. R C Dean

      Orange liqueur: Salerno. Not as sweet, drier. My go-to.

      1. egould310

        Thanks for the tip.

  20. CPRM

    New Twitter follower. Hm, doesn’t add up:

    Trendy Elephant
    @trendyelephant
    Follows you
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    The feed is nothing but retweets. Might be a for real Russian Troll. Maybe I’ll get retweeted, yay!

  21. slumbrew

    Oh, and:

    Praise Bob!

  22. Gustave Lytton

    JR “Bob” Dobbs brings back memories of childhood before I made a series of bad life choices.

  23. CPRM

    Ok, so doing some spring cleaning today I came across a script for one of my short films from 15 years ago. I don’t remember how much of what we shot was off script and I’m looking forward to finding out what my original vision was, filming got a bit off track and I ended up doing rewrites on the spot. Now to delve into what my original vision was.

    1. CPRM

      Huh most of the scripted stuff was cut for reasons other than the on set problems now that I read it. What a memory trip. Makes me appreciated what the final version was and lets me know in all that time my sense of humor hasn’t changed and I’m no better at writing now than I was then. Not sure if that’s good or bad…

    1. Timeloose

      This is becoming more insane by the day. I’m going to start a goal post moving company and at least make a profit while I still can.

      1. Rhywun

        Is it possible that this creature and others… somehow… aren’t aware of what full exposure of their own party’s machinations in this farce will reveal? Or are they just so full of themselves they think they’re invincible…? I really don’t understand why every Democrat isn’t just S’ingTFU right now.

        1. straffinrun

          They know the media outlets will have their back. Just throw a bunch of shit at the fan and pretend none of it hit you.

          1. Rhywun

            Yeah, but the cracks are showing. Even the NYT all but admitted to the spying. At some point the evidence will become too overwhelming to sweep under the rug.

          2. straffinrun

            The smoking gun was already found; the bogus FISA warrant. I don’t see how you can recapture the outrage and actually increase it in order to pressure the pols to do anything. Maybe Barr will do something, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

    2. Ownbestenemy

      I have seen this movie…I believe it was 5 years ago…the IRS and some lady named Lois Learner and a subpoena for emails made from both Houses…

      What a great timeline.

  24. Tundra

    Nice job, Sharks, but that was a fun game 7.

    Love the playoffs.

    Rooting for a Blues/’Canes final now.

    1. straffinrun

      Give the Bucks some love, too. “Fear the Deer” is a silly slogan though.

      1. slumbrew

        The who-now?

        *doesn’t care about basketball*

      2. Tundra

        What the fuck are ‘Bucks’?

        1. straffinrun

          Sorry, talking about black people stuff.

          1. Tundra

            Racist!

          2. CPRM

            That’s what she said! Hiyo!

          3. straffinrun

            Seriously though, this could be their year.

          4. CPRM

            I care even less about the Bucks than I do the Brewers. Sports I don’t care about in a part of the state that should just be annexed by Illinois and end stop fucking with me.

          5. Rhywun

            I’ll be honest… I had no idea Milwaukee had an NBA team.

          6. straffinrun

            Slice that corner out of Wisconsin and you turn it deep red.

          7. CPRM

            Yep, if not for Milwaukee I could be free. And they think they matter nationally, but no one gives a fuck about them.

          8. slumbrew

            That video seems about right.

          9. straffinrun

            73 views. Sad.

          10. CPRM

            It’s someone’s cut of that bit from a more popular video.

        2. CPRM

          Something that hits your car.

    2. slumbrew

      The regular season ‘Canes/Bruins record does not favor the Bruins 🙁

  25. slumbrew

    Sharks win.

    Does this mean the hockey gods have decreed the Sharks and Bruins will meet, for Thornton’s final hurrah? That’d be pretty great.

    1. straffinrun

      Who you taking?

    2. Tundra

      Lol. The hockey gods went golfing after round 1.

      1. slumbrew

        What? No way – the gods favor the Bruin since it has been *checks* almost 95 whole days since Boston won a championship! Surely, we’re due for break.

        1. Rhywun

          I’m considering dropping out because I have no interest in any of the remaining teams, but your comment reminds me that hate-watching the Bruins might hold some interest.

          1. slumbrew

            I live to serve.

    3. KSuellington

      This is the year the Sharks win the Stanley.

      1. Ownbestenemy

        I root for them because my sis is a huge fan of the Sharks since inception.

        1. CPRM

          Because of Street Sharks?

        2. KSuellington

          I root for them because I’ve been to a few of their games over the years (though it’s been a while). Their playoff run has been sweet. Games 6 and 7 against the Knights were terrific. I watch NHL the least of the four main sports, but it’s fun to jump on the bandwagon in the playoffs.

          1. robc

            is hockey in the top 6?

          2. robc

            pga and nascar are above nhl, so 6 at best. If I can count epl instead of mls, 7th.

      2. Tundra

        Maybe.

        I’m rooting for the Blues because bacon and my Gramp’s best friend was a goal judge there for many years.

        And the Wild didn’t supply them with players.

        1. KSuellington

          Not a good trade for the Wild. Burns is a pretty amazing player. He’s got a winning smile as well.

    1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

      Care to explain what’s going on? It’s almost like a 2019 shitty flash animation.

      1. straffinrun

        Not sure myself. But if you post Acosta getting slapped around, Twitter is gonna white knight for him. My guess.

        1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

          Ah. I vaguely know his name, as I don’t really want to know. I saw at least one triggered ho, and figured someone was doing something correct with the mashup.

      2. CPRM

        This is why I’m not famous, I would never release a video that poorly executed, so by the time I release it the fleeting moment will have passed. And the turn around in the Trump era is like 12hrs or the cycle has moved onto something else.

        1. straffinrun

          Vulgar, but you tap it when it’s wet not when you want it to be wet.

    1. straffinrun

      So they basically made social workers into judges. Good idea.

    2. Chafed

      It’s incredible there hasn’t been one revenge killing.

      1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

        So much this, Chafed.

        Rubberstamping judges should get tar ‘n’ feather punishment, after disbarment. While I don’t doubt the crusaders did help the occasional child, using this method should result in loss of pension through fines and judgments.

        1. Gustave Lytton

          No refusal dui checkpoints make a mockery of judicial oversight.

          1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

            True: that’s been happening before this, and in many more locations.

            This dimension seems even more sleazy/lazy/what-have-you.

          2. CPRM

            After 9/11 my car got searched because I was driving on the highway that goes over the Hoover Dam. After that DUI checkpoints are kind of quaint.

        2. Chafed

          It’s not even clear judges signed the blank documents. The social workers may have photocopied their signatures.

    1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

      There weren’t any art history professors available?

      Touche’, Brian Rose. You win this one….

      1. Chafed

        That was a good one.

    2. straffinrun

      I don’t even see the code anymore.

    3. Rhywun

      The upcoming destruction of women’s sports might actually put an end to this particular nonsense.

      1. PieInTheSky

        Am looking forward to it. Chicks should be fat and sedentary anyways

        1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

          Well, maybe some bouncing…

        2. Chafed

          Are you possessed by Tres Cool, Jr?

  26. PieInTheSky

    Celtics got an ass kicking… good morning glibs

    1. CPRM

      Deer cause more deaths in the US than guns (just made that up)

      1. CPRM

        But it’s prabably true.

  27. KSuellington

    “Both the search and rescue diver and accident investigator on the scene in 1969 were interviewed and said that Kopechne died of suffocation, not drowning as the medical examiner report said – but no autopsy was done. [Ed.: The Kennedys enlisted an archbishop of the Catholic Church to tell the Kopechne family that it would be a sin to do an autopsy.] Her body was found pushed up against a small pocket of air in the back of the car. The diver, John Farrar, called out Kennedy’s shameful actions after the crash when Kopechne was still alive but running out of air, “Since he had plenty of time to get help, why didn’t he get help? Might have saved her life.”

    Instead of calling for help, in the next 10 hours, Kennedy made 17 calls, went out for coffee with friends, then met with two lawyers before finally reporting the accident – after authorities had already found his car and Kopechne’s body. From Kennedy’s shady behavior and inconsistencies to the grand jury being stymied, 1969 casts a lot of doubt on Kennedy’s story in just an hour’s time.”

    This is new info for me. I always thought she had drowned, not suffocated. How could Kennedy have escaped from the car and manage to shut the door after? That seems weird to me, but maybe I’m a bit boozed up and not thinking about it clearly.

    1. Rhywun

      in the next 10 hours, Kennedy made 17 calls, went out for coffee with friends, then met with two lawyers before finally reporting the accident

      That was news to me.

      I can’t even.

      And the MSM fucking lionized him. This shit has been going on since before I was born.

      1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

        A lot of this started hitting some news sources when the Jason Clarke movie came out last year–the one that, supposedly, wasn’t reverential.

        If you don’t know about it, it may not be due to your behavior. I never saw it, and I should.

        If it weren’t for one of our favorite liberty gals, ‘Kennedy’ should be made into a euphemism for shit, or somesuch.

      2. KSuellington

        I’m wondering about how exactly she could have suffocated while he was able to exit. I always assumed that he crashed the car, got himself out, then tried to get her out and couldn’t and then left and tried to play it off. That’s horrible. But if he knew she was in a car that had slowly seeping water, that is something else. Disturbing shit.

        1. KSuellington

          The first is manslaughter, the second is murder.

        2. CPRM

          Perhaps she suffocated before the car even entered the water DUN DUN DUNe

        3. MikeS

          Her body was found pushed up against a small pocket of air in the back of the car.

          The car was nose down leaving a pocket of air in the back of the cabin. It was black as sin down there and she had no idea there was a door open that she could escape through. She sat there in that air pocket praying someone would help her. And that mother fucker left her there to die.

          I obviously don’t know any of that to be fact, but I think it’s a likely scenario.

    2. Suthenboy

      I have to wonder if she wasn’t already suffocated before the car went in the water.

      1. KSuellington

        That was my thought as well. How could he have escaped a car in water and then she remained in a non inundated car for a period? If you are in water it’s tough to open the door. How could he have open it and then managed to shut it?

        1. You choke ’em out on a hill or rise over the body of water of your choice, once unconscious you roll down the windows and let the car roll into said water, after it sinks you jump in and muddy yourself all up then go into a pretend panic and run off to get help that will never arrive in time. Or so I’ve heard. Why Ted didn’t do the last bit is odd, perhaps he went into an actual panic, I don’t know.

      2. Suthenboy

        The wrong kennedy’s were shot.

        1. robc

          I doubt they were any better.

  28. Gustave Lytton

    Amazon Prime has Silk Stalkings. Brings back memories of when tv shows could just be tv shows. Also, Mitzi Kapture. And Mike Post music.

    1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

      Poor Mitzi hasn’t aged well. I won’t link a pic, but….man: Road Miles.

      1. Chafed

        Nooooooooo! I have to ask. What’s the cause?

        1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

          I don’t know. Her face has a bit of bloat and the skin effects to go with it.

          I really hate to say it, but maybe motherhood…?

          1. Gustave Lytton

            That’s too bad. Looks a little plasticky too.

    2. CPRM

      Brings back memories of trying to explain why I watched it other than, um why I was watching it at a certain age…

      1. Chafed

        That’s reason enough.

    3. Rhywun

      Also, Mitzi Kapture.

      If by Mitzi Kapture you mean Rob Estes.

      1. Gustave Lytton

        That’s the great thing about the show. Sam for you and Sam for me.

    1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

      Mm-hmm…. 🙂

      1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

        To both

        1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

          Yes, all three!

  29. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

    Millennials have less money than previous generations?

    I am shocked!

    It’s not that they are necessarily wrong about certain people; it’s the blanket attitude towards business. I guess only Big Daddy Kane Government can make people be good.

    1. CPRM

      Meh. I don’t like blanket statements. In some formulas I’m a millennial. In others I’m not. Just more ‘kids these days’ talk from old folks. I sleep now.

      1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

        I don’t like ’em either. I’m going based on what he showed in his vid, and compared that with ‘news reports’. If the math supports the contention, I would think there is something to the claim.

    2. CPRM

      BTW, I watched that Company Man video earlier today. I’m all for standing on your ethics, hell I trashed my own company because of it, I just wish people knew that could happen without government force.

      1. Sir Digby’s The Golden Age of Ballooning

        Yes, THIS^^

    1. In a news conference, Lt. Chris Ramirez, LAPD, said, “I have never seen so many weapons in my career of 31 years. So it’s such a big arsenal like this in the residence and this type of neighborhood. It’s kind of astounding. So the good thing is now this neighborhood is very clear of these weapons. Weapons that could have ended up in the wrong hands.”

      They did end up in the wrong hands – yours. Just for making that comment you should be drummed out of policing.

      1. Stinky Wizzleteats

        Those guns are going to go through a shredder and he’ll get a promotion.

        1. After all the valuable ones conveniently disappear. “oh, 1000 was just an approximation… There were 927”

    2. RegicidalManiac

      Sounds like the guy had an FFL and someone dropped a dime on him for buying or selling guns he wasn’t supposed to be.

      I guess he should be grateful they didn’t shoot his dog for fun.

    3. hayeksplosives

      “t’s kind of astounding. So the good thing is now this neighborhood is very clear of these weapons. Weapons that could have ended up in the wrong hands”

      I think they just did.

    4. l0b0t

      So fucking sad and hurtful! From the photos I’ve seen, the firearms lean towards the Curio & Relic end of the spectrum – lots of bolt-action rifles and old revolvers; you know, shit that would never be involved in any type of crime. Such senseless destruction and waste.

      1. MikeS

        This “Collection = Arsenal” bullshit pisses me off.

  30. l0b0t

    Thanks for this article, Not Adahn. I’m happy to learn I’m not the only one here who has space reserved on the saucers when X-Day finally (eventually) arrives. Until then, I’m smoking my ‘frop and keeping my fingers crossed that G. Gordon Gordon takes me on as an apprentice agent for the Yacatisma Matrix.