Here it is, sorry about the paywall gents.
I’d like to make an important announcement to New York retailers: NEW JERSEY HAS AGREED TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN BUYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF WHITEFISH SALAD FROM OUR GREAT PATRIOT GOURMET MARKETS.
What’s that you say? There was no such agreement? New Jersey doesn’t even have any kind of centralized purchasing mechanism for food products? I say fake news! Conspiracy by the deep state!
*Crosses legs. Pulls skirt down slightly*
Listen asshole! I live in Jersey and own/operate a somewhat legitimate business there, you have any idea what I can do with such a deal? I’d corner that (((Market))) with cheap, plentiful whitefish and bagels to sweeten the deal. I’d make a killing!
OK, you know that I’m not serious. But Donald Trump was serious when he tweeted this: “MEXICO HAS AGREED TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN BUYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT FROM OUR GREAT PATRIOT FARMERS!”
This tweet raises two immediate questions:
1. Why, like so many Trump tweets, does it read like a bad translation from Russian?
2. What the heck is he talking about?
Listen, I only pick on you every so often. I don’t have that kind of time to go after everything you write, and quite frankly you have a long history of saying stupid things. Nobody goes through every damn thing you throw into the ether, every twat, every article behind a fucking paywall, and asks you to explain this shit. Is it not possible the President ate 6 pounds of cold McNuggets at 4 am and twatted out horseshit half asleep on the shitter?
There was, after all, no mention of agricultural products in the statement of agreement. And Mexico, while a big buyer of U.S. farm goods, is a market economy: Private businesses, not government officials, decide how much Iowa corn Mexico will buy in a given year.
For what it’s worth, my guess is that Trump vaguely remembered the terms of an abortive trade deal with China, which he claimed included a commitment by China to buy 5 million tons of U.S. soybeans. If my guess is right, Trump is confusing Mexico with China and has forgotten that talks with China have broken down.
Think about how much events like the Mexican standoff weaken America’s position in the world.
That’s racist.
To be a great power, of course you need the material basis for power — a big economy, a military big enough to make you a force to be reckoned with. But you also need to be a country others can take seriously — a nation that stands by its promises but also makes good on its threats.
So think about what just happened.
First, Trump recently negotiated a trade deal with Mexico — a deal barely different from the previous deal, which Trump called the “worst in history,” but put that on one side. The whole point of trade deals is that they’re supposed to provide some certainty. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, like NAFTA, amounts to a promise by all three participants that they won’t arbitrarily impose new barriers to cross-border trade.
Then Trump went ahead and threatened major new tariffs on Mexico, not because it had violated its trade agreements but because he didn’t like something that was happening on the border, a situation that has nothing to do with trade policy. So the USMCA appears, in practice, to be a solemn promise by the U.S. government not to impose tariffs on Mexican products — unless it feels like it.
The wisdom of such as action is debatable, and one I not about to straddle my legs across. Playing Russian Roulade with tariffs and reneging on trade deals is not the most practical or even ethical way to go about this. That said, it did produce a result that in some circles is desirable. That necessity of that result of course, is also up for debate.
If that’s what you get out of making a deal with America, why bother?
And then, after all the dire warnings of what would happen if Mexico didn’t give Trump what he wanted, Trump appears to have backed down in return for a declaration that Mexico will do pretty much exactly what it had already promised to do before the threats.
Like shoot Micaraguans? You heard it from Winston’s Mom first. Telemundo: Mexican Army guns down migrants!
Now, the business world is extremely pleased that the trade war appears to have been called off. But it does look as if a Trump threat is worth about as much as a Trump promise: There’s no particular reason to believe that he’ll actually go through with it.
The only thing we can be sure of is that whatever happens, Trump will claim to have achieved a great victory.
Yeah, that has pretty much been his MO since the 80’s.
In the case of the Mexican standoff, this may not seem too bad. But think about what it means when foreign leaders know that the president of the United States is: (a) gullible (b) easily susceptible to flattery and (c) eager to proclaim victory and unwilling to admit that he didn’t actually get anything significant.
That’s still racist, you cock-tease.
Basically, this turns America into a systematic chump. Hold a summit, flatter Trump’s vanity, let him issue a communique claiming vast achievement, then go on doing whatever you wanted to do. Just ask North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, who snookered Trump into thinking he’d made major concessions, went right back to building up his nuclear attack capacity and still gets praised by Trump as our allies watch in horror.
You mean like Iran did with Obama?
Again, it’s a good thing that we seem to have avoided a Mexican trade war for now. But the China trade war still appears to be on. And I’m worried about confrontation with Europe, partly because European nations are democracies with free presses, which makes it harder for them to give Trump the kind of imaginary victories he craves.
In any case, the bottom line from the Mexico fiasco is that the U.S. is now significantly less credible and less respected than it was a few weeks ago. And things will probably keep getting worse.
I’m sure it’s not the Diet Coke that keeps Trump up at night. Obviously, its deteriorating credibility he holds with European “Allies” and the wailing of journalists from Der Speigel think…because he doesn’t speak any German. Now maybe he lies awake on the shitter thinking about the Guardian and how much they hate him…Now wait just a goddamn minute, that’s what journalists do here!
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375 responses to “Economics Corner with Paul Krugman and Winston’s Mom”
Dear, WM.
I noticed a few typos. I would be willing to edit your articles in exchange for…services.
I don’t do windows, darling.
Dang. Oh, well. It was still a great read.
A surprise Sunday visit. Huzzah!
So there’s nothing to come this week?
Nope
Man, is there a whinier band? I mean other than Hootie and his Blowfish?
What you do on the shitter is your business, unless you want to make it mine.
“maybe he lies awake on the shitter:”
Like a bed pan? C/mon, the Prez is entitled to sit down like us slightly irregular people. The Hat and Hair gotta update us on this factoid.
Embrace nihilism. Look forward to nothing.
Nihilism’s great advantage is that it has the possibility of being true.
Nothing last forever!! Nothing is worth dying for!!
Wittgenstein is nowhere near as well known as he sholud be.
In case nobody has Tin-Eyed it yet, here is WM’s avatar. Smokin’!
Oh, they made a color version of that…HEY! How’d you find that old photo you? Is Mike’S one if those Russian hackerz I’ve been hearing about?
This assholes colluding!
That’s a bit of alright. Know what I mean, know what I mean.
Winston’s mom looks like your friend’s mom from your teenage years who didn’t care if you all drank at her house as long as no one was out driving.
Safe spaces.
+1 Stifler’s Mom
Just like Jennifer Whatsherface’s mom. Damn those were fun times.
Nice Avatar update. Graydy
Kind of like Stacy’s.
“i still won’t accept the fact romania isn’t a badly programmed video game”
https://twitter.com/cloudyyxp_/status/1144671501397966848
So Pie is an NPC?
I’m sure he’s a player character.
“1. Why, like so many Trump tweets, does it read like a bad translation from Russian?”
Christ, what an asshole. Enough with the Russia thing already.
I can’t understand why this nonsense won’t die. It’s like a parody but so many people bought it…and there is a secret Nazi base inside the hollow moon.
Because it works. Half the country is still frothing at the mouth over it. And it won’t end until it stops being useful for electing more Democrats.
I liked it better when most people just didn’t care at all. Now, my fucking dry cleaner is a “resister.” Fucking retards. He’s just another fucking president and most of what he’s actually done has increased freedom, making him way better than most. The last guy forced a bunch of poor people to buy health insurance at massively inflated rates. A bunch of them just took the thousand dollar fine. The last guy extra-judicially murdered american citizens for preaching ugly and hateful shit and took out his teen aged kid just for good measure and because ” it turned out he was really good at it.” Get the fuck over it, already.
RAAAACIST!!!
I hate the Indianapolis 500, the entire race.
See, that’s why HRC shoulda won, she isn’t even a “guy”. Woulda been even more better, cause Trump’s a guy *hick* ‘scuse me I’ve been drinking
Iron Sky was very entertaining though.
The sequel is just meh.
They all do that. The biggest difference between Trump and his predecessors is that he didn’t hand Mexico $50 billion or whatever before declaring victory.
Granted, she didn’t quite make president.
The best ending for a Mexican standoff is a dirty sanchez with Winstons Mom.
I read that on a bathroom wall.
You’re a sick, twisted, duck, you know that?
And you like ’em that way, don’t you?
Like I haven’t heard that before. I assume duck was an auto correct.
I was picturing Howard the duck.
No love for Duckman?
Fucker owes me $50.
And don’t get me started on Scrooge…
Listen. I don’t need to sit here and explain myself…you got money or not?
The Senate should send a bill to the House that AOC needs a bigger ass.
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1144007921765892097
Squats. Squats can fix that.
Huh, I wouldn’t have guessed that Warty would have been one of your clients.
I’d say as filthy as you can manage on short notice.
Besides, who the fuck said he was the client? I can juice lemons with my butt-cheeks.
Pics or didn’t happen.
I’ve got pics of her juicing my lemon. E-mail address?
From the last link….
(video of the incident suggests the contact was incidental) is horse shit. Not sure they should have booted him but that was not incidental contact it was deliberate. Does anyone report accurate news without a spin anymore?
Somehow I doubt the death threats, too.
Congratulations Costa, you’ve completely convinced everyone who badly wanted to believe you anyway.
Yup. Flat out lie. That would have gotten him trespassed if he did that to one of my nurses at my hospital. As in, you ever come back, it better be in an ambulance.
“The universe is always pregnant with new possibilities… and SO ARE YOU!”
https://twitter.com/marwilliamson/status/13078099985
I’m not gonna lie, the China tariffs are hurting my industry. The status quo of China taking all IP it wishes and requiring tech transfers to do business in Country has not been to the US’s benefit in the long term. In the short term US companies have cleaned up.
I don’t know if this tough stance will improve the situation or speed up the end of the short term benefits. I do feel open and free trade is always better than restrictions and Gov supported companies.
I don’t know how or if we can get there with China.
Fuck, now I have to agree with this asshole.
“Even @MrAndyNgo’s critics should have no trouble saying this: The assault against him was unacceptable.”
https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1145376298031697920
something something stopped clock
He left out “and the perpetrators and anyone who gave material support should be jailed”.
Let’s not get crazy here. It’s like the retarded kid can count to ten, and now you want him to do calculus.
That seems unlikely to happen. Who does Stelter think assaulted Ngo?
You wouldn’t believe the idiotic defenses from lefties in Twitter.
um, on
He was asking for it by being such a Nazi. Only a Nazi would write about fake hate crimes.
It’s “bad”, but, not bad “bad”. What a fucking asshole. From someone claiming they are “fiercely liberal”… Seems he doesn’t understand the idea of liberty. And, or, he’s just fiercely assholish.
He has no principles. As you suggested, he’s an asshole.
Well, he thinks he does. And, it looks like the right-side narrative has been wrong/a lie, or, the leftists are going all-out to gaslight anyone who will listen, claiming the pics are stock photos and that there was no chemical/concrete-based attacks.
Exhibit #25643 why Twitter is one of the many products of the 21st century that needs to die in a fire.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1145294929398239234
And governments never buy anything, at all, for any reason. We all know since the US is a market economy, the government never buys anything.
My god, do you realize how much debt we would pile up if we allowed government to buy things? The waste and fraud? Good thing that doesn’t happen?
Holy shit! Yeah….we might even be millions…no, BILLIONS in national debt!
Time to climb off WM and go OT: I had jury duty four days running last week and need to go back Monday because the lawyers and judge couldn’t decide on the instructions to give us. This is all for a civil trial dealing with vandalism (paint on someone’s garage and retaining wall).
I’m not sure jury’s should be used for civil trials. Also not sure that civil trials should happen if no criminal trial was ever conducted because of lack of evidence or such.
Tulpa? Again? Well,
Fuck Off!
The socks are legion.
Admitting you are a Glib is the first step…
Wait, Sig is making socks now too?
I really don’t want to pay $650 for a pair of socks.
But they come with a challenge coin and a special case!
(I do ? my Legion 226 sao)
I can’t deny that Sig makes good guns, but the way people gush over them does not match my shooting experience. TBH my boss’s Glock model [whatever the subcompact .40 is] had a better trigger than my P365. Gun experts vehemently disagree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BHRNL8Q9BQ
I’m not a fan of the p365.
You ever find your way down to Bucks county PA, I can make you a fan of Sig Sauer.
I have finally figured out how to shoot it. Currently I’m about 70 – 85% hits on a 3″ target at 7 yards.
But people gushing about the trigger baffle me. In my experience it’s long and gritty, with a mushy break.
I went shooting with a guy and his 226. That thing jammed like a dozen times. I cleared a couple and then realized the muzzle was pointed a little unsafely and refused to help him any more. Meanwhile my S&W wheel guns just kept on chooglin.
@Blackjack. The offer extends to you as well.
Mine don’t jam.
I prefer my Legion 220 in 10mm. Granted, I have not had the chance to shoot it enough yet to compare to the rest of the stable but it’s hard to get quality shooting iron in that caliber.
I bought a used 229 back in aught-5, and many people fell in love with it. It was probably the best pistol I’ve owned. Let wifey have it when she be me extra mags for my Witness, as she’s quite good with it, and I had two .40s, while she had none.
And, just to weigh in further, I could not stand the S&W 5609 I had oh-so-many years ago. I couldn’t hit shit with it.
If you think JURIES shouldn’t be used for civil trials, you’re going to have to amend the constitution.
You may be right. To be honest I have not studied it much but it seems to put a large burden on multiple people for possible petty things. It could still be ruled on by a judge.
The Seventh Amendment:
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Thats interesting, so adjusting for inflation that would translate to about $400 today. Thanks a lot central banking!!
Yeah, a judge IS the government. Do you want the government deciding all claims you may have, for or against? I didn’t think so. Juries are pretty retarded, but they’re not as evil as public servants, usually.
Running day.
A lurker forced out because of his interaction with the jackboot. It always brings a tear to my eye.
Are you calling SP a jackboot?
And “thug” is automatically implied.
Slutty Sunday!
https://thechive.com/2019/06/30/hotness-is-being-taken-to-another-level-35-photos/
Thanks Q. Good group.
Earlier today, we went shopping at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets, which are not located in Philadelphia. Anyway, I like going there. It’s partly covered, but partly exposed. It enjoyable to walk through while shopping. You get some sun exposure, but not too much.
The thing that occurs to me each time I’m there is the diversity of the crowd. The people also tend to be very polite and courteous. Holding doors for others, saying thank you, or excuse me if they need to get by you in a narrow aisle.
My point, is that some days the links here make you think we’re on the verge of a civil war, or race riots…but in the universe I live in, I’m just not seeing it on a wide spread scale. Most people want to go about their day and live peacefully.
That’s my deep thought for the day. I just started into my bourbon. Peace out.
Ps: the steaks came out fantastic.
The real world is nice enough, Steajs are better, enjoy!
You are correct. The places where there is trouble are geographically restricted and have a small but very vocal population. They distort the picture and the press is complicit.
So there’s nothing to come this week?
If the augurs are to be believed, I have a little something a little different coming out this Friday at Noon.
Foreshadowing.
Goddammit. I don’t need to be salivating until Friday.
I found a pic of you and Jesse
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9tbHOVUYAA1p-4.jpg
But Grizzly Adams did have a beard!?
Pimplegate. I am not making this up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf50s_5woK8
I’ve been listening to Dave Smith talk bout Tulsi Gabbard for two straight episodes now. I feel somewhat conflicted over her. Yes she seems to be spot-on on foreign policy which IS the most important issue. However, she’s still basically a socialist who wants free shit for everybody.
So Tulsi…….the great left-libertarian hope or the tallest midget in the room?
Hottest ugly person in politics
Second.
“…she’s still basically a socialist who wants free shit for everybody.”
That ‘foreign policy is the most important issue’ business would change very quickly.
I’m a bit skeptical that Tulsi would even follow through on her anti-war rhetoric. Remember how Obama ran on ending wars and and rolling back things like the Patriot Act?
I realize that they’re two completely different people, but I think American Leftists are uniquely forgiving of “progressive” candidates who lie to get into office. They almost always have one or both of these excuses:
“They’re good on the issues that matter, like climate change.”
“Republicans would have been even worse!”
I believe that veterans can be uniquely firm in their anti-war stances.
Like Kennedy, GHW Bush and GW Bush?
If any of those had an anti-war stance…
Come to think of it, when’s the last time there was an anti-war veteran candidate? Kerry doesn’t count because he was only anti-war before he became a candidate.
I disagree about the most important issue. Private gun ownership is the most important issue. In an immediate sense, it’s the freedom that permits individuals to fight back against a tyrannical government, even and especially if that tyranny occurs at a very local level, and it also allows individuals to provide for their own security rather than depending on the government to provide it for them. Secondarily, but no less important, a government that respects that freedom is made up of people who value individual liberty. Everything, and I mean everything, depends upon this right. This is the right that puts the citizens above the government.
*Hands Bill trophy with ribbon*
Amen brother.
They ought to carve that statement into the base of the Statue of Liberty.
What was it that one ruler used to have inscribed on the cannon in his army? Ultima ratio regum–the final argument of kings? You can talk about rights all you want, but if you can’t back it up with force, you’re up a creek.
Can’t sustain jury box, soap box, or ballot box without the cartridge box.
I would argue freedom of speech is more important. With gun ownership you have one person with a gun. With freedom of speech you can organize a group of people with guns, and convince non-combatants to support them.
Sure, but they’ve gotta have the guns first, right? They believe in freedom of speech in the UK and Oz, too, you know…
Put another way, if I have a gun and you have a gun we can claim our right to free speech. If we’re unarmed, we can stand in the town square and say what we’ve got to say right up until we get hauled off and disappeared.
“They believe in freedom of speech in the UK and Oz, too, you know…”
It sure doesn’t seem like it.
Can’t keep ’em honest if you can’t keep ’em scared.
I don’t want to click
That is just nuts.
I won’t comment, as the video featured was a video of a TV, and not the source video. That makes it hard to tell what is going on, and I don’t care enough to find the broadcast source video.
Wow, in shocking news, the All Blacks jerseys (uniforms) for the 2019 Rugby World Cup are going to be, umm, all black: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12245333
that’s racist
100 FedBucks for a replica jersey. GTFOOH.
Hey–you wanna look like a rugby player, that’s the cost!!
The clock on my mod is just awful. Not that I use it to tell time, but it seems to lose around 10 minutes a month. Which seems ridiculous for any kind of computer in 2019.
Perhaps your computer is traveling at relativistic speeds?
I think adding a clock was an afterthought.
On topic for Winston’s Mom.
https://naturalinsemination.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/natural-insemination-the-husband-watching-as-another-man-gets-his-wife-pregnant/
When Tony saw my doubts in my face, he quickly assured me that he didn’t want to participate; rather, he wanted to just sit in the corner and watch as he felt it important to be there at the moment of conception.
Nooooooooooooope.
What a cuck
He could have put a baster up her vagina.
Yeah…hell no.
What the hell? Use a turkey baster!
Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t not disembowel everyone in the room with my bare hands. I am not what you would call a proponent of open relationships.
“Mexican standoff” is racist? It’s a description, not a condemnation.
“Mexican overdrive”. “Mexican beer.” Hell, “Mexican food”.
Although we used to joke, “If dog food is what you feed your dog and fish food is what you feed your fish what does that make Mexican food?”
Mexican credit card? Comes with the gas can? Now that’s racist!
Hey dumbass, I said it in jest.
I found this and came here to share it with y’all, because I love you.
“Bad A$$ Soccer Mama”
https://twitter.com/ATX_PATRIOT/status/1145287971131875328
Who else was expecting her to twerk it?
WOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOIdpV2vjLs
Holy smokes.
Awwwwwwwwwwww yes.
Who would not volunteer to marry her?
I’ll be in my bunk.
Anyone complaining about the viewership of the women’s world cup should take note. I would watch for hours.
Probably while making obvious ball jokes.
wtf I like soccer now.
Please, please let her be “not nice”…
BREAKING: Snopes sucks ass.
https://twitter.com/snopes/status/1145394834926166018
They’re just reprinting AP stuff. *shrug*
I used to chat with Snopes (and his ex-wife Barbara) back in the days of USENET on alt.folklore.urban. It was there that I developed my keen sense of bullshit detection and pure skepticism.
Fun fact: Snopes is the son of a former governor of South Dakota. This governor won the “win a chance to host Saturday Night Live” back in the first or second season.
I love that they’re getting savagely lambasted in the comments, though.
Wow, what a cunt. Maybe this is the booze talking, but once one side of a debate starts cheering when members of the other side get physically assaulted, can we just say that all bets are off and grab some rebar? I’m rapidly loosing patience with people on the Internet and in the media smirking and shrugging when non-Progressives get attacked in the street or harassed in a public place.
Apparently, Antifa is already using metal rods. Some sources described it as a “crowbar”.
https://twitter.com/michellemalkin/status/1145504828006817792
Those idiots are not going to stop until there are armed vigilante groups marching in the streets. And I won’t lie, I won’t shed a tear when the first Antifa idiot with a crowbar in his hand gets killed by someone in self-defense. At this point it’s just a matter of time.
“Stunning and brave advocacy of political violence. They want to kill anyone who isn’t them. Anyone who isn’t them is deemed fascist, giving them carte blanche to do whatever they want.
Immediately after calling for innocent people to be murdered, Gailey recedes into her safe space where she asks her followers to comfort her with pictures of cute animals. Yeah okay.”
https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1145458524303921153
For fuck sake, for some reason my water isn’t working. Already been drinking for a couple hours so I will deal with it tomorrow.
Check the thermostat.
But my furnace is shut off…
Aha! The pipes are froze.
Did you try unplugging it, waiting 30 seconds, and plugging it back in again?
Pay your water bill? Water doesn’t just shut off….
No, but mains break…
Well or water system? When I was a kid we were on a well and when we had water problems it was a BIG PROBLEM.
Neither actually. It’s a sandpoint. So it’s just a pump in my basement. I could here it running, but sounded like it was running dry, my guess a bad leak or blockage in the input pipe.
If its running and not pumping shut it off.
The pump shut off like it got up to pressure, that’s why I’m thinking blockage, which might take a lot of frustrating ‘diagnosis’ time.
I swear, I thought you wrote that your ‘twitter’ isn’t working. Because, you are the only use I know, and, it seems just completely daft that you wouldn’t have water.
Sorry that you have no water–I hope you can get it back in working order ASAP.
My water system is pretty simple, I’lll get it working tomorrow. Also, I’ve got a wired USB keyboard ord, to out and end to this nightmare of tp.
:: re-reads second sentence::
:: re-re-reads second sentence::
OH! Got it…. Good on ya, then.
In all seriousness, the last time my water cut out it was because the sharkbite joint in the pipe to my backyard hose had come loose somehow and all my water was just pouring into my crawlspace. I didn’t realize what was going on until I noticed a pond next to my house that wasn’t there before. I know it’s not pipe freezing season, but if you’ve got a sudden drop in water pressure do a quick check and make sure you don’t have a massive leak.
The way the system works, if the input is damaged there really shouldn’t be any serious leak, as it works on the suction to draw in the water. Getting to the pump is too much hassle in my current condition so I’ll check it tomorrow.
Ah. I’m on city, so if a pipe breaks I just get water until the house floats away or I turn off the main. It sounds like in your case the only real problem would be the pump burning out from running dry.
All this SJW stuff, the twitters, fazbuk and the rest aren’t reality? The people I interact with DGAFabout anything other than polite business
If I wasn’t plugged in here, and if I avoided all MSM, I would never know about any of this. And I live in f’in NYC. It is a phenomenon that is concentrated among a couple subcultures like colleges and HR departments that are pretty easy to tune out for most of us.
This, Glib minds, etc.
This is why I’m not so sure, unlike others here, that Trump will win in 2020.
Out of the horde of Democratic candidates, whom do you believe has even a Chinaman’s chance of beating Trump?
Lacist!!!!!!
Yang
*rimshot*
“I’d argue what the fear mongering he’s done against Muslims plus the work he’s done to discredit hate crimes, helped create an atmosphere of violence that vulnerable people all have to live through just for being who they are. This is bad, but he’s guilty of worse.”
https://twitter.com/aymanndotcom/status/1145176047408824321
“Staff Writer at @Slate”
He deserves violence for exposing hoaxes.
“Weird how the author of “exploring Antifa’s ass with my tongue” didn’t get assaulted by Antifa.”
https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1145299461670936582
“Screenshot on the left is of Antifa’s @Mark__Bray raising money for those charged with assault after the recent violence in Portland. And on the right is the @guardian unashamedly promoting the tactics of the same Mark Bray.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/19/how-the-world-has-fought-back-against-the-violent-far-right-and-started-winning …”
https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1145503621829672960
I expect nothing less from the Marxists at Guardian.
FTFA:
Wikipedia:
If the leftists equivocating/supporting what happened to Andy Ngo as not being actual ‘violence’, and if pepper spray is non-lethal*, how can it honestly be said she is a “survivor”?
*I had to be sprayed in order to carry it when I was a jailer. Harsh shit, but, not lethal sans bad lungs/a severe mental issue.
For Not Adahn,
The painting on the main page for the previous post is my favourite. De Goya was dark as fuck.
All the main page visuals are done by the glibs.com staff. I have nothing to do with it.
Hmmm. Well, well done Glibs staff. Who would choose such an image? My money is in OMWC.
Uh, no. He types with his index fingers.
Trump first sitting president to enter North Korea.
This is fantastic. Can you imagine Hillary doing that?
Only Nixon could go to China.
Falling down over the DMZ while her handlers held her up? Yep I can see it…
Maybe she would need an all terrain power scooter?
My wife has one and they rock! She goes all over the place, impressive for a cripple…
Maybe Trump can appoint her special envoy!
Dodging sniper fire
I’m laughing my ass off from twitter tonight. Shit’s good.
Just a couple memes. 1. Beto, 2.Andy Ngo
https://twitter.com/magog_morskar/status/1145455236116635648
https://twitter.com/Hey_Dude77/status/1145456164743909379
So I mentioned that my kid has an issue called supraventricular tachycardia, which is an electrical issue in the heart that occasionally sends it racing far beyond normal human limits (first go-around was 300+ bpm, this time it was 280). Went to the cardiologist on Friday, and he’s recommending that she get a procedure called a cardiac ablation. They put a catheter up a vein/artery to the heart, find where the electrical issue comes from, and zap it (or freeze it, depending), which creates scar tissue and blocks the signal. It’s a surgery with a 95% success rate, and assuming it’s successful, she won’t have this issue again. Until the surgery she’s on beta blockers.
The doctor at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Fort Lauderdale who’s an expert on this isn’t on our insurance (save me, Bernie!), which is annoying. Can take her to Jack Nicklaus Children’s Hospital (what’s with all the children’s hospitals down here being named after athletes?) in Miami instead. It’s a pretty common procedure and they know what they’re doing, but it’s also a 3+ hour surgery and she gets to spend the night afterwards in the cardiac ICU for observation.
All this and I can’t drink. And I could really use one.
I pray for you all, the outlook sounds good, God bless you and yours
Jesus. Don’t have kids of my own, but I the nephew has some health issues. I can’t understand completely, but I can empathize. Hope things work out for the kid.
People mix booze and benzos all the time. Just don’t over do it.
Anyway, sorry about you kid. I also would get a second opinion.
Sorry, buddy.
I’ll have one for ya. Hang in there. Tough when you have to take your kid to the hospital for *any* reason.
Prayin’ for y’all. Touch wood, my daughter doesn’t have any medical issues, so I haven’t had to deal with the kind of stuff y’all are going through. I can’t even imagine. I hate having to take her to get shots.
Best of luck to you and your kid.
I have a similar problem but the beta blockers control the problem for me. 20 years now. Hope for the best outcome for your little one. The drinks can wait until you can relax at home.
I’ve volunteered at special needs schools for years and dealt with parents whose children are suffering from some of the most vicious diseases. It’s amazing how they handle their situations with grace and kindness. It seems like the worst possible situations bring out the very best in some people who otherwise would just be normal people. They lean heavily on each other for support. I hope you have other parents that are going through similar situations to share your pain with. God speed, Man.
Fingers crossed. That’s the right path to take to deal with the problem.
The hospital name has to do with horrible rich people donating to worthy causes.
How embarrassing that they should have to do that.
Atoning for white privilege.
Good luck to you and your daughter JB!
Make that your entire family!
Sorry to hear, JB. I hope they find the problem your kid is having fast, and have a quick solution.
At least beta blockers are relatively benevolent, without a ton of side effects.
What the other glibs have said. Hope the procedure and everything goes well for you and your daughter.
JB, with a 95% success rate things oughta be OK. Nonetheless, my thoughts will be with you and yours.
I’ll have a drink for you. Good luck.
Sorry to hear. Good luck, my thoughts are with you and her.
Hoping for the best. Stay strong.
Ditto the other glibs. Saying a prayer for your family.
Having a kid with a chronic illness I can tell you that when it comes to surgery always get a 2nd opinion. And after that, get a 3rd opinion. Only go forward if all 3 opinions triangulate.
Once again, the voice of authority comes from a great mind of Liberty. Excellent advice.
My daughter’s hematologist is recommending a splenectomy again. If she gets her spleen out, she will be immune suppressed for the rest of her life. We have one 2nd opinion lined up from the guy who gave it last time (the world’s number one expert on thalassemia), and I plan on asking him whom he would recommend for the 3rd opinion.
Yeeesh. I’m sorry that she’s going though that, HM. I hope there is a truly better option available.
Thanks. I hope so too. 🙂
You have my sympathy. My oldest had kidney surgery when she was 5 at our children’s hospital. The staff was fantastic. They let me sleep in her room for 2 nights. It made a big difference for her. I hope things go well for her and you.
Sorry to hear that. Anxiety and uncertainty are terrible (although 95% success rate sounds like excellent odds).
“It’s interesting that the people who believe that throwing a milkshake in someone’s face shouldn’t be considered assault are often the same people who believe that ‘saying things’ should be.”
https://twitter.com/rickygervais/status/1145302122205982721
HOMBRE DE NARJANA MALO!
Things must be getting close to a breaking point, I don’t think Gervais is known to be a ‘right wing bigot’
He is now.
Right? No doubt he would have been outed long ago.
I think he’s been considered problematic for a while, actually, due to his consistent stance of “IDGAF if you’re offended.” Which is dismissive of the pain of marginalized bodies or something.
Most of the comments are pretty good, but some, ooof. Interesting standard though. As a thought experiment, carry a pretend pistol with you tomorrow, and every time someone says something around you that you’d consider offensive, insulting, or possibly threatening, pull the metaphorical trigger. Then take a count at the end of the day. I’d probably have about ten people by the end of the week, and I’m a recluse.
I would wear a MAGA hat, but I hate the high, trucker style, a low cap would work, and I got a milkshake fuckers!
If it fit correctly, it wouldn’t be Trumplike. Ill fitting and unapologetic. MAGA.
Here you go: low crown version:
https://www.amazon.com/America-Great-Donald-Adjustable-Baseball/dp/B01MUAEWBS
That hat doesn’t even have eyes, much less a tongue! FAKE NEWTH!
No, you need something like this with MAGA on the ribbon.
Damn, if that wouldn’t be all kinds of awesome/funny.
The market finds a way.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=goolag&hvadid=73942314304681&hvbmt=be&hvdev=m&hvqmt=e&tag=msnsmartus-20&ref=pd_sl_8e7841lupi_e
Heh
“You can’t stop the signal Mal.”
I aim to misbehave,
“Don’t Think Different”
Heh
Holy crap. Maybe the USMNT should pack it in tonight so we don’t have to embarrass ourselves against Mexico next week. Or Jamaica this week.
The final may be Haiti-Jamaica the way the US and Mexico are playing.
This is a thoroughly embarrassing performance from the USMNT, even if it will end up in a win.
UUUUUUUUUUUUUnited States-Canada-Mexico-Panama-Haiti-Jamaica-Peru…
Watched the last 30 minutes of this game. Seriously, way to go giving the women whining about pay gaps more ammo.
Not impressed.
At least the women are playing well.
But we destroyed Trinidad last time! And… kind of beat… Curacao.
Uh, God, they suck.
Automotive Glibs:
I’m trying to fix the AC in my 2000 Silverado. Compressor clutch is popping on for a few seconds at a time whether the AC is turned on or not, but no cold air is blowing. It’s full of coolant. Relay’s testing fine. What should I check next?
Check the thermostat.
I turned it off and back on, but no dice.
Maybe the clutch is bad?
Like it’s sticking or something? I mean, it’s kicking on, it’s just kicking back off after a few seconds and the air’s still warm. I’m trying to work my way up the list of possible causes from cheapest to most expensive, and I’ve just passed buying a can of R134a and charging the system up. I’m hoping it’s something stupid like gunk on a thermostat or crap in a vent or something.
Oh, and check the blend door. I’ve changed a bunch of those. It’ll make hot air come out even if the cold temp is selected.
In fact, it’s probably this. There’s a little box with a wiring connector plugged in in the center of the cab. The part that rotates goes through the box, just find it and run the hot/cold selector back and forth. The axle should rotate. If it doesn’t remove the blend door motor and check with it off. It’s pretty easy to change out. Just like two 5.5 mm screws.
You da man, blackjack. Don’t know what any of that means, but for some reason it was a pleasure to read. Naptown knows what you mean, though. *No sarc.
So, I get like room temp air, not hot air, but that’s worth checking anyway. I dug out the cabin air filters and the fan, both of which looked like a nursery for maples, so I’m sure the blend door is jacked.
You gotta check your pressures. It might have a plugged orifice tube. If one side’s crazy high and the other is crazy low, that’s probably it.
Define crazy. Noticeable difference for sure. I’ll give that a look.
“Here’s how a big-name communications staffer at the Human Rights Campaign reacted to a gay journalist getting attacked by a group of masked vigilantes during a public event. There’s video of a masked vigilante punching him in the head.”
https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1145349209853444097
First they came for the mask. Then they let it slip. Next, they threw a milkshake at it and started jumping on it. Finally, they claimed it was never their mask in the first place.
So I think at a certain point if you’re listing the conditions where it’s totally awesome to physically attack someone because you believe they stand for something you disagree with then you’ve signed a waiver for the rest of the world to curb stomp you without repercussion. Honestly. I’m done making excuses in my head on behalf of people who condone aggressive violence. If you think it’s totally ok to punch some people in the face or throw drinks at them or whatever because they said or you think they said something that hurts your feelings, then you’re signing a permission slip for someone to break your jaw because you’re an asshole.
And now they even moved on from just “innocent” milkshakes considering Andy got hit with some quick-dry cement mixed in there. How long before they also put acid or other nasty shit in there?
I’m done with those types too. I just hope more people are done and sick of their shit too.
Quick dry cement is caustic. It can cause chemical burns.
I also read it was quick dry cement mixed with bleach, but I have no idea if that’s true.
Ah, well shit, I wasn’t too sure about that. What a bunch of fuggin gremlins.
This is why they push the “words are violence” bullshit – to justify their actual violence, if only in their heads.
These fucking retards can’t simply condemn obviously unjustifiable violence. These fuckwits are going to get people murdered.
It was that tight sweater – she was just askin’ for it.
I am just done hearing about the Charlottesville killing, too. You can’t whine endlessly about how the right is ratcheting up rhetoric and inciting violence because some two-digit IQ white nationalist poseur does something stupid, then mince about denying that attacks against conservatives are happening, or suggesting that it’s justified, or that they bring it on themselves. Jesus tapdancing Christ what godawful, stupid people.
Also, last I heard, the Charlottesville guy got a life sentence so when the hell are these ANTIFA asshats getting their assault and battery charges?
getting their jailtime for their*
How was he not “innocent”?
He was constantly kicking the hornets’ nest. You kick the nest, you get the stingers, doncha know?
Any cameras/recordings of Antifa that doesn’t end with a sympathetic report is flat-out instigating.
It is known.
The best reply was something to the effect of, “So he deserved it because he was critical of their violence?”
That person works for a HRC?
/face palm.
Also. I would love to know more background into this claim about 11 transgender people have been killed so far in 2019. Out of a population of nearly 2 million according to another claim made in the account.
https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1145397822952488960
My guess is that those are actual trans people who got murdered, but the rate is pretty much where it has been for the past decade or so.
… In other words, it’s the same sleight of hand that they pulled when the media ran articles during the last shutdown saying “3 people died in national parks since the shutdown” without mentioning that this number was pretty well in line with the normal rate of deaths in national parks.
Ok, that’s the stats in context. But they also seem to frame it as being ‘hate crimes’. Were they all so?
Nope, probably not.
It’s reported that trans people (particularly male-to-female) are more likely to get involved in sex work, and it’s extremely common for sex workers to be victims of violence.
No, trans people can get killed for the same reasons everyone else does. It doesn’t mean it was because they were trans. Although that happens too, it’s not always the motive.
Just like Mathew Shepard wasn’t killed because he was gay.
Andy Ngo exposed many such cases. Which is why he is literally gay asian Hitler.
Iff you could thtrow a cement milkshakee at gaytler a nnd didn’t… (I’m saying fuck it andnot fixing anyore typos due to this fucing keyboard, so until the new one comes,, might be some nuts posts fom me)
Cashews, Pecans, Almonds.
So you are saying you are typing with your dick?
Milo being the gay white Hitler. It’s Hitlers all the way down.
She’s pissed because that guy her friends beat up yesterday went down the list and all of them were either domestic violence or hooking gone bad.
It was discussed here the other day and virtually all of them were related to sex work and/or drugs. None were “Let’s kill a tranny!”
“….European nations are democracies with free presses, which makes it harder for them to give Trump the kind of imaginary victories he craves.”
What an insufferable, disingenuous shit head Paul Krugman is.
Imagine a grown man with such a platform saying stupid shit like this.
I’m guessing it pays well.
Tbe only people fighting against free press in America are the damn corporate MSM “journalists” who have been trying to neuter all the internet/socmed platforms.
I get this is a hot phrase, but they really are the enemy of the people.
This. The truth will set you free. Not even a christian, but it’s spot on.
NO! They are THE PEOPLE. If you’re against them YOU’RE against THE PEOPLE!
No, not just corporate MSM journalists.
A communications STAFFER is absolutely an expert on who is and isn’t a journalist. Fuck the 1A!!
I wonder why my fan keeps going on when I’m barely doing anything.
You have fans? Sweet.
Yeah. I had never even heard of him until I came to this site.
I don’t even have have fans, and I am in media! MEDIA! I AM IMPORTANT!
Dude, you gotta make enemies first.
::Thinks of great idea to get strangers pissed at CPRM::
Nom he has A fan.
Well, fans, in my computer.
http://imgur.com/gallery/n6BfZv0
BERNIE!
Heh. And so will every other person on the stage with him. Gotta love the look on Bernie’s face when he gets out lefted.
It’s been hilarious watching Bernie lose his only schitck to all the other clowns.
HELP! I’M DYING I CANT BREATHE
@MikeTyson
Y’all wild for this one ?
https://twitter.com/MikeTyson/status/1145383013028470784
OK, now I’ve had it, we need to put an end to these DEEP FAKES now!
LOLOLOL
2020 https://imgur.com/a/7Ls9lX9
Election 2020
Sometimes I’m surprised at the amount of nightmare fuel in advertising.
Have you not read SugarFree? I view all advertising differently since reading Subaru Horror Theatre.
I learned not to back at H&R.
I would view that as excellent ‘deep small talk’, in the dating sense. If you get to have that conversation, and, presuming there is a meeting of the minds during such, I think you may have found a keeper.
As with all such matters, let us know if that happens, please.
If that ever happens.
I would do the, “If I were single…” thing, but, I never thought of myself having game, or, a clue, so I pretty much never initiated an introduction.
But, I have faith that you can/will find a good person to connect with.
http://imgur.com/gallery/70KHqMe
Beautiful
Bravo! Consider it stolen.
Hm approved https://imgur.com/gallery/mI8bCSu
*clicks ‘dislike’ button*
That IS awesome. Kudos.
Question:
Would it be legitimate for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Portland? The local police are clearly unable and/or unwilling to do their job.
Has Kate Brown done anything? Or is in the tank with ANTIFA like the Portland mayor?
Or is she*
BiCurious Kate is more worried about trying to fuck over the entire state with new taxes, regulations, and not get smeared too much with the another latest revealed incompetence incident of the state government. No way is she touching that tar baby in any way.
Using troops in a situation like this, especially with what appears to be plenty of support (if Twatting is a good metric*) would be a bad move. Federal investigators looking into a violation of rights would be a better move. But, then again, it would be FBI, and, are there any agents who like the guy and/or would be neutral? I would hope so…
*I know…
Nah. Let them go. An emboldened Antifa movement will eventually overreach and meet their comeuppance.
Eventually? I’d regard their actions thusfar as beyond the pale.
Bringing state power down on them will only make their fellow travelers more sympathetic to them.
If the DOJ comes after them, then they can more credibly claim that they are fighting a fascist administration.
They are a localized threat in areas that are sympathetic to them. Making a national campaign against them will extend their influence.
I’m curious about the data on these guys. How big is Antifa?
Like any terrorist organization, their numbers fluctuate.
Not big enough to be a problem in places where they won’t be tolerated.
Alea iacta est. Ave Donaldus Ioannes Tympanum Imperator!
And take ownership of that dumpster fire? Nah. Let it burn. If the voters of Portland want to put an end to it, they know how.
Leave it to the patriots in my opinion.
Based on the time i’ve spent on twitter, antifa went to far this time and woke up the giant. I don’t just mean physical strength. But intel, planning, undercover ops, and all that. We’ll see though.
I have the same opinion about big tech censorship. It needs to get worse first. The iron is not yet hot enough to strike.
We’ll see though.
And then?
I go to youtube to see certain creators. When they leave, I’ll follow. Same for twitter.
That makes sense. Too many people are talking about getting the government involved, which I think is a horrible idea.
Many already have started duplicating their contact on gab, minds, bitchute, etc. There’s a handful of alternatives already. Google/twitter just need to keep squeezing tighter and tighter and the floodgates will open.
Obvi can’t predict the future, but I am optimistic.
I’ve been leaning that way too. I was really happy to see Razorfist and Styx posting more there.
I agree. The shit that Google, Twitter, and Facebook are pulling is opening opportunities for market disruption. The “social media platform access is a civil right!” gang will just lead to stagnation and further authoritarianism.
Imo gov’t intervention will likely not improve it, but still I think it’s healthy that it’s catching the attention of Trump, Cruz, Crenshaw, etc.
It’s fun seeing Cruz breathing down their neck.
Trump will have a lot of ammunition on the topic come general election time.
Lastly, not that it means a damn to their bottom line, but I stopped using chrome. From what I understand though, Brave and most other major browsers are still built using google’s code. (?) Not sure that, just brief snippets I’ve read at some point. Maybe I’ll check out Gab’s browser.
Need to start migrating to a gmail alternative though.
An apolitical friend was over today and he was sitting at my PC scrolling through my twitter and reading about censorship and said “you know, fuck google, im done with them too, this is BS”
Yes, Brave is a Chromium fork. I think Firefox is a different “animal” however.
ProtonMail.
So, Chromium is the open-source base that Chrome is built on top of. Brave, too. Opera and Vivaldi are as well. Chromium is an open source project and isn’t owned by anybody, so while Chrome is built on it all the proprietary Google stuff is added via Chrome, not in the Chromium project.
Firefox is it’s own animal entirely, yeah. It’s open source, too.
Thanks for the explanation!
A lot of nba contracts will be regreted in 2 years. A lot of silly stuff going on. Also those contracts make me feel poor. Well in US terms i am poor.
Good morning glibs
FIGHT FOR $15M
Be careful. Adam Silver may hear you.
OT but had my last day at the local nursery school. I taught them about animals and we played games with “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and ELO’s “Jungle” in the background.
Imma miss those energizer bunnies.
Where to now?
I still got my job assignments at some schools for the next couple weeks so I’m still at my current job.
I have my interview for the next job on Thursday though, so we’ll see then at long last.
Well, here’s to good interviewin’ and brighter horizons.
::L’Chaim::
Aye, as they say here, Kampai, and as my family says, Salud.
Things going well for you, good Sir?
Yep. Back on my regular schedule, and rockin’ a new Galaxy s10. I wanted an upgraded to my phone, but, it is just a pocket computer for me, for the most part.
I’m starting on part II of the t-shirt saga as I type this.
Also, I almost used ‘Salud’ when I posted that, but, thought better of it (wasn’t sure I would be using it right).
Excellent, let me know how the S10 is. Was looking at getting myself a Galaxy if I got back stateside. I’m also looking forward to part 2.
And you’re good, you’d be using it right.
*sips his can of Melon Skal*
Good luck with the interview.
Thanks, my dude.
Hey everyone, I’m back thanks to SP’s sleuthing skills. My WiFi kaffed last week so I bought a USB adaptor for the laptop and it worked but I couldn’t log in to Glibs until the merciful Goddess took time from her busy Sunday night to walk me through it like a toddler. What a great site! Got a bitchin’ new password and everything!
Sounds like a huge pain in the ass. Or, possibly, an adventure. Glad you’re here, again.
Column A, mostly. SP was terrific about the whole thing, though. Fact of the matter is that I’ve been pretty busy for the last few days so commenting would have been spotty at best. Man these Saturday morning overtime shifts are brutal…
All hail SP! And ZARDOZ! (Never forget ZARDOZ or he gets angry.)
And the SMITH family if you know what’s good for you.
Excellent, good job and glad you made it back. Bless based SP, ZARDOZ, and the CRYPTIDS.
I live in the forest so know better than to tempt fate.
Excellent glib band name.
Like the “Archies” but with more cleansing and other stuff.
Well, glibs–it’s that time of the night: the Sunday Night Slide. Everyone fucks off to get “sleep” so they can “do their jobs”. Or, you’re in daylight now, and have to do “work”.
It’s so triggering, I have to resort to quotation marks. I can’t even.
Everyone else except me gets the day off on Monday up here. Canada Day and all. Fucking rednecks and fireworks have my poor little Doggo in a tizzy.
Oddly enough, my wife typically works from home on Mondays, but, this week, she’s going in because she doesn’t get Friday off (and, wants to work from home that day).
It just so happens that I typically take Thursdays off when a holiday rolls around, and am already off on Fridays. So, an odd little symmetry there with us this year.
I hope you can get the pup settled, and get some little bit of enjoyment at work–presumably without assholes around you. I have on odd fireworks anecdote from the first PD I worked for.
No, not everyone is literally Hitler. Even our Orange President.
That said, maybe we could all be a little more like him…?