STEVE SMITH SUNDAY NIGHT LINKS

STEVE SMITH HELPFUL!

STEVE SMITH HOPE ALL FUNNY GLIBERTARIAN PEOPLE HAVE GOOD WEEKEND. YOU KNOW WHAT MAKE WEEKEND END GOOD? STEVE SMITH LINKS!

SO HERE ARE LINKS FOR FUNNY GLIBERTARIAN PEOPLE:

  • STEVE SMITH NOT SURE THIS GOOD IDEA.
  • HIM LET GO, ONLY AFTER GET WORSE FROM SAUDIS THAN STEVE SMITH COULD DO?
  • STEVE SMITH LAUGH AT ENGLISH HOOMANS. 4 INCHES, OH NOES!

FREE CASCADIA.

 

Comments

234 responses to “STEVE SMITH SUNDAY NIGHT LINKS”

  1. I’m Here To Help

    I just find it funny that they use color coding for snow warnings in the UK. It’s a Yellow Snow warning!

    1. Suthenboy

      Don’t eat it!

      1. Spudalicious

        Avoid the pink snow too.

    2. BakedPenguin

      “Watch out where the huskies go…”

      1. MikeS

        Great googely moogely!

  2. PudPaisley

    Four inches is nothing. We have a bomb cyclone on the way with 8-10+ inches expected. Stupid snow forced me to sell my tickets to see this awesome band tonight in Madison.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkSOEcg44oc

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      What is a bomb cyclone? Some Japanese wonder weapon from WWII?

      1. Spudalicious

        One of those winter events that makes the east coast suck.

        Take a nor’easter and turn it into a hurricane.

    2. deadhead

      Yipes! I hadn’t head of tMKB (I live in a cave), but very nice. Thank you for introducing me to them. Bummer that you don’t get to go.

      1. C. Anacreon

        Sorry to hear, Pud, sounds like it would have been a rocking time.

        And this is reminding me, especially with deadhead here, to continue our discussion about bands with Pud in their name from yesterday — how about Paisley?

        The band that played our wedding reception 23 years ago for my wife and me (still married) was the Paisley Brain Cells, a Dead cover band.

        1. PudPaisley

          Glad to know others here also like the hippie / jam band type music. One of my friends puts on some really good Dead and Allman Brothers shows occasionally, and another has a Dead cover acoustic band. La Crosse, WI has an amazing local music scene with several good live venues within walking distance. It’s really something special with loads of very talented musicians of multiple genres.

          The only things I can come up with are Brad Paisley and Paisley Park, Prince’s studio / home. Can’t think of anything with Pud in the name.

          When it comes to live music, I’ve been totally geeked out on Warren Haynes for close to 30 years. Between Gov’t Mule, Allman Brothers, The Dead, solo projects, solo acoustic, and his Xmas Jam I’ve seen him close to 100 times. Like the Dead, every show is different and there are always surprises.

          Not sure if this would be something you like, but Warren has done some Jerry Garcia tribute shows with different symphonies in each city he toured. At the time, he was the first and maybe only person to play Jerry’s old guitar Wolf. A music friend recorded this.

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

          1. deadhead

            Nice! As I was seeing the Grateful Dead in my “youth”, I always figured I’d grow up and eventually resent the time I spent following ’em. Hasn’t happened yet. The opening to Shakedown on that video gave me permagrin.

            Warren is definitely worthwhile, but damn I miss Jerry.

          2. PudPaisley

            I regret never seeing the Grateful Dead with Jerry, and I had many opportunities. I grew up by Alpine Valley, so I would go to party when the Dead were there, but never had a ticket. It wasn’t until my late 20’s that I really started to appreciate their music. I’ve seen many iterations of the band, but it’s not the same. I’ve never heard a deadhead say they regret their time following them. Here’s another video I’ve enjoyed watching a few times.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQw5XK8OiSc

      2. PudPaisley

        I’ve seen him several times and him and the band are the real deal. I’m just bummed because I want to catch him as many times as possible at really small venues before he blows up. There’s lots of great content of him on youtube.

    3. egould310

      Nice guitar.

  3. Tres Cool

    The DailyFail pic shows yellow snow….heh heh

    1. AlmightyJB

      And Waffle House

    2. I’m Here To Help

      What in hades is magnet fishing? I’m not sure I’d want to eat anything that you’d catch with a magnet…

      1. AlmightyJB

        Probably just salvaging stuff like the little metal detectors people use to find coins.

        1. I’m Here To Help

          Yeah, it is – I just looked it up. But we are talking Florida Man here…

      2. LJW

        It’s not really fishing it’s more like a redneck version of metal detecting in water.

        1. Suthenboy

          *uses foot to quietly scoot 500lb pull magnet under desk*

          1. Juan-Baptiste Emmanuel Seguin

            Have you ever found anything interesting doing that?

          2. LJW

            Not judging I see the term Redneck as a compliment those are fun people.

    1. Rhywun

      The fun part is this could be completely made up out of thin air and nobody would question it.

      1. Akira

        “Social justice” has become a religion. They’re exactly like the spastic parents who think their kids are going to end up worshipping the devil because of Harry Potter, the Smurfs, and rock music.

        Racism is in literally everything, and you have to call it out and repent daily.

        1. Juan-Baptiste Emmanuel Seguin

          They see oppression in society like Baptists sees Jesus in toast.

          1. Juan-Baptiste Emmanuel Seguin

            *see

        2. Rhywun

          This was a nice touch:

          This still sounds like some extremely useful software for law enforcement and I hope they’re not abandoning it entirely.

          Sorry, Jazz – it’s too bad that racist code-bros are harshing your LEO buzz.

        3. Not an Economist

          “Social justice” has become a religion. They’re exactly like the spastic parents who think their kids are going to end up worshipping the devil because of Harry Potter, the Smurfs, and rock music.

          Racism is in literally everything, and you have to call it out and repent daily.

          Sounds like something only a racist would say.

    2. whiz

      Hmm, who did they use to train the algorithm? Also, I wonder if darker-skinned people have less contrast, which makes it harder.

      After reading the article, it seemed like the biggest problem was identifying women as men — again, who did they use to train the algorithm.

      1. Rhywun

        Positing possible scientifically-valid explanations is racist.

    3. Chafed

      Maybe they can ask the Chinese security services for help.

      1. Rhywun

        I… wow. ????

  4. Juvenile Bluster

    Arctic blast coming here for the next few days with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s. Plus it’s rained like 4 inches since yesterday.

    We have a new high speed train down here called Brightline. It goes from Miami to West Palm, and will eventually head up to Orlando. Rick Scott turned down federal money for a high speed train and it got built with private money. That somehow pissed a lot of people off.

    Anyways, the train’s quick. It usually takes about 30 seconds from the barriers going down on the road, the train passing, and the barriers going up. Yet someone else got killed the other day trying to beat the train. 12 since it started running in early 2017.

    What I’m saying is people are dumb.

    1. I’m Here To Help

      They are trying to extend that from Orlando into Tampa as well. If they did and it was convenient to the theme parks, I might actually consider getting the annual pass to Universal again – it’s actually fun going there if you go on a weekday in January. I just hate making the I-4 drive as it always takes 3x longer than it should…

    2. Rhywun

      NYC is getting Vortex II Freeze Your Ass Off Boogaloo later in the week. Yay.

      1. My Old Man had a really good indoor-outdoor thermometer at his old place in Allamakee County. House was down in a valley, so cold air pooled down there; 20-25 below zero was not at all uncommon in January.

      2. Nephilium

        Right now the predictions have a day this week with a high of -1 F, and a couple of days in single digits. And it’s supposed to get back up to the 40’s after that.

      3. But Enough About Me

        Or as we used to refer to it in Alberta, “February.”

  5. Spudalicious

    Mid 40’s and bright blue skies here. February usually sucks but the worst of winter is past. Very mild this year, I’ve only used the snow blower once.

    1. Old Man With Candy

      Fuck you. We have about a foot and a half on the ground, and 10″ about to drop on us tonight. That’s just the prelude to -25 and windy on Wednesday.

      I felt a little guilty tearing into those magnums without you. That feeling has passed.

      1. I’m Here To Help

        I had to put the top up on the convertible today…

        1. Old Man With Candy

          Clearly you’re not here to help.

          1. I’m Here To Help

            Of course I’m not. I left off the other other four words from the phrase to keep the user name a bit more manageable 🙂

          2. His full screen handle is “I’m Here To Help You Get An Erection”; he’s a fluffer.

          3. egould310

            ?????

          4. I’m Here To Help

            Nah, I’m too damn ugly to be a fluffer. More likely I’m the anti-fluffer – you know those ED commercials, “if you have an erection lasting more than 4 hours, call your doctor?” They should just show them my pic, problem solved…

      2. Spudalicious

        “I felt a little guilty tearing into those magnums without you. That feeling has passed.”

        And that’s why you’re being punished during this move. You’re a lying sack of shit.

      3. Chafed

        In about 4 (?) days that will be just a memory for you and SP.

    1. DEG

      Yummy.

      1. Sean

        I call em breakfast muffins cuz I eat them for breakfast – warmed with butter and a side of bacon.

        Low carb goodness. ?

    2. Fourscore

      I see you pulled my 5 out of the pan and are probably getting them boxed up in an overnight package right now. Thanks, Sean, much appreciated.

      1. straffinrun

        BTW, nice article last week.

        1. Fourscore

          Thanks, Straff

  6. Yusef drives a Kia

    Wendy turned 50 today, so it was tator tot casserole and cherry cheesecake for Sunday liunch, tasty…….

    1. Tres Cool

      tater-tot casserole sounds ill af…..Happy Birthday to Wendy !

      1. Tres Cool

        ..and Bella, too. Just for good measure.

        1. Yusef drives a Kia

          You remembered Bella! ?

    2. Spudalicious

      Yum. Happy Birthday, Wendy!

    3. Sean

      Happy birthday Wendy! ???

    4. straffinrun

      Halfway there! Many more to come and happy birthday!

    5. Semi-Spartan Dad

      Congrats on the new job Yusef!

    6. Old Man With Candy

      A child she is!

      SP does Tater Tots with New Mexico green chiles and cheese. It will definitely remind you the next day what you’ve been eating.

    7. DEG

      Happy birthday Wendy!

    8. Raphael

      Happy Birthday to Wendy and hope y’all had a great day!

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Wendy says thanks to all!

    9. egould310

      Happy Birthday Wendy!!

    10. MikeS

      Happy birthday, Wendy!

      But, WTF is Tator Tot casserole?

      1. CPRM

        It’s a hot dish cooked in a casserole pan.

        1. MikeS

          Ahhh…now it sorta makes sense.

        2. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

          Wouldn’t “a hot dish” accurately describe most any cooked dish?

          Personally, I’m no closer to understanding what a tater tot casserole actually is.

          I mean, I don’t really want to. I’m just trying to contribute to the conversation.

          1. CPRM

            Tater Tot Hot Dish is a concoction of ground beef, cream of mushroom soup, either or peas/green beans, topped with tater tots and baked. Here’s an article some rando wrote on the difference between casserole and hot dish. They forgot Wisconsin in the area where hot dish is made, so I don’t see them as that smart.

          2. MikeS

            Probably because you think “either or peas/green beans” when neither is correct.

            And green beans I can begrudgingly acquiesce too. Peas? That’s just sick. That’s honestly the first time I’ve ever, in 46 years, heard of peas being an option. You ‘Sconies need to sober up once in a while.

          3. CPRM

            You Nodacks need to drink more! But seriously, you freaks don’t put any veggies in there? That’s fucked up, you’re lucky Obama ain’t in the white house anymore, he’d sick the food police on you freaks.

    1. Spudalicious

      I can’t even..

      1. straffinrun

        Very problematic.

    2. Tres Cool

      I’m having a tough time explaining to Jugsy why I’m giggling. GrassrootsOnFleek ? Really?

      Kamala Harris For The People!
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      ✊?
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      @flywithkamala
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      Replying to @KamalaHarris
      You are the people’s candidate!! Let’s do this! #GrassrootsOnFleek #KamalaHarris2020 #KamalaHarrisForThePeople

    3. Rhywun

      You are the people’s candidate!! Let’s do this!

      *shudder*

      1. Tres Cool

        Look, her hurr can be “on fleek”. Her eyebrows, and even “dem titties be on fleek” are, while still a retarded expression, acceptable.
        But your campaign ≠ On Fleek.

        1. Rhywun

          Enh, I couldn’t be bothered with that gibberish what with that totalitarian dog-whistle staring me in the face.

        2. C. Anacreon

          Once the PR flacks get hold of slang, it will never be real again.
          Get ready for “on fleek” to be part of her campaign, so much so that only dorks will say it, and hipsters will have to move on to something else.

          1. Raphael

            Mark my words, 4chan will help turn “on fleek” into a racist dog-whistle and it’s gonna be beautiful.

          2. straffinrun

            One of those defs says it’s similar to “hella”. Had a coworker from Cali that tried his best to get everyone in the office to use “hella”, but nobody would. After a half year, he gave up and had a sad.

          3. Mojeaux

            “On fleek” is so 2 years ago.

        3. commodious spittoon

          I’ll defer to Q on the subject of dem retarded titties.

    4. Suthenboy

      I think Tolkien hit the nail on the head with the name ‘Wormtongue’.

      1. straffinrun

        I wish I had that ability to be so brazen with my hypocrisy.

    5. Akira

      Oh fucking hell, she’s just microwaved some leftover bullshit from Obama. A bunch of blustery talk about vague notions of unity immediately followed by demonizing the opposition. You get to stir the bubbling cauldron of hatred, but you also get to play the saint on TV making puppy dog eyes and whimpering about how “we need to come together as Americans”.

      1. Obama with a vagina.

        1. straffinrun

          How’s that different?

        2. Spudalicious

          Obama with tits. He already had a vagina.

          1. straffinrun

            Missed it by that much.

        3. C. Anacreon

          It’s funny how whenever Trump says similar things, the media scroll past those ‘unifying’ comments to find something they feel is divisive, then trumpet that all day long while saying he’s a divider who never tries to unify. But this chick will unify us all, just like the lightbringer, who was incapable of ever saying one wrong word.

          Example: how many pundits have you heard say “Trump never even condemned the Nazis!” when he did multiple times over that awful weekend. Also them saying that he said “Nazis are good people” (I’ve even had friends claim he said those exact words) when what he said was that there were good people on both sides of the issue attending a rally about removing civil war statues — while trying to defuse the larger event that the Nazis and Antifa ruined.

          It would be funny for Trump to take one of Kamala’s speeches and give a section word-for-word, and see what the press response is. And then he could announce his trick. Would never happen, but the lulz would be great.

          1. Akira

            It would be funny for Trump to take one of Kamala’s speeches and give a section word-for-word, and see what the press response is. And then he could announce his trick. Would never happen, but the lulz would be great.

            I’m choosing to hold on to a glimmer of hope for this. After all, he did tweet a video of Obama railing against illegal immigration, calling for stricter enforcement, and stating that it’s imperative to keep dangerous criminals out of the country.

          2. Tripacer

            I’ve thought for a while now that a perfect troll move would be to do an entire SOTU using word-for-word lines from past dem presidents, delivered in the classic trumpian speech cadence of course. Watching the progression of media talking points change as they figure it out would be quality entertainment.

  7. Silicone Sunday sez mirror, mirror on the wall…

    http://archive.li/8W1hs

    Muchas tetas.

  8. Sean

    Apparently I love my gf enough that I put on the live episode of “Rent” that she wanted to watch.

    That and I’m pretty buzzed already…

    1. Tres Cool

      Be strong, brother. In the words of Red Green: “Im pulling for you. We’re all in this together.”

      1. Sean

        She makes sure my needs are regularly met. Seems !like the least I could do…

        1. Tres Cool

          It’s all about the compromise.

  9. creech

    Anyone catch the Starbucks founder on 60 minutes telling us why we need to elect him president? Another guy who is going to unite the center, compromise every issue somewhere in the middle (where no one gets what he wants) and magically spread oil on our troubled American waters. He’s going to find a way for 11 million unregistered immigrants to become citizens, raise taxes on corporations, put minorities back to work and educate all our kids, lower the deficit , combat climate change, and find a way to guarantee all access to health care without socializing medicine. Didn’t say anything about foreign policy nor what he would do in his second week in office.

    1. Spudalicious

      The Democrats Ross Perot.

    2. straffinrun

      The guy is a grande asshole.

    3. Rhywun

      If his work at Starbucks is any indication, everyone is welcome to come in and have a seat, and we have to give them free food.

      1. Chafed

        Exactly. It’s his business record that concerns me. He made a huge fortune. Kudos for that. The social engineering that followed that success makes me cringe.

        1. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

          Well, if his coffee is any indication, his politics will have a burned taste and be over-priced.

          1. Akira

            his politics will have a burned taste

            Good lord, I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets that impression from their coffee… My local non-pretentious coffee shop is far superior, as is the coffee that I make at home in my Moka pot.

          2. Rhywun

            Starbucks is known far and wide for their drip coffee being burnt. I can only imagine that they don’t give a shit. Those people are not their target market.

          3. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

            they don’t give a shit

            The proverbial, “Feature, not bug”.

          4. Rhywun

            Well, the flaw in that plan is that – in my city at least – there are plenty of competitors next door who are happy to sell you a good drip coffee if you don’t want to splurge on the espresso stuff.

          5. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

            And, most hopefully will avail themselves of such.

            I’m cynical enough to believe that many won’t just so that they can be seen having “Starbucks”.

          6. Chafed

            Lol

    4. Raphael

      Sweet, guy did a good job convincing me NOT to vote for him. Solid work.

    5. Fourscore

      “compromise every issue somewhere in the middle”

      A compromise is 1/2 way between 2 bad ideas

  10. Informal poll:

    There have been some reservations expressed with the volume of titty posts.

    Do people still want titty posts?

    1. straffinrun

      How hard is it to scroll past a few blinkies if you don’t wanna see it?

    2. Raphael

      I am not representative of the masses, but I answer with a resolute “Yes”.

    3. Aus

      Yes. But I understand why some might have reservations. Not sure how I would vote if it were a yes/no choice.

      1. straffinrun

        Being adept at searching for porn myself, I don’t usually click on the link. The shitlord aspect of posting boobies and how it would be muh toxic masculinity on other forums tips the scale to a “yes” vote.

        1. ^^^This guy gets it.

      2. Rhywun

        I will only say that the single-link archives are easier to scroll past than the cascade of individual link posts. Otherwise I would defer to Management.

    4. egould310

      I like boobs.

    5. Tres Cool

      Needs more f̶a̶t̶ ̶c̶h̶i̶c̶k̶s̶ THICC in the rotation…..

      1. dbleagle

        Yes, a thousand times, yes.

    6. Yusef drives a Kia

      I figured that was a Q thing, so no, bring the tittaies!!!!!

    7. Suthenboy

      I am a fan of women in general. I happen to like boobs quite a bit. If I didn’t want to see them I would simply not click the link. It’s simple, really.
      Who could be against boobs?

    8. DrOtto

      As in not enough?

    9. Mojeaux

      I scroll past.

      1. But Enough About Me

        Usually, but not always. Occasionally I nudge the spousal unit and ask “Hey, whaddya think of this young thing?”

        Her replies are usually on the mark and quite deadly. I’m pretty sure she could bring most of these young ladies to tears.

    10. Fourscore

      While I don’t check the Qs out I can assure you its not an age thing. I have trouble just keeping up with the posts, that might be an age thing

    11. It’s easy enough to scroll past, and it’s also just as easy to go find tits elsewhere online. I’d imagine the PTB don’t have a problem with the content just the repetitiveness. They work to put out content and create a space for discussion of current events and libertarian philosophy etc… yes we sidetrack into conversations about food and music and whatnot but those discussions creep up organically (for lack of a better term). Look at it this way, if every day on every post you post the tits, and someone else posts recipes and someone else posts new music and someone else post beer reviews, and so on and so on… kinda takes away from what the founders have in mind, or not, I’m just spitballing here, chances are I’m way off base, wouldn’t be the first time. 2¢ and all.

      1. egould310

        I think it’s a sandbox TPTB have an idea, but reality is boobs, punk rock videos, and Steve Smith jokes. As long as users are contributing financially to the site, they should be able to post whatever they want.

      2. straffinrun

        I embrace the categorical imperative when the category is tits.

    12. Grummun

      I’d guess if management (as a body) had a problem, you’d get a clear and unambiguous “stop it.” Otherwise, it’s easy to scroll past, and they’re less annoying (although more regular) than Winston’s libertarian baiting posts.

      1. Chafed

        To be fair, he also posts walls of text that make Ken Schultz jealous.

    13. Michael

      Someone complained? That’s…kinda weird.

      While I enjoy boobies thoroughly, I’ve been scrolling past because I can’t get archive.[sketchytld] to load properly due to some certificate mismatch that I’m too lazy to figure out.

    14. Akira

      I don’t typically look at them since there’s a specific time and place when I’m looking for titty pics (if ya know what I mean).

      But it doesn’t bother me in the slightest that they’re there; it’s easy enough to scroll past them just like I scroll past discussions about football and ’70s music.

      1. C. Anacreon

        That’s funny, as football and 70’s music are among the most likely OT threads I’ll read and join.
        The ones I typically scroll through are recipes and what people are making for dinner right now.
        The Q posts I usually scroll past, but occasionally will take a look if he says they’re skinny or redheads.

        1. Akira

          The Q posts I usually scroll past, but occasionally will take a look if he says they’re skinny or redheads.

          I will admit that it piques my interest if someone identifies one of them as a “bunny boiler”. Not sure why, but I’m always tempted to look.

        2. Rhywun

          I scroll past the gun stuff, the car stuff, and the titties.

          Sometimes I wonder why I’m here.

    15. Chafed

      Yes. You do you. I appreciate it. I can always skip past your link if I’m not interested.

    16. MikeS

      Sometimes I look sometimes I don’t. There’s plenty here for everyone to scroll past. If you are getting flack for doing it too often, just go to once a day. Or don’t. Not sure why it’s an issue.

    17. Tejicano

      I am and always have been a big fan of titties. Pictures of titties – not so much. No reason to wake the dragon if there’s nobody to help me slay it.

      Too easy to just scroll past. The same way I scroll past sports discussions. Not my cup of tea and I don’t even drink tea.

      I definitely won’t vote against it. Just not drawn to it

    18. R C Dean

      Wait, you’ve been posting titty pics?

      Dammit, nobody tells me anything!

    1. Rhywun

      Can we get a PoC staff member to confirm this? I don’t trust a white cis person to report the news.

      LOL – it’s perfect because you can’t tell if it’s snark

      1. straffinrun

        There are a few of those:

        Franca
        @francamoonie
        Replying to
        @ZoeTillman
        Another good reason for people vote Democrat and have politicians that advocate for fair working laws!

        1. Tres Cool

          All the ‘Learn To Code’ cheap shots just haven’t gotten old for me yet.

        2. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

          And, of course, the person who posted that lists themselves as “cat mamma”….

          Didn’t someone, somewhere say that stereotypes exist for a reason?

    1. Rhywun

      I hate everyone involved in that “news”.

    2. JaimeRoberto: Gentleman, Scholar, French Tickler

      Why is that furriner meddling in our politics?

    1. commodious spittoon

      This was up to maybe $35 six months ago. It’s over $800 now. LOL

    2. Pan Zagloba

      You know it’s high quality when Mr Metokur can go 12 minutes without a racist joke.

      Underwater. Objectivist. HAMSTERS!

      1. commodious spittoon

        Right? And finally, a video involving animals that isn’t about heinous furry horseshit.

      2. Those hamsters are JOOOOOOOOOOZ!!!

    3. It’s too bad this is a dead thread, or I would have posted this.

  11. Nephilium

    Just checking out the schedule for Viva, and it appears there’s a documentary being released there: Bombshells and Dollies. The trailer gives a nice taste of what the people who go to this look like.

    1. Q seal of approval.

  12. Moneyshot: “Trump’s approval rating has remained fairly stable in an unstable news environment”

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/wrong-track-public-sours-nation-s-direction-after-shutdown-n963051

    “Unstable news environment”? Is that what the Politburo called it back in the good old days?

    1. Rhywun

      Needs moar five-year grain forecasts.

      1. Chafed

        Warren has plenty of 5 year plans ready to go.

        1. Rhywun

          “I can wreck that economy in… four years!”

          1. Chafed

            Without even trying.

          2. C. Anacreon

            Way to sneak the Name That Tune reference in there!

  13. straffinrun

    Suing for libel is a war on journalism. And you can’t blame journalists for getting the story wrong when they were reacting in real time.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iVxpmPAbe-Y

  14. I just had the perfect keto dinner: bacon.

    And that’s it.

    1. AlmightyJB

      What else does one need?

      1. Mojeaux

        Smoked cheddar.

        1. Spudalicious

          Extra sharp.

          1. Mojeaux

            Perzackly.

    2. commodious spittoon

      That’s great till you use the bacon grease to fry up hash browns, and now you’re not keto at all.

      1. Rhywun

        I patched up some beef stew that went awry the other day, but then I went and added pasta to the dish with it. OH WELL.

    3. Tres Cool

      As much as I hate to admit it, Ive recently become a fan of baking the bacon, opposed to frying it.

      1. KSuellington

        It’s the way to go. You get flat pieces that cook up perfectly when you bake them.

      2. Aus

        I bake it because I find it much easier and can cook more strips at once.

      3. Rhywun

        Nothing wrong with baking bacon. That’s what restaurants do.

  15. Grummun

    STEVE SMITH NOT SURE THIS GOOD IDEA.

    I’m sure; it’s not.

    1. Rhywun

      I’ll keep an open mind. It’s not like Disney fucking up Star Wars or something.

      1. LJW

        Kevin Smith movies seem to be very hit or miss.

        1. Rhywun

          I’ve only seen Clerks, Chasing Amy, and Mallrats – enjoyed them a lot.

          1. Mojeaux

            Dogma is brilliant.

          2. Spudalicious

            We’ve watched Dogma several dozen times.

          3. dbleagle

            “Dogma” is a gem. Plus Salma Hayek.

          4. Rhywun

            Consensus wins. It’s going on the front-burner of my wish-list.

          5. Sean

            I have the Dogma inaction figures. ?

    2. egould310

      Kevin Smith; I’m buying.

    3. DrOtto

      That’s what I thought about Clerks II, yet somehow he pulled it off.

      1. C. Anacreon

        A more important question is: Is Kevin Smith still so big that Southwest forces him to buy two seats?

  16. Tres Cool

    Because you just never know when you may run out.

    1. Chafed

      WTF?

  17. creech

    What do y’all think: Did Trump wimp out like Ann Coulter says? Or did he face the inevitable and save the GOP? Because if he persisted, he would have totally lost the PR campaign ( hard to blame him when 90% of the media works for the DNC) and eventually had his veto overturned, lost the nomination or re-election, and put the SCOTUS back in proggie hands. Face a largely wall-less border and start a scoreboard (like Dems did for lives lost in Iraq) for every crime an illegal commits from now until election day. Willie Horton them to death. And if the voters don’t care, if they don’t pressure their Dem congresscritters, then its all over for conservatives and libertarians anyway.

    1. Rhywun

      At the end of the day the shutdown theater is completely trivial. So is immigration as a larger issue.

      The courts are where the action is, and that is where the Dems are losing big-time.

      1. Michael

        The courts are where the action is, and that is where the Dems are losing big-time.

        I quietly giggle thinking about how this fact seems to have gone completely over the heads of all the Democrats I know.

    2. Michael

      I’m probably risking my libertarian bona fides here, but I don’t particularly care about the wall issue one way or the other. I live nowhere near the border and have no insight on any security concerns, and in my view $5B – or even $25B – is a meaningless blip in the federal budget death spiral.

      That said, I think he fucked up the entire pitch from the very beginning by placing it front and center in his campaign. He painted himself into a corner.

    3. Spudalicious

      If there’s a talking head on the right I couldn’t care less about, it’s Ann Coulter. Christie! Well, maybe not. Romney! Err, no. Trump! He lied and caved. She makes redheads look stable.

      Trump does care about securing the border but he also understands it was a major campaign promise. And if there’s one thing he’s been pretty successful at, it’s fulfilling his promises.

      He’s also the POTUS. If there were truly signs that the partial shutdown was hurting national security and the economy, he really had no choice but to retreat. I am seriously hoping he doesn’t have to declare a national emergency to get his money. Opening that Pandora’s box would have serious consequences for decades.

    4. Ownbestenemy

      Personally he should have continually thrown it back to Congress (and might do so with this 3-week reprieve) that if they want the FedGov funded, it’s their job.

      1. Ownbestenemy

        Meaning he has been pretty good at highlighting, even in the face of a hostile media, that much of these problems are Congress’ not the Executive.

    5. Chafed

      My knee jerk reaction is whatever Ann Coulter most supports is most likely wrong.

      1. Rhywun

        She’s more of a performance artist than a serious commentator; I doubt she believes half of what she says.

        1. Chafed

          Right. She’s a clown, provocateur, or maybe both. She is only concerned with her next media deal. She is as deep as a finger bowl.

          1. CPRM

            Did you say you wanted to finger her bowl?

          2. CPRM

            Daggumit! Not ‘bowl’ ‘bowel’!

          3. Chafed

            Did I lose a bet? Was I conscious when I made it?

  18. Aus

    Question: Is there a browser extension for chrome that is akin to “night mode”

    The white&light grey is brutal in low light situations.

    Or… if the admins would consider such an option, that would be swell.

    1. Rhywun

      Safari has “Dark Mode” which I discovered recently. At 5PM every day, it’s Glibs After Dark. I’ll have to make adjustments as spring nears.

    2. Michael

      Are you looking to invert colors on websites or in the browser’s user interface? If it’s the former, try this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh?hl=en-US

      If it’s the latter, you might want to try out Vivaldi or Opera as alternatives to Chrome. They both use the Blink rendering engine, so the only thing you’d lose is being able to sync to a Google account (if you’re into that sort of depravity).

      1. Aus

        I’m open to a chrome alternatively, just haven’t searched due to laziness.

        I suppose I’m looking to invert colors on websites. Best way I can explain it is just someone similar to nightmode/darktheme on twitter or youtube for example.

        I will give one or both of those alternatives a try.

    1. Chafed

      “Yamiche Alcindor, during the same panel segment, followed Brokaw’s remarks not with a direct reproach but her concern that speaking English remains the measure of assimilation.

      “We also need to adjust what we think of as America,” she said. “You’re talking about assimilation. I grew up in Miami, where people speak Spanish, but their kids speak English. And the idea that we think Americans can only speak English, as if Spanish and other languages wasn’t always part of America, is, in some ways, troubling.”

      He/she/ze is right for the wrong reason. There is always some portion of first generation immigrants that don’t learn English. The older you are the less likely. But notice in her own comments how the next generation does learn it. It’s the dominant language and opens many opportunities. So yeah, assimilation doesn’t happen all at once. It happens over time.

    2. Rhywun

      the idea that we think Americans can only speak English

      …is not what he said at all.

      1. Chafed

        Sure but that doesn’t serve the cause.

        1. Rhywun

          That whole episode is just the worst sort of click-bait. I have better things to do with my time. Like pick out some ear-wax.

  19. CPRM

    I spent the last hour making voices in a microphone, while drunk! And some of you are paying me to do it. Ain’t life grand.

    1. Chafed

      We’re getting the quality we paid for.

      1. CPRM

        D’oh!

  20. Chafed

    I know this was beaten to death over the weekend but some of the details were new to me. I swear no one laid off will learn any lessons.

    https://twitchy.com/brads-313037/2019/01/26/this-former-huffington-post-editor-unintentionally-explains-what-led-to-their-layoffs/

    1. Rhywun

      some of the details were new to me

      #metoo – esp. the quota stuff (which should come as no surprise)

      On a side note, the Dark Mode plugin I mentioned above has the probably unintentional side-effect of also reversing the colors of any Twitter pics on a page. Every person on that page looks like a ghoul.

  21. PieInTheSky

    More than 500 trees fell this weekend in Bucharest due to the freezing rain so now the local soundtrack is chainsaw sounds. Unusual for a big city. Also ice falling off trees and wires as it gets warm, should have a real thaw this week. Good morning glibs.

    1. BakedPenguin

      Morning, Pie. I saw something over the weekend about Vlad the Impaler’s castle which mentioned that there were many, many better castles to visit in Romania. I was hoping you could recommend a few.

      1. CPRM

        Vlad himself had more than one. The castle on the cliff isn’t the same one where he impaled people. The cliff-side residence was later if I’m correct.

      2. PieInTheSky

        many, many better castles – meh depends on what you want to see in a castle. There are not that many in Romania copared to some other European countries. Does castle also include a general fortified city or an actual castle?

        Corvin Castle, also known as Hunyadi Castle or Hunedoara Castle is probably the best

        Peleș Castle maybe, but it is more modern.

    2. CPRM

      Thaw? that’s still at least 2 months away. No wonder Euros buy into climate hysteria.

      1. PieInTheSky

        We are forecast for 14 degrees this week so quite warm. Europe as a whole will be cold even parts of Romania but looking at forecast maps, the cold stops at the Carpathians so my bit of Romania will be 6 7 degrees above average for a few says.

  22. My son’s school is closed – all for a winter storm that is supposed to hit today. As usual I expect the dire predictions to not come true as the TV stations around here hype everything as Doomagedon!

    1. Old Man With Candy

      We had 10″ overnight. Time to start shoveling.