We spent yesterday afternoon stocking up from the big Mexican grocery for our Football Sunday. Because nothing says football like posole, burritos, rellenos, and migas, amiright? And it’s a relaxing football day since the Ravens are playing for absolutely nothing. Maybe we’ll see some of that Trace McSorly magic!
Speaking of which, as usual, people were born on this date, including the spiritual father of rubber; a guy who got court-martialed and had an airport in Milwaukee; an actual Russian collaborator; a pioneer of pseudo-history; everybody’s sweetheart; a guy who used to own George Costanza’s car; someone who really should have been a pornstar; and one of my favorite drunks.
On to news, such as it is.
More white supremacist antisemitic attacks in deepest Trump Country.
David Frum is consistent and reliable. You always know you’ll be getting sanctimonious statist twaddle. My opinion of Trump is not a positive one, but I give him credit for having the right enemies.
Some people will do anything, no matter how stupid or mendacious, to stay in the public eye. Stacey Abrams is one of them.
Workin’ hard to make it harder to get entry-level jobs.
Douglas MacKinnon can eat a bag of dicks. Maybe choke to death on the last one, yeah, that would be fitting.
This is what keeps us in Arizona.
Old Guy Music today is the title cut from one of my favorite albums of the ’70s and the record which convinced me that folk/bluegrass/country was damned interesting. Talk about a supergroup, this one had it all, Earl Scruggs, Maybelle Carter, Vassar Clements, Doc Watson, Roy Acuff, Merle Travis, Norman Blake…
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mornin’
yes, it is
“Kohn said there were at least 100 people in the home at that time, as the rabbi was “lighting the candle” on the seventh night of Hanukkah. ”
Where did this guy live that he could fit 100 people?
They’re small people.
So many extremely inappropriate jokes could come from this.
Oh, oh, let me play! An attic? A train car? A single room in a “day spa” in Bavaria?
That area is known for its big houses, to fit lots of kids.
And if it’s the rabbit’s house there is probably a small shul added on.
It was a clown house.
Some people will do anything, no matter how stupid or mendacious, to stay in the public eye. Stacey Abrams is one of them.
Doesn’t Micheal Strahan have enough going on? Between Good Morning Ameriica and Football, I don’t see how he has time to do his Stacy Abrams side act.
I guess Football is almost over for the years, that’ll give him more time to concentrate on being Stacy.
I can think of a lot of college football fans who are going to be as unhinged as Stacey Abrams.
Jesus, man. Let it go. Your life is now complete since the team you hate lost. Congratulations.
Field goals are for losers.
You beat TTUN. Everything else is just icing.
I need a ruling. Is this considered irony or just a lack of self-awareness?
I mean if I were a true glib I might say fuck OSU and go jerk off to that last play of the game…but since I’m the one true compassionate glib I will not say that.
Instead I’ll just say Go Clemson!!
Just funnin with ya Sloop
Confederate flags? Much unwoke. Totes problematic.
Good morning, fellow Glibs.
Billy Mitchell’s sin was insubordination.
Would have been an early uncredentialed Glib
We reject credentialism.
Not just insubordination. He was insubordinate AND he was right – that was the unforgivable part.
There is an alt history short story about Mitchell led force attacking the Japanese force on the way to Pearl Harbor.
Silent Cal not always silent, I guess.
Can we do that? Can we posthumously claim people into the fold?
We would have to consult with Mojeaux about that.
Clap clap clap.
Workin’ hard to make it harder to get entry-level jobs.
How many kids under 18 have have above the board jobs anymore? I can’t see many business being willing to hire them. Between work hour regs, min wage, unreliability, etc, it’s probably not worth it. The good news is you’re a child until 26, so you don’t have to get your first childhood job until your 20’s now.
More time to hang out on the corner with the buddies, smoking cigs. Ooops, oh, wait. Without the smokes, those come later.
They can’t get cigs, booze, or weed until they are 21. But don’t worry, I’ll bet they can find heroin.
That works out pretty well for unions, what with not getting too much work done and all that.
One of the first paid jobs my two sons got was to take out some trash for the manager of a nearby apartment building. The boys were 10 and 7 and had gotten a few brooms and some plastic bags from the garage. They walked down to the local gas station to ask the guy there if they could sweep up or something in return for some candy. The kid working there said no and as they were walking dejectedly back home they ran into the guy that managed the apartment building.
He asked them what was going on with the brooms and when they told him, he “hired” them for the afternoon. He had them do a bunch of simple chores around the place and then gave them $10. He also gave them a note to give to me. I can’t remember the exact words, but the guy said what he had done and that I had some good kids. (He also asked that I soft soap the fact that this was a one time deal and that they shouldn’t expect it again).
The boys were beside themselves with joy. $10 of candy back then was quite the deal.
Great music choice, too. Thanks OMWC,, I can start my New Year’s Eve celebration early
What is that Elsa quote from?
Did you try searching it with your favorite search engine?
Some sort of Holy Grail fanfic where all the nazis are Jewish?
George Soros?
You know, as far as many are concerned, you can pal around with Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton all you want, you can ignore and memory hole any instances of the Black Hebrew Israelites and etc to preserve The Narrative, you can go on and on about the “conflation” of “legitimate criticism” of Israel with antisemitism, while engaging in just that, because there’s no way a lefty could possibly be a Jew-hater, and you can ignore the fact that violent crimes against Jewish people seem to be perpetrated by minorities in the big blue urban enclaves,
but,
the very second someone dare even suggest that George Soros is anything less than stunning and brave, or in fact invoke his name at all, then they must be saying that because they are “virulently” antisemitic and almost certainly a nazi. The culture around Soros seems to be to make it extremely taboo to even mention his name – which is perfect because whatever he does, or funds, therein mostly avoids discussion outside of the InfoWars level crazy fringe. “Dark money” doesn’t apply because that’s only a thing when “the right” does it. Noone could be more forthcoming about their donations and funding than the Kochs (RIP the one who liked the ballet), yet they are seen as the epitome of “dark money”. Soros money is LIGHT MONEY, flowing into the positive spiritual energy of GAIA Herself. It’s beautiful.
Frozen 2: Elsa fights Hitler
I thought Frozen 2’s plot was more “Elsa becomes Hitler”? (I haven’t seen either)
Goddamnit
Jojo Rabbit.
Jojo Rabbit, Your Life Is Calling.
What is that Elsa quote from?
Frozen
“GUADALUPE, Arizona — This is a story that’s better to tell from the end: The guy with the gun was shot in the back, but he’s OK and in jail.
The story begins in late October on South Avenida del Yaqui in Guadalupe, according to court documents. Francisco Solano is driving in his car with his four kids. Someone Solano knows shoots at the car six times. No one’s hurt. The car isn’t hit.
Solano stops the car and gets out. A witness hears him say “I’m going to go blast them.” He gets out of the car and walks across Biehn Park. Then he starts running. A witness hears two gunshots. Then there’s a pause. Then five more shots. Solano, court documents say, has found his guy.
What happens next is unclear. But Solano is next seen riding a bike down East Calle Igelsia with a gunshot wound to his back.
Police eventually arrest him. Solano tells police the guy who shot at him was “Derek,” and Solano’s account bears no resemblance at all to anything two witnesses said or several surveillance cameras captured, according to court documents. Solano is charged with one count of misconduct involving weapons. Police say they know who the other shooter is — they just haven’t located or arrested him yet.”
Was anyone else shot?
Some guy holding pot, which promptly fell out of his ass.
Beat ya to it, Ted!
So last night, I woke up in the middle of the night to take a piss. I walked into the bathroom. Enough light was coming through the window that I didn’t turn on the light. I raise the toilet seat, whip it out, aim, and commence. Piss starts going everywhere, . . . the walls , the floor. WTF? I quickly halt the stream. I’m groggy, so I re-aim and start again. Same result. What the hell is going on? I turn on the light and look down at my dick. I had been wearing new boxers and the “inspected by sticker” was on the tip of my dick! About halfway over the slit, causing my spray issues.
First World Problems…
LOL
I hope your junk is OK.
Anyway, I always wash clothes before wearing them.
So who inspected your dick?
#12
The most important thing – did you pass the inspection?
The visual inspection is the easy part, the quality tests are where I tend to fail.
Thanks, I needed a big old larf today.
…posole, burritos, rellenos, and migas…
Migas, please.
We call ‘em migroes in Tucson.
What up, migroes
‘It’s time for him to step up his game to literally save Baltimore from self-extinction. As hope there is being crushed by crime and corruption from within, Jackson is someone from without who can save the innocent men, women and children fighting to survive in an increasingly lawless and leaderless town.
Sound crazy? It’s not.’
Yes, it is.
Jesus Christ…
*gathers self, soldiers on*
‘During those tough years in Pompano Beach, Jackson had the best ally and secret weapon ever: his mother, Felicia Jones.
This remarkable woman worked incredibly hard to support Jackson and his siblings. She taught them right from wrong and then morphed into Jackson’s first football coach, trainer and all-around protector. She likely knows football better than many NFL scouts.’
*wipes hands*
Okay, I’m out.
The most wonderful thing about Jackson is that he plays football in a massively entertaining way and DOESN’T TALK ABOUT POLITICS.
Of course, we can’t have that.
‘DOESN’T TALK ABOUT POLITICS.’
I’ve seen his press conferences, how can you tell?
/mushmouth
;p
He is not…. articulate.
But wow, everyone seems to love the guy, and by all accounts, he’s sincere, genuine, and humble. I notice that whenever he gets tackled or hit, he goes out of his way to give the other player a pat on the shoulder or butt.
he goes out of his way to give the other player a pat on the shoulder or butt.
That could be for other reasons as well.
/NTTAWWT
Oh, from what little I’ve heard, he seems to be a solid young man, even taking the time know everybody who works in the stadium and the team staff by a first name basis.
Just poking fun at a rival QB. And it’s not like Mahomes wows me during speaking either. The kid habitually starts his sentences with “Yeah, I mean..”, which irritates me to no end.
He’s no Cam Newton.
I hate him because he’s so good and I wanted us to win that game, but yeah, seems like a good character.
Seriously, why can’t people touch him? My God.
Just got cell service back after Caribbean cruise. Very late entry to dead thread on books I’m reading: binging thru Lonesome Dove, arguably the best Western book ever.
Best libertarian moment in book: outlaws propose setting up Regulators to ensure orderly flow of cattle across river, due to public outcry. Said public consisting solely of these outlaws. Said regulations being taxes only, to collected by them. Said taxation to consist of them robbing and murdering people crossing the river, or being in their path.
I think the hooker parts are well-researched, but be careful of border stories written Archer County types.
Also well-researched: the frequent and inappropriate use of alcohol and Latin by smartasses from TN.
Pater Dean tells stories of his great-uncle in New Mexico that are quite similar to the first part of Lonesome Dove, as far as cross border cattle rustling and misc. related hijinx go.
Same goes for his frat days and Animal House. Chunks of both movies induced deja cu when I first saw them.
I’ll second that. I’d say the miniseries is one of the greatest western movies ever made, too.
I ain’t much fer readin’, but I’ll second you on the movies.
You just like having a non-wrestling avenue to watch Bret Hart
Ugh. Obviously I’m talking about the mini-series, not that Canadian abomination.
As many football fans know, Jackson’s jersey number is 8.
OMG Lamar Jackson is a white supremacist.
/flashes OK signal
Of course, Jackson is unlikely to give up a lucrative NFL career for politics — and even if he did, he might be unable to outrun or outpass the political opposition at this stage in his life. But he could lend his spirit, ethic and name to a wise, honest, public-minded politician and thereby help save this troubled, historic and remarkable city. And in the future, who knows? Jackson could turn to such a public service.
What the fucking fuck?
Sports writers are stupid purple, just ignore it
Well, you really blue that comment.
Wow! I didn’t catch that at all when I red it!
You can say that agreen.
orange you about done with these “jokes”?
Not qwhite.
This black humor is forcing Swiss to squint again.
He’d be a maroon to stop this rainbow of excellence.
Abysmal, incoherent writing is what keeps you in Arizona?
Yes, it gives me a feeling of superiority.
Where did this guy live that he could fit 100 people?
Something something how many Jews can you put in a Volkswagen?
Depends on whether or not they’ve gone thru the dehydration process beforehand.
thicc?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7833499/Demi-Rose-flashes-ample-cleavage-plunging-halterneck-dress.html
Half a flower doesn’t look tea bag, all things considered (two in particular, here), but Shirley does not the sidebar of shame have any other thicc selections?
Half a flower doesn’t look tea bag, all things considered (two in particular, here), but Shirley does not the sidebar of shame have any other thicc selections?
*bangs space-alien-to-pidgin-english translator on desk, holds to ear*
Forget it, I think he’s an Englishman.
It means whatever he meant it to mean!
* hides behind HM’s skirts *
Even HM argues that language is useful for the meanings conveyed.
Saying meaningless gibberish doesn’t give you a pass.
Yet another of my joke failures
Gibberish no doubt. I had hoped my exclamation mark underscored sarcasm . . . Pretending to defend.
And hiding behind HM meant I understood his argument (although I find it an unhelpful excuse more often than not). I know all the great minds say that language evolves, but I soldier on with the vocabulary of Eisenhower.
I know you were being sarcastic. I just let go of the wheel and let my pedantic gloves drive, if you know what I mean.
Your joke gave me a laugh
* exhales greatfully *
Evolves in the technical sense, not always in the normative sense. I think fighting back against the devolution is a worthy, if doomed, endeavor.
Right: I’m okay with losing out in the long run,
but no one can say they can’t follow me meanwhile because my usage isn’t in Webster’s.
He’s got a point. Our esteemed associate, Mr…um…Potato could indeed check out other bimbos.
Okay, I’ll play along:
Half a flower = Demi Rose
tea bag = too bad
things… two in particular = norks (boobs)
Shirley = surely
sidebar of shame = DM repository of thicc and celebrity intrigue
I hope that tickles yer pickle and tugs yer boat, guvna.
I should have you write the lines for Boris’ hair.
Happy to oblige.
I couldn’t muster the give-a-shit to go find a place to watch that game. Is Sloopy on suicide watch this morning?
Going by the tag end of last night’s thread, more like homicide watch. Not without some justification, either. That no-fumble call was so bad I’d be checking the bank accounts of the refs for unexplained deposits.
OSU definitely got screwed by the refs. Worst officiating in a Fiesta Bowl since 2003.
Sure, the refs stopped them 3 times in the red zone in the first half for field goals instead of touchdowns. Granted, the officiating sucked. If you can’t call pass interference with video review, why call targeting?
Bad calls happen in nearly every big game. The Chiefs got some questionable PI calls on them and a bullshit roughing the passer call during the AFC Championship Game, but when it came down to it they had a chance to win, and then linned up offsides and let the Pat’s run the ball down their throats. The refs didn’t do that. Just like the refs didn’t give up a 96 yard, five play drive near the end of the game, then run the wrong route on a game winning pass for a pick last night.
What you did there was seen.
It’s an SEC/ESPN conspiracy to keep the Buckeyes down.
/Random Ohio State fan.
This what they actually believe.
Pure theft, absolutely stolen from tOSU: the chance to be disemboweled by an incoherent coach, a bunch of guys who couldn’t pass a naturalization literacy test, and the quarterback they didn’t want because UGA leftovers are the way to go.
I’d kiss every one of them on the mouth for the favor.
Yeah I can’t believe I am saying this, but OSU got robbed.
Lawyers debate whether the naming of the federal whistle-blower is in itself illegal. Federal law forbids inspectors general to disclose the names of whistle-blowers, but the law isn’t explicit about disclosure by anybody else in government.
Did some super-secret deep state court put a gag order on this impeachment “case”? Seal all the files? Will that be added to the charges?
Nevermind that he’s fundamentally a leaker, not a whistleblower.
A whistleblower would have produced documentation on the multitude of illegal acts the CIA is undoubtedly conducting (with Trump’s expressed permission I’m sure)
A whistleblower wouldn’t have been able to coordinate with a congressman’s office and real whistleblowers go to prison or live in exile.
He’s repeating the name of a person who was named in the press so any lawyers who are debating that on the “it’s against the law side” are fucking dumbasses who should be disbarred.
This. The media wants to pretend that no one has said ciaremellas name before. This is real 1984 shit.
The willful distortion of the truth by people who are intelligent and informed enough to know better, and Frum is one of these people, is troubling to say the least.
Trump names leakers, Obama prosecuted them.
“the law isn’t explicit about disclosure by anybody else in government.”
Translated: it’s perfectly legal for anyone not in the IG’s office to name a whistleblower.
Close the whistleblower loophole!!!!
Blowhole?
Trump should go to the IG with some information about FBI misconduct. That would make him a whistleblower and then the MSM couldn’t print his name.
Donald Trump will not be bound by any rule, even after he has been caught. He is unrepentant and determined to break the rules again—in part by punishing those who try to enforce them. He is a president with the mind of a gangster, and as long as he is in office, he will head a gangster White House.
Yes, yes, of course. And those words were written at a secret location, and printed by hand in the back of a truck which is constantly on the move, for fear of discovery and destruction by the President’s personal murder squad.
Why won’t that bad man just let us railroad him?
Re David Frum: “ The president tweeted the name of the presumed whistle-blower in the Ukraine scandal”
Tweeting the name of this known person is an indicator of criminality and it brings ruin upon the land. The last time I uttered the name Eric Ciaramella my space heater caught on fire, my dog died, and the water in my toilet turned to blood. Trump really needs to be careful.
What the law does forbid is retaliation against a whistle-blower. And a coordinated campaign of vilification by the president’s allies—and the president himself—surely amounts to “retaliation” in any reasonable understanding of the term.
Say what you will, Dave. I refuse to accept your characterization of an individual who makes anonymous accusations based on third hand hearsay as a “whistleblower”. I might accept “rat”.
One more example of the modern American “political elite’s” staunch and unwavering belief in the absolute right to act without consequences.
Similarly, the “multi-agency consensus” is holy fucking writ – not subject to the vagaries of political decision making (by people who actually can be held accountable).
For as long as I live this episode has cemented that the Democratic party is the party of the secret police and CIA. I hope AOC is elected and she fucking murders the entire party with purges.
No, retaliation in this context does not encompass any actions not by an employer. Public vilification is not “retaliation”.
“I think you are a spineless liar” = firing and jailing
I missed the game due to the wife’s car breaking down outside of Florence right before kickoff. So I checked in to see if Sloopy represented anOSU fan base well as the most obnoxious in college football. Was not disappointed. The buckeyes had the lead with 4 mins left. Then gave up a TD in 4 plays. Then had the ball with plenty of time to win. Then Fields threw the pick (which is on his receiver). Good to see Don is also still bitter that Tennessee hasn’t been relevant since Tee Martin.
Going for the cat butt I see.
Bitter?
I’m a process guy, a math hound. No one is more comfortable with only winning a couple of championships per century than me. Indeed, my entire bit is based on how unreasonable most fans’ expectations are.
Next year is your year.i can feel it.
I should note, I also read through the comments at Shakin the Southland. Clemson fans that don’t appreciate the run this team is on are pretty terrible too.
Clemson fans
that don’t appreciate the run this team is onare pretty terribleI can see SC from my porch this morning.
In fairness, it’s not Clumsun’s fault who buys their tee shirts.
True fans = assholes. I think the massive over reactions, vicious tirades, incessant mockery after a win and “OMG can’t you give it a rest” after a loss are the actual definition of True Fandom.
In other words, it isn’t anything particular to sloopy, to tOSU, or even to college football. Fanatic is NOT a compliment.
https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1211273556170022912
Her tweets are protected, so there is a screenshot.
Now THAT’S how you infantilize black people.
That moron writes for Scientific American.
I get The emotional reasons, but the whole sneering “see it was a black man murdering people not a white man” is perverse.
I guess that’s one way to put “too many Jews are moving in”.
Jesus f*%&$ C^&%, what an absolute pathological piece of shit.
This exchange made me chuckle:
AWhiggishHannukah
@RandomNewsFeedT
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2h
Isn’t the Situation from Jersey?
neontaster
@neontaster
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2h
This is referring to the incident from last night.
AWhiggishHannukah
@RandomNewsFeedT
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2h
Yes, I know. Just trying to be funny. She blocked me a while ago. I’m not the right type of Jew.
But others have argued the impact wouldn’t be as severe as projections assume. David Howell, a professor of economics and public policy at the New School, told CNN back in July that half of the projected jobs lost are held by teenagers, who could find other work more in-line with a career track. He said everyone else could be retrained for higher-paid work.
Yes, you see employers would be thrilled to hire untrained people with no work history at an increased cost. People who think otherwise clearly have no business running a business.
/progderp
Don’t worry. You see, those jobs are going away. Those who are left to work the minimum wage jobs, are old, and will be replaced by robots. There will be plenty of opportunities to sell robot insurance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Gh_IcK8UM
Well it will definitely make a bunch of money for IoT developers. Back when I was doing that I LOVED raises in the minimum wage. Restaurant owners who wouldn’t give us the time of day before would suddenly become very interested in finding out what could be automated or measured.
When I started working with QSR owners back in the early ’00s, the prevailing theory to any problem was to hire a few more kids. Hopefully one of them would get bored and actually do the work they were supposed to do. Sure there was some waste, but it was simple. Once kids got too expensive, owners wanted other ways to make sure things were getting done. Enter IoT. Putting sensors on everything to ensure oil was being changed, drive thrus were being served in a timely manner, etc.
Redneck bogeymen. Fear them!
Members of groups like these at once make up a critical portion of Arizona’s conservative base, and espouse derogatory rhetoric that must repeatedly be repudiated, creating political difficulties for the state’s Republican lawmakers. After a photograph emerged last April of members of Patriot Movement AZ posing with Gov. Doug Ducey, he said he had never heard of the group. “I absolutely denounce their behavior,” he added.
Trumpstock attendees say they are used to being denounced, another quality they feel they share with the president. It’s part of why they are protective of him, to the point that they refuse to acknowledge the possibility of a Trump loss in 2020.
Mark Villalta said he had been stockpiling firearms, in case Mr. Trump’s re-election is not successful.
“Nothing less than a civil war would happen,” Mr. Villalta said, his right hand reaching for a holstered handgun. “I don’t believe in violence, but I’ll do what I got to do.”
Scratch a Trump voter, find HITLER.
Another scary campfire story for the NYT liberal elite reader. Don’t look under the bed. These are the sort of people who would do anything to overturn the results of an election which did not go their way. They are unhinged. If their preferred candidate should somehow lose, they will freak out.
“ Stacey Goodman said she remained suspicious about former President Barack Obama’s birthplace and religion”
Oh, and here’s a clear picture of her so her employer can fire her.
Look if Obama can hang out with weather underground and become president….. Yeah yeah what about ism
“What’s weird abt the employment of Stephens/Brooks/Douthat is that we’re hardly experiencing a drought of provocative voices on the right. Boot is wild & rigorous; Rick Wilson is an A+ enfant terrible; Jennifer Rubin never misses a trick; Windsor Mann, Frum, Conway, Kristol, &c”
https://twitter.com/page88/status/1211008472378163201
WTF?
“Praise socialism, feminism, free college for the undocumented—Trumpites are quiet. Post raw contempt for Trump—Trumpites cool. But praise GOP folk saying Trump’s not above the law & hooboy that swarm. Gotta hand it to Never Trumpers like @TheRickWilson; you got em on the ropes”
https://twitter.com/page88/status/1211119843451252737
Page88? Sounds like neo Nazis to me.
The DC/NYC version of “conservative”.
That’s a nice list of warmongering fucks whose depth of political thought lies in espousing the opposite of what Trump proposes even when they were advocating for it the day before.
That whole thread is a dumpster fire of fuck.
It is majorly unsettling to consider that there are so many absolute morons, completely without any capacity for critical thinking, or principle, and to whom The Narrative is so simple – all without a trace of self-awareness or insight.
I do dislike the ubiquity of “everyone who disagrees with me is evil and wants evil”
And those folks are a majority on both sides of the aisle.
“Dress however you please.
Call yourself whatever you like.
Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you.
Live your best life in peace and security.
But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real? ”
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1207646162813100033
“LGBTQ advocacy group @glaad says they reached out to @jk_rowling’s PR team and offered to facilitate an off-the-record discussion between the best-selling author and members of the trans community. Rowling’s reps declined. More here:”
https://twitter.com/adambvary/status/1207748730264272896
“GLAAD: J.K. Rowling’s Support of Anti-Trans Researcher ‘Puts Trans People at Risk’”
https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/glaad-j-k-rowling-anti-trans-researcher-1203448964/
GLAAD support of extremist trans ideology puts women at risk.
I, for one, have been straddling the fence on whether or not to start randomly attacking trans people. But now that I’ve got the green light from some author I don’t read…
Meh, in Trump’s America it’s already open season on trannies. What are you waiting for?!
*hits bowl*
Too lazy.
NOT ALL WARLOCKS HAVE WANDS!
Well, thank goodness you didn’t cheapen it any further. ?
Just as bad is the suggestion that “hero” can only be used for government-sector workers.
I almost said “hi” to you in my original comment because I knew you couldn’t resist.
I’ll just say: Just as bad is the suggestion that “hero” can never be used for government-sector workers.
+1 Edward Snowden
Meh. Hero is entirely subjective. Everyone gets to pick their own. Some people get off tearing down everyone else’s heros.
If anyone can be said to be responsible for cheapening heroes, I think it has to be Subway!
I’m still angry. That was egregious. Have a great day, (almost) all of you.
Thank you, I agree, and you’ll get over it.
Another list I don’t think I made….
You’re fine. I think we all know who I’m talking about.
He’s talking about me. I refused to purchase him a Build-a-Bear Brutus the other day.
Ooh, go find one now. They’ll be on sale. I’ll send you the money through Apple Pay.
Apple what?
You are a monster. I bet you made Hihns list too
…so did you.
I sadly did not make his list. I didn’t comment enough at TOS (also under a different name)
I need you to place two fingers to the side of your throat, just below the jawline. Do you feel a pulse?
You made Hihn’s list.
Pie didn’t make the list…
Heh.
I don’t think I made Hihn’s list, but I got stalked by Mary Stack.
I made it but not first team.
*single tear
Don’t know if I did. Don’t care.
You too, Sloopy.
Can’t argue, and my confirmation bias runs the other way.
I do think that was a fumble though.
If it helps, I’m sure the Minnesoda crew would be happy to overnight a t-shirt for The U of M and you could spend New Year’s Day rooting for the Golden Rodents.
NBC’s local signal is still MIA, so FOX is on. The stand-in host, whoever he is, jus asked, “Will Speaker Pelosi cave, and send the articles of impeachment over to the Senate?”
“Cave”? WTF?
Its hilarious watching both sides rationalize their positions.
Jennifer Rubin never misses a trick
“Which one of those assholes only paid you fifty cents?”
“All of them.”
I think I found one of Tundra’s kids
https://twitter.com/CarlForrest/status/1210997100349136898
Awesome!
Makes me sad. Because that is about how bad the ice is on local lakes. The weatherman says a cold snap is coming. Hopefully it will add a couple inches onto the local lakes.
Just out of curiosity, I checked the English League Championship table. Looks like Leeds will finally climb back to the top flight next season. Hard to believe it’s been 15 years since they were in the PL.
Perhaps they’ll rekindle their rivalry with ManUre in the middle of the table.
That’s what everyone said last year.
I’m digging how there are only 10 points separating 3rd and 14th.
Yeah, that table is as loghammed as the EPL’s. There will be more points between first and second than between qualifying for the Europa League and relegation once Liverpool play their games in hand.
Which I’m sure will cause Ted S to go into an apoplectic rage of anti-Liverpool rants once he finds out I’m a fan of theirs.
I bet he hopes they have an excursion to the Andes…
/Tosses fuel on fire
He’s the guy cheering for the fences at Hillsborough.
Heysel, on the other hand….
All I’m doing is treating you the same way you treat Michigan fans, and look how pissy you get.
There’s a bit of difference in shit-talking a team that’s been your rival since you were a kid and piling on someone when you’d otherwise not have a rooting interest in a game.
And FWIW, the TTUN stuff is generally in good fun. The fans from there I’ve known for decades get it. And they did the same to us in the late 20th century.
Meh, either way I take solace in the fact that we’re still better than them and haven’t lost to them in 2955 days.
Sloopy you dished out enough after the Game. This is the flip side.
But Leeds are 8 points clear of third and the playoff. I think they’re safe this time around.
Not if they fall off a cliff again like they did halfway through last winter.
What blows me away about people like MacKinnon is how they get things backwards. First off, nothing will change in places that keep voting for one damn party. That’s your first problem. And that won’t change, and this is the second point that ties into it, until there’s a cultural shift. Unless he thinks Lamar Jackson can provide it, then his comment is just another ‘we need this top man!’ argument doomed to fail. It’s a spin on ‘that’s not real socialism!’
I’m glad the comments aren’t bat shit stupid.
Survey.
Would you trade David Frum for Rufus?
That was some grade A hysterics from Frum.
You wacky Canadians are more than welcome to Frum.
Frum is Canadian too!
Yes. You’re my hero.
I mean “no”.
But….I’m a hero!
Stop cheapening the word!!!
You are the wind beneath MikeS’ wings..,
Your Teds’ hero for proper use of an apostrophe.
my favorite, but I’m always afraid I’ll mispronounce it, which could have terrible consequences.
“Ray – yen – os”
I know that’s how it’s supposed to be pronounced. But barely ever speaking mexcan words I always fear it’ll come out sounding like I said rey anos.
“mexcan”
Well, you got that pronunciation right, anyway.
Isn’t it more mezkin
Ruh-jay-nos (mumbled as one syllable)
-Puerto Rican
Ray-shay-nos
/ Argentine
Ooh ooh
Ozona on Dyer near SMU puts little bits of shrimp in theirs . . . I did not know I needed that in my life.
Surgeon General’s warning: “near SMU”
*mouth starts watering*
Lotsa saliva-wothy stuff at Ozona, but I’ve plowed that ground enough for this year’s commenting.
“The Bidens’ names keep getting dragged into this impeachment thing.”
No kidding?
I submitted my argument for the great glib debates. Oozy might as well concede defeat, cause it’s perfect.
Hmmmmm…
*erases, starts scribbling*
Not the reaction I was hoping for.
The puss makes it difficult for him to read.
When I stopped suppurating, I was able to cobble something together, leon. Truth is, I like your side better, but there’s certainly something there for the “pro” side. I submitted it, so… *sticks out hand* Good Luck.
*pulls hand back quickly*
Ha! Too slow, sucker!
Yeah. I found my side more enjoyable to try to think of a reason to argue. It was a good exercise.
You’re my hero.
“To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some sort of weird sandwich, not some nut that takes on three tigers.”
“Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?”
Today in “what the hell is this doing in the Constitution?”:
This is how states are going to go bankrupt, folks. Mine probably one of the first.
Way too many things are added to state constitutions because the state pols think that will put an end to the shenanigans on any given topic. “We’d do something about it, but it is in the state Constitution!”
Thhbbbbbt.
shshshshshshshsh ?
And he oop.
Kill the turtles!
“Independent” study says
Examining millions of YouTube recommendations over the course of a year, two researchers have determined that the platform in fact combats political radicalization.
The researchers said that, as of late 2019, YouTube’s recommendation algorithm appears to be designed to benefit mainstream media and cable news content over independent YouTube creators. The study, which published on Tuesday, also says that YouTube’s algorithm favors left-leaning and politically neutral channels.
Independent data scientist Mark Ledwich and UC Berkeley postdoctoral researcher Anna Zaitsev conducted the study, which concluded that while radical content exists on the platform, the recommendation algorithm does not currently direct users to such videos.
“There is clearly plenty of content on YouTube that one might view as radicalizing or inflammatory. However, the responsibility of that content is with the content creator and the consumers themselves,” they said in the study. “Shifting the responsibility for radicalization from users and content creators to YouTube is not supported by our data.”
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Ledwich on Friday published an essay on Medium to explain the results of his research and criticize news coverage of YouTube’s recommendation algorithm.
“Contrary to the narrative promoted by the New York Times, the data suggests that YouTube’s recommendation algorithm actively discourages viewers from visiting content that one could categorize as radicalizing or otherwise questionable,” he said in the post.
Do people search for “white power” videos on youtube? I’d try it at the library, but I’m afraid sirens would go off.
I’m shocked they published that little tidbit.
“Independent data scientist Mark Ledwich ”
He doesn’t even have a government Grant. I don’t know if We can trust his numbers.
Define “radicalizing”.
“Right of Mao”
Here’s a little story about radicalizing and white power.
In about 1989, I used to go to a weekly AA dance at a Masonic Temple. One day, this chick showed up and was hanging out with a few of the more obnoxious people there. They offended her and she loudly proclaimed that she “knows a bunch of Crips” and she’s gonna send them to get revenge. This dance was full of young kids and was all sober or sober adjacent people. Anyway, the next week, a bunch of Crips show up and have a gang fight with the punks that offended the Crip girl. It was quite the blowout, with a gun drawn at one point. She had told the Crips that these guys were in the KKK, which they were not. All this happened around the teenaged daughters of my good friends.
So the punks that offended Crip girl decided to actually join the KKK. They somehow got some materials together and started having meetings at a local coffee shop. Pretty much all the sober people stopped talking to them. The Crips began coming to the same dance and clashing with them regularly. I kinda led the charge of denouncing them, I guess because I was less afraid of them. I would rail against their ideas and actions from podiums in meetings, without actually naming them. Everyone knew what I was talking about. The leader was a big scary Aryan looking dude, and he took special exception to me fronting him off. I ended up having physical fights with him about a half dozen times.
One day, I went to a donut shop on my way to work. I saw the leader dude ride by on his Harley. He flips a u-turn and rides up to the window of my Chevelle. I figured it’d be just another minor scuffle, so I rolled down the window. All of our other fights had been near a crowd of people. This was on a desolate street at 6 a.m. Anyway, as soon as the window is down far enough, he reached in and grabbed my long hair, trying to pull me out of the car. I started punching at him through the window with my left hand while reaching around for a weapon with my right. He then reaches into his jacket and pulls out a shiny silver semiauto. Before it even cleared his jacket, I dropped it in gear and peeled out, leaving him with a handful of my hair. The force of it knocked his bike over and flipped him on top of it.
I then stopped even going to that part of L.A. The dude got arrested for smuggling pot across the country and went to prison. The other guys in his KKK group all had massive legal problems too. At least one other went to prison and came out seemingly reformed. Sorry for the wall, it’s kinda hard to condense this story.
Yeesh, Blackjack, you got more lives than Dave Gahan!
OT: if you want to do yourself a favor and don’t already have one, invest the money in a quality mattress and an adjustable bed frame. We got one a couple weeks ago and I’ve never even come close to sleeping this well in my entire life. Not to mention how nice it is to just watch tv from on a lazy morning or before bed.
Just elevating the head portion a few degrees has eliminated all snoring. I sleep six hours and I feel like I’ve slept 10.
Yeah, that is high on my wish list. I’m sick of waking up in pain and I think the cheap-ass mattress I bought 11 or 12 years ago might have something to do with it.
I’m glad to have mine back, a year of Shitlord sleep, huh it autocorrected to Shitlord, I’ll leave it,
They’re great, till you have to move them, or try to get them through a small door,
I spent a year on an air mattress in Hawaii. Getting ready to dump my bed when I move to a smaller place this year and try it again for a while. Wasn’t too bad last time.
Might look into the adjustable frame. I got me some apnea/snoring. And a c-pap, but the idea of being tethered to a machine the rest of my life is not attractive.
My mom gave me the idea when I said we needed a new mattress. My dad has been a chronic snorer his whole life. I mean a really bad one. And he always slept like shit. This cured it in one night and he said he’s never felt this rested as long as he can remember.
I snore sometimes. I haven’t snored since we got it.
Sleep Number?
We looked at those but ultimately decided on a natural latex foam. Unreal what a difference it made. Even without an adjustable frame, I sleep better and my back pain disappeared.
We ended up getting a Tempurpedic Cloud. Our various little nagging problems with pinched nerves etc. from accidentally pressuring them due to sleep positions just disappeared. About twice to three times as expensive as a typical mattress, and worth every freakin’ penny.
+1. We always purchase high-end mattresses, but just purchased a Sleep Number. Holy crap – I’ve had the flu this week and the bed made all the difference.
Which brand(s)?
We bought a Curve. Lots of good brands. The key for us is a plush gel foam mattress. This one was the best deal, so we bought it. There’s some that we’re a bit more comfortable, but I wasn’t spending $4k on it when I have other things to buy.
Squeeeeeeee at the music! I adore that song.
Now I will read the links and comments.
Also, go Chiefs!
Real headlines from today’s NYT :
“Trump eroding role of science in government”
“As it detains parents, China weans children from Islam”
How can you erode something that’s not there? The last time science had any role in government was when Richard Feynman analyzed the Challenger disaster, and he wasn’t even a government employee (at the time) and everyone who was a government employee wanted him to shut up.
The ethnic/cultural cleansing the ChiComs are doing to the Uighurs is horrifying.
And not a peep from Our Betters. Who also seem to have dropped the whole Free Tibet thing. Funny, that.
I was somewhat surprised (although I doubt they did any good) that the American political class gave a shit about Hong Kong; the American press can’t seem to be bothered with what’s going on there, either.
Chicoms v Muslims must be a tough one for the establishment press.
Purity of Essence party
Buttigieg dismissed the criticism as a silly “purity test,” but Ocasio-Cortez, speaking at a rally with another Democratic primary candidate — her fellow socialist, Sen. Bernie Sanders — took a stand for shallow fanaticism.
“For anyone who accuses us for instituting purity tests,” she said, “it’s called having values. It’s called giving a damn. It’s called having standards for your conduct to not be funded by billionaires but to be funded by the people.”
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But “billionaires” are the bogeymen of the moment, not only for Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders but also for Sen. Warren, who hates plutocrats so much that at Harvard she occupied a chair endowed by Cleary Gottlieb, a law firm that helped big banks that did business with Bernie Madoff avoid compensating his victims.
Ocasio-Cortez’s complaint is inescapably dopey. There are right-wing billionaires such as Rebekah Mercer, left-wing billionaires such as George Soros, libertarian billionaires such as Charles Koch, soda-obsessed billionaires such as Michael Bloomberg — billionaires come in all political flavors.
Meanwhile, Warren and Joe Biden are rich, and Bernie Sanders has quite the portfolio of dachas. That tells us donkey squat about the value of what those politicians believe. In principle, a good political platform is a good political platform whether it comes from a candidate whose average donation is eleven bucks or eleven hundred bucks.
But Ocasio-Cortez’s beef here is not what Pete Buttigieg believes about taxes, national defense or health care. It is about the heroic self-conception of the Left, the self-appointed tribunes of the plebs — not that they ever asked the plebs, who don’t seem to care much one way or the other how Mayor Pete gets his green.
In fact, the plebs are not exactly a political monolith, either: Sen. Sanders raises his money mainly from small donations, but so does Donald Trump, who saw an average donation of $48 from 725,000 donors in his big summer fundraising push.
If anything, the electoral success of Donald Trump, who satisfies no sensible person’s notion of political purity, suggests that “the people” often take a more realistic approach to their politicians.
Gulag Barbie is not big on substantive analysis. Don’t confuse her with details.
She Guevara has always been about identifying whose shit she is going to confiscate before sending them to the camps.
“So…huh. Yeah I guess we do.” she didn’t say.
“left-wing billionaires such as George Soros,”
The author is a confirmed anti Semite. Anyone who mentions his name and is on the right hates Jews
He may be a fascist authoritarian, but he’s our fascist authoritarian
At the time, Northam was facing mounting pressure from other Democrats as well as media outlets, including by the Washington Post, to step down.
However, the Post appears to have now reversed course.
“The history of U.S. politics is full of second chances- of scandal-scarred, disgraced and irredeemable public figures staging improbable comebacks – but few back-from-the-dead narratives have been as swift and sure-footed as the one Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has managed this year,” the Washington Post editorial board began its piece on Friday evening.
The Post praised the embattled Democrat for “refocusing” his governorship “on racial equity and reconciliation in what amounted to an extended act of public contrition and atonement,” which it claimed was “astonishingly effective” on his political rehabilitation as well as his polling.
The editorial then praised Northam for visiting “racially significant” sites, “seeking out counsel from black leaders,” and various education and crime reform legislative efforts meant to lift the black community.
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Critics slammed the Washington Post for backtracking on Northam, many of them suggesting it’s because the governor has a “D” next to his name.
“Here is a perfect example of the huge advantage Democrats have with the media’s bias in their favor,” former Virginia GOP chairman John Whitbeck reacted.
“If we like your policies, we’ll cut you slack appears to be the rule. Should the press be rooting so hard for outcomes that it departs from a single standard?” Cato Institute senior fellow Walter Olson asked.
“Redemption can only be found in faithful devotion to the Democratic Party agenda. They make no distinction between virtue and partisanship,” National Review senior writer David Harsanyi wrote.
As long as he keeps fucking over gun owners, WaPo will love him.
The Elites are terrified of the unwashed masses having guns.
Please explain to me why pass interference is bad. Isn’t that the WHOLE POINT?
this is why I quit football, I mean Sarcastaball, it’s not real football anymore…
Hey, Yusef—How is Wendy?!
It’s blizzarding outside, so I’m trying to decide if I should start day drinking or not.
What does the blizzard have to do with it?
NoDaks do their day drinking outside, and have been known to end up nekkid.
Shrinkage!
Hey MikeS, I saw late that you enjoyed the Bill Withers concert video. His music is easy to love.
I think you will like my early New Years resolution that I started last week. I’m gonna learn a handful of songs on guitar (drum set is my instrument, I’ve played since 14). This is my first song. The best song on this band’s best album, I think you will recognize.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Oa5wvARSc
Haha! Yes, I do recognize that little ditty. Good luck with your guitar playing! ??
Thanks. Figured I’d take a chance while I still got the choice.
I’ll half agree; it’s their best album..probably. haha
But best song…that’s tough. I’d probably give a different answer if you asked me tomorrow, but today I think it’s this.
That whole album is great. I’m also very partial to Down Payment Blues. Classic lyrics there.
In thanks for the Bill Wither’s link a couple of days ago, I give you one of my favorites — Grandma’s Hands.
Cheers, I’d never seen that particular concert video before it came up in one of my searches a few days ago.
Very good. Thanks for sharing.
The stabber in question.
Damn white supremacists!