It’s Holy Football Sunday Chez SP/OMWC and there’s green New Mexico chiles in our near future. The temperatures are almost bearable. We slipped a few shots of vodka in Mom’s oatmeal, so things are relatively quiet. I’m getting ready for a long week of my new company’s annual sales meeting, complete with Team Building Exercises. Apparently, “Fuck you, let me do my job,” is not considered a valid answer to the “getting to know each other” questions. And I’ve fallen in love with Amazon’s new HD streaming music service.
All in all, not a bad start to the day. And birthdays to match, including a great American composer; the best straight-woman ever; a guy who finished his career getting Wood; John Roseboro’s favorite pitcher; the next president of the United Sates no matter who she has to fuck; and a Lucky guy who slipped in a puddle of pee pee and collected.
On to news.
Anyone who doesn’t worship evil will be happy that the Yankees are watching the World Series on TV.
I just love this line: “…the fiery Brooklyn native, backed by a slate of new endorsements and two new stents in an artery connected to his heart, appeared to be expanding his coalition on Saturday.”
Porn isn’t all fame, glamour, and flying jizz.
The upside of the large influx of Asians in our area is better food choices. The downside is this.
I’m always touched by stories of happy families.
Serves you right for going to a place called “Furman University.”
Old Guy Music is a live dinosaur tour version of a song that came up today in my Amazon stream. Fun indeed.
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“When asked by The Sun-Times why a field sobriety test was not given to the superintendent, Lightfoot declined to comment and said she didn’t want to “pre-judge” the internal investigation.”
Happens to everyone passed out at an intersection.
And mornin’.
‘Mornin’, Tres.
morning was hour ago
Hey, I was up pretty daggone late in the graveyard shift post comments – late enough to see when you showed up. I think it’s pretty remarkable I’m up & forming semi-coherent sentences already.
you should aim for at least 7 hours of sleep for a healthy life
I’m not sure I can stay asleep that long without chemical assistance.
ain’t no rest for the traitors i guess
slept 8 and a half myself but I drank to much yesterday so was not that restful of a sleep
Well, maybe not everyone but to a lot of VIP/LEOs.
The temperatures are almost bearable. – October is the best time of the year. 20 degrees and dry.
I assume that’s in commie units.
fallen in love with Amazon’s new HD streaming music service. – I knew it libertarians are in the pocked of Big Corporations
Anyone who doesn’t worship evil will be happy that the Yankees are watching the World Series on TV.
Yankees were robbed. That is the worst officiating ever.
That pass interference call in the 8th was the back breaker.
are you trying to pull a fast one one me?
Did not watch the game, but I can tell the sun is shining a little brighter this morning because the Yankees lost.
Going forward, I don’t care who takes the Series./bitter Cardinals fan
Yeah, hate to say it but the Cards put up the most anemic performance in a playoff series I may have ever seen. Very uncharacteristic.
Yup. Kept hoping for a 2011-style miracle, but no dice.
I just love this line: “…the fiery Brooklyn native, backed by a slate of new endorsements and two new stents in an artery connected to his heart, appeared to be expanding his coalition on Saturday.” – I remember reading a long article recently about how some doctors claim stents do more harm than good and are done way to often.
An endorsement of Bernie by AOC is the best news Trump has had this week
SIlence! He’s Fiery and from Brooklyn! You should be careful, violent statements like that could wind up getting you fired or kicked out of college.
So we should be grateful to his doctors?
A lil hungover.
Too many links.
Need coffee and bacon.
have a sunday morning beer. It helps with the hangover. Or it is placebo. For me it helps. I had a hazy ipa that was actually half decent this morning, as I have said in the late night thread, although no one congratulated me on the event
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If you had sausage, you wouldn’t complain about the links.
booooo
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See, ONWC night be doing the vegetarian thing. But he can still make with teh meat jokes.
If anything here ever deserved a narrowed gaze it was that joke. Swiss is slipping cuz that joke was the wurst.
The joke was bad, but I really don’t wanna see how it was made.
Way to grind out those puns.
We subsist on the scrapple of words otherwise wasted.
You know who else’s meat was a joke?
No, wait, I mean, you know who else was a vegetarian?
Word.
Everybody should go as niugui sheshen instead.
I’m glad I’m past that age. If I was in college and they imposed a rule like that, the first thing I would do would absolutely to throw a “Offensive Stereotype” theme party…. come dressed as an offensive stereotype… preferably of your own ethnic, racial or gender group, just to twist the knife a little. I’d definitely make sure to get any minority groups I could find involved as well.
Ahhh, Chicago!
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But I assume is about the chief o police, this made the Romanian news as well today.
“Seoul students scale wall outside U.S. ambassador’s residence to protest American troop presence in South Korea”
Easily solvable. Buh-bye
we need more of them in Romania anyway
Korean students? I guess a few could transfer there.
Romania needs to get in line behind me
*female
Bonus: It would give Bolton and his buddies coronaries.
You got it in one.
I thought it was use of deadly force in defense of your home. Damn.
Don’t think you should set policy by what idiot college students protest against. And that sword cuts a lot of ways.
Not saying we should still be there, but I would think that they would appreciate that they would be under the Norm regime of we hadn’t helped them.
I’m going to guess these “students” haven’t served their 2 years’ conscription yet.
That having been said, we fought the Norks 60+ years ago (not counting skirmishes over the years, such as the one about a tree). Our presence in South Korea is more about our interests than theirs.
I had a Korean roommate in college who was unhappy about the US presence there. Years later he said, “You know, I was glad they (the Americans) were there when Kim (not sure which one) said he would have Seoul bathing in blood.”
“Hey, great party! Can we help you clean up before we go? No problem. Thanks bunches!”
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what the fuck is a supercell I never attempted nothing.
It was probably the Russians.
I never understand why eyetalians put Primitivo even of the relatively cheap variety in very thick very heavy bottles. Is it supposed to make it look higher end?
That heavy bottle means an extra $5. Die cut labels with odd shapes or windows are another $3.
Free speech advocates are the worst.
you can’t say that! it is hate speech
“the best straight-woman ever”
I was expecting Gracie Allen or maybe Mary Livingston. Sunday nights were the best radio times, even for a kid
Ah, but in Burns & Allen, George was usually the straight-man.
Loved George Burns! Reminded me of my beloved maternal grandfather. Also – our dearly departed kitteh was named George (not after Burns,) so if we get a female kitteh (soon, I hope,) I want to name her Gracie.
Beat me to it. Likewise, Jack Benny was usually the straight man.
Dumont played that part to perfection, not an easy thing with the Marxes.
I was gonna say Ellen, but…
Good morning you beautiful gliberators!
For once, WaPo didn’t get all up in my grill & block my view of the linked article. Whatever you did, OMWC, thanks!
How do you attract a man?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9LQTS73rOP8
Looking hot is a good way and miss olivia certainly was in this movie
I remember going to that movie with some friends, and I think we all came out of the theater a little bit in love with Olivia.
The d’Abo sisters, that brings back some memories.
The same student policy handbook that has the “Act of Intolerance” policy also guarantees the freedom of expression.
“Students are guaranteed freedom of inquiry and expression,” the handbook reads.
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“Halloween has also become known for more dangerous and damaging traditions like binge drinking, sexualized or culturally inappropriate costumes, and vandalism,” the administrator and student body president wrote to students. “We urge our community to be aware of the potentially harmful impact insensitive behavior can have on fellow students, other members of the Gonzaga community, and our Logan neighbors.”
During an event, a University of Utah administrator even called cultural appropriation “the baby of racism and capitalism,” as reported by Campus Reform.
Eating egg rolls and won ton soup is baby genocide.
You leave my tacos (mild hot sauce) alone !
The Puritans also hated Halloween celebrations.
It’a the same people in a new century.
If given the opportunity, these little totalitarians would absolutely put people in reeducation camps for their own good.
What do you think they are trying to turn universities into?
At the University of Utah, this is going to be a almost purely adminstrative thing as most the students don’t give a damn. The general attitude when I was there was of older than average college students just trying to get their degree.
They will be made to care.
culturally inappropriate costumes
So we’ve moved from them being merely appropriative to inappropriate. The ratchet tightened.
I can’t decide if this is a good or bad change in language. “Inappropriate” suggests a violation of social standards, which while ridiculous, is just a sign of the times. “Appropriative” suggests theft and an act of aggression.
Of course, the cynic in me thinks that they’re trying to conflate the two terms so that “inappropriate” becomes synonymous with “appropriative”.
I’m not giving them that much. I suspect the author isn’t clear on the difference between the two terms.
^^^^ this. She is using them because she thinks it’s the same.
I loved the DoD memo I once saw that warned against duplicitive acquisition efforts. [You would think the spell check warning would’ve helped.]
,No, no, baby genocide is okay. This is worse, much worse. Appropriation!
Here, in L.A. we had the cops kill a guy for using a toy gun with his costume. In the Hollywood Hills, on Halloween night! Apparently the cop was pissed at the appropriation of his culture!
Isn’t Chandler near Sun City? That could explain the traffic problem. Maybe that was the usual turn off for those that missed the first Sun City exit.
They’re just not used to traffic. Our city locks up tight, pretty much all day long and it’s rare to see someone drive in through the out door.
I had a beer from a romanian craft brewery that said American Amber Ale on the label. It was mediocre so my conclusion is American beer is not very good.
Lies.
You first clue that beer was no good was seeing the word “amber”.
My first clue was seeing the word “beer”. YMMV.
*opens fridge, looks at a six-pack of Fat Tire Amber Ale*
This does not compute.
I’ve had too many friends threaten me because I openly stated I don’t like Fat Tire. Seriously, I have no idea why everyone likes that stuff. It’s been a couple of years since I last tried it, maybe i’ll give it another go.
I like porters and dark ales much more than IPA’s and lagers, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
I despise IPA. Lagers are mostly miss for me but I’ve had a few I like. Darks, Blondes and Heffs are my thing. Cold Mexican beer with a lime definitely has it’s place in my heart.
“ Cold Mexican beer” is likely to be a lager or an amber.
If you are drinking Dos Equix with a lime, you are dead to me.
If you are drinking Corona with a lime, you’ve made a mockery of yourself.
Maybe the first clue was “Romanian Craft Brewery”?
I’m sitting here pondering if there are any good mass produced American beers out there. “Blue Moon” comes to mind. I’m in Texas, we seem to have “Revolver” Blood and Honey everywhere and that’s pretty solid. The “Alaskan” line of beers is really good. Shiner can be hit and miss, the regular shiner I think is just OK. I really like “Ziegenbock” but again I don’t know how mass produced it is.
Pie, what do you have access to that is considered “American beer?”
Texas Pride? Buckhorn?
I’m sorry, I was born after the 1930’s.
My dad used to drink Buckhorn in the 24 bottle returnables. We’d use the empty cases to sit on as kids.
Before “Blue Moon” was “Blue Moon”
I mean various stuff.
Mass produced Sam Adams or something like that. Not mass produces whatever I find at the craft beer store.
I have had Anchor, Anderson Valley, 3 floyds I think, evil twin if I remember correctly, maybe a Languinitas at a beer bar
there was always some hing called Alaskan Smoked Porter but it was too pricey for me beer wise
The Alaskan Smoked Porter is a world class example of the style. It’s the beer that really brought the brewery to the attention of the online beer geek community.
I’ve lived in Wisconsin, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska & Texas… I have never heard of a single one of those beers. Anchor sounds vaguely familiar but I’m looking at the label and it’s not ringing any bells. I don’t exactly live under a rock either. What is wrong with the world that the US can’t export some decent beer?
“that the US can’t export some decent beer”
Keep the good stuff for ourselves?
Yup, not seeing the problem. Rest of the world can have as much Bud light as they can drink.
You’ll see more Fosters consumed in America than in Australia.
Anchor is from San Francisco, one of the first American craft breweries (recently sold to Sapporo) most famous for the Anchor Steam Beer (commercial benchmark for the California Common style). Anderson Valley is pretty widely distributed (and also from CA). Three Floyds is a very good brewery out of Indiana, most well known for Zombie Dust and Dark Lord (which is only released once a year at a special event at the brewery). Evil Twin brewery is a nomadic brewery (they brew at various other breweries around the world although they opened a location this year) started by the brother of the man behind Mikkeller brewing.
Lagunitas is another CA brewery with a location in Chicago that sold out to Heineken a couple years back and owns Short’s brewing in Michigan. The owner of Lagunitas was a real asshole online to any other brewery that sold out, but defended his selling out as “completely different”.
Zombie Dust is what I had
we have a Mikkeller bar in Bucharest but is is really expensive like 3 dollars for 125 ml
or is it 250 ml? I am unsure
Anderson Valley is a sparsely populated region in western Mendocino County in Northern California. – this is from California
I lived in Southern California. That was also ten years ago. I’m still really surprised that I don’t recognize any of the brands you mentioned.
Also… I thought Romania was a bit bigger.
California is 163,696 square miles.
Romania is 92,043.28 square miles.
stop size shaming
Nothing wrong with being a little small.
haven’t been in a while, drank mostly local crafts this summer, but right now on their site they have Alesmith Brewery, central waters, evil twin, oskar blues and mantra artisan ales
Alesmith makes good beer.
Depending on what you consider mass produced, you could include Founder’s, Ommegang, Boulevard, Sam Adams, Stone, New Belgium, Oskar Blues, Dogfish Head, or Sierra Nevada. I believe all of those are distributed in all 50 states (and not owned by AB-Inbev or MillerCoors).
I also had something from Sierra Nevada, rings a bell
New Belgium and Sam Adams are damn fine beer makers.
Boulevard’s Smokestack Series is glorious, particularly The Sixth Glass.
Boulevard and Ommegang are both owned by Duvel (which is why they were able to expand their distribution). Duvel also acquired Firestone Walker a couple years back, and we still can’t get their beers here in Ohio. Stupid other Ohioans drinking to much for good breweries to want to expand here.
/looks sideways at Russian River who distributes to fscking Pennsylvania.
Ziegenbock is made by Anheuser Busch at the Houston brewery. It is only distributed within TX. It was AB’s answer to Shiner. It’s a pretty solid beer coming from AB.
Nephilium is going to find those fighting words.
No need to fight, Pie can believe that, and leave the good beer to me.
Fuckin beer snobs, as long as it makes me tell lies after about the 6th one, I’m good.
That was a bummer. At least the cherry blossoms held with the boks for a half.
Better than the Eagles’ RWC experience.
At least Wales got to the final four.
Did you expect much from the 17th ranked country? The Eagle are in that group where scoring a try means it was a successful tourney.
Yeah, but this year they straight up qualified, no side door entry. Hoped for a little better showing.
I’m always touched by stories of happy families.
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
The Mansons were happy.
I’m just gonna X that joke out of my world. These are YOUR jokes, you conceived them. You raised them . They just doing what YOU taught them to do.
you plagiarized that
Eliminationist rhetoric.
““They are doing everything they can to throw everything they can come up with, to get people to think differently about Bernie,” Moore told the massive crowd. “So what do they say? Bernie’s too old.”
“Yeah. Well, here’s what’s too old,” he continued. “The electoral college is too old. That’s what’s too old. A $7.25 minimum wage, that’s too old. Women not being paid the same as men, that’s too old. Thousands and thousands of dollars of student debt. What is that? Too old.”
Moore went on to say Sanders’ age and experience are benefits.
“It’s actually a gift that we have a 78-year-old American running for president of the United States,” the left-leaning director stated. “Bernie has seen the things many of us have never seen — a pay raise! How about that?”
After the crowd erupted in laughter, Moore added, “A 78-year-old knows what a pension is. Remember that? Look it up. A 78-year-old knows what it looks like to defeat fascism and white supremacy.”
Moore then told attendees it’s time to dump President Trump.
“We need to not only crush Trump at the polls, afterwards, we aim to fix this rotten, corrupt, economic system that gave us Donald Trump,” he said.
Yeah. Bernie will save us from moral bankruptcy and ruin. End kkkapitalism now!
ehm you don’t have to put the whole text as a link you know
Saved us from clicking over.
Moore would be about 200 pounds lighter under communism.
“Bernie has seen things many of us will never see”
Like the Soviet Union in spring.
[golf clap]
The electoral college may be old, but it’s seen things that many of us will never see.
Meh, an electoral degree is overrated.
Since Sanders’ health incident I’ve seen a lot of push for a Sanders/Warren ticket. Obviously a fail-safe strategy for socialists. Trying to decide where this falls on the LULZ/Danger chart.
Four more years of Trump?
Bernie never got a pay raise that he didn’t vote to give himself.
He’s also seen the collapse of all his idiotic ideas put into action. Proof that age doesn’t always equal wisdom.
Nothing will end corruption like a large bureaucracy.
Oh, goddammit.
If you refuse to do threading, we need more information
See loooooooong link upthread.
The Edit Fairy wanted to fix it, but ended up elsewhere in the thread.
“Europol says women ‘equally capable of crime’ as men as it reveals most-wanted list”
Sure, but they still only make 75 cents to the dollar a man makes on a job. #EqualityNow
Where do you think we get our black market sammichs?
They’ll only do 75% of the time.
Letters to the Local Rag: We Need A Minister of Bike Lanes
That’s handled by the Minister of Silly Walks.
some signs in the bike path that say, “It ends,”
Well, all things do come to an end, ‘‘tis true.
This doesn’t. (Refrained from linking the ten-hour version. You’re welcome.)
Not a Möbius strip.
And then the lord said unto me, he said, “Billy Bob, I want you to build a great and glorious bike lane. I will bless it with my glory!” And so it was…and so it will be!
Letters to the Local Rag: The Enemy of My Ally Is My Ally
For people that freak out every time the Orange man speaks, they sure seem to want to hear more of him speak.
We need the most transparent administration ever back.
Ha!
I love all the ‘kurds are our allies’ schtick: NPCs
Remember that these are the same people that are horrified that Trump wants to leave NATO, because it harms our allies. Like Turkey.
It really is helpful to be able to hold two conflicting ideas in one’s head at once. I can do it now, thanks to the latest self-help book 1984!
The enemy of my alley is all the damn cats.
“Officers did not observe any signs of impairment, and the Superintendent drove himself home,” the police department said. Johnson was not administered a sobriety test.”
Something something’s when we do it.
We obviously need breathalyzers in every police car.
He was just testing the Response Team. Training exercise.
“This is a test, turn off your testing equipment and judgement”
“”Sallie Mae flies more than 100 employees to Hawaii to celebrate $5 billion in sales while student debt crisis tops $1.6 trillion””
Why does this get called a crisis? These loans didn’t fall down from heaven and hit the kids on the head.
Mine was waiting inside my apartment and jumped me as I was hanging my jacket up in the closet.
Your loan was named CATO?
Women Do Not Have Periods In Glorious Socialist Societies
” “In my dream world, everyone is just as comfortable as I am (on a stage) talking openly about heavy flows and the products we need to deal with them.””
Your dream world is kinda weird.
As long as I get to talk about my bleeding hemorrhoids and anal fissures in mixed company, it’s all okay.
LOL, I can identify with that. No laughing matter
Would that make a Bloody Misogynist?
“Hey ladies… you wouldn’t believe how much I came last night, been saving up… ”
I mean, sure, that is also totally normal bodily function, but just like your latest bowel movement or booger you shot out your nose, no one wants to hear about it.
Dude. Everything a woman does is beautiful and worth shouting from the rooftops.
In my real world, crazy bitches pour their menstrual blood down on lawmakers as they are in session.
I seem to recall Trump being reviled by I am sure these very same people when he talked openly about a certain news reader’s hewvyflows.
Was there blood coming out of her wherever?
What? Like a logging accident?
Tank gunner. (see links from yesterday)
Speech is too dangerous to be left lying around where anybody can get their hands on it
Often notoriously staid and monotone, in this instance, Zuckerberg was lucid, forceful, and even inspiring. He invoked free speech as a kind of bedrock of democratic societies, and a basic necessity for challenging power and ensuring freedom. It was heady, powerful stuff. But as he went on to defend the company’s controversial decision to allow politicians to run ads full of lies for fear of “potentially cracking down too much,” it became ever more clear Zuckerberg adheres to an ideal of free speech that is stuck in the past.
The point that Zuckerberg returned to over and over again is that he believes more speech is better, and that erring on the side of more expression is always preferable. Essentially, Zuckerberg argued that progress comes from empowering individuals to express themselves, which in turn collectively allows societies to work out their problems in public and with all the facts in front of them.
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Zuckerberg also talked about societies working out their problems by maximizing speech. While that is of course a basic, fundamental ideal, it also has the unintended consequence of giving different perspectives equal weight and therefore promoting and legitimizing each side. For example, people who wish to deny certain groups rights or who want to make bigoted arguments are given equal footing with people who shouldn’t have to defend their right to simply exist. To ignore this reality and focus only on the happy dream of spirited debate glosses over how the internet facilitates communities rooted in awful ideas, like white supremacy or other hate speech.
Letting people say any damn thing they want? That way madness lies.
Those are fighting words.
Yeah these people can fuck off. They know coming out against free speech is wrong, but they need to silence anyone who disagrees. So they try to twist it to say they support free speech, but people can’t just lie.
Plus this is political speech. They really want to censor rivals bad.
That’s all this is about.
Yup the idea that political speech could objectively be rated is laughable so talking about “lies” is only there to obfuscate the issue.
For example, “Trump is a racist” is a statement filling many political ads. But there are many ways to show that that is false. So should all those ads be banned?
Everyone is racist, so its true. See: easy when ‘reality’ has a liberal bias.
Anything liberals say is true and anything conservatives say is false, just check Snopes, who is the dispassionate, unbiased observer of our reality.
Look, modern speech shouldn’t be as free as it once was in olden times. Back then you didn’t have your military-grade assault words that could be spoken by just anyone. Nowadays people can shoot hundreds of insults a minute, indiscriminately! Is that the kind of society we want our children living in? I say thee nay, good sir!
Yeah! Words were much more civil and kind back in the olden days, when men were men and occasionally they were beaten to death while attending congress.
It was only forward looking like a hundred years ago. /derpa-derpa!!!
“He invoked free speech as a kind of bedrock of democratic societies, and a basic necessity for challenging power and ensuring freedom”
Is he wrong?
“” it became ever more clear Zuckerberg adheres to an ideal of free speech that is stuck in the past.”
Yes, what we need is nu-free speach. Call it new-speak.
If Zuckerberg want’ed to troll Warren he could say he has changed his mind and will now start to censor political ads that tell lies on Facebook … and then censor every one of Warren’s adds.
The sputtering from Warren and her supporters would be hilarious.
“two new stents in an artery connected to his heart”
Pretty sure every artery is connected to the heart.
The uncertainty lied in whether or not Bernie had a heart or was just a dying Soviet animatronic device.
Next you’ll be saying the leg bone is connected to the hip bone.
SMDH.
7 people died this year in Romania from West Nile virus. I blame climate change.
Plus proximity
Should be no surprise, seeing as it’s transmitted by bloodsuckers.
*golf clap*
SOON
That’s great news! Didn’t he quit cartooning to go play jazz guitar? Or am I thinking of some other prematurely-retired cartoonist?
Enjoyed the Old Guy music this am.
The Guess Who never got the love they deserved. Cool to see Bachman and Cummings back on stage together. I blame the Mormons for the original breakup.
What did [[[they]]] do?
They told him he could have no sugar tonight AND no coffee!
“He makes me laugh.”
LOL
Randy Bachman is or was a Mormon.
And then there’s this:
This is all emblematic of a man who is employing pre-web thinking in a post-web world. Facebook — and other sharing platforms — have indisputably made it easier to share one’s views with the world. But the original idea of free speech didn’t account for the dynamics of virality and algorithms. Platforms like Facebook are designed to favor and amplify certain kinds of speech — the reassuring, the inflammatory, the controversial — even if the claims being made and the views being shared aren’t true. For example, an over-the-top rant about climate change being a hoax is bound to get more attention than a nuanced take on the scientific realities of our climate dilemma.
It’s different, this time. We have “virality” to contend with.
“For example, an over-the-top rant about climate change being a hoax is bound to get more attention than a nuanced take on the scientific realities of our climate dilemma.”
Yes, of course. Unhinged raving about impending doom and mass extinction is just is what I consider nuanced.
The Catholic Church felt the same way about the printing press.
And look how that turned out.
“than a nuanced take on the scientific realities of our climate dilemma”
I only ever see over the top rants about the end of the world, and anyone being nuanced is called a denier.
“But the original idea of free speech didn’t account for the dynamics of virality and algorithms.”
Technological advance is always a go to for people who want to limit rights. “Sure it’s ok, but no one ever thought you could speak like this!!!!”.I hope this comes across as grasping at straws to everyone who reads it
I hope this comes across as grasping at straws to everyone who reads it
It won’t.
pre-web thinking in a post-web world
The world was “post-web” in 1995. This is just argle-bargle wrapped up in a nebulous “things have changed” shroud. To the extent things have changed, Facebook is part of that change (for good or ill). All of these ideas are very old, not new. They want to create a Hayes Code and Fairness Doctrine for the Internet. Why? Because people are intemperate? The Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory was formulated before Facebook even existed. The only thing we’ve learned since then is that anonymity was either not an essential element or else wasn’t just about donning a random pseudonym. See all the people commenting heinous shit under their real names, made even more absurd by asinine ideas like Twitter’s blue checkmarks.
De gustibus and all that, no one is fit to arbitrate “truth” and “civility” for everyone.
The nuanced take would be that the ultra-statist schemes like the Green New Deal will bankrupt people without having much effect on the climate.
I dunno, the aftermath of its failure could be quite destructive.
post-web???
Did net neutrality prevail?
Goddammit, first I had to vote for Ted Cruz, now these assholes are going to make me defend Facebook. Fuck this noise.
Better libertarian singing comedian Remy or Dominic Frisby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpHiDsnqOSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3CjvyP4ed4&t
Between these two, I give it to Frisby ‘cuz, y’know, at least some actual SINGING. (Not a fan of teh rapz.)
That was one of Remy’s below average offerings, especially because he’s used that same format before… I liked this from him much better: https://youtu.be/enTEvon9pbw
Never heard of Frisby before, where would you say that song stands for him?
I only heard about him recently so can’t tell. I did not search for either for best hits but something recent.
Frisby’s new to me, too, but based on Pie’s linked example, I may start following him – as long as I don’t have to formally “join” YT.
That Remy vid IS good. Thanks!
Ha!
But does he spell it with the “e”??
Also, that must be one hell of a subwoofer the way it’s making the camera vibrate.
Speaking of global warming, it snowed last night. Not a lot, but the ground is white.
don’t live at the north pole?
Sounds vaguely racist.
So depending on where your at you had an early snow, or snowmaggedon.
Jealous. We have a nice, steady rain here. Perfect for spending the day inside cooking.
Which of you Glibs was in a diner in Lyndhurst this morning? Overheard conversation ranging on topics from nutrition to the origins of teflon.
What about the nutritional value of Teflon?
I don’t think that came up.
Pretty sure it isn’t good for you.
Had to slip that one in.
Assuming you aren’t talking about Lyndhurst, OH. But it does make me wonder if the D is pronounced in the city name.
NJ
Did the wedding reception improve at all as the night wore on? Any entertaining shitshows?
Nothing unusual. Everyone was very nice. Food was good.
I’m just uncomfortable in those social situations. I don’t dance, and I only knew 3 people there, including the groom.
Cancel Culture Doesn’t Exist
“contributing millions of dollars to anti-LGBTQ groups.”
So the Salvation Army is anti-LGBTQ?
Anyone who pays tithes to a denominating that doesn’t accept LGBTQ…
Anyone who pays tithes to a denominating that doesn’t
acceptfervently endorse and celebrate LGBTQ…FIFY
Brits don’t deserve delicious chicken.
“GET THE CHICK OUT Say NO to bigotry and hatred on your High Street”
Oh but when Tony Robinson says the same thing about Muslims, he’s the bigot.
Way too much flavor for Brits.
*golf clap*
::bows head in acknowledgment::
They’re doing great here. Cars lined up out of the parking lot every night. Guess we have a lot of bigots around here.
I’ve yet to see one where business is slow. The one I used to hit on my commute was only quickly accessable before 7AM or after 9PM
Take a look on Sunday. Never a car there. Completely empty.
That’s the day they shut down and all the employees take to the streets for gay bashing I’m told
Has the company itself done any such thing? Most of the hullabaloo is about the actions of the Cathy family.
Man, if England got some decent food, I’d consider visiting again, except I’d be the first American arrested for insensitive speech.
Have some righteous indignation on toast
Adolf Hitler and his right-hand man, Hermann Göring, visit a radio tower in Berlin. Hitler says he wants to do something that will make the citizens happy. Göring goes, “Why don’t you jump?”
When that joke was told by a German armaments factory worker to her colleague in 1943, it resulted in her execution at the hands of the Nazi People’s Court.
——-
Blah blah blah
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We return, then, to the question of what purpose Nazi comedy serves here. Billed as an “anti-hate satire,” Jojo Rabbit was clearly conceived for the modern moment, aiming to knock supremacists down a notch or two by showing how ridiculous they are. But some Nazis, the film also suggests, are very fine people, deep down. Captain K, the Hitler Youth leader, rescues Jojo first from the clutches of the Gestapo and then from an American execution squad, demonstrating his courage and wading uncomfortably close to the suggestion of Not All Nazis. Meanwhile Jojo’s anti-Semitism evaporates when he befriends Elsa; in truth, many Germans had Jewish friends and neighbors, and still became Nazis.
There is one joke in Jojo Rabbit that really works, though. As the Allies near certain victory toward the end of the film, Jojo’s friend Yorki announces, “It’s definitely not a good time to be a Nazi!” As written, the line was likely intended to be ironic; the audience knows Germany will lose the war, and that the Nuremberg Trials lie ahead. But Yorki’s joke also operates as a rare moment of true satire, a knife-twist in the gut of anyone who has observed the way white nationalism and anti-Semitism have yet to be weeded out of our society almost 75 years later.
Shamefully, now is not a bad time to be a Nazi. But rather than explore the set up, Jojo Rabbit rushes ahead, once again, to the punchline.
This is why “free” speech is so dangerous. Somebody might not take your phobias seriously enough. When there is a literal Hitler in the White House, unserious humor is impermissible.
Your enemies must never be humanized, it does nothing but cause problems on the day you line them up against the wall.
“Shamefully, now is not a bad time to be a Nazi”
On that we agree. If the Democratic debates showed me anything, it’s that national socialism is all the rage.
“Meanwhile Jojo’s anti-Semitism evaporates when he befriends Elsa; in truth, many Germans had Jewish friends and neighbors, and still became Nazis.”
No Nazi was human.
Yeah, it’s a pretty straight forward line of logic.
Nazi’s were inhuman, everyone to the right of John McCain is a Nazi, ipso facto right-wingers are inhuman.
And many communists had bourgeois friends….
Like Karl Marx and his friend Engles.
It would be more surprising if Marx and Engels had any friends who weren’t bourgeois.
“Captain K, the Hitler Youth leader, ”
I can only imagine the number of young captains in the Army and Marines whose names begin with the letter “K” who will be hearing no end to this association.
KMFDM hardest hit.
so I have strange habbit at looking at procy real estate in various parts of the world for no reason. I looked at Utrech where one of my best friends lives and found this which look quite nice to me
https://www.funda.nl/en/koop/utrecht/huis-40879049-eschersingel-3-a/
In what % of the US could you find something equally nice for 1.5 million US or under?
Imma gonna guess and say a decent enough %.
Depends which quality of it makes it nice.
Certainly home and lot size you can outdo that for 1.5 million pretty easy in probably 90% of the geographic area of the US.
It’s hard to answer on percentage, but you can pick up a house that size or larger for less than half the price in many places, for example Cleveland suburbs like Shaker Heights.
Can confirm. Per Zillow houses between $1 – $2 million in the Cleveland area. And Bratenahl is a beautiful area.
99%… No joke, Also, much MUCH nicer.
Yeh. That was my take. We look at U.S. real estate a lot and boy there are some beauts at great prices.
That’s a nice home Pie linked to but I’ve seen legit ‘wows’ in the USA – and even here.
On that lake, dock, pool , large house, good school district, near me:
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/7909-Summit-Cv_Fort-Worth_TX_76179_M75763-59994?view=qv
Where the dirt is, is very important. You won’t find that deal in a major metro area near a coast, for sure. The house next door to me, a 4 bed/3 bath with almost no lot, sold for 1.1 mil. last year. My house is estimated at 830k and it’s on the lower end of my block, maybe third least nice out of a dozen.
^This. Years ago, I knew a couple who sold a very modest CA house when the wife took a faculty position at Ball State U. They bought a mansion in Muncie, IN.
Muncie, IN always reminds me of The Hudsucker Proxy
Just watched that with, you know, the kids two nights ago.
Really an underrated movie.
There’s this in Tucson for $900K
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/az/tucson/7910-n-porto-fino-circle/pid_29561942/
The taxes Q.Q
I almost pay that on a house that costs ~1/5 of that.
Altuve was clutch. Great defensive work in the game by Houston. Alvarez not so much. Yeesh. He worked the count nicely but couldn’t lay off the low and away pitches.
The Yankees swing for the fences and live and die by that sword.
Amash is on Meet the Press.
We shouldn’t be in Syria, but Trump is doing it wrong. Because trump.
Amash has sure turned out to be a disappointment.
Eh, as long as he still votes the right way*, I don’t care that be bashes Trump too much.
*Not sure whether he does or not, I’ve heard both ways on this
His voting record is pretty solid but I’m guessing that would change if he was in the position of a John McCain. He’s demonstrated he’s willing to but principals over principles.
He voted present on the resolution chastising Trump over Syria, which tells me he’s not willing to stand against something if it looks like he is supporting Trump.
SHUT THE FUCK UP, LIBTARD!
As with Judge Nap, there is a market for TDS I guess
He won’t be around past the next election. Pretty sure the good folks of MI won’t be represented by someone without the proper credential… (D) or (R) following their name.
My theory is he’s setting himself up to be the next Gary Johnson.
His TDS is bizarre. I’m of the opinion that even if you dislike a person, being pleasant is a better way to get shit done.
Rand Paul > Justin Amash
Still respect his votes though. He’s still one of the best Congresspeople in that regard.
Him signing on with the Deep State coup is unforgivable. Fuck. Him.
It’s desperation to keep his seat.
So much for being principled, then.
If you don’t give Trump credit for doing the right thing he’ll never do the right thing. Fuck Amash.
Three years in, and so many people still don’t realize the man runs on spite.
Police to predict hate crimes through Twitter for the first time
https://twitter.com/zyntrax/status/1185699749636247554
Please. The purpose of the system is to find the people who say badthink online so they can be arrested for it. Preventing some later, “real-life” incident is at best a fringe benefit.
(I put “real-life” in quotes because the distinction between reality and the Internet is increasingly irrelevant in UK law)
Predicting crimes against the underrepresented? Like a minority report?
Can I get a narrowed gaze over here?
C’mon you know which minorities will be reported on.
How much you wanna bet Imams spewing crazy bat shit violent rhetoric will get a pass?
But the lowly pint drinking Brexit voter – watch out!. UK police are coming for you.
Big pimpin’ in D-C.
https://www.redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2019/10/18/ca-rep.-katie-hill-allegedly-involved-female-staffer-2-yr-throuple-relationship
How about we censor the term, “debunked conspiracy theory” when the subject matter has not been debunked but rather the person claiming debunking just does not want to recognize any truth in said conspiracy theory. Or we could just say NPR lies.
“NPR lies”
Seems more efficient.
“NPR reported” works for me.
The standards of “debunking” are ridiculously low when it comes to one of their hobby horses or preferred politicians. They call something “debunked” because somebody somewhere said it wasn’t so. As though nobody is capable of lying unless they’re your enemy.
Unless they give specifics as to how it was debunked I just assume they’re lying.
Their specifics consist of “Snopes/Politifact/some MSM outlet’s ‘fact checkers’ said it was debunked”
Should add a fourth option, “some rando’s blog”
They don’t even do that. A reporter claims something is debunked with no background and then others report said thing debunked or even “reported as debunked”. It is really quite amazing circular reporting.
Fine I’ll do it.
Would, wouldn’t, wouldn’t, would, wouldn’t, wouldn’t.
Claim: An exceptional dump is better than below-average sex.
Debate.
It’d have to be pretty bad sex, like if you didn’t even cum.
Sure, though if it’s the kind of orgasm in which she’s notably bored and clearly just wants you to finish up, I’d say that’s pretty unsatisfying.
Also, keep in mind I’m talking truly exceptional dump; like you’ve been blocked for 5+ days and finally the floodgates open. You lose about two pant sizes in the aftermath.
Allow me to answer in video form: https://youtu.be/lQlIhraqL7o?t=114
I haven’t ever really had this problem… >.>;
“I haven’t ever really had this problem”
Consider yourself very lucky.
I call those poops Coltharsis. It’s a feeling of wellbeing and wholeness after taking a dump.
‘Way back in college, an acquaintance said these wise words: “Sex is like pizza. When it’s good, it’s great, and even when it’s not that great, it’s still pretty good.”
Generally speaking, any sex you pay for tends to be below average – but still it sells.
I don’t know anybody who pays for an exceptional dump.
– 1 proctologist.
The dump itself is less enjoyable but you feel good afterward. Bad sex is the inverse.
Background: A particular incident I’m thinking of was when I was in Argentina for two months during grad school. For some reason, I got blocked up and stayed that way for 8 days. In extreme discomfort, I finally asked for a day off, slammed some laxatives and settled in to watch House MD in my hotel room. When everything was finally unleashed, it was a three-flush affair and about as close to orgasmic as I’ve ever gotten with out penile involvement. I was so elated I went out and got drunk to celebrate.
It would be about 15th percentile on all the sex I’ve ever had.
I ate too much cheese a few years ago and was blocked up for damn near a week. The dump I took that resolved that was better than above-average sex, way above to be honest.
Women do not shit, pee, fart, barf, or sweat.
That’s ok. Men do enough of all those things for both of us.
That must be a very uncomfortable existence.
Upthread you said something about cheese stopping you up. I ate a lot of cheese when I was faithfully low-carbing and losing weight. My boss said, “You must be constipated all the time.”
Um … no. Actually not and it was the first time I’d ever heard of cheese doing that to a person. I guess I just ate enough fat to counteract it.
Getting pleasure from your ass is gay.
Slutty Sunday might bring you back from the brink.
https://tinyurl.com/yxdcksxs
Apologies for the link, archive.is is f-ed up.
….and a Lucky guy who slipped in a puddle of pee pee and collected.
Odd that TP’s Wiki page has no mention of his playing time with one the greatest power pop bands ever, the Dwight Twilley Band. No mistaking him in this clip…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1wSEhjFWaE
Mayor Butthole is getting better and better at spouting nebulous bullshit.
“We’ll do this. We’ll do that.”
How? Don’t worry, we’ll find a way. Trust me.
Andrew Yang had some derp along those lines recently, too. We’ll have to institute a VAT so the American people can spend the money wisely. Well, who pays a fucking VAT you idiot?
If my PS90 were a woman, I would propose to it. We’re way past fling here, I want to settle down.
That’s more respectable than the men I know who want to marry their PS4.
Mornin’, Glibbies. I may or may not be in a better mood than I was last night and/or less nonsensical because I am not so depressed about merely sucky life-type things. I need to not think about those things in the middle of the night.
Eggs Benedict for breakfast. nom nom nom And I am on an orange juice kick.
I have to edit a not-very-good noir thriller. There is nothing I can do to this fucker to make it better except rewrite it and noir is not my jam. I’ve been putting it off because I’ve already edited it once and now I’m getting pressured to deliver. *looks at page 1* Oh boy.
Too bad you don’t drink, you could join me in mimosa-hair-o-the-dog fun time.
Query: have you ever had alcohol or are you a gold star LDS?
My alcohol consumption consists of the following:
1/2 shot-glass-size cup of red at a winery when I was a teenager, courtesy my dad, who thought if I tasted how horrible it was, I’d hate it for ever. Narrator: But really used the wine tasting to have an excuse to have some wine, which he apparently liked.
1 sip of European root beer courtesy my Belgian relatives who noted, on their trip to the U.S., that I like root beer. I nearly puked. Dad drank it all surreptitiously. “Near beer,” he said.
A teeny bit of Jack Daniels in a very large Coke as. senior in high school. I hate Coke and I could taste the whiskey. Nah, bruh.
A few sips of a wine cooler, also as a senior in high school. Gross.
Me to a friend who drank a lot of beer: “I can’t stand the smell of beer.” Friend: “Smells and tastes like horse piss.” Me: ” Then why drink it?” I don’t remember his answer. What I DO remember was that not long after that he was killed in a hunting accident. A senior in high school.
Even if I weren’t LDS, I wouldn’t be able stomach the stuff. I’m a supertaster and have a lot of things I won’t eat or drink because it makes me gag.
Your best bet out of all of those was the red wine, but your dad was shrewd; red wine isn’t really something most teenagers would appreciate.
In actuality, you’re lucky. Really. In spite of the Glib obsession with booze, not liking it is probably a net positive.
I also have an aversion to mind-altering drugs. The dentist has to turn the laughing gas up to 11 because I fight it—successfully.
Morphine, oxy, Demerol, do nothing for my pain. Dilaudid makes me puke. Toradal works okay. Fentanyl is a miracle. I can no longer take ibuprofe and aspirin. I’m down to Tylenol.
My girl bestie in high school had a huge glass jug she collected coins in. It was an old whiskey bottle. She uncorked it and waved it under my nose. OMG that was one of the worst things I have ever smelled, second only to the cooking corn mash at the Buffalo Trace distillery.
So sad… my house is currently filled with the aroma of a mash for a porter, and it’s glorious.
meh… can relive stress real well on occasion and it may be even healthier to be a moderate drinker. Also wine and whisky and brandy and beer and even gin are gooood.
I am also mildly bipolar and hypomanic, on drugs for depression and mood disorder (off label; its normal use is an antiepileptic) simply to keep me from committing suicide in the winter. I also think I have an addictive personality.
Alcohol and I would not mix well at all.
Do you dislike food cooked with wine as well? Most, but not all, the alcohol is cooked out.
The only things I know I have had are rum balls at Christmas. Liked them, but too rich for more than 2.
I have also had a creme de menthe dessert at a French restaurant that I did not know had the liqueur in it.
If I’ve had anything else with wine, I don’t know about it.
One girl with three (preferably more) men lusting* after one girl
Welcome to another episode of Non Sequitur Theater. ; )
Clearly I need to go back to sleep.
Few things in life are more tedious than having to continue reading a not-very-good book.
You got that right. I’ve been “working on it” since May. Last Tuesday he said, “Well, why don’t you send me what you do have done?”
I knew it was coming and I STILL haven’t been able to bear it.
It’s right up there with writing a paper on a topic you hate
Word.
Ugh, seriously.
I have tried to write books for some quick cash. My smut-smut still had a plot and characterizations. Didn’t sell well. At all.
The relatively “clean” romance was a subgenre I find repulsive but selling like hotcakes (reverse harem, no sex). One girl with three (preferably more) listing after one girl and all jockeying for position and/or reluctantly accepting of the situation. I really don’t respect or like men who are willing to exist thusly.
A Steyer ad just came on.
“Democracy has been purchased.”
Sure, Tom.
He doesn’t have much of a sense of irony does he?
Just as much as the people who complain about the rich using their money to influence elections.
Old school Democrats were more honest. “You’re too stupid to vote, so we’re going to disenfranchise you” would be a refreshing change from “I’m not going to call you stupid, I’m just going to imply it very strongly while subtly insulting you, too”
Sounds like a bad system if it can be bought and sold.
A democratically elected president we don’t like is in the White House.
Ergo: Democracy is broken.
I’d take the “electoral college is outdated/broken/undemocratic/whatever” argument a little more seriously if the proposed replacements still had a majority requirement. As it stands, if no candidate achieves a majority vote in the EC, the House gets to decide the next President. If the NPV compact goes through and isn’t found unconstitutional (which I doubt would happen, but who knows, I don’t have those special Constitution-reading glasses SCOTUS does), the majority requirement goes away. It’s all about Clinton (and, to a lesser extent, Gore) winning “more votes” in elections that were not held on a popular basis; yet, neither broke 50%. If you want to represent the country, at least make a pretense of it.
Why does everybody think the NPV is so obviously unconstitutional? The Constitution says about electors:
Seems obvious to me the state can appoint them to vote on the basis of the national popular vote.
The arguments I’ve seen would be around the compact clause, and that states are casting votes not based on the votes of the people not in their state.
I had not heard the compact clause argument before. That is an interesting angle, although again I don’t know how the Supes will interpret it.
To me that is saying the state legislature can appoint them in any manner they wish. Drawing from a hat or perhaps a jello wrestling competition or the ever favorite give it to political big wigs. It seems silent on how they will be directed to vote, but I see no way that allowing them to vote with voters not of their state seems crazy. As Leon said, I have heard arguments it is unconstitutional due to “compact”.
Read in isolation, that would raise the question of why we hold a popular vote for President at all.
I have a hard time seeing SCOTUS allowing state to appoint electors without holding a popular vote in that state, and by extension appointing electors not consistent with the popular vote in that state.
The NPV would probably do more than anything else to lay the groundwork for the US dividing into who or more countries.
To be clear, I think it *is* constitutional.
You can’t make this shit up.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/beto-orourke-announces-support-for-menstrual-equity-act-on-nationalperiodday/
lern 2 rite.
“period poverty”
They’re just making shit up at this point.
What’s really f’d up is the number of people who vote for these ‘tards.
oglaf is still around
https://www.oglaf.com/calico-and-straw/
Can we get president half-chewed-dummy?
Denver: Home of the Chiefs.
Makes sense, seeing that they can’t win at Kansas City ?
SERIOUSLY!!!
More incisive analysis from The Week
In his modern classic, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the French economist Thomas Piketty suggested that growing inequality in America contributed directly to the country’s financial instability. One consequence of increasing inequality, he wrote, “was virtual stagnation of the purchasing power of the lower and middle classes in the United States, which inevitably made it more likely that modest households would take on debt, especially since unscrupulous banks and financial institutions, freed from regulation and eager to earn good yields on the enormous savings injected into the system by the well-to-do, offered credit on increasingly generous terms.”
A decade after the crisis, income inequality is the highest it’s been in America since the Census Bureau began tracking it over five decades ago. And disparities in wealth are even more extreme. Meanwhile, household debt has exceeded levels seen in 2008, reaching $14 trillion earlier this year. This number is driven largely by student loans and credit card debt, which steadily grow as wages stagnate and jobs become more precarious. These trends disproportionately affect young people, although that hasn’t stopped the financial class from blaming them for the “sluggish economy.” Millennials are reportedly consuming less and saving more, which is causing an “economic imbalance.”
“The higher savings rate, we believe, has had disinflationary impact, driving the relatively slow growth and low inflation in this recovery,” wrote an analyst for Raymond James, observing that younger people are “saving instead of purchasing like last generation, limiting demand growth.”
Same tired old blahblahblah: rich people be stealing all our stuff.
But this- Millennials are reportedly consuming less and saving more, which is causing an “economic imbalance.”– seems to be a new talking point. I have seen it a couple of times, recently.
Here’s a thought. What if those millenials are putting more money aside because they know, explicitly or not, that the Federal Reserve, at the behest their various constituencies (like the people at the Treasury who need to finance their ongoing revenue shortfalls -No, fuck you, cut spending!) has been actively working to punish savers by driving interest rates to zero. If your savings cannot grow on their own, you need to stuff a lot more money in your mattress.
Dude, you’re supposed to avoid the obvious conclusions. It’s always capitalism itself that’s the problem, not the ways the government contorts markets to suit their political preferences.
And this:
Coming of age in the midst of the financial crisis and entering the workforce during the rise of the gig economy has given millennials an intuitive understanding of the deep instability and unfairness of our economic (and political) system. A recent survey from Quinnipiac revealed just how divided older and younger Democrats are on capitalism. Forty-four percent of those aged 18-34 supported the “democratic socialist” Bernie Sanders, compared to 22 percent for Elizabeth Warren (who is progressive but “capitalist to her bones”) and 9 percent for Joe Biden. On the other hand, 41 percent of those over 65 supported Biden, compared to 26 percent for Warren and an incredible 2 percent for Sanders. The socialist platform of Sanders repels older voters who grew up in the so-called “golden age” of capitalism, while it naturally appeals to younger voters who grew up in the age of neoliberalism and economic crisis. Of course, it’s not just about one’s personal income or wealth, but the impact that capitalism is having on the future of the planet as well. The 16-year old Greta Thunberg captured well in her UN speech last month: “We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth.”
Capitalism is killing us. Spurn it.
“Elizabeth Warren (who is progressive but “capitalist to her bones””
She’s a fascist. All her plans are straight from musolini.
Greta needs to go to China and give that speech. HOW DARE YOU!
Is it really capitalism when the gummint tells you what you can and can’t do?
Depends on how the Chinese feel they can manipulate her for their climate change shake down. I could see them praising and pushing her.
Try not to laugh while reading this.
Maybe we can start a go fund me page to help buy progs a one way ticket to China provided they renounce their US Citizenship.
In Elizabeth Warren’s world, Greta would have to be censored for spouting obviously lies.
It’s not a lie if you believe it’s true
/Postmodernist
And George Costanza.
If this isn’t a forecast of further deterioration in oil prices, I don’t know what is.
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Drilling-Giant-Posts-11-Billion-Loss.html
Back home. It’s going to be a lazy, recuperating day on the recliners. No grilling, no steaks, no hassles. Which is fine, cuz it’s raining out anyway.
I can’t believe I even ate breakfast after all that food I ate last night. I’m not getting on the scale tomorrow…
IIRC, GlibFit is starting back up today. Not a moment too soon for me – everyone at the office will be bringing in their leftover Halloween candy, pumpkin roll from the local upscale hoity-toity grocery, and all manner of baking for Christmas.
Were those women on the most wanted list for being TERFs?
Did I mention that I’m a Massie fanboy? Oh yes, many times.
Thomas Massie
@RepThomasMassie
I was reluctant to sign this, but then I attended a deposition in a classified room 3 floors under the Capitol, where I watched Rep Schiff pop in & out of the closed deposition so he could address the press, camped outside of the “secret” room.
[173 House Republicans Move to Condemn Adam Schiff as Floor Vote Approaches]
https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1185556053754351619?s=20
Jesus
He posts funny memes too:
https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1184646453739839488?s=20
Massie is a great guy, probably the best Congress critter we have besides Rand Paul.
Schiff looks like he’s insane, and I don’t think it’s an act. Something is seriously wrong with that guy.
Man’s body brews its own beer.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2220432-mans-body-brews-its-own-beer-after-yeast-take-over-his-gut-microbiome/
As long as it wasn’t an IPA
Well he didn’t have to drink it so…
Note to anyone who believes in a just universe (aka: naive idiots):
My buddy who divorced his (37 year-old) wife due to her inability to have children is already engaged to a beautiful 26 year-old pregnant with his child. She is still devastated and just now trying to dip her toe into a hostile dating pool as a “woman of a certain age”.
Life is a fucking joke sometimes.
Dude’s a douchebag.
I’ll wait for the pictures before passing judgement.
I’m not judging him for trading her in for a newer model, I’m judging him for blaming her inability to have children instead if his selfishness. I guess he did do her a favor though.
TBF, the guy told me that having bio-kids was one of the most important things to him and, therefore, adoption wasn’t an option for him. Better for all involved rather than being miserable together indefinitely.
Still sucks ass though. That’s why I say it’s an unjust universe, not just that he’s an unambiguous asshole.
Clearly more important than any love he may have professed at the beginning, and very clearly more important than his wedding vows.
Yeah I can see how his wishes would be more important than standing by a woman he “loved.”
No fairness involved, except that she dodged a bullet. He’d make her pay for that for the rest of their lives because it overrode his regard for her.
Curious since this seems to have touched a nerve: is this more or less reprehensible than if the guy already had kids and slept with another woman out of boredom, thus ending the marriage?
No judgement, just wanna hear your take.
I don’t see that that is up or down on the bad scale. First thought (meaning, I’d have to think about it more) is that it’s a lateral move.
“I want what I want and fuck you, fuck the promise I made you, fuck your contribution to the marriage, and fuck anybody who thinks I did anything they wouldn’t do in my position.”
I’d like to spit some beech nut in that dude’s eye.
If I was the dude, I’d just get a dog or a cat, maybe both. When the 26 year old dumps him and he’s on the hook for child support for the next 18 years, he might have some regrets.
See below.
I used to know a guy, he was my age at the time, in his mid 40s, the guy would constantly chase 20 something age women and marry them, only to have them run off at some point. Guy had been married 8 times and was still doing the exact same thing. I don’t get it, I’m good with a woman close to my own age, at least we can relate to each other about everyday things in life.
That’s awful.
We had this conversation last night. My friend got friend-zoned. Hard. For a long time. It’s awful.
Your friend’s wife is in for a long, hard, haul. I would probably advise her to see a therapist, grieve, and spend time and money on herself. Make and/or start working on her bucket list. She’s got nothing dragging her down now. Go to Spain, see bullfights and flamenco. Go to Japan and do whatever touristy things you do there. Go to Australia and learn how to surf.
Go…run away…find herself.
Biology is a bitch. I wallow in self pity sometimes over being single and in my late thirties sometimes but I thank my lucky stars I’m not a woman in the same position. My options are far more open than a woman in her late 30’s.
Also, yeah your buddy is a shitheel. I would divorce a woman for refusing to have children (assuming we had agreed on it earlier and she renegged) but divorcing her because she can is just a blatant violation of the mutual contract you entered into.
*shrug*
I mean, I feel bad for her, but the point of marriage is to have children (imo).
Inability to have children is different from refusing to have children.
Right, I guess it all depends on what the expectations were for both coming in to the marriage. Maybe I am showing more empathy than usual to the marriage leaver.
If there were a list of reasons why people have divorced, this is one of the least bad ones, imo. Orders of magnitude better than just not liking them or finding someone better. It does suck for the person being divorced, but its nothing personal at least.
You’re kidding, right?
” … got in an accident and had to have her leg amputated.”
” … Parkinson’s is showing up now.”
” … had several miscarriages.”
” … paraplegic … in a wheelchair for the rest of her life.”
Are those better?
Not sure what point you’re trying to make…
Those all seem like worse reasons to me.
I think the point she’s making is “better or worse” means just what it says. There are no more or less just reasons for violating your oath/breaching your contract assuming the other party has done nothing to nullify or void it
All of this is a series of outstanding reasons to never get married in the first place. It’s as big of a sucker bet as 00 on the roulette table.
Bob got it.
Her inability to have children, only found out after they were married, is in this case no more or less a disability than any other health problem she may have come down with.
Assuming she also wanted to have children, this is just as devastating to her.
She probably feels she is defective. He said, “You’re defective and useless for giving me what I want. I’m outtie.”
It boils down to:
“You are now useless to me.”
That’s what it says.
“You’re defective and useless for giving me what I want. I’m outtie.”
Welcome to life.
People can cast themselves as principled and romantic and considerate, but all of that pales in comparison to biology. Most people understand that Hobbes was right, they just can’t face up to it.
End of the day, it’s irrelevant whether I think the guy’s heartless (I do) but what I think doesn’t matter. He made the right call.
If his biological clock is that sensitive, he should’ve made sure they were both tested and capable, and had a written, signed contract to that effect.
Most health insurance plans disagree that it is a health problem.
To me it is slightly different in that it in no way inhibits the person taking care of themselves while also impacting on the purpose of marriage. Walking out on someone who is literally unable to help themselves, when you swore you’d help them, seems worse than simply ending the marriage to an otherwise able-bodied person.
Those are all worse reasons to leave someone.
#1 doesn’t really change anything, definitely a worse reason to divorce.
#2 You’re probably both already old, ride it out, also it is your responsibility to help your spouse in ill health
#3 Kind of relates to this, but if theres still a chance for children stick with it
#4 You can still have kids, also it is your responsibility to help your spouse in ill health
Like I said before, I consider the primary purpose of marriage as having (& raising) children, the vows taken basically support that function. Of course, everyone is different, but I have made this view quite plain to my wife. Note that I’m not saying he’s right, just that it is one of the least bad reasons to end a marriage (obviously excluding the good reasons, like they refuse to have children, or have betrayed you unforgivably/ are abusive).
This is basically arguing my biology point from the contractual side.
I can respect that. So, going from that standpoint, wouldn’t it be fair to ask your intended to make sure your swimmers are adequate and her plumbing can do the job BEFORE marriage?
Wouldn’t it be fair to have a pre-nup setting out these conditions? “If you are barren, we shall divorce” is pretty stark. If she signs on the dotted line, sure, no problem.
But what he really said was, “You are useless to me.”
This is really coming down to deontological vs utilitarian. I don’t think we’re going to find common ground on this one.
Agreed.
Absolutely. Like I said, it is still bad (unless he really had that understanding with her, which I doubt), just not as bad as other reasons.
I will say that I think there’s a double standard here. If a man discovered after the fact that he was shooting blanks, people would most likely be lauding a woman who dumped him as “courageous” and “brave”.
Probably true. I’ve got a buddy who’s shooting blanks and his wife has stuck by him (so far). He says a sperm donor is out of the question…..I think that’s a little selfish of him but I’m not the one who has to live with results…
No, I don’t think so. Motherhood is looked down upon by the SJWs, and woe be to the woman who says she wants to be a stay-at-home mom.
“If a man
discovered after the fact that he was shooting blankswas found to be a biological male , people would most likely be lauding a woman who dumped him as “courageous” and “brave”.”FIFY
One of my biggest reasons for marrying my current wife is that she can’t have children.
That is a weird reason given all the various methods one could employ to ensure no issue.
That was sort of a joke.
She’s a great person, a great cook, she’s financially independent and does not need my money, and she’s pretty and great in bed. As a bonus, she’s not American.
Yeah, okay. I’m clearly not running on all cylinders here.
As a bonus, she’s not American
Cue joke about women changing after marriage.
“I mean, I feel bad for her, but the point of marriage is to have children (imo).”
It thought it was to pay less taxes.
Child. Tax. Credit.
Get you some.
NO.FUCKING.WAY.
I’m just happy that Q’s post has allowed all us shitlords to get in touch with our feminine side. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside… oh wait, that’s the beer I just killed in 2 drinks hitting muh belly.
“the next president of the United Sates no matter who she has to fuck”
The first person to whore their self to death for nothing?
*can’t
Also I’m guessing the 26 year old was in the picture while he was still married
Oops…brooks’ed
This is also what I got from what Q said.
Here’s the real mindfucker: even if this marriage falls apart too, talk of “poetic justice” is pointless since he now has a genetic legacy. Biologically, he won, she lost. Relative intrinsic value as a human being is meaningless and whistling past the graveyard.
What interests me is will that genetic legacy comfort him on his deathbed or will he be thinking about the legacy of broken promises and selfish decisions?
Life is a series of broken promises and selfish decisions; for everyone without exception.
You, as well as everyone else, will block them out on your deathbed for your own sanity.
I do not subscribe to a nihilistic worldview, that’s really all I have to say about that.
Also, parting shot; God’s of the Copybook Headings.
I know you’ve read it so I don’t need to link it. Life is full of injustice but chickens do come home to roost. if that makes me a naive idiot in your eyes I’ll take on that mantle gladly.
Probably the former. I do agree with Q, the world is inherently unjust.
^^True and true. The last thing on his mind, whether it be 5 or 50 years from now, will be his ex-wife.
I didn’t mean his ex-wife specifically, I am going off the assumption that that is not his first selfish decision and broken promise, not will it be his last. I may well be wrong
See my previous point.
I had assumed otherwise. Thats some bullshit then.