Yep, all the kids that aren’t drunk are taking an afternoon nap, so they had to call in Team Spud.
I gotta tell you, I’ve been following politics and current events since the Nixon/McGovern debate in 1972. The current bullshit that falls under the category of “things that matter”, just makes me vacillate between “I couldn’t care less” and “I want to punch you in the throat”.
So here are the links! YMMV.
Spreading the derp, one Dem at a time.
“There will be fewer young people to bear the increasingly heavy burden of the welfare state.”
A daily diet of lentils? The world doesn’t have enough toilet paper.
Throat punch just because, followed by a “couldn’t care less”.
Gaia has a sense of humor and it’s Trump’s fault.
Hopefully, the beginning of a positive trend.
That does it for today, Glibbies!
Who doesn’t like a good mashup?
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“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a social media star, to school House Democrats on Twitter use
Eliza Collins, USA TODAY Published 2:51 p.m. ET Jan. 16, 2019 | Updated 12:21 p.m. ET Jan. 17, 2019
WASHINGTON – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dances outside her office, solicits Instant Pot recipes and gets into fights on Twitter. Soon you may see other Democrats taking a page from her social media playbook.”
So more of them will look like idiots?
The media isn’t going to do the work on their own.
solicits Instant Pot recipes
I’m pretty sure her favorite is Pol Pot.
*thunderous applause*
You are now the proud owner of 1 Jarflax issue internet dollar. It can be used for nothing except reminding me that once, in one magical moment you made me laugh.
Oh, she is truly the gift that will keep on giving. Even nutjobs like “Auntie Maxine” Waters tow the party lion, mostly. AOC is totes off the reservation and is hated by the vast majority of other congresscritters.
I’m waiting for the pay per view mud wrestling match between AOC and Tulsi Gabbard. It’ll be woke because all proceeds go to fight global warming or some such thing.
I’ll hate watch it. I might even enjoy it.
That is the only good thing about her.
There are two good things about her. Q comes to mind somehow
She’s going to Sundance this year.
Take that, you elitist capitalist scumbag pigs!
Reminds me of the Millennial job interview video. “I’m very good at Twitter”. I weep for the future.
I think some underestimate her at their own peril. She has a lot of energy and enthusiasm, and does Trump-like communications. Also can’t undervalue the power of the cult of personality on the left.
Meh someone is gonna put me in a camp in the next 20 years, might as well be a cute tard.
With nice tits. Almost worthy of a stupid fuck.
Wait, did I say that out loud?
AOC teaching Dems Twitter. Where is Derpetologist when you need him?
>>A daily diet of lentils?
You want some bad gas? Lentil soup. Tears me up like STEVE SMITH visiting and staying overnight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc1ha6-H8rs
Are they South African lentils?
Anytime you mention “daily diet of lentils” you’re supposed to post a “Young Ones” link.
+1 Vyvyan
“A quarter-pounder burger patty contains roughly 450 calories and North Americans alone consume more than six times the current daily recommended red meat intake of between 50-70 grammes.”
In addition to consumer preference, part of that is due to market distortion caused by subsidies.
Recommended by whom? How about if I make my own recommendations.
By Big Brother.
It used to be a lower recommendation, but then the daily allotment went up from 90 grams to the current 60 grams.
“Instead, please follow low-fat high-carb diets which have caused a massive rise in obesity across America. Do not eat more meat and fewer carbs and lose weight while enjoying meals that also make you feel sated and reduce overeating as a result; rather, eliminate all sodium, no meats, dairy or anything in your diet but bland starches and vegetables; we want you to hate eating food because it tastes terrible and make meals seem like doing painful chores, while meanwhile getting you plumper, sicker and more plagued with diabetes than any humans in history, because we know best what you should eat from our high-school health class in 1985.”
Signed,
We love being the nanny state and you do what we say or we’ll make you and you’ll be sorry
What the hell do you know? It’s not as if you’re a doctor or anything.
/sarcasm
The progression of the food pyramid is fascinating.
We had too many nitrogen based high explosives left over from WWII, so we recycled them as fertilizer. Then, because of the cheap fertilizer, we had too much wheat and corn. Now, because of the grain surpluses, we have too many fatties.
To be fair the elimination of starvation world wide is largely due to advances in calorie per acre yield which result from increasingly efficient methods of growing grains. At the end of the day feeding 7.7 billion souls requires carbs.
I wonder, would cattle and hogs eat some of that surplus? Naw, bad idea, would just make them fat. Instead, let’s pay farmers subsidies and sell it to those dastardly Chinese who are hellbent on making cheap socks . Certainly the Dept of Ag is still working, even without a paycheck?
Absolutely. For most of our nation’s history, surplus grain was turned into alcohol and pork.
Now…. cereal. We’ve been eating fried corn fractions for breakfast for the last few decades.
How many times can these people be wrong about this population/food scarcity issue and still get published?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! [deep breath] HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Trump denies Pelosi aircraft for foreign trip, after call for State of the Union delay
via Playa Manhatten
The video of the losers getting off the Air Force bus is quite funny.
The beauty of that is absolutely spellbinding.
https://twitter.com/Drew_Hammill/status/1085997664561520642
I’m sure all of the enlisted are absolutely devastated that they won’t be treated to this impromptu voter outreach extravaganza.
I can’t tell you how many times, as an enlisted joe in Iraq, I wondered, “When is the speaker of the House going to visit????”
So you could provide that all important “invitational security & intelligence briefings from those on the front lines”?
[golf clap] for Chipwooder
If she had made it there, she would be visiting the REMFs at a giant airbase – while believing she’s talking grunts on the front lines.
*was a REMF on a giant air base*
What’s a REMF? The guy inside the glory hole?
Rear Echelon Mother Fucker – so yes.
Rear echelon mother…
Only if Mom is on the other side of the hole.
Mine was last but funnier…
“Rear Echelon Mother Fucker”
Don’t lie you were hoping for this.
https://youtu.be/GOwjCS8PBSM
Those lucky Navy sailors get all the good stuff…
I think this is for the best. CNN would have gotten the vapors about possible campaign violations all over again if some enlisted man showed up to one of Pelosi’s meet and greets in a pussy hat.
I suspect an anonymous poll of military personnel would be 99-1 in favor of this
They don’t have Skype?
Zingah!
That’s fantastic. This race to the bottom is a never ending saga. Just when I think there’s a winner, the other side pulls ahead.
Winning! Buy your own airline tickets!
I was going to say that. She is still getting paid. Fly commercial if it is so dammed important.
Best Troll in Chief EVER.
Ha HA HA fuck you, Nancy. HA HA HA (goes to urinate) Ha ha ha.
Ahead, Troll Factor Ten!
Who turned YOU loose?
“I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU, DAD!”
Mike Reno?
Ted is hot tonight!
Of course I’m hot.
So the S is for Smokin’?
No i’s actually Ted’s he just miss-used the apostrophe ’cause he like tat sort of thing.
Well it’s almost the weekend.
Yes!
I saw the Boomtown Rats in concert in a cool theater in Chicago in 1983 (IIRC) with additional act Jim Carroll, the Basketball Diaries guy who had a punk band at the time, with the hit song “Those are people who died, died, they were all my friends, and they died!’. And then there was the opening band, a new band no one had ever heard of at the time, which was probably a very poor combination of acts thrown in by some ignorant record company exec — the band was Loverboy. And they were literally booed off the stage. I’ve never heard so many people screaming “you suck!” at once, and indeed, Loverboy is really not the kind of music liked by punk fans. The irony is, of course, that despite that episode, Loverboy went on to be wildly successful, much more so than the Boomtown Rats, Jim Carroll, and dozens of other punk/new wave bands combined.
Yeah. But they sucked.
Sorry. I meant Loverboy in that statement.
I make no apologies for my enjoying “Turn Me Loose,” “When It’s Over,” and “working for the Weekend” at loud volume when I as a teenager.
Way off on the year. Loverboy’s hugely successful second album, Get Lucky, was released in 1981.
Increasingly sophisticated
By now, it’s clear that climate change poses environmental risks beyond anything seen in the modern age. But we’re only starting to come to grips with the potential economic effects.
Using increasingly sophisticated modeling, researchers are calculating how each tenth of a degree of global warming is likely to play out in economic terms. Their projections carry large bands of uncertainty, because of the vagaries of human behavior and the remaining questions about how quickly the planet will respond to the buildup of greenhouse gases.
Increasingly sophisticated excuses for their worthless predictions, more likely.
It’s in Revelations, people!
You know, I spent five minutes reading the article in hope of finding some shred of a discussion of some sophisticated modeling that might actually assess the consequences of climate change. That’s five minutes of my life I’ll never get back.
It’s too sophisticated. You wouldn’t understand.
Their projections carry large bands of uncertainty
Like -\infty to +\infty
At least they are finally admitting it, at least for now. Don’t expect to see that sort of nuance on CNN.
Their projections carry large bands of uncertainty, because
They are bullshit. Using a wide range means you are less likely to be wrong. For instance I predict that sometime in the next 2 months central va will get snow ranging from a dusting to two feet. Prove me wrong.
Aged FloridaMan™ uses free-market to supplement his SSI .
He should get an award, not a jail cell.
“No one could know if the next batch of marijuana that Carlton would sell contained this deadly substance until it is too late,” Prendergast said. “Fentanyl-laced marijuana is a real and growing concern. That’s why your Sheriff’s Office will never stop enforcing the law and combating the illegal drug activity to make Citrus County the safest community in Florida.”
If there is one thing I know for certain about drug dealers, it’s that they routinely add expensive extras to their wares to sell to unknowing customers because they want to diminish their profits.
Least Masculine Society In Human History Decides Masculinity Is A Growing Threat
Article doesn’t do the headline justice, but I chuckled anyway.
Gotta admit, that’s pretty good.
Duke Miller, a Marine sergeant and one of the few remaining examples of traditional masculinity, was asked about his feelings on the negative view of masculinity, but he seemed confused by the word “feelings” and then punched out an elk just because.
That was good.
LOL
LOL the man-bun
And on Thursday, some of the world’s most influential economists called for a tax on carbon emissions in the United States, saying climate change demands “immediate national action.” The last four people to lead the Federal Reserve, 15 former leaders of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and 27 Nobel laureates signed a letter endorsing a gradually rising carbon tax whose proceeds would be distributed to consumers as “carbon dividends.”
“What’s that? Where’s your dividend? What, you thought we were going to give you some sort of cash payment? Haha, that’s not really how it works. But don’t worry, we’re spending the money wisely. Now, shoo!”
There’s one sure way to make any climate problems worse, and that’s to put the government in charge.
The Paris agreement wants the US to pay for putting the third world’s governments in charge. I can’t believe we’re temporarily not going along!
All the experts have weighed in. Now let’s have your bank account information.
“influential economists”
Noted. Not the smartest economists, or the most accomplished. The ones with the most twitter followers. Great.
Notice the tax is on the US, not the worlds worst offenders. Not China, not India…the US. The paris agreement, like all global warming initiatives is a shakedown of the US. Fuck them.
“One of the most prominent groups advocating for stricter immigration went to court Wednesday to demand a judge order the Southern Poverty Law Center to stop labeling it a “hate group,” accusing the self-described watchdog of running an illegal racket to silence political opponents.
The Center for Immigration Studies says the SPLC’s accusations that it is racist and anti-immigrant are wrong and have cost the nonprofit support and financial backing by scaring people away from doing business with the center.
The center brought its challenge to U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by filing a civil complaint under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act against SPLC President Richard Cohen and Heidi Beirich, who runs the group’s Hatewatch blog.
Mark Krikorian, the Center for Immigration Studies executive director, says his organization doesn’t meet the SPLC’s definition of a hate group and the Alabama-based watchdog knows it but persists anyway — which he said was evidence of the racket.
“SPLC and its leaders have every right to oppose our work on immigration, but they do not have the right to label us a hate group and suggest we are racists,” he said. “The Center for Immigration Studies is fighting back against the SPLC smear campaign and its attempt to stifle debate through intimidation and name-calling.”
Is being a bunch of assholes a RICO predicate?
Someone ask Popehat.
Would rather not. He’s in full asshole mode in 2019.
Trump mentally broke him. One of many casualties from the last few years.
Not just 2019. He was like that for all of 2018 as well. Guy’s become a significant dickhead.
“but they do not have the right to label us a hate group and suggest we are racists”
The First Amendment begs to disagree.
Interestingly, radio hothead Michael Savage has been calling for RICO lawsuits against organizations like this for many years. Looks like someone else actually thought it was a good idea.
Related: How To Talk to Someone Who Wants To Put You In A Gulag
https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/how-talk-someone-who-wants-put-you-gulag-0
Two FlordaMen®-in-training nabbed at airport with weed.
Congrats on your first links, Spuddy.
“You never forget your first”
Did you know that there are different ways to create content for posting? Lol!
Thanks, Tonio!
*blank stare*
The Atlantic article makes me think KDW dodged a bullet by getting fired. At some point, association with it is going to be an anchor.
“EXCLUSIVE: Crack-smoking biological mom who gave up school shooter Nikolas Cruz is seen for the first time at taxpayer-funded Florida home and says: ‘I’m the one-woman wrecking team.’”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6603167/Biological-mother-shooter-Nikolas-Cruz-seen-time.html
Just as despicable as hassling Facebook meme granny. WTF is she going to say? “Yeah, I knew the kid was fucked up even while he was kicking in my uterus.” How is this newsworthy?
It proves the eugenists are right?
It’s not. This pure tabloid reporting. It’s sensational and unimportant.
thicc?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6601947/Demi-Rose-PICTURE-EXCLUSIVE-Model-takes-walk-wild-tiger-print-bikini.html
Count Potato, how come none of these articles picture you crouching outside her windows?
Thicc.
^^^THIS.
They keep referring to that sack of silicon as “The Star”.
Star of what, exactly?
Star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright?
*narrows gaze*
Child. Bearing. Hips.
Ummm. I’m no expert on world religions, but aren’t there quite a few South Asians who voluntarily eschew red meat?
And no, I’m not drastically slashing my meat consumption. As a matter of fact, I am gonna make jerk ribs this weekend and dedicate them to the dumb fucks at the Lancet.
I just may have to go to Carl’s Jr. for lunch today.
Yep. Stick with chicken. In India and Sri Lanka beef is “problematic” and do not order pork – the butchers are mostly Muslim so who knows what your getting and who prepared the “pork”.
Was it only in the Midwest back in the day that ‘porking’ was yet another slang term for fucking?
“Did you hear Johnny porked Lydia?”
That’s slang that needs to come back along with fuckin-a.
Back in that era my girlfriend was buddies with a couple whose names were Frank and his wife Ay.
My girlfriend would say “I’m going to seen Frank ‘n’ Ay” and I’d respond “Frank ‘n’ Ay? Fuckin’ A!”
I thought it was funny but she never did, and never added it to her repertoire either. And then we broke up.
So, you didn’t get your ashes hauled?
And “Bitchin’!”
That would be wicked!
Copasetic!
Sweet! Killer!
Tits!
/heard but not in my repertoire, personally
Long pig is best pig!
Must?
Go fuck yourself.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6603385/Christie-Brinkley-makes-entrance-donning-tight-stripes-crimson-coat-Today-show.html
She looks great for 64. Then again, as a young Christie Brinkley started off with more looks to lose.
thicc ?
No, she was a fashion model.
There’s a painting someplace of a woman that’s old and grey and wrinkled and has sagging tits. It’s the only explanation.
Found it.
WILL. NOT. CLICK.
It’s not HM. It’s Tundra! You can trust him.
I’m betting she’s has some work done. Obviously by someone better than the quack that did Bezo’s mistress.
Would?
Brinkley, not Bezo’s mistress.
Rigging polls. Did he rig the one that said Hillary had a 97% chance of winning? It’s always projection with these fuckwits, isnt it?
Crazy Eyes is going to be endlessly entertaining.
TSA…meh. Send them all home and dissolve the Bureau of Security Theater.
“There will be fewer young people to bear the increasingly heavy burden of the welfare state.” and there is nothing we can do about that. Nothing at all comes to mind. Didn’t France figure out how to solve this problem? They imported millions of third worlders. It is called the third world because the culture there has a fantastic work ethic and they totally didn’t become an additional burden on the welfare state. Brilliant.
I like lentils just fine but stop telling me what to eat and I will stop telling you to eat shit.
Trump is not going to be removed from office and will most likely win re-election.
I never thought I would see a dramatic change in the magnetosphere in my lifetime.
Morris Dees needs to be living on the street, panhandling and giving blow jobs in back alleys for five bucks.
After looking at all of the links and news today I am confident that the stupid will continue unabated.
I blame aerosols, internal combustion engines, chemtrails, Jews, Colin Kapernik, fracking, geothermal power, and, obviously, Trump.
(((I))) can assure you this was never discussed at the meetings.
You left out BPA & GMOs.
You forgot red meat.
Online polls – the super-cereal ones.
And it is hard to tell, but were any of them presidential polls? The only one they mentioned was one about influential business leaders.
I can hardly wait for the oppo talking points on how being a vain dumbass trying to pretend that he is a big swinging business dick, is grounds for impeachment.
It’s not like he cheated in a nationally televised debate or anything.
Have I missed a soul-searching discussion among the Democrats about how wrong it is for give debate questions to one candidate beforehand? Or as long as you shout RUSSIA very loudly it’s irrelevant?
“The ends justify the mean.” -Michael Scott
Instagram models to the rescue!
Bikinis in the snow. Light the Q signal.
This one is my – er – beat.
More
The master has taught you well.
Let it snow!
Baby, it’s cold outside!
And yet no shrinkage.
Oh, Cananda!
Last, but definitely not least!
Last chick doesn’t even look real. Would.
You people are the reason there aren’t more gay libertarians. Or female libertarians. This place is a sausage fest.
Sausage!
What are you talking about? This place is queerer than a 3-dollar bill!
But is it queerer than a French horn?
Thank goodness. Somebody needs to write some clothing tip articles for middle aged (but still awesome) guys.
Yeah, I was gonna say I can think of half of a dozen Glibs right off hand. For that matter women too.
You people are the reason there aren’t more gay libertarians. … This place is a sausage fest.
I would’ve thought that a sausage fest would attract more gay libertarians.
THIS IS WHY THERE AREN’T MORE GAY LIBERTARIANS.
Ask and ye shall receive.
Satan worshiper. I’ll have Q excommunicate you from the Church of T&A™.
Demi, get your giant ass in here, stat!
So it’s positive to use the weapon of “lawfare” to suppress speech, as opposed to filing a slander suit in civil court?
What is Batman’s origin story where you come from?
It is a civil RICO lawsuit. The article doesn’t say it directly but I think they are asking for injunctive relief. I’m not sure why that is worse than filing a slander suit.
I stand corrected. But what racketeering activity is the SPLC engaged in? I could see if they approached CIS and told them that they could get off the list if they paid them, but it doesn’t seem CIS is claiming that.
Agreed. As I understand RICO, there is a broad definition of racketeering. This isn’t my area of expertise. Having said that, I think if CIS can show two or more SPLC officials knew what they were saying was false and in some fashion worked together to keep making the statement and the false statement was to CIS’ detriment then it’s racketeering.
Well, that’s what it’s claiming in the complaint. That having been said, I still think the case is a stretch in that unless they have secret recordings of SPLC offices or something, it’s going to be hard to prove conspiracy based on some blog posts.
That will be revealed during discovery. There may be nothing or there may be a ton of internal correspondence in which they refuse to respond to CIS’ complaint. I never cease to be amazed at how people will deny something and then their records or a third party’s records show it is a lie.
Remember that RICO is first and foremost the government’s tool. It was just too embarrassing for congress to not allow some sort of action for private parties since RICO was sold as a protection for the people against organized crime.
If SPLC was doing a shakedown or pay-to-play then by all means nail them.
But SPLC has a 1A right to call CIS teh ray-cis just as Glibs can call ourselves Family Friendly.
Indeed. “Hate” and “racist” are subjective terms, so unless the CIS can produce evidence that the SPLC slandered them by knowingly lying about them doing specific things they did not do, CIS should lose and pay SPLC’s legal expenses. I don’t like the current iteration of the SPLC, but the proper remedy to bad speech is more speech. Using lawsuits to crack down on bad speech is no better than passing “anti-hate speech” laws.
Eh…. we aren’t libeling anybody.
Technically speaking hasn’t SPLC been doing a shakedown racket associated with this – if not directly tied to this org? Haven’t there been documents published showing them colluding with financial orgs to deplatform or call out orgs like jihadwatch.org behind the scenes?
The Atlantic calls for Trump’s impeachment? Wow. This is big. Is the New Yorker next? What other pretentious and insignificant publication will demand Trump’s impeachment right when he’s doing something of value by ending our endless wars?
Hustler.
They’re still in print? Wow, For that matter I’m surprised Playboy is still around.
Based on my observations last time I was in New Orleans, I think Larry Flynt owns half of Bourbon St now.
Remember when we all use to pretend like Trump was going to start wars? Turns out ending wars is going to end his presidency. Which really exposes what his opponents really opposed all along.
It would be nice to think that the progleft would take a minute and think about a) getting out of wars and b) the hypocrisy of their leadership, but they won’t. It won’t expose anything because the people who need to look won’t.
So true
Look, if you weren’t calling for the impeachment of the President when he began assassinating US Citizens (especially 16 year-olds) without a trial or any other fig leaf of due process, I’m going to mock you mercilessly if you think Trump needs to go.
Murder (and that is what it is) is orders of magnitude more serious than paying hush money to a pr0n star.
The biggest tip? People have “a real hunger for calling it like it is,” Himes said. “For kind of opening the kimono on personal details. Are you a person? I think a lot of people believe politicians are manicured.“
I wonder why…
Spudalicious – it sounds like you have No More F***s To Give!
I have to admit, that tank’s getting pretty low.
The airport security officers whose absence during the partial government shutdown has led to longer screening lines aren’t just calling in sick. Growing numbers are citing financial hardship for not reporting to work.
Devoted. Public. Servants.
My understanding is that the very first paycheck they missed was only last Friday. I’ve read that the Trump administration was trying hard to get federal employees paid and was successful in this endeavor for the first three weeks of the shutdown.
Confession: I didn’t get it until I read the article.
Stock exchanges opt for lottery to award POT ticker symbol to some lucky company
I’d go for 420.
BUD
A proper stock exchange would hold an auction, not a lottery.
Justin Amash
Verified account
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.@POTUS should announce that every Friday he will unconditionally sign any clean continuing resolution Congress sends him to fund government through the next week. This would provide certainty, end the partial shutdown, and reduce the stakes for each side as they negotiate.
Amash went full cuck.
I like Amash a lot on a bunch of issues. But, this is just silly, In effect, he’s saying Trump should give up any leverage he has in the negotiations unconditionally.
What does a ‘clean continuing resolution’ mean?
Is that like a female libertarian?
Amash says it’s because a continuing resolution saves more money than continuing the shutdown. He’s probably right on that point. But, he is pulling a Gay Jay here
Thanks Spud, hope the loss of your link-ginity wasn’t too painful.
He felt a slight pinch, and then nothing.
He is insensate.
It was much more painful for OMWC and SP.
“Due to the Shutdown, I am sorry to inform you that your trip to Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan has been postponed. We will reschedule this seven-day excursion when the Shutdown is over. In light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay, I am sure you would agree that postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate,” Trump wrote.”
Awesome. This guy.
He should have sent that letter when they landed in Europe. Make them fly coach back
Eh. The State of Union address can still die a horrible death, however. I’ve always loathed that faux-imperial tradition, and I’m glad that it’s starting to be questioned, in addition to Congress rediscovering the power of the purse, even for just a little bit.
I’m not defending the State of the Union. I’m just in favor of politicians shitting on one another. End this shutdown with a fucking dual between Trump and Pelosi. Let’s fucking do this.
Not suggesting you did. And, yes, bring back dueling! Hamilton is cool and hip, right?
Fuck Hamilton and fuck that play. But, yeah, dueling between politicians should be required.
That you, Kev?
The power of the purse because TDS. They’ll revert. I bet.
If I had any conviction that these things would extend beyond the Drumpf era, I’d be excited about them.
Indeed. It’s so much BS political pageantry. Fuck Woodrow Wilson for breaking the tradition of delivery a written SOTU to Congress (and fuck him for many, many other shitty things, too).
Speaking of couldn’t care less and throat punch. HeeeeYaaaaah!
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/425832-howard-dean-to-cnn-all-dem-candidates-qualified-to-be-president-except-tulsi
The pro-war faction has fully taken over the Democratic Party. The #Resistance has always been #War. A lot of people have exposed themselves
The “bomb-them-all, import-them-all” team is in charge.
How fucking dare he end an illegal war.
If 2020 comes down to Trump, Kamala Harris Perry, and Bill Weld, I am really going to have to hear a coherent case about how Trump is not the best out of that lot. Sorry, but the federal government murdering people overseas and sacrificing American blood and treasure for obscure and ill defined geopolitical reasons should be a far bigger concern than tariffs and immigration.
I’ve read this post and thought that Aeromexico was trying to insult its potential customers even more than Gillette did. But then I watched the Aeromexico ad in question and it’s not particularly offensive. The post by an American blogger is much worse:
I think a lot of Americans don’t go to “real Mexico” so much as they go to resorts. And I don’t think an advertisement is going to change anyone’s mind about going to “real Mexico”. Pretty sure it has something to do with decapitations and shootouts.
Hey, when I went to Cancun the customs official tried to shake me down for a bribe. Those resorts have a real Mexico flavor too.
Isn’t Mexico an “All You Can Drink” country?
In The Atlantic piece, which is printed with the headline “The Case for Impeachment,” Appelbaum writes that Trump has “repeatedly trampled” on the Constitution, with his policies, approaches to the investigations that surround his administration and attacks on political opponents.
1) Examples?
2) You mean his rhetoric? The farces that are referred to as investigations have continued unabated.
3) Attacks on opponents like threatening to prosecute journalists for espionage when they report things that make the admin look bad? Or am I thinking of someone else who actually did that?
So is “repeatedly trampling” the Constitution a high crime or misdemeanor?
Trampling on the Constitution. You mean like Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I….
You’re leaving out members of Congress and Justices of the Supreme Court.
You mean like telling Congress that they should pass a law regarding DACA? Yeah, he’s sure trampling the Constitution there.
Or maybe they mean how he’s obeyed court orders that overturn his executive orders on dubious legal grounds. Sure, he’s the problem.
The thing that surprised me about Applebaum is that she written three (quite good) books on the evils of the Soviet Union, and yet she’s hopped on the “evil Trump” bandwagon. I would have thought she’d be the one, out of all those writers, to make the distinction.
Justice delayed
Who am I kidding? This cop is still going to walk. The attack was way back in 2016 and the victim got a $2M settlement. I’m sure by now a jury will let sleeping dogs lie.
Feds finally decided to indict a St. Paul cop for kicking a man who was being mauled by the police dog because he thought the guy had a gun. The victim didn’t and wasn’t even the guy the police were originally called for.
Of course the cops defended the dog and the cop.
TW: The pics of the victim’s legs in the second story are pretty ugly.
Nothing is more American than obeying orders. Why didn’t he just comply? It’s like he wanted to get bit by a dog and kicked in the head.
Why did they need a k-9 there, anyway, to respond to a report of a fight? And how many people could really comply with an order to get face down on the ground and not move when a dog is tearing lumps of flesh from them?
Good citizens can easily ignore the pain of a dog tearing chunks out of their leg and comply with police orders. Only criminals have problems with that.
I also liked this part of the story:
“I had to kick him. The locals were getting upset about the dog chewing on the guy and were looking like they might go after us.”
“But the fact that this is on video — it’s ugly”
They’re making it quite clear what they believe the problem is.
97-year-old Prince Philip flips Land Rover in crash while driving
Maybe at 97 he should let someone else drive.
I didn’t realize any of the royals did their own driving.
https://youtu.be/klRjI9eHkH4
There’s a pretty famous story about QEII driving the King of Saudi Arabia around her Scottish estate in a land rover at high speed on a bumpy roads. She used to drive ambulances during the war apparently.
A female head of state driving around a Saudi king. I love that.
If I were rich I’d have Jay Leno’s garage full of shit that I could drive.
Hot babes from Russia ready to collude with you!
http://archive.is/cNyEI
I give Spud 3.5 tater tots and a gnocchi on his first lynx.
The East German judge gives a queef.
I have my doubts about provenance of some of those ladies, but not #1!
Do they not feed models in Russia?
10 was the best, IMO.
In Soviet Russia, models feed *you*!
Because they starved to death and you resorted to cannibalism to avoid starving to death.
9 is pretty spectacular. Something about the way she wears that dress. Mmmm.
WHY DO THEY KEEP MUTILATING THEIR LIPS?
Makes no sense. Who looks at these hideous lips and thinks “wow those look great, I’m going to get mine done the same way”
SAD!
Lips aren’t the only body part dialed up to 11 in the mistaken belief that “more is better”.
Those East German judges are all uptight lesbo bitches.
There’s no way 2 ate that pizza. Or if she did, she puked it up shortly after.
You say tomato, I say to-Mao-to…
The article doesn’t mention whether the students marched her out in public, shackled her to a post and cut her hair off.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/UC-Berkeley-campus-senator-abstains-from-a-vote-13378621.php
(Yes, I know the article is old.)
“And the Daily Californian, UC Berkeley’s storied student newspaper, ran an editorial critical of her statements and refused to publish her written defense.”
If we didn’t have the Second Amendment enshrined in our Constitution, these little shits would pull the same shit that the Chinese students did during the 60’s which brought on the Cultural Revolution.
All hail our future Ivy League overlords. The greatest Top Men who will ever exist (though they will have to come up with a gender neutral way to describe themselves), and who certainly won’t ever be condemned by future generations for their actions.
I don’t even know when or where the Trump administration proposed this. But Title IX was never meant to give protections to the transgendered, and it was only a tortured reading by the Obama administration that even started this ridiculous argument. And the people who support it are the same ones who would go batshit REEEEEKEEKKEEEKK if you dared to suggest that sex was the same thing as gender to begin with outiside the context of getting special privileges from a law specifically meant to protect women without dicks (WWOD’s).
1.4M
Yeahhhhhhh right
Damn your nimble fingers!
1.4 million transgendered? Yeah right.
LOL. Yeah, they totally would have been down with the wrongthinker not explaining her silence.
Since Q seems to be busy, booty pics from the Chive:
http://thechive.com/2018/08/07/booty-scoops-will-prop-you-up-on-a-tired-morning-38-photos/
16, 18, 32 are my picks.
Okay, who the heck is left at Hit & Run? I’m lost, and, of course, with the glioblastoma, I don’t keep up much, anyway, other than some pithy comments.
Just Tulpa. Hey, I’ve never seen the two of you together. Hmmmm
Is that really him? Seems pretty different from years ago.
OK Fuck Off, feel better?
Hey, Pro L, great to see you here! Always appreciated your voice back at The Old Site (TOS).
Are Episiarch and Fist of Etiquette still over there? If they would join us, the Glibbening might be complete.
Thanks for coming, looking forward to seeing more of you.
Epi will not be here. Trust me on this.
Send him my regards.
Nah, tell him to go fuck himself.
Or is that what you meant?
I don’t see the difference. Isn’t that how most people send regards?
Why? Did you do something to his children?
“Fist works for Reason” theory was the one that made too much sense, so I doubt he’ll turn up.
I invited him over privately, and he declined.
Gillespie must have naked pictures of him or something.
Or maybe he doesn’t like you?
The rest of us don’t like Playa, but we still came over here.
And don’t even get us started on how we feel about Ted. Fuck that guy.
In fact, fuck all you guys.
Nobody doesn’t like me. I’m very likable. It’s a problem.
Fist is still there.
Thanks! Not posting that much, these days, though I have been a bit lately.
Uffda. Good to see ya Pro L. You can always get by on your good looks. All the best wishes for you.
Pro Lib! No, we’re all over here at Glibs. The Old Site (TOS) is dead to us. I’m not a big fan of Trupm, but also not a fan of TDS
Trump. Whatevs.
Long time since the Urkobold days, huh?
Went back there a couple weeks ago.
Jesus PL, I was feeling sorry for myself and you had to go and ruin it.
Sorry to hear that.
Ah, shit, we already got Warty, JW and Sugarfree here. I gotta get Secret Nazi President going again. URKOBOLD! URKBOLD!!
Still going since 8/2015. Still working, no recurrence.
I saw that fiasco. Yes, that’s the real Tulpa.
Really? Much anger I sense.
Wow! It’s better than a Bigfoot sighting.
How’s the world treating you, Pro L?
Awesome! I kind of expect TOS to just collapse on itself now. Glad you made it over!
Strange how things have gone. I heard we had a new president.
with the glioblastoma
Have you given it a name?
We’re not that close.
PRO L’ DIB!!!!
It is I, the Kwitshiz Hadenough.
Glad to see you, Pro L!
Good to see ya ProL!
Uffda. Good thing that Sweden imported all those wonderfully fertile immigrants from Syria. I’m sure they will work hard and have lots of kids who will prop up the welfare system. Any day now.
Holy shmoligans, the comments on the impeachment article over at The Hill. I’m really thinking a national divorce is called for, we can figure out who gets to keep the nice dinnerware later.
Here’s an occasionally hilarious Twitter thread on things that people outside of would be aghast to learn:
https://twitter.com/girlziplocked/status/1085388929950466055
Non-profits are typically lead by overpaid layabouts collecting six figures annually?
Get…me…to my…fainting…couch…
Go tell this bitch that you want to repeal the ACA and then see how she feels about this notion. This bitch doesn’t want to repeal anything. The end game is always an expansion of the government’s role. What she means to say is that she’s too dumb to actually come up with alternative policy because details and reality and math are hard and you can’t expect that. It’s just not fair. But the answer is always more. The government needs to go deeper. Harder.
“The government doesn’t want to invest in knowing how many people in America are suffering. Our government invests practically nothing in developing self-knowledge. ”
What a crock of shit. Government is replete with data collectors at all levels. What the hell is the Bureau of Labor Statistics doing there?
I wonder how she feels about the citizenship question on the census?
Reading thru her tweets it appears that her hobby horses are all the government should be focused on.
The charity circuit/non-profits are really just a bunch of grifters panhandling in fancy clothes.
OT: There’s a corner of the kink world that’s into rope bondage, including suspensions. It’s one of the things I’m into. But sometimes the other folks into rope piss me off. The whole thing is heavily influenced by Japanese shibari/kinbaku and these wee-aboo mother fuckers try to elevate it to some high art form, and talking about it like it’s on the same level as a tea ceremony or making samurai swords or some shit. Which it isn’t, to my understanding. It’s just a kinky thing the Nips do in sex clubs and in porn. I suppose it should be no surprise that kinksters would fetishize the Japanese part of it as much or more than the rope, but it is still mildly irritating.
Tell them to piss up a rope.
I believe that’s a Swedish fetish.
I assure you, I do. I give no fucks about the ‘proper, traditional, japanese way of doing it’. Or have much to do with the, ‘it’s an /art/’ school of thinking. It’s good foreplay and a way to get laid. Let’s not go pretending otherwise.
+1 Golden Country Great
So now I’m just picturing a bunch of pale white dudes who are skinny-fat tying up pudgy white bitches with glasses and tickling them until they piss themselves.
Sort-of. Though most of them would have a fucking hissy-fit if their bottom pissed on their rope.
And one of the funnier things is that if you’re a rigger, it’s a sure-fired way to get hot chicks willing to be naked. The pudgy bitches complain about it all the time, “He only wants to tie the 90lb, 25 year old” Well, no shit. They are easier to haul in the air, look hot in the rope, and can handle more stress because they are in shape.
“I’m sorry. I just can’t afford that much rope, and even if I could I’d have no place to store all of it.”
Well, I’m sure the 500lb cable chafes a bit more.
Pretentiousness? In kink?
That’s crazy talk!
You aren’t wrong.
Is it more irritating that the rope itself?
Conditioned jute and hemp, which are what are normally used is pretty friendly to the skin from that perspective.
So, yes, more irritating than the rope itself.
For Christmas I got a nifty “this day in military history” daily calendar produced by the History Channel. And it contains actual military history, not aliens or goldminers or bigfoot or whatever.
Anyhow, on this day in 1991, Operation Desert Storm began.
Also, Northridge earthquake.
January 17, 1994. 4:30:55 a.m
My foundation broke that day
Also, on this day in 1979 Sugarfree was murdered by a Sebellian.
Xenonauts is based on real events right?
Drake, that Z Man website you link to occasionally really ticks me off. It might as well be a Progressive stalking horse: its primary MO is to demonize classical liberalism and “civic nationalism” (and ostensibly self-aggrandizing charlatans of establishment conservatism—“Conservative Inc.”—but really it antagonizes underlying ‘civnat’ ideas; e.g. fuck Charles CW Cooke and Jordan Peterson because .. ? Because they don’t buy the “demography is destiny” “race realism” stuff. “DR3” the crowd their says mockingly—but not because it’s inaccurate; rather, because racism is a good thing).
It’s not so much that they believe this. It’s that they think themselves the much more evolved, examined versions of conservatives and libertarians (see Libertymike)—as if the rest of us are unaware of their theories; “blue-pilled.” I’ve read a lot of posts there, and they seem to be as cynical about the effectiveness of their counter-identitarianism/collectivism as they are about that of individualist libertarian values—so why does the latter get critiqued for that reason, while the former is proselytized for? If pragmatism is the reason for their beliefs, their evolution, why the cynicism?
(And in case your bingo card is incomplete, have a ‘Slomo.’)
Okay – I often disagree too.
What I do agree with (unfortunately) is that things are in the process of flying apart – and what comes next won’t be any of the stuff we’re familiar with (liberalism, conservatism, etc…)
His stoic analyses are often insightful, as are those of paleocons and neo-Jacobites and such fringe-conservatives I’ve read. Their prescriptions are just weird to me. Make accurate diagnoses and observations, and the prescriptions seem more valid (and connected) than they are. ‘Is–Ought problem’ I guess.
But it’s clear that I’m not the target audience beyond the stoic cynicism. It’s just that I’m drawn to it to a point, such that I’ve read a lot of it. Which means I need to air my grievances.
Done.
I just realized that “stoic cynicism” is an oxymoron but whatever
Because BIG BLACK MUSLIM COCK.
Libertymike is the guy you posted about many months ago with Schadenfreude for having shown his true colors, isn’t he. Mystery solved?!?!!
https://twitter.com/MikeTyson/status/1085662901669523456
LOLOLOL
A convicted rapist can get a blue check on Twitter but Alex Jones gets booted. Nice.
Didn’t Tyson get railroaded on ‘he said/she said’ bullshit? also, after all the shit he got for the face tattoo, after time I gotta say it works for him.
Maybe, but it doesn’t change the fact he’s a convicted rapist.
It changes the way I react to him vs. Alex having a Twitter endorsement.
That’s fair if you believe he was railroaded.
Do you think Twitter should’ve banned Alex? Just you personally.
No. I recognize their right to refuse service to anyone for any reason but I can’t think of a single person whom I personally would ban form a platform such as Twitter or whatnot, more speech beats hate speech and other platitudes…
Even Ted?
Even Ted. I’d simply shadow ban him.
What have I done to deserve this?
Lack of beer drinking and your reluctance to tell us what hours you work.
Obligatory.
Thank you, Mojeaux. I was hoping somebody would post that.
In a nearby office building there is a Gov’t Small Business Administration office next to another office that I probably stop by a couple times a week.
There was a printout taped to the door “Closed due to Shutdown” etc. Got me thinking, in my ~6 years of stopping into this building, I have never seen a human being enter or exit the SBA office. It’s a very nice building, so I know the lease/rent is very expensive. Why does this office need to be in a hip downtown area where parking is a pain. Wouldn’t it be better in cheap office space with a parking lot?
NOTHING LEFT TO CUT
Amused, I asked the receptionist in the office I was visiting if she ever sees anyone come or go, she responded there is only 1 guy she ever sees come or go. Visitors/customers? Never seen any. Lol. Whatever govt employee works in this office must have the easiest / most boring job, even among govt employees.
I noted last night about credit card companies putting up banners reaching out to card holders affected by the GSD. Today university administration e-mailed the entire student body, staff and faculty reminder everyone about the campus food pantry, counseling services and multiple other resources available for support for those suffering uncertainty due to the shut down.
What has that got to do with university students/staff? Is this some chickenshit way to try and turn them against Trump?
Nah. It’s just part-and-parcel of being caring and welcoming to students to make sure they come back next year.
It is a common scam. Some elected official gets a lease in a building owned by his brother-in-law real estate agent at an exorbitant price and they divvy up the rent money. That shit goes on everywhere at every level of govt.
It’s too bad I don’t have the motivation to dig this up right now – there actually exists video of a local news reporter approaching Luis Gutierrez and asking him about the fact that he was renting space for his congressional headquarters from his cousin. He immediately laughs and blurts out, “Yeah? So what?” before walking away.
It’s a CIA front.
*adjusts tin foil hat*
This video of Sargon debating an anti racism activist popped up on my YouTube. Not a pleasant way to spend my morning commute, but it’s worth a listen just to see how completely insane these activists are. For one, she insists that he must begin by acknowledging that all white people are white supremicists. It’s circular logic from there on out. Sargon is not effective at all, but that’s not why I watched it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4XoK7fQLCPw
I find it remarkable how fast Washington and Oregon have gone full prog-tyrannies.
Oregon Looks To Enact Guns Laws So Strict That The Only Firearms You Could Own Would Be The Ones Davy Crockett Used
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/01/15/oregon-gun-control-n2539093
I read that as full prog-trannies…man I wish, the reality is much worse.
So did I. I mean, the way they’re dictating the news cycle lately, how couldn’t you?
Me too. Even having read it multiple times.
The rural parts of California, OR and WA have no real (as opposed to nominal) representation in government, but to hear the narrative of the Progressives of those states (which I do, daily, in person), they’re the ones causing all the problems. Those fuggin backwards homophobes standing in the way of utopia
I have a friend who grew up in a Wahington logging town. Hunting, motorcycles, etc… It sounds like a great place to a kid.
Then everyone was tossed out of work to save the Spotted Owl. Now he hates what the state has become with a burning passion.
Aren’t they also trying to pass mandatory inspections of homes that have babies in them? Or is that Washington?
In either case it doesnt matter. I have said for years these people are full-on commies with all of the trimmings. They are the indistinguishable from the commie shitweasels from every commie shithole there ever was. Aside from the nationalism they aren’t much different from the Nazis either.
Yeah, that’s Oregon. (Tolerant Oregon!)
Oregon really shines on the Night of the Living Rednecks.
I say we let them. That will drive anyone who is vaguely right wing or sane out of the state and then we can see what a fully weaponized progtopia looks like
“Oh well now would you look at that, the very Buzzfeed reporter who DM’d me, put an article up a few hours ago talking about Tommys channel being demonetized where he falsely labels me as far right, and YouTube just demonetized my channel.”
https://twitter.com/CountDankulaTV/status/1085928425314009088
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9riCEVFLXk
I used to give Dankula money b/c free speech. WTF? This seems like more bullshit.
Dog Accidentally Runs Half-Marathon After Being Let Out For Pee, Finishes 7th
Good boy!
Perfect palate cleanser for the garbage I’ve read and listened to this morning. *Rubs Tundra’s tummy*
*kicks leg*
You two get a room.
Good Girl. The writer misgendered her, the shitlord.
Also, Alabama or Canada? Facts are a little bit hard to come by in that story.
Based on the fact that road wasn’t under 20 feet of snow, I’m going to say Alabama.
And bloodhound. Those Alabama bloodhounds have been breed to have strength and stamina for generations in order to chase down runaway slaves.
LEAVE CANADA OUT OF THIS YOU RACISTS!
I’m tired of being the butt end of all your jokes.
/waves torch in defense.
Don’t you worship some old lady?
Hey! Look who showed up!
/looks down on watch.
FYI: The rest of Canada does. It’s the one thing Quebec does right. Not worship Royalty.
Video.
“These humans get it! Let’s run and smell ALL THE THINGS! Oh, and play with cows! Ooh, is that a dead possum?!”
Awwwwwwww
I’m drinking Les Sorcieres wine and a little tipsy watching this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kE5f2B942I
And I realized I had to scratch ‘life coach’ as a possible job because my advice would always be ‘you’re a dumb ass’ and ‘are you retarded?’
Students Hate Toxic Masculinity… But Can’t Define What It Is
WOOD the host.
There is a reason that all of their terms are vague. Their definitions are smoke. That way ‘fair share’, ‘gender identity’, ‘toxic masculinity’, migrant, etc get to be what they need it to be at the moment. Worse, after the terms have been around a while the definition begins to get hammered out so they will just invent a new term.
That way ‘fair share’, ‘gender identity’, ‘toxic masculinity’, migrant, etc get to be what they need it to be at the moment.
The technique is perfect for the whole bait-and-switch. “Socialism is just sharing with the poor. Who could possibly be against that?” Then, it gets switched to complete and total statism.
See also: “Feminism is just the notion that women are people!”
Yep. That’s all there is to feminism. No political baggage whatsoever. Anyone who disagrees with any part of it is arguing that women are not people.
And the “Women’s March” is totally not about imposing some flavor of communism.
Consistency doesn’t create new witches to burn.
^This^
Toxic Masculinity.
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/one-heroic-act-that-saved-a-6-year-old-from-a-horrific-dog-attack/904932798
In related news: hero volunteer firefighter cited for animal cruelty and abusing dogs without a badge.
Dude was 72.
I suggest that as partial restitution, the little girl should be allowed to have the owner dropped into the animal cage of her choosing.
I don’t know why the owner’s not charged with something more serious. Plus, I’d bet $100 that if animal control made a visit they’d find evidence of animal neglect/abuse.
Dogs just don’t go out for a little child-maulin’. They were absolutely abused.
Exactly why they are trying to label masculinity as toxic. They cant have a nation of men with spine willing to stand up to them.
I got through about two hours at work this morning before going home with sneezing and runny nose and itchy throat. It was most unfortunate because we had customers in town for a meeting, and I had to present for 2 hours while holding a paper towel for sneezing and dabbing at my red nose. As soon as the 10AM break came, I bolted for home.
NyQuil and a nap, then chicken and dumplings. And Mr Splosives made a hot toddy for me—what a guy!
So I missed all the great discussion on Dbleagle’s SCS post but was very happy to read it.
Cheers, Glibs!
I never thought I would get a boner reading CNN, but…
Uhh…okay.
HM has only the best Linx.
Bonus points for the video’s creator being named “Sugar Tits”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4nwKvXbBG0
She’s cute, but not particularly busty.
https://www.instagram.com/annette.stb/
Female Bearing?
odd fact: I picture Pro Lib and RC Dean as the exact same person.
I am not sure who I just insulted more.
Hi, ProLib.
Well, we’re both attorneys, of course, though I now a device that shocks me. Bet he doesn’t. Is he around here?
Good to see you ProL. I hope things get better and you keep coming back here for a decade. You would probably outlast me.
I think RC was around this morning but I haven’t seen him later in the day. He comes around at some point every day.
Sounds good. I probably won’t post much, but good to see old gang. I’m have some physical deficits, but nothing too bad. Still working in the same job, etc. No recurrence, which already puts me in a low percentile.
Troll level: Supreme overlord.
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1085978219872964608
I couldn’t stop giggling at this all day. Pelosi’s supporters foretold that she would righteously bring Trump down upon gaining the speakership like David braining Goliath, and here he is canceling her flights.
My wife thought it hilarious. That bus may as well have had MAGA logos on it.
Ok, for a generally lefty alt-news paper, this may be the best weather report ever.
I miss snow. Our forecast is “light snow in the AM” which means a dusting and gone by noon.
Snow was in Florida when the Earth first cooled.
Is it, though?
Oh Good God have mercy.
LOL
More like Lamo O’Rouke. Seriously, how does this guy inspire anyone to do anything other than to yawn? Loser.
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/17/betos-first-presidential-ad-unfortunate/
Oh, he’s a shoe-in now. What youngster can resist the wild musical stylings of Pete Townshend?
Ad idea for Skateboard Girl: A clip of him explaining why everyone who isnt a democrat is a racist POS and every white person, by virtue of their race, is a white supremacist.
Cant miss.
I can’t tell you just how much I despise that he associated himself with skateboarding through those stupid videos.
I thought they were supposed to be conservative? I can’t keep up.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/425818-generation-z-may-be-most-liberal-demographic-yet
“Democrats are more in lock step across generations on these big social and political issues”
Cultists gonna cult.
All I’m seeing is “young people are more liberal than their elders”. That’s been true since… forever?
Trying not to shit up Kinnaths post.
Worked 16 hours yesterday, and usual 10 today. Made coffee, and the kiddos bottle before leaving for work today. Made dinner today, changed and fed the baby. Still got shit loads of sass. Apparently I’m the hard one to live with. FOAD.
Tried going to church after that, but naturally it was shut.
When I was little the church was open all the time. Our society sucks. Went to the bar instead.
I’ve had that fight a few times recently, too. Usually its couched in the “you don’t do anything around here” argument in casa trashy.
You’re a shoe-in for a role in the next Gillette ad.
I’m not sure if that makes me a cuck or… a man?
I guess i just want to know what Gillette thinks I should do.
They’re not interested.
Grovel
Been there Lackadaisical. That is a sure sign the spouse is under a lot of pressure also. The best way to deal with that, or was for me, is to let them vent a bit and when the steam is down they will give you an opening. Sincerely, calmly acknowledge that you understand that. That is when you can usually talk things out a lot more calmly and rationally. Make sure they know you are on their side. List off the things you did today that they are probably not aware of but dont take a defensive approach. They will see that as a counter attack. Ask what you can do better. Then just leave it alone. That will sink in for a day or so and the next time the subject comes up they will be much more reasonable and probably apologize.
I am a master of relationship Tai Chi.
You left out the sex.
If I have to explain that part then the explanation would be wasted.
“That is a sure sign the spouse is under a lot of pressure also. ”
Fair bet. She just took on a part time job, in addition to her business and consulting work, and watching the kid 3x/week.
I’m up for a really good promotion, thus the long hours. And maybe a bit of stress on my end as well.
I understood you are under pressure from your original comment. You are at the toughest part of a relationship. If you can make it through the work all day watch kids juggle plates always be sleep deprived stage you will make it through anything.
Oh, and this is the time when the car breaks down or the roof gets a leak.
The best way to talk about things after they have calmed down is to get them to explain what has them under pressure. I should have added that in there..
The point of this is not for you to find out stuff, it’s to let her talk about it. It is a terrific catharsis for her.
I am picking up what you’re laying down. Thanks for the kind words, except the part about the roof, we just had that fixed a few months back, tyvm.
Twenty two years into a happy marriage. We are now empty nesters and we do what we want when we want. We get along like two peas in a pod. All of that pressure is over for us and we couldn’t be happier.
Well, we dont have money problems but maybe if we won the lottery….
Sorry to hear it, and I hope it’s just a phase that will pass. Could be post partum hormone shit too, but don’t you dare suggest it.
Curious if she’s been hanging around any newly divorced or broken up women? Some of those bitches try to validate their decision to divorce by persuading other women that they too are unhappy. It’s toxic femininity at its worst, but it is real.
I don’t doubt it. But no, we don’t really hang around with such people typically. She’s a good egg, and just a few days back she was saying how great I am, etc, etc. Probably just a long day for both of us, and I definitely needed to let off some steam before the murder/suicide over nothing.
Sorry to hear that. I’ll second Suthen’s and Hayek’s comments.
My wife has a hard and fast rule, when the women she’s with start simultaneously complaining about their husbands, she leaves.
My wife has a circle of friends. They dont complain about their husbands…because they dont have one. All divorced. They are terribly jealous of my wife. If my wife says anything about it I say “Well look at them. Talk to them for five minutes and it is plain as the sun in the sky why they are cat ladies.”
(More Tai Chi – that is an implied compliment, a true one, to my wife)
Hi five to Mrs Suthen
Wise woman.
Sorry.
““Socialism is just sharing with the poor. * At gunpoint. * Who could possibly be against that?”
FTFY.