No, not Brett today.
You get happy Swiss!
Grüezi mitenand. Another day, another … problem for our favorite Florida Man. I think it was a python infestation. But that is neither here nor there. What does matter is that I have seized the opportunity for Linkings! As I am fasting today, they may be a bit giddy or lightheaded. I am sure you won’t have any problem with that, as they will remain largely un-read and un-noted. There, got that self indulgent whine out of my system…so here there be links!
- No worries, the result that was originally intended has been achieved. The massive corruption that corrodes civic life in Illinois will continue unexamined, unprosecuted, uncared about.
- Oh, and also speaking as an Illinoisan…this story makes me want to guzzle another..uh, I mean a bottle of kirschwasser and go break the empty over Mike Madigan’s head.
A Portrait in Dorian Debt
- I can guarantee you that in the average Euro mind, the reaction to the fact that llamas were getting whacked will be more extreme than the children being sacrificed.
- Paging SugarFree, SugarFree to the author hotline.
Bonus link from Brett (they have wi-fi in the holding cell???)
Have at it in the comments!
You may be fasting, but I’m slowing.
*narrows gaze*
I’m quickening.
I’m digesting!
So you’re another one of those pregnant “men”?
For when transitioning still doesn’t get you the attention you crave.
I’m craving ice cream and pickles.
There can be only one. *splits Spud down the middle and applies butter, sour cream, pepper and salt
don’t forget the crumbled baco…..oh right.
He failed to mention that he snuggled himself right in after the pepper and salt.
I was Russian, but now I’m Finnish.
Doh! How did I not see this?
I only pretended to be a dirty Finn for a bad pun and now it didn’t even pay off!
You were Russian too much.
Who cares what the current acceleration of either of you is? I’m already Finnish. Second place is the best either of you can do.
How young is too young for assisted living?
When you get murdered instead?
*shrug*
On the application form, just write “I have a lot of money and I’m too lazy to bathe myself anymore.”
Older than 81, for sure
I don’t think it’s a matter of age. It’s a matter of condition.
Yup. My wife has treated the morbidly obese in their 40s and 50s when she worked in assisted living facilities.
OMWC said age ain’t nuthin but a number.
yeah but his numbers only go up to 11
“and go break the empty over Mike Madigan’s head. ”
Looks like his parents already did.
I can guarantee you that in the average Euro mind, the reaction to the fact that llamas were getting whacked will be more extreme than the children being sacrificed.
Well, yes. Llamas are gifts from Gaia and true heirs to the Earth. Children are botched abortions.
Diese armen unschuldigen Lamas.
“I can guarantee you that in the average Euro mind, the reaction to the fact that llamas were getting whacked will be more extreme than the children being sacrificed.”
Does this confirm or refute the idea of the noble savage living in perfect harmony with nature and mother Gaia?
Well if the 80,400 in four days the Aztec bragged about didn’t bust the idea, 140 won’t.
The REAL darkest Peru: World’s largest mass sacrifice site is discovered as 140 children and hundreds of LLAMAS had their hearts ripped out and were slaughtered in a 15th Century ritual
All cultures are equal — meaning they’re actually superior to the white-privileged Europeans.
They didn’t restrict late-term abortions either.
I watched “Dangerous World of Comedy” on Netflix where General Butt Naked in Liberia discusses sacrificing a 3 year old girl for some ritual. Yeah, all cultures are equal.
Paging Neph – Looking for a good place to grab food and beer for lunch and dinner on Saturday that is also okay for my teen kids. We’re staying near the airport and catching a concert at Quicken Loans arena. Any suggestions?
Al’s Deli for lunch – corner of Superior and E. 9th.
Anywhere on E. 4th between Euclid and Prospect for dinner – I liked both Greenhouse Tavern and Mabel’s BBQ.
Thank you!
“Whacking llamas”
Euphemism, or a Peruvian ska band?
World’s worst sub-reddit?
Or world’s worst Pornhub channel?
BARF!!
You win for worst Pornhub channel.
I think cake-farting is worse than emetophilia. Especially since the shart is ever possible.
Cake farting huh? That’s a thing?
Yup, the more extreme variation of cake-sitting.
Of course, the cakes in both cases are consumed afterward, by either the sitter or a spectator (who also might be directing the action.) Occasionally, both.
Your browser history needs a superfund designation.
I don’t think I could successfully masturbate to that.
I think I have an idea for a new category: Inter-racial cuck-sitting.
A white guy watches helplessly as the cake his wife baked is sat on by a black guy.
I don’t think I could successfully masturbate to that.
You just need the right combination of amphetamines, Viagra and loneliness
Cake sitting is way too close to cake walking. *dog whistles while walking away
A few notes. 1) The black guy has to be sweaty. 2) Black guy should also be very militant and shouting black liberation stuff like “get whitey” etc. 3) The camera should always be zoomed in to the max. All I want to see are ass cheeks plunging into the cake.
The channel name is: Hot Cross Buns
Not a mention of squat cobbler?
East German judge gives squat cobbler a 10.
I don’t even want to ponder what the prize is.
Make it one of those Mardi Gras king cakes, so he has to feel around for the little baby with his ass.
Threading…
Llamas do spit after all.
Big hitter, the Llama.
I’ve got that going for me.
“Gunga la gunga.”
It’s gunga galunga you heathen.
Nope, Spud is correct, while Carl initially says ‘Gunga galunga’ he then pauses and corrects himself ‘Gunga?..Gunga lagunga’
Thank you. I’m a little Chafed off right now.
You’re all wrong.
Gunga galunga…gunga…gunga la gunga
Look it’s very simple, yes you’re quote is what Carl says, but what the Lama said after hitting his drive into the 10,000 foot crevice was “Gunga la gunga” Carl, as you may have noticed is stupid, and he has a hard time recalling the phrase. After he says “Gunga galunga” he realizes he is wrong and starts again ‘Gunga’ another pause as he really thinks back ( you can tell because he looks off to the side) then gives the definitive ‘Gunga la gunga’ It’s like Caddyshack 101.
It’s not easy teaching movie history to Tulpa.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be very disappointed in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if reports about rebuilding at a rocket launch site in North Korea were true.
Poor Donald, always a bridesmaid and never a bride.
To be fair, Donald is pretty consistent in wanting to have the only mushroom (cloud) in the room.
He’s always betrayed… Steve, Rudy, Sean, Cohen, Kelly and all the other generals, Comey, Rosenstein, Sessions. Just no loyalty, nothing Donald has ever done. Sad.
I heard none of them would even hug the flag.
But not Pie, never Pie.
She is as constant as the North Star and more true.
Actually, I think putting it in personal terms might just work …
Is Baby Swiss anything like Baby Groot?
The problem is Baby Groot burns when you try and melt it.
I’m totally feeling the need to make a pot of Brunswick stew. It’s a bit of a time-consuming pain to make, but dear Lord that stuff is heavenly.
Getting the bowling pins to soften up is difficult.
It takes hours and hours, but if you’ve got time to spare…
*polite applause*
Seriously though, it’s just fantastic. Those of you not from Virginia (fuck that Georgia noise!) don’t know what you’re missing.
^5^
Central Va. REPRESENT!
It’s all about the 8-0-4, yo
I’ve had it in NC. Meh there.
Yeah, so you haven’t had it. It’s a Georgia thing. Disregard anybody who says anything about Virginia.
You’re on a roll.
With some turkey?
and Baby Swiss.
SugarFree’s Word of the Day
Pedovestism: To derive sexual pleasure from dressing like a child.
Oh, so that’s what explains Angus Young.
Don’t be talking shit about Angus.
The complimentary perversion is Pedodivestism?
The PDS movement is little more than window-dressing for anti-semitism.
I loathe most littles.
The things I learn here
Do you have to wear a vest?
Just asking for my good friend Jim Tressel.
So the House Dems are eating themselves over this resolution against anti-Semitism…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-democrats-erupt-in-protests-over-indirect-sanction-of-rep-omar-for-alleged-anti-semitism/ar-BBUrXKN?ocid=spartanntp
Naturally, elements within the party want to turn the issue on Trump and his racist behavior. Here is the bill of indictment, according to the story:
“Trump words over the years were particularly galling to members of the CBC, with the president’s equivocating after the racial attack in Charlottesville, his profane description of third-world countries and his criticism of black athletes.”
Priceless exit quote:
“At one point during the meeting, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), a close Pelosi ally, pleaded with Democrats: “Everyone stop tweeting!””
They can’t, the addiction to the tiny rush they get when they think they’re important is too much.
Shorter Dems: ALL LIVES MATTER!
the president’s equivocating after the racial attack in Charlottesville,
How a white guy running over a white chick is a racial attack is a question for the reader, I suppose.
his profane description of third-world countries
An anonymous and uncorroborated accusation, which was probably accurate anyway. Are we not allowed to describe third-world countries accurately?
and his criticism of black athletes
I missed this one, but unless he criticized them because they are black athletes, I don’t see a racial angle. Or are we not allowed to criticize black athletes at all, even when criticizing athletes generally (.eg. “athletes are a bunch of pampered overpaid prima donnas, except the black ones”)?
I’m guessing that was the anthem-kneeling thing.
Ah, gotcha. Pretty sure he was criticizing athletes who kneel during the anthem (which wasn’t just black athletes), not only black athletes who kneel during the anthem. I vaguely recall he also hit the NFL for not enforcing its own rules, but I may be mistaken.
Yes… but they are kneeling to protest police mistreatment of POC. The circle is now squared so criticism of the protesters is racist.
*puts away Proggie to English translator*
The most difficult part of the process in building a prog-to-English translator device is having to avoid using any logic circuits.
We have this anti-logic module you can use – but be careful to isolate it from any hardware or data you want to use with logic circuits.
Re: Shithole countries.
A lot of local angst because for once no extensions are being given to “temporary” refugees from El Salvador and Liberia. Local papers filled with sob stories about people who came here 18 years ago on a “temporary” refugee visa are going to be sent back home.
Every story is outraged that Trump would try to return people to these countries because they are clearly shitholes that no one should ever be sent to.
They don’t say shitholes, but it is tah-mah-toe vs toe-may-toe.
Never enough
Murphy, 61, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. senior director, said his priorities for the fiscal year that starts July 1 are savings, fiscal responsibility, more money for education and “tax fairness” — his phrase for taking a larger share of income from the wealthiest to benefit the middle class.
“Let’s work together to apply the millionaire’s tax to every millionaire,” Murphy said in prepared remarks to lawmakers. “By doing so, we can do more to relieve the burden on middle-class taxpayers and senior citizens.”
Democrats, the majority in both houses of the legislature, have signaled a reluctance to raise income taxes. Senate President Steve Sweeney, a Democrat from West Deptford, said Murphy’s progressive agenda is out of step with the more-moderate New Jersey party majority. Lawmakers who support higher taxes will be punished on Election Day in November, Sweeney said.
Murphy came away from last year’s budget negotiations with a higher levy on incomes above $5 million, affecting about 6,700 people in and out of the state. In his budget speech in Trenton today, he said he could raise another $447 million on those earning at least $1 million. Of the 37,123 people who would pay, a little more than half are non-residents — typically professional athletes and performers or those with links to New Jersey-based partnerships or limited-liability and S corporations, according to budget documents and treasury officials.
Oh, okay, then. Why the hell not? You woudn’t want the teachers to go on strike, would you?
Yes, yes I would.
It’s cute they actually believe that.
They don’t believe it for a second, but they know they have to say it.
Oddly, I see no mention of any tax cuts for anyone. Is there one in there somewhere?
taking a larger share of income from the wealthiest to benefit the middle class
How exactly will the middle class benefit if taxes are raised on rich people?
Well, union cronies are generally middle- to upper-middle class.
Well, they have to tax somebody more. So not taking it from the middle class is giving.
Notably absent from the article is any mention of the current tax rate and the proposed increased one. That’s some fine journalism.
To derive sexual pleasure from dressing like a child.
Diapers? Footie pajamas? Buster Brown short pants suits?
PJs with rocket ships on them!
Reversible leisure suits! Wait… what!
All, I assume. It is meant to be an umbrella term for the various forms of infantilization fetishes and child play designations.
Granimals.
Garanimals.
Is there an opposite—dressing children in adult clothing?
We call those “prostitots”.
*golf clap*
I will say, 90% of the grown-ass adults I see on airplanes these days are dressed like 11-year-olds.
(get off my lawn, etc.)
*raises hand in acknowledgement *
I’d rather go change into professional clothes at my destination than have to get half undressed out of a suit to let some TSA goon fondle my mcnuggets.
I usually wear jeans (sans belt) , a t-shirt, and loafers when traveling.
exactly. I wear flip flops when I fly. Anything to make the TSA less fucking annoying.
Ha! Got one!
Hells yes. You’re just jelly that I’m more comfortable than you are while going through checkpoint charlie
You make the baby Gilmore cry.
I figure the TSA is going to make it hard on me regardless of what I wear. Now my local airport requires a separate bin for the scanner for each electronic item larger than a smart phone. The 80 bucks a year I spend on Clear pass is very worth it.
That’s a reasonably dignified outfit. I’m thinking more of the folks who wear basketball shorts and flip-flops or track suits that lean more toward jammies.
For my part, I wear the professional clothes, because I find that everyone gives me the benefit of the doubt when I stagger out of the sky bar.
Jeans, quarter-zip and Sanuks.
Unless I’m going on vacation – then it’s shorts and flip flops.
Thank God I don’t wear ties anymore.
“…towards the Delta Airlines plane I will be flying”
T-shirts, jeans, loafers?
That’s not kidswear. I see goofy-looking middle aged men in oversized cargo shorts with clunky Jordan sneakers and baseball hats on all the time. They look like a giant 7 year old.
I don’t fly.
The hassle isn’t worth it.
I don’t have the time to take a steamship to Europe.
I’m so sorry you have to deal with that Fascist state.
Diapers? Footie pajamas? Buster Brown short pants suits?
Apparently Michael Jackson liked to wear footie pajamas. So…yeah.
It is my sacred duty to snipe and meddle from the sidelines, because I love America.
I’ve never made any secret of my belief that Donald Trump is a threat to our country. At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, I said: “New Yorkers know a con when we see one.” Last fall I spent more than $100 million supporting Democrats in the midterm elections. Republicans in Congress had failed — and are still failing — to fulfill their constitutional duty to hold the president accountable. Instead, they indulge his worst impulses and refuse to work with Democrats on the most urgent issues.
It’s essential that we nominate a Democrat who will be in the strongest position to defeat Donald Trump and bring our country back together. We cannot allow the primary process to drag the party to an extreme that would diminish our chances in the general election and translate into “Four More Years.”
————
I know what it takes to run a winning campaign, and every day when I read the news, I grow more frustrated by the incompetence in the Oval Office. I know we can do better as a country. And I believe I would defeat Donald Trump in a general election. But I am clear-eyed about the difficulty of winning the Democratic nomination in such a crowded field.
There is another factor that has weighed heavily on my mind: the likelihood that our biggest national problems will worsen over the next two years. With a leader in the White House who refuses to bring the parties together, it will be nearly impossible for Congress to address the major challenges we face, including climate change, gun violence, the opioid crisis, failing public schools, and college affordability. All are likely to grow more severe, and many of the president’s executive actions will only compound matters.
Yeah, I can’t wait ’til you start shoveling money at the gungrabbers and bluenoses and the prohibitionists . Maybe you should team up with Biden and Klobuchar. That sounds like a winning ticket.
Truly, we don’t deserve him.
“Beyond Carbon”
LOLOLOLOL
With a leader in the White House who refuses to bring the parties together
*astonished, prolonged laughter*
In this way, at least, Trump is just continuing Obama’s legacy.
You know who else brought his country together?
Genghis Khan?
Garth Brooks?
Herb Brooks!
What this means, as usual, is that Trump isn’t caving on everything the Democrats want. That’s what noble statesmen like McCain and HW Bush did, which is why the media loves them.
I think some people don’t really understand just how leftist DC is. I went to school there for a year, at CUA. CUA is where a ton of Republican staffers, aides, think tank people, etc come out of. The people that really are the movers and shakers of Republican policy. The people that write legislation and put together lists of judges to be appointed, etc. These people are very liberal Republicans. Like, I used to get into arguments with them on policy and they are uniformly not conservative the way the rank and file Republican voters are. They are people who think Mitt Rommney and John Kasich are “fairly conservative politicians.”
In DC, Obamacare is really, truly, honestly thought of as a very moderate policy that had lots of “conservative” ideas, and these people are genuinely unable to understand why it didn’t get broad bipartisan support. These people are not gunowners, they’re very seldom practicing Christians of the kind you find out in the Midwest or deep South. Meanwhile the Democratic staffers and think tank people are downright socialist.
DC the town, and the people, are significantly left of the American center, as ill defined and nebulous a term that is. It’s something I don’t think people really can understand until they live there. Like, for example I went to school with a guy who is currently the number two or three aide to a senior Republican Senator. You’d think this guy would be perhaps a rock ribbed fiscal conservative, or at least of a more moderate bent, but no he is a fan of single payer healthcare and UBI, and he is not some weird outlier. I am willing to bet that 30% or more of GOP Congressional staffers voted for Hillary. Or at least seriously considered it.
The GOP is the Generals, their job is to lose to the Globetrotters. Concession speeches and bipartisan compromise that gives the Democrats their goals is what the GOP exists for.
Its interesting how an elected government can be so disconnected from the people it supposedly represents.
^This
I lived in DC for a few years after college, working for orgs on the right and on the left (and some non-political stuff). I hung out with a cadre of self identified libertarians, many of whom also worked for similar orgs. Outside of the true libertarians, everyone leaned left or was an outright prog.
All these groups require an ever-growing government in order to exist, right or left. The right wing groups are funded to slow the growth while the left wing groups are funded by the growth. The greater the growth, the more funding everyone gets. If growth stopped, everyone would be unemployed.
By nature, this forces everyone to at least tacitly support ever growing government.
Why, its almost like
You get more of what you reward, and less of what you punish.
Fuck fuck fuckity fuck.
Why do I have the feeling this is the year we get punished with two English teams in the CL final?
Looks like Fergie-time is back.
Your PL hate is still confusing to me, but I am okay with Schalke and Bayern winning next week. I needed United to win to have Ole Gunnar stay, Pochettino to stay at Tottenham. Although he probably leaves for Real Madrid anyway 🙁
I mentioned once before that to me it’s like you beer fans and IPAs. All the hipsters started following soccer and rooting for big EPL teams, and the media act as though the EPL is the only thing that matters.
I’ve had fans of English teams bitch to me that Bayern spends too much. /smh
I’m assuming Liverpool will find a way to exit early. The thought of either Manchester being there let alone two of them is too terrifying to contemplate.
You can only win one, which is your preference, CL or PL?
No real preference for me. I think winning the league is a bigger accomplishment. Beating a selection of the best of the best is no small feat but there is a bit of luck involved in tourneys I feel.
Why Bezos and Microsoft are betting on this $10 trillion energy fix for the planet
“Microsoft is partnering with the company by offering technological know-how.”
Your fusion power ran into a problem and it needs to restart. We’re just collecting some error info, and then we’ll restart for you.
The blue screen of death is going to be a real bitch.
Jesus Christ, are there more terrifying words in tech than “partnering with Microsoft”? Let’s ask Nokia.
So they’re expecting fusion to implode into a writhing mass of screeching, virtue-signaling assholes?
They’ll cut power to conservative households.
[insert laundry list of threadbare liberal hobbyhorses]
In the weeks and months ahead, I will dive even deeper into the work of turning around our country, through concrete actions and results. And I will continue supporting candidates who can provide the leadership we need — on climate change, gun violence, education, health, voting rights, and other critical issues — and continue holding their feet to the fire to deliver what they promise.
I hope those who have urged me to run, and to stand up for the values and principles that they hold dear, will understand that my decision was guided by one question: How can I best serve the country?
While there would be no higher honor than serving as president, my highest obligation as a citizen is to help the country the best way I can, right now.
The Presidency is beneath me. I need elbow room. At least he is willing to tacitly admit he is too megalomaniacal to submit to the constraints of the Constitution.
As for that “climate emergency”- why don’t you come shovel my driveway for me?
“I hope those who have urged me to run…”
That right there is shit that didn’t happen.
I have no doubt he’s been urged to run—by people hoping he’ll hire them to run his campaign. It’s quite a scam, from what I hear: butter up your mark, get him to pledge gobs of money to kickstart the campaign, then cash the checks till he loses.
Is there an opposite—dressing children in adult clothing?
They call those “beauty pageants”.
I called for diversity of thought. My peers compared me to a neo-Nazi
Also, would.
“I’ve been told by a climate-alarmist professor that I would face consequences if I ever brought single-use plastic into his classroom.”
I could have fun with this.
Maybe bring in some single use syringes.
+1 Epi-Pen
Winner.
@Q and @kinnath, I ordered some DHEA today. After some research, it seems that older females (40+) (somewhere around menopause) benefit most from it. I intend to start at 25mg every morning. Does that sound reasonable?
No meth? How will you keep your girlish figure?
I’m not woman enough to deal with all the sores and crappy teeth.
You wouldn’t have to worry about the teeth for too long.
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/03/06/why-eating-roadkill-makes-roads-safer-for-people-and-animals
Stick around for the roadkill recipes.
And now, something from the there’s a sucker born every minute desk.
When a classic red 1994 Toyota Supra sold online for $121,000 last month, it shocked not only the usual car-related Instagram junkies but also close followers of the tiny Japanese sports car. The going rate for one in good condition tends to hover around $59,000.
Those cars are kind of cool, and plenty of fun, but seriously?
That’s not the link, amigo.
Although it is still an excellent “sucker born every minute” link.
Oh, and also speaking as an Illinoisan…this story makes me want to guzzle another..uh, I mean a bottle of kirschwasser and go break the empty over Mike Madigan’s head.
Fretting about having a larger than expected government budget surplus is perhaps the most Swiss thing I have ever read.
But at least some things are constant no matter where you are:
Yeah, that pretty much says it all.
It’s quite a scam, from what I hear: butter up your mark, get him to pledge gobs of money to kickstart the campaign, then cash the checks till he loses.
Don’t forget the three card monte game of accepting contributions to your PAC, which then hires your political consulting firm to provide consulting services and “analysis” of the race in order to advise them how best to spend the money.
However, and I cannot stress this enough, make sure you run as a Democrat.
God dammit.
One of my heroes. I hope he wins.
That sucks. Stage 4 is bad news.
Classy guy, that sucks
Classy, yes. That old-school understatement: “normally the prognosis for this is [brief pause] not very encouraging.”
Yeah that’s very stiff upper lip. Stage IV pancreatic cancer is more of a when than an if, from what I understand, and not a long when at that.
5 year survival rate is 3%, but that’s in very specific circumstances. Average survival from diagnosis is 3-4 months.
But he ain’t dead yet.
A great friend of 50 years lasted 2 months, 2 weeks, 2 days after diagnosis. He emailed me once or twice after he was diagnosed and then just disappeared off the net. His wife sent the news.
Too many friends, too much cancer…
A friend/former co-worker was having some pains. “Go to the doctor,” his wife said. He held off for a few more weeks then visited his GP. They moved him instantly to the hospital and he died 10 days later. Pancriatic cancer scares the shit out of me.
stage 4 pancreatic is no bueno. Not many make it out of this one
Shit. Jeopardy on the treadmill is my thing.
That’s an effective death sentence. I hope he beats the odds.
#metoo
Fuck. Stage 4 pancreatic cancer is about as bad as it can get, diagnosis-wise. But if anyone can kick it’s ass he can.
I’ve had two co-workers diagnosed with it over the years. It was a very short fight.
Yeah, I like Alex. He’s always been a class act. And replacing him with Steve Harvey would totally ruin the vibe.
h
Good god really? Wasn’t destroying Family Feud enough?!
I like Steve Harvey on Family Feud. I think that’s a better fit for him.
Then Drew Carey?
I don’t like how comedians took over game-show hosting any more than the way they took over animation voice-over work.
*shouts at cloud*
Well, comedy was dead, so they needed work somewhere.
I get that there are individuals on this board proving that not all vegans are idiots, but things like this make it hard to remember that sometimes.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/06/vegans-accused-killing-piglets-accident-storming-farm-cuddle/
What a waste of good bacon.
Amen
Time for some pre-tenderized suckling pig.
wtf? Why didn’t the farmer just shoot the fuckers and feed em to his pigs?
Because Vegans don’t have the right nutrients for the pigs.
False!
Pigs exist to turn garbage into bacon.
Like magic.
Like I said.
England.
England. “Laughterton” to be more precise.
Put an “S” in front of that town name and this problem solves itself
Telegraph is killing it with the Onion-esque headlines….
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/06/stray-dog-tags-along-climbing-expedition-top-23000ft-himalayan/?li_source=LI&li_medium=li-recommendation-widget
“Stray dog becomes first to conquer Himalayan summit after tagging along with climbing expedition “
She’s a good dog:
https://www.outsideonline.com/2390456/first-dog-ascent-baruntse-nepal
That is hilarious and awesome at the same time.
“I will spend thousands of dollars and months of training to perform this feat.”
*stray dog goes running ahead, waiting impatiently for us to catch up*
Awww. Sweet girl.
Dogs can be real work horses in the mountains. They’ll keep going trusting the human. When we were coming down from the summit of Popocatepetl in 1982 we passed a party of Mexicans heading up accompanied by a dog. I don’t know if they summitted but were already above 17,300ft with nothing between them and the top. It wasn’t 7000m, but that dog was looking strong at 5200+ meters.
When my kids were in grade and high school we had a blonde lab mix. The only way to keep her around when we were backpacking was to load her down with her own food and chain. We had her up some 12,000 -13,000 ft peaks, but none with permanent snow.
Cool!
It was a little painful to read about her paws. Mine is game for almost any adventures, bit boots for long winter hikes are a must.
“Although there was a heavy police presence at the farm during the protest, no arrests were made.”
Why the hell not?
They didn’t have knives or make wrongspeak.
Hey, those cops are there to earn overtime, not enforce the law.
Wednesday afternoon T&A.
http://archive.is/eZk8S
Mostly A.
Those were hella fine booties. Way better than the usual Chive skinny chicks thing.
1 and done.
That’s not the link, amigo.
Sorry- some of those Bloomberg links have a bunch of stories on one page. Try “Bloomberg Pursuits” if you’re really interested.
Got it.
I’m a fan of Jap sports cars, but not that much of one. $100K would buy me a pretty nice 911SC…
I clicked on the Illinois #2 link and it goes to some Swiss propaganda. Click again and it goes to the correct link of Illinois illness. *narrows gaze suspiciously at Swissy
Too late, you’ve been programmed
Where’s my NPC meme when I need it?
The Atlantic asks Is This the End of Recycling? Apparently a lot of recycling programs had made things work financially by selling their trash to China, but now that China’s done with that they can’t find anyone to recycle at a price point that works. Some choice quotes:
So once again it appears that when you give people the choice to “Save the Planet” or “Save your Wallet”, most people prefer the latter. I don’t think that Green New Deal will be getting off the ground.
I know some players in the industry. China has upended the entire market. There will be with a bit of financial fallout from it.
Recycling is mostly bullshit as I recall. They skim the metal out and the rest goes into the landfill.
China was a huge consumer of cardboard. But they changed the rules on foreign material so that it is effectively unmeetable.
My late grandfather, who was an engineer and very much an environmentalist, told me the same.
(Also, there was a great Penn & Teller Bullshit on the subject)
Can’t they just run a big magnet over the general trash stream for that? (I did all of my research on this by watching Toy Story)
And miss copper and aluminum?
They usually eject that from the line into a bin with an EM pulse (Lenz Effect).
They’re wasting money on robo… oh, right the cheap chinese labor got cut off.
They do. Automated sorting facilities are fairly advanced now with robotics.
But man do they hate plastic bags. They blow around the facility and get stuck in the machinery.
I anchor every one of my disposed-of plastic bags with a giant malamute poop.
Then dump it in the recycling bin?
He tosses it over his neighbor’s fence, like everyone else.
Nah, you leave it in the exact spot where the dog originally crapped.
Or maybe that the save the wallet choice is more expensive than the purported save the planet choice tells you right there it’s using more resources.
But the save the planet choice uses clean renewable resources like slave labor, and the save the wallet choice uses icky dirty resources like fossil fuels!
We stopped recycling glass here several years ago because the garbage company had a mountain of glass and no buyers.
But I’m going to guess the state still charges you 5 or 10 cents a bottle as a “deposit” on recycling it, right?
I’ll have to look at a bottle but I don’t think Idaho is that woke.
What I’m getting out of that story about the llamas and kids is that Pizarro was the answer to their prayers.
He is the sword of vengeance that was sent to punish the Incas for conquering these guys. Sure it wasn’t the timeliest of rescues, but he got the job done. So I don’t want to hear anyone else bad mouthing Pizarro for being some shit head of a mercenary.
What? You don’t mean to tell me there’s something wrong with routine ritual murder to make the sun rise, do you?
*cancels morning ritual*
Well, it is either the ritual murder or that first cup of coffee that is starting the sun’s trip across the sky. I’d love to know which one of those things is the reason for the sun rise, but frankly, I’m too scared to stop either for fear that the sun won’t rise.
Best not to chance it.
DC the town, and the people, are significantly left of the American center, as ill defined and nebulous a term that is. It’s something I don’t think people really can understand until they live there.
I do not for an instant doubt that this is true. It’s a selection problem. Even “conservatives” who go to Washington go because they think it is the true function of the government and those who populate it, to “run” the country.
I went to better understand the enemy and learn how to reduce its power over everyday individuals.
It was quite an educational experience.
I told you to Get Off My Lawn!
“In the last few seconds of this vid protestor says to the speaker that “quite a few trans people were beaten up last time you spoke on campus.” Speaker says he’s never spoken on campus before. Protester shrugs and admits he made it up.”
https://twitter.com/karol/status/1103371904327577600
That’s an ass kicking
“quite a few trans people were beaten up last time you spoke on campus.”
Hey, Shitlord, the consequences of hate speech know no geographic bounds.
Pizza- the last of my mushroom and black olive spaghetti sauce from last week, with italian sausage and lots of cheese, on a boboli prefab crust.
Easy, and delicious.
Delicious, but not pizza.
Speaking of that wildly overpriced Toyota Supra… you could get a really really nice BMW 6-series (maybe even an M6) for that kind of money.
It must be the rep and relative ease of coaxing stupid HP out of that motor. Otherwise it’s lunacy. As I said upthread, I could have an old 911 built to original for less than that. And I know I’d rather be seen in the Porsche!
I thought 700 HP Supras were fairly common. No idea why a 94 would fetch that kind of money.
Maybe it’s original? The only Supra left in the world that hasn’t been poorly FastNFurioused?
No kidding. I’ve been looking for another S5 RX-7 for a while, and finding one that hasn’t been tuner douche-bro’d into a pile of shit is nigh impossible.
True, there are a lot of badly modified ones. There are also some expertly modified ones, that are awesome. Neither would be original though.
“The warty comb jelly has been found to have a “transient anus” that forms only when it needs to defecate”
https://twitter.com/newscientist/status/1102900692610625542
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2195656-animal-with-an-anus-that-comes-and-goes-could-reveal-how-ours-evolved/
Warty doesn’t need a full-time anus.
Hehe, the anus comes and goes.
Transient Anus – definitely a second album name.
Also, cool af. Thanks, Count!
Sounds like a sequel to Detachable Penis.
Warty really needs t wash his hair if the residue on his comb is actually forming anuses.
I AM A GOLDEN GOD
“Ilhan Omar Has a Point”
https://twitter.com/Slate/status/1102909766442016768
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/03/ilhan-omar-israel-jews-anti-semitism-allegiance-dual-loyalty.html
Her point is that she hates jews.
Christ, Weissman is a fool.
He starts off by pointing out that Dems were lukewarm on the Obama Iran deal, until Netanyahu showed up to oppose it. Then they were united to, apparently, do whatever the Jew was opposed to.
Then, when saying he doesn’t really know if Omar actually hates Jews, he says she came of age in lefty circles which have for a long time trafficked in anti-Israel language that is often taken as anti-semitic. Apparently, she grew up around Jew hate, but that’s no reason to think she hates Jews.
At that point, I quit.
I quit when I saw the word “Slate”.
The stone should sue them for defamation.
Why Jews and Asians vote Dem might be the biggest mystery this side of the Pyramids
It was quite an educational experience.
i imagine it was.
From a co-worker:
A New Luxury Retreat Caters to Elderly Workers in Tech (Ages 30 and Up)
“Elderly”? the bulk of the tech workers I interact with both at work and from vendors, even online, are between 30 and 70. I know few who are under 30, and they’re still learning.
I suppose when your frame of reference are the people willing to take shit working conditions you’re going to get more naieve graduates.
I was pleased that the reaction on the work chat has been universal derision.
Other than my response of “unless [Company] is paying, in which case it’s an important work development course”
Never change, California.
I’m looking at online dentist reviews, trying to find a replacement for the place that wants to upsell every visit.
A few of them are funny, but not from the reviewer’s intent.
Typically that means your teeth are in good shape. Other than a basic exam, time with the dentist means you’re getting work done.
life happens. It sounds like it happened once, and the person got uppity and entitled rather than being reasonable.
I have a great dentist. http://www.thomasevers.com
Probably a little too far for you. ?
New Jersey is a bit too far.
While I’m on a (not so helpful) referral kick, this guy is fantastic https://www.westjerseyoralsurgeons.com
Any of you NJ Glibs should take note.
“All the negative reviews for #CaptainMarvel are from men…”
https://twitter.com/TheMarySue/status/1102982518142320640
https://www.themarysue.com/captain-marvel-men-negative-eyerollllll/
This shit is getting tiring.
It’s so bad they couldn’t get women to watch it?
One hopes not. They should be busy in the kitchen making sammiches wearing nothing but high heels and a tiny little apron.
Sounds like the topic of your next article.
…which doesn’t imply what the Mary Sue thinks it implies.
Anyone heard from Doom? I’m getting concerned about him.
I was poking around over at BaT and found this gem, which of course would make him all hot and bothered.
Also, F. Stupidity Jr has been absent.
And Eddie and FOS and Free Society.
Was FSJ banhammered?
No. Absolutely not.
Oh, good! *whew* He and I share a love of Acoustic Alchemy.
I like the new avatar.
But… It makes no sense. Her handle reads as either Mo-Jew or Mo-Gee-Ux
Thanks!
Not spent a lot of time in NOLA, eh? 😉
I’ve never even been in Louisiana.
I get it now – nicely done!
Geaux Tigers
I must say I’m tickled by the idea of calling you Mo-Jew.
I LOLd.
I pronounce in my head as the English word “mojo”.
I just can’t see ‘eaux’ as ‘o’
Yes, that’s how it’s pronounced.
New avatar is Mojo Jojo from Powerpuff Girls.
French “eau” is pronounced “o”.
In my head it’s always been “mo-zho”. But I speak some French.
Mo-Jox?
Sorry, French spelling just doesn’t work with my brain.
Long “o” as in “go,” silent x.
That works! Class me up a little.
For some reason it’s always read like bijou to me.
“Ah, ma cherie Mojeaux, parlez vous gigolo?”
Like that?
I only speak gigolo when I’m getting a cut of his take.
–Madame Mojeaux
Well euphemismed.
And yet that bastard Ted S. is still here. 😐
Despite your musical selections, you are one of my favorites.
As I’ve said, most of them are Rorschach responses to comments; not necessarily songs I like. And if the selections make people retch in horror, I figure it’s no worse than HM videos.
WANT
Those things keep value
Excellent choice. You can buy a low mileage one for the price of a high end pickup truck.
Of course, when they start to age and break, they will bleed you dry.
You’ll spend a thousand a year, easy, just on tires. Trust me o this.
Fuck yeah. That is an awesome price.. TGTBT, maybe.
One of my favorite bars had a murder last week. The shooter is a guy who anyone with any sense would avoid, or at the very least not offend.
This is an unfortunate result of gentrification in this instance.
Obviously murder is wrong. I’m just wondering how often hipsters moving into the hood don’t understand how to adapt to their surroundings;
if any of you are reading this, consider it a public service announcement.
I lives too long in shitty neighborhoods. I try to move away from them.
The trend is the opposite in NY/NJ.
(See man bun guy attempt to fist pump hood rat)
I’m in New York.
Unless you mean the city.
I know. We’ve had this dance. As much as you hate it, “NY” and “the city” = NYC, not poughkeepsie.
I live in NYC and when I say NY I mean the state, always.
New York is the state. New York City is the over-crowded urban area at the bottom of the state.
I feel you. There isn’t a place in the country more screwed by left wing politics than the area in NY State north of white plains
True dat. I grew up there, can’t imagine going back.
I’ve more or less aged out of that danger. I almost moved into a hood a few years back but thought better of it. The rent was too damn high, which amuses me now because I’m paying much more than that thanks to the old-folks wealth-transfer law AKA rent regulation. /grumble
I hate to publicly say this, but I am coming out tonight. After a lifetime of living in NYC / JC/ Hoboken, with a few years in Buffalo and Denver, I’m escaping to Philly. Just can’t afford the NYC area any more.
I’ll be able to live in a nice apartment with central air and a kitchen and washer/dryer 5 blocks from work, cheaper than my current tiny 5th floor walkup.
Burbs or city limits?
I’m a city mouse. It’s right in center city.
I’m starting to come around to that idea. I’ve considered PA. It seems way less fucked up than NY. I’m a city boy so it would have to be either Philly or Pittsburgh.
Come to the land of not that fuxed as the surrounding states.
All are welcome, all are welcome.
Just outside the Philly limits proper is FAR more liberty than you can imagine.
Tell me more.
Shall issue. Castle doctrine. No radar guns for local cops. Just to start…
Philly is a cool and affordable and diverse town. They even have a neighborhood that is literally called the Gayborhood on maps, though some maps call it midtown or midtown village.
They have a casino with a sports book and 3 stadiums all within a few subway stops.
They also have old school bars where you can smoke
I lived in Chelsea for a year – not my bag, really. I like my current neighborhood – Bay Ridge – if that gives you any idea of the sort of area I would seek out.
a yeartwo yearsThis might give you the sort of area I would seek out.
I lack the $7.5 million plus ongoing taxes to afford it.
Rittenhouse square is the top area. I’d say its equivalent to Gramercy park. You’d love it
I’d have to compare rents and salaries but I doubt I could afford to live in any “top area”.
They also have old school bars where you can smoke
Do they just flaunt the law or are they exempt? There are a couple of holdout bars nears me, all dives, no chance anyone but a regular is ever going to walk in and yet they all still hide their cigarettes every time the door opens.
Exempt
I’ve come to the conclusion that I want a spot far enough outside of the nearest city that I can safely shoot on my property, but close enough that I can reach the facilities I need within a sane time frame.
I really, really, don’t like neighbors.
Have you considered the poconos? If you have any money you should be able to afford a house up there easy. It’s a beautiful area for the price and proximity to nyc
LOL me? Not a chance.
I make shit and I can afford Rittenhouse Square to an extent. You can get a top of the line one bedroom with all amenities imaginable for under 2k. A regular nice 1 bedroom is 1500 to 1600.
I saw a 600 sq ft studio with a great view and s closet bigger than my current bedroom for 1250
Plus you can buy a condo for under 300k that would cost over a mil in nyc
I mean there’s no chance I’d live in the Poconos.
Yeah, I pay way more than that now for “regular nice” with zero amenities.
But in the end, I’d have to see what salaries are like first.
I’m in Q ‘town. Wanna go to the gun range?
Escaping to Philly? I thought one escaped from Philly.
Was it Stagger Lee?
Mr. Stagger Lee!
Wrong ’em Boyo.
When you spend you life someplace where everybody is just like you, and you move someplace where that no longer holds true, shit happens, dudes get shot.
Needs one more rhyme
Mentioned before:
I recently had a disk crash and lost all my email info.
61North: If you still have the emails that you sent me cached then could you please re-send them?
Riven and Hayekexplosives: If you’re so inclined, could you please pass along your e-addresses?