Good Sunday morning to all the Glibs out there who are up too early- or for the Japan contingent, up too late. I’ve remained trapped in an air-conditioned house because of the Gates of Hell that people here laughingly call “the weather.” I went out for a short errand and came back Jew Jerky. It’s gonna be a long summer…
Birthdays today include a wonderful and memorable character actor; half of arguably the best animating team in the 20th century; a Communist shitbag who wrote some terrific songs, then died horribly; star of one of my favorite cult films; a guy I enjoyed watching get run over whenever he faced the Baltimore Colts; and an accidental president who totally lost me with a single pardon, one more demonstration of the corrupt Teams taking care of their own.
Assuming that by “their own,” you exclude the Leave It To Beaver Quartet. A Team dog entered the catfight. And the catfight continues apace. My fingers are crossed that Team Red will have the same thing, but I’m pessimistic given that they really have devolved into a cult with a single Daddy Leader.
Jenny shows deep concern and gives her always-valued advice.
I’m getting too old for this shit. I’m guessing hoax, but by the time this posts, I expect we’ll know.
The technical term for this is “incomplete.”
The futuristic technological predictions of an experienced ho. Just curious if anyone here knows, do modern hos carry Square?
This would never have happened if they had licensing and registration laws.
Party like it’s 1977! Let the looting begin!
I can’t see how this possibly be constitutional. Then again, a ruling invalidating that law might at least slightly nudge religious authoritarians even further toward the idea that marriage shouldn’t be a state function.
This is exactly what your mom warned you about. Maybe people broke their necks, too.
Old Guy Music today is another from Paul Cebar, but this one dedicated to Suthenboy.
Mornin’
Damn I love that song.
Guten Morgen, Tres.
“Jew Jerky”
Is that kosher?
Only if it’s made from real Jews?
I would have guessed Jew Jerky was a side project by some mohel. He was simply selling the dehydrated foreskins that were a leftover of his main job.
They are a little dry but they will grow on you.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo added that although service was restored some traffic lights remained out and New Yorkers should stay indoors for their safety.
“We would not encourage New Yorkers to go out if you don’t have to go out,” he added, calling the situation potential “pandemonium.”
“This could have been much worse,” he said, commending first responders and New Yorkers. “When things are at their worst New Yorkers are at their best.”
If New Yorkers are at their best, why is it necessary to hide from them?
The reports sounded like a big block party but without any fighting.
“Power outage leaves liquor stores in the dark, The City remains mostly quiet” said no one
Wow, calling AOC and Pelosi’s spat a catfight. How dare you use that filthy misogynistic rethuglikkkan term.
Also good morning to y’all from the RIsing Sun and thanks as always for the Old Guy Music. That shiz helps open up my musical horizons.
In a just world, Cebar would be living in a mansion with chauffeured Rolls Royces.
Alas, ce la vie. Any particular songs you really liked from them? I’m just going to a random playlist of his songs on youtube and seeing where it takes me.
My favorite Cebar tune is probably “Lovely As The Day Is Long,” a jazzy ballad. His cover of the Magnetic Fields’s “Book of Love” is another strong recommendation.
Excellent, thanks for the recommendations, good sir!
Also, if you like the funk-world music side, the album “Fine Rude Thing” is a strong recommendation.
*takes notes*
Aye, I dig some funk so this sounds like it’ll be up my alley.
I am unable to read Jennifer Rubin’s undoubtedly fascinating analysis of the internal dynamics of the Democratic Party, due to adblocker blocker technology. What a bummer.
That’s why God invented porn mode.
Here’s the whole point.
I would say that while the Democratic leadership and its moderates could and should have done this earlier, it’s a relief to see them insist that the squad get a grip — and at the very least refrain from calling fellow members, including African Americans and Hispanics, racists.
But they are, Blanche, they are racists.
The best possible outcome would be for the Moron Squad to utterly ignore this advice. Well, not the best for the Democrat party, but the best for the country.
Youth is a terrible thing to waste on the young
That’s cute she’s assuming the likes of AOC and the Squad are willing to listen to their declared racist white massa’s.
The “at least” is quite telling, isn’t it. No, no, go ahead and call everyone else racist. Just not our team.
It’s all just so damn adorable.
Why, so they can more easily foist their idiocy like the green new deal on us?
Is Rubin one of those “decorum” fetishists?
From the article
“……no one can promote themselves at the expense of and detriment to others.”
Isnt that the entire point of the DNC? Or even the government in general?
This is exactly what your mom warned you about
They went blind masturbating?
I thought it had something to do with a Red Ryder bb gun.
It didn’t have to do with the girl down the street?
Or was it about that party?
Since the French government has displayed its willingness to maim those annoying protestors, they should just begin the “yellow vest and motorcycle helmet” protests.
In the ongoing saga of “The Mainstream Media is Ridiculous”, I present CNN and their top stories of the day.. here are the top headlines from CNN.com:
Well, I guess that story wasn’t getting the traction they had hoped. They’ve moved on. Their new top stories are a block about getting raped on Tinder dates:
Actually, there’s only a couple of Tinder cases in there – so maybe they are just hyping rape today. Bonus for cheerleading charging and trying juveniles as adults.
And bonus for me if I actually managed to close an HTML tag without a typo.
Those are…quite the headliners.
My initial thought is that this is so random that it must be in coordination with their preferred Dem candidate – prolly Harris. Look for at least one of them to make a push on sexual assault this week.
“A man accused of dismembering a Tinder date slashed his own throat during his murder trial”
Wow. He brought a knife to court? But you can’t bring nail clippers on a airplane.
“Power went out on Broadway. Here’s what actors did next.”
I thought the show must go on.
Sure some deplorables got their trousers wet, we can’t let that get in the way of reporting on a much smaller number of Manhattanites who had to wait until 10pm to charge their iPhones!
OMWC missed the proper Old Guy music link….
https://youtu.be/PlMWW4R1ZBM
I’ve got all summer to pull that one out.
Just put it in every post until October.
My personal favorite times two. The first cover version is from one of my favorite musical documentary/concert films, the second is the original hit.
Wrecker
Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK’s former ambassador in the US.
Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of “diplomatic vandalism”, according to the Mail on Sunday.
The paper says the memo was written after the then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson appealed to the US in 2018 to stick with the nuclear deal.
The latest leak came despite the Met Police warning against publication.
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The Mail on Sunday reports that Sir Kim wrote to Mr Johnson informing him Republican President Trump appeared to be abandoning the nuclear deal for “personality reasons” – because the pact had been agreed by his Democrat predecessor, Barack Obama.
That big bully kicked over Obama’s beautiful sand castle!
Womp womp.
I mean, I thought we all knew that. It was pure spite.
Unlike Obama cancelling Bush’s mission to Mars – only to reinstate it a couple of years later under his own name at twice the cost and many years delayed.
Yeah, Obama was spiteful. Not sure what points you’re trying to score there
Elections have consequences, or so I’ve been told.
Not really a point scoring situation – just my personal point-of-interest in the landscape of “politics makes people do and say stupid things”.
In this case, the Planetary Society and leading science communicators like Bill Nye and Neil DeGrasse-Tyson cheered as the Obama administration killed the Bush manned space program and mission to Mars. They were over-the-moon that he refocused our efforts on robotic missions, as any science-minded and not-evil politician would do.
Fast forward two years and they were all lobbying for a manned mission to Mars. So when Obama declared a mission to Mars, they wept with joy over the enlightenment of their president, the only leader who could ever have had the vision and fortitude to propose such a mission. They exploded in applause as he announced the pork-barrel rocket known as the SLS.
Now, more than $18 billion spent and they still do not have a completed rocket – even though one of the main features of the SLS is that it is using existing, off-the-shelf components. (literally, in the case of the engines. They were reclaimed from a museum piece space shuttle).
Meanwhile, for far, far less than $18 billion, SpaceX has designed, built and launched nearly 100 Falcon 9 and Falcon heavy rockets, and is well into the development of their new super-heavy lift vehicle: the Starship and Superheavy. And instead of simply carrying up to 7 people into space, as SLS/Orion is capable of, the Starship is designed to carry tens of people to any location in the solar system. And bring them back from the surface. This massive rocket is being designed and built without any tax dollars – let alone an $18 billion and counting blank check.
So that’s why that came flying out at that moment. Because Obama’s little fit of “I have to destroy Bush’s legacy” cost us way over $20 billion and added maybe a decade or so to the timeline for a manned mission to Mars.
Harry Dean Stanton wasn’t in Jaws.
He was too classy.
The Met Police then released a second statement making clear journalists who released further details of the former ambassador’s communications could be in breach of the Official Secrets Act, in which case there is no public interest defence in law.
Shining jewel of freedom.
Make the government look bad, and a price will be paid.
but in 2045 the ability to approximate the sensation of sexual touch, arousal, and orgasm will likely be a reality – and it will be the greatest competition future sex workers will face.
Someone needs to update Bastiat’s “Candlestick Maker”.
I have no plans to stop reposting this any time soon (and it’s surprisingly on topic).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MN9Lf_X0olI
That whole AOC mess is starting to remind me of the old joke about the man whose new attack dog killed him.
Something something, “You’re your own worst enemy.”
Pretty much, my guy. Peddle intersectionality and identity politics all this time, don’t be surprised when you’re suddenly a target for the woke squad.
This came up in the YouTube side bar. Hilarious!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VjbpuK_H2VY
You’re up early-ish. How was the date?
Meh
So not good enough for a story or terrible enough for a story?
Pretty much. Decent man, just not for me
Tulip likes it indecent? 😉
so… too big or too small?
Completely (in)appropriate music link based on Q’s comment.
Not bad, but I preferred your Mongolian throat-singing heavy metal act link.
I’d love to see a Muppet version of that
“If you did not catch it, Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, tweeted that the moderate Democrats were ‘New Southern Democrats … hell bent to do to black and brown people today what the old Southern Democrats did in the 40s.'”
Damn. The gloves are off.
That guy is going to have a “botched robbery”…
You know what they say about lefties and commies…..the only good ones are….
In jail?
Russian models?
I don’t have nearly enough popcorn for this shit-show that’s going down.
It’s all a big subsidy for Iowa corn farmers.
Oops, that last paragraph was my comment, not part of the blockquote.
So you Pope Jimbo’d the comment.
*blushes*
You LOVE me! You really love me.
From the dozen or so friends I have in Southern Louisiana, the only posts they’re putting up are making fun of the Media coverage of the “hurricane.” The areas that they’re showing flooding on national news are way the hell out in the gulf and flood pretty regularly.
When I read some of the AGW claims, some sources site extra costs for storms in modern history as evidence. Does it not occur to them that we have whole industries, states even, that have learned through experience to declare an emergency, call out the national media and immediately put their hand out? Then we have bureaucrats who can’t wait to start passing out money/resources because it’s literally their job. Don’t let this tragedy go to waste?
You’d think the yellow vests would start wearing goggles if eye injuries are really that common.
https://youtu.be/PWFF7ecArBk
That immediately came to mind for me too!
One of the all-time great Simpsons scenes.
Shop the U-Line catalog, it has everything. I’m thinking of outfitting myself like a scientist just for kicks.
U-Line must send me at least two catalogs a month and I haven’t bought anything from then in years. I always wonder how much it costs them as I toss them in the trash.
They couldn’t afford that if the USPS didn’t effectively subsidize junk mail.
I like how Mayor Che is off in Iowa while this is going on. NYC really picked a winner.
Not used to getting up four hours before the morning links are posted. Already two beers in, with the smoker going strong for a Sunday brunch. Homemade English muffins, smoked pastrami I stead of ham. Now I just need to pray that I can keep the hollindase sauce from breaking.
In other words, happy Sunday, Glibs.
Fresh English muffins are YUMMY!
What time is brunch?
11. C’mon over.
You’re a decent man, just not for her.
Oh, I dunno. My spousal unit thinks that any man who will make her Hollandaise sauce is “for her.” I just happened to find her first.
Also, are you making your sauce the traditional way? I’ve found using a stick-blender and slowly drizzling hot butter into a room temp. liquid/yolk mixture while blending to be absolutely foolproof (I like 1/4 cup liquid, 4 yolks, 2 sticks of butter).
Huh. I was back and forth. I think I might go in your direction.
We make a tremendous amount of Bearnaise in our house – I like it on toast, egg sammiches, burgers, well anything really. The stick-blender hasn’t failed yet.
Yep. Those things are awesome.
“I can keep the hollindase sauce from breaking.”
Gay.
Alaska is well known for being the top state for Hollindaise sauce, especially the western part. In fact, there’s no place like Nome for the Hollindaise.
BOOOOOO!
Who doesn’t like a nice bit of crumpet, eh?
Insert knife between shoulder blades, twist
One consequence of New York City’s Saturday night blackout: It shined a bright spotlight on the tensions between two prominent Democrats, the city’s mayor and the state’s governor.
As more than 70,000 customers — plus countless tourists and other visitors — dealt with the loss of electricity attributed to a transformer fire, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was in Iowa campaigning for president when the massive blackout hit Manhattan.
“I can count the number of times I leave the state basically on my fingers,” Cuomo told CNN, responding to a question about the importance of the mayor being in New York during an emergency.
“Mayors are important. And situations like this come up, you know. And you have to be on-site,” he said. “I think it’s important to be in a place where you can always respond. But look, everybody makes their own political judgment and I’m not going to second-guess anyone either. I do my job the way I think I should do my job and I leave it to others to do the same.”
Cat fight!
“Mayors are important“
[citation needed]
“I can count the number of times I leave the state basically on my fingers,”
You know cause in case of an emergency he needs to be in the state?
“But look, everybody makes their own political judgment and I’m not going to second-guess anyone either. ”
: Looks up: well now your just being a passive aggressive little bitch.
NY governor uses fingers to count. News at 11.
Look at Tulpa here, making with the jokes.
Those two have been playing this game for years. One is the consummate machine politician without a principle to be had, the other is a lazy revolutionary true-believer. Can two very different lefties share a state, without driving each other crazy?
The new Neil Simon play!
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/real-life/791281/Generation-Porn-Channel-4-Teen-porn-star-dreaming-career-video
I’d think you could make at least this much in a brothel and the work would likely be easier.
“it was a lack of sex education in school that drove them to watch porn and eventually decide to star in it”
Uh-huh.
Crappy article doesn’t even give her name.
It’s basically an advertisement to watch their stupid docutainment.
Crappy article has ad blocker blocker. Remains unread.
It’s satire… or is it?
https://thehardtimes.net/culture/wife-of-man-who-started-midlife-crisis-band-wishes-hed-just-had-an-affair/
“If he was having an affair, at least I’d get some nights to myself.”
Lol
Inquiring minds would love for Ms. ‘Splosives to weigh in on that one.
Nah, he’s a real musician. Looks great in a kilt, too.
Late Saturday, the mayor issued several Twitter messages, indicating he was monitoring the situation back home.
“With the power back on, I’ve directed City agencies to investigate this evening’s blackout,” he wrote. “They’ll work with ConEd to get to the bottom of what happened tonight and prevent another widespread outage like this.”
NEEDZ MOAR RENOOBLZ
It was the Russians!!! They hacked the power grid and are meddling in the election.
Fleischers Superman was incredible.
So true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djwgODXqIro
Re Guthrie. Yes he was a commie. Was Arlo one too?
Aside, seeing you like old man music, what about the quality of their work?
“a Communist shitbag who wrote some terrific songs”
We always assume that musicians and artists whose work we love will have reprehensible political views.
Yeh the list is long.
Too long unfortunate.
I love the old stories about Bob Dylan and politics.
At some rally, someone asked Joan Baez about when Dylan would show up.
She replied, “Oh, don’t you get it, he never comes to these things.”
“My fingers are crossed that Team Red will have the same thing, but I’m pessimistic given that they really have devolved into a cult with a single Daddy Leader”
How dare you!!!! Trump is totes the best because he owns the libs.
Owning the Libs uber alles.
He’ll give ’em the ol’ Meat Hook! It’s his signature move.
Trump is Team Red’s Obama.
Sort of. I don’t know if it’s Team Red or Team Deplorable.
It’s Team Deplorable.
The thing is, actually reigning in the administrative state would be more of a fundamental transformation than weaponizing it.
Too bad Obama got his transformation, and I don’t think Trump will.
The real transformation will be when the debt collapses the economy. Yay.
I caught that Lethal Weapon reference.
Be vewwy quiet. We’re hunting witches.
It’s difficult to figure out who’s funding climate denial, because many of the think tanks that continue to question established climate science are nonprofit groups that aren’t required to disclose their donors. That’s true of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market research organization in Washington that disputes that climate change is a problem.
So, the program for a recent gala organized by the institute, which included a list of corporate donors, offered a rare glimpse into the money that makes the work of these think tanks possible.
Among the sponsors for the Game of Thrones-themed gala were groups that have long been aligned with fossil fuel interests, including the Charles Koch Institute and the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers. The fuel and petrochemical group, which lobbies for gasoline producers, pushed to weaken car fuel economy standards, one of the Obama administration’s landmark climate policies.
But the program for the event, obtained by The New York Times and verified by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, also included major corporations, like Google and Amazon, that have made their commitment to addressing climate change a key part of their corporate public relations strategies.
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How does the C.E.I. itself view corporate America’s support? In a statement, the organization’s president, Kent Lassman, was clear. The institute asks support from those, he said, that “share our values.”
If you do not unremittingly denounce the traitors and saboteurs, we can only assume you are our sworn enemy.
Yes, because climate is the only issue in the world. Corporations and think tanks couldn’t possibly have ant other shared interest.
The bigger question is: why does the NYT hate poor people by supporting making energy too expensive for them to keep the lights on?
Because Al Gore has a bunch of money invested in green tech that could really use some gubment subsidies?
“established climate science”
Wow, a whole 57 words before they mention the Kochtopus. Yawn.
But state-funded research that calls for more state is totally objective.
Wife and I staying downtown Chicago a few nights this week at Viceroy at State and Rush, Near North Side. Any restaurant, bar, music recommendations? Or other cool stuff?
Too bad you missed Saturday night at Cubby Bear. Perfect for gawking at stunning 20-year old thots drinking half their body weight.
I can get that in Columbus any Saturday night:)
The name “Cubby Bear” sounds like my type of joint, but I suspect otherwise based on context.
Yeah, I’m guessing the music probably isn’t my jam:)
How far from the hotel do you want to stay? The House of Blues is about a mile south of you. On the south edge of The Loop is Buddy Guy’s
Cool thanks! I’ll check them out. For the most part we’re probably not going too far. As long as it’s a relatively safe area and I can walk or readily get a cab back to the hotel it’s an option.
Those both look like great options!
Buddy Guy’s is a very intimate setting. And Buddy even comes in often(?) He was in the night I was there. Very cool.
Excellent:) Thanks!
He must be on the Mick Jagger longevity plan. When I saw him 30+ years ago he looked like he had a maybe a couple years left before his liver grenaded.
Avoid Subway 9f you’re our at 2 AM.
If and out, lousy tablet keyboard.
Wasn’t aware Chicago had subways. We won’t be taking public transportation and also won’t be more than a 1/4 mile from hotel after 11 if we’re still out. No reason to be. Plenty of bars right there.
If you have some time to kill during the day, I’d recommend hopping on the “L” train and riding around the loop.
But, I am an architecture geek as well as a train geek, so it’s
possiblelikely most people won’t get the joy out of it that I do.Oh I love architecture. That is right up my alley. Someone was telling me about a river architecture tour as well.
Well then! You need to check out the Chicago Architecture Center. The give a ton of tours. And the headquarters has an amazing model of the city. Badass.
Sweet thanks!
That’s not a model. This is a model.
JK, that one looks pretty cool too.
Wow, Rhy! I have to admit, that is pretty spectacular.
Can recommend river architecture tour.
I will definitely look into it.
You know who else loved architecture…
Three Dots and a Dash is a tiki bar that can be fun. The best part about it is that you have to go down an alley to find the entrance. So it kind of makes you feel like an insider.
If you like Old Fashions try Prime & Provisions although you will need to cross the river to go there.
My other two recommendations would be Frontera Grill and the Kinzie Chop House*
*Kinzie Chop House is great food, but half of the fun when I went there was because I ate there with two coworkers who dropped a lot of money in there (on the corporate card) while showing clients and big wigs from Europe around Chicago. So we were treated like rock stars. But it is great food.
Great moments in projection:
“‘he’ is not what you should call me. If we lived in a just, rational, inclusive universe — one in which we were not all so irredeemably obsessed by the particulars of the parts dangling between our fellow humans’ legs, nor the ridiculous expectations signified by those parts about how we should act and speak and dress and feel — there would be no requirement for you to have to assume my gender just to refer to me in the common tongue.”
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/totalitarian-they-farhad-manjoo-damon-linker-social-justice/
Yeah. You’re *totally* not obsessed with the dangly parts between people’s legs.
PS: Women’s parts don’t really “dangle” you sexist pig!
Way to assume women can’t have penises, shitlord.
This. It’s not about “gender” or whatnot. It’s about destroying culture and replacing it with Utopia, which for some reason never arrives.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/bastille-day-in-france-showcases-european-military-cooperation
Going to guess CNN is going to cover this huge waste of money?
Also, from that same link-
Yale Climate Connections has guides on how to talk about climate at social gatherings, and to children. The Times also has advice on discussing climate change with young people. Dr. Roser-Renouf says the first step in talking to others is to find out how they feel about the issue, then you talk about why you care about the issue.
Connecting climate change to your local community often provides a good point of reference, she said. Asking someone to become part of a group that you participate in can also be effective, she noted, pointing out that such a request is among the top reasons that people join an organization.
Regardless, Dr. Roser-Renouf says that being a climate communicator is a critical contribution. “Interpersonal communication is much more powerful than mass media information,” she said. “It’s the people we talk to and care about that persuade us.”
Yes, of course. Proselytize for your religion. Live your faith. Browbeat the unbelievers.
Far leftists killed in Washington State.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2ftcFNJ2g
One less whack-job in this world.
Can’t fault the guy for lack of commitment.
And I’m sure we’ll be inundated with wall-to-wall media coverage of this just like if a Neo-Nazi tried to light a synagogue on fire.
Not!
I liked Jenny’s dig at the freedom caucus too. I mean who wants to support lawmakers who don’t want to make any laws.
[golf clap]
More Blue on Blue violence.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/452940-league-of-conservation-voters-withdraws-from-climate-forum-after-offensive
Excerpts from the article here (since it has been removed from TNR and I can’t find an archive copy):
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/382255.php
Money shot (so to speak):
“The only thing that distinguishes the mayor of South Bend from all those other well-educated reasonably intelligent white dudes who wanna be president is what he does with his dick (and possibly his ass, although I get a definite top-by-default vibe from him, which is to say that I bet he thinks about getting fucked but he’s too uptight to do it).”
Those who have been saying for years/decades that the revolution always eats its own; you are in the process of being proven right.
In five years Dale Peck will be the face of modern Democrats. In 6 he will be pushed out for not being progressive enough.
Buttigieg bad because gay.
Actually if you read the article it was: Butigeig bad because not gay enough (?) . He’s bad because despite being gay he does all the normie shit, so he’s no Ally to gay people.
^^Pretty much this.
“Buttgieg bad becuz closeted too long, didn’t get to be rampantly promiscuous, therefore once become president he go off rails and fuck every male-identified carbon-based life form in a 1000 mile radius and not focus on presidenting”
Set aside the fact that several straight former presidents have been insatiable poon assassins, I thought the whole “gay men are sooper promiscuous by default” was homophobic?
These purity tests, man.
He’s a gay Uncle Tom?
Slightly more complicated than that, Rufus. It’s not that he’s a traitor so much as he’s a white male who is cisgendered (IOW, acts like a traditional male). So from the movement POV he’s not really gay-gay because he’s not victim-y enough. Straight-acting GWMs are the wypipo of the LGBTQetc movement. Needs more trans lesbian Aleut in wheelchair.
Yeh, like successful African-Americans who act too ‘white’. Or like wypippo.
BURN HER
Scarlett Johansson has addressed the casting controversies she became embroiled in over the past few years, maintaining that she should be “allowed to play anyone”.
In 2018, the actor stepped down from playing a trans male character in new film Rub & Tug after receiving widespread backlash for the casting decision.
The move angered many trans actors and queer activists, who argued that there was an entire roster of trans male actors to play the role instead of her.
In a new interview with As If magazine, she said: “You know, as an actor I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my job.”
Stealing roles from deserving whatevers. Such oppressive privilege.
Oh Scarlett…
You may have a tremendous, gift from G-d rack, but I’ve always thought you were a little bit of a dim bulb. Thanks for confirming my suspicions. Enjoy being raked across the twatter coals.
“allowed to play anyone”.
It’s really between you and the producers. No one made you drop the role. AFAICT you chose to listen to the mob of harpied
But there would be no harpies if not for Orange man bad so it’s all Trump’s fault. And to be safe….Bush jr. too.
Props to Scarlett. She’s correct.
Poor Linda Hunt….
as an actor I
There’s your first mistake sugar tits. You’re an actress.
This doesn’t make any sense to me.
But the narrative I keep hearing is that people who get gender reassignment surgery are now exactly the same as a natural-born member of the sex that they aspire to be. In other words, a man who got surgery is just as much of a woman as Scarlett Johansen. They repudiate the idea that a man who merely states his self-identification as a woman is any different at all from a biological female with XX chromosomes.
So what exactly is the complaint with that casting choice? It’s not like they wrote a black character but passed over Idris Elba in favor of some white guy painted up with burnt cork and bright red lipstick.
A little dispatch from the world of online dating: there are a lot (A LOT) of very angry, bitter, men out there. It’s…..unsettling.
I have gotten multiple messages from men whose profile is a variant on the short angry bagel guys rant, or just says “no real women here”. I don’t get why they are sending me messages with that sort of profile up. Seems like self sabotage. I don’t respond to those messages because I find those guys potentially scary.
So, glibbies, what’s up with that?
“there are a lot (A LOT) of very angry, bitter, men out there. It’s…..unsettling.”
I’ve come to understand that a lot of people refuse to take ultimate responsibility for their lives. This incubates bitterness and resentment.
3/4 of single men are garbage
because garbage men stay single
[weeps, nods]
Just be glad they’re honest so you don’t waste your time. There are guys who want to have a girlfriend but don’t particularly like women. Mommy issues maybe? I can’t really relate because I love women.
I think it’s because they were unsuccessful with women and rather than look inside to see why they solidify in their ways and blame others. These men also tend to overvalue what they bring to the table.
Roosh fans have a sad at your comment.
“very angry, bitter, men out there. It’s…..unsettling.”
It’s like you never read our comments.
A shut up! I hate it when you do that!!!!11!!
There’s a lot going on here:
Not sure what age group of men you’re going after, but there’s a good chance that (unfortunately) most of the “normal” men settled down a while ago and have been removed from the pool. Contrary to pop-culture tropes, males follow a pretty predictable pattern of going through a phase of very minor promiscuity before settling into committed relationships. Men, IME, are significantly more concerned with “dying alone” than women are so many of the more marketable ones settle pretty quickly (sorry). The ones with large amounts of sexual capital and natural tendency toward promiscuity become real bastards who use and discard women like tissues.
Therefore, dating past 30 becomes complicated by the fact that many of the men left have overinflated ideas about the volume of promiscuity that actually went on ten years previously that they “missed out on”. The high sexual capital single men still in the pool really are engaging in the level of promiscuity they envision. Because the natural human tendency is to blame others before doing any introspection, they start thinking that women are to blame for the fact that their lives haven’t turned out like a PornHub video; they then start seeking out corroborating evidence on “manosphere” forums and find ample confirmation bias.
Therefore, in spite of the fact that they have a warped view of reality, they still crave companionship, love and sex (like most humans), but their minds have been poisoned. So they sign up for the apps that the media assures them are a 24/7 sexual cornucopia, but can’t shake their own feelings of bitterness/inadequacy for the fact that they didn’t get to fuck the cheerleader in high school. Be that as it may, there are still plenty of men out there who are not crazy and legitimately looking for real relationships. The more time that goes on, however, the more likely they are to be divorced.
TL;DR – Dating sucks, lots of the men out there are incredibly insecure and take it out on the world, keep at it, you’re a quality person and deserve a quality person. Remember, you’re the buyer, not the seller.
^This.
And the rich irony that the guy who posts pinup links with the regularity of a Swiss train has this level of insight.
It isn’t really complicated. I think a lot of the bitter people know they are bitter and know why, they just don’t want to change. I think the problem gets even more compounded by the opposite sex, in the same boat, having just as many issues. I’ve had this discussion with both sexes trying to date in their mid 30’s to mid 40’s. The well is pretty dry.
There are a couple of Unicorns out there who are just leaving of toxic relationships or lost their mate to misfortune, but usually they’re pretty shell shocked and frankly, still accustomed to their old partners. Said Unicorns are usually very picky, they tend to view dating as if they were in late high school or still in college, but the variety and youth isn’t there. Throw children and careers in the mix to make it worse with time constraints, it’s a PIA all of the way around.
This is probably true, but it’s not dominating the equation: men don’t take themselves out with unreasonable expectations; rather, men are already out because of non-dating performance. If a guy is undatable before he starts posting, it surely doesn’t matter what he posts.
I’ll say it again> online dating is so great because the competition is zeroville:
* debt
* stupid or no job
* addiction
* delusions of grandeur
* aggression
* live with parents
* dress like Margarittaville
* videogaming
It’s as if most single men are trying to run off most single women.
As a bald parent academic type, you would think it would have been impossible for me to have enjoyed a tremendous dating life in Dallas, a place with pretty people and lots of money. But there were cute, educated, fun chicks in my in box every single day. And I ended up marrying a girl in her 40s who had never been married, no kids, great career.
Because the competition took themselves out.
I work with a guy who just divorced his fifth wife. Guy comes across as superficially nice and well dressed, but work with him for any length of time and his real personality claws through. Total snake in the grass, doesn’t take any accountability for his own actions, doesn’t listen to anyone else, and would stab someone in the back or throw them under a bus if he thought it would benefit him. But he looks good on paper.
They’re looking for the next person to blame for why they remain single? That’s what it sounds like to me.
Be careful out there Tulip. Any hint of jealousy, control, or sudden change in personality. Get away.
Example.
Was pulling out my machete on the first date to whack that hare a bit much?
Sometimes a bunny needs whacked. What are you gonna do.
Oh, he was talking about a rabbit type hare. I thought he was into some extreme Canadian Lumberjack style manscaping.
Dating a bunny boiler?
The biggest surprise to me is how clearly they identify themselves
When men say they want a real woman, they want a hot submissive nymphomanic.
When women say they want a real man, they mean a perpetually full bucket of money with no libido attached.
I get bitter. What I don’t get is what they think will happen using those profiles. I’m grateful that they so clearly identify themselves. And grateful for the guys who are so prescriptive in what they are looking for – no games, only want sincere, blah blah. It’s a slightly more subtle version of the ranters.
I don’t do the online dating thing anymore but have a buddy who is on all the free ones. He has told me about profiles of women we know and they are using pics that are, how do you say, touched up (to say the least) or even ten years old. A bit of false advertising going on. There are also many fake accounts where the pic stays the same, but location changes regularly. I assume they are scammers of some sort. The “no real women on here” comments may be reflecting that. Who knows. Anyways good luck with it. I had luck with E-harminoy and met a great lady who I dated for years. It ended due to my inability to commit to be around more back then. Work did not allow that at the time and I liked my job more than her I guess. But then again I am a selfish prick. But at least I know that.
I did it for a bit last year and as someone in his mid-to-late 30’s, it was, uh, an eyeopener. It’s like, you have three kids, don’t work and have a list of demands for me that’s a mile long? Well, good luck with that. I did meet some quality women and had some nice dates with some intelligent and good looking women, but I ended up getting set up with a nice young woman by an older couple I know. That ended for a myriad of reasons, mainly me being older much further along in life. 30 year old me would have wifed her up in a second.
I met my current wife (and my ex) via online dating. Actually, with only one or two exceptions, everyone I dated I met thru personal ads.
It’s a numbers game, just go on enough dates with people who seem reasonably compatible and eventually you can find someone awesome, especially once you’ve dissected the dates that went bad and recognize the clusterfucks up front.
Not THAT kind of clusterfuck, Q.
To be fair, there are few fake accounts out there that these idiots probably fall for and then become bitter about it. But why advertise that bitterness? Makes no sense.
I am not sure what the ‘scam’ is from the fake accounts, I guess the people behind these fake accounts eventually ask for money or something? No idea.
In addition, there are shittons of wannabe instagram/snapchat models that are seemingly looking for followers primarily.
Such accounts probably lead to those type of bitter rants and the “no real women…” stuff. Likely also that those guys do not have a friend to take a look at their profile for them and tell them to try writing something more positive.
They usually ask you to register on some other dating site (for which they get a commission for every signup).
Actually if you read the article it was: Butigeig bad because not gay enough (?) . He’s bad because despite being gay he does all the normie shit, so he’s no Ally to gay people.
So- the gay equivalent of an Uncle Tom?
Quite literaly. He calls him Mary Pete, which in the article he says it’s the equivalent of Uncle Tom for gays.
So true:
https://i.redd.it/wchkxnusk1a31.jpg
One of the ways that Wonder Dog earned her sobriquet is that she never does that. I’m not sure where it all goes, maybe to a parallel universe.
Our lovely doggy did her first “eating off the table when no one is looking” today. Although I was annoyed because it was 1/2 a donut I was saving for myself, I am impressed because she was so delicate and quiet about it.
I have a funny story like that: My sweet little Holley dog never took anything that wasnt offered to her. Never snuck stuff off the table or anything.
She developed some sort of hair loss later on in life. We took her to the vet several times, they could never find anything wrong.
And then one day, as I was coming home from a run I caught a glimpse of her through the kitchen window.
That damn dog was losing hair because the minute my back was turned she was slipping through the cat door and eating his wet food. She had been doing this for years behind my back.
Clever girl. Miss her every day.
Samoyed? The first Mr. GT claimed that Sammies didn’t fart. AFAIK, he only knew that through research. He’d never had a dog – the only pet we ever had together was a dwarf rabbit.
Great Pyr.
And will not eat off the table or go through trash. We leave her bag of food out and open, and she will not touch it until we put it in her dish and tell her it’s OK. OTOH, she expects visitors to bring her a slice of pizza. Swiss spoiled her that way.
A little dispatch from the world of online dating: there are a lot (A LOT) of very angry, bitter, men out there. It’s…..unsettling.
Are these people who project the attitude they believe they “deserve” to be effortlessly happy? And their richly deserved happiness has been stolen or unjustly withheld from them?
I don’t think it is the exclusive province of the male of the species, but it makes no sense to me in any case.
I have gotten multiple messages from men whose profile is a variant on the short angry bagel guys rant, or just says “no real women here”.
They don’t want “real women” or they are saying “real women” (whatever the fuck that means) aren’t on [dating service]?
I can’t conceive of doing the online dating thing. I need to surreptitiously gain intel about a person. And don’t call it stalking. That makes it sound weird.
^^This.
It just never sat in with me at all. I like being a socially awkward mess in the meat space.
I prefer being*
T&A for all muh shitlordz (sorry Tulip, we’re all pigs).
http://archive.li/SDgNE
25 and 52. I’m willing to let 25 burn all my bunnies and hope my Florida Man stats can even the odds.
Nice lineup.
It’s a very slow recovery today Chez Humungus/ Flashman. Once again : neighbors, newly legal substances, Euchre, whiskey, patio . . . all ingredients to a great night, but a harsh morning after. Also LH and I indulged in some partial streaking in the back yard (once the neighbors were gone).
One of the things I love about this time of summer is the lightning bugs.
Only partial?
Yeah, I should have gone for it.
too many mosquitoes!
Sound like they were mood lightning bugs. O-la-la.
+1 Streaking with the Lightning bugs!
This past week I was driving and there was this bright green light right in front of my eyes. WTF? It turns out a lightening bug got in my car.
That would help with the power-to-weight ratio.
Can we get a narrowed gaze over here?
Yeah this is a pretty epic hangover – didn;t help that I woke up at something-AM with a gut that wanted to hurl. So I just rested lying on my stomach for an hour before I fell asleep again.
But I still managed to work out – which helped, and a little hair on the dog. We’ve got to take a break from the neighbors for a weekend or two before my liver explodes.
I thought the experienced ho article was going to be about Madonna.
Is that a fire? Throw some gasoline on it.
Trump on Friday sought to defend Pelosi amid the turmoil, saying that it was “very disrespectful” for Ocasio-Cortez to criticize Pelosi.
“I think [Ocasio-Cortez] is being very disrespectful to somebody who’s been there a long time,” Trump told reporters. “I deal with Nancy Pelosi a lot and we go back and forth and it’s fine, but I think that a group of people is being very disrespectful to her. And you know what, I don’t think that Nancy can let that go on.”
Trump also called out Omar, saying that if “one-half” of the news reports and online criticism the first-term lawmaker has received from right-wing figures was accurate, she should not be in office.
Omar, a Somali refugee, shot back on Twitter that “if one-tenth of what they say about you is true, you shouldn’t be in office.”
“Government” as Punch and Judy show.
For once, they’re both right.
Ah. The old, “I know you are but what am I?” defense. Well played, Ilhan.
I bet her brother taught her that one… maybe on their wedding night?
Michael Malice often makes a point that Journalists will use appositives to label unsavory characters e.g “John Doe, who has ties to neo-nazi movements, ….” It’s interesting to see what they use to describe people. They very well could have written “Omar, who came under fire for anti-Semitic comments, shot back…”. Arguably it would have been more relevant to the story as a whole.
Will someone explain what that lady is doing ok Julian Assange in the header photo?
Not Assange and the alt-text explains everything.
Just turned on Meet the Press. Chuck Todd wants a Marshall Plan for central America. Giving money to corrupt government officials and NGO parasites will solve any problem.
Does it include bombing the shit out of them first?
Why not? General Dynamics isn’t going to pay itself.
3D printed Lamborghini
“The car uses a few authentic Lamborghini parts he mostly picked up used, but will be powered by a mid-mounted V8 from a 2003 Corvette that drives the rear wheels through a Porsche 911 transmission.”
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/father-and-son-3d-printing-their-own-lamborghini
And they used to make bolt-on Lambo-style bodies for VW (beetle) chassis. Looked nice, but the scooter rule applies.
That’s impressive.
Great. Rapinoe is on now (pink bouffant and all), to lecture us about how we need to be better.
Whycome you no gimme mo munny?
Cuz you ain’t that entertaining?
I don’t think she could be more lame if she tried.
Odds of Rapinoe being outed as a bully in a few years? I’d say much better than 50/50. Also, love that autocorrect wants Rapenow.
Morning everyone!
Good links, OMWC. Nice job. Does drive home the point that we are surrounded by idiots though.
Guten Morgen, Hayek’!
Hiya, Mike!
Grazie, H!
“Getting in the weeds” = analyzing revenue and returns.
Treat everyone with respeck. Except Public Enemy Number One. He’s an asshole.
Having a cranberry vodka drink out on the patio in the sun at just 7:40 AM.
I love it here.
Excellent:)
7:40 AM?
Did you oversleep?
“Lashana Lynch will play 007 in new James Bond movie: report
James Bond fans wanting 007 to be either black or female are in for a double treat — with the movie spy about to be played by a black woman, according to a report on Sunday.
British actress Lashana Lynch, 31, will be introduced as the new 007 in what is being described as a ‘popcorn-dropping moment’ in the franchise’s 25th movie that is currently being filmed, according to the Mail on Sunday.
But it is not a complete do-over — with her just taking James Bond’s secret agent number after he retires from MI6, the report states.
Bond himself will still be played by Daniel Craig — and will still adhere to his old-fashioned macho characteristics, an insider told the UK paper.
‘Bond, of course, is sexually attracted to the new female 007 and tries his usual seduction tricks, but is baffled when they don’t work on a brilliant, young black woman who basically rolls her eyes at him and has no interest in jumping into his bed,” a source told the Mail.”
https://nypost.com/2019/07/14/lashana-lynch-cast-as-007-in-new-james-bond-movie-report/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7244671/Thought-007-never-woman-black-shes-James-Bond-hand-number-over.html
Sad.
Much edge. Woke lots.
So that’s how they’re going to end the franchise.
2019, the year the franchises died.
Ugh. Ian Flemming has to be rolling over in his grave.
Also, I don’t agree with the “beautiful” descriptors. She looks a bit manly, honestly.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the producers think that a woman who looks like Michelle Obama is going to go over well.
I won’t see it.
Me neither. But I think all the Bond films are stupid. So I wasn’t going to see it whoever they picked.
Yeah, she’s not really a looker.
How has that been reflected in ticket sales?
Do the Bond producers really think they’re going to have a Black Panther/Captain Marvel moment?
“the way he treats women”
You mean like adults? The horror.
As if those women were forced into it.
JFC.
God dammit! I was just joking about this last weekend.
Fuck that.
James Bond fans wanting 007 to be either black or female are in for a double treat — with the movie spy about to be played by a black woman, according to a report on Sunday.
Couldn’t be worse than Roger Moore.
So you’re a Timothy Dalton man huh?
I dig the hell out of Timothy Dalton.
He killed in in Jane Eyre. Rawr.
Maryam d’Abo… mmm..
Maybe they can find someone with a thick Scottish accent who doesn’t even pretend to be British.
+1 marbles in the mouth
Dead to me.
A black dude would’ve been fine, but I think a woman completely changes the character.
Please tell me MoneyPenny is now gonna be a man.
Naw, they’ll probably make the new bond a lesbian. That way Hollywood gets even more signalling credit and they can get men to the theater to watch the sex scenes. At least, if I were a Hollywood exec, that’s what I would do, but I’m cynical that way.
One of the other problems James Bond has is the internet now exists. So the sex scenes don’t really do much for anyone anymore.
I liked the traditional model: farfetched plot lines, exotic locales, gorgeous men and women, innuendos and euphemisms.
Post modernism sucks. It wrecks everything.
+.007
I hope she’s also gay. After all, Bond is a notorious womanizer, and there’s no need to change that.
Bonus woke points if her mission is now to destroy western society and replace it with a socialist utopia, rather than defend it.
That’s a man, baby!
“Five-Year-Old Child Hides On Medical Centre Roof To Avoid Being Circumcised
A five-year-old Indonesian boy ran away from doctors and his mother and staged a sit-in protest on the roof of a medical centre in order to escape from being circumcised.
To be fair, it’s a pretty tough procedure to have to explain to a young lad. You’d have to fancy that he wouldn’t be too keen on the idea once he realised what it entailed.
You’d be right.
As soon as he got into the place and found out what was going to happen to him, the young child fled the scene sharpish and somehow managed to climb up onto the roof, where he stayed for the next two hours.”
http://www.ladbible.com/news/weird-five-year-old-child-hides-on-roof-to-avoid-being-circumcised-20190713
Ike!
He didn’t want his foreskin turned into Jew Jerky?
A soothing video for Tulip
https://twitter.com/tiredlefty/status/1149382106528673792
So you’re a Timothy Dalton man huh?
David Niven or GTFO.
“Bring normalcy back to the Oval Office.”
Stop antagonizing the Deep State establishmentarians.
Normalcy like an intern blowing our top exec under the desk while he’s on the phone?
That normalcy?
You will have to adapt to the times HE. There is no way you can type twitter messages AND wield a cigar.
That’s why interns are meant to be cigar holders.
What I don’t get is what they think will happen using those profiles.
Maybe they think you’ll go all weak at the knees and coo, “That’s who I want. A man’s man.”
Be angry at women with me!
My place is like a sanctuary for these guys. I just walked by the window, and a male and a female are sitting on my truck pretending to ignore each other.
Pretty
Smurftastic.
Pretending to ignore each other? Are they the bird version of shy teenagers?
STEVE SMITH FIX SHYNESS IN ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
Normalcy like an intern blowing our top exec under the desk while he’s on the phone?
I’ll have what he’s having.
Picture of early Square field testing integrated sex bot payment processing NSFW
I wonder if the sex bot revolution will be like those e-scooters? A company will just dump a bunch of sex bots in a neighborhood. When you want to use one, you pay, hump it and then put it back out on the street for the next guy.
wood.
For no good reason
I’m not sure I am down with that.
Cable? I think we’ll just skip that and go straight to wireless.
Infrared like my ancient IBM laptop….
I am not sure I want anything influencing my brain unless it is wholesome and natural like drugs and alcohol.
Anyone else bugged by the way AOC flails her hands around all the time? That really grates on me. Almost to the point where I can’t focus on her words and now I’m missing out on all those truth bombs she’s dropping.
Hawt
Nothing lasts forever
A preliminary report from the BLM called for new regulations, including an attendance cap, mandatory security screenings and a concrete barrier to encircle the perimeter. Federal officials have since eased those controls for now, except for the population cap.
Still, longtime participants say the government tightening its grip on the growing event threatens the anarchic principles that underpin the festival.
Officials from Burning Man said those initial proposals amounted to an “existential threat.”
“We want to live in a world with sharp edges,” longtime burner Matt Scott said. “Where not everything has been perfectly babyproofed for our protection.
——-
Once considered an underground gathering for bohemians and free spirits of all stripes, Burning Man has since evolved into a destination for social media influencers, celebrities and the Silicon Valley elite.
Tough luck, Bub. The babies not only got through the babyproofing, they have taken the place over.
Huh, it’s almost like more government doesn’t make things better and voluntary transactions between willing parties benefits everyone involved. Nah, can’t be. *votes for Bernie*
The BLM had also proposed hiring a private security firm to search vehicles for drugs and weapons at the festival’s entrance.
Just walk away.
Buongiorno amici miei!
I’m sure the thread is on life support, but I wanted to say thanks for the lynx and especially the song. I love his drummer.
1K views is absurd, though.
I got some stank-ass collards on, if anyone is in the mood for greens
love me some greens. I make mine with mushrooms, bacon and chicken stock made with the cheapest box wine you can find. Franzia Crisp White is a winner.
greens, chicken broth, onion, bacon grease
….and love
Oh….and in a pressure cooker, they’re done in about 20 minutes
Never tried the pressure cooker route. I inherited my dead uncles instant pot so may give that a try next time I do greens.
Mine is a (likely) 50-60 year-old Presto stovetop, that just last week I broke the bottom handle on.
Got pliers on my kitchen counter until I order a replacement, since JB Weld wasnt up to the job.
That sounds good.
Yes, I get it. Nice weather. Ocean.
But seriously, CA is a true shithole.
Well said, MSN guy, but I disagree. The goal is to drive people out of cars and into boxcars.
umm, I have not been left alone, they levied a $430 fine yesterday. You can request a hearing to review the code enforcement decision, that costs $700 to complain.
A case of 7.62 is less than $700. Just say’n.
Wow. Insanity.
I took the poll at the end and the good news is that 93% said Fuck off, Slaver!
Christ, what assholes. I got ten bucks at least one of the city counsel owns a garage or dealership.
Saw this on the back window of a truck at the gas station last night
https://www.amazon.com/Sushi-Adult-bumper-sticker-window/dp/B01N2I6UXL
Guy was in his 40’s, not some teenager. Who does stuff like that?
And stuff, I mean putting the sticker on your car, not going down itself.
Most of the guys that message me.
#wannafud
While it’s true people are mostly venal shitheads, they sometimes do some really nice things.
tw: excessive cuteness and positivity.
Damn allergies.
Even if you don’t like tennis, put on the Wimbledon final. 5th set. Great match.
Dude – in the US, it’s on ESPN. I get all the wokeness I need for free here and on YouTube.
? mute.
To be fair, I do find myself having to mute all the squee-ing over Federer.
How old is he again? They’ve said it every five minutes. Joker breaks back. What a match.
“37 is the new 25!”
*throws TV out window*
My Monday is screwed. Oh yeah, it’s marine day tomorrow. This match is crazy.
The commercials are woker than the commentary. Tennis doesn’t really provide enough time during a match to git woke anyway.
Okay, I’d still have to justify paying $30+ a month for a channel I might watch for 2 or 3 hours in that timeframe. No thanks.
Oh, yeah, if you don’t already have it that makes sense.
Go Joker!
Absolutely.
Saw this on the back window of a truck at the gas station last night
Classy. The taller the truck the smaller the ____
Working on my business plan:
What do you call a company that makes their own product? The business term for it. Like a “job shop” makes parts for other company’s products. What’s it called when you make all the components for your product?
To clarify; I’m talking about manufacturing companies.
Custom manufacturer?
Is that it? It seems like I’ve heard a different term for it before…probably imaging things. I’ll go with “custom” unless I find something better.
I really wouldn’t worry about it. A manufacturer of X will suffice for a bp. I’d be much more concerned about the what why and how 😉
Good point. I tend to get bogged down in little stuff. This is one of those times.
To clarify; I’m talking about manufacturing companies.
Manufacturer?
I’ll go with “custom” unless I find something better.
You could use “bespoke”. It sounds cosmopolitan.