Beloved contributor Jesse, whose most recent post is just below this one, is having a birthday today. Let’s just say 29. 29 is a good internet age. Wish him Happy Birthday in the comments and encourage him to post more often.
Depending on which coverage you follow, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe — whose wife is closely tied to Terry McAuliffe and Hillary Clinton — is either “removed” or “stepping down” from his position. However you look at it, it appears he’ll be spending his PTO on getting himself across his pension threshold. Infowars and Breitbart are probably orgiastic paroxysms of victorious joy over this.
In today’s entry of Stuff only White People Care About: Chief Wahoo gets white-washed from Cleveland Indigenous Persons uniforms.
WaPo remembers when Woodrow Wilson ruined things by giving a SOTU speech in person.
Let’s see if Florida is still 50th now that Beckham has a communist football club in Miami. “The team will play in a 25,000-seat, privately funded stadium to be built in the city’s Overtown neighborhood”. On the other hand, astronauts will screw anything at 2am.
I wish we had a classy executive like the French.
Woodrow Wilson thing made me think of this.
An anonymous FBI source tole me these girls are alt-right Nazis. PROVE ME WRONG.
https://archive.is/9qDbI
Many great ones to choose from: 2, 4, 21, 22, 24, 34, 48, 61, 63…
Happy birthday Jesse.
That’s not much of a birthday present for Jesse.
Even Jesse can appreciate a good rack.
17 needs to loosen up a bit
Orgy.
There’s probably some Russian titties in there. Putin approves.
74 can be my garage assistant anytime!
Nice rack…and pinion!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESSE!
Jesse always seemed like a 34 to me. A rule 34.
Oh, happy birthday, man. Have a great day.
I watched a few of the videos you mentioned in the AM Links. Good call, lovely background noise. Frighteningly, Video 2 featured Donald Rumsfeld, who sounded remarkably sensible. Which brought to mind, when did Rumsfeld turn into a evil shitlord?
Mae llawer o blwydd hapus ar eich pen-blwydd!
Oh crap, that’s right, Jesse likes the bekilted ones, wrong Celtic language. Là breith sona dhuit!
Happy Birthday Jesse, may the finest otters and Highland Games participants bless your dreams for the coming year!
Andrew Sullivan: Intersectionality, push for forced acceptance of nonbinary gender identity hurting acceptance of regular gays and lesbians.
Yeah, Sullivan, I know. But even a crazy guy has occasional lucid moments.
When they’re in his own self-interest. Sure.
Too lazy to read the essay, so I ask someone who has read it to tell me:
How many paragraphs in does he demand photographs of Sara Palin’s vagina?
I think having Trump get elected rebooted his brain. Or maybe that month he spent at a device free meditation retreat. He seems.. mostly sane.
Droll, Tarran. Very droll.
Between that and his piece about the forced cake baking, I’m reminded a bit of why I once read him fairly regularly (also, there is no mention of the Palins).
But he seems to be teetering on a line between freedom of conscience is an essential liberal value, on the one hand, and if this baker gets his way, then all of antidiscrimination law might be called into question, on the other. I don’t find myself swayed by the latter concern at all (making me a fanatic, at least according to Sullivan). If your solution to a problem is forced association, then you are no liberal.
Victimhood Olympics update:
https://pagesix.com/2016/01/23/julie-delpy-says-its-easier-to-be-black-than-to-be-a-woman/
R.I.P. whoever wrote that.
That’s a shame, Delpy being so derpy.
Remember that time when we use to keep women in chains in the West? Yeah, neither do I
White women got the stocks instead.
Pictures?
I think it’s called the Folsom Street Fair.
It’s easier to be dumb than smart.
Takes less effort, not necessarily easier.
I really, really want to know what’s in that memo, but apparently, I’m a Russian bot for asking.
Смешной! Здесь нет российских ботов!
мои яички зудят
Царапины, похоже, облегчают это
Сука Блять!
Happy Birthday, Jesse.
Feliz cumpleaños!!
Happy Birthday Jesse, and a Beautiful day it is
If I wish Jesse a happy birthday, then I’m going to have to do it for everyone else.
It’s not like bringing snacks to school. You’re a libertarian. Tell them to fuck off and choke on a spam loaf if you don’t like them.
When is your birthday?
*pulls out calendar*
Is Brett L. getting the spam loaf treatment?
There will be a loaf involved.
If you ruin my fancy Walmart microwave…
Is it UL listed?
It’s pink and he’ll choke on it?
Yes, enact my labor, bitch!
Wish Jesse a happy birthday for me!
This liberal “war on birthdays” has got to stop! In my day, everyone said “Happy Birthday” all the time, to strangers, to Jews, to the Orientals, to the blacks! No one got offended
But no Irish!
I was rewatching a Soprano episode where one of them has a near death experience and described hell as being filled with Irish people and everyday being St. Patrick’s day. That really is hell for an Italian. Damn Irish
It’s the Mick food that ruins it…
And the micks
Hey! I resemble that remark!
I promise to never announce my birthday here so no one will feel compelled to tell me happy birthday.
You know who ELSE is having a birthday?
Tom Selleck!
Detroit!?
Adolf Philipp?
Oprah Winfrey?
Thomas Paine!
Anton Checkov?
Dominik Hasek?
One of the greatest of all time.
Amazing player with a badass attitude.
I wished him a happy birthday for me! None of these other motherfuckers better lay a hand on my well wishes!
In today’s entry of Stuff only White People Care About: Chief Wahoo gets white-washed from Cleveland Indigenous Persons uniforms.
The only surprising thing about that is it took ’til now.
True story from my time in the People’s Republic of Madison.
A comic writer for a UW paper had a series on how racist Chief Wahoo was. As an example, in one strip, Chief Wahoo introduced his friend Sambo.
This led to the entire run of papers being stolen and burned. The outrage back and forth went on for weeks.
Because people don’t get analogy.
You know who justified large scale theft because of Indians?
The State Gaming Commission?
^^We have a winnah!
Mohammed Ali Jinnah?
You must have been there at the same time as me. I distinctly remember that whole shitshow and the good little lefty who made the comics being raked over the coals. Around the same time the Daily Cardinal upper management got in trouble for discriminating against white heterosexual men with no handicaps.
not the daily cardinalista!
92-94
91-93. I went to the Ag School orientation when I transferred and walked out less than 10 minutes after it started. Some ass douche Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs or some shit started talking about how all white people are racist the minute he got on stage. A couple sentences later and I was up and heading for the door. I think a couple others followed my lead.
It took me about a year to get the fog out of my head and realize that my liberal views had nothing in common with the people who described themselves as liberals at the time. I had a lot of fun while there, but the SJW crowd really grated on me after a while. The Ag School was mostly sheltered from the SJW’s until the Environmental Studies majors started protesting because the Soils 301 class was too hard. They wanted the standards lowered because most of them couldn’t pass the class. I think this major is now part of the Humanities Dept. and should not be confused with Environmental Sciences.
Happy birthday Jesse! You should make this the Year of Jesse, to go along with my Kevolution.
Kevolution Verynice.
Happy Birthday Jesse
https://www.pinterest.com/explore/lumberjack-men/
Even a present for Jesse!
Happy Birthday, Jesse
Reading through the “obstruction of justice” stuff at the end of Birthday Boy’s post, this jumped into my head:
“Trump, tell us how you colluded with Putin!”
“I didn’t collude with Putin.”
“Ah-ha! Look everybody, he denies it. If that’s not obstruction of justice, nothing is.”
That is, pretty much, how the FBI normally works, if you ain’t proper connected.
“GOING APE Inside the bizarre world of human-chimp hybrids known as HUMANZEES – as a renowned scientist claims one was born in a Florida lab before being killed by panicked doctors”
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5447151/human-chimp-hybrid-born-florida-lab-killed-humanzee/
The Sun is now the Weekly World News?
No. Weekly World News had much more credibility than the S*n does.
It DOES say Florida, so ‘mabye’ right?
Gee, if only Brett had put that exact link IN THIS VERY POST!
Who reads the articles?
I do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pull_quote
Swiss is testy. He’s readying the cat butt
Happy Birthday Jesse!
Macron looks like the French driver Ricky Bobby took on.
They all look the same.
That’s my favorite Sacha Baron Cohen character.
-1 Jew egg
a renowned scientist claims one was born in a Florida lab before being killed by panicked doctors
Self defense.
“Wow. That looks a lot like me. No one is ever gonna believe the artificial insemination story.”
Once you go chimp….
homo saps leave you limp?
Happy birthday, jesse!
This is a birthday pony.
Wow, there’s one I haven’t heard in quite some time
I always forget about them. Great band.
The locals are pissed off about the stadium Beckham’s building in Overtown. But it’s all private $ for once (Miami learned their lesson after that Marlins Park fiasco, so the Hard Rock Stadium refit was private and this is private).
RIP chief Wahoo. There is literally no reason to care about the Indians anymore
Or any less.
https://decider.com/2018/01/29/scott-baio-accuser-nicole-eggert-will-do-her-first-tv-interview-on-megyn-kelly-today/
She doesn’t look so good for 46.
“Eggert brought the accusations to Twitter after she commented on a tweet referring to Baio’s support of Donald Trump”
uh huh.
RIP- memories of her on Baywatch.
And strategically placed teddy bears.
Baio’s Defense: “So, the claim here is that women are the victims of men who use their superior social and political status to demand sexual favors from them. Now, stop and think for a second. I’m Scott Baio. Do you really think I’m some sort of pinnacle of superior social and political status?”
Did you not see “Zapped!”?
Jesse. Happy something.
I was disappointed they got rid of Chief Wahoo.
I hear they will still sell the merchandise to protect the trademark though. So there’s that.
I may buy a t-shirt out of principle.
I’m a huge Indians fan and wouldn’t even care if they changed the team name to something else. Never really a big fan of Wahoo, though. I think he’s a bit past his prime anyways.
Happy Birthday Jesse. For your birthday I went into Wilton Manors today and ate grilled cheese. I love this place. Right next door to the Rock Hard Lovers’ Boutique as well!
I also had to stop at CVS to pick up a prescription on the way back to work and there was a truck with a full-sized American flag on the back. On the rear windshield of the cab there was a confederate flag and he words “F— HILLARY” (the “uck” was covered up with duck tape) and “REMEMBER BENGAZHI”.
Its inhabitants were a dude with a shirt that said “Black Guns Matter” with a picture of an AR-15 and a woman in a vintage 1991 Billy Ray Cyrus “Achy Breaky Heart” shirt.
Did you ever end up hooking up with the Pink Pistols fellow down there?
“The New York Times obtained a copy of her new memoir Brave, in which McGowan writes that she had an appointment Weinstein on the day of the incident but arrived to learn her breakfast meeting had been moved to his hotel suite.
Once she got to the suit, she claims that Weinstein tore off her clothing, made her sit on the edge of the Jacuzzi in his suite and proceeded to perform oral sex on the actress while masturbating himself to completion.
Weinstein proceeded to strip naked according to McGowan, and directed her towards the Jacuzzi while ripping off her clothes.
She details how the encounter ended that day at the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Deer Valley, writing: ‘He moans loudly; through my tears I see his semen floating on top of the bubble.'”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5326257/Rose-McGowan-Harvey-Weinstein-forced-oral-sex-masturbated.html
In his defense, the Stein Eriksen Lodge is really nice.
INCONCEIVABLE!
Last week, GLAAD — the media advocacy group for L.G.B.T.Q. people (of which I was a national co-chairwoman from 2013 to 2017) — released the results of its latest “Accelerating Acceptance” survey at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. While the biggest headlines from the forum focused on the fact that the president of the United States managed to get through an event on the world stage without shoving any prime ministers or calling anyone’s country an outhouse, the results of the poll, conducted by Harris, deserve attention as well. They are shocking.
For the first time since the poll began, support for L.G.B.T.Q. people has dropped, in all seven areas that the survey measured. They include “having an L.G.B.T. person at my place of worship” (24 percent of Americans are “very” or “somewhat” uncomfortable), seeing a same-sex couple holding hands (31 percent are uncomfortable) and “learning my child has an L.G.B.T. teacher at school” (37 percent are uncomfortable).
The increase in these numbers over years previous is not dramatic — 3 percent in some instances, two in others. What’s significant is not the margin of increase but the fact that the numbers are going up instead of down. In the life of this poll, that has never happened before.
It’s a fekkin mystery. We may never know why.
Do you SEE what Trump has brought about!?
The idea that Trump is anti-gay is absurd (but nevertheless quite prevalent). There’s more evidence that he’s a racist (“some of them, I assume, are good people” and his dad’s company’s business practices in the 1970s) and it’s pretty thin gruel at that. What has he ever said or done that is remotely anti-gay or anti-trans?
He did say transgender people were welcome to use whichever bathroom they wanted when visiting his properties. The monster!
He allowed religious accommodation, something that has existed since the founding of this country and what separates us from Europe with its burka bans and forbidding public prayer. Only reactionaries want to do away with religious accommodation
He choose a Republican for VP, instead of cloning himself.
See my comment above with a link to a similarly themed article. Maybe regular gays and lesbians are leaving the reservation.
“Mission accomplished. Let’s disband the organization!”
-No one, ever.
Actually, there was a big marriage equality organization which did disband. Can’t remember the name.
Project 515 was one. Might have been a few others.
Thanks.
Croeso.
What a shame, and with their public advocates and representative groups behaving so well and all.
Speaking of “Wahoos”. Please not that my Virginia Cavaliers did the world of college hoops a solid by taking out Duke at Cameron. First time winning there since I was still in undergrad.
Why the fuck couldn’t you guys collapse and lose to Syracuse a few weeks ago like you do every other time you play us?
Cuse was in the house?
oh my god oh my god
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIQkysO1C8g
We smacked Syracuse around a couple of times before the E8 collapse, so let’s not act like it’s a one-sided series.
I don’t look forward to playing Syracuse again. Hate that 2-3 zone. Just glad ‘Cuse doesn’t have the depth to press us for the whole game, we’d be in trouble if they did.
Hopefully the Washington Football Team’s logo and name are the next to go.
Not because of any offense, but because fuck R*dskins fans. They deserve pain.
Like the pain of getting crushed 38-7 in the NFCCG.
I can’t decide if I would rather the Patriots cruise to a victory or if I want them to make a come back. Eagle pain comes in different vintages. Both have their pros and cons.
Joke’s on you, Eagles fans are all dead inside already.
Haha, just kidding. It’s Trump’s fault.
Happy birthday Jesse!
“The sheer tulle bardot number is from Zac Posen’s pre-fall 2018 collection, and is about as timeless and beautiful as eveningwear gets. The bardot cut is elegant and classic, whilst the sheer sleeves give it an ethereal feel.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5323821/Miley-Cyrus-Disney-princess-Grammys.html
Beautiful, but a bit much if it wasn’t an awards show.
Headline: Ratings for Grammy Awards Drop 24%.
We’ll never know why.
Have they considered bringing in Hillary Clinton to host part of it? She’s really popular and people will no doubt tune in to see her!
https://twitter.com/nickgillespie/status/958057442889302017
This guy who hasn’t listened to a new band since the Pretenders is pretty confident he knows why the ratings are down. Now get off his lawn!
When did we allegedly acquire this new freedom?
https://twitter.com/nickgillespie/status/947163865195909120
This should clear up any confusion
Should it?
“MODERNITY”, Playa. What don’t you get here?
What I love is that the first comment I see is “Could you give an example of a politician who exemplifies modernity and of a politician who exemplifies the opposite?” Textbook LessWrong.
And his response:
‘working on it — will take more time than I thought’
aka: I’m just saying shit here, trying to look smart. I didn’t think I actually had to have anything in particular in mind to back up my argument.
Pre-Hynde hoping the terrorists would kill more people?
He’s absolutely right. One year ago, there were only like five bands, and you could only listen to them on vinyl, reel-to-reel, or 8 track.
Gillespie is perpetually trapped in 1979. That’s why he wears the leather. He thinks the Ramones are a hot new band
Gillespie argues because there are too many other choices.
Nothing to do with people tired of being lectured to.
“Alcohol isn’t just a mind-altering drink: It has been a prime mover of human culture from the beginning, fueling the development of arts, language, and religion.”
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/02/alcohol-discovery-addiction-booze-human-culture/
Duh.
“To alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems” – Homer Simpson
fueling the development of what now?
I forget.
*cracks beer*
It rhymes with “arts”.
Darts?
Babbies.
1/3 for me. Maybe 2. I can’t remember.
Trade your spot on the bench
For a guy with a wrench
Beer – helping ugly people get laid since… well… a long time.
It also helps white guys dance.
I can dance without booze.
Excellent song!
This is something that I’ve assumed was at least semi-common knowledge for years. In most of the world, historically, water hasn’t been entirely potable. And storing water for consumption can actually be kind of tricky. Alcohol resolves these issues fairly cleanly.
Federal Judge in NY: Illegals have right to say goodbye to family before being deported.
She doesn’t even try to pretend that her ruling is correct.
I’ve heard that name before, but I can’t place it.
Something, if I recall, about woodchippers, cunt and Preeeeet!
She was the judge presiding over the Ross Ulbricht case.
Bitch gets a woodchipper.
Testing a new AUSA’s sensibilities are we?
Only if they leave the guy chained to a bed like Irwin Schiff.
Well.. Bye!
Just to be clear, this guy’s been awaiting deportation for 9 years. I don’t know how much time the government is supposed to give to still qualify as “orderly”, but I don’t think 9 years is insufficient.
Men: It’s time for you to apologize for all the crappy behavior of other men…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/29/yes-its-hard-man-metoo-timesup-era-and-should-tom-krattenmaker-column/1073240001/
I have absolutely no idea why this posted here. It couldn’t have been operator error. Surely.
If he’s a nonconsensual immigrant, then the country didn’t allow him to do jack shit.
https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/958088917470924801
This is just cold blooded. I wouldn’t doubt if the president prank calls McCabe’s house to remind him that he’s still a loser
Please tell me his wife was named Miller.
Oh God. Hopefully this is in reference to his wife losing the VA senate race. But still. Fucking nut punch.
Yep, that’s what it’s in reference to.
odd birthday facts for Jesse
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In North Korea, people do not celebrate birthdays on July 8 and December 17 because these were the dates of the deaths of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, respectively. More than 100,000 North Koreans celebrate displaced birthdays on July 9 or December 18 to avoid these dates. A person born on July 8 before 1994 may change their birthday, with official recognition.
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The Day of the Sun (Chosŏn’gŭl: 태양절; MR: T’aeyang-jŏl) is an annual public holiday in North Korea on 15 April, the birth anniversary of Kim Il-sung, founder and former president of North Korea.[5] It is the most important national holiday in the country,[6] and is considered to be the North Korean equivalent of Christmas.[7]
Kim’s birthday, which had been an official holiday since 1968, was renamed Day of the Sun in 1997, three years after his death. The name takes its significance from his name; Il-sung is Korean for “become the sun”.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays because we believe that such celebrations displease God. Although the Bible does not explicitly forbid celebrating birthdays, it does help us to reason on key features of these events and understand God’s view of them. Consider four of these aspects and related Bible principles.
Birthday celebrations have pagan roots.
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The early Christians did not celebrate birthdays.
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The Bible never refers to a servant of God celebrating a birthday. This is not simply an oversight, for it does record two birthday celebrations by those not serving God. However, both of those events are presented in a bad light.—Genesis 40:20-22; Mark 6:21-29.
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“Jehovah’s Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays because we believe that such celebrations displease God”
What does God have to say about solicitations?
fun fact
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solicit (v.)
early 15c., “to disturb, trouble,” from Middle French soliciter (14c.), from Latin sollicitare “to disturb, rouse, trouble, harass; stimulate, provoke,” from sollicitus “agitated”
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You’re chock full of useful information. Thanks
“What does God need with a starship?”
Do JWs celebrate Christmas? Because… spoiler, it’s someone’s Birthday party.
Apparently not, judging by a JW employee around here.
“HEpeating – *Cosmo Cringe* (Ep.2)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z-2H_OQyBw
Happy birthday, Jesse. IRT the Florida thing, let’s see which states are growing due to Americans moving and see what the revealed preferences are.
http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5a57cab528eecc1d008b4616-1200/domestic-state-map.png
Hmm. Might be time to explore a move to Wyoming.
I was thinking the same thing.
I still think and thought it should have been the target of the Free State Project.
I might have joined in if it had been. Probably not, but a better chance than New Hampshire.
New York lost nearly 1% of its residents in a year? Or no, because external migration made up for it?
I don’t think it totally made up for it, but it offset it a good bit.
I cant find for that year (july 2016 to July 2017) but from July 2015 to July 2016, NY lost 1900 net. But I bet the domestic migration pattern was much larger.
More than 1%. This is net, so immigrants less emigrants.
Notice AZ NV ? that’s all ex Californians
OR, WA and ID too.
Notice AZ NV ? that’s all ex Californians
Not all, a significant portion of the migration is coming from the midwest. If you need proof, the Cardinals host the Bears next year. There will be an awful lot of hematoma blue in those stands.
Meh. Everyone from here retires to AZ.
I’d like to see one that includes international migration as well.
http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/587f9619ee14b63e338b70e0-1200/net-international-migration-measures-immigration-from-other-countries-and-emigration-to-other-countries.jpg
It is 1 year older.
Clearly Florida is the worst, as evidence by the massive amount of people moving here and hundreds of millions of tourist visiting each year.
Fascinating.
Thanks.
“In sum, the court finds that when this country allowed petitioner to become a part of our community fabric, allowed him to build a life with and among us and to enjoy the liberties and freedom that come with that, it committed itself to allowance of an orderly departure when the time came,” she wrote.
You might as well ascribe responsibility to the Easter Bunny.
I don’t have an issue with that kind of requirement. Hell, from a moral perspective it’s definitely the right thing to do. I just don’t see where you get a legal/constitutional requirement.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/tories-pan-liberal-caucus-proposal-131419891.html
Libertarian moment?
I’ll believe that when I see it. Sessions will probably try to get Trump to invade… hey, wait, maybe this WILL be a libertarian moment.
*consults libertarian book*
It checks out. Invading and overthrowing the nation of Canada would be a net positive for liberty
“We’re certainly not talking about legalizing all drugs here. We’re talking about a step that would decriminalize (drug use) ”
I hate it when the drug legalization arguement is framed like this. Decriminalization of use leaves in place most of the worst aspects of the war on drugs. The violent criminal black market doesn’t go anywhere, so cost of the drugs stays high, which I believe is why so many drug users fuck up their lives. Yes decriminalization of use is better than what we have now, but it’s only slightly better.
To Jesse
с днем рождения, желаю вам многих медведей
Why so formal?
Add vodka for effect
The ты/вы distinction is tricky. I’m glad that I don’t have to worry about it on a daily basis. Google knows everything about us but still hasn’t figured out which form to offer in Google Translate.
I remember the semester I studied in St. Petersburg and stopped to talk to the professor from our college (the American). I said привет, and she was mildly shocked because she was speaking to a full Russian professor. Oops.
Also, my prediction–from almost a year ago–that we’re going to adopt Russian seems less crazy than I expected.
Happy Birthday Monday Links, Jesse. Ok, that sounds weird, but that’s what you told us to say.
Oh, and feliz anniversario, Jesse. Maybe no one ever told you happy b-day in Portuguese before. Scruffy just typed something above but no one on the planet can even read it. It’s probably written in that same archaic language they wrote the Constitution in 100 years ago.
Dude, don’t you even collude with Russkies?
That’s Russian? Holy shit, is that what multi-generational vodka addiction does to a brain?
Cyrillic FTW
I had an odd conversation with a Bulgarian woman where she kept talking about how their writing system was created specifically for them and I kept saying “yes Cyrillic” and she was annoyed because she couldn’t think of the saint responsible and I kept saying “I’m 100% sure it was Saint Cyril.
Kirill. I didn’t even think of the s/k confusion with a c.
Brother Methodius says #metoo.
Methodius needs a better PR team. Cyril got his name on the product.
Yep. If you get drunk enough, those start to look like real letters.
Monday Links is his porn name.
“NYT is now a white supremacist paper. The multiple Nazi puff pieces, constant pro-Trump PR, and praise for Miller on today of all days is not exceptional — it’s the guiding ideology of the paper. I don’t think every writer there shares it, but it dominates coverage #Unsubscribe”
https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/957411344688603136
What is this “pro-Trump PR”?
I’ll take that as the NYT actually tries to appear somewhat impartial.
Any media outlet that doesn’t accuse Trump of fucking sheep is clearly run by alt-right Nazis. Like Taylor Swift.
Oh, for fuck’s sake, they’ll be back to writing 50 Trump hit pieces a day by tomorrow.
LET HER TALK
Her book “The View From Flyover Country” will be available in print this spring.
http://5newsonline.com/2018/01/29/arkansas-senator-pleads-guilty-to-several-federal-charges/
Guy must have known how to graft right.
Preet on the the Prowl, now with extra Christine Todd Whitman!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/29/trump-abuses-show-we-must-turn-traditions-into-laws-preet-bharara-christine-todd-whitman-column/1063619001/
You Know Who Else wanted traditions to be the law?
Neither of those people should have any sway on public opinion.
That was a whole lot of authentic gibberish.
Funny thing, people knew Trump had businesses and they elected him anyway.
If we don’t pass some laws, we’ll get more self-made business people who think they should be in power rather than cloud people.
Whitman is still alive? And not too embarrassed to go out in public after he crappy run as NJ Governor?
(about 10 years ago, she was eating at the next table over from me at a restaurant)
Preet continues the gild the lily of his slimy despicable asshattery. Go self feed yourself into a woodchipper, you POS.
Happy Birthday Jesse!
Happy Birthday, jesse.
Happy Birthday.
I tried to take my girlfriend shooting yesterday, but instead she broke her finger on my truck door while we went to the store for ammo.
Is the truck OK?
barely a scratch!
Wshew!
I don’t get this euphemism
So shoot with the other hand!
We decided to wait the week and go next sunday.
I have a friend who lost the ends of three of his fingers at work a few years ago. He told me the first thought he had when he saw his fingers laying on the ground was-
Oh fuck. I hope I can still shoot.
Another good argument for off-hand practice!
That goes for wiping as well.
If I ever see three of my fingers laying on the ground, my first thought will be “Whelp, I’m going to go ahead and scream until I’m hoarse and I pass out.”
You’d have to think before doing that?
I’m trying really hard not to laugh…
I had the same problem.
Happy birthday, Jesse!
Top. Men.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/29/state-union-tickets-printed-with-typo-have-to-be-reissued.html
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Some congressional tickets to President Trump’s first official State of the Union address on Tuesday were printed with a glaring typo and have to be reissued, Fox News has learned.
The tickets, one of which was shared by a congressional source with Fox News, admit the bearer to the “Address to the Congress on the State of the Uniom.’
That’s “Uniom,” with an “m.”
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It’s better than a union because comes earlier in the dictionary. Very classy.
I would raise a happy birthday toast to Jesse, but the only black, queer owned brewery is shutting down due to racisim. I need my beer to be poitical, otehrwise I can’t drink it!
“‘Black, Queer-Owned’ Brewery In ‘Beer City’ Says It Closed Because Of ‘White Supremacy’
A brewery in Asheville, North Carolina, that boasted it was black and queer woman-owned, shut down, and offered this reason for the closing: “white supremacy.”
Black Star Line Brewing Co. of Hendersonville was one of numerous breweries near the city of Asheville; according to exploreasheville.com the city has more breweries per capita than any U.S. city.
But last week the brewery bemoaned its closing on Facebook. On Monday, the brewery stated, “Like many people of color on this land, displacement at the hands of white supremacists policies and institutions is not past, but present.”
That was followed by a post on Wednesday that acknowledged the brewery had bought “oversold” supplies and utilized hand-me-down equipment. The post added, “Black Star Line was sabotaged by white supremacists, government officials (J. Edgar Hoover), and policies and procedures that were invoked to intentionally end the operations of Black Star Line.””
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26419/black-queer-owned-brewery-beer-city-says-it-closed-hank-berrien
Perhaps they brewed shitty beer with lousy equipment?
It sure looks like they think an awful lot of other people are responsible for their inability to successfully run a beer brewery in a city filled with competitors.
I did a brewery tour in Asheville and they said only one brewery had failed, the one that put an entire Christmas tree in their vat. I guess the number is up to two.
Well I note that one of the saboteurs they mention is J. Edgar Hoover, so who knows what they were sticking in their vats…
Maybe calling the beer ‘Menstrual Dark’ wasn’t such a good marketing decision?
They should have had the serving wenches run around in bloody pants. They ain’t woke enough for beer drinkers.
So what you’re saying is that black queer people are incapable of brewing good beer?
I am about 95% sure that guy is dead.
Man, 51, dies weeks after winning $1 million lottery jackpot
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/29/man-51-dies-weeks-after-winning-1-million-lottery-jackpot.html
Not a word, Alanis Morisette!
That’s actually about $375,000 after lump sum, Fed, State, and NYC taxes. Maybe less.
In other words, crumbs.
Yep. But that didn’t stop the state from making him pose with a giant check that said “One Million Dollars”.
I hope the check was presented by Dr. Evil.
I looked at his picture and said, “Cancer.”
Read article, yup, nailed it.
Happy Birthday, Jesse! Congrats on another trip around the sun!
NYT is now a white supremacist paper. The multiple Nazi puff pieces, constant pro-Trump PR
Holy garbled transmission, Batman!
Man, 51, dies weeks after winning $1 million lottery jackpot
I hope it was from a cocaine-and-hooker induced heart attack.
He died doing what he loved.
“Scruffy’s gonna die like Scruffy lived” *licks finger, flips page on girlie magazine*
I think I’d survive for months after winning the powerball.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/29/pentagon-slams-teacher-who-called-military-members-lowest-our-low.html
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Pentagon spokeswoman Amber Smith said the remarks by Gregory Salcido, the El Rancho High teacher who’s also a Pico Rivera city councilman and former mayor, were “very uninformed.”
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He was a mayor?!
Oh right. California.
This is why they ask you if you have any metal on/in you about 47 times before you get an MRI.
https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/indian-man-killed-after-being-sucked-mri-machine-doc-y778h1
Sounds like a plot device from Columbo.
+1 more thing
A brewery in Asheville, North Carolina, that boasted it was black and queer woman-owned, shut down, and offered this reason for the closing: “white supremacy.”
Yeah. “Your beer sucks” is unquestionably code for “White Power!”
It’s black, queer beer. Not liking it is racist on its face.
Queer near beer?
‘Queer Beer’ launched in fight for marriage equality
https://www.brewsnews.com.au/2016/06/07/queer-beer-launched-in-fight-for-marriage-equality/
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The Australian Sex Party has launched Queer Beer, brewed to celebrate and raise funds for its campaign in favour of marriage equality.
Brewed and bottled in collaboration with UBrewIt, Queer Beer is a crisp, Australian-style pale ale featuring malted wheat and a concoction of fruity hops, Australian Sex Party federal secretary Nevena Spirovska told Australian Brews News.
“Rumour has it you can even taste a touch of rainbow,” she said.
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[head desk]
I always assumed Lambic was queer beer.
I thought Lambic is hipster douchebag beer considering the people I see buying it around here. But after a recent discussion here on Glibs about ‘sour’ lambics, I want to try it.
Thank you very much for stomping on my carefully constructed troll.
*kicks pebble*
Lambics are delicious. Don’t let hipster douchebags scare you away.
I like sours. Give em a try.
^Couvee de Jacobin for the win.
I thought lambics were sour by definition. They were basically the only sour people were likely to have tried before the current crazy got under way.
Sours, Dark Swan comes to mind,
Aunt Sally too.
If any of you sour drinkers live reasonably close to Oxnard: https://www.casaagria.com/
That’s in a warehouse district. I have a couple buddies who work about 3 buildings over. Perhaps I’ll bribe them to bring me a growler tomorrow.
One of only 2 full beers I’ve ever finished was a sour. The other was a stout of some sort (it was in college, so I’m sure that brain cell is quite dead).
Wait… what? There’s a political party called the Sex Party? There in Aussieland, so I would just have to assume then that their platform is about banning sex.
I thought every party in Oz was a sex party.
If they were, sex would already be banned.
Worst party I ever went to.
They’re going to change their name to the Reason Party. In 2010, porn star Angela White ran for office as a Sex Party candidate.
That’s just beyond the pale.
Asheville is a well-known bastion of conservatism and white supremacy.
*rolls eyes*
*rereads article, rolls eyes again*
Aww shucks, you guys are too much. Thank you.
*bookmarks Lumberjack link for umm, later*
Bon anniversaire, mon crepier!
Hey jesse, even though I be glare-worthy, have a good b-day today, d00d. One more spin around the Sun completed, hopefully many more to go!
Okay, I’ma try this again, because I’m stupid and somehow posted it on an unrelated thread.
Men: It’s time for you to apologize for all the crappy behavior of other men…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/29/yes-its-hard-man-metoo-timesup-era-and-should-tom-krattenmaker-column/1073240001/
Happy Birthday Jesse!
Hey, you know what’s finally going to turn the tide against Trump? Another event in Manhattan featuring a bunch of wealthy entertainment types!
I do rather like a listing of “Hollywood elites” that includes Alyssa Milano, Rosie Perez, and Whoopie Goldberg, none of whom have any kind of acting career at this point in time.
Alyssa Milano will always be Arnie’s daughter to me.
That should be great, but I’ll never know if I have to actually watch it. I won’t watch Trump’s either, I hate that shit. Just cut taxes some more and shut up.
My favorite example of anti-Trump celebs beclowning themselves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTYidWBC8-4
I see Alyssa all the time doing ASPCA promos (“only $19 a month…”).
Happy birthday Jesse
Brace yourselves.
https://mobile.twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/958074565544079360
If they actually do release the memo, it will be very interesting to see how far the progs are willing to go to defend police state tactics from Captain Zero (hint: they’ll do *anything*).
The Dems have already announced that they have a memo too. #MeMemoToo. They’re busy making it up right now.
TOS did a story on the New York Times now being a “white nationalist” publication (ENB wrote it. Somewhat surprisingly she didn’t agree with the classification)
But holy shit those comments are a cesspool.
I just read it. It’s a good article. Her virtue signalling and occasional idiotic hot takes aside, ENB is still a better journalist than most.
http://reason.com/blog/2018/01/29/the-new-york-times-is-now-a-nazi-paper
I got a couple cheap laughs out of it.
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I support Americans of all colors and creeds over non-Americans of all colors and creeds.
Yeah that’s racist.
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Lovecon89 supports Charles Manson over Mother Theresa! You heard it here first.
here we go again
University removes disabled artist’s work because women regret modeling nude for him
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/41424/
What’s a Seattle University?
pound. head. on. desk.
Yale student says classmates insist on ‘leftist viewpoints’
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10444
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“Now, for the first time in this course, I thought ‘Well, duh!’ Of course he didn’t make women equal. Women in South Asia are not treated equally; they weren’t treated equally then, around the time of Indian independence, and they sure aren’t treated equally now,” wrote Agarwal. “Rushdie wasn’t going to treat women equally in his writing because that’s not what he saw in India.”
[RELATED: Yale admin asks frats to ignore ‘gender identity’ during rush]
This opened the floodgates of criticism for Agarwal, who reports that she was “roasted” by her classmates for nearly 40 minutes after she defended Rushdie.
“Each point was the same—I was wrong, and they were right because women deserve more power. Rushdie has to do better,” she explained.
Despite the incident taking place in a World Literature class, Agarwal believes that her peers fell into the trap of reading Rushdie through a Western lens.
“My classmates were imposing their Western ideas of equality and women’s rights on the situation, and the classroom turned more into a debate of who can claim the moral high ground and can thus claim to be right because of it,” she surmised, summarizing her classmates’ position as being that “Those begging for more equal depictions of women are more righteous, and therefore they must be right!”
[RELATED: ‘Men in Literature’ course cancelled for ignoring women]
“It really seemed like they were begging for works with extreme activist leftist viewpoints that they could read about and agree with,” Agarwal remarks of the other students in the class. “Instead, they got stuck with Rushdie, an imperfect person of color who still wrote about mistreatment of women.”
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A pox on everyone’s house.
ALL THEY WANT IS A PERFECT PERSON IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK??
I dunno, maybe we can get someone to issue a ruling on that question. Someone in a position of authority. Like an ayatollah. Yeah, we’ll get an ayatollah to issue a fatwa on Rushdie’s degree of perfection.
i feel like i’ve heard that somewhere before.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jaimieseaton/from-one-world-to-another?utm_term=.vd5QGZXNzy&mc_cid=65ba754c92&mc_eid=59afc32b58#.emxxKrVYAN
“I’d like to be able to say I’ve learned a valuable lesson: that money doesn’t buy happiness and that I’m grateful to be living an authentic and independent, albeit poorer, existence. It’s a nice sentiment, but that hasn’t been my experience. I hate not having money. Worrying about how I’m going to pay the bills is stressful, and it leaves so little room for thinking about anything else. Money may not buy happiness, but it buys security and peace of mind, and those things support happiness.”
Wypipo problems
Being poor is Authentic?
/Fuck off Slaver!
the part that stood out to me:
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I used to be a very hands-on mother — constantly volunteering at school, planning parties and excursions. I had the luxury of focusing my time and attention on my children, and I loved it. But right after my husband left, I was mentally incapable of taking care of them in the same way; for a long time, home-cooked meals were replaced with takeout or frozen pizza. Thankfully those days are over, but now, to make ends meet, I often work seven days a week.
I don’t want my husband back, but there are many times when I do want my old life back. When my children see photos on Facebook of families they grew up with enjoying an exotic vacation at a five-star hotel, I know they are jealous — not of the luxury, but of being an intact family. All three of us would give every penny we ever spent to have that again.
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And yet they’re rebooting Murphy Brown, a show about how awesome it is to be a single mom. Oh well, I guess that’s better than putting up statues of pregnant single moms.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/31/single-mothers-gillian-wearing-traditional-family-statue-birmingham
“anxiety about my personal situation has also been paralleled by intense fear and anxiety for the future of our country.”
Maybe you should kill yourself then and save us all from your banal rambling.
Happy birthday Jesse!
I’ve been watching The Last Post on Amazon over the weekend. Overall pretty decent, but some flaws that became annoying as the series went on- driving constituted way too much of every episode and the limited sets felt very limited, along with a weakish plot. 3.5/5
Meanwhile, scorched by Salon for idiotic reasons. Gibbering monkeys flinging shit at typewriters could come up with a better review. https://www.salon.com/2017/12/21/the-last-post-why/
Welp – priced out a few laptop models at best buy. No links since I’m on my phone (obviously).
Surprised to see a couple models with internal DVD drives at reasonable prices. Specifically lenovo ideapad 320 – 17″ i5 7200, 8gb ram, 1 Tb for about $530. Large but seems to handle well.
Also – online – not in store – dell inspiron 15.6″, i5, 8gb, 1tb, GeForce gtx1050 (No drive) for about $700. Sku: 5709801
Might actually look at the dell this time – reviews seem decent – little smaller, lighter too even if I need to buy the drive – maybe better lifespan. Will probably aim to order tomorrow for in-store pickup (for verification, etc).
Neg on the Dell UNLESS they fixed the power supply connection on the main board, I had one, very nice, then the connection failed and I had to scrap an otherwise good computer
Laptop?
yes, Common problem From what I have seen
User Reviews on this model also look very good without any reference to power supplies.
I think what really frustrates me is that this is 5 yrs later and I’m trying to compare these new machines to the posted specs of my old machine ‘ ie. Intel core i7, 8gb ddr3, pretty sure either 750gb or 1tb, DVD drive. Etc. Pretty sure I spent less than $1k at the time in 2012 too
The only real differences I can see between laptops today and laptops 5 years ago:
– You’re much more likely to get an SSD
– You’re much more likely to get a decent screen resolution
– They all have touchpads that rock. I don’t mean “rock on”, I mean the whole damn thing moves when you click it.
To elaborate on the touchpad thing, it used to be that the touchpad and the buttons (for “left click” and “right click”) were separate. Now the touchpad is the buttons, i.e. you push the whole touchpad down to click.
That’s been longer than 5 years though, no?
Maybe for some models. I’ve got a 7-year-old laptop that has the old style, and my dad bought one ca. 5 years ago that had the old style as well. But now every laptop has the other kind.
Further consideration. I think my last laptop which would’ve been around that time had the tap hotspots and the scroll zones and everything, but also had discrete buttons (which immediately broke).
-Honestly, dude, get a 15″ machine, no internal dvd, ~1tb SSD drive, and just try and get the fastest processor, FSB-ram combo you can afford
the dvd drive is obsolete, and no decent machine worth the money should have one built in. the machine will be more reliable without it. you can always get external for $30 bucks or so.
dell has been on the verge of bankruptsy for the last 10 years. don’t buy their products.
I have such a machine.
It’s called a MacBook Pro.
I definitely can’t afford 1tb ssd right now. I just need a good overall machine right now for my general use. If I had more time that would be optimal – but I gotta fly on Sunday. I appreciate the tips though and will look for more options in building something in the near future – mat be in part also that I have some skewed priorities compared to most folks.
yeah and it costs $
1500(lol) $1800 and still limits you to the narrow range of software that’s developed for macs (*yeah, i know you can run virtual windows, but thats just more expense and hassle for what? for the same utility a $500 – or less – pc delivers)sorry, that was to Playa.
yeah, whatever, get a smaller root drive. storage is so freaking cheap these days. my point was just that you can get raw power and reliability for relatively cheap, don’t sweat the peripherals
I’ve priced it out. I made the right choice.
i don’t really have a dog in the mac vs. pc debate; my feeling is what works for you, works for you, more power to anyone.
but i dont think there’s even a reasonable competition in the “bang for buck” department anymore for people who are looking for very basic functionality
there’s also the fact that the vast majority of corp business relies on applications that often require access to PCs. One of the irritations of my current institutional relationships is that they actually require i use IE10 or some specific browser in order to use their online portal. retarded, but real.
i also have built DAW workstations for years, and there’s a strong mac contingent who refuse to die in that world – they have some serious arguments on their side: midi clock is unquestionably more stable w/ mac processors, so are basic ProTools integration, etc. Thunderbolt, etc.
but even in that world, where macs have always been top dog, you have people going, “but i can build a hackintosh fake for less than half the cost“
better link, same comparison
$1000 hackintosh vs. $4000 mac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU7U2kJsQv0#t=05m25s
I’ve built a few hack minis in my day, back when my time was free to me.
If I cruised into the lobby of Perella Weinberg with rollerblades, a fanny pack, and a Toshiba laptop, which do you think would get me laughed out of the building?
You’re basically admitting you’ve lived in the “California business-bubble” and will never need to know anything else.
your contempt for how the other 80% live is…
…well, enviable really. but still. preening over your overpriced business accessories is stoopid.
*i did make an impression when i was doing consulting for RJR and i was rocking a macbook. they were like, ooooh check out the “artiste!”. they had never even seen an apple computer in a business setting in 2005-6
they also were the only people who smoked during meetings. (shrug) they were still good clients.
I’d like to think that you were judged on the value to your client, rather than your accessorization.
To some degree, of course, it would depend on what sphere of expertise you were valued for.
Sometimes you say very insightful things, and other times, you’re indistinguishable from John.
I’m “admitting” that I live in a “California Bubble” and I have “contempt for how the other 80% live”.
Uh huh.
didn’t you just say that rollerblades would have been completely kosher, but a toshiba a sign of pedestrianism?
maybe i missed your point.
i was just kidding around re: the few moments that anyone actually stated any interest in what laptop-brand one happened to be equipped with. in response to the idea that a toshiba laptop was something deserving mockery.
the only people who ever said boo about apple were the tobacco mongers. who were odd people in many respects. the particular job we were involved with is immaterial.
Laptops are tools. The heavy lifting of portfolio modelling, financial analysis and heavy crunching is still, and will continue to run on WinTel platforms; basically any of the systems the financial guys need will run thru’ a browser, or on that kind of iron. Every single one of our analysts and business guys are WinTel based, and some of them don’t do business “in uniform”. They’re the ones that deliver real value to the biz, and all the time they continue to do that, the firm will tolerate almost any dress code they want to sport.
Even the sales guys, when they run a model portfolio and an efficient frontier for a client (bullshit, but the punters tend to like it) – it’s on Intel gear. Why? Because nobody has any interest in building complicated interactive graphics on anything other than Intel platform, least of all if any of it is custom.
The only people in my firm you see with Apple gear are the design and image guys, or the guys who just need a browser and could just as easily use a tablet.
basically my point
sort of relevant to my *(COMPLETELY SARCASTIC AND NOT JOHN-ISH) point. yeah, people aren’t all suit and tie anymore. no, people aren’t all macs and ponytails and rollerblades. No one cares what your computer is. yes, they care that you’re not wearing flip-flops, probably.
hence the ballbusting i received at the hands of executive management for showing up w/ a macbook.
i really wasnt trying to make any point other than “cheap laptops are de rigeur”. despite my remarks, i wasnt denigrating playa. and his rollerblades.
Yes, we aren’t advancing much – BUT
New i7 is most likely overall faster even at same clock, with better energy use.
DDR3 should also be on a faster bus.
Video card is better.
Drive is more likely to be SSD or at least hybrid.
I bought a Dell inspiration last year. Same series. Laptop / Tablet hybrid. Have not been happy with it. To call it buggy would be an understatement.
Appreciate the tips. My 2nd desktop was a solid dell but I gave heard more issues re: laptops. May just aim for a lenovo as discussed last night.
Build your own desktop, it’s easy, been doing it for 28 years.You’ll get the best hardware and still pay less.
Sure – when I have time – still need flexibility for travel, etc (still reserve). Ideapad looks like it’ll do the trick for now.
I have a new laptop, never use it. I hate laptops, work bought it for me. It hasn’t been turned on in months. I only use it when I travel. I always buy my wife nice laptops, the ASUS I bought her last year flips around and turns into a giant tablet. I like that thing, it’s cool, but I don’t want to use it. I’m a desktop guy all the way. It’s about time to upgrade again, I’ve already started shopping hardware. Maybe next month.
I’d like a smallish laptop that I can plug my external Linux drive into, althogh having an external drive causes a different set of problems.
I can’t even see the 17″ laptop screens, I’m nearly blind now from staring at computer screens for more than 20 years 8+ hours a day. I can read small print on a sign from across a highway, but put it a foot in front of me and it’s just a blur. Thank the gawds for 2x reading glasses. The other problem is that the keyboards are too small and I hate those track pads with a passion.
my feeling on laptops is that most people who get the big ones end up keeping them on their desks and its sort of counter purposive.
my rule is, “it has to work on a airplane tray” or be comfortable in your actual lap. 13″-15″ is pretty much the limit. i could go smaller, personally if it wasn’t for the keyboard necessity. i never really dug the whole tablet concept tho some people swear by it.
Mine stays on my desk till I move it to another desk. If I’m in an airport or plane or car – I’m reading a book. Once I’ve got a solid machine like this – maybe I can get a cheap chromebook for the road – but I need another primary machine and this is the kind of thing I’ve used for the last 13 years. Gaming could be an option down the road and you guys keep recommending good titles but I’ve been really happy with my Xbox for the last 10+ years.
yeah, i really don’t get the “big laptop” people.
its like the worst of all worlds. you get the worst bang-per-buck in terms of performance, it depreciates like instantly, you can’t upgrade it much and its not really very mobile in the sense that its not usable in the normal applications you’d need a laptop for (travel, working on the road, presentations, hotel rooms, etc)
but some people just prefer them. never really grokked it. for the price most people pay for the ‘big laptops’ you could build a barebones desktop pc and have a mobile netbook at the same time.
OH NOES THE MEMO!
I just got a peep at it. It says… ‘Don’t forget to drink your Ovaltine’.
“The vote was announced to reporters by California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the committee, who called it a “very sad day, I think, in the history of this committee.” The motion passed on a party-line basis, he said.”
That doesn’t sound like good news for Democrats.
People at DU are apparently about to hurl themselves off bridges and tall buildings from the sound of the whailings and gnashing of teeth.
Boo transparency, boo!
Let them.
Did you decrypt it with your Little Orphan Annie decoder ring?
Yes, it reads it.really.was.still.her.turn.
From DU on the memo.
“3. This is an attempted coup.”
Well, yeah, that’s what I’ve been saying from the start. Only it involves Clintons, not Russians.
The GOP is colluding with Russia to overthrow the Constitutional Republic that is the USA.
Ah, who can forget Article III-1/2 of the U.S. Constitution, establishing the FBI and IC as the fourth branch of government.
What does this coup involve, exactly? Installing the duly elected president as president?
It’s because we don’t like Trump, waahhh, and he’s a real meanie, so that means we can impeach him, right? I think that’s the way it works. /proglodytes
Trump’s not duly elected, the Russians helped him cheat his way in using the “electoral college” loophole.
Yeah, that tricky GOP they just totally pulled that electoral college trick right out of their asses, no?
They also refused to let DOJ or FBI vet the memo to redact sensitive info.
As if the DOJ and FBI are neutral and disinterested parties in this matter.
Why are you disparaging the fine public servants in the federal law enforcement community?
Well the director of the FBI has seen the memo, that is not true. It is also interesting that after seeing the memo, FBI Director Christopher Wray fired McCabe.
Coincidence?
I’ve been posting about that maybe, who knows, coincidence all day. It’s a rather odd coincidence if it is one. It’s also rather odd, in my opinion that the left are suddenly shitting themselves over the release of a memo that they’ve been calling a joke and big nothing burger for a week now. I have to tell you that I myself would be surprised if there’s much of anything there. At least I was thinking that way until I started to witness just how nervous the Democrats are over this.
I would imagine that all that’s in it is confirmation that the Dossier was used to obtain a FISA warrant. Progs and the main stream will just say, “of course Russia interfered, who cares why the court granted the warrant”. Sane people will see it as another chapter in the Obama weponization of bureaucracy against political opponents, see IRS and all that.
I’ve been wondering for a long time if there’s some sort of mental illness afflicting leftists. But now, after watching the whole lot of them suddenly start caring about deficits, I’m just curious how this mental illness should be described.
Selective amnesia with delusions of fiscal responsibility.
Somewhere in the Amazon, an anaconda is unhinging his jaw to swallow a dead cow floating in the river, and that’s about how wide that fucking toadie is wrapped around the collective cock of the feds. Jesus Christ, what happened to Question Authority?
…and?
Totally not meant as a reply to you.
Won’t someone please think of the Fusion employees?!?!?!?
We’ll be thinking about them through our orbital scopes. Cuz we also make orbital bombardment cannons in kid sizes
Well, here it is, boys and girls. We’ve been waiting all this time for the real libertarian moment to appear. And what do you know, it’s already here and we didn’t even notice.
LIbertarian moment, how did we miss it?
Ahahahahahahahahahah.
I want to strap Gillespie into a Ludovico chair and have this article read by Norm Macdonald blare from the speakers over and over while images of Trump flash on the screen.
Throw poo. Repeat.
Maybe should’ve been. Throw poo. Get clicks. Repeat.
The only practical way to restrain Trump’s efforts to carry out massive personal corruption and turn federal law enforcement into a political weapon under his control would be to help Democrats regain one or more chambers of Congress, so they could conduct oversight and act as a check on the executive branch.
“Only practical way”. Lol.
I still want a president to send a note for congress to read for the state of the union.
What if Trump simply sent the speech out via Twitter?
Even better.
“State of the Union – Amazing. Great Economy. Opponents…sad!”
The way the founders intended.
I’d really just love to have a State of the Union be the current state of the union and not a campaign speech. Wouldn’t it be beautiful: “Congress pass X number of laws this year. X number took effect on July 1st, X number took effect on November 1st. Federal Outlays were X, Receipts were X. The department of unnecessary red tape spent X, The department of redundant red tape enacted X new regulations this year . . . .etc.”
Happy birthday Jesse!
Happy Birthday Jesse! Many Happy Returns.
Happy Birthday, jesse. Time to take up a new hobby?
Happy Birthday, Jesse! Also, don’t tase me, Tortilla Man.
Feliz cumpleaños yesse
Happy Birthday Jesse! Enjoy!
If you thinking paying my wife $700K is going to influence my opinion of deep dish pizza, you crazy.
And Happy Birthday, Jesse. (Personally, I’d have given your Bday a post all to itself).
This is too good:
Elon tries to sell $500 flamethrowers. California shits pants and faints.
Nevermind the fact that flamethrowers are totally legal and you can buy them at home depot. Nope, we now need a law after 300 years of them being legal.
I’ve gotta say, it looks pretty desperate – net thing he’ll be travelling around state fairs hawking 1/4 acre lots for some Hooverville he’s going to build.
Wouldn’t it be a better use of his time to maybe get his flagship products in the black? Unless this is the plan to get his flagship products in the black. Maybe he can take on George Foreman in the hamburger-cooker business.
Ron Popeil is spinning in his rotisserie.
“Ron Popeil is spinning in his rotisserie.”
FUCKING CLASSIC!
I totally didn’t see that coming.
It’s a prank. I’ll take bets. Line forms to the left.
I’m pretty sure I could build a workable flamethrower for less than a hundred bucks. If you glibs tempt me too much I’ll do it and post a video
My Harbor Freight LP flame thrower cost $19.
Use it for weed eradication on the rock garden.
Spoiler — without sticky output (e.g. napalm) it ain’t all that. Wouldn’t even melt my driveway.
Styrofoam, gasoline, mix, have something akin to napalm…
“Pvt Pyle, what is this?!?”
“Sir, jellied gasoline, sir!”
“Jellied gasoline? Are you allowed to have jellied gasoline in the barracks, Pyle?”
“Sir, no sir!”
Already have one. It’s called a Searzall and I use it to cook dinner. And breakfast.
Happy birthday, jesse.
Lemento
Who am I? Since the trauma of 2016, I cannot make new memories. The tattoo spanning my pecs greats me in the mirror every morning when I step out of the shower: “He Grabbed Her by the Pussy”. On my inner forearm is another: “There Weren’t Good People on Both Sides”. On my thigh: “She is a Wonderful Public Servant”. Everywhere I look is another tattoo that is screaming, pleading, begging for me to set right something. The only thing I know is that I can’t trust anybody.
I hear tires roll up my driveway and I peak out the curtains. A late model black Ford Explorer comes to a stop and a young man with a well-groomed lumberjack beard hops out. He can’t be the owner; the suit is too cheap. I grab the meat tenderizer out of the kitchen drawer and quietly tip toe to the front door. Trembling, I wait behind the door with the metal utensil raised over my head. *Ding Dong*. “Put down the meat tenderizer. I’m your ride”. I look through the peek hole and see the young man holding up a Polaroid of me and him smiling and giving a thumbs up.
He looks in the rear view mirror and we make totally not gay eye contact. “Why do you always go for the meat tenderizer? Don’t you have a knife or baseball bat?”. I owe him no answers despite the crisscross bruise on his forehead that looks about a week or so old. Silence is my my only protection. “Fine.”, he says, “Today you have a special guest.” My vacant expression is accurately interpreted as vacuousness by the young man. “Right. The president will be in studio today. The executives will brief you on what to say and even if you forget, you’ve got the answers plastered on your body. ” Out of the blue, the young man slams on the brakes and my head smashes into the back of the passenger seat. “Why the hell did you do that?”, I splutter as I tried to stem my bleeding nose. The kid cracks a smile. “I do it to you everyday.”
By the time we arrive at CNN studios, the bleeding has stopped. I’m nervous, but I’ve got to find out what happened. Who did it? I may not remember, but that doesn’t make my actions meaningless…
submit@glibertarians.com
Either Hitler or Hilldog.
Amazing. I’m with Q, if you have more please submit is a series!
Wasn’t sure if the movie was well enough known to do small series off of it.
I’ve never seen it (though I’m aware of what’s it about) and the article was a delight. You don’t even have to mirror the story of it. Just go with what feels good!
(He’s Trump, isn’t he?)
Using Don Lemon as the narrator is cheap way for me to cover up my hacky writing style. Don’t blame me, it’s the Donny would talk to himself.
I also thought Don Lemon was an Archer character until this week, so…
I once wrote a short parody about an amnesiac grocery shopping called “Pimiento”
Which is better: the good love of a hot woman or the hot love of a good woman?
The latter by far.
I’m gonna go with the good love of a loyal woman that you can reciprocate that love too. Not much else is terrible important. It’s just a bonus if she looks good.
Yes.
Something about “price above rubies” or somesuch (((quote)))….
Happy birthday jesse!
What do you get for a man that buys lube by the drum?
Porn. Or ziploc bags.
Towels. That’s a lot of lube to clean up.
I was gonna suggest this, but yeah, towels might work, too.
Plastic sheets.
I’m starting to like Peterson, He’s pretty smart, in a common sense way,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz-mGmT3GgI
He has his faults, but he’s one of the few people that will stand toe to toe with collectivists and call their BS for what it is: Murderous ideology.
His shtick is really just Common sense, but that is lacking in this day and Age
When he veers off talking about Men’s Rights, he gets pretty emotional. While I don’t think he has the prescription for a “good and virtuous life”, I think a few more people following the advice he does give might result in a far more moral society.
and when he finishes a PoinT His VOICE Climbs in to shrill territory, annoying…
Happy birthday Jesse!
Fuck off, slaver!
Also, happy birthday Jesse. <–of my own free will, not because anyone told me to do it.
Lemming! just follow the Status Quo! Follower!
/ 😉
In the morning links I was referred to “free to choose” by Milton friedman. I listened to the first part on my way home from work this evening. The narrated part was basically reinforcing what I already believe. The debate part at the end was great. Milton Friedman is great.
Was. But also…
True
I don’t think that there is a modern economist who is currently promoting free markets like he did. I love Rothbard, lefevre, hayek, friedman, etc.
Is there a publicly visable heir to those guys?
Hernando de Soto Polar is interesting.
Never heard of him.
Peruvian economist, became notable for his research on informal economies, and whose fundamental thesis is that advanced societies cannot develop without strong property rights. More recently, that interest in informal economies has embraced cryptocurrencies.
Not difficult to read, The Mystery of Capital is a good summation of where his head is at.
Thomas Sowell is still alive. He is more on the conservative end, but has an amazing body of work. He is in one of those Free to Choose segments. If you have never seen him speak there are a bunch of videos of him out there.
Objectifying black bodies, you’re such a shitlord.
It’s black bodies all the way down.
Other notables in those after-documentary debates are Donald Rumsfeld, Frances Fox Piven and Peter Jay.
Funny to think that he was probably the most popular economist back in the day. His axiomatic approach at explaining things made economics accessible to the masses. Wish his son, David, had gone more with that method, but he may actually be more intelligent than his dad and that explains why he went more into physics.
It sucks that he was that popular yet governemnts didn’t take his advice. That’s sad to me.
How the hell would you be able to graft under that scenario?
And there lies the problem with democracy.
Q: Mr. Politician, do you want to make your rich and prosperous?
A: Hell no, I want to pass out favors to my constituents so I can get re-elected.
Well, except for Chile…..
They did. Check your pay stub.
please explain, I’m not following you.
Friedman came up with withholding as you go during WWII rather than a single lump sum on 4/15.
Well fuck
That tales a few stars out of my eyes.
So, basically government implemented his bad idea without his good ideas. That’s probably part for the course for Gmen
Sadly, Uncle Milt wasn’t infallible.
Let’s not forget that Keynes would blow an aneurysm if he saw what politicians did with his ideas, and he’s getting (all) the blame.
For real short-form entertainment, next time you have 45 minutes to spare, look up “Economics is Fun” with Madsen Pirie
He did apologize for it, at least.
Republic cuts both ways – who cares how popular he was, if he couldn’t move the reps?
Though, Maggie did take his advice.
I remember seeing him on Donahue (my Mom’s favorite show). It was the intellectual equivalent of watching Andre the Giant pound a jobber on Saturday morning.
Donahue would toss out his liberal nonsense and watch helplessly as Friedman smashed it into a million pieces.
Donahue also had Ayn Rand on. At least he was giving them a chance for his audience to see them. Now a days it’s more a one-liner about how everyone right of Che is an Alt-Right Nazi, and then onto the guests that agree with the hosts pov.
To be fair, look what happened when they tried giving Jordan Peterson a
chanceusual ambush interview.Yeah, but there’s a limited number of people who can push back like that.
Unfortunately
Donahue was fantastic.
I wish they were still making EconPop. Much better than Mostly Weekly that Andrew Heaton does now.
So, I was unaware/had forgotten about this but Mikhail Lesin, the founder of Russia Today and a Russian energy mogul, was found dead in a Washingto DC hotel in 2015. The results of the FBI investigation were just released to the public and they’re a doozy: apparently they’re going with the idea that he died by trauma caused by multiple falls that were induced by alcohol intoxication, eventually succumbing to head trauma. If that doesn’t sound fishy enough, follow the link and check out how much of the autopsy was redacted (hint: all of it).
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-28/fbi-releases-docs-claiming-rt-founder-beat-himself-death-his-hotel-room
It’s stuff like this that makes people believe in conspiracy theories.
Happy birthday, Jesse. May you have many more good ones.
Math is hard.
https://mobile.twitter.com/davidcrosss/status/957718445633634304
Happy birthday, Jesse.
Why do actors I enjoy, particularly comedians, have to fuck it up with stupid political statements?
because actors are dumb chattel that only want to fit in./director
David Cross lost me when he was still doing his anti-GWB shtick well after the guy was out of office. I was still a progressive then, and still felt like he needed to get some new fucking material. Haven’t liked him ever since.
Bittersweet story.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/a-teenager-dying-of-cancer-had-a-final-wish-to-marry-his-childhood-sweetheart/ar-BBIoZr6?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp
Damn.
I prefer the tits, Q.
See below.
Some of these girls may be a little too cut and not quite as top heavy as I’d like, but I want to please my audience; and I sure wouldn’t kick them out of bed.
https://spotmebro.com/15-hottest-female-fitness-models-2015/
I know several women who compete in these things. You may not kick them out of bed, but you would fake your own death to not spend any other time with them.
Normal, happy chicks ftw.
What’s the story with them? Arrogant? Can’t talk about anything but fitness? No time for anything but their routine?
It’s really hard to get that lean, especially for women. Unless you have the genes of a goddess, it requires an amazing discipline. A lot of my friends who are that way might as well be heroin addicts. They often have personal issues that drive them to compete like this. I suspect it gives them a semblance of control when other things are going shitty.
Don’t get me wrong, I think they are amazing, but the back stories always bum me out.
You did the right thing. I am a satisfied customer.
I would kick most of them out of bed. That’s just not attractive.
John?
If you’re into men’s abs and saline bags, more power to you.
Inside every man lurks a primitive caveman itching to “worship” the Venus of Hohle-Fels. No matter how deeply buried, he will stir.
Heh. ‘Bone flute’
That’s Miley Cyrus.
Causing the itching? Probably.
The conspiracy goes much deeper than that.
Happy Birthday Jesse! Nice to see post again.
I just the Adam Schiff press conference.
Holy shit, they are fucked.
Can’t even?
He can’t even lie straight.
One thing Trump has done: destroy the left’s ability to think more than a week into the future.
They’re saying that releasing the memo will compromise sources and methods. The memo is going to get released either way. People will see, with their own two eyes, that it does not in fact compromise sources and methods.
Then what? Yell “RACIST” again?
Verbs bad. Except fuck. Fuck good.
Just watched it as well, half the people there are on the verge of tears. Salty, salty tears. Nothing to see here.
The Black Panther trailers make it look like he has an all women bodyguard. If only people knew what other African leader was so woke.
If they are basing it on Christopher Priest’s run on BP, which they should but there’s not enough brain power in Hollywood to do so, yes, he’s obligated to keep two quasi-wives around as bodyguards in order to satisfy the various tribal parts of the population, who would otherwise be at each others’ throats, with breaks to kill the urban population, whom all the tribes considered beneath even their ancestral enemies. Said wives aren’t allowed to have sex with anyone but the king, and the king can’t bang one of them, since that would be seen as instant marriage and promoting one tribe over another.
Priest was great – he made Wakanda most advanced civ in the world and BP a king-Batman, and then made them jerks about it. He also had enough comics for a decade, until DC called and offered him to do Deathstroke – as he put it, if they offered him a ‘black’ character, he’d have hung up, because he’s sick of being a ‘black comic writer’ instead of ‘comic writer who’s black’.
I also had to roll back his blog like eigh months last I visited it to find out he’s a Clinton voter, because all his posts were about the comic he’s currently writing. Haven’t gone back since because I don’t want my heart broken.
So this is a thing now:
Our Cartoon President | Series Premiere | Full Episode (TV14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbrdfG6CX68
Also, one of Team Blue’s finest wordsmiths recently produced this gem:
***
Another Democratic member, Mike Quiqley of Illinois, described the GOP memo as “a book report by a high school kid at 1 a.m. on two Red Bulls who hasn’t read the book.”
***
You working on your tight 5 for the Comedy Store, Quigley?
I told SugarFree we should have sold Hat and Hair.
God, that’s something Sterling Archer would say when he knows he got schooled.
I am struggling thru the TV show linked above.
I see one of the creators is Steven Colbert. Well, that explains a lot.
He was funnier on Strangers with Candy.
‘Story by Stephen Colbert’ and I’m done.
Well, there was 1 decent joke in there.
Trump said the Democrats are like a bunch of seagulls fighting over a potato chip.
Yep, that’s about right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVrsR90Fjr0
Any news of a Minnesodan meet-up for Left Hand of Radar before he leaves the Frozen North?
I’d be game.
I expressed some of my gun-owner misgivings to my Charm Offensive would-be colleague at the potential new employer, and he answered with:
Still, I might grab a few more high capacity magazines before I leave (if I leave).
Ugh. Supposed to be a reply to CPRM below.
You’ll have to leave them in a storage locker in Minnesoda. 😉
Both concealed and open carry are legal in Wisconsin, yet this is a thing that happened today. Suspicious that he ran away, but why was this reported? Fuck if I know.
“She reported what police would only describe as “some very serious things.””
That’s it? That’s all it takes?
This seems like “incomplete” reporting at best.
Also, #BelieveHer
Police recommend that people in the area not approach anyone who seems suspicious and call 911 if they see anything unusual.
On heckuva paradox.
Open carry is legal here but that doesn’t stop cops from charging someone with another crime like disturbing the peace or what not.
My employer has decreed Thursday to be Jersey day, and we’re all encouraged to wear sports jerseys of football, baseball, hockey–whatever. Any team, pro or college.
I am torn. Currently I favor my Eruzione Team USA “Miracle on Ice” one, but I kind of want to wear my Artem Anisimov Team Russia one. Or, switching gears, maybe Gale Sayers Bears jersey.
Also have a few Cubs.
Maybe I should bring a few and change throughout the day like an overpaid presenter at an awards ceremony.
Bad News Bears. You’re welcome.
Maybe a Rutgers jersey.
That’s awesome 🙂
I suggest Fresno Grizzlies from 2007.
It’s one of the ugliest jerseys ever made and looks like the money suit from that Free Money Infomercial guy.
That is simply awful. How is that even a jersey?
Get a Bills 32 jersey.
Love it.
(Pencils in inevitable visit to HR on Friday)
Did you decide what you’re doing about your job?
I am interviewing formally on Feb 9th. No decision til I see some numbers.
Feeling pretty comfy because I don’t have to do anything. But in reality, I hope they make a decent offer and it all pans out. Great opportunity.
Are you still thinking of moving to SD? Against all better advice? Dontchaknow that they stick the libertarians in camps here?
(Not really, they just tax you like that.)
I already pay high taxes in Minnesoda with no nice weather and scenery to make up for it. And I’d still be working in defense, so those guys tend to lean right/libertarian.
I think I can cope. I don’t want to wait until retirement to live in a beautiful, warm place.
Right on. SD is a nice place and probably the most libertarian city in the state (fwiw). I’m an SF native and more than a bit pissed about the direction of this state, but I still live here with the wife and kids. Fifteen more years and I think I am out. In the meantime I enjoy the scenery…
When I visited my cousin in San Diego was the first time I went to a Whole Foods. She was going on about non-GMO foods. So I asked her why the corn was so big, I mean if you don’t want genetically modified food then they should have been selling teosinte. She didn’t get it.
I have tried that approach with OMG-NONGMO fanatics, asking if it’s better to wait for mutations to breed selectively or create some mutations ourselves. She (natch) refused to accept that evolution and particularly selective breeding in agriculture involved *gasp* mutations of DNA.
ManU shirt and fuck the haters!
(I only support ManU because my dad and best friend are Liverpool fans, and I first heard of Alex Ferguson when playing a C-64 manager game)
Fuck Solskjaer.
I’d wear my Bayern München hat.
http://www.primecurves.com/katarina-tight-lingerie/2.jpg
http://www.hawtcelebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/devin-brugman-and-natasha-oakley-in-bikinis-on-the-bondi-beach_13.jpg
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/400659695119-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gmFajH_EDLE/T8p_ZBmzryI/AAAAAAAAJSg/N4l78EvhQvU/s1600/Jordan_Carver.jpg
If you ever come to Los Angeles, I promise that you won’t leave a virgin. You have my word.
I got hugged today.
Home video footage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUlInVat7jc
Ah, the STEVE SMITH method. Always guaranteed results…
Happy Birthday, Jesse!
https://youtu.be/MME2et42TSw
So it’s a song about abortion, but it does have “Birthday” in the title. It’s all I got.
My favorite song about about abortion. That’s a dark and narrow category.
Well, I guess technically it’s about infanticide.
Is that, like, Christian Rock?
No, just song about an issue.
Too bad it wasn’t a Swimsuit Issue https://youtu.be/6SP7FtW2qpY
Was expecting this for abortion
https://youtu.be/Wt5EHAqhR1c
8-bit Zardoz
They should have sent a poet… *sniff*
Zardoz theater intro
STEVE SMITH took a tragic turn.
this Guy is insane,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elD0X4ghSjg&feature=youtu.be
What you get when you are bored
That guy is certifiable. Speaking of jellyfish, I was jogging by this back basin at Marina Pacifica 1 year ago, and by my estimates there were about 200,000 jellyfish at the surface. Sizes ranged from 2” diameter to about 8”. They were soaking up the sun. Striking. Creepy.
TY E
Something good, That’s right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCt1dhNEKpU
How’s your ‘issue’ going, YDAK?
Not well, I have many decisions to make, and it’s kind of spooky, I don’t have a viable way out at this time
i will say, Some of my best Music has come from adversity, so Lemons, Lemonade? at least there’s that
Well, I’m not religious, but all available extremities are crossed. Best of luck.
Thanks Brother
Happy belated birthday, Jesse!
Hey! FUCK OFF SLAVER!
/Welcome
Um….thanks.
/Welcome Back
KotterYusef.Wow, thanks….
I see my esoteric, late-night weirdness has worked its magic.
And, to echo Number 6 (about what, I don’t know), best of luck on the spooky stuff.
Finances and Potential eviction. Thanks for asking.
Yeesh! Sorry to hear about that, good man. I wish I had a pipeline to lots of work for you (or, cash, for that matter)-anything more than just a “good luck”.
/crossing things in solidarity with Number 6. Well, and Yusef.
OT: We need to coin a word for this definition:
_____ (noun): Something with no scientific validity that is disguised as a highly authoritative and unquestionable truth.
Examples:
“The study that claimed that 1 in 5 women are raped on campus is nothing but a _____.”
“Bill Nye’s entire career is just a big ol’ _____.”
“Democrats always trot out a _____ to justify their policies; they just love to sound sciencey while spouting bullshit.”
To whom actually gives a shit, I am about 4k$ in the hole, due to a serious lack of work, I blame myself although everyone around me says otherwise. I will climb out of my mess, but it also includes bailing from Cali to AZ, so that’s another mess that will cost me 8-10K$ . Money? that’s for the other Guy……
/I’m Fucked