Hey guys? How’s it going? I’m on beeru number three. The first two were Kirin Ichiban while having lunch with my beautiful wife. Then I took a power nap. Now i’m drinking a Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest. I’ll probably go buy some more, different Marzen style later. Don’t let that fool you into think I haven’t been working. It is hard goddamn work herding bits across a the internet from a server to the cloud. Especially when you are putting them a db that enforces all security and front-end rules. You want to move 1M records? Check back in 12 hours. And oh look at that. The teams I love most are playing the teams I hate most. The Red River Shootout and FSU-UM (Its the 30th anniversary of this disaster). You know what, I’m gonna go buy some booze and just wake up drinking and stay drunk. Its not gonna be a good day for me.
In a Friday Afternoon Nut Caress — Chicago cop found guilty of murder
Hardest hitting piece on DJT today. That never happened to the previous guy, because someone from the press corp would have removed it with their teeth.
Oh, Florida couple.
CBS reporters find out that thieves view college campuses as easy targets. First hand
I think we’ll throw down a classic Texas-centric ballad.
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I’m actually in awe of Senator Collins. I want her speech framed.
She supports the nomination. She eviscerated the Senate Dems and Ford’s team. She eviscerated Avenatti and called his “client”‘s gang rape allegations bullshit. She went on a long, impassioned talk about how important due process is.
Now if only this crowd took this to heart and cared more about due process for everyone, we might get somewhere as a country.
Here’s the response from the dedicated left
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211238906
Someone ought to round house kick her in the face /Progs
Yeah, my facebook is full of people claiming to want to donate money to whoever her opponent may be in the future.
What happened to getting money out of politics?
That obviously only means the bad money. Good money is clean and pure, it also smells like unicorn farts, and has glitter that doesn’t spread to everything it touches.
Like George Soros’ money. Clean and pure. Totally different from Koch money.
#RESIST happened
It’s very expensive to lose elections.
Tell them I’ll be her opponent. They can send their checks to me. I promise to run.
Brazil sounds good…or, maybe Romania (Pie could be helpful).
WOULD
I never thought in my life I’d be eagerly listening to something Sen. Collins has to say. But the REEEEEE from the left has my interest piqued.
Too short.
Needed to be 30-45 minutes longer.
Raw a motive emotion. Thread of moments kept for posterity
I’m sure Preet is going to get right on those threatening comments.
So classy.
Watched it on YouTube but I had to set it at 1.5 speed cause she talks … so … damn … slow.
Collins really screwed herself over this time. No registered Democrat will EVER vote for her now.
Did they truly vote for her before? Moderate politics is a game of grabbing the independents. And they’re like 50/50 on this.
That was an attempt at sarcasm. Nobody screaming about this being the end of her career would have voted for her anyway.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
*slaps forehead*
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
As someone diagnosed with asperger’s syndrome, this is triggering, and I’m filing a complaint against you with the administrators of this site.
*laughs*
You said ‘triggering’.
“Dear [INSERT NAME HERE],
We at Glibertarians.com truly care about your concerns and possible complaints. I can personally guarantee you your [INSERT TYPE OF REQUEST] will be reviewed most stringently. Thank you for your continuing support of our site.
Sincerely,
[WHOMEVER IS ON MAILBOX DUTY]”
It should be in Daily Fail pidjin.
BBC
I fail to see what the size or color of genitalia have to do with Pvt. Chip’s suggestion.
No, no, he’s talking about roosters.
STEVE SMITH BE RIGHT BY TO RESOLVE COMPLAINT. AND BY RESOLVE MEAN…
Let me guess….
THIRD PARTY ARBITRATION!
AND BY THIRD PARTY MEAN…
I think I now don’t have to guess anymore…
“Dear [INSERT NAME HERE],
Don’t you mean Tulpa?
Hmmm… that would save time, wouldn’t it.
How so? We send our form letters out with the blanks and [INSERT NAME HERE] markers intact.
It would save even more time to also replace “[INSERT TYPE OF REQUEST]” with “complaint” and “[WHOMEVER IS ON MAILBOX DUTY]” with “Mailer Daemon”.
What’s up my trigga?
Just chillin’. Sup with you?
Wait, was this semi racialist because of culture appropriation?
Chicago FOP President on the Van Dyke conviction.
I mean, this surprises nobody, but still, fuck you, FOP dude.
Christ, what an asshole.
a message to every law enforcement officer in America that it’s not the perpetrator in front of you that you need to worry about, it’s the political operatives stabbing you in the back.
Make that “its not just the perpetrator on front of you”, and he’s not wrong.
The perp in front of you, the perp on the ground you are pumping the next dozen rounds into…
The random person you came upon and decided to shoot…
Pish posh, everyone knows that in order for a cop to hit his intended target they must use at least two full double stack or four single stack magazines, hit one dog and at least wound one innocent bystander (the dog requirement is vacated if the bystander is still in elementary school).
I’m not surprised. My wife worked for the attorney on retainer for the SDPOA.
They consider themselves gods among men.
So officers shouldn’t have to take any time at all to think about shooting “the perp” in front of them. Their minds should be as free and unfettered as a kitten with a toy while they squeeze that trigger.
YES.
“The Devil, he blew an outward breath, for his heart was free from care…”
I don’t know what dregs of Hell the FOP has to go to, to consistently find the most Evil Muther Fuckers to be their front men. They consistently hold the most heinous views, and without fail they will support a straight up murderer.
FOAD FOP
Who else but the most evil would want that job??
I swear. Satan probably looks at those guys and says “Lord, really? can’t we have, like a second Hell place, i don’t want to spend eternity with those assholes”.
Satan probably looks at those guys and says “Lord, really? can’t we have, like a second Hell place, i don’t want to spend eternity with those assholes”.
Hell is supposed to be punishment for Satan as well, so it’s only fair.
-It’s the innocent fellow-citizen you are tempted to pump a magazine’s worth of bullets into. Because they’re not “Perpetrators”. They’re “Suspects”. Due Process isn’t dead, bitch.
You know who else ranted about politicians stabbing his organization in the back?
Gaius Julius Caesar?
Mr Smith (who went to washington?)
Hari Seldon?
General Ludendorff?
Vince Foster?
proactive fighting crime
=
Shoot that civilian before he can become a perp.
After Tamir Rice, I didn’t even think clear video evidence would ever result in a conviction. It was interesting listening to the verdict being read.
“First shot… Guilty” “Second Shot… guilty” all the way through 16.
I’m not comfortable with that at all. It was all the same overt act. Just get him on the murder charge.
Agreed
Hmm. That hadn’t occurred to me – battery that results in murder is just murder. I am guessing the prosecuted each count on the chance that the jury would acquit on murder and the first shot or three, but that they could still get something on the other 13 shots.
Iowahawk goes off on Mattress Firm filing for Chapter 11.
/snort. I see Zardoz made an appearance.
ZardoZ makes an appearance…
Figures. in Nashua NH there are/were two stores a couple blocks apart – like Starbucks.
You’d think with all that supply, mattresses would be cheaper. After all, there is an endless supply of them in swamps of Sqornshellous Zeta.
It’s about time. The filing has been expected for a while now.
In re: our talk about Marukai a while back
I went to the flagship store today for lunch. The conversion to Tokyo Central is complete. They gutted the entire store and made it much nicer, and then jacked the prices up. They kicked out all of the food court tenants and brought in new ones too. The ramen and karaage are really good, but it lost the hole in the wall feel.
They need to expand into the northwest. Uwajimaya is fading. Got 99 Ranch last year at least.
99 Ranch has a nice selection. I’ve been able to find everything imaginable there.
Why buy a mattress when you can find a lightly used one curbside?
I don’t need ten thousand exoskeletal roommates.
You lousy vertabrist
*projectile vomits*
I bought a very comfortable king size mattress from Amazon for $250 delivered. I got very nice twin mattresses delivered for $80/each for the kids. I’m not sure any storefront mattress companies will be in business in 10 years.
Did they ship from one of the regional distribution centers?
No clue.
“Curbside Delivery”
Yep. We purchased full sized foam ones for the kids when we re-did their rooms. They are super comfortable and less than $200 each. When our mattress dies, we’ll do the same for our room.
I hate the foam mattresses. Guaranteed back spasms. Awful.
I bought one made locally from a store front, but it was a furniture, not mattress store. While I was shopping, I went into MattressFirm and lasted five minutes.
Buying a mattress sucks.
Go to The Original Mattress Factory:
https://www.originalmattress.com/
Yep, they’re good. I went to Room and Board. Their brand is made in Minneapolis.
You can buy a My Pillow mattress topper made right in you home state of Minnesota, and get two My Pillows absolutely free!
I don’t want your pillow.
I like how the My Pillow guy wears his cross necklace untucked on the outside of his shirt.
Not joking, I’ve had a My Pillow for many years now, and I always sleep like a rock on it. Before I always had trouble going to sleep, and still do in hotels which have regular down pillows. I’m considering getting a new one because it’s pretty old now.
If you know what you are doing, you can DIY one yourself for less than that.
I have weird hobbies.
Even horses can do it.
Anyone have experience with adjustable beds? I think they’re a crock of shit personally, but wifey wants something that will be more supportive while sitting up.
Install a Murphy bed and leave it halfway up. 😉
A chair?
Like a hospital bed?
Get a big pillow. No one I’ve talked to actually uses it.
That would be my choice, but I’m being overruled.
If you are a side sleeper they are kind of useless. I get the whole watching tv or reading thing, but I am glad we passed. Expensive enough as it was!
Did you try throwing ice at her?
I sleep on the couch enough as it is.
have one. My wife loves it. I was ambivalent until my recent operation. Now I’m in favor as well.
Wife works from home, so the first half of the day is sitting up in bed, working on the laptop. Before the adjustable bed, she would just get up and work from the sofa. I always wondered if it was that much more comfortable working in the bed, and I have come to the conclusion that yes, it really is. And the ability to raise up my feet has been a god send with my knee replacement. I’ve been fairly well confined to bed for the past 10 days, and without the ability to adjust the position without actually moving that much myself has been really good for keeping me coWemfy.
Downside is that the mattresses are constantly pushing away from each other (our “king” bed is actually two twins side by side – apparently this is very common in Germany). but it does give the ability to adjust each side independently.
Do the bedsheets pull away more easily with the movement, and is there a noticeable difference in the support/texture/firmness where the mattress flexes on the base?
That sucks to be stuck for that long. Hopefully not much longer?
Yes, the sheets pull away more easily, but we did find some sheets that stay in place. They are much more expensive though. Brand is DreamFit, and they can be found on Amazon.
We have very squishy memory foam mattresses, so there really isn’t that much of a difference – it doesn’t even fold up the mattress that much even at full flex. The folds in the mattress cover will start to dig in, but you have to be in bed in that particular position for hours for it to hit. Only started to be noticeable to me after I had been sitting up in the bed for 4-5 hours straight.
I’m slowly getting out of bed. 10 days or so post surgery, and I’m finally getting to the point where I can sit more comfortably on the sofa than I can lounge in the bed. Still have a long, long time for recovery though…
I have an adjustable base with a Tempur-pedic mattress. I love it.
I had 3 items delivered by amazon yesterday. Two were broken, one was missing parts, so now I have to box all that shit up and send it back. If I had bought it local I could just run it back, but now I have more work. If they’re not careful, local businesses providing solid customer service could cut into their business.
No company is invulnerable
Mr. Mojeaux won a Saatva. Very nice.
I remember when they bought out Sleepy’s and thinking “what kind of stupid fucking name is Mattress Firm?!”
They took over the ceiling fan and water bed store locations pro rates leftover leases.
Hardest hitting piece on DJT today.
Straight outta Hat n Hair.
Lindsey Graham looks really happy:
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2018/10/05/epic-benny-johnson-captures-lindsey-graham-in-full-thug-life-mode-and-its-perfection-pics/
Love the unhinged harpy screeching in the background.
That blonde behind him is unhinged.
SCOREBOARD. You’re gonna have to up your game, RBS.
Be modesty in Victory…lest you tempt TPTB…*whispers* they can edit!
I don’t want to like him dammit
Lindsey Graham was one of the few rational voices in the House during the Clinton impeachment. Then he became a Senator and turned into a raging asshole.
It’s good to see this version of Graham. I wonder how long it will last.
Sometimes, when a man loses the love of his life, all he thinks about is dying well.
Until around 3 femtoseconds after it is no longer politically useful.
I want to point out that Graham’s asshole period coincided with the time he was friends with that asshat McCain…
John McCain apparently had his own harem of senators and congress critters.
Great photo but I still hate the guy.
He had a sick burn yesterday too.
I mean, I have to keep reminding myself that this is Lindsey Graham, because for the past week everything that man has done has made me want to move to his district so I can vote for him.
Repubs aren’t that bad when they are at total war with Team Blue. It’s when they decide to reach across the isle that we get fucked good and hard. I think what makes this seem different is for a brief fleeting moment they are the majority and they are acting like they do when they are the minority opposition party.
Man I hate that guy, but get a load of Cat Piss Woman behind him.
The big plus in the whole Kavanaugh fiasco is that he might now enter the Court with a newfound respect for due process.
As i said earlier this morning. Do not underestimate the ability of someone to be self-unaware. I wouldn’t be surprised if this changes nothing for him.
I dunno…conservative is a liberal that got mugged….a libertarian is a conservative that got statisted.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this changes nothing for him.
I wouldn’t be surprised either, but you never know. If nothing else this episode will provide extra ammo for lawyers arguing before the court in favor of due process, as it is an apt illustration of how the abandonment of the presumption of innocence can affect the high as well as the low.
I just HAD to go over to DU and Kos to look for signs of wailing and gnashing of teeth….they didnt disappoint.
Well, don’t be a piker.
I provided up above. It’s only getting started
Dailykos is full of drama queens
“Historians will say, “That was the moment when America lost its democracy.” People who do not feel the fear have their heads in the sand. I feel the danger. It is now subtle but clear. It will get worse”
Good. Emigrate to Cuba then.
They’ve been running that every other month since 2004 when an R was president.
That was the moment when America lost its democracy.
And here I thought it was when Trump stole the Presidency from Herself.
It’s been a dead letter at least since Gore conceded.
Wait…Net Neutrality and the Tax Cuts killed everyone, right?
Yes, but that was after Brett Kavenaugh killed everyone at his High School 40 years ago.
My internet murdered me
I thought that leaving the Paris accords killed everyone and the planet.
That time we had a Democratically Elected President appoint a Justcie to the SC, who was then constitutionally approved by the senate. Yeah. That’s when democracy
faild uscollapsed.I’m no fan of democracy, but these democratic fan boys sure don’t know what the hell it is.
All they can see is party.
TEAM
If we lose our democracy, the historians will say what ever the dear leader says. Even if that means dear leader says we are still a democracy where 99.9999% of the votes are for the leader.
Very good point. If the leftists’ night terrors were true, future historians would be celebrating what the leftists hate.
Not getting a liberal supreme court that acts as a superlegislature destroyed democracy. Got it.
Here’s an enjoyable video
If you ever spot me mindlessly reciting crap like that, just shoot me.
You’ll be shot after reciting things like that for sure. Just remember you love Big Brother.
There’s a whole lotta ugly in that video.
Also stupid.
Someone read my mind and posted the Animal House gif.
With the Kavanaugh confirmation, I’ve been thinking small. Here I just thought that I’d be able to sexually assault at will and that abortion would now be illegal. But what about if we could now sexually assault and then force an abortion upon the woman? Not to mention my coat hanger stock.
This is what patriarchy and white privilege tastes like. I could guzzle it down by the barrel.
But what about if we could now sexually assault and then force an abortion upon the woman?
Hey, if that’s “pursuit of happiness” for you, then I guess its your God-given right.
I’m buying alley futures.
The real money will be made in back-alley futures and coathanger derivatives.*
*Note: not actual investment advice.
Dammit! I’ve been had!
I LOL’d
You don’t know the half of it
If you forced abortion on her, you would be empowering womyn, just like the Chinese government. You’d have to force her to carry the child to term, especially if it was another white male cishetero shitlord.
You can’t keep me down. I’m about to be a thousandollaraire here.
I’ve been throwing handfuls of ice at women since I woke up this morning.
Six years for Second Degree Murder? That minimum seems a bit miniscule. That’s still “killed someone without cause and meant to do it”.
The judge explained it as “All of the requirements for 1st degree murder, but with mitigating circumstances”; like, you know, if he thought he could get away with it.
I read something different.
I blame the Chicago Tribune. They’re who I quoted.
The Class 1 (2nd degree) is 4-20 in IL. The Agg Battery w/Firearm can run concurrent with each other, may tack 2 years on, I think.
You have to tack on aggravated battery to murder to get Up to a minimum of six years? No wonder Chicago’s streets run red.
The song I think about when I think of Texas
This one really captures the spirit the best.
No love for Chris Rea ?
The third brother of Actus and Mens?
Love it. The Rev makes me smile.
I was expecting this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiTgDBNQ3lU
The most Splintery of Splinter:
Brett Kavanaugh is Guilty
When one takes a step back and looks at all the evidence in context, as a judge and jury would, a clear, internally consistent and highly corroborated narrative emerges. Viewed as a whole, this collection of well-established facts would satisfy the burden of proof in any courtroom in this country.
One of the arguments Republicans have repeatedly trotted out was that Ford’s story was “uncorroborated.” First of all, this is simply untrue (more on that in a bit), but second and perhaps more importantly, there simply is no requirement in any legal setting that a victim’s account be corroborated. In fact, testimony supporting a conviction very often is not.
Eventually we get to, THE CORROBORATION:
Let’s look at six key points of corroboration, plus another key fact the Senate could consider:
1. Her therapist notes from 2012
2. The account of Ford’s husband
3. The statement of Leland Keyser
4. Ford’s behavior is consistent with that of a survivor of sexual assault.
5. Ford’s description of the teenaged Kavanaugh as an aggressive and belligerent drunk has subsequently turned out to be remarkably accurate.
6. Ford’s claim to have run in the same circles as Kavanaugh is amply demonstrated by Kavanaugh’s own calendars.
Finally, Ford took and passed a polygraph examination.
How can you all be blind to this?
Didn’t Leland Keyser not corroborate the claim? I mean i know the Left media is Pravda, but i didn’t think we were in Gobbles like propaganda already.
Gobble, gobble. One of us!
I assume that means they’re only considering the part of Keyser’s statement where she says “I believe her” while ignoring the full statement of “I believe her despite not having the slightest fucking clue what she’s talking about, since I’ve never met Brett Kavanaugh in my life”
And, holy shit, her HUSBAND backed her up? No way, that’s ironclad.
Her husband backed her up, but her parents didn’t.
When have parents not backed their kids up, ever?
Hell i’d give any parent a Pass on backing their own kid up.
Right, and it speaks volumes that her parents didn’t sign off on her story.
She lied. She 100% lied.
What notes?
So what?
Yeah, I don’t think you’ve read it
I want to believe
They lived in the same population of 100,000 people
Two questions, TWO
Were never released, and people lie to their therapists all the time.
Is inconsistant, and unless he was claiming to have been at the rape-party, irrelevent.
Actively refutes the statement.
Which a professor of psychology would know how to emulate.
All that was shown was that he drank regularly, the rest was not held up.
So? A lot of other people from those same circles actively state this never happened and Ford is making shit up.
” 1. Her therapist notes from 2012
Were never released, and people lie to their therapists all the time.”
How can someone corroborate themselves?
4. Ford’s behavior is consistent with that of a survivor of sexual assault.
Which a professor of psychology would know how to emulate.
and it is consistent with a person lying about sexual assault as well. This utter BS narrative that inconsistent testimony, concealment of the story and inability to recall details is corroboration that an assault occurred makes me wish that humanity had a single neck so that I could chop it! If you tell me that I cannot use minor errors of memory and inconsistencies to discredit a rape victim, ok fair enough and a valid point, but that sure doesn’t make inconsistency confirmation of truth!
Also, I think this article should be used as evidence in any trial where this dipshit is part of jury selection, to have him removed for cause.
1) What notes?
2) Heresay
3) Heresay
4) Bull fucking shit
5) Citation needed
6) Facts demonstrate the opposite
Finally, polygraphs are inadmissible for a reason.
So… what court of law is he talking about?
Hearsay,from hear say, something you were told occurred but did not witness and therefore not of the witnesses direct knowledge, Heresy is different. Heresy is what you are demonstrating by pointing out that this is hearsay.
1. Her therapist notes from 2012
Never produced, can’t corroborate anything until they are.
2. The account of Ford’s husband
Not given under oath to the committee, as far as I know. Can’t corroborate anything until it is.
3. The statement of Leland Keyser
Explicitly did not corroborate Ford’s accusations.
4. Ford’s behavior is consistent with that of a survivor of sexual assault.
We have no independent statement on record from anyone that would corroborate her claims that she was traumatized.
5. Ford’s description of the teenaged Kavanaugh as an aggressive and belligerent drunk has subsequently turned out to be remarkably accurate.
I am not aware of anything that has been made public that supports the claim that he was an aggressive and belligerent drunk. Based on what we have heard about the background checks, they don’t, either.
6. Ford’s claim to have run in the same circles as Kavanaugh is amply demonstrated by Kavanaugh’s own calendars.
OK, sure.
Finally, Ford took and passed a polygraph examination.
Polygraphs only measure, at best, the sincerity of the testimony. They don’t really corroborate testimony. And hers was a bad joke.
5. But what about an ice cube that may or may not have been thrown?
I’m not saying it’s aliens, but it’s aliens.
Progressive white people are letting down the collective by giving their children advantages…
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hagerman-white-parents-20180930-story.html
At least I learned the phrase “colorblind racism”.
You mean they’re not waiting for the government to fix their lives for them?
It’s encouraging that at least some progressive parents recognize that they are also hypocrites, and are willing to admit it.
That’s a lot of words to say “Being a good parent means putting your kid into a shitty school so you can bask in the scent of your own farts”.
*shakes head*
I have to tone down the extremists in my fiction because no one would believe a character who acts the way some of these people do.
I thought it was you need to give up more of your money so the schools can be “fully funded”
The gist I got from skimming the article is that all the racial crap people are so obsessed with is more important than getting a good education.
I made an assumption. I guess I could have RFA.
Can the Kavanaugh fallout get more ridiculous? Oh yes, it can, if the right famewhore parachutes in!.
Ha.
I actually like that one.
Well, Palin did get her bumped off in the R primary…if she hadn’t been able to pull some fancy maneuvers to get on as an “independent” (Alaska – Corrupt) she would have been toast. I wonder if pandering to the “Innuit” will be enough to keep her in. TEAM RED could cut off her sending home of Federal loot…that is an important vote buying factor in the state.
What they should do is strip her of her seniority in every committee she’s on.
Damn! Would love if Palin primaried her.
Ok that’s funny.
It’s probably in her best interest to not famewhore right now.
Her family is a fucking hot mess.
My thoughts exactly.
Didn’t one of them get all domestically violent recently?
1
2
And….
3
And that doesn’t count the time that her ENTIRE family hopped out of a limo and got into a fist fight on the front lawn at a house party.
The family who fights together, stays together.
“Her family is a fucking hot mess.”
Yeah that would hurt her for sure. Which is kind of funny, considering Senator Kaine’s son got arrested for vandalism and rioting, Senator Flakes son is apparently a little budding serial killer, and of course the Kennedy family is a bunch of drunken whores and morons. But those people went to the right schools. They’re part of the in crowd.
Honestly, the destruction of Palin in 2008 was such a precursor to Trump. A genuinely normal citizen legislator type was viciously destroyed by the media and the bipartisan machine, and the normals took note. Never have I seen a politician who’s actually record, beliefs, and statements were so twisted and ignored as Palin’s.
I don’t think her supporters ever forgot this, and I could see a come-back tour for her working with that background. “Yes, my family is having troubles. Remember when the media tried to ruin our lives? It kind of worked.”
“It made my daughter forget to use contraceptives. Twice.”
I’d agree with the fame whore part but her using this vote to launch a bid to primary M. is a fairly savvy political move. I wonder how popular she still is in Alaska.
That’s pretty funny, I’ll admit.
Yes, it’s good line.
Hardest hitting piece on DJT today. That never happened to the previous guy, because someone from the press corp would have removed it with their teeth.
Is real life a blessing or a curse to Hat & Hair stories? Because even SugarFree would reject something like this as too silly and implausible.
At some point, someone is going to have to address this “Believe All Survivors” bullshit.
Emily Yoffe — yesterday at the Atlantic.
Fair enough, but I meant someone at the national level who’s willing to stare down the psychos. Collins came close, but she tried to avoid that confrontation.
She’s avoiding it because she’s still toeing that “I believe that SOMETHING happened to Dr. Ford” line.
Why should anyone believe that? She hasn’t been able to support anything she’s said other than that Kavanaugh liked to get loaded in high school. Every single statement was different in some way – approximate dates changed. Her age changed. The number of people changed. The house changed. She wouldn’t release her “corroborative” therapist notes, though she did admit that they don’t include Kavanaugh’s name. Her named witnesses uniformly said they were never at any such party. She lied about a fear of flying. She lied about the purpose of that second front door. She lied about remodeling being the reason she was in marriage counseling. She lied (or her lawyers did) about not knowing that the committee offered to meet her in California. She lied about being complete ignorant of how polygraphs work, and having never helped anyone prepare for one. Her friend Monica McLean worked for Preet. One of her lawyers just recently left Mueller’s team.
What ISN’T shady about her story? Letting her phony dry sobs and baby voice override the fact that her story was as rickety as a termite-ridden shack is disgraceful.
Something did happened to her. Daddy issues and a “liberal arts” education.
I think she is McLean’s asset in the espionage sense. McLean is running her like a greyhound in its last race and doesn’t give a shit what happens after the race. it’s like a bad plot from Burn Notice or something.
I’m ready for this week the end. I’ve been having a run of bad luck. Nothing serious, just annoying.
I’ve had a general malaise for the latter half of the week. Nothing really happened, but I can’t seem to shake it.
I blame the decreasing light for mine.
I’ve just had little things go wrong all week and today the clothes washer broke right before I had to go to work. Final straw and camels and all that.
And my microwave died. We’ve been cursed, gentlemen.
Wait, I should blame my malfunctioning turn signal light on a curse? Even though it was just the bulb and got replaced under warranty?
Yes. Now, if you want to have the curse removed please send money to appease the spirits.
It’s after 5pm on friday, I’ll just drink the spirits.
Gambled and lost? Me too. I waited a day to tell my wife.
It’s best to take your time and choose your words carefully.
Yes. So happy to have a three day weekend.
So for the Computer nerds out there, this should give you a giggle. Our support team at work got a Ticket from a customer last week that looked like this:
“I read on the internet that [your product] uses SQL. Could you please guide me to the SQL interface? I can’t find it anywhere. Thanks”
We all had a hearty laugh at the office.
“Sure. Here’s the admin password. Why don’t you just go fix stuff”
“Dear [User], Due to concerns regarding data security, we cannot offer that to the general population of [Users]. There are better, more secure methods for you to conduct your transactions with [Product] which have already been provided to you. Sincerely, The IT Department”
Hm. I’ve worked with at least one product (a document imaging and storage platform) that gave admins like me the ability to enter custom SQL to target the database….
There’s the important distinction. J Random User isn’t going to be able to make use of that option. Those who can and have need to would not be dropping that type of ticket on the helpdesk.
Well… leon didn’t say what kind of user it was. I could easily imagine sending my vendor a ticket like that since the feature was sort of hidden. The only reason I didn’t have to is because I saw the vendor using the feature during a support call and convinced them to show me how they did it. The likelihood of fewer support calls to them may have helped….
To Be Fair, there is a system where you can Visually Program SQL Queries, and we directed the user to that, as well as pointing out the fact that our entire product is basically a GUI interface for interacting with their database.
But it still gave us some laughs.
It’s been a while since you’ve had helpdesk duty, hasn’t it?
I’ve never worked a help desk.
That may be why you give users the benefit of the doubt.
I have worked the helpdesk.
NPR is beating the “he can’t be impartial now” drum.
To his credit, the Heritage Foundation rep is tearing the interviewer a new one.
They should have thought of that before they falsely accused him of being a rapist.
My thoughts exactly. You wanted to play this game, live with the consequences.
Kind of a “Next time you kill me, make sure i’m dead” mentality.
A Supreme Court justice who can’t be impartial? The devil you say!
What I learned from that article is that someone out there has RBG tattooed on their fucking arm.
But leftists are very sane, reasonable people! Don’t you know that I have a tattoo of Rand?
Rand McNally ?
Rand al’Thor?
Brew up some fork root, bitches!
Amazon has greenlighted an adaption of Wheel of Time for their video service.
Soo…. they plan to be filming for the next six hundred years?
Makes sense. 14 books published, so they don’t have to worry about GRRM’s problem of not finishing the series. Plus, there is like 9 books worth of content in the series, so that’s like what, 18 seasons?
Ingersoll Rand?
It’s pretty safe to assume he’s not going to be partial to any pet cause of the Dems.
Well not NOW.
Yes, he’s gone…WIDE RIGHT!!
He’s going… one tackler to beat! OH NO!!! THE BAND IS ON THE FIELD!!!!
Added to my wish list if T-shirts, one that says:
How to shoot down a Supreme Court Nomination:
1. Character assassination
2. Claim impartiality due to character assassination
Not a bad music choice, but here is real Texas music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C08jmN1sM8
I’ll throw in some Jon Wayne .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55DO5sNGZ_s
So I posted in an earlier thread about thoughts on Arizona states online electrical engineering program.
They claim the online program is the same as being in the classroom but im skeptical.
Im currently an operator for a chemical refinery in Texas and while I make decent money I’d like to have a better and more stable career in the future.
Plus I don’t like Texas and operators make crap money in most other places
I don’t know if you saw my post, but feel free to contact me at the email address I provided.
Sorry, work stuff. Email sent
Im looking for any info on job prospects or people looking down on an online degree.
I’d like to keep my focus towards instrumentation, motors and such because that is what I will be doing g with in the industry I already have experience in.
The program is pretty new and info online is scarce to say the least
Is the certified degree or the education more important to you?
I can’t speak about an EE degree, but I’m enrolled in an online Master’s program and really enjoy it. My degree will be the exact same as the poor bastards that have to physically show up at a set time each week.
I thought Arizona is a legit university that has strongly developed their online offerings? If so, the degree should be just as good as if you showed up in person.
I could not go back to the traditional school format. If my 3 and 5 year old kids end up going to college, I have no doubt they will take online programs. I’m anticipating a strong shift in the education industry towards this format.
I was kind of curious about the program, and it appears to be ABET accredited, so I don’t think you’d have any issue with the degree itself. Job placement, or more specifically as Timeloose noted, internships/co-ops to get you into that first job. I’d contact the program and ask them how that works for online students.
I’d also try to figure out more of what you want to do with it. Look at the careers websites of the manufacturers of the equipment you’re working with to see what they’re looking for. Don’t overlook sales or technical sales (if you’re comfortable with it). In my slice of the tech world, a lot of the equipment salespeople have hard engineering degrees (not that they’re really using them, but it’s part of the sales presentation to customers).
I don’t think anybody would care, as long as it has ASU on the diploma and says “Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering” somewhere on it.
I don’t have experience with Online Degrees, but from my understanding they have gotten a lot better than they used to be. Obviously it is different feel from a sit down class, but i don’t know if they are even differentiated when you get the degree.
Since we are all penny pinching bastards, I thought I would do a public service and show you how to do an oil change on a car.
Nice. I just changed our 2 vehicles to royal purple. I may be seeing what I want to see, but they seem to be running much smoother.
Lemme try to get that threading right. I’ve experimented with all kinds of oils in my race car, and Royal Purple was hands down the worst oil we’ve ever run. Now, I’ve only used their gear oil in my diff, but Royal Purple came out after 8 hours of run time smelling burnt, looking black, and causing the diff to run at a higher temperature. In contrast, we got at least twice that time out of every other gear oil we tried, and Red Line has proved so stable I now only change it after several races. After this experience, I wouldn’t even use Royal Purple in my lawnmower.
Motul 8100
At least for engine oil. The fj gets Pennzoil dino blood. 9.5qts.
Redline, I’ll look into it for the next change
Real libertarians don’t do a oil change until they are parked directly over a storm drain.
That was much funnier than it should have been
Real libertarians have their orphans change their oil for the price of some gruel.
Real libertarians
haverender their orphanschangeintotheiroilforto save the price of some gruel.FTFY
My fucking neighbor did that. I lit him up like a pinball machine.
We don’t hang out together much after that.
Real libertarians call AAA and have some Trumplestitzkindeploranazi work on their cars, Robby told me so.
“I got your recycling fee RIGHT HERE, California”
Look, there are some things where I’d rather just pay someone else to take care of the hassle.
Royal Purple is absolute shit.
How do?
Oh yeah. I changed my engine coolant this morning. What do I do with old coolant? Regular trash or does it have to go somewhere special?
Dogs like it…
It’s just glycol. Pour it down your sink drain so no animals can get to it.
Cool
Be sure to send the link to Rico Soave.
I so hope 4chan was involved in this.
Hot look or provocative? Outcry at Polish teens guidebook
But if I walk around with my dick out, I get judged.
We try not to size-shame, but COME ON!
Pics or I can’t judge.
If no picks, then can I get my thumb and fingers to touch if I grip it? That is my standard. I can’t quite get them to touch around a regular beer bottle. So if they can touch around your member “at attention” then, no.
I told you! The pool wasn’t heated!
I’m not really an expert on this, but doesn’t this test come down to a question of just how motivated you are to get your finger and thumb to touch?
OK, for the faint of heart or anyone who respects me, scroll away and ignore.
I am a right handed person, but I “blow” from the left. So I put my left hand on the “victim”‘s offering. carefully but firmly cupping balls with the three outer left fingers, and using the index and thumb for a fairly firm grab on the member in question. In that circumstance, the finger and thumb had better not meet, or it’s going to be pretty disappointing. Once properly gripped in the gentle but firm situation, good things happen.
(Please never apply to work for me)
That was oddly specific. I do it a different way every time, and couldn’t describe it if I needed to.
It’s oddly specific because that’s how Mr Splosives likes it, perfected over time. (Redacted paragraph on efficacy with others.) You’re certainly right though—has to be a little different every time just to keep it interesting and unpredictably.
One of many reasons I don’t think Bots will destroy the hooking industry.
Well now the bots have your bj algorithm. Add a randomizer and presto!
Well now the bots have your bj algorithm. Add a randomizer and presto!
“How will the world remember you?”
“Run hayeksplosives.exe”
Please tell me you’ve got Trump hands
You win the internet.
The neck of the bottle or the bottle itself?
I believe that’s called Toxic Masculinity if you have Chlamydia.
This is the most logical use of the term “Toxic Masculinity” I’ve yet heard.
If you’re stunned by it, do you then have Toxic Masculinity Shock Syndrome ?
Funny, but EEEEWW!
If, or when?
Finally! I read something on KOS I agree with!
NonpassiveVoice xomnow
October 05 · 04:49:56 PM
DKos should have a virtual padded room where we can go and let loose with abandon.
Preferably with a lock on the outside.
Kevin, you magnificent bastard!
As long as it’s got a triple lock on it, sure
I agree with everything but “virtual”.
I thought that was the whole point of comments sections at places like that.
Impotent Rage’s Anger Room?
Funny how the Impotent Rage satire is still spot-on, but Republican Space Rangers depicts the Republicans as being masterminded by the sinister “Koch brothers” evil alien billionaire brothers standin, who hate foreigners and open borders, a very accurate description of the Koch’s actual views and actions.
Ok, am I the only one to bid on some of Sloopy’s Texas auction? There’s some sweet stuff up for sale there.
Bidding on an auction is too much like Haggling.
Except you don’t do it face to face! To me, that’s the hardest part.
I am happy to bid on eBay, I even snipe sometimes, but no way can I price haggle.
Is your object worth more to me than my money? Yes? Is my money worth more to you than your object? Yes? Then we have a deal.
Bam. That’s how it should be.
I’ve made the Spawn haggle when buying things. I think it’s good to know how.
If their price is acceptable, I’ll buy. If not, I’ll go bye.
Yup. Part of why buying my new car was awesome. Price was online, all fees and taxes showed, and I could take or leave. No pressure.
I took. Very happy.
I told the lady I bought the last two cars from that this new business model is zero fun and that she better jack the price up so I can at least pretend.
You are odd.
What did ya get?
Tesla 3, baby. It kicks ass, especially in the low mountain/desert boundary of SoCal where I live.
Me in Egypt. “This painting is $100” “Okay, I’ll take it” Guide and merchant make guilty eye contact. “Oh, and here, have some tea and pick two or three of these smaller ones.”
Totally forgot what culture I was in because it was inside a store. I did way better at merely overpaying for other things, but not completely embarrassing the guide.
Years ago in Hong Kong, I walked into a little shop to look at earrings. The shop keeper had stepped to the back to get something for an Egyptian man. The Egyptian man started talking to me, so when the shop keeper returned I was holding a pair of earrings. The shop keeper immediately said, 60, and my new ‘friend’ jumped in and started haggling. Before I realized what was happening, they had settled on 32 ($4 US) and were both expecting me to pay. So I did and have been telling that story ever since.
Well, my wahoo mount has long been banished to my office, if that gives you any idea how Mrs. Tundra feels about dead things on the walls.
I did like that grizzly, though.
I already have a zebra skin on the wall but some of those kudzo horns would be a nice complement.
Cool!
I learned earlier that the skull and horns is called a European Mount.
*pops in…..bows curtly…..dashes off*
I thought a european mount was just a “Polanski” ?
Is it wrong to giggle immaturely at that?
I vastly prefer the “European mount” to the ones with the moth eaten fur and fake eyes. The skulls are fascinating in themselves.
Yes. I kinda love skulls.
We should all take a moment to remember the man who made this confirmation possible.
I really wish I could muster the motivation to crate a titter account, follow Harry Reid and post a Nelson Munce GIF…..alas its Friday afternoon and I elected to drink beer en lieu of going to the gym.
a titter account
I think Q’s your man for that.
I think I’m subconsciously hoping that they cease to be called ‘Johnisms’ and start to be referred to as ‘Bobersonisms’…..it’s the only explanation of why I can’t comment without a minimum of one typo.
I’d say Bobos has a better ring to it then Bobersonisms, and it’s easier to type.
Babosit is………D’OH!!!
Facebook exec appears with long-time friend Brett Kavanaugh, put through struggle session.
https://www.axios.com/facebooks-joel-kaplan-admits-mistake-on-kavanaugh-1538768727-854eb64e-93a0-4649-b7dc-43116651e222.html
He was pictured in the background of a photo. Clearly, a monster.
And we’re supposed to believe Facebook is non-partisan
A’s fan soaked in beer parties with Yankees fan who threw it
After the game, a video surfaced of a Yankees fan dousing a sad A’s fan with a (probably) really expensive beer. The internet became outraged on the unnamed fan’s behalf, and the people running the A’s Twitter account took notice.
The team asked followers to help identify the pictured fan so he could get set up with new A’s gear.
Within hours, Spencer – apparently an incredibly good sport – made his claim to fame.
What ensued was Twitter as its finest: fellow fans rallied in support, blowing up Spencer’s mentions with free ticket offers and appreciative statements.
But Thursday night, one unexpected outcome took place: Spencer connected with the guy who soaked him, and the two went out partying in New York. The beer-throwing fan chronicled their night on his Instagram account.
Cool story, except…I think the lesson here is do not throw beer on someone, because you don’t want to be guilt-ed into hanging out with them later.
*PHONE RINGS*
“Hello”
-Hey, it’s John!
“…..who?”
-Me, John, the guy you threw beer on. Hey, I found myself in your neighborhood – let’s go get ice cream!
“Um, I don’t really feel like it”
-B-but….YOU THREW BEER ON ME! *sniff*
(internally: Goddammit!!!!)”Fine, just let me put my pants on”
The University of Washington has a website where women can make anonymous claims of sexual assault against random guys.
It’s called “Make Them Scared”. They justify it with a little disclaimer that reads: “Please remember, just because a name is on this list does not mean the individual is guilty. All it means is that we have received an accusation against them.”
I’ll reiterate what I said on the morning lynx that there needs to be a service to identify false accusers. False positives would be a problem, but hey, we’re a guilty until proven innocent society now, right? Or does that only apply to males?
I would think the moderators could be sued for libel quite successfully.
From the site.
At least they’re honest about it.
Guilty until proven innocent, and the standard of proof is impossibly high. Seems legit.
“Thou should not suffer a witch to live”…..ok got it.
I guess, when it comes down to it, if the two options are A) defending someone who actually did commit sexual assault or B) believing a liar who had some ulterior motive for tricking me into believing their accusation was real, I’d choose option B.
Odd, that they didn’t think of Option C: “Defending someone who was falsely accused, and condemning the liar who accused them.”
“the scales usually tilt toward hating the accuser”
I love how asking an accuser to prove a felony beyond a reasonable doubt is now “hate”.
That thing is going to be a factory for defamation lawsuits against the students running it. Hey, kiddos: garnishments can follow you for your entire life.
Their defense (“we have received an accusation against them”) seems to be an attempt to say that all they are really saying is that they got the accusation. Now, I am not a first amendment lawyer, but I believe they are publishing those accusations, even if the actual accuser is anonymous. I don’t know if a newspaper that published anonymous but unfounded accusations would be held liable for defamation, but I wouldn’t even want to pay the legal bills to win the lawsuit.
The accused are not public figures, so the standard for liability is lower than “actual malice or reckless disregard for the truth”.
According to the article, the moderators review the submissions, so they’re making themselves directly liable for it.
They really are stupid beyond belief.
I didn’t get that far. In that case, they are hosed.
I don’t know if publishing accusations on a website makes that website an “interactive computer service” protected by the CDA immunity.
I think they are “information content providers”, who are not immunized:
I love that law (not).
Written by people who couldn’t program the clock on their VCR, passed in the 90’s and partially struck down less than a year later.
According to them, the accusers are no longer anonymous, but are just unnamed on the site. Which I guess means they could hypothetically be required to give up that information in response to a lawsuit.
Since they’re publishing this info themselves, though, I don’t think this would fall under the Section 230 safe harbor, which means they have a pretty sizeable liability if someone sues.
Those accusations may be “defamation per se”, as well, which allows (if memory serves) punitive damages.
So there’s around 50 guys there named, with their colleges or employers.
How open and shut a case is that?
Pretty damned easy case. Damages are presumed to exist for many sexual accusations, as well as criminal accusations. Basically, they would have to prove that their accusations were true in order to avoid liability.
/not a 1st amendment lawyer…. opinion based on vague recollections from school and a quick duck duck go search
What could possibly go wrong. Now can you only target cis-males? Or can you decide that the person with a vagina who grabbed your ass was identifying as a man at the time, and should be punished?
That’s nothing new. Anonymous accusations lists pre-date the internet.
thicc?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6244651/Demi-Rose-exhibits-curves-latex-catsuit-slipping-racy-lingerie.html
icc.
Yeah, she’s good looking enough from the waist up to be a WOOD…..but that butt is closer to fetish than thicc IMO
Blame the Kardashians and their butt injections. If you’ve ever seen a non-retouched photo of her ass, it’s like a cottage cheese, saggy minefield.
Furthermore, her tits are great, but they look a lot more enormous than they really are because she’s so small (only 5’2″ and her tits are 32D).
No problems there. Have an ex that’s a tiny little thing with proportionally large boobs….still miss
herthem sometimes.I know a young lady who is 5’4″, but only 115 lbs and with 34Fs. They. are. PERFECT.
#proportionsnotsizematterz
Why does this woman get linked here daily? Did I miss a memo?
I think Mr. Tuber has a thing for her.
I just think it’s a meta-commentary on the Daily Mai’s obsession over her and or her obsession over “fame”.
What’s thick is you obsession with that chick.
Not looking good for the Indians today. At least I got to crack a beer during the inning we scored in (my evil 16:30 Friday meeting was cancelled today).
Bullshit work once again gets in the way of my afternoon titty post!
http://archive.is/oP3jG
52 Bronze (for no face). 24 Silver. 20 Gold.
62 Honorable Mention (cuz she nekkid).
41 lookalike she’d lecture you about patriarchy, boil your bunny, and then claim you sexually assaulted her
I still don’t get why people insist on ruining perfectly good skin.
Right? You’ll never be able to make a suit out of it now.
It puts the lotion on its skin…
Yeah 24 was my pick.
The irony never gets old.
https://twitter.com/SenatorReid/status/403615847190921216
My hubs has stocked all the bathrooms and showers in the house with sandlewood soap from an outfit in India, and damn, is that stuff good.
It’s kind of an aphrodisiac. Might have to wake the poor guy up again.
So you’re saying I should buy my wife some sandlewood soap. Check!
Cheaper than jewelry!
That depends on the soap.
I’ve also DIY’ed soap for.. like… half that.
I have weird hobbies.
For $5k/oz. I’ll learn to make soap, nothing weird about your hobby lol
$5k?! I’m in the wrong business
Do they make it for washing dishes too? Kill 2 birds with 1 soap.
This guy right here is a master. All hail AlmightyJB!
Is there no getting away from this rape culture?
RAPIST!
Might have to wake the poor guy up again
OK, but be considerate and let your hubs sleep through it if he really is tired.
Also, if you want to flip the script, this would be the a suitable equivalent: beer fridges in the shower.
E need a good Godwinning today
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/5/17940610/trump-hitler-history-historian
I think this “Trump = Hitler” stuff is just a smokescreen for the fact that you can turn a Hitler speech into a Bernie Sanders speech (almost verbatim) just by replacing “Jews” with “the one percent”.
So far it’s been:
Trump = Hitler
Romney (!) = Hitler
Bush = Hitler
It’s almost like there’s a pattern.
The left is just taking Alinsky’s tactic of “Accuse them of what you do” another logical step forward to “Accuse them of being what you are”
If these fuckheads had any real education, they’d know Trump sounds much, much, much more like Mussolini anyway.
What Democracy is He talking about?
It’s almost as if Civics isn’t required learning these days.
Wow, that’s disappointing. I was hoping it was someone I’d never heard of but Browning is, deservedly IMHO, identified as an expert in the Holocaust.
Well, now you know he’s a crackpot. Helpful, really.
The danger is the left so focused on Trump as the threat to democracy they will entirely miss the real threats to democracy.
The left is the real threat to democracy.
Careful there you lady unless you want some asshats to come after you…
READ Shirer, then you can make your own decision on the Holocaust, Browning is an idiot…..
Read Schirer years ago, need to re-read. Still recommend to my students.
Hitler probably believed that 2+2=4. OMG, I’m just like Hitler!
I posted the Emily Yoffe article on Twitter and here’s a response that I got from an acquaintance:
“Yeah, but the broader point is whichever side we default to will represent the overwhelming majority of conclusions we’ll eventually land on. “Believe women” doesn’t mean “ignore all evidence”, it means giving the benefit of the doubt to victims over alleged assaulters.”
(He’s firmly in the camp of Kavanaugh being a rapist and Ford’s telling the truth)
So what they are saying is that there are immutable, genetic differences in preferences and behavior between men and women?
“Giving the benefit of the doubt to victims over alleged assaulters” means guilty until proven innocent. It’s a precursor to lynchings.
The world would be a much better place if everyone had to live under the set of rules they advocate for others.
The question, to me, is whether we have a special/different standard that we apply to accusations of sexual assault. I don’t see any reason to have one. Maybe the way to go at this is to ask:
“Do you always give the benefit of the doubt to the accuser, regardless of the accusation? If someone is accused of theft, do you regard them as a thief until they prove otherwise?”
somebody tried to go the other way on me with that line of thinking. “What if Kavanaugh was accused of robbing somebody in high school?” As if I was taking rape lightly.
I told him to get the fuck outta here with that bullshit. Nobody would bat an eye if somebody accused Kavanaugh of taking their lunch money in high school. The only reason this had any traction was because it was a sexual allegation.
No, “Believe women” does mean “ignore all evidence”. If the motto was “Listen to the ladies” or something like that, he might have a point.
Apropos of nothing, Tom Woods nailed it yesterday:
https://tomwoods.com/ep-1253-libertarian-culture-wars/
Very rousing speech he gave at Mises recently and worth the listen.
“He has a habit of calling other libertarians Nazis”
Hihn?
That was my first thought
That dipshit Sarwark trying to virtue signal to appease violent communists. Another controlled-opposition fake libertarian.
I mean, Christ, right at the top of his twitter is him retweeting Will Wilkinson! Case in point.
A while back Woods, Dave Smith, and a few other people made a big deal about the Mises Caucaus and joining the LP. I was thinking about (re)joining until that dipshit got reelected as chair. To quote Cormac McCarthy:
“What’s wrong with you is wrong all the way through you.”
Thats how I feel about Sarwark and the LP.
Hah! “You are leaving in shambles what was previously only in disarray.”
“Woman wins £80,000 in damages from man cleared of raping her in St Andrews
The woman, who cannot be named, had sued Stephen Coxen, who is now 23, from Bury in Greater Manchester.
The second year student said she was raped after a night out in St Andrews in 2013 by Mr Coxen, who she had met earlier in the evening.
Mr Coxen had denied the charges and in November 2015 a jury found the case against him not proven.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45760372
Why can’t she be named?
At least there’s a giant picture and name of the not-rapist. Sorry, “unproven” rapist.
As always, England is giving us a glimpse of our future.
Two football things:
1) If you are still here, this is worth turning off ScriptBlock for.
2) Autonomy Brown is the most libertarian name, surpassing both previous champions “Rand Paul” and “Fuckoffslaver Jones.”
My mind tends to wander when I go jogging (part of my “zoning out” technique) and I remember thinking up a bunch of names that were puns on libertarian terms. One of them was “Anne Capp”. I can’t remember the rest at the moment, but I thought of a good handful.
“The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don’t fall for it! Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love! #Troublemakers”
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1048196883464818688
When Trump calls you “very rude”, that’s gotta sting.
Now I want to attend a protest with a (non-professionally made) “Basement Love!” banner.
+1 Uncle Touchy
I think that’s my favorite Trump quote…yet.
I’ve changed my Twitter handle to “AuthenticBasementLove”. Now I just need something to tweet.
LT Fish’s daily defense links of disturbia (mostly culled from Early Bird equivalent distros).
Actually read a NYT version of this this morning but can’t be bothered to dig it up now. With the progress we’ve made re: mosquitos the last few years, I’m feeling pretty good about this. Also seems like a very valid option for a fast response in preparation for a Maunder Minimum threat or something similar.
Read a better version of this in DefenseOne this morning too, but I’m not subscribing – this is very frustrating. I’ve seen this in near real time just in my career. The shift from MILSPEC parts – “takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’” – even if it looks like shit – but no longer available because the production line was shut down 10 years ago….to a combination of COTS and MILSPEC (worst of both worlds – expensive, small production lines, break more easily) to almost exclusively COTS – a real winner until your sole, single source supplier up and sells the production line to China – WTF?!? In a perfect world the market would adjust – but with Defense, it’s just a different animal and you don’t always have the flexibility or time to let things even out. Moreso when the market is improperly stacked by “irrational players”.
And of course, that picture gets even worse when you factor in something like this. Definitely worth a read – and for some bizarre reason, not trending on google news…..
“Having a well-done, nation-state-level hardware implant surface would be like witnessing a unicorn jumping over a rainbow,” says Joe Grand, a hardware hacker and the founder of Grand Idea Studio Inc. “Hardware is just so far off the radar, it’s almost treated like black magic.”
WTF? I would assume that anything produced in China, hardware or software, was getting backdoored or at the very least, copied and analyzed by the state. It’s a fucking Commie state. What else would they be doing? The supply chain sounds complicated except that the entire thing for many products lines lies almost entirely within China. Hello hello? They’re a bunch of murderous thugs that can exert unlimited amount of pressure and control to do what they want.
The surprising part is people pretending to be, or worse actually, surprising.
*surprised.
The Chinese are just doing the job of bugging computers that Americans won’t do anymore. Those jobs aren’t coming back.
Yeah, that’s not a revelation that the US Gov is or is trying to backdoor the same sort of thing.
Software or source code is one thing, but inserting those tiny chips seems to be a different story – esp given the size/location/intentions.
I posted a link about it recently.
“Alex Jones & Faith Goldy on Militant Censorship”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyWhtlWcSCM
https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1048311635180490752
WTF??
To be fair, it’s not like Linda Sarsour ever wore a mask that she had to rip off and stomp on.
Yeah, but complaining that white people have white daughters seems insane even for…. sorry, I couldn’t keep a straight face.
I just found out from Wikipedia she lives in my neighborhood. Lucky me.
And I guess that explains all the mini-protests I see across the street now and then.
She specifically called out the Women’s March for their “Oppose XX” press release sent out immediately after Kavanaugh was named the nominee.
Woke Mad Libs.
“Ben Shapiro: A Genius Academic Hoax Exposed That Liberal Arts Colleges Don’t Care About Truth | Opinion”
https://www.newsweek.com/ben-shapiro-genius-academic-hoax-exposed-liberal-arts-colleges-dont-care-1155013
“I am starting a National @DemSocialists working group to follow Jeff Flake around to every restaurant, cafe, store, etc he goes to for the rest of his life and yell at him.”
https://twitter.com/anastasiakeeley/status/1047930583777779714
Getting really fucking close to NSDAP as your groups name before commencing a policy of struggle against your enemies is a time honored plan.
Is for real? Is he freaking out AGAIN?
Seriously, send this guy home.
I think it would be good if they all dressed the same. Maybe something in brown.
Fave reply (didn’t go too deep):
“What if he walks into a gun store?”
“Sorry I got mad that an accused sexual assaulter is about to be appointed to the supreme court, sorry for my feelings and my tweets”
At least she’s honest about guilty-until-proven-innocent.
I’m getting the sense she’s not really sorry. Should I #BelieveHer apology, or not?
#sorrynotsorry
I’m getting the sense she’s a total cuntbasket, but sometimes I can be too hard on people.
Nah, go with yer gut on this one.
This is quite prescient…
linx
Don’t post drunk…
Its like I just read prose from Agile Cyborg.
Agile Cyborg|4.26.15 @ 7:18PM|#
Satans sploodge is brain jizz mixed with jesus ass flowers and all those resonants and spices and my magic splashes veggies make for the best fucking stew of contemporary streams from all the humans in a huge quaint bowl with crackers.
Have some crap poetry:
“Roses are red Violets are blue Senators vote NO on #Kavanaugh Or else we’re coming for you #NationalPoetryDay #StopKavanaugh”
https://twitter.com/PPact/status/1047857373514223616
It also sounds like threat.
Meh, Sarah did it and no one bitched.
Yeah, but Sarah’s was pretty clearly an electoral threat. In the current climate, you can’t necessarily say that about this or a lot of the other threats being made.
you can’t necessarily say that about this
Sure I can, I in fact just did.
Two votes diverged and I, I made a threat and got visited by the FBI
And that has made all the difference.
(Just kidding feds, that wasn’t me)
Why do I not feel threatened? I’m not a violent man, but apparently, I look enough like one to scare hipsters.
It’s not a high bar, I know.
Jackrum is that you?
And now I’m sad, because there’s only one Discworld book I haven’t read, and it’s sitting on my shelf. The last Tiffany Aching book (The Shepherd’s Crown). Although if there’s anything that will make me pay for Prime, it’s the Good Omens series coming out.
Reread them! It is all you can do now 🙁 Pratchett was one of 3 authors whose deaths really hit me as if I had lost a friend.
Zelazny and the one that still makes me sad because I really would have loved to sit down with him for a pint or 6 G. Macdonald Fraser.
Roses are red
Susans are black
These internet tuffgais
deserve a woodchipper to the sack
/not literally, Preet
It is a threat from a PAC. I think it’s pretty clearly a threat of election ads and funding for opponents of Senators they don’t like. This kind of politics may be distasteful, but it’s obviously not criminal.
You’re not my supervisor.
What do you mean, “Don’t post drunk”?
if it wasn’t for drunk posts, I’d have no posts at all.
So… no posting on the weekend? That takes all the fun out of it. Besides my locals now have Bell’s Best Brown in stock!
Susan Rice has her pulse on the heart of American.
There isn’t enough popcorn and beer in the world for that one.
There isn’t enough popcorn and beer in the world for that one.
Yes! A successful double post.
Frickin squirrels.
I thought she had her pulse on the heart of Libya?
Dog bites man.
https://www.dw.com/en/deadly-bacteria-warning-goes-out-to-visitors-of-berlin-sex-club/a-45736064
Don’t wrestle without a mask.
“We’re cancelling a planned six-figure digital video ad expenditure for Phil Bredesen in Tennessee due to his Kavanaugh position. And similarly will be pulling all planned campaigning on behalf of Joe Manchin in West Virginia if he votes yes. Kavanaugh is unfit for the Court.”
https://twitter.com/MoveOn/status/1048301380971241472
Because you are for keeping money out of politics?
#moveon
God, Im so glad I dont do the Twatters.
Id spend more time there than here.
Because they’re ready to Move On from the Kavanaugh confirmation.
That is the funniest it about this. For those who do not remember, move on was founded in response to the allegations against Bill Clinton. As in, move on, quit focusing on these allegations.
Lisa Murkowski is pontificating to an empty house right now. Alaska needs to atone for that fuck up.
The Dead Kids episode of South Park is pretty funny.
The Boys are Missing episode was pretty good too. Better get the Cumboni to clean it up.
Stay away from the reviews though, sweet zombie Cheebus they were bad. One claimed a connection to the Kavanaugh trial, another complained about no link back to the Red Hot Catholic Love episode (which was explicitly referenced by Father Maxi).
SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/camille-paglia-takes-millennials-strangely-unsexy-instagram-posts-1148415
Grotesquely inflated rear ends aren’t sexy? Bless her heart.
“Since it was launched eight years ago, Instagram has grown into a global obsession, used by more than twice as many women as men. Mating has morphed into a digital mirage, dizzyingly multiplied on Snapchat and Tinder. Instagram’s tweaked, filtered photos and videos are both boon and curse, sharpening self-definition yet intensifying social anxieties and risking physical safety via hypersexualized self-advertisement and fantasy.
The sexual revolution sought and won by my 1960s generation envisioned women as responsible, mature free agents, equal to men. We certainly did not foresee that “booty pics,” reducing women to their buttocks like Stone Age fertility totems, would become a wildly addictive genre of Instagram self-portraiture. Pop music after Madonna became increasingly sexually explicit, but the current epidemic of radical carnal display probably began with Britney Spears flashing her bare midriff in the Catholic high school scenario of her 1998 video “… Baby One More Time.”
Ironically, sexed-up online exhibitionism has escalated as Hollywood movies have steadily lost their once world-famous genius for portraying romantic passion. Nuanced character drama has faded in an era of fast-action video games and superhero blockbusters. A-list women actors with skinny, Pilates-toned bodies seek “important” roles, not bittersweet stories exploring the mercurial vulnerability of love. Meanwhile, a movie ostensibly about sex, like the first installment of Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), was a lifeless and clinically antiseptic bore.”
I agree with her. Except Britney Spears flashing her bare midriff in a Catholic high-school uniform was sexy. It had context.
“Ford’s legal team rules out July 1,1982 party and seems to rule out any party at which her only known social connection to Kavanaugh was present. ”
https://twitter.com/McCormackJohn/status/1048256528061534210
A few good links in there, if anyone still cares.
Nope. Don’t care anymore. I hope antifa gets her.