SEA SMITH NAUTICAL SATURDAY EVENING LINKS

SEA SMITH GET TOO PLAYFUL. SORRY FOR SHIP!

SEA SMITH STILL NO FIND TOUGH JEWISH COMEDY CLUB, GO TELL JOKES. SO HE GIVE LINKS TO YOU INSTEAD. THAT GOOD DEAL, RIGHT? IF NOT, COME VISIT SEA SMITH FOR REFUND. SEE, CAN STILL PRACTICE JOKES!

OK, NOW LINKS:

  1. NO TIME LIKE PRESENT – GET READY FOR STORMZ! YOU GET LAWYERS, GUNS, MONEY…WAIT, FOOD, WATER, GENERATORS. AND GUNS, LOTS OF GUNS.
  2. WHY EQUATORIAL GUINEA NO HIRE SEA SMITH GO “TALK” TO SUBSEA7? HE VERY PERSUASIVE WHEN NEED BE. BY VERY PERSUASIVE, MEAN RAPEY.
  3. HAHAHAHA! NOW CALL NEBRASKA “LIBYA”. WHAT WITH CELL DOOR FLY OPEN ALL TIME NOW?

SEA SMITH HOPE YOU HAVE GOOD NIGHT, AND COME ON IN, WATER FINE!

Comments

258 responses to “SEA SMITH NAUTICAL SATURDAY EVENING LINKS”

  1. Yusef drives a Kia

    It’s 100 degrees again, i’ll take hurricanes for 200$ Alex,
    First

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    1. Nephilium

      Damn, the temperatures finally broke here. It’s finally back down into the 60’s, after a week of the 90’s. Tonight is a new recipe test for dinner, Instant Pot red beans and rice. Glad to see you’re feeling better Yusef. I’m going to start collecting names for the next BIF soon.

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        I hung out with the Wife for a while, She’s doing well, which makes me Happy, Thanks again!

        1. DenverJ

          That’s great Yusef

        2. DEG

          Good news.

    2. I. B. McGinty

      Yusef, been thinking about a mini-split system for our basement. Is this a DIY project for someone with decent mechanical skills?

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Absolutely, the most you need for power is a Single 20 amp 230 volt Breaker/circuit to the Condenser, which powers the indoor unit as well, kinda nice

        1. I. B. McGinty

          I have a 50 amp 220v breaker available after a kitchen remodel. Leaning toward a Daikin or a Mitsubishi. Mostly need it for heat. In a nutshell, is it basically pouring a pad, drilling a hole, and mounting the wall unit once the line is run? Anything tricky with connecting the refrigerant line?

          1. Yusef drives a Kia

            Daikan uses Purged Quick connects, so you don’t need any special tools, there should be a Factory charge in the Condenser, so run it and check, you may need to adjust the Charge, but usually no,
            /Refrigerant charge

          2. I. B. McGinty

            Good to know. Thanks!

          3. The Bearded Hobbit

            RE: the breaker

            Breakers are sized to protect the conductor (the conductor is sized for the load). If Yusef says that you need a 20A service (12AWG conductors) then install a 20A breaker. If you stay with the 50A breaker then you will need to run unnecessarily large conductors (8AWG, I believe).

            … Hobbit the home electrician

          4. I. B. McGinty

            Ah. Thanks Hobbit! Ultimately I will run new electrical with an outdoor breaker box.

    3. Yusef drives a Kia

      What does it take to get a GIF around here? I’ve missed out on a few this week

    4. Mustang

      Glad to see you around Yusef.

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        TY

    5. Spudalicious

      Low eighties here. I love September.

      1. Rhywun

        66 here. Probably haven’t seen that since May.

        1. You might have seen it overnight.

        2. Raven Nation

          Tough loss for the Pies. Outscored 33-7 in the 4th quarter. If I’m tracking correctly, elimination game against GWS next week.

          1. Rhywun

            Well, I guess I don’t have to watch it now 🙂

          2. Raven Nation

            Oops, sorry.

          3. Rhywun

            Enh no big deal, it would have just made me pissy anyway.

      2. Playa Manhattan

        How about February?

    6. Chafed

      I’m about to share your pain. Just spent 4 days in Boston. First two days in the 90s and last two days in the 70s. The wife tells me it’s triple digits in SoCal.

      1. Playa Manhattan

        WUT.

        It was 65 when I woke up this morning.

        1. Chafed

          Go inland my friend.

  2. I knew an equatorial Guinea once.

    1. Did she deforest below the equator?

      1. Tropical rain forest all the way, baby.

        1. TARDIS

          Better than hardwood floors…which are boring.

          1. Playa Manhattan

            Easy to maintain, though.

        2. Spudalicious

          Glad you made it out alive. Lot’s of deadly creatures in tropical rain forests.

  3. Count Potato

    “TECUMSEH, Neb. — The doors on 16 cells at a prison that has a history of riots unexpectedly opened Friday, leading to one inmate being attacked and seriously injured and a fire set inside the prison, Nebraska prison officials said.

    The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said in a statement that the doors at Tecumseh State Correctional Institute are operated by a computerized system and that the cell doors were mistakenly opened around 10 a.m. Friday. Officials say the cause of the error is under investigation.”

    Computers are “the Devil made me do it” of modernity.

  4. Once again, Serena Williams shows herself to be a completely classless shithead.

    1. IntraveneousWoodChipper

      I saw an article about that on Bleacher Report! Calling the referee a “thief” and screeching that he was penalizing her because she’s a woman and then for her own coach to admit she cheated? She beclowned herself almost as badly as the idiots on twitter defending her.

      1. As I tweeted, Jeff Tarango was defaulted from the doubles for his actions in the singles at Wimbledon way back when. When Serena threatened to shove a fucking ball down a line judge’s fucking throat against Clijsters at the 2009 USO, she wasn’t defaulted from doubles.

        And for the ESPN announcers to say they were surprised by this?

        1. Playa Manhattan

          Ha! Jeff Tarango is my neighbor. I don’t know the story, but he says he’s famous for “being a jerk”.

          1. He got mad at an umpire for some reason, called the guy the worst official in the game and stormed off. His then-wife Benedicte slapped the chair umpire in question.

            (I’m going from memory on all this.)

          2. Playa Manhattan

            Never heard of her. He’s got a different wife and a bunch of kids now.

      2. The only thing she was right about is that a lot of players should get coaching violations.

        And if course, star players get treated differently. I wish I could remember which guy got called for a time violation and directly told the umpire he wouldn’t have called it against Nadal.

    2. Rhywun

      That was… unbelievable.

      1. I hope Eva Asderaki feels some justification now.

        1. Rhywun

          I’ve only seen her play a few times recently so I’ve missed her greatest hits.

          1. The Asderaki reference was from the 2011 final against Stosur. Asderaki was the chair umpire and called a hindrance against Serena, who had a conniption in response.

          2. And I should have said vindication, not justification.

          3. Rhywun

            Yeah, I looked it up. All I could find that wasn’t some social media crap I’m not going to click on was a Wikipedia page in German. Apparently she got in trouble for doing that squawk thing she does only before her opponent even had a chance to return the ball. Tsk, tsk.

          4. I’d like to see an opponent do that to her.

            I’m reminded of Robin Söderling in his match against Nadal at Wimbledon 2007 being so annoyed by Nadal’s constant time-wasting that he started imitating Nadal’s tics.

          5. Rhywun

            “Video unavailable” but damn that is a sick burn. Those tics drive me nuts to the point where I can’t watch.

    3. DenverJ

      Sure. There’s a history of tennis playing jerks. Remember John McEnroe?

      1. Connors was worse.

        And McEnroe was DQed from the 1990 Australian Open.

    1. IntraveneousWoodChipper

      Yeah, definitely no heroes in this story.

    2. Rhywun

      Rain Dove Dubilewski, McGowan’s non-binary partner

      I… wut?

    3. Hyperion

      You can be sure. That’s what it’s like to hang around with the most immoral people on the planet. No wonder Bourdain offed himself.

    4. Mojeaux

      I know it’s SARgento, but every time I see her name I think cheese.

      1. Rhywun

        Ha. Now I will too….

      2. Tres Cool

        Thanks for reminding me I’ve got a dope af Sargento string-cheese coupon Ill be using tomorrow

        1. A Leap at the Wheel

          When you hand it over make sure you yell “Now hit my fucking theme music!” At top of your lungs.

          1. Hit my fucking music, white boy.

          2. Tres Cool

            My favorite Kroger is deep in the ‘hood. I call it the ‘black market’. They already assume I’m insane for shopping there; about a week ago there was a shooting in the parking lot.
            Once I couldnt find my “friday freebie” (that they’d promised), and I found an associate and without even thinking about it actually said “whycome I cant find (x) ?”

            So now HIT THAT SHIT !

      3. Yusef drives a Kia

        Nice, thanks Mo………

      4. Playa Manhattan

        She certainly has cheese of some kind. I don’t need to know the details.

    5. Playa Manhattan

      I’m not sure if this answers your question, but everyone in this story some kind of asshole.

      1. Drake

        Smelly infected contagious assholes.

  5. Hyperion

    Sorry to open with OT, but…

    Everyone should see this. This is THE model of how every leftist should be dealt with.

    Total Destruction

    Seriously, I’ve rarely seen this sort of beat down. Ouch, that has to hurt.

    1. I already went OT.

      1. Spudalicious

        Yeah, but you’re Ted.

        1. Yes, and everybody is in awe of my erudition.

          1. DenverJ

            I’m not. It’s disgusting. Put your erudition back in your pants.

          2. Playa Manhattan

            It stopped working just shy of his 40th birthday.

    2. Heroic Mulatto

      Why can’t D’Souza “destroy” the people commenting on his video here. It’s like an asshole convention.

      1. Hyperion

        So, you’re saying that D’Souza didn’t make that guy look stupid. He wasn’t right? Or that he’s a racist? All three? I guess I have to watch it before I decide.

        1. Heroic Mulatto

          Umm…neither, nor?

          I’m saying that the comments to that video are chock full of autistic 4-chan racists whining that a brown guy accurately classified Richard Spencer’s political and economic philosophy as socialism.

          1. Hyperion

            Got to go watch it, bro. Again, I stand by the video I posted being a complete destruction of modern prog logic.

          2. Heroic Mulatto

            Right, and I’m wistfully wishing that D’Souza tear the mouthbreathing retards in the comments to video I linked to a new one.

          3. Tacit Rainbow

            If he’s half as smart as he thinks, he never reads the comments.

          4. Yusef drives a Kia

            He took the Kids argument to its natural conclusion, kid wasn’t thrilled about it,
            Good find Hype!

          5. Hyperion

            I think I’m starting my own victim movement. I’m pretty sure I have Neanderthal genes. As such, I am the ultimate victim. Privileged shitlord Sapiens not only oppressed my ancestors, they genocided the entire, not race, but species. You don’t get more victim than that. Therefore, I demand that every single human alive today that do not have Neanderthal genes, turn over all their stuff to me and all their stuff is belong to me.

          6. BakedPenguin

            Hyp, I think you and HM are talking past each other. He’s talking about the comments, not the guy in the video.

          7. Hyperion

            I’ve been drinking, BP, I’m not trying to argue with HM. I didn’t read the comments, yet.

          8. Count Potato

            A racist socialist? The hell you say!

          9. Yusef drives a Kia

            Ummm, Hister, himlet, hilter, something like that………

          10. Heroic Mulatto

            Uh oh. You’re going to make some 14-year-old “alt-right” Youtube commenters very, very angry.

          11. BakedPenguin

            Yeah, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao & Ho were all known for their progressive attitudes towards racial minorities in their lands.

          12. BakedPenguin

            I meant the above as an additional comment, not a corrective one.

      2. westernsloper

        Michael Carranza Michael Carranza 1 month ago
        dinesh is nothing but propaganda. The way he picks on the southern whites history, and hitler is a joke.
        Hitler did nothing wrong.

        Hoe. Lee. Fuck.

        Granted I have heard the same from a hand full of Muslims and one smart ass Yazidi who was not being a smart ass at that particular moment, but jesus, that is some irrational thought.

    3. Count Potato

      D’Souza has a point there.

    4. Yusef drives a Kia

      Oh He’s gonna get banned, can’t have truth called out, that kid is an idiot BTW

    5. Spudalicious

      That was fun.

      1. TARDIS

        Not for me. People having to interact that way in the second fucking decade of the fucking 21st century make me fucking sick to my stomach.

        /Checks Sarcometer 1000B

        1. Hyperion

          Some people have nothing outside of victimhood. Why do you hate the victims?

          1. TARDIS

            I don’t have to answer that!

            *flashes shitlord patriarch badge*

    6. Drake

      That was excellent. Good for Amherst for hosting a civil discussion. I bet next time he shows up at a school progs just tell and scream so they don’t lose the debate.

  6. Count Potato

    “A 14-year-old suspected of having raped and killed a woman in her eighties in the US city of Baltimore has been charged as an adult with murder.

    Tyrone Harvin, who turned 14 last month, is accused of attacking 83-year-old Dorothy Mae Neal at her home and leaving her for dead.

    Neal was found inside her apartment unresponsive and the victim of an apparent assault. She died in hospital on August 30.”

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6145131/US-teen-charged-adult-murder-octogenarian.html

    1. Hyperion

      It’s Baltimore. /standard response

    1. Hyperion

      “I have no idea who this is:”

      I add not caring to that list.

      1. Rhywun

        It’s somebody who isn’t Demi Rose, so that’s something I guess.

    2. all done

      I’m guessing she’s the daughter of Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna.

  7. Nephilium

    In booze news I can use, I found this on the shelf of the local liquor store last night. It’s now on my shelf, and probably going to get cracked tonight. And In booze news for others, WTF Milwaukee? I thought the point of bartenders was to either be hot or a great mixer (preferably both).

    1. She’s probably an institution.

    2. Hyperion

      I just saw a bottle of that a couple of hours ago when I stopped to get some beer. Why should I want to buy it and how much should I pay?

      1. Depends on the excise taxes in your neck of the woods.

      2. Nephilium

        I wanted to buy it because I enjoy the Glenlivet. I believe it ran me around $35 after tax, so it’s not a huge investment. It was an impulse buy, and reading reviews online, they appear to be mixed. Once I pour a dram, I will be able to provide more information.

        1. I’ve had that Founder’s Reserve before. It’s good for the price; not stellar but good.

          1. Nephilium

            I’ve got the pour in front of me right now, and I pretty much agree with this assessment. It’s a really subdued Scotch, not something that’s going to jump out at you. There’s hints of honey and vanilla, with very little heat, slightly thin mouthfeel, and overall acceptable. So far it’s really coming across as a solid mixing Scotch if you are so inclined.

          2. Spudalicious

            Glenlivet has really never done it for me. They’re a blended scotch distillery that jumped on the single malt bandwagon.

        2. Hyperion

          $35 for scotch? What’s wrong with it? Does it suck?

          1. Sean

            Yeah…that’s Monkey Shoulder pricing. Which, btw, I do not recommend.

          2. Nephilium

            The standard 12 year expression of Glenlivet runs around $30, and I enjoy that one as my standard everyday drinking Scotch. For my rare drams, I’ve got Oban and Laphroaig, or various bourbons.

    3. westernsloper

      Having to put in my age to see that first link reminded me of what happened to me at our nations largest retailer the other day. I was buying cheap beer as one does when one is cheap and the attendant at the self checkout had to approve my purchase. She tapped the wrong selection on her prompt and had to enter my birth date. I told her giving just two digits for my birth year. She asked, “1965?” I said yes, and she entered it. I then said, I am kidding it is really 1865. She got all flustered and said, “oh no, no problem, here I can go back and change it, hold on”……She was serious. I had to explain I was kidding and if I was born in 1865 I would be 153 years old. She was still confused when I left. She votes.

  8. STEVE SMITH is too busy finding these girls so SEA SMITH had to fill in I guess.

    http://archive.is/GxVMH

    13 works for me.

    1. Spudalicious

      2, 5, 11. I like slim, athletic women but some needs to give 38 a sammich.

  9. And for when you’re all alone and miserable tonight, some ideas.

    http://archive.is/7mo0n

    1. Spudalicious

      4, 11.

    2. Count Potato

      So you are saying Kanye went to an awards show where he didn’t grab the mic and say it should go to Beyonce?

    3. The Bearded Hobbit

      Am I the only one to notice the random characters in the link?

      “m-o-0-n” spells TITS.

    1. Fake news. There are no female libertarians.

      1. Heroic Mulatto

        What makes you think “she” was a female?

        1. DEG

          I’ve studied Kendra Sunderland’s videos extensively. She is a she.

      1. Heroic Mulatto

        I can’t believe Shadman drew the most wholesome thing I have ever seen on the Internet.

    2. Chafed

      And I thought YouTube comments were idiotic.

    3. DEG

      She retired and now she’s back. I’m not complaining.

    1. Count Potato

      KULTURAL APPROPRASHUN!!

    2. Rhywun

      Hispanic?! Bless their hearts.

      1. hayeksplosives

        “Bless their hearts” <–how very Southern of you to say! 😉

      2. Hyperion

        Hispanic as in Spain? Or Hispanic as in Mexico?

        1. Playa Manhattan

          The answer is in her original post.

        2. Rhywun

          All’s I know is Hispanic will get you a dirty look here just like Oriental. I thought the word was verboten.

      3. Heroic Mulatto

        It’s an interesting semantic question. Depending on the actual foods that are classified, Hispanic would be the more expansive choice as it would include things eaten in Spain, Portugal, as well as further afield in the Philippines (which is closer in many ways to their Hispanic food cousins elsewhere than to other “Asian” food), whereas, Latino would delineate food just from Latin America.

        1. Count Potato

          I’ve never seen a Spaniard at a Spanish market.

          1. Heroic Mulatto

            Well, they would just call it a “market”.

          2. Tres Cool

            “mercado”

          3. commodious spittoon

            “carniceria”

          4. Tres Cool

            “super mercado!”

        2. Hyperion

          I always think of Hispanic as being someone who speaks Spanish who is not from Spain, like most Latin Americans, and Latino as being anyone living in or having a native language which is one of the Latin Romance languages, Italy, Spain, Portugal, etc.

          1. Heroic Mulatto

            That’s the exact opposite of how most people use the term. Hispania being what the Greeks and Romans called what is now Spain and Portugal.

          2. Hyperion

            I’ll take most people being wrong to find comfort. For instance, most people where we live think my wife is supposed to speak Spanish.

            “Usage in Brazil
            In a recent study 79% of the Brazilian Population identifies themselves as ‘Brazilians’ while 13% as ‘Citizens of the World’ and only 4% as ‘Latino-Americanos.

            This is pretty accurate. They also think of themselves as Americans, South Americans. They seem to get pretty offended when you assume they speak Spanish. They tend to think of themselves as unique, which is true in South American, since they are the only country whose official Language is Portuguese.

          3. Gustave Lytton

            True, but there are three other countries in S America where the official language isn’t Spanish either.

          4. Count Potato

            People also use the term Hispanic to describe Spanish-speaking people from the Caribbean, and Latino to describe Spanish-speaking people from Mexico, Central and South America.

      4. Nephilium

        We have both kinds of ethnic foods at our grocery stores, Mexican and Hispanic. I’ve also learned that only certain stores in my area will carry specific kinds of sausage. The dividing line seems to be chorizo vs. andoullie, I’ve got to really search to find a store that sells both.

        1. Yusef drives a Kia

          Walmart, seriously

          1. Nephilium

            I live in an area populated by Eastern Europeans. If I have a choice, I buy locally produced sausage, generally because it’s awesome. Same with the pierogies. I had to yell at the girlfriend once because she brought home Mrs. T’s pierogies…

          2. A Leap at the Wheel

            Ex girlfriend, after that shit I hope.

          3. I pity the fool who brings those home.

          4. Tres Cool

            They aint gettin on no plane.

          5. AlmightyJB

            Just watched a pierogie recipe on Cooks Country right before coming here that looked pretty good.

          6. Playa Manhattan

            I just watch that show for the eye candy.

          7. Count Potato

            I lived in an area with a significant Polish population. Mrs. T’s are good for frozen food.

          8. DEG

            Pierogies are fucking delicious.

            Mrs. T’s are about the best I can get here. For a while, they did. Now, fuck it. I’ll do without.

    3. Hyperion

      Southern? Southern what? Lauren Southern? Where’s that aisle?

      1. Tonio

        Shut the fuck up Donnie.

        1. Hyperion

          Where’s my two scoops?

          1. Sean

            In my pants.

          2. Spudalicious

            Pooped yourself, did ya?

          3. Sean

            Not today!
            ?

    4. Tonio

      Well, actually, it kinda is… /Lana Kane

      1. Sean

        Something, something…Danger Zone!!!!

      2. Nephilium

        Room Service: Room service, can I help you?
        Sophie Devereaux: Yeah no, I can’t eat this. Everything on my plate is yellow!
        Room Service: It’s Chicken Fried Steak.
        Sophie Devereaux: It’s what? Chicken Fried Steak?
        Room Service: Yes.
        Sophie Devereaux: No, let me tell you, meat should never be used as an adjective.

        Sophie was wrong.

    5. Yusef drives a Kia

      What fru fru Store is that? Don’t you have a Stater Bros. down there?

    6. Suthenboy

      Most food considered ‘southern’ is actually spanish, french or amerindian, so I kinda see that. Sorta. Or maybe not.

      1. Count Potato

        Also African-American. Take something as simple as cornbread — corn is native to America, but arguably, the lard Spanish, the refined sugar British, the milling and chemical leavening German, the buttermilk Indian, and tossing a skillet in an oven is French.

        1. DenverJ

          Sure, but Murcia has Jiffy and you bake it for like 10 minutes in a bread or muffin pan.

          1. Yusef drives a Kia

            Jiffy! FTW!

        2. westernsloper

          Refined sugar British? Look at the imperialist over here.

          1. Count Potato

            Arguably, refined sugar was originally Indian, but who were both colonizers of both India and the Caribbean?

          2. westernsloper

            Exactly!

          3. Count Potato

            Yah, mon.

          4. Heroic Mulatto

            But who were both colonizers of both India and the Caribbean?

            Lizard People.

          5. Count Potato

            The sun never sets on the British Empire. Lizards need the sun to keep warm.

            Illuminati confirmed!

        3. Yusef drives a Kia

          Skillet? I can see it, but why?

          1. westernsloper

            It be all crispy on the bottom and edges yo.

          2. Nephilium

            ^This man gets it.

            BTW, saw your question a couple days ago about what it takes to open a brewery in Ohio. Whatever your timeline is, add 12 months. If you’ve opened multiple breweries, expect it to take an extra 3 months. You have to have all of the equipment in place, and the inspections completed before you can get the license and start production. So it requires a large up front investment, and no incoming money stream until at least a month after you get the license.

          3. westernsloper

            So it is not a “hey let’s open a brewery!” and go down and get a permit sort of thing. I do like the, “a brewery can sell liquor law”. That is common sense imho and I have not looked but I would assume it is two different liquor licenses here because they like them some licenses. The tabor law that limits tax increases has made the ever money loving state of CO come up with new and ingenious ways to score coin from the populace. Hence why I pay $75 a year for a boat trailer that has a project boat sitting on it and never leaves the yard.

    7. westernsloper

      Shouldn’t it be (((Kosher)))?

      1. Playa Manhattan

        Almost none of it is kosher

  10. Spudalicious

    Y’all remember that lemon juice hack from Buzzfeed a couple of weeks ago? Where you slice the end off the half lemon and flip it over before putting it in the squeezer? Yeah, bullshit. Didn’t work any better that he normal method and juice squirted out of the squeezer.

    1. No, because I don’t pay attention to Buzzfeed.

      1. Spudalicious

        It was posted here or I would have never seen it.

        1. Nephilium

          I blame Playa.

          1. Chafed

            Rightfully so.

    2. Rhywun

      So, kind of like that useless “tip” where you turn the can opener upside-down before using it only to cut your fingers on twisted up metal edges…?

    3. AlmightyJB

      I fork my lemons.

      1. Count Potato

        In my experience, that doesn’t work well.

      2. Spudalicious

        Euphemisms…

      3. DrOtto

        Roman Maroni approves.

    4. westernsloper

      Yo Spud, I think I pulled out my first try at bacon a week early and it only got a weeks worth of curing in the vacumn seal. It may say a bit more about myself than I wish to reveal, but I can’t remember when I sealed it. I wrote the date on the bag but for reasons I can’t explain I did not look at it when I opened it. I just knew I had to take it out on a thurs and let it sit for two days before the weekend so I could smoke it, but that thurs may have been next thurs. I took it out of the bag and it has been sitting in the fridge for two days open air. I am sure it is still all good, but am I going to be disappointed? Should I smoke it, or just cut it up and make another dish?

      1. Spudalicious

        Depends on the thickness of the belly. Go ahead and smoke it. You’ll know if it cured fully when you slice it. If it has a pink tinge all the way through, it’s fine. If it’s gray in the middle, it needed more time. It will still be safe to eat.

        1. Playa Manhattan

          If you didn’t die, it was safe to eat.

          1. westernsloper

            That’s my motto.

        2. westernsloper

          Ya, I figured it would be safe but just maybe not “bacon”. It is not a thick belly, but I doubt it cured all the way through, unlike my long lost eggs I found in the fridge the other day. The whole egg including the yolks were pickled and they were glorious. My next belly I shall do better record keeping.

    5. Tres Cool

      A lemon contains a fixed amount of liquid.
      Q.E.D.

    6. Playa Manhattan

      I just did it last night. User error.

  11. Raven Nation

    Just wanna say, Kansas wins on the road for the first time in 9 years.

    1. AlmightyJB

      Wins what?

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Flattest State?

      2. Chafed

        Remember that truckstop hooker story a few weeks ago?

        1. Count Potato

          If she has all her teeth, she’s a cop?

    2. BakedPenguin

      At least none of us are Swans fans. Ugh, that was brutal – only 2 behinds in the 3rd quarter. After that display, I prefer the Dees playing the Hawks, I’ll let Rhywun’s Pies play the Giants

  12. kinnath

    Had a lovely sour ale last night. UnderCurrants.

    1. Nephilium

      Damn it Firestone Walker, come to Ohio. We won’t drink too much of your beer.

      /shakes fist

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Blech

        1. Nephilium

          They’ve got a lot of solid beers, and I can’t get them on the regular.

          1. kinnath

            I snagged three of the UnderCurrants from Bring on the Beer a few weeks ago.

  13. Yusef drives a Kia

    Teaser, Damn Shermans keep sinking……….
    https://photos.app.goo.gl/KFnkzyayvQcTcrK28

  14. Suthenboy

    Seeing a bit on TV now where Obama is taking credit for the economic boom. I thought we were having a run of bad luck Barry? What happened to that? What happened to the new normal of never getting above 3% growth?
    The really sad part is I think that shitweasel believes his own bullshit.

    1. Suthenboy

      Heh. Commenter on the show says “Someone should tell him ‘you didn’t build that’.”

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Gold!

      2. westernsloper

        nice

    2. Chafed

      He is confirming his belief in his own infallibility. The US was perfect when he left office and now look at it.

    3. Count Potato

      When the economy was bad under Obama it was Bush’s fault, now that it is good under Trump, it’s to Obama’s credit?

  15. Rebel Scum

    GUNS, LOTS OF GUNS

    ‘The Matrix’ is an awesome movie. The sequels ruined it. So I pretend they don’t exist like I pretend that Star Wars Ep. 7 & 8 don’t exist. Speaking of, I watched the Plinket review of ep 8 today. Once you realize that the movie is just a National Lampoons comedy with a SW skin-suit, everything makes sense.

    1. commodious spittoon

      Anyone else think that scene, in retrospect, is pretty silly? What if Trinity hadn’t stepped far enough, and got clipped by that armament freight train? Would she have died, would it matter? Why does it kick up “wind” at all, if they’re supposedly in whatever they called that interstitial program? And for that matter, why have it at all? Ever play COD or a literally any tactical shooter? You choose your weapons from drop down menus. That’s a whole lot more practical than walking through miles of gun Walmart.

      1. commodious spittoon

        I liked the gun trove scene from Terminator 2 better.

        1. Yusef drives a Kia

          “this will work”
          /looks at grenade launcher

      2. Drake

        I saw The Matrix in the theater with no idea what to expect. That scene onward had me pinned to my seat like few other movies.

        And I don’t acknowledge the sequels either.

        1. commodious spittoon

          It’s a great scene, for sure. I was fourteen and out of my mind how much I loved it. The only movie I can remember actually being on the edge of my seat.

      3. Tacit Rainbow

        The Matrix is deterministic. It didn’t happen because it couldn’t happen.

    2. AlmightyJB

      I liked the first 2 and a half Matrix movies. The second half of the last movie left me bored.

    3. Count Potato

      The first one was the great. The sequels were meh.

      1. Spudalicious

        Especially the third one.

        1. Count Potato

          The third was a bit better than the second. Which was basically a long Cadillac commercial.

  16. AlmightyJB

    Yeah, rape culture and victim blaming is what you need to talk about, not about how to not be raped.

    https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/more-sexual-assaults-reported-on-ohio-university-s-campus/1426282441

    1. Rhywun

      “Peers have to start challenging their peers and say this is not okay”

      Sorry, telling myself and my peers not to rape goes against my culture.

    2. Akira

      I hate that it’s “victim blaming” to advise women on precautions they can take to reduce the chances of getting raped such as not stumbling home drunk at 3 AM all alone, etc.

      I’ve always heard that dismissed with the reasoning that “women shouldn’t have to do that just because men want to commit rapes”. Well yea, I shouldn’t have to have locks on my house and vehicle. I shouldn’t have to own a gun for self-defense. I shouldn’t have to avoid bad neighborhoods. I shouldn’t have to use caution when disposing of sensitive financial information. I shouldn’t have to watch out for suspicious people hanging around my property. I shouldn’t have to protect my identity online.

      In a perfect world, I wouldn’t have to do any of these things, but guess what? We don’t fucking live in that world. We live in a world where criminals exist, and of course punishing them is part of the solution, but you still have to protect yourself from the ones that are still out there.

      It’s annoying that this position is even remotely controversial.

      1. Mojeaux

        Pearls before swine.

        After getting my head bitten off more than a few times for pointing out what we women can do to make ourselves less vulnerable, I decided the deliberately vulnerable get what they deserve.

      2. Count Potato

        You don’t get it. Feminists aren’t against rape. They are for for rape to exploit it for political purposes.

    3. Suthenboy

      They have muddied the water so badly, sent up so many false flags, I have no idea if more reports means more assaults or not. I suspect not.

      1. Suthenboy

        Scanning the article I am pretty confident that the answer is ‘not’.

      2. Rhywun

        5 student rapes in two weeks? Yeah, I don’t believe it either.

    4. RAHeinlein

      First, let me say I’m glad I do not have daughters.

      Second, where are the fathers (or Libertarian mothers)? If someone harmed my child justice would be served.

      1. Mojeaux

        Mama Bears unite.

    5. Tres Cool

      “This culture starts with sexually explicit signs that are inappropriate. And create and propagate a culture of tolerance for sexual misconduct. Peers have to start challenging their peers and say this is not okay,” said Powers. ”

      I didn’t know the chief of police was qualified to weigh-in on cultural matters. So he’s a criminal justice/sociology dual major ?

      And what’s with having the face of the University police a man? Totes un-woke.

      1. Tres Cool

        At least he has the shoulder-boards of a colonel
        https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.ohi/18225_chief_powersf.jpg

        1. Rhywun

          I was guessing he’d be young enough to have marinated in this nonsense in college and it appears I was right.

          1. Tres Cool

            I’m too drunk and disinterested to look, but you just know a prick like that has a LinkedIn page. And I’ll bet we’re both right about his qualifications.

          2. BakedPenguin

            Cops incorporating military motifs into their SOP is really annoying. And I say this as someone who has never served in the military.

        2. Playa Manhattan

          Is…. Is that a mug shot?

        3. creech

          An obvious incompetent. Chiefs with anything on the ball today have three or four stars on their shoulder boards.
          Even Deputy Fife is at least a major these days.

    6. Playa Manhattan

      “Ohio University police have issued a crime alert after a rape was reported near campus.”

      Thank you for your service, guys who don’t have jurisdiction.

  17. Tres Cool

    In reading the earlier HM link, I had to ask myself, “who is Juju Chang?”. Stupidly, I looked her up on wiki.
    Even more stupid- “In 2015, Juju Chang co-hosted the annual Spring Luncheon held by The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.” I didnt think it was a real thing. Then, stupidly, I looked that up, thinking “I already hear Sarah McLachlan music playing”. Cause it has to be an SPCA thingy, right? Looks like I was kinda …close .

    1. westernsloper

      Her name caught my attention as well but only for the reason that HM mentioned 4chan, and I was going to make the joke questioning if she was one of the 4changs but that is a really bad joke.

      1. Tres Cool

        #Supplies!

        (god, I love that joke)

        1. westernsloper

          I have no idea what that means.

          1. Tres Cool

            Ill tell it in person someday. I promise

        2. Pope Jimbo

          One of my father’s and my favorite jokes too.

          We use it every time we manage to third base* a pheasant. We will tell each other how smart we were to cut the bird off and then … “Supplies!”

          *Growing up my father always referred to outsmarting game as “third basing” them. Sending a guy to the end of a tree row and then having the others push the bird toward the poster is a good example. Only now that I write it down, I realize I have no idea where it comes from. (doG I hope it isn’t some reference to fingerbanging a bird).

        3. slumbrew

          It’s a good joke. Would be fired for telling it at work, I’m sure.

  18. DEG

    The doors on 16 cells at a prison that has a history of riots unexpectedly opened Friday, leading to one inmate being attacked and seriously injured and a fire set inside the prison, Nebraska prison officials said.

    Let me guess: Computer controlled cell doors.

    1. Tres Cool

      My guess is, guards were bored and said, “hold my beer and watch this”.

    2. DEG

      Ahh, I should have read the whole article.

    3. Playa Manhattan

      Siemens.

      1. Tres Cool

        *sensible chuckle*