Hey guys, how’s your day going. Mine went to “Microsoft doesn’t support native data integrations for a very key feature of one of its flagship products” hell just after the swag post. So… it looks like I’m pulling an all-nighter to write something that should already exist. Hoofuckin’-ray. I mean, this is literally why they pay me good money, but goddam I’m ready to not make a living in the “our shit works 90% the way it should and 10% in the most fucked up manner possible” space.
Also, its a pretty slow links day.
Somehow, in the action movies, it never quite ends like this when you drive a car out onto the runway.
Los Angeles, having solved all of their other problems and being a perfect city, has turned their attention to a ban on fur products. Hey, we haven’t had a good cop beatdown in years in LA, so… progress?
Is it really sexist that Apple made an iPhone too big for Trump’s hands?
Good news, comrades, now we will combine “living in your car” with “autonomous vehicles” to produce the “self-driving home”. I feel like medium-famous bands have been doing this for 50 years.
I can’t help it, I’m angry again.
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And again again………
Should have pulled the double reverse game and put the links back in the swag post and just leave the middle finger up.
Spoken like a true shit lord. I salute you.
“Police said a woman drove a black Honda Civic past a guard post on Industrial Avenue at around 9:30 a.m., and then drove across two active runways, authorities said.
The woman then got out of the car and ran into a wooded area.
Port Authority Police tracked her down and arrested her at a home near the airport.
CBS2 has a crew on the scene and we’re waiting to hear more on why this happened, including how she got past security.”
I’m guessing crystal meth and TSA incompetence.
Speaking of which… New Mexico man survives rollover crash with minor injuries, is struck and killed minutes later after wandering back onto the highway.
We did a family vacation to the mountains north of Santa Fe this Spring.
You know the little roadside memorials people build at the site of a fatality? Well, NM must be setting some kind of record for those things. NM driving has to be way more kill-y than average.
Gallatin Valley. I couldn’t believe the number of crosses. Looked like a cemetery the whole way down.
No doubt Walter White had something to do with all those deaths.
It’s demographics: notice more Kikes and Panchos in the mix than Kevins and Wilburs NTTAWWI
clarification: that’s “Kiké” as in Enrique
I haven’t noticed much matzah in NM
Darwin wins again.
KTEB is not usually a TSA location unless they are doing prescreening for the presidential TFR in Palm Beach.
TSA just does the commercial passenger screening, and writes the standards. They don’t handle general airport security directly, even at the air carrier airports.
At KPHL the ramp door security at Atlantic Aviation is a standard private guard whose job is to make sure that you have paid the $20 security fee.
Each airport is different but I have been buzzed through the gates and onto the ramp at locations with airline service. You just need to know the local procedures.
I’m not entirely sold on the meth angle, but the rest of your theory holds water.
Sounds like She Really needed to get home fast
“Neighboring West Hollywood and San Francisco already have fur bans”
Jesse hardest hit.
I blame Russophobia.
Thank God for Silverlake.
I didn’t even recognize you without the crepe picture
What happened to your avatar?
It was banned for sexual suggestiveness.
It was crepey?
Didn’t pay avatar fee.
Let the bears pay the bear tax! I pay the Homer tax!
Let me take this opportunity to thank you for introducing me to the world of novelty shower curtains. Sir Catspian is currently gracing my guest bathroom.
6.5″ TOO BIG FOR FEMINISTS HAHAHAHAHA!
“6.5 inches is way too big for delicate feminine hands.”
FAKE NEWS!
In my experience, delicate feminine hands have no problem handling things far in excess of 6.5 inches.
so you’re a size queen eh?
Hardware doesn’t matter, it’s the software.
So you’re saying that you’re a shower, not a grower?
Hey, if you have delicate feminine hands, that’s ok. No shame, Mad.
All that you touch
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STEVE SMITH SAD TO BE BANNED FROM LOS ANGELES CITY AS HIM VERY FURRY. NOW SAD, LOSING MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR RAPE.
They really must be out of ideas for virtue signaling if they are going after fur now. I thought PETA all but destroyed that industry decades ago.
i don’t get why fur is bad but leather is fine. Fucking weirdos
Don’t worry. They’ll move that goalpost as soon as it’s expedient.
Ever try to throw paint onto a biker? Different results for that and your typical fur wearer. Huggy Bear excepted.
That’s exactly why.
It’s all about how cute the animal was. Baby seals are a lot cuter than full grown cows.
Mink are not cute at all; weasels with good hair.
And they are mean AF
And they reek to high heaven.
We had friends in Warroad, MN that had a mink ranch when I was a little kid. Based on that, mink are nasty critters that DESERVE to be turned into coats.
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Nice stole.
This kind of shocked me. Granted, that’s world-wide, but apparently they have a lot more industry destroying to do.
I think Russia is 3/4 of that.
Gorky Park. Sables and gutta percha.
“self-driving home”.
We’re the cars in minority report attached to the home before you got in and let it drive you?
Last fall I talked with some guys who were getting ready to demo their first self driving motor home.
That would be a great retirement option if it works out. Set the destination and then go into the back to watch scenery, nap or whatever for 10 hours.
I’ve seen those, but they’re called a hearse.
I’m late but I applaud that.
Did we already talk about the Japanese billionaire contracting a ride around the moon with SpaceX?
Here’s the video outlining his concept:
https://dearmoon.earth/
It is a pretty inspiring video. The guy is going to take a bunch of artists of various types with him to see the moon. We live in an amazing time. I remember watching the moon landing in preschool on a 13 inch black and white TV. And now a private citizen can go there for a public art project. Nice!
Although I do have to admit… if I was taking some folks along for my joyride to the moon, a group of artists wouldn’t really be the first thing that came to mind. Maybe the Swedish bikini team….
Goodnight, Moon.
goodnight cow jumping over the moon
That’s no moon.
HUSH!
If you are still in little kid mode and you haven’t gotten “Goodnight Goon”, I highly recommend it.
If you are past that point, mark it down for the grandkids.
… and when you emerge from the dark side of the moon, everyone’s hair is messed up and you’re smoking cigarettes.
There is no dark side in the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark
Beat me to it.
*shakes manly fist at Mad*
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too, I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon.
“One couple in Oxford England successfully converted a Mercedes Sprinter van into a micro-home that includes 153 square feet of living space, a complete kitchen, a sink, a fridge, a four-person dining area, and hidden storage spaces.”
I’m still sad Ford stopped making regular vans.
So. They parked a van. And live in it.
Revolutionary.
Matt Foley would be a hip trailblazer today.
Was a river mentioned?
I reside in a van, yonder, by the Thames!
My wife watches those ‘tiny home’ shows and says “we could do that”.
I think (to myself) that spending the rest of my life in a jail cell is no way to enjoy retirement.
“No.., no we couldn’t”
my wife floated that idea once. She thought we should spend all of our money on land and then put a shitty tiny house on it. I like the idea of owning land, but I’m 6’1″ and 235lbs. No tiny house for me thanks
Spend a weekend in one. After your first bowel movement she will turn around.
My wife and I just bought a luxury 5th wheel rv.
We parked it in an upscale rv park with a marina, boat slips, fishing piers, 2 swimming pools, party cabana and clubhouse facilities for $650 a month.
My living room window is 20 feet from the bay.
We have a king size bed, full size stainless fridge. Two full size leather recliners and a leather sofa that folds out to a queen size bed.
It has two entertainment centers with flat screens and electric fireplaces below, two central ac units and central heat.
Built in microwave/convection oven, 3 burner gas stove top and gas oven.
That’s just on the inside.
Outside tv under power canopy, outdoor shower and other amenities I forget right now.
All together, space and rv cost $1250 a month plus electric.
My neighbor lives in a 1.7 million dollar motor home.
I fish, crab and shrimp in my back yard.
Don’t knock it until you try it.
$1250?! That’s double my mortgage.
Yes but are you 20 ft from the bay, and can you shrimp and fish from your backyard?
If you want what’s living in the hudson…
My parents did the RV thing for a while and I knew construction guys that lived in nice RVs – pop outs and so on. They didn’t have to worry about apartment deposits, utilities, packing. Just moved on to the next job. They didn’t have kids, but they liked it.
$1250 is double your mortgage? It’s half mine. Sobs.
Hmm. *carries the one* $1250 is, well, lets just say its less than half of mine (taxes and insurance included).
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Every time I see a tiny homes show, I say “Do these idiots know that trailer parks are still a thing?”
You could buy yourself a nice double-wide for what one of those hobbit holes costs.
Yes, but then you’re trashy and low-rent rather than cutting edge and fashionable.
Hey, I don’t do those damn hipster homes. Im good with the $20 lowes special!
Ah, the Muppet dream . 40 sq feet and a rat the size of a mule.
Or buy a fucking 5th wheel with 3x the space and less cost that can easily be towed. Some of those tiny homes need to be put on a flatbed to move.
You could buy 2.
What I don’t understand is why “I don’t need/want to live in a huge, oversized house” necessitates “I want to live in a midsized utility closet”
no kidding. My house needs to be at least big enough to contain all my books, booze, and firearms.
I don’t want to live anywhere small enough to be tipped over by drunk teens on a dare.
You forgot the explosives. Sad!
Fun Fact: The original Levittown homes were 750 sq. ft.
Which was just about the size of the first house me and the spousal unit bought and lived in.
We renovated. Didja know that, if you get rid of useless things like hallways, you can actually get quite a bit of useful space out of a place like that? Increased a bedroom size by a third and added 50 sq. ft. of space to the kitchen.
Interesting that you mention hallways. Looked at a really cool pre-war house in Dallas years ago that seemed a lot bigger than it should. The realtor pointed out that it had no hallways. When we bought our house in Dallas, it could have easily lost the only hallway and had a much better layout (as long as you didn’t mind the bedrooms opening directly onto the living area).
Yep. Every time we’ve been looking for a new home, I keep wondering why there are so many wastes of space, i.e., “hallways,” in the damn things. I almost immediately start envisioning ways to get rid of ’em.
My wife and I (and the dog) live in 750 sq. ft. now (plus basement space).
Not too terrible. Larger would be nicer but that’s become cost prohibitive in the neighborhood and we’re currently unwilling to move away. We’ll figure something out.
You can’t one-up your friends with idiotic fads by just not buying a McMansion. Then people would think you couldn’t afford a McMansion. No, the trick is to show them how rich you are by building an absurdly small house, and pretending to be happy in it. Of course, then your asshole friends will build a tiny house made from reclaimed timber from the dilapidated mill that used to serve as both a food source and a community gathering place. Then you’ll be obliged to hunt up a distant relative with Indian heritage so you can live in a mud hut on the side of the river made in the same style as their mystical healing lodge, and so on and so forth.
15 years ago, before the tiny house craze, a slim little lot in town became available when the old building was torn down.
Somehow or another, an award-winning architect drafted plans for a neat little one bedroom house that would fit on the lot. The newspaper ran and story and published the plans. Someone bought the lot with the intention of building to those plans.
The city crushed the dudes dreams by pointing out that codes had changed and the plans violated the minimum sq ft requirement for new construction. Oh, and the latest regulations for set backs and other restrictions meant that no one could ever build anything on the lot.
Nope. I need about 2,000 sq. feet with a good porch.
I would love to sell my place and build a one level on-slab with a big outbuilding.
Tiny houses are retarded.
I laugh at them from my McMansion.
I don’t really give a damn how big (or small) the house is, so long as I get a minimum of 2000 square feet of garage.
My place is ~700 sqft. I’d like a slightly larger kitchen but could do without the second bedroom/office/storage room if I had to.
What I find retarded are poeple who spend half a million dollar and can see their neighbors.
Small houses are not Tiny Houses.
I’m talking about the precious trendy ones.
What I find retarded are poeple who spend half a million dollar and can see their neighbors.
Oh, you know my sister then?
Her house is three times the size of mine on a lot that’s half the size…at best. On the plus side, though, mowing the lawn is a snap.
What I find retarded are poeple who spend half a million dollar and can see their neighbors.
Not even a doghouse is that cheap in my town.
I’m talking about the precious trendy ones.
I get that, and to each his own etc…I’d prefer a spartan one-room cabin on 100 acres than whatever the same money could buy in even a mid-sized city. Of course, I hate people so that should be considered.
This is another example of “the cobblers children go barefoot” isn’t it?
When I moved to Tucson, I stayed in a casita for the first couple of months. Pretty typical small casita – one bedroom, bathroom, etc. Probably around 700 square feet. Plenty for me, by myself. If Mrs. Dean ever wises up that she’s better off without me, I’ll probably wind up in something about that size, maybe a little bigger. My challenge would be getting the outdoor space for a Dean Beast. Gotta have a Beast.
Thinking back, it was probably more in the 500 sf range or so.
True story. I work with the brother of the priest who was the inspiration for the Foley character. He never forgets to tell everyone about it and has photos to back it up…
It’s revolutionary because it’s used to be called a bus. Now it’s like, a van, man.
Q: You know what hippies say when they run out of pot?
A: This band sucks!
Could be worse, could be Jackie’s Torino with no wheels.
So not this?
I mean the Ford E-series.
http://i.wheelsage.org/pictures/ford/e-series/autowp.ru_ford_econoline_custom_van_1.jpg
http://zombdrive.com/images1600_/1992-ford-e-350-9.jpg
*yawn* Winnebago churns them out by the truckload.
Not naming names, but I’ve done a lot of HVAC design and sales into that industry and I loathe the RV business, pretty much every company: they
/cut corners
/buy cheap components
/don’t install equipment properly
/have ridiculous warranty expectations
/go into bankruptcy the minute after I extend them credit on 90 days’ stock.
I’m so mean to them that they hate me at this point, so expect your next RV to be brimming with Chinese copies of my work that will last exactly three days after the warranty expires…..enjoy.
Oh, that smell is because they don’t understand/believe in latent load: all those wet shoes, shower mist, sweat, and farts must be condensed out of the air flow….that takes power and costs money they don’t want to shell out, so they’ll do without and the carpet can just go to shit in a few tepid months, but it’s not because they weren’t told better.
rant over
Cut corners? Pshaw.
/looks at broken plastic drawer slider thing that breaks every trip.
/notices pressboard used to hold screws instead of cheap piece of pine that broken plastic drawer slider thing attaches to.
A German official debunked some fake news – so Merkel is firing him.
The sources claim that Merkel decided the fate of the spy chief over the weekend, telling several members of her coalition government that Maassen would be replaced because he had interfered with domestic politics.
Spook agencies meddling in domestic affairs? Perish the thought!
is she attacking Germany’s democratic institutions?
From the comments:
“Of course, we mustn’t criticize [He Who Must Not Be Named] – after all, he was also a starving refugee from a war torn country, and it is surely an unacceptable act of intolerance to imply that his somewhat intemperate belief system made him a worse person or could have had detrimental consequences for his host country. Remember, diversity is strength!”
Kicked serious ass with the music today, Brett.
RVs, RV parks and unemployment all currently exist.
That whole article is just too precious for words.
*barfs*
This is all just a fancy way of living in a van down by the river.
Will thee be Gov cheese? ’cause I want the Gov. Cheese
I actually know a local male model who, in fact, lives down by the river in a beat-up motorhome. He’s somewhat infamous in the Lower Rainland™.
Something tells me this won’t be seen as glamorous when it’s Amazon employees living in the warehouse parking lot.
They’re owed a living wage. And by living wage I mean being able to live in a penthouse.
Is that one of the vans with the pop-top?
Yes, I know. They’re called bums.
There will be no need for sidewalks, therefore the problem of the homeless shitting on the sidewalk will be solved.
We must buy cars for the homeless to shit in.
Once they have filled it with shit, we destroy it under Cash-For-Shitfilled-Clunkers. The economy is super-stimulated, no more homeless.
And if–somehow–this plan fails, it was because of those meddlin’ libertarians.
Does this plan involve leaving the Bums in the shit-filled clunkers?
i think that’s called soup kitchening.
Thanks,
Dirty Mike and the Boys.
Then it will be this.
The new trailer parks, only this time catering to the right people.
Any nonsense will be given a respectful hearing by the media if it’s portrayed as being “green”.
Trailer parks are the best model for housing, they just haven’t been done right yet.
It’s a demonstrable meteorological fact that trailer parks make tonados horny.
I’ve had a bit of a bad week involving Microsoft myself. Was working on a bit of code a couple of weeks ago that worked correctly. Made a small change and lots of things started blowing up. Went back in version control to a known good state. Still blowing up. Tried version from the same commit compiled on a different machine. Not blowing up.
Spent a day tracking it to a line of code written years ago that indeed did not properly account for the possibility of floating point inaccuracy (though for kind of subtle reasons.) OK, so that line of code was in fact not correct. But, not only has it worked on every platform it has been compiled for and on (quite a few versions of OS X, Linux, and Windows, with a number of compilers) it worked fine on the system I was building it on two weeks ago, and then suddenly stopped working- I’d hardly touched that machine in the interim. I can only guess that MS updated something about the compiler, etc. out from under me. I’m not entirely unpleased that it surfaced, because it wasn’t correct, but I’d like to have a stable toolchain that doesn’t change unless I do something to change it.
You don’t like the software-as-a-service model?
It’s more that I don’t like the software-as-a-menace model, though Lord knows it mostly is.
PLEASE STAND BY FOR A VERY IMPORTANT HILLARY UPDATE:
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1042067961832513536
Does it involve Hillary pulling a Budd Dwyer?
At this point it really wouldn’t surprise me at all. How can anyone act this obsessed and still be considered sane?
Hey woman, nice shot
“It’s true. My massive corruption and lies had nothing to do with it at all.”
Look, all those lies and corruption were for the right reasons, like using power to crush her enemies, so they weren’t really corruption and lies at all.
Demeaning government without actually doing anything about it.
It’s like they can’t do anything except project.
decades of demeaning government
? Gov’t is inept and far outside its constitutional bounds. If only conservative Republicans acted on that which they often claim to believe with regard to the size and scope of government.
demonizing Democrats
?!? Democrats and Republicans demonize each other. . .
Did anyone see that article of hers in The Atlantic? She projected so hard I am surprised that it did not tear a hole in the space-time continuum.
Irresponsible? Sure.
Increasing radicalism? I’m not seeing it.
I don’t want to heal the body politic, gunt-waffle granny. I want to smash it. I want to smash the state into a bazillion little pieces then roll them over with asphalt paver, and when that’s done i want to set them on fire, and then, only then do I want to take a nice, long asparagus and hoppy-beer fueled piss all over whatever tiny ashes are left.
A-fucking-men!
Top internetting experts tell me that over seven tweets a day is considered excessive and will lead readers to consider you a pest in their feeds. Hillary has sent 14 today so far.
She’s lost it……
she had it?
She had it?
Let me know if you come across it.
That’s Bill’s job
/blue dress
all future presidential candidates should be required by law to release their tax returns. They also should not be exempt from ethics requirements and conflict-of-interest rules.
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Or maybe: What happened? I lost. What does the afterward say? I’ve thought of 47 more people to blame.
She has to be reading those tweet replies no?
I mean, they’re letting her have it.
A person with some dignity would take that as a sign.
But not this sore losing sociopath.
She doesn’t read or write it. Staffers compose and focus test that drivel.
If anything, this will just convince her that her big weakness is still that she just can’t convey her message well enough for the hoi polloi to understand it.
Ah, I get it!
Hillary: What are the idiots saying about me, idiot?
Staffer: They love you!
Hillary: Of course they do! Now get the fuck out of here.
Staffer: I have to go for cancer tre….
Hilary: Will someone fucking make me a sammich?!
The peasants are revolting
You said it. They stink on ice.
+1 Wizard of Id
Hilary: Will someone fucking make me a
sammichmartini?!Let’s be fair, here. Her heavy drinking is one of her few endearing qualities.
No doubt she’s one mean, nasty drunk.
She’s a mean and nasty sober.
Ya wanna know what’s worse? When she gets drunk, she gets horny.
Hilary: Will someone fucking make me a sammich?!
Ask ENB.
They’re all just part of the VRWC.
Sucker born every minute? Or maybe it really is good?
Prince’s new basement tape: Just him singing, playing piano
The new album is being released this Friday. I’m no great musical mind, but this sounds like a cash grab to me.
I must be a sucker, because I’ve already blocked out a portion of Friday afternoon for a trip to the record store.
Imma guess that there is thousands of hours of available stuff that Prince played with over the years. Kevin Smith has a great story about working with and recording Prince that just go shelved, when Prince changed his mind about it.
Some of it is probably brilliant; hopefully whomever is going thru his stuff can recognize the wheat from the chaff.
I think I’ve heard one of the songs already, he sings, “I’ve got two pianos and a microphone!”
A portion of the Kevin Smith talk.
I love Prince, I’m just worried that this is a naked cash grab.
The handling of his estate has been a complete shit show. A carfull of clowns has been fighting over the music and the money before his corpse hit room temperature. The only people who are doing well are the lawyers.
Of course it is, he put it in the vault because he didn’t want it out there, unless he left specific instructions to slowly release certain shit after his death it can be nothing other than a cash grab by his estate.
I went to his concert a few weeks before he died. It was fantastic.
The stoned noodlings of Prince on some random night at 3am are likely better than 98% of pop music these days.
“this sounds like a cash grab to me.”
I doubt it.
his estate has so much potential stuff to collect royalties on, there’s little real financial incentive trying to sell “new, shoddy stuff” – very little real $ comes from sales anymore, more comes from licensing, ‘his brand’.
if any angle on ‘money’, id think its “Keeping his name in the news” so that people continue to buy old stuff out of nostalgia. Maybe material to add to some forthcoming ‘box sets’
Also, i really do think he was such a prolific + quality-songwriter, that they’d have mountains of stuff to choose from, most of it actually pretty good.
SHOCKED! I’m shocked that there is gambling happening in this establishment.
DFL confirms that it is still investigating claims of domestic abuse against Keith Ellison. I can’t believe that they didn’t wrap this investigation up before the election.
Interesting new tidbits:
So if therapist notes are enough to torpedo Kav, how the hell are the DFL going to spin this? She has therapists notes, medical records AND at least one witness who heard about this around the time it happened.
Supposedly that race is neck and neck. I don’t believe that for a second.
Not to worry. This falls under the rubric that journalism is all about covering stories that will hurt Democrats. With a pillow, until they stop moving.*
*h/t IowaHawk
Criticizing DNC water carriers is undermining democracy.
I would have thought that the increasing screen sizes are biased against men more than women. After all they have purses to lug the things around in.
How is a normal guy supposed to fit one those beasts into his pocket? It must be especially hellish for hipsters and their skinny jeans.
Fanny pack.
Orphan bearer.
You must have missed this earlier:
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I dont think the purse is going to be a problem.
European carry-all you mean.
That just ain’t right
Hipsters simply never put the phone down. They hold it every waking minute, for it is their raison d’être.
“Is it really sexist that Apple made an iPhone too big for Trump’s hands?”
Not all women…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSL4cmFW_GU
L.A. has banned plastic and now fur? Naked city?
Hair shirts.
Wool in LA is a terrible Idea.
Adult Male Jumpers?
They’ll buy their clothes from the same place they get their drugs and guns.
ATF has a clothing outlet?
see also: Indiana
Thanks egould for posting The Goon Sax recently. I love them. Imagine being a father and having your son grow up to appreciate and make great music that you yourself loved and made. There’s a reason for pride. (Some of you don’t have to imagine, sounds like. That’s great!)
Y’all must’ve heard that Bert and Ernie came out of the closet today. Don’t be fooled, the Muppet species has only one gender, and we find your sexual form of procreation quite disgusting. However, as part of our
plan for intergalactic conquesthuman outreach, we decided they should be gay to fit in with today’s crowd.As usual, the press sensationalizes something exceedingly minor. The guy just said he used his own relationship with his boyfriend as an inspiration for his scripts for Bert and Ernie.
“He compared his own relationship with acclaimed editor Arnold Glassman to the characters. “I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert and Ernie, they were. I didn’t have any other way to contextualize them. The other thing was, more than one person referred to Arnie and I as ‘Bert and Ernie,’ ” Saltzman recalled.
And the characters were created 15 years before he even joined the show.
Yeah and the official clarification was ‘they’re dickless puppets, you mooks.’
I’d always heard Bert and Ernie were named after Jimmy Stewart’s cop and cabbie pals in “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Now I guess they’ll be outed as well. “Daddy, teacher says everytime a bell rings, a person converts to LGBTQ.”
I laughed
Daddy, teacher says everytime a bell rings, a
person converts to LGBTQcis-hetero male cuts off his dick.Get woke, bro.
Uffda. Am I late to the muppet party? Did I let all of you down one last time?
I’m off to listen to Lou Reed and sulk
Asexual and Bert is incapable of romance. Ernie is homoromantic, but he’s very loving in general. He’ll get #metoo’d soon.
Ernie is always touching rubber ducky inappropriately in the bathtub.
It does lead to joy of joys.
Sesame Street writer confirms that Bert and Ernie were gay.
What irks me about this is that the guy making this claim started writing for Sesame Street in 1984. I’m too lazy to look up exactly when Sesame Street began, but I can confirm that I remember watching Bert and Ernie in the early ’70s when I was a kid.
I hate it when some group makes a silly attempt to rewrite history. When I was in college I new a guy who claimed that EVERYTHING was done by Africans first only to have it stolen by whitey. I’m sure there were instances of shit like that, but EVERYTHING? And why is it such a big deal to claim Bert and Ernie?
If the guy had been the first writer for Sesame street, I would actually be OK with this story. It just rubs me the wrong way though for him to try to change reality like this.
I was under the understanding that they were close relatives – no more than first cousins apart.
1969
But he can’t change reality. Whatever BS he’s deluding himself with means….absolutely nothing.
I thought they were Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro
It was just one writer, who’s gay, giving his view. The problem is he’s yanking them out of the closet without their consent. That’s fucked up. Do puppets needn’t consent?
Frank Oz, creator of Bert+Ernie, says, “Lol no they’re not”
And then 10,000 twitter people scream at him
Oh FFS. Bert and Ernie are intended for elementary school kids. They’re not supposed to mean shit related to sexual orientation.
elementary school kids
It’s 2018: they are old enough for a gender change.
That douchebag, like all Twitter activists, is plainly lying. Bert and Ernie didn’t mean shit to him as a gay boy.
But hey, it may be a lie, but at least his *intentions* are just! He’s just starting a discussion.
You mean pre-school.
God I hate millennial twitterers.
Yeah, I probably stopped watching it around 2nd or 3rd grade. The Electric Company FTW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K48I6ay4tbM
Just because.
And holy shit, was everything really that groovy back then?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u8MY7PjSXU
I watched it back then too. I had the impression they were cousins or best friends.
Advice needed –
My 2 yo granddaughter is crazy about books and learning to read. My son told me he would shoot me if I showed up at his house with plastic toys. She loves books. I like this.
So I am buying books. The little red hen is top of the list. I am damned sure not buying ‘Marvin’s Two Mommies’ or any proggy bullshit. I am looking for solid libertarianish values.
Any suggestions?
Chicken Little, so she can see how warmists work.
Ah. Excellent.
So far:
Little red hen
the boy who cried wolf
tortoise and the hare
the ant and the grasshopper
chicken little
emperor’s new clothes
I liked “The Highway Rat” a lot. A rat that likes to steal other animals’ food gets his comeuppance. Very good illustrations and my boys loved it.
What was the comeuppance?
He gets tricked into going into a long dark cave after a goose and emerges much later “a thinner and grayer and meeker rat, he robs the travelers no more and makes his living sweeping the cake shop floor.”
Can you tell I’ve read it a hundred times?
Encyclopedia Brown.
Private law enforcement has to be pretty high up on the libertarian values list.
I hate that snide little shit. A lot of his reasoning is spurious and does not prove what he thinks it proves (or anything at all)
Like I said: libertarian through and through.
*ducks and runs*
Anything by Mises and Hayek
When I was a kid, the Frog and Toad books were my favorites. I just realized there’s a Bert & Ernie situation there.
Reminds me of the National Lampoon’s “The Wimps in the Pillows”.
The gruffalo.
https://www.amazon.com/ABCs-Guns-Yehuda-Remer/dp/1981915028?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-ffnt-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1981915028
All my kids loved the gross food stuff like Sam’s Hamburger.
Not sure it is libertarian, but it is fun to read to a kid.
At 2? I wouldn’t worry too much about the subjects. My kids loved a lot of the Suess books and just about anything with animals. The Sleep Book was a particular favorite. Even the stupid Rainbow Fish was quite popular, mostly because of the illustrations.
Some others that they loved:
Brown, Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?
The Snowy Day
Harold and The Purple Crayon
Are You My Mother?
As she gets older, series are the way to go. Even the old ones, like Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys are excellent. Both Spawn read like crazy and I’m convinced it started then.
Fun times. Get Charlotte’s Web to read to her.
She’s learning to read at 2? Wow.
I think a compleat Dr. Seuss set would be a good investment.
Dr. Seuss would work, I remember liking almost all of his books, as well as Shel Silverstein when I was first learning to read. As she gets older, first volumes to age appropriate graphic novels work, as to Heinlein juveniles. Depending on the parents, Narnia can work as well as the Wizard of Oz.
Remember to drill into them how The Lorax is all about the tragedy of the commons.
Everyone Poops
Because it’s (generally) true
That was a big hit with my girls.
For the parents
Someone in the office had that the other day. Not sure I’ve laughed that hard in a long time.
And then I was really grateful I’m done with that!
The Rainbow Fish
“solid libertarianish values”
a copy of Guns + Ammo
Also, she is too young now but I started reading (my adapted simpler) Old Man and the Sea to mine around age 4 or 5 and they have now heard it five or six times and enjoy it a lot.
If he starts right this minute, she won’t miss any of the 16 “why the M1911 is still the greatest pistol of all time” articles they’ll run before she can vote
Of all the handguns I’ve fired* I liked the 1911 most.
*three
You ever find yourself in the Bucks County PA area, we can dramatically increase that #.
Bucks County is one of the prettiest pieces of country I have ever seen. I catch a renovation show set there sometimes (Stone House Revival?) – dude works mostly on pre-Revolutionary War houses. Really cool.
I’m not very religious, but I’m always impressed by the Shrine of Czestochowa when we go to the Polish Fest.
https://www.google.com/search?q=shrine+of+czestochowa&prmd=msivn&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLzsSv0MXdAhWDNd8KHTAoArsQ_AUIBA#lkt=LocalPoiPhotos&trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:nav,rc_ludocids:14693732545655006451,rc_q:The%2520National%2520Shrine%2520of%2520Our%2520Lady%2520of%2520Czestochowa,ru_q:The%2520National%2520Shrine%2520of%2520Our%2520Lady%2520of%2520Czestochowa&viewerState=ga
It’s the easiest to teach; I like it fine.
It’s just that one year reading that is all you’ll ever need: it’s all the same over and over.
The Pinkalicious books were quite popular with the little girls when I was working the book fair at our school. The first one’s cute (she eats too many cupcakes, turns pink) but I have no idea whether the later ones turn into Important Books About Social Issues of Our Time however.
My son enjoyed the Bear books (Bear Snores On, Bear Wants More, etc by Karma Wilson) – the art’s good and the writing is charming enough the adults don’t want to shoot themselves. There’s some “power of friendship’ stuff going on but not in a cloying way, I thought.
My daughter has a bunch of those. No wokeness that I’ve been able to detect.
Aesop’s fables
Baby trshmnstr is all about “reading” at dinner. Especially the book about ‘ish’
^cutest ever^
Much less cute is watching this video for the 10th time in a row.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
“My First Touch and Feel”!!! go ahead and cross Supreme Court Justice off possible career paths.
Something something pussy grabbing
Richard Scary
Mike Mulligan & his steam shovel
Madeline
Little Toot
Babar
Frog & Toad
Any of the Little Golden Books that were written before the last forty years
And Curious George.
Avoid “Curious George And the Industrial Accident”.
Chick fil a gives out little curious George books in their kids meals.
+1 Mike Mulligan!!
You came to mind mikey! But I really loved that book as a kid too. Was disappointed to find out that steam shovels weren’t used anymore.
Whenever my niece (and her fiance) and my nephew (and his fiance) I plan on buy them books from Chris Ferrie
And this for her 3rd birthday.
The Carl books. That dog and baby get into lots of fun misadventures and never get caught by the authorities.
Second this. As a bonus, you will be setting your son up for years of being pestered to get a puppy.
I remember Richard Scarry books fondly for the artwork.
Dr. Suess. The old ones.
My kids loved the Skippy Jon Jones books and I thought they were fun to read to them. Little Quack was also a favorite of theirs.
Yes.
Get the drop on your son the next time you see him and eliminate this threat to your life.
In the mean time expose your grandkids to Aesop ‘s Fables.
What do you call a foreign agent funneling disinformation to an ostensibly friendly government? Not a spy, I hope. That might point to collusion.
Sorry, doesn’t fit the narrative. That’s the last we’ll ever hear of it.
Major sad trombone for the Dems – Rob O’Rourke is way behind in Texas.
Beto only ever looked good when the undecideds were left out of the mix; in that way he got “close” at 40/40/20.
From the original Texan, “undecided” translates roughly to “I haven’t realized this cycle that I always vote Republican.”
Texas is nowhere near as Republican as most folk think, but it’s still two Red for Beto to even sniff a win.
Why are all media outlets referring to O’Rourke by his bullshit made-up nickname in all of their copy? Isn’t straight reporting supposed to at least put quotation marks around it since it doesn’t appear on his birth certificate, nor has he ever legally had it changed? If this isn’t carrying water for a preferred candidate, then I have no idea what is.
Meh, tons of people go by nicknames, his opponent para ejemplo.
I don’t know about “all media outlets,” but for me it’s just homespun, just the fun of knowing folks. Papers should probably act better, though.
Standard Texas Nicknames include
Mr Sam >> Speaker Rayburn
Tootsie >> Kathy Whitmire
Ma >> Gov Ferguson
the Hammer >> Tom DeLay
the Exterminator >> Tom DeLay
the Lege >> the Legislature
Shrub >> GWB43
Squatty >> E. A. Lyons
Grandma >> Strayhorn
Kinky >> Richard Friedman
Yeah, I thought the standard was First Name (“Nickname”) Last Name.
But I guess if that makes one of the Right People look like a goofball phony, we can do without.
Your style book is correct.
Example: legendary baseball player Elroy “Shit” Face.
Yes, even in the Senate: Henry “Scoop” Jackson.
I have found a worse ticketing company then TicketMaster, I didn’t think it was possible, but AXS sucks even worse. I’m going to have to contest a (second) shipping charge for something that wasn’t shipped. I will be doing this on Thursday, after I use their shitty app to get into the GABF. So this is your last chance to tell me why I should stop at your favorite local brewery that’s on this list. Specifically that list. We’ll be hitting as many breweries in Denver that we can in the days after the fest. So this is to tell me why I should spend time at your favorite brewery instead of one of the 750+ other ones that are participating in the fest.
What are you trying to have them ship to you?
They were supposed to mail me physical tickets, because I didn’t want to use their bullshit app to get in. Instead, they never sent a message that they were sending the tickets (12 days after they were supposed to ship), and I never received the tickets. When I called, they offered to reship them for $15, then it came out that the ship time was a 10-14 Business Day wait time. When I pointed out that the end of that window was after the event I was going to, they offered to cancel the reshipment, refund the money, and convert the tickets to digital. I agreed to that to avoid needing to deal with their support again.
Finally, after over a dozen messages back and forth, they agreed to refund the money.
Now. Tell me what breweries to go to.
You need their app? I’ve always had them email my tickets to me, or done Will Call. I know I’m blurring together all the ticketing websites, but I know I’ve used AXS before, and I’ve never chosen an option other than those…. I think.
PA is underrepresented. No Fegley’s, Weyerbacher, or Victory?!?! Wtf?
It’s up to the breweries to sign up, and there’s a limited window for it. Thankfully I’ve had beers from all three of those breweries, and now have even easier access to Victory (they’re partners with Southern Tier, who just opened a brewery in Cleveland).
Sly Fox is solid, as is Troegs, and Yards. I haven’t tried the other PA breweries to my knowledge.
I was never happy with Yards. I liked Troegs, and Sly Fox was just ok. Though it’s been just over 3 years since I’ve had any of their beers…
Fuck VividSeats if we’re airing our ticketing app grievances. Sold me $160 worth of tickets in the middle of the Maryland band for Maryland v. Texas. Never could get ahold of them so I marked it as fraud with my bank.
In case it isn’t clear, thir fake tickets didn’t get me through the front gate. I had to buy tix from a scalper to get us in.
On the children’s books I cant believe no one suggested Billy’s Dad is a Fudgepacker.
That’s cause the ending can be kind of shitty….
I cant think of any come-back euphemisms that aren’t already in the story itself
Who do I email to sign up for the next beer it forward?
Neph
*clears throat*
This guy. My handle at the mail of Google.
Anyone who signs up after tonight, I’ll be away from that e-mail address until next week. I’ll return messages then.
“The New York Times needs your help. We’re looking for false information being spread deliberately to confuse, mislead, or influence voters ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.”
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1042088054939443200
It’ll be funny if they get more NYT articles than anything else.
We’re looking for false information being spread deliberately to confuse, mislead, or influence voters ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
Somebody send them this link.
Wow. I think all the replies have it covered.
I liked this one:
Sean
@bklyn2cali
3h3 hours ago
Replying to @nytimes
Get out!! The calls are coming from inside the house!
Before I click I am guessing there are about a hundred people suggesting they search in the NYT, a treasure trove of fake news.
Better than that. It’s just fake news memes illustrating their (NYT and others like CNN) duplicity. And that ratio, yo….
Any Glibs built their own fences? Kind of gathering things together at this point, but appreciate any advice or suggestions. Thinking about putting a wooden fence up between the neighbors, to deal with a dog problem. Property line isn’t well defined, and i wouldn’t trust it if it was so first step would be getting a surveyor to (re)mark the lines and I know where to place it (other than shoving a 2×4 up the neighbors backside).
Do you have an HOA?
Also Hyp is around – he’s your man.
No HOA, and no real restrictions as long as it’s under 6ft and isn’t into the ROW (which it won’t be).
appreciate any advice or suggestions
You can get solar-powered hotwires that will stop a cow in its tracks. A little lower-profile and more neighbor-friendly than my preferred rolls of razor wire.
+1. There’s only two times my hunting buddy yelped in pain. One was accidentally brushing a hot cattle fence. Poor guy levitated up and back about eight feet.
*sighs*
I hate myself for asking, but what was the other?
STEVE SMITH KNOWS ANSWER! {**WINK**}
I hear dueling banjos in the distance.
A 3/0 hook hanging from some brush overhanging a local lake. I was training him on retrieves, he swam under the shrub and next thing I know he’s flailing, yelping in the water and not moving. I thought his leg was stuck on a submerged branch.
I waded out, hoping I wouldn’t drop into a hole and saw his ear sticking straight up. I cut the line, put him in his crate and headed straight to the vet. On the way, he kept shaking his head. Every time he did that, the hook got hung up on the crate and I had to stop. Fortunately, it was only about ten minutes to the vet.
That was one of his first introductions into being a hunting dog.
Portable auger is your friend. If not, a post hole digger is your next best friend. Check how deep you need to go based on your frost line. I don’t know the rule of thumb off the top of my head. When Sinking the posts, double and triple check that they are perfectly vertical and sunk to the proper depth. Then use scrap wood to hold them there.
If you do the posts right, the rest comes together pretty easily.
hold them there.
Until the concrete sets, if that wasn’t clear.
Yeah, I’ve dug enough holes to learn to quit digging. Home Depot has power augers for rent at something like $75/day.
And will call the One Call line before driving through buried utility lines.
If you’re worried about the dogs digging under the fence, you can add a bottom rail to keep them from tearing up the slats. We had a portion of our fence in TX like that, and it was the only place the rat terrier didn’t dig under.
sounds too passive. Motion-sensing laser turrets for the yard. Also gets rid of squirrels.
I had to install 2′ of poultry wire as a bib all around our inner fence. It’s relatively cheap and keeps our dogs from digging under.
If you’re worried about the dogs digging under the fence, you can
add a bottom rail to keep them from tearing up the slatsrun the hotwire along the bottom as well as the top of the fence.Oops sorry guys.. bottom railgun. Stupid autocorrect
Check how deep you need to go based on your frost line.
Regardless of frost line, if your fence is solid and going to act like a sail, dig your posts at least 36″ deep, well at least starting/finishing and corner post and at least every third or fourth one, intermediate ones can be shallower but if you are renting an auger or as I suggest below hiring a skid loader guy dig them all at least 36″.
Also and I know I’m in the minority but I don’t like setting my post in concrete, I pour a concrete base but fill around the post with dirt and gravel tamping with the flat end of a spud bar every 6″ of backfill or so. My reasoning is that if you ever do have to replace/ repair/ reset a post it’s much easier if it isn’t encased in concrete. Also, and I have no science behind this, but when I have seen treated posts rotting its always at the line where the concrete backfill ends.
I think I like this. Plus, I get to buy a digging bar.
Digging bar
Fences are pretty straightforward, how long are you looking at, your going to need a post hole about ever 8 foot or so I’d go 6 is it’s going to be solid and tall, so look into a post hole digger, rather than rent one of those two-man jobs, if your soil is rooty/rocky it might be worth hiring someone with a skid loader and post hole attachment, it’ll save you a ton of blisters, sweat and back pain. Other than that get some string an accurate level your lumber/Quickcrete/nails/screws and go to it. Basic designs are all over the internet but a fence is basically posts, rails, and slats. Easy peasy chicken greasy.
Soil is clay, and rains are starting so won’t be hard by the time I start, if I do it. HD has a hydraulic auger for $106/day, which sounds like it would be a bit better.
After installing ~1.5 miles of fencing using assorted methods, I would recommend NOT using concrete to set your posts. The concrete can rot your wooden posts and they’ll snap below the soil line. Not typical but not rare either. My fucking corner post on an 800′ run snapped. Not happy about it.
My preferred method is to outsource to my farmhand. My second preferred method is to take a chainsaw, sharpen one end of the post, and then hire a someone with a loader to hammer it in. You’ll get a much stronger post with this method than by using an auger. Or use Hyperbole’s recommendation on hiring someone with a post hole attachment. Actually, Hpyerbole’s method is my new #1.
If you go the auger route (least favorite), rent something like a Dingo that moves under its own power and uses a hydraulic auger. Skip the concrete. fill slowly and stop frequently to tamp the soil down. Use rocks and wood shims to get the post tightly in place as you go. If done right, its even stronger than concrete and there’s no danger of rot.
Thank you all! Really set my mind at ease about this if I do go forward.
Hey, whaddya know, the cop who killed Botham Jean was lying about even more things than we thought.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6161483/Video-contradicts-story-white-Dallas-cop-killed-black-neighbor.html
I thought she was lying about pretty much everything, as nothing in her stories made sense.
She murdered the guy over noise complaints and expected to get away with it. That’s my working theory until and unless she comes up with a damned good explanation.
“YouTube provides a breeding ground for far-right radicalisation, where people interested in conservative and libertarian ideas are quickly exposed to white nationalist ones, according to a report from Data & Society.
Although YouTube’s recommendation algorithms are partly to blame, the problem is fundamentally linked to the social network of political influencers on the platform and how, like other YouTube influencers, they invite one another on to their shows.
The report describes an “alternative influence network” of about 65 scholars, media pundits and internet celebrities promoting a range of rightwing political positions, from mainstream conservatism to overt white nationalism. They are broadly united by their reactionary position: an opposition to feminism, social justice and leftwing politics and present themselves as an underdog alternative to the mainstream media.
“Discussing images of the ‘alt-right’ or white supremacism often conjures a sense of the ‘dark corners of the internet’,” states the report. “In fact, much extremist content is happening front and centre, easily accessible on platforms like YouTube, publicly endorsed by well-resourced individuals and interfacing directly with mainstream culture.””
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/18/report-youtubes-alternative-influence-network-breeds-rightwing-radicalisation
much extremist content is happening front and centre, easily accessible on platforms like YouTube, publicly endorsed by well-resourced individuals and interfacing directly with mainstream culture.
But enough about the jihadi channels.
https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DS_Alternative_Influence.pdf
Check out the insane graphic on page 11.
“Also, thank you to @beccalew for actually making the reactionary influencer crazyboard I’ve been constructing in my mind for the last year.”
https://twitter.com/kevinroose/status/1042058134511079424
At least the author has a sense of humor with her twitter page picture:
https://twitter.com/beccalew
Shouldn’t that be on a basement wall done with paper clippings, portraits with X’s in them, pins and colored yarn?
“That right there is white supremacy. Now let’s talk about the white supremacy. Can we talk about the white supremacy, please, Mac? I’ve been dying to talk about the white supremacy with you all day, OK?”
How is it that he is so great on that show but has sucked in every movie he has starred in?
“While Pettibone and Sellner may appear like many other good-looking young people posting flattering images on Instagram, on YouTube they openly advocate a total end to immigration. By emulating techniques used by mainstream celebrities and fashion bloggers on Instagram, they minimize the significance of their racist views.”
Oh noes, not good-looking white people.
Ending immigration or ending illegal immigration?
We need increased Emigration – particularlly of people advocating marxist-derived philosophies.
The latter, of course.
Also, Pettibone and Sellner are both engaged and from different countries, and I presume they would want to live together after they are married.
Well, the latter, but there’s a certain group of people who intentionally conflate the two of course. Which pisses me off to no end.
“WASHINGTON D.C. — A federal task force has determined that the recent rise in online conspiracy theories has in fact been a well-coordinated plot by several powerful corporations designed to increase sales of corkboards and string.
“You have no idea how high up this goes,” replied a member of the DC taskforce, speaking on deep background. The task force determined that powerful office supply consortiums had deliberately fabricated many popular online conspiracies, including Pizzagate, Qanon, and Marisa Tomei’s 1992 Best Supporting Actress win, all in an effort to sell more corkboards and red string. “Everyone thinks conspiracy theories are all about Russian hacking and chemtrails, but what if it was an inside job?”
“Follow the money,” the informant concluded, handing off a crumpled receipt from Office Depot before retreating into the shadows.”
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2018/09/rise-in-conspiracy-theories-revealed-to-be-driven-by-corkboard-string-manufacturers/
“So this shadowy group writes a report. “YouTube is a principal online news source for young people.” They then claim (with no evidence) that our content is leading to “radicalisation” of young people. They then call on YouTube to shut us down.
The report is then amplified by left-wing media outlets who also wish to shut down their competition for political and monetary reasons.
And oh looky here – the shadowy ‘Data & Society’ group is funded by and partners with George Soros’ Open Society, the New York Times, the Omidyar Network, and a myriad of corporations & NGOs that also want us shut down for political reasons.”
https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1042102772286607360
“ON TOP OF THAT, the author of the report bleached her Twitter account clean. http://archive.is/b7hw6”
https://twitter.com/nickmon1112/status/1042148010145267712
God bless Nick Monroe. His blood is 50% Adderall.
far-right radicalisation
They keep using “far right” to describe collectivists when collectivism is on the left and individualism is on the right (if the left/right spectrum is to make sense.). These guys are all on the same team. It is just variations on socialism.
All the Press: Tesla the Target of Criminal Probe, Report Claims
Another day, another WTF, Elon?!?
Dumbass.
How can someone so smart be so dumb?
It’s classic. Lots of smart guys strike gold in one area and then think it automatically transfers. Or they write business books.
I can’t think of anything more miserable than manufacturing cars. His ego got ahead of him and he made some incredibly bad decisions.
I’m a broken record, but it appears that no one involved bothered to study the real available market for the products. And they assumed that no one else would jump into the fray. Not sure why partnering with someone who knows what the fuck they are doing was so unpalatable to him.
He was also counting on tax dollars to keep this scam afloat, as are all the green energy grifters. They weren’t counting on Trump yanking the subsidy carpet out from under them.
He also seems to have drunk a bit too much of the Silicon Valley Kool-Aid. A lot of guys there jumped into completely new markets and developed completely new business models that wee very successful. They winged it, and they won, and won bigly. This was possible mostly because no one knew how to what they did before they did it, so winging it let them start small and move fast in a marketplace without much in the way of more experienced competition.
Making cars isn’t like that. It turns out that Toyota does know a thing or two about manufacturing automobiles, and that it’s harder than it looks. There’s a reason we see successful new software startups pretty often but we rarely see successful new car companies.
Ah, great. Just lost respect for Norm MacDonald, now I’ve lost it for Frank Oz.
Fucking stand up for yourselves and stop apologizing.
He’s an old man. He probably thinks people A: are looking for an appology, and B: will go away when they have one.
The fact that it only encourages them hasn’t sunk in yet.
The correct response in such situations is a respectful, but stern “fuck off”.
I got that he was mocking the guy.
Oh? Maybe I’m as obtuse as the Twits are.
I’m… not sure. But the person trying to a get a homophobic slur out of him is a complete fucking douchebag + everything I hate about the cancer that is Twitter so there’s that.
Quick recommendation – it’s a few weeks old, but Episode 58 of Jonah Goldberg’s “Remnant” podcast is VERY good. Discussion on Hayek, Mises, etc with Peter Boettke – very enlightening and informative for me. Pick it up on itunes! Or listen to it here.
Hey! Was it you who recommended the Chuck Dixon books the other night?
If so, thanks! I’m halfway through the second and really digging them.
Recommended the free one he posted on twitter – just downloaded, probably won’t get to it for a while.
But Goldberg is a Never Trumper, a Secret Hillary Supporting Rino. Fuck Him!
From reading/listening to him, pretty sure he got over that after the election – can’t change the facts – he’ll give credit where credit is due, but he’s not a big fan of diminishing civility, personal professionalism, etc.
Poe’s law, and what not. I actually Like Jonah, that was my attempt at mocking his detractors.
Yeah, lumping him in with Bill Kristol (as a certain blogger I frequent insists on doing…) is at best misinformed. He’s been very critical of the guy (and deservedly so) while at the same time praising his much soberer cabinet.
SomeLots of people can’t distinguish among Jews.he’s not a big fan of diminishing civility, personal professionalism
Neither am I. However, I’m not in a suicide pact with civility, where I play by Marquess of Queensberry rules while my opponent shivs me in the kidneys.
“Yes, Stormy Daniels book includes a description of the Genitals of POTUS, but my book includes a drawing of his supple nipples.”
https://twitter.com/glennbeck/status/1042167045855502336
Is it a pop-up book?
Second blathering from the old female mammal
“From colleague Connor Marley. Feinstein on Ford. Says Ford “is a woman that has been, I think, profoundly impacted, on this..I can’t say that everything is truthful. I don’t know.””
I would be monumentally disappointed if the proggies blink on this one. True Domineering Species always double down.
#ImWithNorm (Too Bad He Isn’t)
straffinrun last night was a nice mix of Razorfist and AgileCyborg
Psa: The 2nd Doctor Who movie from 1966 is about to start on CometTV. Featuring a young Bernard Cribbins (Wilf).I
CometTV
I, too, only pay for internet and do not have cable.
It’s a digital over the air subchannel around here.
That’s what I meant. Pay for internet and have an antenna for the tv. Mostly stream Hulu/Netflix/Amazon.
Sniff. That channel doesn’t exist in NYC.
Pfffft. Try Canada.
Whelp, I installed it with who knows how much other shit but Peter Cushing Dr. Who is worth a little identity theft.
Wife just turned on the Tucker Carlson show. I am convinced he is either one of us or lurks here.
Why do you say that?
Based on Tucker’s tophat and monocle, I think Suthen may be onto something.
I’ve been wearing this stupid bowtie for years. When do I get my wardrobe upgrade?
“Why do you say that?”
He opened the show by hitting all of the high points of our discussion on the Ford/Kavenaugh debacle from this morning. It was a very good discussion and y’all were very insightful about the details of the shitshow and the wider implications. This is the first time I have heard anyone in the MSM bring up any of those points. He talked about it last night, didn’t mention any of that and I am doubtful that he came up with that all on his on just today. Why should he? All he has to do is come here and then put the discussion in his own words, words which weren’t all that different than what I read here this morning.
One gripe…the only serious thing that I added to that discussion is that if the R’s let them get away with this shit then they will never get anyone confirmed again. He left that out of the opening. A guest brought it up later.
Oh well.
*kicks pebble*
FWIW, if I had my own political-entertainment TV show, or any such platform, I’d steal from all of you guys.
But unlikely he’s aware of this website. Maybe those takes just have high memetic potential.
*knowingly sideeyes
Tuckererm, soyboy*Then my suspicions are confirmed, it’s a sarcastic handle. Tucker once mentioned that he took his daughter(s) on a vacation to a trap shooting camp. Not very soy.
*also side eyes Soyboy*
The only way to know for sure is of he does one of the following:
A) References The Hat and The Hair (new cartoon up right now in the next thread)
B) References STEVE SMITH
C) Admits he wears driving gloves
or
D) Does an entire episode that is all puns
Bernie’s “Stop Bezos Act” Doesn’t Work, Here’s Why!
After watching that one, it sent me to this video, which is pretty good.
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