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Good morning, my dear Glibs! Banjos and Sloopy are on the road to a fun-filled Christmas vacation (cue National Lampoon), so I’m here…wait! What’s this? This just in. Oh.My.Goodness.
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WE’RE MOVING!
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What?
Oh, no, not Glibertarians.com. That’s staying right here.
This is personal.
OMWC has accepted a new gig in Arizona. We shall soon be relocating lock, stock, and whiskey barrel (or wine cellar, YMMV) to the greater Phoenix area.
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Now, I know what you’re asking next: Does this mean Tundra will be doomed to never meet me?
Apparently.
Or maybe: Does this mean the Arizona Glib contingent will be forced to endure our company?
Indubitably.
Or how about: Who in the world moves across the country in the dead of winter?
Us. And it isn’t the first time. At least this time we’re going from the gloomy cold to sunny warmth, the opposite of the previous winter adventure.
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OK! Back to the topic at hand…links!
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- But they left out the most important part of the article! WHAT WAS THE MUSIC?
- Of course they were left in place.
- Wrong power tool, so not a Glib.
- This seems like a bad idea.
- An infuriating headline.
- Damnit. Didn’t move soon enough.
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THINGS I LIKE ABOUT ARIZONA
- No messing about with the damn clocks.
- Roden Crater
- Firearms laws.
- Actual mountains.
- Plenty of sunshine.
- Close to my beloved New Mexico.
- Heard Museum
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(Three of my favorite musicians. We’ve been lucky enough to see them multiple times in tiny living-room sized venues over the years.)
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Have a terrific day, Glibs!
If anyone wants to come over and help me pack, just let me know. And by pack, I mean…pack…not drink lots of wine so there are fewer bottles to move. 😉
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From the Arizona Article : “I’m not mad at the city,” said Nguyen. “Not mad at anybody. I just think it’s a blessing to get refunded.” Will I get refunded for all the times i got a ticket going 4 over on the freeway?
I’ve never gotten a ticket for 4 over on the freeway, isn’t that actually considered obstructing the flow of traffic?
I may have lied. I never got a ticket for speeding, but AZ is pretty notorious for using the speed cams on their highways.
‘Four over on the freeway’ is an album name for sure.
When you get a chance head down to the Desert Museum in Tucson. It is a drive to get there but a very interesting day excursion.
Congratulations on joining the Great Illinois Exodus! The Tribune reported today over 110,000 people left the state this year for the second year in a row. Last one out shut off the lights.
Or how about: Who in the world moves across the country in the dead of winter?
I’d venture many a northern winter inspired a mid-season migration south.
In all seriousness, we’re not big on hot weather. But it’s a good gig, so…
You get used to it. Or I did anyway. AZ is on the shortlist of places I might move to if/when I can afford to vacate NV.
You get used to it.
They told us that when we moved to Texas.
It’s a lie.
Eh, it’s sort of a lie.
I found that when
a) I owned a convertible, and kept the top down when it wasn’t raining and
b) worked outside for an hour or two every day and
c) engaged in strenuous exercise regularly
That I did in fact acclimate to the heat.
But when my job changed and had no fieldwork, then I reverted back to my heat-intolerant self.
Phoenix in summer hot means
a) you’d crisp to an ashy cinder
b) had better be working outside at 0500 to 0700 and
c) work out at the same time
You ain’t kidding. When my brother lived out there in the mid 1980s, I made the mistake of visiting in July. We went to an air show at Luke AFB, and I forgot to put sunscreen on my ankles. To this day, no hair grows where I got badly sunburned.
Most of the remaining visits were done during spring break.
Still, many found memories of visiting Phoenix (driving to the Pima Air Museum a couple of times, the Grand Canyon, shooting in the desert).
I don’t know if i could handle it. I dislike snow and cold, but 111 degree weather is a bit much for me…
I know it’s cliche, but the total absence of humidity does make it more tolerable. Florida 105 vs desert 105 feels a lot different, for example.
I mean, when the number after 100 starts hitting the teens, it’s just fucking hot. There’s no mitigating it.
Northern Saudi Arabia, May 1991, waiting for the Freedom Bird home, it hit 121 one afternoon. All I can remember is my body protesting, going, “Don’t you know you can’t breathe this shit? This is waaaay outside of operating specs.”
I played 18 holes of golf in 117 once. When I was younger I could deal with the heat a lot better. I’d probably pass out now.
Doesn’t matter when you still need an oven mitt to open your car door, and can get burned by a seat belt buckle.
One of the only benefits of driving a shitty import with ABS door handles and cloth seats is you don’t have to worry about burning yourself. When I first moved to Las Vegas in ’05 I had a late 90s SUV with leather and real metal seat buckles and door handles. Even in the garage it got uncomfortably hot.
Pat: My first time to AZ was going to Scottsdale in August. The rental place “kindly” gave my rental car a free upgrade to leather seats. I’m sure those bastards were laughing at the damn Northerner as I drove away.
Lol, that’s just cruel.
I did summers in Twentynine Palms. Las Vegas, and the Carolinas. I’ll always choose the dry heat even if it’s another 10 or 20 degrees hotter.
Yes, I have been ok wearing a suit when it was 114 degrees in Phoenix once. Still much better than Chicago at 85 degrees and 97 percent humidity. Sauna vs steam room.
4th of July weekend 1989, literally the hottest day ever on record in Phoenix as of that point, played 18 holes walking the course and carrying my clubs at 124 degrees.
My buddies and I, all 18 – 20 year olds who were not native to the state (we were all in the AF stationed at Luke AFB) had no clue how hot it was at the time, we were surprised the course was empty except for us on a Saturday in a holiday weekend but we thought it was weird that our clubs were burning our hands. It wasn’t till we got into the clubhouse at the end that we found out why we were the only ones playing.
I was stationed at FT Irwin for 3 years.
It got over 110 starting in May and stayed that way until September.
It busted 130 a couple times when I was there. The water in my canteen was hot enough to make coffee with.
It is the same as Minnesoda winter. You try to minimize your time outside and exposed skin will very quickly punish you for having it exposed.
Bob, you forgot the most important part after eliminating exposure to the weather – boasting about how hard core you are for enduring the weather to people who live in a different climate.
Don’t harsh my buzz, man!
Pat speaks the truth. I’ve lived in Florida and I’ve lived in Arizona, and I will take the Arizona climate 11 times out of 10. Part of the reason is a personal hangup – I HATE being sweaty, that sticky slimy feeling. You don’t get that much in Arizona because the sweat evaporates so quickly.
You know, we never have stupid conversations like this in Minnesoda and NoDak.
Have you ever heard Mike or I arguing about how it is a “dry cold” so it is better?
Get a life (and off my lawn)!
I can handle -25c much better than 105 degrees.
Well, for you 105 is literally boiling.
I did not get used to Singapore weather. My skin decided to rebel from the constant humidity and I’m still dealing with dermatological issues to this day, over two years later.
About 92F with humidity of 90% or so…every….fucking….day. I will say, however, they have constant, universal and dope-as-fuck air-conditioning everywhere but the hawker centers.
Pants at home or the homes of friends were most decidedly optional.
My wife’s taking my stepson and I to the Philippines to visit her family late next July. I am not looking forward to the humidity (or the food). Alas, it’s really the only time of year all three of us can go.
Just out of curiosity, do you have to set up a new lab? Do you get startup funding for that?
Yes. I have a space, a budget, and a free hand for choosing infrastructure and equipment. No baggage of previous bad decisions or problem employees, this is a total fresh start.
…what about personnel?
That’s complicated, I’m starting with contract guys, but I’ll transition into my own hires. Here at the IL megacorp where I’ve been for the past 6 or 7 years, I got a reputation for finding insanely good people, so I’ll try to continue that string.
It really helps when you can get them early, like grade school. Then you can mold them in your own particular style.
I’m sure the other guys appreciate 18 year old lab assistants with 8 years of experience.
“experience”
I thought you used your free hand for something else.
Does it include an Audio Precision APx555?
Oh, sorry, wrong lab…
I’m taking the APx525 and APx1701 with me. I’m angling for an upgrade to the new software.
previous bad decisions or problem employees
Now I’m confused. Is SP coming with you or not?
/rimshot
I lived there for a year in ’94. Do your self a favor and check out Jerome/Prescott/Camp Verde etc. Especially Jerome. The temps are lower and it’s just a cool place to be.
Jerome’s about a 2.5 hour drive, which is highly do-able.
Jerome is beautiful. That and the monsoons are the only things I miss from AZ.
I’ve got friends who own property in Jerome. They’ve been begging me to visit for years. Can’t wait!
The Verde Canyon Railroad was a rather cool way to spend a day.
Make sure you keep the wine at 12 degrees
SP, there is a 1/2 price book store (2, I think). Don’t mention my name, though….
Yes, my downfall. *sigh*
Herr Fahrenheit would like a word with you…
And it isn’t the first time. At least this time we’re going from the gloomy cold to sunny warmth, the opposite of the previous winter adventure.
New Mexico was sunny warm in December?
Yes. If it isn’t actively snowing, it’s sunny. And the elevation in Santa Fe makes it feel 20-30 warmer than the thermometer reading would suggest.
Congrats to both of you.
Well, we’re disappointed we will be out of visiting range for you!
We lived in Phoenix from ’85 to ’92. We’ve been back a couple of times to vacation during the winter months.
Perhaps we’ll get back again.
Those Instagram photos are a lie. I have it on good authority that nothing green grows in Arizona, And you might get crushed .
The best. Just the absolute best.
Said it before and say it again—Calvin and Hobbes and Good Simpsons were hands-down the most important cultural influences on my youth. I was 8 when C&H tobogganed off that wintry hill on Christmas, 1995.
I also find it interesting that he doesn’t have children. I think he understands them perfectly, and realizes that he doesn’t like what he sees. This in no way mirrors my own situation.
Five. More. Days.
Waddaya mean? Just about all species of cacti are green!
Though the incident happened in 1982 a group of us former Arizonans annually lift a toast to the saguaro who killed a man in self defense near Phoenix.
http://archive.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/20100407clay0408.html
Congrats to for moving to AZ. Make sure to check out Prescott and Tucson to see real Arizona cities.
True story:
A saguaro in front of my house was struck by lightning. It started getting kinda droopy, and I was out looking at it one afternoon. As I walked away, I heard a solid “thud”.
One of the arms had just fallen off and landed about where I had been standing. It was not a large arm at all, but I bet it weighed over 75 pounds.
Now, the cacti you really don’t want to mess with are the cholla. They are pure evil, enormously overengineered by Satan himself to inflict maximal damage – covered by long, needle-like spines, and the nodules break right off so if you get into one, you wind up with cactus chunks embedded in your flesh. They won’t kill you (well, not right away), but they make you wish you were dead.
People that hate children plant cholla in their yards.
When I was in Phoenix (85-92) there was a guy that was out in a glider. He encountered some problem and had to return back to the airport ASAP. He performed a miracle landing but slid off the end of the runway into a saguaro which fell over onto the glider and killed him. Isn’t it ironic.
Congratulations on your new adventure. The very idea of moving makes me break out in a cold sweat.
We’ve been in the same house for 24 years; at this point it would take several shipping containers just to clear the junk.
Plus, the cost of the divorce after we argue over what to keep and what to toss.
We relocated earlier this year, luckily my new employer paid for everything. I will never move myself again.
So you’re saying there would be an upside to moving 😉
Financial markets are in turmoil after the Fed meeting. The NYSE Composite index has wiped out 18 months of gains. I expect it is far from over and the oil sector is going to lead the way.
Ha! Good think i just now started to contribute to the 401k.
You have options. Study up on the inverse ETFs, and for right now treasury funds are safe (TLT for example).
What? Read his post again. Now is the time to buy the entire market. He’s not retiring any time soon. This isn’t a “downturn” for him. This is what’s known as a “sale.”
I wouldn’t be trying to catch the falling knife just yet, it’s harder to make back money you’ve lost in the market than anything else.
That’s just me, all disclaimers apply.
its not catching a falling knife if your time horizon is measured in decades. The algorithm for contributions from him is:
Step 1: Set up automatic deductions of at least a double-digit percentage of gross income.
Step 2: There is no step 2.
While I don’t disagree with Step 1. Step 2 at a minimum involves protecting that money. I know too many people, including myself, who lost almost everything they had saved during the dotcom implosion.
Did you buy the market (aka diversify your portfolio) and continue to contribute through the downturn? Or did you try to pick individual winners and losers?
The number of 20 or 25 year periods in which a diversified portfolio with steady contributions that provides a negative return is pretty damn small (but not quite zero because of some fluky end points).
Oh, there’s no doubt I was greedy and stupid. But I was mostly fucked by my unexercised stock options and the IRS.
I’m not convinced the Fed is the prime mover in the market sinking. Trump’s trade war is the underlying problem IMO.
It’s certainly part of it, but the credit markets drive everything. Liquidity is tightening rapidly. The US oil sector holds accounts for about 15% of the junk bonds on the US market. As oil continues to fall with no signs of slowing, those bonds are becoming unserviceable and bankruptcies are looming. The net effect is that it will pop the current credit bubble ($7.5T in corporate bonds of all types, an all-time high).
This graph can’t be shared enough
Not a big fan of the tariffs, but the administration is also reducing regulations so even if it isn’t a total wash the net effect is small in comparison to Scruffy’s example.
The Fed has been nothing but a credit heroin dealer since Nixon killed the gold standard. If the Fed cuts back on the heroin they dish out, some are going to have severe or fatal withdrawals. If the Fed keeps raising the amount they dish out, the users keep needing more and more and more until they overdose. Bottom line is there’s going to be deaths no matter which approach the Fed takes.
Ultimately the biggest sin of the Fed is that it makes diversification more difficult. Even if you diversify in instruments, companies, sectors, etc. you still have to dig deeper and make sure you aren’t, for example, invested in 12 companies in 6 sectors but all 12 companies are reliant on credit. The appearance of diversification but in reality it was just different flavors of extreme leverage.
United States added to list of most dangerous countries for journalists for first time
The world’s five deadliest countries for journalists include three — India, Mexico and, for the first time, the United States — where journalists were killed in cold blood, even though those countries weren’t at war or in conflict, the group said.
“The hatred of journalists that is voiced … by unscrupulous politicians, religious leaders and businessmen has tragic consequences on the ground, and has been reflected in this disturbing increase in violations against journalists,” Secretary-General Christophe Deloire said in a statement.
Surely you’ll cite politically motivated and government supported/committed violence against American journalists.
Reporters Without Borders said the three most dangerous countries for journalists to work in were Afghanistan, Syria and Mexico.
Meanwhile, the shooting deaths of five employees of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, in June propelled the United States into the ranks of the most dangerous countries for the first time.
You mean the one where the perp had a longstanding conflict with said newspaper that culminated in an attack that was in no way politically motivated or supported/committed by the government?
Oh FFS, a schizophrenic goes berserk with years of warnings as to his mental state and capacity for violence and it is suddenly indicative of the entire nation?
French asshole should consider that any reporters who slight the sensibilities of Muslims in France tend to get blown up or shot.
Charlie Hebdo was asking for it…
Seriously, these assholes are tossing stones out of their glass houses.
You’re harshing my narrative, man.
That’s one of the dumber things I will hear or read all day.
I teach kids that say “I no homework. I no book.”
Damn, I hear the US is also one of the most dangerous places for Sandwich
MakersArtists.Seriously though i look at these groups that do this stupid shit, and they instantly have no credibility. The US ain’t perfect and it has lots of issues. But general safety is not one of them.
Apparently a tree falling on two reporters is also considered hatred of reporters by unscrupulous politicians, religious leaders and businessmen. And torture, kidnapping, and intimidation among others is okay.
A good article on this stupidity is here.
Money Quotes:
“Again, there were exactly two deadly U.S. incidents cited in the report, and neither the insane Maryland killer nor the tree were inspired by the president’s rhetoric.”
And:
“It’s insulting to the journalists who do report in the face of death every day to act as though we’ve got it just as bad in America. ”
Isn’t that Modern Progressivism in a nutshell?
IT STILL HAPPENED IN BAD ORANGE MAN’S AMERICA.
I have never heard of the Roden Crater.
Uhhhh….would trip balls there.
*Looks at AZ scenery*
*Thinks of IN hometown*
*Kicks pebble*
(Actually I admit that I rather enjoy the occasional charms of Farm Country, USA. Still doesn’t touch that. DAY-YUM.)
“Uhhhh….would trip balls there. ”
Yeah, GLWT. From the Wikipedia article: “Visiting: A limited number of visitors can visit Roden Crater for a donation of $ 5000 to the Skystone Foundation, Turrell’s nonprofit organization An additional $1,500 will cover a hotel room, a tour, dinner onsite, and breakfast the following morning.”
Oh, sirry Tonio-san, you know not way of shadow. I srither in like eer, trip rite fantastic, see garaxy. Exit unseen, rike roach of cock!
I know Turrell. I’m hoping to wrangle an invitation. Last time I was around there, it was very far from finished.
You want odd nature/architecture? You can’t skip Arcosanti. This has been around for almost a half a century and still going strong.
https://arcosanti.org/visit/overnight-stay/
The metal bells are spectacular and long living. I am listening to one that I received as a wedding gift in 1982 as I type this.
Congrats and good luck on the move, y’all. Hope you all enjoy yourselves and have a pleasant move to Arizona!
Thanks!
Hold it! Where am I going to sleep now if I ever end up in Chicago? Have you seen the hotel prices?
Phoenix – just as the Suns are getting good. Lucky you.
Swiss may be able to accommodate you. Or Ed Wuncler in his new mansion.
Or you can come enjoy the desert with us.
I’ll have the guest cell…er, room all ready for ye, Pie.
You have a whole cellar for storing guests?
House guest age like good wine
More like milk.
Have you ever known Swiss to shut his Pie Hole?
*narrows gaze*
I’m picturing a daily schedule posted by the guest bedroom (0530 First Call, 0545 PT, 0730 Breakfast, 0800 Visiting, …) for a well ordered visit.
Just stay with OMWC in Arizona and drive, it’ll still be cheaper.
I dunno man for me 200 miles is a long-ish drive
I had an acquaintance who’s in-laws were from Sweden. They came to Cleveland to visit their family, and a friend asked them if they had any plans for the weekend. The visitors from Sweden replied, “Well, we’ve heard we should see the Grand Canyon while we’re here, so we’re going to drive there this weekend to see it.”
The friend then had to explain the vast size of the US, and how that wasn’t really a feasible weekend roadtrip.
The old joke: Americans think 100 years is a long time, and Europeans think 100 miles is a long distance.
The hotel prices here in Chicago are reasonable.
The hotel taxes on the other hand…
My last job was technically in Chicago. I got to stay downtown in a hotel on the company dime for a few days every month and was always stunned at how much taxes were collected. Hiway robbery, but I am the perfect mark because I can’t vote against the robber barons who run city govt.
Come visit Las Vegas some time, you’ll be paying for the Raiders’ new arena for the next 20 years or so.
I’ll be out there in April, as I have been for the past 3 years. And this time I scored a room in the Orleans, so no shuttle back and forth between the event and the hotel.
Can I rent a car and pay even more for the stadium?
Der Spiegel reporter Claas Relotius sacked over ‘invented’ stories
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46624297
this guy was mentioned in the late night thread.
“An investigation into a story by Relotius about immigration and the US-Mexican border revealed that he had fabricated information about seeing a hand-painted sign in a town in Minnesota that read: “Mexicans Keep Out.””
US-Mexican Border, Minnesota… And the Europeans think Americans are bad at Geography.
For all the Euro’s sniffing about how little Americans know of other countries, most Europeans are shockingly ignorant about the U.S.
Too lazy to see if it was mentioned last night, but here is the hard hitting story by local resident of Fungus Falls*
It is a good story until the end when the writer goes off on the tangent about how special she is because she can actually talk and get along with the rubes. Maybe that is too harsh, but she is one of the many artists who infest FF because they got a big grant to “grow” an artistic community there.
*Actual name is Fergus Falls, but they are one of my most hated towns because they were bigger than my hometown and would usually beat us in sports.
Yes, and she lamented that people there “vote against their own interest”. She’s a peach.
I think she missed the big point…
Journalists lie
Seems like every time I am at an event or an article is written about somewhere I know, the article does not jive with what I know.
but that is just my lived experience, man
I already don’t give a shit.
Wow.
You didn’t bother to fact-check extremely dubious claims such as in the Minnesota article – FOR SEVEN YEARS. I hope all their editors end up passed out in a Reeperbahn gutter.
Glad he got sacked. Shame it hasn’t happened to more lying journalists/editors yet.
Q’s post from last night: Trump voters in the mist.
Scooped. FAKE NEWS.
Congrats!
Moving sucks but new adventures are the best. Oh, and I’m sure we’ll meet one day. It’s fate.
Looks like an OMWC friendly place, too!
But you’ve been thwarting it.
“What do you want from me? I sent three boats!”
SP he got a perfectly good bike out of dodging you.
Shitty bike.
“WE’RE MOVING!”
Solution: going away party, lots of booze, get them to do something problematic, send to employer.
Sigh. You would pound our only real regret.
I know, you move with us!
This is for Pie. Romanian trolls Jacobin magazine and it’s glorious:
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2018/12/19/isnt-socialism-amazing-jacobin-gets-some-help-with-their-christmas-gift-list-in-brutal-thread-pics/
Yeah someone mentioned that guys twitter before… It may help even some Romanian socialists, but I am not one of them
Bring back any painful memories?
Nope. I was to young for painful memories. But I have studied the history. So I know these things well. But many in Romania my age do no or some how are nostalgic about them.
Brutal.
This would work too:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/85325/kolejka
I was assured that if no one charged rent you could just go round and round and make infinite money…
OMG. That’s fucking awesome. Had to retweet.
Carlos Ghosn and Greg Kelly released from Japanese jail. They’ll still try to prosecute him for fake tax evasion charges because he tried to merge Nissan and Renault.
https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKCN1OJ0DK
How is the sex in Japanese prison? The whole prison rape thing is not really a thing in Romanian prison, based on the very few talks I have had with convicts.
Pie, with the important questions.
It’ll make you wish you could commit seppuku with a rusty shank.
The criminal justice system in Japan is quite different compared to the US…
An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It
NEEDZ MOAR REGULAYSHUNZ!
It’s an interesting case and one where the miners have an argument.
Crystalline silica exposure is roughly equivalent to asbestos in terms of toxicity. Working in the airborne dust for hours a day for years will kill you. There is no treatment as the silica embeds in your lungs and forms scar tissue. Eventually your lungs harden up and you suffocate, that is unless you get lung cancer first.
The problem, as always, is how OSHA is responding to the risk. Their new silica standard is overly broad and puts a regulatory burden on incidental exposures, creating a massive cost for the construction industry. Anywhere you see concrete dust, a percentage of it is silica, but quantifying it is next to impossible or at least, very expensive. OSHA takes the approach of treating it all like it is toxic unless otherwise proven, thus forcing contractors into overly expensive controls.
I know our argument is that the market will always resolve these issues through civil liability, but…
But what?
Absent OSHA, these miners would all sue the company and the company would take steps in the future to avoid being sued.
Well, they’re still going to be suing the company presumably, but it’s too little too late when you’re on your death bed. And if the cost of settling claims is equal or less than the cost of mitigation there’s no financial incentive to mitigate. It isn’t as if the regulatory state is any better, but it’s an easy sell in a lot of cases because the market is amoral and often produces absolutely abhorrent outcomes on an individual level.
True. These guys all got a raw deal that will likely kill them despite the existence of OSHA.
The regulatory state gives companies an out right now as long as they were following OSHA guidelines, even if the guidelines are wrong.
The regulatory state sets a floor for safety that in some places is too high and in others too low. The burden of discovering what is safe and what isn’t is largely pushed off of market actors and onto the state.
Ask all the bankrupt asbestos companies if mitigation is easier than “settling”…
I mean, it’s a different calculation in each circumstance, and not every one ends up becoming the gold mine that asbestos litigation has become. The infamous Pinto cost/benefit didn’t bankrupt Ford Motor Co. for instance.
Montana Man Shoots At Guy He Thinks Is Bigfoot
The alleged shooter supposedly told his victim, “If I see something that looks like Bigfoot, I just shoot at it.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/montana-hunter-shoots-at-guy-he-thinks-is-bigfoot_us_5c1aac7de4b08aaf7a848ff1
STEVE SMITH HAVE NO COMMENT FOR PRESS.
HIM HAVE HEALTHY FEAR OF STEVE SMITH!!
STEVE SMITH NO VISIT MONTANA NO MORE. RAPE FUN BUT NOT WORTH BULLET. STEVE GO RAPE IN LESS HEAVILY ARMED PARTS OF COUNTRY.
I see ‘HuffPuff’ and the first thing that pops in my head is ‘bullshit’.
STEVE SMITH SHOOT BACK. AND BY SHOOT, HE MEAN EJACULATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE.
Congratulations on your move SP. Will it be weird getting your drunk on at 10am during football season?
I think 11 am. MST, not PST there. And in our CA days, Spud and I had our Sunday ritual whereby we were already toasted by the 10 am kickoff, so at least *I* am acclimated.
One of my favorite things when we lived in Arizona was no daylight savings time. Not having to worry about that spring forward/fall back crap was glorious.
1999 would like to welcome you to the wonderful world of PVR.
I’ll adjust!
Syracuse cops push St. Joe’s to probe man’s rectum for drugs; ‘What country are we living in?’
https://www.syracuse.com//crime/2018/12/syracuse-cops-push-st-joes-to-probe-mans-rectum-for-drugs-what-country-are-we-living-in.html
Syracuse, NY — Syracuse police, a city court judge and St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center worked together last year to conduct a highly unusual drug search.
They collaborated to sedate a suspect and thread an 8-inch flexible tube into his rectum in a search for illegal drugs. The suspect, who police said had taunted them that he’d hidden drugs there, refused consent for the procedure.
At least two doctors resisted the police request. An X-ray already had indicated no drugs. They saw no medical need to perform an invasive procedure on someone against his will.
The hospital’s top lawyer got pulled in. He talked by with the judge who signed the search warrant, which was written by police and signed at the judge’s home.
When they were done, the hospital lawyer overruled the doctors. The lawyer told his doctors that a search warrant required the doctors to use “any means” to retrieve the drugs, records show.
So, was it worth the risk? The X-ray was right. The scope found no drugs.
And when they were done, St. Joe’s sent the suspect a bill for $4,595.12.
I have to admit your American legal system impresses me on occasion
Just look at the Mueller investigation. That ain’t about justice.
It’s about power.
Does a search warrant impose a burden on others to perform a search? Sounds to me like the suspect has a hell of a court case.
I want RC Dean to weigh in on this.
“St. Joe’s sent the suspect a bill for $4,595.12.”
That’s just disgusting.
They eventually forgave it.
This is supposed to be a happy occasion! Let’s not bicker and argue about who probed who,
What was the line in Brazil?
Don’t fight it son. Confess quickly! If you hold out too long you could jeopardize your credit rating.
I read about it the other day. The guy told the cops he had drugs up his ass. Not sure if that makes it legal, but that’s a crazy thing to tell cops unless you want an anal probe.
Even if he said that, the appropriate course of action would have been to hold him until he had a bowel movement. An anal probe was just retribution.
Can they legally give you laxatives?
Exactly. They were just ‘showing him’ who’s boss. The cops, lawyers and judge conspired to fuck him in the ass.
The doctors explained it was a) not necessary and b) dangerous.
Do judges ever stand up to cops. It seems they give warrants out like OMWC from a van.
Judges are elected. Cops belong to unions.
Do I have to say more?
Not in all states. NJ has appointed judiciary. About 3 decades ago it was relatively apolitical.
Now, of course, its politicized and a disaster.
Daycare was fine before Quebec thought it was all progressive and decided to subsidize it.
Now it’s a politicized shit show filled with corruption and cronyism.
Idiots. Politicians and citizens both for allowing this nonsense to take place.
In fairness though, the guy was acting a bit weird. Don’t goad the cops.
“She was asking for it”
The law shouldn’t care about weirdness.
“Do judges ever stand up to cops.”
No, they do not. That’s why, every election, when “Shall Judge X be retained in office?” appears on the ballot, I vote No.
Same here – even judges I thought were good during their term. They need to turn over, every time.
No worries – the guy will end up with a lot more than that after the Section 1983 lawsuit…
Wow. That’s some long-ass, harrowing story.
End the war on drugs.
Well, as a hospital lawyer, I see several things wrong with this.
(1) WTF are they thinking, billing the guy? That’s fraud, because you bill people for therapeutic procedures, and this wasn’t therapeutic.
(2) So, the cops got a warrant to do an anal exam. Fine. That doesn’t mean the hospital or the doctors have to perform the procedure. I’ve been down this road before, with BAC testing. You can get a warrant, but that doesn’t mean a particular hospital or hospital employee has to draw the blood, and my rule has always been we’ll gather evidence only if the suspect doesn’t object. If he does, we ain’t doing jack, because we don’t do things to people against their will.
The hospital’s top lawyer is wrong. As an uninvolved third party, you can’t impede the search (which would be obstruction), but you don’t have to perform it either. You can if you want to, but you can’t be forced to.
Now, if the judge issued an order that named the doctors and the hospital and required them to do the search, we’d be in court. I believe such an order would be illegal and beyond the court’s authority.
And, of course, there’s always the fact that you don’t have to do an anal exam to find out if somebody has something stuffed up their ass. All you have to do is wait them out.
Bottom line: the suspect in this case has a fine civil rights claim against the police, and an assault claim against the doctors.
Doing a blood draw for BAC is exactly analogous to what was done here. I went toe to toe with the local cops on it in Texas, who threatened to arrest an ED nurse who refused to do the blood draw over a patient’s objection (I told them she was acting under my direction, and if they were going to arrest anyone for obstruction, it was going to be me). By the time we were done, the cops had contracted with phlebotomists to do blood draws on objecting suspects at the jail.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/health/utah-nurse-officer-arrest-settlement-trnd/index.html
Case in point
Is the modern search warrant similar to a search warrant in the time of the founding, in that is not really more nor less than than an exception from liability for otherwise illegal behavior. IE barging into someones warehouse and looking in a crate = trespass, but a warrant makes the officer immune?
Or do warrants now impose an affirmative duty on anyone under any situation to take a particular action the way a subpeona does?
“St. Joe’s sent the suspect a bill for $4,595.12.”
Which I would immediately remit to the Syracuse PD.
Congratulations on the new job. I went to U of A and have very fond memories of living there. Still go back to visit family and friends once in a while, but not often enough.
I went to U of A and have very fond memories of living there – because you were young mostly… How’s the pussy at the old U of A ?
Once again Pie asking the important questions.
Prime. Grade A #1.
Probably the same as it is now…plentiful.
Fuck man. I’ve never even been to Arizona, and I know the answer to that.
I got my undergraduate and grad degree at the UofA. The scenery on campus is amazing. I was an undergrad in the days of a Danskin and short shorts as the female school winter uniform.
Hey! I really liked your table. I come from a long line of folk with zero abilities in the craftsmanly arts.
Cherish. The
cabintable.Oh, but you know, like what? When I was in fourth grade for Invention Convention I used a jigsaw to cut out a piece of wood and lashed it to a baseball glove so you had to use both hands to catch the ball! So….there! *Spits, but saliva is too loogey-fied to project, and pathetically dribbles out of mouth*
Well done, bud! For the record, I do know how to change a tire.
Thanks Evan! My family has always been handy with small jobs around the house and what not, especially my grandfather. I still have some of his tools and use them frequently. The wood working and furniture making doesn’t run in the family, but I did have a relative who ran a cabinet shop many years ago so maybe there’s some genetics involved.
I read an article recently about how wood workers are never really happy with the things they make for other people. This made me laugh because it’s exactly how I feel. Overall, I’m happy and even impressed with myself, but definitely would do things differently the next time. And if it’s hideous I can just burn it and no one will ever know.
Congrats on the move! Lord H and I did a winter move once – in a blizzard – December. I was pregnant, had just gotten off bed rest & no one would let me help. So I hope your adventure is helluvaa better than that!
Heh, when we moved to Montana, we ended up encountering tornadoes in Colorado. I’m hoping for less adventure.
“Snownado”
” & no one would let me help.”
I read that at first as “No one would help me”, and thought, DAMN.
When my daughter was 4 months old an ice storm in Memphis knocked out power/heat to our apartment for 3 weeks. We lived like hobos moving between friends’ apartments as power was slowly restored throughout the city.
We were what every buddy was looking for. Three people with a small fussy baby to keep them up all night.
We moved in Minneapolis in January with my wife being 6 months pregnant. She’s kind of hard headed about carrying stuff – its a point of pride that she never takes 2 trips to carry in the groceries. Her OB said she could lift anything she felt up to, and I did a lit search that verified that. Still, no one let her carry anything. She was really pissed.
Nothing but trouble when you start listening to the OB.
Farewell shutstain. Sen. Jeff Flake will co-introduce carbon tax legislation in his final two weeks in office.
The guy has a serious case of resting cuck face.
Most Libertarian Senator /TOS
Has Ron Bailey written the hagiography yet?
It wasn’t just Ron Bailey. Almost the entire Reason staff had a serious chub for Jeff Flake.
He gave an interview on immigration to Reason a couple years(?) back where he sounded pretty reasonable (drink). That was the beginning of the love affair.
Well the carbon tax part would be Bailey’s beat though. That man loves him some “market-based” carbon taxes.
“Sen. Jeff Flake will co-introduce carbon tax legislation in his final two weeks in office.
Flake became a prominent anti-Trumper and is now teaming up with Democrats to push climate policies.”
Of course he will. Want to see everything wrong with the R’s? Look at that flaky fucker. He is at the top of the ‘kick his ass’ list.
His guiding principle seemed to be: do whatever gets me lauded in the press. He is the epitome of spineless.
Arizona elects the worst senators.
Generally true (Deconcini, McCain, Flake, and Carla Marx) but they did keep electing Barry Goldwater.
Goldwater brings their average up, possibly to best in the country, but they are definitely trying to get back to the mean as fast as possible.
Congratulations on the move. I think you will find the taxes more bearable in Arizona.
They’re actually higher in AZ (IL has high property tax, but we rent), but they won’t be higher after the new IL governor gets done. I was amazed at how much more expensive gas is in Phoenix compared to here.
(IL has high property tax, but we rent)
You’re still paying the tax, you just remit it to your landlord instead of the department of revenue.
Nah, SP and OMWC are low rent type of people. I’ve met them.
They’re basically squatters.
“but they won’t be higher after the new IL governor gets done”
They’re already crafting the tax increase as we speak.
Also, I imagine sales tax is higher in IL.
Congrats on moving somewhere with good weather.
The property tax is what I was thinking on. You mentioned the rates paid in Chicago in a thread once. Also, just because you rent doesn’t mean that you don’t pay property taxes. They are just passed through your landlord first.
Yes, but rental costs are about the same. How that’s allocated by the landlord is immaterial to us.
From what I’ve experienced (in the Chicago area) the higher the property taxes the more likely the landlord skimps on maintenance and searches for Section 8ers.
What’s the price of water there?
Anything less than a thirty percent tax on utilities would be an improvement
22 grains of spice per decaliter
Do you pay the fai? I give NOTHING to the Harkonnen.
When you get there, could you ask the guy with the extra chain saws if they are Stihl (not steal ). I’ll pay the ship…Ooops, asking for a friend…
No power tool is the wrong power tool.
+220V
I’m man enough to admit when I’m wrong…
I was wrong, there is a wrong power tool.
“Our doctors did all they could, but in the end they were unable to remove the smile from his face”
WTF are the orphans for??
WooHoo! Phoe…..
nix?
All things considered, it’s a big upgrade. Yuuuuge. Congrats and felicitations.
Looking forward to permitless CC!
I have an AZ CC permit, because that gets me reciprocity for CC in some other states (notably NM and TX). I had a Texas permit when I moved to AZ, so it was just a matter of exchanging it. I think they will issue permits after a pretty typical shall-issue process, but I am not sure what it might involve since I didn’t need to go through it.
I possess a NY CC permit. I just like not *having* to have one.
Congrats on the new job and the move to a more free, (hopefully) less corrupt city. Being able to start over with new equipment and personnel sounds teh awesome.
Hope the move goes well for you all (including TWD).
Assume SP’s webdesign business is location-independent. Does this change the recertification plans?
Yes, my agency will continue apace.
Yes, my plans to get back into healthcare are derailed. I had *finally* gotten to the point of being “allowed” to enroll in the program for a late January start. Long commute from AZ!
I shall investigate my options out there after we get somewhat settled.
I don’t feel like working but I don’t want to leave work yet. Hmmmm… Eh good old internet
Having to apologize for calling an otter fat is peak 2018.
https://twitter.com/CountDankulaTV/status/1075547955254431744
Absolute unit.
I am very pleased that OMWC and SP are moving away from Chicago.
Dammit. I only have a few minutes, I will be back later.
So are we. PHX would not be our first choice, but it ranks way ahead of Atlanta or anywhere in Florida for us.
Good call. Atlanta is the fifth circle of hell.
Not a fan of Px, but would choose it over Chi town.
Democratic party consultants admit to running an online false flag operation tying Roy Moore to Russian bots, but say: “it was impossible that a $100,000 operation had an impact on the race.”
NYT writer chimes in: “The secret project, carried out on Facebook and Twitter, was likely too small to have a significant effect on the race, in which the Democratic candidate it was designed to help, Doug Jones, edged out the Republican, Roy S. Moore. ”
So its impossible that $100k expenditure had any impact on a tight Alabama senate election, but a similar sized Russian operation spread over the entire country swung the presidential election. Sure thing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/alabama-senate-roy-jones-russia.html
And people will accept both arguments at face value.
*bangs head on desk*
Also Brexit. And probably a lot more.
Congrats! I reckon we’ll see you all down there at some point; Mrs. Animal and I want to take a driving vacation some February or March across the Southwest.
In fact there’s an item on my bucket list that involves AZ. I want to go to WInslow, rent a flatbed Ford truck from somewheres, just so I can stand on a corner in town and have Mrs. A drive by and pick me up.
The rest of that bucket list item I’ll leave to y’all’s imaginations.
I want to go to WInslow, rent a flatbed Ford truck from somewheres, just so I can stand on a corner in town and have Mrs. A drive by and pick me up.
Weird flex, but OK.
What if she drives right on by? Maybe THAT’S her bucket list item!
Then I guess I’ll just take it easy.
We’d love to see you!
Winslow already has that statue.
We’ll make it happen. Once New Jersey finally lets me go, at any rate.
Human rights group decries Twitter for its capacity to oppress women
Social media’s ills go beyond individual harassment and have become a global humanitarian issue
https://www.salon.com/2018/12/18/human-rights-group-decries-twitter-for-its-capacity-to-oppress-women/
This is getting to Tits McGrath levels of parody
Also Tits mcgrath has competition. This has to be a form of violence
https://twitter.com/MadelineSeers13
Also enough internet I am going home. Have to hit the gym. The traffic has been absolute murder in Bucharest this December. I almost can’t believe it, and it is been bad for years. There are areas which look basically like a parking lot and probably half the city is gridlocked. Praised be the subway. I mean say what you will about communism, they build some subway.
“Tits mcgrath”
Much better name.
LOLOL OK that’s pretty good. Someone posted some nonsense from her yesterday that I couldn’t tell if satire.
Twitter should ban all men from the platform. For equality.
https://twitter.com/normative/status/1075521521173577733
“On the rare occasions Trump does something I think is fundamentally a good idea, I worry he’s doing it so ineptly the execution will end up discrediting the idea.”
TDS is real and it makes you retarded. You cannot discredit ending an illegal war because…..the war should not be going on to begin with.
Sanchez has his head in his ass so far that he cannot help but look that gift horse in the mouth.
That metaphor sucks, but you get the idea.
Rand Paul drank his milkshake and he just can’t even
The neo-con media is going apeshit this morning.
We shall feast on their tears
Truly, Trump has brought Salty Tear Production to all time highs.
I did not know there was an actual MTV video for the National Lampoon’s Vacation song. Good luck, Sloopy and Banjos. Stop by if you get to the Nation’s Wang.
CNN’S 2014 JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR RESIGNS AFTER ADMITTING TO FALSIFYING STORIES
A reporter at the German news magazine Der Spiegel — who won CNN’s Journalist of the Year Award in 2014 — resigned on Wednesday after admitted to making up stories.
Claas Relotius “falsified articles on a grand scale and even invented characters,” Der Spiegel admitted in a statement.
It went on, “He included individuals in his stories who he had never met or spoken to, telling their stories or quoting them. Instead, he would reveal, he based the depictions on other media or video recordings.”
They also acknowledged that the fraud was discovered when Relotius worked alongside another reporter, Juan Moreno, in November. Moreno was suspicious following a story they co-bylined about a vigilante group that patrols the Mexican-U.S. border. Moreno proceeded to report his concerns to Der Spiegel and went to report on another story with Relotius to see if he could find out more information.
Since 2011, Relotius published just under 60 articles and by his own admission 14 of them “are at least in part fabrications,” their statement included.
///FakeNews is an international phenomenon.
Hmmmm
Meh. I don’t really read the thread until my lunch break.
Congratulations! Seriously, that’s awesome.
Yell at sarwark when you see him.
Yell atkick sarwark when you see him.ftfy
Thanks, DOOM. I’m especially looking forward to trying the pizza at Pizzeria Bianco!
Good morning. Glad some of you liked last night’s article. Sorry I couldn’t be here to further discuss.
Your author bio was my favorite part. Nice to see another real Marine around here. Too many posers around here who went to Parris Island.
Semper Fi, Brother!
Aaaaaah fuck off, Hollywood.
Inter-Jarhead sniping…. humph.
SMAH
So when you you sell your Packer jerseys and buy Cardinal jerseys?
Bite your tongue!
Ahem, MY jerseys are Ravens.
SP, well, you never know with her.
MY jerseys are Ravens
If you check around, I’m sure you will find some local charity that helps clothe the mentally ill. You don’t have to live that way.
Yeah, Minnesodans are notoriously allergic to purple.
Cory Gardner
✔
@SenCoryGardner
The US is the only global power able to stop Russia, Iran, & their terrorist proxies in Syria from total control of a region vital to national security. We’ve made significant progress in our fight against ISIS but the fight isn’t over, & a US withdrawal will embolden bad actors.
Fuck that asshole, Does the GOP ever get tired of using the same damn talking points? In what way is Syria “Vital” to our National Security? How could it be so vital that we let it be ruled by a dictator who we had no diplomatic relations with?
How about this Senator just grab himself a standard-issue rifle, some equipment, and ship his own ass to Syria if he wants it to be protected so badly?
We really need to get back to the time where war fucks like Teddy Roosevelt would raise, arm, pay and serve in a regiment on their own.
Noted alt-right racist Lindsey Graham would probably call his all white regiment the “Graham Crackers”
Hell, in what way is the middle east vital to our security? We don’t even get our oil from there, we produce it domestically and get it from Mexico and Canada. It’s important to Europe, so let them deal with the bullshit.
Syria has been under Russian influence for decades. In fact, it was part of the genesis of our support for Israel as a counterweight to Soviet influence in the ME.
Gardner is a historically illiterate shitstain.
For the record, the US basically begged Russia to take a larger role in Syria. And now we are complaining about that?
I’ll give you a guess who was President at the time.
+1 More Flexible After the Election
Very true. It’s long been the site of Russia’s only warm water naval base.
My dream is that we could trick Russia into “taking over” Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, etc. as well.
Let them spend a zillion dollars trying to keep the natives from killing each other.
Republicans are so butt hurt. That Congress is raising a bigger stink about ENDING an illegal war than they did over STARTING an illegal war perfectly encapsulates what’s wrong in this country.
Rand Paul won. Get fucked warmongers
Any excuse to keep the wars going is good enough. What’s the point of having a giant MIC if you aren’t going to use it.
He’s gotta keep his warboner rock hard.
Reddit guy bugs NFL stats officials, gets scored changed.
Fantasy football managers in agony and ecstasy as they are tossed or added to their Championship game.
I want to go to WInslow, rent a flatbed Ford truck from somewheres, just so I can stand on a corner in town and have Mrs. A drive by and pick me up.
Not the Eagles, man.
The meth lab of democracy. That is all.
Ooooh, interesting development.
The Lady just–totally out of the blue–dropped on me that she got a job in Chiang Mai. She gets the contract tomorrow and….THE GIG STARTS JANUARY 2. She hates her job but she’s going to have to do a Midnight Run to do that shit. Which is icky but a well-known tactic. She’s very miserable here.
This does many things for me. I can’t live with her–We’ve been together for 8 months and that’s waaaaay too early to move in together. I’m a very private person. This will make her get her own place. That’s fantastic. It also will let us stay together (we were going to amicably break up–long talk we had) but also remain independent. It also helps both of us with plugging into the new social pipeline.
I’m trying to iron out the details with the contract (euphemism, hell no) but she’s kinda busy and lives 45 min away.
Intrigue, She Wrote!
Sorry to hear about you and the Lady, but glad at least it was amicable. Wishing the best for you in these upcoming weeks.
Oh wait, I read it wrong and thought y’all broke up. Anyways, point is, hope shit works out for the best of both of you.
She followed you to another country. You’re already married…
No! She’s preceding me!…though I grant it’s because it was my idea first!
Most important thing is that it ensures that she has to get her own place.
This is a very good development. Though it’s looking like she’s not making the move until February now. She’s going to look at the counter-offer tomorrow.
Just whip it out and say ‘here’s your counter offer’.
Whip it out, onto the counter of course.
Third of rare Scotch whiskies tested found to be fake
I dont understand why people pay that much for rare whiskeys and such if they cant even taste the difference between it and a fake.
Maybe if I had millions of dollars to blow on things like that I would feel differently, but it seems pretty stupid to me.
Does it taste good?
Does it get me drunk?
How much?
The only questions that matter.
$13 for a gallon of cheap canadien whiskey that gets mixed with Vernors.
To use an adage from war: Quantity has its own quality.
The incorrect use of the word “fake” bothers me because of its imprecision. Its real whiskey, just counterfit provenance. If you can bury your face in it and make motorboat sounds, its real. Like not supernatural. Just, you know, surgically enhanced with non-biological…
wait, what are we talking about again?:
Congrats on the move! We had some friends who lived in Temp for a few years. They loved to hike and be outdoors so it was great for them. We visited them a few times and while the heat sucked, there was just so much to see. If you drove an hour or less in any direction you would see something spectacular.
Yeah, the scenery here is rather… planar.
Oh come now…you had plenty of flooding by you…so that was different!
Southern Arizona mostly sucks for scenery. It’s a lot of brown rocks and sand, mostly. Northern Arizona, however, can be spectacular. The Painted Desert in particular is amazing.
Southern Arizona mostly sucks for scenery.
Its hit or miss. There is plenty of flat nothing between Tucson and Phoenix, but you gonna tell me this scenery sucks?
Where is it? Can’t open Imgur at work.
Eastern Tucson. Southern Arizona, for reals.
If you drive the back way between Tucson and Phoenix and stay away from the Interstate it is much more scenic. Large stretches of the I-Corridor were agricultural fields when I was a youth. It will take time for the desert to properly reclaim them.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/12/19/victor_davis_hanson_the_elites_havent_faced_consequences_comey_clapper_brennan_rice_all_lied.html
“We have a whole bunch… here at home, that feel they can dictate to people and they’re never subject to the ramifications of their own ideology and policy,” he said of elites. “And it’s like the emperor has no clothes and then they’re surprised that Trump won or surprised that people are rioting in Paris. What did they think was going to happen?”
They haven’t faced consequences, and they never will. I try not to get worked up over this shit anymore, because it’s only going to get worse.
Look at what austerity has done! I hope you monsters with your constant demands to cut spending can sleep well at night after seeing this story.
Lol.
“K-9 Officer Callahan”
What? He got busted down to officer? Place is going to the dogs
I know what you’re thinking. Did he put three scoops of kibble in the bowl, or only two? Well, to tell the truth, in the middle of all this excitement, I lost track myself so the question you need to ask yourself is, do I feel lucky. Well, do ya, mutt?
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/spo/d/treadmill-model-t35/6776766280.html
Problem solved.
I was thinking along the same lines. Drive around town in the spring and they’ll be on the curb with “free” signs on them.
Or… running outside on the street is free, and more “real-life.”
But then the
fat pigcop the K9 is assigned to would have to also get exercise. Not. Happening.Wait, aren’t you in Illinois currently? How can you possibly leave our glorious state without first testing out the CTA’s brand-not-so-new pee shield technology?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-cta-urine-shields-20181219-story.html
I’ll bet those Arizona yokels have never even heard of urine guards!
*folds arms smugly and nods*
Did you see the story in the last couple days that estimates more than 45k people have left IL in 2018?
Remember when Illinois floated trying to pass a “Retroactive” tax on anyone who had lived in the State, because they benefited so much from the services.
They are floating a 1% realestate tax idea – pure punishment.
Yes, I did. I may be joining them in the upcoming year.
Just pee in the corner of the elevator.
Surrender, or ignominious defeat?
U.S. forces will still be able to carry out air strikes or fire artillery from neighboring Iraq against ISIS operations on the ground. Yet the U.S. gains in Syria will be put at risk because of what will widely be perceived as a hasty decision, a premature exit—and potentially a de-facto surrender to Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah. The central flaw in Trump’s decision, U.S. experts and former diplomats told me, is that it does not contribute to a long-term plan to insure stability in the liberated northeast or to protect local forces—the local Kurdish population and the Syrian Democratic Forces—who fought, at enormous loss in life, to oust ISIS.
“What is deplorable is abandoning Syria without seeking political arrangements and security guarantees to assist those Kurdish and Arab tribal groups who shed blood to help us achieve our goal,” Kattouf said. “Russia will be seen in the region as having done everything possible to rescue its ally, Assad, while the U.S. once again left the Kurds to fend for themselves in a hostile neighborhood.”
We hgaven’t turned Syria into a democratic paradise similar to California. We can’t just leave.
I just assumed that was National Review before I clicked on it. Seeing the leftists and the neocons joining hands to oppose this is just fucking disgusting. If the author wants to occupy Syria I’ll gladly buy her a rifle and a plane ticket.
Outside of the legal issues with how we got into Syria, the goals are nebulous and the risks are high.
Syria is Russia’s turf, period. We cannot stay there indefinitely without risking a broader conflict with Assad and as a corollary, Russia. We’re fucking around in a situation that can only get worse with continued involvement.
My dog is whining because it’s storming and he wants to go outside. He is staring at me imploring me to do something. How do I explain to him I’m not Jewish or a lizard person, so am not responsible for the weather?
I opened the door. Now he is just sitting, watching the rain. Weird dog.
I had a cat like that. He’d yowl to go outside, but when the door opened in the winter he’d cringe at the cold and refuse to go out. As soon as the door closed, he’d go back to yowling to go out.
Eventually, I’d kick him out and he’d go have a fine old time killing birds and squirrels.
“Can’t you change the fucking channel????”
HOOMAN, MAKE IT WARMER.
Model Daisy Fuentes Marx asks the TSA why she had to remove her sweater but a woman in a burka did not
I understand the sentiment here, but I don’t like the implication. The correct answer should be why is the TSA so intrusive while still being ineffective. Something is wrong there
“I demand you make unreasonable demands on everyone.”
Or – why are they searching everyone except people dressed as literal terrorists.
IRA wear burkas?
Yes. The Mics are a real and imminent threat.
the 9/11 Hi-Jackers wore Burkas?
No, because they weren’t trying to conceal anything dangerous.
So you’re saying that quintessential Terrorists were not “Dressed like Terrorists”?
Has there been a problem with the IRA in the past couple of decades?
In the UK it still is sporadically. But, during The Troubles, the UK did enforce its security apparatus based upon who was Catholic and who was Protestant. And since Catholics were more likely to support IRA activities the government conducted more extensive background and policing in their community. Which only further created a segregation in society and the enforcement was counter productive as Catholics (even abroad) became more supportive of the IRA because law enforcement was being imposed disproportionately.
It was a self fulfilling prophecy.
Forgetabout it man. We’re just Burka Apologists.
True
Dressed as what we stereotype a terrorist to look like. How a very stupid terrorist would dress.
Complaining that unfair rules are not being applied to everyone is not something that I consider convincing
Complaining that unfair rules are not being applied to everyone is not something that I consider convincing
It’s a legit criticism that forms the basis for most of our critique of protected classes and the privilege of power.
The criticism of protected class status is that the government is providing a benefit based upon race in order to stop society from taking race into account. It’s a self-defeating and circular concept.
I understand what you are saying, but the TSA searching you or not is not a benefit. It’s an intrusive action undertaken by the state. The notion that the state is not imposing itself on others who you deem should be subject to such actions is justifying the government’s action to begin with.
This is the same problem that I have with people who complain about religious exemptions to laws. Just because one person can get away from government force does not mean that we should insist that the government should impose force on everyone equally. Instead, the complaint should be “the government should not be imposing this law to begin with”.
By this logic, we should get equally upset that rich people are able to lower their tax burden through exemptions. Maybe the problem is that we have a complex and onerous tax system?
the TSA searching you or not is not a benefit.
Well, them not searching you is a benefit if they do search everyone else – you’re arguably getting the privilege of privacy that’s denied to others.
Just because one person can get away from government force does not mean that we should insist that the government should impose force on everyone equally. Instead, the complaint should be “the government should not be imposing this law to begin with”.
They’re not necessarily mutually exclusive. It’s reasonable to say that the law should be equally applied, and also that the law is bad and needs to be scrapped or reformed. I’m inclined to think that the more exemptions you carve out to a bad law the less likely it is that it’ll ever be reformed and just remain as a cudgel to abuse the disfavored.
Obamacare would be a case in point. The piecemeal granting of waivers and exemptions to certain enforcement provisions rather than an actual repeal of the law is going to leave in place the power structure for the law’s consequences to be wielded or withheld at the whims of a tyrannical bureaucracy and executive.
“It’s reasonable to say that the law should be equally applied”
Sure, but how do we know that this is not the case. Just because a Muslim woman was not searched does not mean that no Muslim women are ever searched. I don’t know if there is evidence to suggest this. TSA screenings are supposedly random.
What Tits McGee is arguing is that the law should not be equally applied. It should be based upon a stereotype.
I get the argument that you are making and it’s not without merit. I just think it’s a counterproductive argument.
Meh, this ultimately gets at the heart of what the TSA does. Randomly selecting people for searches is a colossally idiotic way to do screening, even if the searches really are random without any political or social bias. If your screening is random, then it’s conceivably reasonable to search the model with a sweater and leave the lady in the full body ninja suit alone (or cavity search the sobbing 9 year old girl and leave the business traveler alone, as the case may be), but it’s also possibly the dumbest fucking way to screen for dangerous contraband getting onto the airplane if that’s ostensibly your concern. A random screening probably wouldn’t have stopped 9/11. Profiling based on stereotypes may have. But in any case, you can’t help but get indignant when you get singled out for something only to see others who arguably pose just as great a risk being passed over, even if you don’t fully work through the logic of it. So in that sense I can sympathize with the logic of “hey, this doesn’t really seem all that egalitarian”, at the same time I think the TSA is the biggest joke in the entire history of government and should be disposed of in a Nuremberg-like process.
The tweet doesn’t say anything about “cavity searches” – just that she “had to remove her sweater”. It could be she just went through the rapescan machine like everyone else.
I didn’t meant to imply that, just that they literally have strip searched small children before (while letting others walk right past). There’s no real rhyme or reason to whatever method they pretend to be using at any given time.
SLD regarding the TSA is useless not withtanding, it’s easy to conceal stuff in a burka and terrorists like the underwear bomber aren’t exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer.
If they wore spandex bodysuits instead of burkas I don’t think there would be an issue.
Heh, she’s getting slammed for being anti-Muslim so her hubby feels the need to dis Trump as a defense.
Fuck them. You either stand on principle or you don’t.
Richard Marx is a name I could have never read again in my lifetime and I would have been perfectly happy. He should be tweeting out apologies for the music he put out in the 80s, not attacking Trump.
Welp, Daisy. Prepared to be un-personed.
Sit back and just watch this Ouroboros do its thing.
In response, the TSA issued the following statement:
“Them titties ain’t gonna screen themselves!”
“Schwing!”
Cause if they did that, it would cause an uproar in the Muslim world, and another Terrorist attack might happen and THEN the TSA would be shown to be ineffective and only serves to trample american rights.
This gal has the same problem getting through the TSA line. (may not be SFW)
I’m guessing it was more of a desire by the TSA goon to see her sweater puppies than anything religious.
I used to have a rather attractive coworker that got picked every single time she traveled. Every. Single. Time.
Coincidence, I know.
This is only confusing if your premise is that the TSA’s mission is to prevent terrorism.
I flew for the first time in 7 or 8 years a few weeks ago.
Best I can tell, The TSA is a jobs program for the otherwise unemployable.
FIFY
DAMMIT!!!! And after you got me all het up for a KC move, too. No more tapas… *sniffle sniffle*
Yeah, I was supposed to be in a meeting with HR this morning about relocation. “I guess this may change the agenda.”
LOL!
Very exciting. I’m happy for you.
BuzzFeed Wins Anti-Trump Dossier Lawsuit
On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro ruled in favor of BuzzFeed’s motion for summary judgment on the case, a decision celebrated by editor-in-chief Ben Smith, who provides a summary of the company’s defense in a statement posted online. In the statement, Smith works in some quick jabs at Trump, his former lawyer Michael Cohen (who dropped his own defamation suit against BuzzFeed last year) and a certain unnamed “major news anchor” (NBC’s Chuck Todd, who told Smith that he effectively published “fake news”).
“When we published the Steele Dossier in 2017, we were met with outrage from many corners — a major news anchor and President Trump deemed it ‘fake news’; and several Russian businessman, plus Michael Cohen, sued for defamation,” said Smith in the statement. “Today, almost two years later, a federal judge has vindicated our decision. As Judge Ungaro affirmed in her ruling, a key principle underlying the First Amendment is that the public has a right to know about actions taken by its government. As we have said from the start, a document that had been circulated at the highest levels of government, under active investigation by the FBI, and briefed to two successive presidents, is clearly the subject of ‘official action.’ Moreover, its publication has contributed to the American people’s understanding of what is happening in their country and their government. We are thrilled by today’s outcome, and thank Judge Ungaro for taking the time to consider this case on its merits.”
Sure it did…
Fixed that part for you, good sir.
” its publication has contributed to the American people’s understanding of what is happening in their country and their government”
As in we all understand to what low the establishment will go to preserve power. It’s funny that they are so proud of having published something so salaciously false.
Probably more that they are dancing so close to bankruptcy at any given moment that damages from a judgement against them would bury them right next to Gawker.
Congrats on the new adventure! Now I’m really bummed I missed you guys on your way through North Dakota.
Does this mean Glibs time will no longer be Central time?
“Central time”
The only legitimate time zone, so…..
Correct.
/Not A Time Zone Apologist
FALSE. Mountain Time is the one true time zone. All else are deviations.
(i’ll make exceptions for UTC)
Are you advocating for Central Planning?
*Totes agree that there is only one true time zone and it contains Minnesoda.
Bug, not feature
No, since the Glib Foundation is registered in Texas, Glibtime will stay as is.
Stupid heavy posters and shit were stupidly attached to my wall (by me) with packing tape. Most have been taken off with minimal problems.
Anyone know any tricks that could de-stickify (I’M A SCIENTIST DAMMIT) adhesives to walls without damaging my precious decorations?
Hairdryer?
Goo Gone Citrus Power works well for sticker residue. Possibly diluted acetone, depending on the surface.
Do you mean remove the sticky residue form the wall or remove the precious things from the wall?
Goo Gone?
Concentrated lime or lemon juice?
acetone
Wait, don’t put that on posters or paintings, it’ll wreck them.
Goo Gone is good. Also try isopropyl.
Adhesive is the devil.
OOPS! will take anything off, but might damage the paint on the wall. In my experience it does sometimes and doesn’t other times.
No paint. Cheap wallpaper.
Acetone, acidity, can do. There is no way I can get Goo Gone here.
Hair dryer….not a bad thought…Will get Lady to bring hers down.
Thanks!
Peanut butter.
Shirley, you’re not serious.
I am totes serious
See also: baby oil.
It’s like you people were never moms.
baby oil, not safe for actual babies.
Baby oil isn’t for putting on babies. Its for making babies.
I learned something last night when I donated to St. Jude. The fundraising arm of St. Jude is called The American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC). I found that interesting. Does anyone know the back story to that? I assume some Lebanese/Syrian immigrants started St. Jude?
I assume some Lebanese/Syrian immigrants started St. Jude?
A rather famous one by the name of Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz. You might know him better as Danny Thomas.
That Guy.
Heh.
I knew someone here would get it.
Founded by Danny Thomas.
That’s fascinating. I didn’t know that either. I know Lebanon and Syria once hosted a large Chaldean Christian community.
Founder seems to have been Maronite Christian
Yes. I have a friend who comes from a long line of Maronite priests. Very interesting.
I never knew anything about St. Jude’s founding. Another positive effect of the US being a refuge for religious and ethnic minorities
I am a huge supporter of St Jude’s. When Webdom was born, a neighbor had a baby daughter within days. That child was born with a severe skeletal problem. St Jude’s not only performed several miraculous surgeries over the years as she grew, 100% without charge to her rather-not-well-off family, but made sure both parents could afford to be there with their daughter. They are amazing.
That’s beautiful
They are a Core Charity of my Swiss-American Masters – one of 5 that get all the $ we raise for such.
Another positive effect of the US being a refuge for religious and ethnic minorities
It takes a special sort of blindness to ignore the brilliance and richness of an assimilationist society like ours. “But this time, it’s different!” has been the ongoing refrain for more than a century, and it’s been wrong every time.
I remain more concerned with the tendencies to turn everyone into a victim class, but especially the determination to import more “victims” to bolster the ranks of the “disenfranchised”. Both sides of the political aisle seem determined to get it wrong on immigration. One wants unfettered immigration without accountability and the other wants a lockdown on illegal and legal immigration.
I forgot that Danny Thomas founded it (and I had no idea of his family’s background) or I would have looked at his Wikipedia page which states facts already presented. Thanks everyone. I’ll just add:
What a great human and a great success story.
Congrats on the move, I hope the new position will be exciting and rewarding. How many Glibs will be in the PHX area now? Will there be a critical mass that allows regular consumption of
too much wine, food, and song while keeping the authorities confused about the location?
While out there interviewing, OMWC had dinner and drinks with the several Founders who live in the metro area. I am sure more fun awaits!
Besides Glibs, there’s old friends from the Reason days. I had a delightful time with Grand Moff Serious Man and Kibby, besides Mexican Sharpshooter.
Whycome they no like us anymore?
*REDACTED*
They mentioned you.
Awesome news.
Phoenix is hotter than Tucson (you can usually count on five degrees or so more hotness in Phoenix in the summer) and more humid (believe it or not). I find Tucson summers to be bearable by a small margin, but not Phoenix.
I hope you like thunderstorms, because the monsoon definitely brings the boom.
Where in Phoenix are thinking about settling?
I loved the monsoons when I lived in NM. My current pup will not be a fan.
Somewhere east side. The idea being no commute for OMWC.
“I’m looking forward to visiting you and having a sample of your aged cocktails,” she shamelessly invited herself.
*checks dwindling stock of aged cocktails, orders more barrels*
ANTIFA LADY’S ATTORNEY CONFUSED THAT COURT ISN’T TREATING HER LIKE A WWII HERO
So far, the California middle school teacher, who has been associated with both Antifa and at least one other self-described anti-fascist group known as By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), has presented a litany of litigations aimed at getting her out of trouble.
She:
argued that a cover-up involving collusion between fascist protesters and the police had resulted in a “political witch hunt” that made her a target;
claimed the video evidence against her was “unauthenticated”;
claimed that the prosecution was racially motivated because all three anti-fascists who were charged are not white;
claimed the case is politically motivated and therefore an illegal violation of due process;
claimed to be a target because she is “the most publicly known opponent of Donald Trump in the state of California.”…
The most recent hearing, initially set for December 18, was delayed until January 22 because Felarca’s Michigan-based attorney came down with the flu. The judge’s failure to dismiss the case outright led attorney Mark Reichel — who is representing another client — to claim that she and other activists are being unfairly targeted for political reasons.
The district attorney is “selectively prosecuting people that fought fascists,” Reichel said, adding, “We used to call them heroes in World War II.”
Because assaulting someone that disagrees with you politically is exactly the same thing and is in no way thuggish and fascistic on your own part.
Also,
Sacramento County deputy district attorney Paris Coleman also spoke to claims that the prosecution was racially or politically motivated, saying, “No one from my office really cares [about the race of the defendants]. That’s not why they were charged. They are captured on video committing crimes, unfortunately for them.”
One of those times when a prosecutor is correct and doing his goddamned job.
“They are captured on video committing crimes, unfortunately for them.”
Tangential: I like to watch the Fail videos on YouTube, but what i still don’t get is all the videos of teen boys, doing something that will end up destroying property. Why would you film yourself doing something that could destroy/damage another persons property?
Because teen boys are dumb?
/source – was a teen boy years ago.
*stumbles, spits coffee*
What the hell?
Uh huh. After an election in which every Democrat running for dogcatcher boasted to take down the Bad Orange Man.
Somehow being an opponent of Trump excuses crimes.
How the romans taxed
I know I’ve posted this before, but i find it interesting how low the tax rate was for Rome throughout most of it’s history. Granted the supplemented by stealing from other cultures and nations.
I mean, the American colonists got so pissed off that they started a fucking war with one of the world’s great superpowers over tax rates that would barely be a rounding error in our modern society. There was a time when you had to tread lightly with that kind of shit or find yourself with your head on a pike.
“over tax rates that would barely be a rounding error in our modern society.”
True, although a large part of the colonists’s argument was about how the taxes were levied and why they were being levied.
It had more to do with the lack of representation and not being treated as full British citizens. The total tax burden here was lighter than in England and yet they still staged a revolution.
And cronyism. The tea tax cut the tax, but gave favor to merchants favored by the crown.
True, but I’d still say you could make a pretty good case that taxation is far more oppressive now, and that actual representation isn’t a whole lot better either. We’re willing to put up with a lot more shit ever since multi-continental wars with body counts in the millions became a thing.
Agree on the oppressiveness of taxes.
One of the ideological arguments at the time was that the British government had every right to levy taxes in order to provide for the regulation of trade (e.g. tariffs) but they could not be allowed to tax goods for the sole reason of generating revenue. That idea, of course, is 100 years dead.
Oh, I concur, but we’ve got youtubes and iphones now, and it’s easier to spend time bitching at each other on the internets than marching on the capitol*.
*Note to government fucksticks – no, I am not planning a revolution or encouraging others to do so. No need to Ruby Ridge my ass.
Best I can tell, The TSA is a jobs program for the otherwise unemployable.
They’re just trying to satisfy the “work requirement” so they can keep getting food stamps.
1. Why can’t the Raiders use Sam Boyd Stadium (where UNLV plays)?
2. We went from gay cakes to tranny cakes and CO is still fucking with the baker.
CO will not be happy until this man’s life is totally destroyed and he’s living on the streets.
“How dare you not mind us!”
They won’t stop until that guy is destroyed. It’s how they roll.
1. Why can’t the Raiders use Sam Boyd Stadium (where UNLV plays)?
Because it’s like… 3 miles away! The hardship would be unbearable. A privately-financed stadium was also completely out of the question, despite the project having backing of a half dozen billionaires.
Why the fuck didn’t that baker give them a pie and when they complained tell them that it identifies as a cake so it is totes OK?
A missed opportunity to be sure.
Can you seek refugee status from a state?
The fucking state attorney general is arguing for the case to be dismissed and this shithead activist judge is letting it go forward.
The CCRC is a cancer.
[She] claimed to be a target because she is “the most publicly known opponent of Donald Trump in the state of California.”…
Jerry Brown haz a sad.
MikeS – I sent you an email
I think you have to write your message on a beaver pelt and hope the next fur trapper who makes it to NoDak delivers it.
And even then, Mike can’t read so good. His vocabulary is very limited. NoDaks have no conception of: hills, baths, schools, beauty, etc.
LOL! My brother is a NoDak! Though his grandfather is a Mini-Sodan like all good folks are.
Hills are dumb. Look at the buildings we build; perfectly flat floors. Think about that.
Doh! I told you my email address incorrectly. Add “13” after my handle.
LOL – who is the MikeS who got my first email, I wonder? I didn’t get a bounceback
DOJ charges Chinese nationals with ‘extensive’ hacking campaign
The Swiss have already been outwardly sad/angry about this – two big targets, but thwarted both. DO. NOT. FUCK. WITH. SWISS. IP.
Swiss IP:
Chocolate fondue
Methods for hiding gold and artwork
Bony cows
What else?
Raclette, Emmenthaller and Gruyere cheese
Hot ski bunnies
Swiss steak
QUIETUDE.
*prepares popcorn*
Thot Thursday brings you attractive melanin-challenged ladies.
http://archive.is/D9OMB
4, 8, 10, 21, 23, 37, 43.
9 has a nice pussy.
2, 3r, 20, 42
If Lindsey Graham and #Resist (which is really just #War) wants the US to remain in Syria then Congress should authorize it. The cowards won’t do it, because they know that the American public doesn’t support it. So just shut up and get fucked.
Cry harder Marco Rubio. Rand Paul punked you out
#Resist (which is really just #War)
x1000
No it can’t be cause they are totally against the War in Yemen.
Against it so much they used the farm bill to keep us involved.
Congress got out of the business of declaring war quite some time ago.
They gave the executive the AUMF and continue to re authorize it every time it comes up for expiration.
Yes. An AUMF that has been stretched beyond its text. Anyone who defends our involvement in Syria is endorsing granting more power to Trump and all future presidents. And yet they get to brand themselves as #Resist. We live in such stupid, stupid times.
Remember when lazy Congress not doing its damn job was a mainstream comedy staple? Now it’s ten times worse and nobody gives a shit.
The ray of sunshine in my day is that the commenters at Powerline are roasting the neocon bloggers. The PowerLine blogger bitched about Rand Paul being a stupid poopy-head and that we should be listening to ex-US Generals instead on stuff like this.
Comments appear to be running solidly pro-withdrawal.
The commenters are correct when they point out U.S. policymakers and pundits have never articulated a grand strategy for our involvement in Syria, Afghanistan, or Iraq, and that is the number-one reason why we should never have gone to war in these places anyway (other than perhaps swift but brutal retaliation against Al Qaeda and their Taliban hosts in Afghanistan).
And by “grand strategy,” I mean, what is the end goal, and is it a legitimate goal that the American people can agree upon? Nation-building and vague notions of “stability” in the Middle East is not that.
Purple thumbs. That is the extent of our strategy and goals.
As that gentleman (I can’t recall his name) wrote the other day, if you give the President the power to unilaterally start a war, you’ve also given him the power to unilaterally end it.
Of course, if our SCOTUS did its job, it would tell Congress the AUMF violates the non-delegation doctrine and is therefore an unconstitutional delegation of its Article I warmaking powers to the executive branch.
Detroit Area Glibs, I’ll be in West Bloomfield with the gf’s fam for Chrimmus this weekend. If anyone’s up for a tasty beverage or whatnot, lemme know.
looking at the wife’s grocery list
cheese (cheddar) x 3
cheese (mozzarella) x 2
cheese (pepper jack) x 3
cheese slices (cheddar)
cheese (colby) x 2
cheese (mozzarella – shredded) x3
Will be a good Christmas holiday time.
Colby, the Wisconsin cheese!
Enjoy not pooping until January.
Boo hoo hoo whycome you no do like I say?
When our students are having trouble mastering a concept, we find an alternative way to teach it. Since clear public polling didn’t seem to impact your commission’s decision-making process, let me explain my thoughts on the issue another way.
Like so many others, I have dedicated my life to public education and believe deeply in its potential for changing futures. Our schools must be safe and nurturing spaces for those paths to develop, and occasionally they are not. I often play through the mental scenario of an armed intruder bursting through the classroom door, and I have no doubt that, if it came to that, my colleagues and I would lay down our lives for these students that we care so much about.
But I would quit teaching before I’d carry a gun in school — or even work in a place where my colleagues were armed.
What makes the magic in our public schools possible is the positive culture that professional educators work so hard to establish.
Magic! L Oh Fucking L.
Teacher writes “open letter” to deVos for WaPo. Plainly, there is only one way to think about this, and only one possible course of action.
And he tosses in thi8s little zinger, at the close:
Let’s leave the firearms to law enforcement professionals.
Like the one in Florida who just killed his family and himself?
Let’s leave the firearms to law enforcement professionals.
How many cases have we seen, starting with Columbine, where the “professionals” kept themselves and their firearms well clear of any danger, even as people were being shot, bled out, etc.
There are exceptions, but the failure rate, especially in mass shootings, is too high to just “leave it to the professionals.”
There is the one recently in CA where the guy actually acted heroically and got clipped by a fellow cop for his troubles.
Cops are clowns.
How many cases have we seen, starting with Columbine, where the “professionals” kept themselves and their firearms well clear of any danger, even as people were being shot, bled out, etc.
And the thing that never fails to amaze me is how the very same people who would utter idiocies like that would applaud court decisions that the police don’t have a responsibility to protect the public.
But I would quit teaching before I’d carry a gun in school —
No one says you have to.
or even work in a place where my colleagues were armed.
So you’re saying you’d rather the kids die than work somewhere where a teacher was armed?
Let’s leave the firearms to law enforcement professionals.</em
You mean the ones who, as was just re-emphasized in Florida, have no duty to protect you? Their only duty is to help clean up your bodies when it's over. And once again, if that's your feeling then you can choose to outsource your self-defense, but don't try to force other people and children to have to live that way.
That last bit is what makes me absolutely furious. Hey, guy, here’s an idea: let’s not keep people from having the best chance they can to defend themselves and the people they care about just because you’re an ignorant misanthrope whose only real problem with guns is that they might be held by people you don’t think you can control.
Wait, didn’t Broward County do exactly that? They left the firearms to the law enforcement professional, who promptly hid behind a pillar when the bullets started flying.
“But I would quit teaching before I’d carry a gun in school — or even work in a place where my colleagues were armed.”
I know someone who teaches at a college in Texas. He’s looking to find a new job partly because his progressive sensibilities have trouble living among Trump voters. But he’s also very worried about his safety since Texas passed a law allowing firearms on campus. Despite the reality that, with one exception, all school/college shootings took place on campuses where firearms were banned.
I’m going to miss you and OMWC and your yappy dog too…congrats on leaving the Commie State of Illinois though!
We will have to get together with Ed Wuncler and commiserate over powerful beverages…
The Wonder Dog still thinks you’re delicious.
Hooray for leaving Shitcago!
Though you are going to the land of Sheriff Joe, so….
Thankfully retired. And now we have two hot senators!
The people that elected him still live there, though. Maybe they’ve all kicked the bucket.
“Though you are going to the land of Sheriff Joe, so….”
In the words of the former White Sox TV play-by-play guy… “He gone!”
OMWC and SP how long until the move? Enough time for a quick jaunt up for some
Nueske’s Baconcheese curds?End of next month. And yes, maybe.
Congrats. Too bad there won’t be any January Packer games to motivate SP to make you come up for sure.
There are exceptions, but the failure rate, especially in mass shootings, is too high to just “leave it to the professionals.”
I’ll say again; in my contemplation of these situations, i hit upon that old adage about the fox and the rabbit: “The fox is running for his dinner, but the rabbit is running for his life.”
If you modify that a bit, it’s not hard to arrive at the conclusion an armed teacher who’s inside and wants to get out alive will be more likely to act effectively than a cop who’s outside and wants nothing more than to stay there.
And, of course, the decision should be completely voluntary.
But, if that situation never occurs, the gun will eventually attack someone to satiate its blood lust.
Yep. Heros are very rare indeed. But all of us are descended from survivors. You wouldn’t be here today if there weren’t thousands of direct ancestors who were able on the moral level to kill what threatened them.
Two women at Sandy Hook faced that rifle fire with empty hands. The blackest shame of a black day is that naked courage was shorn of the tools required to vanquish evil.
I had to cancel my shooting sesh tonight 🙁
I just can’t deal with the traffic heading out to Manasshole at rush hour 5 days before Xmas. Last night Google said it would take an hour and 1/2. No thanks!
Amazon sent private Alexa audio recordings to a random person
“Hey you know what I could really use? A device with an always-on microphone to record everything that goes on in my house so that the world’s shittiest retailer has an easier time selling me shit.”
AZ is awesome, I wouldn’t mind moving there myself.
Congrats on the move!
I just got one of those telemarketing calls from India. He said he was “Steve Smith from windows technical support”.
So just as a precaution, if any of you go to India, try not to dress too sexy.
Related to the Illinois exodus.
https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/new-york-leads-nation-in-population-loss-census-bureau
Enjoy turning into New York, every other state.
“‘It’s Allah’s will’: Fanatics branded two Scandinavian women the ‘enemies of God’ as they filmed themselves decapitating one of the tourists in Morocco – ‘and posted video pledging allegiance to ISIS’”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6516417/ISIS-terrorists-branded-two-murdered-Scandinavian-women-enemies-God.html
That’s awful.
However, there seems to be a lack of wisdom associated with traveling into the Moroccan countryside alone.
^This. I am 99% sure I will never be beheaded by a Muslim fanatic in a foreign country. They’re gonna have to come to the 21403 to pull that shit off.
Hard pass on the whole region.
Yes. I saw a bit of it courtesy of Uncle Sam, and that was more than enough to last a lifetime for me.
Only if my travel partners are Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.
Sometimes your only purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.
I think that’s kind of a stretch, though, don’t you? My daughter can’t read yet and I still believe she’d be a hard sell on beheading some girl on video because God says.
The more I think about it, the more it pisses me off. If I had a child, I would be vehemently opposed to sending him/her to a government school in order to be indoctrinated into a culture of learned helplessness by some smug douchebag like the idiot who wrote that “letter” in the WaPo.
Evil as they may be, you can’t say that the Left wasn’t hugely successful with their “march through the institutions” strategy. It took a while, but they have completely co-opted the school system.
Yep. I saw a Reddit comment the other day that their kid’s assignment was “Name all the things that would happen if there was no government.” In elementary school.
See me, my kid is going to answer “There would be no murder drones, people locked in bars for smoking a plant, or genocide.”
You should add, and no forced Indoctrination for children.
“I wouldn’t be here answering stupid questions.”
My kids (12, 10 & 6) were learning about the Schlieffen Plan and the formation of the Western Front when I came home yesterday.
My wife is learning a lot about world history that she never learned in school.
Oh, but they’ll miss out on all those wonderful “socialization skills”.
I’m going to be snobby here.
I’ve seen other kids in action. I don’t want my kids interacting with that.
“socialization skills” seems to be code for “obeying authority figures and repeating back what they tell you.”
Unpossible. Voter fraud never happens.
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/12/18/texas_ballot_fraud_cases_in_2018_outpace_last_5_years_combined.html
https://twitter.com/Madonna/status/786105573364359168
*deletes internet*
Wow, I think you’ve pinpointed the exact thing that resulted in WI, MI and OH turning red in 2016.
Ha — Hill’s gotta love those cartoon thighs.
Congrats on your move guys. Such a shame to be leaving the California of the Midwest.
“People Want to Fuck the Grinch
The next hot millennial trend is, apparently, wanting to perform anilingus on the furry green man-beast who stole Christmas.”
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xpb7g/people-want-to-fuck-the-grinch-twitter-fantasy-eating-ass-vgtrn
https://twitter.com/VICE/status/1075043106377097219
I hate this world.
Rule 34
I bet Newt was so excited for a few minutes. Until the millenials repeated themselves and he discovered he had just heard wrongly.
I find this idea journalists have that if they can find 3 people into something then they can declare it as a new trend particularly annoying. No it isn’t a trend, it’s a couple of weirdos. find something interesting to write about, or write about the interesting weirdos, but let’s not pretend we’re all going to follow them down that garden path.
A couple people make jokes about having sex with the Grinch.
VICE: IT’S THE HOTTEST NEW MILLENNIAL TREND!
The next hot millennial trend is, apparently, wanting to perform anilingus on the furry green man-beast who stole Christmas.
The whole quote was, “I’d rather tongue-fuck the Grinch in the ass than go out with you, loser.”
*standing ovation*
Ok so the Guardian isn’t much better but this is some pretty awesome trolling of the Cuckerberg
https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1075492366839091200
Considering the level of begging on their website, I can only conclude that they’re bleeding users too.
If you’re presenting yourself as an unbiased and laudable news agency, mocking the subjects of past and future stories seems like a pretty poor move.
Congratulations on the move!
Congrats on the new gig and the move, OMWC & SP! Hope it’s a smooth and painless move.
Congrats on the new gig. I hope it goes well.