ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. HOPEFULLY HIS CHOSEN ONES HAVE LEFT THE BRUTAL STATE OF FLORIDA’S COASTAL AREAS. ZARDOZ WOULD DIRECT YOU TO TAKE SHELTER BEHIND THE FORCE FIELD PROTECTING THE VORTEX. FAILING THAT, AT LEAST AVOID LOW GROUND. ZARDOZ HAS LIFTED YOU FROM BRUTALITY, TO GO FORTH AND SNARK. HE WOULD NOT SEE YOU HARMED.
AND TO SHOW FURTHER FAVOR ON HIS CHOSEN ONES, ZARDOZ GIVES YOU THE GIFT OF THE LINK:
- CHOSEN ONES IN CANADA WERE GOING TO CLEANSE BRUTALS, BUT THEN THEY PREPARED TO GET HIGH?
- THIS BRUTAL IS NOT ONE OF THE CHOSEN ONES.
- SOME BRUTALS CANNOT HANDLE BIG MONEY.
- ZARDOZ PREFERS TECHNOLOGY FROM THE TABERNACLE, NOT FROM APPLE.
ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN!
First?
Technically. But your comment should be a reaction to a linked story. So, you didn’t win the commenting lottery.
Right, because people here actually read the links before commenting.
Woohoo! I got the technical first!
Jerry Pournelle has died.
At least we still have Lou Reed.
Seriously?
Yep. Seriously.
RIP.
Better link
Unfortunately.
Lucifer’s Hammer was an excellent book
Aye. His best works were his collaborations with Niven, like Lucifer’s Hammer and The Mote in God’s Eye. Neither were great on their own, but together they were giants of sci-fi.
“The Mote in God’s Eye” was great. I wasn’t too thrilled with “Lucifer’s Hammer”. “Inferno” and “Escape from Hell” were great.
I lurved “Inferno” when I was a lad!
Very late to the party, but I expected more love for “Oath of Fealty”.
His collaborations were near-perfect, but his solo “Empire of Man” stories were awesome too. Very libertarian SF. We won’t get off the planet relying on big gov.
Bummer. I was a fan of his books. I read his blog. I thought how cool it was to read his daily thoughts from a great writer and editor.
Such a shame. I’ll throw out The Legacy of Herot and Falkenberg’s Legion as some of my favorite works of his.
I read A Step Farther Out as a teen. It made me see the space program and government’s role in holding it back. I also thought he gave Niven the science credibility he needed in their collaborations. Niven was the creative Pournelle the technical.
His stories helped make me understand how personal liberty could drive the progress of men.
RIP. I’ve kind of moved away from SF over the years, but I enjoyed his collaborations as a teen and still have a place in my heart for the writers I enjoyed then.
Looks like the cone shifted west. Palm Beach might be spared entirely.
Yeah. It seems I chose…..poorly.
Glad I decided to refresh before posting what I had written. You say it better and I would have sounded like a dick.
We cant get an accurate four hour forecast and meanwhile idiots are still spewing gibberish about how they can predict climate decades into the future.
We covered this. People will remember four hours ago.
Forty years ago, we can change all the records to fit the predictions.
I seem to remember a certain line about a place where the future is always certain, but the past is constantly changing…
My sister is in Bradenton, hoping it sputters by then. She just posted a pic of her and her girlfriends partying it up at a bar and none of them looked all that worried.
Are they hot?
And i hope they get through the storm OK.
Um… pics?
Pics or it didn’t happen.
This seems a good place to bitch about Weather Underground’s new design. Now with more clicking!
wunderground has always been slow and needlessly over-pretty. I switched to accuweather, but I use spc.noaa.gov for anything more than checking the temperature and radar.
They want you to buy a weather station.
Well, there is that, plus the expected dumbing down with big pictures and “news”. But I’m pissed that the graphs I like have been buried under a tab. And I had just set up a permanent temp/humidity display using their API, so I’m somewhat invested in their site now.
THE GUN IS GOOD, THE YIFF IS EXTRA EVIL.
I don’t get furries, but why should anybody feel compelled to resign from elective office just because one’s private furrying comes to light?
Probably because he was lying about the sex thing and unlike most politicians he didn’t want to embarrass himself just to stay in power.
Because his constituents (half of whom are walking around with a buttplug inserted, the other half masturbate daily to tranny porn) may disapprove of his personal lifestyle choices.
I laffed and my buttplug popped out.
*audibly* Made the dog look.
From the article, it seemed that a good portion of the hate stemmed from his “like” of rape.
For reference, SoFurry is a site for various furry erotica, from pictures to stories. His “like” of rape was basically saying that he was OK with rape in fictional content. Sure, furries are a little weird, and rape fantasies are currently beyond the pale for Democrats, but neither had any logical connection with his ability to represent the people of Connecticut. Personally, the sexual proclivities of my “representatives” is so far down my list of shit to care about to be practically non-existent.
However, considering that the politician in question is a Democrat, I’m assuming that the furries will now be part of the alt-right for outing him, the obviously intolerant bastards.
The Alt-Right will take Nazis (even though Nazis are leftists), but Furries are beyond the pale.
http://voxday.blogspot.com/2017/09/legal-update.html
Um, no. There is a war brewing between Vox Day and the Nazis
Who?
“…and rape fantasies are currently beyond the pale for Democrats….”
Pretty sure Hillary Clinton fantasizes daily about raping America.
Crap… I’ve now commented on all three lynx in a three-link day.
I’m going to ruin my reputation of only visiting from work!
How was that a reply?
Gilmore’s shadow looms large.
You’re so Gilmore!
Interesting – I only visit from home.
I’ve been meaning to tell you I’m really enjoying your Omnibus.
Everyone knows that women can’t be rapists.
Furries and Juggalos inspire the most irrational hatred.
If you combine the two you will have the most powerful force in the world.
Not exactly.
My search suggestions just got fucked forever.
At least the furries stick to their own conventions or whatever. Juggalos spraypaint hatchetmen logos, lower property values, and get up to other general white trash hijinx. I’d rather pretend like there’s not yiffing going on next door than have to deal with neighbors who are down with the clown any damn day.
His furry costume was stuffed full of stolen tax payer money?
Firstsies!
“And we voted, and it was really startling,” said the actress. “You know, you’re watching these hurricanes now, and it’s really hard, especially while promoting this movie, not to, not to feel Mother Nature’s rage, or wrath,” said the Hunger Games star.
Jennifer Lawrence thinks she’ll turn into a pillar of salt.
“said the Hunger Games star”
That moment you realize you will always be known as the girl from The Hunger Games.
Mother actually looks pretty good. Javier Bardem was good in No Country for old Men. Looks like another good role.
No Country for old Men – a “movie” that consists of nothing but a second act, no opening, no closing.
Book was good, though.
Fight me
Can’t, got a weather machine to debug.
Saw show up?
yes, during the Afternoon Lynx.
I find it wonderful that the day is timed by Glibertarians posts
He was still good in it.
Yeah, IT SUCKED. Sorry, hate on me all you want.
I saw those photos! Salty badness!
I’d bet 10,000 fucking dollars that she didn’t vote and has never voted. And I’d win.
She’s never voted, has marginal looks and talent, won an Academy Award and has been viewed by hundreds of millions of on-line fappers getting a facial. Cut your losses lady, retire to that island you bought and get fat and happy. Heck, buy a few orphans and abuse them at your whim! Chickens in the yard for that pesky scorpion problem.
A pilsner for tonight.
Sounds delightful. I did enough damage last night. Taking a night off since I’ll be going out for the Buckeyes win tomorrow. Going to be a late night.
Go Bucks!
Woohoo!
Ohio State destroyed OU with the run game last year. 300 plus yards rushing, most right up the middle. Expect more of that, but even more brutal because Columbus. Will be fun to watch.
Oh the Buckeyes will make us sweat but that makes it fun. Hoping to see some more growth this week.
Looks good,but I’m stuck at the old watering hole, so nothing but gratuitous amounts of Yuengling for me. I’m sure I’ll find a way to survive.
I like Yuengling. Unfortunately, the easiest way to get it now is to go to Massachusetts. Well, I go back to Pennsylvania often enough.
Oh, I’m not complaining. I love Yuengling. But being in the middle of no where in Pennsyltucky means my choices are limited. Still better than being in Philadelphia like I am for the rest of the week, and certainly beats the piss out of being on Massachusetts.
“Middle of no where” where? Elk Creek in Millheim is good, and Otto’s in State College is good.
You’re about a hundred miles off base; I’m in Susquehanna county, in the northern tier. Small county bar called the beacon, great hot wing hoagie.
Right. I remember now talking with you about NEPA. You’ve had these guys’ beers right?
Damn. I want a hot wing hoagie.
Yeah, I’ve had Susquehanna brewing beers. They’re a bit down the line though, these are the local boys, heynah?
egould310: Chicken with the local hot sauce, with blue cheese and Cooper sharp cheese, some diced celery all piled on a homemade hoagie roll. Messy as hell and twice as delicious, pairs great with the homemade pierogies and ice cold Yuengling.
Aw fuck! Pierogies too? And booze. You’re liviing the dream. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/g-uLTTT3BPc
Pierogies? Homemade? Yum. The best I can do for pierogies up here is frozen from the grocery store.
Iron Hart looks good.
My local brewpub.
I’ve noticed an explosion in breweries in Pennsylvania since I left. Some very good ones too.
If your going to be down near Wilkes Barre tomorrow I can take you to beer heaven.
https://untappd.com/v/sabatinis-pizza/23478
Timeloose: I’ll be in the greater Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area all weekend. Sabatini’s is indeed fantastic.
Let me know if you want to grab a beer tomorrow or Sunday. It would be good to meet a fellow Glib.
I can be down tomorrow; fair warning, you’ll be drinking with a long haired hippy looking millennial. Sunday I’ll be heading back to the hellhole of Philadelphia.
No worries. Pick a time and a way to contact you. I’ve got some work to do on my deck in the morning, but could grab a beer and or dinner in the early evening.
You can send me an email at gwynapnaud @ gmail.com
Any time in the evening works for me; I have family obligations in the morning/afternoon
I picked up a 12er of Yuengling tonight, but I drank Battle Standard 142 Gin instead. Pretty freakin tasty!
Looks good; have you ever tried Blue Coat?
That looks delicious! I’m not too adventurous with hard liquor (I prefer beer if given the choice), but we had a neighborhood get together tonight, and an old army vet neighbor brought the gin. Evidently I was a week too late for the other neighbor’s home brewed moonshine.
Brown gin? How do you have it? Straight up or in something?
Both. I had it straight up, just as a taste. It was extremely good. I’m not much for drinking liquor neat, but this one I could just sip on all night long. It would be great in a gin & tonic. They recommend a gin & stormy and a gin mojito.
Next beer. PROST!
Short’s Autumn Ale here in petoskey. Soccer tourney for kids. Great fall beer next to the fire.
SCORELESS
I’m working on it.
I only have two limes left, so Cuba Libres for now.
DEG is getting soft.
You should see the inside of my fridge.
Dude growing pot in his home taunts police about a burglary he committed using his own Twitter account. Future congressman?
http://nbc4i.com/2017/09/08/westerville-police-arrest-burglary-suspect-who-got-away-bragged-on-social-media/
Police say the suspect damaged several homes, knocking over a mailbox at one residence and breaking the window in another. The suspect also reportedly knocked over a portable toilet, damaged “For Sale” signs on homes, and removed several sewer grates. Officers also saw damage to several construction vehicles.
Security cam video released.
Good one!
Yeah. Tres apropos, mon ami.
Well that is a special kind of stupid.
I vaguely remember seeing an interview with a psychologist who was announcing his study showing that the average criminal’s IQ is about ten points lower than the average policeman’s IQ. The idiot reporter asked him “Does this mean that criminals are all stupid?”
Exasperated he answered “No. That isnt what it means at all.” and then he walked away from the camera.
Why does that make the reporter an “idiot”?
I’m guessing it was the fact that the reporter failed to grasp that “on average” does not mean “All” And that the IQ differential of 10 points, even between individuals does not imply that the lower one is stupid.
By the old standards, no, it would make them a moron.
“That imbecile is acting like a moron.” Is that an insult?
I’m offended, so yes. -random leftist
The reporter isn’t far off the mark.
A Federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a man who was barred from the New London police force because he scored too high on an intelligence test.
In a ruling made public on Tuesday, Judge Peter C. Dorsey of the United States District Court in New Haven agreed that the plaintiff, Robert Jordan, was denied an opportunity to interview for a police job because of his high test scores. But he said that that did not mean Mr. Jordan was a victim of discrimination.
Here I am back. Oh C’mon guys. What it means is that the cops can only catch the crooks whose IQ is ten points lower than the cops. Of course all criminals aren’t stupid, those re just the only ones the cops can catch.
I was just making a joke at the cops expense. It’s a funny anecdote.
Today in ‘why are you hitting yourself?’
“People like to say that nobody ever died from overdosing on marijuana,” he said. “Well, I submit to you that that may be the case, but people still die because of marijuana.”
JFCWAA
Why are you hitting yourself?
“People like to say that nobody ever died from overdosing on marijuana,” he said. “Well, I submit to you that that may be the case, but people still die because of marijuana.”
JFCWAA
So the Republicans won’t work with Trump and now Trump is working with the Democrats and the Republicans are like, “How dare he!”.
“…A Woman Scorned blah-di-blah-di-blah.”
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald just came up on Pandora.
Chipwooder: “The central tenet of Buddhism is not every man for himself.”
Yes…I’m still boozy and having a blast catching up on the day’s threads and twitter ;p wheee.
You weren’t “embarrassed” by Barack Obama.
You were threatened by him.
You were offended by him.
You were challenged by him.
You were enraged by him.
“Okay, mind reader, tell yourself whatever you want and go cry into your pillow.”
I don’t see mildly nauseated anywhere in that list so it must be cited in the footnotes, right?
You see, they can’t admit that their messiah was actually not a very good president, so everyone who disagreed must have been a raging racist who couldn’t handle a black man in the oval office.
It wasn’t that there were scores of reasons not to like the guy or the job he was doing dismantling the country, no it had to be racism and insecurity.
The irony? The guy making those statements is a “pastor”. Messiah, indeed.
He’s just spreading “The Good Word” you shitlord. “Pastor” has pretty much always meant that you have a captive audience for your own interpretation of the Really Big Ideas.
Why counter actual criticism when you always have an ad hominem handy?
No, the guy is a national embarrassment. No question in my mind.
In addition to all those things, I’d add ‘bored’, ’embarrassed’.
How ’bout, I hate pinkos no matter their melanin content?
You mean ‘because’ of their melanin content’, Nazi!
Brendan O’Neill on the over-use of the term “Hate”
“To present certain ideas, and certain arguments/beliefs as ‘deserving of punishment’, i don’t think you can be surprised when, as a consequence of that, it gives rise to actual real-world violence against people who are considered to be ‘hateful’…. a society which has an ever-expanding empire of what is ‘unsayable’ because it is allegedly ‘hateful’, is a society which is going to generate intolerance and violence”
it sort of dovetails with my earlier thinking about why i dislike being told that i’m obligated to denounce others. its this ‘either you’re with [insert self-nominated ‘good-guys’] or you’re with [‘the hate-group’]” which feels like an embedded threat….
Jonathan Haidt on confirmation bias. If people are “evil”, yeah, they deserve a beatin’.
I’m unfamiliar with O’Neill but someone linked to his epic take-down of Millenials yesterday so I’m warming to his “filossofee”. He argued that SJW Millenials ARE the establishment and I couldn’t find much fault in his thesis. Watch – he’ll turn out to be a cranky anti-semite or something just as distasteful when I delve deeper. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, Boo Hoo Hoo!
i’ll spoil it for you. he is himself a self-described marxist. but i don’t think it matters much, he’s british, and they come up with all sorts of labels for their politics which turn out to be pretty boring and normal if you actually press them on subjects.
Seriously? I have never read a piece by him (and I’ve read quite a few) that even hinted at that.
“Why i love Marx“
OK, I’m a bit buzzed so this makes no sense to me.
Marxism is like sideburns and handlebar moustaches on 20 year olds… Absolutely unnecessary
So, something i picked up on ENB’s twitter recently (i can’t remember why i was reading it; self-abuse?, anyway)…
is that a Spiked-online has organized a sort of “Less Offensive Than Dangerous Faggot”-US-speaking-Tour, called (sigh) “Unsafe Spaces” (edgy!)
It includes a variety of people ranging from Jon Rauch to Kmele to O’Neill to Reason-writers to … well, you can see the list.
I might try to go to one of these, just to heckle Soave. they’re not all rolling together like the “Monsters of Sort-of-Libertarianism”-tour, its more like 2-3 show up at each event, depending on the topic. I think only a few are scheduled so far, but they seem to be running from around ‘now’ to the end of the year.
@()$*@()$
https://twitter.com/spikedonline/status/906149233639743488
Ask him to change a tire.
Fuck that, ask him to check his own oil. OT – on another thread UCS, I highly recommended that you purchase a compound miter saw for your future wood-working ventures. They are relatively inexpensive and portable. The angle is KANGS!
I’m too square for angle cuts.
More seriously, the first project requires none.
Since we’re all talking about handiwork projects, I have a question for y’all. I’m looking to seal up/insulate/ventilate my attic. It currently has gable end vents and such scant insulation that I can see the drywall in most places. It also has our air handler and air ducts.
I’m thinking that I’ll cut some soffit vents, prior to blowing in some insulation with the eventual end goal of putting some whirlybirds on the roof and sealing up the gable vents. I’m also planning on doing spray foam insulation on the air ducts to try to reduce the bleed out into the attic. Any suggestions for resources to look at for attic ventilation? I’ve heard that mold can be an issue when you insulate old houses like this and don’t “fix” the ventilation.
GILMORE’d… however, it isn’t a half bad place for this comment.
Where do you live? Not the address, just general location.
Well, my furry green friend, is first ask why you, of all people object to mold?
First, I don’t think you should seal up the old vents. Keeping air flowing is what prevents mold, and other unsavory by products of moisture, such as rot affecting the decking (the wood below the felt paper below the shingles, or the first layer looking up from the attic).
Old houses never have enough ventilation, ever. They always need more vents added. You want your roof to breathe, and insulate between the curling and the attic space, right?
Spray foam is good but might not stick to sheet metal that’s constantly expanding and shrinking: I’d tape on foam boards.
Since your air handler is in the space, I’d avoid the spray-in insulation like shredded paper: it makes working in the area miserable and losses any effectiveness after being trod flat.
*ceiling not curling, seriously auto spell WTF
Many thanks DenverJ! I’m thinking about building a catwalk down the center of the attic (the slope of the roof is really low, so the only navigable part is a 3-foot strip down the center). With a catwalk in place, I could blow 10 inches (har har) of insulation into the attic floor without losing convenient access to the air handler.
I wish I had the money to get the air handler replaced right now. On occasion it makes thumping noises before starting to blow air, so it’s probably on the way out. I have a spot in the basement scoped out for it already, and it would make the attic project so much easier if the air handler wasn’t up there.
So, if the air handler isn’t using hot water from a boiler, it will preheat before the fan starts blowing. Older units usually have a dial to adjust the length of time the preheating lasts before the blower kicks on, newer units sometimes have an adjustable thermostat.
My guess is that the thump you are hearing is the metal expanding before the blower kicks on. It’s probably nothing to worry about, but the time may be set too long, and this can damage the unit from over heating. You can try decreasing the preheat time.
Incidentally, when the unit shuts down, the blower should continue to run for a little while to cool the unit down to avoid damage. There should also be an adjustment for this setting.
The thumping is more mechanical sounding than i would expect from a preheat (or pre-cool). Also, it’s of varying lengths. Sometimes it immediately comes on without a thump. Sometimes it thumps for 30 seconds before firing up. It can be anywhere from 0 to 30 seconds of thumping. It almost sounds like a car trying to start up, but more “thumpy.”
My research says either the blower is about to go, or the squirrel cage is loose, or something got stuck in the blower. Next time I’m up there I’ll poke around and see if it’s something obvious.
Very good. The squirrel cage can, after decades, build up dust and grime that makes it unbalanced, and so it will wobble, striking the sides of the shroud. (This is also why the fan in your bathroom ceiling is so loud). It can be a major pain in the ass, since it’s usually not just dry dust that can be blown off, and if your hands are are even Trump sized you probably can’t reach in to clean them. Soapy water, a properly sized brush, and lots of patience can fix it.
If you take the squirrel cage out to clean it, take very careful note of how it’s installed and if there are any weights on it. They put weights on top balance it just like on your wheel when you get new tires. If you can, I’d advise cleaning it without removal, due to the trickiness of getting it back together in a balanced fashion.
Standard ranch style house here. Last reroofing, the roofers installed a bunch more ridge vents than were originally put in.
Also, if you do blow in insulation, consider putting baffles in for the soffit vents. Something the amateur that built our house didn’t do. They’re half obstructed now.
Yep, rafter vents are on the list. For an extra $25 and 30 minutes, they’re completely worth it.
Additional vents are always needed, every time, always.
Also, Trash, before doing through all the trouble of insulating the duct work, check to see if the seams have been properly taped. Do not use Duct Tape, that is a misnomer and it will heat up and fall away, after making your house smell like glue. Use actual metal tape for ducts.
Hmmm… Going to Massachusetts just to heckle Rico isn’t worth it. Might go to Rutgers to see Kmele.
ENB and Soave? So this is a death panel for free speech then?
I envision a scarecrow with luxurious locks withering away in some Nebraska cornfield in the dead of November.
I am guessing that even some of those watered-down free speechers (not all of them are watered down) will have antifa up in arms.
I keep expecting antifa to really step in shit. Maybe this will give them a chance.
They’re gonna step into elephantine leavings. it’s not a a matter of when but how soon.
I think their big chance is Berkeley II: The Shapiroing. If law enforcement stands down and lets shit happen again, that’ll for sure embolden antifa some more. And given I didn’t see anything in the prep about “no masks” I have suspicions but I guess we’ll see.
Replied late to the afternoon links, did you get my admittedly slightly depraved N.O. recommendations?
I.E. Get chargrilled oysters at Drago’s, get a hand grenade, get a hurricane, see Kitty at the Hustler Club, hang out on Frenchman, don’t let some drunk shit puke on you on the way.
“Councilman resigning after secret ‘furry’ life revealed”
I see. So in CT, you can be a corrupt thieving shithead trying to spend the state into oblivion, but not a furry? I’m glad that those people have their priorities in order.
He self-identified as a cis-het-furry.
The “cis-het” was the problem.
Well, that is indeed sinful, a micro-aggression to furries, and probably a hate crime. And he’s a Nazi.
(((Furries))).
Thank you “C.S.I.”! Everyone knows that Marg Helgenberger is a gilf and what “yinzing” is.
I thought that was just being addressed by someone from Pittsburgh.
“So yinz put on the furry suit and then yinz rub up aginzt another furry suit and then yinz gets the Puddin’ Pop, is what I’m saying “. Happy now?
I’ll be in my bunk.
Friday night T&A.
http://archive.is/oPoGC
Fap (or schlick) away.
BTW: #34 is porn star Kendra Sunderland.
You think we didn’t know that?
I mean, uh… hey that’s interesting, thanks for pointing it out!
She’s doing work for Vixen and related properties now.
/Why there’s no female libertarians reason #231,456,734. Pervs.
Hey, I allowed for schlicking!
I’m gonna have to stop clicking that link. It makes me feel like my old chocko lab must have felt when I’d start loading the fishing gear. Some tail thumps and lay her head back down for a rest.
This mad me laugh out loud and my wife wants to know what I laughed at. I made up a bullshit story. I saw a photo the other day of a bunch of flamingos sheltering in the men’s room at the zoo so they wouldn’t be exposed to the hurricane. All of the flamingos spent the entire time jostling over each other so that they could admire themselves in the mirror over the sink. The photo was kinda funny. I pulled that up quickly from my history and showed it to her. She got a chuckle out of it.
That’s some ninja shit right there. Hats off to you, sir.
I aim to please but if I shut one eye the vertigo kicks in and I have to request “aim, please.” Step-ladders are a cuntish experience for me so I understand my old dog’s reluctance to jump in the boat. She was the best dog we ever had and I cried like a three year-old when we put her down.
Oh come on, Suthen, you don’t always invite wifey over to read Glibs with you? I mean at least on Friday night.
Sometimes sure. I thought I would spare her old men looking at hot young things and grumbling about their prostates.
Prostrates and the ticking time-bomb wherein? Just start talking about odd-ball “Old Man” things and if she has any sense she’ll leave you the fuck alone to shoot squirrels and bitch about Sawark and various and sundry things that make us gaze at the sky, telling the weather to fuck off and leave me alone! You’ll get there, Suthen and when you do I hope that we meet in our “hoverchairs” wink and blink some sort of language at each other. We’d be geriatri-pals!
My last out was”Kittens swimming out to the boat”. Same deal, et al.
Funny.
Here’s an absolutely unrelated song that just came on my Spotify feed; the great Australian rockers Radio Birdman performing “Descent Into the Maelstrom”.
https://youtu.be/dhS7jNaUWoE
Is it cool if I share your playlist?
*looks at playlist* Yes, it would be very coo.
Totes dude.
Jangle Noise just crossed thr 5 hour mark. That’s five hours of guitar based rock, noise, jangle, garage, surf, psyche, and power pop. No keyboards, no strings, no horns. Off the beaten path, so no Beatles, Stones, etc. From Buddy Holly thru psychedelic 60’s, 70’s powerpop (both long hair and skinny tie) 80’s college rock, to Sonic Youth and beyond. Jangle Noise. 5 hours of fun!
Follow on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/user/egould310/playlist/20QahoaMym4xptW1UNzNpk?si=7tpI113g
Finally a few for the posteriorphiles. Keep up the good work.
Well… I might have to click it, despite my moral objections…
Orgy.
The preferred pronunciation is “Or-Gee” with a hard G and stress on the second syllable. I thought we ran through this in our last brain-storming sesh. You people are incorrigible!
That’s “incorrigible” with a hard G, right?
Yeah, like Corregidor! You’re getting it now.
#2 …something, something…the best part of waking up…something, something…
When are we going to get an official Glibertarian “Lobster Girl?”
This one is good.
Not bad.
*thumps tail three times*
*tosses Festus a dog treat*
*Gobbles quickly and goes back to sad-eyed mode*
14 & 17. I prefer my hotties to have no soul
The millennial have taken over the jukebox. Christ I hate my generation.
Have they declared the jukebox a hate crime yet?
They just want common sense song control. For the children.
All hail the Jukebox Czar!
2LiveCrew.
ParentalMillennial Advisory Sticker.With what they’re playing, I’m pretty sure they’ve violated the Geneva convention.
https://youtu.be/7VKdwx5AB5k
“It’s a new band. You’ve never heard of them.”
“It’s a shit band, I never wanted to hear them”
You’re not woke to the new groove, Daddy-O!
Fuck woke.
Indubitably.
Ok. Great Crowder vid with Nigel Farage AND Andrew Torba of Gab. Highly recommended.
Also the new Tick show is pretty damn funny. Completely unrelated – or is it….
Farage might be the only person worth saving in all Britania. Outside of that, we should probably just nuke the island from space.
I dunno. I think that Millwall guy is definitely on the “Britons worth saving” list.
Millwall link, for those who missed it the first time.
I dunno, I run into a few sensible Brits now and then. Most of them want to leave and come here.
I had a Brit prof in college who was golden. The guy would rage for hours with the most not PC rants you’ve ever heard. It seems the Brits have lost their wit, sarcasm, and ballz these days.
In follow-up to this story or more general?
Good God. Read the details of that. It comes off like a cat fight in the fifth grade. I refuse to believe those people are college aged.
I’d you ever name the mistake of coming to Pennsylvania, remind me to die you around the local colleges. I’ll shatter that doubt faster than you’ll be able to pick your jaw up off the floor.
Fuck it, I’m drunk and posting from a phone. I trust you’re smart enough to figure out what my phone couldn’t, Suthen.
Ha, yes.
Under the influence.
https://youtu.be/_REkQ6gkIKc
Lucy Collett, on the condition she get back to her 2012-ish figure.
There is much to recommend Brit-snark above ours. John Oliver gets a platform because he sounds like a Monty Python character come to life. Of course all of the Python guys were highly skilled and educated shitlords so he is riding on the coattails of that theory. Nigel Farage is a buffoon but I agree with him more often than not. He’s the Dowager Countess of Euro-politic.
Well Rowan Atkinson and John Cleese have both come out and said that the UK is ridiculous and losing the irreverance and randomness of previous “standards” of humor is a huge step down. And those comments were years ago.
John Cleese is probably the greatest Briton ever.
Sure, if you ignore these guys.
Never got the Clash. I pretended to like them to score pussy but for me they just leave an empty hole where good music and politics go to burn.
Now Festus has done it.
Ditto. Well, except for the part about the pussy. I just can’t get past their politics.
OTOH there are one or two tracks that I still adore.
Oh hell yes. Just switched my Spotify to London Calling. Thanks! Great listening for a lazy Friday night.
Now Festus has done it.
And Rhywun (except that’s a great song from an amazing album)
Boys, politics have no place in music appreciation. If I had to agree with the politics of my musical heroes, I would be left with a collection of bass solos from Baked Penguin.
I will always love the Clash. London Calling came out when I was 12. My cool aunt bought it for me for Christmas. My kids listen to it today. Best British band ever.
Mick Jagger (and me) beg to disagree
I know, I know. I just give them stick because they’re pretty far down on my list of greatest bands from Britain IMHO.
I can like almost any song despite its lyrics. Except Imagine.
Imagine is terrible.
-1 possessions
Oh hell yes. Worst song ever.
Yeah, I think we can all agree on that.
Fuck you, John Lennon!
Top British bands
1 The Who
2 The Clash
3 The Kinks
4 Buzzcocks
5 …I don’t know, the stones or the beatles or hetmans hermits whatever. Probably Bowie actually.
T-Rex should probably be in there somewhere EDG.
See, I don’t like lists because they invariably depend on personal preferences. Out of that list the only one I really like is the Buzzcocks, and I don’t consider them “great”. Although there are great songs from each. Meh… it’s all just subjective.
Queen? Pink Floyd?
Actually, Rhywun, that’s what makes it fun.
Enh. Maybe a decade or two ago. Now I’m grizzled and surly. I likes what I likes.
@ Tundra T rex yes. Totally forgot the Damned and GenX.
@ Rhywun yes lists are inadequate. But I would like to revise my list.
The Who
The Clash
Gen X
Bowie
Cliff Richard
I love The Damned. I would put them on my list for sure.
I think for me a lot of it is down to exposure. I’m a kid of the 80s and (early) 90s and it shows.
I like this.
John Cleese is an arrogant (and funny) prick. Eric Idle is where it’s at.
If life seems jolly rotten, there’s something you’ve forgotten.
We’ll have to at least get Natalie Dormer out in time.
Yes, yes we can! She’s so unusual-looking that it makes a seven into a nine. My Mom hated whypipo but every once in awhile a Natalie Dormer would come along and she’d get re-charmed. Probably why I dated only blondes in High School. The fact that the student body was 65% German might have had a thumb on that particular scale is irrelevant.
Funny, but way too gorram short. Who da fuck makes 6 episode seasons? This isn’t the bleeding BBC!
Well they did add the Patrick Warburton Tick series to their Prime lineup (also prematurely canceled – Fox business as usual).
Apparently Amazon’s idea to release the other 6 episodes of the season in a few months . The basic Idea is to kind of keep a continual knowledge of new episodes going on. The argument is that releasing a full season all at once causes everybody to binge a show over a weekend. So everybody watches The Defenders or Stranger Things over the weekend, everybody talks about them around the watercooler for a week, then nobody talks about those shows for a year. So split the season and people will still be talking six months from now.
It was also a bit different and darker from previous versions of The Tick, but I had to laugh at “Alexa, play sinister music.” “Playing sinister music playlist.” Yeah, it’s a blatant product plug, but it works.
From yesterday’s links. Unciv wanted to make this sentence less clunky:
“If you have to tell people that you are smart, funny, or in charge, all you do is show that you are not.”
How about, “If you’re smart, funny, or in charge, you show it. If you’re not, you say it.”
TUNDRA ALREADY WON.
Thanks, Coop!
This is a fact
The science is settled.
I’ll show you a science paper on it
Settled. So that’s like putting toddlers to bed or maybe something more irritating and problematic? Settled like THE AMERICAS settled or just yeasty bread ready for the oven?
I like “No one is smart, funny or in charge.”
Nailed it.
Hi! My name is Rufus and I’m here to hang out, help if I can and…
*monotonous crowd drone*
Hi Rufus
…hi Rufus…
First!
You didn’t reference a link Naziboy!
No one here is an alcoholic. NO. ONE.
Oh, thank God.
*drinks*
*Clashes flagons*
*googles “flagons”*
Hell ya! *clashes flagons*
It’s a scheme run by the bureaucrats and Trotskyists. Everyone is an alcoholic so the same laws and tenets shall be applied accordingly as we see fit. Good Lord I wish we had the First, Second and Fifth Amendment here in Canada!
You expect me to go to meetings?
Love that movie.
It’s okay. “High Fidelity” tugged this old whitey’s heartstrings and “The Grifters” is one fine piece of film making. At least he’s not Robert Downey . I hate that cunt.
John Cusack has also talked trash about Better off Dead. That is an 80’s comedy classic.
He better personally give me $2 in order to rehabilitate himself in my eyes.
Also Festus, what’s your gripe with Robert Downey? He’s cleaned up his act, the worst complaints I’ve seen against Robert Downey is that he’s trying to un-blacklist Mel Gibson. But Mel Gibson was there for him back when Robert Downey was considered an unreliable fuck-up and Mel Gibson helped him sober up, I can’t exactly fault Downey, for trying to return the favor.
Eh. I donta lika his face so much. Seems like, how you say in the Inglish? Cocksnarfer? Cockstripper? Ah yes, now i remember! His face looks like a man that sucks some cocks! You wanta the cheesy bread?
I find this interesting (the way it could be used by government is alarming, but the existence of the study itself is interesting to me), but everyone I know is infuriated by it. Not by the implications/possible government abuses, but just the fact that it was done. Apparently being gay is genetic, but trying to understand that is Bad Thought.
up to 91% accuracy
As raised earlier today, given that ~3% of folks are gay, this algorithm would be more accurate:
function straightOrGay(picture){return “straight”}
Ironically, the algorithm is actually 100% accurate, 9% of the test subjects are just unaware of their true orientation.
There was this one time back at summer camp…
“Artificial intelligence can accurately guess whether people are gay or straight based on photos of their faces, according to new research that suggests machines can have significantly better “gaydar” than humans.”
I saw that a few days ago. This little voice in the back of my head keeps whispering ‘bullshit’ and my bullshitometer is pretty reliable. Actually that wouldn’t stop government from abusing it which makes it all the more terrifying. The name Tuttle comes to mind.
“ducts”
I am lost. Why is anyone infuriated by that aside from your personal reasons.
Feelz.
Yeah, feelz. “THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS ‘GAYDAR’ AND THERE’S NO SCIENTIFIC TEST TO DETERMINE IF SOMEONE IS GAY”
“But you said being gay is genetic…”
“SHUT UP!!”
My immediate reaction is that this should end all the shenanigans with “closets” and “hiding”. If everybody knew who was gay or not, why would there be any longer any “shame” to it?
This is actually pretty basic machine learning applied to image recognition. The great thing is that the larger the training set you have, it’ll get better and better. The program doesn’t know what characteristics it’s looking for at the start, but after x-zillion iterations with a result, it can readjust itself Bayesian style. Pretty cool stuff. Machine learning is gonna kill us all.
I’m working on it.
I am not a public servant so I feel free to tell the good mayor to go fuck himself.
Double reverse flea flicker for a TD
Nice. The QB took a shot though.
Anyone watching Nadal making DelPotro his bitch? Absurd.
The one thing i miss from not having cable is the live sports.
I don’t watch much during the summer, but sports (hockey) is a big reason I have cable.
His US Open record is 52-10. Pretty solid.
Yes. I loathe Nadal so this sucks. Del Potro took out some of my favorites so he was on my shit list too but… fuck.
Is it because he picks at his wedgie before serving or is it something else?
Heh. The twitchiness, the weird facial expressions, ugh… he just has zero charisma. I’m not a long time fan so I’m not sentimental about the geezers in the game. I’ve only been following it pretty steadily this year, and some of last.
I liked him when he was the one chance to beat that smug prick Federer. Of the big 4 (Fed, Nadal, Murray, Djok), I like Murry the best and Nadal second.
I like Murray too. Also not a fan of “FedFed”. Mostly I just want to see the “next generation” already. Fuck, I’ve been hearing about Nadal and Federer half my life. Some of the new kids are pretty exciting – Zverev, Shapovalov (sp?), et al.
I saw Djok play at Indianapolis when I was a kid. That had to be circa 2000. And he’s the young one of that group!
(Upon looking it up, it was 2004)
The next gen needs to start breaking through and getting into quarterfinals to showcase their talents against the big guys. Also, US men’s tennis needs a complete overhaul. Roddick and Blake were supposed to be the future of US tennis when Agassi retired, but they both fizzled out and nobody has really stepped up for the US since then.
The US ladies are getting it done. Well… thanks to Serena’s absence.
I think Roddick’s fizzle is part of the reason for the Nadal love. ESPN were touting Roddick as the next big thing, and then Federer came along and started beating Roddick like a drum. Then came Nadal who could beat Federer, so of course they latched on to that.
Lack of charisma in pro tennis often pops up. Sampras, Lendl, Borg, and I’d say Federer all have/had that “I’ve been hitting balls 8 hours a day since I was 7. What’s charisma?” aura. At best you get the slightly developed personality of an adolescent. McEnroe, Connors, Agassi.
Yeah. Could be why I’m liking some of the younger players more. They haven’t had time to turn into assholes yet.
The up-and-coming Australian men’s players just went straight to being assholes.
Annnnd once again I continue to give two pubes about Tennis…
Nick Kyrgios is in a class by himself.
“I don’t really like the sport of tennis that much. I don’t love it. It was crazy when I was 14. I was all for basketball and I made the decision to play tennis. I got pushed by my parents and to this day I can still say I don’t love the sport,” Nick Kyrgios
It’s amusing watching the (American) commentators try to deal with him. “Nobody knows which Nick will play today but he’s so niiiiceee” – ugh really?
Constant rule-breaker, and then bitching when called on it. A bully, too. All that vamos shit (and the other players who overdo it, like Serena and Sharapova) is about trying to intimidate the opponent.
If I had to play him, I’d be defaulted by the third changeover, because I wouldn’t go back to play unless they started enforcing the time rules against him.
Don Williams died today. RIP gentle giant
Just a damn good song
Amanda
Yes. I like this kind of country.
I’m not a big country fan, but guys like Don, Johnny, Waylen, Merle, George, etc… Damn….
Yeah, I totally agree. Don’t forget Wille, though.
*tokes*
Dwight is alright.
D-Wight is pretty cool
Yeah….not so much fan of Willie’s voice.
*Takes a quick toke and scurries away
https://youtu.be/jptq7fKHIqQ
I’ll leave out The Highwaymen tonight.
OK fine. I love this half-Willie tune
And this half-Willie tune
Tundra son (a musician): “Wow.”
“Wow” that song kicks ass?
or
“Wow”: that idiot Mike guy doesn’t like Willie?
“Wow! I gotta practice more!”
Good on him. Same one who got his hands dirty the other day?
Same one.
You are a good dad. And you have a good son.
He’s a good kid. Fun to watch him grow up!
I love that song. Also https://youtu.be/O6MbPWzIFUk
YES! Another great one by the gentle giant.
So… In case somebody is unaware, here is a quote from an email my bank sent me:
“The Equifax® data breach initially occurred from mid-May through July 2017, when hackers accessed a large amount of data. Data impacted includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver’s license numbers for about 143 million Americans. In addition to this personal information, it is estimated that 209,000 credit card numbers were also accessed by these hackers.”
That’s right, kiddies, 143 million Americans’ information has been stolen, out of a population of just over 300 million.
You can start removing the genitals of Equifax’s IT dept as soon as OPM is castrated.
I heard about this months ago, because they are a vendor for my company. I shrugged. I’m of the opinion that security is an illusion.
Clearly we need a federal Technology Security Agency.
Yeah, I had to battle some ID theft just 3 weeks ago. The perp asked my bank to send a new Visa card to them at an address in Florida. Fortunately the bank sent me an email saying the replacement card was en route, so I knew to call the bank and find out what was up. When I talked back and forth with the bank, they said the person had my name, SSN, and the credit card number. I was part of the affected OPM group, but I was baffled as to how my credit card number could be obtained too.
Now I know.
I’d like to see Equifax struck permanently off the list of the “3 major credit reporting agencies”. That should make a pretty strong impression on Experian and TransUnion.
In the meantime, I called all my credit card/financial institutions and set up stronger Q&A protocols and extra passwords for better protection.
That’s an awesome avatar.
I came here to say this.
Although your Salma avatar was pleasant as well
She’s one of us. What do you expect?
Hey hayek – Mike S is coming to see us at the end of the month. Love to have you there!
Was gonna say the same. It’s a Twin Cities + NoDak party! It will be EPIC. Or, just, you know, a few people talking over drinks.
I will have to pursue this in a live thread later on!
Yeah, there’s not much better than a kitty with a monocle and top hat.
That’s my kitty Lucy. She’s a goofball but in the pic she had her head cocked as such an odd angle that I thought she’d be a perfect Glibercat.
Thank you, Q. I know it is a dead thread now, but thank you nonetheless.
I’m so poor that it won’t effect me. I caught some guys scoping my truck at work a couple of years ago and I said “Really? You assholes are gonna rip off the Janitor?” They fled but only because they were caught in the act. My property has remained unhassled since, though, so I’ve got that going for me.
The traveler with nothing sings before the thief. -Roman proverb
When I lived in Chicago, I walked around a lot late at night by myself. Nobody bothered me. I think the main reason was that my long hair, beard, and thrift store trench coat made me look like a wino.
Aqualung! I had a buddy that was so objectively physically unattractive that he played it up. Trench coat, sinister chuckles, gross them out. Got some quim. Great drummer, too. Play to your strengths, I’d suppose.
Wrong. There is a very, very, very good chance that your SSN, at minimum, has been compromised. If you’ve had a car loan, a mortgage, any kind of loan, a bank account, or even used a free credit report website, you’re at risk.
The email I received has a link to a “tool” at Equifax to see if your information was compromised; Google it because I think my link was personalized.
As of 2016, there are 323 million people in the US. You gotta figure at least half are children. Half of 323 million is like 161.5 million. These people stole the info of 143 million. So unless you live in a cave, you’re probably at risk of identity theft.
I’m suing!
Suing for fucking what? Can you now sue anyone for anything in this country? I don’t like your shirt! I mean the color of it! I’m suing!
The problem with these fuckers is that they never argue in good faith. No one was pitching them out of the country before DACA. It doenst protect them from deportation. What it does do is set them up with entitlement programs and puts them on a path to citizenship. If they dont stop using the term ‘Dreamers’ I am gonna puke. They dont refer to our children as dreamers.
Her only legal justification hinges on her dubious claim that trump killed DACA arbitrarily. She then makes the claim that he is violating their right to due process though she doesnt spell out how. I think there is due process in place before DACA.
This is the establishment shoveling sand in the gears. The court will probably find for her and they will be off to the SC so Trump can hand their asses to them. These stupid fucks have been screaming that they wanted a king since 2008. Congratulations, you have a king.
I feel somewhat for kids that were brought here, but you know what, that’s on their parents. They can thank their parents, like so many others, for fucking them over. However, the day they turned 18 and remained in this country illegally, that’s on them. They’re adults and responsible for their own actions from that point forward.
I also don’t believe they were here as adults and were not committing the usual frauds involving identity and social security numbers to gain either direct benefits or employment. SLD that there shouldn’t be benefits or a need to verify anything before hiring someone.
Wide gate, tall wall.
“I sued Colorado! ‘Cause, y’know, I think it looks a little bit too much like Wyoming!”
Unclunkify this handmade joke:
Why do men tennis pros use a one handed backhand and women a two handed one?
It’s harder for the guys to explain having one giant forearm.
I’d change the punchline to:
Because most men develop one really strong hand in their teens.
Maybe refocus it in on one person?
“Why did the male tennis pro switch to a one handed backhand?
Because he needed an explanation for his one giant forearm.”
Alternatively,
“Because his wife started to wonder about his one giant forearm.”
random thoughts
When the weather is better than usual, they say “weather is not climate”.
When the weather is worse than usual, they say “climate change is real”.
I saw an anti-Soviet leaflet prepared by the US which was distributed in Afghanistan. It showed a crying woman carrying a child as she was surrounded by Soviet tanks, jets, and helicopters. The Pashto/Dari text said something like “this is the way cowards fight.” 20 or so years later, the US drops leaflets with pictures of attack helicopters, tanks, bombers, targeting Taliban fighters. The basic message is “behold our invincible weapons; you cannot win.” This is a mistake in my view. A message like that sets up a story of man vs. machine, and when you do that, almost everybody roots for the man. It also presents the Taliban as the underdog, which is even worse. Nobody watches the Death Star blow up Alderaan and says “yeah! go Empire!” There is more interest in boasting of superiority than in crafting a message that will weaken the enemy. I saw another leaflet that had a picture explanation of how the US uses satellites to find the Taliban. The message was “you can’t hide from us”. First of all, I’m pretty sure most Taliban fighters have no clue what a satellite is and a fair number think the earth is flat, so the diagram would make no sense to them. These leaflets could use more thinking and less testosterone.
I’ve kind of lost any and all confidence that we have any idea what we’re doing in Afghanistan.
Trying to make primitive warring tribes who’ve been warring against each other for at least 10,000 years, suddenly love western style democracy and George Bush?
it was pretty decent place from about 1940 to 1970 when they had a king. A good king is better than a bad president. That kind of thinking doesn’t appeal to Americans, but it’s still true.
Regardless, it’s foolish to try forcing a different culture into your way of thinking. I mean it used to work because they killed everyone.
In order to rebuild a nation, you must first destroy it- not just its military, but its economy, govt, and society. You must make them so miserable that they decide that there is no point in continuing to fight.
As long as the Taliban have men, money, and territory, they will keep fighting because they can.
Here’s how I’d try to win:
-offer the Taliban generous terms of surrender
-legalize morphine to make their opium worthless
-lay siege to every city and town they control and destroy it if they refuse to surrender
-co-opt or get rid of the radical imams and replace them with moderate ones
That’s not politically correct. Therefore, forever war. Even better than religion.
It wouldn’t work. The only way we can win is to leave but make it very clear that if they turn the country back into terror training inc. we will come back with MOABs and exterminate them.
They have so little to lose that to make the cost/benefit tip toward US victory, you’d have to start exterminating the entire populace; women, children, combatants and non-combatants alike. It would be Pyrrhic because we’d have to sell our soul to win. Slaughter 25% or so of the population though and maybe they’d lose enough support among the local populace that they’d stop. Maybe.
If that were true then it wouldn’t have been different before. The Takiban is not “Afghani culture” either.
Derp, you’re in the military: this kind of critical thinking can get you in trouble.
Yeah, but sometimes it’s worth it.
[Derpy reviews his many installation clearing papers as “Gortoz A Ran” plays]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7i_EZO5Hzc
Speaking of Somalia, I’ve been learning some Somali on the side. The word for RPG is baasuke (bazooka). Qori is rifle. I forget the word for pirate.
The Russian abbreviation for RPG is the same- ruchnoy protivo tankovy granatomyot
It means: hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher
There isnt going to be any victory in Afghanistan. No one else has been successful there and neither will we. We knew this when we were laughing at the Russians for trying it. We have known it since the dawn of time and so has everyone else.
Re; weather/climate
The climate scam as it currently exists makes an unfalsifialbe assertion. That is all you need to say about it. IT is NOT science.
They don’t call Afghanistan the graveyard of empires for nothing. There is nothing there worth fighting for. Bomb it to oblivion and it will pop back up in a decade or so. goats and Afghans can live on almost nothing. Poison gas or nukes, we know that won’t happen.
Our electric went off for like an hour and we lived in the most barbaric ways imaginable. Lit candles, fired up our charged devices, and then wife got upset with me because I didn’t immediately know how to play some videos on her laptop without knowing what the player or format of the video was. I mean, I’m a computer guy, I’m supposed to know everything without asking any questions. I’m the tool maker. It was barbaric. I think I saw a short faced bear and a giant sloth outside. Now we know what the original population lived like more than 50,000 years ago. It was scary, triggering I tell you. Not a safe space in sight.
There should be support groups for people like you. You have my thoughts and prayers.
What? Oh look! A squirrel! *scurries off
When I lived in Tanzania, I had electricity and running water most of the time. When one or the other went out for hours or a day or two, i had candles and buckets of extra water.
i ran my drinking water through an improvised filter and boiled it on a kerosene camp stove. Breakfast most days was a banana and a cup of powdered milk.
Sometimes at night, various jungle critters would scamper around on my tin roof, hooting and making a racket. That was cool. The time when I had to spend several hours killing a swarm of flying ants which had invaded my house was less than fun.
In the jungle you must wait until the dice read five or eight.
“When I lived in Tanzania”
Well, that’s pretty exotic. I don’t think I can top that, I mean come close. I used to hike and camp for days and weeks in the pipe line trails in Appalachia. That’s really not a good close 2nd.
Yeah, what I hate about foreign lands is that you dont know which bugs are bad or what they will do to you. Some of the most mundane looking critters can smoke your ass.
Flying ants. The trick with them is a bowl of water under every light source – they dive for the reflection and get stuck.
Same thing here. Five minutes after the power is out mine nearly goes into a panic because no TV. I dont get that. I like silence. I can think when it is quiet and damned sure cant think with the idiot box screaming at me demanding attention. Then she starts getting irritable. Next time maybe I should seek the company of the giant sloths.
Books are my friend, too.
Books are the best friends. I cherish every one of mine.
In an earlier thread I complained about my Ex selling off my property (hockey gear etc.) but the hurtful part was our library. Between us we had a few thousand books. Sticking it into smart crazy is like pouring vinegar on a fresh cut. As I remarked before, at least I brought my golf clubs with me…
That sucks man. I’m not being glib, I really mean that.
But you had to read books by candle light. Barbaric! In a nation of non-existent or rewritten history, the knowledge that only a couple hundred years ago, not only did people read by candlelight, they probably did not have any books to read, seems to be forgotten. Because books were very expensive. And even if you could afford them, you had to be able to read them, in a world where most people were both unable to afford them and illiterate.
+ one Zillion for “short-faced bear”, Hyp! That’s fucking Gold!
G’night you drunks, reprobates, and anarchists. It’s been a lovely evening chatting over the internet. But alas, I must go have adventures n LA meatspace. Dinner, drinks and hopefully debauchery await!
Peace!!
Fuck off, Tulpa!
See ya, Evan!
Get laid
Do your drug, drink your homework, and stay away from milk!
Greeting mammals…I am a bit worn out from preparing for this atmospheric disturbance. It is tempting to test the orbital bombardment cannons on this infuriating storm.
Do it! I’ll give you a dollar.
I dare you. Pussy
I was under the impression the entire storm was the approach of one of your Scout Ships, like propwash or something
♫ Oh you can tell by the way I crawl
I’m an ectotherm with mighty claws
MY blood is cold and my rock is warm
I’ve been shedding skin since I was born
And now it’s all right, it’s okay
And you may look the other way
We can try to explain
The structure of my tiny brain
Whether you’re a serpent or whether you’re a lizard
You’re a reptile, you’re a reptile
Feel your tongue flickin’ and devour a live chicken
And you’re a reptile, you’re a reptile
Ah, ha, ha, ha, you’re a reptile, you’re a reptile
Ah, ha, ha, ha, you’re a reptiiiiiiilllee
Can you actually transition if it just keeps growing back?
This guy is funny AF. I’m gonna repost in the AM so all the pigskin fans can see:
https://twitter.com/CaptAndrewLuck?s=09
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
What a great find! lol
TW: Breitbart.
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/09/08/texas-teacher-indicted-allegedly-kissing-sexting-soliciting-sex-boy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Doesn’t say if the kid was a special ed student, but either way a fuckin’ *eighth grader*? That’s pretty sick shit.
I have told my story before about my girlfriend’s MILF screwing my brains out when I was 14…*sucks through teeth* fond memories there. It was the summer after my 8th grade.
I thought it was the coolest thing that had ever happened. Yes, I went b ack a few times for more.
I just…
I…
You lucky bastard.
I really was. Do you know how long you can keep that up at 14? Energizer bunny, my ass.
Speaking strictly for myself, maybe I was some kind of sensitive soul and while I was fascinated by the thought of women at that age, I think if that happened I would have been like the dog that caught the car. I actually think it would have screwed me up pretty bad. That was a rough period though.
Yeah, I’m not a big fan of pervy chicks in their 30’s getting their jollies off on fucking kids.
random thought
The way many conservative Islamic countries view pederasty is similar to the way many western societies see alcohol- the acknowledge the ill effects, but the practice is so entrenched as to be impossible to eradicate.
meanwhile
Michigan: Muslim who stabbed cop while screaming “Allahu akbar” demands home addresses of witnesses
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/09/michigan-muslim-who-stabbed-cop-while-screaming-allahu-akbar-demands-home-addresses-of-witnesses
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The demand was denied: “Stating that she felt the decision to bar Amor M. Ftouhi, 49, from seeing witness contact information was ‘most prudent in the interest of public safety,’ Flint U.S. District Judge Linda V. Parker denied a motion from Ftouhi’s government-appointed attorney, Joan Morgan, in court on Wednesday, Sept. 6.
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[head cautiously raised from desk]
Kind of surprising the judge had that much sense.
TW: Autoplay
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/how-monster-hurricane-irma-compares-to-andrew/70002677
Check out the size comparison between Andrew and Irma.
People will start saying that Al Gore was right in 10, 9, 8…
Except for this:
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/591x400_10131929_earthsstrongestmostmassivestormever_3.jpg
Super Typhoon Tip, the largest storm in recorded history. It was a Pacific storm so it doesn’t get the same kind of panty moistening that Atlantic hurricanes get.
Fun fact: Tropical cyclone is the generic term; hurricanes are the Atlantic and typhoons are the Pacific.
Another fun fact: tsunami and typhoon are the same in both English and Japanese. First time I was in Japan, I was watching the news and it was like — — —- tsunami — — — — typhoon — — —-. Wait a second, did they just say typhoon?
Taifoo in Jappygo. No “n”.
Arigato gozaimasu straffin-sensei! Similar enough to recognize even if nothing else was.
Typhoon in Tokyo, snowstorm in Denver, tornados in Raleigh. I seem to have bad weather luck when traveling. Supposed to go to Ft Lauderdale twice next month.
October is Pythonado season.
For shiggles, I decided to see if there was anyone stupid enough to link earthquakes to climate change. Here’s one of the top results:
Waking the Giant: How a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes
https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Giant-changing-earthquakes-volcanoes/dp/0199678758
[head desk, which triggers sudden earthquake]
How climate change triggers earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/16/climate-change-triggers-earthquakes-tsunamis-volcanoes
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Their take on the connection is that the reduced atmospheric pressure that characterises these powerful Pacific equivalents of hurricanes is sufficient to allow earthquake faults deep within the crust to move more easily and release accumulated strain. This may sound far fetched, but an earthquake fault that is primed and ready to go is like a coiled spring, and as geophysicist John McCloskey of the University of Ulster is fond of pointing out, all that is needed to set it off is – quite literally – “the pressure of a handshake”.
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[head desk]
Wow, a geophysicist was stupid enough to actually say that. I thought that geologists/geophysicists were some of the strongest skeptics?
Science isnt lab coats, beakers and microscopes. Those are only tools. Science is a methodology, a methodology by which falsifiable hypothesis are tested and refined or discarded. What the warmistas have done is ignore that, refuse to discard their hypothesis despite many failures and morph it into a baseless yet unfalsifiable assertion. The people running around screaming accusations of ‘science denier’ dont know what the words they are using mean and what they are doing is most decidedly NOT science.
I thought one was out there claiming that melting the ice caps, removing that weight from the crust at the poles would cause stuff to move around.
I think the hundreds of feet of sea level change would be the greater concern if that much ice melted.
Am I the only one making money at this hour? I kind of hope not.
You work on Saturdays?
What time is it there?
2 pm. Late lunch.
#$@% bitches get paid?!
And I work 6 or 7 days a week. If I don’t like a job I dump it and go down to 5 or 6 a week.
Yeah, I think you mentioned something like that before? You can pretty much decide what job you want? Good for you, man.
Bad point? No bennies.
7 days a week? Daaaaaamn. That karoshi ain’t nothing to kid about.
I’m married with a small kid. Working 7 days a week regardless.
I’m working hard at 30 hours a week/ 1500$ per
/semi retired
Spot the Not: things blamed on climate change
1. Incontinent, impotent bald guys with extra hair growing from their toes.
2. Giant Snakes
3. Decline of Circumcision in Africa
4. Dog Autism
5. Shortage of Hookers in UK
6. Collapse of gingerbread houses in Sweden
I’ll go with 4.
victor, victor drink some liquor!
Don’t mind if I do.
I’m gonna say #3. I bet climate change is blamed for an increase in circumcision.
OT and serious for once- I’ve never seen an on-line community come together like this. These hurricanes and such what-not have drawn together what could be best described as a bunch of smirking assholes into a true village. Signs and wonders. I’m proud to call each and every one of you a friend and that is no mean feat. I can count the humans that I give a shit about in flesh-world on my twenty one digits, carry the five and have none left over. You guys are the real deal and if I weren’t so far away I’d love to help. I hope that you all get home safely.
Yep . you should write an article
Mocking or serious? I’m bi-serious shit-lord!
I’ll drink to that!
thing I learned recently
The reason cavalry used curved swords is so they could slash instead of stab. If you stab someone with a sword while charging on a horse, your sword will likely get stuck and you’ll break your wrist, lose your sword, and/or fall off your horse.
What weaponry have you studied the use of?
My Naval cutlass stabs and slashes like good Sword does!
Knives, pistols, rifles, grenades, grenade launchers, machine guns, clubs, staffs…
Never did anything with swords.
Ah. You are a fairly young man, aren’t you?
The basic training the military gives is…basic.
Once upon a time I burned a lot of gun powder. For about 20 years I blew through 1000 to 5000 rounds per week in pistol ammunition and 500 or so rounds of rifle. I wont bother telling you the skill you can develop with that much practice but I will say that you can learn to do things that you currently think you cannot. I aint no Jerry Mikulec but I wasn’t half bad.
If you think you will be in situations where you will see hand to hand you should practice. Pistol first, that is the hardest to master, rifle next which is the easiest and the knife. Find a good knife teacher. A real master with a knife can do some pretty amazing things with a simple steel wedge and that damned thing can really save your life in a pinch.
Over time the sword has evolved from a chopper to a slasher and finally to a stabber. This means that the blade can be shortened greatly and still be highly effective, i.e. a knife. A good knife with a solid lock on it is hard to find. The ones with the cantilever style locks are the best but you need to make sure yours has a lock bar that is at least equal in width to the blade…and that the damned thing wont crap out on you when you smack it down on a hard surface. It also needs to have at least a one inch section of serration.
I cant believe I am talking about this shit.
These days, my priorities are improving my language knowledge and run time. But maybe someday I will have some time to do some more Rambo things just for fun.
The odds of me being in close combat are and will likely remain very low. The things likely to kill me are hard to defend against: IEDs, rockets, mortars, landmines, helicopter crashes. If the helicopter I’m riding in crashes, assuming I survive, I will likely be too injured to fight back much.
I will probably go to jump school someday for the hell of it. I decided against it for time being because I want to finish training and get to my assignment. Going to jump school would have delayed that. I know a guy who finished language school but got hurt badly in jump school and never got to do his original assignment. He got stuck on desk duty forever and will be getting a medical discharge soon. I want to avoid that.
Thanks for the info anyway. Iron sharpens iron. It’s why I hang out with you guys.
On a side note:
Back during the Somalia mess in 1992, there was an Army helicopter pilot who was captured. Every day of his captivity, another helicopter would fly out to where he was and a guy on a loudspeaker would say “Michael, we know you’re alive and we’re not leaving without you.” Sometimes hope is the best weapon. Michael Durant was recovered after 11 days.
“do some more Rambo things just for fun.”
It isnt fun. Watch Rambo movies for fun and stay away from the shit as much as you can.
I was never overwhelmed except by numbers after my friend and I started sparring. The gold standard of hand-to-hand is to not get smacked in the face. It’s blocking and swatting. Fuck he was quick! We were even-steven when we pulled punches. I fought a burly fellow one time when I was 20 and took him apart.
More D&C time then. Manual of arms for the sword was in the back of the D&C FM.
It’s kind of cool when they break out the sword whenever there’s a change of responsibility ceremony. I wish they would hack up a watermelon with it though. That’d make it more fun.
If there Is a local fencing club near you, I suggest you check it out.
While rules about things like right of way kind of seem weird to outside observers, they really just mean prioritize not getting stabbed over trying to stab the other guy. It’s also a pretty good workout that doesn’t quite feel like a workout, and for a sport that’s nominally about poking people with metal sticks, there is a large focus on legwork.
old Onion story
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Clinton Deploys Vowels to Bosnia
Cities of Sjlbvdnzv, Grzny to Be First Recipients
Before an emergency joint session of Congress yesterday, President Clinton announced US plans to deploy over 75,000 vowels to the war-torn region of Bosnia. The deployment, the largest of its kind in American history, will provide the region with the critically needed letters A,E,I,O and U, and is hoped to render countless Bosnian names more pronounceable.
“For six years, we have stood by while names like Ygrjvslhv and Tzlynhr and Glrm have been horribly butchered by millions around the world,” Clinton said. “Today, the United States must finally stand up and say ‘Enough.’ It is time the people of Bosnia finally had some vowels in their incomprehensible words. The US is proud to lead the crusade in this noble endeavour.”
The deployment, dubbed Operation Vowel Storm by the State Department, is set for early next week, with the Adriatic port cities of Sjlbvdnzv and Grzny slated to be the first recipients. Two C-130 transport planes, each carrying over 500 24-count boxes of “E’s,” will fly from Andrews Air Force Base across the Atlantic and airdrop the letters over the cities.
Citizens of Grzny and Sjlbvdnzv eagerly await the arrival of the vowels. “My God, I do not think we can last another day,” Trszg Grzdnjkln, 44, said. “I have six children and none of them has a name that is understandable to me or to anyone else. Mr. Clinton, please send my poor, wretched family just one ‘E.’ Please.”
Said Sjlbvdnzv resident Grg Hmphrs, 67: “With just a few key letters, I could be George Humphries. This is my dream.”
The airdrop represents the largest deployment of any letter to a foreign country since 1984. During the summer of that year, the US shipped 92,000 consonants to Ethiopia, providing cities like Ouaouoaua, Eaoiiuae, and Aao with vital, life-giving supplies of L’s, S’s and T’s.
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Hopefully they don’t mix in boxes of grid squares in that air drop.
So, I been thinking,Cali is overdue for an Earthquake, and when it happens, no one will give a shit like the Hurricanes.
Shit burns, a couple of people Die, and we go on, until the BIG ONE,
Then the entire Country is screwed, because most of our imports go through So cal and it’s ports
Arizona Bay (great tune, by-the by).
Meanwhile in Venezuela
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/09/07/venezuela-is-what-income-equality-looks-like.html
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I recently spent several terror filled weeks in Venezuela filming a short documentary and I experienced this extraordinarily dangerous state of affairs first hand. The second day we were there three armed men on motorcycles held us up at gun point in broad daylight and brazenly stole our camera and sound equipment.
Unfortunately that was only the start of my Venezuelan experience. While we were filming street scenes a man was shot in front of us. Not only that, but it was witnessed by a police officer who – either because he was so inured by the daily violence or simply didn’t want to be the next victim – simply watched it unfold and walked away. Most heartbreakingly, my fixer, a woman who negotiated our safety inside the hellish Venezuelan barrios, was murdered on her doorstep the day after I left.
I recently interviewed dozens of liberals in New York and asked them point-blank which economic model we should be emulating: our own economic system or that of Venezuela? Notwithstanding the obviously observable devolution of this major country, over 75 percent of the people interviewed answered Venezuela. Even after being informed of the violence and extreme poverty that Venezuelans are suffering through every day, these self-loathing leftists were resolute in their answer.
In the words of several people I spoke to, “We will all wait in line together.”
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[head desk]
In this video, an environmentalist is shocked and dismayed to learn that the plastic in her bike helmet came from oil.
“So I’m Wearing Oil?!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq6Hm6JGzVg
[face palm; too much head desking]
When the Exxon Valdez crashed all of the people in my office decided to boycott oil. After I explained that plastic, paint, medicines, fabrics, etc were all made from oil, i.e. nearly every goddamned thing that made their lives bearable, they simply pretended that I never told them and went on with their ‘boycott’.
A shaved monkey is still just a monkey.
No, some shaved monkeys are clever monkeys, the rest are gibbons.
Further to what I said above, the fraternalism shown over the last two weeks might mean a resurgance of “Fraternal Orders’. If you are of a certain age, your parents belonged to the IOF, the Elks Club, the Eagles, the Masons, the Knights of Columbus. Has the pendulum swung so far back that helping others is cool again or am I straining for a 1960’s world-view? We need more Beadles and Grand Poobahs and less anger in the streets.