I’m out of work starting in 3..2..1.. just kidding. I have a 4:00 meeting. But after that its gonna be like Khayser Shozhe at work. I’m ghosting harder than that time I figured out I had my hot/crazy coordinates backwards on a woman.
Juries continue to not find Cliven Bundy and others involved in an armed standoff with the Bureau of Land Management guilty. I’m sure its white privilege.
The EU continues to hate the Poles for not being properly servile to their German and French masters.
Hopefully, Playa Manhattan was short on his favorite stock to short.
I know we love to hate Elon Musk here, but there’s just something about that much thrust in one place that makes the Falcon Heavy pretty. STEVE SMITH SAY “YOU KNOW WHO ELSE HAD 5M LBS OF THRUST?”
For music, I offer this throwback about a red rocket.
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Second
If you call 2nd and you’re first, that means you’re technically 3rd and disqualified for the next 3 rounds of links. I just made that up because there’s no rules, so anyone can make one.
Cool! Calvin Ball!
“we document that women with higher breast-to-underbreast ratio (large breasts) and women with relatively low WHR (narrow waists) have higher fecundity as assessed by precise measurements of daily levels of 17-beta-oestradiol (E2) and progesterone. Furthermore, women who are characterized by both narrow waists and large breasts have 26% higher mean E2 and 37% higher mean mid-cycle E2 levels than women from three groups with other combinations of body-shape variables”
“Large breasts and narrow waists indicate high reproductive potential in women”, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, G. Jasienska et. al. (2004)
https://archive.is/LqXPq
1-5, 19, 22, 25 and 30 is a repeat but well worth it
I’ve had a shitty day and it’s not done yet. An orgy will help with that right?
Orgies always help.
Until you show up and there’s just six guys there. Unless that is your thing.
The belle of the ball got sick.
Speaking from experience?
“The belle of the balls”
FIFY.
” You caught the clap”, clapping. Bravissimo!
You’re right, though I’m still working. I should be done soon.
Is #3 Kesha before meth?
I heard she’s into watersports.
?
She likes getting peed on.
Hmmm…I didn’t know that.
Ugh. All this time I was thinking that she was just greasy. Nightmares torn asunder by cold reality…
3, 30, 31
I think 30 & 31 are the same girl.
That’s so racist and shit.
Totally.
Bless you, Sir.
When do we see the voting results? Or were they posted last night while I was wasting hours of my life on Star Wars (I swear that 2hr 33min movie is actually four hours long).
Yesterday, one of the later threads I think.
Found it! Thank you.
And people keep telling me democracy only leads to bad ends. Glibertarians, at least, choose correctly.
One of the contractor on my design team has his badge on a green lanyard with the white letters “KCCO.”
I take comfort that if he pisses me off he will be easy to get rid of.
Rev. Horton Heat! You’re the best, Brett, no matter what the rest of the Gliberati says about you!
Aww, shucks.
**kicks rock and blushes**
What happened to your meeting?
I am watching the presentation on the other monitor and half-listening.
You went through state worker training?
I wrote the app, literally, for at least one state agency.
Thanks Brett. I met the future Mrs. Time at a Rev show. We go to see them as often as possible when they are touring.
I like the Good Reverend.
Thirded. First time I heard them was in the movie ‘Love and a .45’. They had a little cameo and had a couple songs on the soundtrack. It was sweet. The soundtrack was pretty good overall for that movie.
A former roommate of mine from my undergrad years whom I couldn’t stand liked him. Initially, I couldn’t stand the Reverend because I associated him with this roommate. Sometime after my undergrad, after I had purged that roommate from my memory, I heard some Reverend Horton Heat. I forget where. I remember thinking, “I shouldn’t have associate that asshole with the Reverend, this is good stuff! I’ve been missing out!”
Because they perpetuate rape culture by their shape, and that’s Sweden’s job
From what I understand, Merkel has a deep seeded hatred toward Poles. It goes back to when her father hired a few Poles to change the light bulbs in his shop. Let’s just say it didn’t go as planned
You know what other German hated the Poles?
Alfred Rosenberg?
Nietszche?
Jürgen Stroop?
How many did it take?
Depends on how big the shop was.
deep seeded hatred
It’s attached itself to her uterine wall!
Nothing else has…
It seems like Space X is actually producing something useful though.
Does it work?
/rolls eyes
No, that’s Fucking Awesome, down right Trumpesque
I couldn’t agree more this is what happens when you have a culture of engineers as opposed to bean counters and bureaucrats. Write it off as a PR expense, better yet, instrument the hell out of it and get some test data as to how well the Tesla puts up with an extreme shock, vibe, and temperature environment. Be the only car manufacturer to boast that your car has spaceflight qualified hardware standard.
Something for which the government is the primary customer, though.
Destination Moon has some strong critique on that point. It should be required viewing for anyone in Aerospace, and at least SpaceX seems to have taken it as a cultural guidepost.
Not sure I understand the hate for Musk. If the government is giving out money, what’s wrong with trying to get some of it back that you paid in? Is it wrong for me to do everything possible to minimize my task burden on a personal level? What’s the difference between doing this on a personal level and turning it into a business strategy?
Don’t know much about Musk really, but this seems like a “hate the game, not the player” situation to me.
I can hate both the game and the player. Snake oil salesmen always needle this violent reflex in me…
Understandably, but snakeoil ain’t SpaceX game. They’ve done more to advance the state of the art and shake up an ossified and risk averse industry than any other company I can think of since the flight of Apollo 16.
Aus asked about Musk. Musk is a snake oil salesman, even if he’s bought into projects that didn’t turn out that way. It’s in his character.
Fundamentally, isn’t any good salesman? Isn’t that what the job description is if you’re trying to build a company? Its all snake oil until you prove it works.
No, because there’s a difference in character. behaviour and mannerisms between snakeoilmen and salesmen.
You’re thinking of a flim-flam man.
Fundamentally, isn’t any good salesman?
Nope. Just on TV.
Good salesmen are never in movies. They are as boring as engineers.
Ok, so I’m registering the complaint as one to his arrogance. Which, I agree, rubs me the wrong way. Unless you can name specific differences in behavior inherent in a snake oil salesman that other lack. I think these traits may in fact be a feature required for success in any industry that is poisoned by bureaucratic malaise – look at Jack Welch and Howard Hughes. I am sure there are other examples but fundamentally you have to use political tactics in those cases.
No. Snake oil salesmen are frauds. They peddle useless junk with promises and aren’t around when results are lacking.
I don’t follow the man, but SpaceX appears to be his real pursuit. The car stuff and other ventures seems to be sideshows and fund-raisers. So far Musk is still around, but we’ll see.
Which is why I’m trying to parse all of this out. Snake oilmen sell a real product on the basis of fraudulent claims and the consumers may get something not as advertised (absent an accounting for placebo effect). As far as I can tell, neither Tesla nor SpaceX products fit within that definition. All the hype surrounds future products, which is exactly where hype is supposed to be – this is called marketing i.e. creating the market for future products by generating demand.
I never had any interest in selling a product or service I didn’t believe in.
In my mind, after years of watching westerns and becoming a snake oil SALESMAN (SOS) expert, I think the main difference is availability. SOS are rarely there to feel the consequences of their fraudulent actions. My guess is neither will Musk. He may not actually sneak away like a true SOS, but metaphorically through some fancy financial work or some such thing.
You answered your own question.
Con men are often the targets of derision.
He’s been very active in setting up the game.
I wouldn’t care what the fuck Musk or his fanboys do, as long as it doesn’t cost me anything. The bastards are promoting the end of ICEs and the end of human-driven cars.
Fuck that noise.
My theory is that we might actually make it out of low orbit once again if we can keep Trump in the Whitehouse for 8 years. If Dems get power back, we’re going nowhere except down the proverbial shit creek with no thrusters.
They’re doing an Iridium launch on Friday.
*smiles evilly, rubs hands together*
Come to me, schadenfreude.
Indeed. Stick to that, Elon.
Is this like if your sister uses your vibrator, and the vibrator doesn’t tell you, it’s cheating?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/5177824/devious-sex-robots-are-so-intelligent-they-will-be-able-to-get-away-with-cheating-by-lying-to-their-human-partners/
Who would WANT to use another person’s sex bot? That’s just gross.
Pete: Bob, did you use my sex bot while I was out?
Bob and Sex Bot (in unison): No…
If the internet has taught me anything, it’s that there are perversions of every stripe.
Maybe someone wants to be cucked by their sexbot, hmmm?
I suppose Pete’s roommate might not be able to afford as nice of a sex bot.
Inequality, demand equal high quality sex bots for everyone. At least until the radical feminists make it a law that the sex bots have to conform to “normal” body standards.
They probably want to make it a blind order where you might a get a male bot, a female bot, or a trans bot and if you don’t fuck it then you get locked up for a hate crime.
That will be in the Sex Bot Neutrality Regulations.
The same sort of person who would have sex with a woman who had slept around a bit?
As long as you wash it out afterwards, which you should probably do even if you’re the only user of the device.
“As long as you wash it out afterwards”
The bot or the woman?
Yes.
Or no, if that’s your thing.
I’d imagine they’ll have a flushout port just like a boat motor. Nothing gross about it.
Nothing gross about it.
Except what comes out of the flushport after a long ‘boating season’.
What that actually says is “Don’t use this technique in iterative programming for making sexbots”. Indeed, if you’re trying to make the AI right, you wouldn’t want to prioritize the act, but instead making the owner happy. You set your goals and parameters wrong, the end product isn’t going to be what you want.
+3 laws of robotics
Thinking about unintended consequences, if you set the sexbot to prioritize intercourse, you don’t risk cheaterbots, you risk rapebots.
Go on…
STEVE SMITHbots.
Picture a Dalek with something other than a toilet plunger attachment.
THAT DOES NOT RAPEPUTE!
//STEVE SMITH-BOT 2000
Yours is better.
STEVE SMITH-BOT 2020!
Thinking about unintended consequences, if you set the sexbot to prioritize intercourse, you don’t risk cheaterbots, you risk rapebots.
Jokes aside. What if the robots simply utilize the services of other sex robots?
True. If they are always in the mood, wouldn’t they seek out other things that are always in the mood (and don’t require sleep, food, other recreation etc.)?
“Erobot customer support? Your Bronze series just keeps fucking itself”
I’ve coded some infinite loops in my time.
Get those barf bags ready, kids. Fawning, hagiographic movie “The Post” hitting theatres in January. The Washington Post of the Pentagon Papers era is a far cry from the fish wrap tabloid of today.
Next movie: “The Trains Ran On Time!” shows the playful side of Uncle Joe at his Dacha enjoying life’s simple pleasures.
Because every fucking important thing in history happened between the time President Kennedy was shot to the time President Nixon resigned.
God I can’t wait for the fucking boomers to leave the stage.
List of things that come to mind when I think of that time span:
Moon Landing
There are more things that happened that were important, but that always takes time to remember.
Electronics
Velcro
lexan
tang
and other shit that directly came from the Space Program
Ford Pinto
Me, too. But then I’ll be next in line to exit.
I’d like to spend a few more years with my parents around, but if you feel that strongly about it, I guess I can have a talk with them.
Maybe I should have said retired. They can live until they’re 100, but I’m sick of their cultural influence and the idea that their cultural/historical touchstones should be everybody’s touchstones.
Just trolling you, I know what you meant. And I agree. Thankful my parents hate those things about their generation as well. Unfortunately, they seem to be in the quiet majority.
Um…..
Chappaquiddick
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qG-c8DtOm9g
And never mind that we already had All the President’s Men.
I’m going to treat it like I do every other movie.
Get arrested for masturbating in the theater?
Everyone needs a hobby. Don’t be so judgemental.
How I do love the theatre.
“Fuck you, it’s January!”
I present for your perusal one of the absolutely dumbest things ever posted to the Internet. It’s somewhere between a Sadbeard tweet and “how is babby formed” in measure of raw stupidity.
https://eand.co/what-do-you-call-a-world-that-cant-learn-from-itself-58ae28cefd23
You can just stay in Europe then.
I was falling for it until he wrote ““hey! See that British healthcare system? . . . Why don’t we propose that? They work!” . That’s when I knew it was parody. Very well done though.
Is it though? My sarc meter doesn’t work as well as it used to.
“cities have already reached ‘Peak Millennial’”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-17/exodus-starts-millennials-ditch-city-life
Is Peak Millennial possible?
TW: Zerohedge so stay out of the comments unless you want to read variations on “JOOOOOOOOOZ!!!!”
Anyone know the story as to why Zerohedge has attracted an audience of mouth-breathing antisemites and racists? What is it about the site that appeals to them?
Like all things that challenge the popular narrative, antisemites and racists are sure to be attracted.
Dunno….perhaps because skepticism of central banking tends to coincidentally appeal to the sort of people who believe the (((puppetmasters))) control everything?
Eustace Mullins approves
I think that has a lot to do with it: Zerohedge (at least when I was looking at it regularly) was pretty harsh on central banks, etc. That’s a pretty good stand to take but, unfortunately, it intersects with the Rothschild-banker conspiracy theorists.
The Rothschilds don’t control all banking?
No I think the Bilderbergers took that part over in some sort of stock swap.
Oh my God- the Rothschilds own the Bilderberg group. Do you even conspiracy, brah?
I know they want it that way but, do you know how difficult it is to keep all of the arms of the Illuminati straight. I’m not sure the ruling board even knows everything with all of the compartmentalization.
I’ve been absent from Bohemian Grove for a while, so I may not be completely up to date.
Were does the trilateral commission fit into all of this?
Meh, doesn’t matter: Bilderberg, Trilateral Commission, etc. are all just fronts for the Reptilians.
Our best chance at survival is to be very polite to Mr. Lizard.
^^^^DAVID ICKES APPROVES!^^^^
The Pentaverate subsumes all those lesser organizations.
https://youtu.be/RJeRWZgk1Wk
Raven, you missed an opportunity for Reverse Vampires.
You guys aren’t fooling anyone. Everyone knows the Knights Templar control everything.
We don’t go by that name anymore.
“You guys aren’t fooling anyone. Everyone knows the Knights Templar control everything.”
And who runs the Knights Templar? Connect the dots: the Jesuits.
“And who’s in this Pentaverate?”
“The Queen! The Vatican! The Rothschilds! The Gettys! AND Colonel Sanders before he went tits-up. Oh, how I hated the Colonel, and his wee beady eyes, and that smug look on his face: ‘oh, you’re going to buy my chicken, ooooooh’”
I see the disinformation is working: the Templars are a fully-controlled subsidy of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church created both the Communists & the Nazis (see Jack Chick). BUT, the Catholic Church (& hence the Templars) are playing in the kiddie pool. They don’t understand the bigger forces at play.
@ Playa: shit, yeah, that should have been obvious.
The Catholic Church is controlled by Major League Baseball satellites and chemtrails.
Amateurs. The lot of ’em. Give (((us))) a call when you want to really talk world domination.
I went to a Bilderberger Workshop. All I got was a stuffed shirt.
Seems like you’re in a pickle.
I had a delicious bacon double-cheese at the Build-a-Burger luncheon.
*rimshot*
Did you at least get the heartbeat accessory?
Makes sense.
It’s a good question. I’ve never thought their content supported such dreck. Maybe they just have very passive comment moderation so word got around to the hardcore Alt-Right types that it’s the place to hang out?
I think it’s the support for a gold standard because according to them the Jews control the banking system. This still doesn’t make sense because to hear the antisemites tell it the Jews controlled the banking system even with the gold standard. No idea on the racism.
Zero Hedge is an FSB front personally overseen by Putin. Trump loves Putin. White nationalist love Trump, thus white nationalists love Putin and by extension ZeroHedge.
Simple really.
I only remember that in 2012-13 it wasn’t like that. The comments were about QE or European crisis. At some point I stopped visiting the site and missed how the comment section went downhill.
Greenspan, Bernanke, Yellen…
Not to mention all the guys who ever ran Goldman Sachs. I’m not sure it’s pure anti-semetism, but when every player is from the same tribe people are going to point it out even if it’s mostly coincidence.
Then blame the Medieval Church and monarchies that banned Jews from farming and other “good honest yoeman’s work”, forcing them to specialize in what was then the shit job of money-changing and lending.
“Motherfucker, I told you bitches. Eat shit, Richard Florida!”
– Joel Kotkin right now
Hah! I was going to say something similar – Kotkin predicted this several years ago, that 20somethings would abandon cities once they started having families, just as previous generations did. It just took longer because they weren’t getting married/having kids as young.
Kotkin’s logic just always made more sense. Families are always going to prefer larger homes and more land. I think Kotkin already won the debate at the last census anyways- suburbs remain the fastest growing areas of the country.
A former coworker of mine emigrated from Brussels to America. He is married with four kids. The reasons for emigrating?
a) He could buy a house big enough for the whole family instead of being crammed into a little apartment
b) He and his wife could afford to buy their own cars instead of having company cars (according to him, a side effect of how Belgium taxes cars)
c) Even though the company only translated his salary from Euros to US Dollars, he had more money after taxes and living expenses.
I look forward to the millennials deciding to “return to the land” much as the hippies did earlier.
Particularly looking forward to the interactions between the hipsters and long-term rural dwellers.
Hippies were a lot like Resist today: whatever they’re for, I’m against it; I hate my dad, my draft card, the A&P….I’m checking out.
Which is fine, but someone observed that some rules make sense for a reason; if you’re returning to the land, remember that the latrine should go considerably downhill from the well. You can’t check out of everything.
Good. There are too many of them in NYC as it is. The rest of us can enjoy lower rents and better commutes.
Zach Miller posts video of himself taking a few steps without crutches
Look at the first picture. 😮
Tasty.
I will take sexist shitlord for $1000 Alex
I will say that question is in poor taste. Off the record, I will tell you some of the meanest, condescending and vicious NCOs I’ve ever met were all women. Mostly because the military is pretty much a boys club, so they think they have to be.
Some of the female officers I knew were OK, but the female SNCOs were uniformly cunts.
S?
Senior,I think.
Staff NCOs – E6 (staff sergeant) and above. In the Marines, staff sergeant is the rank that tends to be the point at which a guy is planning on staying in for the long haul. In the Navy, it’s at chief petty officer (E7).
Marine staff sergeants I have known got pissed about the fact that they were barred from the chiefs’ mess when aboard ship and had to eat with the peons.
S for Senior. Typically means E-7 and above. Sometimes an E-6 in the Air Force will get lumped in with the group if near retirements/too dumb to promote to E-7.
At least he’s stopped lecturing people on the need to know more about Canada.
Canada – We should have executed War Plan Red
And always remember to spay and neuter your Canadians.
Considering how Bob Barker sexually harassed the models, perhaps they should have spayed or neutered him.
Deep down we all know Bob Barker was only doing what everyone else here would do in his position.
Slight aside – the absolute worst sort of “news story” these days is when the media simply regurgitates the shit random idiots on twitter say about something.
I will tell you some of the meanest, condescending and vicious SCHOOL TEACHERS I’ve ever met were all women.
Trebek has always been an annoying asshole. Too bad Art Fleming wasn’t the host of the syndicated version of Jeopardy.
How did this not make the links???
Man with world’s largest penis now registered as disabled.
I didn’t want to dox myself?
So what you’re saying is this may be one of the few cases where a circumcision is medically called-for?
So what you’re saying is this may be one of the few cases where a circumcision is
medically called-forlife-threatening?the seed is strong
That dude has some very serious psych issues.
He did that to himself, to the point that his dick doesn’t even work anymore.
He has a 6 inch dick and a 12 inch foreskin.
Man, I’ve head of people being anti-Semetic, but that seems a little extreme.
Bravo!
Ok, so let’s see here. He can’t wear a uniform. He can’t run fast. And he cannot get on his knees. Ok, sorry guy, nowhere for you to work, every job in Murika requires you do do all of those things, every day.
The comments int he Poland article make my blood boil.
WaPo;DR
^this
^ What he said
And nobody ever gives a good synopsis of what the new law on judicial appointments will actually do.
Can’t have people gaining knowledge that might make them question the policies of their Elite Betters.
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/12/18/youtube-temporarily-bans-europeans-from-viewing-cernovich-documentary-on-migrant-rape-crisis/
TW: Brietbart, though the comments are better than Zerohedge somehow.
As I’ve noted a few weeks back, Breitbart seems to have improved. Though I am amused at the hordes of soi-disant conservatives calling for regulation and/or breaking up of Google.
In 1 A.T. “Conservative” merely refers to a particular stance in the culture war, it has been completely divorced from any alignment with advocacy for free enterprise and the free market.
That is the bulk of conservatives, yes. But, there are some a lot of prominent real conservatives left (primarily just clinging to their writing jobs at National Review), just like there are a few real liberals left (although they don’t really have a home anymore ever since the New Republic went full-on prog)
I think there may be such conservatives remaining in the punditry, but not so much out in the world at large.
That’s a good point. I guess libertarians would be the reverse- most of the pundits are nominally libertarian, whereas the people out in the world are generally more committed to principle
A day or two ago, on Amazon, I saw that someone is selling a morale patch that is a Gadsden flag/Thin Blue Line combo.
I was so filled with the undying, white-hot rage of the Úlfhéðnar that I wanted to kill everyone.
DON’T TREAD ON MY QUALIFIED IMMUNITY
ALSO FUCK THE PEASANTS
NO STEP ON OVERTIME!
NO STEP ON OVERTIME!
Nice.
“refers to a particular stance in the culture war”
It’s tribalism all the way down.
HAYEKSPLOSIVES IN THE HOUSE!! Woot-Woot!
Survived the trip. Had “Christmas” with the hubs so we could unwrap our packages before our train trip to Chicago starting Friday. It was great. Feeling grounded now.
Starting Friday, we get to just absorb what Chicago hotels, restaurants, and public spaces have to offer up for Christmas, and then have somebody else clean our room every night. Ain’t it grand??
Happy everything to everybody.
Who are you and what did you do to roadsplosives?
I’m Kenneth Branaugh and I set fire to her at Agincourt.
It’s weird, but I’m always neater in a hotel room.
Misplace or leave behind one thing while travelling, and you’ll remember why.
Same. I think it’s because I’m afraid I’ll forget something when I check out for a 6am flight home. Damn business travel.
Other than hang up clothes, I don’t even unpack.
Also, I can’t order dinner at my desk until I’ve thrown lunch away.
Ha. Too funny. I pull out what I’m wearing the next day so I can iron it if needed. All the rest stays in the luggage. Dirty clothes go into the drawer and are used to wrap any beers I can’t get at home. All of it gets jammed back into the luggage.
I’m pretty much the same way.
I always do the Jason Bourne routine when I leave. I’ll check over an area for my stuff, declare it “clean”, and move backward toward the door.
I think I do more of a Columbo and pat all my pockets down a dozen times saying “OK, ALright, OK”
“Oh, just one more thing…”
If i haven’t arrayed all my stuff neatly enough before I leave for the day’s work, I put up the do not disturb until I can get all in order so it’s good enough for the maid. Go figure!
It’s easier if you just accept the fact that the maid is going to try on your underwear while you’re gone.
That’s why I don’t wear any!
This is the most energetic post I’ve read here in a while. Just reading it pumps me up. Let’s do this!
Are you guys eating at one of Rick Bayless’s restaurants?
Carnitas, please. I’ll send you a self addresses stamped envelope and an ice pack.
Despite the best efforts of unhappy people to drag us down, I insist on enjoying the best of what our Maker has offered us.
Even if you aren’t a Christian believer, check out these words from the apostle Paul:
So even if you don’t think God or Christ can give you strength, do you see that the key is to learn to be content regardless of the circumstances? He wrote this letter from prison.
Merry Christmas, y’all.
Merry Christmas to you too.
Paul’s letters have always been my favorite Scripture by far.
Merry Christmas!
— A poetic translation from the Kalama Sutta
Unfortunately what gives most people peace is having people with guns take stuff from other people and give it to them.
I’ll stick with Paul.
Amen, brother!
So I got an “instant Pot” and also a porcelain covered iron stewpot. I don’t think Mr Splosives and I will be getting skinnier anytime soon.
Also got a beautiful 2o inch gold rope necklace that will allow me to wear my long stored gold pendants. We turned in a couple of much smaller gold necklaces to get a nice discount. I resisted the urge to look at it until we opened presents at teh tree this afternoon.
Hubby got a Fender jazz bass he’s been salivating over that I told him we couldnt afford until the UPS guy brought it up to the door at around 2 PM. Can’t really hide that. That’s what kicked off the celebrating.
“Hubby got a Fender jazz bass”
Wow, you are a great wife.
Hubby got a Fender jazz bass…
Damn, woman. You are the greatest! What color?
I bought one for my daughter, too. I can’t wait to watch her freak out (then rock)!
Red is the correct answer, i sold my 5 string J, too damn heavy
Tobacco sunburst is the bass color.
My sweet iron pot is deep red.
Nice! On both counts.
Both my p basses are Tobacco Sunburst
He already had the precision, but craved its Jazz sibling. So yay, I guess?
Thinner neck but a rounder profile, and one fret longer relative to the neck length, Bad ass really
Damn. Lots of bassists & bass-friendly people here.
With good taste.
Instant pots are great.
My girlfriend makes killer asian style boneless short ribs in ours.
The instant pot is awesome. Perfect stew in an hour or so.
Where is this instant Pot of which you speak, do you smoke it?
Behold.
Don’t let the “designed by Canadians” bit fool you, it’s actually a terrific product.
I hate the website.
Does that mean it’s polite and pointlessly bilingual?
It refuses to pronounce the letter U.
I can’t wait to try it. I hear there are tons of forums of users sharing tips and recipes. If you can recommend one, I’d like to know.
I think it’s gonna be great for all my Indian curries that usually take hours.
After several high profile rice failures, I got an instant pot.
First try: Lime Cilantro rice. It came out perfect.
We got an instant pot about two months ago.
Its changed the way we cook.
Probably one of the best kitchen gadgets ever invented.
Alright, I’m sold already!
Which model do I want?
If you already have a pressure cooker, you probably don’t need it.
I only use mine for rice.
I already have a dedicated rice cooker.
I didn’t until now.
Most of my rice is Mexican or pilaf style. I had a good decade of no mistakes, then all of a sudden, 10 failures in a row.
I’m back to square one.
If you already have a pressure cooker
And if you don’t have one I’ll send you mine, if I can find it. I think I’ve moved twice since I last used it and I’ve lived in my current place for ten years.
I use mine at least one a week.
Do you just throw away your chicken bones?
I save about three chickens worth then make a huge pot of stock in a stock pot on the rangetop like god intended.
I also make my stock on the stovetop. With a special, magic lid that makes the water 38 degrees hotter.
Right, like I’m gonna take stock advice form a guy who can’t cook rice.
Oh, I can make rice. Water, rice.
The failures were a little more complicated than that.
We got the 6qt Duo (2 adults, and 1 soon to be 2 kids)
There are some fancier ones with bluetooth, but thats really just silly.
We also got the glass lid, and the ceramic coated aluminum pot to go with it (mostly for making rice since it wants to stick to the stainless)
I was sceptical until I read so many reviews of the simple straightforward type you offer up. Then I went for it.
Can’t wait to get back from Christmas and make some nice winter fare.
I still have Compressors to change out Thursday, and rebuild an Ice machine Friday, at least it’s good money Have fun!
/ cracks first Cobra
My neighbor just posted that Amtrak picked them up in a bus for their trip to Chicago. Something, something trains… They were going to try to get them back on a train in Kalamazoo, but I haven’t seen any updates.
Is that one of those trackless trains I’ve been hearing about?
I actually read her short story and it was long, boring, heavy-handed and pointless.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/author-of-online-hit-cat-person-has-7-figure-book-deal/2017/12/19/a7708b92-e51e-11e7-927a-e72eac1e73b6_story.html
But it’s what the market will bear eh?
I actually read her short story and it was long, boring, heavy-handed and pointless.
James Joyce is rolling over in his grave…
– to hide the boner you just gave him!
I’m about to go there: Ulysses sucked.
Agreed. I remember reading Dubliners and liking it, but Ulysses was a slog and it wasn’t even a rewarding slog like, say, Anna Karenina. If I never read it again it’ll be too soon.
I gave up on Ulysses, but not before I read:
“redheads buck like goats.”
Word
We should have taken them out with drone strikes when we had the chance!!!
/tolerant progressives
Where’s Janet Reno when we need her?
Hopefully burning in the depths of Hades, forever.
Shit, I didn’t realize she was dead.
It was a happy day when I heard the news.
Impeccable timing.
So, I’ve been preparing for 2018 proxy season. Exciting!
One of the new rules required for public companies this year is disclosure in their SEC filings about pay ratio. Companies are supposed to average out the annual compensation of all employees other than the CEO, and then tell people the ratio of that average to the pay received by the CEO. I’m not sure what the purpose of that is, except to get people outraged. Kind of like the “explain how our Board of Directors is diverse” requirement (always fun, given that every company I help represent is VERY SEXIST AND RACIST and their Boards of Directors consist of old white men).
Haha- you have to do compliance
Seriously, this sucks like it sucks
I don’t have to do compliance per se, but I’m the guy writing the 10-K and the Proxy Statements. I just feed in the information I get from the company and the accountants.
*has flashback*
Press releases, quarterly communications and annual report, too?
That is pointless. If my job is answering phones and making reassuring noises to irate customers, I can’t justify a different rate of pay if my employer also employes high end people woth their six digit salaries versus if it’s a smaller outsourcing shop where no one but the owner goes above five digits. The same job worth the same to both companies will give different ratios. All this can do is lead to outsourcing of pay blocks to different logical agencies within the corporate structure to get rid of ratio whiners. This has a second order effect of limiting promotional opportunites, because now you’re crossing companies and decisions can’t be as easily walked back without just firing you.
I saw some pretty retarded shit on the ballot this year.
The worst shit was some of the Vanguard international funds. No, assholes, we don’t do business with warlords, and no, we aren’t going to pay to prove that we don’t.
This isn’t a ballot measure. It was a requirement under Dodd Frank that the SEC adopted rules for in 2015, applicable to all fiscal years starting beginning January 1, 2017 (so it comes into effect on 2018 filings)
No, I get it. The stupid ballot stuff is the latest wave of “Shareholder Activism”.
Thankfully in the midcap market where I’m usually working (everything I do has a market cap of somewhere between $250 million and $700 million) hasn’t seen any of that. Or much of it, anyways. I haven’t had to deal with it.
It’s bizarre. They went after Vanguard.
They think they’re going to impact a fund with a quarter trillion AUM? Yeah, good luck with that.
Where’s Vhyrus when you need him!?!
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/12/20/5_best_handguns_in_the_world_112812.html
I think we need to pitch a series to Netflix – Top Gear, but with guns, like Top Guns or something. Hilarious firearms hi-jinx all over the world.
That…. actually might be a good idea. I have no idea how you pitch such an idea, but I’ll gladly procure the busty models that we will obviously employ.
I’m happy to act as the babe wrangler.
No real argument here, but that list is basically a ‘water is wet’ article for anyone with any decent knowledge of guns. I will say that the 1911 is only good from an academic/historical standpoint because it’s a boat anchor nowadays and it’s only real market is to octogenarian Fudds and neckbeards with too much disposable income. I would also argue the M&P be removed for either the beretta 92 or the Browning Hi Power, or maybe something antiquated like the single action army, or the colt python.
I like 1911s and I’m not a Fudd or a neckbeard. I like old guns. I like new guns. I like guns.
I would like to have some newer designs in my collections of guns as I come off my shooting hiatus. A friend let me his Sig (P226 if I remember correctly) and I liked it. Depending on how many more items from the Bob Faris collection get flipped on gunbroker, my next purchase after those items might be a Sig.
Sig P228 > P226
I’ll keep that in mind when it is time to buy. Thanks!
Just drove through Ithaca en route from one gig to the next. The bodies are already beginning to pile up, and Cornell’s famous clock tower is ablaze above the town.
As the only Libertarian within several country miles, I wonder how long til the survivors come for me.
You might want to check out that ominous glow in the distance.
I’m amazed you made it out alive. I assume you have an up-armored Humvee with a Mk-19 mounted on the roof?
That would attract attention. To escape you want to blend in so you can go unnoticed. Try a Prius.
Prius capital of Upstate NY.
Ah….Athene.
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to ME
https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/943595907353927680
PEOPLE ARE DYING! LIKE LITERALLY!
Trump’s going to sign the bill with an oversized pen that he used to personally stab three dozen minority children to death with.
He’s not even going to clean it. He’s just going to let the blood drip from the pen as he signs. Cold blooded bastard
Does blood make for good ink? Um, asking for a friend.
No it coagulates when it gets cold.
Well that’s why you just stab another poor minority kid to get a fresh supply.
That’s because he’s going to sign it WITH their blood
I would donate $5 to Treasury to see it.
Lol. AT&T gave all employees a $1000 bonus. Talk about destroying the talking points.
I love how people are upset at that.
Its just the KKKorporashuns trying to fuck good Democrats over at because Trump is stupid and fuck them for giving into the $15/hr desired minimum.
https://twitter.com/Boeing/status/943542799726727169
OH THE HUMANITY!
Another UMAD BRO?
“Why didn’t they do this before?”
This comment from “Thomas Aquinas” does not use Thomist logic.
“I’d even say it’s obvious to one with 1/4 of a brain.
He he understood, he’s just butthurt that Trump just indirectly gave 300 mil. to charity.
Hmm, what companies did this under Obama? Except for #ClintonGlobal money, which we all know was spent “charitably” in Haiti, none.”
Ah, yes, Mr. Aquinas, I distinctly remember the great Doctor of the Church declaring in Summa Theologica:
“The Devil is just butthurt that God kicked his ass! #MAGA”
Must. Not. Read, Tweets.
That’s half the fun! Watching braindead partisan idiots tie themselves in knots to try and put unambiguously good things in a bad light is hilarious!
The amount of butthurt from Dems in the replies to those tweets is schadenfreudgasmic.
Thanks for posting these links JS.
After reading through the comments, I’ve reached the conclusion that none of us will know it when Peak Derp is finally reached, because the content will be completely incomprehensible to anyone capable of even borderline rational thought.
The reaction that pisses me off the most if all my prog friends – who fellated Obama for 8 years – decrying the “deficit-busting” tax bill.
Damn, “is all”
Just got back from Christiana Mall. There’s hordes of women selling their bodies for chocolate bars, to feed their sore-covered kids. Meanwhile, in the parking lot, their men folk are clustered around burning trash barrels while plutocrats in Rolls and Bentleys pull up trying to recruit workers to build additions to their money bins. The merchants are firing all colored people and have posted signs saying prices will go up 300% on January 2nd because the Trump tax bill didn’t give them enough tax relief.
Are the prostitutes good looking?
I heard they’re into watersports.
What do I care what the hired help is interested in?
quick question:
when people say, “Hezbollah wuz laundering monies”…
…what was the illegal source of funds, again, that needed laundering?
Islamic charities.
It’s the opposite of laundering. The money starts out clean, and they dirty it.
i would not be surprised if Fox tried to spin Halawa as “terrorist financing”, but still – the whole point of laundering is to mask source of funds. they wouldn’t need to flip cars to hide halawa money.
the below (“cocaine money”) sounds more plausible, but its still a little odd. if the product is coming into the US (in coke), and the money is going out of the US (to Hezbollah), there’s little need to launder it; you’d launder it only if you wanted to seem clean and transfer it via some legal method within the US. which, if that’s what they did, there should be plenty of records to substantiate the claim.
Admittedly, I haven’t read about it yet, but it sounds a bit…. sensational….
“We need to clean this money up before we use it for terrorism!”
Maybe other terrorist groups won’t let them spend it since the money was touched by the infidel. I wouldn’t be surprised if these clowns had such a rule.
“We have standards!!!!”
*wipes shit on beard*
They were running drugs.
Hezbollah and other groups have had presences in S/Central America for a long time – hence the bombing of Israeli embassies/cultural centers/etc. Generally a long term, low-level point of concern.
Should have linked this earlier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMIA_bombing
“The EU continues to hate the Poles for not being properly servile to their German and French masters.”
Ok, look we killed a bunch of Jews and stuff and started a world war. But now, we’re all liberal and have confessed our privilege and we’re so woke. So now we’re so holy we get to tell all of you what to do and just do it because we said so, you don’t want us to kill a bunch of Jews again, do you? I mean because this time it would be your fault for not obeying our Holy Wokeness.
Not like they cut a deal with the Russians to divide Poland up between them. Clearly the Germans have the high ground.
The UK declared ware on Germany to save Poland from dictatorship.
Six years later, Poland was a dictatorship.
I just got a notification from IB that I can now trade Bitcoin futures.
Hmmmm……
Crypto currency futures sounds bananas at this point
I’m going to watch for a few weeks. I probably won’t take a short position before the new year.
I wish they’d start building crypto currency index funds with a basket of them
I’m just looking for a way to bet against.
I’m tired of this:
That’s crazy. Especially given that most (maybe all, but I haven’t seen confirmation of “all”) reputable brokers are requiring 100% coverage in order to short BTC.
Even with 5x in reserve, it was still a no go.
And this wasn’t even a large transaction; it was proof of concept so that I could possibly do it later.
6 different attempts, same result every time.
I’d say that’s a pretty strong signal they expect you to lose on the short.
Not a big fan of her politics, but Nikki Haley is a definite ‘would’
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRhLISdXUAE7avY.jpg:large
It bears repeating: threeway with her and Tulsi.
I am in total agreement. That would be glorious
http://lapostexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tulsi-Gabbard.jpg
“And I’m all out of chewing gum.”
Not a big fan of her politics, but Nikki Haley is a definite ‘would’
She’s probably going to run for president when Trump’s done, so you’ll have to exercise some self control not to vote for her.
Love. This.
http://freebeacon.com/culture/veteran-owned-coffee-company-plays-classic-christmas-carols-silenced-firearms/
1. That’s awesome. Especially the “You’ll shoot your eye out” and Santa with a machine gun parts.
2. Why are they wearing hearing protection? Don’t silencers turn gun sounds into tiny “thwip” noises like in the movies?
3. That one guy seems to be wearing a STEVE SMITH ugly Christmas sweater. Are we sure he’s not one of us?
Got a 5 lb. bag of their coffee waiting to go to the folks’ place this weekend. Hell yeah.
Also my favorite BRCC vid is Jumpmaster Dad.
cute.
of course you are aware they just played the bell-notes in to match the shots after they’d edited the video
Do you go around telling kids there’s no Santa too?
No, but i do like to dress up as santa and then tell kids that i’ve been giving them gifts for years but their parents have been embezzling them.
alternate answer: “Santa is real”
That’s hilarious!
Trump Threatens Countries That Oppose His Decision on Jerusalem
U.S. president suggests he will cut aid to nations voting at U.N. for reversal of Washington’s declaration on Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-threatens-countries-that-oppose-his-decision-on-jerusalem-1513798680
I think this is about time. I’m firmly against giving American tax dollars as aid to other countries, but if we are going to, these recipients should dance to the tune of the piper paying them. These countries just assume they are entitled to American tax dollars like it’s some kind of global welfare.
SLD: We should also stop giving American tax dollars to the countries that vote against the proposal.
How much of what we give Israel a year is a payoff to be able to tell them “Don’t go starting any wars. That’s our job”?
I’m pretty sure it’s all a US defense industry subsidy.
He had me at
“U.S. president suggests he will cut aid to nations”
Some diplomats said they were stunned to receive her email, with one saying: “Stop digging your own hole. You will not change any votes.”
And this, specifically, is one reason I support telling so many of, even our allies, to go fuck themselves. Stop digging your own hole? Telling you that we attach an unusual weight to your vote on a particular matter is “digging our own hole”? Unless it’s China or Russia (or one of their lackeys), the overwhelming odds are the country in question is basically one of our client states. And they’re going to snark about us “digging our own hole”? If the U.S. were to remove itself from the U.N., what the fuck does Mr. or Ms. “Digging your own hole” think would become of them?
It’s like the leftists who are now saying ‘Ok, you got your evil tax cuts for the rich, GOP! But we demand, DEMAND!, you act on DACA now!’. Um, no, you can’t demand anything, get in the back of the bus and shut up, elections have consequences, you said so.
But we demand, DEMAND!, you act on DACA now!’.
Darth Trump: I’ve just ordered the immediate deportation of the 1,000 most marginal DACA cases. Pray I don’t act on DACA any futher.
I’m certain that Trump is going to let DACA expire. It’s his obvious pattern. He gets Dems all up in a tizzy that they are going to get him reaching across the aisle. He’s been doing this from day one. They’ll soon have the rug yanked from under them once again.
*applause*
So many diplomats have an oversized notion of their own importance. But these are the same sort of people who think that having a meeting or signing a piece of paper is an accomplishment, so it’s not a surprise.
This is good advice. For too long the U.S. budget has been running at a deficit. Let’s stop digging that hole by no longer funding things like foreign aid and the UN.
Ian Millhiser may be the dumbest person in the “pundit” class.
From the commentariat, someone even dumber:
(I thought that must surely be satire, but looking at that person’s timeline, it isn’t. Either that or it’s the long con troll. Poe’s law and all.)
By 2019, they’ll just be trying to keep Pelosi from escaping the nursing home.
I’ve thoroughly soiled my pants with semen from all the schadenfreude orgasms today.
I know, right?
Clean up on aisle me.
Can’t wait till President Pelosi …
*crosses fingers*
Please let her run, please let her run, please-
Seriously, pick one of the handful of women even less likable than Hilary Clinton, and see how that plays out.
He said 2019, so I’m assuming it’s a “Democrats take the House and Senate, impeach both Trump and Pence in the House (possible) and then conviction in the Senate (no chance on earth), and then Pelosi (re-elected as House Speaker) becomes President” thing.
Should we at least credit him for realizing that the path of his fantasies wouldn’t lead to Hillary’s coronation?
Essentially House of Cards in real life. Nancy “Frank Underwood” Pelosi
That or they have been watching way to much Designated Survivor.
Pretty stiff competition there. He is a ThinkProgress editor, and that other person who hosts a podcast which appears to cover such hard-hitting topics like Trump’s gauche dietary choices. Well-done steak! Diet Coke! Literally Hitler. Don’t think Poe applies, sadly.
Was meaning Poe as to the “President Pelosi” replier. I know Millheiser’s an idiot.
Sorry, I formatted my reply badly responding to both tweets. I meant Poe for the podcast guy as well, yeah.
My favorite response to that Tweet:
Also:
I wonder how he feels about former executive branch members organizing for America.
Yes, cutting corporate taxes is gonna be the downfall of America.
Take this for data (and irony given how much progs love these places): America’s corp rate was 35%. Europe hovers around 19% IIRC. Canada is around 20-21% – here in Quebec 21%.
What planet do you have to be on to not see what Trump did was good if not necessary in order to be competitive?
Planet Progessive, it is a Red planet.
“Competition” is a dirty word with these types. They would rather the whole country be poorer as long as they got a bigger cut for doing nothing.
That’s the thing though. TOP MEN truly believe they are absolutely essential to to things working well and they scoff at the idea that they do nothing.
I was more referring to the free-shit brigade but yeah Top.Men. are generally useless too.
What I love most about the tax law thingie is how is aggressivvely rips the progressive mask off, rather than passively waiting for them to tear their own mask off. “People keep the money they earned is theft!!!!”
“All these companies giving out bonuses are just doing it for publicity! EVUL CORPORASHUNZ! how dare they pay people more and make us look bad?!?!??!”
They’re obviously being controlled by Putin from his evil lair in the hollow moon.
Well, you have your peeps who are already paying no taxes, the free shit crowd, and they believe that somehow if the government steals more money from hard working Americans, they might to get thrown a few more bones and scraps from master’s table. Then you have Democrats who are terrified about their electoral chances if this really jump starts the economy and people start realizing that it actually helped them. Then you have the true bleevers.
I work for a non-profit. They sure-as-fuck aren’t handing out any bonuses.
I just keep linking the tax plan calculator at all my friends who are saying dumb shit.
so far I’ve lost 2.
If you loan a friend $20 and never see him again, it was a bargain. This sounds like the same thing.
Where did I hear that (or something very similar) before, Once Upon a Time in America maybe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn35dUE0R1k
Los Angeles police standoff. Over/under on lethal/”less than lethal”?
There’s some PCP involved there.
It’s LA. That guys not going to make it.
They behave differently when they know they’re on camera.
Unlike the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, who beat the fuck out of suspects with 3 news helicopters overhead.
He ate several 124gr 9mm Gold Dots.
Unlike the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, who beat the fuck out of suspects with 3 news helicopters overhead.
That didn’t work out so well for some NH and MA state troopers.
Unless they found out that he’s a cop…
Crazy Cop
The only cop I respect is
Inferno Cop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy0E-1MD0bw
No love for Ax Cop?
If he’s shooting at people how is he “possibly armed”?
I think they’re relying on information provided by 911 callers, who are the dumbest people on the planet.
It was probably fireworks.
It was probably fireworks.
In fairness, it could have been this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WToFCuqP808
That reminds me that I haven’t videotaped myself doing illegal things in quite a while.
New Years is coming up, though.
Well, shit. They cut the feed before anything even happened.
This comment is part trolling and part serious:
According to DSM-V the prevalence of gender dysphoria among the adult population is between 0.005-0.014%. According to WHO the prevalence of schizophrenia is between 0.3–0.7%. Why is the population beaten into submission WRT to gender dysphoria and individuals plagued by this malady are heroes? Conversely why are sufferers of a disease that is (arguably) much more distressing and disabling and (inarguably) many times more prevalent shunned, distrusted and ignored, while the population would prefer they don’t exist?
I have compassion for sufferers of both disorders and I realize these are rhetorical questions. But anytime people start autistically shrieking about mental health funding, my mind returns to this.
I think a big part of that is attention-seeking – starting online and going further. Probably a lot more spectrum-related started with the millenial generation who can’t live without their social media, etc. You don’t see that sort of BS with older folks who are more likely to behave maturely, write letters, meet with folks, etc on a professional level.
Because schizophrenia isn’t fashionable. The truth of the matter is that a certain relatively small but influential sub-culture sees dysphoria as “challenging gender stereotypes”. And they’re happy to celebrate it because celebrating it advances their social and political preferences. Schizophrenia doesn’t offer them any advantage. So, fuck them.
in more-realistic terms, “transgender” people are more than simply those who seek medical treatment for and are diagnosed with GD. Reasonable estimates have been made in the range of 0.3-0.5%
and schizophrenia… well those numbers are pretty good. they’re at least 2x GD. the expansive definition is around 1%, the less-so one is .5-.7
The short answer to your question is that there is no political constituency that wants to *use* schizophrenic people as a weapon against their enemies. *tho, if you recall the average tumblr account from 10 years ago… declaring one’s self “autistic” or suffering from a mental illness was very much in vogue, and a fashionable way to pretend that you were a ‘victim’ if you didn’t have any other distinguishing victimy-features.
“trans-ness” is just a tool that the largely straight-white-female constituency of hardest-progs use as a lever to pretend that their own pursuit of power is being done in the name of someone-else. They appropriate all sorts of minorities, and pretend to respresent everyone from native-americans to poor blacks, to immigrants… but the problems with those groups? Is that they’re real, and many of them speak for themselves. The trans population, what little there is, is easier for the left to co-opt precisely because of their near-invisibility and comparative political silence
Per Mr Metokur’s vids and recent stuff like the beatdowns of fandom artists, etc (even when creators support them) – pretty sure the diseased tumblr culture is still alive and well.
Ten years ago? No, sadly, it’s still true. Tumblr is completely full of people who claim “mental illness” of one kind or another, esp white girls. Most of them, so far as I can tell, maybe have clinical depression, but a lot of it seems very… theatrical. “OH I HAVE NO SPOONS TODAY. I MUST LIE ABED. PITY ME.”
Tumblr used to be good if all you did was browse porn. Then Tumblr decided to set up safe mode. Sad.
The progressives need a civil rights movement so they have to manufacture an oppressed class.
From talking to them it seems progressives are seeking meaning in their life. They require a moral crusade for their self esteem.
Is it too much to ask the journalist in the Poland/EU article to describe what exactly Poland did to piss off the EU? He makes mention of changes to the judicial system before this, but it takes until the 14th paragraph for a description on what exactly the Poles did. And even then, this doesn’t really give me a whole lot:
“Among the changes to the judicial system that were considered was a measure that would allow the government to remove Supreme Court justices and another that would give it effective control over judicial appointments.”
That can be interpreted any number of ways.
Poland has a bunch of Communist leftovers embedded in the supreme court who have been legislating from the bench like Nazgul. The reforms were to allow the passage of decades to finally clear the cruft.
Here’s a BBC story from back in July: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40703909
“The three reforms give the justice minister and MPs broad powers and have prompted alarm from the US, as well as the EU.
The first reform requires all Supreme Court judges to step down and gives the justice minister the power to decide who should stay on
The second gives politicians control over who sits on the National Judiciary Council which nominates Supreme Court judges
The third gives the justice minister the right to select and dismiss judges in lower courts”
The core idea is that the reforms break the separation of powers idea.
At least I think this is the core; there have been different proposals over the last year.
What is the driving motivation for these “reforms”?
See UCS above – that’s a lot of it.
What’s so bad about those reforms that the EU is going nuke option on them?
It takes power away from TOP.MEN and gives the people more of a say to elect people who will pick judges. Can’t have that in the EU.
Meh. That last provision, in U.S. terms, would be equivalent to letting the Attorney General fire judges he doesn’t like. I don’t think that’s a good idea.
Probably not, but let’s be honest, the judiciary in the US is completely political. I know they want to pretend to be the impartial arbiters of the Constitution, but the behavior of judges, voting against things they don’t like even if they are completely legal undercuts that. I say, end the charade and just admit that Judges are political and subject them to the same pressures.
That said, yes maybe this makes it too easy to fire judges, so maybe pull it back just a bit.
Term limits
There’s probably some provision that the judiciary has to enjoy a certain amount of independence from the other branches.
I think there are some problems with some of the provisions but I also think that the fact that the Polish government is “far right” along with their anti-immigrant policies are driving some of this. That said, there is a lot of internal opposition to these changes.
They haven’t agreed to import their fair share of terrorism. Their people have the nerve to safely walk down city streets without being raped and robbed. Assholes.
What a shitty day. Borked my work phone during a conference call. Somehow the Samsung S-hit managed to get woken up and think that I was misentering the passcode enough times to do a wipe on it’s own. Call dropped, pulled out the phone to see erasing on the screen. Goddamnit.
It was the Russians
Today, we learned we have a burst pipe to the house. so I started digging a hole to the water line.
then, we learned that the ceiling fan we got to replace the broken one won’t work, because it’s not long enough.
after that, my mom slid down the ice sheet that is the driveway and we had to pull it out.
So we just went to the store, and got home to find that the alfredo we bought was open. it leaked on the rear seat of the pickup and all over the bag on the way into the house.
we have no water, half the house has no power.
My friends mom went into the hospital (probably just stress)
but yeah, apparently today sucks.
except for the tax bill. that’s giving me some joy.
Sorry about your mom and your friends mom.
and the other bad shit.
it was just our driveway. both mom and the Mini are OK! but it was just like a list of bad shit going worse since i got up.
Drink a beer and go to bed! That’s my plan.
Fat Tire tonight!
Jeepers creepers, dude! Hope things look up soon!
when it rains it pours or something.
The alfredo seems like i shouldn’t care, but why today?
we learned that the ceiling fan we got to replace the broken one won’t work, because it’s not long enough.
You should be able to get an extension rod or perhaps use the one off the fan your replacing.
that is the plan. we’ve run out of daylight since, so now that’s tomorrow’s project. they luckily match up and should be fine.
From DU, where the smell of shitty pants has now escaped orbit and is headed at light speed for the outer reaches of the galaxy. I feel sorry for our distant neighbors.
I’m not sure if most of these people are actually trolling. There cannot really be that many complete idiots on the planet, can there?
At least they realize that the Muller thing is a pipe dream.
I think it’s the opposite. Mueller is going to win, in their minds, so Trump resigning let’s him go out on his terms. At least, that’s how I read it.
Well, that one does, he’s just dumb as rocks in other ways. About 99% of DU really believe that Mueller is going to force Trump from office. Keep in mind, these are the same people who ‘thought’ that McCain and Susan Collins are their personal heroes. They are soon to be disappointed once again, which is what happens when you’re really stupid.
In addition, neither the Democrats nor Robert Mueller will be able force him out of office.
Well, this part is probably true.
Sometimes, when you see an apparent moment of cognitive awareness on that site, you have to realize that it’s only the broken clock being right 2 times a day phenomenon.
DU exists to make the WaPo commentariat look intelligent.
I remember scrolling through DU for a piece I wrote on conspiracy theories. Yes, yes there can be that many complete idiots on the planet.
Frankenstupid is giving up.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/franken-to-resign-jan-2-over-sexual-misconduct-allegations/2017/12/20/3091beaa-e5c4-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?utm_term=.84143e589ccd
It looks like I got called out somewhere deeply nested in the comments, and you’re absolutely right, and I’m absolutely drunk right now
I have Chopin’s Waltz #2 and the Great War podacast on, Remember, ALLAH watches the Reptiles Too!
/OMM
“and I’m absolutely drunk right now”
I’m absolutely jealous. I have to work tomorrow, *sad face*
6am to 5pm for me tomorrow. Yay.
7 to 3 for me, my new schedule. But also means I cannot be drunk right now because I have to drive. *sad face*
7-3 is a great schedule. In at a decent time, out in time to hit the gym before dinner with time to spare.
I wish I could work such a schedule. Being on the east coast and working with people in all mainland US timezones, it just wouldn’t work.
Called out? Not at all – I was encouraging submission to our overlords.
The hippies will save Silicon Valley from itself.
https://qz.com/1161704/silicon-valley-elite-from-companies-like-facebook-and-google-are-soothing-their-consciences-at-californias-esalen-institute/?utm_source&google_editors_picks=true
“They wanted to elevate humanity and unite people through the exchange of ideas”
Well, the new hippies have totally abandoned that silly concept in exchange for leftist authoritarianism.
The author fails to realize that what the rich Silicon Valley elite are looking to buy is social signaling. They’ve got everything else they want do they’re trying to climb the California social ladder by patronizing the elders of California communism. Their commitment to the principles involved goes no further than that.
…looking to buy is social capital..
FIFM
That is the kind of hippie shit I could not run away from fast enough when I hightailed it out of California. Weirdos.
It’s amazing what companies will do for their employees when their anticipated tax burden is lower.
AT&t giving out 200K one thousand dollar bonuses and increasing US capital spending, Wells Fargo hiking pay rates.
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=373024
I can hear the REEEEEEEEEEEEs up here in Canada!
HOW DARE THEY.
that goes against the narrative.
Just like since we repealed NN, it means that ISP’s are going to do stuff that’s evil, even though they didn’t 3 years ago.
Comcast is also giving out $1000 bonuses, and promising $50 billion for new infrastructure. Third fifth banks are also giving out bonuses, and set their employer Mon wage to $15/hr.
DON’T FALL FOR IT. IT’S A STUNT!
That is basically what Bill Kristol tweeted.
I don’t know what hops Kelsen used in this beer. I ran some google searches to no avail. I can say that I really like what they did with this beer. The hop flavor in the beer reminds me of some wonderful dark lagers I had at the Staropramen Brewery tasting room in Prague. There is more flavor to the beer than just hops. Kelsen did a great job with this beer.
You guys should do your part for DICK & Comics and give him a few more vids. I have no idea how he can keep the bit going – even with limited subs. Highly recommended for anyone following comic discussion videos the last few months.
Now this pisses me off cause it’s this kind of stuff that drives people into racialist Alt-Right nonsense.
https://www.steynonline.com/8334/the-great-brain-drain
It pisses me off because Steyn correctly identifies the problem, then goes off the rails into a bunch of stuff about IQ and (what I see as) inherent inferiority that I don’t buy. People who are seeing their countries changing, and not for the better, because of open borders policies are going to fall for this shit and go racialist. The key is defending the principles of Western Civilization and liberty while smashing the welfare state. Then you’d have immigrants doing well; it has nothing to do with race and everything to do with culture. A culture of liberty will do a lot.
it has nothing to do with race and everything to do with culture
QFT. Just look at the crime stats between American blacks and immigrant blacks for proof.
Uh where does one find such data.
See Table 1
Specifically:
Native US Black incarceration rate 4.21%
Legal Immigrant Black incarceration rate 0.57%
Illegal Immigrant Black incarceration rate 0.85%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_immigration_to_the_United_States#Educational_attainment
Not crime stats, but educational attainment and income are a pretty good indicator of low crime rates.
And, as we all know, culture just pops up out of nowhere. No biological origin of that, no sir.
“Ending welfare as we know it” would put an immediate stop to all of this.
Yep, idle hands are the devils playground.
Yes! Exactly this. It’s so frustrating. They feed both the white supremacist bullshit AND the opposition narrative that any opposition must be racist, because they point to this exact thing and say “hey racist!” I mean, even if it were exactly true, its’ just so maddeningly … short-sighted as a tactic.
Hey Trshmnstr, wasn’t around on time to comment on your Bitcoin/Blockchain piece; but, hey man, nice work.
Thank you! Hopefully the next few installments are as good as the first.
SAV, anyone ? I’ve got most of Friday to kill and could buy someone a drink if you’re free.
Seriously, folk are busy of course….’cept me. I get in 1am, uber to the hotel, and begin my low country Christmas with her clan: a few days of patient tippling, pleasantries, and watching various children rip around.
I’ve finished my first year on a new job, more startup/expansion/proprietorship than my past decades all over the F500 globe. Who cares: the guy who’s about fly his last trip with any status. I was a wheel last year, a cog, a player, so I still have status this year, but I barely bagged 50k miles….over different airlines because I’m not hitting the big cities any more and my firm almost always goes for the low route with zero fleet loyalty. So I’m burning down my last upgrades, will be heavily lubricated over these last four segments, and then I’ll be nobody next year…which maybe is a good thing, except I’ll be stuck in coach the few times I do fly.
Anyway, if you see a tall hick ambling ‘twixt the squares this weekend with a flask in his hip pocket, say hi.
What part of Tennessee are you in?