Came into the corner too hot.
Sorry folks. The last day or two has been an absolute shit show. But nothing will prevent me from posting, the Links!
Did he drop trou? Or just pull out Mr. Winky?
Hey look, a conflict we don’t have to get involved in.
I hope they had a good time on vacation.
All right, that’s it. Peace out!
Bill Murray saying “Mr. Winky” seems like the most natural thing in the world.
Yo, pervs: it’s prom night here at the Bonefish Grill in Greensboro! LOL “Bone”fish.
Let me know when you’re heading up this way — we’ll go shooting.
How’s your fishing going?
So what happens to all the Russian hardware that needs to be controlled from Russian ground stations? What happens when the ISS is over land where there is only russian ground coverage? I imagine the TRDS network is capable of handling the communications, but I was under the impression that there were still systems aboard that need to interface with Russian systems for operation and troubleshooting.
TDRS, not TRDS
A friend of mine and I stayed at a hotel in Louisville once that was also hosting a local prom. That was a little strange, all these kids obviously trying to sneak around to get some nookie in, and the haggard chaperones wishing they could just start drinking at the hotel bar.
Was this in 1956?
The high school I went to made it mandatory to go to their after-prom party if you went to prom. They also punished people (who were 18) for smoking during said after prom.
We all went out drinking at 06:00 anyways.
I never went to proms. My GF at the time and I were…otherwise occupied.
What happened if you went to the prom but not the after-prom party?
It went on your permanent record.
No idea, but if Musk’s SpaceX wasn’t around, this would be a huge issue.
Been there.
Has anyone else seen The Northman?
I took my wife last night, it was very immersive and not quite the straight revenge flick the trailer made it look like.
if you think you might want to see it, you really should.
I might go see it again next weekend.
Then today, I see the Drinker agrees.
I watched him today, good movie eh?
I thought it was great.
It was intense.
I’m taking my son tomorrow.
Taken out of context and at face value, this sounds terrifying.
Sounded hawt to me!
Saturday Night Glibs starts at 8pm Eastern.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81210723774?pwd=U2ZNdnlWM1diRHFIQXFyV09UMGRMdz09
Spudz salacious, sybaritic slootz on Silicone Saturday.
https://archive.ph/bjoh2
At least they aren’t syphilitic slootz.
Are we 100% sure?
Definitely not.
https://archive.ph/UyPnB/176d3945f6471c9f260ed7bbc804ca970f16dc4c.webp
https://archive.ph/m1pKG/72f53c7bc5c503d0e81cdcff55051f652ab6f026.webp
WTF is that? No rulz nekkid homo wrasslin’?
“I did something I thought was funny and it wasn’t taken that way.”
Off with his head!
The lacrosse tournament in Pocatello was for younger-than-high-school teams, apparently. Lots of sloppy play and lousy passing. Oh, well.
Some MILF-tasticness was seen, so not a completely wasted trip.
Younger kids = hotter MILFs
*takes notes*
“[The resident] located two suspects, a black male adult and a white female adult lying on one bed, the only piece of furniture still in the home”
hawt
I’m still not convinced that the 30-70k (I’ve seen varying numbers) that were sent toward Kiev were a shwerpunkt when the total number of troops was 190k.
It’s a club, and you ain’t in it.
source: https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1520474372594708482
That’s a who-who of war-mongering pieces of shit.
I’m trying to not say what I really want to say…
You’re already on lists, might as well.
You could always find one of those dudes that donates sperm via Craigslist and has dozens of kids.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/dear-deidre/18420265/worry-wont-give-wife-baby/
Narrator: We are involved.
We don’t have to get involved in this conflict either.
But I really want to get involved in it.
More than 40 years since I first heard it, and it’s still one of my favorite albums of all time.
The River Phoenix movie Running on Empty, which surprisingly didn’t get the rights to the Jackson Browne song, shows up on TCM overnight (or early tomorrow morning) at 4:15 AM ET.
Appreciate the info
I think some Clinton flunkie took over Rolling Stone to convert vacuous music lovers into Deep State foot soldiers. So of course they’re attacking Rand Paul for questioning the inclusion of Ukraine into NATO.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rand-paul-anthony-blinken-russia-ukraine-1343073/
Imagine how much they hate a guy like Thomas Massie, who actually voted against the WW3-provoking lend lease act, unlike Paul.
That is a complete perversion of Russia’s stated goals. What their revealed goals are is still to be determined, but as of yet their actions have tracked with their demands.
And it is a bit rich to talk about the sovereignty of a nation in which we sponsored two coups, a nation which we are currently encouraging to self-immolate. A more relevant discussion would be whether Donetsk and Luhansk deserve sovereignty, particularly since there have been two peace negotiations that Ukraine has completely violated with our approval.
Rolling Stone is behaving in the exact same way that the Iraq flunkies behaved back in 2003. You’re either with them and the war-mongers in DC or you’re with Putin.
That’s why 70% of the world’s population is not on board with the sanctions.
Do you have opinion polling to back that up?
It’s certainly possible that the governments of countries comprising 70% of the world’s population are not on board with the sanctions, but that’s a different thing.
I’ve posted the 2019 interview in which Putin tells Oliver Stone the Ukrainians and Russians are one people and the Ukrainians should be “integrated”, but please keep repeating the lie that this is somehow not one of Putin’s stated goal since the lie is necessary to keep braying for the annihilation of the Ukrainian people and their sovereignty.
And of course the Russians have never, ever violated the treaty in which they guaranteed Ukraine’s borders in exchange for Ukraine giving up its nukes. No, it could only possibly be Ukraine and the west doing things like that because we hate the people in the US State Department.
Was that a treaty? I thought it was structured as more of a gentleman’s agreement. Certainly the US never ratified such a treaty?
Yes, there was a treaty. No, the US was neither a party nor a signatory to it.
Interestingly it expired (several years after Russia invaded and seized Crimea) a couple of years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian–Ukrainian_Friendship_Treaty
Which is it, does Putin think Ukrainians and Russians are one people, or does he want to “annihilate” them?
It could be both; lots of dictators have no problem with democide.
And our stated goal certainly isn’t regime change in Russia. Nobody in DC has ever blurted that out in an interview.
The simple fact remains that this did not escalate until after the US and NATO did almost everything possible to cross every red line Russia has. You’re proposing a counterfactual that Putin would have invaded regardless. If you believe that then let’s just arm up and fight the SOB before he invades Poland or Lithuania or the rest of the Baltic states.
But the facts remain.
1) Ukraine wasn’t barred from NATO and NATO was expanded multiple times in violation of our promises.
2) We sponsored two coups in Ukraine to topple governments and install anti-Russian fascists in the last one.
3) Ukraine violated two peace agreements with the separatist states and had been shelling them for eight years, states that are largely ethnic Russian and voted to become part of the Russian Federation and then Russia did not admit.
4) Ukraine started massing troops on the edge of the Donbas region in preparation for god knows what after having shelled those regions for eight years..
5) No attempt on the part of the US/NATO to defuse the situation despite multiple warnings over fifteen years by Russia to stop
In fact, what I want is the cessation of hostilities by meeting Russia’s security needs at least in part. Security needs that we would never allow to be violated in our hemisphere. If we truly want peace and the Ukrainian people to survive then we would have at least tried to address Russia’s concerns. If Putin had rejected any actual attempt to do so and still invaded, I’d say you have a point. But instead, when we sent a diplomat to Moscow to discuss relations, we sent the one person Moscow reviles the most, Victoria Nuland. That was a clear message from the US, it was “Go fuck yourself.”
And who’s braying for the annihilation of the Ukrainian people? If Putin wants to annihilate the Ukrainian people, he better step it up. A top end estimate of 25,000 civilian deaths over two months isn’t going to meet that goal anytime soon.
I think the *most* relevant questions in all of this are: “What are any of these states good for, anyway? Are they serving the needs of their citizens? And why are we treating geographical areas and nation-states like they have any right to do these things to people?”
This whole affair is disgusting to me–the people have no say; they are treated as worse than pawns; and the whole idea of any kind of government that derives its sovereignty soley from the will of its constituents is lost. The cause of liberty is diminished tremendously by this war (as do most wars).
whether Donetsk and Luhansk deserve
sovereigntyself-determination.I seem to recall we were willing to bomb the shit out of Serbia until Kosovo got theirs.
And a certain country’s embassy in a one off CIA targeting.
Let’s also not forget Samantha Power’s R2P and the moral duty to intervene militarily against ethnic cleaning.
FUCK. News from lawyer. I am not in big trouble, but the formal letter I got from them is distressing. I’m going to wake Lady up. (I hope she isn’t with a guy.) Then I will get food. She’ll hold me. I think I need it now. Left hand is shaking. I’m actively crying. It will all be OK, but it’s hard to process. I need her right now. Waking her up is against the rules, but I think I have cause now to do so.
Evan, FFS Run if you can! Get your ass home, nothing good can come of you staying there any longer, fuck the payout, just get out,
As I understand it, he can’t get an exit visa with the legal difficulties hanging over him.
WTF is an exit visa?
If he’s not a citizen, and there are no formal charges, getting out of the country should include nothing more than getting on a plane.
Yeah, cut and run is the best course at this point.
Kinda sounds like she isn’t your lady.
I think he said that previously.
I do need to get out. But I can’t. I cannot leave the country. I no longer have a visa and I’m being detained.
There are formal charges. “Destruction of Property.” For tearing a piece of paper, that she had copies of. I am formally being prosecuted. Just got the full details from the lawyer. Yay. The payout isn’t a big deal. I got that covered. The (fake) fear of being put in jail is what got me all jacked up. I am not going to jail. (I am not. But I can’t prove that. But 99.99999% I won’t. But that is still scary.)
She is no longer “my” Lady, but she is my best friend. (We’re weird.)
I woke her up and she held me for a spell. She will soon after, but she needs to sleep! It’s early here. She’s lying in bed right now. She’s lovely. I’m so lucky. I’m also an idiot. That’s why we broke up. She looks so serene right now. I feel like shit for waking her up. My left hand was shaking and that’s my cue for “Bad Epileptic Shit Might Go Down.” She calmed me down. She’s an angel. She just needs to remember to wear her halo. So SILLY WITHOUT IT! YA GOTTA DRESS UP FOR YOUR BOSS!
Oh. Dress up for your boss? That was supposed to refer to the heavenly figure, not to me.
Have you gone to the US embassy yet? That might be your best course of action at this point. I am not sure where your lawyer is, but having gov’t people involved certainly won’t cost you anything law wise, and might help put everything in its place, so to speak.
@Zwak: I just got the news today and it’s Sunday. Monday the embassy will again be involved. I’ll show them the news and see what’s up. But that’s for Monday. Mission for tomorrow is afoot. I also need to get more meds…I think I can do both the same day. The tremors are a sign of bad things, and I DID have a partial seizure Friday. Gotta be on point.
I. Am. Weird. My life is goofy. So am I.
God Speed, Amigo.
Evan,
Do you know any high-class, english-speaking prostitutes? If no, I *strongly* suggest you get to the nicest hotel in your area, and make one’s acquaintance. Like right now. If you need to get out of the country ‘sub rosa’, that is the kind of hookup you’ll want.
Don’t even worry about the money, just get the fuck back stateside by any means possible. You are in an extremely bad position, and it is NOT going to get better through negotiation.
*takes notes*
But yeah, if at all possible, leave. Make it happen.
I’m homeless and a friend gave me a place while he’s on vacation. Lady is sleeping here now. (Oh! I’m also legit brain damaged, just had a seizure, and I’m unemployable! (That was goofy, but, um, my life is fucked.))
I don’t give a shit about the money, but I can’t leave. They will stop me at the airport. I don’t have a ticket. I have to wait for court dates. If I go to the airport…they will put me in a box. I know a guy it happened to. Tried to do a Midnight Run and they got him. They know my passport. I can’t get out of it right now.
I need to just be patient and calm. I’ll pay whatever fine. That’s a FINE fine!
Negotiation has never been a choice. Play hard, play smart. I’ve done the hard bits. As far as I know. Embassy is tomorrow. No idea when the court date is yet. I don’t have to talk there. Today…I’m going to keep chill and hang out with Lady. We both equally owe each other so many things, in our own ways. Today, she’s got my back. I’ve had hers as well and still do, but today is my day.
“Every morning there’s a halo hanging from the corner of my girlfriend’s bed…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cqU1pFRqYE
And people think *I* post shitty music.
Shitty Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJNYotXxFj4
Also:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/49/dd/5c/49dd5c6e824048e145b9f0e97d969a37.jpg
That’s whole new levels of wrong.
Well. I’m glad he’s dead.
?
Says the guy whose job was finding and promoting good music.
Methinks he’s taking the piss.
That man was a god.
My Little Woman – Spider John Koerner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9KC2Gax5WI
Get the Fuck Out – Skid Row
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OscV0jLJzA
It’s My House, and If You Don’t Like it, Get The Fuck Out – 2 Live Crew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7e8VsKLoko
How About You Get The Fuck Out – Mariah Carey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsevTQ0Db1Y
I turned the channel, the shit didn’t work, so I got the fuck out.
Tim Christensen – Get The Fuck Out Of My Mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGKhOns6ZWM
The fear of jail is that the boss’ mom faked falling down to get an “assault” charge filed against me. She was fine. She faked it. She stood right back up. But they are using that to fuck with me and to avoid the thousands of dollars they owe and their lies to the government. Which I have proof of.
Being a stranger in a strange strange land? They frequently, here, will do everything they can to fuck you over. Same-same everywhere, but it’s far worse here than in the States.
Whycome other countries don’t donate monies to our stricken peoples?
I wonder how well Europe would handle our annual spate of floods, earthquakes, tornados, forest fires, and hurricanes. Plus Chicago, Minneapolis, and Detroit.
The same way they handle Greece and Northern Ireland.
In some cases they do. I recall hearing a story from one of the Mississippi River floods about Bangladesh offering to send a whole bunch of jute to make sandbags.
Venezuela has made a show of it a couple times.
This looks like a nice spot to drop this sorta relevant, totally tubular cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH0-WXUFY2k
Excellent!
They do. We just don’t hear about it.
Reason #3,000,000^3 to hate the MSM.
Jackson Browne is not only a shitty artist, he’s also a shitty human.
Pretty much correct on the music front, why is he an asshole?
Because he beat the shit out of Darryl Hannah.
I can’t find any comments from her about this.
She denies it. Her uncle contradicts her.
That much was all I knew until reading the linked article that contains Browne’s rebuttal. He insinuates she did it to herself, which may be true…she’s bat-shit crazy. It appears likely that I’ve wrongly considered him a woman beater for 30 years. Still don’t care for his music (except The Load-Out)
But he prayed for America!
(Which song is worse: that, or Sting’s “Russians”?)
MikeS from the top rope! ??
If it wasn’t for this fucker’s politics, he would have been memory-holed a couple decades ago.
True dat. Though I think he it would have happened during MeToo.
I am looking at the short story “Saving Face” that I finished yesterday. It is 5800 words. I can drop that as either one article on Glibs, or split it in half and have each half still have something of a climax.
Should I submit it as one or two articles?
Yes.
Two, TWO happy endings?
Who said that?
It’s a literary term of art.
Because 5800 words is a bit long for a single post and there is a natural break point near halfway, I’ve decided to make it two articles.
I’ve submitted the story to the powers that be, along with a request for a lunch time slot if they’re available.
That was fun. Dropped my iPad and it happened to land right on the prongs of a slightly detached usb power brick. Still works but there’s some smoke marks and missing material on the aluminum where it turned into plasma.
Arc-flash events are always exciting.
AND BY EXCITING MEAN. . .
Now it’s got character.
https://thumb-p5.xhcdn.com/a/UgS973mZ59Aal1pwaU_xxw/000/427/086/445_1000.gif
NSFW.
https://archive.ph/EwUtn/26ce7d637e4733a7144603783271e9d798cf2da6.webp
NSFW.
https://archive.ph/1MbMZ/072bb9532449d2607bfd2480249060703635f091.webp
NSFW.
https://archive.ph/SUhhp/54f5015d9695ad515c145af81ee50b963b61a123.jpg
NSFW.
I like her attitude.
Every First purifies me. The First will complete me.
DAILY QUORDLE ROUNDUP™©®
(The ‘Someone overdid the day-drinking’ Edition)
#96
Champs
l0b0t 18
Not Adahn 18
MikeS 20
Ghostpatzer 21
Ted S. 21
The Hyperbole 21
whiz 21
Rat on a train 22
TARDis 22
Ozymandias 23
rhywun 23
Sean 23
kinnath 24
Penguin 24
Raven Nation 24
Grummun 26
trshmnstr the terrible 26
Tundra 26
Grumbletarian 27
Tulip 27
Chumps
SDF-7 116
NIce start to the week, 21 players 27.28571429 average, still too many over the Tundra line but only one chump. Scrabble score for todays solution is 32, we’ll see if that is a good indicator of the difficulty or not. Lastly I have started tracking No-Chump streaks as of now Sean , Kinnath, and The Hyperbole are tied at 18.
Daily Quordle 97
8️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣7️⃣
quordle.com
Daily Quordle 97
6️⃣3️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
quordle.com
63
54
nailed the globle
? May 1, 2022 ?
? 17 | Avg. Guesses: 6.71
?? = 2
#globle
What’s a quordle?
It’s a word game for smart people.
It’s bullshit is what it is. Three greens on starter word, and three more tries to get it. Almost chumped it.
Daily Quordle 97
4️⃣6️⃣
8️⃣9️⃣
quordle.com
⬜⬜??? ⬜⬜⬜?⬜
⬜???? ⬜⬜⬜?⬜
⬜???? ⬜⬜⬜?⬜
????? ?⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ??⬜?⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ?????
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜?⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜?⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜?⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜?⬜⬜
⬜?⬜⬜⬜ ⬜?⬜?⬜
⬜?⬜⬜? ⬜?⬜??
⬜⬜⬜?? ⬜?⬜??
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⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ?????
Your fault for not going with a second seed word. Two seed words got me a 3 and a 4.
The one time I chumped was because I had *O*ER and three guesses to get it. If I had “wasted” a guess on a word like BUMPY, I might have gotten an 8 instead.
Target fixation is a bad thing. I just wanted a two like the cool kids get.
suh’ fam
you whats goody yo
I gots some honking big steaks to grill today. Much goody.
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Morning, Tres
It’s you and me against the world.
Sunday and raining, same as yesterday
☕??
I don’t want bees in my eggs.
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2022/04/30/norristown-shooting-teenagers-dead-attempted-robbery-warren-street/
Self defense is legal.
Goodness!. Kids today, they’re something else.
“Police recovered a ghost gun with an extended 30 round magazine at the scene”
Double-plus ungood, comrade.
So I ordered some Muppet mini figs. There better be a Beeker in there…