A tale of two cities.
Yes, I am here in Portland on a family matter. I’m staying in a beautiful house overlooking Portland, and I can’t wait to get out of here. WAY too many people for me.
Anyhoo, let’s see what Labor Day weekend links we can scare up.
Failure to launch. Srsly, NASA just needs to get back to Muslim outreach.
Mississippi Man shows Florida Man how it’s done.
I’ve got some ammo from Argentina. I better go check it out.
Okay, enjoy your communist barbecues this weekend.
Tell all your friends.
Yeah, I was in Portland yesterday. Bunch of flat-earthers in that town.
I know Portland well, but I still feel like I’m in a foreign country.
It’s sad because it was a nice, small city. But it is just so fucked at this point. Trash and homeless people everywhere, junkies nodding off during the daytime in full view, shootings, car theft rings…
That could also describe Portland in the 80’s and early 90’s. Except there wasn’t the insane left then.
Me too. I hope you’re not one of those that wrecked yesterday afternoon. Took 3 hours to drive from Ridgefield to Salem.
Idaho sucks
101 degrees in Pocatello right now.
Nothing like quality reporting.
Maybe reading between the lines – she either had a failure or screwed her main parachute and waited too long to ditch it and pull the reserve. I’ll leave it to some of our Airborne Glibs.
I don’t know why her AOD didn’t activate. Do Canadians not use them for students?
*AAD.
For you non jumpers: https://www.cypres.aero/product/student-cypres-2/
The terms are interchangeable, but I didn’t want to confuse peeps with the link I provided.
*shrug*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tanya-pardazi-skydiving-death-canada-tiktok_n_631365cde4b0536be045bd72
“The skydiver released a quickly rotating main parachute at a low altitude without the time/altitude required for the reserve parachute to inflate,” the statement said.
Oh, opened with a possible malfunction.
The media is notorious for misreporting skydiving incidents and reporters can’t seem to be bothered to learn the most basic facts about how modern parachutes work. Assuming their isn’t anything I factual about their statement; I’d guess she attempted to correct a malfunction until she was well below her cutaway altitude, at which point she released the main canopy without sufficient altitude for the reserve to fully deploy.
* there
*unfactual
Anything firearm related goes without saying.
It really is interesting how poor reporting is on most subjects that you know well.
On the business beat for the majors some specialize in certain subjects and do much better.
I listened to a podcast with Mike Cernovich in it talking about hanging around with the White House press core.
His summation was that they act, talk and thing one the level of in-crowd high schoolers, with all the same unwarranted sense of superiority and condescension.
Sounds spot on based on the quality of reporting .
For example Leslie Scism has covered insurance roughly as long as I’ve been in it. She generally gets it.
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/leslie-scism
Friend of the family was an attorney and hated it. He covers the Supreme Court for Bloomberg.
You’ll note both are specialized in what they cover.
Flight instruction
Skydive instruction:
https://youtu.be/Q9g7sBVUFMs
😁
Muh Sekerty!
The stranglehold tightens some more. They won’t be happy until we live like medieval serfs, never straying too far from the manor.
Peter Goelz, former managing director at the National Transportation Safety Board, said the vulnerability of small airports, which cater to small planes and corporate jets, has worried security experts for years.
“If you’ve got a trained pilot who can get in and grab a business jet, you’ve got a pretty lethal weapon there,” he said.
Yes, yes, of course. Ban private aviation before the skies are filled with domestic terror kamikaze raiders.
Greetings from the USPSA Area 7 Championship just outside the bustling metropolis of Bangor ME.
The more I visit this “city” the less impressed I am.
The match itself is going well. My stage leads the match in DQs handed out, so that’s nice. I shot it like shit. I seem to do very poorly if I’m feeling good about myself, and I thought I did really well at the NYS championship a couple of weeks ago and was more than a little ambitious, and I also have to work on my trigger pull more. I also notice that the last two matched, I finished with bruised part of the support hand palm, right where the life line forks, whatever that means.
But even though the provided hotel is a roach infested shithovel, and I can’t hit the broad side of an A zone when I’m in Maine, the swag and random drawings here are quite nice. So far, I’ve won/received a free set of sights, a gift certificate from Red Hill Tactical, numerous bits of cleaning gear (including a Hoppe’s .45 bore snake, a Sig P320 X5 Legion, lots of pretty cool stickers and a really nice Ruger hat.
So, when do you start the Glib’s shooting Team, also known as the ‘Squatches?
You are going to captain it, no?
Evil Sheldon is a much better shooter than I am.
I will say there was a group? Team? Today that had an excellent logo. Looking them up online finds nothing, but basically it was an old-tymey cannonball type bomb wearing a jester hat and a manic grin.
But as to your idea: STEVE SMITH SAY THAT ALPHA!
Bangor?
I don’t even know her!
I am disappointed in you.
*kicks pebble*
I’ll tell you why next time I’m on.
Unless someone else figures it out.
Congrats on the pick ups.
I did a good job of burying the lede. I’m guessing it’s the second biggest prize so far (Colt donated a Python).
You expect anyone to actually read your comment?
*Kicks Sean’s pebble*
Jamaica?
Of course not. She was only fifteen.
To prevent the Old Man from panicking again, here’s the holiday open Zoom/Happy Hour/Liver Abuse link. It should still be up and running, and will continue through Monday.
Your daily dose of Sanford and son:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OaNckK6OisQ
In Video Game design, I don’t get the point of an unlockable that can only be obtained after the game is over. I finished the game, it’s useless, no matter what the effect is, unless it unlocks more plot.
Eh, in MMOs it enhances the replay value by letting you skip some of the tedium you had to grind through to get to the end.
I don’t play MMOs, I just rage quite Black Flag because I found out the last collectable to unlock the thing I’d been working on was literally behind the end game location, so I’d wasted all that effort.
And now you need a new game to play! Good job of the designers to make you dump the game you’d already paid for.
That I paid for… nine years ago (and already finished at least once)
If it would run on a modern machine, I’d STILL be playing Wing Comander II. If I had time to be playing video games I mean.
You mean like this?
GOG rules.
Not everything on GOG is actually playable. System Shock comes to mind.
Uppity peasants
An estimated 70,000 people protested in Prague against the Czech government on Saturday, calling on the ruling coalition to do more to control soaring energy prices and voicing opposition to the European Union and NATO.
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Prime Minister Petr Fiala, who leads the centre-right, five-party coalition, told CTK news service on Saturday that the protesters did not have the country’s best interests at heart.
“The protest on Wenceslas Square was called by forces that are pro-Russian, are close to extreme positions and are against the interests of the Czech Republic,” he said.
Traitors. Enemies of the State.
OFFS. Must be taking pointers from the DNC.
Energy prices are soaring in EU. Going to be shortages and people freezing. Who is pushing the extreme position again?
Shits gonna get real this winter in EU.
My internet is down.
Does anyone have the CAL score?
7-3 Iowa.
And Iowa didn’t score a TD — one FG and two safeties.
Nope. Nobody does.
You returned for that?
So… you don’t have the score?
Do you have the frequency, Kenneth?
No link? I don’t even know you anymore!
That Africa story— Is that real??? What would be the motivation for such barbaric acts?
Maybe it’s best I don’t know.
I highly doubt it is real. Smells too much of killing babies in Iraqi hospitals. Or was that Kuwaiti hospitals? Whatever. Some of the finest war propaganda ever.
I agree with you. Reeks of wartime propaganda.
A friend of mine whose brother-in-law was a tourist met a French guy and he said….
If it sounds like ridiculous propaganda it probably is.
Unless it’s MAGA.
Barbaric acts or “Good story bro”?
I want a (fully assembled) speeduino, but apparently the only way to get one is on ebay.
I fucking hate ebay.
I was on eBay just today. I was curious about how much my camera was worth.
Who said film is dead? My Canon AE-1 is apparently worth more today than the day I bought it.
U2 planes still use film cameras.
The phrase I teach all of my interns: “Never send a digital circuit to do an analog circuit’s job.”
I’m not sure if that’s a tiny computer or a sexy swimming outfit – or both?!
Digital penis enhancement.
Racing Dachshund.
We are having a legit thunderstorm here in Pahrump. Nice flashies and rumblies.
Hoping everyone is safe!
Boring late summer warmish and high humidity and wind coming from the wrong direction so I can’t get a cross breeze.
👍🏻
Thunderstorms are among the many reasons that I love the desert.
My vision is that if/when I get to Heaven I get to run Their pulse power.
You made that have competition for the eternal pulsed power job!!
Sure, why not?
President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $47 billion in emergency dollars that would go toward the war in Ukraine, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and help for recent natural disasters in Kentucky and other states.
The request, which comes as lawmakers are preparing to return to Washington and fund the government, seeks $13.7 billion related to Ukraine, including money for equipment, intelligence support and direct budgetary support. Shalanda Young, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said that more than three-fourths of the $40 billion approved by Congress earlier this year has already been disbursed or committed.
“We have rallied the world to support the people of Ukraine as they defend their democracy and we cannot allow that support to Ukraine to run dry,” Young said in a blog post.
The Treasury can just print it on rolls.
Like toilet paper.
Meh, that war won’t extend itself.
Portland OR and Portland ME?
Portland, ME has its share of junkies but isn’t quite the slow motion disaster Portland, OR has turned into.
Give it time. The people of Massachusetts have discovered Portland, ME.
Long ago
I’m not sure if that’s a tiny computer or a sexy swimming outfit – or both?!
Arduino-based engine management system. It’s time to try something new and different.
Consider Smart Relay. Think “PLC Lite”.
Not intended for me, but thank you. I’m going to be converting (again, the motion controller that the first conversion was done with is no longer supported…hell, can’t even find the company any more) a Feeler FSM-59 this winter over to CNC. Might come in handy.
P.S. I’ll probably go with the CNC Shield. It’s got small NEMA motors, shouldn’t be a problem. Just doing brass fittings with this one.
I prefer to imagine it as a mankini with digital penis enhancement.
Digital? Analog, baby!
Sweet! You are doing a Speeduino!? My dad, brother, and I bought most of the components to build three out, but I’ve been too busy at work.
I’m actually going to have lunch with Dad tomorrow. I’ll ask him about the Speeduinos…maybe there’s enough parts leftover to build a fourth. I’m rusty, but my soldering used to be pretty good.
My Canon AE-1 is apparently worth more today than the day I bought it.
Sit down, Shirley, I’ve got some bad news. Your camera didn’t get bigger. Your money got smaller.
I think that the point was that “film is dead” is not necessarily true, which was surprising to me. Along the lines of “vinyl records are dead” and there are turntables on eBay going for $300.
I have one of those, and a roll of Potsdam you can have. Good apparatus to learn on.
(Er, to have learned on… Thingy is damned heavy, though.)
Consider Smart Relay. Think “PLC Lite”.
Haha, silly Hobbit.You obviously ave me confused with somebody who knows how to program a computer. I’m looking for a tool, not a lifetime commitment.
I thought that you were looking for something something new and different. (shrugs).
How are feeling these days? You’re sounding chipper.
Hmm, I’ve been feeling like I’ve been snippy lately.
Improvements are baby steps. I’m better but not back to whole, which frustrates me.
Also frustrating, we will have to miss the Honey Harvest again this year. Timing with taking Mom’s ashes to Montana to be buried next to Dad.
And thank you for asking.
I thought that you were looking for something something new and different. (shrugs).
The end goal is not developing computer skills. Engine tuning is.
The long weekend has started off poorly. This afternoon, while i was stopped at a red light, a nice young lady ran her Explorer into the back of my truck at 35mph. Nuts.
Gah – you OK?
I’m guessing your truck is not.
12thI’m fine. The Tacoma is a question mark. I did manage to drive it away, so that’s good.
Nice, as in has insurance and stopped to exchange info?
Sounds painful to all involved; hope you’re all OK.
Did she at least show you her boobies?
Comments like this is why I like it here.
Sorry to hear it.
Get an MRI within the week. It might pay off big time for you if you have long-term effects. Won’t hurt the “nice young lady” financially but might make your health insurance pay for some treatment.
I have no idea why this is a reply to RJ.
Maybe it’s a sign from God that you need an MRI too.
She destroyed your Truck Nutz?
Oy. Sorry dude
That’s a solid hit. Sorry dude.
Gotta say, this working two jobs thing is already getting old and it’s only been a couple of months. Yay inflation.
How is the man whore side gig working out though?
What are the odds Western Europeans are going to freeze this winter? I’m thinking that all those nations that depend on Russian gas will end up capitulating after the U.S. elections but before winter sets in. They’ll tell Russia they’ll oppose NATO admissions for countries that border Russia, they’ll end military and economic aid to Ukraine, and they will do what they can to prevent aid from crossing their country or airspace. Then Biden’s sanctions will be seen to be total failure, but the U.S. taxpayer will be left supporting Ukraine “liberty” all by ourselves.
Thinking will be no major blow up. Chinese are buying RUSSIAN gas to then flip to EU. Brussels will print euros and buy gas. Subsidize it to the serfs. Russia and CCp make out like the bandits they are. Can successfully kicked down road
This is the lamest Zoom chat I’ve ever been in
The attempt to create boss girl characters in every property traditionally geared towards male audiences is the worst thing to have happened to females in fiction since…ever. Nearly all of these “characters” are two dimensional copies of one another. You can’t write a complex female character anymore in most genres. And their presence drags down the entirety of anything they are part of.
And yet, in the early to mid eighties, there were good, tough female characters everywhere. Ripley, Sarah Conner, etc. Hollywood simply can’t write any more. They’re awful at it.
Because Ripley and Sarah Conner were not intended to be anything but we’ll written, three dimensional characters. I’ll give you another example from a movie largely forgotten today that I enjoyed – Angela Bassett in Strange Days. She was tough and professional, dedicated to her job, never whiny or preachy. And she did it while still being feminine.
I love that movie and her in it.
Agreed on both points.
That movie is an under appreciated gem.
(Although I find Juliette Lewis incredibly grating)
Always felt it was really underrated. Ralph Fiennes is our hero but is fairly inept and bumbling along the way, which is more entertaining that the standard super-competent hero. Angela Bassett is great. Tom Sizemore always nails sleazebag characters, as does Michael Wincott with villains. Not a big Juliette Lewis fan but she does ok too.
Fichtner & D’Onofrio, too – tons of talent in that film.
I had forgotten it was directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
Aw, JL was cute. Pity about the Scientology part. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFSvuz5aHy8
That voice, though…
Ralph Fiennes was hawt in that movie – there, I said it. Him and Angela Basset were great together.
I don’t even remember Juliette Lewis being in it. Haven’t seen it in forever.
Strange Days upon us… 🎵 (sorry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZWB0VF2vDI
So humid I can scarcely breathe! Gahhh.
Yeah, finally cooling off here except the humidity is through the f’in roof again. *sigh*
I’ve been doing a rewatch of Night Court, and all of the main female characters are strong and independent women in their own ways.
Also Markie Post was smoking hot.
LOL there it is, finally.
Shouts of “Let’s Go Brandon!” at the US Open.
In yet another sign of how significant inflation has been, I dropped by the ol’ gun shop today. They had a rack of old milsurp rifles, mostly Mosins, and none of them was priced lower than $399. Less than ten years ago you could easily find $100-150 ones.
At least they had a rack full. Doing better than two years ago.
I forgot to go to the weekly VFW swap meet this morning. That’s where all the good off-the-books firearms and ammo transactions take place.
I need one of those.
I just dusted my husband at poker with a straight flush.
How come that never happens when real money is at stake?? This was just about who has to make breakfast tomorrow.
Luck never happens when you want it to. I once rolled 12 7 times in a row playing craps. I was crazy unlucky that day.
You weren’t even playing strip poker?
The Transporter is twenty years old. Good lord.
We’re in Paris for my sons grad gift/vacay. No obvious signs of unrest. US propaganda is functioning ok since our taxi driver seemed to think our economy was good. Covid stuff is over with only 10% wearing masks.
Our rental has a small clothes washer that is also a dryer, which I’d only seen before in Japan at a laundromat 10 years ago, but is obviously common here or this flat wouldn’t have one. So who’s blocking this in the US? It’s so lovely not to think about swapping clothes.
You can get those in the US. I was pricing one of them back in 2018 and they are rare (but there), expensive, and most importantly unreliable.
Good morning Glibs.
I may have gotten a bit of sunburn yesterday.
https://freedomrockradio.co/news/biden-posts-fake-text-message-congratulating-himself-because-of-student-loan-forgiveness/
*honk honk*
[turns it up]
PLAY FREEBIRD!!!!!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11177191/amp/Cops-detain-man-car-wanted-search-missing-Memphis-mother.html
A good old fashioned ransom caper.
Obligatory: https://youtu.be/Iw3G80bplTg
I was thinking this
suh’ fam
yo whats goody yo
*waves*