The leaves here are turned, the summer produce is gone, there’s the first frost on the ground, and we now have a succession of gray and drizzly days. Summer, she is officially dead. Spud and I are pivoting to fall dishes and wines while he’s here. I miss tomatoes, but I’ll be comforted by ravioli di zucca in brown butter and sage, wild mushrooms over polenta, kaddu, lentil soup with poached egg…
Leaves drop and so do birthdays, including a guy who had strong principles; a guy who may have been a G-type; a guy who didn’t invent a cool guitar; best royal name EVER; a guy who didn’t cry; Joe Biden’s spirit animal; a guy in competition for the most overrated sci fi writer in history; a guy who refined grift to a previously unexplored level; a guy with the reputation of being the biggest asshole in show biz, which is quite a feat; a woman who is truly as ugly on the inside as she is on the outside; Ohio’s answer to Robert Reich; a woman most famous for her tighty whiteys; and proof that the best actors are remarkably shallow people.
Let’s go deep, then, and do Links.
Here’s an even better “rule” : Stop fucking doing this.
“As a result, nobody is getting released from jail because of the pardons.”
Can anyone even make sense out of these hunks of incoherent brain lint?
A new version of the “97% of scientists…” trope. Now it’s “97% of the models are bullshit.”
Yutz says stupid and illogical shit. I am so shocked. Shocked.
What could be better than bluegrass punk? The Old Man says, “Nothing.”
I don’t think there’s a single bad song recorded on 12 string Rickenbacker, but for my money the dueling Ricks on Vapour Trail are the finest example.
👍 Great song
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNizcrfnQ4E"Fall Guy link
Damn.
Figured you were pulling a stunt like that.
Sounds silly ,but actually makes sense given the scope of the pardons. Also puts the lie to the lolbert trope about tens of thousands of people languishing in federal pound me in the ass prison for simple possession. Why purchasing is OK, but selling is not is another question. Of course, sometimes selling is OK, but purchasing is not. It just depends on the vice.
I’d be pissed too, if I was in jail for the same fucking thing that various states are now doing to pad their coffers.
Also SOAD is nu-metal, or perhaps alt-metal, not punk.
So say’s the Peoples’ Liberation Army of Judea…
Er “says” not “say’s”… what the hell was that grammatical slip up…. ?!??! Ugh.
Mornin’, O (((Special))) one. Old Man Music is terrific.
Interesting timing by the NYC mayor. It’s not as if those buses just now started arriving, I wonder why this is suddenly a crisis.
“A pardon won’t mean people’s records will be expunged”
Where is that confounded bridge?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CWf5FYSK7Yc
In other words, fuck you, you still need to report your “crime” to potential employers.
Maybe it’s dawning on him that the well is dry and our promise to shower all comers with gifts was reckless flapdoodle all along. Of course, what he really wants is fedbucks. It will be amusing watching Joe ignore him.
I’d like to just take a moment to say that flapdoodle is an underutilized word
Dagnabbit, I would have to agree.
Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat, we all speak the same language
Balderdash is not given the love it deserves either. It’s not like it takes a Brobdingnagian effort to deploy it in the face of malarkey.
I heard a lot about Gus Hall and the Teamster’s Strike. My Dad drove with a National Guard riding shotgun, a Russian neighbor woman armed with a baseball bat was attempting a deterrence. A lot of strife but fortunately it was over by the time I came to be.
Re: Drone striking anytime, anywhere at the unfettered whim of the Executive Branch — if we were anything but the biggest gorilla on the block for the last 20 years, these would be called for what they are… acts of war. No different than if we were lobbing missiles from Omaha willy-nilly.
There’s going to be one hell of a price to pay when we finally slip down to parity or below as these things always go. If only we had something in the Constitution about formally declaring war that would require more deliberation or something and a bunch of politicians who didn’t happily offload every responsibility they have so they can just point fingers and fund raise on what needs to get done (but they have no intention of ever doing)…. If only.
Whatever, its the weekend and I can’t do crap about it… being in a Sapphire Blue one-party banana republic state increasingly surrounded by morons in Modesto judging from the way the voting patterns have been going. I’ll try out a new pellet smoker today, see if I can get some pulled pork and not think about the Crap I Can’t Change.
“I’ll try out a new pellet smoker today, see if I can get some pulled pork and not think about the Crap I Can’t Change.”
Most Stoic euphemism ever!
There’s going to be one hell of a price to pay when we finally slip down to parity or below as these things always go. – nonsense murika is best forever
Just a comment in passing.
Yesterday we were on our way to New England, trying to avoid staying in NY because of the gun laws.
We passed an exit that said something like, “Alfred College next exit”. I hadn’t known that we were going to be in that vicinity (I thought it was farther north).
A bit later I said, “We should have stopped for an early lunch.”
That would be one great Glibs meetup if we could secretly mass coordinate just dropping in to overload his lunch rush. 😉
l0b0t hardest hit (I suspect.)
I’m not sure how close I’ll be getting, but I have been contemplating dropping in on Tuesday to grab lunch. I need to see how much time it adds to the trip.
If you can, I recommend it.
Too bad, you missed a great opportunity, in theory at least.
If you are coming back this way stop and visit for awhile.
We are on our Great Tour. We visited Hayeksplovies (and honey) in Nevada, then had lunch with Zwak in Oregon. We buried Mom and held her memorial in Montana, then headed east. Our passage through Minnesota was south and east of you as we headed over the UP to central Michigan to see our daughter.
This shot over to New England was not planned at the start. After Mom’s passing I thought about my last elder relatives, my aunt and uncle, and thought we should pay them one more visit. As it happens, my cousins are having their Octoberfest today so we will be able to see all of them.
Our trip back is to be more southernly, Indiana, Missouri, Colorado, then home (obviously didn’t list all the states.)
Good that you have a chance to see the relatives again. The time goes quickly.
Time Goes By
Do you know any good places to eat in the area?
A bit later I said, “We should have stopped for an early lunch.”
You should have. The cafe is good.
“The new policy requires the president’s approval before a lethal drone strike or commando raid can be launched on a particular counterterrorism target”
It wasn’t policy before to require the Commander in Chief to authorize extra-judicial killings?
“although the policy does allow the president to waive that and other requirements at his discretion”
So nothing changes then.
But the Intelligence Community isn’t rampantly out of control or anything… nosireebob… nothing to see here.
(mumbles “Salt the Earth” and goes back to checking recipes to get his timings right in his head…)
‘Orning ‘ordles: Warm up event was okay, but the Anti-Hype (had to take my time and think about several of them… so burned a good chunk of time, but got them.. so not complaining!)
Main event… ugh. Burned all the guesses and didn’t chump — but LR I could *tell* was going to be a long shot guess (I knew the last three letters, but can think of several words ending that way), so tried to gain extra / burn letters with the others.. and it still came down to at least a 50/50 off the top of my head (there’s probably even more with what I had left).
Luckily I guessed right. Whew.
Daily Duotrigordle #220
Guesses: 35/37
Time: 08:05.93
https://duotrigordle.com/
Daily Quordle 257
6️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣9️⃣
quordle.com
Daily Quordle 257
5️⃣8️⃣
6️⃣4️⃣
quordle.com
Missed a 50/50 on bottom right, could have been much better.
Garbage.
Daily Quordle 257
9️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣8️⃣
Daily Quordle 257
3️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
Daily Quordle 257
4️⃣7️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
Daily Duotrigordle #220
Guesses: 36/37
Time: 06:04.72
Yeesh!
Daily Quordle 257
3️⃣5️⃣
7️⃣2️⃣
I’ll take it.
Daily Quordle 257
3️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
quordle.com
Daily Quordle 257
3️⃣8️⃣
6️⃣4️⃣
Screwed up the UR and guessed a word with a letter I knew couldn’t be there. Oops.
Daily Quordle 257
5️⃣7️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
quordle.com
$1 billion? I thought they were net taxpayers and better than natives.
I’m going off topic. Sorry. This video is about a chick who watches her boyfriend get busted for a DUI and at a place that happens to be across from a Bryan Adams concert which she just wanders into without a ticket. I miss this stuff.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s6TtwR2Dbjg
You miss bryan adams? Bro…
Brilliant story lines aren’t for everyone.
At least Canada has apologized for Bryan Adams.
There’s worse they need to apologize for.
Have they apologized for all the other shitty canadian entertainers they sent to infiltrate our culture? I’m not sure about reparations for slavery but I’m strongly pro reparations for Bieber
They sent us the eternal glory that is THE SHAT. That….. makes up for…. a LOT.
CanCon is my background music while I do unspeakable things.
Chubby Canadian Caroline still takes the wrinkles out of my love-sausage.
I beg your pardon? 🤨
Shatner was on Carolla again this week. A little flakier than his one on one earlier this year but still looking good for another 90+ yr old dude.
Of course he is! You think he would be like common people? Common people like me?
I love that cover
Better she wander into a Bryan Adams video than a Richard Marx.
I have Marx’s first album.
The actress was in at least one other Bryan Adams video.
How do you know all these obscure scientists?
He has access to (((their))) files?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-rep-sean-casten-reveals-teenage-daughter-died-cardiac-arrhythmia
Clot shot permanently saves another one from getting covid
Meh it is a bit unsensitive… To soon so to say
Article says girl was healthy with no issues. Dad says girl was fully vaxed…
Maybe she took cold showers or went to the gym a lot
Yes. Teenagers never keep anything from their parents.
A very sad story, RIP.
Georgia’s indigenous grapes: reviving hidden treasures
https://www.decanter.com/learn/georgias-indigenous-grapes-reviving-hidden-treasures-488731/
Article confused me. Starts off talking about the soviet era in Georgia and I was like whoah Abrams hasn’t even won yet
Oh… that Georgia.. I was just thinking “I remember wild muscadines walking around growing up, but I doubt they’d be called ‘treasures'”.. 😉
Ha!
My local wine club (“Cork Board” – geddit?) has included a couple of the Guardians bottles, including this one, which I liked.
http://georgianwinehouse.com/wine/76/Guardians/Saperavi-2018/2
This Georgia.
https://media.mutualart.com/Images/2009_03/11/0008/76793/76793_82f54f31-866c-4293-9bd5-b31e5606b803_-1_570.Jpeg
Spud and I have been binging on Rkatsiteli and Saperavi. In New York City next weekend to find more examples.
I am leaving on vacation tomorrow and am thoroughly unexcited… Maybe i find some good wine at least
You need a new travel agent.
Sadly i am stuck with me
Throw a tongue dart at a map.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tongue%20dart
OK. Thanks. Obviously the problem is me.
A Black Sea cruise?
That sounds dismal
Dismal vacation?
He’s going to be shipped to London, I think his agent Renfrew has already made some arrangements.
Canada lifts work hour limits for international students to help labour shortage
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-lifts-work-hour-limits-international-students-help-labour-shortage-2022-10-07/
Canada wants to exploit student of color i just know it.
Oh look at the white savior over here eh? BIPOC strong
Have they tried not paying so many Canadians to sit around and not work?
(I assume they’re like the US in that regard.)
Let them make timbits
It’s all Jew this and Jew that and I’m a Jew and Jew, Jew, Jew around here anymore.
I expect to get roasted for this comment.
I had too many jokes zyklon in my head to pick just one
Pick the one in the red dress.
Too transparent. Try harder.
Sorry. You want you’re money back?
You might try a shower instead.
been into the good sake?
Unpossible
This is not ZH.
Homemade Neapolitan Style Pizza by (Northern Italy) Pizza Master Renato Bosco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ngJheZTRus
Gonna trust a guy that wears Dahmer’s glasses?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6599fUNfyBs
now this is a random video about a rural romanian and in romanian, but what surprised me is around the 2 minute mark. I always thought blueberries were picked one by one but apparently there is a tool
“‘Move before I pull my gun out!’ Outraged DC commuter threatens to SHOOT climate change activists for blocking busy interstate during morning rush-hour – as another furious driver tosses their banners away
Their website and demands compare the threat of climate to Hitler’s Nazi regime in Germany prior to World War II
After half an hour, police arrived to arrest the group.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11293141/Outraged-DC-commuters-threaten-SHOOT-climate-change-protesters-blocked-busy-freeway.html
It took them a half hour?
Traffic was probably a mess.
When is traffic not a mess in DC?
they had to calculate the carbon budget
I’m sure they were released immediately and won’t be charged, so basically the cops gave them a free ride back to town. That’ll show ‘em.
Nickel ride?
For leftists, in DC? I doubt it very much.
You know how people who are convicted of computer crimes are often prohibited from using computers for a number of years? Can they sentence someone prohibiting them from using anything made from fossil fuel?
I have as much disdain for these protesters (and the ‘thought leaders’ who encourage this insanity) as the next guy, but don’t you think a death sentence is a little excessive even for this level of douchebaggery?
If they try to follow it, they might realize that they want people to freeze and starve to death. If they don’t, they’ll be in jail where they will be fed and housed.
Arrested the gun toting villain, right?
“Man sues disgraced former NFL star Antonio Brown for selling him a FAKE Richard Mille watch for $160,000… after experts told him it was only worth ‘a couple of hundred bucks’
A man named Ryan Kane has filed a lawsuit in Broward County, FL. where Brown resides alleging the former football star ‘knew [it] was a fake but represented [the watch] to be genuine….
Less than two months later, Kane is said to have taken the watch for appraisal in Miami, only to learn it was a fake and that Brown had purchased it from Dubai, alongside three other Richard Mille fakes for less than $500 a piece from a dealer.
Brown allegedly told Kane the watch was an RM 011 model worth ‘in excess of $400,000.’ The watch Kane thought he had purchased was released in 2007 in conjunction with Formula 1 driver, Felipe Massa.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11292809/Man-sues-disgraced-NFL-star-Antonio-Brown-sued-selling-FAKE-Richard-Mille-watch.html
That’s one ugly watch.
You drop six figures on a watch without having it verified first?
What a moron.
I think this what they mean by “stupid money”.
I’m a bit of a ‘watch guy’ and I’ve never seen a Richard Mille I’d want to wear.
Not only do you drop 6 figures on an ugly ass used watch (and I don’t think Richard Mille makes any other type), but you do so without verifying it’s authenticity, and you buy it off Antonio Brown. Money, fool, separate. If this came to a jury trial and I was on it, I would probably rule for the defendant just for a stupidity tax.
Who the hell buys a 400K watch made of plastic?
Hello Swatch.
“Elon Musk blames woke colleges for turning his transgender daughter Vivian, 18, against him and accuses America’s elite institutions of teaching ‘full-on communism'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11293657/Elon-Musk-blames-woke-colleges-turning-transgender-daughter-Vivian-18-against-him.html
It is unclear where Vivian goes to school, and Musk offered no further details on his allegation.
It is already clear that the universe will line up on two sides: the “damn right” side and the “things that never happened” side.
An evidence-based assessment would keep in mind what we would be saying if there were a report of racist graffiti in the dorms with the same level of detail provided.
Well, he’s right about that part.
The rest? It’s certainly believable.
Shrugged it off saying “can’t win them all”
Lol
Sounds like she has serious daddy issues.
We just got our internet access back this morning (other than the crappy 2G data provided by our cell carrier).
Ian completely made us our bitch. Many of my friends are still shoveling out their houses because they were submerged in the storm surge.
We are still under a boil water notice, probably until the middle of next week. Most of the barrier islands will have to start rebuilding pretty much from scratch.
Yikes! I’m so sorry about your friends’ houses! Is your home in reasonably good shape? And most of all, I gather you and yours are OK?
We’re fine. My house is in a good spot: surrounded by trees to make a good windbreak, but trees are just far enough away to miss the house if they fall. I think I am the only person in Lee county whose pool cage came away completely intact. Did have some minor roof damage (lost shingles) and power was out for a week, which is about what I expected.
I have been through four hurricanes in this house and this one was the only one where I was seriously afraid of the roof being ripped off. We had four solid hours of winds I have never seen before, with everything literally sideways. Yesterday I drove though some areas near the river, and they are seriously fucked up. Most of the traffic lights within a mile or so of the water are still out ten days later.
Glad you are OK, Spartacus. What a storm.
What city are you in?
I live just south of Fort Myers, a few blocks west of I-75. If you look up Florida gulf coast university on a map, my house is about a mile due west of there. We were just out of the evacuation zone.
I have a bunch of family in the area. Happily, everyone came through pretty well.
Good to hear you are OK.
Sorry about your friends.
Actually, the house where I was helping yesterday didn’t do too badly. It’s an old house with lath-and-plaster interior walls, so they didn’t melt like drywall. They brought in some fans and got it dried out so it wont have to stripped out like drywall. Their clothes, furniture, and other possessions is a different story. That is a near-total loss for them although they did manage to save some clothes by bagging it up and putting it in the attic before the storm hit.
Wow. Glad you came through (relatively) unscathed.
PS–thanks for asking.
Sorry.
I hope you made Facebook your first stop so you could rant about DeSantis.
DeSantis is a petty tyrant, but in this case he has been leaning hard on otherwise slow bureaucracies to get shit done, mostly successfully. Can’t fault anything he has done here, except passing up a chance to trip Creepy Joe and break his hip.
LOL come up to New York so you can experience a real petty tyrant or two.
Most of my Facebook ranting has been about Comcast and their douchebaggery, which they have turned up to 11 here. We got daily status reports from FPL; the most Comcast would do is let us sign up to get a text message when service is restored. Ours was restored early this morning and still haven’t gotten a text, so even that was a lie.
We went through “dry” Hurricane Ike some years back, and the oddest (to me) thing that happened was, while TT was running his PC off our generator to try to get some work done, his anti-virus software started to update…which it couldn’t do unless we had cable service. Our cable was restored long before our electricity was.
Sorry about the ranting. I have been stuck here for ten days with no TV, 2G internet (which I can only compare with the old scramble-vision porn channels), and nothing even on the radio except NPR. I have been trying to read but it has only provided a little distraction. It’s nice to be able to open up again.
OMG I am so sorry.
Welcome back!
Well the plus side is that I have long been telling my wife that NPR just replays the same stuff over and over. Now she finally believes me.
You should feel good that you’re getting a return from your tax money. Just don’t let them get their claws into your brain.
Just like Rush Limbaugh during the Clinton years.
Yikes! Sorry 🙁
Glad you came through relatively unscathed. Hopefully your neighbors recover quickly.
Our friend’s place in Pelican Bay is apparently fine – the mangrove swamp between the buildings and the water is an excellent wind break. A bit of water, of course, but their place is the second floor and they got away unscathed.
Glad you are okay. I have one aunt who lives in North Fort Myers, get 3 inches of water in her house. Not too bad. My other aunt and my uncle rode it out in a storm shelter provided by the place they live. They even had air conditioning through the storm. The eye of the hurricane probably went over their place.
Since your internet was out, we’ll have to bring you up to date. Cal is losing.
Cal plays Bye this week. So accurate.
Good morning, Old Man.
The menu, while lacking protein, still sounds amazing.
Fucking overachievers.
The new policy requires the president’s approval before a lethal drone strike or commando raid can be launched on a particular counterterrorism target, according to a senior administration official – and that individual must be named, although the policy does allow the president to waive that and other requirements at his discretion. The president must also approve which groups in which countries are considered to have potential targets as members.
So…. more rubber stamps. OK.
Old Guy Music is good.
So can the President approve it with his mind? I mean, if he thinks it’s ok, shouldn’t that be enough?
But… but… the rubber stamps makers! Won’t you think of them?
They can just switch to rubbers. Those are always in demand.
Rubbers deaden sensation. You don’t get the same feel as a rubber stamp.
“although the policy does allow the president to waive that and other requirements at his discretion.”
So what’s the freaking point then, they’ll just follow the policy until it’s inconvenient to do so and then they won’t follow the policy.
So just like Chocolate Messiah’s disposition matrix.
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https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/494/354/original/06d96e7ce4b3008a.jpeg
Heh
“Business partner of fake heiress who met Trump at Mar-a-Lago is SHOT in ‘targeted attack’: Ukrainian, 44, was injured outside hotel in Quebec after three people opened fire and sped off in black SUV”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11294321/Ukrainian-man-shot-dead-outside-Qu-bec-hotel-ties-heiress-infiltrated-Mar-Lago.html
I’m going to need more string.
“Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app”
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1577428272056389633
Bike Fest here in Colonial Beach this weekend. Yard work ran too late last night so, will probably walk over to the Ice House Marina brewery this afternoon. Nice weather – shouldn’t be too much above 60 for the day.
Looking forward to a couple weeks of Reserve travel this month – NOLA (first time ever) and SD. Of course…I managed to sandwich a cousin’s wedding in IN for the weekend between those two – don’t think I’ll be getting much sleep.
Might just be me, but kinda weird watching the Dispatch (started decently enough as a spin-off – still get their free daily newsletter) spin into even more weird TDS and avoidance of general gov criticism – while NRO seems to be on their cyclical rising wave – might be the shift of new writers they’re bringing on or just the lead-in to the mid-terms, but I’m seeing a lot of good stuff in general (not just Charlie Cooke).
“The human Uzi @AnnCoulter joined me this week to discuss why she thinks Trump is a literal r*tard with no chance of winning election in 24, her thoughts on national divorce, and just what conservatism means. Subscribe and share!”
https://twitter.com/michaelmalice/status/1578396377826045953
First he hangs out with Blaire White, and now this 😉
It was a good discussion, but she didn’t do her homework. He caught her flat-footed several times – particularly wrt foreign intervention and national divorce. I tend to agree with her assessment of Trump.
I haven’t seen it yet.
“THREAD: DHS coordinated with a group called the “Election Integrity Partnership” to censor Biden’s opponents. I’m on the EIP’s list with @charliekirk11
@RepMTG @DonaldJTrumpJr @JackPosobiec & more. I was censored while I ran for Congress. Biden’s regime paid EIP groups 12M+!
For all of us this was a gross violation of our rights and a blatantly illegal act by the US Government. In my specific case this was state sponsored election interference. In this thread I’ll explain who’s involved and what they did. They crossed lines that can’t be uncrossed…
The simplest way to explain the way the EIP works is to compare it to something you already know. You know how the CIA & DOD use contractors to fight battles they don’t want to be seen fighting in an official capacity? That’s essentially the EIP but acting as a Ministry of Truth.
How it worked: DHS, the State Department, the DNC, Common Cause and the NAACP would file tickets with the EIP on posts or people they wanted censored. The EIP did the dirty work of going to Big Tech. @jsolomonReports breaks it down perfectly in this piece…”
https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1577388521404665856
Not going to link it but here is a headline from Slate:
A Study Finally Shows Just How Much Deadlier COVID Has Been for Republicans
fuck’em
Aren’t republicans generally older?
https://twitter.com/cspanJeremy/status/1578437943127322629
Math is hard.
I saw the porn flick, “Maid in America” aka “Debbie does 57”
This week’s powerline week in pictures.
How many people are actually going to recognize that Edsel grille?
Count me as one who recognized it.
Jay Leno would too.
Shrinkflation strikes graham crackers. Stupid things are smaller now than they used to be.
Yeah, my Nature Valley breakfast bars got smaller and more expensive. Fuck you, Brandon.
I’ve got some no-knead dough out in the patio to ferment and rise most of today, maybe even tomorrow. It’s destined to be spread out in my large iron skillet and become a delicious pizza.
So simple and cheap, but what a wonderful flavor and texture!