Sour krauts
Germany got kamikaze’d by Japan. There were no other surprises yesterday. The Swiss won already today, and there could be a few good matches in store for us all. But today’s also about football. And there’s a few interesting games. So enjoy. That’s pretty much it for sports. So on to…the links!
Apparently self-medicating is good after all. I’d imagine this is a lot more common than researchers realize.
Of course it’s the Russians. They can do anything they want, apparently. Also, change your password to something besides “Password69”.
More of this, please.
What a lovely tradition. We need more of this.
COVID is like the Russia of diseases. It can be blamed for everything apparently.
Her sister owes her big time. And she’s gonna owe her for her entire life too.
Slay, queen! Well done, lady.
Is Peter Pan driving?
They should rename the state “Fantasyland.” Because this is a pipe dream.
This would be great. Maybe. I don’t know. But it would be funny anyway and the reeeeeeeing would be fantastic.
This is simply a lovely song. That’s for Banjos as she gets the deviled eggs made. And this one is just gibberish. Yet it still works.
Enjoy them both, and enjoy this Thanksgiving with your loved ones. May it be everything you hope it will be.
In advince I apologize for hijacking this comment thread for my own selfish purposes, but this Thanksgiving in particular I’m feeling pensive, and I’m going to unload it all here.
I’m the sort of person who tends to see things almost exclusively in the negative, and I’ve historically had a difficult time “practicing gratitude.” Going into the first holiday season of my life without my mother, following her death this summer, it’s as difficult as ever for me to try to find something positive on which to focus or be thankful, but it’s for precisely that reason that I think it’s important to at least try to do so. So this year, I’ve written out some of the things for which I can give thanks, and at the risk of being a self-indulgent, schmaltzy douchebag, I’ve decided to share some of them here. Perhaps it may benefit someone else, or perhaps it will merely disappear into the ether and serve its function only as personal catharsis. In any case, I’m thankful for the time I got to spend with my mother, especially the last 22 months of her life between her diagnosis with lung cancer and her death. We had always been very close, and that time brought us even closer. I miss her every day, but I have a huge repository of wonderful memories with her that overshadow the bad.
In these economically uncertain times, I’m thankful to be typing this list from inside an adequate and comfortable shelter, with a functioning automobile parked in the driveway, and with modern conveniences and luxuries that would have been the envy of previous centuries’ kings and princes, indulging in a festive meal that until recently in history would have required a great deal of toil to obtain, and would not have been an annual certainty.
I’m thankful for the full use of my body and its senses and faculties, having so recently and vividly seen just how precarious is that luxury.
In these politically uncertain times, I’m thankful that the divisions in my country have not yet culminated in widespread violence or war, and that despite the constant threat to liberty from both the government and its powerful benefactors, like-minded people such as we are still able to meet and discuss politics, philosophy and ideas.
In these geopolitically uncertain times, I’m thankful that my country has thus far not been induced into conventional or nuclear warfare, and that young men in my country’s military are not having to sacrifice their lives for the vanity of a politician, nor jingoistic national pride.
And fianlly, I’m thankful for this website, and for the people here. Following my mother’s death, returning here after a long hiatus and finding a welcoming place with old and new friends to rant, rave, and socialize in the online, text-based, comfortably-distant way that suits me has provided some much-needed distraction and community, and helped me retain whatever fleeting sanity still remains within me.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Pat,
What lovely words. We are truly blessed to live in the time we live in. Our existence is, generally, more bountiful by orders of magnitude than that of even a century ago. Sure, there is strife and struggle, but that’s part of the human existence as it is for all animals on this wonderful planet God gave us. And we are a resilient species and I have faith that at some point in time, we will be a peaceful society through liberty rather than obeisance to “leaders.”
I am thankful for everything I have. My family, who love and supported me as I sought out to forge my gem professional path. My friends, whose opinions and feelings I hold sacred. And the diversions and comfort I am able to enjoy due to the sacrifice of so many brave men and women who laid down their lives to create and maintain the wonderful country we are able to call home. This online community, which has brought me great pleasure to be a part of. And to my God, who bestowed the blessing of free will on us all so we could seek our own way in the world.
May you and the rest of the people here who I consider my friends have a blessed day.
Thank you both for expressing thanks far more eloquently than I could.
Pat, I’m especially glad this place and the people here give you some comfort after a rough few years. Thank you for your privacy articles, they’ve been great.
On that note, a special thanks to TPTB for all you do to keep this oasis of (relative) sanity going.
And thank you to the contributors, regular and occasional, for providing grist for this mill.
What he said.
No threadjack, Pat – this is a Thanksgiving post. I can echo much of what you say. You lot are a blessing to me. Hell, I was even glad to see the Bro put in an appearance last night.
Since you’re here, a business question: what percentage of pediatric hospital beds are normally filled?
The local news was running a scare story the other night about RSV and the other viruses going around, and included an attempt to induce panic by saying that the pediatric beds/intensive care was a whopping 78% full, complete with a big on-screen graphic of 78% full.
It varies a lot, but an eyeball number would be 50%. There is less demand for them than there was 10 or more years ago. As always, there are fewer pediatric ICU beds, which makes spikes in demand for those more difficult. And the real issue is staffed beds, not physical beds/rooms. I would bet the 78% number is physical beds. We are slammed in our peds units, and are expanding our pediatric ICU. Our cross town rival says they are fine, but we don’t believe them.
Our peds ED is also slammed but it’s mostly urgent care – people scared by the tripledemic propaganda who don’t need an ED.
Pat, I miss my Dad, he’s been gone over 50 years, Plus all that’s been said above. I’m grateful for still being around, some days the ride isn’t much fun though but I have to laugh at myself. Thanks to all the Glibs that make the days brighter.
Enjoy today and everyday, my fellow Glib brothers and sisters
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Great words Pat. This is my second Thanksgiving without my dad and it is noticeable around this time his absence since we has the cook.
I too am thankful for this little corner that we call home and I can say that each and everyone is a friend. We are the enigma that can talk religion and politics while walking away better people and not like petulant children.
I have never seen a more gracious people, except maybe my grandmother, than this lot. We’ve shared happiness, sadness, depression and jubilee. Reached down and helped people we know only by a screen name at times and come together across this country with get together and parties and fellowship.
I am forever grateful and thankful for this place. Happy Thnaksgiving.
You’re a good guy, OBE. Keep on trucking, brother.
Thank YOU, Pat, for reminding me to count my blessings.
Pat, you couldn’t have set the tone for the day any better.
Pat,
Always remember Callahan’s Law:
Maybe part of it is being an outcast for most of my life, but found families are important to me. This is a great big found family. Happy Thanksgiving.
Thanks, Pat.
What a perfect way to start my day!
Happy Thanksgiving!
The worst situation is one where we have nothing to talk about because people with power have decided we don’t get to talk about that particular thing.
Sorry about your mom. Been there and it’s tough.
Pat, thank you so much. That was lovely.
Everyone else said it better, but yeah. You all are good people, and this is a good place, and I’m happy to be a tiny part of it.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
That was beautiful Pat.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too, Pat.
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Happy Thanksgiving, Glibs!
(Hopefully that’s on-topic)
Dr. Carl Hart’s Drug Use For Grown-Ups is a decent treatise on this subject, which manages to be an interesting read despite his incessant need to inject to race politics into literally every aspect of drug use and law enforcement. Worth a read.
Given the racist slant (all them evil bastards trying to steal our white women) of the War on Drugs from day one, I can kinda overlook that.
I know who he is but was unaware of his book. Whatever his conclusions, how well founded are they? My understanding is there has been very little rigorous research on scheduled drugs.
The California Air Resources Board has laid out an ambitious plan to eventually force all diesel truck fleets off the road, with varying timelines. This includes mandating that all new trucks operating around busy railways and ports be zero-emission vehicles by 2024
Piece of cake.
They can replace those trucks with Chinamen pulling rickshaws.
Make it Evil White Man ™ pulling them.
then punish them again for cultural appropriation.
Electric trucks operate between ports and yards where trailers are transferred to diesel trucks?
At some point the feds need to shut this down or the idiots in CA will cripple the entire supply chain.
It’s a shame they can’t just cripple themselves.
Cut the rest of the power grid off from California, too.
If Utah, Colorado, NV and AZ would box out Cali, the water issue would resolve itself and power production would stabilize.
Commerce clause?
Yep, they should be allowed to do any stupid thing they want as long as it doesn’t cross a state line.
The knock on effects of CA crippling their ports of entry cross state lines. Even under a narrow/originalist reading of the Commerce Clause, the feds can impose a national standard on the means of interstate transport.
+1 seat belt laws, though it was through bribes and not sound law.
Well, the coastal waters and navigable rivers.
Let them shuttle semi-trailers out to NV where real trucks can pick them up (and vice versa). CA will cripple itself eventually – I wish it would happen sooner rather than later. I want those who did this to endure the punishment, not hand it down to another generation.
I think the interstate commerce clause includes overland transport as well.
You realize if we don’t cut them the slack to hang themselves, they will hang all of us.
Good points. Are the Tijuana docks publicly owned? I might want to make an investment.
Full faith and credit clause needs to be imposed on those idiots. And anything that may be transported out of state means the commerce clause would also apply.
And they need to do the same with CCWs. Fuck these petty tyrants whose shitty local and state decisions have an impact beyond their borders.
If this keeps on, either California or Texas will secede.
Have you seen our recent deficit projection? CA won’t be able to afford to secede.
Bah. Until they ban fossil fuels at airports, California is just a bunch of poseurs.
Aviation is going all in on SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel)… Don’t change your lifestyle.. just export the C02 to someone else.
If Musk’s thinking Austin he may as well keep it in San Fran.
Austin is actually getting less blue.
No, a blue city in a red state is far preferable to a blue city in a blue state. Texas keeps Austin relatively sane, even if it is weird by Texas standards. Plus Musk already has a huge Tesla factory near Austin, so he is probably familiar with what he’s getting into.
She’s Poppy
Attractive girl, weird art, shitty music.
Hi, Good Morning:
I am very blessed compared to the rest of the world. And I think i should recognize that.
I am thankful for many things, but i want to say that I am thankful for my fellow Glibs. Your articles, wit, wisdom, fiction, perspective, NSFW views, ideas, fellowship enriches my life in ways I cannot explain. You have made the shit sandwich that is 2019-2022 more palatable I want to thank you for that.
For those that read, but don’t post. I encourage you to please also say Hi. These people are wonderful to talk to, and your perspective will continue to enrich this conversation.
To the FBI drones/ CIA operatives, I don’t have any information on Epstein or Hillary. I am not suicidal. After 30+ years as a FEDGOV drone, you too will see what we see.
Good morning, ‘bodru…and Pat, sloopy, RCD, slummy, Brooksie, Stinky, ‘patzie, and any/all lurkers!
In addition to the blessings others have listed, I am particularly grateful for the little band of earlybirds here with whom I can greet every day. I look forward to it every morning.
So very very true.
Happy Thanksgiving, glibules
Nice choice.
Thanks, Brooksie!
OK, I will be That Chick and point out that what they ACKSHUALLY meant is that it’s an IMMINENT threat. #GirlsCanPedantToo
Well played. And a good morning to you, GT.
“What a lovely tradition. We need more of this.“
I remember their first Thanskgiving. Holy crap, that was seven years ago? I think it’s great that they have kept it going. They both made a small effort to connect with somebody, and look how it paid off.
^This. I also understand that someone is making a movie or holiday special about this.
Hollywood is gonna botch it, I prefer their updates and I am with RC, I remember that article and geesh….7 years? Time has flown right on by.
https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-movie-the-thanksgiving-text-what-we-know-so-far/
Happy Thanksgiving, fellow reprobates. Looks like I arose on the right side of the dirt again, and for that I am thankful.
I am not thankful for the continuous panic mongering of “health” Nazis.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was “absolutely critical” that immunization programs were bought back on track to avoid what he said is a “preventable disease”.
Mandatory measles vaccinations for us geezers on the horizon? Natural immunity from having actually had a viral disease is a myth, after all.
Whatsamatter, you don’t like blood clots or something?
Well you have two arms and legs and God did that so men could jab you with their medicine. It’s right there in Gensis 1
I found this pic of the Japanese locker room amusing.
https://twitter.com/JoePompliano/status/1595569632752144384
I would like to see the side-by-side of the German locker room.
I would like to see the side-by-side of the German locker room.
“Wow, check out those sausages!”
Very neat, weird perversions, desirable cars …they really are like brothers from another mother aren’t they?
Below that:
Jesus.
World’s heaviest bird?
I call bullshit, those birds don’t look that large, I’m certain I’ve seen larger eagles/geese/turkeys.
Are you fat shaming? I call fowl
I’m gonna duck, hoping that no one will crane their neck and see me.
Oh sure! Start a pun thread hours into the post when everyone has just decided to swan off!
Don’t blame me, I swooped in an hour ago and don’t egret it
Heron glibertarians.com, pun threads are to be expected.
Owl say.
It never quails, I make an brilliant and insightful comment and all you people do in make puns.
If Swissy sees this, our goose is cooked.
And everyone is just going to crow about Swiss being out of the nest today.
Ostrich a point and say that Swiss will tern a narrow gaze on all of us when he comes back.
A gaze so narrow he’ll be blind as a bat, if you can swallow that.
Me at TSA checkpoint, wondering why my backpack is being subjected to a search:
Bureaucrat pulls out a nominally 4.1 ounce tube of toothpaste, minus some toothpaste:
“Sir, you can’t have more than 3.4 ounces here.” Rattles off a bunch of options, the least worse being him chucking in the garbage bin next to him.
Me: “It’s been used. Less than 3.4 ounces in it.”
B: Points at label. “It says 4.1 ounces. Can’t take it on.”
Me: “Fine. Squeeze out however much you need to into the rubbish, so you’re absolutely sure it’s way below the limit. Like, half. That’s 2 ounces.”
B: “Can’t spend all day trying to gauge how much liquid is in tubes.”
Me: “But you have time to hassle …”
Wife steps over. “It’s toothpaste. It’s a BUCK!”
Me: “But then I won’t have any toothpaste.”
Wife gives stare o’ doom.
Me: “Fine. Toss it …” (leaves out saying out loud, “… you beauraucratic piece of shit.”
So you’re not thankful for The War on Terror?
Hey, at least they didn’t’ fingerbang your bunghole.
What if he’s into that?
She could at least ask him out on a date first. Jeez, Ted.
All right Mr prolefeed, I just need to check inside your asshole”
Merry Thanksgiving!
That’s so stupid I’m speechless. Why are we still putting up with this shit?
Yep, this is why there will be no revolution.
Or, perhaps when the wrath is unleashed, the TSA will be decorating all of the lampposts around the airport (and there are usually quite a few).
I have noticed that companies will make a smaller yet not TSA bullshit sized product…like toothpaste in 3.5 Oz. Criminals
The TSA are criminals, aren’t they?
/remembers the days of having two full bottles of whiskey in carry on luggage
Remembers walking girlfriend to the boarding gate.
Remembers getting a blow job in the airport ladies room.
I look forward to your article.
Meanwhile, environmentalists, including a representative from the Sierra Club, urged that the timeline be expedited to rid the roads of internal combustion engines sooner rather than later.
Of course they did.
Eco-fundamentalism is a disease of the brain.
“Anything that needs to be figured out can be figured out in the garage.”
Joe Socheray
Joe also had a gauge to determine one’s manliness. Counting the number of internal combustion cylinders one owned. I think one had to score in the 20s to reach the Manly level but I forget.
24 cylinders.
I made the cut.
One of the forms of media bias I’ve been going off on lately. The media reports some new law/regulation, and frames it by having someone with their preferred view saying the law doesn’t go far enough.
I would love to transport such persons to a strip-mining operation or factory town in China that is involved in the creation of their precious batteries and watch their heads explode.
That ain’t happening where [right-thinking] white people live, so do they really give a fuck?
Minnesoda mining deplorables had redskins at the end of a shift.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy your feasting and count your blessings! I will doing in a while with family and I’m grateful for it.
measles an “eminent threat” to the global community.
Eminent, prominent, whatever.
ruminant
revenant
The calendar poses a bigger threat. Treats each person impersonally.
We should ban them! Problem solved
It is a very respectable disease.
related
Happy Thanksglibbing
California is at the forefront of the shift away from fossil fuels to reduce the devastating effects of climate change. In August, the state made the historic decision to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, a move that is expected to lead to a 50% reduction in pollution from cars by 2040. Meanwhile, many cities in wildfire-threatened wine country have banned the construction of new gas stations.
That “pollution” isn’t going away, it’s just being shifted around. But it lets some people feel really good about themselves.
“Many California neighborhoods, especially Black and Brown, low-income and vulnerable communities, live, work, play and attend schools adjacent to the ports, railyards, distribution centers, and freight corridors and experience the heaviest truck traffic,” the board wrote, adding that this pollution causes health risks to those communities.
I have a solution. A variation on the highly successful school busing initiatives from the 1960’s, which totally eliminated segregation.
Instead of merely transporting kids to different neighborhoods for a few hours a day, why not permanently relocate a percentage of the Black and Brown population to less polluted areas, and move an equal percentage of the privileged to the pollution-adjacent districts? I’m sure there is a clause in the Constitution which would allow the state to do this for the greater good. In fact, I would expect many of those privileged folks to volunteer for relocation as penance for their sins. Also, would create jobs to administer this new program. What’s not to like?
It’s time to move east Oakland to Atherton and Tiburon!
A better solution would be to move UC Berkeley to somewhere east of the Sierra’s.
New Jersey? I just spitballin’ here.
I like Nevada too much to do that! I could get on board with moving it back really East, say Massachusetts, where it rightly belongs.
Hahah db! You’re in the right area. Btw, I like your Captain Ron story with your grandson the other day. Happy Thanksgiving!
I saw move it west about 100 miles.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Today, in top-notch parenting:
“Thought YOUR Thanksgiving trip was hell? Parents slammed after letting toddler ‘run wild’ during an eight-hour flight where she jumped on the tray table”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11465555/Parents-let-toddler-run-wild-eight-hour-flight-do.html
“‘Violence works’: Colorado club killer’s porn star dad says ‘I praised him for his violent behavior’ as he reveals his biggest worry was that his son was gay after discovering he’d killed five people in LGBTQ club”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11463995/Colorado-club-killers-porn-star-dad-worried-son-gay-heard-massacre.html
Second link: That tells me nothing except that lunacy runs in that family.
I’m no Mormon theologian, but I’m pretty certain they don’t do porn and fornication either…
That guy seems to be a real piece of work all around.
The son (or whatever) is the Mormon, not the porn star father. But apparently the Mormonism is pretty thin, in that Aldrich is on the church rolls but not apparently active in any congregation. And I say “or whatever” because Aldritch’s attorneys claim he is non-binary in court filings; the non-binary identification is apparently a VERY recent thing.
Well, all non-binary is pretty recent.
If that is just a gambit, I think some lawyer is close to putting his license on the line.
Considering that many states and countries house self-declared transexuals in with the female prisoner population, I don’t thing his ice is all that thin.
I wonder if we’re going to get all these in-depth hot-takes on the Walmart killer’s family.
I give it a 90% chance that right-wing bullying will be involved as seems to be the new narrative when other narratives don’t fit.
So, “does not fit into any box neatly, but we’re going to shove him in the right-wing and Mormon box…because we can.”
“They’re already an intellectual minority that gets the side-eye from a lot of people…”
“Swap feta for mozzarella and make your own burgers instead of buying premade ones: Scientists reveal the simple supermarket swaps you can make to cut your carbon footprint”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11465027/Simple-supermarket-swaps-make-cut-carbon-calories.html
No.
I mean, making your own burgers is kind of a no-brainer.
Yes, but I’m not doing it because of carbon.
White whale breaches
Former President Trump attacked outgoing Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the vice chairwoman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, over a recent Washington Post piece that said committee staff are frustrated with her Trump focus in the panel’s unreleased final report.
The committee is set to culminate its long-running Jan. 6 probe with a much-anticipated report on its findings — but The Washington Post’s story said a number of anonymous current and former staff were “angered and disillusioned” by how much of the draft report they said was dedicated to the former president.
Trump on Truth Social mocked the Post’s headline, which reads, “Jan. 6 panel staffers angry at Cheney for focusing so much of report on Trump.”
“This is the headline in The Washington Post, and those that know Chaney [sic] are not surprised because she is a complete PSYCHO, has no regard for the truth as to what really happened, and is angry that the people of the Great State of Wyoming put her out to pasture in a record setting defeat,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, referencing Cheney’s loss in her state’s Republican primary earlier this year.
“She blames me for this, but she only has herself to blame,” Trump said.
Something something from Hell’s heart, et c.
Wait a second. I thought the whole point of the committee was to go after Trump.
No no no, it was to find the Truth. We need more principled Republicans like Cheney and that other jerkoff who spends more time bashing Republicans on Twitter than he does doing his job.
Yep, the real plan was to kneecap the whole Republican party.
They blew up their own cover by letting that actually slip out. Stand down the investigation in law enforcement breakdown
I guess they are trying to pretend that it isn’t.
You don’t say the quiet part out loud.
Im thankful for the health I still have and the Glibbies, you have kept me sane and alive these past years. It still gets very lonely up here.
Happy Thanksgiving Yusef!
But a spokesperson for Cheney hit back at The Washington Post’s story, telling the outlet the decision by Cheney and the panel to home in on Trump was warranted because of Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6 riot. The spokesperson also suggested some of the criticism was because some staff-submitted material was left on the cutting room floor as the committee readies the report.
Trump was in the White House situation room, twiddling the knobs on his Robot Army Mind Control Ray. There’s film, and everything, but it’s classified.
The reinstated Trump twitter takes wind out of the committee in sorts because it shows Trumps words rather than what they claim them to be.
Spokesperson for Cheney – there’s a conceit soon to be done.
As it’s a holiday, and you’re all family, allow me to announce that the holiday Zoom is up and running, and will be running through the weekend. Please share the link on other threads, join, and enjoy.
/puts Planes, Trains, and Automobiles back on as it is the best Thanksgiving movie
Longstanding tradition here as well, I will be indulging later this evening.
Thanks Neph. We are all alone this Thanksgiving cause we chose sons 21st bday over this holiday. One kid is house/dog sitting the other with his dad. I think we are getting some food with the inlaws later so I got to get to making some deviled eggs.
These euphemisms!
I finished watching The English. It’s kind of a throwback to that ’70s(?) school of Western populated by random violent lunatics, stitched together in vignettes. Not terribly preachy, either.
I rate it good.
“”It was obvious with the mugshot that’s a man. That’s not a non-binary person because in no way shape or form could they appear as a woman the next day.”
Trans activist Natalee Bingham settles the gender identity question of the Colorado shooter.”
https://twitter.com/KyleWOrton/status/1595583840764022784
OFFS!!
“When I am Weaker Thn You, I ask you for Freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am Stronger than you, I take away your Freedom Because that is according to my principles.”
That….that should destroy all this bullshit but there are no mirrors in news media.
I wonder who appointed that person as gatekeeper of what is and is not “non-binary”.
They are modern day priests and priestess, they have adorned themselves with that.
Wait a minute, that person’s onto something and I’m going to apply a similar standard.
You mean, like that swimmer who they had to photoshop to look vaguely feminine? That kind of “can’t pass as anything but a dude”?
OK, your rules (now).
Throws a wrench in the whole “it’s how you feel inside” narrative now doesn’t it
The mob will turn on this one, and then what a lonely existence they will have until they decide to end it all.
Powerline, gobble gobble…..
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/11/midweek-in-pictures-special-thanksgiving-day-edition.php
Lol
https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/11/IMG_0095.jpeg?ssl=1
Taxed and shared,
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As god is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly . . . . .
Happy Thanksgiving my friends.
I thought Communists could fly….
I had mentioned last week that I got COVID. I decided not to take the Paxlovid prescribed to me (with encouragement from some of y’all here) and I feel fine. Felt fine two days after diagnosis actually. Unfortunately, we were planning to host Thanksgiving and my entire family decided to cancel their travel plans because they didn’t think it’s be safe to be here (they were scheduled to arrive 6 days after my diagnosis).
I’m pretty sour about it. I think they’re being pussies. It’s just another example in a long line of people’s brains being broken after the last couple years. So I’ll probably do some yard work and get Chinese food.
“I’m pretty sour about it. I think they’re being pussies. ”
Unless they’re immunocompromised or elderly, you are correct.
Happy Thanksgiving, regardless.
What slumbrew said.
That sucks but good to year you mended.
You shouldn’t have told them.
I would be on my way, if I could.
Sorry, about the family drama.
Glad you’re feeling better, sorry about the family.
So I’ll probably do some yard work and get Chinese food.
I thought that was a Christmas (((tradition))).
Is that before or after (((they))) go to the movies?
A local jazz band has a long standing of doing a Christmas Day Show, as the majority of the band are Red Sea Pedestrians.
Latest updates on The Greatest Tournament Evar:
World Cup fan caught by police trying to sneak beer into Qatar stadium inside binoculars
England fans banned from entering World Cup stadiums in Qatar in full crusader costumes
How to throw a World Cup and suck all of the life out of it.
Still a bit vague as to what the Qataris think they’re going to get out of all this. Billions spent for some bad PR?
I guess bragging rights over the Saudis? Who the fuck knows how any of those assholes in that corner of the world think.
That. A thumb in the eye to Saudi and the UAE?
Of course if the Saudi team does better than the Qatari, it might be a touch Pyrrhic.
I was thinking it’s a ‘we didn’t have to bow to the world and their ways’
Well, their national team gets to play in a World Cup – which is probably the only way that was going to happen.
The other thought that occurred to me: “you fucked up, you trusted us”.
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I spent the entire time chasing TR and BL through a sea of green.
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Agreed.
Par.
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Happy Thanksgiving all — my son decided to celebrate it by not being able to sleep at 2AM and talking loudly to my wife (who ever since she worked 3rd shift is much more of a night owl)… waking me up as well. So off to a fun start!
CARB sucks and one of my never-going-to-happen wishes is for them to be struck down as the petty tyrants who have overstayed their “clean up smog” welcome.
Screwed up duotrigordle, but didn’t chump on the main event… so that’s something.
Daily Duotrigordle #267
Guesses: X/37
Time: 07:14.06
https://duotrigordle.com/
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Yuck. I’m getting worse at this.
Yeah, I was hoping to go two weeks without chumping.
6 8
x 5 so much for that. And just by one letter on damn LL.
Ah well, I’m thankful for games that get under my skin.
Merry Christmas
The alignment of the four unions that have voted not to ratify a labor deal has provided a clear timeline for strike prep plans among the freight railroads and with sensitive cargo including chemicals.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) announced Tuesday it is extending its status quo period through December 8 to align with the BMWED (Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees), SMART-TD, and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers. If no agreement is reached by then, a coordinated strike could start on December 9. Railroad unions that voted for ratification have said they will not cross the picket lines and will support their fellow union workers, posing the risk of a nationwide freight rail shutdown.
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A new economic analysis released by the American Chemistry Council estimates that a rail strike would impact approximately $2.8 billion in chemical cargo that is moved weekly, with a month-long strike resulting in an overall hit to the economy of $160 billion, or one percentage point of GDP.
The ACC represents companies across industrial, energy and pharmaceutical sectors, among other manufacturing niches, including 3M, Dow, Dupont, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Eli Lilly.
If no agreement is reached between the four unions and rail carriers during cooling-off periods, there could be a strike or a lockout unless Congress intervenes using its power through the Constitution’s Commerce Clause. Under this clause, Congress would be able to introduce legislation to stop a strike or a lockout and to set terms of the agreements between the unions and the carriers.
Will the Collective-Bargainer-in-Chief be handing out turkey sammiches and coffee on the picket lines?
Biden puts himself in corner… but, guys, we had a deal!
They had a deal – “Don’t strike before the midterms”. The unions kept their end of the deal.
And will wonder when the Feds impose their will on them when they decide to strike on how they were betrayed for such obedience?
Yeah, that’s where I don’t see it – Biden admin cracking down on the unions?
No the industry and the union members getting the shaft not the bosses
Not only that, Biden got to show off his super-duper negotiating and leadership skills.
https://www.ibtimes.sg/louisiana-priest-pleads-guilty-obscenity-after-getting-caught-having-threesome-dominatrices-67840
Sex toys *and* stage lighting? My goodness!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Lily is covered with adobe, the dressing and squash are in the oven, and I’ll be starting the pumpkin pie in about a half hour. Alas, that dastardly Putin has eliminated heavy cream from the supply chain, so I’ll have to figure something out about a topping.
For my birthday, a dear friend of mine sent me hipster spices — single source/single harvest etc. I hate to say this… but they’re really good. The butternut squash I’ve seasoned with cinnamon and sirarakhong hathei chilis, and I’ll be using the hipster ginger and cinnamon in the pie.
Your neck of woods is sparse on heavy cream also?
Yup. Last night the grocery store had a sign up saying “some recipes you can substitute half and half.” I stopped by a Stewart’s (kind of like an upgraded 7-11 that specialized in dairy products) and they were also out. I got some eggnog though.
I couldn’t get regular milk yesterday.
Damn.
I had to start calling around to find some. Whole Foods had it, price wasn’t too terrible.
This is still she expensive-ass ice cream.
*some
That sounds like a Bobby Flay recipe for the squash.
It’s just your basic “cube, toss with oil and seasonings and roast” technique.
Gf has been complaining of empty shelves the past couple weeks. It’s a staple for us.
We’re going to Cracker Barrel this year. There are 10 of us. I can’t entertain because of the configuration of my house (nowhere for anybody to sit) and my mother and her 2 sisters (who live together) are old and decrepit and not up for putting on big spreads anymore.
Lily is covered with adobe – I thought it was spelled adobo. Hard times if one cannot afford a turkey.
Nope, adobe. The dogs at the park cover her with slobber while wrestling and the rolling on the ground part of the wrestling provides the dirt.
Lily is far too athletic to be a good food animal. Her fur on the other hand…
Can I get an applause gif for Pie, here?
“Adobe” == clay
Adobe = photoshop
Pie is on point this morning
The joke whooshed over my head. He’s too clever for me.
I found heavy cream but it was $8 a pint. Fuck that.
I would think it is a bit to liquid for that
Saw lettuce in Podunkville @ 6.05 a head. Big Box was 2.99
Local store was two bucks, but it was some pretty sad stuff.
Not for this year, but in the future, you can sometimes find shelf stable heavy whipping cream at Trader Joe’s and other specialty stores. I usually keep a package or two on hand for emergencies like that.
I’m just about to start the work on the side dish I’m taking over to the parents.
Bit of Thanksgiving irony; we’re at my nephew’s for Turkey Day this year, and wanted to bring something a little different, so we decided on a cheesecake. Yesterday my kid sister called and warned me off bringing pumpkin pie as there were already two of ’em on the menu.
It’s a pumpkin cheesecake. Oh well…
Happy Thanksgiving to all you miscreants. I’m grateful for all y’all.
Happy Thanksgiving, myb! You’ve reminded me that the holidays often involve lots of “carry-in” type parties, which give one a cheap, tawdry excuse to procure a treat one could otherwise not justify. I present my favorite cheesecake! We find them at Gordon Food Service, but I don’t know if that chain is nationwide.
GT, I don’t think Gordon’s is around here, but I’ll have to look. That’s one gorgeous confection.
Searches in vain for “Take My Money Now” button….
Since Cheesecake Factory has become a right bastid about their seasonal peppermint bark cheesecake, I’m going to make my own this year.
I bought two of the last four quarts that Target had last Sunday.
I did not look at the price.
I no longer look at prices. I just wait and cringe at the final total at checkout.
Similar, but I also find myself buying staples on sale that I don’t need right now.
One tag I did notice on the shelf yesterday… six-pack of my favorite pop that I remember quite recently was around 6 dollars went to $9.99. Just sighed and put it in the basket.
I think we’re all pretty grateful for our everyday stuff every day, even if we’re not thinking about it. Or at least, we’re grateful for it when after it breaks down (*koff zippicar koff*) and we see what life would be like without it. We’ve spent a lot of money on cars and health care the last two years. Every year, really. But we got rid of that piece of shit house we had so we are in a much better place financially. Every day I wake up and go into my sweet and lovely office, look out over our driveway stuffed with cars, and feel at peace.
My personal GlibFit is of some concern to me, but the only real way I can show gratitude for my body and health is to actually work on improving the situation. Ain’t nothin’ medicine can do for me.
Lastly, as a few of you know of my husband’s and my biggest struggle, I’ll be vague: I’m exceedingly grateful that I get to spend the holidays (Halloween through New Year’s) without drama and chaos. I don’t know how long my respite will be, but right now I’m not taking it for granted.
My office is dysfunctional and messy. 💟 the little Xmas tree.
Cluttered desk, cluttered mind never made sense to me. My desk is a hot mess.
Hey, Moje! Which Rach symphony is the one you love so much? Rach 2 is on the satellite radio right now. (Finally picked out the source of a certain ’70s pop hit!)
Speaking of satellite radio, a PSA: SiriusXM is having a “free listening” event, so if you happen to have an inactive radio in your car, you can fire it up and listen free fer nuthin’ through December 5.
The Rach 3. I love Lang Lang’s performance.
If you have not already seen it, watch Shine with Geoffrey Rush.
Oh that’s a good movie.
Yep. I cried through half of it.
*sigh* I want hardwood floors.
If only you worked harder
They’re not hardwood. They’re laminate and peeling like it, too. I would have rather had peel’n’stick vinyl which looks fabulous and wears like a sumbitch. I would also take wood-look tile. ANYTHING is better than laminate.
We did the engineered vinyl flooring and so far…happy and no issues for the past five years
I wouldn’t want hardwood under my office chair wheels.
We have softwood floors (PNW yo) and they wear with no problem, only you need to put down one of the old carpet desk chair mats. But no issues other than that.
We have luxury vinyl plank and it’s been awesome. I just cleaned it the other day and it really needed it. You cannot tell they are dirty, ever.
I put peel’n’stick down in the POS house (because it didn’t deserve anything better), and it looked REALLY good. I was shocked and pleased.
Labor Justice
US authorities will block imports of sugar produced in the Dominican Republic by company Central Romana, on suspicion of forced labor at its facilities.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will detain the company’s raw sugar and sugar-based products at all US ports of entry effective Wednesday, the agency said in a statement published that day, citing “inhumane practices.”
Central Romana is the largest producer of sugar in the Dominican Republic, acording to its website.
The decision to ban its sugar is “based on information that reasonably indicates the use of forced labor in its operations,” reads the CBP statement.
“CBP identified five of the International Labour Organization’s 11 indicators of forced labor during its investigation: abuse of vulnerability, isolation, withholding of wages, abusive working and living conditions, and excessive overtime,” it said.
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US authorities have been investigating labor issues in the Dominican Republic’s sugar industry for a number of years.
“While the country’s Ministry of Labor and sugar companies have made important progress, concerns remain about dangerous working conditions, verification of pay and hours, unsuitable living conditions, workers’ precarious legal status and other potential labor rights abuses,” the US Department of Labor said in a statement published September 13.
The department also added sugarcane from the Dominican Republic to its List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor that month.
Take that, Dominican Republic! You don’t scare us. We won’t stand for mistreatment of workers.
Now do iPhones….
Yeah, I was thinking “Now do China” but that sums it up as well.
On this auspicious day I can say the following: calling something stuffing when it is not stuffed is silly. Cranberry sauce is mid. Turkey breast need sous cide. And I don’t know what libations y’all have chosen for the feast, but I would have chosen better on account of my superior European taste. If anyone burns their house down deep frying turkey I expect pictures.
And finally never forget: A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.
“Stuffing” not stuffed into the asshole of the turkey, and filling its insides with juicy goodness, is called “dressing.”
This right here. But up around here, both are used interchangeably by most.
Cranberry relish > cranberry sauce, Mojeaux covered dressing v. stuffing.
sous cide
Now there’s a neologism!
Y’know, guys, Pie made it pretty easy to get he was telling a joke.
Just sayin’
A Romanian saying “y’all” is hilarious, tho.
Very true.
My daughter and I love the cranberry sauce that slides out of a can.
YAAAAASSSSSSS
I got some frozen “fried jumbo shrimp” the other day. I’ll throw them in the oven later. I haven’t had that in about forever. It was always a big treat when I was a kid. We’ll see how it turns out.
Something different, anyway.
Also I am still quite unthankful for the existence of Quantus QRC.
Now do iPhones….
iphones don’t grow here, silly.
“Through analysis of the plants extracts, researchers discovered that both have antiparasitic properties, which they tested against three common parasites in birds: the protozoon Trichomonas gallinae, the nematode Meloidogyne javanica and the fungus Aspergillus niger.”
Cancel CNN!!! White SURpRemisists!
Excess deaths, lack of data
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqKZlDsesL4
Australia, Key statistics
In 2022, there were 111,008 deaths that occurred by 31 July,
and were registered by 30 September, which is 16,375
(17.3%) more than the historical average.
Since the pandemic began
Over 30,000 excess deaths involving heart disease
(average over 230 additional deaths a week)
Heart disease is among the most prominent diseases involved in the high numbers of excess deaths since the start of the pandemic.
While Covid-19 infection was likely a significant factor
Covid infections no longer a driving force
I got some eggnog though.
Whipped EGGNOG?
*reels tongue back in*
GONZALES s 2023 Lingerie Erotique GRAN CANARIA SWIM WEEK Full Fashion Show | 4K UHD I Bikini Models
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V2tNtZCm78
Happy Turkey day Glibies. I’ve got a day of food, football, and family.
Throw another F-word in there and we will have a great long weekend.
Mrs. Time has been baking cookies: Pumpkin snickerdoodles with cinnamon chips for today and later chocolate Expresso cookies for a World Cup party tomorrow.
My Black Friday tradition of target shooting is canceled this year as my buddy with a range is in Lake Placid for the Holidays. Soccer and whiskey will have to do.
I’m very thankful for my and my families health and relative prosperity this year. I’m also very thankful for all of the great people that I’ve met and interact with nearly daily here.
Fauci?
I would love for someone to throw a Fauci for Thanksgiving.
Farts?
Fucking?
Frisbee?
It appears the youngest Patzer’s favorite (ex-) professor is not going away quietly.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221116006005/en/
IANAL, and I have no clue about the legal issues involved, but nice to see some more pushback. The spawn got involved in this shitshow last year by consenting to an interview with the school paper, a decision he now regrets after finding out how trivial it is to be misrepresented by “journalists” (even the aspiring student types).
Interesting. If the hearing was conducted as claimed, then he has a good case.
Good for him, but in some ways I wouldn’t want to go back to such a crappy place to work.
I’m drunk and feeling sentimental. Anyone wanna spoon?
I’m drunk and feeling sentimental. – something completely new for you
Gimme a hug, buddy.
have you showered ?
Like you’d care. Get in here and git you some.
Unless anime is lying to me, getting drunk and sentimental means you should be screaming and breaking things.
https://www.techinasia.com/otaku-dream-smart-anime-body-pillow-itaspo
How A Pitmaster Has Been Making Lamb Barbacoa Outside Of LA For Over 40 Years — Smoke Point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZDUaDDtrdk
That was amazing!
Thanks, Pie. I’m gonna visit that guy next time I’m in LA.
Oh hell yes.
Show what an individualist you are, by following the herd
Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter in October, many users of the social media platform have discussed taking their musings elsewhere — and some have actually done it.
Some object to Musk’s spreading of falsehoods, the rise in hate speech after he took over, his layoff of half of Twitter’s staff and his reinstatement of former President Donald Trump’s account. Some figure that the site will go down entirely at some point due to many of the company’s engineers leaving the company. And some just say the site’s best days are behind it.
Either way, Twitter has had real “Closing Time” vibes over the last two weeks, with many longtime users taking to heart Semisonic’s counsel: You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.
Here’s a look at where some Twitter users are testing the waters.
Musk is letting the wrong kinds of kids play in his sandbox. It’s time to take your toys and evacuate.
“the rise in hate speech after he took over”
Stated without evidence.
Twitter’s not going anywhere. Same way most of us who went to Gab and Parler didn’t stay away from Twitter, the lefties aren’t going to stay away either.
That is my long term expectation. However, if Musk keeps the circus going on too long people left and right will abandon it.
In 3 years, Twitter won’t be Twitter at all.
I didn’t think of it until yesterday, but I should have done a re-run post with The Hat and Hair Thanksgiving special for today.
I’m drunk and feeling sentimental. Anyone wanna spoon?
The moon in June shines brightly on the spoon.
In case you get bored waiting on the oven:
https://super70ssports.com/arcade/turkey-drop/
That’s hilarious.
Researchers from Madrid in Spain studied data on 619 droppings belonging to great bustards
That bird should be one of the more thankful species out there.
The bustard’s an exquisite fowl,
With minimal reason to growl:
He escapes what would be
Illegitimacy
By grace of a fortunate vowel.
LOL
***WILD APPLAUSE!!!***
Good morning, Sloop!
Thanks for the lynx and wonderful music!
The pictures of the little babies are rough, but what a miracle!
I hope you and your family have a wonderful day.
Hi, Glibs Happy Thanksgiving!!
Thanks for listening to my woes, and thanks for sharing your specialized knowledge and talents with us all.
I’m taking it easy today: 2:30 reservation at the local golf club for their plated Thanksgiving meal. No dishes for me!
Btw, Moon was new yesterday and will be a sliver tonight. Mats is at its close pass to earth on Dec 8, but due to the new moon, tonight will probably be the best viewing.
Mars is really flaunting its red color, even to the naked eye.
Soooo, what is Mastodon, exactly?
Some Twitter users flying the coop hope Mastodon will be a safe landing
TECHNOLOGY
Some Twitter users flying the coop hope Mastodon will be a safe landing
It’s a decentralized, open-source social media platform. Anyone can launch and host their own Mastodon server and create their own community, which can connect to other Mastodon servers. Because it’s open-source, it is not owned by anyone, and its creators do not own a copyright on it.
That’s by design. “Nobody is in control of the entire network,” founder Eugen Rochko told NPR last week.
“It is, in effect, more democratic,” he said.
How the devil do you control and ban wrongthink if no one is in charge?
Oh, so Discord. Where one can narrow down one’s echo chamber.
Yep
Hit reply too soon. It is effectively JournoList reincarnated.
https://journa.host/explore
My thoughts as well
Yeah, that doesn’t sound very attractive to fragile minds who are afraid of Twitter.
Left wing Twitter but even dumber. They banned Wil Wheaton for lack of wokeness for God’s sake.
[insert Nathan Filion speechless gif]
That sounds based.
Japanese vlogger reviews Wetherspoons full English fry-up
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/lifestyle/japan-breakfast-english-fry-wetherspoons-b2231453.html
He didn’t like the black pudding.
I find that humorous given the wide variety of stuff that are eaten in Japan. That said it really is what you grow up eating.
By grace of a fortunate vowel.
Excellent, Shpip.
I have to ask: is that yours? It’s quite reminiscent of Ogden Nash.
google says it was the winner of a limerick contest in 1978 judged by Isaac Asimov.
Happy Thanksgiving to all you turkeys.
I resemble that remark! Yes, Happy Thanksgiving to all Glibs, even those who aren’t Real Scotsmen Libertarians.
“zero people had “Kanye West kicks it with Nick Fuentes” on their 2022 bingo card. What an amazing time to be alive. Chaos everywhere!”
https://twitter.com/TheQuartering/status/1595524286864842755
Weird if true.
So Buffalo plays consecutive games in Detroit – who did they piss off?
Their fans?
Scientists have observed a single-cell alga evolve in real time into a multicellular organism. The transition took around a year and was caused by the introduction of a predator into the environment.
https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1595570975302483968
That sounds incredibly fast.
I have been intermittently binge-watching old Roadkill episodes. I’m getting to really like those guys.
Youtube served up the Mazdarati yesterday.
Fucking awesome.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
XX’s PS5 just arrived. She’s a happy camper.
For those in need, MST3K is running a live Turkey Day marathon on YouTube.
Twitter is not re-instating my account due to targeted abuse and harassment.
Except for the fact, outside of a response to Bill Kristol, I didn’t target nor harass anyone in particular.
The Coffee cup is in the Butter!
Cheers!
Food!