Let it be known this was written on the first day I took a sick day in four years. I went full exorcist the morning this was written, but thankfully I am not pregnant.
You very fine people are the best.
This is my review of Campanara Brewing (Trader Joe’s) Tiramisu Pastry Stout:
I woke up in something of a daze realizing that I managed to be up 30 minutes prior to the time to a meeting I promised my boss I would attend. Perusing my newsfeed, I couldn’t tell if I was being trolled, because if wasn’t, the internet was making it difficult to believe it. Donald Trump released NFTs for sale…
Now, I previously wrote on NFTs and in spite of nobody wanting to revisit it, I’ll leave it here.
It is my belief, the deep state infiltrated Team Trump. Why? They want to bring him down of course. Given the recent attempts by the Feds to bring him down via tax fraud allegations only resulted in people that worked for him going to prison, they are not likely to give up. As it turns though, he’s benefited from the system long enough to know how to cover his tracks, so they need him to get into something new, exciting, and deliberately semi-legal.
Enter Sam Bankman-Fried, who inexplicably kept both his parents names like a Puerto Rican. I’m going to leave a photo of his girlfriend here because I have this revolting feeling in my stomach anyways. I believe the reader should really feel what the writer is feeling, and this is much easier than describing it at the moment.
Now, Bankman-Fried is a convenient fall guy for multiple scandals involving his corrupt, sex-orgy cult-turned money laundering scheme for the powers that be in The the (is “The” still a thing here?) Ukraine coupled with a slice of fractional reserve investing. In addition, he creates a precedent for the Feds throwing the book at a crypto bro. How can they do that if they haven’t even begun to vote on bills to regulate the crypto space? Fuck you, that’s why.
By keeping it quasi legal, they can simply invent the crime that Trump will eventually commit! The key was in convincing him NFTs were just a scam, likely by showing him 🚀 🚀 🚀 emojis on his phone.
Hmm…I seem to be missing my white girl beer alert. No problem this doesn’t cross into white girl beer territory. As you are likely aware, Tiramisu is a popular Italian dessert made with ladyfingers, chocolate, marscapone, and espresso. This beer is coffee forward, a bit creamy and and doesn’t quite cross the line to being disturbingly sweet. It is however, a bit of an odd novelty that probably wouldn’t stand on it own in an normal circumstances. Which makes it fitting to conflate it with Orange Man Trading Cards. Campanara Brewing (Trader Joe’s) Tiramisu Pastry Stout: 3.1/5
OMG, that Exorcist scene.
Glad you’re better.
Hope you are feeling better MS.
Oh yeah. I made up my gym day the next day. Good to go.
All that money, and she can’t afford a bottle of shampoo?
Unless someone is pushing their looks as a qualification or is monetizing their looks, I’m not going to criticize them. It gets fuzzy with your pretty boy/girl public figures, but she’s not one of those IMO.
She was living in the Bahamas, I assume she’s one of those girls suffering from frizzy hair when its humid,
(No! I’m not including women’s suffrage in there!)
I am.
No problem this doesn’t cross into white girl beer territory
I thought white girl beer was White Claw.
The fact that SBF’s girlfriend looks like a precocious 9 year old is just a coincidence. It means nothing. He probably just liked her because she was down for anal?
I’d bang a catboy before I’d bang her. Ick.
Harsh but legit.
You do you.
Those poor ladies!
Maybe I should read Barstool Sports more often
Which makes you wonder what’s been going on there. Did she reach out to him and get ghosted? If so, I can see how she’d feel a little like a non-witch woman scorned. But I don’t know what she thought he could do. I’ve seen him connect on passes no human being could complete. Come back from down 17 in the 4th quarter. And win a game while tripping balls on Percocets. But never did I assume those skills would translate to quelling widespread civil unrest on another continent.
I’m sure he’d like to. But expecting him to get an embattled foreign leader to ease restrictions and stop cracking down on civilians is a big ask for any private citizen. Especially one like Rodgers, whom she has to know is in the middle of his “busy season,” and sort of swamped with work. He’s got the Rams to worry about on Monday night. And I seriously doubt his employers would be keen on letting him take some personal days to go play diplomat because his shaman ex-girlfriend is in the weeds. That’s just the geopolitical reality of the situation.
I couldn’t give a shit about Aaron Rodgers’ love life, but that was fairly entertaining.
What’s he supposed to do? Send the A-Team choppering in to Cuzco?
Rodgers better do what his ex wants or she’ll expose the fact that he just used her as his beard while he connected with his favorite tight ends.
Wouldn’t there be an NDA?
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Cool link, bro!
+1
Linky goes to Google News headlines. Disappoint, haz.
Mebbe this link:
https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3449159/it-would-appear-aaron-rodgers-rumored-girlfriend-blu-of-earth-is-stuck-in-peru-among-civil-unrest-and-sort-of-throwing-shade-at-him
And now that my cheesecake is in the oven, I shall relax and watch the penultimate Christmas movie, Die Hard.
Planning on Hook later today. Another holiday classic.
But…since they’re doing the 75th anniversary at the theater..and I’ve never seen it in HD or on the big screen – I will be checking out “It’s a Wonderful Life” tomorrow afternoon.
I’ve never seen Hook, and from what I’ve heard, I don’t want to see It’s a Wonderful Life.
As a Capra/Stewart classic, it’s worth checking out at least once even if it’s not quite as Libertarian as we’d like.
Don’t care about libertarian. It seems damned depressing.
It’s Frank Capra from the Golden Age of Hollywood. You know it has a happy ending.
Does Meet John Doe really have a happy ending?
But it’s kind of about charity more than government intervention, right?
Maybe, I’m a little rusty on the details – it’s been a LONG time since I last watched. I’ll have a better recollection tomorrow night.
It’s more about the idea that we’re all interconnected.
My wife was watching Maid in Manhattan the other day. At one point the main character walks past a Christmas tree, so I guess that makes it a Christmas movie, too.
Is Battle of the Bulge a Christmas movie?
Must be, by current definition.
You GAIZ! Don’t make me whip out all the arguments why it’s a legit Christmas movie.
Christmas is a figment of our imagination. It does not exist.
Nuts!
Or Pearl Harbor?
Tiramisu Pastry Stout – just by the name ewww gross
My take is that Trump’s current team are trying to recapture the magic of his first run, while knowing nothing about how it happened.
it is all getting so tiresome. But hey if trump dont get the repub nom he can run as libertarian
Trump did something good – released a policy to actually address the assault on the ‘first amendment. It was 6-7 years too late.
It was completely overshadowed by the release of the goofy and moronic trading cards nonsense.
Right?
What’s this guy up to now? He can’t be serious about running anymore.
He’s trying to do it without Bannon. That’s like the late 90’s Cowboys teams after Nate Newton and the rest of that offensive line left to get paid real money, and they insisted they can still win with just Aikman, Irvin, and Smith.
I think he thinks the cards are funny. And they are funny. Remember, most of his shit is schtick anyways.
BTW, re: the Fatman discussion dedthred – RJ has mentioned it a couple times before, but everyone should watch Krampus. It’s a fun PG-13 Christmas horror flick in the vein of Gremlins with a LOT of great practical effects. (and much darker ending)
It was on one channel repeatedly yesterday – maybe I’ll catch it in next few days; never seen it.
People’s right to know
House Democrats will likely unmask new details about former President Donald Trump’s long-hidden taxes following a key meeting now set for next week.
That would be a highly unusual move sure to ignite another post-presidential controversy surrounding Trump, who is running again for the White House.
Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal won access to Trump’s filings in November, after a long court fight, but they remain closely held, with only a handful of lawmakers and aides allowed to examine them. They’re still protected by strict privacy laws that make it a felony for anyone to divulge even basic details about Trump’s taxes.
But there is a way around those rules: Neal’s committee could vote privately to make them public, and that’s what the Massachusetts Democrat wants his colleagues to consider in a closed-door meeting now set for Tuesday at 3 p.m.
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It would be extremely rare for lawmakers to forcibly release someone’s tax information, especially a former president’s, and Trump was not legally required to disclose any of his tax information while he was running for president or after he was elected.
But he defied a decades-old tradition of presidents voluntarily releasing their returns, incensing Democrats, who waged a three-and-a-half year court fight for the documents. A century-old law allows the heads of Congress’ tax committees to see anyone’s returns.
Many Democrats say the public has a right to know where the president’s earnings come from, and how much he pays in taxes. They also want to know how vigorously the IRS has been implementing a long-standing policy of automatically auditing every president.
Because fuck Bad Orange Upstart, that’s why.
Releasing his taxes is so important, so utterly necessary to the future of The Democracy, that they are going to discuss doing so in a closed door meeting.
Primae noctis is perfectly ok as long as the law authorizes it.
Auditing to find wrongdoing or to make sure it’s properly covered up? Or really to discourage anyone but the inside party from trying to run for high office.
“a long-standing policy of automatically auditing every president“
*outright, prolonged laughter*
These mendacious idiots never appreciate their tactics will be used against them once they breach an existing norm. I, for one, would love to see a decades worth of tax returns from Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters.
Everything that is wrong with it all.
Speaking of NFL, Tom Brady legitimately looks old and worn down this year. Not even talking about on the field. Just watch the guy during press conferences. He looks like a guy telling himself daily he’s too old for this shit.
He shoulda stayed out at his peak.
Yep, shoulda quit after the 1st SB win in Tampa.
Has any QB gone out on top? Remember Farve on the Jets? Good times.
After years of the Chiefs hiring has-been QBs, yeah.
I was watching Chiefs flashbacks with Joe Montana at the helm and felt embarrassed for him (and us). So cringe.
You’ve said this before and I’ve seen others say it and I just don’t get it. He led the Chiefs to their first division title in a couple decades. Had a couple brilliant playoff wins. Took them to the post season both years he played. Yeah, pretty damn cringe.
I know what he did. I can’t dismiss that, no, but I also can’t express it any better than that.
Joe Montana was a great Firster who fell to the Seconding Side. He was struck down by his own petty jealousy of a seconder like Steve Young. He fully embraced the second when he joined KC.
I can only guess he has nothing else to fall back on and no other interests.
Very sad. Not even a commentator position lined up?
I like Terry Bradshaw. He doesn’t take himself at all seriously. Brady takes himself all too seriously.
I was going to add that he doesn’t seem to possess the charisma you expect in a commentator but that seemed uncharitable 🙂
See also: Landon Donovan. Fox must have been desperate for commentators to drag him out for the World Cup.
Compare and contrast Brady with the Mannings. The Mannings seem like such down-to-Earth regular guys with exceptional talent. Brady seems to have elevated himself in his own mind as some Golden Calf. He’s swallowed the media GOAT tongue bath and can’t cope with the fact that it’s over.
Never mind the fact that, as people have commented here frequently, him being the GOAT is ridiculous given how much the officiating has changed in the past 10-20 years. Transport him back to the 80’s and he would have been absolutely clobbered.
GOAT is absurd.
I’m not even a basketball fan, but I watched Jordan’s first last game, when he won the championship at the last second. Then he retired.
Then he came back and embarrassed himself. I don’t get it.
I’d probably embarrass myself publicly for 8 figures, cash.
Hubris, arrogance, and the unwillingness to acknowledge the passage of time.
Whiny ass Eli can eat a bowl of dicks.
GL gets it.
For Teds’
*shrugs*
This does not Foster fair competition.
Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover has sustained a suspected concussion and a gash to his face after he appeared to be assaulted by a Melbourne Victory fan during a violent and shameful pitch invasion which forced the A-League Men derby at AAMI Park on Saturday night to be abandoned.
Glover required stitches for the cut and officiating referee Alex King also sustained a cut to his right eyebrow during the wild and scary scenes when Victory fans stormed the pitch, although a Football Australia spokesperson said he was “more rattled than hurt”.
The referee match day coach was pushed into a fence as well, and all officials had to be escorted to their cars by security.
In a press release, Football Australia described the violence as “shocking” and that “such behaviour has no place in Australian Football”.
Weird. I used to watch that league before it moved to pay streams along with most other leagues in the world and it was always so low-key.
Not excusing the violence, but it looks like the trigger was the goalie (Glover) throwing one (maybe two) flares back into the crowd. Again, not excusing the violence but that is stupid. I’m also pretty sure that gets you fined under FIFA rules regardless of the circumstances.
Yikes, that’s not good.
Neither are flares. Who the fuck do the spectators think they are, Italy or Brazil?
Yeah, but I doubt he knew exactly who threw the flare. If it landed near me, is probably clobber him too.
Australians need to channel that anger towards their invasive fucking nanny-state government instead of for…soccer.
Opiate of the masses.
DJT woke up in Moscow, covered in sweat
Surrounded by piss hookers, sheets soaking wet
With arch-rival Ronny climbing the polls
The RNC no longer kept whores on Donny’s payroll
The hookers would soon be awake wanting cash
Verging on panic, Don had an idea in a flash
“I’ll sell tokens of me to those Middle American mutts!
Then I’ll afford unlimited sluts!”
https://archive.ph/hQFC4
Silicone Saturday.
Face diapers. Blech.
LOL!
Vikings already down 0-23. I told my wife about 5 games ago not to get too excited about their gaudy record.
I didn’t know there was football today. And Cousins is my qb for the office fantasy league. And it’s the playoffs. Dammit.
You may be fucked. He’s been awful.
Bills/Dolphins should be fun tonight.
I was at a negative score with him at halftime. He seems to have come back with a vengeance. Now above the original point projection. Must be exciting for Vikings fans.
Absolutely insane. Vikes got ass fucked on that fumble return, but we shall see what happens in OT
“The drink flows, the clothes come off and, before we know it, we’re in the throes of yet another orgy.”
I hate it when that happens.
“Dammit! Not again!”
Witchdoctor Fauxci says we are in the third year of the pandemic. There is no such thing as a third year for a pandemic for a respiratory illness (never mind that the convid pandemic was over before it was announced as such…). There is barely even a third day. They mutate constantly and spread like wildfire. That’s why you periodically have cold/flu symptoms. I can’t even, in polite company, say what the cuntes pushing this dishonest, horseshit fearmongering narrative deserve. But use your imagination.
This beer is coffee forward, a bit creamy and and doesn’t quite cross the line to being disturbingly sweet. It is however, a bit of an odd novelty that probably wouldn’t stand on it own in an normal circumstances.
I think I’d give it a try.
MeToo. Depending, as ever, on what else is on tap.
Its a Trader Joe’s “exclusive”, but I imagine its much better off the tap.
DIY Glibs, I need some advice.
Combing home with groceries, I felt the back steps give way while I was unlocking the door. There is now a hole the diameter of a fist in the concrete exposing a void of unknown volume. My first thought was to try to fill the void with concrete. Should I wait for spring, or do it promptly – or is this something I should hand off to a professional?
Could you possibly post a pic? You can probably repair it, but it may make sense to re-pour, depending on how it was originally done..
https://www.glibertarians.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/UnCivil_Steps-scaled.jpg
I don’t know how the steps were originally done, it came with the house.
Firsters don’t jump over steps. We also avoid stepping on dark tiles. You wouldn’t have to worry about this if you were First.
I’d call a concrete guy to evaluate it. Looks like cracking around where your railing attached and elsewhere. Not sure if it’s cosmetic or structural.
I like the aggregate!
But I agree with Gustave. There are other issues there. Meantime, Scruffy’s suggestion is a good one.
Concrete isn’t ridiculously expensive, like so many other house things.
Call a pro, stat.
I reached out to get an estimate, we’ll see where it goes.
First thing, buy a 2X6, 2X8, 2X10, whatever the width of the step is and the length of the step. Now you are covered for winter, at least. When spring shows up, re-evaluate with some pro advice or not and repair the whole hole. Trying to repair outside things this time of the year may be a redundant job.
I had to replace my whole patio slab 2021 because salt had caused it to decay over the years.
I thought about it, but that’d probably be stolen by the neighbors.
Tough neigborhood. Add a Security Camera sign in the window.
That crack . . .
My opinion, as an attorney, is that the steps are done and will need to be taken out and replaced.
By a professional.
That does seem to be the agreement.
I just don’t have the money.
Ask a pro, winter could make it a lot worse,
Freze and thaw is no bueno
It’s doable for you, but it will be tedious, backbreaking, and a time sink.
Go to YouTube and find tutorials on replacing a concrete staircase.
In other news, hire somebody.
The question is whether it’s worth salvaging or needs replacement.
A quick fix is to fill the hole with stone dust. It’s self-compacting.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it is not to place a lit cigarette in a hole in concrete.
Please don’t blow yourself up.
My wife would ask “why?” And I would point to my crotch. “Oh yeah l…boys”
Unexpected
Global coal usage has reached an all-time high in 2022 amid the disruption of traditional trade flows, soaring costs and increased demand, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The IEA said in a report that worldwide coal usage is set to surpass 8 billion metric tons for the first time this year following the chaos of a global energy crisis. A metric ton is equivalent to 1,000 kilograms.
The report states that fossil fuel prices, particularly for natural gas, have substantially increased throughout the year, causing “a wave” of consumers switching fuels from gas. This has caused an increase in demand for fuel sources with more competitive prices, including coal in certain regions of the world.
The amount of coal used in producing electricity is expected to increase by roughly 2 percent compared to last year, according to the agency.
Eco-doomers hardest hit.
A metric ton is equivalent to 1,000 kilograms.
You don’t say🙄
What could possibly have caused oil and natural gas prices to increase so much? Could it possibly have anything at all to do with suicidal Western governments purposely driving those prices up to satisfy watermelon unicorn fart fantasies with solar and wind? Noooooo…. Couldn’t be. Gotta be Putin’s fault. Yeah, that’s right! We would’ve gotten away with it if it weren’t for you damn Russkies!
I have been able to avoid propane use so far by running the wood furnace. I’m doing my part to keep prices down and de-sequester all the stored carbon in the wood.
With all the tree damage from the past few days, Gaia culling the weak, it’s going to be an uphill battle to get a handle on saving the Earth from Climate Change.
You’re up to it.
Can the rest wait for spring?
I’ve seen things in The Firstiverse that I cannot unsee. Terrible and horrible things. The worst sort of depravity imaginable in the most second of minds. The shit seconders have done in human history makes the bloody orgy scene in Even Horizon look like a picnic in the park.
You may want to lay off the acid for a bit.
I know what you touched yourself thinking about on February 8th, 1997.
You should be ashamed.
Celebrating the acquittal of OJ is nothing to be ashamed of.
Hmmm. I was 13 so it was probably Curious George.
I had to insert Firsts all throughout the timeline to make up for your messy antics. You have no idea the damage you caused.
Nook
https://ibb.co/Jrfb9xr
looks comfy.
Is it?
NIce!
I hope you aren’t wrecking it with the Purple and Gold!
How long have you been in the RV? Thoughts at this point?
Cranny.
Jelly.
And Cranny
https://s3.amazonaws.com/bit-photos/large/6907631.jpeg
Maybe RV guy needs to see your nook ye? Alright I’m done
The Vikings seemed to have regained consciousness for the 3rd quarter.
JJ is amazing.
Styx had an interesting take on the NFTs. Trump knows that Mitch & the RNC won’t give him a dime in 2024, so the NFTs are a way for supporters to give him cash for essentially nothing, and totally skirt campaign finance laws. The Democrat candidates can “write” a book. If they are sufficiently viable, and willing to lick the ass of the party line, the book will magically sell millions of copies in China..
Plus Trump is a master at trolling and getting attention.
Yeah, even if Styx is right, I’m sure that’s a bonus.
I’m watching a movie called Mr. Nobody. It’s weird. I’m cool with that. But I can’t figure out if modern movies and in media res has spoiled me and coddled me into an impatient viewer, or if this movie is just slow.
The donation links page always reverts back to PayPal, even when you select Credit / Debit card. I’m not getting or reactivating my PayPal account, not even for Glibs.
PayPal lets you use a credit card without signing up for PayPal, FWIW.
Okay, I’ll try that.
…and thanks.
👍🏻
I am going to see Avatar 2 now. If I never post again you’ll know it killed me.
Godspeed
Well…
bye
UnCivil’s steps:
Does that hole go all the way to the ground, or does it have a bottom? Could you do a temporary fill with quickcrete until better weather?
I don’t know. I haven’t stuck anything in to measure the depth.
… I….you know….just sayin
Speaking of steps-
The wooden steps at my back door, presumably dating from Day One (30+ years) are completely shot. One of the treads came loose last fall, and when I started looking at replacing the treads, I found out just how completely compromised the “structure” is. The back door is currently inaccessible, not that it matters much right now.
When spring comes, I will build something newer, bigger, better. Probably not a real deck, but bigger than a single stair.
My back door opens out onto a public sidewalk. No room for a deck without getting hassled. 🙁
My back door opens out onto a public sidewalk. No room for a deck without getting hassled.
Do you have bums? It would be a nice place for the bums to hang out.
Hookers and hoodlums hang out by backdoors.
House to myself for a bit. Watching Colony…kinda slow but relevant if you replace aliens with government.
I remember enjoying the first season but also checking out when the story didn’t seem to be going anywhere.
Started strong but they moved production from LA to the PNW and had to adjust the story to fit. That was the death knell.
I would laugh but it will galvanize the true believers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_15,_2022_Twitter_suspensions
“Massacred….” sigh
Well, probably in keeping with the “Saturday Night Massacre.”
OFFS 🙄
I’m waiting for the parallels between Dec 7th and that day…it will live in infamy! 6 people were banned! It was a massacre!
“Massacred….” sigh
Not, sad to say, literally.