GLIB IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Our very own Mojeaux appeared on Tom Woods’ podcast for a very engaging talk about libertarian art and culture. Listen here. I love what she says about libertarians being not very good at selling our ideas. Stirring quote about the Little House on the Prairie books: “What we are getting is the making attractive of hard work, self-reliance, independence, freedom…” Thanks to everyone who mentioned the podcast in other threads, but here it is again all official and for those who don’t obsessively read the comments.
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT: In an act of eco-piety, Germany will shut down its three remaining nuclear plants on Saturday, betting that it can fulfil its green ambitions without atomic power despite the energy crisis caused by the Ukraine war. They don’t need air conditioning in the summer, right?
OOPS: Progressive darling and serial liar Rebekah Jones caught out yet again.
EXTREMISM IN PURSUIT OF REPARATIONS IS NO VICE: Shopper demands her grocery bill of over $1,000 be covered “by reparations,” then backs intervening security guard up into office, where he eventually punches her. Shopper eventually sentenced to one day in confinement and fined $110 for Disorderly Conduct.
DO-SOMETHINGISM IN ACTION: Theft is already illegal, as is possession of stolen goods. But that didn’t stop LA City Council from voting to make it illegal to possess an unattached catalytic converter without proof of ownership. Extra. Special. Illegal.
HOMO FLORIDENSIS: Port St. Lucie, FL – Old guy on mobility scooter snatches woman’s purse, rolls away.
Yay for Mo!
Tall Cans!
+1
(Well, except the tall cans)
Well, you don’t look like tre so……
Yusef! Good to see you again.
Pervert!
“The government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which includes the fiercely anti-nuclear Greens, agreed to extend the life of the plants to April 15.”
Well, as long as the Chancellor of Germany thinks it’s a good idea.
He’s had quite a struggle to get to this point.
All I could think of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDiILrNbM4
Frankly, I’m just surprised the LA City Council didn’t ban sawsalls or something equally crazy (ok, they probably have in a corner case of “burglary tools” in the same way I bet they could run you in for carrying a crowbar in a subdivision if they want to).
The article effusively praised Jones, saying that the hacking case “catapulted Jones from Florida cause célèbre to international hero.”
“Jones managed to best a radical and increasingly dangerous governor with presidential aspirations at each turn,” the article concluded. “She lived to tell the tale. The problem is hardly anyone is still listening.”
Everyone’s the hero of their own story. “Attention whore spins fable” is an act that’s getting stale.
Yeah — now try that with Hillary and let us know how it comes out. (Ok, she was a Senator not a Governor.. but I just find the histrionics laughable given the only candidate that’s seemed legitimately life threatening lately sure isn’t DeSantis….)
If ever there was someone who need mental help it’s her. Instead she will be praised/vilified and continue down this path. My guess her next grand act will be suicide as she declares herself a martyr.
But could her fake news site be that much than the Miami Herald?
Huh – she was proven, in court, to be a liar. What kind of international hero is that?
One that writes that about oneself of course.
Her allegations are trivially easy to disprove. In this case, simply call her probation officer (pre-trial intervention is essentially probation, but the charges are dropped if you jump through all the hoops) and ask if Ms. Jones has been thus far complying with the terms of her PTI as set forth by the Court. If she is, then why is she alleging that her signature on the PTI agreement was forged?
Frankly, since Mrs. Jones’ Tallahassee address, email, and cell number are all on the Leon County Clerk of Court website, I’m a little surprised that she’s not being hounded by the autists at 4Chan for being a creepy liar who lies. I guess they figure she’s too pathetic even for them.
Noble liar telling a noble lie.
No lie is noble least of all that some lies are.
Extremism in the defence of tyranny is no vice.
Last I checked, it was illegal in CA to put a cage or skid plate to keep a catalytic converter from getting stolen.
What? FFS why?
FYTW
No, it falls under the general police [state] power.
What is the difference?
The police power is legitimately held by the states. FYTW is the federal assertion of power(s) it does not hold.
Of course the states having police power doesn’t mean they should be police states.
Hmmm… https://exhaustman.com/catalyst-converter-cage/ (based in CA) and https://getjerry.com/car-repair/california-catalytic-converter-laws#why-are-catalytic-converters-being-stolen strongly imply otherwise. Got a citation, Count? Not something I’ve thought about doing… but I certainly probably should think about it — so it would be good to know.
Sorry, it’s just something I’ve heard from people who work on cars, that it won’t pass inspection. I’m guessing it’s due to California’s ridiculous “original equipment” requirements. For example, back when cars had carburetors, they wouldn’t pass emissions even though they passed the exhaust test.
Carbs will still pass Cali smog, as long as they are OEM. If you pull a small carb of off, and replaced it with a pair of Del’Orto’s, sorry Charlie. If, on the other hand, you have an ’82 Pinto with the original carb, you are good.
If your car is pre ’75, no smog at all.
“as long as they are OEM”
Yes, that’s what meant.
It’s not illegal, people do it all the time. It’s just not that effective unless you really go to town on making an ultra hard to cut cage as they just grind them off. Takes a couple extra minutes to do so.
If you are smart, you just take your CC off until it is time to smog your car. I worked with a mechanic who did just that, after he had one stolen. Burned once…
Biden wants to coax Americans into electric cars.
“The administration on these things, they tend to go big,” said Bruce Thompson, CEO of oil and grid consulting and lobbying firm CapeDC Advisors, adding that he saw the proposal mostly as a messaging exercise meant to energize Biden’s green supporters. “It’s almost as if they’re trying to convince people they’re actually doing something. It’s way over the top… I suspect a lot of this is theater.”
Biden’s supporters said they’re sure the new rules will hold up in court, noting that Congress enacted a climate law last year that’s pouring billions of dollars into the effort to get more electric cars on the road. And administration officials expressed confidence that the auto industry can meet the EPA’s audacious goal of having electric vehicles account for two-thirds of new sales by 2032 — despite the carmakers’ public misgivings.
“When I look at the projections that many in the automobile industry have made, this is the future,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said Wednesday morning during the proposal’s official unveiling. “The consumer demand is there. The markets are enabling it. The technologies are enabling it.”
But whether the rule can succeed depends on multiple complicated issues, including the average electric vehicle’s hefty price tag, the patchy state of the nation’s charging infrastructure, and the Treasury Department’s recent tightening of a $7,500 tax incentive that was supposed to make EVs more affordable. Other challenges include China’s dominance of the supply chain for batteries and the need to upgrade the U.S. power grid.
If by coax you mean bludgeon.
“The market wants this! The technology is there!”
… so we have to write the regulations to force it and subsidize the hell out of it….
Do they even bother trying to think at all (or more to the point, does anyone listening to them link two thoughts together?) I’ll give their supporters a slight pass on “Just how are we / can we expand the grid to accomodate this?”… but this dichotomy is right in your face.
I think its less about forcing EVs and more about laundering money to particular connected persons/companies.
If they stopped with all the ‘incentive’ and ‘encouragement’ nonsense I fully expect adoption would happen faster.
Let the market work, assholes!
I imagine almost everyone who *wants* an electric car has gotten one. The rest don’t want one.
The grid isn’t ready for it, the government can’t plan the infrastructure worth shot, and if one volcano has a minor burp, it’s negated any “carbon savings” the electric cars will have made anyway.
The battery supply chain is a big deal too.
The cobalt miners wave hello!
If the price was right, I’d perhaps want one. I don’t want one at current prices, and I don’t drive enough to make it worthwhile to buy all the energy (in the form of battery storage) up front, especially with interest rights going up.
The math pencils out for me. I put 12k miles a year on a car. I also enjoy gas prices that are about 4.75 a gallon and climbing, relatively cheap electricity, and a 7500 tax credit. Maintenance costs are well below just about every other model, and I keep cars for a decade. In that scenario a Tesla 3 is cheaper than a Mazda 3 (nicely equipped).
As for interest rates, if you think they are going down in a couple years, I have a bridge to sell you.
How does the math work out if the battery shits the bed in 7 years?
There is so much FUD on batteries thanks to air cooled Nissan Leafs.
It is warranted for 8 years and 70%.
Mine is 4 years old and low miles, but under 5% degradation.
Environmental conditions and recharging behavior have significant impact on battery life. Heat and cold as well as fast charging can significantly degrade battery life.
YMMV.
My 2015 hybrid fusion shows no noticeable reduction in MPG 8 years later. My MIL’s prius just lost the battery at 11 years.
Bobarian – correct.
That said there are plenty of folks with lots of DC fast charging and good life. There are plenty of issues to pick on EVs about. The battery longevity is low on the list.
If you buy a $50k Mercedes and and it throws a rod bearing in year 8 and look to buy a new motor at the dealer you are going to get rocked at least $10k. If you don’t want to junk the car you’d buy one used at likely half that. (Or let’s suppose thanks due direct injection fun that it floods the cylinders wipes out all the bearings and puts so much unburned fuel through the catalysts that you are going to need to buy four cats for emission compliant states too!)
If a new pack is $15k I’d assume you can find a used one at roughly $7.5k with 70% or better capacity.
My 17 year old sports car (108K miles) runs flawlessly and should go another 100k or more without major repairs.
My 9 year old SUV (130K miles) runs flawlessly and should go another 100k or more without major repairs.
The idea that any vehicle should shit the bed at 10 or 11 years old requiring power plant replacement costing more than the value of the vehicle itself is obscene.
Yes, the lithium – ion batteries are like rabbits. They hide problems until they give up the ghost. This is unlike Ni-Cad or other types we all grew up with. It takes a computer tied to a lithium battery (for the lifetime of the cell) to watch for the approaching death knell. This is neither good or bad – it just is. From what I have read you cannot effectively ‘condition” lithium – ions and buy more time. You could do that with Ni-Cads and such. Pop it with high voltage spikes to break loose the accumulated salts that cut battery charge. Anyway I am rambling.
kinnath – thanks to emissions, direct injection and cost cutting I don’t expect any ICE passenger vehicle made after 2020 to go much past 150k in any rust belt state without a good chunk of repairs.
FedGov and CA have basically fucked up cars full stop. ICE or EV.
Good thing I don’t own anything made after 2020.
@Bob The Nissan Leaf, and other shorter range, air cooled EVs are really about the absolute worst way to design an EV.
People think that because the average commute is only 40 miles that an EV that goes 80-90 miles is all anyone ‘needs’ and so that is the alleged ‘appeal’ to why a Leaf is the ‘perfect’ daily driver.
But those people don’t really understand that designing an EV that way pretty much guarantees a very short lifespan for the battery because you only get about 1000 to 1500 cycles out of most lithium ion packs.
Theoretically a cycle is how many times you charge the pack an amount equivalent to charging from 0 to 100%.
So if your daily drive takes 50% of the battery’s capacity, 2 days of driving would be a full ‘cycle’
But its not so simple really. Shallow cycles ‘count’ for less.
If your daily drive required only 20% of the battery’s capacity and you charged up every night, in 5 days you’d realistically have performed maybe half a cycle, instead of a full cycle.
With a ‘big battery’ EV you don’t have to think about any of this. You just drive for 15-20 years if you drive an average person’s mileage (10-15k miles a year)
For me it would have to be a second car. I only put about 5000 miles/year on my current car, which gets about 31 mpg overall. Given the high price of electric cars, I’d probably finance the car. (Currently I buy my cars used and for cash.) My payback period would be significantly longer. I’m not against EVs. I certainly see some advantages. I just don’t want to have my choices artificially limited. And being the stubborn SOB I am, the more they are forced on us, the more I want to resist.
Amen to all of the above.
Biggest issue for me is the failure-mode – you run out of gas, you’re one gas-can away from being back on the road. You run out of juice, you’re boned (until someone with a generator comes to you).
Like you, I’m not opposed, just don’t want to be forced.
You quickly get over that concern.
In 3 years I’ve had only one trip where I had any sort of concern about ‘am I gonna make it’ and that was in the first few months of ownership when I was still not sure of capabilities, and when I had no choice but to go 200 miles w/o a charge stop because of a lack of chargers.
Not too many gaps like that left these days. Got to be in some really deep rural parts of OR, UT, MT and such to find gaps like that.
Our last really big trip (650 miles in one day) was in 15F weather, with a strong headwind, and consumption almost twice what it would have been in summer – though most of this was because of drag, not cabin heating or battery preconditioning. Driving 75-80 MPH into a 15mph headwind is high consumption gas or electric.
Hammer down the whole way, heat cranked to a comfy temperature, and no worries at all. Same charging stops as in summer actually, just slightly longer.
Understood, it’s less likely these days.
But that’s still the failure mode. There is no equivalent to hoofing to the closest gas station for a can of gas.
Most of the time people run out of gas its because they are driving around at a quarter tank or less because “I’ll fill up tomorrow”
If you have a place to charge at home every day you begin with 80% so in daily driving you don’t drive around frequently at low state of charge ever.
If you are on the road trip and do exactly what the car says at a charger, you will basically always make it with 15% to spare.
If you ignore the EV and leave before it says you are done charging and if it realizes you won’t make it at your current speed it will be telling you to slow down. First occasionally, but eventually more emphatically. The longer you delay, the slower it will ask you to go.
It won’t come as a surprise unless you explicitly and intentionally ignore its warnings.
“Just don’t run out of fuel” remains a good plan.
But, perhaps it’s an occupational hazard, I think about failure modes quite a bit and do what I can to avoid dealing with the worst case scenario.
De gustibus. I still don’t want an EV at this point.
Ultimately the failure mode in this case is the one thing you have absolute control over – yourself.
End of the day I’m all on board with voluntary switching in people’s own time. By the time you make the switch, fast charger density may well have doubled or more again and so this ought to be even less of a concern.
If we don’t tell others of our experience, then they have only their own imaginations to go on, and for most people their imagination is based on 10+ year old information, and 10+ years ago what was imagined was absolutely true.
I drive less than 3,500 per year and gas is high at $3.50. The lower purchase price buys a lot of gas.
Yep. There are just too many downsides to them right now, most of which will be made worse, not solved, by higher production volume.
psst, they hate the idea of a free market
It’s like when the “ask” us to pay more taxes.
If you were ever an armor crewman, you know the right way they are using that word.
Coax.
As in Gunner, Coax, Troops
That did not go where I pointed it.
Not the same place, but it gets the point across.
Dumpy kid in red shorts?
GET THE ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER!
https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1646599335549837312
Why do I think he’s a patsy?
Because of shit like this?
Bellingcat? The dirtiest of the dirty outsourced intelligence operatives posing as media commentators?
Yeah, bitches set him up.
Reality Winner at least stepped into the trap that was set.
That’s to show all of us who has the power Scruffyy. Nothing more, nothing less.
So a 21 year old national guardsman supposedly had access to these super-duper-secret-and-totally-important-documents? How exactly does that work?
Someone who actually had access used him as a willing intermediary?
If he’s dead in the next 48 hours, that would move from plausible to probable.
Yeah, that doesn’t pass the smell test.
Wasn’t Snowden something a lot like that? Frankly, it makes me think that security within the military is laughable. Need to Know is chucked in favor of “schmuck with a login gets anywhere”.
Snowden was 29 at the time and working for an NSA contractor.
I would have sworn he was a lot younger, thanks.
He also held admin privileges on a huge number of systems. If the govt learned from that they wouldn’t allow anyone that degree of access anymore.
So while not secret info, I pointed out a major security flaw in a new system and all I got was shrugs.
*shrug*
“That’s above my pay grade. “
Much more like Manning, from the way it sounds.
I predict a sex change in someone’s future.
Really, I think it is going to be more of a “lifestyle” change, as in no life left.
You think some high ranking officer is going to miss out on Happy Hour at the O-club just to send out their own secret messages? Naw, just grab some poor E-3 and have them do it.
No high ranking Air National Guard officer would have access to all of this material – unless their SCIF is a cardboard box with exposed wires.
Narrator: Their SCIF is a cardboard box with exposed wires.
Extra. Special. Illegal.
Genius! Why didn’t we do this sooner – this will solve the problem for sure!
Republicans in Congress are already stoking the fires of what could be the next big culture war: A fight over what’s in Americans’ driveways. And they’re invoking the partisan flare-up from earlier this year over another fossil-fuel touchstone of Americana — a false accusation that Biden was proposing to ban gas stoves.
Nobody wants to take your gas stove away.
“over another fossil-fuel touchstone of Americana ”
Such purple prose.
Nobody wants to take your gas cars away.
Those puns are worthy of a Glibs thread.
Yeah, it’s the Republicans who are stoking the fires of the next culture war, not the Dems using force to make people purchase and drive cars they don’t want in service to the Dems cult of climate change.
They’re causing trouble by not going along with the pronouncements of their Betters. Kulaks and Wreckers all.
The incandescent light bulb prohibition was a bench scale experiment. The gas stove ban is a prototype. The EV mandate will be full industrial production.
Biden floated the idea and several Dem one-party states took him up on it.
A distinction without a difference.
And easier to prosecute. No need to prove that it was stolen. Now the arrestee has to prove he didn’t steal it.
Guilty until proven innocent!
Ah, the Pelosi Standard of juris prudence.
At least that’s better than the John Brennan standard of “people are innocent until alleged to be involved in some type of criminal activity”.
He’s more a disciple of Beria.
They’ll have a chance to prove their innocence.
Way to go, Mo!
I have it dowloaded and will listen this afternoon.
I liked it. I listened to it when I had no meetings for a while. Well done!
I just finished. Woods actually let her talk!
I loved it. I am pretty good at selling and marketing and I just had the epiphany that I really like telling stories. Never thought about it that way.
“Tundra, the Tall Tale Teller”
Yeah, it really spoke to me as well. Started me thinking aboutnewsletter or more blog content.
Manufacturers exclusively invested in EVs, such as Rivian, applauded the EPA proposal.
The Zero Emission Transportation Association urged the administration to act swiftly to encourage more Americans to buy electric vehicles — and to ensure the industry is capable of providing them.
Moar subsidies!
Two days ago it was 75 and sunny. Today it’s 32, windy and snowing. = definitely the suckiest weather of all.
KK said she wanted, ” I love cool dry summers and cold snowy winters.”
Sounds about perfect for her.
I’m guessing someone visited the LA City Council Parking Lot while Council was in session.
I really liked the Tom Woods appearance, Moj! The point you made about optimism in the face of life-and-death hurdles is a great one. It makes the rare times when the story broke from that theme all the more poignant (like when FedGov commanded them to relocate at the end of LHOTP). You can feel the deep brokenness of Pa when he realizes all the back breaking toil and harrowing risk was for naught.
Well, Pa built on Indian land and the Army was honoring the treaty, so … I forget if he meant to or if he miscalculated.
IIRC, they jumped the gun a bit under the suggestion/promise that there was just some bureaucratic hoop jumping to complete before it became official. Then the tides turned in Washington… .
I’ve got a Glib series on LIW in mind, but I need to research, so I’ll check that out.
Squee!
C’mon, Moj, don’t let facts get in your way, we’re Glibs, after all.
Well, THEY might not need truth, but I do it for you, Fourscore.
I was curious and started poking around. Most of what I saw was “squatters, squatters, squatters”. I eventually found nuance:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_Creek_Treaty
Turns out FedGov signaled that the land was going to be bought out from the Osage, but they tried to sell the land direct to a railroad company. That treaty died in Congress (at least in part due to settlers’ pressure), and they weren’t fast enough in getting the new/old treaty in place for the Ingalls to benefit. I don’t have time to dive into all the nuances, but it sounds like they took a risk and it blew up in their faces in no small part due to that attempted sale direct to the railroad.
Hm, interesting. Thanks!
I am reading Silver Lake to the kids now, but if my memory from a few weeks ago is good you are correct.
Also, Silver Lake is a boring book.
I have read that one at one point, but it’s not memorable. I’ve read the earlier ones multiple times.
You are correct.
Lol, good to hear. I’ve enjoyed reading them so far but this one is a slog.
It starts out strong: moving again, Mary is blind, and Jack the dog died.
Then, an entire chapter about digging a railroad.
Little Town on the Prairie is my favorite, closely followed by These Happy Golden Years vying with Farmer Boy?
Farmer Boy is still is stuck in my head approximately 40 years after reading it.
In particular:
– how incredibly bountiful he found his Christmas stocking to be when it not only had an orange but and honest-to-god jackknife in the bottom
– how the incredibly rare day of “we’re just gonna go fishing” was such an amazing break, on par with jetting off to some luxury resort by modern-day standards
I call Farmer Boy the food porn book. Food! Lots of it! Detailed descriptions!
Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree is good. All of his stuff is good, but that was one of the first books I read my daughter. And she understood it. A gateway book, so to speak.
Okay, well, you lit the Mojo signal. I think The Giving Tree is almost as awful as The Rainbow Fish.
What it says is, it’s okay to keep taking and taking and taking from someone who loves you until you’ve completely destroyed them.
Haha! See comment below. To me, the giving tree is about destroying something until there is no return, vs. just collaborating. Not at all as bad as the The Rainbow Fish. To discuss on Zooms!
Don’t piss off the Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree is good. All of his stuff is good, but that was one of the first books I read my daughter. And she understood it. A gateway book, so to speak.
“MASH MONSTER: Katie Porter Dumped Boiling Mashed Potatoes on Husband, Lawsuit Claims”
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/mash-monster-katie-porter-dumped-boiling-mashed-potatoes-on-husband-lawsuit-claims/
“EXCLUSIVE: Dumping boiling potatoes on her husband’s head, saying he’s ‘too dumb’ to have a cell phone and calling him a f***ing slob: Allegations about Democrat Katie Porter’s abusive marriage resurface as she launches Senate run and releases memoir”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11934223/Allegations-Democrat-Katie-Porters-abusive-marriage-resurface.html
Wait, how can they be mashed and boiling at the same time?
“Porter’s ex-husband, Matthew Hoffman, recounted the abuse in decade-old divorce filings that the Daily Mail resurfaced this week. Hoffman says Porter verbally and physically abused him, often in front of their young children. Hoffman claims that Porter in 2006 dumped a ceramic bowl of hot mashed potatoes on his head while berating him, saying, “Can’t you read the f***ing directions,” an incident he says left his scalp burned.”
Stupid editors.
I had always heard that lesbian relationships have the highest incidence of abuse. Here is some anecdotal proof.
Are you saying that she who does the monster mash wants to smash the gash or just talking trash?
I thought we didn’t kink shame?
I don’t care what you do to your tuber in private, just leave it in private.
She sounds like a pomme de terrorist.
Swiss must be a hostage somewhere. It’s the only explanation for his letting this go on.
Maybe he’s getting baked.
He’ll probably be by later to make an a-peel.
His eyes will probably be pretty squinty though.
*larf*
If the pomme fitz, you must remitz.
I can’t wait to vote between her and Adam Schiff to replace Feinstein.
More likely that twit Scott Weiner. Seems like the sort of FU Gavin would like to send to the rest of the country.
oh god, do not speak that into existence.
Tonio, I have a glibs publishing question. Is it possible to have an article that links to a separate text, that are both hosted here, without posting the text as an article?
I… think so? And it’s probably possible to cheat and accomplish the same thing through other means. Email me at my_handle (at) thisheredomain (dot) com
Sadly, my answer to his question was not good enough. I shall jump off a cliff now…
I totally appreciated your answer! Although, it would have to go through Tonio anyway.
My favorite libertarian-leaning children’s books, both classics:
The Big Orange Splot
Elmer the Patchwork Elephant
Thanks! I’ll check those out.
Lord of the Flies
I prefer the real-life version.
Huh. I was expecting this.
“Mr. Pine’s Purple House”
“The ups and downs of being married to a rag doll: As Brazilian ‘mother’ claims she is ‘pregnant’ with her cheating husband’s second toy child, FEMAIL delves into their bizarre family life”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11968371/The-ups-downs-married-rag-doll.html
What?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbnrdCS57d0
The spin begins
“Big U.S. intelligence leak was by gun enthusiast in 20s -Washington Post”
The DM called him “Jack the Dripper”
That was his discord handle I believe.
Which leads to discrepancies with the one person who started talking saying the handle was OG on the server.
Jack the Dripper?
Maybe he had gonorrhea.
That sounds more like Incontinental Joe.
“He has a wife, you know. Her name is Incontinentia Buttocks.”
Did he live with Chrissy the Snow and Janet the Wood?
“A waitress has been fired from a restaurant in Japan after allegedly creating a cocktail with her own blood at the request of a paying customer.
Mondaiji Con Cafe Daku, which loosely translates to Problem Child Dark Cafe, tweeted the disturbing news earlier this month. Management publicly apologized, calling the server’s actions “absolutely not acceptable.”
The anonymous employee allegedly infused her blood into the menu staple, dubbed orikaku, which is usually made with fruit or syrups.”
https://nypost.com/2023/04/13/waitress-fired-for-mixing-her-own-blood-into-cocktails-job-terrorism/
Are we still not kink shaming?
It depends. Was she hot?
I have a coworker going to Sapporo next month. I’ll be sure to tell her to check it out.
She was already upset with the conveyor belt sushi crap.
“Problem Child Dark Cafe”
I think I found the problem?
Meh. It’s alcohol. Not much will survive a dip in hard liquor. Granted, it should have been on request, not to unknowing customers.
Bed hair, sweatpants, hoodie, bad breath.
Who should stop by but the attractive RV repair guy.
Well looking up thread, there is no kink shaming
Karl Hungus?
The solution is to always sleep in formal nighttime attire, like a sequin dress. And use lots of hairspray.
If you looked up “schlumpy” in the dictionary, my picture would be there
Not true! You take that back!
Your voice really takes the wrinkles out of my love-sausage.
That distinct accent makes me long for a post-coital Lion’s Choice sammich.
Your way with words, sir, is appreciated.
Was awakened from a deep sleep by Jugsy screaming that the a/c wouldn’t come on. After all, its a balmy 76º in here. Larger ladies dont brook heat very well.
After niitially inspecting the thermostat, it would seem that Hündchen Hidegaard von Scheißkoph at one time this winter used the control wires as a chew toy.
Some “black tape” and a quick splice-crisis averted.
Now I need a couple of beers before I can get back to sleep.
*opens mouth to speak*
*closes it again*
I just hose ’em down in the yard.
For Tres.
NSFW.
(that’s such a weird movie)
I love David Lynch movies.
at one time this winter used the control wires as a chew toy
Am I missing something here, or did the dog chew into the wall to get the wires?
The external 24 VDC wires to start the fan/compressor. Runs along the cooling/return lines. Little cunte ate the insulation, too.
Its all in the schematics…
Ohhhh, I thought you meant they were chewed up at the thermostat, which either meant that the control lines were run outside the wall or your dog is really good at thermostat re-installation after having a metallic snack.
Doublewide issue.
PALATIAL 2X-Wide
I took a moment and logged on, saw Tonio’s links, and shit my pants. Did I submit the movie? WTF am I doing this week??!?!
Yes, thankfully I submitted a movie. All work and no play make R.J. crazy.
OMG, Matt Strickland from Gourmeltz in Fredericksburg is on the radio right now…
https://www.audacy.com/stations/newsradiowrva#
5:46 UPDATE This segment ended. Matt is running for Virginia State Senate in the new 27th District.
Very cool. Listening now. I have a hairshirt gin martini started.
It appears that our long national nightmare is over.
6 billion? I can think of better ways to become a millionaire.
Glazers more determined than ever to get 6B pounds for Man United.
Bought the team for $800M, sold twenty-four years later for $6B. Not a bad ROI, and Snyder didn’t even have to deal with issues like “make the fans happy” or “win games.”
Had an interesting discussion in the car with Mrs. Prole about an Austin Chronicle headline that implies the governor should never pardon anyone (except, you know, people liberals think should be pardoned). The Chron’s summary of the article: “An army sergeant thought he could get away with murdering a Black Lives Matter protester in plain sight.”
Mrs Prole argued that the governor said he was gonna pardon him as soon as he was sentenced.
I pointed out that the governor isn’t allowed to pardon anyone until the pardoning board sends him their recommendation.
Mrs Prole said the guy was obviously guilty. I said the defense had argued self- defense, though I didn’t know the details of the case to have an opinion on the matter, other than that 12 jurors saying someone is guilty doesn’t mean the person is, in fact, guilty.
Then the conversation took a weird twist, when I pointed out that Texas governors had exhibited a distinct lack of mercy in the past, and that this would be an example of mercy.
Which led to Mrs Prole arguing that the prior lack of mercy with prisoners who had arguably been wrongly convicted would be inconsistent with this declared intention to pardon. I asked if she was really arguing that fairness dictates that if nobody else got pardoned, then this guy shouldn’t either – even if he was arguably wrongly convicted.
I said I wasn’t THAT big of a fan of consistency.
I’m impressed by your ability to live with someone whose core philosophies differ so wildly from your own.
I could never do it.
Just because she wants to send you to a reeducation camp doesn’t mean she doesn’t love ya.
LOL I just saw a commercial on Pluto advertising New York’s new “equitable cannabis industry”.
ICYMI, all the legal slots for this business are given to ex-cons.
It does have a certain twisted logic to it.
That will definitely put ex-cons in demand. Just hire one to be the face of the company and get a license.
So they arrested someone for the leaked military documents:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-says-feds-getting-close-finding-leaker-young-gamers-discord-theory-emerges
Is this a tacit admission of a sort that they’re legit then?
Yes. Also, how about the secret documents found on the street in Belfast?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/12/biden-security-documents-lost-ireland-police/11648378002/
That is fucked up.
Damn, complete with the names and phone numbers of local officers on his detail and whatnot. Now that’s a security breach.
Are we doing [libertarian] children’s books?
THE
LITTLE
RED
HEN.
My favorite is “Hey Buddy, Stop Doing That!” a true forgotten classic.
“Mexicans, Drugs, and Ass-Sex” was better.
ASS, GAS OR GRASS: MOMMY AND DADDY MAKE A CHOICE
Harumph, that kind of juvenile frat boy humor is what I’d expect from a Bud Light drinker, not one of the erudite commentators here at glibertarians .com.
You know I am the reprobate here, right?
I don’t think you even make the top five here.
STEVE SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON AND OTHER STORIES OF POLITICIAN PROCTOLOGY
“STEVE SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON”
Someone should make that.
Raising Cane’s lemonade tastes like somebody sprinkled a little citric acid in a gallon of water.
I’m surprised the franchise hasn’t folded, TBH. It’s an uninteresting entry in a saturated market.
Srsly. I was curious and thought it was cheaper than DQ’s tenders basket. Alas, it is neither cheaper nor better.
Its…not great. My eldest teen used to fanatic about but I think mostly for the dipping sauce. That was until I showed him how to make it.
It has been years, but I remember the sauce being decent and whatever the hell they season the fries with being noxious.
It’s average. We are in DFW so it is hard to judge how it does everywhere else. You could sell turds on a stick in Dallas and succeed.
On the other hand, if you’re ever over at Legacy Hall, the spicy chicken sandwich at the chicken restaurant is top notch.
I must take you to Pie 314. Amazing wings, pizza, and $5 old fashioneds during weekdays. Woot!
Ketchup and mayo with some spices.
And oh, they tore down a Perkins to build a new building.
I miss the Perkins.
Rhymes with merkins.
I can’t unsee that.
Agree that the market is saturated.
On our recent travels we found Zaxby’s chicken. We found it above average.
Our favorite, so far on our travels, is Slim Chickens. I’d never heard of them but looks like they are all over the country.
I don’t understand the hype.