As I write this, I am not bed ridden, but I am not feeling particularly well. I am just sitting and watching the ceiling fan spin because I am incapable of taking a nap.
This is my review of New Belgium VooDoo Ranger Juice Force IPA:
I never did like installing ceiling fans. While not particularly difficult, its more of a hassle than you would think it should be. Assembling the thing above your head…shoulders weary…dust falling…damnit I just dropped another screw. When I moved into my house it was in February, and the room that was to become the living room was warm. I asked the old owner why they hadn’t installed a ceiling fan. She looked at me weird.
So I crawled through the attic and found a circuit to tap, and sent a whip to the center of the room. A brushed nickel Hampton Bay I turn it off on occasion to clean, but that fan has been spinning non-stop for the past nine years. Its an amazing unit.
Too bad the government wants it gone. (TW: Fox News)
According to the Energy Department’s analysis, the new rules would save households about $39 over the lifespan of the new energy-efficient fan. However, the cost to manufacturers associated with the increased equipment will total $86.6 million per year, the department said.
$39? Did they adjust for inflation?
Okay, I can be open minded. Lets see what they recommend. Aeratron. No picture of the unit. Fanimation (fucking really?). No picture of the unit. Okay lets see if Home Depot has one for sale. No they don’t sell either brand. Okay! Lowes has Fanimation. This fan however is not only another hideous example of the Bauhaus school of shit, it retails for over $500.
This is worse than the LED light bulbs. I am not going to pay $500 for a new fan, only to save $40 in total energy costs.
Please note both retailers offer Big Ass Fans. This company however makes the Ferrari of ceiling fans, and is certainly out of range for the average consumer.
If I hate IPA so much why do I keep drinking it? Two reasons: some of you people actually like them, and they often come with a nice amount of alcohol. Perfect for drinking right before trying to take a nap. It has a nice citrusy blast, reminiscent of the Kool Aid man buttstroking you in the head at 0400 because you haven’t yet upgraded to high efficiency electrical appliances. Comply citizen. OH YEAH. New Belgium VooDoo Ranger Juice Force IPA: 2.2/5 9.5% ABV, 30 IBU
I’m all for both.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
Better already, thank you.
The biggest PITA is if there is an old lighting fixture that used pipe thread.
Get well soon!
I am not going to pay $500 for a new fan, only to save $40 annually in energy costs.
I suspect the government’s savings calculations are garbage, so it won’t be $40 in savings.
“$39 over the lifespan of the new energy-efficient fan”
Doesn’t sound like it’s annual.
Yup, sounds like just under $2 bucks a year in energy savings if you figure that 20 years is a lifespan. The Biden admin continues to impress with their awesomeness.
A motor made for energy efficiency probably won’t last 20 years.
Heh. I missed that. Mex quoted the government bit at $39 over the lifetime, and then said $40 annually later.
They are probably just made up numbers anyway.
Woops, yes I did.
Fixed
some of you people actually like them, and they often come with a nice amount of alcohol. – you mean excessive amount I assume
Correct
the new rules would save households about $39 over the lifespan of the new energy-efficient fan.
Probably ten times the price of the inefficient predecessor. I love government math.
Bidenomics- just another word for National Socialism.
I hope I am still alive when they finally publish who actually was President during the “biden” administration. In the Seante joe had a reputation of a shallow idiot with a mean streak and a walking sexual harassment. So joe from Scranton wouldn’t be in charge even before senility set in. Doctor Jill is an of course. I expect the names of White Karen, Black Karen, He/She Karen, Green Karen, Dot Karen and we mustn’t forget Feather Karen, will be more obscure.
The fact that we have so many politicians at the federal level who are mentally impaired shows none of them are in charge. The real people in charge are the three letter agencies.
The problem is, it’s costly and time consuming to train a new hire, so we stick with what we got – NSCFBIA
Democracy in action
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear this week declined to say whether he would follow a state law that says Republicans would get to choose a replacement for Sen. Mitch McConnell if the Senate GOP leader leaves Congress before the end of his term.
The Democratic governor was asked during a news conference Thursday about making an appointment in the event of a Senate vacancy but said he would not speculate on the matter.
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State laws vary when it comes to filling congressional vacancies, and the Kentucky General Assembly changed its procedures in 2021 after the GOP-controlled legislature was able to override Beshear’s veto of a bill that limited the governor’s power to temporarily fill a Senate vacancy.
Under the amended law, the governor selects a Senate appointee from a list of three names submitted by the state executive committee of the outgoing senator’s affiliated party.
Kentucky state law previously permitted the governor to appoint a replacement for a vacant Senate seat until the next general House election, which occurs every two years.
In a veto statement, Beshear cited the state Constitution in suggesting that the bill “improperly and unconstitutionally” restricted the governor’s power to fill Senate vacancies.
They could do it the old fashioned way, and let his wife stand in for him.
You could do worse than having 赵小兰 in the Senate.
I gotta tell you, the thought of having Rand Paul and Thomas Massie representing Kentucky in the Senate sends a tingle up my leg.
I have to hand it to her, Chao served three full terms as a cabinet Secretary under two different presidents. Of course, being part of the uniparty makes that easier.
The bill “upends a century of precedent by delegating the power to select the representative of all Kentuckians to an unelected, unaccountable committee of an organization that represents only a fraction of Kentuckians,” he said in the statement.
Pay no attention to the demonstrated preference of the electorate.
Again- how do these people say stuff like this without just bursting into flames?
“CUNY professor, 16 others arrested trying to hire NYC sex workers
Cops, however, are taking an “evolved approach” in cracking down on the illicit sex trade: only cuffing pimps and johns, as advocates connect with and help the “very young” women who are being exploited for sex work, the source said…
Taina Bien-Aimé, executive director at Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, cheered on the police’s buyer-focused approach to addressing prostitution and combating sex trafficking in the Big Apple.
“This is what we’re calling for if New York wants to prevent and end sex trafficking and the exploitation of prostitution,” she said. “They really need to go after the pillars of that abuse and that is sex buyers.””
https://nypost.com/2023/09/02/cuny-professor-tried-to-solicit-nyc-sex-workers-nypd/
They listed all of their names.
None of the ladies in the linked article look like “kids” who are being “exploited”.
That said, the strange would have to be absolutely spectacular to bring me out to the 2nd worst ghetto in NYC.
What’s first place?
Brownsville, next door.
B’ville, TX doesn’t sound great either.
I’ve been there, it’s not.
In the early morning hours on Aug. 18, cops cuffed and charged 10 pervy patrons looking for sex along Wortman and Alabama avenues as well as Malta Street in East New York, police said.
Better chance of getting shot than getting strange in that ‘hood. There’s a reason the latest CBS cop drama is set there – the stories write themselves, that show is strike-proof.
“A celebrity handbag designer whose pricey creations were featured on “Sex and the City” and coveted by A-listers like Victoria Beckham was extradited to the US this week on conspiracy and smuggling charges related to the use of endangered species in her luxury purse lines.
Nancy Gonzalez, 78, signed extradition papers and was fingerprinted before being escorted by Interpol officers onto a private flight from Bogotá, Colombia, to Florida on Wednesday, Newsflash video shows.
The former high-flying fashionista — who was wearing sensible platform shoes and a chic black cape-style jacket — smiled at the cameras while boarding.”
https://nypost.com/2023/09/01/sex-and-the-city-bag-designer-extradited-on-smuggling-rap/
There are way too many laws.
Still is it any surprise that the Lizard people made sure these laws were on the books.
Not Adahn – I bought some Pawlett reserve from Bardwell Farms. Delicious.
I’ve never had the reserve, but the basic Pawlett is quite good.
Big Ass Fans
I was expecting more Sir Mix-a-Lot
Baby got air flow?
I was pondering the other day why there’s this desire to break up and carve out new countries all over (former Yugoslavia area, Indonesia, Sudan, etc) but stomping on any sort of self determination in Catalonia or elsewhere. Then today I started wondering why the UN was able to pass resolutions against Russia when it holds a veto as a permanent Security Council member. Ignorant me didn’t know that the general assembly can pass and adopt resolutions when the Security Council won’t. Looking at the list of countries that passed it, the thought came to me that making lots of smaller countries beholden to powerful backers is nothing more than packing the general assembly so vetoable resolutions can be rammed through that chamber.
When I was a young lad, I was a stringer photographer for the local paper. One Saturday I was tasked with visiting a nursing home with an equally young reporterette to interview a woman celebrating her 101st birthday. I snapped a couple of pics, the rote interview went along as planned… until I witnessed the following exchange:
Reporterette: You seem awfully vigorous even now. Have you ever been bedridden?
Old Woman (eyes gleaming): Why sweetie — hundreds of times and twice in a haystack!
Wokka wokka!
Oh dear
Automobiles
Ovens
refrigeration (includes air conditioning)
grills
dishwashers
Water heaters
Face diapers
House arrest for all
…now ceiling fans.
Feel free to mention any that I missed.
What is next? Toothbrushes and razors? Toasters? Swimming pools? Clothing?
I remember Biden’s inauguration speech but no one else seemed to be listening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkYfmRwryQo
It is happening right under peoples noses and THEY. JUST. CAN’T. SEE. IT.
The same people who voted commie are going to scream and tear their hair in the same way the Sanctuary Cities people are behaving now when we are living in a pre-industrial world. Fuck them. They cooked this pot of shit, they can eat it and like it. The crime is that they dragged the rest of us into it with them.
I say either exile them or bar them from voting.
I’ve been on this soapbox for years: when it comes to politics people are incredibly short sighted. They don’t care what they ruin as long as they “get” the other guys. But sooner or later things come back around to them. Unfortunately everyone suffers.
Yeah, that is exactly what this is.
They know they’re voting commie – they just don’t think they will be subject to it.
Wood stoves
Lightbulbs
The day his mug shot came out I said here that Trump was gonna get increased support by blacks and independents due to the Dem overreach. At least one of those is looking more likely. I still think he is a long shot for the general win, but his odds have definitely improved.
https://nypost.com/2023/09/02/trump-indictments-spark-wave-of-endorsements-from-rappers/
Nice job NY Post, they cite Ice Cube as a 2016 supporter – he was not. He even released “Arrest the President” in 2018 in response to Trump’s presidency. I think he has since had a change of heart, but far from a supporter for Trump.
Vax skeptic, though.
The Dems can’t lose any blacks or they’re toast. No wonder they’re freaking out.
Trump will not be President again. No matter how many people vote for him, the ballot counters won’t allow it. The fraud machine that robbed him the first time is still in place, and now they know there’s no recourse, no consequence.
Pretty much. They can’t put a hit on him like they could in the 60’s, so this is the best they have.
Seth Rich says hi.
It’s complicated
Following a tense meeting over the summer between many members of New York’s congressional delegation and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the department dispatched an assessment team to work with state and local officials and identified about two dozen ways where New York City could better manage the migrant crisis.
“The structural issues include governance and organization of the migrant operations, including issues of authority, structure, personnel, and information flow,” Mayorkas wrote in a letter sent to both the city and state that was obtained by CNN. “The operational issues include the subjects of data collection, planning, case management, communications, and other aspects of the day-to-day operations.”
And try some different colors on your flow charts.
Needless to say, the single most important issue in immigration policy is electoral optics.
He’s doing the elephants work instead of lying back and thinking of Biden.
Narrator: Wait till he finds out that most Democrats don’t feel like giving free shit that was supposed to go them, to “migrants”.
LOL. “Voters might notice that our policies are shit.”
He’s doing the elephants work instead of lying back and thinking of Biden.
Adams is just a backstabbing traitor. Biden is working for the Greater Good.
All lies, all the time
New Covid shots from Pfizer Moderna and Novavax are slated to roll out in mid-September, and will likely provide robust protection against those variants. But until then, experts say masking is an important tool people can use to protect themselves as Covid starts to spread at a higher level nationwide.
That also applies to Americans with normal risk levels, who should also consider masking depending on where they are or who they make contact with.
“If we have learned something from the pandemic it’s that masking works to protect from transmission,” said Dr. Francesca Torriani, professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, San Diego.
And implementing institution-level mask mandates in certain health-care settings and businesses can “really reduce the risk of running into large outbreaks,” according to Pavitra Roychoudhury, a professor of laboratory medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
I never could have imagined hundreds of years’ worth of knowledge could be wiped out in such a brief span of time.
At least the dark ages after the Bronze Age Collapse and the fall of the Roman Empire made sense. This was self inflicted.
The bald-faced lies are shameless, aren’t they? It’s way past time one can accept that these people are just ignorant.
Yes, everyone knows bad humors cause disease.
Mask up, germophobes. Let everyone know where you stand.
In a rational world, she would lose her position over that bullshit statement.
Noted local intellect. 🤦♀️
Burning Man ‘shelter in place’: Mud closes roads; thousands told to conserve water, food
Do we need to worry about Juris?
I think the senior burners are prepared to harvest and eat the wannabees.
🎶 The circle of life 🎶
Trump will not be President again. No matter how many people vote for him, the ballot counters won’t allow it. The fraud machine that robbed him the first time is still in place, and now they know there’s no recourse, no consequence.
I expect the FEC to come after him any day now for campaign finance violations related to legal expenses.
Hello! Is anyone here still?
How’s it going, Evan?
Ssh! Be vewy, vewy quiet!!
Nope, nobody’s here.
*reads article title*
Revisiting crowds at the Blue Color Comedy Tour, eh?
*scrolls down*
Oh, nevermind.
Blue Color Comedy Tour:
Q: Why did the condom cross the road?
A: it was pissed off.
Was busy cooking.
Beef tips with gravy over rice, fresh steamed broccoli and cheese sauce. All from scratch, all delicious. I am done for the day so I will stick around here and stink. the place up.
For all you Big Ass fans (NSFW?)
https://comixjoint.com/bigasscomics1-1st.html
I used to see big ass fans at trade shows. The best part of their booth was how it was adorned with complaints from their website or emails. People were offended and so they decided to share that with the company and the company was so moved by it that they went ahead and used the complaints decorate their booth. It was fantastic.
Monetize your haters
The gym has big ass fans. They used electrical tape to cover the SS. So, it is Big A||. But the ass (donkey) is still there. So, it’s still obvious.
So does mine. They’re beautiful machines.
I haven’t been paying attention – where are we with the ceiling fan thing?
Is it a baseless right-wing conspiracy that Biden wants to ban ceiling fans, or are we at the “Ackchyually ceiling fans are bad” stage?
No they want to make the. More efficient.
So take some simple power supply that will last decades and change it to something with a switch mode power supply that is more efficient, but made with shitty Chinese made semiconductors designed to last just as long as the warranty.
The theory is likely OK, the reality will be far different.
Hello, y’all.
Falling down the stairs was fun last night. I was conscious for all of that one. But, and dammit I’m a goofy cat, I recovered fairly quickly. I’m worse off than I was, but nothing of the bone was affected. Sucks a bit, but I enjoy that I do heal quickly. It’s probably not great for me.
I do have to work tomorrow. They had me work on the floor, mostly bagging shit and being nice to folk. I got several customers’ compliments. I shouldn’t be standing around with the potential of lots of twisting. Walking in a straight line is relatively fine. Twisting for customer, money, bags, lots of hippy movement that don’t end in (some) great music and free love with chicks I wanna bang, with drugs I want more of.
That should be interesting. I’m running out of pain meds and haven’t been able to get in contact w my doc to get him to authorize a refill. The War on Drugs is such a abomination again.
Most likely, I shouldn’t be working tomorrow. I won’t not do it. I’ll certainly show. They may have me leave. They probably should have on Friday.
I probably should find an Amazon WFH gig. Hrm.
So, not not Kroger?
Hrm?
I think best friend (and hopefully Potential Future Lady) is right that it’s not healthy/good for me to be working in any capacity on my feet.
Speaking of big ass fans, I saw one of these ventilating the service bays at an car dealer the other day. It had the brand name “Big Ass Fan” painted right on it. The face was almost 4ft x 4ft.
https://www.premiumhomesource.com/products/big-ass-fans-cool-space-400-evaporative-cooler?utm_source=Google%20pMAX&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BAF%20Catch&utm_term=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1KuO5ZGNgQMVMgetBh31ggx0EAQYBSABEgIu5_D_BwE