Gettin’ down on the Big Wood.
It’s October, so that means fall trout fishing. I went over to Sun Valley and fished Silver Creek, which in the fishing world, is a world class mecca for fly fishing. I now understand why it’s said that if you can catch trout on Silver Creek, you can catch them anywhere. An amazingly technical stream to fish. That’s the picture on the front page. While I was fishing, I was listening to hen mallards quacking, and bull elk bugling. A spectacular location.
Above is the Big Wood, that runs through several towns. This spot was about five minutes from my hotel. Also technical, but not to the level of SC.
Links?
Yeah, there’s going to be some explaining to do.
Who had Ecuadorean Shrimp Bandits on their bingo card?
Speaking of Ecuador. MS-13 sends a message to Colombia “we’ll kill our own politicians, thank you”.
It will turn out that (((they’re))) behind it.
“I’m not cranking the hog in public. I’ve been hacked!”
Okay, which one of you has a left foot fetish?
That’s it for me. Time to get some yard work done before watching Boise lose to San Jose State.
Tweren’t me. I only yank it to right feet.
That didn’t take long.
https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1710685516486570171
WAR ENSEMBLE.
So eager.
Biden will do nothing. He paid Iran to attack Israel, and now he will sit on his hands because his masters want him to.
I’m trying to figure out the incentives in this for Hamas and Iran, but I can’t come up with anything that really makes the case. Hamas is not going to win, they have to know that. Gaza is going to be destroyed.
So who benefits?
Seems to me that the warmongers have been on the defense lately, so much so that they lost a key player in keeping it all going in the House. This comes at a huge political moment in the US when a new Speaker is selected and you can guaranfuckingtee that the candidates will be forced to weigh in on the conflict when emotions and grandstanding are at their worst. Who can simp hardest for Israel in their time of need?
And I have reason to believe that we knew this was coming. I won’t elaborate further on a public forum.
You won’t have to. It will be all over the news in a week or two. I am remaining as stoic as possible. I cannot change it.
How did the US get Hamas to attack?
How do you get an idiot to do anything? Because this was idiotic. Hell if I know. How does Hamas benefit? How does Iran benefit? I see no upside for them whatsoever. This is going to throw the entire Middle East into complete disarray as everyone jockeys around the biggest hot button issue there is over there.
I’m just not buying that nobody knew anything. The operation is too large and located on the tensest border in the world next to the DMZ.
I take that back, there is one upside for Iran and the Saudis.
Oil prices are going to spike.
Your comments all day have been coming across as suggesting that the US is somehow responsible for what happened today and caused it.
I’m saying that Hamas simply being stupid and evil is not a sufficient explanation.
I’m saying that there’s no way nobody saw this coming.
Now I’m asking who benefits.
Somehow?
We funded it. Give a wino money and they are going to get drunk.
As for those of you wondering who benefits….there may be internal affairs in Iran at play here. Kill the evil Jews has been used ad nauseam to distract muslim populations from the horrible tyranny they suffer under their own govts.
Remember when Obama gave Iran palettes of cash in Euros to hide it from American Taxpayers? Much of that money was used to kill Americans in Iraq.
Dont underestimate the radical left’s hatred for this country. No matter how unbelievable it may seem on the surface their actions reveal their preferred preferences.
Let’s see what an actual Israeli thinks:
https://efrat.substack.com/p/israel-hamas-war-an-update
Kinda glad I just moved away from the Little Palestine* or whatever the hell you want to call it section of Brooklyn, NY.
*It’s mostly Egyptians and many have been there for decades but there are… sympathies that express themselves at regular intervals.
I’m saying that Hamas simply being stupid and evil is not a sufficient explanation
Citation needed.
They have consistently been this level of stupid and evil.
Yeah, I think the 50th anniversary was plenty good enough reason for them. They don’t need some 3D chess “benefit”. They get to kill a bunch of Jews on a special day. That’s it.
What does Hamas get? Chance to kill Jews and bloody Israel’s nose on a milestone anniversary. We’re still here and relevant despite peace deals. Also, we’re not Iran’s bitch, we can attack whenever.
Hamas is a death cult. Understand that and you’ll understand what follows.
Yep.
All the rock worshippers.
Yep. Pure fucking evil.
Given that there is a huge division in Israel right now, and it is one that matches up with the split going on in all of the west; internationalist vs. nationalists. This has been playing out in Bibi’s push for change on the high court, making it accountable in some small way to the rest of Israeli politics much as ours is, and I would bet dollars to challah that the Mossad is made up of exactly the same types of people who make up the CIA, namely upper middle class kids who think Hamas are just a bunch of fun lovin’ criminals, and no real danger. Hence, the major fuck up, as unlike most of our international boondoggles, this one isn’t just poor kids, but all Jews.
As far as why now? A chance to kill Jews for Hamas, and Iran isn’t really going to get hurt in it. They are already under massive embargo, so nothing new there, and if they get to be the ones who pull Hamas back, then it’s a win. Let’s see what the next few days brings.
Fun Loving Criminals. https://youtu.be/7cuBNhmL0l0?si=tjwqe1nTjcILw_hO
Yes! They don’t get enough love.
FLC’s back catalog is well worth a listen.
It’s not UCS. He only does gloves.
Personally, I think it’s Long John Silver.
Now I want hushpuppies.
Aw, dammit, so do I now.
😄
I have NEVER had a good meal at Long John Silvers.
How hard is it to screw up deep fried fish?
They have enough experience to do it consistently.
The original YK war was a huge intelligence failure. (good background in Tom Clancy’s “Sum of All Fears”).
This post is reel.
It lured me in.
I’m just doing a fly by.
Are you hooked yet?
Hamas surprise attack a ‘historic failure’ for Israeli intelligence services
Or it was allowed to happen for some reason.
Are you suggesting the Israeli leaders let it happen so there would be no doubt of which side started this war?
Does Israel even do oil embargoes?
They dont need one. They supply all of the electricity and water to the Palestinians. All they have to do is hit a switch and turn a valve.
I believe Israel provides about 80% of Gaza’s electricity. Egypt provides the rest.
Ecuadorean Shrimp Bandits
Nice band name.
Ashkenazi Jews
Bless you.
police recently revealed they mostly made off with a bunch of shoes only for left feet.
Maybe they can’t dance.
So, a completely unremarkable smash ‘n’ grab and why is this news?
I bought a pair of shoes the other day and all the boxes only had one shoe in them. I thought it was odd but I guess this is the new normal now.
Meanwhile, in non-war news from Israel….
It even comes with pictures!
Charles Darwin strikes again.
It’s no fun, it’s no fun
I think the Novocain is wearing off enough for me to eat. Velveeta Shells n’ Cheeze.
Here ya go, you lazy fucks: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87821224358?pwd=eW55MTRDbDNtQkh2aHd3M1Nmenlzdz09
Novocain for the soul….
What’s next, new cap or implant? I seem to run into dental problems every time I get a $1k or 2 that I don’t have immediate plans for.
Cap…temporary filling until after the new year when my dental insurance $$ resets
I’ll keep an eye out at my next hockey tournament for someone trying to sell shoes to amputees.
Hiya Spud!
Looks like a couple of nice rivers. If it’s a mecca the pressure must be pretty intense. I think I might sneak out tomorrow for a couple hours before the Vikings game.
Gophers are going to get torn apart by Michigan. Happily, I have a game so I won’t be able to witness the carnage.
Yeah, but imagine how insufferable Sloopy would be if Minnesoda beat Michigan.
Trout
/you’ve been warned- Michael Stipe and Neneh Cherry collaborate. And sample Steppenwolf
May G_d have mercy on my soul
And for Liberal singers sampling “The Pusher”, it gets much worse.
Neneh Cherry….I remember that chick. I think she is the one that bought a large rural property once she hit it big. Sadly within no time she contracted one hell of a bad case of Lyme’s disease. I seem to remember it fucking her up so bad she quit her career.
I followed that bead of sweat
from the small of your back
to the nape of your neck
lighting it up with
everydrag upon my
cigarette
damn good Nehneh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfzvFKO1ud8
Daniel Day Lewis is a prime suspect in that shoe theft.
I think you’re forgetting Eugene Levy’s character in Best in Show.
I’m surprised, given the bulletproof reputation for security and privacy 23andMe has built.
It absolutely boggles my mind anyone would voluntarily submit a DNA sample for any purpose other than medical necessity.
Too late, Uncle Sam got his.
Doesn’t matter now. The DNA places have enough The Authorities can track you back via 2nd cousins.
☝🏻
In my case an aunt. And who knows… probably some cousins…maybe other aunts/uncles.
Yep, its a surprisingly small percentage (14 maybe) of a population needed to be DNA’d for them to extrapolate everyone else.
I agree. With their crappy security, you might as well post your results online.
Greetings from Wilkes-Barre PA!
I was on the Joe Biden e,expressway today. *barf*
Don’t mind the extra e. Or the comma. 🙄
Did it meander around aimlessly?
It sorta meanders into a street. And it was flooded, like it pissed itself.
Lol
Went by the Biden’s street in Greenville today. Thankfully, for traffic, he isn’t home today.
It’s the Central Scranton Expressway.
I refuse to use the supposed new name.
Just like with the Tappan Zee Bridge.
amen
Army street, in San Fransisco.
Navy Island, St. Paul.
Now called Raspberry Island.
The kind you find in a secondhand store?
Ask Mr. McGee.
Union Blvd and Stark St in Portland.
Parker Stadium across the river.
Las Vegas will never be Harry Reed.
And fuck the Pappy family and that cunte wife.
State Street, Ithaca.
(MLK Street does not seem to be catching on, even on government material like the city bus map lol.)
Squaw Peak in Phoenix
Mt. Evans in Colorado
Hopefully it doesn’t intersect Malcom X Street.
+1 Sears Tower
Hell yeah! I went to the observatory level when I was seven. 1978 baby!
https://youtu.be/Qw9oX-kZ_9k?si=-9Aj__S-UstL8wgP
ALOL! Perfect.
I was in Scranton a few months ago so there is good chance I was on that too.
More memorable was the unbelievably shitty I-81 to the north – one lane in both directions for most of the way to New York.
National Airport
That’s one I feel like I see referred to without the honorific more often than with it. It always give me a good eye roll.
Are you listening, The United States?
Probably not.
It is Saturday Night, and I feel alright. Had two cigars and two old fashioneds. Watching Three Stooges on the little TV outside. Despite the horrors in the world around me, my bubble is currently untouched. My guns are loaded should this change. But tonight is nice. 66 degrees out. I salute you all!
Just don’t pee on the flowers. Wimminz get upset when you whiz on their flowers.
I’m now entering the sixth months where cigars become an indoor hobby. Which means rarely. 😢
Screw it. I’m going out to the shop. A New Glarus Belgian Red and an Arturo Fuente. Just what the doctor ordered.
Don’t get trapped
The wife can cart me back to the house now.
You need a new doctor.
My Doctor
hmm… Was expecting Dr. Toboggan!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRrBlLeZENU
That explains it.
two old fashioneds.
I hope you cleaned up after.
Outgoing president Guillermo Lasso pledged “neither complicity nor cover-up” in getting to the bottom of the killings, in a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
So… complicity and cover-ups?
That’s how I read it.
OMG 42 degrees forecast for overnight low!!! 😍
Fan… tastic…
I like the cooler weather as well.
#metoo
45 tonite. After highs in the upper 80s much of the week.
Yeah, we had a sneak hot day today, 80. Fuck that noise.
Frost here this morning, first one of fall but certainly not the last. Garden is over ’til April. A few pumpkins to pick and carrots to dig, that’s all.
Man contacts space station with homemade radio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLt5Vvgc1vA
Building a Cathedral Without Science or Mathematics: The Engineering Method Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ivqWN4L3zU
That’s not a homemade radio. ISS and satellite contacts are a popular niche within ham (amateur) radio.
But it’s super cool that he did it with a handheld.
Hello Star Trek.
That engineering video is super interesting.
Thanks. I do my best to contribute to the discussion here.
You do it very well. Always something different. Please continue.
It is excellent
That is some damn fine looking trout water there Spud. That’s some of my favorite type of fishing, smaller streams with a fly, extra bonus fun if they are going after big stone and salmon flies. I was just up a couple of weekends back with some friends in one of favorite parts of the Sierra Nevadas, just outside Markleeville. Been fishing this lake in Sept/October since I was 19, it produces some fantastic Lahontans. Here’s one.
https://imgur.com/a/waslZiP
Is that you passed out in the back of the boat?
That’s the body he’s gotta dump after fishing. Multitasking.
Heheh, cutthroat chum.
Attacks on symbolic dates happen, but it seems they are not a trend. 9/11 has no significance in the Islamic calendar, but it is the date when the siege of Vienna was lifted. That was in 1683, and it was the last time a Muslim army attacked a European city. It was the high-water mark of the Ottoman Empire.
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Certainly, both terrorists and those charged with security think more about these dates, but do more terrorist attacks, in fact, occur on them? To answer this question, we looked at the distribution of terrorist attacks in the United States from 1970 to 2013 by date to see if certain dates stood out. Only a few of these dates (in bold) appear to have any possible symbolic significance. At least one attack has occurred on almost all calendar dates (352 of 365). The average number of attacks on any calendar date is just under five (mean = 4.8, standard deviation = 3). Nineteen calendar dates (those listed in Table 2) have experienced ten or more events. The days around Independence Day (July 2 and 4) and New Year’s Eve (December 31) each experienced an unusually large number of attacks. On each of these dates, communities hold events that draw large crowds, which raises the threat of terrorism by creating potential soft targets. Furthermore, any event that draws a large crowd requires increased security for public safety reasons.
***
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/perspectives/PE100/PE173/RAND_PE173.pdf
As for the question of an intelligence failure by the Israelis, I suspect Hamas knows enough now to avoid electronic communication. It’s also possible they prefer to spend their money on weapons rather than commo gear.
Here is a tour of a Hamas tunnel. I don’t see any radios.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY6awYevbFk
At the 38 second mark, they show some kind of intel room. There’s a big map on the wall plus a few phones and a laptop. The narrator calls it “the communication and map room”. He adds that its purpose is plan and coordinate rocket attacks.
I was wondering the other day how skewed birthdays are. I would imagine a non insignificant bump around 9 months after certain holidays or parents’ personal lives.
Woohoo, Phils win over Indigenous People who fight with Courage. No wine for me tonite; have to be up early to shepard the historical interpreters at the Town festival tomorrow.
And my Cougars lost to f’n UCLA. Oh, and I went shooting today, mostly to test out a vintage Mossberg .22 that I had been working on. Damn thing broke an extractor. Which are like hens teeth. So, I got that going for me.
The wife has hit major workplace issues on Friday, so no fun for Zwak this weekend. She is damn good at her job, and wants to be recognized for it, but she will rarely work more than the 40. Meanwhile, her boss is a hard charger, working a good 60 hours a week and expects everyone to do this. And if you aren’t moving at her speed, she will cut you out. But push is coming to shove. I just need to find a time to explain to the wife that waiting her boss out, who is hungry and will move on in a couple years, is the way to go. That, or start going into the office, sending at least an occasional email past midnight, and generally making it look like she is still eager to move up. But, the wife wants it both ways. It is hard to be married to an autistic.
The struggle is real
Oof that’s rough.
That is not my boss thank goodness. I do my part to look “eager” but no fuckin’ way does it involve 60 hour weeks.
It’s interesting that the US is now urging restraint in Israel after over a year of doing the opposite in Ukraine. Negotiations with the Russians would be more fruitful than trying to make a deal with the Palestinians.
Half the American political class is openly pro-Palestine and anti-Israel. It’s going to be interesting watching them wriggle uncomfortably the next few days.
You think? I feel they will openly celebrate.
Seeing video of hostage taking and rampant slaughter does not suggest any restraint is warranted.
If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRu84x-xZEs
***
If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? warns of the dangers facing the United States from Communist infiltrators, interspersing scenes of Pirkle preaching with vignettes depicting the violent persecution of Christians in a near-future Southern United States under a totalitarian Communist regime. The film suggests that the only way to avoid the violent repression of such a future is for the youth of America to abandon vices such as violent media, dancing, and sexuality, and turn to evangelical Christianity and conservative American nationalism.
***
There’s certainly been an uptick in hostility towards anything conservative or Christian in the US, but not from foreign communists.
Food for thought: Russia and Palestine
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Russia was one of the countries that voted in 1998 to give Palestine more rights at the UN despite opposition by both Israel and the United States. With his accession after Arafat’s death in 2004, successor Mahmoud Abbas has cultivated stronger connections to Russia. Underscoring these connections, Abbas had earned his degree at the Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow where he had earned his Candidate of Sciences degree[12] (the Soviet equivalent of a PhD). Abbas has continued to visit Russia and has met with Russian leaders in several occasions.
In March 2006, after Hamas’ surprising win in the Palestinian elections earlier that year, Russian-Hamas talks began, as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal to discuss the future of the Israeli–Palestinian peace process.
…
Russia was critical of the Gaza War (2008–09) and condemned Israeli actions.[16][17] In addition to 60 tons of aid consisting of tents, medicines, and foods, President Medvedev ordered extra humanitarian aid to be sent to the Palestinians.[18][19] Russia continues to support the creation of a Palestinian State to achieve lasting peace in the Middle East.[citation needed]
Palestine has separate governments in the Gaza Strip (Hamas) and the West Bank (Fatah) after a brief civil war in 2007. After a meeting between the Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Lavrov and the Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki (Fatah) on December 9, 2009, both Russia and Palestine have said that their relations are close and friendly and that Russia will continue to assist Palestine in all fields.[20] On January 26, 2010, Mahmoud Abbas met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the situation in the Middle East. He said that while some progress has been made on peace, it is still not solved yet. President Medvedev said that he hopes to use Russia’s influence to solve the Middle East conflict. He also mentioned the long-standing, friendly and deep-rooted ties between both Russia and Palestine.
***
I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if Hamas discreetly asked for Russia to give them a green light for this latest war.
Russia funds Hamas. I doubt they were informed beforehand. I also doubt they care.
One prospect gives me pause. If Israel were to seek a final solution to the Hamas problem, Tehran could use the death toll of women & children as justifying nuclear bombardment of Israel.
The leadership of Hamas & Iran have to expect a ferocious response to their atrocities. So they desire this reaction.
Which one of you have the 23 and me data?
You know why I’m here now.
If Russia was asked for a green light I’d think they’d say hell no because the consequences of being found out would be so dire because it would provide an ironclad pretext for western direct intervention in the Ukraine. As for the nuclear bombardment of Israel, Iran doesn’t have nukes. The simplest answer is the Palis hate the Israelis, not without reason BTW, and they managed to pull off a hell of a surprise.
Hello y’all.
Hayek had a bad day.
Due to the ridiculous hours at work and the stress of dealing with life in general, my epilepsy is working overtime. Had a seizure while driving today and totaled my Tesla.
Could have totaled myself, but the car took it for me. No recollection of any of it. Concussion, all day in hospital, scans, etc.
Then when I was released from hospital I realized my apartment keys were in the car! So I had to take Lyft to the impound lot and fetch them out through the smashed windshield. First I saw of the damage. I’m lucky to be alive.
Kitty cat was happy I finally came home,
Yikes! I’m glad you’re okay!!
Take care of yourself, get some rest, try to have a day off today.
Glad you made it out okay. Sounds like a terrifying experience.
I hope your recovery goes well.
Damn! Glad you are OK. Sorry about the car, but that can be replaced.
Good morning all!
Something a little different today.
Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor is one of the greatest works of Western music.
I knew this, abstractly, but simply couldn’t get my head around it. Then I heard E. Power Biggs play it on pedal harpsichord and I ‘got it’. The organ performances opened up to me, and I’ve been a passionate fan ever since.
So, E. Power Biggs Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor on pedal harpsichord
And on pipe organ
Share and enjoy!
Day 3 of camping. Of course today has the nice weather, but it’s time to pack it in.
Yesterday afternoon was too hot to do much and the nearby ‘River’ had dried up into a puddle. :/
Last night, my son tried to start a forest fire (not really, but he did manage to start a bunch of pine needles going). That was…. interesting. Ready for a bath and his mother to look after him.
Morning, Glibs et al,
Hayek, sad to hear about the seizure, glad to know you are OK, within limits. The car can be replaced but you, irreplaceable.
Good to hear Smokey the Bear was with you, Lack.
All is well in the woods, got the furnace chuggin’, coffee in hand.