Yeah, what this says.
Monday…ugh. I don’t have any special theme or rhyme or reason to the Links today. So, here you go…some links.
- I am beginning to suspect Government is not a bunch of open and honest folks.
- THERE IS NO SPACE SMITH.
- Economic dislocation. Or is it relocation?
- Hmmm. Not sure what the Swiss are doing in this particular case.
Comments belong to all of you.
“I am beginning to suspect Government is not a bunch of open and honest folks.”
Wasn’t that link this morning?
Still better than the Space Smith one…
Or the Swiss one.
Whew! I though it was just me.
[REDACTED]!
“‘Almost Orwellian’: Feds black out nearly all emails about trucker surveillance proposal”
two repeats; two I can’t open
Swiss time was running out.
It is April First… Swiss just pities da fools who criticize his efforts — it suits him to a T.
SDF-7 gets it.
Very Sneaky Swiss.
Me likey.
I can’t believe you posted that comment without a music link.
I felt it was . . . . . unnecessary.
Maybe he’s just on the jazz.
I’ll post some of my late links from this morning.
https://thepostmillennial.com/white-house-pushed-trans-day-messaging-on-english-accounts-but-not-to-spanish-speakers
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/minnesota-school-district-wants-assistant-superintendent-who-can/
1. Ability to examine the presence and role of whiteness.
2. Be an “Antiracist.”
3. Be “racially conscious.”
The usual mealy mouthed double talk. What they want is a foam-at-the-mouth racist piece of shit because being such is all the rage these days.
Product placement is a thing.
the Assistant Superintendent proactively supports the Superintendent to create and communicate anti-racist structures and systems
Something tells me that’s the opposite of what they will actually do.
I’m not sure either — and I like some CH… CHEESE is good… CHIRP… CHEST is always good for Q….
Afternoon, Swiss!
Ch-ch-ch-
Was expecting this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2eC4V77cjzI
Ah-Ah-Ah
Glibs is a right leaning site confirmed! Aggle blaggle blarg!
argle bargle
The directors of the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Brunswick, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, and Mobile all issued identical statements.
Any old port in a storm…
Local news was asking if the Port of Cleveland would get more traffic, in the first paragraph, they admitted that there was no path for the big container ships to make it to the port, but they were hoping.
Hoping someone would dredge up the funding?
Can’t they use the Erie Canal?
They don’t want to deal with their drug mule, Sal.
They need to channel their efforts in a different direction.
Haters
“It’s very likely that Musk himself is contributing to the reputational downfall,” Caliber CEO Shahar Silbershatz told Reuters, saying his company’s survey shows 83% of Americans connect Musk with Tesla.
Reuters spoke to five marketing, polling and car experts who said controversies surrounding Musk’s increasingly right-wing politics and public statements are weighing on Tesla’s brand and demand.
“It is hard enough to win sales without getting into politics,” said Tim Calkins, a marketing professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
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In recent years, the billionaire courted controversy with comments and actions including his embrace of the Republican party and endorsement of anti-semitic comments on X. Musk has denied being anti-semitic.
If the monkeys throw enough shit, some of it is bound to stick.
I guess all the people buying EV’s are flocking to the other manufacturers.
“More than 150 students, staff and alumni have reportedly been diagnosed with cancers and other diseases linked to a university building teeming with toxins.
Cases of lymphoma and thyroid and breast cancers have been reported among patients who spent time at Poe Hall, a class building at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
The building closed in November 2023 amid reports of exposure to concerning levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), toxic chemicals linked to cancer.
An investigation the month before found that PCB levels in five rooms were more than 38 times the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) building limit.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13259753/nc-state-university-cancer-cluster-abandoned-building-poe-hall-carcinogens.html
yikes!
It should have been the Jim Valvano building.
related:
Cancer rate among Air Force Missileers prompts questions, concerns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC_iKQy9GHo
PCBs are suspected. Like asbestos and lead, it’s useful and causes cancer.
“CDC issues health alert as bird flu is detected in person who had contact with an infected COW on a dairy farm in Texas – amid fears virus is poised to spillover to people”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13260461/bird-flu-texas-infected-dairy-cattle.html
No.
“We anticipate this spill over will occur somewhere in early October…”
Happy Halloweeeeeeen! Scary, scary bird flu! WoooOOOooo!
Please stop giving them ideas.
“It is hard enough to win sales without getting into politics,” said Tim Calkins, a marketing professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Meanwhile, the “expert” class has done everything possible to drag politics into every aspect of business and life in general.
Few people seem to notice that the left is waging an all out culture war on us. They have managed to shit people into buying into the evilest shit imaginable with hardly a whimper. Fucking idiot cowards. C’mon, my opinion of people in general was already low but now….it seems most are hardly worth the bullet it would take.
I dunno…I got some cheap ammo…
I still have a shit load of 5.45. I think it was $0.07/rnd delivered.
Same.
#spamcans
I don’t often agree with the fella, but he makes a good point here.
I’m having trouble believing he really said that.
I’m sure it’s real, just like those Salma Hayek quotes about economics.
April fools or is he ranting about evil corporations forcing us to buy 27 different brands of deodorant?
“you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing”
But enough about government bureaucrats.
WTH, that link locked up my browser.
Uh, that is not a Sanders quote. It is a Rand quote via her character Francisco D’Antonio.
Lefties pull this shit all of the time…try to appropriate their ideological opponents words.
I really liked when Obumblefuck tried to claim he is known as ‘The Gipper’.
Jesus, how pathetic and creepy.
It is a tell that they know full well the evil they do.
Or it’s April Fools
“Adidas bans German football fans from customising jerseys with the number 44 amid claims it bared striking resemblance to Nazi SS logo”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13260087/Adidas-bans-German-football-fans-jerseys-44-resemblance-Nazi-SS-logo.html
How did they not see that?
They were too worried about 88 numerology?
Do we have something against Micheal Irvin?
Other than playing for Dallas and U-Miami, that is.
Wearing more diamonds than Elizabeth Taylor?
Everyone who graduated in 88 is a Nazi.
Whew, missed it by one year!
Not 55?
Since when does Adidas have the power to ‘ban’ anything? I buy the shirt it is my property. I will do what I want with it.
Not only did I forget about the 88 thing…I forgot what it is supposed to mean. I guess I suck at being a white supremacist.
According to the ADL, almost every number is a hate symbol.
Math, like time, is racist. So numbers being racist in general checks out.
H is the 8th letter of the alphabet, so 88 is “HH” and supposedly used by neo-nazis as code for Heil Schicklgruber is my understanding.
This week on convoluted logic….
It could also be happy hour, which is also bad.
My eldest is finally here for a visit after 9 months. We’re trying to convince her she’s living in a cult but she’s not having it. She lives with her half-brother, his girlfriend, and their “other boyfriend”. There are 7 adults, 4 kids, and several pets in the house they rent. She shares a room with another woman and someone else’s kid. There are cameras in the room to watch kid and in the kitchen so they can watch her do chores. Some people there work full time some do not. Every week when she gets paid, she shows “other boyfriend” her pay and he tells her how much she owes for bills. Which is usually all of her pay minus gas money to get to work. She can’t afford to drive 2 hours away to see us, and doesn’t have car insurance.
This is totally a cult right?
More of a commune unless they’re also having her worship the astral presence of Other Boyfriend — but bad enough, yeah. Definitely a “get out” situation to me.
Commune probably a better word. But it is so crazy.
It is. I’m sorry you are dealing with this.
Thanks.
I don’t know what to say TOK, but sorry you and she are going through this.
Abuse? Yes.
Cult? Maybe. Maybe not.
I don’t know about a cult, but it’s definitely not a good situation.
^^ Agreed.
We’re trying to talk her into moving back home. I’ll let you guys know if we do, so then if you see any “Indiana couple mysteriously disappears” articles, kindly forward this info to the cops. Anonymously of course.
Good luck, stay safe — If you do convince her to get out… I’d be seriously tempted to find her a place with no overt connections to you in case they come looking to pull her back in. (I’m assuming she’s mentioned where she was going or your address in the past… nothing you can do about that now but be watchful…)
If any of my fellow Glibs mysteriously disappear, I’ll be forwarding that information to a baseball bat, a box of contractor-grade trash bags, and an industrial stump grinder…
I like your thoughts, and would like to subscribe to your email list.
WTH? Is it at all larger then those six? A community of these housing situations? Regardless, I imagine they’d be eager to share their story with a local newspaper or three. Any news on it? If they’re hiding anything? Yep. Creepy Flag up. Not in the good way.
Reality TV show?
You think reality TV shows are all made up, then you see something like this.
To be fair, “reality” shows *are* made up.
Seriously, though, I can imagine going through a situation like the one you describe.
Ted S.: are you specifically a Bayern M fan or just German football in general? Are you interested/intrigued about Leverkeusen possibly winning for the first time?
Bayern first (I’ve got relatives in Bavaria, and they were amazed when they visited for my sister’s wedding back in 1988 that pimply teenaged me knew who Franz Beckenbauer was), but also a Bundesliga fan in that I want to see them advance in the CL just to piss off the star-fucking hipsters who only care about the EPL at least until the next fad comes along, and who are the only fans the US sports media cares about courting.
I don’t like Leverkusen’s “working man” pretentions. Most of the teams have some ancient baggage.
Leverkusen was founded as a sports club for the employees of Bayer, and is one of the two German teams to be grandfathered in to the laws on majority ownership. The other is Wolfsburg, originally set up by Volkswagen; indeed, the players are still VW employees.
There was a humorous case several years back of a Wolfsburg player getting in trouble for posting pictures of himself in a Mercedes.
If she complains about the money offer up a situation where she keeps what she earns. Find what motivates her to avoid the automatic pushback of being told her situation sucks.
Part of our sales pitch is to point out she brings home $1400 a month, and if she lived here we wouldn’t charge her more than $350. She’s have the rest to spend on her car, insurance, and savings.
We’re doing this with our oldest (although only 21). He pays minimal rent and lives at our cottage. Instead of blowing $1k/month minimum in rent he can pay off school and we get someone to take care of property. It took a while to get him to buy in. He wanted to be on his own but he finally understood we’re both getting something out of the deal.
How old is she?
27
That’s certainly old enough. Maybe she likes the situation? Maybe there is some BDSM thing?
She was neglected as a kid so there are always some development issues. And she sincerely believes her brother and the girlfriend would never do anything bad to her. They’re totally taking advantage of her.
And she sincerely believes her brother and the girlfriend would never do anything bad to her.
It is important to explain to her that the brother could be taking advantage of her on purpose or he could want to be helping her, but instead is using her to cover his own problems or he is merely completely incompetent and is hurting her without bad intent.
The real point is that it doesn’t matter. The net result is that he is abusing her.
Hope and pray she finds a way out of her current situation.
Cult, no cult, who cares. It is mind control bullshit. It doesnt matter what she says get her the fuck out of there. If anyone tries to stop you…well…bring a 12 gauge and a friend or two.
That is your child, not their property.
I’m so sorry you’re going through this.
After deep and careful reflection, I have come to the conclusion that capitalism is an inhumane and unsustainable system, responsible for the deaths and suffering of billions of innocent souls. The rampant hoarding of wealth by the 1% is the most egregious crime facing our world, and must be stopped immediately. Human beings are hierarchical by nature, and it is our collective duty to create a hierarchy that ensures redistributive social justice for the most oppressed and marginalized among us.
Pass.
Too late in the day, bruh.
The Keith Richards one almost got me though…
Beautiful. April Fools to you too.
I’m with Shpip, I can handle high prices and interest rates making it hard for me to support my family. The thing that keeps me up at night is knowing there are billionaires out the having a beach vacation.
And relevant to the quiz this morning — that people might inherit wealth that other people don’t. The nerve of them! We should just tax everything at the time of death so no one can provide for their offspring!
Yes, the party functionaries should have the dachas, and they are also the ones who should get vacations in Odessa, TX.
MOJO!
Hard to disagree. I humbly accept the daunting task of setting up this hierarchy. I promise to be fair and even handed while bringing everyone in line.
Pull my finger. I’ll produce something that is fair and evenhanded.
From the dead thread: For your historical viewing enjoyment.
More current history.
This bugs me.
Both producers and consumers will be feeling the pinch for years to come.
I think that’s the most interesting link I’ve seen bayou.
Starting another pun thread on his links is really going to stick in Swiss’s craw.
It’s really going to make him crabby.
I guess it’s rather shellfish of us.
He’ll be cheesed of again.
Cheese OFF spell checker. OFF
Goddamn spell checker.
Available to rent or buy tomorrow, don’t miss this amazing film: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES – Official Trailer [HD]
I remember reading about this movie. I still can’t fathom how this movie got made.
Woke idiots living in a woke bubble making stupid woke decisions.
That’s the mayor of Baltimore, can’t fool me even on March 32nd.
As it’s April Fool’s Day, here’s a look back fifty years to one of the greatest pranks of all time.
The world needs more people named Porky.
And they should all open strip clubs in the swamp.
A real man of genius.
Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!
Moral turpitude.
Simpler times.
Great prank
CWABA: https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/hunky-jesus-foxy-mary-2024-19372268.php
XY: I’m moving out!
Me: Oh, okay. When?
XY: April Fool!
Me: Oh.
Cruelest one yet
Right?!
Hare to tell if this is an April Fool’s joke: https://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/ncaa-tournament-3-point-line-mistake-vanderveer-19379511.php
That was real.
Finally!
I got what looks like a good print off the new vat and build plate.
I successfully printed – bits of the wrong scale. Back to try again.
Freshly cleaned vat and build plate, releveled and tightened down… 🤞
Due to international break and FA Cup limited games weekend, I haven’t updated EPL relegation status in a while.
With 8/9 games to go:
Mathematically safe: Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Tottenham, Manchester United
Reasonably safe: West Ham United, Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion, Wolverhampton, Chelsea, Fulham, AFC Bournemouth
Okay for now: Crystal Palace
Danger Zone: Brentford, Everton, Nottingham Forest, Luton Town, Burnley
Toast: Sheffield United
Relegated: None
Changes from last time: a bunch of teams moved up to reasonable safe, and Burnley moved out of Toast and into the Danger Zone. I still don’t think they have a chance to survive, but they are making a go of it.
Midweek games this week that matter:
Everton @ Newcastle tomorrow
Fulham @ Forest tomorrow
Wolverhampton @ Burnley tomorrow
Brighton @ Burnley Wednesday
Luton Town @ Arsenal Wednesday
Sheffield United @ Liverpool Thursday
This seems about right. Wild card is still the Forest points deduction appeal and a possible second deduction against Everton.
Ev thirds the notion against Everton.
Had another interview today, but if I get the job, it starts in August when the school reopens. I had 13 Florida teaching job interviews in a year. I’m going to a job fair next week. There’ll be 20 or so schools and one of them is bound to hire me. I also signed up to be a substitute.
Anyway, they liked me and suggested the job fair. After so much idleness, I look forward to work, even though for me, teaching barely feels like work. Whatever, easy money for me.
Good luck Derpy!
Many thanks, good sir. Please enjoy the following reviews by British tourists:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKHNjh5j4YE
This made me laugh, and the channel it’s on has some real comedy gems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j7jOeI2CZU
Tres Ver 2.0 didnt have school today so we saw Ghostbusters Frozen Empire.
He gave it a 7. I’m not so generous- 6.5/10
Pro- little to no wokeness
Con- I expected more from the effects
Con- even for a matinee, I spent $40 before we even sat down.
Bidenomics!
Honestly, as a kid I never saw a movie unless it was at the Dollar Cinema. And then my cheap-ass mom would smuggle in snacks.
Cold popcorn and those ghetto juice barrels while everyone had the good stuff.
THEY ACTUALLY DID IT! And it’s not an April Fool’s Joke….
Gun Jesus
I thought he was going to shave with cosmoline.
was disapoint
Listening to ATC regarding UA921 Heathrow – Newark. They are squawking emergency. Apparently passenger issues. But not enough for them to descend and/or divert. The ATC is asking the pilot “tell us as much as you can about your current situation”, saying management wants to know. 😬
I can only hear the ATC side of the conversation. The pilot took about a minute to relay whatever situation is going on, but I couldn’t hear it
We could start a pool betting on what the issue is (if you think we’ll every find out for sure.)
I call mass-enhanced passenger demanding an entire row of seats.
“mass-enhanced”
LOL
Toilet trouble?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/other/united-airlines-flight-turns-back-over-toilet-trouble/ar-BB1kTbeF
My favorite story in that regard involved a flight to India. Many passengers decided, for some reason, to shove pillows, blankets, and trash into the toilet, which caused the aircraft to flood with sewage.
It would seem that the Indians’ acrimonious relationship with commodes extends beyond the terrestrial variety.
What a shitty situation.
They’re going to switch frequency soon…hopefully I can catch the handoff
Got the handoff but the frequency is scratchy and almost unreadable.
They on ZBW Boston Center (MPV52/PLB53)
Asking UA921 for a gate #…seems early to ask that for EWR
Guessing cops will be meeting them at the gate, so they have to be staged in advance
I’m on two weeks of leave otherwise I’d pull the audio for ya
Awww thanks!!
EWR approach and tower are clear on LiveATC..I think I may be able to hear more once they go to the Approach frequency
Over Western MA but now only at 12k feet…very low. Fast rate of descent. They have been flying for over 2 hours already without descending
Police and ambulance requested
https://twitter.com/FlightEmergency/status/1774947140826964022
“Lara Logan: Well, I have a better question for you, Steve. Why are you coming to the mic telling the country that it’s not terrorism when your own intelligence agencies are telling you it is? And I know they are because I didn’t make this up. These are not my words. I’m talking to people who are on the inside, some who are on active duty, some who are retired. And everyone, literally, from critical infrastructure in the Department of Homeland Security to the intelligence agencies, they know there’s no other… This is a cyber attack on a critical infrastructure corridor for the United States.
For those people who think this is just a river, this is in Baltimore, what does this matter? You don’t know anything about what you’re talking about. The I-94 corridor on the Eastern Seaboard is literally what connects the North and South. And when I talk about hazardous materials, this is a brilliant, well-planned strategic attack on one of the most important supply chains in the United States of America. The only other one is in the Western side in California. That’s the only one that’s busier. And what you have done, you now have shut it down.
And When I talk about hazardous materials, what are we talking about here? This is refined fuels, right? This is propane gas. This is diesel. This is fuel. This is flammable materials. This is oversized loads, nitrogen, chemicals. Everything that you need for your economy to move has literally just been shut down for 4-5 years.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/lara-logan-francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-everyone/
I have no idea.
There’s no I-94 corridor on the eastern seaboard, is there?
I think it’s a typo for I-95.
I dunno either but I do think I-94 ends in Michigan.
This is hilariously mean-spirited. They actually had me for three or four sentences.
On the plus side, The Wire now has a premise for a new season.
Suggested first episode name: A Bridge Too Close
It reads exactly like something Mayor Pete might have penned.
Shoto Imanaga gets his first win as a Cub in his MLB-debut from Japan. He threw 4 and 2/3s perfect before a couple soft singles and finishing the inning. No runs nor walks. First starter of ours to get a win, let alone deserve it. Welcome to Chicago, Shoto. Damn good intro.
Chistopher Morel, a damn good hitter who can’t field, got a hilarious Little League homer on a painful (for them) error. It was a fun game. They all have been, in their own way.
Been listening to some working class English and can’t miss their linguistic oddities. I started wondering if there was a recorded circumstance where the upper class and lower class dialects of a language became distinct and non-intelligable languages through evolution and not invasion ie, Norman French would not count as it was the introduction of a foreign language rather than the divergance of a common one.
Tok Pisin?
also this
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Located 34 miles from the North Carolina mainland, Ocracoke Island is fairly isolated. You can’t drive there as there are no bridges, and most people can’t fly either as there are no commercial flights. If you want to go there, it has to be by boat. In the early 1700s, that meant Ocracoke was a perfect spot for pirates to hide, as no soldiers were going to search 16 miles of remote beaches and forests for wanted men.
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https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190623-the-us-island-that-speaks-elizabethan-english