That’s right folks, it’s Butch Otter’s Birthday today, as Old Man mentioned this morning. Butch is a good old boy rancher, who successfully ran Idaho for 12 years, after a stint in Congress made him realize that path to change was useless. Being in a small state, I’ve had the pleasure of sharing a beer with Butch a couple of times at neighborhood fund raisers. He’s a good dude.
Links?
Australia says “hey Canada! Hold my beer!”
I mean, it’s probably more emotionally stable than a real therapist.
There was no “herd immunity” in the unvaccinated population. That’s dumb.
Yes, but I see no upgrade with their replacements.
Gee, I wonder how the vote is going to go?
Oh look, two nuclear armed shit holes are about to go at it. Can’t they just handle this on the pitch?
Speaking of shit holes going at it.
That’s it for me, kids. It’s a glorious day in Spudville, and I’m off to it. Peace out Glibbies.
And don’t forget to wish Butch a happy birthday.
I’m dragging this over from the dying embers of the previous post. EMT Spud might know.
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Okay. I was outside chopping down weeds and I got a nosebleed. Related to a) bending down to pick up sticks and b) dust and pollen. Usually if I get one a few sniffs are enough to stop it. However, since I kept mowing, it finally got to the point I couldn’t ignore it and I had to come inside and plug it with a wad of paper towel.
So what? you say. What do boxers and MMA guys use to shut down the bleeding when they get whacked on the beezer?
His opponents boxers?
Pinch the bridge of your nose and tilt your head back.
Tilt back? Okay boomer, its tilt foward now
Let em go at it, I want to see the video, hell the world needs a good wake up call,
Nuke em!
Great song!
I approve of the music.
Happy birthday Butch.
Pinch the bridge of your nose and tilt your head back.
That’s hard to do while you’re pushing mega-weedeater over absurdly uneven terrain.
No clotting agent?
Elixir of cocaine, 5%.
Silver Nitrate.
Tampon.
I’m all in on president-pope.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/03/us-news/trumps-ai-photo-in-papal-regalia-breaks-internet-seeing-is-believing/
Clicked on the side link for more Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/05/03/us-news/see-inside-trumps-lavish-new-air-force-one-complete-with-gold-walls-and-opulent-furnishings/
May be Air Force One in the picture but it’s a C32 (757) not a VC25A (747).
Pope Pompus IC
“There should be concern about Donald Trump’s age,” said Scott Wiener, a Democratic state senator from San Francisco who believes the president is wreaking havoc on the economy and international relations. He recently abstained from the central committee vote on the age resolution.
Nice non sequitur.
The promotion of incompetence is a self-solving problem. They just dont get that.
Organized gang of professional grifters scream at sky as grift begins falling apart
who could have seen it coming?
None of these hypocrites had any concerns about Joe Biden’s age.
Of course they did. What could be a better puppet than a demented old man who has no idea what is going on around him.
“There should be concern about Scott Wiener’s propensity to walk around half-naked in leather,” said most voters in California.
I’m sure he’s personable like many politicians. He also kicked his first wife to curb when he no longer needed her daddy’s money and traded in for a younger model.
Where do you get silver nitrate? At the photography supply store?
I used to but there is so little wet darkroom work being done these days I dont know if they still carry it. Amazon?
https://www.amazon.com/AmeriCan-Goods-Nitrate-Caustic-Applicator/dp/B09V5JMXXY/ref=sr_1_2?crid=11P9AWQTV3TL2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2vzqSd_SxvLp8f-3cXM3amnmh63sBYq_98ZwPq5I_fp3HgfxFPqhMVOdXHLINNzwqJiuVorVdfvs7pddNn2Nu2UgqjzvysBOAIKDFUyzyVAIArKOwKF4cuLZ6aoSU1wNAvhRf6hX7EXOn-dz2rdYFetfyO0-anSi11labr9ezzdzDh0eIin2hOJFQ_4xW39MLu0ZDeqVtK1NSc5_XTCdgZyUWdUjupa-YLP47BO2HtM.7m3xnnXqJ2SjXH3C7AA7viQesWWgcixRzIrz-zvEK-k&dib_tag=se&keywords=silver+nitrate&qid=1746312141&sprefix=silver+nitr%2Caps%2C372&sr=8-2
Yes, Amazon
– “Of the European cases, which reportedly hit 35,212 for 2024, 87% were reported in Romania”
Anyone know if Pie has been vaccinated?
Prolly the vector.
Blood borne?
What if: in the event a candidate dies or becomes incapacitated during his/her term, the seat remains vacant? That could reduce the enthusiasm for putting up candidates who are likely to be beyond their sell-by dates.
I am starting to doubt the authenticy of elections.
No wait, I continue to doubt the authenticy of elections – especially in western “democracies”.
It does seem remarkable that everyone’s voting for more of the same policies that are already causing their countries to swirl down the drain.
Not really remarkable. Changing their voting habits and political/cultural beliefs would require self examination and the psychic shock that they’re wrong. Better to engage in dissonance and prog/commie/authoritarian harder.
I hear a version of this in Portland talk. Sometimes awareness that things are wrong, out of control, but ascribe it to extremists and not the natural result of the policies and politics that they (still) support. And never those Republicans, who are AP even more extremist. “I would vote for a Rino if they weren’t so crazy and were jusr democrats. Yeah… not really.”
Apologies for the early deviation:
Called it!
Well done! 👏 Came across this fun fact in the sidebar: “But they’re cou-siiins, identical cousins all the way…”
Helluva retirement, considering that thoroughbreds have to be conceived via “natural cover.”
Power scheduled to be cut in 10 minutes, see y’all on the other side.
Wtf?
What in the name of commie bullshit are you talking about? They’re cutting off your power?
Sorry not sorry, the world. I am not sure you can be trusted with the vote if all you’re going to do is vote against Donald.
If California is anything like NYC, the younger pols are far more batshit-insane leftist than the oldsters. The city council is like the fucking Politburo these days.
We still have young non liberal people here, there is hope in Sandy eggo
Todd Gloria waves hello.
Just finished a fun Derby mini-gathering with the family. Bro, Dad and I went to OTB the other day to place our bets and those for the boys.
The middle-un won with Sovereign as his chosen horse. Chosen for him cuz the kid’s 10. He’s also further down the Spectrum line than his granddad or. Kinda select mute-ism his parents are looking out for. Great fun to see him experience a bit of that emotion. Winning $36 on his dad’s $4 has that effect.
Sandman, which I boxed with Journalism, is a gorgeous horse. Catherine’s gambling habit strongly approves.
Is it possible to search the archived posts from 2017-19? I’d like to find my own comment there that contains the info I cannot find online again.
It seems as if you can only search for words that appear in the text of a post, not in the comments.
I’ve tried a web search with site:glibsetc. but I never get the words I’m looking for. 😞
I can search comments from 2017 on dashboard, but I’d need something specific to look for. what are you trying to find?
The three keywords are grrizzly, Obama and Medvedev.
This feels like Johnny Carson routine.
This is the earliest comment from you that mentions Medvedev from 9-5-19
grrizzly
In reply to Rhywun.
I should be rooting for Medvedev–for at least two reasons. But I’ve just booked a day trip to the Anacapa Island on Sunday, during the Sunday Final.
I doubt that’s what your looking for but all the other are from later and no mention of Obama
Medvedev here is the former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev not a tennis player. At the beginning of his first term, Obama was asked about the foreign leaders he felt comfortable/easy/preferred to work with. Obviously, I don’t remember the exact expression. And Obama said this was President Medvedev. The whole world has forgotten about this. Eight or ten years ago, I spent a long time searching for this online and found and then posted a link and a quote either here or on reason.com. It could have been before 2017. The only thing I remember I was chatting with Playa Manhattan when I posted that comment. Now I can find neither here nor on reason.com
Ah… I must have been bitching about what a pig the tennis player is. I didn’t realize that was so many years ago.
https://www.theautopian.com/this-is-allegedly-the-new-jeep-compass-and-it-looks-like-a-huge-improvement
Not to my eye, but I guess I have to reserve judgment until I see the Trailhawk trim.
The wheels are aren’t horrible…
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/o9wYC1lARUW2kQEklNPRhA.YOxk0-WTU9w_rhxvTsvMBA
Solid looking.
I told my daughter before the derby, “#18 just pooped. Always bet the horse that poops on the track, they are lighter.”
Of course, I wasn’t in a position to capitalize on this wisdom, but maybe I will have passed down an important tip to the next generation.
So if I shit before I play tomorrow Ill throw further?
Good to know…
/thorough bred Bobbo
You have to shit on the field though. Makes you lighter and throws off your opponents.
Okay, here’s what my rage hath wrought: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9311-Willow-Rd-Liberty-MO-64068/66441280_zpid/
That’s a very photogenic sky.
👍
GLWS
I don’t hate it, but I don’t love it either.
That’s my mother’s opinion also.
But Susie HAAAAAAAADDDD to have it.
To me, it’s like, standard 1960s ranch. Meh.
Susie ALSO had to have everything inside per her tastes, which is brown. That’s her taste. Brown. The marble countertops in the description? Brown. FUGLY brown. Also, marble is not a good countertop material and my mom tried to tell her but nooooooooooo.
Anyway.
She has 2 horses left of the 4 horses she originally had. The horses are the root of all this evil. Two died some time ago. One is really sick, so if she doesn’t find a place for it, she’s going to have to put it down. The last one is going to my cousin’s daughter’s boss. I think.
So. I have essentially succeeded in taking Susie’s most prized possessions away from her.
Bitch fucked with my mother.
…and she needed your mother’s money to get it?
I guess you can’t have an Apocalypse without four horses.
Yes, she absolutely needed my mother’s money to get it, and has striven to forget she only owns half.
If she could afford it on her own, she could’ve just bought my mom out.
What’s the LDS equivalent of “champagne tastes, beer budget”?
Skim milk?
😂 Whole milk taste on a tap water budget.
I was thinking maybe “truffles tastes on a funeral potatoes budget.”
What kind of truffle?
The mushroomish(?) hard to cultivate so you have to use pigs to hunt for them in the woods kind.
Re: Australia. The media there tried to spin it as the opposition were Trump clones. Not totally sure that was the whole story.
Partly the opposition started hammering on economic issues but the economy appears to be improving so that didn’t help them. On top of that, they also wanted to spend gobs of money and declared they would be better managers of economy.
Finally, there’s a distinct left leaning among many younger voters.
So, things look ok, opposition is offering much of a difference. Why change?
Which interesting, because Gen Z here is skewing right.
Journalist: NWO.
Current Mood: 90’s Electronica.
Let’s get this party started.
https://youtu.be/p5NX1FC-7-w?si=5R7loNBu47CyF1DL
https://youtu.be/MZWWI3ryw2o?si=3LxEOE7I4wz0FXup
https://youtu.be/6_PAHbqq-o4?si=oQnjFD0opYbFR9dA
https://youtu.be/u6zVDIfSGWY?si=_wMsquCemxi1aNxi
Loooove FSOL, but more their less-dancy stuff.
https://youtu.be/5TySnF_Pb3M?si=YkF7mzlrcjD4FQFc
Gotta go with https://youtu.be/6iKFn8dlxX8
Underworld before they were Underworld: https://youtu.be/aexff90ZWiQ
https://youtu.be/9yy0RGTaWYM?si=79I0F4KAfdNw1AqP
Better Fluke: https://youtu.be/fZHnCDEqKJU
Best Fluke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_uXmaoUSbw
https://youtu.be/IKTJoHbKZO0?si=hAyhf8lBT2nYQRCg
That’s the Filter (“Hey Man, Nice Shot”)/Crystal Method version. I prefer the album version.
Slightly over the line at 2001, but https://youtu.be/A12-KN5UijA
I guess I didn’t know.
https://youtu.be/t6twhXA1Gyw?si=tL4CgTzq9YMzxbKI
Also, as long as we’re getting into the early 2000s:
https://youtu.be/V5bYDhZBFLA?si=mvxR-KBgC151pXwE
That is a terrible song but I find the video strangely compelling.
Album version, with the “Dark Crystal” sample:
https://youtu.be/hfUSyoJcbxU
https://youtu.be/TZ827lkktYs?si=c4DyvmKT1ptvHM7T
https://youtu.be/gStdVdVqx7k?si=ExToapbUErJFLKDu
https://youtu.be/FMrIy9zm7QY?si=pgsDfSsBVery9L-i
https://youtu.be/bV-hSgL1R74?si=_XGSVxBKJC9YweWR
The most entertaining Orbital video:
https://youtu.be/Eu4u2oKsKSA
https://youtu.be/g6zT3kVtpHc?si=Cn6AiYYmLiAjjYr4
Good lord.
Are you an A&R guy for some label ?
https://youtu.be/s4oZdUV-G-Y
It’s like you’re digging through my Plex library.
Definitely not mine, although I remember a lot of it from an earlier, druggier time.
I can’t get no sleep
https://youtu.be/KmL6DVS5bqM?si=qs46l_dDUfha0NLN
Related: https://youtu.be/bruegaltCNU?si=Tkk3soUbJ9Ukzmh9
That one I don’t know.
BT requires a nod for his inescapable song
I may occasionally drive too fast listening to Propellerheads
https://youtu.be/bgSJafoisoM
The bass at 1:47 on is the “drive too fast” part.
Not driving too fast.
Jeez, get a hall for your EDM fix, I do love it but ghaa!
In other news I am irrelevant
Pull up a chair, friend.
https://youtu.be/WSEwIQ5gGVU
Miss 90’s New Country. Though the lyrics are perhaps a bit delusional.
Jamaica has a Firsting team?!
The night pours and is full of terrors.
The grocery store is empty, however, and the picks begin.
Mornin’, reprobates. Be well.
I just tore apart my almost new keyboard to fix one broken solder join for the ? key.
I should not be soldering inside keyboards I just bought. -3 Stars.
It does appear to be working, and currently I haven’t found any keys not currently working.
How’s everyone else doing?
Good morning, U and EfE!
I’m up sooner than I wanted to be but was having trouble getting comfortable. Now I have to shoo a certain black cat off my lap so I can make a mug of chai latte. ☕
I just got back from acquiring breakfast. They were short on caffiene. I’m not out yet, but it’s annoying to chase where it’s in stock. Give 🐱👤 appology scritches from me.
And get out to Tranquility Base? 😉
Looks like it’s going to be another wet day here. 🙁
It’s still too cold and damp to go out to TB – only 48 degrees (“feels like 46”) and overcast. 😞 Plus my allergies have been acting up, so it’s probably best to stay inside.
Good morning Glibs and lurkers.
🕵️♂️🌤️🎏
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrU8rSbRyQY
🎶🎶
Good morning, Sean!
😉☕️
It is morning, I suppose.
🥸
Top of the morning to the Glibbies here!
…and the rest of the day to yourself! 🍀
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians are casting ballots Sunday in a critical presidential election redo after last year’s annulled vote plunged the European Union and NATO member country into its worst political crisis in decades.
Eleven candidates are vying for the presidency and a May 18 runoff is expected. Polls opened at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) and will close at 9 p.m. (1800 GMT). By noon, 3.5 million people — about 19.5% of eligible voters — had cast ballots, according to the Central Election Bureau, with a massive 500,000 coming from voters abroad.
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Half a mil votes from abroad? No chance for oddities. Euro may have thoughts of thinking for itself. See Portugal.
As long as they’re not voting for the wrong candidate, sure why not.
The only right vote is for anyone other than the guy that actually won. European “democracy” for the win.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s caretaker government plans to expel some 18,000 foreigners living in the country without authorization, a minister said Saturday in the buildup to a national election.
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Huh. Not deporting em, eh? Expelling, same-same? I wonder who those folks woulda voted for, and I wonder how they would be able to cast ballots. Huh.
I hope Trump gives em the balls to pretend to care about their own sovereignty. Ooh. Churchill connect.
Expel sounds like: “Push ‘em over the border and out of the country.” Deport sounds like “Send ‘em where they belong.”
https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2025/05/04/ames-carville-democrats-cant-afford-to-lie-like-republicans-do-because-they-would-lose-credibility-n2412329
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Oh James, you Cryptkeeper looking dried up husk, you can’t lose what you ain’t got. Only a fool would believe what comes out of a politico’s mouth and that goes for either side.