Saturday evening Links

by | Nov 15, 2025 | Daily Links | 93 comments

Yeah, not feeling it today. I got a shitload of chores done, there’s a brisket on the smoker, and it’s Saturday. I feel fulfilled and once I finish this, it’s nap time.

Links?

“How about you go fuck yourselves?”

MTG is a whack job, but I don’t get Laura Loomer, or her influence.

I expect Team Red to lose the House for no other reason that the typical political hubris.

I’m sure this has nothing to do with the Saudi’s about the join the Abraham Accords.

A whole new branch of mental illness has been born.

Now do “eh?”.

Okay, unlike Old Man, I’m not going to vomit Links and leave something for morning, since it’s me. Peace out, Glibbies.

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Spudalicious

Spudalicious

Survey says I’m a Paleolibertarian bitches. That means I eat “L”ibertarians for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Soave tastes a little fruity. Wait a minute, that doesn’t sound quite right…

93 Comments

  1. Ted S.

    A whole new branch of mental illness has been born.

    Relevant

  2. The Late P Brooks

    But for some hardline conservatives and MAGA loyalists, her gatekeeping is now the problem.

    “Psssssst … hey Susie Wiles, you may wanna pivot now. The MAGA ship is sailing and several of you missed the boat,” far-right commentator Ann Vandersteel wrote on X this week

    “Oh, and friendly reminder, we the people are YOUR boss. President Trump is too. And WE are his boss.”

    I am so weary of self-important posturing douchebags.

    • rhywun

      Wouldn’t it be easier to just let the ascendant communist wing tear the Democratic Party apart before the next election than worry about all this bullshit?

  3. The Late P Brooks

    ranging from plutonic friendship to erotic roleplay.

    When Mickey Mouse’s dog is your closest imaginary friend…

    • J. Frank Parnell

      When Mickey Mouse’s dog is your closest imaginary friend…

      Sounds like a lot of these people are fucking goofy.

    • rhywun

      It’s almost like there has been a dedicated and very successful attempt by a certain segment of society to destroy real-world relations that has led young people to seek alternatives.

  4. The Late P Brooks

    Loomer continues to be hugely influential in the White House

    I can’t help thinking that’s complete and utter bullshit, but at this point who knows?

    • rhywun

      The whole circus around this issue is so calculated to stir shit up in Magaworld that it feels like filthy Dem op.

      And of course Donald peevishly plays the part expected of him.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      Loomer is a nut job and looks like a cross between Perry Ferrell and a department store mannequin. That she has any political influence beyond Twitter is a joke but it’s clear over the past few weeks that the Donald has lost the fucking plot anyway so why not? May as well get some cringe laughs while the country goes (further) into the ditch.

  5. Shpip

    The study establishes that “ums” and “uhs” littering everyday conversation reflect genuine cognitive processes rather than mere speaking habits.

    If we substitute “like” for “um,” can we assume that nearly everyone under thirty is a goddamn retard?

    • Ted S.

      Like, that’s just your opinion, man.

    • Threedoor

      My mother uses “you know”

      Drives me up the wall.

    • Fourscore

      I will lose a word on occasion, can not think/say the right word. I have to go to another word that doesn’t fit, to fill in the blank. Often I’ll have to admit I forgot the correct word and then it shows up.

      It’s embarrassing but worse is that it reminds me that I’m getting old. My friends all admit to forgetting names/dates/places. Missus F is forgetful and I have to remind her of certain things.

      Aging isn’t easy.

      • Tres Cool

        I left Cleveland on Friday and left my duffel bag behind in the hotel. Had all my clothes, dirty and otherwise.
        I feel like, when Ive been traveling for the past 30 years, the one bag with all your shit in it is the one thing you grab when you check out.

        Twice in the past 6 months Ive left my bag with the work laptop in my hotel, and drove the the office. Im mildly concerned.

      • Threedoor

        Tres I keep leaving my keys in my pickup.

        Left my wallet in a jacket last week.

        I haven’t lost keys permentantly since Jr High. Thought I lost them forever three weeks ago, turned out I put them in a special place when I took the spare truck on the job. I have two sets of keys, work and household.

  6. Aloysious

    Where de white potatoes at?

    Seriously. I’m discommoded by the fact that I can’t find any White Rose taters. Unless I buy canned taters. Life isn’t fair.

    • R.J.

      This saddens me.

      • Aloysious

        I had a long bitchy post that was bitchy and long about work, but who needs that shit.

        Maybe Spud can use his super potato powers to rectify a great wrong.

      • Spudalicious

        If I had that power, the Ratte potato would be available across the land.

      • Aloysious

        I can get something close to the Ratte, at F. Meyer,. Private Selection brand, labeled Fingerling.

        Don’t know if it’s an actual Ratte, the varieties in the bag aren’t listed.

        Whatever variety it actually is, it’s fantastic.

      • Spudalicious

        Yeah, the fingerlings aren’t the Ratte variety, but I like them just fine. Nice roasting potato.

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        ZWAK “we need potato’s”

        Wife of ZWAK “what kind? Roasting, mashing, fingerlings, [goes on to list a dozen more varietals and another dozen methods of cooking them]”

        ZWAK “potato type potato’s.”

    • Fourscore

      I rarely eat potatoes/bread/noodles and don’t really miss them. As a kid at home we always had potatoes at least once a day, sometimes more. Cheap/filling and good.

      However, on occasion at a restaurant I’ll have a side of French Fries.

      • RAHeinlein

        As a young’un:

        ME – “what’s for dinner”

        MOM- “I don’t know, but peel some potatoes”

      • Threedoor

        Ha!
        That was a great story.

      • Fourscore

        Almost a copy of my daughter’s life.

    • Chafed

      He is an active stock trader for an immigration lawyer. She is full of shit. Her husband traded on information she gave him.

    • Nephilium

      Three times is enemy action.

    • rhywun

      lol

      “first this… first that… first other woke shit…”

      That’s not getting tiresome at all.

  7. Raven Nation

    “A whole new branch of mental illness has been born.”

    Theodore Dalrymple’s essay in the current edition of City Journal. He notes the virtual impossibility of English firms successfully defending themselves against charges by their employees that said employees had been bullied. He then declares, “it must therefore treat its employees as if they were in permanent rehabilitation from that debilitating disease known as life.”

  8. DEG

    He added that Wiles, a former adviser to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, was “universally admired and respected.”

    Whoa. She advised DeSantis? Seriously?

  9. DEG

    Massive waste dump in England

    The illegal rubbish heap – described as “an environmental catastrophe unfolding in plain sight” – is around 20ft high, stretches 500ft long, and contains plastic, foam and wood.
    It is believed to have been dumped in one go next to the A34 and River Cherwell, near the village of Kidlington, and was discovered last month by anglers. Some of the rubbish is said to be just five metres away from the river.

    • R.J.

      But why? What purpose would an organized crime group have with all that?

      • Threedoor

        The mob has long been in sanitation.

        Dumping it down some dead end road saves on paying by the pound at a legal dump.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      “contains plastic, foam and wood”

      Oh no, not wood. That shit’s dangerous.

    • UnCivilServant

      “That, sir, is a midcentury modern midden and a grade one scheduled monument, you do not touch that heap of trash, or you will be fined into penury.”

  10. Threedoor

    Anyone that paints stone or brick deserves the lash.

    • UnCivilServant

      Painting those materials is the traditional treatment. Though brick would usually be plastered first to provide a smoother surface. I think it was the Tudors who started getting lazy about it.

      • Threedoor

        These Tudors sound like good folks.

      • UnCivilServant

        Not really, they were kinda murdery.

      • Threedoor

        Even better.

  11. Evan from Evansville

    I strongly disapprove of her mascara scar on the fold of her eyelid. Far too alien. Yikes.

    Nap went really well, but must eat before I delve back into my pillow palace.

    • R.J.

      Who?

      • The Hyperbole

        The chick in Spud’s music video.

  12. Aloysious

    Weird. Got a call from the wife of my old boss. Welfare check and possible assist into bed?

    I’ll help, happily. Dale is a good man. I’m just wondering how far down the contact list did she have to go?

    What an all around weird day.

    • UnCivilServant

      If the contact list is alphabetical….

      • rhywun

        Changes first name to Zohran….

    • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

      That sounds like Wednesday’s work.

    • Chafed

      I’m confused. Why does his wife need you to do a welfare check on old boss? Where is she?

      • Aloysious

        I’m a little confused myself, she wasn’t clear.

        I’ll just stop by, make sure he’s okay, help if needed, and go home.

      • The Artist Formerly Known as Lackadaisical

        Probably Broke up.

      • Aloysious

        All is well.

        She was hard to understand because she was so upset. Couldn’t get him out of the very deep chair, and NOBODY answered their phone. Except me.

        I think I did a good.

        Also fuck Parkinsons. In the face. With a sledgehammer.

    • J. Frank Parnell

      Got a call from the wife of my old boss. Welfare check and possible assist into bed?

      Dear Penthouse…

  13. Furthest Blue pistoffnick (370HSSV)

    Watching “Thank you Dr. Fouci” and trying not to swear.

    • Chafed

      Why would you do that to yourself?

      • Ted S.

        Don’t kink shame him.

      • Furthest Blue pistoffnick (370HSSV)

        I am convinced that Fauci is evil.

      • Fourscore

        Stay 6 feet away for him, PONick, he may have something contagious, like stupidity.

      • R.J.

        I salute you!
        I don’t even want to watch that!

      • Furthest Blue pistoffnick (370HSSV)

        I am more than convinced Dr. Fauci is evil. That man should be in jail.

      • Evan from Evansville

        Rogan had Bret W (forget the full), microbiologist and a good chunk is him *railing* on Fauci. Fuck that goddamn garden gnome.

        Not talked about, his role playing up AIDS and how the apple didn’t fall far, how sharing toilet seats or hugging could spread it. That should still be screamed at him in public and I’m wondering why it isn’t by non-TMITE. Something I’m missin’ here? Other than Red= Dumb? Not Team players are also in the Game, now.

      • slumbrew

        “AIDS is an equal opportunity killer! Heterosexuals are every bit at risk as IV drug users! Lesbians need to use dental dams!”

        Way to fuck with my teenage years, Fauci.

      • Tres Cool

        I have the book “The Real Dr Fauci”. Havent started yet due to my pre-PTSD PTSD.
        I remember that gnome ruining hetero sex for in the in the 1980s.

      • slumbrew

        The dental dams were the most ridiculous thing, in retrospect.

      • DEG

        I have the book “The Real Dr Fauci”. Havent started yet due to my pre-PTSD PTSD.

        I have it. I read it. It’s infuriating.

    • one true athena

      Fauci. He’s such an evil goblin and some people still worship at that guy’s feet.

  14. one true athena

    I made the Aged Eggnog as the rain was pouring all day. It’s a bit late to “age” it properly I suppose, but at least it’s in the big carafe and in the fridge. I’ll decant into small bottles and give them as gifts for Christmas, like I did last year. And oh boy is it a much easier recipe doing half the recipe! Last year was such a joke, since I only have one large bowl with a spout and it’s not nearly big enough for the full recipe.

    • Chafed

      It’s good to be OTA’s friend.

    • The Artist Formerly Known as Lackadaisical

      Care to share your recipe?

      • dbleagle

        It’s on the recipes page of this website.

      • Raven Nation

        If that’s double eagles recipe, highly recommend. Although I remember changing the amount of sugar.

      • one true athena

        It’s the same Alton Brown one that’s been posted before. or Food.com has it.

  15. The Artist Formerly Known as Lackadaisical

    It’s a shame. I’m at the peak of my life, making good money, kicking all the ass as a dad and just incredibly strong and good looking, yet not a woman around.

    • Threedoor

      Straf could probably mail you one.

    • Chafed

      I’m right there with you except for the strong and good looking part.

      Why don’t you have a woman around?

      • Fourscore

        He’s lucky?

        I’m temporarily single right now but tomorrow I join the married life again when Mrs F returns from her shopping vacation, oops, I mean visiting her friend in AZ.

    • Aloysious

      Congrats, dad.

      When you say kicking all the ass, you mean winning, right? Not the other?

    • one true athena

      Parent events? Some of those moms are divorced, looking for someone who doesn’t suck like their last man. Obvs you have to filter out the ones who were the problem, but maybe? And mention you’re actively in the market to your buds at work – they might have a sister or their wife has a friend, etc. Some people love being matchmakers once they find out you’re looking.

  16. Brochettaward

    Why sociology is bullshit case 1,385,212nd.

    French study claims there’s no actually biological difference between boys and girls when it comes to math. Their proof? They tested first grade boys and girls and found they scored the same (as if the argument is that boys come out of the womb knowing basic addition and subtraction and don’t need to be taught anything). Within just 4 months of class, they found a gap began to emerge. They use this as evidence that it’s a matter of nurture versus nature here and speculate that the results indicate something is wrong about how we teach girls math or it’s somehow a product of societal expectations.

    Start with a hypothesis and work your way backwards. Contort all evidence to fit it and illogically jump to conclusions if one must.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      All of the soft science ologies are trash, see also: psych.

    • Ted S.

      Every other academic difference between boys and girls is proof that boys need to be drugged into submission to act more like girls.

  17. Evan from Evansville

    Wakey wakey, sleepyheads…. put your shoes on, we’re at grandma’s…

    To a chill, yet productive day at Site 923. You do the same… wherever it is that you are.

  18. juris imprudent

    Sleepyhead Glibs this morning? Rise and shine!

    • Ted S.

      I’m here. You did see my comment from 90 minutes ago, right?

  19. Tres Cool

    suh’ fam
    yo what’s goody yo

    TALL SABBATH CANS!

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  21. Fourscore

    Good Morning and just under the wiew