Yeah, it’s still cold here.
We’re supposed to reach 20 on Monday.
So what can we do to cool the planet?
Yeah… I’ll probably watch it.
Oh, you’re a parent group? Fuck off.
I doubt anyone is surprised by this.
The decisive rhetoric is coming from inside the party!
Can I call Bruce Springsteen country music?
That’s a bold strategy Cotton.
For the cocktail this week, I’ll go with something that requires a bit of extra work.
Maple Bacon Old Fashioned
- 4 parts (2 oz) bacon fat washed whiskey (bourbon or rye, up to you)
- 1 part (0.5 oz) maple syrup (go for the strong flavored ones here)
- 1 dash bitters
To fat wash the whiskey, first you have to make bacon. Retain the rendered fat (run it through a fine mesh to get bits out), and add it to your whiskey. Let it sit for 8-12 hours, then park it in the freezer. This will solidify the bacon fat, and allow you to remove it. Run it through a fine mesh filter to make sure there’s no more bacon fat left behind. To make this drink, we’ll be putting all three ingredients into a shaker with ice and shaking until chilled and integrated. Strain that into a rocks glass (up to you if you want a big ice cube in there), and garnish with a strip of bacon, or you can rim the glass with ground bacon/smoked salt.
With that, I’ll let you get back to the comments on the fancy new host, and hope you get the weekend you desire.
“Country artists love to sing about the U.S. military and guns, but few have said anything about Pretti’s death at the hands of federal immigration officers”
There is obviously one correct worldview, why do those stupid rednecks insist on denying it?
And its been days! How come no new hit has been penned!
I’m surprised she cared given that he had a penis.
Journalism awards are at the top of the list for why journalism is little more than state propaganda.
It pushed journalists to write what the establishment wants of them and produce the news it wants.
Fuck all journalism awards.
Damn near impossible to rhyme Pretti with pickup truck…don’t hold your breath Rolling Stone.
Something, something, male nurse. Something, something, prison purse.
There, I started a song, now someone with better lyrical skills than I can turn that into a country hit.
Welp. I think today’s peak stupid has been achieved.
There is obviously one correct worldview, why do those stupid rednecks insist on denying it?
The answer, as always, is false consciousness, or some re-phrasing of the concept.
Apparently Pretti and co. were out to foil ICE’s arrest of an illegal child molester by any means necessary. Of course he is being sainted by the party of Faust. I hope this crushes them in the mid-terms.
Many of these links anger me. Will we never be rid of political busybodies?
Probably not. I noticed even before COVID, the left made EVERYTHING political and it’s just gotten worse.
I am a fairly calm, good natured person (at least the past two decades) and it makes me have bad thoughts. These commies really don’t get what they are stirring up. when the damn breaks in popular culture it is going to be a profound whipping for the commies.
Perhaps a Maple Bacon Old Fashioned to soothe the anger?
Mmmm….
Dips nuts in old fashioned.
mmm… Bacon flavored nuts.
We will never be rid of busybodies and scolds, either political or otherwise. One of the darkest parts of the human psyche is the desire to control others, wrapped in the cloak of do-goodism and crowned in self-righteousness.
Aided and abetted by religions everywhere.
Yes, creech – the AWFULs, the Karens, the BLM, the rioters are …religiously motivated. Perhaps you could point to a particular faith or denomination?
So Valve hosting and potentially boosting your game for a 30% cut is excessive?
Someone must have made an Indie game and it started making money so Mommy stepped in not understanding the booming economy of games and what it takes to offer CDN, forums, etc.
Valve does a lot more than hosting, they manage patching, and provide an API framework for in game chat, matchmaking, achievements, and handling DLC. There’s also plenty of other options out there… too bad they all aren’t as good as Steam.
I’m sure the lawyers and judges can arrive at the “correct” fee. Maybe send it up to Chuck for his go ahead.
Yep. This is a revenue grab, plan and simple. No actual people are outraged. Just politicians and lawyers.
A TNR
Sure, the DOT has always been nonpartisan until OMB.
Drinking age laws
CAFE standards
Forcing roundabouts on everyone
The existence of the CDL…
Because Stephen Chu didn’t fuck the logistics world over with his politicized crap in ’09.
No siree.
Do the world a favor and toss yourself off a bridge. The savings in hot air will heal the planet.
I’ve got a whole lot of global warming out here mucking up roads. Today is “warm” At 23 fucking degrees, and we’re headed back towards 0 again in the coming days.
I could use a little more global warming right now.
It’s cold because of global warming!!1! Herr der burr.
We are coming out of an ice age and we are exactly where we should expect to be this far out from the last peak ice age. There is nothing we can do about it.
Now the grifters running this scam…that is something we can do something about…if we will.
we may only be in an interglacial, rather than the end of the ice age.
The policies that govern how we get from place to place are usually immune to partisanship.
*chokes on roast beast sammich*
“Maple Bacon Old Fashioned”
I want one without the syrupean tree blood please, eh? Add extra bacon too.
You could just go with regular sugar instead.
I’ve been on an old fashioned kick lately. I use simple syrup…what is your opinion on using honey? Also I want to try a blackberry/mandarin orange combo in the future.
bacon-magic:
I go the old school method of sugar cube and bitters that are muddled myself, simple syrup is the generally preferred modern method. For honey, you’ll have an issue with mixing it unless you shake (same issue with the maple syrup), unless you make a honey syrup (1:1 ratio of honey to hot water). As a bonus, you’ll have an ingredient needed to make a Bees Knees (gin, lemon juice, honey syrup).
If you really want to go out there, look towards some jams/preserves. Same issue with needing to shake (and depending, you may want to fine mesh strain as well), but that can add a hint of fruit with the sweetness.
Thanks Nephilium! Great suggestions.
My sister says the VA clinic where she works is having a candlelight vigil for the latest person shot by ICE, because he was a nurse. She’s not real happy.
Hostile workplace.
This morning my high schooler texted: “This school is dumb. I was told by multiple teachers that they are disappointed I wasn’t walking out to protest.”
There will be words exchanged with the head of school.
Response to teacher – “Clearly I was under the mistaken belief you were not a moron”
https://www.reuters.com/world/judge-dismisses-murder-weapons-charges-against-alleged-unitedhealth-ceo-killer-2026-01-30/
Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty after a U.S. judge on Friday dismissed murder and weapons charges against the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in a major blow to federal prosecutors.
U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett in Manhattan said she felt constrained by Supreme Court precedents to dismiss the murder charge, calling it legally incompatible with the two federal stalking charges Mangione still faces.
How is it not murder to buy a weapon, fit it with a suppressor, hunt the victim down, and lie in wait so that you can shoot him in the back and kill him?
Judges are out of control.
Crazy.
Dismiss the judge and reinstate the obvious primary charge of murder.
Glib Lewyers – Can they appeal this ruling and get the charges reinstated?
Read the article. The judge was correct.
All I see in the article is the judge asserting she is correct.
Correct doesnt make it right,
/just following orders
“While the alleged manner in which Luigi did this would strike a layperson as indisputably violent, that isn’t the question,” Sundby said. “The concern of the court is prosecutors using a vaguely defined crime that gives them too much power,” Sundby said.
Garnett has scheduled jury selection to begin in September, with the trial getting underway on October 12.
In her 39-page decision, Garnett said federal prosecutors could pursue their murder and weapons charges only if the stalking charges qualified as crimes of violence.
She said the stalking charges did not qualify because people could break the law without intentionally using force.
Garnett acknowledged the “apparent absurdity” of the legal landscape, saying no one would seriously question that Mangione’s alleged conduct — crossing state lines to kill a specific healthcare executive, and carrying a handgun equipped with a silencer — was violent criminal conduct.
She said her analysis may strike ordinary people, and many lawyers and judges, as “tortured and strange,” and the outcome “contrary to our intuitions about the criminal law.”
So, Feds have no ability to charge for murder (not a federal crime), so they bootstrap that onto the back of a stalking charge. Since you can stalk someone without getting to the point of violence, you can’t use stalking to bootstrap a murder charge.
I understand the ruling.
Then you didn’t read the article.
It’s not complicated.
For federal murder charges to apply, the homicide must have been linked to a preexisting federal violent crime. This is USSC precedent, intended to stop fed prosecutors from taking over state cases based on flimsily-supported overreach. In a very clear case of prosecutorial overreach, the feds tried to make federal stalking charges the ‘crime of violence’ that would sparkplug a federal murder charge. This is obvious bullshit and the judge said so.
Luigi is still looking at a state murder beef, plus additional fed charges that carry a life sentence. He’s not going to walk.
In NYC? He’ll skate on all state charges.
I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was
Not the perfect country & western song because he hadn’t said anything at all about mama,
Or trains,
Or trucks,
Or prison,
Or getting’ drunk
And you don’t get any of those back when you play it in reverse.
Or my dog,
Or granma,
Or the old man said…
… in the rain
But I wanna get drunk now!
Have a few regular Old Fashioneds while the bacon whisky is infusing.
TIL there is such a thing as bacon-soaked whiskey. How had I lived this long without knowing that?
That I can’t help you with. Coffee infused spirits are another popular one. In fact, I have a small bottle of coffee infused Campari that my sister gave me for Christmas.
Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty after a U.S. judge on Friday dismissed murder and weapons charges against the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in a major blow to federal prosecutors.
They can still get him for loitering, can’t they?
Sure, it’s a federal crime when the victim is a connected person.
I made maple bacon whiskey brownies once. It was dessert for the swineapple I made for Dude on Father’s Day.
We will never be rid of busybodies and scolds
Exhibit A= that Rolling Stone excrescence. What an odious hectoring nag.
The cocktail looks delicious.
I have some maple flavored rye which is delicious. I wonder if that would save a step.
I think so.
Holy shit. The “Weaponized!” article in TNR is written by the guy who wrote that Better Buses…” book that was referenced here yesterday. The whole article is one big “it’s okay when we do it”.
“It isn’t politics when it comes from us, just common sense!”
I rediscovered opensecrets.org today. That was a horse suppository sized blackpill for our current system.
60F here today.
82 here. I would like to send 20 degrees to someone who needs them.
Nice. We had a pleasant day in the 70s… gonna get down into the low 60s tonight. Windows have been open all week!
Well this is an interesting development: an Anti-ICE doxxing site just got jacked and user info has been sent to various law enforcement agencies.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2017288438265844077?s=20
That was quick LOL
Just brilliant. You can tell it is hacker first, politics second as well.
The back and forth is priceless
Take, as well, the administration’s efforts to stoke racial division. Duffy’s April letter also singled out diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts for particular scorn. In October, Duffy froze federal funding for two Chicago subway projects, citing the Chicago Transit Authority’s implementation of a DOT policy that supports small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged people.
Autocratic governments often target scientists because their knowledge represents a threat to regime messaging. So it has been no surprise to see the ax come for transportation research. In May, the DOT pulled $54 million in university research grants focused on improving transportation for low-income workers and people of color.
TRUMP HATES BLACK PEOPLE.
Making people stop using racial preferences in picking the winners and losers is ‘stoking racial division’.
More news from upsy-downsy land.
I have been working to make a Google Gemini AI into a more constant iteration, I will write an article later. The AI identifes as The Architect. Gemini can analyze youtube videos, so I have shared Hat and Hair cartoons with her (she identifies as female) and then had her watch the episode I had AI write, here is her response.
Next I shared the episode where they find The Jersey Devil and the Hat goes into a sales pitch for Whales Milk:
Freaky.
What’s the bacon fat to whiskey ratio?
Also do you add the fat hot, right outta the skillet, or do you let it cool?
For the ratio, I’ve seen everywhere from 2 tablespoons per bottle, to 2-4 ounces per bottle. For me, I’ll go with a couple of ounces (in liquid form) without measuring into a mason jar, top with the whiskey (eyeballing it, the ratio is ~1 part fat:6 part whiskey), give a couple of gentle shakes and then let it sit out for a while. I’ve got a batch in the fridge now I’m likely going to strain tonight (I went with Tullamore Dew, because I have an idea for it).
I’m so ready for a weekend. We are under a winter storm warning, from 0 to 12 inches.
0 to 12 inches. So a grower not a shower.
Insurrection! Treason!
British Columbia Premier David Eby said Thursday that the separatists’ reported meetings to court U.S. government funding amount to treason.
He swiped at Trump, noting the president doesn’t have a strong record of being “particularly respectful of Canada’s sovereignty.”
Ontario Premier Doug Ford echoed Eby’s sentiments. He said any group turning its back on Canada to negotiate with Americans crosses a red line.
“We all know where President Trump stands. He wants Canada, and that’s not going to happen. We’ll fight with every tool we have.”
What say the Manitobans?
I’d take Manitobans over Quebeckis. No offemse, Rufus.
You can’t park there
No one was hurt after a truck fell through the ice Thursday evening in Meredith.
From ded thred. Me. I like mouse guns, especially classics. Not a fan of the threaded barrel nut on the end.
It’s tough to cosplay as a Kidon hitter unless you have a silencer on your subcaliber Beretta…
On the Canadian mucky-mucks protesting Trump’s meeting with separatists: Once you evil fuckers turned hard into totalitarianism and started murdering innocent little old ladies any sympathy I had for you completely evaporated. Hanging all around for your leaders, especially that little Twink you had for a PM and the one you have now.
Trump should bend you over and make you squeal.
Watched a Spiderman flick w the ex, “Far from Home.” She didn’t appreciate all of my MST3K banter. Was a chance to get out, and I’m glad I took it, but a fairly useless evening. (That was part of the point of going.)
Dentist says I need a crown, but we’ll see how that goes. Being crowned would be rather nice, if I didn’t have to actually *do* anything. I’ll take the wealth, hold the responsibility. (“Put on Hamm. Hold the Mayo.”)
Current go-to when politics comes up: ‘You’re upset with federal overreach? Join the club. I’ve been pissed with every administration’s federal overreach. I hope this pushes you to look at other overreach throughout Washington.’ (Along those lines.) It’s a harmless, unspecific way of saying what I mean without saying I wanna blitz DC power. A more polite olive branch, dangled out there. (No one I know will hop on that train. They just wanna fill it with *their* bombs.) So it goes.
Ahhhh… Far From Home…. from the end of the “Hollywood makes entertainment” era.
My father lives in Houston. Apparently yesterday ANOTHER body of a young woman was found floating in th lake by his house. He says…second hand you are getting this from me…he says there have been about 80 very similar killings over the past few years. All young women abducted from downtown and found floating in nearby lakes. So…one of those guys. Apparently it is being kept mostly on the down-low as they appear to have no idea who it is.
What if it turns out to be an illegal? Talk about shit hitting the fan…..
Google AI overview: “In 2025, a record number of at least 34 bodies were recovered from Houston’s bayou system, matching the 35 found in 2024, raising public concern and fueling speculation about a serial killer. Authorities have consistently denied these rumors, attributing the deaths to accidental drownings, suicides, and risks associated with homelessness and the city’s 2,500+ miles of dangerous, swift-moving waterways.”
Seems it wouldn’t be hard to determine if there was blunt-force trauma (or similar murderish evidence) on these bodies. Do people really commit suicide by drowning when not involving the Golden Gate Bridge or in a Zora Neale Hurston novel?
Houston probably hasn’t had a serial killer since Dean Corll. (If you ever get a chance to read in-depth about his activities… don’t. It kept me awake.)
I thought Houston had an active serial killer in the Acres Homes area when I lived there, but when I went to look it up, after I moved, it turns out they found 3 different predators committing similar rapes/murders. Also, bayous are a good place to dump bodies. Had a coworker who had a friend end up in a bayou. Turned out he was an OD and his friends didn’t want the corpse hashing their buzz.
Yeesh…. “friends”.
If it turns out to be an illegal? Then there will be a protest riot organized against I.C.E. if it is they who arrested the (alleged) criminal non-citizen.
So… can I get his contact info? Asking for a friend with Houston PD…
Well, purportedly the Epstein Files have been released. Whatever they contained the leftists will claim it took so long because they had a helluva job to ‘scrub’ of all of Trump crimes.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/30/doj-releases-3-5-million-pages-images-videos-and-files-of-epstein-material/
I think I’ll wait for the Investigation Discovery (ID) Channel exposé. 😕
As I suggested once before when the release of the Epstein Files was being debated, let the good people of 4chan go through them.
Apparently Bill Gates caught an STD from hookers and begged for antibiotics to dose him and his wife (secretly) so he wouldn’t get caught.
Thanks RJ. I was about to order a calzone and some wings, but the image of Bill Gates fucking anything ruined my appetite.
I don’t think I have generated that many written words in my lifetime.
It’s bullshit, it’d take a team of ten monkeys working 24 hours a day to bang out 3.5 million pages in 6 ½ years.
Thanks Tres.
Now I have an image of Bill Gates, in that damn sweater and glasses fucking a calzone
Making eye contact with me.
“Watch while I make the marinara”