Well, here we are on April 18th. Tax season is over and my bank account reflects it. My house in the Gulch is still torn up, waiting on the insurance company to get it’s shit together. Because of my foot, which is just now about normal, the garden has barely been touched. I’ve missed the cold weather vegetables and am scrambling to get the beds ready for the warm weather stuff. Time’s a tickin’.
Enough of that. Links?
News from the Middle East! Where did I leave my jerking off gif… Oh, here it is.
This non college educated man is confused.
I consider this the most relevant article of the last 24 hours. On top of the Iranians being habitual liars, there’s a massive internal struggle going on. The mullahs have become figureheads, government officials have always been figureheads, and the IRCG is feeling it’s oats.
Luddites? Valid concerns? Both?
Tripindicular, man. I hope it works.
“Here, just let me get rid of that pesky extra zero.”
I mean, it’s in the Atlantic, and echoed by the Daily Beast. So it’s got to be true, right? Right?
I would love to see this douchebag go to jail, but the swamp.
I have a sneaking suspicion the AMA has always been run by political tards.
Okay, that’s it for me. Time to pull some weeds and amend some soil. Peace out, Glibbies.
Erm…
Haven’t they been trying to make this happen for decades?
The International Energy Agency said Tuesday that โdemand destructionโ has begun to unfold. As a result of the acute energy commodity shortages stemming from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, oil appears to have reached a point where it is now so expensive that overseas businesses and households have begun curbing investment and consumption.
Countries in Asia, Europe and even other parts of the Middle East that depend on supplies passing through the strait have begun curtailing their use of natural gas, seen waves of flight cancellations and implemented policies to reduce overall fuel use, the agency noted in the report.
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The IEA believes demand destruction could become a global trend.
โDemand destruction will spread as scarcity and higher prices persist,โ it said.
Trump’s a hero!
You would be more effective if you suicide bombed the UN and every globalist and eco-activist group you could find. Things would drastically improve quite rapidly.
The US is supposedly “energy independent” so why are the prices so high here too? Could it be speculation and not “acute energy commodity shortages”…?
Because oil is a global commodity, with prices set globally. The difference is that we have plenty, and Europe is running out because they get the majority of their oil from the Middle East.
Yah but this pretense just annoys me that the prices are direct representation of supply as opposed to guessing and speculation. Trump farts out some nonsense and *poof* the prices jumps up or down.
EV adoption is sure to skyrocket.
I’m right here, dude.
Id adopt you but would you fit in with my other orphans?
JFC. We are living in arguably the freest time in the history of humanity and we are still getting our panties in a twist over this fucking bullshit?
Guess what gals, “tech” isn’t the glamorous old-boy network you seem to think it is. You ain’t missing much.
Yes. That’s the answer. Yes.
Except Imfosys, Wipro, and similar.
Mike Rowe might have some suggestions. ๐
Look, our narrowed and specific criteria says otherwise!
It’s almost like that wasn’t the desired result after decades of anti-man propaganda.
Framers make more than baristas.
Kash Patelโs tenure as head of the FBI has been marked by excessive drinking, erratic behavior, and unexplained absences, more than two dozen people familiar with his conduct say.
Go on the record or STFU.
Two dozen Shpip! 24 people! None willing to give their name, but numbers count right?
I don’t get it. Is associating him with Pennsylvania some obscure insult on the Left…?
Keystone Kops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Orde7FtHh0
It’s like “TACO Trump” – an insult so lame it could only come from the Left.
Keystone Light.
Keystone Pipeline.
Itโs because heโs brown and crude is brown isnโt it?
Racist!!!
Whaz up, part people!
Party people? Maybe I was right the first time
You were right the first time.
https://youtu.be/0zWpHxfQvtk
-part people-
Some parts work better than others.
Boy, ain’t that the truth. Sigh
How are you, Beau? Internal metronome holding steady?
LOL
So far so good with the ol’ ticker. If this result lasts past tomorrow, this go-round will be doing better than the last.
Still feeling a bit ‘out of it’ and disengaged, maybe just a teensie bit (hah) moody. Painful ear infection plus antibiotics are not lightening my mood (go figure, lol).
This too shall pass, one way or another.
Some parts hardly work and then they hurt anyway
Preach.
I have fake parts.
They suck.
I also have fake knees. They aren’t as good as from the factory knees. I can’t kneel for shit. But at least I can walk.
Arthritus sucks.
Lord, I’d pay a million bucks
To be free of this misery.
To be able to move freely.
I need to fix my shoulders next. My left shoulder doesn’t lift above my head. My right shoulder does but I can feel the resistance creeping in.
If I can offer some advise to those younger than me, DON’T GET OLD. IT SUCKS.
DONโT GET OLD. IT SUCKS.
It’s better than the alternative.
I have aftermarket hips and I must say that I am very happy with them.
My factory hips were severely arthritic and made movement difficult. Now I am moving freely.
Weโre moving to a meat based diet in hopes it helps with the arthritis. Ditching vegetables, particularly the brassicas and beans have had an amazing change in inflation and joint pain.
When we do occasionally eat out or eat something with canola in it we feel it for a few days, usually starts with neck and shoulder pain.
Well duh. Leftists always get violent when they don’t immediately get their way. Especially the luxury leftists who seem to be at the center of this movement.
I don’t really know but the character of the opposition is putting me into the pro AI camp just because.
AI is why we stomped Iran,
Just say’n
Yeah. This reminds me of the bitching about EMFs from powerlines but more violent. All the people opposing it make me believe they should be built.
I appreciate the effort but I’d really rather they focus their attention on the successful coup that put Biden in office. Just sayin’.
Surely you aren’t suggesting that biden (81M popular votes) was less popular that Obama (65M popular votes in 2008) among the Democrat masses?
The most popular votes of ANY presidential election! America LOVED Scranton Joe.
I wonder if Obama or anyone in the DNC looks at that and says “maybe we over did it”.
You know Obama is jealous.
Paywalled but yeah I thought everyone knew the AMA was skin-suited by the far left in recent decades. It is why they are still pushing hormones and sex changes while much of the rest of the world is beginning to push back.
The AMA, the ABA, AAUP, you name it, if it isn’t explicitly conservative, it has been taken over.
And even plenty of the โconservativeโ orgs.
Sad but true.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11041332/
Iโm 4 episodes in and hooked.
Glad Christina Ricci found a good home. Very-Young Ev sensed a kindred spirit in her in Addams Family, and 12yo Ev had a massive crush on her in Sleepy Hollow, very much a silly film, but it kinda knows it and it’s very pretty.
Tim Burton has made some really bad flicks, but I like his visual style and he’s made enough legit classics to offset the strikeouts.
(Still need to rewatch Mars Attacks.)
Her character is amazingly crazy.
All lesbians?
I thought she was lebonese.
Lord of the Flies with libbians?
Of note for history buffs:
251 years ago today, Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott set out on their legendary midnight ride. The events that unfolded in the hours and days that followed would ignite the American Revolution.
OTD in 1942, the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo took place. Militarily insignificant, but a morale boost for the U.S.
Exactly one year later, Operation Vengeance commenced, as P-38s took off from Guadalcanal and ambushed Admiral Yamamoto’s plane, killing him and dealing a heavy blow to Japanese naval leadership.
Did somebody say P38?
I canโt afford the rest of it.
https://ibb.co/VpwZD7hq
I just read about the attack on Yamamoto’s transport aircraft. That was a stunning attack.
Iranian confusion over opening the Hormuz Strait? A rather unfortunate typo may be to blame:
“However, there was a lack of clarity on ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ on whether the Iranians were actually letting ships through. Some ships had moved to exit the Strait on ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐. Now Iranโs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) appears to be angry at Iranโs foreign minister for saying the Strait is open. This could reveal a crack in the regime facade.”
Who doesn’t change their mind after seven months? Autocorrect! An insipid ploy to bamboozle maritime affairs!
โAutocorrect โ is the difference between 72 virgins and 72 raisins.
Arenโt they both natureโs candy?
No, raisins are fucking disgusting. Fucking virgins is novel and exciting. (And you know you’re not on the financial hook for fucking consequences you didn’t fuck your own way into.)
Exactly one year later, Operation Vengeance commenced, as P-38s took off from Guadalcanal and ambushed Admiral Yamamotoโs plane, killing him and dealing a heavy blow to Japanese naval leadership.
*taps foot, waits for punchline*
It gave us an awesome cartoon opening!
Space Battleship Yamato (1974) original opening with Japanese subtitles
It loses something in the Star Blazers version we all grew up with.
Now we just substitute Climate Change for the Gamilons.
Absurdly catchy in any language.
Guy did the variety show circuit too. Cracks me up, but itโs a good piece of film music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Mn8DwtCy8&list=RDv6Mn8DwtCy8&start_radio=1
Time to clean up my room and the converted closet-into-office setup. (Re)Training starts Monday, and I’ve got my new assignment:
Missouri Grade Level Assessments – Grade 8 Writing. Well. Last time it was 4th graders. So the new kids’ work ‘should’ be longer than before, but I’m not yet sure of their grading metrics. For the younger kids, and I fairly guess for the older ones, it was just a 1-5 ‘grade.’
There may be one grade for composition ideas and another for ‘mechanics,’ grammar and such. I’m curious if we’ll be expected to evaluate the responses as fast (how many/hr) as last time, though I forget the details regarding such.
My final weekend before I begin my first ‘regular’ schedule for the first time in two years when I last did this. I’m not on the Meijer schedule this week, but I’ll go in to get Saturday’s added on. I s’pose that’ll end the 5-days aspect of ‘normal’ scheduling, but without working any early or late shifts, it’ll still be a welcome reprieve.
Shine on, ya crazy diamonds.
Shine on, you crazy rhombus.
Akkktually, I best identify to you squares as a fluid, non-binary vesica piscis.
*taps noggin* Think about it.
(By the time ya do, I very likely may have shape-shifted again.)
I always pictured you as a Princess cut.
Oh, I am top $.
I’d have guessed $20, same as downtown.
I am triggered! I identify as an emerald! This is a micro aggression! Help! Help! Iโm being oppressed!
Oooh, honey, don’t worry. I’ll oppress ya from above. (You’re lucky my arbelos annulus ain’t round tonight. She’s usually my go-to for oppression. But you’ll do tonight, ya vibrant viper, you.)
I still haven’t begun my hobbit-hole reorganization. Playoff hockey distracts, but now is (intermission) time to begin.
Emeralds. Pretty but fragile.
Sometimes YouTube recommends something out of the blue I didn’t know I needed to watch.
How to make a smooth stone surface by hand
Day two is Squaring off the block.
Day Three: Building Your Cathedral
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These euphemisms are getting more lithous.
“be careful with that- its a pith knife”
“a what?”
“It’ll cut the pith out of you”
Two British English bits that bother me:
a) “Pissed” really meaning ‘drunk.’ Not a fan. “I was pissed at the bar last night” could easily mean either. Both!
The Biggie: ‘He’s called Steve’ as opposed to being *named* Steve Yuck. I can call ‘im anything! Sinner, saint, bore or whore, but they have a *name.*
Be fun for the two to kinda intersect in real life. “Hello, I’m Dr. Asshole. Yes, that is my given name. I’m your proctologist and I killed a puppy for not parking my car properly. Word got ’round. But now, let us un-clench!” *rubber glove loudly slaps shut*
Yeah, British syntax. “The BBC have…” And there surgeons are called Mister, I assume out of some gentlemanly thing.
“Word got round”: ooh, ya made me do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gvhqKP1pg
Whelp, my week has ended extra shitty due to numerous events highlighted tonight with a Global Thermonuclear Exchange with Jugsy.
I really hope the cards NA casts tomorrow are favorable to my sign.
Sorry Tres. That’s no bueno.
I’m sorry. I hope it resolves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ern7QwMd7XM
Both Vindemans should be recalled to active duty, court martialled, stripped of their rank, hanged as traitors, their citizenship revoked, and their cremated remains deported back to Poland.
How do you really feel?
I’d like to institute a new torture technique called “defrocking”.
Is that like a degloving?
Ukrainian front lines.
D: Heavy Water is due out in October.
Bomblight 2, bladies.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Neal Stephenson’s second Bomblight novel, “D: Heavy Water,” I presume about Deuterium? is going to be published in October.
Clear enough?
Apparently not this
Picked up an Evansville bit while reading baseball. From the dugout, the Rockies are now flashing signs to their catcher to “suggest” what pitch to throw. (They need to end the headset audio the fucks are using now. Fuck right off.) Anyway, left-hander Kyle Freeland was talking about it: “Freeland recalls operating in a โBig Brother-typeโ environment while pitching at the University of Evansville, where he would have to explain himself in the dugout after shaking off a coach.”
Hand signs for calls and “suggestions,” only. No tech. This isn’t complicated. (Hence, the obsession with complicating it.) I did respect it when pitchers like Kyle Hendricks had a thing on their belt to call their own pitchers to the catcher, but ya can just shake the catch off.
Don’t complicate things that focus on basics.
Oh, insomnia.
The early bird and what not, Tres.
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