Finally! ¡Enlaces! Falls on the most Mexican of all holidays! Cinco de Drinko!
Okay that’s all I am going to mention it. Over the weekend I spent a great deal of time with my youngest at his baseball tournament. The first game he got a couple hits and produced 2 of the team’s 3 runs of offense against the team that would get a bye due to run differential on their to the championship round. 16-3 loss and we were stuck listening to one of the parents shout, “yeah, everybody scores.”
The boy’s team bounced back the following game and ran up the score, but my son didn’t have much luck at the plate. Two games pass on Sunday with the same, groundouts, walks, and Ks. The rest of the team was hitting though.
The final game was against the team from the first game, who beat up on everyone in the bracket. They score 4 runs (yeah, everybody scores) on our starter, the closer from the previous game, and they give my kid the ball. He then throws 4 innings of 1 run ball, mostly from soft contact, despite the hairline fracture on his ring finger just under the nail. After knocking two runs with bases loaded, he found himself with a 7 run lead to close it out. Not a bad weekend for the smallest kid on the team. The fun part was one of the other parents on our team said, “yeah, everybody is out”.
¡Enlaces!
The US issued arrest warrants on Mexican politicians, one of them being a governor. Naturally. Mexico is insisting they be tried in Mexican courts.
Gas explosion in a Colombia mine kills 9 workers. This is not an “enchilada night” joke.
I’m pretty sure Elian Gonzalez isn’t ten anymore.
Brazilian congress overturns Lula’s veto on a measure lowering Bolsonaro’s prison sentence. This can still be challenged in the courts.
A homage to an old friend. Happy Cinco de Drinko!
Don’t you people work?
Yeesh.
not really
I wouldn’t call it work Bob
^^
Work is a four letter word.
Kinda.
I’m calling for parts for a dead truck.
So kinda.
Gender-affirming surgery is rare among U.S. children, research shows. Guidance from several major medical organizations calls for caution around surgery for minors and says decisions about treatments are case-by-case. Fewer than 1 in 1,000 U.S. adolescents receive gender-affirming medications, such as hormones or puberty blockers.
A rare harmful social contagion is still a harmful social contagion.
‘Fewer than 1 in 1000 adolescents’ is somewhere around 40-50k. That’s a big number compared to what it should be.
“Don’t worry, it’s not as bad as it used to be.”
Yep. Nothing bad’ll come from that. Nosiree.
“He then throws 4 innings of 1 run ball, mostly from soft contact, despite the hairline fracture on his ring finger just under the nail.”
I like your son. “…the smallest kid on the team.” HEY and NUH UH! Well. I’ll be shorter later. (He had a damn good tournament. Well raised.)
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Reading about Colombia makes me happy I was in Medellin and Santa Marta. Shy and I were mostly just doing blow and talking, but nothing ‘goofy.’ It really reminded me of Southeast Asia, the neighborhoods, conditions. Just in Spanish.
“Colombia is home to numerous open and underground gold and coal mines. 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫, mostly at operations that are illegal or do not adopt sufficient safety measures.”
Yep. Good ya’ve got yer eye on it.
a complicated and contentious custody fight involving the child’s gender identity.
The child’s parent, Rose Inessa-Ethington, a transgender woman, is accused of taking the child to Cuba without the permission of the biological mother.
Newspeak Barbie deserves a Pulitzer.
Am I crazy or is this just a kidnapping case?
Though I guess Donald personally interfering to prevent a possible mutilation is a bit unusual.
“Inessa-Ethington, who had run a popular Utah political blog in the 2010s, was arrested along with her partner, Blue Inessa-Ethington, and charged in the U.S. with international parental kidnapping.”
Heh. International parental kidnapping. Cool crime name. (Good lyric, too.) Kid’s from Utah. Might be done as an example. Easy political win (for thinking folk) if DOJ can clearly show the kid was kidnapped to get transed by the tranny ‘caretaker’ against the will of bio mom.
“The charges don’t say if the couple actually planned on getting the child gender-affirming surgery in Cuba or how they would get it because that surgery isn’t legal for children in Cuba.”
Nothing illegal can be done. Duh.
“The FBI said that Blue Inessa-Ethington withdrew $10,000 from her checking account before leaving. Agents also found at their home a note with instructions from a mental health therapist in Washington, D.C., “to send the therapist the $10,000.00 and instructions on gender affirming medical care for children.” That note didn’t mention Cuba.”
Fill in the blanks, cupcake.
I ain’t subscribing to BBC. Bolsanaro is gonna have to figure it out himself.
Did he really try a coup or is that just projection like here in 2020?
Don’t they have canaries in Colombia?
Didnt get the chance to post EPL Relegation update yesterday, so here it is.
This is after round 35 (3 to go), points needs to guarantee safety in ():
Safe: Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Sunderland
Reasonably Safe: Newcastle United(1)
Safe for Now: Leeds United(3), Crystal Palace(3)
Danger Zone: Nottingham Forest(4), Tottenham Hotspur(9), West Ham United(10)
Toast: none
Relegated: Burnley, Wolverhampton
Big change is West Ham is now in the last relegation spot, 1 point behind Spurs. Based on the math I use to calculate tiers, after round 36, there will only be 3 categories: Safe, Danger Zone, and Relegated.
“Based on the math I use to calculate tiers”
Clarification requested.
Based on my (very) basic math, if WHU lose and Spurs win there would be a 4-point gap with 2 matches left.
Italian automotive electrics. What could go wrong?
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-new-standard-begins-sensify-by-brembo-enters-production-302761417.html
Italian automotive electrics > British automotive electrics
If it was British it would still find a way to leak something.
Its just marking its territory!
fuck software defined vehicles.
Software defined vehicles and passive monitoring ==> the union of stupid and evil.
At what point will I be forbidden to drive my old, dumb vehicles on the road?
Which comes first? Governments banning old, dumb vehicles from the road or insurance companies refusing to insure them.
Like you define software for transport or something…
The phrase sets my teeth on edge.
F1 folk: Thoughts on Verstappen being pissed at the new(ish) car bullshit and maybe walking away? Leadership is pretty much like the WA socialist as the rich flee: “K-bai!”
The more tech folk get, the more they’re convinced they can change the world.
See also: All human history. (Sigh)
Given the landscapers in my area are we sure the perp and the landscaper weren’t just celebrating the holiday?
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/woodbridge-slash-carteret/articles/man-menaces-landscaper-with-a-gun-triggers-swat-rollout-police-chief-says
Oh, no! Won’t someone think of the…
(shuffles cards)
…DEI hires?
I’m finally caving in to the idea that every bit of our government at every level is corrupt.
This milestone represents a significant step forward in the adoption of by-wire software-defined braking systems for safety-critical automotive applications.
“Sensify translates our vision of an intelligent, integrated braking platform into industrial reality,” said Daniele Schillaci, CEO of Brembo. “Designed to orchestrate the entire corner ecosystem, it supports safer mobility, while paving the way for the next generation of software-defined vehicles, reflecting our long-term purpose of shaping a Zero Accident Future.”
*guffaws, slaps knee*
I wonder how much they had to pay Trojan for the name.
“Sensify translates our vision of an intelligent,
integrated brakingbirth control platform intoindustrialsexual reality,”You could be NPR’s next big sob story
American families are under financial pressure.
Gasoline prices have hit their highest point in nearly four years. The job market is stagnant. Mortgage rates are climbing.
If you’re struggling financially, we want to hear from you: What costs are affecting you most? What financial choices are you making to cope? Will costs influence how you vote in this year’s midterm elections?
Fill out the form below, and an NPR producer may reach out.
Tell us a lurid tale of woe.
Just make sure President Cartoon Villain is the root cause of your tragedy.
I wonder if they needed help to compile all the sob stories they probably didn’t print 4 years ago.