Greetings from Cooperstown, NY! My son is playing in a national tournament and after 3 games I can conclude this team is not particularly good. We got run ruled twice yesterday and as a result my kid only got one at bat. Its not all bad though.
This place sucks. I can’t buy the roll of Taylor Ham, only the pre-sliced stuff.
¡enlaces!
It wouldn’t be the world cup without performative political nonsense.
Did they send him back to Minneapolis?
The showdown we actually wanted: robot dogs vs. soccer hooligans.
Mexicos central bank says inflation slowed but not enough for them to start printing more money.
SLD: sending the army to beat protestors is bad…but its also really entertaining.
Heres a tune. i will not explain to you why this is funny to me today.
Go to Ommegang!
No better place to drink Belgians and munch frites.
Well, in the US I mean. I imagine there’s probably some Trappist monastery that wields a mean deep fryer.
Have you been to Monk’s Cafe in Philadelphia?
Brouwerij Van Steenberge (the brewery behind Piraat and Golden Draak) released a Flemish red named after the bar. They’ve also been able to score Pliny the Younger on tap a couple of times (which puts them in with a handful of bars to manage that).
I’ve been to two places in Philadelphia: Morimoto’s restaurant and some bar where the NBC anchors hung out.
NA:
If you find yourself in Philadelphia again, I highly recommend making a trip to Monk’s. At least the last time I was there (pre-VID) the neighborhood around was sketchy, so I would aim for earlier in the day. I know back in the day they also had a bottle must be opened in house policy for some of their rarer sours (they didn’t want people flipping their inventory).
Yeah, you don’t want to tourist in New York.
He seems like he has a nice stormy view. Perfect for drinking coffee.
Only if there’s a roof overhead. Then let it rain.
It wouldn’t current decade without non-stop performative political nonsense.
I soooooo want Seattle to try and “make” the teams wear Pride logos on their uniforms. Especially the Egypt vs Iran game.
Queue up Seinfeld’s “he won’t wear the ribbon” bit.
Geez, I already expect the event is going to be loaded with theater such as anti-ICE and anti-US actions.
I forgot it’s gay sex month, too. What a clown show. The fun starts in 2 days!
Katie Wilson should personally lead the protest!
Whycome you hate gay sex, Rhywun?
Plus is that an “upstate” bagel?
Good bagels exist upstate, and not all bagels form the city are worth eating.
That said, I can’t tell by looking if that’s a good or bad bagel or if it was local or trucked in.
I’m kidding, but I agree.
NJ is the same – good shops and bad shops. I think part of the issue is the mineral content in the water.
People say that, but until they bother defining what they mean by “mineral content” I remain unconvinced. Yes, some water in NYS has such a ridiculously high sodium content that it adds flavor much as adding salt would, but IME, most of the flavor comes from the yeast and the texture comes from the dough handling.
Plus if it isn’t boiled it isn’t a bagel.
Of course! I put that under dough handling though.
There was a bagel craze outside their traditional homeland back in the late ’80s that saw bagel shops popping up everywhere. There was one that would pull bagels out of the oven coincidentally with my work commute — the crackly skin they have that softens within minutes is a wonder to behold that 99.99% of bagel-eaters will never experience.
We had one near us up in the PNW that did great NY bagels. They explained that it wasn’t the water, but as you mentioned, the dough handling and yeast.
It looks like an open-faced bagel sandwich. I can’t tell much about the breading.
Sorry for the early OT- but this basically sums up our procurement process.
“The newest Patriot surface-to-air missiles can be fired in seconds, but take more than two years to build and cost around $4 million each.”
https://www.wsj.com/world/why-does-it-take-years-to-get-a-patriot-missile-from-factory-to-front-line-3e5874c5?st=gRKNiY&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Does the system still require 2 to be fired at any given target (like a $20k drone or $100k ballistic missile)?
Why do you hate good-paying factory jobs at those 400 companies it takes to build a missile?
We have a vastly overrated high tech boutique military that’d get eaten alive in a near peer attritional war. Our tax dollars at work but at least somebody, probably a rentseeking grifter shitbag though, is getting rich.
whaddup doh’
Will the glass ceiling for East African men’s soccer refereeing ever be shattered??
Every time I think of how shitty CONCACAF referees are, I only have to think of Africa and Koman Coulibaly (who inexplicably cost the U.S. a victory at the 2010 World Cup).
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/48233884/senegal-afcon-final-morocco-winner-caf-overturn
Good point Ted, I was being parochial in my disdain.
The new law would allow soldiers to use force against protesters, and also grants them a “presumption of legality” in conflict situations. That means their actions will be deemed lawful unless proven otherwise.
I’m not necessarily endorsing the move, but a couple of Kent State-type incidents would sort out the folks in Portland and Delaney Hall right quick.
The Brits would calmly read the Riot Act, then it was on. Everyone knew what to expect and it was up to them if they wanted to participate.
Bloody Sunday indeed!
If it had been a hurling match the Brits could’ve at least argued the Irish were armed.
I still don’t understand why the troops weren’t called in on Chaz/Chop. Well, I do, but if I were mayor or governor, there would have been troops had the police been unable to untangle that mess.
“We established in 1865 that secession is illegal, and lethal force may be used to stop it. You have five minutes to surrender unconditionally before we begin shelling.”
How big was Chaz again – how many MOABs would it take to saturate the zone?
Taylor Ham is fine, but when I lived in NJ, there were much better brands of pork roll available. My go-to was ShopRite tangy pork roll.
https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2016/05/video_the_ultimate_pork_roll_taste_test.html
Available in small quantities and sliced. Hmm.
That’s my issue with buying scrapple. (Everything but the Oink!) Too much goes unused.
I thought that was the point of scapple? To use everything that had not been used.
Scrapple comes in small packages here, just a couple of ounces.
That’s just enough to serve as a medium for the bacon fat that is the only reason you are eating it.
“The German withdrawal caught French officials by surprise, according to people familiar with the matter.”
Germany has a history of surprising the French.
Germany Drops Jet Project With France in Setback for European Defense Sovereignty
Move comes after companies involved in the project had fought over who should take the lead
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/germany-drops-jet-project-with-france-in-setback-for-european-defense-sovereignty-3f7a8b27?st=vjx5f3&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
It wouldn’t be a day ending in Y if the French and Germans weren’t fighting over something.
Wait until the bill comes due and they argue about who has to pay.
Germany has a history of surprising the French.
Only because the French expect the Germans to re-use the battle plan from the last war.
Seriously though, if Saturday’s morning column is not about an Ommegang offering I will be disappointed. I need to go back there sometime soon.
Saturday’s morning column is going to be an old Jew complaining about life in a lefty college town.
Is Mexi’s in the afternoon? I don’t read the weekend in real time.
Noon in the second-best time zone (after UTC).
With me commiserating with him about the same with a fresh horror or two.
No pins for the tens of thousands of protesters the regime slaughtered I guess?
Richard could supply them with pins.
Those should be conveniently overlooked because reasons.
Wow… look at the debt in the chart
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/global-stocks-markets-dow-news-06-08-2026-aac7c547?st=1CGmrq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
AI is either going to be as huge as these companies promise or an unprecedented failure.
There’s still a lot of uncertainty. Yet most of the people involved are 100% sure they can predict the future. Trust us, you can’t lose!
You can fool some of the people (especially those who want to be fooled) all of the time, but it’s hard to fool all the kids.
They’re cute when haven’t been indoctrinated yet.
Pikers. NYC is over 5 billion this year. Not sure what they are spending it on when the regime is firmly in support of letting them rot on the street.
They are spending it on Homes and Land Rovers, the rest is used to keep the Land Rover running.
I have been told by reliable lefty sources on X that Elon Musk could end world hunger for a mere 6 billion.
There is more than enough food and agricultural capacity to feed everybody – but corruption and cultures of theft close off production in certain regions and steal the distribution to cover for that loss.
Most of it is just flowing into NGO’s who blow it on mid-six-figure salaries and cocktail parties.
The existing shelters – the ones that hold the “temporarily down on their luck” we used to think of as “homeless” can’t require much of that money.
Willow Creek Farm is a breathtaking 49.60-acre gentleman’s estate Surrounded by three expansive protected farms held in conservation trusts, the property offers exceptional privacy, enduring pastoral views, this extraordinary retreat showcases masterful craftsmanship, artistic vision, and a profound connection to the surrounding landscape. At the heart of the estate stands a masterfully reconstructed 5,000+ square-foot residence, meticulously taken down to the studs and reborn in the signature style of the award-winning S.D. Hill Construction Company. Rich wood ceilings, exposed beams, board-and-batten walls, and stone fireplaces. Expansive covered porches overlook rolling meadows that gently descend toward the pristine waters of Cane Creek that border the property, Sandy-bottom riverbeds, 3 freshwater springs, and sweeping Blue Ridge Mountain views enhance the property’s natural beauty while offering the potential for additional private homesites. 3 miles Winding trails throughout the estate invite hiking, horseback riding, four-wheeling adventures. The residence features six bedrooms, five full bathrooms, and powder room — all finished with exceptional attention to detail. The designer kitchen and dining area are appointed with custom cabinetry, a large island, premium appliances, a coffee bar, and panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. Three stunning fireplaces throughout the home. The primary retreat also features a cozy reading nook that opens onto a stone-covered balcony overlooking the estate’s serene landscape. A private half-mile paved driveway leads to the estate, creating a remarkable sense of arrival and seclusion. An impressive 1,500-square-foot auxiliary building with four garage doors and office space. Equestrian opportunities abound with ample pastureland. Perfectly positioned within walking distance of Walhalla and only 15 minutes from Seneca and Clemson University, the estate is also home to thriving populations of turkey, beaver, blue heron, rainbow trout, and soaring red-tailed hawks — creating an extraordinary haven for sportsmen, hunters, nature lovers, and those seeking an unmatched outdoor lifestyle. Willow Creek Farm is a legacy property of exceptional beauty, elegance, and enduring craftsmanship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kBpUSMYsZ0
~5 million
Note to Pie: There is a huge difference between a gentleman’s estate and a gentleman’s club.
Which involves gentleman’s relish?
Too British!
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/food-cooking/britains-elite-are-in-a-race-to-save-their-favorite-relish-cf9bf592?st=hkafGG&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Lol – I had a nephew that informed my Grandmother that I attended a “Gentleman’s Club” for a bachelor party years ago. My Grandmother though that sounded nice.
the girls come to you you do not go to the girls. play on home turf.
I should hope the girls come!
My initial response is <50 acres isn't enough. But being surrounded by neighbors who aren't permitted to develop their property does add something. Though I'd kind of hate myself for being the beneficiary of that.
The problem with modern life vis-a-vis traditional architecture: The television/main screen.
Placing it over the fireplace sucks. Placing it at a decent viewing level in a room with a differing focal point such a a fireplace is stupid. Having a dedicated viewing room solves both problems, but creates a new one by separating out a major social activity from the routine habitation.
When I had my house built I 86’d the architect’s fireplace because of the above reasons.
Placing it over the fireplace sucks. – yes I noticed that and agree
The obvious solution is to take the TV out into the back forty and blow it up.
Blow up your TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWOoiMtevdY
but creates a new one by separating out a major social activity from the routine habitation
We stuck our tv in the basement and found different social activities to do with friends in the living room. It has worked out fine. The art above the fireplace isnt good enough to bother craning your neck at for an extended period.
Surely you don’t watch porn Theatro La Scala recordings on a tiny little screen?
Of course not. I watch that on my VR headset.
We stuck our tv in the basement and found different social activities to do with friends in the living room. It has worked out fine.
Halp edit fairy!
Was supposed to be:
An excellent application for a dumbwaiter — football snacks coming from the kitchen!
That’s a really nice one. Would.
Except I’m reminded of an action movie where the bad guys surround the house and the heroes are hidden in a safe room.
Have my super racist voter ID Card in my car so I can vote against Lindsey Graham on the way home. I can’t be bothered to vote for my backbencher Rep who does whatever Mike Johnson tells him. So I’m voting for Robert E. Lee.
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/03/25/new-candidate-robert-e-lee-files-challenge-rep-timmons-gop-primary/
It’d be nice to see that cocksucker take it right up the ass…politically I mean. Worst senator in the damn senate.
Weirdly low key campaign by Graham. Makes me wonder if he has a Cabinet job lined up with Trump.
What, for two years? Then what? I imagine he wants to hold that Senate seat until he croaks.
I’m assuming the Worcester is the one in MA? It matches the driving style for sure.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/1u1180t/oc_i_turn_now_across_3_lanes_of_traffic/
I think I see that 2 or 3 times a day. Almost lost my Roadmaster to the opposite (right from the left lane) a week and a half ago and did lose my Expedition to it in 2020.
Here we call that a Full Oregonian. ‘
See it almost daily. That, and completely blocking traffic to get into a drive through are norms here in the O.
If you completely block traffic here, you’re going to get t-boned by one illegal immigrant in a car. By the time the police get there, his whole family will be in the car and his legal representation is en route.
That’s why you shoot the lawyer when they arrive. Throw some molotovs into the car to deal with the illegals, and push the burning wreck on to the sidewalk.
The run down buildings sure look like Worcester. A city that should have gentrified and attracted more employers – but just didn’t.
LOL – federal, state and local governments.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-jobs-americans-quit-most-and-least/
“A New Jersey Assembly committee on Monday advanced a Democratic-backed bill that would criminalize individuals who interfere with access to transgender and reproductive health care….
The New Jersey Monitor indicated that the measure would also protect access to transgender healthcare for minors, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy and related mental health treatments.”
https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/state-advances-first-of-its-kind-bill-targeting-interfering-with-abortion-trans-healthcare/
CWABOA
I hate these people for making all the slippery-slope arguments of the old school social conservatives come true in real life.
This is as good as passed. I’ve been vaguely following. It’s pure theater.
Doubt.
Unless the “related mental health treatment” is one of the long-known useful ways of dealing with gender confusion that are now unfashionable.
a Democratic-backed bill
Why does our party keep polling so low? It must be those mouth breathers in Dumbfuckistan are hpymotized by Trump and can no longer see the obvious truth of how good our polices are.
“Monday’s count added another 33,378 to Raman’s total overnight, while Pratt only gained 14,672 and Bass added a further 25,121.
Raman now sits on 28.5% of the vote, with Pratt on 26.7% and Bass on 34.7% with 93% of the votes counted across the region.”
https://nypost.com/2026/06/08/us-news/nithya-raman-widens-lead-over-spencer-pratt-in-la-mayor-race/
There is no cannibalism in the Royal Navy!
Besides the obvious cheating, another reason to ban vote-by-mail that doesn’t get enough attention is that the left wants people to vote as early as possible before anyone is paying any serious attention to the candidates and ahead of any additional oppo research that might get out.
That is one reason most of the mailed votes lean hard-left.
Vanity Fair discovers FIRE with the appropriate amount of disdain.
https://www.vanityfair.com/story/fatfire-reddit-early-retirement
Is there a non-“paywalled link to that?
Heh, I was just doing some planning on this (considering handing in my retirement notice plus pitching a couple of consulting ideas in about 3 weeks).
Thanks for checking me, Vanity Fair! I don’t want to be a terrible person. Back to the grind!
So, Nintendo is havving their big Advertising event today. So many people have been making videos about a rumored Ocarina of Time Remake with demanding “I want” videos or predictions about changes that I want them to NOT announce one, just so I can hear the wailing of the people clinging to the rumor.
We’ll see how badly this comment ages.
I don’t do gaming, but I’m with you. Two of the niche fandoms I’m on the edges of: game shows and TCM, are just as bad.
First up some shitty rhythm game.
The problem with watching live is I can’t skip to the next announcement when something uninteresting rolls along.
Surprise is the Tesla Model S. Based on 400m autos.
The iSeeCars Longest-Lasting Cars, Trucks, SUVs and Hybrids To Reach 250,000 Miles and Beyond
https://www.iseecars.com/longest-lasting-cars-study
Teslas have been around long enough to reach 250K with all the time they’d be hooked up to the charger?
I put 15k a year on mine and it is only driven to work twice a week.
Nobody has driven a Toyota Avalon for 250k miles. It is an old people’s car. They drive like 4k a year.
Livery?
Not stated: 1 – 12 and 22 out of 25 are Japanese.
Surprised to see my Sierra up there but not my RAV4.
Por la mañana? ¡Qué sorpresa! Buenos dias a todo.
*presses “1” for English*
Why would you expect Mexicans to speak proper Spanish?
I will admit to enjoying the heck out of ordering “papas bravas” at tapas bars.
@PolitlcsUK
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🚨 NEW: A man has been arrested after an attempted beheading of another man in north Belfast tonight
Adam Wren
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When we were discussing crime rates last week there was a professor in my replies telling me we need to look at more community and early life interventions, but I’m starting to doubt more ping pong tables prevents this
Madeline Grant
@Madz_Grant
We’re gonna need a bigger youth club
https://x.com/Madz_Grant/status/2064264244028178913
How about instead we start using lethal force against migrants who have no intention of going home.
Hey now. I’m sure the suspect is probably a ginger named Paddy O’Sullivan or similar.
of the Mogadishu O’Sullivans
PieInTheSky:
–Interesting Times, PTerry
Is this the story going around where the police stood by while a crowd of citizens stopped things? I don’t twit during work hours.
Multiple women have accused billionaire businessman and West Ham co-owner David Sullivan of abusing his power and preying on them for sex, in some cases when they were teenagers.
The allegations from seven women have been uncovered in a joint investigation by BBC Panorama and the Times and span decades, starting in the 1980s. All come from women who were in their late teens or early twenties and were young models seeking work at Sullivan’s Daily and Sunday Sport newspapers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9p2lm7epeo
I do not know enough to comment but this 1980s stuff…
Sullivan, 77, said he “categorically” denies the claims, which span the period when he made a fortune from pornography, newspapers and football.
clicked submit to early…
Two women said they felt they had no choice but to sleep with him to avoid damaging their future modelling careers, and accused Sullivan of abusing his power. “He was taking advantage of young people,” one said.
“How dare I have to fuck my way to the top!!!”
Banging teenage porn models was totally normal in the 1980s.
You consented bitch.
Suplexes in Silesia
https://www.bensixsmith.com/p/suplexes-in-silesia
In Las Vegas, at the Allegiant Stadium, tens of thousands of World Wrestling Entertainment fans are preparing to watch Cody Rhodes take on Randy Orton at the annual Wrestlemania event. In an obscure village outside Gliwice, Poland, meanwhile, a couple of hundred Prime Time Wrestling fans are preparing to watch Spartan take on Vincent Caravaggio in a little building at the side of a restaurant.
Professional wrestling does not have the believability that it once did, in an age before mass media exposed the tricks of trade. Watching live, though, you can suspend your disbelief. As the egomaniacal Nano Lopez hammers a chair into the back of the plucky local boy Daniel Razor, while blood dribbles down Razor’s face, the audience snarls with indignation. So do I.
…
With an increasingly prosperous Poland creeping towards membership of the G20 — a scenario that would have seemed fantastically implausible two decades ago — people have more money for entertainment. Much of this entertainment, predictably, has been inspired by American cultural products. From reality TV to horror films, Polish pop culture has adopted tropes from U.S. media. Polish professional wrestling is no exception. There are similar archetypes, similar storylines and even some of the same slogans (“Leeeeet’s get ready to ruuuuumble!”).
…
A triumph of Americanisation? To some extent. But look closer and local particularities emerge. At Maniac Zone Wrestling, the most hated wrestlers are a pair of shaven headed heels who have adopted the persona of football hooligans. It is not their thuggishness that makes them truly hated, though — it is the fact that they represent Legia Warszawa. At Prime Time Wrestling, the mysterious masked wrestler Whiteblade reveals his true heinousness by choking a wrestler with a scarf that bears the colours of the Polish flag. One of my favourite acts of the night was a tag team called the Forest Brothers — a pair of hulking ursine men you can imagine roaming the Bieszczady Mountains in search of prey.
…
and more
I’m pretty sure everyone stopped believed pro wrestling was unscripted sometime around 1890.
The bigger mystery is, what/why is the kayfabe in the media about people not knowing what kayfabe is?
When your sole means of differentiating between truth and falsehood is, “What does everyone else think about it?”, you’re naturally going to be confused by anything that confuses truth and falsehood on purpose.
Britain’s new Sikh generation
Young Sikhs are grappling with their religious identity • Some dream of creating a new homeland • Inside the Khalistan revival
https://dispatch-media.com/britains-new-sikh-generation/
I noticed for the past week or so the Americanese politician Mike Lee was engaged in heated X debates about the nature of Mormonism.
So what is the Official Glibertarian Position on this? Are Mormons in fact Christian, or not?
The OGP would be religious tolerance of all beliefs inferior to the true faith in Cthulhu.
““Cats and women share a place in history,” said Irina Frasin, an anthrozoology researcher at Romanian Academy in Bucharest, Romania. “They’re not completely domesticated. They’re more independent than dogs, and that unruliness and unsubmission to human rule, it’s what ties the history of cats and women together. Because women were also perceived as beings to be tamed and kept under control.””
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jun/09/crazy-cat-lady-sterotype
SCIENCE!!
They’re both crazy, and would kill you if they had the chance?
https://www.theguardian.com/music/ng-interactive/2026/jun/09/the-best-albums-of-2026-so-far
Only heard of three of these people.