Fortunately, we did not have this.
Back from The Gathering…I see Old Man has slandered me by omission, because I, too, provided Pie a bottle of wonderful brown spirits (from here). But, as I was admirably guided by him in my wine raiding…er, tasting and purchase, I can forgive this.
One more thing – I have more hope in the US, since not only was the miserable Indiana Tollway finished with the terrible work of the past three years, the Ohio Turnpike is progressing nicely as well. Took hours off my drive each way.
But enough of that, now links;
- Pour Encourager les Autres.
- Jealous of America being smoked out by Canada, Europe has its own toasty time.
- Huh, I missed this one. You can guess what gets blamed.
- Nothing to see here!
Nephilium introduced me to a rather niche group. Here is a good example of their work.
Comments are all yours.
whaddup doh’
Suck it, Bro
Whaddup Tres!
It seems a bit smoky here. Is norther California burning?
Hope you’re safe from the severe weather in your neck of the woods, Swissy! 😟🌪️⛈️
We’re going to have round after round this evening. 🙁
I’m working from home today, and I have my work phone headset on over my left ear and my personal headphones, attached to my personal laptop tuned to Ryan Hall’s current YT live stream, over my right ear. 🎧
He already mentioned my town a few times today. Not in a good way.
One of my hockey buddies in Illinois has a tornado warning now.
Don’t be scared! Be prepared! 🤞😬
CPRM, (and any other ‘Sconnies) please check in when you can!
Pour Encourager les Autres
So sad how our country is still in the grips of a sexist patriarchy. No woman can star in a movie or be an executive without being attacked.
Indiana?
“Gun violence,” you know, concepts and things, never actual people.
We all know what the deliberately vague description means.
Here’s a link to an article with a picture of one of the alleged shooters. Rumor has it that it was a gang turf thing, that some gang member was on the turf claimed by another gang.
I guess if you aspire to a life a crime, get an early start.
JFC.
I blame WIC, SNAP, and TANF.
Let’s start placing the blame where it belongs.
Uncle Sugar.
Who are we blaming this week? Usha Vance, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Chuck Connors, Tucker Carlson, Franklin Graham, or Hitler?
Last November, Masino told Glenn Beck, radio host of “The Blaze,” that she felt she had been “fired by America” after he asked whether she was surprised that she managed to keep her job.
She should’ve been fired by America. Preferably into the sun.
It’s like life shouldn’t have any rejections in it. Yeah, it suck, and sometime wounds but, you know what, pick yourself up and move on.
Authorities in Seattle said three people were killed and at least four others were wounded in a shootout that erupted Sunday evening during the city’s annual summer food festival held near the Space Needle.
Somebody put mayo on Jimmy the Tulip’s hamburger?
“We have far too much gun violence in this city and in this country and we’re coming off a week in Seattle where we’ve had three major incidents of gun violence in just a few days,” Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said during the late Sunday press conference.
“We have a lot of work to do as a city and as a country to make this better.”
Eradicate the oligarchy.
The billionaires aren’t getting their fair share of gun violence.
I wonder how many violent criminals they have either let out of jail or refused to prosecute during her reign.
‘Oligarchy’ carries some connotation of intelligence and capability; Mayor Wilson doesn’t display either of those traits. She looks like she’d have a hard time making a sandwich without hurting herself.
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said one forest fire in southwest France had been “contained” even as another, much bigger one near Bordeaux continued to rage, and western Europe braced for a new heatwave this week.
French officials swore that they’d save the grapevines in Bordeaux, but I don’t think they’re being Sancerre.
There’s nothing they can do about it now, no use wining about it.
That ship has sailed from port. I had more but my mind is drawing a blanc.
Swiss isn’t booing. He’s saying “Beaujolais”.
Swiss is fine with wordplay as long as there’s an absinthe of malice.
In early 2025, Cracker Barrel’s stock was in freefall after Masino admitted the chain was “just not as relevant” as it used to be.
“I don’t know what I’m doing.”
Didn’t she admit at one point she didn’t eat there or something to that effect? She seems uniquely qualified not to be their CEO, but there she was.
Space needle related, has this been covered here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdoezcqkwEU
Rich guy has opinions
Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke, whose company commands a market capitalization near $154 billion, told his social media followers this week that a tax-tiered voting system—one that would strip voting rights from anyone who pays no income tax—would be a “good system.”
No skin in the game, no voice? I’m okay with that.
I’m actually pretty surprised to see a corporate CEO in modern day make a statement like that.
Jim Crow 16.5 !
Seems to be an immigrant. Perhaps not wise to the ways of the wokeness that is expected of corporate America nowadays.
I can already here the shrieking from the usual suspects – how dare a good German-Canadian CEO not agree with our multicultural progressivism!!!
Most? BS
The 19th century? *faints*
Cry harder, leftists.
Voting is a privilege.
Fight me.
I won’t fight that. The current system is ruinous.
Add in that you get to vote on every bond and levy in any district you own land in.
A couple of prominent lefty’s have posted “Akshully Elon Musk isn’t smart, he failed up. He hasn’t done anything useful.” They actually figured out how to troll.
I mean, it wouldn’t be so hollow if they didn’t worship him and his contributions to the cause for TESLA.
The hate he now gets is so incredibly revealing. They can’t stop themselves from attacking everything about him despite the fact that the left universally heaped praise just a few years ago. He comes out with wrong think and they want to take all his shit, attack everything he does, mock his businesses etc.
It says a lot, and none of it good.
You don’t have to love the guy, but there is just no arguing that he “hasn’t done anything” or “he’s not successful”. There is no doubt PayPal, Tesla, Space X, Starlink, Boring Company and X are major successes.
I guess if any idiot can become a trillionaire, then we don’t need socialism, because all those poor people can just start companies and get rich on their own with no problem.
Or better yet, just print the same number of dollars for every resident. Why bother working.
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That sounds like good news?
miserable Indiana Tollway finished with the terrible work of the past three years
So the Tollway is slightly less miserable? I guess I need to road trip out West to see if that is true.
In case you thought he only wanted to stir up a pogrom against Jews.