Well, the family arrived in the Gulch safe and sound yesterday evening. Son in law has been on the line since one today. No rest for the wicked, I’m paying for that stuff.
Links?
“I just own my own winery. I have no idea how this got here.”
There’s no truth to the rumor that the ghost of Dennis Hopper was seen in the area.
I think he’s at the Find Out part.
It always leads back to the spooks.
Taking a page out of the COVID playbook. Despicable.
Is it communism if it’s someone else’s oil?
Okay, I’m good. Time to head back down to the shop for some grub and a glass of wine. Peace out, Glibbies.
I had someone mention measles in prep to an anti Trump rant. So I casually asked, who has more measles deaths – U.S., Canada or Mexico? She did actually answer (or guess) correctly.
Well… what was the answer?
Canada, with their wonderful universal healthcare.
Did she understand per capita?
Nice tune! Going to check out her YT channel.
Milo should have followed the process. Adios.
As for the Sporting Goods Store – turning Anti-Gun didn’t help you retain or attract customers, did it? You certainly lost my business. Now there’s a Bass Pro nearby so you’re *bleep*ed.
I walked out of Dick’s 15-20 years ago when they wanted me to show an ID.
I said something like, “Oh it must be the glasses, makes me look younger” and left the .22 ammo on the counter.
I ain’t been back.
When they did the whole ‘black guns bad” thing, I was done. I already thought they were a shitty business.
Remember when K Mart caved to that madness?
Remember K Mart?
I shopped Cabela’s in Owatonna as I drove by. I bought a lot of reloading components on sale for some of the odd stuff that fell in the river.
Iโve been boycotting Dickโs since they bought out Galyans. Iโve never been accused of not being able to hold a grudge.
They lost my business over the anti gun crap, and I had actually shopped there quite a bit.
HowTF is Jane Fonda still alive? She should be rotting in hell by now.
She’s alive and the same age as I am but looks a whole lot better.
She hangs out with Keith Richards?
I suspect Keith is nowhere near as evil.
Ancient Vietnamese secret.
Where is my fainting couch?
“Newly disclosed documents reveal that Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) had a formal institutional partnership with the CIA, one that provided cover for the agency’s biological-threat research. … Documents that the Daily Caller obtained show an interagency agreement in which the CIA’s Biological Technology Center launched a collaboration with NIAID focused on “forensic microbiology” involving potential bioterrorism agents. The CIA used its own funding to leverage NIAID’s existing civilian research programs, tapping unclassified virus research to “augment and complement” its own research and development.
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“Vice President Cheney assigned Fauci to head US biodefense research programs in 2002, including bioweapons-agents-development and bioweapons-agents-characterization research programs that approached, and arguably crossed, red lines set by the Biological Weapons Convention,” Ebright explained. “The documents show early steps in the process of transferring funding for, and direction of, CIA and DoD biodefense projects to Fauci’s agency, NIAID.โ’
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That goblin gnome should be on public display. Problem: Too many people invested far too much in believing his bullshit, because they don’t want to look like the Nazi collaborators who shut down society and called hotlines to snitch and went along with it all. They don’t want to ‘reveal’ they were taken for a big fucking ride, that they actually *gasp!* FELL for that shit, and complied with pride.
COVID must remain that evil demon illness so people can feel good about acting as pathetic as they did. Again, with pride. That’s why nothing will happen. People would have to admit it. Nope.
“Shun the non-believers!”
It’s looking more like the coof was some sort of bioweapon, which perhaps escaped by accident. Not a terribly effective one but I am sure there are improved versions waiting in the wings.
“Itโs looking more like the coof was some sort of bioweapon… Not a terribly effective one” It was terrifyingly effective. World-changing (repeating) effective. Look how easy it was to get the West to pathetically bend the knee.
*Dr. Evil observes* “They wimp out over a bad case of the sniffles?! DAMN. Look how easy it’ll be next time! They like stickers, too! We’ll just give ’em big GOLD ones for delivering those poor, disabled, disadvantaged, minority children to the ditch! Right on their chests! To the ones less effective in transporting those in dire need, they get red ones! ‘AIM HIGHER’ it’ll read!”
Well, yeah but I’m not sure if that was the point of the exercise or just a really fortunate happenstance.
It’s all speculation because we will never know.
It is somewhat surprising Fauci hasn’t been found tied to a tree in a park and dead of self-inflicted gunshot wounds in his back.
Behold the power of propaganda. The exact same machinations conducted by the same evil gnome but under the aegis of a MSM-disfavored Party would have led to just that sort of outcome.
COVID came from a lab doing bioweapons* research. Of course it was a bioweapon (in development, I suspect).
*donโt fall for the โgain of functionโ euphemism, or the hilariously bad lie that โWe engineer diseases to be more transmissible and virulent so we can better protect you from, umm, disease. Yeah, thatโs the ticket.โ
Based on things I have read, our refineries (some of them, anyway) are better suited to handle heavy crude from Venezuela than the lighter stuff we pump out of the ground here.
We’re the only country that can refine their dirty crude without mixing it first with cleaner oils.
Gulf Oil had a refinery in Phila. that did nothing but refine Venezuelan crude. I remember (my Dad was in IT there) huge mountains of yellow sulphur that had been extracted from the crude.
The secluded home features a โpersonal wellness oasis,โ a resort-style pool, full-size tennis court, and a โprivate casitaโ in addition to the sprawling basement booze cave, according to a property description.
Does it have its own police station and armory?
Is that from the man-of-the-people governor article? I’m not reading that; it will probably make me sick.
Yes sir, it’s true. This man has no dick.
“RESIGN, NOW!”
LOL. That’s cute, Eric Daugherty.
Teleprompter operators are held to a higher standard than representatives. Especially the ones from California.
Servants should be punished when they steal a right of the aristocracy.
So, a while back I remarked how I habitually picked up Red Boat when I buy Fish Sauce. I looked into the company and I’m confused.
So, the guy who founded it grew up in Saigon, then fled to the US, where he went into Tech for a few decades before getting disappointed in the Thai fish sauce on the market, so he visited Vietnam, bought a small factory to make his own. He couldn’t make money unless he sold at western prices, so his primary market was initially just the US, but is still mainly western countries.
So the owner is born in vietnam, lives in the US, the product it made in Vietnam, and almost only sold in the US.
Is it a US or Vietnamese company?
Would guess wherever it’s incorporated. Prolly the US?
I have only ever bought fish sauce once but did not find enough uses for it plus life intervened and I found myself not cooking from scratch so much anymore.
One advantage Red Boat has is it also comes in tiny bottles. I did not need a half liter of fish sauce.
Deport anyone that uses it.
Apparently we need liters, several at a time. Mrs F is not using so much anymore as her cooking is less often and we still have a few back up bottles of ‘nuoc mam’. She also has stopped eating the hot, hot peppers that she still has lots of frozen and pickled from years gone by.
She is becoming more Minnesotan as time passes.
From the sound of it Hype wants the leftover fish sauce for himself.
You know, you can buy it for yourself, it’s not that expensive, and they’ll gladly sell it to even a white guy.
That dude had an interesting life. Back when I cooked, I’d rarely (if ever) cook fish, but I certainly wouldn’t be putting fish sauce on it. Seems to be missing the point, but the bigger point is that fish is tremendously overrated as food. Meh. That’s too harsh. It’s just fine. After tuna and salmon, the rest of the fish all taste the same.
Wisdom pours from me.
lol Fish sauce is not for fish. Even I know that.
Fish Sauce isn’t sauce for fish, it is sauce from fish. It’s used as an ingredient in other dishes – adding salt and ‘umami’
And you’re pretty wrong as to fish for food.
Fish sauce is made from fish, not for fish.
Attempts to replicate it were responsible for ketchup and worcestershire sauce.
I, for one, am full of wisdom. Everyone else uses another word, but what do they know.
I never liked fish much as a youngster but I appreciate it more nowadays. I flurv salmon – it’s probably the only fish I might consider ordering when chicken or beef is also available.
OTOH I have had all kinds of bony weirdo fish especially in China or with Chinese friends and those were good too.
*reads* Seems I was mistaken someplace. I’ll narrow it down: Fish is overrated. To make sure *everyone* is displeased, I’ll go further: Food is overrated. Just eat calories, in decent proportions to proteins, fat, etc, and clear it out with fiber. Don’t overdo caloric intake, and don’t forget to eat, neither. Some of it tastes better than others, I suppose, but that’s far too individual to make any umbrella statement.
People make an awful lot about food. Mostly cuz people used to eat together, I suppose. Had to fake things to say in the (likely?) case ya didn’t really wanna or couldn’t say real things.
I’d prefer a perfectly red filet and some choice sides, etc to complete the whole meal. But considering the time and cost of getting that food, if I do it myself or pay someone else, or if I prepare, cook and clean up, it’d have to be an event for it to be worth the trade offs vs, uh, something frozen I’m gonna bake for $6. Or granola bars, pineapple, yogurt. Well, that’s pretty much all I eat unless someone else is paying. I just don’t see the big deal.
Meh. I rather like cooking for people when there’s occasion. Otherwise? Uh. I’ll take about 1,500 calories a day, please. (Or whatever I eat.) Thx.
In my dotage I don’t entertain much anymore so oh well. I still like to experiment once in a while. I also like to pop a frozen Stouffers into the microwave.
We’re doing the same, Rhy. It’s a lot easier, lots of variety at the store and clean up is much less.
MijoMilo goes to junior college?Made the final big purchase on bicycle components to do the resto-mod my 50 year old bike.
Getting ready to push the button, the rational part of the brain says “why the fuck are we doing this?” . . . “why don’t you just buy a new bike?”
And the excitable part of the brain says “because it will be fun . . so fuck off”. And then I pushed the button.
At any rate I’ll have all the parts in hand within weeks. Then I can tear down the bike, strip the old paint, and start over.
I will be replacing everything except the frame, handle bar stem, and handle bar. Because everything else is subject to wear.
It will essentially be new bike when it is over.
Of course, all projects can spin off into disaster. Part of excitement I suppose.
Fixing the disaster is part of the process.
Good on you.
I’m the opposite. I am not a tinkerer, at all. Tinkering is something I work long hours at shit I actually enjoy in order to earn enough money to pay somebody else to do.
As long as it’s fun, or if the reward is more than the fuss ‘n strain, have fun with it!
Rhy mirrors my phrasing, particularly when looking for work and my not, necessarily, care about what I do: “Work is what you do to afford play.” The more comfortable and accessible said fun can be, well. Bit of an incentive for more work.
My next big financial ‘purchase,’ commitment, will afford me infinitely more space and time for fun than at present. NOT tinkering will bring much fun. I’m doing just fine, here. Went to a street festival in Indy with the 6 and 11yo with bro and parents. Good lord, I will say, an exorbitant amount of poison frog dye was congealed in the hair of attendees. I’m just ‘not used’ to having my own place. Last time was for maybe three months in 2023 in Kokomo, didn’t have time to ‘settle’ and think about scenes.
Will be quite an interesting adventure. But much to come before that can be realized. *plugs along*
And just dropped 200 bucks on new old stock pedals and toe clips, because they don’t make them anymore.
Modern riders use “clipless” pedals and special-purpose cycling shoes to lock into the pedals.
Except, they only come in standard widths. The guy with 4E shoes with orthopedic inserts says that ain’t gonna work.
Make an article out of the process, please! And good luck.
Youโre funny. Its like you never done a project before.
I had an interesting comment before I just got bot-fucked and *poof* it’s escaped me.
Something about the whiskey sour I just made and how I might dare adding an egg white to the next one. The internet tells me that’s dangerous and I not sure I give a flying fuck anymore.
If you’re really concerned, get pasteurized eggs or use aquafaba. Of course, considering the whiskey and lemon, unless you’re immunocompromised, the risk is below minimal..
I am immunocompromised – maybe?
Because reasons I basically had the blood of a newborn baby last year. I completed the whole battery of vaccines recently and was just informed it’s looking A-OK.
I don’t wear masks, I cook runny eggs, and now that I live in the big city again I ride crowded trains with the unwashed masses all the time. Nothing. I am stronk like bear.
rhywun:
That would put the risk to minimal. Personally, I’m not concerned for myself, but that’s a choice.
If you go the route, I recommend adding a dry shake (10-15 seconds with no ice, it’ll try to pop on you) and double straining (one a fine mesh, strains out any proteins that coagulate due to alcohol/acid). Neither are strictly necessary, but will give you the best foamy top that you can decorate with a couple of drops of bitters.
I know about the dry shake but I don’t have a fine strainer and sadly I tossed my remaining bitters bottles during a recent move. They were like a dozen or more years old anyway.
Done. Mmmm… yummy.
“Two NYC Democratic Socialists of America leaders have been caught living the ultimate capitalist dream, with one quietly collecting millions in real estate flips and another nesting in a sleek $500,000 Brooklyn apartment, The Post has learned.
Labor Coordinator Olivia Gonzalez Killingsworth sold a luxe Upper West Side triplex in a brownstone building for $2.4 million on Sept. 12, 2022, according to public records.
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๐๐ก๐ โ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐โ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ-๐๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐-๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐-๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ-๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ.
โOnce again weโre finding out why DSA actually stands for Daddyโs Savings Account. Selling a multimillion-dollar Manhattan Triplex to go play pretend bohemian with your rich comrades in Brooklyn is a luxury working-class New Yorkers will never have,โ said NYC Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R-Queens). —- She inherited the triplex from her aunt Elizabeth who died in 2018 and used the profits from the sale on a half-million-dollar one-bedroom pad in Brooklyn, according to Healthbeat and public records.”
Daddy’s Savings Account. Solid. Officially stolen. More of this type of exposure, please. It’s necessary. People falling for this shit exhibit the same exact shit Catholics did, falling for indulgences and other papal ridiculousness. See also: Carbon Credits.
All of today’s high-profile “democratic socialists” are wealthy nepo babies*. It’s really incredibly grotesque except they have learned that posing as Democrats instead of communists wins elections.
*Same with the early 20th century commies. Plus รงa change….
I suppose she turned most of the profit over to the Manhattan Indians from whom the Dutch stole the island in exchange for a handful of colorful beads?
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They’re ‘working class’!
Not sure anybody fell for indulgences, but certainly people fell for the experts telling the people with swords to tell everyone to get on board.
I have made an experimental phone shot from my own tranquility base – the blurry sun in the upper right quadrant is actually supposed to a sharply-round moon. Not sure how that happened but overall, not bad for a one-shot with the cheapest phone cam and zero photog skills.
I think the tiny purple line of lights in the distance is the top of the current iteration of the World Trade Center. Still pissed that they didn’t just rebuild the originals. The current single building is forgettable trash.
That’s nice. Looks quite cozy, tucked away from the bigger buildings. Thumbs up to your new nook.
It is tucked. My building is not a towering condo, just five stories of old school apartments. But there is a mix of everything here.
You can see my neighbors have plants and patio furniture… I want too.
Fantastic! I believe everyone needs one. I hope it truly provides you with tranquility! ๐๐
I need that bad. Looking forward to finding some appropriate furniture, plantings, and such.
It’s already more tranquil than the roaming mental patients that characterized Ithaca especially after they opened the crackhouse tower across the street that I don’t miss one bit.
I hear hot pepper plants are all the rage these days.
A Thai chile pepper plant is both ornamental and functional.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/kPrrOlYgSpSOcs1Ktei3GQ.6YEap4hFHt-cbTv9Mp8GJt
Halloween Thai. Purple flowers, and dark fruit that turns bright orange when fully matured.
Reasonable heat for you normal folks.
We probably had those peppers a few years ago, along with some hot ones, tiny reds about an inch long. In any case avoid the seeds and don’t lick your fingers.
suh’ fam
yo whats goody yo
TALL SABBATH CANS!
I understand he’s in a tight re-election battle, but still….
WordPress ate my comment! Da fuq?!
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Since I dont see Hyperbole around I’ll fill in.
“you’re late”
I couldnโt find my keys.
Good morning, Sean, Ted’S., homey, and 4(20)!
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Good Morning, GT plus all the others, including lurkers.
How are you, the missus, and all your bees, 4(20)?
Mornin’
Good morning, (((Jarf! See you at the lynx!
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/2-dead-9-hurt-police-say-in-trenton-mass-shooting-police-say/4455717/
Howโs that curfew working out?
It’s the Wild East out there. some folks get upset when they’re hungry.
Can’t we all just get along?
On a more serious note there’s a good chance the perps will be caught and given a long vacation in barbed wire city.
Imagine being 20 years old and “going away” for 20-30 years. Damn, man, was it worth it?
Iโve stressed to Tres 2.0 โthe wrong decision made in 20 seconds can cost you 20 yearsโ
Meanwhile Iโm in week 4 for my pistol permission slip.
NJ keeping everybody safe!
Pay no mind I already have several. We need to repeat the lunacy for each purchase.