Homecoming weekend here in the Gulch so we’ve been running at full speed at our café, with overwhelmingly madding crowds. Plus hosting a Dutch visitor. Plus travel. Plus deadlines for articles. Plus a disease that has knocked down half our staff. WebDom is suffering the most, but it’s stressing all of us. Especially the Very Old Guy.
But I shall not suffer for birthdays, as is my tradition, which today include a Founding Father who makes shitty beer; an artist whose craft has been degraded beyond measure; a smarmy solon who at least rid us of the second-worst president ever but was a hilariously inapt Left cult figure; one of my favorite magicians; another solon who had something in common with Art Garfunkel; a guy who navigated the fine line between genius and insanity– not always very well; a guy who loved cake and was SugarFree’s spiritual father; an unjustly overlooked songwriter and fine guitarist; and the patron saint of Crazy Eyes.
And I am the patron saint of Crazy Links.
The Lump speaks. If only he’d say, “Look, there’s no real difference, same guy, different color tie.”
This makes one long for the deep intellectual insights of Trudeau.
Why does anyone even pay attention to this cunt?
This just gets stupider and stupider.
We’re just about desperate enough to hire him.
I’m sorry, this is just totally wrong on multiple levels.
The Old Guy took a break in the action to haul our Dutch visitor and Prime to see one of his favorite living musical acts, who was coming through Buffalo. Two hours of incredibly high energy, brilliant songwriting, and emotional rollercoasters of songs. I mean, when a solo show starts with Tuvan throat singing accompanied by simultaneous heavy guitar and percussion, you know it will not be a conventional evening. Her reaction at the end: “That was WONDERFUL. I thought it would be a good show, but I had no idea that I would like it THIS much!” If Matt comes through your area, I would urge you to experience him live. Oh, and he’s an incredibly nice and funny guy to chat with.
Most of us are too old for this, yet here we are.
I was so much older then…
Another version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEIMCWob3U
The McGuinn arrangement is the more popular, but I like the original’s slow rollicking tempo.
#metoo
/crawls out of bed
Looks around, crawls back into bed.
Thanks OM.
Those that say age is just a number are full of shit. Reality is a bitch.
Indeed.
I hope it’s not serious. Get well soon 🙂
Her kids show on YouTube is very popular.
I suspect Sweet Baby James will not be exposed to it.
That sounds like a brand of BBQ sauce.
I will tell WebDom that you want her baby BBQed for his ribs. I hope your will is current.
https://www.sweetbabyrays.com/
I hope for his sake that nickname dies out before all his middle school buddies find out about it and tease him mercilessly.
As a baby, you can probably get by with KC wet slop BBQ.
Once the kid hits 13 or so, he’ll probably be more into a Memphis dry rub. At least until he discovers the wonders of hand lotion.
https://youtu.be/whyJCcjf6to
a guy who loved cake and was SugarFree’s spiritual father
Happy birthday Richard Harris!
The Irish actor? Not seeing it.
Relevant, and both of them were quite debauched.
You linked it??? You monster!!! Now, I don’t usually object to your music links, but that’s just inhuman! 😖️
Remember, I’m the guy who celebrated his birthday by lugging a slice of cake up a mountain.
Catskill Park is not melting in the dark.
And I had a feeling Tonio didn’t get the reference.
I’m suspecting there will be some serious cosmic payback to Ted S. in the noon post.
I suppose it could have been worse. (Click at your own risk.)
“Convicted child killer Shane Ertmoed, who is serving a life sentence, has been granted a 60-day unescorted temporary absence from prison to take cooking classes.
Ertmoed was denied day parole last year because he still posed a risk of serious harm to others.
Ertmoed, then 24, was convicted in 2002 of the sexual assault and killing of 10-year-old Heather Thomas.”
Releasing an unescorted time-traveling murderer sounds like a bad idea.
it’s stressing all of us. – a glass of romanian syrah should fix the stress
For an event today, I’m pouring some Cab Franc Appassimento. 15% alcohol, so that should improve the mood.
I like amarone less than i used to when younger.
Autumn is finally here. Mild sunny and the raspberry bush is still producing.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2JyMu85qdC2tb74K9
If the was no goddamn ragweed (goddamn american weeds) it would be quite nice.
The berries look great! Make some raspberry sorbet and think of Prince.
Uffda, that doesn’t look like a real raspberry patch. It should look way more like a jungle. Everyone also knows that the ripe berries are only in the middle of the patch. Where you are going to get scratched to hell to reach them.
We bought our house in ’95 and it had a huge raspberry patch. I have slowly whittled it down to a 10′ x 10′ patch. (They’d be completely gone except the Altar Kids and Mrs. Holiness love raspberries).
Raspberries grow like weeds. As bad as rhubarb.
My raspberries killed my rubarb.
I went to the local coffee festival yesterday. Fewer people than last year it seemed. Some good coffee but quite price on occasion in the 20 to 40 dollar per 100g range. Also some craft choclate 7 dollars for 50 grams. Bit rich. Tasty though.
I bought me a costa rica anaerobic ( or anoxic if you preffer)
How many bathtubs of rope is 100g?
Prediction: it will turn out to be a couple guys with a pack of Chinese firecrackers. And maybe an assault screwdriver.
So simmilar equipment to the averege EU army
Trump really can troll like no other.
Bit gay bit still funny
I just found out the video game I’m currently playing is by some Taiwanese studio whose previous effort got banned by you-know-who in China because there was some dig on him buried within it.
I can only imagine the armies of functionaries that asshole employs to root through every scrap of media looking for material to censor.
This makes one long for the deep intellectual insights of Trudeau.
You should at least fake an invasion to see of the flinch
Invasion discussion:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXgYKx0aQI&pp=ygUaQ2FuYWRpYW4gYmFjb24gbW92aWUgc2NlbmU%3D
OFFS of course Canada has plans for a US invasion and always has. And of course the US has plans for a Canadian invasion. The key is nobody talks about it.
Yeah, but because they’re a NATO country, we’ll end up footing the bill.
It’s all fun and games until our marines get their shirts pulled over their head and take a few uppercuts.
My wife said northern Idaho could take Canada.
“Crappy husbands: Divorce expert insists men are ‘weaponizing pooping’
Olivia Howell, author of “Divorce Happens,” claimed in a controversial article that men have used the bathroom for extended periods to avoid spending time with their families and to shirk life’s many responsibilities.
“A husband walks through the door as an active member of a family unit, shuts it behind him, and immediately becomes a private citizen,” she wrote in a Sept. 18 Substack post.”
https://nypost.com/2026/09/26/lifestyle/divorce-expert-insists-men-are-weaponizing-pooping/
What a load of shit.
Drugs, ass, etc.
Flush them down the toilet before the police find them?
Tater probably missed all the other posts regarding this because he was barricaded away in his loo.
I blame social media. Sue zuck
Why does anyone even pay attention to this cunt?
As will all attention to cunts, lack of post nut clarity one would think.
Later, the Pennsylvania senator appeared to misspeak when responding to an audience question about why he would not switch his political identification to “independent” given his breaks with Democrats.
“Because I’m a lifelong Republican,” the senator replied, prompting a quick correction from the Garrett.
That’s actually not that far off the mark if you know his history.
The Lump is Republican. When it pushes out again, the host will finally change back.
“Lethal injection by all-female team slated for Tennessee’s 1st woman death row inmate in 200 years”
https://nypost.com/2026/09/26/us-news/death-row-inmate-christa-pike-petitions-clemency-ahead-sept-30-execution-date/
WCPGW?
https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16158445/christa-pike-tennessee-execution-firing-squad.html
https://archive.ph/bSxi9
Tadaryl and Shadolla.
Born around 1979.
That’s early for stupid names.
An attack of suicidal empathy?
The grammar for a start.
Convicted child killer Shane Ertmoed, who is serving a life sentence, has been granted a 60-day unescorted temporary absence from prison to take cooking classes.
Ertmoed was denied day parole last year because he still posed a risk of serious harm to others.
When British Colombia is saner than Massachusetts
To Serve Mankind?
“A rep for Mamdani — a passionate supporter of decriminalizing prostitution before being elected mayor — said he “is committed to partnering with local organizations and neighborhood residents to address conditions on Roosevelt Avenue” and is “using every tool available to the city while treating victims and survivors with the care and dignity they deserve.”
“Our approach must therefore pair enforcement with the support and opportunity that help people build safer, more stable lives,” said City Hall spokesman Sam Raskin.”
https://nypost.com/2026/09/27/us-news/nypd-making-60-less-arrests-at-queens-notorious-market-of-sweethearts-strip/
Decriminalization is retarded. Make it legal or enforce the law.
“They include John Maddox, 52, who was arrested July 29 on Roosevelt Avenue near 98th Street for allegedly offering an undercover cop $20 for sex; and Mario Sanchez, 31, who was busted while allegedly offering $100 to an undercover cop for sex on June 11 near 80th Street, police sources said.”
The alleged johns get their names published, but the alleged hookers get their faces blurred.
$20? Same as uptown?
$100? A trip around the world?
What kind of operation you people running? You cant get it for 20 in Moldova let alone any euro country
Decriminalization is making it legal. Remove the penalties for it. Many supporters and escorts groups fear legal means government regulated and they dont want that.
“Decriminalization is making it legal.”
No it isn’t.
“Many supporters and escorts groups fear legal means government regulated and they dont want that.”
So same as any other business?
Legal means taxes and regulations.
Imagine if the sweethearts were selling cigarettes instead of blowjobs. They’d all be in jail now.
You mean strangled to death by the cops?
You have to pay their pimp more for that Tater.
Oh, c’mon. As national and even regional brands go, its middle of the pack, not shitty.
I think. Its been awhile since I had any.
Standard disclaimer about it being beer in general.
It’s way better than Yungling.
“Gen Z Can’t Get Enough Of The ‘Boob Rest’ Pose
Younger celebrities ― Selena Gomez, Dua Lipa, Hailey Bieber, Millie Bobby Brown and Zendaya ― have all been photographed on the red carpet with their hand (or hands) casually draped across their chests. Sometimes it’s coquettish, projecting a “oh, you caught me off guard, let me just daintily place my hand here while you take that photo” vibe. Other times, it’s more overt: a full-blown boob grab.”
https://nypost.com/2026/09/26/lifestyle/gen-z-celebs-cant-stop-serving-the-viral-boob-rest-pose/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gen-z-cant-get-enough-of-the-boob-rest-hand-pose-goog_l_6ab2abd5e4b043d6b568d072
*shakes head*
Kids these days . . . .
Zendaya has boobs?
Women have never done such a pose in all their years, we invented it. /signed Gen whatever
The NYT reports on the CDC losing its independence and 1/3 of its staff as if that’s a bad thing.
It is. They should have dismantled it and shit-canned those of the staff not suitable for criminal charges.
If CDC staff have enough time on their hands to waste it running studies framing gun violence as “public health” so they can publish their personal views under the imprimatur of “CDC science”, then there is fat that can be cut. If you work at the CDC and you aren’t actively studying actual diseases*, you are surplus to requirements.
*Or conducting studies on vaccine safety, which Congress assigned to the CDC when they gave pharma a pass on vaccine liability.
“After breaking into the backfield on third down and forcing what should have been a fourth-and-29, Simmons stood over the quarterback and pretended to urinate on the field, immediately drawing a yellow penalty flag from officials.”
https://www.dailymail.com/sport/college-football/article-16163779/colin-simmons-apology-texas-football-trump.html
Sounds appropriate.
I have not been a fan, at all, of these on-field displays for touchdowns, sacks, whatever.
Just shut ‘em the fuck down again. All of them. They used to be penalties and they can be again.
They are also enforced very unevenly. Last year a Giants receiver received a penalty for the first down two-handed point gesture that a bunch of receivers do because it was deemed a gun pose.
Mr. Dean refereeing.
Yup. The problem is everyone is a repellent narcissist these days.
Just suspend any unsportsmanlike conduct penalties during a celebration. If an O-line tackle takes him out mid piss celebration, that is just the way it is.
The Golden Rodents have given up big plays at least twice this year because they were so busy celebrating they forgot to line up again on D. One of the times was against MS State. The Gophs made a nice tackle for loss. Then they ran around high fiving each other while the Bulldogs lined up for a quick snap and picked up the long 3rd down.
I was watching the game when that happened.
I was rooting against Texas after that.
“Nikki Glaser apologizes amid backlash over ‘gross’ joke about transgender influencer born without limbs”
https://www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/article-16160665/nikki-glaser-apologizes-transgender-influencer-briel-adams-wheatley.html
Article doesn’t quote the joke.
Indeed. One of the many traps of wokism and cancel culture is that they try to whip up hysteria about something supposedly racist or bigoted or whatever, but the rules of wokism prevent them from telling you what it actually was.
Ya but it works for the kids and the rage media.
If they actually quoted it, then it might be funny. Can’t have that.
Is she really an influencer?
Pardon me for doubting the MSM, but I haven’t seen any young girls out there chopping their arms and legs off to emulate this so-called influencer.
Perhaps something about how you can’t use the size/look of their hands and feet to figure it out?
Was this posted?
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/09/the-week-in-pictures-xis-gotta-have-it-edition.php
This one I don’t get:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-09-20-at-7.47.25-PM.png
A little help anyone?
There was some “girlboss” dancing video about a year ago?
I didn’t get it either
“Gen Z boss and skirt!” (dance like an idiot for TickTok while at work instead of working.)
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2026/09/26/ive-got-memes-if-you-have-humor/
I did enjoy this one
https://accordingtohoyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/hsqh46kxsaaovdj-1.png
This is literally the plot of Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Slutty Sunday tittays!
https://archive.is/T9K0m
“The Role of Breast Morphology in Women’s Rival Derogation Tactics
The findings demonstrated that women were more likely to engage in rival derogation towards women with larger breast sizes.”
https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5118/5/3/12
No way.
Sure it didn’t happen, but it could have and we need to have an International Discussion about that.
Someone get Ben Crump on the phone…
whaddup doh’
Superstorm Nor’easter is still swirling around us and completely missing the NYC area.
Sorry, the rest of New Jersey.
My relatives are totally flooded out on Long Beach Island and stuck. Part of what you sign up for living on a barrier island. I’m keeping my fingers crossed on our family place there.
Lots of downed trees and no electricity further west of you.
This is the danger of our media having no moderation in its reporting. They hyped the shit out of this too much so that people discount legitimate risks.
Oof. Best wishes etc.
Mrs. Holiness is completely transfixed by coverage of this storm. She is constantly watching newscasts about it.
I have no idea why this has grabbed her attention.
And here I thought that part of the country would be under water by now.
Did Al Gore lie to me?
Presumably the groom knew his friend had fucked the future bride when he started dating her. Why would it all of a sudden become a problem now?
https://archive.is/VKpFk
Nevermind. Trying to apply logic to a fake story is pointless.
Eight of us follow the same football team around the country.
Ah, and one of ’em turned out to be an Irish queer.
“I bragged about our fling for a long time afterwards because I was proud of having bedded such a hotty. I know I annoyed her. She accused me of humiliating her and breaking a confidence.”
If not fake, then that line about breaking a confidence is silly. Every woman you’ve slept with has at least one friend who knows what you look like naked, how endowed you are, your sexual kinks and how long you lasted. Every.Last.Detail.
Maybe a problem because he brings it up every 5 minutes rather than it being a thing that happened before the couple even met that is best not spoken of again.
Yeah, probably this. I had a friend like that once, did not know when to keep his mouth shut and would then be confused when he finally got ostracized and/or punched in the face.
I can see it. You don’t want Braggy McBragFace accidently letting Aunt Bea know that the bride wearing white is a total lie.
Maybe cutting him out of the bachelor party is a bit much, but I can see it for the wedding.
One of the many traps of wokism and cancel culture is that they try to whip up hysteria about something supposedly racist or bigoted or whatever, but the rules of wokism prevent them from telling you what it actually was.
They learned it from Hitchcock. Let the audience’s imagination do the work.
You mean Val Lewton.
“A new study published by researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that several AI language bots, including ChatGPT, are making women sound less intelligent than their male counterparts in professional settings.
“If you prompt a model to write an email you’re going to send to someone else at your company, and you’re using language features that women more commonly use, you’ll get back a response that’s less complex, at a lower grade level, and less formal,” senior author Anjalie Field, a Johns Hopkins computer scientist who studies ethics and discrimination in AI, said in a report on the study. “That’s going to reflect on how the recipient of that document perceives you.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ai-chatbot-gender-bias-women_n_6ab27d9de4b08976697b8396
Here’s a crazy idea. Write your own emails.
Quiet hon, men are talking.
Are you trying to mansplain?
Meanwhile, in other tribalist shithole news
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm in Northern Ireland on Sunday after a contentious parade was given the go-ahead by the High Court in Belfast in a late-night sitting.
Thousands of protesters, many wearing balaclavas, gathered to block the marchers from the Orange Order, a group hugely supportive of Northern Ireland being part of the U.K., from proceeding down a street in the town of Portadown, where many favor unification with the Republic of Ireland.
It’s the first time in nearly 30 years that the Orange Order parade has been allowed to go down the Garvaghy Road, which had been a notorious flashpoint between the communities in the years before the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 largely ended the bloodshed in Northern Ireland. During the so-called Troubles, some 3,600 people were killed while some 50,000 were wounded.
Why can’t they agree to join hands and hate the moslem invaders?
The new Troubles are gonna make the old ones look like a children’s birthday party.
Did she own it?
An 87-year-old Spanish woman was forcibly evicted Wednesday from the Madrid apartment she had lived in for more than 70 years, in a case that highlights a growing housing crisis in the country.
Video showed Maricarmen Abascal, who is a wheelchair user, being taken out of the building in the Spanish capital’s Retiro neighborhood on a stretcher and driven away in an ambulance.
Supporters had gathered outside her building overnight on Friday, with dozens of police officers holding them back as some tried to stop the eviction from going ahead. In a social media video posted Friday by the Madrid tenants union, Abascal gave thanks for the support she had received.
Tenants’ union? Fuck off, Spain.
Tapped out of the stupid.
Oh well, communism will solve this problem everywhere. Try to hold out until then, folks.
I need confirmation from Tres that the second question is not being asked by Jugsy.
https://archive.is/4hD2W
“Then, I met my now-boyfriend, who loves me for me, not my body. In fact, he says my curves are his favorite physical trait of mine.”
Sorry honey- I’m only there for the fat. Cellulite is allright!
2005’s Pirates had some lesbian sex scenes, so they’re still late to the party.
The early seasons of Black Sails had a bunch of lesbian action.
It was a great in early seasons because the show runner knew enough to stage conversations between pirates in a local bar/whorehouse so gratuitous breasts could be displayed.
In later seasons, it pivoted to gay piracy (not that there is anything wrong with that). Also got way too philosophical. And way less gratuitous boobs.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/1WSsrMC0QnegT5-6JUSN5w.9AoMjTyc-hMGH8GXjLNMjj
No plate today. The steaks are so big they have to be on a tray.
🥩😃
Size queen.
Dan Nicander, secretary-general for the International Union of Tenants, said the situation in Spain was something his organization had seen in many countries in Europe.
“It’s a part of the financialization problem, seeing housing as an asset more than a home to people,” he told NBC News.
It’s “really tough” for the people living in the houses to do anything about it, he added, saying the responsibility lay with politicians “to regulate the market in a way that it shouldn’t be that easy to buy and invest and then not [be] using the houses as homes.”
“Housing is a right,” he said. “It’s a fundamental right, first and foremost. It shouldn’t be a commodity.”
We all have the right to the labor and property of others. Jesus taught us that.
Unfortunately, the majority of Christians believe that is what Jesus taught.
It’s a damn shame that Spain didn’t join the axis powers in WWII.
Moar dead commies would have been the end result.
I expected a much more punchable face.
“Iowa Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand said he would oppose efforts to restrict books about homosexuality and transgenderism geared toward children.
Kailee Coleman, a social media influencer, said in an interview with Sand — who currently serves as Iowa state auditor — that she is a “banned book children’s author” and asked if he would allow further “book bans” in the state.
“If they try to do any more book bans, I’m going to veto them. My pledge is that I’m going to veto culture war bills,” Sand responded.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/called-moderate-governor-candidate-wants-trans-books-elementary/
CWAA
Fuck off, groomer.
He looks the part.
I’m assuming that Sloopy is in hog heaven today.
OSU wins and Karma bites Michigan in their ass
It wasn’t as egregious as Michigan’s extra second victory, but there is no way Iowa was going to get that last play off if the clock hadn’t stopped for the Michigan injury.
Because freedom of the press can only mean freedom from consequences
By Friday, the presidential television pool was back in place and the legal wrangle was largely resolved. But the larger issue was not. Conflicts involving press credentials, government terminology, Pentagon reporting rules and federal leverage over media companies have repeatedly raised the same question: How much influence should a president have over the institutions responsible for independently covering him?
The answer now has to come from more than courts and news organizations themselves. Political leaders should be asked to put their names behind a short, bipartisan statement of principles on presidential press freedom, circulated to every member of Congress, governor, current Cabinet member and living former Cabinet member.
Such a statement would provide a simple test that survives the politics of the moment. A Republican can believe CNN treats Trump unfairly and still believe a president should have no power to punish CNN for its journalism. A Democrat can despise Fox News and still recognize that a future Democratic president should have no power to exclude Fox. Press freedom is durable only when its defenders extend it to journalism they dislike.
Trump can’t respond when the press calls him a fascist dictator. That wouldn’t be fair.
When does glibertarians.com get its 1st amendment right to a set of WH press credentials?
federal leverage over media companies
But enough about NPR.
Its central principle could be simple: Regardless of which party controls the White House, the president should respect the independence of established news organizations and the press arrangements through which they cover the presidency. Officials who believe reporting is inaccurate should answer through facts and argument. Ordinary press access should operate according to consistent standards, not presidential approval or disapproval of editorial decisions.
There it is.
The valorization of the credentialed journalist and the idea that this was the purpose of the 1A protection of “freedom of the press”.
Woe betide undocumented journalists like Nick Shirley.
I, for one, welcome our fact free overlords
The 2024 EV mandate aimed to facilitate the transition from gas-powered to EVs by setting new pollution standards for automakers’ vehicle fleets, which were intentionally difficult to meet without introducing new electric or low-carbon models. Trump celebrated its elimination in a Truth Social post as a “BIG DAY FOR AMERICAN AUTO WORKERS AND CAR BUYERS!”
“These new Standards will take the waste out of building cars in America,” the president wrote.
——-
The Sierra Club criticized the president’s decision to roll back these requirements, arguing it will make transportation more expensive for Americans.
Katherine García, the director of the Sierra Club’s “Clean Transportation for All” campaign, vowed to “fight this senseless rollback every step of the way” in a Saturday statement.
“Families already cannot afford the basics, and now Donald Trump wants to make driving more expensive too,” García said.
“Less fuel-efficient cars mean more gas burned, spending more at the pump, and dirtier air in our communities,” she continued. “Americans need relief from high costs, but instead Trump is giving automakers a free pass on pollution and handing families the bill – at the pump and with their health.”
Former Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg similarly slammed the president’s decision to remove these EV standards.
“U.S. manufacturing jobs are down under Trump, including in the auto industry. His strategy failed, and so will this,” he wrote on social media. “Lowering standards will accelerate what he has already been doing: handing the clean tech future to China and forcing Americans to pay more at the pump.”
Diogenes would have a tough time finding an honest man in this day and age.
C’mon Brooksy!
You know everything the Sierra Club and Buttigieg said was true. If it wasn’t true, they would add “said without evidence” behind their claims. Just like they call out all of Trump’s lies.
It’s amazing they don’t tip over from their ten-foot noses.
gratuitous boobs
[insert quizzical dog face]
[ Chuck Schumer has entered the chat ]
gratuitous moobs