I will keep it brief since it is election day for those of us in the US. Which means people knocking on my door at 8pm asking to remind my wife to vote are going to go back to fucking off at their union job instead of knocking on my fucking door at 8pm during Monday Night Football. That’s worth celebrating, right?*
Here are four links discuss or not. I assume by publishing time some shenanigans will turn up that we will focus on. Otherwise no 30 min rule for today; enjoy the bouncy .gif.
A flying knee kills a fútbolero in Spain.
A mustache signifies a turn to secularism in Arab politics.
Rubio demands Venezuela stop being stupid about their elections. LOL you first, gringo.
Strokes more common among people age 55 and under. This is not a Billy Squier joke.
On that note: here’s Billy Squier!
*Nope. Another stopped by at 10am. I’m going to put a shotgun in the window.
That gif is…nice
yes, Mr. Sharpshooter, thank you for the gif.
That brightened my day.
I’m trying to stay off social media, but I was not pleased with my earlier run through.
6 years of Talarico in Texas would be annoying.
A pickle, so to speak.
Yeah I mean… 6 years of that guy? Gross.
I’m sure James won’t see you as a pickle, but something more enticing.
A sort of plug, if you will.
Interesting cut-off date. I wonder if strokes among younger people have continued to rise since then, and what (besides general fatassery) could be causing the increase.
Or would the Post…
(dons sunglasses)
…Spike that story.
Heartless!
Beginning of 2022 the local AM stations were flooded with stroke and blood clot awarnes PSAs.
It can happen to anyone! Even kids! It’s totally normal for twelve year olds to stroke out. Nothing to see here!
American are fat asses. #justsayin
Well, this guy turns 56 in 3 months. So dodged that bullet.
I, too, am immortal now.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE
Only in our current world is a freezer connected to the cloud as well as being unable to be disconnected from the same cloud.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/03/supermarket-fridges-hack-cyberattack-europe.html
It seems like there must be a niche market for appliances that don’t have all that shit.
They’re called vintage.
I’m still rocking a set I bought used on Craigslist in 2013.
Reminds me yet again that I need to pull my late 40s Westinghouse out and determine if it was packrats that killed it and if I can fix it.
6 years of Talarico
Console yourself with the bitter tears of Beto.
True
Talarico is gonna be way worse than Beto ever threatened.
He will be about the same level of crazy. And since he may be in the Senate, the damage is limited.
I say that because who knows WTF Talarico really believes, he has lied and flip-flopped so many times.
Will he be on the 2032 with AOC?
Speaking of things, youtube excreted a video which I did not watch about “the end of smart washing machines”.
We can only hope it’s true, and spreads like wildfire through the appliance-verse.
IOT machines need to go away. “Smart” machines that do things like load sensing, etc should stay
Doubt it. Appliance makers want that data.
I’m ok with it only if it exclusively sends data about how to really fix my skidmarks in future updates.
Probably more that they want the money for SELLING the data than the data itself.
But can they play Doom?
At least I cannot succumb to a stroke before the age of 55.
I’ve never actually had a political canvasser visit me, either in NV or here in TX. Vero Fiber, AT&T, and the Mormon church have sent envoys though.
I can’t recall that being a thing locally.
Mormons once and Seventh day once.
Kids trying to sell candy bars decades ago and coupon booklets more recently.
I’ve had exactly one political canvasser in thirty years — for a very ambitious yet thoroughly uncharismatic housewife who got thumped in the R primary. Twice. She finally got the message and is now some local republican committeewoman.
However, I regularly get some cult members who try to convert me into worshiping a weird shade of blue.
I’ve come to loathe cyantologists.
*insert LeAnn Rimes singing ‘Blue’*
I got 4 in the last week, and 6 since August which is when AZ holds the primary.
I hear you knocking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMjwb13TFCo
But you can’t come in
Because Shpip’s Guadalcanal story reminded me of this:
We did a ceremony once for a retired Marine that had been at Guadalcanal and Pelilu if I remember correctly.
I was his liaison, so I went to meet him in his old folks home and we talked for a long time.
He had a lot of stories about boot camp and his infantry training.
He also talked about lugging his BAR, which since he was a tiny dude, would have been a chore.
He never once talked about anything that happened on the islands.
The ceremony was to give him his Purple Heart and a Bronze Star because of some paperwork snafu.
He had pictures from where they gave it to him in the hospital, but never received his commendations.
I don’t remember exactly what the citation said now, but I remember thinking “Holy Shit!” when they read it.
He died a couple months later from lung cancer, but he told me that we gave him one of the best days of his life.
Nice story!
One of the Brothers at my HS was a belly gunner. He never mentioned his service once.
The battle for Guadalcanal is one of my favorites to study. New books are still being written about the battle – one on my list is Guadalcanal’s Longest Fight: The Pivotal Battles of the Matanikau Front by Dave Holland. Dave Holland is the same person who operates the fantastic youtube channel Guadalcanal – Walking a Battlefield. Check it out sometime. In Mr. Holland’s opinion Paige’s medal of honor action is the most epic of all the medal of honor’s awarded at Guadalcanal, surpassing even John Baslione’s MOH action.
Mamdani looks like a 70s drug kingpin or “strongman”.
If he grows it a bit more he’ll look like the Iron Shiek.
Hey Glibs, I have been sparse here lately but I hope you are all doing well and are successfully avoiding election coverage.
Hope all is well with you and yours!
I was until you mentioned it.
Hope you’re doing alright with the gym and your concussion.
Did you find a car yet?
I have many things going on. I played hockey in Utah, then we went to Disney for a week (which was about the worst of my many, many Disney trips). I came back from Disney with a nasty virus that’s still hanging on. Tomorrow I got to Vegas for more hockey, then Monday I give a deposition for my lawsuit.
And since you asked, we now have a court appointed mediator, and a deadline for this all to be over. Unfortunately that’s in April, so once again opposing counsel can speed this along or take it slow. And then I will get a car.
That’s insane on the car crash. What a damn mess.
They will drag it out as long as possible.
It is a damn mess. I had my 1-year crashiversary while I was in Disney. We took a Lyft, and it happened to be a Honda Civic. That was a bit unnerving.
I have the police report now, one paragraph stating I was slowed or stopped for traffic and the other guy hit me, caused major damage, then my car spun and I had more damage. All accurate. He was cited for no insurance and not slowing or stopping for traffic. The cops have the dash cam video. This is all very simple, but hey, why not keep dragging this out and causing me more grief?
Because at this point because you have representation there is minimal upside for them.
You could die, your attorney could die, you could get fed up and walk away or settle for less money.
I’ve had claims settle right before jury deliberations on courthouse steps so to speak.
It’s the way of the industry and especially Allstate. They have attorneys on staff just for this. Claimants don’t.
I got my start at third party P&C claims administrator.
OTH, they will settle very quickly for minimal dollars.
Acton says Rammy is a DANGER to the state.
No specifics. Maybe she’s afraid he won’t hold the state hostage over a sniffles outbreak.
There was an Acton/Pepper sign I saw that for a slogan was some “Bring Prices Down!” bullshit. The only things I’ve heard for ‘lowering prices’ has been government subsidies… because that’ll help!
If the subsidies don’t work, they could try price controls.
Surely those have no negative consequences.
I just got (another) check in the mail from Kathy Hochul. Sucks for her that I can’t vote for her.
And since you asked, we now have a court appointed mediator, and a deadline for this all to be over.
That sounds like potentially good news.
It is. We are pushing the other side to schedule mediation quickly, but they can decide to be dicks about it and make it in March if they really wanted to.
It looks like he couldn’t decide between the Stalin and the Hitler.
Why not both?
How will they all fit in the back of the bus?
Carnival Starts Free Shuttles from Your Cruise Ship to the Airport
Any measure that segregates Carnival passengers from the public at large is a good one.
I just got back from the grocery store. I bought some charcoal lighter fluid and the checker asked for my ID. I thought that I had misheard her but, nope, ID required. That set off my bullshit alarm. Another example of how the morons in DC (or the morons in Santa Fe) have nothing better to do but make life more miserable.
No ID for gasoline.
No ID for propane
No ID for Coleman fuel
No ID for BIC lighters
Why charcoal lighter fluid is singled out is a mystery to me. I guess that’s because I’m not a moron.
PS @Slumbrew: my Monocle problems disappeared just after I mentioned them. Firefox is still weird.
I’ve been tackling household projects, and it’s always an interesting lottery game seeing what’s going to require an ID check. Bondo, spray paint, spray primer, and spray adhesive do. Latex paint, non-aerosol primer, acetone and mineral spirits don’t, although any glue that contains acetone does. Here’s Texas’ controlling legislation.
It looks like he couldn’t decide between the Stalin and the Hitler.
He can grow the little welcome mat under his lower lip and go for the Frank Zappa look.
The video of the soccer incident makes it clear that it was a deliberate assault on the part of the goalie. He wasn’t “just going for the ball”. It’s a lot like the hockey homicide from a year or 2 back, but not quite as overt since there’s not a de facto weapon. Depraved indifference in both cases.
If he were in the box, a mistimed jump might make some sense. He wasn’t.
I think he’s banned for life.
That was clearly a flop.
*snork*
I hesitate to watch the video again. It did look ugly.
Dying in/over a game. Crazy.
It doesn’t *feel* like someone should die from that, so I clearly know nothing whatsoever about the human body.
There was a safety for the Bills who’s heart stopped for a while on the field a couple years back. First time I remember a game ever got cancelled (outside of the 9/11 pause, but I believe all of those games were made up). Then there’s the reason we here in Cleveland hate the gods damned New York Yankees.
Maybe his knee hit the guy’s heart.
It’s wild what kind of impacts can kill a guy.
Maybe his knee hit the guy’s heart.
Yeah, kneecap to sternum at speed will be a hell of a hit.
I wonder what “Jane Doe” is up to.
Who?
Her seventh threesome?
*chuckle*
+21
About 8 guys
Cranberry compote, pumpkin Gouda on a rosemary cracker is delicious. Tastes like Thanksgiving.
That is all.
That does sound nice.
Momdummy now looks like Groucho Marx without a sense of humor.
Trust us
Control of the House and Senate may not be immediately clear on election night, and some of the 2026 midterm election calls will take longer than others. But that’s not unusual or an indication of fraud, as some candidates may claim.
As the nation watches to see how the elections unfold on Tuesday night, election experts advise voters against listening to politicians who cry foul without offering evidence of fraud as ballots are being cast or counted. Many key races will be close. And when they’re close, the results are likely to come later.
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Becker says there is a type of candidate who’s likely to complain early and often about the integrity of the election.
“It’s almost certain that the candidates who think they’re doing poorly are going to be spreading lies and disinformation about it, trying to fill that vacuum,” Becker said, adding that he believes President Trump “will probably spread lies and disinformation about the election on election night because he did it in 2020.”
Don’t worry, we’ll get the count right if it takes ’til Christmas.
We don’t have to worry about that though. That only happens when republicans are winning.
“And that’s the way it was.” *WINK*
I like how this mantra is repeated during every election now. Couldn’t we just consider that the standard disclaimer or “new normal” and save the trouble? Don’t worry, you’ve sufficiently psychologically primed people to understand that it takes advanced computers that can run physics simulations and discover new particles smashed together in an accelerator weeks or longer to perform a job that took hours when performed by human hand for the previous century.
What if historically they were wrong, and Dewey really did best Truman?
Whoa
Took me a second…
Apparently Haley Stevens’ fiance exerted some sort of evil patriarchal Svengali mind control bully-fu to get her to endorse the Trumpublican.
It’s like regret rape, only worse.
Another Jewish superpower.