At my son’s ballgame last week he leads off, like normal for this team. This is his “other” team that is 10u, we signed him up to get extra at bats. His tournament team is 11u and he tends to be at the bottom of the lineup, so not many chances to hit. He’s one of the better fielders on that team in spite of being 10, so its not like he’s in danger of getting cut.
Anyways, he hits a single into shallow left field, steals 2B and got in easily for a run. After the game I asked him if he noticed anyone at the game.
”Not really.”
So after the game I asked him if he noticed the name on the back to the SS jersey…the kid he was talking to after he stole 2B.
”Oh yeah. I pointed and asked him if that’s Mike Trout. He didn’t really say anything.”
Turns out Zack Greinke has his kid playing in this Cal Ripken league and he was putzing around the entire time. The kid probably thought my kid was screwing with him.
¡enlaces!
I think this confirms we won the trade war.
Well yeah, you’re in Mexico. What were you expecting?
Since I’ve been keeping track here for some time: Yes, the Pope is dead, JD Vance might be responsible, and his funeral is Saturday.
The best part of this, no matter how deep the hole gets, this asshole just keeps digging.
Has anyone heard from SIV, recently?
Don’t click on this tune if you’re not going to wait for the scream at the end. That’s the best part, bruh!
I’m used to Sloopy regaling us with sports talk — this came out of left field this afternoon….
(Glad your kid did well, MS… keeping in mind “Zack Greinke” may well be the muffler guy behind Meineke for all I know…)
To be honest, he looks like he could work on mufflers.
A trifle ghoulish in the black humor department — but if Vance keeps this up no nation in the world is going to want to have him visit….
What’s this? Did Vance visit the pope and sneeze on him or something?
Vance was one of the last people to visit the Pope this weekend. Hours later the Pope was dead.
And we’re not sure if the internet claiming JD did him in is serious or not.
Seems pretty serious to me.
Shpip:
Did JD Vance Kill the Pope? An Investigation.
Pope Francis passed away shortly after meeting with Vice President JD Vance.
(TW: The New Republic)
People are definitely taking this seriously.
https://babylonbee.com/news/dalai-lama-quietly-cancels-scheduled-meeting-with-jd-vance
lolwut
We will truly win the trade war win they accept Taco Bell.
From the article:
But at least one U.S.-based Mexican chain has struggled to make it in Mexico. Taco Bell opened a few outlets in Mexico City in 1992 but they closed within two years. The brand opened another store in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2007 which also didn’t last.
We need more tariffs to get them to accept Taco Bell.
You meant Lose the war,
/gag….
WRT the pope lying in state, isn’t there a picture of Swissy standing by the coffin in pantaloons and holding a big stick? Or am I misremembering?
I saw that too. He’s going to be busy the next few days.
Francis now has the ultimate narrow gaze.
I hear that the College of Cardinals is planning on going in a different direction for the next pontiff.
Though if they really wanted to get the upper hand on the Moslems, Hindoos, and Protestants, there’s one obvious choice.
But don’t let Vance have an ‘audience’, too risky.
Criminals dressed in fake military uniforms opened fire on spectators at a cockfight in rural Ecuador, killing 12 unarmed people and wounding several others, police in the violence-plagued South American nation said Friday.
Such a brazen attack. I’m surprised that no one chickened out at the last minute.
They had a lot of people egging them on.
I expect Swiss to come along and cluck his disapproval.
I’d guess Swissy will have his capon.
Two calls for Swiss already? He’s going to have to decide which of you two are higher on the pecking order.
Fowl criminals making poultry decisions. Shocking.
But did they dye eggs? Or potatoes?
A pun is the worst kind of yolk.
Ooooh, that kind of cockfight. I get it now.
All your names are going on the rooster.
Fourscore:
I’m sure Swissy will go over that rooster with a comb.
I heard that it wasn’t that much of a surprise. The victims saw the gunmen coming, but they were so fat they couldn’t flee in time. The were all shot while trying to wattle away.
It’s getting First in here…so First…so take off all your clothes.
Headlines don’t get much better than this….
I wonder if this means more asylum seekers from Ecuador.
Here is the correct link for this sentiment. Plus you get a nice one at the beginning, too.
Maybe
Screaming, you say? This is one of my go to when screaming is called for.
Screaming commences at 1:17
Screaming? Give me some hardcore Hatebeak!
Indiana legislature passes bill to set up the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission
Indiana is taking a first step toward acquiring parts of Illinois, though a last step appears rather unlikely.
Indiana’s Legislature this week gave final approval to a bill that would create the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission to recommend whether to change the border between the two states. The move comes as residents of some Illinois counties are seeking to separate from the Chicago area.
Republican Indiana Gov. Mike Braun plans to sign the measure into law, spokesman Griffin Reid said Friday. Braun will then face a Sept. 1 deadline to schedule the commission’s initial meeting.
🙄
C’mon! That’s exciting! It might even lead to fisticuffs!
Wisconsin better watch out, last time nearby States had a war, they lost the peace.
I want to see the “Urban Territories act” where any conurbation of 100K or more gets removed from their state and reduced to territorial status, being more like Samoa.
We had a suburb of Baton Rouge do that here. The screaming and crying afterwards was epic. The entitlement crowd went apeshit when they realized who was paying all of the taxes. Their tax cattle escaped.
the Pope is dead, JD Vance might be responsible, and his funeral is Saturday.
May or may not be a Rickroll
Commiepope’s brain exploded from all the winning.
A Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration has been moved to a new prison, US Senator Chris Van Hollen has said.
I wish they’d stop saying that, unless they can prove incontrovertibly it was a case of mistaken identity.
They use that word to make people think there’s no evidence of him being a gang member. Which is really irrelevant.
It’s the dumbest possible strategy because alls conservatives have to do is paint the guy as a criminal back in return. SO now we have some retarded debate about whether this guy was or wasn’t a gang member (hint – he probably was) instead of about due process and our fucked up immigration system.
It is weird. You’d think they would say “wrongly” but it is always “mistakenly”.
No idea why.
The mistake was that he wasn’t supposed to be sent to El Salvador. We should drop him in Guatemala instead.
I like how we can’t have a serious discussion about due process rights in this country. We have to try and turn some likely gang banger into a martyr type figure and paint him as innocent while ignoring that two hundred other assholes were also deprived of due process and locked in a cage at the same time.
This is as bad as making George Floyd into some modern say progressive saint.
But they know that serious discussions about due process rights are impossible because we are a fundamentally un-serious people.
The facts don’t matter. It’s all about The Narrative ™, and as long as they control the story, they can make a saint out of any sinner.
There’s a legitimate debate to be had here about due process. But we can’t have it in this country.
Both sides have already spit on the concept of due process for decades now. If Trump was a smart man, he would have cobbled together some kangaroo court like the one that puts people on no-fly lists without any evidence and had them rubber stamp his decision.
He controls the immigration courts. They aren’t part of the judicial branch. There’s smarter and less obviously unconstitutional ways to achieve what he wanted.
It is the same idiocy with “constitutional crisis” and that BS. The US has normalized constitutional crisis for who knows how long, from the civil war to any gun control, all of FDR and LBJ’s packing of the bureaucracy, Civil Rights, and so on. Sure, they sound good to some people, but they are no where in any constitution listing the feds powers.
But, it is Trump doing what every pres. before him has done that is the problem.
Due process is a state court declaring someone violated a federal law.
There is no court for no fly lists. It’s administrative, secretive, and the only appeal is a redress # that DHS may or may not issue you.
I had to mull this issue a bit as I feel that the illegal invaders have the rights that all humans have (before taken away by the gov’t). I came up with this:
You are throwing a party at your house when you are visited by some party-crashers. You can ask them to leave, you can escort them to the door, you can even whip out a firearm and force them to go. There is no due process needed; it’s a property rights issue. If one of them did some damage, say broke a window or shot your dog, then the law steps in and due process is applicable.
Floyd is a perfect example. The response from the own the libs crowd is to raise St Chauvin as a competing figure, rather than honesty.
But at least one U.S.-based Mexican chain has struggled to make it in Mexico. Taco Bell opened a few outlets in Mexico City in 1992 but they closed within two years. The brand opened another store in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2007 which also didn’t last.
They should have opened a few in Mazatlan for the spring break drunks.
It seems like trying to sell yellow ice to the Eskimos.
The “coming soon” preliminary for-sale sign is in the yard.
Kneel before Zod, Aunt Susie.
This preview has been approved for all audiences.
Ha! https://twitter.com/MoriahJovan/status/1914820010180071474?t=-quk-XCkPHAXuewn7HPFqw&s=19
You love to see it.
Tim Pool occupied the White House press briefing’s “new media” chair, and was granted the first question of the day by Press Secretary Leavitt. And ooooooh boy, he called out the DNC steno pool to their faces:
“Many of the news organization represented in this room have marched in lock step on false narratives, such as the ‘very fine people’ hoax, the Covington smear, and now, the ‘Maryland man’ hoax. Where an MS-13 gang member, adjudicated by 2 different judges I believe, is simply being referred to as a ‘Maryland man’ over and over again.”
Let’s go Brandon!
I love this new policy. These are the people who will ask interesting questions.
I am just operating under the assumption that all Marylanders are gangbangers now.
The Wire, a documentary.
It would explain the surge in AZ judges taking vacations in Charm City.
Are they not?
Well Baltimore’s there so at least a sizable percentage are.
Online Whiner: “Why tips? Why can’t you just pay them more?”
Also Online Whiner: “Why are these no-tip places so expensive?”
I have to figure out what I am cooking tonight. Maybe Tex-Mex.
Soul Food.
I smoked some pork but the Mrs and I cannot eat all that…free to a good home!
What are freezers for?
The rich owners are supposed to pay or maybe a tax on the rich to pay a $50 minimum wage.
I have to admit it was nice to not have to tip anyone in Japan or Korea.
You can’t even say that tipping leads to better service in the US than in Korea/Japan. I only had one time where I was pretty sure that I thought the barista was being a slacker. Every other time we got great service.
The other foreign concept was the penny jar. Several times, I’d buy something and the change would be 10 cents (local equivalent) and I didn’t want to be bothered carrying the change around, so I’d just leave it in the self checkout machine. I’d always get chased down by a clerk and forced to take it away.
Take it straight to the bank
Elon Musk still hasn’t publicly admitted that his days as the White House’s chief hatchet man are numbered — but behind the scenes, he’s apparently singing a different tune.
According to a source familiar with Musk’s thinking who spoke to the Washington Post on condition of anonymity, the unelected billionaire is ready to leave Donald Trump’s administration because he’s grown weary of “attacks” from the “left.”
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In the weeks since Politico reported that the president has been telling confidantes that Musk is on his way out — reporting that the White House called “garbage” and Musk slammed as “fake news” — there has been more indication than ever that the natalist billionaire has detractors in the Trump administration.
“Talking to the guy is sometimes like listening to really rusty nails on a chalkboard,” a senior official, who again was granted anonymity to speak freely, told Rolling Stone earlier this month. “He’s just the most irritating person I’ve ever had to deal with, and that is saying something.”
The headline (TW: Futurism) says Musk admits he is “out of his depth”.
That’s not the same as “people don’t like him”.
“unelected billionaire” The millions of people in the federal bureaucracy were all elected. It is known.
I was elected by the unelected drone who got my paperwork from the unelected drone who….was selected by an elected appointee!
I’m not sure which word the left is more offended by.
As the only officials elected by the entire country only Trump and Vance can make decisions. Everyone else must submit proposals requiring their approval including the legislative and judicial branches.
“source familiar with Musk’s thinking…”
Mind readers gonna lie. Both sides do this bullshit cause all the idiots in this damn country eat it up.
“his days as the White House’s chief hatchet man are numbered”
His days ARE numbered. He gave himself a deadline.
Last week the internet was aflutter with the certainty that Elon was never going to give up his vast power… to advise.
He’s just the most irritating person I’ve ever had to deal with, and that is saying something.”
What do you want to bet that “irritating” = “expects results”?
I would not doubt he is irritating – it’s kind of axiomatic with people like him.
One does wonder WTF it has to do with anything, other than whining.
He strikes me as an interesting guy. Not irritating at all unless you are just dead set on established narratives and cannot tolerate anyone who does not affirm them.
In other words, I’d have coffee with the guy any time.
An anonymous official granted speaking to the Rolling Stone? Grain meet salt.
Pretty sure it’s because he only signed up for it through May.
When all else seems outright like the doldrums…Tuesday at Glibs will smack you into submission.
Gold spot price $3400. I bought a couple of gold coins in the late ’90s. I wish I had bought a wheelbarrow full. Then I’d have enough money to buy a wheelbarrow.
*Wheelbarrows are shockingly expensive these days.
No shit.
His days ARE numbered. He gave himself a deadline.
I think I read there is a time limit on his current “employment” status.
Well, both. DOGE has a time limit (I think next summer), and Trump can only hire someone like Musk for a limited amount of time, I think.
It gets leaked so Bethesda just goes and Drops the Oblivion Remaster without preamble or hype?
Snidely Whiplash economics
The Trump administration’s plan to begin collecting defaulted college loan payments from millions of borrowers risks contributing to an economic slowdown at a time when the U.S. faces an elevated risk of a recession, some experts told ABC News.
Roughly 5 million borrowers will have their loans sent for collections beginning on May 5, the U.S. Department of Education, or DOE, said this week. Another 4 million people are in late-stage delinquency, meaning they could face collections within a matter of months.
Under the plan, the federal government will garnish wages from some of those borrowers, pulling money out of their pockets that may otherwise be spent and in turn drying up some economic activity, the experts said.
If the economy spirals into a downturn, they added, that lost spending would likely have been a smaller factor than other issues like tariffs and investor jitters, but the student-loan collections could compound the damage.
He’ll throw widows and orphans out into the snow. He’s destroying the economy just for his own amusement.
Keep this.
Get rid of tariffs.
I like the quote from this morning
Confusion? What? You mean I need to pay back my loan? What’s confusing about that?
But I was promised free shit so I planned accordingly.
Huh. Looks like women are finally trying to join men’s competitions.
Not going so great for the men. Or maybe going better than any of his fantasies ever?
Speaking of Womenz Sportz: Behold the glory of women’s flag football!!!
I had no idea that it will be an Olympic sport in 2028.
Why only 3 weekends a month? What is going on during Saturday #4?
better than breaking
When they try out for the team, do they have to demonstrate their ball handling skills?
Why not lingerie football in the Olympics?
Jamie:
Do you want to see two teams of these female athletes in lingerie?
Oil wrestling. There would be weight classes so I know when to watch.
Well, looking at the photo, the QT has a decent set of pins.
Some grappling promotions are co-ed. Most aren’t.
Not much happening in that particular match. She tries a slow and badly telegraphed hip bump sweep that he just postures up out of. On the other hand, he’s basically just sitting in her guard and doing nothing to advance his position. Hopefully the ref stood them up.
In all, some 42 million borrowers owe more than $1.6 trillion in student debt, according to the DOE.
If the borrowers currently in late-stage delinquency were to default on their own loans, it would bring the share of borrowers in default to nearly 25%.
Why didn’t the CFPB put an end to this predatory ending?
Trump should increase the interest rate.
30%
“The scale is quite large,” Michael Jones, an economist at the University of Cincinnati, told ABC News. “Every dollar that goes to pay the loans is a dollar that won’t be circulated into the economy.”
Do they convert those loan payments to cash as they come in, and then burn it?
Effectively, yes.
Brooksy,
You are taking money away from a college graduate! If anyone knows best how to spend money it is someone with a Women’s Studies degree.
College grad spending is like a multiplier on a multiplier in effectiveness in stimulating the economy.
The money the government collects goes straight into a program helping the poor get critical access to malt liquor.
Once they remove candy and soda from SNAP they can add malt liquor.
Neat.
“ ‘ATM’ That Melts Gold Down, Sends Funds To Account Spotted In China”
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/atm-melts-gold-down-sends-funds-account-spotted-china
There’s got to be a way to trick one of those things and drop in some fishing weights but, considering the reputation of Chinese prisons and the existence of mobile lethal injection vans, it’s probably not worth the risk.
does it assay the purity of the metals? How?
Volume, duh
Handheld XRF scanners exist
https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/NITONXL5plus
So a version of that would work. But they’re about $20k, so unlikely to be worth it.
HHS, FDA to Phase Out Petroleum-Based Synthetic Dyes in Nation’s Food Supply
RFK is getting busy.
RFK Jr. eyes reversing CDC’s Covid-19 vaccine recommendation for children
More RFK.
How does the authoritative ass taste?
“the CDC and a slate of independent advisers just three years ago.”
Fuck ‘em.
For some values of “scientific”.
Side effects are for losers.
Independent advisors = Pfizer exec, J & J exec…
Has he done anything bad so far? I haven’t been keeping up.
“He’s just the most irritating person I’ve ever had to deal with, and that is saying something.”
Funny, that is exactly what James Carville just said about David Hogg.
That is what everyone said about Carville.
Is this trans madness? Or is it heartwarming color blindness?
Neither.
Wet nurse kink
Love the Dachshund trying to get in on the action.
Why does ESPN feel the need to superimposed the name of the player with the puck on the screen when a team is on the power play?
So, Sensei dropped that AI “Turn an image into a video clip” LLM python machine.
I gave it This image that my StableDiffusion install shat out, and the prompt “a lawyer walking past the viewer”.
Simple stuff, a setup to show off.
Well… This is what it gave me back.
Is he doing a Michael Jackson impersonation?
Interesting. At the bottom of the GitHub he gives you some input to feed into ChatGPT to have it generate some more expressive movement.
Thanks for posting the output!
I figured just walking would be within the abilities of the program.
I have never used ChatGPT, I’d rather run my LLMs locally.
It seems to need expressive adjectives / adverbs.
Authoritatively, enthusiastically, quickly, etc.
All I know is that is the worst cut suit I have seen in a long time.
I blame AI
For that money, it should dig the hole and bring me beer
Yes. Yes it should.
Too small to convert to a killdozer.
Installed a new solenoid yesterday, changed oil today, the Troy-Built is ready to till.
No beer delivery though
Ok, that’s cool. Too expensive and I am guessing maintenance and repair are a nightmare.
Hahaha. “Popular! Seven other people have looked at this in the last hour!”
I wonder who the other people are taking a gander at a tankbarrow…
Ok, looked up the reviews. I was wrong. A couple of minor design flaws but the thing is strong and tougher than hell. Everyone that has one loves it.
The answer is to mount an M-60 on it and convert to RC. At that point, you use it to round up the gophers in your yard to do the digging.
That’s your answer to everything