I would like to say something controversial. You see, a thought occurred to me last last night. Gary Busey—every movie he is in instantly becomes unwatchable without him playing his character. Pointe Break? Already mostly unwatchable. Predator 2? Already mostly unwatchable. Under Siege? There’s no fucking way that’s sitting on your shelf because you liked the chemistry between Stephen Segal and Tommy Lee Jones. Soldier? Seriously? Unwatchable. Yes, I am including Lethal Weapon in this because without Mr. Joshua that just becomes a contrarian Christmas movie about two homosexuals struggling with PTSD.
Plus every villain in the sequels has to live up to Mr. Joshua, so he can even get credited with Klaus Schwab and his “diplometic emmunity” as well.
¡enalces!
Welp. There goes my plans to attend the Frye Festival.
See? The Orange Man can reach agreements. In your face Canada!
This is how politicians should live. In fear.
I like Pete, but posse comitatus is a thing.
Read beyond the headline, and you will find out an illegal immigrant was deported, she decided to take her 2 year old daughter, an American Citizen, back to her country with her.
Let the Bolsonaro conspiracies commence!
Here’s a tune. Enjoy your Tuesday!
What is the Mexican equivalent of a cheese sandwich?
Cheese enchilada?
A cheese quesadilla? No, even that take more preparation than what Fyre provides. An uncooked cheese quesadilla.
Is that a block of cheese, a grater and some corn meal — “Prepare your own!”?
Queso Torta?
A little too obvious, Neph.
Nachos
Sacre bleu! Est-ce le remake français du film?
Como se what?
There’s a reason I wouldn’t drive I-10 across the country if you paid me. Constitution-Free zones shouldn’t exist, no.. (don’t start me on airports magically suspending X miles of “border” around them….)
I take I- 8 East bound a lot, never seen any black helicopters, or checkpoints, comong or going
Or coming
at least it serves as another reason to hate both parties
being harassed, delayed by BP is one of my most infuriating interactions with the USG; I cover everything in the backseat or the bed of a pickup, and they couldn’t stand it, but I refused inspection, and (because I’m lily white?) I was sent on my way after ten minutes
I drive I-10 all the time. There are a few checkpoints but typically they’re looking for specific demographics.
Wouldn’t that include, umm, your demographic?
Yes, I am Mexican and an asshole. I get stopped all the time.
Something is rotten in the bowels of Brazil?
It stinks something awful.
Illegal alien with anchor baby:
1) deport the parent and keep the baby in the US. Separating families. You Monster!
2) depart the parent and the baby goes with the parent. Deporting US citizens. You Monster!
3) look the other way and let the illegal go. The Democratic Way. Still you’re fucking monster anyway for even thinking about it!
Better than the California Democratic Way of Scott Weiner, I suppose….
To really add some complications to it, what if the other parent is a citizen? How do you work out custody in those situations?
Custody reverts to the citizen.
Not too different that if a parent went to jail.
There is a long history of custody disputes between citizen and non-citizen parents regarding taking kids out of the US away from the citizen parent.
Not exactly the same problem here. But a citizen parent and citizen child certainly have the right to be here.
“Custody reverts to the citizen.
Not too different that if a parent went to jail.”
Well, other than the deported parent isn’t in jail and can live normally with their kid in the country where the parent belongs. I’m not sure why whatever custody arrangements were in place before the illegal was deported would be affected.
If the parents want the citizen child to grow up in the US, arrangements can be made. They just won’t involve the illegal moving back the US with their kid.
I believe in the cancer kid case Dad is also an illegal, so having the kid stay couldn’t have worked.
There are many, many people employed full time with the sole job of figuring out how to make anything that happens look bad for Trump.
For clarity. I am hard over that an anchor baby does not guarantee a non-citizen parent the right to live within the US.
Of course, the two year old isn’t being deported. There isn’t a deportation order on the kid, I’m sure.
Sounds like the father is an illegal, too, since they told him if he showed up to take the kid they’d detain him.
Well that was a pleasant surprise! I’m rather fond of that one, song and video both.
“Read beyond the headline”
Just this week some members of “the press” lamented that they “missed” Biden’s mental decline. How could that have escaped us! Our bad!
But then they continue to push outright lies like this. Such POS’s.
Missed, like didn’t see? Or, missed, like look back fondly?
The claim is they didn’t see it, and the Dems were doing such a great job of hiding it, they were fooled. As if they weren’t fully engaged in writing the “Biden is sharp as a tack” narrative. And if they honestly didn’t see it, they were grossly negligent and completely incompetent for not even questioning something that 75% of us noticed. There were even polls where a majority of Democrats thought Biden was too old to run.
Oh, I know, Kevin. But it does make you wonder at the double meaning, no?
More than that, there were people running around accusing anyone who declared Biden in decline were “age-ist.”
Not to mention disasters like this: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-27-2024
(that’s especially a shame because she’s a very good historian and, based on a couple of interactions I had with her, a nice person. Politics really is a poison).
ZWAK, I agree, it’s an entirely different feeling when they lie to protect the ruling power vs lying when they’re out of power. There is a sense of desperation now. Throw everything against the wall and hope something sticks.
Just like Tupac Shakur was the fey ballet student who put on the persona of a street thug, Richardson figured out that being the obscure academic didn’t pay nearly as well as becoming the hair-on-fire George Will for Basic College Girls.
Holy Cow, Raven Nation. If I was her dept. head, I would be seriously checking all of her work as she is showing very little cognative reasoning here, and I would be worried about all of her other research.
@ ZWAK & Shpip
Sadly, she seems to have the choice that some historians make – fame over substance (although, of course, inside the academy her popular works will be celebrated too).
She really made her rep, deservedly so, with her third book “West From Appomattox.”
As to her current writing: she’s a full professor so no more promotions and completely protected by tenure (appropriately I would say). That said, I did love this line, “stage performance has trumped substance in political coverage in our era” as if that just started with Trump.
Ask any old person that still has some mental acuity. Everyone I know (knew) that Biden lived in his own dream world. He had all the manifestations of degeneration The blank look, the vacant eyes, the stumbling, reading a script with difficulty, inappropriate smiling. Old people pick up on those things and try to insure that we don’t project them ourselves.
From the gitgo, the beginning of his campaign, the evidence was in. Any apologies at this time should result in termination and disbarment for credentialed individuvals
I don’t believe a thing the MSM says about the topic of “falsely” deported “citizens” “without due process”. Maybe there are mistakes, I dunno – but it would be helpful if the left could cite an actual example instead of making shit up.
They are also saying Donald is “underwater” on the issue of illegal immigration – I don’t believe that either.
Nothing they claim is real.
They didn’t miss it. They were complicit in hiding it. Until it came time to no longer do it. I am firmly convince that they purposely didn’t amp Biden up on drugs for the debate so he would look befuddled and demented in under push him out and install their preferred candidate Calamity (recall that years ago Harris had been anointed ‘the one’)
It’s a beautiful day here. 70 and breezy. We have all the windows open and I can hear the green tree frogs.
Speaking of our amphibious friends, we had a real toad-strangler here in SW OH earlier this afternoon and lost power briefly. It’s nice again now, but apparently we’re due for some more this evening. 😕
Low 80’s here and quite nice. Some nastiness coming soon, though. The word “tornado” was thrown around but I doubt that.
Oh, the tornado warning is 15 miles northwest of here.
Should be good. 😀
That’s just gut-wrenching.
It just boweled me over.
Eat some Chipotle if you want to get transit going.
He was SOL, I guess
Carny was good.
Didn’t see it, but I bet Busey made it watchable.
Also has Jodie Foster as the love interest.
Jodie Foster is a dealbreaker for me. I can’t stand her.
“Exclusive parenteral nutrition continues, as well as motor physical therapy and measures to prevent venous thrombosis. The recommendation not to receive visitors persists and there is no forecast of discharge from the ICU,” the bulletin ends saying.
No to receive visitors? Sounds like the set up for a conspiracy….
Supreme Court asks: Can FBI be held liable for raiding the wrong house?
the sad part is that, in government logic, “reasonable mistake” has anything to do with it
all parties are responsible for their actions….unless they have sovereign immunity; the USG will either play that card or not
for me it’s a takings, but the USSC has never held such
If a mistake, pay for damages. If negligence, pay for damages and punish those responsible.
Exempting any entity from responsibility creates a certainty of abuse. This is not difficult.
Catastrophe coming
Experts agree that we urgently need more comprehensive rules around the management of objects in orbit, but in an increasingly polarized world, the idea of global cooperation to protect space seems more remote than ever.
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It’s not only working satellites that are filling up space. There are millions of pieces of junk floating around, many traveling at extremely high speeds. ESA estimates that over 1.2 million objects in orbit are “large enough to be capable of causing catastrophic damage” if they collide with anything. Low-Earth orbit is getting particularly crowded, with thousands of commercial objects in addition to thousands more pieces of debris.
The problem isn’t only that debris could damage a vital piece of equipment, such as the International Space Station. If enough collisions of even small debris pieces occur, they could create more and more debris, causing more and more collisions, creating a cascade effect, which could make access to space treacherous, or even require shutting down all global space programs in the future.
Soon there will be so much space junk it will blot out the sun and we’ll all freeze.
Brooks just solved climate change.
This sentence is a tell that the reporterette has no idea what she’s typing about.
If it’s in orbit, it’s traveling at orbital velocity, i.e., “extremely high speed.”
They’ll probably do the Kessel run in two parsecs or something, Shpip.
Well, it depends on what you’re comparing its velocity to.
“What’s the air speed velocity of an unladen satellite?”
“What do you mean? American or European satellite?”
“What? I don’t know that…. aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!”
Neph thinks it is all relative.
I’m no more fond of the idea of AI deep fakes for “adult content” than anyone else, I expect…. but when this is screaming THINK OF THE CHILDREN!, my hackles are up as to what fresh hell they’re hiding in it to push on people.
In conversation with someone recently about AI they complained about problems they see coming and proposed solutions.
It was very obvious to me that their anachronistic thinking was completely irrelevant to what is actually going on.
Take it down? Ever hear the expression “The genie is out of the bottle” ?
That is not how this works.
Anybody have any experience with the Stihl MS261 or MS271 chainsaw?
After spending 90 min babying* my poulan through some storm cleanup, im ready to upgrade to a real saw.
* on/off switch doesnt work, takes a weird chain, chain tensioner doesnt work well.
Sorry.
Womp womp
You should ask the experts.
Did you get a Stiel of a deal on it?
In any case, at the end of the day it is Stihl just a chainsaw.
I’ve had several chainsaws, got a Farm Boss 271, 15-20 years ago. I’ve cut at least 100 cords of firewood and cut them up. I rolled a few trees over it and bent the frame. My buddy straightened it out and it still runs and cuts well. I bought the next bigger size (Stihl) for my grand son-in-law Alaska, He liked a Husqvarna until he got the Stihl. I haven’t used mine much the past 4 years, for reasons. I do have a Husqvarna as well, hardly been used.
Had a McCullough, an Echo and maybe another one, I forget
Good to know. Thank you fourscore!
On a completely different note, I was very close to pulling the trigger on bees this spring. If I didn’t have a $6k emergency septic repair to pay off, it would have happened.
We pick up bees on Saturday, looks to be a warm day.. We make sort of a holiday, 4 classmates, stop for breakfast at a local place along the way. About a 50 mile trip, then back and put the bees out. We’ll start on Friday, assembling the equipment, I have it all cleaned up in the garage.
I have to bring the cabin up to code, it has had a cesspool for the last 60 years with no problem. Either I pay or the buyer subtracts the cost off the price. Probably 6-8K or a little more.
Go for next year on the bees
I had an older STHL of that size. It worked fine, but if you didn’t use it regularly each season it wouldn’t start, and you had to disassemble and clean the carb.
I give it away to a friend, and switched to an electric Milwaukee M18 Chainsaw. That has been able to do everything I need, swapping two or three batteries will keep you going continuously. The only maintenance is sharpening the chain, and topping up the chain oil. It has cut up entire trees > 12″ in diameter.
Yeah, 2 cycle engines will get gummy if the leave mixed gas in them for periods of time. I have a little outboard that has the same problem. The fixit shops thrive off lazy people like me.
I was tired of it, 2 stroke trimmer, chain saw. would it work this spring? I switched it all to M18. Everything is gummy with the modern ethanol gas. I had to clean the carb on the power washer last season, same thing.
My Honda CBR900RR started this spring, but was leaking fuel. I’ll investigate that after I repair the mower spindle on the Kubota.
I had a generic snow blower, (Murray?) I used it for 25 years, kept my yard and driveway clean. It only got used about 2-4 times a year, AC start and used regular bad gas. It always started. Finally it wouldn’t propel anymore, the fixit guy came, diagnosed some gear problem. I don’t know if I ever changed oil, only ran 6-8 hours a year. I gave it away to my buddy for his son. I’ll get a new one this fall. My snow blowing days are winding down but I can do that since it’s just walking slowly and has 2 handles to hold.
^Will second going electric. I have a 10” Bauer that’s been doing well. 2 5ah batteries last several hours and it’s had no problem chewing through most branches and smaller trunks. I quit for the day before the saw does.
I need to tackle some bigger trees and am going to pickup Harbor Freight’s 18” 80V Atlas. The saw is ~20% cost of a Stihl with minimal maintenance. Need batteries but they can be shared across other tools and it’s much cheaper to replace tools. I’d rethink if I was using it day-in, day-out, but it should do pretty much anything a homesteader needs.
I have been through a hundred Poulans. I see them as disposable saws.
Spend a little time watching this chick: https://www.youtube.com/@Chickanic
Well worth your time and you will learn more in five minutes from her than anyone else I have seen.
She’s amazing. I just ordered some parts from the aftermarket vendor she recommends for the push mower that doesn’t want to hold idle. Either I can play around for the next 4 hours trying to find the exact right hole in the carb to drench in carb cleaner or I can pay $15 for a new carb.
Welcome to my reality.
Harvard Promises Changes After Reports on Antisemitism and Islamophobia
You often hear people say things such as”I don’t want you to take this personal but….”
“Well, just so you understand I want you to take this personal”
Sir all due respect…
Heard that a few times, too.
Having been an NCO I learned to listen to them the first time.
Harvard? Any of the Ivy League. Lies and commie clap-trap. As I have said a thousand times, they are machiavellian as hell. They never, ever argue in good faith about anything whatsoever.
Ignore them. They have zero credibility.
So asking them very very nicely to not to scream ‘KILL ALL JEWS’ too loudly is Islamophobic. Got it.
Got a link to a video with them screaming just that? Chanting From the River to the Sea… doesn’t count. Many of the anti-Israel protesters are Jewish themselves.
Some DHS employees told to send selfies to prove they are in-office as department suddenly ends remote work
Dick pick ok?
As long as it has the parking lot in the background.
How about two guys going at it in a Senate conference room?
If your boss can identify you from that…
https://imgur.com/QTTjiKH
That reminds me, once a long time ago I sent my SIL a photo of Dick Van Dyke and asked if she liked the Dick pick.
Suddenly? That order came out months ago…
Suddenly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgpcEYkj0hQ
Because using card swipes isn’t possible?
Better still falsely attesting to being in the office should get you shit canned immediately. But… government.
Card swipes are easy to fake – just have a buddy do it for you.
The whole point of open borders was to create a mess that is unsolvable. Fuck the Democrats. As Homan said, we wont separate families, we will deport them together. You dont get to paint us into a corner like that.
Designate a two mile wide strip as part of a military base?
An EOD training area?
🤤
So, TIL that “only AI uses em-dashes.” Now, I did not think I could get more mad than I am at Cunty Aunt Susie, but here we are.
I used to do titles for my grandfather. It was rare to find where someone’s passing went smoothly. Nine out of ten were long, nasty battles over trivial amounts of property that tore the families apart and scattered the family’s wealth to the various lawyers involved. It is sad really how petty people can be.
I remember specifically two brothers that did not speak to each other for nearly 50 years over one acre and a wood frame house and how one of the brother’s wives had snuck to the house to steal a jewelry box while everyone was at the funeral.
It’s just…I dunno…people can really suck.
Well, the “coming soon” sign is in the yard and Friday, the official “for sale” sign goes up, so fuck Susie up the ass with a thousand duck penises without lube.
Jodie Foster is a dealbreaker for me. I can’t stand her.
A young (not as young as Taxi Driver) and attractive Jodie Foster. Pre political, maybe.
She is handsome in that way one uses to refer to an almost-striking woman who is not plain or ugly, but also not pretty.
Exactly. My distaste does not even factor in her politics.
As mentioned above, politics is poison. There are a lot of actresses I had crushes on…Foster among them….who would open their mouths about politics and bang, just like that, I couldn’t stand the sight of them.
Either I can play around for the next 4 hours trying to find the exact right hole in the carb to drench in carb cleaner or I can pay $15 for a new carb.
Same here. My Husqvarna weedeater (which has to be at least ten years old) suddenly didn’t want to run last fall. I was looking for a rebuild kit, and… Oh, look- you can get a whole new carb for less than the parts.
It’s time to put it on.
Small carburetor rebuilds are no bueno. It’s so easy to screw it up. I agree, just buy a new one.
the feelings expressed by many of those people in two words: “abandoned and silenced.”
Your feelings? Here’s a quarter. Call somebody who cares.
“Abandoned” – the university isn’t supporting our kill-the-Jews protests any more!
“Silenced” – the university won’t let us harass Jewish students any more!
Some DHS employees told to send selfies to prove they are in-office as department suddenly ends remote work
Proof of life? Do they have to hold up a copy of today’s newspaper?
She is handsome in that way one uses to refer to an almost-striking woman who is not plain or ugly, but also not pretty.
I have been pondering this. Jodie Foster is not drop dead cover girl gorgeous, but I think she has a great face. At the time, she gave off a tomboy vibe that’s right up my alley.
She cleans up reasonably well.
a Gary Busey film
Holy shit.
Predator 2? Already mostly unwatchable
You shut your whore mouth!
Hmmm. No. Its mostly unwatchable until Busey shows up at the meat packing facility.
He really made the first Ginger Dead Man movie work. The sequels were not the same without him.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7u1pJprAu3k