AOC Reacts After Andrew Cuomo Concedes To Zohran Mamdani In NYC Primary
Ocasio-Cortez reacted to the concession by applauding the New York state assemblyman.
“Congratulations, @ZohranKMamdani!” the congresswoman, widely seen as the face of the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, wrote on X. “Your dedication to an affordable, welcoming, and safe New York City where working families can have a shot has inspired people across the city. Billionaires and lobbyists poured millions against you and our public finance system. And you won.”
In endorsing Mamdani earlier this month, Ocasio-Cortez emphasized that the Democratic Party needs to look forward, telling The New York Times, “Assemblymember Mamdani has demonstrated a real ability on the ground to put together a coalition of working-class New Yorkers that is strongest to lead the pack. In the final stretch of the race, we need to get very real about that.”
Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
I really liked NYC. In the Giuliani years, back when they locked up criminals and the city was great to visit. I did so once or twice a year, had a blast, ate good food, hit used bookshops, got hammered and staggered around.
Haven’t been there in 10 years.
I don’t think it’s looking good for the new Superman movie. And why is it so difficult to effectively write Lois Lane?
Only one got her right, in my book.
Snarky, smart, attractive, not afraid to give people the business when they deserve it, and really seems to like both Clark and Superman, and love them after she knows.
And then there’s whatever the hell this is supposed to be. The great love of Superman–basically a god–is a 13-year-old Korean boy?
My beloved niece asked me why I sighed so much. I gave her the kid friendly-version. “You spend so much of your life dealing with stupid people, you just get so tired. This is why old people are grumpy. They are tired. Very tired.”
The closer you are
the quicker it hits ya
Nerd. Big boobs, dark hair, the rest is window dressing.
I believe Lana is supposed to be the nerdy one. Lois is the sporty/active one.
I’ll give the CW’s Superman & Lois some credit as they made the characters of Clark and Lois work well as parents of teenagers.
Alien Lanes is the only GBV album I own, but I love the shit out of it.
You’ve got to try out Mag Earwig! and Bee Thousand. Master works.
I’ve been meaning to deep dive the entire GBV/Pollard discography since I was in high school and, shamefully, still haven’t done so.
I NEED A VERB PLZ.
Sublimate.
Masturbate
(although that _does_ seem like an unlikely question from a niece. Even for SugarFree.)
Choose your own adventure
Oh now, SF is engaging our imaginations there.
Why you so much? Just chill
I hate that this makes sense when you put it that way.
crank the hog
asked?
Twerk?
Ya got me with that one, trashy. The mental image . . . .
All better answers than the real one: She asked why I sighed so often. (Which is what I do around her rather than growl “Motherfucker!” all the time like normal.)
When my grandfather got older he would read the newspaper and mutter things like “Son of a bitch!” and “Aww, shit”. He didn’t think we could hear him, but it always gave us a good chuckle. Sounds like you might start doing the same.
And when I slipped, she said, “It’s OK to say bad words, Daddy does it all the time.”
“I try to not curse normally around you because I might move on to my really elaborate cursing.”
“Oh.”
“When your ready, I’ll teach them to you.”
“OK!”
She is just a delight.
“When your ready, I’ll teach them to you.”
What a great uncle you are.
I taught my nephew how to make mead before he turned 21. I said I was going to do it in front of his mother.
kinnath:
I got my sister’s permission, but before my niece’s 21st birthday, I had her pick out a wine kit that we made together.
I’ve got beers already set aside for the nephews’ 21sts coming up.
Do you think ME SO HORNY needs a verb too?
As a dialectal idiom, it’s perfectly adequate.
It’s not that funny but is “fart” the “fun uncle” answer?
Transubstantiate
A question a child might ask, but not a childish question
So much this.
In my mind, CBGB closing was really the curtain call for the city…
Only visited a couple times but yeah, that was a sign. One among many similar signs that the place was going to seed.
At least I was at a good age to enjoy the better parts of the nineties and aughts.
Visited CBGB’s, that is.
I lived in NYC for 25 years.
Yep, I hit the joint back in the nineties. Good times.
Now, meh, but my son lives there, so whatyagonnado?
“Queer Approaches to Tolkien”
WTF?
Frodo/Samwise?
Obligatory
God forbid two dudes could ever go on a backpacking trip without being suspected of swapping bodily fluids.
…
On the other hand, maybe the backpacking trip ain’t the best example…
They have brokeback…why take this?
I’d say more like Samwise had unrequited love for Frodo, but even I am going to stop short of characterizing that as romantic love. I’m a midcentury American, and therefore not familiar with the early twentieth century UK dynamics that would have existed between a member of the gentry and his manservant, particularly as filtered through the lens of heroic fantasy.
FWIW, Bored of the Rings explored an hilarious Closeted Butch Gimli / Obvious Twink Legolas dynamic where they referred to each other as “Hairdresser” and “Toymaker.”
OBE:
Because they don’t like chocolate pudding, and would rather have multiple breakfasts?
phileo, not eros.
@EvilSheldon: “On the other hand, maybe the backpacking trip ain’t the best example…”
Oh, the stories I could tell.
Thanks, Slumbrew.
Unrequited love, or perhaps that weirdly intense yet usually platonic devotion that you’d sometimes see in Englishmen of the more adventuring set…
Either way, Bored of the Rings was a hoot. Thanks for the reminder!
Hey, look at that – the thing I pulled out of
my assthe air was correct:https://chalcedon.edu/resources/articles/lewis-tolkien-and-philia
“therefore not familiar with the early twentieth century UK dynamics that would have existed between a member of the gentry and his manservant”
Tonio, if it is anything like the British schools of the WWI poets (and Tolkien served in the trenches), it was buggery.
Love of Lord is a medieval concept, and has jack and squat to do with buggery.
LOOK AT ME!! IT”S ABOUT ME!! same as all this crap.
Nobody has written anything popular that represents me.
Not even Willard?
More likely the sequel.
When you’re a pitiable gay dweeb obsessed with children’s fantasy stories, but your favorite author is a devout Catholic…
It’s amazing how much that covers if you slightly generalize it. We live in a society tyrannized by oversensitive dweebs.
Help! You’re making someone feel unsafe!
Know what would be amazing…since they claim their kind has been around and proud for eons.
They make their own stories
“Queer” means “commie” now so it’s probably loaded with a bunch post-whatever “critical theory” horseshit.
-Well it took a village
-White man was evil and savior at same time
-marganalized the baddies, wont you think or the orcs?
-No Kings movement nexus…you bow to no one
-good wizard (jesus) did ridiculously fantastical things that are not possible
-bad wizard (satan) just wanted to live his life bro
All seeing eye, is good, if we control it. If you control it well its bad and should be destroyed. But make a committee first of diverse characters who over time will work in perfect harmony….once you get rid of all those other people (especially the white males).
I’m definitely not searching “Hobbit Style”
(wags eyebrows)
“FWIW, Bored of the Rings explored an hilarious Closeted Butch Gimli / Obvious Twink Legolas dynamic where they referred to each other as “Hairdresser” and “Toymaker.””
Bored of the Rings was truly fine satire. “Pity stayed Bilbo’s hand. “It’s a pity I’ve run out of bullets.””
Well, since we’re past the thirty-minute mark, I give you…
Hey KK – I need more baby oil.
Looks, shes needs tos dos whats shes needs ta dos
Drugs/ass. But still fantastic.
Anyone else flashing back to the O.J. Simpson trial?
If the baby oil aint slick, it aint his dick?
Diddy needs to get his golf equipment ready so he can search for the real perpetrator.
Hashtag new profile pic
Squee!
*thunderous applause gif*
😀
Damn it! You were first but I put a different twist on it 😉
⬅️
Everything old is new again
Wait until they find out about Pete Townshend…
I can’t imagine the existential despair of attending a rock concert featuring a 56-year-old Marilyn Manson. Dear God, the sagging…
Wait until they find out about Pete Townshend
Who?
Greetings from miserably hot Marengo, and similarly hot north Columbus where the hotel A/C cannot cool the room below 76 degrees!
First day of the match is in the can, and I’m higher in the standings than I’ve ever been and if the hyper fast hoser stages hadn’t been after lunch I’d be even better.
However…
These stages are nowhere near Nationals quality. Which is undoubtedly why I’m doing so well — they’re not hard enough to expose my many weaknesses and Luck must have favored me today. My scores are very similar to those I’d put up at my home club, whereas at every other Nationals I’d be doing well if I was getting hit factors 60% of local.
I have obtained some sushi, a couple liters of soda water and a couple liters of rye, so I think I’m set for the evening.
Sushi in this heat. You are a man who likes to live on the edge.
The gas station assured him it was fresh.
Couldn’t have been that bad, it was still moving…
Not fruit sushi?
How’s the competition though? That’s what really sets the hit factors…
It’s mostly staff. Two squads of paying shooters. Some GMs but not in prod. The guy at the top overall is “S. Smith” in revolver. Not a joke.
It’s so not-difficult that on the three movers I got 3A, C with only one insurance shot.
Jesus, look at the ego on this guy!
Don’t sell yourself short, my dude.
I keep my bedroom A/C at 74 and the living room at 76. Since the living room unit supplies the kitchen as well, it averages out to around 77 on a 95-100 degree day such as this. You’ll live. The rye will help.
The heat does terrible things to my memory and mental discipline.
We are a miserable 90 degrees with an 82 degree dewpoint. I hate these days.
T storm went through about 1 hour ago. Now 10 deg cooler and humidity is much lower.
I’ll be up to Marengo sometime this weekend. Are you working a specific stage, or moving around?
Im suspecting the news…is wagging the dogs tail.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/25/pickaxe-mountain-iran-hidden-nuclear-fortress-trump-bomb/
As always, Walter Kirn with a different take:
The nuclear weapons program that didn’t exist was undamaged and can come roaring back from non-existence at any time, so that which shouldn’t have concerned you before should terrify you now.
Got it.
https://x.com/walterkirn/status/1937976216935641332
Heh…NYC is so fucked. I can’t wait until they rollout the government run grocery stores with subsidized prices that run all the businesses out of business, assuming that photogenic communist retard wins of course.
I know Adams is running as an Independent and I bet Cuomo does too.
It’s not at all certain the commie – well, the most commie – is gonna win.
I’ve no idea about the waters there, but even broadside that shouldn’t have taken that boat out.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/doordash-executive-among-victims-lake-tahoe-boating-disaster
I’ll refrain making door dash delivery jokes given their fucking bicyclists in NYC.
27′ boat with a driver who only dealt with wakes and maybe slightly choppy waters?
I can see it happening.
But why the Coast Guard involved?
According to an article I found, “The Coast Guard has maritime jurisdiction over the lake because it extends across two states – California and Nevada.”
Huh…still doesnt make sense
10 people on a 27-foot open cockpit (I think) boat; you get sideways and start rolling and suddenly the boat is full of water / people end up on one side & it goes over. I can see it.
Damn your nimble fingers, OBE!
I thinking the Chris Craft of old.
https://build.chriscraft.com/models/launch-launch-gt-series/launch-27/
Yeah, I can see that. Always check the weather. I’ve no idea what “freak” storms are like there, however.
And that’s going to be tight with 10 people too.
If that’s the model then 10 would be tight indeed; max capacity and packed in at that number.
“And that’s going to be tight with 10 people too.”
———–
That’s what she said.
Isn’t that a fresh water lake?
I would have guessed a guy named Pickles could only drown in the briny sea
Look who comes into sour the conversation.
There is no queer approach to Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings was born of Tolkien’s experience in WW1. Queer aint got nuthin to do with it.
Yes, when you get old the stupid does get tiring. The stupid never sleeps. It wears you down.
I expanded upon my commentary earlier today and wrote out the whole darn article.
I’ve got the AI churning to create a suitable featured Image, then I’ll submit it.
Okay, I have dumped “The Ancestor Question” into the hopper.
On an unrelated note, I got a request from a lurker to register; is there any means to do such things these days?
I didn’t realize registration was closed again.
Either did I. I’ll ping WebDom, there may have been an upswing in malicious attacks (and very few new members), making it a security issue.
We have malicious attacks? Why? Aside from us chickens who knows we are even here? Next you are going to tell me I am not screaming into the void after all and that someone actually hears me
Suthenboy:
We’re a live site on the internet, there are malicious attackers. Every device hooked up to the internet is going to have people trying to get access to it. The target isn’t always items on the device, but the device itself. All those spam e-mails, spam calls, random text messages, and the like? Blame the botnets built on poorly maintained systems hooked up to the internet.
It’s not even like it’s someone thinking, “I’m going to attack glibertarians.com!” – it’s scripts (‘bots’) that just try to exploit every site they can find.
@Suthen, my teeny little author blog is constantly under brute force attacks. It’s taken them years to figure out my username, and they will NEVER figure out my password, which is Kiss!myAss1833
“Queer approaches to Tolkien”
It’s a dating guide, right?
I bet he likes hairy feet…
Cookbook?
Terrible news
The big picture: “We’re witnessing a housing market in transition,” Godec wrote Tuesday. “The era of broad-based, rapid price appreciation appears over, replaced by a more selective environment where local fundamentals matter more than national trends.”
The bottom line: “The weakness of the recent price data mean that we have to start taking the prospect of an extended period of house price declines more seriously,” according to Ryan.
The absolute last thing we want is for housing to become more affordable.
Obviously I have my cabin over priced. There has been a number of showings but no interest in buying. I’m going to do some upgrades and perhaps that will motivate the prospective buyers.
A problem is that no one knows what Trump is going to do, tariffs and job uncertainty. Taxes and insurance enter into the equation as well.
I’m particularly fond of this bit of Tolkien memorabilia (transcribed from a photo of the invitation:
“Professor and Mrs. Tolkien request the pleasure of your company on Wednesday November 21st, 1945, to assist them in celebrating the Coming of Age of their son, Sub-Lieut. C. J. R. Tolkien, R.N.V.R.
6:30 p. m. onwards. RSVP if not coming.
Carriages at midnight. Ambulances at 3 a.m. Wheelbarrows at 5 a.m. Hearses at daybreak.”
Speaking of Old NYC….
I found a bunch of very well recorded music and videos from the early 90’s made in The Martin Bisi Studios.
https://youtu.be/tkjg9Qir6TQ
The Blues Explosion from Extra Wide era.