After today, either Mojeaux (0-3) or I (1-2) will be on suicide watch.
Birthdays today include the king of the fortune cookie; a guy who was just one running joke after another; a guy who did a lot of chemistry that I sure the fuck wouldn’t; the guy who had a really big shew; a Nazi-era German who was actually a pretty damn fine guy despite beating up Jethro’s dad; a great peg-leg right winger whose work still holds up well; a cause celebre who actually DID deserve to hang; an actor you know whose name you don’t; a guy who flew a starship into a Bugle; a computer scientist who misleadingly was actually sane; an almost cliched sex symbol; the guy who made Tony Levin what he is today; and a woman who, for being correct, has been hated into near-oblivion.
And speaking of hate, here’s some Links to chew on.
The blind shall lead the lame.
Trump’s expectation that they’re going to agree to turn off the gravy train is… charming.
This will teach them! New York City is next.
How can this possibly be constitutional?
“But after ten minutes, my lips start getting tired.”
Where is Kyle MacLachlan during all of this?
I don’t know about Ohio, but in my California days, this sort of thing was nearly 100% East Asian.
No gimmick, this is first rate music-making. Old Guy happy happy.
It’s not worth it. It’s just a game.
They need to learn from Browns fans.
They don’t have the livers to learn from us.
Mojeaux’s liver should be pristine.
OMWC’s, though, is probably out of warranty.
Please. Both franchises have seen lots of recent success. Lions fans had to go 32 years without a playoff win and never been to a Superbowl let alone win one.
So, fine, you’re having an off year. Boo hoo.
/tosses Last American Hero a beer
I’m interested in seeing if our run defense can bottle up Gibbs and Montgomery. I would not be surprised to see Flacco wind up getting injured today either. The Lions got 7 sacks against Lamar Jackson, our O-Line is in trouble, and Flacco is the anti-Lamar when it comes to mobility.
“It’s a rebuilding year”
DrOtto:
You’ve got your pick of shirts for that here.
Because it’s stupid and dishonest. It’s worse than haggling, where at least you’re honestly greedy.
Yeah that story makes me unreasonably angry.
Sure, knock yourselves out making your worthless crap adhere to the demands of cultures which encourage lying and dishonesty. It’s not like I have any respect for that garbage as it is.
I’m surprised to see ODOT taking a stand against stopping on the highway. That is generally something they spend a lot of my money to promote.
You see, they want to have a monopoly on causing people to stop on the highway. The competition is unacceptable.
I am now world building a mythological framework in which ODOT is a Demonic organization trading in the souls of those killed by poorly designed on ramps, stopped car pile ups, and accidents caused by hitting giant pot holes at 70 mph.
The fun variation during construction on I-75 through Dayton is to get into the temporary “contraflow” lane, run out of gas or otherwise have your car become “differently abled,” then abandon the car after having a relative or friend come from the opposite direction to pick you up. 🏃♀️🚗🤬
I spent a wonderful 3.5 hours sitting in my car on I75 in Cincinnati because of that once. The first 15 minutes were kind of a terrifying experience of praying the vehicles behind me would stop in time, then there was the 3 hours plus of sitting in my car enjoying the smell of diesel fumes in 95° heat
And what do we learn from this, boys and girls? Never, ever, under any circumstances get in the contraflow lane, no matter how much faster its traffic seems to be going as you approach it.
I’ve been in three jams like that in various parts of Georgia, one in Salt Lake.
I severely dislike them
Jar, “traffic calming” devices, here come the roundabouts in 55mph zones.
Happy birthday Luigi Mangione?
Happy birthday Lizzo, because current year?
Happy birthday STEVE SMITH!
Thread winner
Happy birthday Ayn Rand?
I was going to go with Roseanne.
John Holmes ?
When I think of Saudi Arabia cutting standup comedy is one of the last things comes to mind. I don’t blame them for taking a good payday, Tim Dylan said he was going to be paid around $350K before he got canceled for making a there’s still slavery in Saudi Arabia joke. Maybe the stupid idea that comedians have some kind of moral authority will finally die.
“the stupid idea that comedians have some kind of moral authority”
I have never understood this. I can understand the colossal self regard of entertainers meaning they believe it, but why would anyone else?
Agreed. It’s the hypocrisy that drives me crazy.
Birthdays today include the king of the fortune cookie
Happy birthday Billy Wilder!
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Just watched that last weekend. A bit long to get to the point.
a guy who was just one running joke after another
Happy birthday Ben Johnson?
Happy birthday Dr. Scholl?
a great peg-leg right winger whose work still holds up well
This one also ties together with another of your birthday links. Peg Leg Bates
Yeah, the party of Robert “There are white niggers. I’ve seen a lot of white niggers in my time.” Byrd was always so genteel up until today 🙄️
Calling people racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, islamophobic, Nazi bigots is careful messaging?
Careful to not miss any wrongthink!
“Democrats are abandoning their careful messaging”
Oh man I needed that laugh. Thx OMWC
Same dipshit article has a Dem consultant reciting the tired idea that people just aren’t hearing their message. Sure. You control 3 news networks, all of late night not on Fox News, all of Hollywood, the entire FM dial, NPR, NYT, WAPO and virtually every major city newspaper, Google, youtube, reddit, Meta and you still can’t get your message out.
The right has Fox News and X, the latter of which is open to all and doesn’t prevent dipshits from posting lefty messages.
May I humbly suggest that the issue is your message.
Rep. Ashley Hinson should stop being a bigot and embrace bisexuality. Preferably on camera.
… and “yes” means “anal.”
SHAPUR SMITH KNOW MEAN YES! HAVE LOTS OF FUN WHEN VISITING AMERICAN COUSIN STEVE
Non-monsexual??? At least they added the punchline — validate their feelings — which as the other link astutely notes isn’t funny.
The deaf and the dumb, in other words.
Definitely a generational thing. My Zoomer friends always have subtitles on when they’re streaming shows, movies, or even YT crap.
We only use subtitles when watching Capaldi-era episodes of Doctor Who.
Im not sure if Capaldi was better or worse than Matt Smith. Its a low bar.
Capaldi managed to ruin that show.
We didn’t bail out until what’sherface and her “United Colors of Benetton” posse.
No doubt. It’s amazing how much the producers must have hated their viewers to have made the show so unpleasant to watch.
Except Capaldi era had Clara. Yummy yummy Clara.
I use subtitles for a couple of reasons – A: the voiceover isn’t in English B: the sound balance in the piece makes it hard to understand the dialog, C: the goddamn “actors” can’t fucking enuncuate.
D: Peaky Blinders (all of the above)
The girlfriend needed the subtitles to understand the Jamaican accents from the second season of Luke Cage.
Have you tried her on The Wire yet?
OMWC:
I’ve made a couple of attempts, she did not make it through the first episode either time.
Useful too to understand what those college educated athletes are saying when interviewed.
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The way the questions are written don’t discount foreign languages. Probably over 50% of my listening.
That’s a good point. I prefer subs to dubs if I’m watching anything foreign-language.
I used to prefer subs, but I find that dubs allow me to see the facial expressions and whatnot as opposed to reading everything.
I find the voice doesn’t completely match the expression and action and it distracts for me.
Same. My sperg brain zeroes in on the discrepancy between the lip movement and the audible dialogue.
Also: water is wet.
The pepper plant has run out of flowers. Does that mean I won’t get a third pepper out of it? Or will it bloom again next year if I keep it going?
It depends on the cultivar.
😐
My outdoor plants are still flowering
This is my first ever attempt. I’m sure I’m doing some things wrong, and it’s indoors.
You need a blossom to make a fruit
Would light pruning encourage new growth? 🤷♀️
This is sure to elicit mass amounts of sympathy a week after some antifa scumfuck shot up an ICE facility.
I saw a poster (supposedly from the Portland area) that there’s a planned Antifa (only an IDEA!) protest against Trump, the National Guard, the FBI, and ICE at an ICE facility today.
What could possibly go wrong?
I’m not sure if it is surprising or entirely predictable that the city which used to have a reputation of being a friendly place for quirky hippies is now better known for being the American locus of violent communist ratfuckers.
Watching Portlandia, then watching the news, makes me think this was an unexpected turn.
My mid-western parents were shocked about Portland. The image they had was peaceful quirky hippy town. Unfortunately, those hippies bred for a couple of generations and the Gen Y and Z descendants are full on revolution.
I’ve mentioned it before – I had great Rose Festival port calls there in 2011 and 2012…good bookstores, movie theaters, lots of food trucks, etc – downtown was perfectly safe – lots of rural out of towners in for the Navy stuff on the river, etc. I’ve heard sometime in 2015 or so is when it really started going downhill fast…maybe it was just the election of OMB reaction…not sure.
HOW MUCH SIGNAL I NEED TO CUT ACROSS EIGHT LANE?
Isekai fans trying to met Truck kun.
Meet Truck-kun, I apologize to Truck-kun for this typo and ask that he graciously forgive the error and not hold it against me when selecting my next world!
*splat*
“Welcome to pain.”
Good news is you get to be a jihanki!
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
Fail.
The protagonist should be unsuited to the new role and need to grow into it.
It got two anime seasons.
I’ll give it one as spoof, but two? Also A list voice actors. Why? I have no idea.
Jerry Van Dyke in My Mother the Vending Machine
I keep debating whether I can write a story in that genre. I keep wanting a setup where the protagonist can move back and forth. I’m sure there’s a special term for that version of the subgenre.
Never change Japan.
Never change.
Last day of the regular season. Win and you’re in, Blue Jays.*
*they’re already “in”, but wild card doesn’t count.
Indians are going to the playoffs because a batter was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. That’s one way to punch a ticket.
A win is a win.
There isn’t any libertarian principle or jurisprudence under which this should be illegal, but I’m also not really psyched about accepting targeted assassinations as a routine risk of employment for immigration enforcement. Which isn’t to say immigration cops are any less shit-headed than the ordinary variety, but officer Smith of the East Bumblefuck PD likely doesn’t have millions of keyboard warriors stalking him in real time to place a hit.
Better this than they start getting popped and then the government really comes down. It’s a very strong implied threat as well as borderline incitement and I can see why they’re prosecuting.
I’ll just repeat the obvious – Congress could at any time stop dancing around the issue and put an end to this shit by passing a law repealing all immigration and border enforcement. Bonus points for another amnesty.
I wonder why that isn’t happening.
I’ve found myself saying something like this a bunch in the last 5 years, and have come to the conclusion that reality and how it manifests has a knack of changing perspectives. Seems to be a lot of naivety in libertarianism that’s been exposed since the world has gone crazy.
Libertarianism is inherently utopian; unless it’s the consensus position of the vast majority (culturally at least, if not legally), it can never sustain itself against a competing ideology that embraces initiatory violence. It’s one thing to understand and acknowledge that in the abstract, and another to live with the reality of it, particularly, as you said, when trends shift away from *any* form of cultural consensus.
inorite
I kind of tapped out on the “complete refusal to understand human nature” thing.
Utopian philosophies are always impractical. If there is a God who rewards virtue it is quite clear that those rewards happen in the next life, not here. The best you can hope for here is that when the virtuous are destroyed their martyrdom inspires people to a better path, but even that is very optimistic. So right does not necessarily defeat wrong; good often falls to evil, and only violence defeats violence.
I want a society that is as free as it can be, taking into account the fact that if it cannot sustain itself over time that does not actually maximize freedom. I want myself, and those I elect to behave in as principled a manner as is consistent with the duty to preserve the nation, and to protect the citizens. Concerns about other nations, and non-citizens come a very distant second.
“Doxxing” is stupid.
People dont remember phone books. Even those that grew up using them.
Yes, and in 1985 cops weren’t having their homes firebombed or their children and families assaulted.
You could also opt out of being listed in the phone book.
A publicly-available address on a page in a book that gets updated once a year, and from which you can opt out, vs. a week old Google Streetview image of the property, layout of the house, type and location of vehicles, pictures of the person, their spouse, and kids from social media, from which you can obtain their school and work locations, schedules, etc. The age of data makes stalking a lot easier and more threatening.
“Numerous shots were fired from a passing boat into a crowded dockside North Carolina restaurant on Saturday night in a shooting that killed three people and left some eight injured.
Officials said the unidentified boater pulled up to the American Fish Company restaurant in Southport Yacht Basin, about 30 miles south of Wilmington, and opened fire into the crowd of unsuspecting diners at around 9:30 p.m.”
https://nypost.com/2025/09/27/us-news/north-carolina-american-fish-company-shooting-leaves-multiple-injured/
There seem to be a bunch of these lately.
He hates these fish! Stay way from the fish!
“I had the lasagna”
““This week’s messages to help stop biphobia also included encouraging students to wear bisexual pride pins to show allyship, learn about bisexuality and its history, and validate the feelings of bisexual individuals,” Hinson said in the letter, shared on X by the Daily Signal. ”
Narrator: No one gives a shit about the B.
True but this shit in general has no place in schools as an officially sanctioned thing. Let the kids learn about sexuality from their buddies, awkward dates, and bathroom wall graffiti like I did.
Sex Ed from the gutter, the way we learned in the Old Days. Seems to have sort of worked
/Proud father of two
This. The constant pushing of sex will inevitably lead the pendulum to swing in the other direction and I doubt the groomers will be happy about that.
Biphobia is a stupid term, even by the stupid standards of stupid phony phobias stupid people coin to make a stupid attack on personal preferences. It’s almost certainly only one side of the bisexuality anyone would object to, although which side is probably dependent on the ‘phobic’s’ preferences.
Well, they are quite fun to date…
To be fair, it is a figment of its adherents’ imagination so there is that.
“Scientists in China have developed a revolutionary new “bone glue” that can heal fractures, which could traditionally take months to heal, in a matter of minutes, according to a report.
Product “Bone-02’ was developed by a Chinese research team, which sought to fix orthopedic injuries that would generally require months of downtime and invasive surgeries that often include metal plate insertions, the Global Times reported.”
https://nypost.com/2025/09/28/health/china-made-bone-02-glue-fixes-fractures-in-just-three-minutes-with-one-injection/
wow
Reavers incoming.
I trust anything Global Times says about CCP scientific advancement about as far as I can chuck Xi’s Covid-ridden ass.
This
I could have used that a few years ago…
“Israel will have to make “painful and significant” concessions under the US plan to end the war in Gaza.
The givebacks will run contrary to several recent policy positions by the Jewish State — especially a role for the Palestinian Authority in the postwar plan, Israeli television’s Channel 12 reported Saturday.”
https://nypost.com/2025/09/27/world-news/netanyahu-expecting-to-make-painful-and-significant-concessions-under-trumps-ceasefire-plan-report/
I wonder if this will make a dent in the “U.S. is being controlled by Israel” stuff.
No.
Dear Bibi, Go ahead and completely clear Gaza and the West Bank, then resign in ‘disgrace’.
Lefties trying to figure out which narrative to run with.
They already decided the Jews are Nazis.
If by “painful and significant” they mean “suicidal”.
A memorable headline comes to mind.
As long as there is an Israel, there will always be “U.S. is being controlled by Israel” stuff.
‘Cause JOOOOOOOOOs.
drivers on Ohio highways continue to create dangerous situations by attempting to get to an exit lane at the last second.
I blame GPS for some of this. Telling someone to turn when they’re on top of turn is not a good thing. Just last night my GPS was telling me to turn right at the light which was just beyond the off ramp I needed to take.
Just about any modern gps will say “keep right and take exit in 1 mile” or something similar.
Maybe it’s different in Mandarin.
Depends on the maps and the GPS. Routinely, Google will tell me to turn now when it thought I was in the wrong lane, or on another side of a divided highway. It’s even worse in places like Pittsburgh, where they don’t have signs, and the freeways are stacked on top of each other, which GPS has not handled well in my experience (it may have gotten better).
Yeah, Apple Maps gives lots of warning, including which lane I need to be in.
I don’t use the voice prompts, though. Maybe they aren’t as good.
The GM GPS is awefull at that. The ford one too.
Buy a Garmin.
Update: Charlie Kirk’s was murdered because
1. Some crazy asshole
2. Trans stuff
3. MAGA
4. Witchcraft
5. Groypers
6. Leftist violence
7. Calling him a nazi
8. Free speech
9. Lack of gun control
10. Israel
11. Spiritual warfare
12. Peter Thiel
Anyone who uses Groypers unironically is showing themselves to be an idiot.
*not putting you in that category
Fuentes does have following, and that’s the name for his followers. Not they are a significant part of the population.
I’m going with spiritual, there is not much more of a dangerous place for an evangelical Christian than a campus in Utah.
“Brooklyn seafood hotspot Sea Wolf has launched special cuisine for canines. Emmy Favilla’s pooch Gizmo is seen tucking into a puppaccino at the hotspot on Saturday. ”
https://nypost.com/2025/09/27/lifestyle/nyc-restaurant-sea-wolf-launches-dogs-only-menu-packed-with-classy-canine-chow/
No.
When you have more money than you can spend…
Errata: KC is 1-2, not 0-3.
/shakes head at you not 3-0 people
It’s a shame, really.
Careful there guys… there will come a time in the wilderness for you too. I’ll still be waiting there, with a cooler and a grill.
As a Pats fan, I’m at peace with this time in the wilderness after 20 years of terrorizing the rest of the league.
I could go for another Bruins Cup win, though. Only one championship in my lifetime? They gotta catch up with the Pats, Sox and Celtics.
My Seachickens are 3-1. So, I got that going for me.
@Neph, honestly I assume that will be sooner rather than later. Trying to enjoy this while I can.
Try being a fucking Dolphins and Marlins fan.
Late Breaking News: The Mormon Pope snuffed it.
Busted link.
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2025/09/27/president-russell-m-nelson-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-leader-dies/
Fixed
“Everlasting burnings”
“The Steelers’ preparations for their game in Dublin took a worrying turn on Friday night after one of their players was ‘jumped and robbed’ on a night out in the Irish capital.
Pittsburgh is taking on the Vikings at Dublin’s Croke Park as part of the NFL’s international series, which will see a record seven games staged abroad this season.
But backup quarterback Skylar Thompson was left with minor injuries after being the victim of a robbery on Friday night, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero said on Sunday morning.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-15141923/nfl-skylar-thompson-robbed-dublin-steelers.html
Ireland had to move the border back 15 yards.
It’s okay. They took his money for Gaza.
First comment I see on the Arabia comedy festival:
“So tell me the difference in censorship in Saudi Arabia compared to the current state of censorship in the United states.”
JFC I hate the internet. Why do we allow brain-dead retards again?
For clicks
PS. I don’t follow “comedy” but I do find the list of folks who are apparently OK with performing for tyrants quite interesting.
Their principle$ go out the window when the paycheck’s big enough.
Go draw a picture of Mohammad in any American city but Dearborn, then do the same in Saudi Arabia. The difference will reveal itself.
Man, you must be worried. The Chiefs are 1-2, not 0-3. Right there with the Browns, Bears, Cowboys, Patriots, and *SPIT* Ravens.
I still feel dirty pulling for the Chiefs today.
Meteor game.
lol Against Baltimore? I don’t think you will be alone there.
I hope Baltimore wins, but yeah, smod would be nice.
How I felt the end of last season rooting for Detroit.
“An American official working with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was assaulted inside United Nations headquarters in New York during this week’s General Assembly meetings:
The staffer, who was supporting HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team, told Fox News she was followed and harassed by a woman wielding a bright light and recording device. The confrontation escalated inside a women’s bathroom, where the suspect allegedly tried to force her way into a stall while shouting insults, including calling the official a “fascist” and a “Nazi.””
https://thepostmillennial.com/hhs-official-assaulted-inside-un-headquarters-called-a-fascist-and-nazi-by-suspect
These people should be rounded into camps.
I’d settle for a beat down in the building.
Re: anti ice aholes:
“Brown is in federal custody without bond, ”
???
What possible justification for holding her without him could there be?
I dislike these people, but really? At least based on what was in the article what they’ve done silent even be a crime, and if it was one, it wouldn’t be worth 5 years in prison and being held without bond.
With party approval ratings at decade-lows and their base increasingly alarmed by what they fear is America’s authoritarian slide, Democrats are racing to revamp how they talk – and how they resist.
Race to the bottom.
Maybe stop with the ridiculous projection? Just a thought.
But then they’ll be completely out of ideas.
There is widespread agreement among soul-searching Democrats that they have an authenticity problem.
When everything you know is wrong, you might have an authenticity problem.
We keep lying all the time, and now people don’t think we really believe what we say.
Instead of stopping lying constantly, the plan is to throw some fbombs in there to make us seem authentic?
Cool.
What the public craves is authentic lies?
Artisanal, curated lies.
“Louisiana has six congressional representatives in a state that is about one-third Black, but drew maps that allowed Black voters to select only one-sixth of the state’s representatives. Lower courts concluded the maps violated section two of the VRA. Passed during the civil rights movement to address a long history of disenfranchisement, the VRA prohibits voting policies that have the effect of disadvantaging Black voters, including in electoral representation. In response to these judicial decisions, the Louisiana legislature took another crack at maps that accomplished its partisan objectives – such as preserving Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson’s seat – while also affording Black voters political opportunities. A group of white voters challenged those maps as unconstitutional racial discrimination. Their theory was that the legislature, by trying to ensure both Black voters and white voters were represented, had somehow discriminated against white voters.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/sep/28/supreme-court-louisiana-v-callais
Districting should be color blind.
Now do states that are 1/3 Republican, with zero Republican Congressers. Rinse and repeat with Democrats.
Districting shouldn’t be an exercise in controlling the outcomes of elections. I know, I know . . . .
Massachusetts just started sweating.
It’s absolutely hilarious to me that the Dems spent half a century constructing majority-minority districts, ostensibly to combat racism, but actually to concentrate their capture of a given district, and now they’re screeching racism because the minority-saturated districts they constructed are too concentrated and they can’t compete in the now-exclusively-honky districts.
And people wonder why this country is so divided, and why only extremes from either party get elected…
Look, stop fucking with congressional districts, let the voters decide between two candidates that have to appeal across the whole of the district and modify your message and planks to reflect this.
But no, you have to ensure that what you think is best gets rammed down everyone’s throat, and wonder why things are going to shit.
I agree except “only extremes from either party get elected…” It looks to me the majority of Congress are neoliberal/rhino uniparty dipshit swamp creatures who work for their donors.
When they carved out the 4th congressional district in NV, they drew the boundary around all of the rural counties in the middle 1/3 of the state, and added just the northernmost tip of North Las Vegas (part of Clark County, and a separate muni from Las Vegas). The dense, urban population of NLV, which covers the “old downtown” area of LV, dwarfs the scattered rural populations in the geographically enormous rest of the district, so despite being 90% rural and Republican, geographically, the district has gone Democratic in every election since it was created.
Districting should follow natural features like ridge lines and rivers along with major highways.
Divide the state’s square miles by the number of districts and lay them out in a uniform grid. Autistic? Yes. Susceptible to absurdities like a district line dividing a town with a relatively homogeneous population? Yes, but also no worse than the Rorschach districts we get with gerrymandering, and with the benefit that you can appeal to a uniform standard.
It also provides ample rotten boroughs.
It’s cute that the Guardian thinks they are *not* the racists here.
Democrats have many theories as to how it got so bad – but they keep circling back to the most basic political skill: communication.
Those fucking retarded voters are too stupid to comprehend our brilliant message.
They are actively and transparently trying to destroy western culture. Why wont people just play along?
“Fuck you, vote for me!” is not as effective a strategy as they think it is.
And not a moment too soon.
That flag just conveys “communism” to me now. I doubt even 1 in 10 of its fans could point the place out on a map or identify the players in the current iteration of the conflict.
Place does not exist on a map.
You’re both right.
Good “morning” Glibs. Just got up from a nap after finishing 7 straight night shifts (5 8s, 2 12s) this week. Long…but the 8 hours do make a difference in terms of overall time (make it to the gym, etc) even with my lousy parking situation and long commute to work. Also still a lot more potential for stress with the types of situations I have to deal with directly.
UCS, saw a couple comments this week about painting stuff. I need to post some more pics soon. About at a 90% solution for most of my current homebrew marine chapter (minus decals and basing stuff – and a lot more to do on walkers/vehicles – slow building with magnetization stuff)…but I want to work on some other armies too (space dwarves and battle sisters and knights….). My backlog is immense and growing, and I’m at the realization I probably won’t get a game in the next two years, but I’m having fun with the building and painting (going to try some different techniques with each army), books, etc.
Fall here is interesting too – cooling down some relative to the last few months particularly in the summer. My apt does get a nice view of the hills NE of Caserta and (like Pearl Harbor or even VA), I can get a good look at the afternoon rain clouds coming (got quite a few surprising afternoon downpours in August) – since we’re kinda in a corner with hills due east and north (compared to Naples on the plain/coast). That said…the orange trees are still putting out fruit in Dec (based on this past year’s experiences) so I don’t think it gets below freezing that often.
Oh yeah, as far as Italian beers, one non-microbrew brand I find pretty good is Menabrea – at least their lager when I’m getting pizza at some places.
Seems pretty big as far as coverage (kinda like Yuengling stateside) even if it’s not exported as much. I do plan on taking a couple Yuenglings with me to share with a guy who runs a little pub I visit every couple weeks now to show him what my favorite “cheap” US beer is like. This place has lots of canned stuff from regional microbrews like South Soul (Campania Italy) as well as good stuff on tap periodically including Goses. Also they’ve been making some beer “cocktails” recently – Moscow Mule or GT type stuff kinda like the Beermosas I had in Lake Placid a few years back. BBQ Sandwiches are great but they only have the kitchen open a few times a week so I’ll probably get a pizza on the way tomorrow.
My last game was two and a half years ago when 10th launched.
“It’s frustrating because we try to engineer the roads to be as safe as we can, vehicle manufacturers obvious try to manufacture their vehicles to be as safe as we can. The one thing we can’t directly impact is the driver behavior and we’re trying to do that through education,” he said.
Someone can always build a better idiot.
I think there is something missing from that article.
Roundabouts have entered the chat.
‘Let’s make intersections MORE dangerous and distracting so people have to slow down!!”
Subtitles.
In the era of smart TVs and streaming there is zero reason that I can’t adjust the individual sound levels of the background music, the vocals, and the sound effects like a video game.
I blame my beloved X-Files for the crap low output vocals on TV shows they started the trend.
There is plenty of reason you can’t do that – the filmmakers didn’t ship them as independent tracks. They’ve collapsed all the data into a single set for however many speakers are in the current surround sound standard.
The viewer’s preference or comfort matters not to them.
I’m okay with that.
Should we insist on a painter’s palette, or an author giving us multiple choice for words in writing?
Film makers/TV-landia fucking up the dialogue in their movies in a fit to adhere to a stupid artistic philosophy is a choice for them to make, not us. I believe in artistic liberty. It’s how we know which artists are stupid.
That and shooting every scene in pitch black darkness. Millennium was even worse, since Lance Henriksen sounded like Tom Waits trying to do ASMR.
My mom and I would watch the X-Files together. Then make fun of it by talking without moving our lips.
My Fire TV has a dialogue enhancer, and an EQ.
🤷🏼♀️
Technically, the dialogue enhancer is just an EQ preset with the 300 to 4k Hz range jacked up.
That’s not funny!
I believe Timothy J Dillon was also canceled by that festival, despite saying explicitly he is okay with slavery in Arabia.
Traitors
California Gov. Gavin Newsom blamed General Motors and CEO Mary Barra for the rollback of electric vehicle subsidies and other anti-EV measures advanced by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress.
Newsom was asked last week about the state of California’s capacity to replace the federal EV subsidies that were ended by the Trump administration and said, “You’re talking about the Biden-era tax credit that the Trump administration eliminated. We can’t make up for federal vandalism of those tax credits, but we can continue to make the unprecedented investments in infrastructure which we’re doing.”
“It’s not about electric vehicles, it’s about economic transformation and this country has ceded that to China,” Newsom said. “It is remarkable the damage that Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have done in terms of our, not just electric vehicle industry but the tech stack that’s a big part of that.”
“We’ve ceded that. GM sold us out. Mary Barra sold us out,” Newsom added. “Eliminating Ronald Reagan’s work, eliminating the progress we’ve made under the California Resources Board of 1967 where we began the process of regulating tailpipe emissions. The Republicans rolled that back this year, Donald Trump’s leadership. But the American automobile manufacturers allowed that to happen, GM led that effort.”
We’re so far into the land of diminishing returns it’s ridiculous, but the narrative must go on.
Not giving is taking. Everybody knows that.
Bingo!
Not taxing as much is stealing from another favored group.
But Newsom’s regulations are what will save the world!
“Germany’s taxpayer-funded state broadcaster NDR is desperately trying to bury its own investigative documentary that exposes the shady journalist network OCCRP. The reason? The film caught OCCRP chief Drew Sullivan on camera bragging that his organization was “responsible for overthrowing five or six governments.”
The revelations are devastating. NDR reporters uncovered that OCCRP—whose media partners include Der Spiegeland Die Zeit—was secretly bankrolled from the United States for decades. When the documentary turned out to be critical instead of a love letter, Sullivan reportedly pressured NDR to kill the project. The state broadcaster complied, scrapping the documentary before it aired and cutting ties with OCCRP in 2023. The scandal finally leaked in December 2024 through the French platform Mediapart….
The scandal is reverberating across the Atlantic. President Donald Trump already cut OCCRP’s lifeline by halting its funding via USAID. And now, U.S. media like Gateway Pundit and InfoWars are exposing how this so-called “investigative” network has been weaponized to manipulate elections and topple governments worldwide.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/german-state-public-radio-tv-broadcaster-ndr-suppresses/
Who knows?
Fun with numbers
So, based on the national average gas price of $3.192 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, that means it costs over $137 per month to fuel up a Chevy Silverado.
In other words, fueling an ICE Silverado is typically over twice as expensive as charging most Teslas at home. The contrasts are even higher if comparing most Teslas to less efficient versions of the Silverado.
Even if you drive a Tesla Cybertruck, the savings of charging at home are often significant. Based on average residential electricity rates, it costs about $21.50 to fully fill up the Cybertruck’s battery, which has a range of up to 325 miles. That means it costs roughly $74 to charge a Cybertruck per month based on average monthly mileage for U.S. drivers.
So, over the course of a year, that can result in gas for a Silverado costing over $750 more than charging a Cybertruck.
I take it all back. Forgive me, Gavin.
$750 a year in fuel savings, something north of $20,000 higher sticker price. Don’t even need to get into the questions of lifespan and maintenance costs, the time value of the extra money you’d pay for the Cybertruck would cover the extra fuel costs.
Good luck towing even a small camper with that thing much less a loaded car trailer.
Yeah, I was going to say, because a contractor driving a Silverado to job sites with tools and equipment in the back can just as easily switch to a Model Y.
I dont think I buy that. They are jimmying the numbers some way or other.