Had a nice weekend this time around. The unseasonable warmth subsided for a bit and I got to watch my son play ball in 68° weather. His tournament was a mixed bag. He’s still the smallest kid on the team and his peers appear to suddenly begin taking steroids. So there’s a bit more of a challenge as lately he hasn’t been able to outrun as many throws or dig as many hard hit balls out of the dirt. He pitched two decent innings but the defense started to snowball right as he was pulled so he left with a game tied at 6. He did get some solid hits yesterday, and quite a few 8-9 pitch at bats resulting in walks all seemed to build his confidence a bit.
The real MVP, was the beehive that rooted itself to the backstop. Nothing like bees to freak out white mothers who are not sure if their kid is allergic.
¡enlaces!
Fun fact: I wear one of these to Cardinals games. Ladies love it.
Trust the government to make sure you have everything you need.
They do know that people finance their Doordash in the US, right? 4 easy payments to Affirm and your Chipotle bowl is free and clear.
Please tell me Japan has a giant robot to fight this.
Here’s a tune. Enjoy your Tuesday!
It is believed the first person to wear a mask in Mexico was American wrestler Corbin James Massey, who in 1933 lost on his debut under the nickname “Cyclone Mackey”.
Immigrants doing the job the natives won’t do.
Lula being popular there is a fiction for most.
Somebody is going to get a visit from mecha-lula.
Had a way to defeat him. https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/the-giant-gundam-in-yokohama-will-be-staying-for-another-year-until-2023-020922
Da linx are fucked again.
I’ll be back when they’re fixed.
They aren’t messed up. Just confused, discovering themselves, exploring their options, seeking new things….
*sigh*
That sob story from Argentina seems calculated to elicit support for a different way forward. I wonder what it is.
Omg!
I buy 90% of my food with a credit card!!
The robot is stuck in Odaiba.
https://www.japan-experience.com/all-about-japan/tokyo/attractions-excursions/gundam-odaiba
Damnit. I will have to fight Mega Lulu myself.
The Monster from Next Door update.
I learned when I went to bitch at the building manager that the neighbor’s howling dog kept me up all night that this is a known problem and that the male occupant left her and apparently she replaced him with a second dog. They promised some sort of hooking her up with someone to take care of the fucking things when she isn’t home. I was running late so I don’t know WTF last night was – she leaves them home alone all night to hook up maybe? What a shit show & if this happens again tonight I will be royally pissed. I don’t think I can work with two nights no sleep.
Why I don’t miss apartment living reason 1,001.
Cool. And all the avatars changed.
Moving within six months and my top requirement is no fucking dogs.
So back to NYC? I hear the Muslims are banning dogs there.
Well played.
They promised some sort of hooking her up
Don’t they realize that you don’t like girls and promises of a hookup are not the incentive they think?
New neighbors built across the street from us.
In addition to the 2/4/7 LED strip lights that shine into my bedroom window they have three dogs.
My wife has found a couple of YouTube dog whistle videos that are fairly effective.
Today I learned it is possible to ride zebras.
Behold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph8Vag9VxRU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDqNLqd_O3g
The zebra race in the above begins around the 3:50 mark. The video also includes a camel and an ostrich race.
There is a hobby ranch across the river in WA that has two zebras. They live in the barn most of the time and im not sure the owners have tried to ride them or not.
I would try if I had some.
Today I learned it is possible to ride zebras
Big whoop. NBA fans have been doing that for decades
Is my avatar changed too?
Yeah, that’s my pre-2023 avatar.
Which is…odd cause you looks to be the only one.
Sean has a similar but different avatar.
Sean has one — don’t know if it is new/fixed or an old one… since he’s always calling back to the late ’70s Tom Baker era and all.
At least mine is telling you to stop putting really old food in the fridge or something…
They, might be using Gravatar stuff. I think that’s the picture I used when I signed up. I’m not sure how to change it.
Yeah. Mine is my old one. Not the ever applicable two thumbs up.
An old avatar of mine is now showing, but that is cool because I like the cat butt avatar.
It’s just a plug in, Jimbo.
I kinda like the new normal here. Like a grab bag of what will Glibs do now?
Afternoon everyone.
They’re are messing with us, aren’t they.
The squirrels are in control now.
It’s like a box of chocolates, Forrest Glib.
Has there ever been a “normal” here at Glibs?
It’s like a Rick & Morty version of Glibs, as we fall through the multiverse, all similar but different in ways large and small.
Chicks. Dig. Giant Robots.
Yaaaaaaaaaas
what do I look like now
MegaKinnath?
An Obama-like ape?
Old
Thanks. I needed that.
It’s weird that my avatar didn’t change back to the one I’ve been using here forever. I’ve never used the cartoon crab thing; guessing that and other cartoons are randomly-assigned WP defaults.
Any avatar assignments you make during this period of upheaval may be undone when the plug-ins return.
Well, hell, now I need to see my avatar.
Mine has two different variants.
Give me what I want want or the nigger gets it
LOL.
And after the rich give their pound of flesh we will never increase spending. Pinky swear!
Just look at the Federal income tax after all… still only for the top one percent (or whatever it was) and only to help fund the war!
Is that a threat? I am now more certain than ever that leaving the state is probably my next move.
PS. I don’t see “cut spending” anywhere in that delusional flapdoodle.
It’s so funny that he never mentioned any of that before the election.
NYC mayors have been complaining for decades that they “get less for paying more”. Nobody believes it, of course. And it doesn’t matter that nobody believes it.
Remember kids…if you have money, you aren’t a worker. You are evil.
Option three.
Cut spending?
Just checking out my avatar.
Okay, WebDom is at work. She told me to deactivate all the WP Plugins as a shotgun approach. That fixed the problems but as Sensei noted above (which I wouldn’t have, thanks) the avatars changed.
It’s way above my skillset to try to fix the avatars, so please “bear” with us until WebDom can fix this and any other issues.
Apparently, WP automatic plugin updates are the bane of our existence. But now I know how to fix this in the future.
It is a grizzly existence, but unlike our polar opposites at TOS — I think we’re a fundamentally forgiving bunch, Tonio.
Forgiving my ass. I want my panda flesh.
Panda flesh.
We don’t kink shame here.
Much.
Now’s your chance to make everyone’s avatar a bear!
While the trickster Tonio so wants to fuck with you all, the practical Tonio doesn’t want to exceed the scope of his authoritay. Also, if I demonstrate competence and initiative at WP admin, they’ll expect me to take on moar WP admin duties. I don’t want that. I’m happy wrangling writers, editing, and writing.
Plus I’m down on the farm with the boyfriend at the moment. This is my vacay time.
Is THAT what you kids call it nowadays?
I guess Tonio knows how to keep ’em down on the farm….
You’re dating Bob Evans?
Just as an FYI, I don’t believe the color coded “new post” is working. Not sure if that’s a plugin as well or default.
Probably. There were a gazillion plug-ins.
I wonder if we really need so many. The only thing I really miss at this point is the indication of new comments.
The site is faster without them at least 🙂
But now I know how to fix this in the future.
Shoot everyone at WordPress?
[thunderous applause]
Thanks Tonio
I dislike having to provide any info to any website, but I grudgingly gave in to Gravatar. Now to see if my avatar stuck.
It worked. I like Sean’s.
It looks like whoever is at Gravatar is very very into 1950’s modern art.
Grin and bear it. That is your solution to everything Tonio.
Fine, SGAmmo. Y’all win. I placed an order.
I’m such a victim of marketing.
Points at Sean’s old avatar. Wherever it is.
False spring ended. Snowed this morning and maybe snow again tonight. Poor daffs came up early. Hopefully the cold won’t kill them.
Never doubt the groundhog.
We got about 2 1/2” last night.
Most of it melted today but it’s snowing again
Interesting bedroom talk…
I haven’t had fatty red meat for a few days.
Oh, and regarding the backstop — was kind of expecting this….
Where’s Henry Winkler?
The parade drawn criticism from the opposition because Brazil’s next general election, which will also elect the country’s president, will take place in October. Critics argue the tribute can be seen as early electioneering and a possible violation of campaign rules ahead of the election.
Copa(cabana) and seethe.
Panties were twisted
But all the sweet talk in the world can’t change the fundamental truth. It isn’t just that everyone knows Rubio is only authorized to speak up to a point, and that ultimately it’s Trump who will call the relevant shots. In case there was any doubt, Rubio left Munich and immediately met with two of Europe’s most noxious right-wing populists, Hungary’s Victor Orbán and Slovakia’s Robert Fico. As Dalibor Rohac notes on the homepage today, what Rubio offered wasn’t a return to normal transatlantic relations but “Trumpism with a human face.”
Europe has finally learned the lesson that Trump is no aberration or blip, that America is the kind of place that ultimately cannot be trusted to elect reliable stewards for the free world, and that they’re all just going to have to plan accordingly.
The boys and girls at the Bulwark are in a tizzy.
Maybe the European taxpayer can step up?
I look forward to watching Europe pay for its own military defense and see how long the free shit lasts.
They will start cycling back and forth between left and right wing parties, as people get promised everything with no extra cost but never delivered.
Yeah they can “steward the world” to their heart’s content for all I care.
Have at it, boys. Unleash your inner Wilson.
Fico knows the score.
I’ve met Robert Fico. He was at my dinner before my wedding. He’s no right-winger. He’s a commie.
Lloyd Bentsen would like you to stop copying his schtick.
Not me (this time)
You can never reach peak Florida Man, but this guy is certainly trying.
Fourscore:
I couldn’t read your earlier post today because of the squirrels goofing up the formatting. Imagine my surprise when I went back and read it. Either you or the Star Tribune are plagiarists!!!
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Wait. I guess you and the Strib said the exact opposite. If I was ICE, any farmer who complained about not being able to hire help would be treated as a known employer of illegals and audited.
If various businessmen started complaining to the journalos about how unfair it is for the IRS to demand to see receipts, wouldn’t that raise red flags galore about those businesses cheating on their taxes?
temporary visa holders
That’s some bait-and-switch nonsense.
People here under the ag visas aren’t at risk of deportation. People here illegally are.
You’re only worried about not having enough people if you strongly suspect a lot of them are illegals.
The Lamborghini Temerario Is an Awesome $450,000 Supercar
Loose two cylinders.
Gain an electrical inlet.
Gain 1,000 lbs.
Gain 1 foot in length.
Gain fake wheel arches.
I don’t think all the gains outweigh the two cylinder losses.
TW vertical video Doug DeMuro.
TW vertical video Doug DeMuro.
thx
I am so completely uninterested in “supercars”. Good grief. Bring back light and simple and quick.
Apropos of nothing-
That three wide “fuel save” roadblock the Toyotas pulled in the Daytona 500 made me want to shoot my teevee. Fuck those guys. That whole race was a fucking clown show.
There is no “joy” in most modern super cars.
They are just a “flex”.
Well blow me down
“We have a very firm view that we won’t be providing assistance or repatriation,” Albanese told ABC News.
Thirty-four Australians released on Monday from a camp in northern Syria were returned to the detention center due to “technical reasons,” two sources told Reuters on Monday.
Dubbed “IS brides” by local media — though the cohort also includes children — they are expected to travel to Damascus before eventually returning to Australia, despite objection from ruling and opposition lawmakers.
A spokesperson for Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Australia’s security agencies had been monitoring the situation in Syria, and said those who had broken the law would be prosecuted.
“People in this cohort need to know that if they have committed a crime and if they return to Australia they will be met with the full force of the law,” he said.
I would have expected the Australian government to welcome them home with a ticker tape parade.
Oh, those rascally ICE agents!
If you bother to read the article, the victim was a gang member back in Mexico and has been deported twice.
ICE should have used transwomen to lure him out. At best, it would have been wonderful watching the cognitive dissonance of liberals as they try to condemn trans ICE agents. At best, if they ended up shooting the illegal, it would all have been hushed up.
There are no end to the woes of this poor family. They can’t even hire a lawyer.
“Stop breaking the law… ASSHOLE!” is all that leaps to mind.
But all he needs is a document and *poof* – documented! It’s probably no harder than a black person or a female obtaining a document to vote.
Anyone want to bet that the autism and special medical needs are BS? Used to increase welfare payments?
I can understand their own church pitching in with food and household supplies, but why would other churches? Why help a member of a splitter branch of Christianity? They are heretics and going to hell. We don’t adhere to our proud traditions of religious intolerance anymore.
Deport his anchor babies too.
If it’s anything like, well any town anywhere now, most of the churches are 100% in on the entire Dem platform now.
So Jesus’ second coming went as well as the first?
It sounds like he came at least 4 times…
Wife is making me rouladen for dinner. I am not normally a food fussy guy, but this is pure dope.
Justice tax
The millionaire tax bill, which cleared the Senate on a 27-22 vote, would take effect in 2028, applying a 9.9% tax to gross annual income above $1 million.
It is expected to raise more than $3.5 billion per year. Supporters estimate it would affect about 20,000 taxpayers statewide — less than 1% of Washington households.
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Democrats supporting the tax argued Washington’s current tax system is unfair, largely because it relies on sales taxes and property taxes that disproportionately affect lower-income residents.
“It is a source of continuing shame for me that we have one of the most regressive tax systems in the country,” state Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen (D-Seattle) said during Monday’s floor debate.
He said the tax would help raise money for public schools and other vital state services.
Everyone knows rich people and poor people spend exactly the same amount of money over the course of a year.
WA constitution makes an income tax illegal.
And yet they hit you with a B&O tax that’s a gross receipts tax. And this crap.
The previous rulings have been that income is considered personal property. The WA constitution allows taxes on property but it must be uniform for everyone. So an income tax is not necessarily unconstitutional but applying it to only part of the population is. The WA supreme court is owned by the Democrats so they will rubber stamp what ever the governor signs.
There will naturally be no inflation adjustment.
It won’t pass, but virtue will be signaled.
More will flee WA into ID than already where.
I’ll never be able to move within the state at this rate.
It will pass (the Dems need more money for grant grifting operations) and in a few years it will target the 100Kers.
I’m kicking myself for missing several opportunities to purchase both light industrial and residential land in Idaho.
The article indicates GROSS income – if that is correct a lot of businesses are f’ed. Economically illiterate Oregonians tried to pull that several years ago.
Testing.
Hello, Seekers! As you know, there’s a Seeker born every minute!
[ Georgy Girl nods sagely ]
I hope y’all will show up to Zoom on Friday, because I have something to celebrate!
I hope it’s a job.
Lrn 2 code!
WTF happened to my profile pic?? Sheesh!
I guess we know who doesn’t read the comments. :-p
Preggers?
I shall be in (on?) America’s wang, but I will be with you in spirit(s).
Congrats, KK!
Engulfing?
Ooo! A job??
More evidence of Minnesoda cooperating with ICE
Not sure why being here illegally for more than 3 years matters. Don’t worry though, even though he is out on bail for the 54 pounds of meth, he is subject to electronic home monitoring.
Anyone want to speculate on whether he would have shown up for court on the meth charges even if ICE didn’t arrest him too?
That’s a personal use amount.
Not sure why being here illegally for more than 3 years matters.
He waited them out? Olly olly oxen free?
When you think MN politics couldn’t get more laughable
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-democrats-demand-reparations-ice-losing-18-billion-somali-fraud.
No mention that the taxpayers took it in the shorts for the fraud. Now reimburse Walz/Frey for their misbehavior.
Tell you what. Kick back $17bn to the rest of the US and you can keep the change Timmy.
I almost admire their chutzpah.
Thanks for the excellent article earlier today, Fourscore!
So say we all.
Thanks for your efforts to make the site behave, Tonio!
::flaunts her avatar privilege:: 😁
I bet I have the same one – I’ve used it forever…
testing
NOOOOOOOO
Why is it Gravatar only?
You’ve changed somehow… 🤔
I hope you have a copy of the file for your usual avatar. I’m worried about losing mine – I haven’t dug down too far, but I think the computer shop that switched me to Linux may have forgotten to back up my pictures. I hope I have at least some of them backed up elsewhere. 😳 (I made a point of copying my avatar from my profile and saving it last week.)
Oh, that’s better!
Of course I have a backup.
My Avatar is a sketch of Doctor Omicron from Shadowboy I commissioned off of my Cover artist.
Good evening Glibs. I’ve been leading an international tiger team at work for the past few weeks making my life one meeting after another with constant reports and IM’s with worried questions.
I need a day off and some time away from work.
Timeloose with his tiger team:
https://images.wallpapersden.com/image/download/tiger-king-season-2_bWVsZWuUmZqaraWkpJRnZWltrWZmamc.jpg
Nice. Vintage Trashy avatar.
Sorry, Timeloose, you tiger now.
An interesting Facebook post which may or may not have been AI generated.
Either way it’s the same observation I’ve made for a long time.
Till your shot in the head anyways…
Testing, testing for avatar…
Lol, I don’t think I ever picked this avatar. Maybe it was thrust upon me once upon a time.
I upgraded to a tub grinder with a self loader. It can process more loose material than my earlier whole tree wood chipper.