Well, May has come, and OMWC is also trying to… anyways, we all know there’s only like six weeks of ice cream season in upstate NY, and he’s trying to steal a 7th. Dear God, how does he make anything coherent this early on a Saturday?
Mrs. L decided we were going to start experiencing “the real Florida”. Somehow, this did not entail swingers bars and bathtub meth, much to my delight. No, next weekend we are going to central Florida to visit a bunch of natural springs which may or may not be accessible depending on whether alligators fuck in them, as it is breeding season, apparently… Good thing I’ve got 4 sons, I only need a 25% survival rate when I push one of them into the springs ahead of me.
Enjoy your weekend, Glibs and Glibbettes.
The Hodlers are winning. GameStop to make offer for eBay. Reminds me of the dotcom bust when pets.com got bought by Purina, or whatever.
One the one hand, this is sad, on the other hand, you parked a bus full of pawnable shit in Oakland.
“Software Defined Vehicles” — no motherfuckers, just stop.
From The Grauniad: “Why does the US have military bases in Germany?” Because we conquered it by ancient and modern tradition?
After the passing of David Allen Coe, I found an old fun country song for Derby Week.
So we’re not going to hear the tale of Smokey the Tard?
The real Smokey the Tard is the forest fires we started along the way.
“However, Hyundai spent far less time talking about the buttons than your author just did. It instead wanted to hype up artificial intelligence integration and in-car marketplaces. We’ve grumbled about this in the past but the push toward software-defined vehicles is effectively to make automobiles into smart devices. Vehicle features will be gatekept behind subscriptions and will likely need to be purchased via connected services.”
WCPGW?
Now imagine an AI powered Subaru (right out of the imagination of SugarFree).
The sad part is that youngsters will probably line up in droves to throw money at that shit.
I want physical buttons.
A GPS (Garmin) that feeds speed data to the speedometer for calibration and no other connection to the vehicle.
A backup camera is handy and it needs to stay on for about twenty seconds after you take it out of reverse so when you out the rig in park and it rolls a bit you can tell if it’s moved too far from the trailer you’re trying to hitch too.
And a nice stereo. With knobs.
a) Back in the day, to keep the Soviets from getting frisky.
ii) Also to keep the Germans from getting frisky in re: France and Great Britain.
Neither of which really apply today.
3. to expose young soldiers to good beer and bad women.
You found a German beer that was good?
I saw this side-linked from one of today’s WSJ links that looks interesting and probably touches on this question but it’s pay-walled.
“What Happens When Europeans Find Out How Poor They Are?”
Germany sure did not appear poor when I lived there in the 80s.
PS. they mostly didn’t care for all the Americans everywhere.
Life was good when they didn’t have to pay for their defense and they weren’t overrun with Muslim invaders yet. I enjoyed my youth there. Sad.
There was a link at RCP to that, and the divergence has come since the 80s.
Interesting.
It probably didn’t help that the town I lived in there (and the family I lived with) was far richer than the rust belt shithole I grew up in. (Sister cities.)
Now I’m assuming to aid the cultural enrichers get FREE healthcare in Germany.
No.
It’s for the MWR facilities and free refills at Burger King.
Isn’t the real Florida the surreal one we hear about all the time?
“We’ve seen this in modern cars via companies forcing customers to purchase things like remote start using a subscription and making activation exclusively available via a phone app. This not only has you paying more for hardware that has already been equipped to the vehicle, it also creates additional avenues for the manufacturer to harvest information about you.”
Then the industry needs to be severely de-regulated so that market forces can eliminate that shit.
Boutique derivatives of bare bones vehicles should be the way forward for automakers.
Follow the Dell model from the late 90’s.
Start with three platforms only like the Japanese had. Bare bones, mid, everything. Then customize from there.
Order a custom mustang with a T-56, with no AC, and 2 cloth seats. Tubo4 or 5.0 plus whatever is available in the racing catalogue. Alternatively build a full luxury boat with all of the electronics.
https://montanemotors.com/turin-corsica-specs
Boutique.
Sean, good example. Just a little bit on the high end. Great car.
The government has made bare bones illegal.
I kept hearing that our orange leader was going to address this regulation burden and make America competitive again. Maybe in his third term.
Can I order a Hilux with mounts for my machine gun?
Not too dissimilar from the way cars were sold 20 or so years ago. It’s only relatively recently that your options became “which of three packages do you want”.
This was GM in the 80s.
I parted an 88 suburban, there was a base wiring harness, the power windows and door locks were on their own stand alone harness with its own relays, same with the AC and rear defrost. If you wanted those options some guy at the factory went to the bin and plugged in the harness and associated parts.
CANBUS sucks.
You might as well ask for “market forces” to put a stop to people throwing away 5x as much money on “streaming” subscriptions in order to get all the entertainment they used to get with one cable subscription.
It’s not happening – because apparently that is what people want. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
“Why does the US have military bases in Germany?”
Makes no sens. you should be strenghtening your forces in Romania.
And by strengthening forces you mean summon Steve Smith.
you parked a bus full of pawnable shit
Is this victim blaming? Or are the thieves the real victims here and structurap structures of structure are to blame. A conondrum phillosophers have studied through the ages
Deserved. The joke is that Oakland is notorious for out-of-control crime and a long string of mayors making it worse.
Yes. It’s victim blaming. And we need more of this.
People desperately need to learn . . . . Don’t make yourself an easy target!
“We are heartbroken to say that the truck containing all of Moonchild’s stage design, wardrobe, lighting/audio gear, merch, and instruments for the Waves Tour was stolen last night,” the message read.”
I wonder if they were on the “defund the police” bandwagon.
The look the part at least.
and instruments for the Waves Tour was stolen last night
Did they steal Katrina too?
They’re not walkin’ on sunshine.
But they’re definitely walking.
Warm enough for Tranquility Base yet, GT?
https://x.com/JustACineast/status/2050193806046158981
I got the futon chaise set up at Tranq Base Thursday afternoon and spent some time out there, but it’s too cold this morning to go out. 😞
It’s getting colder every day here. 🫤
Be hones which of you would have gotten the right answer without googling
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HHO6GbWWgAArYsa?format=jpg&name=900×900
I got nuthin’
Took me about five seconds, but I’m a Florida Man, and therefore an original football fan.
FWIW, the 2026 Rose Bowl was played between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Alabama Crimson Tide.
f
ugh wut
“Hoosiers” literally means nothing but “basketball” in my head. I would have to struggle to guess what state it even is.
It’s a sports question.
And a pop culture question.
I’m down to negative cash.
Powerline.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/05/the-week-in-pictures-missed-me-again-edition.php
Nitpick: Use “first-hand” with a hyphen.
Tips for to-day.
“Biohacker Bryan Johnson makes shocking reveal about girlfriend’s vagina: ‘Top 1%’
“Her sample is dominated by the single most protective bacterial species a vagina can host (Lactobacillus crispatus).”
“Only about 25-30% of reproductive-age women globally are L. crispatus-dominant, and dominant usually means above 50%. Kate is at 98.7%,” he added.”
https://nypost.com/2026/05/01/health/bryan-johnson-makes-shocking-reveal-about-girlfriends-vagina/
How romantic.
Has he fucked enough women to know his girlfriend’s vagina is in the top 1%?
+ Wilt Chamberlain
Who did the bit where there was a Wilt Chamberlain bed board scoreboard? SNL or Living Color?
Who would ever post: Girfriend’s vagina, would recommend.
I mean it sounds like it is possible to do better, why is he settling?
That guy is insufferable.
He’s got some sort of advertising deal going with the NYP, that is for sure.
I’m going outlive this fool.
He needs meat and sun.
“Iran eyeing mine-carrying kamikaze dolphins to attack US warships in Strait of Hormuz”
https://nypost.com/2026/05/01/us-news/iran-eyeing-mine-carrying-dolphins-to-attack-us-warships-in-strait-of-hormuz/
STIJLTH
Flathead Valley, MT Crime Update:
1:18 p.m. A man wasn’t doing anything wrong.
This could be someone we know:
6:51 p.m. A white, unmarked creeper van with the door cracked open was driving slowly in circles around the school and the park.
My creeper van is orange.
BIGLY ANNOUNCEMENT. YUGE!
After taking some feedback from potential GlibsCruise vacationers, we found that GlibsCruise 2 – Eclipse Boogaloo was a little… ambitious.
So we’re making the next one much more accessible in terms of expense and logistics. Introducing…
GlibsCruise III (that’s three, or one hundred eleventy if you’re a Minnesota Somalian).
Departs Tampa on April 4, 2027 — that’s the Sunday after western Easter
Three port days (Bimini, Nassau, Cozumel), three sea days. Nothing too exotic, easier on the wallet than Iceland. Getting to Tampa is certainly less daunting than the journey to Reykjavík.
The link has the phone number for Suzanne, our Glibs travel agent, who can answer any questions and personalize your cruise (if you want WiFi but are skipping the drinks package, etc).
I’ll keep making this announcement in the AM and PM links for several more days, and will draft an article very shortly.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Shpip — Associate Chair, Glibertarians Fun Committee.
“Taxpayer funded pro-illegal immigration groups are demanding millions of dollars from LA residents to help them attack ICE and fund day laborer hubs near Home Depot sites.
The groups are already getting $1-million-a-year from LA City Council, and are now demanding a $2-million-a-year funding increase to help them fight against ICE operations and maintain buildings outside the hardware stores.
The hubs offer everything from restrooms to free legal services and employment advice to day laborers, all paid for by nonprofits funded by taxpayers…
City records show Los Angeles required several home improvement stores, through land-use approvals, to set aside space for these centers, in some cases leasing parking lot land to the city for as little as $1 a year.”
https://nypost.com/2026/05/01/us-news/pro-illegal-immigration-groups-ask-city-of-la-for-3m-to-help-fight-ice/
Ban “the groups”.
And don’t just stop funding them, claw back what you gave them.
But enough about the DNC.
And they will get that money so long as LA voters keep electing communist mayors and councilcritters. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Then L.A. obviously has no need of ANY federal funds.
Silicone Saturday is enjoying the decline.
https://archive.is/NnM5l
of Western civilization?
We’re well over that hill.
“A single father from Oregon has said he begged city officials to deal with a growing homeless encampment outside his home for months – only to be fined for his garden hedge instead.
Rather than addressing Chris Bolton’s concerns, City of Portland councilors abruptly turned their attention on him by criticizing his overgrown laurels.”
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15783695/Portland-Oregon-homeless-camp-dad-complaints.html
Well, the homeless don’t own homes.
That is the most Portland story ever.
At least now that guy knows who has the real power there.
He won’t place blame where it belongs. He’s Portland.
This man needs a flamethrower.
He’s a moron for caving, he’s cutting the hedge down. All that will do will be to let the bums park closer to his house.
“Sydney Sweeney, 28, piles on the PDA with boyfriend Scooter Braun, 44, as they kick up their boots at Stagecoach”
https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-15783287/sydney-sweeney-pda-scooter-braun-stagecoach.html
https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-15781955/Sydney-Sweeney-corset-thongs-Lance-Bass-Stagecoach.html
Who knew either of those still existed.
I knew eBay still existed.
I actually pass a GameStop near the WalMart but I haven’t been inside one in decades.
I think I used eBay once in the mid-aughts.
eBay is still OK for buyers. Terrible for small sellers.
Game stop and Rolls Royce are two of my ‘I looked at but didn’t throw $1000 at’ stock regrets.
“A self-driving Waymo taxi sped off with a passenger’s belongings still locked in the trunk at a California airport leaving him stranded without clothes, work materials or any clear answers as to how to get them back….
‘I pressed the trunk open button, try to get my luggage, but it doesn’t do anything, and it drives away immediately,’ Jin told NBC Bay Area, describing how the autonomous vehicle made off with his suitcase still inside….
Jin said he immediately contacted Waymo’s customer support, hoping the vehicle would make a u-turn.
Instead, he was told the robotaxi was already en route back to its depot and could not be stopped….
A company representative told Jin: ‘While we would love to get this item back to you as quickly as possible, Waymo is unable to cover the cost of shipping labels or courier fees.’
Instead, the company offered him two options: Jin could pay to have his belongings shipped back, or he could use two complimentary Waymo rides to travel to and from a depot to collect them himself – a two-hour round trip journey.”
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15784231/Runaway-Waymo-stole-passenger-clothes-California-airport.html
What a shit company.
I remember accidentally leaving an expensive suit in the trunk of a NYC cab and almost getting run over and killed as I chased after him in flip flops. Penny wise and pulse foolish. And I didn’t even get the suit back.
I think they mean “unwilling”.
PS. How the fuck is the “depot” an hour away? Is that airport in the middle of the desert or something?
““I’m a freedom-of-choice person,” the secretary insisted to Fox News’ Sean Hannity in 2025. In Kennedy’s view, ordinary people, working on the advice of shady online influencers, are just as qualified as medical experts to understand the risks of refusing vaccines, rejecting contraception, drinking raw milk, consuming unregulated supplements or eating saturated fats.”
https://www.salon.com/2026/05/01/maha-moms-are-losing-faith-in-trump/
Oh, no!
“The protest was led by pretty white female influencers”
Oh, no!
And? Oh, it’s Amanduh. Government good. Personal responsibility bad.
It’s the government’s fault that she fucks losers.
“A Brittany brewer is in a squeeze after Yoko Ono ordered him to stop selling a bestselling craft beer labelled John Lemon.
The Japanese-American artist and widow of the Beatles star John Lennon claimed it was a breach of a trademark she had registered a decade ago to stop her late husband being mocked, his name misused and his reputation sullied.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/02/yoko-ono-trademark-challenge-john-lemon-beer-maker
CWAC
Hey threedoor, it looks like Fulcher is a “No” vote on FISA once again. I don’t know what you did to change his mind but keep it up 😉
I know one of his campaign managers but I swear I didn’t call him. Last time I talked to him it was about a 1968 J-10 from his fathers estate I wrote an add for.
“A Texas judge has ordered a state agency to comply with a fair housing agreement it entered into with the developer of The Meadow, formerly known as Epic City— a planned Muslim community in North Texas that has been at the center of ongoing investigations and litigation, including from Governor Greg Abbott, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, and the Department of Justice.
Travis District Court Judge Amy Meachum’s order on Tuesday mandates that the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) follow the terms of a settlement it reached with developer Community Capital Partners in September 2025, opening the door for a 402-acre Muslim community that includes more than 1,000 homes, apartment buildings, a K–12 Islamic school, a mosque, health clinics, retail stores, and more.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/judge-rules-texas-must-permit-400-acre-muslim-city-to-be-built
Nuke it from orbit.
Ahmed Koresh in charge of it maybe – then the feds can demolish it.
I wonder if they will let Jews live there.
They don’t like Christians either.
Permits should not exist.
Also, Muslims should not be allowed into this country.
402 acres and 1000 homes is downright dystopian.
“A social media influencer who transitioned and then detransitioned has announced that he is once again transitioning and dressing up as a woman.
Neeza Powers, a biological male, had spent years living as a transgender woman named Nicole and detransitioned in 2025. It was after that that he began posting about becoming a Christian. In a video posted on Wednesday, Powers, wearing women’s clothing, spoke about the decision to transition once again.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/catholic-social-media-influencer-announces-hes-re-transitioning-to-being-a-trans-woman
WTF?
Very gender fluid?
As in no solid matter between the ears.
Oh JFC so tedious.
Social media is a cancer exhibit no. MCMLXIX
“What do you think we’re going to have first: Are we going to have a female president first or a gay president?”
AOC grinned from ear-to-ear and cocked her head before dropping this intriguing reply:
“Oooh, we don’t know if we’ve already had a gay president,” she said.
“I think there are chances that maybe we have but I don’t know,” AOC added while continuing to grin.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/aoc-sends-internet-frenzy-after-offering-very-interesting/
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To be fair, there is a good chance there was one before Obama.
But no, I would expect a female or a “female” before a gay. Gays are a bit out of fashion now.
<em.“Pleos Connect is a next-generation infotainment system that offers customers an elevated mobility experience by combining a mobile-friendly platform with advanced AI technology,” stated Jongwon Lee, senior vice president and head of the Feature & CCS Sub-Division at Hyundai Motor Group. “With the new Gleo AI and an open app market, users will experience the limitless potential of future mobility.”
No thanks.