Spring has fully sprung here in Spudville. I have three eight cup bird feeders just off the patio, under a tree canopy. At times it’s like a free food giveaway in the Bronx. The American Gold Finch above is one of the predominant species. Watching a dozen bright yellow balls of feathers gallivanting around the feeders is a great way to sip an afternoon cocktail, which I will be doing soon.
But first, the Links!
Without government grants, how are we ever going to discover how shrimp respond to meth?
I don’t see this going well for the city.
And the incidence of lung cancer has plummeted, right? Right? Actually, it looks like 2020 is when there was a noticeable drop. Prior to that, not so much.
Speaking of clean living. Filet ‘o Fish doesn’t count.
Not the big tittied sociopath?
That’s it for me, folks. Time for a little work in the garden, and then some quality time with a Ranch Water and gold finches. Peace out, Glibbies.
I had bluebirds in Montana. Now I have magpies and starlings.
I hate magpies.
Obligatory
Also obligatory.
Also obligatory
Ya’all missed some Rossini:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TARxi558Jik
Thank you Ted’S.
there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he’s
in there.
I would do the bird thing, except there was a hawk that would perch on the utility pole that carried the service drop to my house a couple years back, I imagine she might come again to hunt.
“I imagine she might come again to hunt.”
…? This frightens you, somehow? And more to the point, having a spot where you know a hawk actively hunts? Why would active, primo primo real estate turn you *off* “doing the bird thing?”
(Or is your “bird thing” a very different thing, altogether. *taps nose* Cool.)
Property is theft, man
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised in his inaugural address to introduce New Yorkers to “the warmth of collectivism.” It now appears landlords will likely to be the first to feel the heat.
This week, Mamdani revealed an effort to transfer properties to tenants and non-profit groups. Mamdani announced that “through our new citywide campaign, Fix the City, we will focus on the worst landlords in New York City.” For landlords, it has been clear that the fix was in for some time.
Mamdani faced criticism for his appointment of Cea Weaver as the new director of the Office to Protect Tenants. She previously called for efforts to “impoverish the white middle-class” and called homeownership “racist” while demanding the seizure of private property.
Videos of Weaver echoed thread-worn socialist mantras that are the signature of the Mamdani Administration. “I think the reality is, that for centuries we’ve really treated property as an individualized good and not a collective good,” she said. “And transitioning to treating it as a collective good and towards a model of shared equity will require that we think about it differently and it will mean that families — especially white families, but some POC families who are homeowners as well — are going to have a different relationship to property than the one that we currently have.”
Funny thing, but I thought the City of New York was the worst slumlord in the Five Boroughs.
He and the loathsome turds he surrounds himself with are like comic book villains. You cannot believe these people actually exist.
How do they find each other? Does he wake up one morning and say to himself, “I’m going to put the absolute most racist, communist piece of shit I can find (besides myself) in charge of every department, because I am just that determined to steal everything in sight and leave the place in ruins”?
It is. If he is being literal, then he is proposing a taking. No way is that in the NYC budget.
He is straight out of an Ayn Rand novel.
I preferred when you say of a Rand villain, “There is no way.” now we are trying to link these assholes directly to specific villians.
This stage sucks.
Weaver famously tweeted out her beliefs about private property, which are apparently widely shared in the Mamdani administration: “Private property, including and kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership is a weapon of White supremacy masquerading as ‘wealth building’ public policy.”
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Mamdani insists that he will be targeting “the worst landlords in New York City.” Yet, who constitutes the “worst landlords” could prove a relative notion to the ardent socialist. Mamdani proposes to transfer their properties to “responsible stewards,” including tenants and nonprofits.
In his 112-page report, Mamdani is again pushing to unleash his “Block by Block agenda for expanded rent controls, promising not to exempt landlords from Rent Guidelines Board limits. He and his allies have previously heralded Cuba and South Africa as models for policy changes.
I’m sure the redistribution will be totally fair and aboveboard.
In a rational world he and his boards end up like Mussolini.
In the real world he and his buddies get (more) fabulously wealthy while much of the housing stock is abandoned and/or set on fire (see: 1970s). Crime goes through the roof and another “white flight” ensues.
Very few gas stations in Manhattan. He and his henchperson will probably need to be hung up in an outer borough.
Once cities tasted that sweet Covid tyranny, it was hard to let go or bleed it into other things.
Neighbors are assholes, but if they actually wrote that it will be interesting to see what city officials prompted to get that sort of response….
JFC.
Good luck University Heights and the people there deserve to pay out whatever to this person.
When I told the girlfriend about the story, her first response was, “That’s where all the Jews live.”
I gotta stop reading that brief…Even if one item is true and rest is just layered on, the City made every available resource available to mess with this guy. For a prayer group. In a home.
I thought they were all in Seven Hills.
Man…this guy in a just world is gonna get a fat paycheck if this is all true
Seriously appears to be some insane targeting and NIMBY attitudes.
The harm was he was not allowed to host a religious ceremony in his home, a pretty basic part of the first amendment.
And we need to nip any of this “emergency powers” BS in the bud right quick.
Yeah, that got a chuckle out of me.
I guess the only question I have – as not a lawyer – is, does any other faith have the same burden to practice it in that city?
I’ll play devil’s advocate here. How many cars and what is parking like. Depending on how observant they could be walking.
You know what you are in store for when you buy a house next to a church or a school.
OTH, when you are essentially looking at a large gathering every week and unhappy neighbors. Depending on holidays probably more than once a week.
I’m next to a school BTW. And in my town there are roughly 40% Jews and more than a few of them in a more affluent section are fighting exactly this. Similar situation. Their claim with some justification is that it has become a full blown place of worship. It’s been a hoot to read about from the poor section of town.
Joe’s BBQ Bash better have same requirements. Tupperware/Eros parties the same.
That’s the deal with zoning here in the northeast. My neighbor can’t sell his house to a guy who decides to turn it into a strip club. That was the expectation when I bought it.
We can play libertarian and discuss zoning, but that’s not the reality of where we are now in my neighborhood of 50×100 lots. And if somebody is throwing 60 Tupperware parties a year that is a commercial enterprise.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”
That should over ride any zoning laws.
What if he happened to be hosting Browns/Cavs/Indians watch parties, or a book club? Should he need to get permits for that?
Parking in that general area is shite, but he was expecting people to walk as it would be prayers on the Sabbath for Orthodox Jews. I’ll also guess that there’s been no push back at home Bible studies.
See my first point.
That’s not the world we have. I libertopia I agree.
We were discussing the Muslim call to prayer this AM.
This.
Define “religion”….
Christianity Rhy.
From the dedthread on the Talarico/Rogan interview:
JI wrote: Which of the six genders does the common man belong to?
Interestingly, I remember nothing about trannies in the interview. I might be blanking on it, but honestly I remember nothing about trannies from the interview.
Rhywun: And what exactly is the “living wage” I am required to pay him?
Talarico didn’t say, and Rogan didn’t push to get a number. I’m trying to recall if any of the usual suspects in NH (all Democrats and Progressives of course) who have bitched about legislator salary gave out a number, but I can’t recall if any have.
Mexican Sharpshooter: If he cared at all about the kid, he’d give him what he thinks the kid needs, without the state. Just ask Alice Cooper who has a “church” in my neighborhood for disgruntled youth that he backs with his own name and funds very much from his own pocket.
Agreed. I brought up the example because the average voter, who thinks government run schooling is the only way all kids can have an education (yes, everyone here knows people like that), is going to have an emotional reaction against the meanie Republicans who cut the state funding. And on that note, none of these people will ask why the school district cut the therapist instead of say, cutting administrators.
Ownbestenemy: 10 mos old interview and that top/bottom thing just caught on? See? Even the stupid Right isn’t immune to dragging uo some BS.
Yeah. After listening to his explanation, I get what he’s trying to say. It’s not a good way to say it.
Obvious pivot from the 1% and the 90% which — his politics sells, so why not use that? Top/Bottom just has such ammunition especially in the meme era
I’m guessing he’s going to need a new campaign manager.
To get on top of it?
He[the mayor] then urged Grand’s neighbors to surveil Grand’s home and “report” any “activities consistent with those in a house of assembly.”
That mayor is a prime candidate for an old-timey smiting.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsTowingThings/s/wmCUJv5YDF
Whoops!
Tonight I learned….
stevesmithsglasses
u/stevesmithsglasses
I had a hard time getting my
Forklift on my tilt deck trailer the other day. It has a 1.5l Mazda engine, a one speed automatic and weighs close to 9000 lb. Took me
Three tries. Thankfully it wasent a replay of that.
When I went to take it off the trailer I forgot to put the parking brake on before I unchained it and released the deck.
It self unloaded about 35’ away from the trailer.
I’m glad there was nothing in its way.
“self unloaded”
*giggles*
…not even a euphemism
Years ago a couple of guys where I worked were loading up a 60′ boom lift on a rollback truck. They pulled the cable in a little too snug. It snapped, and because the boom lift had to be in freewheel mode to be loaded there was nothing to stop it unloading itself. The lift roared down the rollback bed and through the warehouse and nearly punched its way through the rear of the building. Fortunately there was nobody and no equipment in its way.
Tonight I learned why forklifts have roll cages.
About Reagan closing mental health facilities. Reagan (and other governors) was sued by the ACLU under laws regarding self-determination that had been signed by JFK. That law, 1963’s Community Health Act, was part of a trend of deinstitutionalization hat started in the 1950s and continued into the 70s. Reagan’s specific role involved signing California’s Lanterman-Petris-Short Act in 1967 as governor, which restricted involuntary commitment, and later repealing the federal Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 as president in 1981.
But, like other social activism laws, these were part of a long trend in public opinion, in this case regarding what should be done with the mentally ill. Was it wrong? Sure, but so is gun control, which was at one time considered a normal opinion and the ever strengthening laws showed it.
Yeah, article is paywalled but I suspected the trend started long before.
And I absolutely agree with the headline. The reason city streets are packed with mentally ill people now when they were not in the bad old days is pretty obvious.
Increased drug use/availability/acceptance of antisocial behavior/breakdown of family and cultural structure, also.
Thank you. The 1980 act, that Reagan signed the repeal and not a unilateral executive order, was all about more outpatient and deinstitutionalization of more patients, using federal funding to control what had previously been state funded and operated until shortly before that.
Rivers are still a bit too high to go kayaking on. I got me a new kayak and Mrs OBE is waiting for her yoga paddle board still.
Indeed – local news reported at least two water rescues along a popular canoeing/kayaking stretch of the Little Miami up here. Too bad it’s not safe now that the weather is finally dry and delightful.
Saw that. We actually had reservations for the Little Miami and they refunded us cause it was still a bit too high. Next weekend will be a sweet-spot we believe and many beers and pizza will be had at the Little Miami Brewery after a day of paddling.
Local:
‘Water can overtake you;’ Fire chief says it’s not safe to be out on rivers after heavy rain
Rain is moving out of southern NH.
Temperatures are dropping. The overnight low for where I am is forecast to be 37 Americanheit.
Snow in higher elevations.
I have a friend who regularly kayaks from Kansas City to St. Louis, altho not back again.
I had to tap out very early, that pile of horseshit was making so angry.
Go Fund Yourself.
Just got done with a 3lb slab of bacon. Basic cure, pepper/red pepper crusted and smoked. It is devine.
Other two slabs I have going is leaning on some Northern African spices and one I am calling Kentucky Smoke House. We shall see how those turn out in a few days once I smoke them.
Also, I need to start remembering I am no longer in Nevada. Smoker downstairs had the perfect environment through the winter and spring to spawn a budding civilization that is on the verge of a space program. That will need a deep clean, hot fire and redo of the seasoning.
Just got done with a 3lb slab of bacon. Basic cure, pepper/red pepper crusted and smoked. It is devine.
Other two slabs I have going is leaning on some Northern African spices and one I am calling Kentucky Smoke House. We shall see how those turn out in a few days once I smoke them.
This sounds delicious.
But, like other social activism laws, these were part of a long trend in public opinion, in this case regarding what should be done with the mentally ill.
I blame Ken Kesey.
Blaming Kesey’s an interesting thought. Fits the timeline, at least.
Problem with institutions: They’d be run by the state, and likely, the Feds. It would be just as shitty as justice and jails are. Then everyone would complain at the injustices and abuse suffered by the ‘patients.’ Then they’d change a word or two and “DEFUND!” would again be the chant, all with the ‘goal’ of releasing the *formally* insane back onto the streets. Home + pennyless.
But, oh dear! Natch, getting them to vote would be Priority #1. It’d be the same shit we have now. Culture needs changin’.
OFFS!
Also, define “some” days.
Goddamit I want a cigaret.
Oh, and as if lung cancer has anything to do with the back-slapping over this.
I smoke the occasional cigar. I had to piss clean for an insurance physical last month. Oh noes, I can’t have a cigar for two weeks.
What comes out in your piss that identifies you as a smoker?
Smoking is cool.
I smelled some good strong cigarette smoke the other day. Took me right back to being in the service. Love the smell of it outdoors in the woods. Not so much indoors. Better than the now prevalent skunk weed.
And pipe smoke… I could use a scent diffuser of pipe tobacco.
After 8 years without a cigarette I don’t like the smell now.
But I sure miss the “hit”. I got that with vapes for awhile but because of the nonsensical hatred of that chemical it’s just too expensive a habit.
Right? Its been over a decade for me, and at least a couple times a week in the morning I miss that coffee-cigarette combo.
I’ve felt that ‘hit’ before, but Lord, is it rare. I’ve smoked about a pack a week for five years; abroad maybe a pack every 3 days, tho maybe a pack a night when out. First smoke after a few days off, or something? Sure. But not every time. Started in late high school.
I’ve also never ‘craved’ a smoke. (I kinda don’t buy it. Same w booze. I’ve had DTs, but never a ‘craving.’ Psych word games. ) I *have* ‘craved’ a few minutes to myself or an excuse to join a conversation with strangers, though.
UCS should pick up smoking to ward off unwanted humans. Smoking gloves options, galore. This won’t happen, sadly.
I still love the smell.
I am moving this summer. My current building is “no smoking” which is kind of the default in this smug lefty college town I have lived in for 3 years but where I am moving to, the issue might not even come up – who knows. Maybe I won’t raise it, “just in case”.
Not a smoker (occasional cigar and a ciggie here or there when I was younger) but smell still gets me. Same with a fresh can of Copenhagen (not a dipper either). Suddenly I’m 20 years old again.
That’s some BS numbers.
Shove that up your ass, Jon Stewart, as you continue telling your clapping seals how he must resign because 25th!!1!
OMG that is unheard of!
I thought you said “packed with aliens,” which would be much funnier.
If anyone would know it’s you.
The Kennedy Center was created by Congress in 1958
Errr…
The center was created in 1958, but not renamed for President White Trash until after he was offed.
I was expecting and wanting a tit, and nd got a Goldfinch.
Story of my life, right there.
(/jk)
Any Mazda fans here?
There seems to be a compelling case for a 3 hatchback premium plus turbo version.
I had an RX 8. Would cheerfully own a Miata.
’85 626 sits in the garage. Sad…
Mrs F won’t drive and it’s too small for The American Man.
One of our lemons growing up was a 626. Probably from the late 70s. Fanciest car we had except it didn’t run consistently.
I have some relatives and friends with Mazdas.
The relatives with Mazdas have the 3. I don’t remember the years. All were hatchbacks. I don’t remember if they had turbos or not. Every one of them is happy, though one despite being happy had problems. That relative had transmission problems with her 3. The dealer replaced the transmission under warranty. No problems after the replacement and my relative said the dealer was great to work with.
The friends had RXs (RX-8 if I remember correctly) and Miatas. All loved the cars.
My husband. I drove that rotary fucker from Evanston to Kansas City with its front end swaying in the wind all the way across Wyoming and Nebraska.
I had a Probe at one time (Ford MX6).
My forklift has a Mazda VE engine. Does that count?
Came home after 9.5 miles at work, with much lifting. Also picked up a tiny battle scar from a tote. Good, clean, red scrape.
Dad and I are taking 5yo to an Indianapolis INDIANS game tomorrow, which certainly begins my weekend (+ Monday) on a hard-to-top level. Even I think Wahoo’s a bit much, but fuckin’ hell. Sports franchises folded faster than Superman on laundry day.
“It’s a fucking *honorific.* Get over it.” <– So easy to Trump-style dismiss counter arguments. Yet, I never saw any team do just that. It's easy to lean into, as well, cuz it's true.
Well. The Cleveland Indians had a great year in '16.
I (and most of the fans) were alright giving up Wahoo, but to take the name from us was too much.
I’m watching the Bananas vs. the Clowns playing down in Kansas City.
Go Clowns!
#MeToo
Clowns won their third straight, this one 3-1 over the Bananas (who I believe fell out of first place due to the loss). Appears the game tomorrow will be both on the Clowns YouTube page and the CW. Meanwhile, I’ve got to go to the eldest nephew’s high school graduation. I asked if he wanted me there, and he said yes. Bastard!
They’re doing it at the CSU stadium, so there aren’t even ticket limits to give me a serviceable and reasonable way to beg off.
You know one of the Chiefs owns part of the Indians now, right?
Are we talking about one of the Hunt family or a medicine man?
Close. Travis Kelce, as he’s from Cleveland Heights.
Spud, what was the reddish colored bird? We see an occasional one in winter.
Goldfinch used to be MN state bird. Then they let the school kids vote, we got the loon but that seems to be in decline as the lake shores fill up with million dollar mansions.
Still see an occasional goldfinch but making Russian thistles a noxious weed resulted in fewer goldfinches.
I believe it is a purple finch. Non-native. We used to have large numbers at our feeders back in the 1970’s and 1980’s, then some hard winters knocked their numbers ‘way down.
Welp. THAT was a trip.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backrooms_(film)
I liked it much more than I might have if my husband hadn’t figured it out and told me.
Since I went in blind, I will now go study the liminal space aesthetic in more detail.
That page and everything it links to makes me feel very old.
Fuck me. I didn’t even know this was a thing. Bro rec’d Severance, which I really liked, and this reminded me of that.
But I never tripped over those kinds of places on the internet, and if I had, I would’ve run away because that shit creeps me out. I don’t read or watch horror and psychological thrillers I have to be careful. I found r/nosleep a couple of years ago, but read one story that freaked me the hell out. I don’t know why I thought seeing this would be a good idea, but I did like it.
I also was terribly impressed by the creativity but now I find out it’s a slick manifestation of an internet meme and I am disappoint. A little. I still enjoyed it.
I like Severance too.
I might enjoy this – I love horror – but it’s all so hip and meme-y it feels off-putting. I mean, 4chan? Come on.
Wiki makes you feel very old? Uh. Huh.
And let’s not knock 4chan. I only went to /b when my college roommate would share stupid shit. But /s and /gif are gold mines. It’s where I find all of my *cough* gentleman’s special interest material.
(It’s easy to learn to scroll past the /rekt ones.)
I am half a you older than you.
Yeah. Hence, why I can’t see how you can be confused by wiki. I’m sorry you’ve already hit that age.
He didn’t say he was confused.
*rereads*
True. I suppose I instantly equate “old” w my parents’ age, 76/73. They’re both in great health, age considered.
I am not confused by “wiki”.
I just roll my eyes at what the kids are into these days.
I just learned what ‘creepy pasta’ was. I heard the term but didn’t understand.
Not even any deaths yet, unlike last year.
Now Trumps going after Rand Paul. Can’t wait for the orange dick sucking brigade to say what a great idea that is and how Paul deserves it.
Over Iran? Or one of the many other ways Donald is breaking promises?
Being “disloyal”, apparently.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116665677662591058
Trump shanked Mace who’s been sucking up for a while but also championed Epstein’s victims and releasing files… almost a pattern there.
There’s “irreverence” and then there’s just “being an asshole”.
I think the Jews need to stop ‘taking it’ and start imitating their bitterest enemies, the Muslims. Threaten ultra-violence and worse any time anyone criticizes them or their religion or any of their cultural practices. You don’t see cities trying to restrict Muslim behavior.
Jewish ‘culture’ wouldn’t allow it. Nor for ‘mine.’ As in, the cultural shittery that allows for African ‘refugees” to pull the violence and thievery in Europe+, the Jews and many/ most didn’t grow up where that was ‘acceptable.’ Encouraged. Simplest base, Jews weren’t raised in that poverty and culture.
NYC promoting the mosques 5x/day call to prayer calls was a big straw, IMO.
https://x.com/michaeldudufudu/status/2060745548320432263
Lol
Ha! I used to be good at that game. One class of fluent kids tested me a few times. Korean on the right is my guess. Japan left and China center.
*looks to see if the answer’s there (I’m sure it’s just AI)* Well. Can’t find one, but comments’ consensus seems to be Korean’s on the right.
Believe the Japanese and Chinese are flipped.
Bonus round should be an audio clip.
Yes
Did you know how shrimp responded to meth smartass? No? Didn’t think so.
Byrds aren’t real.
Өглөөний мэнд, Глибс
🇲🇳🍜😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBX0F-xvdwo
🎶🎶
Better Boys Don’t Cry
zomg Party like it’s 1999.
Good morning, Sean, Old Man, Ted’S., rhy, and homey!
Mornin’.
Oops! Thread died while I was working on one of those damn Squardle puzzles! See you at the links!
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/anti-ice-delaney-hall-protests-newark-new-jersey-may-30
When you’ve lost the helicopter pilot…
The commies are going to continue this until they get a martyr.
suh’ fam
yo whats goody yo
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