I actually can spell Tuesday afternoon links in Spanish, but it felt like doing it right would step on Mex’s schtick. This is more the “old” Florida way of pronouncing Spanish words. Like “my-amuh”. Anyhow, I’m covering for Mex who is covering for Sloopy and Banjos. Apparently the chipmunks they use across the pond are lazy socialists just like everyone else.
What else is going on? Was fishing with my old man and my two youngest at the beach and we saw a huge pack of cow-nosed rays. I’m told the plural is a “fever”, but who the hell knows that? My wife had to ask a professor at work. The rays illustrate a key difference between Florida and Australia. In Florida, the wildlife can kill you, but its not actively trying. Anyhow, great day. Wildlife, kids at the beach, we caught a whiting, and the little guy “helped” reel it in. And then stood a good 6-8 feet away from it. He’s not an animal lover.
Anyhow, that’s me, now its time for…. links!
If only Old Man with Candy were based in Europe, this would be the perfect hate job for him. Or as was quipped, “this product will confirm all of your biases about American cuisine.”
Senator Gallego hires a PR master, Bates, to help him deal with the fallout from the Swalwell sex scandal.
Guys, guys. We’ve got plenty of money, and our universities are already down enrollment. Let’s not over-egg the illegal immigrant pudding here. Also, it might bring down the attractiveness of our campuses, which was one of my major criteria.
Why, its almost like there’s always more demand for “free” healthcare than there is other people’s money to supply it. I wonder if Thomas Sowell wrote anything about this.
Ah, what the hell, we’ll do a little song from old Florida, too.
What I do enjoy about the enshitification of society is that when anyone trots out their Harvard degree, I can point to it and say it is more worthless than the local community college in Podunk, America.
Of course, Harvard shouldn’t be singled out
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is not alone. Oregon State University offers “Disney: Gender, Race, and Empire.” Students at Indiana University can attend the course, “Having it All: Postfeminist Media After Sex and the City.”
How about “Bad Bunny: Musical Aesthetics and Politics” at Yale University? The Bad Bunny Syllabus that inspires this course — which lists topics such as “LGBTQ Activism,” “Gender and Sexuality in Reggaeton” and “Political Protests of Summer 2019” for study — is also in use at Wellesley College and Loyola Marymount University.
The Cival Rawr Eleventy-One is gonna be lit yo!
At tPSU-Berks at least Swift is a “local girl who made good.”
It is funny how Medicare for all is touted as free. I pay MC premiums (out of my SocSec benefits check) and I pay for supplemental insurance, oh AND the deductible before all of that kicks in.
Why I might almost think someone is lying about Medicare for all.
Not to be a stickler, but you been paying premiums (out of your paycheck) for your entire working lifetime. The deductible was just a whole lot higher back then.
The title reminds me of my brother’s first college roommate, a guy named Marty he knew from high school. He quickly got the nickname “Party Marty”, and my brother’s first year didn’t go well.
Years later, my youngest had an even worse experience with her first roommate, who she knew from church. Some things never change.
Oh heavens no. They already know it is illegal but they advocate for it anyway.
We are at step 2 of the progressive progression:
1) That never happens.
2) Okay, that happens, but it’s not a problem.
3) How dare you question this simple, commonsense, act of kindness?
And health care for illegals has been at step 3 for awhile.
“Actually, undocumented students are smarter, get better grades, get more advanced degrees, and generally do more with their education than citizen students” – Cato Institute, probably.
We’d show you the proof, but they’re undocumented so…
Big shoutout and thanks to Brett for filling-in for Mex. And to all our other regular and intermittent contributors for filling-in for people on vacation, and in various institutional settings.
This might be the first evidence I have seen in the rush to socialism everywhere in the US that it is actually possible to run out of other people’s money.
California of all places would absolutely not be doing this if it wasn’t already blowing the budget.
Not when he and every other Democrat on the debate stage during the last presidential election gladly and unhesitatingly promised “free” health care for every illegal.
That’s why it needs to be a federal program!
Of course. By putting the wealth tax at the federal level, we can keep those selfish billionaires from escaping by moving to another state.
Vermont figured out there wasn’t enough money, and boy they sure wanted universal healthcare.
I didn’t know they tried it. They probably don’t attract a lot of vibrant newcomers even.
Jury returns guilty verdict for Karmelo Anthony.
Wasn’t on the jury, but…the murder charge. Man…
Manslaughter for sure. Stupid decision led to tragic outcome. I doubt this kid was like “Lets go kill Whitey today”
You are far too kind. Or maybe naive…
😛
Maybe. I dunno.
Based on the law posted by Dean, it seems appropriate.
There’s also some aspect of it that considers whether it was an act of “sudden passion.” So basically they factor in premeditation afterwards and if they decide it qualifies the sentence would be between 2-20 years. Which is pretty broad.
I have problems with putting a teenager away for significant time in a situation where someone put hands on him first.
It was absolutely murder. Not manslaughter.
I don’t know enough details to say.
I highly doubt this is going to be the injustice that millions of detractors are going to claim.
Yes Dean’s info does clarify.
Maybe this kid will come out the otherside better. To continue with my naivety I guess.
I have problems with putting a teenager away for significant time in a situation where someone put hands on him first. </em
It's not some technicality where you get to say "hey, technically he touched me, therefore I can murder."
I don’t think it was just a technical touch. Metcalf apparently grabbed him. Does that rise to the use of deadly force? Probably not on it own, but we’ve seen plenty of cases of self-defense where there was no physical contact at all. Daniel Penny being one notable case though in a different state under different laws.
The fact that these were teens and he brought the knife with him in the first place is being used too much in my view. Especially the latter part. I don’t care what goofy rules soccer moms have instituted across America in some futile attempt to eliminate all violence in schools. He has a right to self-defense and if it’s a knife, he’s allowed to have it in my book.
I think the biggest issue is just the level of force used didn’t necessitate the response, but it’s hard to say how things would have escalated because he went stabby right away. It could have ended up in a Zimmerman situation where he was pinned to the ground and getting pummeled. In a fight it doesn’t take much or even intentionality to kill someone. The right blow to the head can often do it.
So that’s just my take. I’m no self-defense expert.
IMHO the facility has the right to say “no knives”. Did they? I dunno.
I suspect every event has a bag-check now.
In Texas (and most other states), invoking a self-defense claim in court usually takes manslaughter off the table. You can’t claim that you were defending yourself, but also that you accidentally killed the other guy. It’s quite unusual that the judge allowed the jury to consider a manslaughter claim.
Dean’s info here.
You will have a hard time selling a grab as the imminent threat of death or serious injury that justifies the use of a knife to stab the other guy in the chest.
Self-defense was all he had, so they had to give it a go. But no one ever seriously believed it was a good kill.
I can’t imagine why. 🙄
I listened to the Court TV totally just reporters reporting feed….
You’d think OJ was actually convicted based on their reaction.
To your point above..CourtTV without saying as much, is very much hoping its GF 2.0 supercharged for the next Summer of Love
We were already set for another Summer of Love. This verdict came right on schedule.
Remember that he could have pleaded guilty. I’m unable to find anything about a plea deal offer, but that generally takes the death penalty off the table. Also remember that his family spent the GoFundMe on personal luxury items for themselves, rather than his legal defense; he was represented by a public defender. His family failed him before the killing, and abandoned him afterwards. They are sacrificing him so they can play the victims for the rest of their lives.
Oh wow..ya
I believe the death penalty was not an option due to his age.
Didn’t know that about the public defender. I saw something about a new house at some point. Yea that’s pretty fucked up.
Ghetto sweepstakes style shit.
AYFKM? Disgusting.
There’s some credible reporting that the claims about the family spending the money are not accurate.
This is a year old, but I’m not seeing much newer than this: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/karmelo-anthony-familys-plans-for-500k-donations-after-track-meet-stabbing-revealed-by-fundraising-exec
I mean, I looked into it and he was in fact represented by a public defender.
They raised $625k or so total if not more. And they relied on a public defender. No one would recommend that.
🤔 Who knows? We know he had a public defender, right? So where did the money go. Or did they not even get it?
We know they got the money. Even in the link posted by Raven it’s documented that they got a new house for “security.”
The money was to be for legal defense. Like, I don’t see how you spin that one when if push came to shove the kid had a public defender.
I’m told the plural is a “fever”
Not an array of rays?
Opportunity missed.
I’ve got a fever for more cowbell.
Good enough. Ship it!
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/anthropic-says-these-topics-are-too-dangerous-to-let-its-fable-5-model-talk-about/
I give 4Chan 1/2 day to jailbreak it.
Ask Shia LaBeouf about challenging 4Chan.
“Our model is so powerful it could end humanity! You don’t want that kind of power, trust us!”
SCIENCE
As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new US studies suggest they have ignored a key culprit — the smartphone.
“Is the iPhone Birth Control?” asked a paper published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research, delving into why US fertility rates have fallen by 22 percent since 2007.
For a while, experts linked the decline to the recession that struck in 2008 when the global financial system nearly imploded, driving millions of people into hardship. But when the economy picked up, a rebound in births never came.
Myriad other reasons have been posited, such as increased use of contraception, more female education, and growing housing or childcare costs. However, no clear cause has been established.
So Middlebury College economist Caitlin Myers and her student Ezekiel Hooper tested a hypothesis that smartphones — which emerged with the arrival of the first iPhone in 2007 — might have something to do with it.
I thought we overpopulation was going to kill us all.
No that was Global Warming.
I am reminded of Scott Adams, who would usually report a study like this and say “They could have saved a lot of money by asking me first.”
It’s not about saving money, it’s about getting grants and other forms of funding.
If you give me enough funding, I can confirm ALL of your biases.
Yep it was the smartphone that did it
Catholics and Mormons all use Samsung.
More data for the hypothesis.
Maybe if they’re getting all their porn on their phones I could posit a connection.
Collectivists, communitarians hardest hit
Remote work has soared in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic. But, a new study suggests the practice has made workers more socially isolated, anxious and depressed compared to people who work in-person in offices and other settings.
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The findings suggest that “people might be choosing poorly,” when it comes to their well-being, says Nicholas Epley, a professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, who wasn’t involved in the study.
Yes, of course. Nanny knows best.
I prefer working alone at home over dealing with traffic, public transit, and office annoyances.
I have a gun in every area of my house in the event that any human tries to contact me and I’m not afraid to use it.
I’ll die before I go back to the office.
I was dead set against returning to the office until my employer started getting much more serious about it recently. I had been playing hooky from the office for three years so I decided to move back when they started letting people go over it. And TBH I am going a little stir crazy alone at home.
OTHO I just scored remote status a week ago so that makes me ponder.
Triumph of hope over science
As the snow settles after a memorably challenging Western ski season, Vail Resorts is reporting a decline in pass sales for next winter and readjusting it’s financial forecast.
The resort conglomerate, which sells the popular Epic Pass and owns ski areas in the US and around the world, trimmed its expected yearly net income to between $128 million and $162 million, down from a previous forecast of between $144 million and $190 million.
Sales of Vail Resorts’ 2026-27 season passes also sagged about 10% this spring compared to the same time period last year. The announcement was made in Vail Resorts’ most recent quarterly earnings report on Monday, June 8, 2026.
The company also unveiled a new pricing category this winter for young adults that, despite the overall decline, solidly outperformed other age groups, according to a news release. It costs $889 and applies to those aged 18 to 30.
Vail Resorts’ flagship Epic Pass offers access to numerous ski resorts and, right now, costs $1,119 for adults.
Buy a ski pass? Everybody knows the planet is too hot for snow.
Trump claims without evidence, as Democrats’ media steno pool cries, “NUH-UH SHUT UP!”
I rate it 9 racists out of 10 possible racists.
This occurred in Belfast. Man was ambushed (maybe handicapped) by a Sudanese attacker. Face is basically messed up something fierce.
The Irish are burning cars and houses over this in what police are describing as “pockets of disorder.”
Politicians while condemning the attack were quick to note that “hate cannot be allowed to win.” The masked “thugs” doing the burning were called out bigly. Less vitriol directed at the attacker.
Probably why this will continue until heads start to roll across Europe. But I suspect a lot of the key political figures behind this madness are relying on armed security to keep the rift raft at bay.
Nothing to worry about. The people of Northern Ireland are known for their peaceful way of dealing with these sorts of tings.
Hate is already winning.
Meanwhile in NJ as long as you don’t kill anybody stab away.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/accused-penn-station-slashers-ex-wife-breaks-down-over-his-alleged-spree/
Uh huh.
Sounds like he was lucky several times to escape prison. It is so progressive of us to give him an unlimited number of chances to not be a violent asshole.
Trump is undermining faith in elections.
Not the opaque prolonged process of “collecting and counting the votes”. Everybody knows every single person in Los Angeles is a rabid hard core progressive.. Pratt didn’t have a prayer.
I’ve said it before, but North Korea posts election results. Even they claim there’s more opposition to dear leader and the winner than what you see out of some of these blue hellscapes here in America. Like 98% going one way? That’s too much for fucking North Korea, but I’m supposed to believe it happens in an American city.
lol Who the hell in NK is going to vote against Li’l Kim? Nobody is. They’re making it up.
I’m not claiming the elections are real. I’m saying that reporting 98% vote totals for Kim is too much for even them. It’s like statistically impossible that a large city of voters could realistically go that way for one candidate in a two party system in a supposedly true democracy.
Israel has historical data for the percentage of voters who cast ballots by a certain time on Election Day.
Now, granted, Israel is highly centralized; trying to get national results for the US in a similar manner would be nigh-on impossible. But it shouldn’t be all that difficult for precinct/county election boards to know within a few minutes of the polls closing how many people cast ballots in a certain precinct, and know (and inform people) on a daily basis how many absentee ballots were received in the mail that day.