Busy week here. I was in Seattle for some tech meetings with a power semiconductor mogul, flew back, then immediately returned to the airport to pick up our semi-regular Dutch visitor. And like any good visitor, he came prepared: some single-malt whiskey from Belgium (I had no idea they made whiskey in Belgium, what do they use, French fries?). A few glasses after dinner put everything back in perspective.
Anyway, let’s discuss birthdays, because today’s include the guy who must have landscaped our yard; a guy who must have been involved in a St. Bernard breeding program; a guy who squeezed the universe into a ball; some Jew who wrote some things; a guy who, if he were around today, would have been on The Wire; a woman famous for her critters; a woman who set records for brutal corruption; a guy who put numerous pretend weed dealers into prison; an ex-governor who was hilarious in her radio interviews; a woman who needlessly worried about guys fucking her; a woman who every guy actually wanted to fuck; Jesus Fucking Christ; the Stacey Abrams of Texas; and the biggest asshole in tennis.
Speaking of assholes, Links is full of them.
Wait, I was assured that the Supreme Court was in the pockets of Team Red. I haz a confuse.
I think I have a couple bottles of this put away somewhere.
Pocket change for them, but a horrible, horrible precedent for everyone else.
We call this “Advance TACO.” If only he were smart enough to do the OMWC Plan. But he’s not.
Another “I hate everybody” story.
Or… maybe it’s the lack of testosterone.
I just bought tickets for Prime and me to see Tommy Emmanuel when he comes through Buffalo. She hadn’t heard of him before but was quite taken with some videos I sent her. She may have shit taste in men, but certainly can appreciate good music. And good whiskey.
a guy who, if he were around today, would have been on The Wire
Happy birthday Philippe Petit! (Actually, he’s still around.)
Our heroes at TSA find something absolutely harmless. We should feel safer now and have deep gratitude.
Not Adahn, is that you?
TSA out of Syracuse was putting a lot of bags for secondary screening.
The guy having to perform those looked quite annoyed at the x-ray guy for doing so.
Its magical theater but lasted a generation and now is ingrained.
Another “I hate everybody” story.
What dod the poor dogs do to deserve your hate
Also bernese are not the kind of dog to theeaten people really… Though it is off course possible.
They viciously slobber on people while begging for petting!
Yeah, I found the “let’s the dogs roam and shit on other people’s property” quite plausible.
The “Bernese Mountain Dogs threatening babies” part, not so much.
whaddup doh’
L’chaim!
Or… maybe it’s the lack of testosterone.
boring… Ah yes because most young women have such interesting conversations.
Notes from the young dating battlefield from my boys:
Everything is pigeonholed.
From your music likes to social feeds and subscriptions.
Broad minded thinking is considered verboten.
If you fail to recognize the “important thing of the day” on Insta or TikTok, you are out of touch.
Luckily, they have all found some pockets of normalcy in the current ladies they are dating as far as we are told.
the dutch used to call it pillarization
I can’t imagine talking to a youngster these days. I don’t have kids, so it never happens. But the ones I observe in public seem like a different species to me. On the rare occasion they speak to each other rather than stare at their screens, I don’t follow a thing they are saying.
rhywun:
Thankfully, the nephews seem to have grown up generally normal (well… maybe not normal, but well within my tolerances for normal). I know the eldest has had a couple of girlfriends already.
It varies, rhywun – unsurprisingly, it depends how they were raised; I had a great, long text exchange with my nephew who’s doing a semester abroad in London (he’s greatly enjoying it and experiencing exotic new things like… Indian food).
At least since I graduated from college, and especially since I’ve gotten…ahem…older, I’ve realized I can overlook some qualities (or lack of same) in men that other women might consider deal breakers. But he must not be boring.
::recalls a particularly tedious blind date many years ago with an automotive engineer::
Yeah. That’s my deal breaker.
Boring conversation is relative.
it is easier when the woman can hold her side though
::recalls a particularly tedious blind date many years ago with an automotive engineer::
Werner Brandes?
You have to be pretty funny to make her hold her side, and that by definition would not be boring.
Absolutely, Pie. And those of us girls who…lacked certain qualities that boys looked for learned early on that we had to develop our personalities.
True, GT, when we met a few years back, I remember you being charming, but I don’t remember the size of your tits.
Thank you, Old Man, and likewise! Sadly, I grew up with the opposite of what would have been ideal – I had a big nose and little tits.
Ransom Eli Olds.
Whatever it is, it’s men’s fault.
Snark aside, it’s actually a decent set of recommendations. I could do without the virtue signalling to women he starts with, but the last third or so of the piece is solid. Could have led with his ‘conclusion’ – raise a man.
Was he Korean?
So there really is a “man bites dog” story.
I was looking for advice on raiding my white Christian son from New York lefties. Idiotic woke college girls might not like him!
We call this “Advance TACO.” If only he were smart enough to do the OMWC Plan. But he’s not.
But did you mail a detailed copy of the plan to the white house
the Stacey Abrams of Texas
Beautiful.
And good whiskey. – nothing belgian in that case, one would presume
Well, if it is Belgian single malt, it must be made of fry oil, not just fries.
From what I gather, there’s a lot of traffic through the Strait now. Not sure what would change/what would be gained by taking Iran’s offer to “open” it. I suspect what Iran means is “let us start shipping oil to the ChiComs again”.
Bingo
let us start shipping oil to the ChiComs again
State visit by Xi – what a coincidence!
Iran is awaiting an official US response to its proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz within a week and resume nuclear talks in return for the lifting of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, as Donald Trump was reported to have rejected the deal.
Although Iran is yet to receive his official response, the US president is said to be privately sceptical Iran would meet his demands to dismantle its nuclear programme, according to unnamed US officials cited by the Wall Street Journal.
Trump has told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterms in the US, the newspaper reported.
So we need to win the war another 50 times before it is over?
In local news this paywalled article
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kimberly-guilfoyle-mystery-man-energy-5adeb541
says that kimberly guilfoyle sad that the US government contributed to toppling the Romanian PM in may
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kimberly-guilfoyle-mystery-man-energy-5adeb541?st=ULfkEE&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Free version.
The U.S. ambassador to Greece—Donald Trump Jr.’s former fiancée and Gavin Newsom’s sloppy seconds—
Fixed it for the WSJ.
Aktor blows one of the worst infrastructure companies Romania dealt with.
I was taken aback by the question at first, but then I remembered where we were: New York City—a city where you’ll find professionals reading books and magazines on the subway all the time. It’s not uncommon to see people reading Atlas Shrugged, The Economist, or a novel.
I smell bullshit.
It was an out of place title drop for sure…but I guess could technically be true
That was the other sort of annoying part of the article – New Yorkers are sophisticated, curious, and interesting people with broad ideas and thoughts, able to hold court on any topic you might breach. Polymaths really. The rest of the country, not so much. Here, let us New York-ers clear things up for you.
But yeah, actually an interesting set of ideas once you get past the condescending non-nonsensical setup.
There are some very smart people in New York. Of course while the very smart people are reading on the subway, the feral morons are likely to set them on fire, stab them, or drag them away for a little pre-cannibalism rape.
I would expect the really smart people to avoid the subway these days.
I also suspect that, while there was certainly a time when people were reading books on the subway, these days they are looking at their phones.
Anyone who is reading a book probably has a Kindle, because why haul all that paper around on your commute. In which case, nobody can tell what you are reading.
Yes, fewer actual books these days.
And yes, the feral morons outnumber the readers by many magnitudes but when you pass by hundreds or thousands of people in a day you are going to see all kinds.
And no, really smart people do not avoid the subway in any great numbers that I have seen – except possibly overnight. Unless they have lots of money to burn.
Ah, no.
I haven’t seen physical media of any kind in years.
Young people read on their phones (usually social media) and old people like me an iPad because of screen size.
I never see Kindles.
I read on a Kindle, or sometimes on my phone if I forgot to bring the Kindle.
I considered an iPad but why? It’s just a waste of money for me.
I usually use my Kindle app on my phone or table; the actual Kindle gets a workout on vacation, when reading outside – can’t be beat for that.
The actual Kindle is so superior to reading on a phone I can’t even. In my commuting days it went everywhere with me.
If I had a regular commute I might bring the Kindle; now it’s just “I have 15 minutes on the subway, once every 10 days – I’ll read a little”
old people like me an iPad because of screen size.
I still read paper, though after starting an old ICE MERP supplement, I can see the point behind able to change the font size on the fly.
Also too, everywhere I have been in a bar, people will talk to strangers. Its kinda the reason people are there.
It’s not that common in New England, but New Englanders are notoriously unfriendly.
Yes, but you rubes don’t have long, deep, literary conversations like those urbane Manhattanites.
R. C. Dean:
Of course not. We’re not elitist cunts.
Of course not. We’re not elitist cunts.
I remember being in what was then a rednecky part of SE PA, sitting in the bed of a pick-up truck with some friends of mine and my older brother, having long discussions about science fiction books.
I’ve seen it quite a few times over the years. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It’s up there with “Game of Thrones” among the most common titles I see people reading on the subway.
But yeah, far less now than in previous years as everyone noted due to technology.
I’d have more respect for politicians if it were true
https://x.com/SoveyX/status/2103601794270015996
I posted this in the overnight thread, but I can’t help but think OMWC will enjoy it too.
So many drugs you had to make them fall out of his ass yourself?
There it is
I said I would be reposting it here since most people don’t show up for the end of the overnight posts.
And I appreciate you giving me the set up for my comment 🙂
Good morning from soggy Long Island! Today’s excitement is waiting for high tide at 11:30am to see how much beach gets covered. The forecast rain totals are down from yesterday but the Nor’easter isn’t going anywhere soon and rain is expected to be constant for the next 48 hours. Fortunately my host has an extremely well stocked liquor cabinet.
Hope that you, rhy, and any other coastal Easterners stay safe!
It has been a complete dud so far. Sprinkles and 21MPH wind – scary!
Though I am not directly on the coast – NYC is in the way. Maybe they’re getting hit harder.
About the same here.
At least I was able to get the dog out this morning – like a lot of pit mixes, she’s allergic to rain and would rather hold it for 12 hours instead of getting slightly wet.
They’re still calling for almost 3 inches of rain in the next 24 hours, so I assume the skies will open at some point.
A fair bit of wind here, with rain off and on.
We seem to be on the edge of it.
My relatives on a barrier island in NJ are completely flooded.
Lots of tree debris here in Essex County.
Dud here too. We had some rain overnight. It was windy yesterday. Today is kinda calm. The forecast has rain all through the night into tomorrow. We’ll see what happens.
Anoda batch of 105 Nigerians don return home from South Africa, as concerns dey grow ova di safety of foreign citizens ahead of di 30 September deadline wey anti-migrant groups give illegal migrants to comot for di kontri.
Di Nigerians arrive for Lagos wit South African Airways flight at about 20:30 local time on Thursday, di kontri foreign ministry tok.
Nigeria Foreign Ministry tell di BBC on Friday say di govment don facilitate di return of 1,821 Nigerians since June, following wetin dem describe as renewed wave of “Xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks”.
Dem neva provide details on weda na govment sponsor di Thursday evacuation or na private sponsor am.
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/cqgmrk0wz4x0o
“Afrophobic”. In South Africa.
Piss off, the BBC.
I’m more surprised that AOL still exists than I am at California wineries going bankrupt.
I still have an AOL email. Was converted over when they bought Netscape.
“The decision ends, for this election at least, Republicans’ effort to use a gerrymandered map to improve their chances of winning a seventh Missouri seat in the U.S. House.”
Good. Somehow, it’s cynical gerrymandering when it happens in a blue state but it’s totally different when it benefits team red. Splitting KCMO into essentially three different congressional districts in order to gain a seat for the gain of a particular political party is absurd on the face of it. Nevermind the fact all districts must be structured under the latest census under Missouri law(as far as I understand anyway). Fuck the Missouri Republican party and their hypothetical bullshit.
In principle, sure.
I’m less sure that it’s wrong to try to beat the left at its own game anymore.
Settling for the Lesser of Two Weevils is a shitty mindset when baking the sailor’s bread. No excuses cuz “but they’re even worse!” Had just about enough of that shit.
Sorry, woke up a touch grumpy today.
I can see both sides. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Take the high road – or always lose?
Kinda sick of losing.
* hypocritical
FU, autocorrect.
I had no idea Siegfried and Roy played guitar.
I, on the other hand, have been listening to a lot of KATZROAR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POcGpPxvcGg&list=RDPOcGpPxvcGg&start_radio=1
Wow there is so much competition for that award. Unfortunately I am limited to just two links.
Fortunately this doesn’t apply to Glibs
https://anthonybbradley.substack.com/p/how-to-raise-a-son-who-is-boring
A few of these hit close to home, and I still have some residual anger and resentment.
On the other hand, a large part of why I’m on this site with yous today.
Why do you hate children?
They smell and are germ factories.
It’s looking like Big Tech is just going to be a piggy bank until the end of history, coughing up a few hundred million dollars every once in a while to grandstanding assholes. Price of doing business.
(clicks on ESPN Gameday)…Can Pat McAfee just fuck off already?
BTW, my former Dutch boss’s favorite movie quote:
“There’s only two things I hate in this world: people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch.”
OMWC, out of curiosity, did the bottle say single malt on it? There’s a slap fight going on between England and Scotland about calling English whisky single malt.
There is a good case for a difference in giving trademark status to stuff based on place names, and stuff based on common words like “single malt”.
The big difference is in what is defined as single malt between England and Scotland:
Different countries have different rules for what different beverages can be called, so something that may be sold as a rum in India, would not be able to be sold as rum in the US.
Monocle people:
Promoted v4.18.0 to production:
https://gitlab.com/glibertarians/forumProject/-/raw/master/monocle.user.js?ref_type=heads
– Removed Nitter rewriting
– Improved unread-count responsiveness when switching back to an inactive tab
Haven’t had an I’m not a robot prompt all week so I’ll take that as a win for now.
Me neither.
I noticed that as well – unrelated to any Monocle changes.
Not sure when things stopped with the captcha – maybe while I was on vacation. Dunno if TPTB just turned it off or what.
slumbrew:
WebDom has been working on that (as well as fixing the scheduler issues) in the background.
All praise to WebDom.
PBUHer!
All glory to
The HypnotoadWebDom!Sweet! Will d/l after a gaming break.
I am looking forward to refresh count working properly again
“The End of the Road” by Gord MacGill. I finished it last night.
Before my thoughts, I’ll quote two paragraphs from the extensive acknowledgements at the end:
Huge thanks to a tiny online forum called glibertarians.com, which hosted my first feature-length essay way back in 2017. A couple of years later it was ready by the wonderful Oliver Bateman. Oliver invited me on his podcast, encouraged me to keep writing and start my own interview show and a Substack, and hooked me up with a few gigs. Oliver really Does The Work.
And:
Thanks to those who chipped in to my modest GiveSendGo fundraiser or otherwise threw a few bucks toward this project: Lee and Lisa Schmitt, American Compass, Charles Haywood, Uncle Chris, Old Man with Candy, Chris Thomas, Batya, Sam, Detroit Supremacist, Brandon Daily, Rachel Premack, Rod McChesney, and anyone else who gave what they could. Thanks for helping me feed these kids!
I have some problems with the book, but overall I like it. There are a few places where I think Gordlocks is looking at only one aspect (supply) of trucker pay, though I get why he did that in that chapter. Sometimes I think he wants the right TOP.MEN to be in charge.
Having said, that, there are some very good points in the book and to emphasize, overall I like it.
There is some talk of insurance companies and banks being the best regulators of trucking. I’ll add absent government bail-outs. They have the incentive to get it right because they want to get paid and not have to pay anything out.
Gordilocks talks about training of truckers is ideally done as an apprenticeship. The government dumping money into training facilities due to a perceived lack of truckers is just rent seeking.
The book ends with a very good chapter on the Trucker Convoy and associated protests in Canada.