This is impressive. I mean it. I work in IT and have a "Password Cracker" tool that takes advantage of the Windows PE environment but would have no idea what to do with a Mac. (Mrs. Pi has a Mac)
Persistence and worn enamel are virtues in my book.
I absolutely agree with you here; the Corporate State is trying to drain us of the energy and the will to fight them. And it's working. I'm tired of this shit. I'm tired of being constantly lied to, and I absolutely am giving up. I have such a short attention span as it is, and my patience is so very thin. But, hell, you would expect that from a duck. All I care about now is sitting back on my couch and having a nice beer at the end of the day. I hate to admit this, I do. I should fight. But I'm tired of it, and I don't want to fight. I'm old, 55 in your "human" years. I have two younglings, I should fight for a better world for them. But, like I said, I'm worn down. The collective mass of stupidity weighs heavily on me, and I can no longer push back against this tide of dumb.
Good luck, all'ya'all Gen Zed's! You're inheriting a world bunring into ashes as we enter the 3rd Dark Ages. At least you'll have your safe spaces!
(the first two dark ages were the Bronze Age Collapse, and the traditional Medieval Era. But you knew that...)
Best BBQ I ever had was in San Antonio, a place called Big Bib. I would move back to Texas just to have them on a regular basis. Trust me, they have no idea how to make BBQ in Oregon.
If the BBQ is not ordered by the pound, placed on a bread tray with only a sheet of butcher paper, then is it really BBQ? The BBQ we have here in the NW is akin to a child doing a paint by numbers version of the Mona Lisa, and thinking that's great! Then one day, you actually get to see the real thing for yourself, and you realize you were living a lie the whole time.
You know... you can make your own Pulled Pork BBQ with not too much effort.
- Cook the Pig:
+ Throw a pork shoulder in a crock pot with some apple juice or chicken broth, S&P. Cook for many hours til it falls off bone on its own.
- Pull the pork: Pulling the pork is arduous but worth it. Hang in there. Pro tip: make sure you're not standing bent over too long while pulling
- BBQ Sauce: Sautee some garlic and onion in a pan. Combine with ketchup, brown sugar/molasses, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire. Maybe some mustard.
+ many variations exist; be bold - try stuff, especially with sweet and sour variations.
- Mix sauce with pork and serve on buns OR just fork up the pork and douse it in the sauce.
There is lots of great BBQ out there, but which is best depends in my mind on whether in general you prefer sweet or vinegary foods. I've had plenty of good barbecue in KC, but it's more sweet than I prefer. I like the Carolina better. Had some great in Charleston, SC some time back.
I also like the bbq brisket in San Antonio, TX, which was different than either of the above. And until you've tried my whole hog barbecue you haven't really exhausted the choices.
I often think where we would be as a species if we continued in a somewhat linear fashion, absent the collapse. Whole civilizations disappeared, entire languages and systems of writing were gone, death on a scale as never seen before. Historians really don't know why, either.
If nothing else, the Collapse really screwed up what trade economics existed at the time I would think. Bronze as tools/weapons really doesn't last all that well. A culture/economy based on bronze that collapse leave large numbers of people at risk.
"All I care about now is sitting back on my couch and having a nice beer at the end of the day."
I'll drink to that. All of that.
"I have two younglings"
Don't give up hope. Places like this make me realize there are more people who feel likewise. We aren't alone. I had an interesting conversation last night that brightened my mood. See "Festerman-Wizard of Oz" comment, forthcoming.
Yes, yes I did know about the Bronze Age Collapse. But Duck, it's OK to have a beer and watch the game. No one fights 24/7 and, unless you're a Left-Wing Type, no one centers politics in his life. (One friend wouldn't buy a photo album at Hobby Lobby, even though Target was sold out.) And don't give up hope: "Where's Jackie" should join "Let's Go Brandon". 40 days until the Election.
Earth 1 is going to crap, meanwhile in Earth 2, President Trump is celebrating a booming economy, China's in disarray after their finances have buckled with India picking up the supply chain slack, Ukraine was never invaded, Putin and NK are in check after the Iranian rebels recently over-threw the Ayatollah and are setting up a provisional government with the help of regional powers, oh and gas is at $1.87... boy did we get the short end of the quantum stick...
Really enjoyed the article. I am so sad when I see the Biden Team in action. It is nice to be able to laugh about it. I love Ron Klain getting a nice position for his wife. Keep the dollars rolling in to the family account and have an absolutely made up job. Win/Win
Instead of the presidency, Uncle Joe should be retired at Rehobeth Beach running a metal detector over the sand every morning while wearing a straw hat and zinc on his nose, anticipating a lovely day of naps, follwed by the 4 pm senior's dinner special, ice cream and bed by 9.
You know, as I always say about KJP: Still cute, still a nice dresser, still a vapid airhead.
I like the saying "Never attribute to maleficence what can be attributed to ignorance" but, after this last presser, I'm starting to embrace the Power of AND.
If I didn't laugh about this administration I'd have to cry. But it is a bitter, bitter laugh. I can hardly wait to see who gets the boot when Hopeless Kamala becomes Pres. Probably almost all the "Biden people". No way she's keeping them. Obama's real people (Valjar, Susan Rice, et al) don't need appointments and she stupid enough to let them continue running things. But she may e even harder to hide than Tapioca Joe. Biggest comedown will probably be for DOCTOR "You like my hooker look?" Biden.
Yes, perhaps. But they're stuck now because they can't swap either of them before the mid-terms. Then assuming the GOP wins either house, they can probably bottle up any change to either until they get sworn in, in January.
At they point they will have to accept someone at least 'acceptable' to the GOP. You and I might like who is 'acceptable' (or the deal worked out to get to that point) but even that would seem to screw them until the next Presidential election, then they're really screwed.
I'm open to nominations of who *might* be acceptable to both Dems and GOP. Would have to be some sort of caretaker with no hope of running in 2024, right?
If you ask Joe what he was doing in 1956, he will tell you that he was driving a semi or marching in Selma or hiking in the Himalayas with Golda Meir or...
Had an interesting conversation last night. Did and open mic with my very Democrat buddy Bill and we sat at the bar a few minutes before packing it in.
Someone mentioned that Fetterman was in favor of legalizing pot. I noted that, while I agree with the sentiment, and noted that The Prez - any prez - could change that just by saying so. There are no laws scheduling drugs. It's just a list Our Betters put together on a whim.
Anywho, my buddy Bill pulled out his phone and showed us all a picture of he and Fetterman posing at a meet and greet. Bill's only about 5'6" tops so it was a Mutt and Jeff depiction.
I quickly added that, in the contest of Festerman (D-Hoodlandia) vs. Oz (R-ThisIsntKansas), one of those MFers is going to win. This seemed to quiet the bar for a moment. Then it turned out that our new friend Patrick and his girlfriend were pretty clearly not liberal ... nor conservative. Like me. W
Point is, I think there are lots more like us but we're not comfortable acknowledging it publicly and that makes us less likely to fight (re: Duck').
I think this House of Cards is collapsing. Good for us.
"No offense to tapioca." God, that says it all. I lost $50 because I bet Joe would be gone in 6 months. Perhaps like one of those Russian Oligarchs who keep standing too close to windows. The Walorski incident is just too big to ignore. The only thing keeping him in office is Kamala's close alliance with North Korea. And Pelosi is third in line!
That flier is priceless. "Didn't I go to high school with you?" is a classic, especially as you're trying to distract the sex offender from harming the small Asian woman.
I can't believe this election is this close. The Dem base is Government workers and the teachers. Perhaps that's what keeps them in the game. I have to wonder what sort of parent wants to tagged with a "threat tag" as a domestic terrorist.
"The only thing keeping him in office is Kamala's close alliance with North Korea."
I just found the Wikipedia page for Prez Line of Succession. On the upside, Mayor Pete is only #14. Downside: 4, 5, 6, 7 = Antony Blinken (Sec of State), Janet Yellen (Sec Tres), Lloyd Austin (Sec Def), Merrick Garland (AG).
At least Jennifer Granholm (Sec Energy - yeah, I know, WTF?) isn't eligible.
Ole President pudding-brains doesn't need to know what's going on. He has a passel of J-school bigots and radical bourgeois elites to daily give him cover. Besides, we know that a functioning mind is not important to the leftist. I mean, look at the unwavering support for the Uncle Fester clone in PA. Biden is not Orange Man and that's all that matters to those who call the shots, sign most of the check and write most of the policy.
"...look at the unwavering support for the Uncle Fester clone in PA"
That's a two-way street. As noted elsewhere, when the ballot says
_Festerman (D-TrustFund) vs Oz (R-OprahUsedToLoveMe)_, one of those MFers is going to win.
But the Water-toters in the media are ridiculous for overlooking and even explaining away these lapses and not calling out the faults of Team Blue Jersey.
Media handlers in the White House can’t admit Biden erred when he looked around the room for a dead congressman because that would mean admitting both that he lied when he wrote he was “shocked and saddened” by her death and that his short-term memory is terrible.
Unable to admit an error, they had to find a way to say that he didn’t say what he obviously said. They couldn’t say he was joking (that would be unbelievably bad taste), so they said he was just thinking of her and her important contribution. They knew it was absurd, but with corrupt media platforms willing to play along, this was a way to cut their loss. (Republicans can’t cut a loss this way because the partisan press would use the opportunity to hammer the issue for weeks.)
Republicans can’t turn this into a meme either (“Where’s Jackie?” = Biden’s dementia) because corrupt media would pounce on the callousness of the meme. The deceased congressman’s family has suffered enough. Republicans will have to let this one go, and Biden’s press office knows it.
"I love the flier."
Notably missing, number to call for "Is there' a naked 300-lb man high on meth with an erection and a samurai sword outside your business?"
Because I'm pretty sure that that's the sort of thing only the police can deal with.
I laughed so hard I nearly fell out of my chair!
This is impressive. I mean it. I work in IT and have a "Password Cracker" tool that takes advantage of the Windows PE environment but would have no idea what to do with a Mac. (Mrs. Pi has a Mac)
Persistence and worn enamel are virtues in my book.
"Someone just as to video Ron Klain's wife asking daisies their pronouns."
How did I miss this gem? I think that, in order to make this job legit, this _must_ be on the record.
I absolutely agree with you here; the Corporate State is trying to drain us of the energy and the will to fight them. And it's working. I'm tired of this shit. I'm tired of being constantly lied to, and I absolutely am giving up. I have such a short attention span as it is, and my patience is so very thin. But, hell, you would expect that from a duck. All I care about now is sitting back on my couch and having a nice beer at the end of the day. I hate to admit this, I do. I should fight. But I'm tired of it, and I don't want to fight. I'm old, 55 in your "human" years. I have two younglings, I should fight for a better world for them. But, like I said, I'm worn down. The collective mass of stupidity weighs heavily on me, and I can no longer push back against this tide of dumb.
Good luck, all'ya'all Gen Zed's! You're inheriting a world bunring into ashes as we enter the 3rd Dark Ages. At least you'll have your safe spaces!
(the first two dark ages were the Bronze Age Collapse, and the traditional Medieval Era. But you knew that...)
Best BBQ I ever had was in San Antonio, a place called Big Bib. I would move back to Texas just to have them on a regular basis. Trust me, they have no idea how to make BBQ in Oregon.
If the BBQ is not ordered by the pound, placed on a bread tray with only a sheet of butcher paper, then is it really BBQ? The BBQ we have here in the NW is akin to a child doing a paint by numbers version of the Mona Lisa, and thinking that's great! Then one day, you actually get to see the real thing for yourself, and you realize you were living a lie the whole time.
Outlaw BBQ in Greater Downtown Manchester, MD is the best barbecue anywhere.
*drops gloves*
You know... you can make your own Pulled Pork BBQ with not too much effort.
- Cook the Pig:
+ Throw a pork shoulder in a crock pot with some apple juice or chicken broth, S&P. Cook for many hours til it falls off bone on its own.
- Pull the pork: Pulling the pork is arduous but worth it. Hang in there. Pro tip: make sure you're not standing bent over too long while pulling
- BBQ Sauce: Sautee some garlic and onion in a pan. Combine with ketchup, brown sugar/molasses, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire. Maybe some mustard.
+ many variations exist; be bold - try stuff, especially with sweet and sour variations.
- Mix sauce with pork and serve on buns OR just fork up the pork and douse it in the sauce.
Nom nom nom.
I know my profile pic doesn't do me justice, but I'm 6'4" so standing bent over is my default position it seems...
I will try this, tho. I love me some pulled pork.
There is lots of great BBQ out there, but which is best depends in my mind on whether in general you prefer sweet or vinegary foods. I've had plenty of good barbecue in KC, but it's more sweet than I prefer. I like the Carolina better. Had some great in Charleston, SC some time back.
I also like the bbq brisket in San Antonio, TX, which was different than either of the above. And until you've tried my whole hog barbecue you haven't really exhausted the choices.
It's all good.
Pork FTW!
I grew up on a hog farm. What can I say? ;-)
https://www.worldhistory.org/Bronze_Age_Collapse/
I often think where we would be as a species if we continued in a somewhat linear fashion, absent the collapse. Whole civilizations disappeared, entire languages and systems of writing were gone, death on a scale as never seen before. Historians really don't know why, either.
"Maybe they got "woke" too."
I think this is partly what led to the Fall of Rome.
If nothing else, the Collapse really screwed up what trade economics existed at the time I would think. Bronze as tools/weapons really doesn't last all that well. A culture/economy based on bronze that collapse leave large numbers of people at risk.
No worries! Peak Stupid will arrive any day, now. Any day. Yep. Pretty sure.
"All I care about now is sitting back on my couch and having a nice beer at the end of the day."
I'll drink to that. All of that.
"I have two younglings"
Don't give up hope. Places like this make me realize there are more people who feel likewise. We aren't alone. I had an interesting conversation last night that brightened my mood. See "Festerman-Wizard of Oz" comment, forthcoming.
Yes, yes I did know about the Bronze Age Collapse. But Duck, it's OK to have a beer and watch the game. No one fights 24/7 and, unless you're a Left-Wing Type, no one centers politics in his life. (One friend wouldn't buy a photo album at Hobby Lobby, even though Target was sold out.) And don't give up hope: "Where's Jackie" should join "Let's Go Brandon". 40 days until the Election.
Earth 1 is going to crap, meanwhile in Earth 2, President Trump is celebrating a booming economy, China's in disarray after their finances have buckled with India picking up the supply chain slack, Ukraine was never invaded, Putin and NK are in check after the Iranian rebels recently over-threw the Ayatollah and are setting up a provisional government with the help of regional powers, oh and gas is at $1.87... boy did we get the short end of the quantum stick...
Really enjoyed the article. I am so sad when I see the Biden Team in action. It is nice to be able to laugh about it. I love Ron Klain getting a nice position for his wife. Keep the dollars rolling in to the family account and have an absolutely made up job. Win/Win
So now Mr. and Mrs. Klain _both_ have made up jobs.
Instead of the presidency, Uncle Joe should be retired at Rehobeth Beach running a metal detector over the sand every morning while wearing a straw hat and zinc on his nose, anticipating a lovely day of naps, follwed by the 4 pm senior's dinner special, ice cream and bed by 9.
Only Dr. "Edith" Jill isn't done playing White House yet.
An alliance with the Republic of North Korea?
Forget it, she's on a roll.
"Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!"
"Jackie are you here?"
Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb9xZAwfS6U
"KJP isn’t getting any better at this job"
You know, as I always say about KJP: Still cute, still a nice dresser, still a vapid airhead.
I like the saying "Never attribute to maleficence what can be attributed to ignorance" but, after this last presser, I'm starting to embrace the Power of AND.
"Still cute, still a nice dresser, still a vapid airhead" It's got her to where she is today. Why change (if she could) now?
"Everything’s going great, America. Everything’s just fine."
*Cart says '32 cases of canned beans, metric $#!+ ton of .223' ... Proceed to checkout*
I wonder if I can get one of those big metal trash containers like roofer use to fit in my basement?
If I didn't laugh about this administration I'd have to cry. But it is a bitter, bitter laugh. I can hardly wait to see who gets the boot when Hopeless Kamala becomes Pres. Probably almost all the "Biden people". No way she's keeping them. Obama's real people (Valjar, Susan Rice, et al) don't need appointments and she stupid enough to let them continue running things. But she may e even harder to hide than Tapioca Joe. Biggest comedown will probably be for DOCTOR "You like my hooker look?" Biden.
We're screwed.
I think they go Spiro Agnew on Kamala before 25th-ing the Joetato Regime.
Even they realize how dumb that would be despite her... qualifications.
Yes, perhaps. But they're stuck now because they can't swap either of them before the mid-terms. Then assuming the GOP wins either house, they can probably bottle up any change to either until they get sworn in, in January.
At they point they will have to accept someone at least 'acceptable' to the GOP. You and I might like who is 'acceptable' (or the deal worked out to get to that point) but even that would seem to screw them until the next Presidential election, then they're really screwed.
I'm open to nominations of who *might* be acceptable to both Dems and GOP. Would have to be some sort of caretaker with no hope of running in 2024, right?
If you ask Joe what he was doing in 1956, he will tell you that he was driving a semi or marching in Selma or hiking in the Himalayas with Golda Meir or...
I think that was right about Corn Pop time.
Had an interesting conversation last night. Did and open mic with my very Democrat buddy Bill and we sat at the bar a few minutes before packing it in.
Someone mentioned that Fetterman was in favor of legalizing pot. I noted that, while I agree with the sentiment, and noted that The Prez - any prez - could change that just by saying so. There are no laws scheduling drugs. It's just a list Our Betters put together on a whim.
Anywho, my buddy Bill pulled out his phone and showed us all a picture of he and Fetterman posing at a meet and greet. Bill's only about 5'6" tops so it was a Mutt and Jeff depiction.
I quickly added that, in the contest of Festerman (D-Hoodlandia) vs. Oz (R-ThisIsntKansas), one of those MFers is going to win. This seemed to quiet the bar for a moment. Then it turned out that our new friend Patrick and his girlfriend were pretty clearly not liberal ... nor conservative. Like me. W
Point is, I think there are lots more like us but we're not comfortable acknowledging it publicly and that makes us less likely to fight (re: Duck').
I think this House of Cards is collapsing. Good for us.
Festerman (D-Hoodlandia) vs. Oz (R-ThisIsntKansas) is priceless. AND: I should have known you'd do an open mic night!
"No offense to tapioca." God, that says it all. I lost $50 because I bet Joe would be gone in 6 months. Perhaps like one of those Russian Oligarchs who keep standing too close to windows. The Walorski incident is just too big to ignore. The only thing keeping him in office is Kamala's close alliance with North Korea. And Pelosi is third in line!
That flier is priceless. "Didn't I go to high school with you?" is a classic, especially as you're trying to distract the sex offender from harming the small Asian woman.
I can't believe this election is this close. The Dem base is Government workers and the teachers. Perhaps that's what keeps them in the game. I have to wonder what sort of parent wants to tagged with a "threat tag" as a domestic terrorist.
Thanks for the column.
"The only thing keeping him in office is Kamala's close alliance with North Korea."
I just found the Wikipedia page for Prez Line of Succession. On the upside, Mayor Pete is only #14. Downside: 4, 5, 6, 7 = Antony Blinken (Sec of State), Janet Yellen (Sec Tres), Lloyd Austin (Sec Def), Merrick Garland (AG).
At least Jennifer Granholm (Sec Energy - yeah, I know, WTF?) isn't eligible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
It does lead one to wonder exactly how many clowns there are in that car, doesn't it?
Ole President pudding-brains doesn't need to know what's going on. He has a passel of J-school bigots and radical bourgeois elites to daily give him cover. Besides, we know that a functioning mind is not important to the leftist. I mean, look at the unwavering support for the Uncle Fester clone in PA. Biden is not Orange Man and that's all that matters to those who call the shots, sign most of the check and write most of the policy.
"...look at the unwavering support for the Uncle Fester clone in PA"
That's a two-way street. As noted elsewhere, when the ballot says
_Festerman (D-TrustFund) vs Oz (R-OprahUsedToLoveMe)_, one of those MFers is going to win.
But the Water-toters in the media are ridiculous for overlooking and even explaining away these lapses and not calling out the faults of Team Blue Jersey.
Media handlers in the White House can’t admit Biden erred when he looked around the room for a dead congressman because that would mean admitting both that he lied when he wrote he was “shocked and saddened” by her death and that his short-term memory is terrible.
Unable to admit an error, they had to find a way to say that he didn’t say what he obviously said. They couldn’t say he was joking (that would be unbelievably bad taste), so they said he was just thinking of her and her important contribution. They knew it was absurd, but with corrupt media platforms willing to play along, this was a way to cut their loss. (Republicans can’t cut a loss this way because the partisan press would use the opportunity to hammer the issue for weeks.)
Republicans can’t turn this into a meme either (“Where’s Jackie?” = Biden’s dementia) because corrupt media would pounce on the callousness of the meme. The deceased congressman’s family has suffered enough. Republicans will have to let this one go, and Biden’s press office knows it.
The "unable to admit an error" part is Standard Issue Gaslighting. It's what they do.