Weekend Open Thread
From Austin Food Magazine, New Years Eve Champagne
The weekend open thread comes early again this week. Remember the water back method for partying tonight. For every volume of alcohol, drink an equal volume of water. This is just a minimum. Enjoy your partying.
Category: Open thread
FIRST on the Last WOT
Welp, I wuz right…and wrong! Right in that thebesig was a gonna drop this early…right in that you have to play to win…wrong on HOW EARLY the last Weekend Open Thread of the year 2020 was gonna drop. The rain moving in has slightly delayed my provision run into the little big town. Was just checking the emails before the departure when this dropped. Better to be lucky than good, I guess. I gave a 30 count before typing and another 30 count before hitting post and still came out FIRST.
For all the whiners and haters, rest assured this will be the last FIRST of Open Threads in 2020 for the Ol’ Gun Bunny, The King of Battle, THE King of FIRSTs! A most Happy and Safe New Years Eve to all of my beloved Sisters and Brothers of the TAH Family.
SALUTE!!!!
Right back at ya bitch!! Con-Agra on the last WoT of the year.
I mean, it’s not like it’s a big deal or anything.
How many of the TAH regulars are even *UP* at this hour?? *giggle*.
I was in a meeting for the last half an hour or so and then thought I’d check across my browser tabs and such.
OK, so I’m here. YAY!! Actually, I’m glad this year is over but pleased because one thing came out of it. ME. Sober. Clear headed. A new gun. Many thousands of rounds of ammo. (shhhhhhh)
AND a profound respect for the World and how things can just go right out the fucking window and yet, we Improvise, We Overcome, We Adapt.
We’ll be OK going forward.
Tomorrow is another day. I plan to discard the rest of my 2020 explosives tonight so I have a reason to go over the PA line in the near future (other than to purchase high capacity magazines and such, Thanks PRoMD (FUCK YOU!) ) to buy more fireworks later in the year.
I’m glad to rack up another year associated with you dickheads and to welcome new members to the family, “Only Army Mom” for one, it I’m not talking out of my ass, that she’s “newish”, if she weren’t lurking well before that.
Anyway, I still miss Jonn and am glad to be part of this group.
Happy New Year and we’ll see you bright eye’d and bushy tailed tomorrow.
(biggest shit eatin’, face splitting grin)
Chip, thanky, thanky for the hat tip! I sincerely appreciate being welcomed into this most deplorable family. Yeah, I was a long time lurker, sort of. And I miss Jonn too though me thinks he would be proud of how his heirs have carried on.
Horse pucky!
Happy last day of the calendar for the year 2020 Day!
Joe Clark passed away.
https://youtu.be/dUWyTT0nX_c
Sorry to hear that.
Clark was hired by the City of Baltimore to reproduce the success he had in New Jersey.
The Baltimore School Board and teachers’ union cut him off at every pass. He finally resigned saying “if you didn’t want me to educate your kids, why did you hire me?”
RIP sir.. a true educator, all too rare a thing these days
Yep… public educations needs a lot more people like Joe Clark…
Well….first…I guesss…
No guesssing needed. You are officially entered into the Coveted Book of WOT Firsts as being the initial entry. This mornings other claim to “First” has been DEFECTED/DEFAULTED.
Although this may be the last entry in the six year old, 14 page Coveted Book, as a book burning in the backyard snow bank could occur tonight at 2359 hours. Haven’t yet made up my mind as to whether or not to continue maintaining a hand written quick reference log for all commenters to reference when needed.
Holy shit Claw, that needs to go into some sort of electronic database, like an excel spreadsheet.
You’re a GOD for maintaining 14 fucking pages of our “FIRST” bullshit, and being able to reference it like “TAH DAH!!” in a few minutes.
Fuckin’ BRAIN TRUST
Fuckin’ “bold HTML fucking” command carrot default shit”
I WISH WE HAD AN EDIT KEY FOR 2021 …although, I know Psul-like drunkin ramblings would disappear, if that were the case, so I’ll just post bitchy after comments as necessary.
“…some sort of electronic database,..”
You mean like this? The inherwebz are forever.
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?cat=221
Yeah, Well, that’s all fine and dandy if somebody wants to go scrolling back through entry after entry to settle a claim.
For example, the handwritten book can reveal in about two or three seconds that on the WOT for 03 Feb 2017 the people who posted “First” at the same time stamp were ex-OS2, CWO5USMC, ChipNASA, Mick and David.
Electronics are OK up until the power goes out, but a pen and ink ledger is forever./s
Always a bridesmaid (sniff)…
Not always. You scored a “First” on the 15 Sep 17 WOT, unless there’s another David who comments here.
Nope, that was me… I decided to really try once. Most of the rest of the time I am working and only roll back on by accident.
The Book also has you down for a DEFECT/DEFAULT “First” on 24 Jan 20.
Roger that Supply Daddy, Imma all about a written record. Hell, I was the last person in the world to get dragged, kickin’ & screamin’ into the 20FIRST Century and the amazin’ algorebull WWW. ’bout ’09 IIRC when a gifted old laptop and another upcomin’ grandbaby put a modem into COP CRCTR. Lurked there for a few years and upgraded when I brought Firebase Magnolia online. Still got a flipper phone and a land line tho.
Suit the hell out of me if the Coveted Book of FIRST was engraved on the side of Stone Mountain. Might as well have something on there, the War Memorial will be blasted off soon enough.
Your book, Claw. It would be kind of a shame to lose the quick reference and historical data therein. Could you see fit to record the log electronically, first? Six years is above and beyond for maintaining it, and adjudicating the inevitable disagreements.
So, is there a member or members willing to pick up the torch, if Claw hangs it up for a well deserved retirement?
When I was working and maintaining the records of Stolen Valor claims by branch and MOS, I used an Excel spreadsheet. I think I may have transferred it to my home computer when I had to leave work (blamed cancer!).
Makes life a lot easier to me.
“Hold my beer!”
2021
Yeah, FUCK *THAT* NOISE!!!
2021 better bring the fucking shit….in a good way…. if not, strap on your giant purple dildoes (or dildos, both are correct) and get ready for action because….well, I’m going off the rails…
I’ve had enough of this Covid and all the other bullshit…
Last year was just an appetizer. We’re in for a ride this year.
One of the predictions floating around for before we get to 2030, or by 2030: You will own nothing and be happy”… Or something like that.
One has to wonder with thee lockdowns and small businesses risking fines and even prison opening up. Many businesses are fighting to remain viable in the face of these lockdowns.
With a whole bunch of debt floating around, many may see that prediction as an “attractive” proposal.
“For every volume of alcohol, drink an equal volume of water”
That would result in a 50% alcohol drink.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
50% alcohol is 100 Proof
So, you’re saying 100 proof is already the perfect proportion..,
It would, but of significantly smaller volume than before. 250ml water plus 250ml ethanol results in approximately 480ml of solution.
Why? The ethanol and water molecules hydrogen-bond together somewhat closer with fewer (relative) voids than either alone, resulting in an overall volume “shrinkage” of about 4%.
https://www.carolina.com/teacher-resources/Interactive/chemistry-lost-volume-demonstration/tr10785.tr
That’s why bartenders give it a little “wrist action”.
A handy from AOC?
Whenever I use that trick, I wake up feeling like I didn’t even drink an ounce of alcoholic beverage the previous night. The sleep was better quality that it normally is when I go to bed right after partying.
The quality of the sleep was such that I was able to get up the next day and go for a distance run. No headache, no exhaustion before the run, and fully hydrated for the run.
One big benefit to this trick? I’ve never woken up with a hangover whenever I’ve used the water-back method for each volume of alcoholic beverage that I drank.
JUMANJI!!!!!!!!!
No way! My neighbors (33 and 34) are yelling Jumanji tonight…me, I’ll be asleep…
Top 10?
Well, it’s been 7 years, with the occasional interruption by a deceased mordant idiot who flew planes into the ground for cash (yeah, THAT one) and it’s been fun, and I ain’t giving up on doing stuff.
Went to the lake up near the stateline last night and watched the geese parachuting in, to a large open water spot, to join the party that was going on. They’re still there this morning, still partying and some of them are throwing themselves into the water and doing wing flapping exercises.
Party on, geese!
And no, I’m not skipping the Thursdays cooking thingy. That will be coming up.
Are those geese social distancing and wearing the appropriate face masks? If not, someone need to notify the proper authorities to break up this super spreader.
12 ga. #7 provides a New Years goose dinner.
I had a 5 gallon bucket of pigeons the other day, the guy next door was out of town, open season.
If you’re going to use the required steel shot you might want to upsize to around #4.
A few years ago one of the ammo makers brought out a line of bismuth shot as an alternative to steel. Is it still available.
Yep, bismuth shot is still available, as are tungsten, and a number of other “non-toxic” options.
Pepto-boomstick
Goose clubbing.
I heard rumors of fellow citizens hiding “noncompliant” geese in attics and basements to save them from the train-or-ditch treatment of Flutzstaffel
Also, I heard the next ‘stimulus bill’ will include $1.69 Gorillion to genetically modify geese so they has ears, IOT wear the state-approved PPE.
Flagrant fraud:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/12/incriminating_facts_emerge_from_a_georgia_hearing_the_media_buried.html
The shredding of original ballots is damning. Long-standing legal precedent is that destruction of evidence is indicative of guilt.
And the cure:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/12/if_enough_senators_challenge_the_election_results_trump_wins.html
Throwing out the democracy is not the “cure”, you traitor fuckwit.
Following the Constitution is treason, eh? The one you swore to uphold?
You are a disgrace.
Though I do love the fact that this will cause republicans to have to go on record, permanently, as either loyal to a malignant grasping despot, or loyal to the country and the will of the American people.
Because of his cult, dimwits like you, there is no win for republicans on this vote.
They either piss off the cult and thus lose its support, or piss of rational Americans and lose their support.
It’s OK when Democrats did it though, right?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-who-praised-2004-objections-to-electoral-college-certification-now-slam-hawley
He is -so- easy to bait, sharp as a bowling ball, introspective as a brick.
“[L]oyal to the country and the will of the American people” given the prevailing wills of people-who-reside-in-America and silly things like the Constitution, individual liberty, juris prudence ,those are mutually exclusive choices, bud.
“[M]alignant grasping despot” that has not explicitly violated anyone’s rights, that guy?
Call me when he’s breaking the law.
And I agree, there IS no way fence-sitting RINOs and other controlled opposition are going to win in this situation.
Lex Rex, a-hole. You’ll have to pick a side: Liberty or your brand of justice.
Time is running out.
Moronic twit.
So consumed with bullshit and zero capacity to see it for what it is.
So much so that you literally want to throw out the remnants of our democracy and the will of the American people.
All because your cult leader is throwing a tantrum. Because his wounded narcissism pathologically demands it.
I told you he wouldn’t concede.
His personality disorders are so predictable that our adversaries are able to manipulate him through them.
“His personality disorders are so predictable that our adversaries are able to manipulate him through them”. And we do exactly the same thing to you. Sometimes we have chewtoys, but they’re sparse lately. We always have our little Commissar puppet, with his strings ready to be pulled. Dance, little puppet!
We do not now, nor have we ever had, a “democracy”.
It is a Constitutional Republic, and that Constitution -guarantees- a Republican form.
Dipshit. Read it
-read- it
I get awfully tired of this sort of stupidity, but I figured I’d humor you and read the article. While I can’t speak to the shredding, I looked at the breathless claim in the latter part of the write-up that says: The most amazing information, though, came near the end of the hearing. It details the impossibility of vote subtraction in an honest election, although that’s what happened to Trump; the statistical impossibility of precincts reporting more than 75% of votes for a single candidate — although 151 precincts reported over 90% of votes for Biden; and the impossibly large number of votes adjudicated and then destroyed. Now THAT is easy enough to investigate. The Georgia election results page doesn’t make it easy to get all the precinct data at once -probably because they didn’t anticipate this level of denial from people- but fortunately, the author of the piece made this an easy thing to disprove. She claims a candidate getting more than 75%, let alone 90% of the vote, in a given precinct is a ‘statistical impossibility’. Not unlikely, statistically impossible. So here’s the website, and for simplicity, I just went to the very first county, Appling, and got their data (link #2): Main site: https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/105369/web.264614/#/access-to-races Appling:https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Appling/105371/web.264614/#/reporting?v=271560 Then, plot up the votes between Trump and Biden, and whaddayaknow.. of the 9 precincts in Applying, 7 of the 9 were won by a candidate by more than 75% of the vote, in this case all going to Trump. The 8th was ‘only’ 74%. The 9th, precinct #2 in Appling, went for Biden, with Trump only getting ~37% of the vote (Biden 908 vs Trump 531) Better yet, of those 7 precincts that went for Trump in Appling at more than 75%, three of them went for him at more than 90%. And, before you get all excited thinking that since this blows that ‘statistically impossibility’ out of the water, maybe the real fraud is in precinct #2 in Appling… let’s go look at the 2016 results there, seen here: Appling, 2016: https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Appling/63993/183625/en/summary.html In that one, guess what, Trump got 36.5%… Read more »
I’ve got a reply to this article but it’s in moderation, presumably because I linked actual data. TL;DR – The ‘statistically impossible’ notion of a precinct going >90% for a candidate is easily disproven, with Appling County having 3 of its 9 precincts go >90% for Trump.
Stop the insanity. Or, at the very least, do a little due diligence. That goes for both the author of the article, and you, 11B.
Counts exceeding voters
Shredded ballots
Counting after chasing out monitors.
Sooner or later, even you have to see just how far off this one was.
It is only going to get worse, by the way. Your side has seen to it. If you don’t rein in your colleagues, you will also get crushed by them. They are as predictable as the sunrise.
Hostile foreigners injected massive quantities of “ballots” into the process to destroy our confidence in the system.
It worked.
-perhaps- it gets tossed and the wisdom of the authors of the 12th Amendment will be proven.
I doubt it. Those who serve their foreign masters are -way- too invested in this.
“We have put together I think the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.” – Joe Biden
“Don’t worry about the election, Trump’s not gonna win. I made fooking sure of that!” – Dr. Eric Coomer VP of US Engineering for US Dominion Voting
“I don’t need you to get me elected; I need you once I’m elected.” – Joe Biden
“I believe that who and how people in the Party vote, is unimportant. What is extremely important is who counts the votes, and how they are recorded.” – Stalin
Where? Show me the data. Unless you’re also suggesting the Georgia Secretary of State’s office is in on ‘the fix’? And, somehow, has posted incorrect data that every county could check to ensure it’s correct, but nobody has called them on it?
It reminds me of the joke I heard not too long ago:
Oops, well, I ruined the joke by missing the first line:
Go forth and read.
You play the ridicule game.
Go forth and read.
Did you see Lott weighed in? Interesting stuff. Have fun.
This is the problem – you present some evidence, I show you that it’s in error. You ignore that it’s wrong, because that would require admitting you were wrong, and just find some new thing to cling to.
It’s like an endless game of whack-a-mole. At some point you have to ask yourself why you keep getting whacked, and maybe that this game isn’t for you.
You didn’t touch the shell games on the poll watchers. Or was that imaginary too?
Just too many coincidences, corrections, and anomalies. Handwave away. Error is random. Fraud leans one way. Stats folks keep pointing out just how far out the aggregate was.
It’s not like cheating is new for Donks. They just got a little carried away this time. With some likely help.
The “hanging Chad” fiasco? Turns out the only way to get those dimple/hangers is two or more ballots at the same time (three or more, as two often punch clean anyway). Oops. Otherwise the triggered spring-driven punch cuts one ballot clean every time, as designed.
Nothing new here, and likely they had “help”. I was actually expecting the “dump” would be for Trump, to drive the left nuts. They go violent/disfuntional much quicker.
But given the wreckage Trump made of China in so short a time, as a naive political novice, they had to get -anyone- else in the white house. Biden is manageable and mostly harmless. Trump is playing for keeps.
Won’t surprise me one bit if there is an “impossible” result for the Repubs in Georgia. That will ensure we are too busy here to annoy the would-be Central Kingdom.
Obama was so very right about Biden.
“We have put together I think the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.” – Joe Biden
He wasn’t supposed to say that. It was as stupid as boasting of removing a Urania prosecutor. -epic- stupid.
More stupid is coming. The press will goad him to gloat. They want a spiked football. He will oblige.
Heh.
Urania? How…
Ukranian
I would not, however, be shocked by interplanetary Biden corruption. His merry band suck up graft like Doritos in a Grateful Dead concert.
Your side chose this dolt. You own the disaster to come.
We need a ruling from the judges in the booth. If someone in Chicago is shot at 11:52 PM tonight, but dies at 12:30 AM on January 1, 21021, do they counted get counted in 2020 or 2021 victims of Covid 19? And for those keeping score at home, Chicago has recorded 774 homicides in 2020 with 14 hours left in the year.
Meanwhile, in Phoenix, Michael Richardson, who played defensive back for the Chicago Bears from 1983-88, has been arrested on a murder charge in Phoenix, Az. Richardson, a member of the Super Bowl champs in 1985, is accused in the shooting death of 47-year-old Ronald Like.
https://graphics.suntimes.com/homicides/
First question: to a gun control group, the guy is counted at least four times. Also gets canonized and designated a poor misunderstood victim of anti-LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ racist oppression.
“…do they counted get counted in 2020 or 2021…”
The answer is yes, they do.
And noted as a “COVID-related death.”
Happy New Year to all my family here.
And…rest in peace Dawn Wells. Died of complications of Covid 19 at age 82.
Well, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Almost.
Glad to see this one about to blow out, be gone, disappear, take up residence wherever all previous “last years” go to hide.
Meanwhile, having a “discussion” with a dentist office about just what constitutes a “face mask.” Have explained to the staff that I wear a face covering and wouldn’t mind if everyone did so well into the future because I don’t really want to share whatever germs other people are spewing. We shall see if they will allow my variety of face covering instead of a “face mask” so they can do the root canal scheduled in a few days.
So, going into 2021, the insanity continues in OWB’s world. Such a shame.
WTH????
Well, our friend and established WOT FIRSTest of the year has done it. AGAIN.
Happy New Year to all our TAH brethren and sisteren, and may 2021 be good for each and every one of you.
One more thing that is so 2020 in the GB Compound: Eldest son fell head-first about 5′ at work, breaking both hands but not his face! He’ll be on the injured/disabled list for some time – heading to the orthopedic surgeon to determine their next course of action as I type.
It’s gonna be hard to keep him from trying to do anything for the next few. He has already discovered that his little snubby semi-auto .22 is usable with his splinted left hand, so his LTC carry is still possible.
I had my annual head-cold over Christmas – but am on the mend. 4.25″ rain in the GB AO yesterday/last night, and our pond is full for the first time in 8-10 months. More rain today.
I think I’ll bake some bread today.
God bless you all.
God bless you and yours, GB.
A healthy and rewarding ‘21 to y’all.
Thank you, Graybeard. Same to you and yours. While a .22 isn’t my first carry choice, it beats the .45 safe queen left at home.
With a broken hand, it’s all he can handle. His full-sized EDC is unpossible for the interim.
Good news: a minor plate & screws in a carpal bone and time, and he should be good as new. A splint on the L hand, where a tendon tore the bone off where it is attached, and it should heal well.
Fell on outstretched hands? Ouch.
That front-breakfall is worth learning. Also harder.
Last 2020 PHONY ALERT –
2 1/2 years ago, MP and VG nailed this guy,
Scott Fitser, Phony Navy SEAL and fake E-7.
Yesterday, he was nailed again, in a long phone call video,
on another Stolen Valor website, with a retired Navy SEAL.
Kudos to MP, as the other site is using MP’s photos of Scott Fitser,
and gives Military Phonies multiple direct kudos.
Let the FISTER jokes commence.
https://militaryphony.com/2018/04/04/scott-fitser-fake-navy-seal-and-fake-chief-petty-officer/
I left (MP & VG) page plug comments over there.
Google Scott Fitser, you’ll see them.
Or….
DuckDuckGo Scott Fitser, much more appropriate for Fister Fitser.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22Scott+Fitser%22&ia=web
You spelled fistula wrong.
26Limabeans,
Part 2, the next day, today, and Scott Fitser is behaving like a fistula, still trying to work over the young guy who reported him.
Total turd.
https://videos.extremesealexperience.com/movie_Scott-Fitser-Phony-Seal-Part-Two-And-A-Fake-Dd-214-Needer-Dude-Who-Remembers-Chuck-From-The-Old-Days-In-Vietnam
The brisket is in the crockpot.
I say again:
The brisket is in the crockpot.
That is all. (((OVER)))
The Hamhock is in the Peas.
I say again:
The Hamhock is in the Peas.
More to come! (((OVER)))
Gonna take the brisket out and rest it in about 20 minutes. I made a cheesy onion and mushroom dip as an appetizer and it was awesome. Couple of glasses of wine and a Glenlivet 18 for later…gonna be a good night. I’ll be happy to leave 2020 in the rear view mirror. Happy New Year to all!🍻🍷🥃🎉
The Turnip has a root!
I say again:
The Turnip has a root!
More to follow! (((OVER)))
Isn’t that the whole point of the turnip?
Some of ours didn’t grow a bulb so the gf and I ate some of the greens but without fatback so they coulda been better.
The Cornbread is in the Skillet!
I say again:
The Cornbread is in the Skillet!
More to follow! (((OVER)))
The Supper Bell has rung!
I say again:
The Supper Bell has rung!
(((OVER)))
Redacted to only those with a “Need to know!”
Happy New Year, Dickweeds and Dickweedettes!!!
The Three Stooges spoof DRAGNET (early 50s TV series).
Well, darn. Every time I think I’ve got the WOT figured out, it changes. Such is life, I guess. Congrats to the King of Battle for being FIRST on the LAST WOT of the year! In his honor, I humbly present the last trivia column of the hated year 2020. Enjoy, and Happy New Year, my friends! DID YOU KNOW…? Is there a monument to an insect pest in a town in Alabama? By Commissioner Wretched At last, it’s over. No, not my column. This disastrous year of 2020 is finally drawing to a close. What started with great promise ended up being a horrible series of one bad event after another, starting with the Corona virus, going through murder hornets, riots, protests, a crashed economy, an election, and it’s not over yet. In fact, I made a glaring error in last week’s column and I chalk that up to 2020 as well. The item that said the national debt was $75 million in 1971 … not even close. That was actually the national debt in 1791. Mea culpa. I’m getting depressed again just thinking about it. You may rest assured that I will be ringing in the new year quite fervently – not to see 2021 arrive, but to watch 2020 finally go into the dustbin of history. In the meantime, let’s do some year-end trivia. Happy New Year to all, and may 2020 be remembered – if at all – as the nightmare from which we finally awakened! Did you know … … the word “computer” was once a job title? Prior to the introduction of the machines which now dominate our lives, a “computer” was a person who did math problems all day. (A job I could never have held for very long, I must say.) … a museum in France is dedicated to counterfeit goods? Located in Paris, the Counterfeit Museum has exhibits of the most impressive and accurate knock-offs. (The best part is the back room, where the originals are stored. Not really, but it would be funny if it were, wouldn’t it?) … there… Read more »
You can add dog-sized lizards invading the South and eating anything that fits in their mouth:
https://sunny99.iheart.com/content/2020-12-29-dog-size-lizards-spreading-into-texas-and-louisiana-from-florida/
I saw a video of one of those lizards eating python eggs as they were hatching. Perhaps in the same video, or in a different one, a lizard got close to a python that was incubating its eggs. It tried to be sneaky, but the python struck it. It eventually gave up and went about its way.
https://lifehacker.com/fifteen-foods-that-burn-more-calories-than-they-contain-331319 thre are quite a few foods that cost more calories to ingest than they provide.
Strasbourg – beautiful city, but when I visited the occupants combined the worst characteristics of Germans and French. Given the geography, understandable, but why couldn’t they evince the BEST?
Peanuts… reminds me of the old Dick Gregory saying: that George Washington Carver found over 200 uses for the lowly peanut, saving the South, but the South never found a use for George Washington Carver.
That annoying song you hear at the circus is titled “Enter The Gladiator”. They should have put that song in the soundtrack of of the 2000 film Gladiator.
https://www.deviantart.com/yt45
For those interested, progress on my niece’s Demon and the diorama of my Uncle.
Looking real good there TOW. Missed seeing an update last week. With all you got going on, surprised you find any time at all for these. Still gotta love the long range over the ocean patrol aircraft that has the wings and engines mounted properly. (dodges a thrown flight helmet)
Not to throw driptorch fuel on the proverbial fire or anything, but I suppose it’s worth mentioning that the PB4Y is an Army bomber in Navy service (have fun with that).
I was stuck working through Christmas, with a cold, and had to deal with a couple of fatalities on the freeway on Christmas Eve, so not my best Christmas ever. Sitting down and working on these on my soft time was a welcome respite (because I find it very relaxing to snarl profanity at misshapen pieces of plastic).
“…an Army bomber in Navy service.”
Heh heh! I know! That’s why the wings and engines are properly affixed!
Another way that (GO) Army beats Navy!
Continuing the tradition of absolutely crazy people being behind the election lawsuits, now it’s Lin Wood’s turn to step up to the plate. Here’s a quote allegedly from the man himself:
This comes from a lawsuit his former partners have filed against him, which includes other fun things like admitting assaulting a colleague and anti-Semitic ranting.
https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/lin-woods-ex-law-partners-claim-he-was-taped-admitting-to-assaults-asserting-he-may-be-christ-coming-back-for-second-time
And, while unrelated to this case, he also implied the Chief Justice Roberts is a pedophile who maybe had something to do with Scalia’s death in a tweet yesterday. Now, some here will say he didn’t actually imply that, he merely asked the questions, but come on. The dude is loonier than Bugs Bunny:
https://twitter.com/LLinWood/status/1344448775692177409
And that’s not all – he went on to allege that Roberts also arranged an illegal adoption of two kids from Wales through, wait for it,… Jeffrey Epstein!
https://twitter.com/LLinWood/status/1344451598131617792
And, to round it out, since people are attacking him, he clarified something. No, no, not the craziness.. he clarified that Epstein is alive:
https://twitter.com/LLinWood/status/1344652363861258243
Holy fuck, people. If this were performance art, I’d be impressed. But between this, ‘Spyder’, the military intelligence expert that wasn’t, and the trained ‘cryptolinguist’ who was in the Navy for all of one year and made up her PhD and MBA, and a host of other bits of wild, outrageous stupidity, it’s a total circus.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/31/us/el-paso-teacher-kindness-covid-19-trnd/index.html
That’s a damn shame. This virus is killing many morbidly obese people and I’m sure intubation is pushing the virus deeper in the lungs causing irreparable damage.
May the world take note; unhealthy people are more prone to early death.
Cheating should not be tolerated:
https://www.si.com/college/2020/12/30/west-point-cheating-scandal-army-football
Those who cheated do not belong on the football field. If the Academy has to squad the Choir and Chess Club to field a team, so be it. (Good training for resiliency and adaptability. You may have to do someone else’s job.)
Happy 18th birthday to Greta Thunberg, time to get a job. prepare for the over 18 MEMs,, trigger warning.