Cool and clear, warming later. I hope. It was cold as a witch’s bits at the BOL and warmer back in Houston. Warmer is better right now…
I got up and got ready to leave the BOL. Left the wife and kids to do the departure stuff. I had an auction pickup to get to. I made it and hit a couple of thrift stores on the way home.
Got home, unloaded, and ate leftovers while watching “Alone” with the family. Not a bad day at all.
Today, if the weather cooperates I’ll hang some lights and put up some decorations here. I got some colored lights and some yard decor set up at the BOL, and it felt nice. The tree looked good too. I’ve got to clean out the room where we set up the tree here, and that will take some effort. I’ve been piling BOL stuff, hobby stuff, and sale stuff in that room for months. And the dog has been in there when it is raining outside… despite cleanup and enzyme sprays, it still needs additional deep cleaning.
After a brief respite, it will be full speed ahead toward Christmas and the New Year. It’s coming fast…
So stack! Always stack. And USE some of the stacks just to be sure.
nick
Christmas market in the town today. Likely we’ll only buy stuff to eat, but there should be lots of yummy stuff…
For those into such things, today is the first day of “Advent of Code”. The first puzzles are, as always, pretty easy. The next day’s…not so much. I have never made it through all 25 days – later on, the puzzles get difficult and very time consuming. Given the need to work for a living, well…
Tennessee did not score very well on that map. Probably the three major nuclear facilities in East TN, less than 5 miles as the crow flies from my house.
The fact that Ellen DeGeneres and other Hollywood celebrities are flocking to The Cotswods is funny by itself.
Someone has been watching too much Clarkson’s Farm.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/other/ellen-degeneres-looks-unrecognisable-as-shes-spotted-in-jeremy-clarksons-pub/ar-AA1uMfP9
A nuclear war between the Russians and the US would be an extinction level event for humanity.
People are delusional about survival in that scenario.
WIth the Manning family in the building, the upset would have been beautiful to watch.
The local media will still be ugly tonight even with the win.
I’ll look at the puzzles, but work was already ugly before the stock price collapse last week.
I’m working on old school code this weekend, something low level Unix which isn’t coming out of the frigging AI anytime soon.
@Nick, I did get around to firing up my Mint 19.3 partition this weekend and looked at the default permissions on a mounted flash drive formatted clean with exFAT.
The drive came up writeable and I was able to copy < 2 GB files to the file system without a problem.
I do keep the partition updated with apt-get update/dist-upgrade so the FUSE daemon on my partition might be newer than the one installed on yours.
However, I’d be wary about any updates if the DVR software is particular about the environment.
We started “Oppenheimer” last night about 9 PM. Big mistake.
I will have to rip the flick and rewatch when I have time and am on a more normal sleep cycle.
They don’t mention prevailing winds, which affect a lot of places otherwise OK.
Or the jetstream being affected, as described in “Damnation Alley”.
@CowboyStu: How was Borrego Springs this year?
The English will get tired of self-important celbriturds real quick. Slugs like Ellen can’t help letting dirt people know how important they iz. That gets old fast.
Even after that, my IRA is back to pre-plugs levels. I’m working on a strategy to protect it for when the tRump dip eventually comes. When that is depends on the PLT DeepState attacts on everything tRump.
That is why I am not concerned about being within “turning into dust” range of a primary target. I would just as soon be eliminated in the first round.
The locals in the Cotswalds are already over the celebutards. One of the running subplots on “Clarkson’s Farm” is the difficulty he has dealing with the local council about setting up a shop on the farm.
People are delusional about survival in that scenario.
— humans are tough and adaptable. The NuSSR may not have as many operable warheads as thought. We go thru a constant and expensive rotation and rebuilding cycle with ours. It’s crazy intricate and fussy. The tech most of those things were built with isn’t available anymore, although soviet designs might be more robust. I can’t see Ivan plodding thru the maintenance requirements to keep them flying.
Both jap cities had survivors and the cities are still there. People live at Chernoble.
SOMEONE will survive.
Might not be us.
n
63F, sunny and clear. Nice looking day. I should use it for something.
n
but first, coffee
n
“Zelenskyy Offers To End ‘Hot Phase’ Of War In Exchange For NATO Membership”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelenskyy-offers-end-hot-phase-war-exchange-nato-membership
Yeah, pull the other leg, it has a bell on it.
That is a guaranteed path to Canned Sunshine.
We are playing footsie with several crazy people.
Pearls Before Swine: Woks and Ewes
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/12/01
Oh my, Pig !
Cue Don Meredith.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A23snMkbZ1I
Crankshaft: The Santa Suit
https://www.gocomics.com/crankshaft/2024/12/01
Oh man, is that ever true.
A nuclear war between the Russians and the US would be an extinction level event for humanity.
People are delusional about survival in that scenario.
Watch “The 100” on Netflix. There will be survivors. Of some sort.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2661044/
Warning, the TV series goes bad after the third or fourth season.
“Biden Admin Bans Future Leasing In Top Coal Mining Region on Thanksgiving Eve”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/12/01/biden-admin-bans-future-leasing-in-top-coal-mining-region-on-thanksgiving-eve/
“The Biden administration moved on Thanksgiving eve to bar future coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, one of America’s most coal-rich regions, according to multiple reports.”
“The Powder River Basin, a region that spans parts of Montana and Wyoming, accounted for about 43% of U.S. coal in 2019, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The administration made its move to formally end coal leasing in the area and roll back previous approvals for development plans on Wednesday as Americans prepared to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday, according to E&E News.”
This is not legal.
Once again, Biden’s staff thinks that they are better than the rest of us.
“What Could Happen If Trump Withdraws the U.S. From the Paris Agreement Again”
https://www.inc.com/chloe-aiello/what-could-happen-if-trump-withdraws-the-u-s-from-the-paris-agreement-again/91024378
“Here’s what experts predict might occur—and why the country could be a “laughing stock globally.”
First, the USA never legally entered the agreement as the USA Senate never ratified the agreement.
Second, somebody has drunk the Koolaid.
11 states sue Blackrock, State Street, and Vanguard over manipulating coal and energy prices.
“This Florida couple bought a home from foreign nationals — months later, they received a $30K fine from the IRS”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/florida-couple-bought-home-foreign-122100971.html
Yes, the IRS is lazy. They should have gone after the seller’s attorney.
Hat tip to:
https://areaocho.com/a-reminder/
The title company was negligent and ultimately liable. Of course, being Miami, that isn’t a surprise.
Biden just pardoned his son of gun and tax crimes. Seems like a blatant conflict of interest, even for the criminal Biden family.
Sure, try to blackmail your way into NATO.
There is no end to the plugs administrations lying, cheating, and stealing.
Punish the innocent. Prosecute the low lying fruit.
All of the above are the last gasps of plugsy McFJB’s legacy.
Corn Pop ran for President in part to protect Hunter.
Plus 10% for the Big Guy.
Wow. Where’s the outrage? If Trump did the same thing, the media would explode.
n
Biden hasn’t pardoned himself.
Or Jill.
Yet.
Start a tradition.
If Trump does anything the media explodes.
“What If”
https://areaocho.com/what-if-3/
“I have always maintained that using the military to hunt terrorists is not an efficient way of using government resources. We should instead use letters of marque or reprisal. Imagine if Congress had simply issued a letter of reprisal, offering a reward of $1 Billion for anyone who brings Osama bin Laden into American custody to stand trial, or $700 million if they bring in his dead body. His own followers would have brought him in within a month, or in the alternative, a dozen private companies would have competed for the prize.”
Illegal Alien Bounty Hunter. Works for me.
Didn’t Adrian Paul do that after Highlander?
Illegal Alien Bounty Hunter. Works for me.
Didn’t Adrian Paul do that after Highlander?
Huh ?
Biden just pardoned his son of gun and tax crimes. Seems like a blatant conflict of interest, even for the criminal Biden family.
Biden can’t pardon his son for not paying California income taxes. Just Federal crimes.
“Over $2B Gone: “Unfathomable Damage” to the Party”
https://www.independentsentinel.com/over-2b-gone-unfathomable-damage-to-the-party/
“Kamala Harris spent over $1.2 billion on a failed campaign, and the Democrat Party now owes $20 million. After PACs and other funds are added up, it will potentially come to over $2 billion spent. Donald Trump spent $750 million.”
“Harris spent millions on celebrity endorsements. Would they have endorsed her if they weren’t paid?”
One has to remember that most celebrities are just actors.
Or the child support situation in … Arkansas … ?
@Lynn
Didn’t Adrian Paul do that after Highlander?
“Huh ?”
AP had a short-lived bad sf show after Highlander called “Tracker”. He was tracking and capturing aliens that broke out of a prison on a distant planet and came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men (they took over people’s bodies). I don’t remember if he was a bounty hunter or a “law being”. The show was not merely terrible, but execrable. More proof that a five-star rating system is too coarse to rate the tails of the distribution.
The news said federal taxes, probably incorrect. California it will be left to bribery to get the charges dropped. I am certain there is dirty laundry that can be used to barter the bribery.
“Unfathomable Damage” to the Party…
and The Lightbringer.
Not nearly enough, but the pipe-hitters are lining up.
Snow Bowl in Buffalo tonight. Bills hosting the SF Forty-Niners. Winning 35-10.
Don’t get nearly as many games like that as we used to, with all the cushy indoor stadiums.
>> Biden can’t pardon his son for not paying California income taxes. Just Federal crimes.
IANAL so just pondering…are there any Delaware state gun laws that he could still be charged with?
DJT on Truth Social: “Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years?” Trump wrote. “Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!”
Burisma, what’s that?
So far not being mentioned by some of the media… https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/us/politics/biden-pardon-son-hunter.html
Emphasis mine.
KJP better wear her asbestos panties tomorrow.
And it won’t bring Ashley back to life.
n
>> Snow Bowl in Buffalo tonight. Bills hosting the SF Forty-Niners. Winning 35-10.
Hey…maybe The Kamel can be a waterboy for the Niners.
Burisma, what’s that?
So far not being mentioned by some of the media… https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/us/politics/biden-pardon-son-hunter.html
The radio news at the top of the house said that Hunter has a blanket pardon for anything in the past, present, and future.
I don’t see the quote but there was a time limit specified.
n
I’m calling it a night. That elf ain’t gonna climb on the shelf by himself.
n
We need Border Patrol agents, and this is how we get them:
https://townhall.com/columnists/jasonpiccolo/2024/12/02/trumps-border-security-push-needs-10000-agents-the-answer-is-right-in-front-of-us-n2648469
funding, funding, where to find funding…
How about using the National Emergency to strip funding from the 80,000 new IRS agents and using it for Border Patrol? Any newly hired IRS agents can be offered the opportunity to become BP agents.
2nd graph, 10 years, any and all offences past and present…yeah, I know it’s the NYT…late for bed…
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/us/politics/biden-pardon-son-hunter.html
>> And it won’t bring Ashley back to life.
@nick, Ashley??
Ashli Babbitt, — spelled it differently.
n