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  1. Quick, let’s get all these people from the lice plane into hotel beds!
  2. The interesting part of that article is that apparently the “Lolita Express” has been scrapped. Sent me down a rabbit hole, that plane was a 727 that started life in TWA service in the 1960s.
  3. You are just making shit up about what I’ve posted (see above) because I don’t sympathize with your favorite protesters.
  4. That one never officially got used:
  5. Ukraine is fighting inside Russia’s borders right now and I celebrate it all day. The only reason not to is the concern that Russia might escalate with nuclear weapons. If I could snap my fingers and give Ukraine perfect first-strike counterforce and the ability to rain fire on Russia till they gave up— I’d do and feel great. Speaking of, what is the Palestinian leader up to today?
  6. Sorry, I thought we weren’t supposed demand people condemn X before criticizing Y. Does that equation no longer hold? Remind me, how many Russians were being held hostage in Ukrainian basements before February 2022? How many missiles did Ukraine lob at Russia before 2014? I might feel different about the SMO if the “Kiev regime” actually was a pack of Nazis raping Russian speakers and shooting rockets into Belogorod.
  7. You’re so concerned and angry that I took a shit on the floor but no one wants to talk about WHY I took a shit on the floor and what I was trying to say! We have pages of justifications for why disruptive civil disobedience is needed (it’s the only way to get attention!) and then when it gets attention you’re mad at the type of attention it gets.
  8. This is just the flip side to people labeling all criticism of Israel and protesters “anti-Semitic” that you’re always going on about. You just want it both ways, where anyone who isn’t on board with your tactics, methods, and policies is evil and a concealed genocidaire but all of the people you agree with presumed to be acting in good faith.
  9. The amazing thing about his writing is that in The Nation, he is big mad at AIPAC and proposes, as a response, to build an AIPAC but for Gaza. Which, fair enough, turnabout is fair play. I don’t love big money in politics but as long as it’s there everyone gets to do it. Then on Twitter he remembers who he is talking to and reverts to “just threaten to completely blow shit up with endless distracting tantrums because 1968 worked so well.”
  10. Should have been clear that’s the one I was talking about, the 1990s original. One of the few 1990s-2000s designs or redesigns that are good. The sleeve version is really nice and the original teal jerseys are great .
  11. The new Broncos uniforms are ass, but some of the Houston alternates are turrble. Virtually every logo redesign, or design done from the 90s on into the 2000s sucks. They are all clip-art style garbage. Tampa- Ass Patriots- Ass Broncos- Ass Panthers- Ass Ravens- Ass Titans- Ass Falcons- Ass Miami- Ass, why did they take off the helmet! Jags- Actually OK They even fucked up the Arizona Cardinal. Small tweaks and a great look from 1970 on and then in the 2000s we get clip-art cartoon dog shit. Every single NFL helmet and logo from 1992 is better than what we have now with maybe the exception of the Chargers and Giants, except for the ones that didn’t change at all.
  12. The plain fact is that you can plausibly place any one of them, all three, and likely none of them in third placed you go back and review all the tape of the entire competition and each competitor. You will find mistakes— potentially game or result changing mistakes— in the after event review of any technical sport whether its gymnastics or baseball or football. There needs to be a set window to appeal and hand down results and then you just accept that sometimes things don’t break your way. Stripping medals and changing results should be for cheating or doping or bribery or ineligibility questions. Not “let’s take the referees/judges to court.”
  13. So amazing to see those beautiful Antonovs still doing their work. Throwback to this photo I took on the apron in Rzeszow in March 2022. And now Ukraine is invading Russia.
  14. This whole ruling and way of doing stuff is wild. How hard is it to just start a challenge clock that starts simultaneously with the announcement of the judges score and counts down? And why don’t they all get the same amount of time? Give them a little flag to throw or something. It’s insane that it’s this complicated. Also, I’m very much in favor of not re-litigating judging and referee errors after the results are in and announced. Doping and cheating should be the only reasons results get changed, not referee or judge error.
  15. Inspired by @Bert Orange and his contra eating, I made bigos. This is my very favorite Polish food, pierogis included. Everyone has their recipe— fresh cabbage or sauerkraut or a mix, bacon or sausage, spice blends. It’s a great way to use up the meaty odds and ends in your freezer. Mine has sauerkraut, pork, chuck, smoked sausage and for me a few prunes and wild mushrooms are non-negotiable, as is deglazing the pot with a cup of dry red wine after browning the meat. And of course it’s better the longer it sits, your Polish uncle Slawek would say it needs to be cooked three times. Pot opened and ready to let evaporation do its job…..
  16. It’s one of these newer cuts where they find new ways to Tetris a cow to get more steaks. It comes from straight under the shoulder blade and would ordinarily be part of a chuck.
  17. Denver steaks with a Maytag blue cheese sauce. I’ve found a place that does prime Denver cuts and it’s become the weekend go-to because it’s 1/2 the cost of ribeye and less than 3/4 of strip. The smooth criminal knew something was going down on the patio.
  18. I was a lifeguard and aquatics manager for 10 years from 15 to 25. By the end I had open water cert and was a lifeguard trainer for both pool and open water. Also a competitive swimmer through the masters level. That guy was a textbook active drowning victim who went down right in front of the safety team. The paddle board and equipment is actually fine— a big part of the open water course is actually using a rescue board with no can or float as its a great way to cover a lot of water and get back. For surf life saving it’s usually the way to go, it gets the victim out of the water and calmed down and gives you a place to gather yourself and get back. The safety teams’ training or focus was shit and the event organizers need to have their shit torn apart. Open water swims are a crazy risky activity and should never be attempted by someone who isn’t in peak swimming shape and who isn’t completely rested and ready. Holding an open water swim at the end of an event is absolutely jaw dropping in terms of irresponsibility. The better and more experienced I got at lifesaving and swimming, the less I became willing to risk it. No one is immune to a cramp, no one is immune to currents, and even a slight chop in a lake changes the game. No one can see you once you go down and it takes a few seconds of cramp and panic. Great watermen can and do drown all the time. In the ocean I basically won’t go above standing height without a surf or paddle board. For deep water in lakes I won’t go past about a 20 yard swim to standing up or a boat.
  19. I think honestly it’s what @Aqua Buddha said above, people want to be in the landlord or “investment” industry and not the hospitality industry. The simple fact is that once you start advertising a place by the night, you’re putting yourself up against hotels and the people who want to stay at hotels. There are ways around this, but you have to accept the trade offs of sometimes having it sit empty for a few days or making a bit less money in exchange for less stress. Having minimum stays to attract a different type of guest, hiring a property manager (hugely important) and looking at it with a business eye. Run the daily rate at nearby hotels to see what clientele you’re competing for and then don’t be surprised when you get that clientele’s behavior. I would never in a million years rent my car out on days I’m not using it at Enterprise rates. If you just can’t bear to part with a beloved cabin but can’t afford the taxes, that sucks but you have to know what you’re getting into when inviting the public inside. No one will care for it the way you want them to.
  20. I’m happy to enage. The protesters at the capitol were not there while Netanyahu was speaking but the day before, no groups at all are allowed to occupy the capitol rotunda for protests and political demonstrations, and they were all advised they could disperse or be arrested and they chose to be arrested. All in all, highly indicative of asshole behavior of a certain type, which is deliberately confusing the existent right to protest, petition, and speak with the non-existent right to force people to listen to you at any time and place of your choosing.
  21. Just don’t wear a hat but tell people you have it on.
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