Ford Truck, Special Taylor Swift Edition
BREAKING: Ford is releasing a new truck for men who listen to Taylor Swift. pic.twitter.com/PhmJYhB9DM
— Mrs. S. (@hshLauraJ) February 12, 2024
Open Thread On All Things Superbowl
Visit The Washington Monument While You Still Can
A Guide To Which Statues You Can And Can’t Tear Down
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Sun- Chinese marathon runner disqualified for chain-smoking through entire race
Being in good enough shape to complete a full 26.2-mile marathon at 52 years old is impressive. To do it in 3 hours and 33 minutes is even more impressive. To do so while chain-smoking the entire race is downright insane.
Looking Back…
Dave Barry- 2023 year in review
It was a year of reckoning, a year in which humanity finally began to understand that it faces an existential threat, a threat unlike any we have ever faced before, a threat that will wreak havoc on our fragile planet if we fail to stop it — and it may already be too late.
We are referring, of course, to pickleball.
Catch Me If You Can
Mischief Is Important
Big, if true. https://t.co/GQiGc5Llo2
— Katewerk (@katewerk) September 12, 2023
I’m High on Life
Here's the US Secretary of the Treasury describing her hallucinogenic trip on shrooms in China.
On national TV.
By the way — the US Treasury plans to borrow $1.1 trillion before 2024, pushing total US debt above $33.5 trillion.
Our enemies are laughing.pic.twitter.com/HZ2uQISOXx
— Joe Consorti ⚡ (@JoeConsorti) August 15, 2023
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Drunken British Tourists
Amsterdam is not a big fan of a certain kind of tourist:
Amsterdam has launched a campaign to discourage young British tourists from visiting the Dutch capital to party wildly, which often leads to excessive consumption of alcohol and drugs and creates nuisance and misbehavior.
As expected since late last year, Amsterdam launched a ‘Stay Away’ campaign this week aimed at addressing the nuisance caused by young tourists who come to the Dutch capital solely to engage in excessive partying with alcohol and drugs.
The campaign aims to make potential tourists aware of the negative impact their behavior can have on the city and its residents while also discouraging such behavior and promoting respectful and responsible tourism.
Styxhexenhammer666, who lives in Holland with his Dutch wife and their daughter, has thoughts.
The Real America
Nick Johnson is a videographer who travels around America and captures real life that would rarely make the news. In this episode, he visits a small town in Iowa called Red Oak.
Har
This is what you get when you ask the sports guy to come in to cover a blizzard in the morning show. pic.twitter.com/h0RL9tVQqg
— Mark Woodley (@MarkWoodleyTV) December 22, 2022
Open thread for our US readers currently enjoying our gift of Saskatchewan weather.
Follow The Science
Innovative New Process Converts Plants Into Meat
h/t RL
Ummm … Posted Without Comment
Trump made his big announcement on Truth…
A “Trump Digital Trading Card” collection: pic.twitter.com/dD6Fer1vga
— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) December 15, 2022
Musk is Punking the Bots & Haters
This tweet is fascinating:
Calling all 🤖& 🧌
Please attack me!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 11, 2022
If I’m reading this correctly, Elon Musk is actually using the current hatred towards him to identify/trap the bots & spammers. It’s as if he has setup an entire focused technical team to improve their software, counting on the usual suspects to act … like themselves. And most on Twitter probably don’t even get how their own unbridled hatred is being used against them. It’s a digital version of the ultimate wasp trap!
Social Gatherings in 2022
Dear Abby,
I’m a Canadian living in America. I occasionally write for a Canadian blog that some might label as “conservative” but I just deem to be full of lots of common sense. This week I’m working remotely out of Chicago, staying at the home of a longtime friend. On Thursday I’ll be attending their Thanksgiving Dinner. I’m very grateful to be included. Attending will be her 21 year old niece, who has declared she is non-binary and uses the pronouns “they/them”. I believe she is mentally ill yet this “identity crisis” is fully supported by her parents and her aunt, all lifelong Democrats.
I don’t feel any obligation to be forced into using pronouns that I believe to be pure delusion. At the same time, I don’t want to offend any of her relatives.
How would you handle yourself in such a situation?
Sane Canuck
P.S. Related video
Signs I Saw Yesterday
Yesterday I drove from Jackson, Wyoming to Rapid City, South Dakota. The first sign was in Wyoming, the second in South Dakota.
Soccer Is Gay
Soccer’s decision to come out of the closet ahead of the World Cup, and to live as its authentic self, was met with shrugs of “well, obviously” and “I always thought soccer might be gay since that time I caught soccer trying on my make-up and lipsyncing to Donna Summer.” The practice of “diving” in the sport — feigning being fouled to gain an unfair advantage usually accompanied by theatrical wailing and other histrionics — also never helped soccer’s heterosexual bona fides.
“Fun” Times in AirBnb World
My experiences with AirBnb over the past several years has been remarkably good. In fact, except for one slightly less than clean place in Albuquerque, every other place has been perfect. My luck changed recently though when one pair of hosts in San Diego, demanded that “all unvaccinated guests must wear masks the entire time they step foot on the property, except when in the cottage in the back”. So effectively they are demanding to know each person’s vaccination status because if everyone complies with their insane rules then each person is revealing their vaccination status. This clearly violates both AirBnb’s non-discrimination and privacy policy. I’ve lodged a complain and we shall see if AirBnb’s policies are legitimate or just corporate double-speak.
Sharing my story with a friend, he shared this article with me:
If you’ve stayed at an Airbnb then you’re familiar with the basic list of things to do when staying in someone else’s space: lock the door, turn off the lights, and take out the trash.
Many would consider these tasks common courtesy; however, some hosts appear to be taking it to another level.
From doing the laundry to mowing the lawn, people online are mocking Airbnb listings with long lists of chores for their guests — on top of a cleaning fee.
“No, because I thought y’all were lying when you said Airbnb hosts sent you chores,” wrote one TikTok user who posted a video of a long list of things to do, including “organize the closet as you found it” and “throw away any and all the food items in the refrigerator and freezer.”
Some people clearly should not be in the consumer hospitality business. A smaller set should refrain from interacting with other human beings … ever.