Sam Langford, one of the greatest boxers of all time . Langford was denied the chance to fight for a heavyweight championship because of race . He was a Black man from Nova Scotia …
Never thought I'd come across Eric Nesterenko's name again. He played with Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, so being a racist thug was unnecessary and you might say "extra." I'm glad his victim survives him, to tell that tale and contribute more than Nesterenko ever did.
You know, when someone tells you they can't give you legal advice, they're not being mean (I guess, unless they're your lawyer). I've seen too many write ups in the Journal of Judicial Ethics of stuff that I'm sure started out with "trying to be nice" and ballooned out of there.
One of my (very sweet usually) neighbors got a little huffy britches when I kept saying, "you know I can't help you with this". I let her know about the court's online self help page, but she was very "but you know me--you can tell me--I won't say anything!"
It's fine--I'd rather annoy her for a bit than end up with an ethics complaint.
That reminds me, you had a link to a site that had all the MST3Ks. Would you mind reposting it, if you still have it? My son and I want to see some that are not easily available.
It wasn't the stream, it was a site. Where one could select which episode to watch. They even had KTMA episodes. We're looking for a certain big lizard.
I watched a youtube weather forecaster yesterday who claimed the El Nino that has dominated our weather is receding and by early summer should dissipate, thus this summer won't be as hot as the last. At least we got that going for us.
Birthdays: Nicolaus Copernicus, David Garrick, Constantin Brancusi, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Tashlin, Lee Marvin, Smokey Robinson, Karen Silkwood, Jeff Daniels, Falco.
Obituaries: Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Ernst Mach, Billy Mitchell, Andre Gide, Deng Xiaoping, Grandpa Jones, Stanley Kramer, Umberto Eco, Harper Lee.
The last time I was a casual smoker of the cigarettes (1993), I worked with a Moroccan guy who when he saw me smoking used to exclaim in his delightful accent, “Hey, Smokey Robinson!”.
It does seem incredible that with all the actual hair on fire emergencies we have going on here on this planet, these chuds continue to throw themselves into the frontline fight over..... Cookies?.... Light beer?.... Kids books? Very serious people. 🤔🧐🤨🙄
A new poll of historians coming out on Presidents’ Day weekend ranks Mr. Biden as the 14th-best president in American history, just ahead of Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan and Ulysses S. Grant. While that may not get Mr. Biden a spot on Mount Rushmore, it certainly puts him well ahead of Mr. Trump, who places dead last as the worst president ever.
Indeed, Mr. Biden may owe his place in the top third in part to Mr. Trump. Although he has claims to a historical legacy by managing the end of the Covid pandemic; rebuilding the nation’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure; and leading an international coalition against Russian aggression, Mr. Biden’s signature accomplishment, according to the historians, was evicting Mr. Trump from the Oval Office.
I wonder if academic political scientists make the same connection between Reagan inviting the evangelicals to the table and all the shit we are experiencing today. Also, the whole anti-environmental thing feeds into climate change denial. Only Reagan's dislike of the Soviet Union is mitigating.
First Reagan came along, and I thought we'd hit a 20th Century low to rival Harding and Hoover. Then the deserting coward came along to make Reagan look not nearly as bad. Then of course the PAB....
Interesting that the UK and the US, which followed English traditions, are the countries with the most screwed up voter base. It's as if that whole system is kinda fucked up.
1807: Aaron Burr is arrested for treason. In what is now Alabama, as US Pres. Jefferson weaponizes the justice system against his former Vice President. Spoiler: Jefferson lost, and Burr was acquitted.
1846: The Republic of Texas transfers all authority to the new state government.
1847: The first rescue team reaches the Donner Party. Burp.
1878: Thomas Edison patents the phonograph. “Mary had a little lamb / And it was always gruntin’ / She tied it to a five bar gate / And kicked its little **** in.”
1942: Japanese planes attack and bomb Darwin, Australia, killing 243.
1942 also: US Pres. Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans. Shame.
1954: The Soviets transfer the Crimea back from Russia to Ukraine. It had been Ukrainian for centuries, so suck my balls Snooty Pooty.
1963: Betty Friedan’s book ‘The Feminine Mystique’ is published, reigniting the feminist movement in the United States.
1976: Executive Order 9066 is finally rescinded by US Pres. Ford.
1985: William Schroeder becomes the first person with an artificial heart to survive long enough to leave the hospital.
2002: The Mars Odyssey probe starts mapping Mars (duh).
My mother just asked me for a CD with pictures, and I’m far too tired to explain nobody has burners for those anymore. Even though what she wants is already on the cloud, I’ll still go ahead and make a USB stick because I feel like that’s a halfway point that she’ll understand.
We have a few external CD/DVD writers kicking around, but mostly to archive/copy mri/pet/etc scans ... I did occasionally do picture or music CDs for my parents, but no longer a need for that :(
I have one right here on my PC. It's not even all that old. It's external, because there are no drive bays that open to the exterior on this PC, but still.
Thanks! The USB drives I have around don't have a write-protect switch. And I'm OK with changing the file permissions, but those can always be changed back.
Just picked up two brand new pieces of furry art, including one for International Women's Day done by an artist who's going in for surgery on his drawing hand this week.
I tried to play Helldivers 2, but it won't let me. It seems they either chronically underestimated the number of players who would rock up to have a bash or they simply cheaped out on server capacity. Tsk tsk. Just not cricket, old legumes!
The brave new world of online-only games-as-services; pay your money, get no choices.
I've never played NMS, as I was around when it originally released and was broken and shady as hell. I hear it got better,
Sam Langford, one of the greatest boxers of all time . Langford was denied the chance to fight for a heavyweight championship because of race . He was a Black man from Nova Scotia …
Never thought I'd come across Eric Nesterenko's name again. He played with Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, so being a racist thug was unnecessary and you might say "extra." I'm glad his victim survives him, to tell that tale and contribute more than Nesterenko ever did.
Morning, Ralph.
Morning Sam
Ding!
Hey, there ARE Tabs today!
Kids come running for the rich taste of TABS!
What courage looks like.
𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮-𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝗬𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗻𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗣𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/19/russia-ukraine-war-live-avdiivka-alexei-navalny-volodymyr-zelenskiy-vladimir-putin
You know, when someone tells you they can't give you legal advice, they're not being mean (I guess, unless they're your lawyer). I've seen too many write ups in the Journal of Judicial Ethics of stuff that I'm sure started out with "trying to be nice" and ballooned out of there.
One of my (very sweet usually) neighbors got a little huffy britches when I kept saying, "you know I can't help you with this". I let her know about the court's online self help page, but she was very "but you know me--you can tell me--I won't say anything!"
It's fine--I'd rather annoy her for a bit than end up with an ethics complaint.
(fortifies himself to look at the news by watching "Beast of Yucca Flat")
That reminds me, you had a link to a site that had all the MST3Ks. Would you mind reposting it, if you still have it? My son and I want to see some that are not easily available.
Here ya go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE3F7CFleBc
It wasn't the stream, it was a site. Where one could select which episode to watch. They even had KTMA episodes. We're looking for a certain big lizard.
I went looking for that last year; it was taken down.
club-mst3k.com
Dang. Thanks, not surprising.
There are some youtubers that keep putting up unlicensed episodes. One is rowsdower (of course).
Not Tor's best work.
But he was far more eloquent than Trump.
So are the meth-addled chinchillas of Disqus.
I watched a youtube weather forecaster yesterday who claimed the El Nino that has dominated our weather is receding and by early summer should dissipate, thus this summer won't be as hot as the last. At least we got that going for us.
Until they come up with the next excuse.
Too bad Australia's west coast is suffering record-breaking heatwaves right now, with temps pushing 50°C.
That's....warm.
Comings and goings:
Birthdays: Nicolaus Copernicus, David Garrick, Constantin Brancusi, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Tashlin, Lee Marvin, Smokey Robinson, Karen Silkwood, Jeff Daniels, Falco.
Obituaries: Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Ernst Mach, Billy Mitchell, Andre Gide, Deng Xiaoping, Grandpa Jones, Stanley Kramer, Umberto Eco, Harper Lee.
Smokey Robinson celebrates his birthday today with a new album release: GASMS
https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/todays-top-tune/smokey-robinson-gasms
The last time I was a casual smoker of the cigarettes (1993), I worked with a Moroccan guy who when he saw me smoking used to exclaim in his delightful accent, “Hey, Smokey Robinson!”.
When Smokey sings, I hear violins
https://youtu.be/BTV5FvNCbhk
Ah, a KCRW link!
Mach died the day after his birthday. I blame the Doppler effect.
He didn't hear it coming.
An Oreo Super Bowl commercial has prompted a right-wing organization to lash out at the cookie brand for the “gender ideology indoctrination of kids.” I wish these dick dribblers would get a life. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/right-wing-org-blasts-oreo-for-indoctrinating-kids-by-partnering-with-militant-lgbtq-group/ar-BB1itihl?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ACTS&cvid=edfb0b4381da4962b4d9bc4a6b2ea73e&ei=17
It does seem incredible that with all the actual hair on fire emergencies we have going on here on this planet, these chuds continue to throw themselves into the frontline fight over..... Cookies?.... Light beer?.... Kids books? Very serious people. 🤔🧐🤨🙄
"The National Legal and Policy Center" my ass
Have they banned everything yet? Should be pretty soon ...
It must be a boring life, sitting on your collective thumb, waiting to be outraged by literally everything.
Can you imagine it, waiting for FakesNews or ONAN or some tatty little online sweat lodge to yank your leash and set you barking at something?
(upvote for 'online sweat lodge')
I thought the problem with Oreo cookies was white replacement.
I wish the opposite for them.
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡-𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭
A new poll of historians coming out on Presidents’ Day weekend ranks Mr. Biden as the 14th-best president in American history, just ahead of Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan and Ulysses S. Grant. While that may not get Mr. Biden a spot on Mount Rushmore, it certainly puts him well ahead of Mr. Trump, who places dead last as the worst president ever.
Indeed, Mr. Biden may owe his place in the top third in part to Mr. Trump. Although he has claims to a historical legacy by managing the end of the Covid pandemic; rebuilding the nation’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure; and leading an international coalition against Russian aggression, Mr. Biden’s signature accomplishment, according to the historians, was evicting Mr. Trump from the Oval Office.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/us/politics/biden-trump-presidential-rankings.html?searchResultPosition=1
They should have ranked Trump 60th, to allow for another 50 years or so without having to reassess.
BETTER THAN REAGAN!!?!?!!?
is it april first or something?
I wonder if academic political scientists make the same connection between Reagan inviting the evangelicals to the table and all the shit we are experiencing today. Also, the whole anti-environmental thing feeds into climate change denial. Only Reagan's dislike of the Soviet Union is mitigating.
I do. When Reagan elevated the Moral Majority all HELL broke loose.
Thank you. I thought I hallucinated the 1980's. :-)
Reagan didn't call for an insurrection, so ...
They actually reported it on Fox News, haha
Yeah, but they didn't report that PAB came in dead last.
A good one to rile up the rabble.
Explains the pink mist in the air.
Trump's #1 as Worst President!
I hope we've hit bottom - thought I'd never see worse than GWB, but was badly mistaken.
First Reagan came along, and I thought we'd hit a 20th Century low to rival Harding and Hoover. Then the deserting coward came along to make Reagan look not nearly as bad. Then of course the PAB....
When you've lost the UK Daily Fail ... (*more* apparently than Biden's? WTF)
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽'𝘀 '𝘀𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀' 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 '𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁' 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻'𝘀, 𝗨𝗕𝗖 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀, 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13098413/Biden-Trump-Cognitive-Decline-Worse.html
Carful of the razor in the apple with the Daily Heil. There's still a stench of "both sides" here.
Plus the Heil is a nazi-loving, granny-zombifying hate-filled rag and reading it is like dipping your brain into dilute battery acid.
The guy's brain is held together by old tick-tack and drier lint.
I just saw him from yesterday claiming if he wins Michigan he "wins it all."
Are you sure he wasn't just singing a half-recalled ABBA song?
He is focused on staying out of prison and pardoning himself and all his "friends"
Nothing more.
EGGGG-ZACTLY THIS!!!!!!
No offence to our UKian friends here, but given recent history of UK politicians...
Didn’t they have a PM who lasted less than a scaramucci?
And one who allegedly fucked a pig. Allegedly.
I actually believe the pig-fucker story. Can't trust toffs.
Bullingdon club japes, like.
Truss lasted 4 Scaramuccis.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐳 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬
𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟-𝐭𝐡𝐞-𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/world/europe/liz-truss-lettuce-stream.html
The Tories are just evil shits; the real problem is UK voters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feGeEke8Aos
Interesting that the UK and the US, which followed English traditions, are the countries with the most screwed up voter base. It's as if that whole system is kinda fucked up.
Stones and glass houses and all.
Today . . . in HISTORY!
1807: Aaron Burr is arrested for treason. In what is now Alabama, as US Pres. Jefferson weaponizes the justice system against his former Vice President. Spoiler: Jefferson lost, and Burr was acquitted.
1846: The Republic of Texas transfers all authority to the new state government.
1847: The first rescue team reaches the Donner Party. Burp.
1878: Thomas Edison patents the phonograph. “Mary had a little lamb / And it was always gruntin’ / She tied it to a five bar gate / And kicked its little **** in.”
1942: Japanese planes attack and bomb Darwin, Australia, killing 243.
1942 also: US Pres. Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans. Shame.
1954: The Soviets transfer the Crimea back from Russia to Ukraine. It had been Ukrainian for centuries, so suck my balls Snooty Pooty.
1963: Betty Friedan’s book ‘The Feminine Mystique’ is published, reigniting the feminist movement in the United States.
1976: Executive Order 9066 is finally rescinded by US Pres. Ford.
1985: William Schroeder becomes the first person with an artificial heart to survive long enough to leave the hospital.
2002: The Mars Odyssey probe starts mapping Mars (duh).
"1976: Executive Order 9066 is finally rescinded by US Pres. Ford."
Sadly too late for the Jedi.
No man can ban the plan Friedan began.
Fucking A.
What's with the animal cruelty jokes today? NOT cool.
It's just the one, and I blame my memory (what Edison purportedly recited in the first test of the device, and Monty Python's Big Red Book).
Wow, yeah. 1878 is fucked up.
Yeah, it's now 2024 when it's presented as a joke.
My mother just asked me for a CD with pictures, and I’m far too tired to explain nobody has burners for those anymore. Even though what she wants is already on the cloud, I’ll still go ahead and make a USB stick because I feel like that’s a halfway point that she’ll understand.
We have a few external CD/DVD writers kicking around, but mostly to archive/copy mri/pet/etc scans ... I did occasionally do picture or music CDs for my parents, but no longer a need for that :(
USB CD writers can be had for $30 or so
I have one right here on my PC. It's not even all that old. It's external, because there are no drive bays that open to the exterior on this PC, but still.
I have an internal front panel CD-DVD-RW in my computer but haven't used it since two motherboards ago.
Our local CVS Pharmacies still have CD burners in their photo editing/printing equipment. I think I have one around here *somewhere* ...
I'm a CD with pictures!
But yeah, probably the USB stick is a good idea.
I just wish there was a way to make them write once, read many. Too easy to lose and/or erase.
There are ways to do that IIUC!
Try this:
https://toolbox.easeus.com/file-lock-tips/how-to-write-protect-a-flash-drive.html#:~:text=This%20lock%20is%20usually%20a,drive%20would%20be%20read%2Donly.
Thanks! The USB drives I have around don't have a write-protect switch. And I'm OK with changing the file permissions, but those can always be changed back.
Just picked up two brand new pieces of furry art, including one for International Women's Day done by an artist who's going in for surgery on his drawing hand this week.
Here's hoping he has a succesful surgery and recovery.
Same here.
Wow. Just finished Expedition 12 in No Man's Sky, and the new ship is hawt. Me likey. Much shiny, very lights.
Edited: As you were -- Exp. *12*, not 11. Corrected.
I tried to play Helldivers 2, but it won't let me. It seems they either chronically underestimated the number of players who would rock up to have a bash or they simply cheaped out on server capacity. Tsk tsk. Just not cricket, old legumes!
The brave new world of online-only games-as-services; pay your money, get no choices.
I've never played NMS, as I was around when it originally released and was broken and shady as hell. I hear it got better,
Yeah, I did not play it on launch, but I remember hearing the stories. It did, in fact, get much better.
Oh sure, NOW it makes sense.