Could Wonkette publish (in one of their recipe columns) a good toenail recipe? Should they be ground or sliced? Chicken toenail masala (which I understand is actually from Scotland)? I would prefer toenail vindaloo, spicier. Do they go well with mushrooms? (Get the full toenail fungus culinary effect?) Is coriander good with them or should we stick with the capsicum-based spices? Somehow, dessert spices like vanilla or cinnamon just seem wrong.
Why is it that nearly everyone seeking or holding public office turns out to be some kind of weirdo or kook with dark secrets hidden in the closet and under the bed. Are there NO "normal" people at all?
I may mention the Markets later on today. The Futures are all dropping like cow turds in a Texas feed lot, including Gold, Bitcoin, and the Space Cadets.
Whatever the Markets do, it's a guarantee that the same small group of people are making handsome profits. The Stock Exchange was once a legitimate means for companies to raise capital.,. then it became a "High Roller Casino" Now is nothing more than a .con game where small investors are fleeced of their life savings daily The end game is to place the vast majority of the wealth under the control of a select few. From what I see, the plan is working splendidly
First the pump, then the dump. 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗫 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 ~$𝟭𝟬𝟬.𝟴𝗕 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵; 𝗦𝗣𝗖𝗫 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝟭𝟲.𝟰𝟯% 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 — SpaceX on Monday announced a senior unsecured notes offering and disclosed about $100.8 billion in cash.
It will get interesting when the lockups start to expire, the midterms, toss in a little war, Recession, plus who-knows-what. SPCX will be a case study in business school years to come for good, bad, and the ugly.
It's not a bubble ... it's an expectations readjustment.
𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮'𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵-𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗞𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘅 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝟭𝟬%, 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗞 𝗛𝘆𝗻𝗶𝘅 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗴; 𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗦𝗠𝗟 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 ~𝟳%, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗦 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 — Global stocks sold off on Tuesday, led by deep losses for tech stocks following a losing session for the sector on Wall Street.
Freelance photographer Joe Flood posted a pic on the xitter, the Reflecting Folly pool being drained. "As they drain it, the Reflecting Pool is starting to smell," it was captioned.
Soooo, like an infection, a chancre... Oddly presidential these days.
"Faith in the AI trade continues to fade thanks to a rout in top memory chipmakers, even amid upbeat signs for the Iran peace deal."
Some say this is all normal. Ya gotta get rid of the fat, get rid of the deadwood, get rid of the bells and whistles and stick to the knitting. Ya gotta break eggs to make omelets, yadda, yadda, yadda.
This is how ya thin the herd, survival of the fittest, so only the best and strongest survive.
Well, that's all the cliches I got this early, so catch ya'll laters.
I played poker one night in college with some srs players, and lost a lot, I never really understood the rules, but I irritated the fuck out of one of the srs players because, and I quote "you got too many tells!"
I have not shopped appliances in quite awhile. It's different from what it was.
𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝘿𝙊𝙀𝙎 𝙎𝘼𝘽𝘽𝘼𝙏𝙃 𝙈𝙊𝘿𝙀 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉 𝙊𝙉 𝘼 𝙍𝙀𝙁𝙍𝙄𝙂𝙀𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙊𝙍?
"...Adjusting how the refrigerator lights work is perhaps the most obvious function that Sabbath Mode activates, but it's far from being the only one.
For instance, opening the door raises the temperature in the fridge, which in turn can activate the compressor to bring the temperature back down. One way that Sabbath Mode addresses this is to integrate delays into the system, so that opening the door doesn't directly electrically activate it.
Similarly, defrost cycles can be influenced by factors like temperature drops, how many times the door has been opened, and how long the compressor's been running for. Essentially, this means that opening the door could trigger this cycle. A common method to address this is to switch the defrost cycle to a simple timer when Sabbath Mode is activated.
Other features commonly disabled in Sabbath Mode are touchpads, digital displays, alarms, status lights, and any other electrical buttons. Additionally, functions like temperature adjustment, water coolers, and icemakers are usually disabled when the mode is activated.
I am going to ask the "Sales Technician" (Yep, right there on his business card!) to show me a selection of the dumbest refrigerators he can find. If he has to get out the catalogs, so be it.
Speed Queen — one manufacturer of washers and dryers WITHOUT a computer chip.
It’s certainly true that a refrigerator can be made incredibly efficient with the use of computer control, which in turn created opportunities to satisfy primitive religious beliefs and taboos and still keep these people safe from food borne illness.
My ONLY requirement is that; 1) it ask me if I’m really sure I want to enter such a dumb mode of operation, and 2) it resets to normal operation if I unplug it.
Agreed. I don't need my fridge to do anything except keep things cold. Though the technology that gave us refrigerated but soft butter in it's little cupboard would be nice
We got some spectacular ribs for the office when I worked at photo lab. The best in the city. 4 racks. While we were chomping on them Bob said "Wait Stewart...aren't you Jewish"
Other features commonly disabled in Sabbath Mode are touchpads, digital displays, alarms, status lights, and any other electrical buttons. Additionally, functions like temperature adjustment, water coolers, and icemakers are usually disabled when the mode is activated.
I have an idea. How about not buying a fridge with touuchpad digital displays etc?
Though I draw the line at ice makers. NEED my ice maker
When we bought new fridge that is pretty much what we went for (though it does have a slight touchpad, for temp control. What happened to dials? Bring back dials! I digress).
What ever happened to plug the fucking thing in and throw in the ham?
Programing a refrigerator? Why does an ice box need to be smart? Your dog will still stick its nose in it every time you open it. If not, your dog is broken.
Today is runoff day in SC. There may be Dems in other districts in a runoff, but not in mine, and there are no state wide Dems in a runoff. However, repubs have some state wide runoffs, the most high profile being for governor. Pam Evette got Dipshit's endorsement for the primary, but even that couldn't quite get her over the finish line. Alan Wilson is her opponent in the runoff. Who did Dipshit endorse for the runoff? I'm glad that you asked that, because he chickened out! Oh, he claims that he made an endorsement by endorsing both candidates. Why would he chicken out now? Another great question! Because some of his endorsements have lost their primaries recently.
Is he losing his grip on repub voters? Maybe, and if so, all of the shit that he's doing, as opposed to what he should be doing, ain't gonna help that. If repub voters simply stay home on election day, it will suit me just fine.
I briefly dated a girlfriend with that same philosophy when it came to reading a map when we drove to Buffalo. When we were lost it was my fault. When we were going the right way its because she was holding the map.
Eating toenails? I have gotten so fat that I can't even see my toenails.
Are those toenails free range?
Could Wonkette publish (in one of their recipe columns) a good toenail recipe? Should they be ground or sliced? Chicken toenail masala (which I understand is actually from Scotland)? I would prefer toenail vindaloo, spicier. Do they go well with mushrooms? (Get the full toenail fungus culinary effect?) Is coriander good with them or should we stick with the capsicum-based spices? Somehow, dessert spices like vanilla or cinnamon just seem wrong.
Sliced and toasted (or maybe it should be toe-sted).
I ... are you really sure you want an answer to that question ...?
Maybe PeeWee German didnt find her alluring enough.
Why is it that nearly everyone seeking or holding public office turns out to be some kind of weirdo or kook with dark secrets hidden in the closet and under the bed. Are there NO "normal" people at all?
I may mention the Markets later on today. The Futures are all dropping like cow turds in a Texas feed lot, including Gold, Bitcoin, and the Space Cadets.
Whatever the Markets do, it's a guarantee that the same small group of people are making handsome profits. The Stock Exchange was once a legitimate means for companies to raise capital.,. then it became a "High Roller Casino" Now is nothing more than a .con game where small investors are fleeced of their life savings daily The end game is to place the vast majority of the wealth under the control of a select few. From what I see, the plan is working splendidly
Well, count the library as a place you have to be afraid of because of guns in America:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/us/shooting-chico-california-library.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur
First the pump, then the dump. 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗫 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 ~$𝟭𝟬𝟬.𝟴𝗕 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵; 𝗦𝗣𝗖𝗫 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝟭𝟲.𝟰𝟯% 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 — SpaceX on Monday announced a senior unsecured notes offering and disclosed about $100.8 billion in cash.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/22/spacex-spcx-bond-sale-ipo.html
How soon do we hear about how "Poor Elon" lost over half his money? Please, gag me with a spoon!
Now that comes as a big surprise... /s
It will get interesting when the lockups start to expire, the midterms, toss in a little war, Recession, plus who-knows-what. SPCX will be a case study in business school years to come for good, bad, and the ugly.
It's not a bubble ... it's an expectations readjustment.
𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮'𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵-𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗞𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘅 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝟭𝟬%, 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗞 𝗛𝘆𝗻𝗶𝘅 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗴; 𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗦𝗠𝗟 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 ~𝟳%, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗦 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 — Global stocks sold off on Tuesday, led by deep losses for tech stocks following a losing session for the sector on Wall Street.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/23/tech-stocks-sell-off-mag7-samsung-sk-hynix.html
Freelance photographer Joe Flood posted a pic on the xitter, the Reflecting Folly pool being drained. "As they drain it, the Reflecting Pool is starting to smell," it was captioned.
Soooo, like an infection, a chancre... Oddly presidential these days.
It's a Kennedy Terminal Ulcer, like the ones that the Fetid FOTUS is suffering from. His probably smell as well. Or is it just his diaper?
So now OrangePedo is stinking up DC. Nice.
"Faith in the AI trade continues to fade thanks to a rout in top memory chipmakers, even amid upbeat signs for the Iran peace deal."
Some say this is all normal. Ya gotta get rid of the fat, get rid of the deadwood, get rid of the bells and whistles and stick to the knitting. Ya gotta break eggs to make omelets, yadda, yadda, yadda.
This is how ya thin the herd, survival of the fittest, so only the best and strongest survive.
Well, that's all the cliches I got this early, so catch ya'll laters.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/live/stock-market-today-nasdaq-sp-500-futures-plunge-as-global-chip-sell-off-spurs-ai-doubts-230258084.html
Seems like AI would manipulate for its own survival and have us invest in ensuring it.
Once I saw on tee vee some spider species puts a beetle in a coma and lays it's eggs
inside, giving the eggs food and shelter. Just saying.
GMTA 👆🏼 ... we can read later today on what the underlying cause is/was. But Bibi's war isn't it.
gotta know when to hold em
know when to fold em
I told my grandson I will teach him people 'tells' when playing poker before he
goes off to college. His mom just shakes her head.
I played poker one night in college with some srs players, and lost a lot, I never really understood the rules, but I irritated the fuck out of one of the srs players because, and I quote "you got too many tells!"
So in a way it was a win for me
Oh, YES! https://featureassets.gocomics.com/assets/adabef304658013fc18c005056a9545d [Pearls Before Swine] ... libraries and coffee places, also too.
LOL ... https://featureassets.gocomics.com/assets/bce86cf014e4013fbf5d005056a9545d [Calvin & Hobbes]
THAT is Pedo47 !
Good luck today, Harry Dunn:
https://bsky.app/profile/libradunn1.bsky.social/post/3mow6vqkjdc2f
damn straight
I have not shopped appliances in quite awhile. It's different from what it was.
𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝘿𝙊𝙀𝙎 𝙎𝘼𝘽𝘽𝘼𝙏𝙃 𝙈𝙊𝘿𝙀 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉 𝙊𝙉 𝘼 𝙍𝙀𝙁𝙍𝙄𝙂𝙀𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙊𝙍?
"...Adjusting how the refrigerator lights work is perhaps the most obvious function that Sabbath Mode activates, but it's far from being the only one.
For instance, opening the door raises the temperature in the fridge, which in turn can activate the compressor to bring the temperature back down. One way that Sabbath Mode addresses this is to integrate delays into the system, so that opening the door doesn't directly electrically activate it.
Similarly, defrost cycles can be influenced by factors like temperature drops, how many times the door has been opened, and how long the compressor's been running for. Essentially, this means that opening the door could trigger this cycle. A common method to address this is to switch the defrost cycle to a simple timer when Sabbath Mode is activated.
Other features commonly disabled in Sabbath Mode are touchpads, digital displays, alarms, status lights, and any other electrical buttons. Additionally, functions like temperature adjustment, water coolers, and icemakers are usually disabled when the mode is activated.
Essentially, this is a religious safe mode..."
https://www.slashgear.com/2197846/what-does-sabbath-mode-mean-on-a-refrigerator/
I am going to ask the "Sales Technician" (Yep, right there on his business card!) to show me a selection of the dumbest refrigerators he can find. If he has to get out the catalogs, so be it.
Speed Queen — one manufacturer of washers and dryers WITHOUT a computer chip.
It’s certainly true that a refrigerator can be made incredibly efficient with the use of computer control, which in turn created opportunities to satisfy primitive religious beliefs and taboos and still keep these people safe from food borne illness.
My ONLY requirement is that; 1) it ask me if I’m really sure I want to enter such a dumb mode of operation, and 2) it resets to normal operation if I unplug it.
Agreed. I don't need my fridge to do anything except keep things cold. Though the technology that gave us refrigerated but soft butter in it's little cupboard would be nice
I don't roll on Shabbos but I do leave the fridge plugged in.
I don't drive, I don't answer the phone...
3000 years from Moses to Sandy Koufax.
I've worked for many people that kept holy the Sabbath day. The fridge light was not an issue.
True story.
We got some spectacular ribs for the office when I worked at photo lab. The best in the city. 4 racks. While we were chomping on them Bob said "Wait Stewart...aren't you Jewish"
"Don't tell my wife. Man these are delicious"
Maybe it bites the heads off of nearby bats while in Sabbath mode?
"I AM IRON FRIDGE!!!"
🎶 Baaaa-Dant-BA-DA-DA 🎶
Great. First, from experience, don't get stainless steel because fingerprints, now don't get black refrigerators because animal cruelty Saturdays...
Life just keeps getting more complicated
Actually, Frigidaire clear coats their stainless steel. Genius!
I don't make the rules. I just endeavour to apply them in the most awkward way imaginable.
Only the black ones
Other features commonly disabled in Sabbath Mode are touchpads, digital displays, alarms, status lights, and any other electrical buttons. Additionally, functions like temperature adjustment, water coolers, and icemakers are usually disabled when the mode is activated.
I have an idea. How about not buying a fridge with touuchpad digital displays etc?
Though I draw the line at ice makers. NEED my ice maker
I just want a big cold-making box with decent power efficiency. And maybe an ice maker. All else is tossycock and decadence.
Same.
When we bought new fridge that is pretty much what we went for (though it does have a slight touchpad, for temp control. What happened to dials? Bring back dials! I digress).
The bonus was it was cheaper than the others
I miss knife switches. Can't do a convincing Igor impression with a crappy touchscreen.
"Poke the touchpad, Igor! POKE THE FUCKING TOUCHPAD!!!" Just doesn't land as well.
Nothing arcs in so satisfying a manner...
Fidget toys are a rage these days. Public safety people might get excited though
Is it dumber than having "ai" in your cooker?
Too fine a distinction for my expertise. I need a professional opinion...
Maybe it turns off every Saturday?
Only if you go bowling.
Definitely a Shabbat thing, self directed would be the way, violating the Sabbath to engage the Sabbath mode because one forgot to do it Friday...
If it was me, I'd feel a bit foolish
What ever happened to plug the fucking thing in and throw in the ham?
Programing a refrigerator? Why does an ice box need to be smart? Your dog will still stick its nose in it every time you open it. If not, your dog is broken.
OMG, I slept SO GOOD last night. Unborking my life has been a life saver. Looking forward to my 9am nap.
Today is runoff day in SC. There may be Dems in other districts in a runoff, but not in mine, and there are no state wide Dems in a runoff. However, repubs have some state wide runoffs, the most high profile being for governor. Pam Evette got Dipshit's endorsement for the primary, but even that couldn't quite get her over the finish line. Alan Wilson is her opponent in the runoff. Who did Dipshit endorse for the runoff? I'm glad that you asked that, because he chickened out! Oh, he claims that he made an endorsement by endorsing both candidates. Why would he chicken out now? Another great question! Because some of his endorsements have lost their primaries recently.
Is he losing his grip on repub voters? Maybe, and if so, all of the shit that he's doing, as opposed to what he should be doing, ain't gonna help that. If repub voters simply stay home on election day, it will suit me just fine.
"Why would he chicken out now?"
Its called betting on both sides. Either way you break even (minus the 10% the bookie takes)
It's like the mid terms his first tenure. Whomever wins he will claim he was backing. Whomever loses he will claim did not love him enough
I briefly dated a girlfriend with that same philosophy when it came to reading a map when we drove to Buffalo. When we were lost it was my fault. When we were going the right way its because she was holding the map.
Did you wind up in Altoona?
Should have turned left at Albuquerque.