Tuesday, August 30, 2022

It's such a drag living in Florida - but is it legal?

In March 1947, a Florida court ordered the Ha Ha Club - a nightclub 
famous for its “female impersonators,” as they were called at 
the time - to close after declaring it a public nuisance. 
The order came just a month after Frank Tuppen, a juvenile probation officer with political ambitions, filed a complaint against the venue. He argued that the club’s performers were “sexual perverts” who had embedded “in the minds of the youngsters” who lived in the area “things immoral” and were “breaking down their character.”
The owner of the club, Charles “Babe” Baker, appealed to the Florida Supreme Court, but in October 1947, it affirmed the lower court’s decision that the club was a public nuisance. “Men impersonating women” in performances that are “nasty, suggestive and indecent” injure the “manners and morals of the people,” the court ruled.
 
Last month, nearly 75 later, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is widely thought to be eyeing a 2024 presidential run, cited the case that shut down Ha Ha Club in a complaint against Miami restaurant R House over its drag performances. 
The 2022 complaint, filed by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, threatened to revoke R House’s liquor license, arguing that the establishment violated a state public nuisance law by becoming “manifestly injurious to the morals or manners of the people.”
Historians say the parallels between the R House and the Ha Ha Club complaints, and the fact that DeSantis’ administration cited a 75-year-old court decision, reveal how conservatives are resurfacing a decades-old moral panic about LGBTQ people to target queer spaces.  
 
What will happen to Key West if he's successful? Stay tuned...
 
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Read it's name again. And then think hard about it, you friggin' idiot...

 Greenland is a frozen tundra and Iceland is green and gorgeous. How do you think they got their names ferfucksake? 
Those countries only got their names a coupla hundred years ago, and they got them for a reason. Shit has changed since then, hasn't it?
Global warming, climate change, whatever the fuck it is, it's part of the natural scheme of a living, changing planet you arrogant bastards. How dare we think that us insignificant smurf nobody humans can - an any way - effect the life cycle of this planet? 
Smell the coffee and shut the fuck up, please...
 
According to these geniuses, widespread ice losses from Greenland have locked in nearly a foot of global sea level rise that's set to come in the near future (although no one will say exactly when because this is all conjecture) - and new research suggests there is no way to stop it, even if the world stopped releasing planet-heating emissions today.
The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change (anybody ever heard of that one?), found that the overall ice loss from Greenland's ice sheet will trigger at least 10 inches of sea level rise, no matter the climate warming scenarios. That's generally the same amount that global seas have already risen over the last century from Greenland, Antarctica and thermal expansion (when ocean water expands as it warms) combined.
So presume that's true. Obama just bought a house that's only nine inches above sea level. Is he not the smartest man in his world? Juss' sayin'...
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It's a magical little place a million miles from nowhere, and I'll be there next week, come hell OR high water. Did you know they burn dirt over there to stay warm? Cut up the peat bogs, let 'em dry out, throw 'em in the fireplace and fire 'em up...
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His career - and his life - destroyed by a simple accusation. 
That is so fucked up...

 
The saddest thing, is nine times out of ten these accusations from some un-named broad turn out to be baseless bullshit she's spewing to get back at somebody she's pissed off at. That doesn't mean dick to the gutless, scumbag media or the sports team involved here, obviously. The accusation is about something that may or may not have happened five fuckin' years ago. What does that tell you? It's a frikkin' money grab, that's what. What a world of gutless pussified jerkoffs we're becoming.
Meanwhile, thankfully someone is fighting back. The parents of shit-canned Buffalo Bills kicker Matt Araiza have issued a ferocious statement defending their son amid allegations he was involved in the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl last year.
The 22-year-old punter was released by the Super Bowl favorite Bills on Saturday, and his career is in tatters as he awaits more news on the civil lawsuit filed last Thursday.
Amid the backlash, Araiza's parents have now released a statement of their own to the media, revealing death threats sent to their entire family, and reiterating that their son should be 'innocent until proven guilty'.
Yeah - good luck with that, unfortunately...
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Nothing says Halloween in August in Florida like
 
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Playing in a second-tier town (don't take offense - 
it's just a fact) like St. Louis for basically his whole career, Albert hasn't gotten anywhere near the props or respect that he should. He is still - at 42 - a scary son of a bitch at the plate.
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Will somebody (Angie maybe?) up in Jersey or New York send me down a dozen? I'm Jonesin' down here. Don't worry about the sugar - I'll put it on after we reheat 'em in the oven. 'Appreciate it...
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Checkout the price to replace the battery in your electric car - 
and that's a Chevy, not a Tesla...
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They were doing things on TV back in the 60's
 that we might have missed but were, none 
the less, brilliant. Like this..
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Texas has bused nearly 9,000 'asylum seekers' to New York City and Washington, DC in recent months, as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's effort to highlight his criticism of the Biden administration's incredibly flawed and seriously dabgerous immigration policies.
In a statement Friday, Abbott's office said Texas has bused more than 7,400 migrants to DC since April and more than 1,500 migrants to New York City since August 5.
"The busing mission is providing much-needed relief to our overwhelmed border communities," the statement said. "Operation Lone Star continues to fill the dangerous gaps left by the Biden Administration's refusal to secure the border."
A fierce critic of the Biden administration's immigration policies, Abbott began sending hundreds of willing migrants on buses to DC earlier this year as an affront to the administration. Abbott's office has said that "to board a bus or flight, a migrant must volunteer to be transported and show documentation from DHS."
Wouldn't it be great if all of the border states did this? Just put them on buses and keep driving them around to all of these jerkoff 'sanctuary cities' and dumping their asses in the streets there. Friggin' brilliant. Well played, Governor...
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God is in the details. (Meis van der Rohe).
In this case the details are inside the oldest pub in No. Ireland, The Crown Bar in downtown Belfast. The place is so revered it was purchased by the National Historic Trust (or whatever they call it this week) to ensure it's continued operation and condition. It is a truly awesome place and a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Google it - you'll bucket list it. PS - there are no bar stools at the bar.
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Baked or fried in oil? Of course they're fried. Jeez...
Two parts beef, one each ground veal and pork. One egg per pound of meat. One half cup breadcrumbs per pound. Little water to guarantee moistness, and grated romano cheese. My grandmother's secret ingredient? When you think you have enough cheese, add more. Fry in olive/canola oil blend over medium/high heat.
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When ads were fun, we had Stan Frieberg,,,

 



Monday, August 29, 2022

Have we forgotten about Miss Pisarri?

 



One more before I go...




One from an old Playboy I found in the closet...

 



The EV (electric vehicle) numbers are in and they're staggering...


America would have to install 30 million electronic vehicle charging ports by 2030 if half of drivers switch to EVs by the time California's ban on gas cars takes effect. 
If half of all vehicles sold are zero-emission by 2030, the country would need 1.2 million public chargers and 28 million private chargers by that year - which a McKinsey report claims would cost more than $35 billion over eight years. 
Electric vehicle sales have been climbing by double digits each year since 2016, but over half of US consumers cite battery or charging issues as their main concerns - and it's fair to say the limited network of public charging stations is a roadblock for many buyers. 
Currently, electric car charging stations, such as Electrify America and Chargepoint, and many charging stations at gas stations currently charge by minute. Many charging stations also don’t have a display to show how much is being charged and what the cost is. Most just bill at the end. For years this was a huge problem for consumers.
 

“We’d pull up to a Tesla station and charge but when we got the bill you could tell they were obviously gouging,” said Enrique Gonzalez, who had sent in numerous complaints and asked for a gas station-like display to know what the cost was over time. “You’d think that they wouldn’t do that with electricity like they do for gas. But no, they totally do.”
California’s Division of Measurement Systems got on the case earlier this year and wrote up new regulations. The new regulations, which bans per-minute charging and requires a display showing the charge amount and cost, were approved by the OAL on December 16th. Under the rules, the changes will commence January 1st. Electric charging stations given only two weeks notice are now scrambling to meet the new standards.
 


This is an interesting article from earlier this year:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ev-adoption-behavioral-changes-101718236.html
 





What kind of 'service animal' do you have? Bet it's not one of these...

Parkgoers who were cooling off at a fountain at Philadelphia's Love Park on Friday got quite the shock when they had an up-close encounter with an alligator. The reptile, who was being walked on a leash by a young girl, seemed to be trying to beat the heat under the refreshing spray of the fountain. Wally the Alligator is the emotional support animal of Joie Henney - a Philadelphia man and longtime reptile rescuer who has worked with alligators for 30 years. 
Video taken by bystanders at the park over the weekend show the gator sauntering along on his leash, greeting people, and at one point lying on his stomach in a puddle to cool off. 
 

Wally's owner Henney, who was not far from his pet at the park that day, runs several social media accounts documenting the life of his beloved gator, with the help of close friend Mary Johnson and her children. 'They just had a blast,' Henney told CNN. 'People came as soon as they heard Wally was there to get a hug and get a photo with him.'
 

I don't care what you say or who the guy us or what his motivations are. You cannot domesticate these thins - they're friggin' dinosaurs ferfucksake...




I say whip it. Whippet good. Just not in New York anymore

 
It is illegal for New Yorkers under age 21 to purchase a can of whipped cream, according to recently-passed state law. 
The law, which went into effect in November 2021, is meant to prevent teenagers from using canned whipped cream to inhale nitrous oxide, otherwise known as "whippets." The legislation specifically names "whipped cream chargers" – small steel cartridges of nitrous oxide used in whipped cream dispensers. Stores in Albany have started to ID shoppers looking to purchase cans of whipped cream.
"Inhalants are invisible, volatile substances found in common household products that produce chemical vapors that are inhaled to induce psychoactive or mind-altering effects," according to a US Drug Enforcement Administration factsheet.


Better late then never Calvin...




Lindsay said it - That won't be dancing they'll be doing in the streets if they fuck with Donald...

Senator Lindsey Graham has said some fairly stupid shit at times, but on this I think he's point-on. He warned of 'riots in the streets' if former President Trump is prosecuted for his handling of classified materials found when the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. 
'If there's a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information, after the Clinton debac, there'll be riots in the streets,' Graham told Fox News. Graham suggested Trump is treated with 'a double standard' compared to others and attempted to make comparisons with the Democrats and the investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop with FBI being told to 'back off' prior to 2020 election.
And maybe it time for some people to jump in these jerkoff's faces and say 'enough is enough', don'tcha think? 
Juss' sayin...
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She's putting that Ph. D. in Economics to good use, isn't she?

 
Sen. Elizabeth Warren - a monetary genius if ever there was one - said on Sunday that she was "very worried that the Federal Reserve was going to tip the nation’s economy into recession and that interest rate hikes would put people out of work. Do you know what’s worse than high prices and a strong economy? It’s high prices and millions of people out of work. I am very worried that the Fed is going to tip this economy into recession," Warren told CNN on Sunday. 
She is evidently unaware that we are already in a recession - her degree in Economics would have taught her that two quarters of negative growth is the absolute definition of a recession.
The U.S. central bank’s chief, Jerome Powell, warned on Friday that Americans were headed for a painful period of slow economic growth and possibly rising joblessness as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to fight high inflation.
Powell said in a speech on Friday the Fed will raise rates as high as needed, and would keep them there “for some time” to bring down inflation that is running at more than three times the Fed’s 2% goal.
 

What the idiot Ms. 'American Indian'  doesn't understand is that this inflation was caused by the profligate spending she supported, and that raising interest rates is the only weapon the Fed has against the inflation she helped create. Knucklehead.


Artemis is a no-go. Damn...

NASA was forced to call off its highly anticipated Artemis I mission 
this morning following several issues that now leaves the world’s most powerful rocket grounded until September 2. Engineers were working against the clock to troubleshoot an issue with engine 3, which was not reaching the proper temperature and experiencing an engine bleed that was not tested during the last wet rehearsal due to a fuel leak that cut the event short. The issues were identified around 7:30am ET and the launch was officially scrubbed at a8:35am ET and now the tens of thousands of people who attended the event are now heading home without seeing the first stage of the epic moon mission kick off. NASA says it will collect data on the engine bleed and depending on what is gathered, the agency will attempt another launch on Friday at 12:48pm ET. The Artemis I mission is a vital first step if the US space agency is to achieve its goal of landing humans on the lunar surface in three years' time, possibly including the first woman and first person of color. If all goes to plan, another flight will follow in 2024 – this time with astronauts on board – before human boots once again grace the lunar surface a year later as part of NASA's ambitious $93 billion Artemis program. 

Some time, you have to look at the sunnier side of the street -but still watch out for the dogshit...

 When pleasing the eye is at least as important as function, we create wonderful things...  

The State Law Library of Iowa has been named one of the most impressive and beautiful libraries in the world. The Legal Library moved to its current location on the second floor of the State Capitol Building in 1886. The large "Victorian-style" library hall is adorned with a finely decorated tile floor that is adorned by the richly painted ceiling and stained glass inserts.
Standing 45 feet high, the entire library is flanked by niches clad in books. Two wrought iron staircases and lace at opposite ends of the library connect the four levels flanked by shelves full of books; approximately 105,000 volumes in total.
The two stairs (one at the north end and one at the south end) were built between 1882 and 1883 by Haugh, Ketchum and Company of Indianapolis. While iron might seem like a common material choice, it was relatively new to architectural design at the time of construction. Stairs now allow you to move up and down for the Beautifully decorated balconies.
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Hundreds of riders rolled through Philadelphia Saturday for the fourteenth annual Naked Bike Ride, a clothing-optional jaunt from Fairmount Park down to Passyunk Avenue and back up to Northern Liberties.
With a mantra of “bare as you dare,” the event encourages creative dressing with as little clothing as desired - think novelty boxer shorts, lacy bras, colorful tutus, and plenty of body paint.
The Philly edition began in 2009 as part of the World Naked Bike Ride movement, a protest-slash-celebration that advocates for body positivity, a lower reliance on fossil fuels, and cyclist-friendly streets. Rides typically take place in cities throughout the summer, from Chicago (which was dubbed the best city for biking in the nude) to Boston and St. Louis.
In Philadelphia, the afternoon kicked off in a secluded section of Fairmount Park’s Lemon Hill, where participants were able to disrobe, mingle, and lather on sunscreen without too many unaffiliated, clothed spectators. Just before the ride began at 5 p.m., some bikers lined up for free body painting, while others had photoshoots in coordinated costumes.
 
 
Participants rode down 19th Street and Broad Street in varying states of undress, perplexing and delighting onlookers in cars, at streeteries, and on early evening walks. Fans lined up to see the emo band Los Campesinos perform at Union Transfer even got an eyeful as the semi-naked brigade turned up Spring Garden Street around sunset.
The 12-mile ride concluded with a clothing-optional dance party at Northern Liberties music venue the Fillmore, complete with food from women-owned businesses like Juana Tamale and nicecream cart Vannah Banana. 
 
 
-  Story line courtesy of billypenn.com         
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold claimed Republicans plan to attack Americans’ right to vote if they are able to win this year’s midterm elections. “What we can expect from the extreme Republicans running across this country is to undermine free and fair elections for the American people, strip Americans of the right to vote, refuse to address security breaches and, unfortunately, be more beholden to Mar-a-Lago than the American people,” the Colorado Democrat said during an interview with the Guardian.
Griswold pointed out that many Republicans in competitive elections have echoed claims made by former President Donald Trump that the 2020 election was fraudulent, while the 27 races for secretary of state around the country have become key showdowns for who will control the 2024 presidential election. For us, we are trying to save democracy,” Griswold claimed.
But some have accused the secretary of state of trying to reform election laws to benefit her defense of her seat. Her opponent, Republican nominee Pam Anderson, has made getting politics out of elections administration her campaign’s top pledge. “We must reject that it is partisan to protect the right to vote. It’s not,” Griswold said in response to the accusations. “It’s the most American and democratic thing you can do.”
Go right ahead. Keep electing shit-for-brains idiots like this broad and you'll vote yourself right in to communism, you fuckin' morons. 
JEEZ FRIGGIN' LOUISE.
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Doobie doobie do - or doobie don't. She doesn't 
really care that much if I do or don't...
 
My wife doesn't give a shit if I get fired up when I can, but she isn't really into it for herself.  She was back in the wayback machine 'good ole days', but laid off it a long time ago. Anyway, I had left half a blunt in the ashtray in the lanai, and for whatever reason, she took a hit or maybe two on a doob yesterday for the first time in probably 25 years. 

This is how that manifested itself. This is my closet as it now appears. 
It may never look like that again, so I had to share it with you...
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A team from the UN nuclear watchdog is heading to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the agency’s chief said, as Russia and Ukraine traded accusations of shelling in its vicinity, fuelling fears of a radiation disaster.
Captured by Russian troops in March but run by Ukrainian staff, Zaporizhzhia has a hotspot in a conflict that has settled into a war of attrition fought mainly in Ukraine’s east and south six months after Russia launched its invasion.
“We must protect the safety and security of Ukraine’s and Europe’s biggest nuclear facility,” tweeted Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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I wonder why this car model didn't fly. Maybe the weird front grill.
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Movie attendance hasn't bounced back after the pandemic, leaving Hollywood struggling to lure audiences back into theaters.
So this Saturday, theaters around the country are offering tickets for just $3, part of the new National Cinema Day. Major chains like AMC and Regal are among those participating.
"This day is for movie lovers across the US, celebrating how movies are meant to be seen, on the big screen," said Ken Thewes, Regal's chief marketing officer, in a news release.
You should be able to find participating theaters in your area on the National Cinema Day website.
Last week, it was reported that Regal's parent company Cineworld was exploring options for bankruptcy after low admissions, and revenues at the US box office are still nearly 30% lower than before the pandemic.
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I am consistently surprised and impressed with how well 
this girl - this woman - is aging. Well played, Taylor...
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