leh-nerd skin-erd

Oh the irony! The Boy Scout motto, “Be Prepared” would have encouraged ole Alec to, you know, be prepared! Instead, welp….

Again, the irony. A couple hours in Podunk, where they learn em early that delegating your personal responsibility can have serious and tragic consequences, probably prevents Alec from delegating his personal responsibility and the serious and tragic consequences that followed.

Now I’m confused. In an earlier post you seemed to indicate the right and left had reached an agreement, and then later you indicated that the sum total of your previous post was to quote So Cal Deek. Now it seems you’ve abandoned the premise of both posts, suggesting at least one “right-slanted” poster (the affable leh-nerd skin-nerd) isn’t at all in agreement with you, while also acknowledging that your “I only posted another persons quote” wasn’t quite truthful. This after I went and apologized. What a bust. I never suggested anything about anything being ok because everyone does it, but now that you mention it, it is odd to me that this is a hot button issue for you. I haven’t read the TOS, really have no idea what might be in there beyond the obvious things that can get a fella into trouble on a board like this. Let’s assume you’re correct. Now that you mention it though, I think it must actually be “ok” because so many people do it without consequence. I guess I’d see it like driving 69 on the thruway v the posted 65. Maybe someday it won’t be treated like that, but for now it is, wouldn’t you agree? I disagree with your thoughts on DR, I thought he was an outstanding poster. I also think that when the decision to ban him was made, the site owner explained why things went down the way they did and I accepted that. Using my speeding on the thruway analogy, while 69 might be ok, 80 likely will have consequences. I never met the Rhino, my only interaction with him was on the board, but I enjoyed interacting with him. Still, if you go 80, you go 80. He’s moved on, some here have not. Right now, it just seems to me that while some posters drive 65, some 69, and some 80, you’re the guy sitting alongside the road in camouflage with night vision binoculars and an abacus calling into the Trooper barracks when your calculations project a speed of 66 or higher. Have a good night.

It’s really quite ironic that a guy who publicly disparages the actions of officers in serious jeopardy, and who tends to resort to fisticuffs in disputes, is responsible ultimately for recklessly discharging a weapon in what amounts to a glorified high school production of Oklahoma.

Well, to be accurate, I referred to your post as pathetic, not you individually. You could be a front line worker at a hospital, a law enforcement officer keeping us safe, or a custom dress designer for AOC—all noble professions and all helping the public in some unique way. I try hard not to insult people personally, so I’ll shoulder the burden if that is what you thought and apologize. I don’t think you’re pathetic, Back, and Deek is a good poster. Continuing on the accuracy trajectory, you didn’t just quote Deek, you quoted, referenced a poster gone a year as some odd comparison to B, declared that consensus has been achieved, and opined that another member of the community should be removed from the board because you don’t like the content of his posts. Here, and on the main board, there are hundreds of posts including links to any variety of sources on any given week, and if you’re going to be the board school marm pointing out perceived TOS violations, you have your work cut out for you. I just felt that in the moment, it was quicker to refer to your post as pathetic.

Exiled Dude, they literally go through life pretending to be something different (oddly, they pretend to be cops and awful lot, though some don’t seem to like the real ones). Is it so much to pretend to be someone who knows about gun safety? I’m going to take a flier on your ‘Police set up AB’ theory. It may ultimately have legs, though I always wonder why they wouldn’t just shoot AB if they really wanted to f with him. I had typed something else but it occurred to me that every time Hollywood just about convinces me that guns are THE problem, they change it up and tell me it’s actually union flunky we have to worry about.

You’re thinking it that the law enforcement community had the ability to set him up, and that someone put a live round in the gun in order to have him shoot a cinematographer?

For the record, I don’t think Alec Baldwin drinks blood, concocted a plan to off a cinematographer on a movie set and I don’t wear a tin foil hat because it chafes where the hair used to be. I do think he’s a loose cannon, a hypocrite, emotionally unstable, is enabled by his peers in an industry full of hypocrites, and lives a life filled with chaos. It would not surprise me in the least to see his life take a dark turn where someone in his personal, non-professional sphere ended up seriously injured or dead. There are reports that this movie production was chaotic, that financial commitments we’re not being kept, that security was lax, and that a number of professional crew members walked off the set earlier that day and were replaced with new people. Those stories, if true, mirror the drama that always seems to follow this guy and might well foster a dangerous environment on this particular set. As producer of the film and guy who fired the shot, I’d think it’s absolutely fair to investigate and speculate about his intentions, actions, and culpability, especially in light of his very public stance on the police and gun control generally. It seems in real life “I thought…” doesn’t really cut it for him, especially in light of his Michael Brown t shirt stupidity above. I also wonder, generally, why in a world of carefully crafted illusion there would be any “prop” that included projectiles fired from a weapon at or in the direction of people. I also wonder if any of those involved took even the most rudimentary gun safety course.

I read what you post, feel I understand your perspective and the context in which it’s offered, and stand by my reporting. Concern yourself not with what I may or may not note, concern yourself instead with tending to your own dooryard.

I don’t thinks it’s complicated. If Biden is breathing, and if he wants it again, Biden is the nominee. There have been no surprises, he’s not underperformed in the eyes of his supporters and they see him as a crackerjack progressive delivering on his promises. His mental and physical decline was on display for several years before he ran. There’s strife in Afghanistan, Americans abandoned and military members killed in the poorly executed withdrawal. That sort of thing has happened on his leadership watch over 5 decades. He and Harris trash talked the vaccine while in development under the Trump admin, they encouraged the spread amongst protesters all last year, he’s screwed the messaging in 2021, but the death count is irrelevant under his watch. The border is a mess, it’s been a mess for decades and they voted him in anyway. There is concern he’s weaponizing the DOJ against parents concerned about CRT and education, to the point of targeting speech against school board members. His supporters seem to agree with that approach. His cognitive issues are nothing new, his supporters simply see him as having a stutter. He’s a tough talker on tax increases, and progressives like that even in spite of his obvious hypocrisy here. In short, this was predictable and likely what they envisioned when they cast a vote for B-H. The risk is that he strokes out, dies in office or gets rolled out like a trained monkey if necessary to perpetuate the narrative. The trade off is the value his supporters receive in exchange for their vote. Cost, as they say, is only an issue in the absence of value.

I think they meant full-ish. Full-like. On the fuller side. Of, as, is and/or pertaining to full. Not full full, movie full, Oliver Stone creative license full. Full like based on actual events full, but just supersized for drama full. I think it can be said there are definitely individuals full of something in this debate.

Biden’s ineptitude is off the charts. “Trump gave you the vax Joe, just don’t f*** this up Joe, for once in your life lead Joe” should have been all that needed to be said. Still, some pro-Biden folks can’t square it all emotionally. Can’t be in them and the old simpleton they voted for.

You care. It’s odd how much, but you care playa. It’s 2021, men have babies, girls have veggie stix, our president believes himself arbiter of blackness and laborers surely invest. The Chef souffléd you here, rightly so, and you should take the hit.

Just seeing this post this evening Mup, and thank you so much for sharing. I did not get all the way through it yet but your daughter is a beautiful young lady with an amazing talent. I don’t know much about the spectrum, but I do know the importance of a positive environment for children and it seems you knocked it out of the park.

The only time I was out that way was to visit a cottage owned by my aunt and uncle. This was a good listen-thanks for sending it over. Bet they were a fun band to see.

And thank you, as well, to Corn Pop and the Popcorn Westies crew for not shiving a young Joe Biden when they were beefing over milkshakes, dames and hairy legs in Scranton back in 19oughtFourty-and-7. All is right in the world, though it’s tough to get Corn Pops in your neighborhood bodega these days. Irony.

Old school! I never saw LS play, missed the concert at Rich (though @Muppy) was in attendance. My buddies went, but I was doing something else. I did see Rossington-Collins Band at Kleinhans, and somewhere else as I recall. Love em, hate em or anywhere in between you saw true rock legends! I’m not a musician, I flaked around when my parents paid hard earned money to take lessons and I was so unprepared I laid low in the back at church and hoped no one would notice I had no idea the chord progressions (or chords). Still, I figured they would know I was Christian by my love (by my love) and forgive me. Little RC folk music humor if you don’t know the tune.

I’ll watch it. My son plays guitar, and his instructor is a pretty well known guy in this area. He’s involved with Grammy voting (or was), worked with many notable artists (Phish, the Wilson sisters from Heart, Kanye as i recall). Anyway, he makes custom guitars and was working with Ed King on a guitar just before EK died in 2018. He said the hard part is the artists typically want what they want, but he’s particular on how he makes them and won’t sacrifice. I think he and EK had worked through all that and unfortunately he passed away. I also have to check—many years ago my company had a conference in Mexico and the entertainment was the World Class Rockers. We were drinking poolside and we’re going to skip the event but my son wanted to go, he was 11 or 12. Anyway, it was a very cool event. Guys from Skynyrd, Steppenwolf, Journey and the like played and invited some of the kids on stage. I believe it was Ed King who invited my son up and let him strum the guitar a bit. My son got them all to sign the set list and it’s in the house somewhere. My recollection is hazy because of the various guys in and out of Skynyrd over the years. Rock on Chef!

The story of the crash and aftermath is crazy. Sad stuff. Btw, there was a podcast a couple years ago where Artemis Pyle talked about the crash and the band, and his experience trying to get help. I feel like it was an interview with Chris Jericho, who was a pro wrestler. Fascinating story.

On, the “yikes” about this song being ‘complimentary’, I would not have used that particular word, but I understand the sentiment. The Stones are rock and roll giants of course, but I never really cared enough to see them live, or buy their fancy 8 tracks. Anyway, when that song comes on the FM radio, I mumble through most of it not really thinking too much about words I’m not completely sure of. I thought it was about defying societal norms and the pursuit of forbidden love if only for 10-30 minutes from the perspective of the songwriter. Reading the lyrics today, yeah, I can see I may have missed a bit. I heard the other that “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” has very little to do with baseball. I don’t know how much more I can take.

Good to see you back Chef. Hope all is well.

We don’t always usually ever agree, but I feel for you here Niner. When my children were younger I taped whenever I could, and most of our extended friend group knew to leave the lovable but slightly wacky Bills fan to himself. Our area is primarily Giants and Pats bandwagon fans, so for the most part o got through unscathed. Good luck, and mad respect from here for doing the right thing. ✊🏻

I disagree in this case. Union dues are just that, dues to the collective representing your interest exclusively. I think that’s a far cry from “Give blood or you’re fired.”.

It’s highly likely that if you were born and raised in this country, and your ancestors a couple generations back were as well, that someone in your family tree fought and suffered against this sort of employer overreach. It doesn’t matter if the employer action is a net positive for the community. It starts with blood letting and next thing you know the local Target is having obligatory “Toss off Tuesday” to support the local sperm bank, and carving 10% off your gross to send over to Planned Parenthood.

I'll consider.