Happy Hump Day. If you’re not drinking, happy Dry Hump Day. That won’t be a problem for me. Wife is going to a friend’s birthday dinner. I’ll be practicing my elbow bends while the rug-rats run around at home.
Here’s a rugged individualist spending his own time and money to improve LA bus stops. You’ll be shocked to find out that he chooses to remain anonymous and not show his face for fear that LA authorities will arrest him for doing their job. “You can’t do that, that’s a job government must do!”
NPR sez “fast tracking logging on public land may not lessen wild-fire risk”, but fails to note that there’s no increase possible in the worst case. (They probably aren’t wrong — Federal land isn’t where the big risk to people is.)
Oh look, after all the noise, Pelosi will be Speaker.
Its so weird that this hit piece on the guy who gave Jeffrey Epstein a sweet deal when Acosta was a prosecutor fails to mention certain persons of the Democrat persuasion who have been credibly accused of flying on his “Lolita Express”. They sneak in that Epstein’s “friends included former President Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Prince Andrew”, but one of those is not rumored to have taken the flight. Crazy, huh?
Have a little fluff.
“Oh look, after all the noise, Pelosi will be Speaker.”
Thus making an in-kind contribution to the Trump reelection campaign.
ON TOPIC BITCHES
Show off.
Sometimes showing off is earned.
I think they’re more dangerous with her than with one of the crazy more-leftist loons the dissenters probably wanted.
She knows how to work the system. The dissenters don’t.
That plus she knows how to keep a lid on the nutters that want to take the party in a direction which will guarantee Trump ’20.
I’d be surprised if she’s not leading the charge on the IMPEACH TRUMP efforts.
I think she tried to suppress the excitement over that prospect but yeah that could just be, you know, a politician talking.
I like it better when your firsts are titty links. Much better content than your other stuff.
See below.
They apparently failed to notice that, according to exit polls, she is less popular than Trump. They’re basically handing Trump a foil that will make him look better by comparison.
HIT HIS DAMN THEME MUSIC!
“I’ll be practicing my elbow bends”
Euphemism?
“slips a handmade wooden bench over the pole and proceeds to screw”
Euphemism?
“Any street furniture has to first be approved by the Los Angeles City Council. After that, a single bus bench travels through an extensive permitting process, requiring approval from the Department of Public Works, as well as eight — eight! — other city agencies including the Department of City Planning, the Bureau of Engineering, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Bureau of Street Lighting. Nearby property owners also have a say.”
It’s a bench, not a nuclear power plant.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Again: Democrats are very normal, emotionally stable people…..
John Bresnahan
@BresPolitico
Adam Schiff wept as he helped nominate Pelosi for speaker, per sources
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1:51 PM – Nov 28, 2018
Frankly, I don’t really blame him for crying.
Yeah, I’d cry too.
I want to cry too, sure, but for entirely different reasons.
These people really will fire up the gas chambers in the name of fighting fascism.
He always looks like he’s on the verge of tears and ready to dodge a slap.
Must be married.
Cock slap?
SCOTUS tells the state of Indiana to go fuck itself on saying civil asset forfeiture doesn’t violate the 8th amendment, feat. Justices Gorsuch and … Breyer?
https://twitter.com/EricBoehm87/status/1067864123063640066
Some highlights…
Gorsuch: “And here we are in 2018 … still litigating incorporation of the Bill of Rights? Really? Come on.”
Breyer: “So what is to happen if a state needing revenue says anyone who speeds has to forfeit the Bugatti, Mercedes, or special Ferrari or even jalopy?” … and then getting a “yep, totally legal” response from the lawyer representing Indiana.
Try suggesting that the 2A is incorporated against the states.
“Sanctuary city for guns: Republic police chief presents ordinance to city council
REPUBLIC, Wash. – A sanctuary city for people with guns: that’s what the police chief of Republic, Washington wants his city to become. Chief Loren Culp formally presented the idea to the city council Monday night in the form of an ordinance.
Chief Culp turned heads when he announced he wouldn’t enforce recently passed Initiative 1639, saying it violated the constitutional rights of citizens between the ages of 18-21 years old.
“I will stand up for citizens rights and I will not back down,” Culp said as he spoke before council and a crowd of more than 200. “I never dreamed that a police officer, stating that he will not violate anyones constitutional rights, would be such a big deal.”
Culp said he took an oath to uphold the constitution and protect the rights of citizens. I-1639 raises the age to buy a semi-automatic rifle, and prohibits anyone under the age of 21 from using one outside of their own private property. I-1639 also includes a safe storage provision that can lead to criminal charges if gun owners allow someone not authorized to access a gun displays it or uses it to commit a crime; and puts an enhanced background check and waiting period in place for people who want to buy a semi-automatic rifle.
“After Initiative 1639 passed, I had a citizen who was concerned that law enforcement was going to start arresting people under 21 for having semi-automatic rifles. After all, guns are an integral part of life here any many places across our nation,” Culp said. “God, guns, and guts are what made this country.””
https://www.kxly.com/news/sanctuary-city-for-guns-republic-police-chief-presents-ordinance-to-city-council/877315780
I actually predicted something like this would happen.
Fourth Rule for Radicals: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
If sanctuary cities for illegals are ok, create sanctuary cities for guns, drugs, whatever you want. Let’s tear the fabric of this farce apart once and for all.
The response will be, “THAT’S DIFFERENT!!!11!!1!”
Know hope, Ted.
Might actually happen if RBG kicks off sometime in the next 2 years. That big of an originalist margin, even with squishy Roberts, the NRA/SAF/GOA might mount such a challenge with a better than average chance of winning.
Ah, some good news for a change.
Good
I’ll say this much – regardless of anyone’s thoughts about the Trump presidency, Gorsuch was definitely worth the price of admission.
^So much this.
When the IJ and SPLC are on the same side, you know that what they’re against is evil.
The real surprise is Breyer.
The guy does not back down.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/418630-trump-shares-image-calling-for-his-opponents-to-face-trials-for
The Clintons and their supporters were masturbating over putting Trump and his family in jail before he even won the election and they rejected his peace overture to let the legal bygones be bygones. It’s no surprise he’s ramping this up again.
https://twitter.com/The_Trump_Train/status/1067687857400229888/photo/1
Don’t read the comments.
Is that his personal Twitter account? Whycome no blue check?
My understanding is that’s the original tweet which Trump retweeted. Though I could be wrong.
Why Communists Sucked at Making Cars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujyFF5b1ttA
It doesn’t really answer the question, but it’s an enjoyable video nevertheless.
Because they hadn’t perfected industrial espionage yet?
I traveled to Moscow a few times in the mid-90s. There were so many stories about the craziness of Russian industry. One of my favorites:
One company built heavy trucks for hauling stuff around. Another company build buses for moving people. The two vehicles shared a common chassis. So the first company would build a truck. The truck would be delivered to the bus company. The employees of the bus company would “disassemble” the truck with sledgehammers. Then would build a bus on the chassis.
So many of those stories are so insane that I am sometimes to this day left wondering which are real and which are embellished folklore. I’ve heard stories about ball bearings being manufactured, shipped to another city and then melted back down to be made into something else. My favorite might be about shoes being distributed. You had to stand in line to receive a pair and then afterward had to find someone else that also received a pair to exchange for the correct size. If I didn’t have family members that experienced some of these things first hand, I’d be forever doubtful. Eskimos may have a hundred words for snow, but communists have none for efficiency.
After trying to work on a major engineering project in Moscow for almost 3 years, none of these stories seem to outrageous to me.
My first trip to Moscow, my coworker and I were finishing up a few things before we left a conference room to get lunch. The back on my chair broke. My coworker said we needed to find someone to let them know. I said don’t worry it will be fixed when we get back. He looked puzzled. So I quickly told the story of the American businessman that checked into a hotel. He complained out loud there weren’t any towels in the bathroom then went out for dinner. When he got back, there were towels in the room. The point of the story was that you were always being watched.
And the chair was fixed when we got back from lunch. Made a big impression on me.
The key to getting shoes was to know somebody at the store who could put them under the counter for you.
Top Gear on Communist cars.
I scanned the pictures and it reminded me of nothing so much as British automotive technology.
Just remember the Pinto and Vega and then dial down from that 30% to see where the rest of the world was . . .
except Japan.
Jerome Corsi hired Larry Klayman to represent him, and to file a criminal complaint against Muller for wrongful prosecution.
Let me be clear here. Larry Klayman is literally the worst lawyer in the United States. And probably in other countries.
Larry Klayman is literally the worst lawyer in the United States.
Michael Avenatti might beg to differ.
No. Klayman is worse.
I don’t care who you throw at me. Klayman is worse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksfihrpKj7w
Gloria Allred?
Lionel Hutz?
“As of this moment, Lionel Hutz no longer exists. Say hello to Miguel Sanchez!”
No, money down!
I suspected the Mueller Investigation was all political theater, but the minute they dragged Corsi into it, my suspicion was confirmed. Corsi is basically just Alex Jones with fancier credentials.
re: Epstein
I followed this case very closely from 2011-2015.
Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton took repeated flights with Epstein and visited his island more than once. Trump banned Epstein from Mar A Lago for being a creepy piece of shit, even before any of the shit surrounding Epstein became public. Yet they mention these guys in the same breath as if they all hung out together with Epstein. What a fucking joke the media has become.
Can you imagine the shit storm that would ensue if they unsealed those records?
That would be hella fun.
You see, that’s just the thing. The records are out there. The media has just chosen not to cover it. The UK tabloids grilled Prince Andrew over it, which is why he resigned from a post and has kind of faded into obscurity. But the American media has done nothing but cover for the political class.
It’s pathetic.
Bill AND Hillary Clinton rode the Lolita Express.
and Ghislaine Maxwell was quite literally front and center at Chelsea’s wedding.
Eeeeewwwww!
In fairness, how out in the open was that stuff once you got to the island? The guy was a billionaire donor so them accepting stuff from him isn’t surprising or unusual. If it was like a 1970s weekend at Roman Polanski’s place they almost certainly knew though.
I think it’s reasonable to assume Bill was in the know.
It sounds pretty damn open – like teen models on the plane.
Ah, got it. I figured it was kept under the table for plausible deniability’s sake but I guess that wasn’t the case.
He thought he didn’t need plausible deniability.
And you know what? He was right.
The plea agreement is infuckingcredible.
It immunizes unindicted co-conspirators who have yet to be named. In other words, Bill Clinton.
Burn the Fucking System to the Ground
As you wish: https://www.popehat.com/2013/12/23/burn-the-fucking-system-to-the-ground/
Good read on “deadnaming”.
https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1067112939482574848
I mean as far as numbered tweets go.
I was with him until the”use science as a defense”. I don’t need a defense it a justification to speak my mind.
or
Generally good but I then saw his “I have some intersex folks in my life. They live in fear for their lives. “. Sure they are.
Mainly from themselves.
“Machine learning was able to distinguish female from male brains with 93% accuracy, based on gray matter structure. This pattern persisted among 1,300 inmates, suggesting antisocial individuals still show reliable sex differences in brain anatomy.”
https://twitter.com/TaniaArline/status/1067466111908749312
Machine learning was able to distinguish female from male brains with 93% accuracy, based on gray matter structure.
See, I would have thought you could do that just based on which brains were bigger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji-cT58rgNc
“Huh-huh – this chick has nice hair.”
Thanks, but I do my own fluffing.
Flexible and/or well-endowed?
Also, I suspect Trump has been holding onto the Epstein thing for awhile as a bargaining chip of sorts. He could out some seriously powerful people. I also suspect this is why Alan Dershowitz has been sucking up to the political right over the past two years. Dershowitz is on some flight logs, and was actually named by one of the victims. He knows that Trump knows, and he wants to be in Trump’s good graces just in case Trump ever decides to go scorched earth and expose the entirety of the Epstein racket.
“…Any street furniture has to first be approved by the Los Angeles City Council. After that, a single bus bench travels through an extensive permitting process, requiring approval from the Department of Public Works, as well as eight — eight! — other city agencies including the Department of City Planning, the Bureau of Engineering, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Bureau of Street Lighting. Nearby property owners also have a say.”
This is what we call in the business pure corruption.
Braaaaaaaziillllll
Gooooool! Braaaaasilll!
Want gooools? Check out the Aston Villa vs. Nottingham Forest game.
Oh, my. I get the odd Championship game on ESPN+ but not today. I would have watched that one because I am a Forest fan and I loathe Villa.
And, as long as we’re on the subject of football, here’s another occasional update from the Scottish Highland League:
Fort William FC: Played 19, won 0, drawn 2, lost 17, goals for 13, goals against 136, goal difference -123, points -7.
Lost to somewhere called Fraserburgh 13:0. LOL.
RIP Socrates.
Should I succumb to evil and switch to Google Fi while getting a Pixel 3 XL for “free“?
I’m waiting for this to come out.
I’m afraid it won’t support most apps. And then how will I adjust my options positions on the go, if the brokerage app doesn’t work? I do it much more frequently than correspond with Snowden and Assange.
WTF is “Fi”?
Not sure but I’m a big fan of BurgerFi.
It’s probably the best cell phone plan if you travel internationally. https://fi.google.com/about/
You get 4G LTE everywhere.
Seems like they should be paying you to harvest all your data, not the other way around.
^^^This guy gets it.
Google spymaster: “We get it! Q likes the boobs!”
I switched to Fi in August; I was on $30/mo. pay-as-you-go T-mobile but, as you may know, T-mobile coverage sucks in this area – I often would lose coverage in my house. My mother’s house was a total black hole.
I got a Pixel 2 when I did.
Coverage is excellent now, pricing is great and I love the phone – the best part, the camera, is a slightly better version in the 3.
In short, embrace the evil.
I’ve ordered the phone, feel kind of dirty.
Bodacious boobs from busty babes brazenly baring their buxom breasts to make blood flow below the belt.
http://archive.is/AFwyr
4, 6, 11, 15, 24, 36 and 43 are the most genetically gifted.
8. 21 and 23 will fight over who gets to use Trump’s cigar on your testicles.
Hey now, let’s keep the H&H stuff strictly segregated from the decent threads.
What kind of threads?
Are you new here?
Look who just went all Tulpa up in here.
*AHEM*
Bodacious boobs
fromborne by busty babes brazenly baringtheirbuxom breaststo makeboosting blood flow below the belt.You win one internet. Here’s your prize:
https://archive.is/8D4SL/b45c1824d5d31c34c158b6681f5ccb16faa4cd57
35, 24, 12
Galt bless you, Q. And to think we used to drool over Lobster Girl.
Okay, um…19? Does she remind you of someone? Possibly a few decades younger? Ecch! (Strictly considering the politics of the beast I am thinking of.)
Boobs and alliteration. You truly are a gentleman and a scholar. And a French tickler.
Let me be clear here. Larry Klayman is literally the worst lawyer in the United States. And probably in other countries.
“Worst” as in sleazy conscienceless eel who can slither through any loophole, real or imagined? Or as in so pitifully incompetent he couldn’t get the Pope released on his own recognizance on a jaywalking ticket?
Are you talking about the current pontiff?
Well I met some cool guys in lockup that weekend, so it all turned out well in the end.
And it wasn’t so much the jay-walking, as it was the lack of trousers.
Phrasing?
Well, the competition is pretty stiff. You’ve got up and comer Avenatti, and if we take this to include “worst human being who is a lawyer”, there’s Morris Dees.
“Officers recover a loaded handgun and drugs in SW Baltimore.
Suspect arrested”
https://twitter.com/BaltimorePolice/status/1067767608601178113
Then charged as a German spy?
I was thinking, “that only happens 75 times a day in Baltimore”
Is anyone surprised that SS officers are selling crack in Baltimore in Drumpf’s America?
Well, the Nazis basically invented meth, didn’t they?
I checked my direct deposit today. Last week I got a $500 tax break bonus (pre-tax) from my employer.
Thanks for the yummy crumbs President Trump!
(I knew they were doing the bonus but thought it was only for hourly employees)
Buy a gun.
I’ll be buying ammo this month. My real bonus in a few months is going to fund a decent bolt-action .308 chassis rifle.
My Mossberg MVP Patrol kicks like an angry goat, but I can put a 308 round exactly where I want it.
I would think so – .308 with a short barrel on a rifle that weighs nothing.
I’m thinking something like this Howa.
My FNAR does not kick any worse than a AR and will fire 1/2″ groups at 100m.
But as it says…Heavy.
Nearby property owners also have a say.
Let the placation of the mob commence.
JFC, go away already!!!!! Politicians cling to power with the tenacity of a man hanging by his fingernails from a 50th floor balcony.
His selfless dedication to public service is inspiring.
See McCain, John
Before clicking on this I was sure it was about Obama.
#metoo
Twisted piece of shit,
So the Dem primary is going to be Kerry, Biden, Clinton, and Sanders. I can’t wait.
Oh please please please let it be Joe Biden.
It would be fucking comedy gold to watch him try and accuse Trump of sexual malfeasance with so many pictures and videos of him groping women and little girls. It would also create a great opportunity to re-run that idiotic rant where he encouraged gun owners to fire two blasts from your double-barrel shotgun off the balcony (ya know, that balcony that everyone has. PS: Democrats are totally in touch with the poor).
A reminder as to why to never rely on police for protection
Jesus.
We’re supposed to cry over some spic getting killed when she was probably a drug-addicted illegal prostitute on welfare? Our heroes in blue all got home safely and that’s all that matters.
Sarc aside, the problem with this is that the taxpayers are the ones footing the bill for this and no one in the PD will face any direct consequences. Unless and until police are held *personally liable* (financially, criminally, whatever) there will be no changes.
Agreed. This was more to respond (to nobody here, obviously) to the repeated absurdist claim that people don’t need guns because the police will protect them.
Sure, they’ll be over in about half an hour to mark off a perimeter outside your house and wait for your murderer to surrender.
I’ve always thought the best way to get the police to help you isn’t “This guy is trying to kill me”, its “Hey, I saw this guy walk into the house and he’s got a tiny little baggie of white powder”.
I’d only recommend that if you have no pets, though.
“And I’m pretty sure he was unarmed.”
“And he’s one-uh-them coloreds.”
Huh, I always thought it was “Hey, I saw this guy walk into the house waving a gun and threatening to kill some cops”.
Huh, I always thought it was “Hey, I saw this guy walk into the house waving a gun and threatening to kill some cops”.
Too much, that’s when MRAP crashes through a wall while entire police department unloads every weapon they own through your windows.
See also
Silent but deadly.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article222261645.html
Is he related to that Florida woman who tried to knife somebody who complained about her farts?
It’s farts all the way down, dude.
If you’re not drinking, happy Dry Hump Day
I’m working at home today. I already had two boozy coffees. However, since I need to get back on track with getting my weight under control, I’m back on a self-imposed weekly booze limit. Those two coffees brought me to my limit. No more booze this week. They were good though.
Hilary *cough, cough* would have been *hack, cough, cough* a really great *cough, hack* President.
They need to put her on a Robitussin pump before she starts her next run.
Can’t stand the woman, but to be fair, my blood pressure med — Lisinopril” as the side effect of making me cough, so..
I outgrew that after a bit.
Bill seated next to her with his hands clasped together in the video:
“OH GOD PLEASE LET THIS FINALLY BE THE ONE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE.”
He needs her. She’s his cover while being a dirtbag.
Hey BP, I’m not necessarily good with GIMP, but I have used it many times in the past. I can probably help with non-expert questions.
These euphemisms used to be more obscure.
What he really said: There’s no way I’d marry a cripple, but man! I do love to fuck ’em! If you want me to hook you up, let me know.
thicc?
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/real-life/744831/plus-size-model-lexy-lu-embraces-curves-in-lingerie-body-positivity-instagram
Curves are not a crime
But if she fell on you it would be homicide.
Where the hell are her nipples?
On her back.
You just undid all the good work you’ve done in this thread.
Any brisket smokers hanging around? I’m trying my first packer this weekend and am trying to decide whether to slice the whole thing or separate the point for burnt ends.
BURNT ENDS! BURNT ENDS!
Anything that makes burnt ends is A Good Thing.
Damn it, now I want BBQ.
There . . . there was a time when you didn’t want BBQ?
That’s what I’m leaning towards…. ‘meat candy’ and all that.
I always separate the point. I know most people like to smoke whole packers, but I save the point for other things. Like sous vide.
I leave the point on to make my burnt ends, that big layer of fat serves as frying material for the point and the underlying flat.
I’ll cut the rest of the flat off and put it below the point end so the drippings carry down.
I thought about separating before cooking, but this is the trial run for doing two full packers at once. There’s not enough room on my grill to smoke if I separate without edging a piece too close to the charcoal.
When the brisket is ready for carving, remove the cap on the point. That gets sauced, back into the smoker for a couple of hours for your burnt ends.
Stubbs original is less sweet than most commercial bbq sauces. No sauce for the sliced brisket.
Alright, thanks. That’ll be the plan.
You can do the cap two ways. You can keep it whole and cube it when it’s done, or you can cube it before you sauce it and smoke the cubes in an aluminum pan.
Burnt ends are like crack cocaine.
I bought a good smoker this last year that won’t get hot enough to do proper burnt ends.
Finish it on a grill to burn it.
Is there a BBQ sauce brand you recommend for it? I’ve read Stubbs is decent on some of the smoker forums.
My smoker is just my barrel charcoal grill so that’s not a problem. I was going to smoke whole for 4 hours, oven @ at 205 for ~18 hours and then separate point for burnt ends. The 6 lb flat I cooked for Thanksgiving came out perfect with those times about halved.
Stubbs is great for ribs, but too sweet for brisket. A purist would say you don’t need sauce. Do what you want. I like a really smoky, vinegar, and black pepper sauce.
Use cattleman’s or hunts as a base then modify from there.
Definitely no sauce for the brisket itself.
It seemed like it went with the burnt ends. I’ll probably divide off the pan on the grill and try one batch plain and one batch sauced.
Definitely use it for the burnt ends. I use hunts with more vinegar and rub added.
Thanks. I’ll try a batch with hunts and a batch with Stubbs.
I don’t sauce until after cooking is done.
Cut your ends into chunks and throw em into a bowl of sauce at the end.
So.. holiday travel brought me something valuable. I got to be offended!
This is a rare and valuable thing. As with most Glibs, it is very difficult to offend me, so I am often surprised and usually quite interested by being offended. The last time I remember being surprised by being offended was at the theater watching the wonderful South Park movie.
This one actually surprised me even more. I was talking with a relative who attends an extremely liberal college in the northeast about watching bad TV shows, guiltily hoping that they will eventually get better. Shows like Lost and stuff on the WB came to mind, as did the new season of Dr. Who. I mentioned trudging through Iron Fist on Netflix, and then I got to be offended in a surprising way.
“Oh my God! That show is SO problematic! The cultural appropriation is terrible! The idea of having a White Male playing the leader of a Chinese Civilization is ….”
And there it was. I was shocked to find out that I was offended. I mean, we’ve read that stuff a hundred times, right? But this was different. This was someone I know, love and respect. And it was in person, instead of some doofus on the internet.
And I was profoundly offended. It struck me as the most racist thing I’ve heard in years. She was adamant that a white male could not portray a character who was raised in an asian culture. And a white male character could not be selected to be the head security guard by a made-up asian city-kingdom.
It wasn’t just what she was saying – it was the absolute confidence that this is the only way to see the world. That obviously a White Male can never write about, make music in the style of, wear the clothing of, or tell the stories of anything other than white males. (nice irony, her father has written a couple of novels set in Asian countries… soooo problematic).
Anyway, we are doomed. She’s the best and brightest. Raised by hard-core libertarian parents. And she speaks SJW as easily as you talk about beer and with the passion and certainty that you defend proper pizza.
So thanks! I didn’t realize that I thought that “cultural appropriation” was such a racist thing until I had someone make the argument face to face. And now I know. It is perhaps the most nakedly racist thing I’ve ever encountered. And this is coming from someone who has taken his (african-american) wife to country-western bars, NASCAR events, pentacostal churches where they handle snakes….
I don’t think you can make them understand that they are more racist than the “white nationalist” idiots they deride, but they unquestionably are. Plus, they don’t have the excuse of being short-chromosome mouth-breathers.
I’m assuming she’s in college
Cultural appropriation is not only incredibly racist, it’s SO FUCKING STUPID it’s akin to the Flat Earthers. The idea that every idea under the sun hasn’t been appropriated, copied, recycled and rehashed 1000 times over so childishly retarded people who believe it should be wearing adult diapers because they’re too stupid to understand how a toilet works.
Are the Chinese culturally appropriating our technology?
Other social justice concepts can be traced–at least in theory–to something benign: avoiding “microagressions” can be interpreted as being polite, a group of friends who understand you could serve as a “safe space.” Outrage about “cultural appropriation”, on the other hand, is pure evil.
I was thinking about how the academic forced redefinition of racism to hinge exclusively on ‘power’ is just an idiotic misinterpretation of the obvious fact that, yeah, racism is worse when it’s enacted by the powerful, using their power. To reinterpret a concept that everyone broadly understands (and understands completely distinctly from the academic redefinition) by taking that to mean ‘racism’ isn’t an applicable term without ‘power’—that takes basic stupidity, honestly. These are our best and brightest.
But that’s the whole point of Marxist “critical theory”: Everything is a power struggle. “Power” is the sine qua non of everything and at the heart of everything is power.
It’s indistinguishable from the worldview of a sociopath.
But…but… class struggle! Everything is class struggle. “Human behavior is economic behavior” may as well be a Marx quote!
Did “critical theory” really turn Marx into a retard’s version of Nietzsche? I only did couple early English courses at University, and used Philosophy and History for my humanities requirements…
Marx != Marxism. Marx was all about class struggle. Marxism thought expanded out to other forms of social relationships, then dropped the class part once all the Marxist where upper class.
Jesus Christ, the post-war Communist state intellectuals could probably run circles around this lot then. They could at least quote Marx and assemble (by rote) a full “thesis-antithesis-synthesis” argument…
Critical theory is when Marxism and postmodernism have a baby.
Critical theory is when Marxism and postmodernism have a baby.
I like that. Consider it stolen.
There’s even a benign kernel to “cultural appropriation”: namely, that taking someone else’s work without permission, and/or without crediting them, is unseemly to most of us. Combine that with a broad anti-colonialism and you get cultural appropriation. It’s a rough attempt at a theory based on those progenitors.
Now try to apply it axiomatically, and the concept falls apart with a few basic counterexamples. But it’s a useful tactic to swing at people’s knees, and an easy-to-understand concept, so it endures, particularly thanks to social media, which thrives on tactics to swing at people’s knees.
Most bad ideas are built on a grain of truth.
Bitches don’t know about Morris “Two-Gun” Cohen.
I liked that. Thanks.
Yeah, I would read this comic book.
How old is she?
It’s amazing to me how fully SJ lexicon has penetrated common discourse—and thought—among younger cohorts in such a short (count the years on your fingers) time. These ideas, which are false if not inane, are completely unexamined and breathlessly regurgitated by my peers IRL; fully absorbed, never challenged (I certainly don’t have the moxie to do so; I’m a flaccid soyboy).
Taking these ideas as axiomatic changes the way people think .. and so, eventually, the way they act. It sounds hyperbolic and maybe it is. I hope so, but I can’t shake the dread. Social media is a poison.
Funny thought, because Power Man and Iron Fist are actually in-fact the product of ignorant racist liberal-guilt and stereotyping. They were made by 4 white guys, with Iron Fist very clearly being a a part of the white-progressive fantasy of eastern mysticism and Power Man being anthropomorphic “No its cool, my best friend is black” card.
Well, that, and the fact that the popularity of Hong Kong chop-socky and Blaxploitation movies were at their height when Cage and Rand were rolled out by Marvel for a quick cash-in.
Right, but that’s evidence that mainstream America was more than ready for an Asian kung-fu protagonist. Instead, it was a white New Yorker who got magical kung fu powers because he visited China that one time and a secret Chinese avatar of wisdom saw the intrinsic value and depth in the white New Yorker’s soul.
Well, it’s better than the Green Hornet learning kung-fu from hanging out with the help.
Isn’t that how Kareem Abdul-Jabbar learned kung fu?
I thought that’s how he learned how to fly.
I looked it up just in case, and Shang-Chi’s first appearance was six months before Iron Fist’s. So I don’t think we can blame Marvel alone here.
It is better than that in the TV version.
He’s an orphan…. his parents were killed in a plane crash and he survived to be raised by the people of Kun-Lan. He fights for the honor of being the Iron Fist, who is a glorified security guard, designated to defend the gates of Kun-Lan from The Hand, a group of evil doers bent on the destruction of the mystical Kun-Lan.
So it isn’t even a “foreign” culture to him. It is his culture.
That’s what was so offensive about “cultural appropriation”. The notion that DNA, race or ethnicity determine what you are allowed to sing, write, think, paint, etc. Somehow by virtue of being of African descent you are imbued with the authenticity needed to wear a dashiki, even though neither you nor any of your ancestors going back 5 generations have ever been anywhere on the continent. And being of Indian descent means you can wear a sari, but if your parents have European heritage then it is pure racism at work if you put on a sari. This is true, even if you both grew up in the same household, raised by the same parents.
It is at a fundamental level pure racism. Only race determines what “culture” you are allowed to use. And for some reason there is a hierarchy of race and culture built in to the system. With European Americans being at the top and Africans and/or Mexicans at the bottom. Because African-Americans are allowed to appropriate European culture because you can upward-appropriate, but not downward appropriate. Kinda like the “punching up” theory of comedy.
It really does make a Klan rally seem tame by comparison. I don’t think I’ve heard any of the “proud boy” types opining on the hierarchy of various racial superiority ladders, but the progressives are so proud of their racist theory that they put it front and center.
For all their talk about being anti-racist, the “progressives” never actually got away from the idea that people should be judged and given positions based on their race. The only thing separating them from the KKK is a disagreement about which races should be given priority.
They both believe that race should be taken into consideration for college admissions and job interviews. They both believe that it’s important for races to keep their culture to themselves and not partake in anyone else’s culture.
The KKK says that black people are inferior because a higher percentage of them commit crimes; the “progressives” say that all white people are guilty because some of them perpetrated slavery and Jim Crow. They share the idea that people should be judged based on the actions of other people who happen to be of the same race.
Send her a copy of “Shogun”.
“Stranger comes to town” is one of the oldest tropes in storytelling. Combined with “fish out of water” and you get Shogun, Iron Fist, The Last Samurai, etc. etc. It’snot cultural appropriation as much as it is the basis for most of Western mythical lore.
Here’s the speech I give when I hear this crap.
What you call appropriation, I call the exchange of ideas. Civilization moves forward by exchanging ideas and building new things from existing ideas. If you truly believe that “diversity is our strength”, then this is an example of diversity in action. Centuries ago the Chinese turned away from the rest of the world, and they went backwards. Is that what you want?
I wonder, with all those Dems who won elections swearing not to vote for Pelosi be held accountable by their voters?
Actually, I don’t wonder that at all.
*the ENB signal lights*
Mild mannered bag-of-antlers ducks into the nearest phonebooth to drop her secret identity and emerge as: Fake Libertarian Prog Woman!
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/elizabethnolanbrown/sex-robots-wont-free-misogynists-from-women
“That’s because most people are looking for something much more complicated than a well-engineered masturbatory machine.”
Interesting take from someone who devotes tens of thousands of column inches to worshipping prostitutes which (wait for it…) *are not much more complicated than a well-engineered masturbatory machine* (NTTAWWT).
“Libertarian” indeed.
Stolen from this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCkGZYSun8I
I don’t know who programmed the “sex robot” with the monologue, but it’s absolutely savage.
It is savage but there is plenty of Incelish collectivizing of women in there. It’s a video that makes some good points but also makes you feel kind of gross and pathetic for watching IMO.
“gross and pathetic”
You rang?
I don’t know where the “only men that hate women want sex robots” is coming from. In general men want sex more often than women want to provide it, so what is wrong with women dumping the extra workload on a machine?
ENB is moonlighting at BuzzFeed now? Is the doing this ironically, or does reason not really pay as well as I thought?
She’s just diversifying her resume, that sweet gig at Vox is this close.
Dave Weigel Path is the ideal of every Reason staffer.
No good engineer would put a waste disposal pump in the middle of a playground.
(That was in reply to “well-engineered”)
It isn’t just the sex, it is the food preparation too.
Speaking of .308s, anyone have experience with the CETME? I’ve been thinking of getting one.
Worth it?
I have an HK91. Ir can be accurate once you figure out the sight adjustment tool. It is a brutally violent action but 100% reliable. The bent up spent brass can fly 20 yards.
That’s one of the reasons I want to get one; the roller-delayed blowback is intriguing to me.
Jerry Miculek shows off with one. That old man has the strongest wrists and fastest fingers in the land.
The PTR91 would have exactly the same bolt and furniture, different barrel (I think the old HKs had polygonal barrels).
I have no experience beyond reading that they are chambered for 7.62 CETME, which has a lower pressure range than 7.62 NATO or .308 Winchester.
I’ll defer anyone with actual experience about them.
Ah… I should have poked around the Intertubes before commenting. There are CETME rifles chambered in 7.62 NATO.
If it’s a Century build I’d steer clear. Maybe get a PTR-91 instead?
Just get a Springfield M1A, like a real ‘Merican.
Already got one. Looking to slum with the commoners.
Flip the script. Double down on snobbery. Get a SCAR-H.
Uffda. Trump is doomed!
That’s him?! He looks like a hobo having a bad day.
I’m having flashbacks to “Random Drunken Asshole” from SNP.
That guy was awesome. I hope BP figures out his software.
I’m sure they look as baggy as his face.
At some point, a gut is more attractive in men than a weird wall of saggy skin.
HAWT, in a patchouli stabby kind of way
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/witches-in-america-frances-f-denny-refinery-29/index.html
Oh for Christ’s sake. There’s no fun in people who’ve already gone beyond parody.
Dia (in the brown catsuit on the red carpet) looks like she’s ready for her debut in the next Matt Helm movie.
I have to admit watching a progressive-victim fight can be funny as hell.
Local boy Andrew Zimmern sticks his dick into a wok of hot oil fried wokeness as he tries to open a Chinese restaurant here in Minnesoda.
In an interview to gin up some publicity for his new restaurant, he said he wanted to save Midwesterners from having to eat “horse shit Chinese food.” Hilarity ensued. As he tried to apologize his way out of the box, he just caused more problems.
So I guess even rich kids who were born in, and grew up in the US but who have ancestors who came from Asia have a lot more victim points than white guys opening a restaurant.
Never apologize
No shit, seems like they’d learn.
The classic case of proggies thinking that since they have always been good thinkers, they don’t need to worry about the mob. Everything is just a misunderstanding. Surely once he explains what he meant everything will be fine.
He’s right. Most of them suck. Included Phil’s Palace of Blah.
Still, he’s so goddamn precious it’s nice to see him hoisted on his own pâté
I forgot what show he was on, but I remember Zimmern going on some rant about people being too stupid to eat healthily, mixed with a huge dash of corporate overlords are purposely poisoning people to make a buck and then ending up with a plea for the govt to come rescue us all.
Yeah, he is a bit full of himself.
I was mostly stunned that no one accused him of cultural appropriation. How dare some white eye try to run a Chinese restaurant?
And PF Chang’s is a rip-off. He’s not wrong on that.
True, but every restaurant that this guy has opened has been the PF Changs of $whatever. This is like Applebees calling out TGIFridays for being inauthentic.
I might instinctively wince in sympathy as the guy shoves his honey-covered dick into a fire ants next while screaming “MY DICK IS INVINCIBLE”, but I still blame him. What year is it, and where do you think you live, moron?
This was the guy who got into a slap-fight with an Arab-American chef over Israeli/Palestinian relations while opening the world’s least authentic taco truck, right?
At least if this celebrity chef thing doesn’t pan out for him, he’s got his fall back career…
So wise.
*Narrows gaze*
Uffda. So this means he will be our Senator once President Klobuchar takes office?
You can’t just go around saying super-racist things about entire people-groups and be expected to be Senator of blue, friendly Minnsoda. You get to be a congrescritter from the 7th district.
So Zimmern is the Real Life Iron Fist?
He’s a proggy who hunts. Got some of his own medicine.
And he’s right, people that think Egg Foo Yung and Chop Suey is Chinese food are who he was addressing his comments to, which is most of the Midwest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzG4o-yeFMo
Am I alone in wanting to do terrible terrible things to this woman?
Slather her with maple butter. Yum.
Not seeing the reason for hate. And if you go back a thread or two, you’ll see I’m in a hatey mood. A real hatey mood.
She’s somewhat annoying. Not massively annoying. Choose your battles.
I think he meant “terrible things” as a euphemism.
For sexing.
I don’t mean terrible things in a negative way. I mean the good kind of terrible things.
You mean stuff like this:
“She’s a teen-age baby and she turns me on
I’d like to make her do a nasty on the White House lawn
Gonna smother that girl in chocolate syrup –
And boogie till the cows come home ”
…Frank Zappa
Stormy Daniels: Michael Avenatti Sued Trump For Defamation Against My Wishes
“The porn star also says her lawyer refused to give her information about how her crowdfunding money was being spent, and launched a second crowdfund without her knowledge.”
#BASTA
Goddamn fucking new piece of shit cunty fuckwad asshole cuntsore fuckdigit asshole shitbird douchehole. New Photoshop sucks monkey balls, and Microsoft sucks balls for not letting you save crap onto it. Fuck both of you, and may you rot in hell. Die in a fire, you worthless cuntsores
I agree, fuck PhotoShop.
I don’t know if you saw my response in morning thread, but, GIMP is OK but interface was clunky and awful last I tried (but, might work for you – I could see the logic of it, just that things I wanted weren’t obvious).
Clip Studio (or Manga Studio, they’re apparently the same app) might work for what you need? I confirmed that Penny Arcade uses it to create their comics, at least.
Missed it, but thx for replying, PZ.
Even if you’re Canadian.
JK – my whole family is Canadian (Hides in shame)….
Still, fuck Photoshop.
It’s a lot to learn, easy it is not, results are good, did you forget to compile? Or just backup your files….
*hands BP a Snickers bar*
Larf.
Tell us how you really feel. Don’t hold back just to be polite. Let your emotions run the gamut. Do it for yourself andus.
Fourscore, I promise to be more open next time.
I feel the same way about goddamn motherfucking piece of shit fucking assholes at UPS. They leave a fucking sticky on my door. “We’ll try again tomorrow.” It’s perishables you fucking morons. HOW ABOUT RINGING THE DOORBELL NEXT TIME?
The “we’ll try again tomorrow” thing is absolutely absurd. Sure, come by tomorrow around the same time when I’ll also be at work…
Yeah, I’m at home. And I will be tomorrow too. This whole operation doesn’t work if you just sneak up and leave a note on my door.
Now I know why I keep seeing notes left by my neighbors (I live in an apartment building) for UPS to ring the doorbell.
Here’s the thing. Sometimes they packages from the same sender at my door. Sometimes downstairs. Sometimes they take it to a drop-off location (usually a business on the corner) and leave it there. Why the fuck is it in THIS case they chose none of the above? It’s madness.
They had some kind of thing I signed up for – I think it was called “UPS Choice” – where you can authorize them to just leave packages there. If you’re reasonably confident that nobody in your building will steal it, that might be an option.
Ha, zero confidence of that at all – I’ve had one package stolen and heard from others enough and seen enough stickies posted over the shelf next to the mailboxes to know it happens all the time. Doesn’t stop UPS or other delivery companies from leaving packages wherever the hell they feel like it anyway.
Ok, well we can try this together.
You fucking moron retard douchebag fuckwads you can’t ring a fucking bell or save a program? Go fuck yourself in any number of areas you worthless pieces of shit. There was ONE thing we needed you to do. ONE THING. And you couldn’t handle it. Go fuck yourself.
Work for you, Rhywun?
Sounds like someone needs to get baked.
I have a PO mail box. Some UPS are delivered to my home address, some go to the PO even with my home address on the package. Some shippers insist on a home address, some accept a PO box. I’ll get an email telling me that they tried delivery but then the following day it’ll be at the PO. Small town, PO closes at 2 PM. I’m not sure of the contractual arrangements UPS/PO but I don’t have any perishables sent.
It’s crazy, isn’t it? Fortunately, my perishables are frozen at the farm in Illinois and always arrive good even a day late. I just really needed to vent….
My PO is walking distance from my house, so I usually get things early and hand delivered by USPS. UPS has this nasty habit of leaving my packages right in the middle of the carport as if I wasn’t planning on parking there. I’ve had somebody leave a note while I was sitting in the living room watching them. Obviously I didn’t know they were leaving a note (I can’t actually see my front porch from the living room) , and they must’ve written it before they walked up, but I swear they made eye contact with me as they walked away.
Just in:The Riddler spotted in Hollis, NH
1) That is hilarious.
2) And now I feel bad because rule #1 is you don’t fuck with someone who’s working for a living, and now I laughed because of someone breaking that rule.
Burning stuff and killing animals is hilarious?
No, that’s the feeling bad part. The funny part is calling it the work of the Riddler.
Something about this has my spidey sense twitching “insurance fraud.”
Better rhymes from Hollis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8
*clicks link*
??????
2nd time in a few days this has been linked. The Christmas season is upon is!
John Leguizamo’s finest work.
I knew Arthur Rimbaud was still alive.
Of course the fucking Hollis police are useless when there’s real crime going on in town.
Few years ago they busted a guy who owned a local farm for pot. Cop said he had just stopped by to remind the guy to renew his dog license and “just happened to notice” the pot growing in planters on the deck. Don’t remember how it all turned out but the farmer was one of the most popular people in town and there was a big hue and cry (including T-SHIRTS). “course no one would talk about what the real problems were.
*imagines this happening where I live in NYC, gives up*
Would.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EpDmklLFXVc ??
Probably nsfw.
Love that song.
It’s in “Lost In Translation”, which I also love (I know, it’s a “love it” / “hate it” kind of movie).
I’m sad to report that she has not aged well. Not at all.
I can’t fap to that. ?
Sofia Coppola movie soundtracks are a few of my fav-o-rite things.
My dream is to get drunk and sing More Than This.
To a cute girl in a pink wig? I can throw on a pink wig and sing “Brass in Pocket” but it probably wouldn’t be the same.
It would definitely make me notice. But not necessarily in a good way.
Probably?
Ok, I should STFU after my Photoshop rants, but …probably?
Probably be SFW at my job.
Yeah, you’re right (Note: I don’t mean this to you, straffin) あなた自身のファック
There. NSFW for everybody
I could get away with it at my job, but I’m in charge. *shrug*
Maybe Google your issue, yt is your friend, I love yhe this program sucks because it’s hard,
Lazy kids
I think that’s some random woman, not Peaches then or now. I picked up her Impeach My Bush álbum when it came out and have enjoyed it from time to time ever since.
I wish I knew what you were talking about. It sounds like it might be right up my alley.
Hmmm… trying to figure what your song would be: Tent in My Pants, Stick It To The Pimp, or Hanky Code.
From Wikipedia
Being rid of that creep Flake in a month is almost worth losing the House.
Yeah, such a self-important douche.
I know this was posted earlier but I need to repeat about the narcissistic pompous asshole who is taking credit for something he fought hard to stop.
He fought hard to limit drilling. He fought hard to limit oil transportation. Now he’s taking credit for it.
It sounds to me like he’s celebrating his incompetence.
Holy shit, I assumed the ellipsis was hiding something important, or that the quote cut off before he said something else that would have made it clear he wasn’t actually taking personal credit for that. But nope. He has a small pause at the ellipsis, and that’s the entire laugh line.
Fucking narcissist. This is just like when he took credit for reducing the deficit… as a result of sequestration that he called the act of hostage taking.
Well, they didn’t build that.
Would someone remind me what, precisely, Stormy Daniels accused Trump of doing? I know she sued him to wiggle out of the NDA she’d signed, and then sued him for defamation (and was anti-SLAPP’d down), but it’s not clear to me what, aside from being paid for sex, she accuses Trump of doing. Or rather, it’s not clear why she’s so feted by leftists, who are now howling mad because Avenatti was a creep to St. Steph.
Sticking his Toad in her green (maybe literally!) Mushroom Kingdom pipe.
By god…..
http://www.thewolfepit.com/2016/10/homemade-spam-how-to-make-spam-at-home.html
Leave out the already-cured-ham, beat it in a stand mixer to bring out the myosin, and for god sake it stands for SPICED ham. Add some fucking spice to the mix.
I have a weekend project now
Making dog food? SPAM is proof that “Minnesoda nice” is a sick joke.
“How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime
On a muggy October morning in 2007, Miami’s top federal prosecutor, Alexander Acosta, had a breakfast appointment with a former colleague, Washington, D.C., attorney Jay Lefkowitz.
It was an unusual meeting for the then-38-year-old prosecutor, a rising Republican star who had served in several White House posts before being named U.S. attorney in Miami by President George W. Bush.
Instead of meeting at the prosecutor’s Miami headquarters, the two men — both with professional roots in the prestigious Washington law firm of Kirkland & Ellis — convened at the Marriott in West Palm Beach, about 70 miles away. For Lefkowitz, 44, a U.S. special envoy to North Korea and corporate lawyer, the meeting was critical.
His client, Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, 54, was accused of assembling a large, cult-like network of underage girls — with the help of young female recruiters — to coerce into having sex acts behind the walls of his opulent waterfront mansion as often as three times a day, the Town of Palm Beach police found.”
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220097825.html
I’m betting Epstein knew too many secrets for him to do much time — from both sides of the aisle.
2018 Fremont Brewery Barrel Aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout “Coffee” Edition. Dayum.
Manta Ray IPA, fresh bread and butter pickles, and a rotisserie chicken that has been under the heat lamp since 2pm.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drinks a soda.
Pop goes the shitweasel.
Wow.
Californian was teased for ‘beer belly.’ It turned out to be 77-pound cancerous tumor.
The section I block-quoted reminded me of one of my eternal questions: What is it with newspapers and one sentence paragraphs? I assume there is some actual reason for it. I generally find it annoying.
?
I’m wonder why describe it as “rare but cancerous,” as if cancer is not a regular cause for tumors.
Good Lord! It took those jackasses 3 days just to seat a jury. No way this thing is done before the New Year (barring exceptional circumstances).
http://www.nbc29.com/story/39552206/fields-trial-day-3
It’s a highly politicized murder trial, of course it’s gonna take forever.