Friday Ephemera
No messy hand. (h/t, Julia) || He lives on as a pair of shoes. || Unnatural passions. (h/t, O&G) || It could happen, people. || The humans have some kind of force field. || False economy. || Conflicting definitions. || Disgusting Food Museum, Malmö, Sweden. || On Cerenkov radiation and travelling faster than light. || A bit of a kick to it. || Ice crystals in the sky. || Hatchlings of note. || He does this better than you do. || Skillz. || Scenes. (h/t, Dicentra) || Think good thoughts. || A project for the weekend. || Mascot of note. || More scenes. (h/t, Damian) || 10 robots. || Aerial refuelling. || And finally, “When it became clear that Trump was going to be president, silence descended over the mostly naked crowd.”
Well, were it in there, yes, yes indeed I would,
Couldn’t you have put a NSFH (Not Suitable For Humans) on that? Now I need to gouge out my eyes. And then burn them.
Couldn’t you have put a NSFH (Not Suitable For Humans) on that?
Now, now, you would have clicked anyway, morbid curiosity and all that.
@pst314: I’m currently reading a non-fiction analysis of the Beast of Gevaudan incident. Wolves did not pass up a human meal, far from it. Peasants armed with the equivalent of a stick with a nail on it (royalty decreeing no firearms, in case of armed revolt) had little chance.
Yes, Diehard is a Christmas movie.
Anyway, I’m not a big fan of the genre, but for me, the troika of holiday offerings are, A Charlie Brown Christmas, How The Grinch Stole Christmas (“And he took his dog Max . . .”), and the Burle Ives narrated Rudolf The Red Nose Reindeer.
Don’t @ me.
I believe that those fairy tales arose because at one time wolves did prey upon humans, and only learned to avoid us with the proliferation of firearms.
IIRC the wolves of Europe had a greater incidence of attacks on humans than those of the New World. How much of this had to do with differences in wolf population behavior vs. human population behavior/culture, I couldn’t say.
Hi Julia,
What book are you reading about the Beast of Gevaudan?
I’ll just leave this here.
I’ll just leave this here.
Like a used nappy.
Like a used nappy.
You know you want to try it.
We won’t judge.
You know you want to try it.
Make me!
This via Geoffrey Miller
If it shoots lava out of its eyes, I’ll take three.
I’ll just leave this here.
Balloonatic?
On Laurie Penny’s fetish…
Her vilest innermost desire? Secretly wanting to be a contented housewife and mother.
Whatever it is, I doubt it’s something as prosaic and bourgeois as rubber bondage.
Both are probably true, but somehow not very enlightening. Is Laurie bi-sexual? Is she sexually aroused by nasal excavation? Or is that snot funny?
Balloonatic?
Some people just really like rubber.
Fat shaming transphobe bigots.
“Anti”fa warrior, or escapee from Middle Earth the jury is still out.
Fat shaming transphobe bigots.
Because when a woman buys, or receives, saucy lingerie, she wants the mental image of a burly chap in drag.
I’ll go with “evicted from Middle-Earth.”
“…she wants a burly chap in drag.”
Damn it, David, you let out our secret! The entire female population wants a refund.
The entire female population wants a refund.
It’s not exactly my area of expertise, but I’m assuming that when a woman gets fancy lingerie, she’d prefer to imagine herself as Venus Incarnate, a goddess of erotic temptation. And not think, “Christ, I’d look just as fat as she does in that.” And I doubt she’d want to resemble a broad-backed trans woman who has to shave her hairy silicon breasts.
I’m guessing, of course.
hairy silicon breasts
Didn’t they open for Venus Incarnate at the Fillmore back in ’72 ?
Die Hard is not a Christmas movie. Unless Gremlins is. And Gremlins is not a Christmas movie.
The only Christmas movie I’d re-watch is
Comfort and Joy
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087072/reference
“evicted from Middle-Earth.”
Early model orcs: just as evil but not as physically dangerous.
Die Hard is not a Christmas movie.
There is one in every crowd. Another Christmas movie, but like Die Hard, one that has actually been seen.
https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/11/4-ways-the-animal-rights-movement-uses-human-bodies-to-sell-animal-rights/
Everyday Feminism comes though again!
Antifa warrior…
So precious.
Also tactically naive. For instance, the bag on the loose strap across the body. A fine target for a grab from behind.
But…their advantage is their defensive cohort in law enforcement, the various local bureaucracies, and the media. As long as they have that, their personal idiocy is no hindrance.
Or is that snot funny?
Tasty, apparently.
Everyday Feminism comes though again!
…and proves that a protein deficient diet does indeed cause cerebral malfunction.
But…their advantage is their defensive cohort in law enforcement, the various local bureaucracies, and the media. As long as they have that, their personal idiocy is no hindrance.
Exactly.
her hairy silicon breasts
Nope, I’m not going to search to see if this is an actual fetish. Nope.
Nope. Don’t wanna know.
@Pogonip: It’s “Monsters of the Gévaudan: The Making of a Beast” by Jay M. Smith. It’s very good, going into a lot of detail about the social conditions around the myth that drove believe in it.
And when I’ve finished that one, I have “Beast: Werewolves, Serial Killers, and Man-Eaters: The Mystery of the Monsters of the Gévaudan” by S. R. Schwalb, Gustavo Sánchez Romero waiting on the Kindle.
Recommendations courtesy of a paleo guy I follow on Facebook.
Die Hard is not a Christmas movie.
It seems pretty obvious that Die Hard is, or at least has become, a Christmas holiday film. I think it was originally released in the summer, but it’s now pretty much a staple of the season. Even setting aside the obvious Christmas setting and use of Christmas songs, and the theme of redemption – and the character called Holly, and the pregnant woman, etc – the film’s broad structure is quite similar to a standard holiday film. But instead of the protagonist and his love being kept apart by circumstance or a blizzard, he has to contend with terrorists, gunfire, explosions, etc.
Click David’s Amazon links to buy this delightful Christmas storybook.
Now for today’s exciting episode of “Tin Foil Hat Tales”, Directed Energy Weapons burn down California ! Evidently it was because the Rothschilds (along with the rest of The Pentaverate*) own Pacific Gas and Electric.
*The Pentaverate
Thanks, Julia!
https://www.thenewneo.com/2018/11/10/california-needs-more-controlled-burns-yes-but-its-not-that-simple/
Regarding the CA fires, check out the post from Neo about prevention, or rather, the lack of it.
OT but today is Veteran’s Day (USA)/ Remembrance Day … 100 year anniversary of the end of WWI.
My great uncle, Ray Howard Aseltine, 16 y/o, joined the Marines one day after America declared war on Germany in 1917. On April 19, 1918 he was captured by the Germans in No Man’s Land in France. He barely survived until the end of the war.
I have a letter he wrote of his experience. This is his story, in his words.
Realize he was only 18 y/o when writing it.
@Darleen
Thanks for posting that. Aside from the experiences Mr. Aseltine recounted, his eloquence speaks volumes about the quality of education, then and now.
(My dad was born at the end of April, 1917. His father waited until he was sure dad and my grandmother would survive and then drove a team 15 miles to try to enlist. They wouldn’t take him because he already had two kids at home. My wife’s grandfather was conscripted into the Royal Bavarian Army at age 15 in October 1918 and was on a train to France when the Armistice was declared. They stopped the train, let all the new recruits get off and told them they were discharged and could walk back home.)
Happy Veterans Day, a little late! My itchy rash flared up last night & kept me awake so I was asleep most of the day. 😴
Well, I should have just said I don’t consider DH a Christmas movie and left it at that. I’m usually not the only one voicing this opinion. As for whether it’s a good movie of any kind — better not get me started.
34 minutes of Jordan Peterson owning a feminist. It is a thing of beauty.
Well, I should have just said I don’t consider DH a Christmas movie and left it at that.
Probably.
34 minutes of Jordan Peterson owning a feminist. It is a thing of beauty.
Lord, the endless knots and evasion, and the haughty, rather adamant objection to things without knowing why they should be objected to, or what a plausible alternative might be. Oh, and the stated belief that an interview is something she should win.
And Ms Lewis is probably one of the more competent ladies of her type.
And Ms Lewis is probably one of the more competent ladies of her type.
Only because she hasn’t been issued her neon hair and nose ring yet.
Missed this regarding yesterday, performance art done right.
You on the east side of the pond get the whole Remembrance/Armistice/Veteran’s Day better than we do on the west side.
performance art done right.
Not much scope for narcissism, though. Hence, presumably, its aberrant status, i.e., done right.
… who specializes in constructing urban shelters and creating makeshift weapons out of random finds from the local dumpster
Another one with slightly short-sighted thinking, when the day comes, there wont be anyone putting stuff in the dumpster in the first place. “Prepping” is about not being reliant on other people, because they’ll be out to kill you, or be dead, or possibly a zombie.
Continuous left-wing thinking, like with tax – spend it all you like but someone still has to be paying it.
34 minutes of Jordan Peterson owning a feminist. It is a thing of beauty.
The complete, uncut interview is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZYQpge1W5s
I’m annoyed that the person who posted the edited interview did not link to the original or provide any other citation, but I’ve gotten used to YouTubers’ unawareness of (or disinterest in) basic norms of behavior.
performance art done right
More here:
https://becausewearehere.co.uk/
You can find videos on YouTube etc.