Friday Ephemera
“Sport and the territorial anus.” || On making Dr No. (h/t, Elephants Gerald) || Snacking snails. || Effective but inadvisable. || Young love. || Look at me, I’m fascinating. || Add length to URLs. || Or I guess we could go the long way round. || Tweaked Hitler. || The Wall Street Journal. || When you’ve a hankering for stairs. || The feminist dance. || Tree house. || Karma. || Rymdkapsel is a game. || Population growth, by region, over 12,000 years. || GauGAN is an app that will upgrade your doodles. || The Thompson Twins Adventure, 1984. (h/t, Things) || Saved with a pint of tea and several lemonade enemas. || Meatless Japan. || Paranormal scenes. || And finally, the 10-hour sax solo you’ve always wanted.
No. Album name. Like Urine Wheels. See the difference?
“Attaching a Balloon to Cats”
Okay, hands up everyone who expected flying cats…
Okay, hands up everyone who expected flying cats…
THERE ARE NO REFUNDS IN THIS DOJO!
Okay, hands up everyone who expected flying cats…
That thought did occur to me when I posted the link…
It’s “cooking with dog” all over again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mw19wVXtn4
Okay, hands up everyone who expected flying cats…
Your cat, does she fly by herself?
No, I fling her!
Is cat flinging as ugly as cat juggling?
Pogonip, Ever been to Dildo Newfoundland?
No, but it’s on the bucket list. Whatever that is.
TimT, about 30 years ago a really horrible (horrible as in 💩, not as in tentacled horrors), was made out of Howard the Duck. In the U.S., he ain’t been seen since.
Crisis of faith. And I think “faith” helps explain the initial attraction.
Typical vegetarian behavior.
Typical carnist behavior.
Pogo, I’m aware of this. First Lucasfilm after the Star Wars trilogy, I believe. (But then, I don’t much like the original SW trilogy anyway.) Pity. Those original HtD comics are freaky and funny in all the right ways.
Mmmm, meat…
Florida Man, meet Virginia Woman.
From one story;
It occurs to me that weird horror isn’t too far off the mark.
There is nothing weirder nor more horrible than reality.
I see the New York Times is spreading love again.
Previously.
The saying that “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it” is no longer true. You can usually take a gender studies class as an alternative to repeating history. See your academic counselor.
I knew two guys who behaved like Hitler in the clip. One of them was confined to a psychotic ward in a mental hospital. The other was a fine oboist. Draw your own conclusions.
I see the New York Times is spreading love again.
Non-white people living in majority white countries are simply obsessed with white people.
To paraphrase PJ O’Rourke; white people are the beautiful 21 year old teacher and non-whites are the 14 year-old boys desperate for her attention.
Would they be happy with the result if white people actually turned their gaze on them and saw how they really are?
@ Pogonip: My ancestors destroyed entire civilizations before breakfast, and had a good time doing it.
Pretty much all Europeans are descended from these people.
So, yes furriners beware.
via Steve Sailer
@jabrwok@ ‘Bloodmouth carnist food’ is a great potential band name!
Well-insulated
Band name would simply be Bloodmouth. Though for some reason I think it may have already been taken. Also…
Well-insulated
What is Swedish for “Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice”?
Hi Jonathan,
I imagine my Yamnaya ancestors are turning in their graves at what their descendants became. We are thoroughly domesticated. Which will not necessarily keep us out of jail. A while back I read an article by a criminal lawyer pointing out that there are so many laws on the books that the average U.S. citizen, of any race, unintentionally and unknowingly commits an average 3 felonies per day. Of course the cops can’t keep up with all rhese laws either, especially since our owners are constantly enacting new ones. It’s like a giant Fizzbin game.)
Any Virtual Pet Cthulhu players here? (Playing Virtual Cthulhu is a 2nd degree felony in 32 U, S. states. Except on Tuesdays.)
How about a Chia Pet Cthulhu?
I like it! You could use heartleaf philodendron for the tentacles.
@Pogonip;
…there are so many laws on the books that the average U.S. citizen, of any race, unintentionally and unknowingly commits an average 3 felonies per day.
As Ayn Rand said:
Ayn Rand was a completely despicable con artist, telling her worshippers how awful the government was while collecting Social Security . Her worshippers infested the government in the ‘80’s and started the destruction of the U. S. She should have been deported, preferably by parachute drop to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. (No raft for you, bitch! You can be self-sufficient and swim!). Although every society collapses eventually, a good case can be made that American society would not have been destroyed beginning in the ‘80’s if she hadn’t started the ball rolling (good government is rarely manned by cultists), and I hope the heat in her corner of hell is turned up 5,000 degrees every time an American diabetic dies for lack of insulin.
Why, yes, I do get a bit cranky about my nation being destroyed.
The reason we have so many laws is that politicians get brownie points from their colleagues and their owners, the only people whose opinions they care about, for passing them. (“Legislative achievement.”)
Ayn Rand was a completely despicable con artist,
I agree, but she was right about some things.
Personally, I’d say the rot started in the ’60’s rather than the ’80’s though.
Ayn Rand was a completely despicable con artist, telling her worshippers how awful the government was while collecting Social Security.
So she shouldn’t collect back her what the government stole from her?
Damned tootin’ I will try to claw back as much of FICA taxes as I can. I hope boomers bankrupt the ponzi scheme once and for all. My dad was self employed and worked into his 70s. He didn’t get back what he paid in.
US Fed deepstate infested by Randians? Dear god, I could fertilize the Mojave with that bovine excrement.
I’d say the rot started in the ’60’s
And it started in the colleges … the embrace of Mao, SDS, Haight Ashbury, “counter culture”, a Marxist & bored housewife Betty Friedan & The Pill. The boomer cohort was the pig moving through the python and the youths were indulged and exploited.
Not anymore, but it was in the ‘80’s. Now it’s infested with SJWs. And what they’re going to inflict on us was at least partially enabled by the Randian cultists’ fatally weakening the government.
Ayn Rand was an immigrant and thus entitled to NOTHING from us, not even our tolerance, which she should never have received.
The self-employed don’t pay in to Social Security. The 401(K) scam was originally inflicted on them, and I’m not surprised he got burned. Most people do unless they have their own accountant.
Hi Jonathan,
The societal rot did start in the ‘60’s, but it wasn’t till the ‘80’s that the termites were able to burrow into the government. Not much left of it now. I give it another 10 years if current trends continue and then I guess we’ll have to go elsewhere, though I notice a hopeful trend of states beginning to have functional governments and ignoring the nearly-dead Federal government, and if that continues, “elsewhere” may be another state.
I think there’s a revolt of the sane pending. The other day, I was chatting with a lady from southern California who said conditions there are much, much worse than viewers of “news” are allowed to see. The interesting thing was, although she looked around warily and lowered her voice to the barest whisper, she DID say it. And all those whispers will eventually swell to a roar.
Speaking of societal rot, what would we do without scholars ?
US Fed deepstate infested by Randians? Dear god, I could fertilize the Mojave with that bovine excrement.
The Mojave, the Sinai, the Sahara, and the Rub ‘al Khali. Lest the Gobi feel left out…
The self-employed don’t pay in to Social Security.
The IRS begs to disagree…
A sample of the crippled Federal government:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/camp-lejeune-still-mess-6-months-after-hurricane-florence-where-n986456
All this is true EXCEPT the general is either lying or misinformed when he says the money for repair is being diverted to the border. MILCON and border patrol are completely separate pots of money, Congress would have to re-appropriate the MILCON money to use it for border patrol and Congress will do no such thing (Congress will not even pass the ordinary annual spending bills).
It is also possible the NBC propagandists told the general they would give LeJeune’s plight some badly needed publicity IF he’d agree to be quoted as blaming Trump’s border policy.
You see how exhausting it is to read the U.S. news these days. It’s all propaganda and you have to dig through a lot of 💩 to find the tiny seed of truth.
The self-employed don’t pay in to Social Security.
Excuse me? You run your own business you pay both employer and employee “contributions” to FICA plus medicare.
at least partially enabled by the Randian cultists’ fatally weakening the government.
Where? When? Give some examples.
Congress would have to re-appropriate the MILCON money…
Facilities repair normally comes out of O&M funds, MILCON money is generally programmed five years out for future construction, not repair, border wall MILCON money would come from unobligated MILCON funds and if construction is carried out by the military (or contracted through the military) no re-appropriation is required.
If the USAF can figure out how to rebuild Tyndall, which was almost completely flattened by Michael, the Marines might need someone else to figure out how to fix some leaky roofs.
I’m old enough to remember a staple of stand up comedy was Mother-in-law as backseat driver. EU taking that routine as “how to” manual.
lemonade enemas
Judge: That sort of testimony we can eliminate.
Chico: Hey, that’s-a for me, Judge — a nice-a glass eliminate!
If you can’t remember where you left your U-Boat, This might help you find it.
And so just days after Volvo announced it will introduce driver-facing cameras and limit all its cars to 112 mph…
What could possibly go wrong with the might and majesty of the EU behind this rubbish ?
…meanwhile in Gothenburg, at the Volvo headquarters, Mohammed Björn Muhammed, a typical Swede, goes about his daily task of monitoring Volvo drivers through their driver facing cameras, “Kuffar ! Put down the McVegan ! Both hands on the wheel or i report you to the EU Directorate of Driver Reeducation and set your speed limiter to 50KPH !.”
People wonder why I don’t have any cars made in this century…
FICA: yes, that’s correct, you said he was self-employed. I did not know he was employing other people. I’ll be paying self-employment tax myself next year, darn it.
Hi, Farnsworth! I’ve seen MILCON get shuffled around to rebuild after disasters, but I’ve been out of the field for a while so it may not be legal now.
Persons wishing to find examples of the termites chewing away should consult any history of the Reagan and, later, Clinton administrations and the congresses at those times. The Clintonistas were actually able to do more damage, as Democrats they got a free pass from the “watchdog” press.
At any rate, it’s all been destroyed and that’s pretty much that.
Hey, look! A historical movie that’s accurate!
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-highwaymen-is-heck-of-movie.html?m=1
I hope this is a trend. The past is another country, they do things differently there, so it’s quite interesting.
you said he was self-employed. I did not know he was employing other people.
My dad ran a small ad agency which consisted of one employee – himself. He had to pay a tad over 15% to FICA (combined employer/employee contributions to SS and Medicare).
Persons wishing to find examples of the termites chewing away should consult any history of the Reagan
Sorry, Pogo, that’s not how that works. You made the assertion that, specifically, Randians “infested” the government to the point of destroying it with her ideology.
Name names.
So she shouldn’t collect back what the government stole from her?
Minor quibble. No one gets his money *back*. The money stolen from your paycheck goes to finance someone else’s retirement. The money Social Security “returns” to you comes from MY paycheck, and those of other suckers still in the workforce.
Getting robbed for one’s entire working life doesn’t really justify turning around and stealing from the next generation, no matter how the government lies about the provenance of the money.
Uh … another reason not to go to the Post Office…
letting robbed for one’s entire working life doesn’t really justify turning around and stealing from the next generation
And foregoing taking the benefits will help or hurt the program? Don’t make this a fight between generations and let the government off the hook.
The pale stale females can only watch, enviously but with burgeoning respect.