Friday Ephemera
Snack treat of note. || Modern woes, a possible series. || Ah, Waitrose, always giving that little bit extra. || For Julia, luminous gin. || Vegan leather. || Our betters at large. || Our betters project. || Our betters vent their brains. || Hurling their bodies into the void. || Icebreaker. || They do this better than you. || Sea beasts of the canyons. || Assorted snaps. || Pie Town. || More joys of public transport. || Implausible contact sport. || Inevitable consequences. || Always respect the media. || Modern religion. || Nightlife. || Assorted Lego computers. || Delivery-related mishap of note. || Flatulence-related headline of note. || And finally, via Things, because you’ve always wanted a second-hand liposuction machine.
To: D.T.
Re: J. Whyte
Having re-xamined the Contract on file, signed (redacted) by J. Whyte, counsel must advise that he is likely in violation of 3.6, 11.43(k), and 335.8(a).
Counsel advises sanctions in accordance with 91.3(c).
Respectfully,
FtF Esq.
cc: rmr
Jim Whyte: “Julia: In one of my occasional visits to other establishments I found out that tonic water is fluorescent. Obvious choice as a mixer.”
Only ‘Fever Tree’ is acceptable at the moment. Though the concept for their adverts is that ‘the tonic better be good because it’s 75^ of the drink’. Which to me says ‘Well, drink somewhere they don’t water it down that much then!’..
Hal,
I bet your acquaintance never got a better offer than this.
Heh.
Her reply at the time was that she didn’t think that would quite fit in the corridors.
Ian Holm, 1931-2020.
You have my sympathy.
I was out of town at the time, not cheating on this place.
[ Muffled sobbing can be heard. ]
Sam Ashworth-Hayes, here.
And here.
I was out of town at the time, not cheating on this place.
[ Muffled sobbing can be heard. ]
The advantages of X-ray vision.
The advantages of X-ray vision.
X-ray presskit.
Unsubscribe: The $0-budget movie that ‘topped the US box office’
pst314:
Many of the people just come across as uncivilized criminals…
The Left are more inclined to Criminality.
…but plenty come off as unhinged.
Probably because they Are.
via Emil Kirkegaard
” We cannot judge the past by today’s more enlightened Standards.”
via Ed West
“We cannot judge the past by today’s more enlightened Standards.”
2019 is so last year.
it’s wrong
And it is especially rich, as always, to hear this Nurse Ratched shame-casting horseshit coming from Muslims.
It’s like listening to a fucking communist lecture about the existence of hungry people in a free market economy.
Luminous Gin: Props to SandyLeaf Farms for reasonable pricing,. £7.99 for 5 batches. If you’re into DIY, Vitamins A, thiamine, niacin and riboflavin glow bright yellow, tonic water glows blue, and chlorophyll glows red.
It’s like listening to a fucking communist lecture about the existence of hungry people in a free market economy.
For many, perhaps most, it’s also a bad faith position. I very much doubt that many of the people mouthing this ahistorical bollocks actually much care whether it’s true or not. Certainly not enough to indulge in some autonomous mental activity. It’s a status game, a piece of self-flattering role-play, or just in-group conformism. And hence the general imperviousness to correction. (It’s also why there are YouTube clips of so-called ‘protestors’ struggling to recall the names, let alone histories, of the people whose statues supposedly offend them.)
Vanity, dishonesty, status games, and a kind of neurotic spite – these are the four pillars of modern leftism.
I woke up this morning acutely aware that this CHAZ has gone on for nearly two weeks, and local government has done nothing about it.
http://mrsc.org/Home/Stay-Informed/MRSC-Insight/December-2019-1/The-Oath-of-Office-for-Local-Elected-Officials.aspx
So if the US is our guarantor that, say, Governor Pritzker doesn’t proclaim himself Imperial Archduke of Illinois, and that we are all his serfs, then what the hell is happening in Seattle?
I can *sort of* understand the impulse of the rioters to take over and proclaim themselves a separate government. But what about all the people who took their oaths to uphold the Constitution? In what way is this thing a republican form of government?
Anyway, a cute otter. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBn8RulA8Gr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Local government officials…
Have long since shown their true colors.
The Portland wokecamp was only moved against when it crept too close to the mayor’s apartment.
“For many, perhaps most, it’s also a bad faith position.”
Indeed, indeed: I have known a lot of “progressives” in my life: peace activists, anti-racism activists, human rights activists, etc, etc. Virtually none of them ever denounced the militarism, imperialism, genocide and innumerable human rights violations of communist regimes and terrorist groups. Their opinions and actions were not sincerely held for their publicly given reasons, but were instead excuses to wage war upon America and the West, on behalf of those communist regimes and terrorist groups.
as Glenn Reynolds observes, Paper of Record.
as Glenn Reynolds observes, Paper of Record.
Heh. That.
Today’s word is irony:
https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1274168769078845446
Today’s word is irony:
He blocked me long ago. Would you quote it, please?
Darleen: Photo of a Lenin statue, with this as the status:
Hi, pics of the Lenin statue in Seattle are being passed around among conservatives. A few quick notes:
1. It’s privately owned and situated on private property.
2. It is has, in fact, been frequently vandalized.
3. Lenin was not a slaveowner, you Confederate apologist fucks.
Hope that helps.
Thanks, Nemo ..
#3 is especially precious.
“Some cultures would say they are possessed by evil spirits, such as the spirits of murderers or other criminals.”
In a sense those cultures wouldn’t be wrong. It’s been hijacked and corrupted by mystics and charlatans over the millennia, but in the end “spirit” is just another word for “idea”. These people are “possessed” by the evil ideas of murderers and criminals.
Not against their will, of course, as the mystics would have it, and the only way to cast such “spirits” out is through reasoned argument, not idiotic ritual. But I wouldn’t scoff too hard.
“We cannot judge the past by today’s more enlightened Standards.”
Well, there isn’t one of them on that poster wearing a mask.
“I woke up this morning acutely aware that this CHAZ has gone on for nearly two weeks, and local government has done nothing about it.”
No, because they want to goad the President into doing something. And so far, wisely, he hasn’t. Let ’em show their real faces to the law-abiding, fair-minded, colour-blind majority.
3. Lenin was not a slaveowner, you Confederate apologist fucks.
Every communist ruler is a slaveowner. Every. Single. One.
…and everyone who argues for communism is arguing for slavery. How much tolerance they deserve is left as an exercise for the reader.
No, because they want to goad the President into doing something. And so far, wisely, he hasn’t. Let ‘em show their real faces to the law-abiding, fair-minded, colour-blind majority.
I’d have thought that the screeching id of the collective left, displayed nightly, makes for a pretty good pro-Trump election ad.
Two random points:
1. I have been known to troll personages using the term POC with “you mean non-white, right”
2. As I have yet to see a corporate message condemning child molestation, I can only conclude that they are child molesters.
Just trying to keep up. it’s all rather dizzying.
it’s probably worth pointing out to the Woke…
Pointing things out to the woke is a bit like talking quantum physics with your dog
My daddy used to say “Never try to teach a pig to sing, it wastes your time and annoys the pig”.
My daddy used to say “Never try to teach a pig to sing, it wastes your time and annoys the pig”.
I’m writing that one down.
There’s also “Never wrestle with a pig – you just get dirty, and the pig has fun.”
I’d have thought that the screeching id of the collective left, displayed nightly, makes for a pretty good pro-Trump election ad.
Unfortunately, a good many of the misinformed watch only CNN, MSNBC, or the major news channels.
I should have added: They need to be given the Alex treatment from “A Clockwork Orange.”
(Just so there’s no mistake, I’m saying it with a gay lilt in my voice, so as not to be taken seriously.)
My daddy used to say “Never try to teach a pig to sing, it wastes your time and annoys the pig”.
I’m writing that one down
Aw shucks. I’m honored.
May all of your socks come out of the dryer in pairs.
(It’s also why there are YouTube clips of so-called ‘protestors’ struggling to recall the names, let alone histories, of the people whose statues supposedly offend them.)
Groundskeeper James McCormick of San Francisco Recreation and Parks steam cleans red paint off Don Quixote
“Wait, there are consequences to people running riot in the streets? But no-one told us!”
steam cleans red paint off Don Quixote
It’s faintly irritating when the headline, like so many others, insists on the word “rage,” as if the motive in play were clearly some kind of righteous indignation, and the matter beyond question. Even when the article below acknowledges that “politics seemed incidental to much of the damage.” Historical statues toppled as unchecked narcissism and entitlement spills into San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park would be a longer headline, I know, but possibly a more accurate one.
I’ll just leave this here, I think.
… cleans red paint off Don Quixote
Let’s be honest; their target is Western Civilisation itself.
If you complain that in tearing down statues, they’re tearing down our history, they say: ” Statues aren’t history man! You can still see them in a museum!”
Five years time: ” I’m offended by these white supremacist statues in our museums! Remove them now!”
If you then complain that they’re removing our history from museums, they’ll say:” We’re not removing history man! You can still read about it in a book!”
Five years after that…..
So you’re saying their strategy is working for them. Seems they would be stupid to change it. Unless…naaah. That would be wring.
Or wrong. If I can wring a wrong from wring.
Jonathan- They won’t need to destroy the books because no one will be able, or desire, to read them. Reading will become one of those weird incomprehensible rituals of ancient peoples.
Let’s be honest; their target is Western Civilisation itself.
Um.
An overall assessment is, And Wile E, Coyote’s target is the Road Runner, prolly with about as much success.
Yes, there is a solution to the hipsters, while definitely granting that—borrowing from the Christian testament, The hipster will be among you always . . . . the solution is indeed to outthink, and definitely out do . . . . in the meantime, to outdo someone who heroically and bravely goes after Don Quixote??!??!!!
A cautionary tale for our age:
https://www.thecut.com/2020/02/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-students.html
So you’re saying their strategy is working for them.
Yes. As I’ve pointed out here more than once; we laugh at them, or we get annoyed and exasperated at their antics, but they’re winning.
Which means that we’re losing.
Which is something I’ve been saying for decades now. But hey, I guess it’s a good thing others are catching on. Question is, is late just as good as never?
Here’s a thought that just occurred to me the other day…how long do you suppose it will be before they start removing urinals from Men’s rooms because they are offensive to the ‘men’ who lack penises and thus cannot use them? Why can’t all bathrooms contain the exact same kind of toilets? Men…excuse me, people with penises (did I say that right?…Please don’t ostracize me, pleeeease) can use the standard toilets just like everyone else. Laugh at me for saying something so stupid. I dare you.
Question is, is late just as good as never?
That’s the sixty-four thousand dollar question isn’t it? Honestly, I don’t know.