Friday Ephemera
I’m sensing a theme. || Today’s word is entrepreneur. || God’s power detected. || Party scenes. || “What happens if you put your head in a particle accelerator?” || For hiding stains. || “The Indiana Bell Telephone Company headquarters was moved 15 inches an hour, all while 600 employees still worked inside.” || Marketing of note. (h/t, Julia) || In crime news. || Tense negotiation. || Now, now, we mustn’t judge. || Today’s other word is literally. She’s an educator, you know. || Beast identified. (h/t, Damian) || And yet you want one. || Alien On Stage. || Just like normal people. || Eruption, from above. || There’s a time and a place for everything. (h/t, Darleen) || And finally, in feminist news, shots fired.
I’m sensing a theme. || Today’s word is entrepreneur. || God’s power detected.
Oh SMOD, hear our prayers.
I’m sensing a them
Nopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenope (etc.)
Marketing of note.
The Duke of Oil quick oilchanges. But we’ll never see a fast food establishment called Allah Snackbar.
shots fired.
…and they all missed.
But we’ll never see a fast food establishment called Allah Snackbar.
Or a dive called Sam ‘n’ Ellas.
Apropos: “If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim.”
– Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC
Future Darwin Award winners.
And that lady in the purple coat walks right by without so much as a glance!
The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury
Unpossible. I was assured that if we fed all convicted criminals into woodchippers no one would commit any crimes.
“What happens if you put your head in a particle accelerator?”
The canonical answer is you either get superspeed or breathtaking anger management issues.
We mustn’t judge
Well another Easter weekend ruined…
Why am I not surprised? “New evidence introduced in the criminal case against the father & son in Georgia accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery show that Arbery had a history of claiming to be a jogger to cover for criminal activities.” He’d still be alive, and committing crimes, if he hadn’t gone for the man’s gun.
“In crime news.”
Nice to see at least the neighbour’s boyfiend hasn’t been emasculated: ““She ran back into the bedroom and screamed to her boyfriend that there was someone in the flat.
“He immediately jumped out of bed and ran into the hallway and ran up to the intruder and punched him to the head causing the defendant to fall to the floor.””
A little surprised the cops didn’t immediately arrest him as well, mind you.
Oh SMOD, hear our prayers.
The pinnacle of evolution on planet Earth.
Morning, all.
I’m sensing a them
Band name.
A little surprised the cops didn’t immediately arrest him as well, mind you.
Well, that’s sort of the problem, isn’t it? There’s a widespread feeling among the law-abiding that morally normal self-defence, even against nocturnal intruders in one’s home, is extremely hazardous, not only for the obvious reasons, but in terms of legal consequences, or imagined consequences.
Not a happy situation.
“Mars Petcare has launched a new catfood brand made exclusively from insects. Called Lovebug, it is a dry catfood made from black soldier fly larvae insect meal, as well as ‘essential nutrients such as amino acids’ and a vegan coating. It is the first 100% insect-based cat food to be launched by a major supplier in the UK”
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/new-product-development/mars-petcare-launches-lovebug-dry-catfood-made-from-insects/654695.article
Called Lovebug, it is a dry catfood made from black soldier fly larvae insect meal, as well as ‘essential nutrients such as amino acids’ and a vegan coating.
I imagine the human version – same product, different packaging – will be arriving shortly.
’ I imagine the human version – same product, different packaging – will be arriving shortly.’
You asked, they answered:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0950329320303888?dgcid=rss_sd_all
Store selling old furniture – “A Shack of Sit” – it actually exists.
Mars Petcare has launched a new catfood brand made exclusively from insects.
On the one hand, having marveled at the lengths the silly goofballs will go through to catch and eat bugs, I don’t think they would mind.
OTOH, if the “essential nutrients” aren’t being made by petrochemical based Science & Industry™, they are coming from real animals, but in either case, neither would be Earth Friendly™ and the fact that the base ingredient is an animal rather negates the whole “vegan” coating nonsense (we’ll ignore that the main reasons cats eat plants is out of boredom, or to throw up…)
Well, that’s sort of the problem, isn’t it? There’s a widespread feeling among the law-abiding that morally normal self-defence, even against nocturnal intruders in one’s home, is extremely hazardous, not only for the obvious reasons, but in terms of legal consequences
Perhaps it should become hazardous to punish self-defense. Parasites should be treated as parasites, not as fellow citizens.
You asked, they answered:
It’s almost as if there is a conspiracy among scientists to manipulate the populace into eating bugs, riding bicycles, and living in hovels.
…a conspiracy among scientists to manipulate the populace into eating bugs, riding bicycles…
Not just scientists, politicians, like our Transportation Secretary setting the example.
I see Sheffield Hallam University* is still hiring the best.
While carefully sidestepping practical suggestions, things he might actually do to answer his own question, Dr Olusoga, our senior lecturer, is claiming that the only possible explanations for differences in outcome by race are (1), “racism,” and (2), “structural racism.” (And not, say, rates of diabetes and consequent complications in pregnancy, which vary by race, and vary enormously.)
He’s an intellectual, you see.
[ *Locals laugh. ]
Unpossible. I was assured that if we fed all convicted criminals into woodchippers no one would commit any crimes.
I hope nobody here subscribes to the Steady State Theory of Crime whereby criminals are spontaneously created when the density of crime becomes too low.
Not just scientists, politicians, like our Transportation Secretary setting the example.
It’s as if these Deeply Caring People want to create the technocratic nightmare of Bladerunner.
…hiring the best.
Ashkenazi Jews are more likely to have Tay-Sachs disease than “White” British, blacks are more likely to have sickle cell trait and disease (though there is evidence it protects from malaria, so they are ahead on points for that one), polio is still endemic in Pakistan.
Genetic predisposition and health conditions in country of origin, nahhh, racism.
If Moses came down from Sinai on a motorcycle with Jesus on the handlebars and Mohammed in a side car shouting “It’s Not Racist” through a megaphone, this guy would still claim any reply is racist. The BFO is that if he didn’t, he’d be out of a job.
The BFO is that if he didn’t, he’d be out of a job.
And it’s not just the chap’s habit of question-begging and his seeming inability to consider obvious possible variables, even as starting points. It’s the fact that his bad faith is hard to miss – note the sudden evasiveness, dismissiveness and lack of interest when practical solutions are offered, along with readily available evidence. Our senior lecturer evidently wishes to continue calling people racist without good cause. Presumably, as you say, that’s where the funding and status are. In his world, at least.
I stuck my head in a particle accelerator once. It instantly tripled my IQ to 105.
Party scenes.
They’re going to need to crack a window after that one.
I’m sensing a theme.
So apparently fat, dumb, and stupid is away to go through life. Not that this is news based on prior evidence as well.
I would really like to see the right drive home the absurdity of this equity BS by pressing the issue as to why NBA players like LeBron are not subsidizing the WNBA such that the salaries are equal. But no one on the right will do this. Because losing just feels right.
https://mobile.twitter.com/shadalaiyan/status/1296487284691304449
Did someone mention. LeBron?
I have a cousin who posted this. Now me not being a UK football fan, can someone explain the specific thing that is funny here? Is it because of the tiny little emblem for “Arsenal” on his jersey because Arsenal fans are notoriously sexist and think that the way women dress invites sexual abuse or is it meant to be much more ironic/funny because of the much larger Fly Emirates advert?
https://youtu.be/JO-HI1hGcpM
https://fb.watch/4CYFgBd35H/
can someone explain the specific thing that is funny here?
It’s BBC comedy. It’s not meant to be funny. I think you’re supposed to just nod.
But wouldn’t it be funnier and more ironic if the guy wearing the Fly Emirates shirt was actually an Arab? More proper even. This white guy is culturally appropriating.
Also, this being the BBC as you say, where are the persons of color (or as dear old Mom would say, colored people)? Why has the BBC eliminated them from the corporate boardroom and other roles here? Why are they only employing white actors in these roles? Also, trann…never mind.
It’s BBC comedy. It’s not meant to be funny.
A friend of mine in the 2000’s used to say about SNL, “It’s ‘art’ comedy. You’re not supposed to laugh.”
the persons of color (or as dear old Mom would say, colored people)
From 1988:
It instantly tripled my IQ to 105.
This must be very difficult to live with, as a marmot.
“It’s ‘art’ comedy. You’re not supposed to laugh.”
Also applies to The New Yorker. There are two collections by New Yorker artists of panels “rejected” by the magazine. They’re far funnier than the vast majority in the magazine.
(Despite looking for “rejected New Yorker cartoons”, this one seems to be the only one I could find actually in “The Rejection Collection”)
Nazi escapes prison because he’s transgender:
“A federal judge declined to impose prison time Wednesday on a former member of a neo-Nazi ring that threatened journalists… U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour in Seattle agreed during a virtual court hearing Wednesday, sentencing Parker-Dipeppe to time served after Parker-Dipeppe tearfully apologized for his actions. Coughenour said he struggled with his decision because he was mindful of the fear and suffering such harassment can instill. But he added: ‘None of us have suffered the difficult situation this defendant has endured as a result of his gender identity confusion. … Enough’s enough.’
If you’re a woke lib, this is a real brain-teaser. On one hand, Taylor Parker-Dipeppe is a transgender man and therefore you can’t criticize him for any reason. On the other hand, Taylor Parker-Dipeppe is a neo-Nazi and therefore you can’t defend him for any reason.”
And since that was a federal district judge, enjoy this pastiche of the Turtles’ song “Forever”. (Found via The Volokh Conspiracy):
Imagine me as God, I do
I think about it day and night
It feels so right
to be a federal district judge,
and know that i’m
appointed forever
I was anointed by
the president
and revelation told him I
was heaven-sent
And congress in their wisdom gran-
ted their consent
Appointed Forever
CHO:
I’m a federal judge and I’m smarter than you
For all my life
I can do whatever I want to do
For all my life
Bring to me
discovery
no matter what the issue is
I guarantee
Somebody will be sanctioned as
the penalty
and there’ll be no error
CHO: My decision’s cannot be questioned by you
I’m always right
And my wise discretion is never abused
For all my life
Think of me as royalty
When you appear before me fall
upon your knees
All-knowing and omnipotent
its nice to be
Appointed forever
Even at
the very worst
if you decide to take me up
to get reversed
you’ll have to get the circuit court
to hear you first
and that takes forever
Appointed forever …
Further to recent rumblings about woke Marvel, Doomcock has some industry gossip.
Oh dear.
“The Indiana Bell Telephone Company headquarters was moved 15 inches an hour, all while 600 employees still worked inside.”
I wonder if we could even do this today. The precision was remarkable. Hand cranked jacks. A steam engine. A curved walkway and ramp precisely built and positioned. Uninterrupted supply of all utilities. Amazing.
Unpossible. I was assured that if we fed all convicted criminals into woodchippers no one would commit any crimes.
We can be pretty certain the ones fed into woodchipperse won’t commit any more crimes.
Littering, maybe.
We can be pretty certain the ones fed into woodchipperse won’t commit any more crimes.
Well, rehabilitation programs have a poor track record, so the only practical ways to reduce crime are to somehow remove habitual criminals from society.
Well this bloke won’t need a ‘rehabilitation program’:
“Noah Green has been identified as the suspect in a US Capitol security threat today, sending it into lockdown shortly after 1pm after a car rammed into two police officers at one of the complex’s security barriers.
The 25-year-old driver then emerged from the vehicle with a “clearly visible” knife, Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters in Washington.
Mr Green “did not respond to verbal commands”, and then started “lunging” and “running towards” police officers, at which point they shot him.
The New York Post reports that Mr Green described himself as a “Follower of Farrakhan” on his Facebook page, in reference to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.”
I assume we will shortly be regaled with stories about Mr. Green being a ‘white plant’. When are the riots, sorry protests, scheduled to begin?
I believe that even you would be able to agree that such an action would ensure that there would be no repeated crimes from said pureed individuals.
It amuses me the responses from the regular commenters, this being a blog that routinely posts news items about habitual criminals who remain mercifully free of the ravages of police attention.
Me, a pragmatist: The punishments for tax evasion are severe, but lots of people cheat on their taxes anyway because they don’t think they’ll get caught.
“Conservatives”: Yes. This is self-evident and simply human nature.
Me, a pragmatist: The punishments for violent crime are severe, but lots of people commit violent crimes anyway because they don’t think they’ll get caught.
“Conservatives”: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE