Achievement Unlocked

“water’s cold, man… and deep, too”
I don’t think that Richard Pryor bit was referring to seatbelts.

That is simply stupid unless there is a planned alternate…
As it was explained to me, the flight distances to some nuke targets were so large that aerial refueling could put them in range only if the tankers did not have to fly all the way back to their bases. Now, that was a long time ago (I’m an old fart) so perhaps the effective ranges of aircraft have improved since then. And back then we didn’t have ICBM’s.

Russian logistics: Trent Telenko on pallets, trucks, cranes, etc.

Stunning and brave #1.
Stunning and brave #2.

Stunning and brave #2.
I never listen to these, but sometimes I watch a bit of them. Was that a girl (biologically XX human) with a wispy bit of facial fuzz holding up the results of her hysterectomy in a jar? Or was it some kid with a dirty face and greasy hair who got ahold of a jar of David’s bar snacks? It’s so hard to tell these days.

When pronouns are mentioned, I keep thinking that these people did not take grammar class or flunked it. If I am introducing John Smith, I say “Darleen, this is Mr. Smith” I don’t say “Darleen, this is he smith”. I only refer to someone using he or she when talking ABOUT them, not to them, and usually when they are not present. In class, the teacher calls on either “John” or “Mr. Smith”. You might say “would YOU come to the blackboard” but not he or they. To talk about yourself, you say “Myself, I prefer pizza” where “myself” is gender non-specific. Men and women both say “myself”. The examples David just gave for Hunter are not even parallel constructions (not David’s fault).

This recent discovery about how the statin I was taking was affecting my strength and general well-being
An elderly relative, a retired nurse, liked to say that symptoms (headache, elevated cholesterol, etc) were manifestations of an underlying problem and that many drugs treated the symptom but did not correct the underlying problem. It was preferable to identify the underlying problem and find a way to correct it, which could sometimes be done with changes in diet, exercise, and other “lifestyle” changes. Elevated cholesterol means something is out of whack with the body’s biochemistry, so maybe changes in diet and exercise would help–or maybe it’s a sign of aging as the biochemical systems fall below the optimal performance of youth. Similarly, a lack of sunlight can cause a vitamin D deficiency, but it’s better to get more sun than to just take a pill, because maybe that sunlight is driving processes which do more than make vitamin D.

The Sokal Hoax was about 25 years ago, and academia has only gotten worse since then. This proves that although such hoaxes can be useful for publicizing just how dishonest the academic left is, they are not in themselves sufficient…
Where is there any humor left in performances like Crowder’s, or even any satisfaction in pulling off a caper? And who’s ultimately getting their noses rubbed in it?
A satirist can push a tendency to absurdity to show that apparently fair and objective people are motivated by petty personal resentments or nasty political agendas, or that apparently moderate statements have immoderate implications.
But surely the fig leaf of fairness and objectivity is off by now, discredited as white supremacy. Bringing your personal issues to your field of work is seen as authentic, bringing your political issues is seen as brave and committed. Academics egg each other on in the immoderacy of their statements glorifying their minority groups and demeaning whites.

Death/Deaths/Deathself
Not going to end well, is it?

But surely the fig leaf of fairness and objectivity is off by now…
Yes indeed: The academic left is essentially beyond shame now–and has been for some time. All we can hope to accomplish with satire is to discredit them in the eyes of the general public.

Or at least not in the event of total war with the Soviets?
That is the thing; as I said in posts that are lost either in the aether or spam filter, there is a large difference between supporting one Vulcan attacking one airfield, and several B-52 wings in a nuclear war attacking Russia (why I can’t use the Strangelove quote is a mystery) from several directions. Of course in such an event there would likely be no bases to which either any surviving KC-135s or B-52s could return.

Not going to end well, is it?
Somewhat related, the thrill of hysterectomy.
If you poke through said person’s videos, you may notice her interest in scars, surgery, etc.

David, could you, when you return, poke the spam filter?
There’s nothing in there.

Right, it’s positively sunny here, so the Peak District beckons. Or more specifically, the ice cream van we’ll pass beckons.
Play nicely. Use coasters.

However, since I’ve just realised they’re juveniles, I’ll take locking them up for as long as the law allows. Nowhere near what they deserve, but that can’t be helped.

pst314, there is a Pennsylvania SPCA page to donate for the cost of care for the injured feline.
As a rule I avoid supporting either the SPCA or the Humane Society as, frankly, they’ve become underfunded PETA adjuncts but there are exceptions.

However, since I’ve just realised they’re juveniles, I’ll take locking them up for as long as the law allows.
And when they get out, they will return to the toxic neighborhood that produced them.

Animal torture by minors is a huge red flag
Yes indeed!

All “transgender team” hopes to win at least one game.
The use of the word celebrate isn’t altogether convincing.

Animal torture by minors is a huge red flag for what they may escalate to as adults.
Quite, I’d forgotten that. Oh well, humane destruction it is.

Thoughts on the viciousness of pit bulls, via the poster of that Egyptian military band video.

…the poster of that Egyptian military band video.
Great googly moogly, I’ve heard better grade school orchestras. To be that off key and off time has to be done on purpose.

Setting aside George R R Martin’s nihilistic denial that there can be heroes and villains, I like this reference to Tolkien’s “Leaf By Niggle”.

It’s so blatantly an allegory that it drives Tolkien scholars nuts.
? Yes.

WTP: I came across some movie trailers that actually look pretty good (yeah, shocking). Suggested with the understanding that YMMV:
“The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”: Nic Cage playing Nic Cage who agrees for $1 million to visit wealthy man and #1 fan. Is recruited by the CIA to spy on guy. Guy finds out. Hilarity ensues.
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”: Sort of Spider-Man: No Way Home in that Michelle Yoeh plays mousy old woman who discovers the multiverse exists and she can draw on alternative Evelyn powers to, yeah, save the universe. Looked better than I’m describing.
Unfortunately, Judd Apatow’s “The Bubble” is on Netflix, but that looked amusing (popular Jurassic Park like series shooting at English castle during Covid lockdown; hilarity ensues).
As for Martin vs. Tolkien, I looked through the various tweets and concluded that I just. didn’t. care. Martin can “prove” his point in fiction all he wants (and the concept of “proving” anything using a world you create should never be taken seriously for what I hoped would be obvious reasons).
I love LOTR. GoT was interesting to watch, at least seasons 1-5. (We never got around to 6 & 7, although maybe someday.) Martin can say anything he wants about JRRT, but it appears his legacy is a ruined keep and not a white city on a hill.