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I’m currently planning a few weeks in SW UK. All this food chat is making me … queasy. Yep, that’s the word.
Always respect the media.
The school in question has been mentioned here before.
Not entirely unrelated, always respect former Guardian columnists.
All this food chat is making me … queasy.
Just stay clear of the Gloucestershire boiled hamburgers and you’ll be fine…
[ Warm Spring evening, windows open, birdsong. ]
Just sayin’.
[ Warm Spring afternoon, window open, birds temporarily silenced by power tools. ]
Heh. See, I know you all imagine me to be some svelte and handsome creature of infinite sophistication, but I do enjoy the simple pleasures.
[ Listens to birdsong. ]
Just like we can all tell a XY trans, women who take T do not end up looking like a man. Many look like a 13 yr old boy. Some grow a beard and look like a bearded lady.
There is a weird pride being asserted in someone being “aromantic” as if that were a sexual orientation. It is probably low hormone levels. It is certainly not something to be proud of and it is not a sexual orientation. Oh well, the world we live in.
See: all-black and all-hispanic California schools being praised for total diversity.
What? Did I miss something earlier in this thread?
“sacred wolves”
Another FAFO in FL. And a 60 yo New Yawker tourist as well. Between this and trading mutual complements on hats with the black guy at the grocery store this morning I gotta say it’s been a pretty good day.
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/04/30/fafo-video-new-yorker-keys-florida-trump-supporter-car-but-then-n4928627#google_vignette
BBC gets community noted on Twitter
…birds temporarily silenced by power tools.
Great googly moogly, that is harsh, just squirting them with a garden hose would have shut them up, and less cruel than Sawsalls, drills, weedwackers or what ever y’all were hushing them with.
Good News Everyone! A new revised “pride” flag has dropped!
Helen Joyce: “The Chinese thought [transgenderism] was an elaborate joke.”
Also, ping.
Throw these useless twits (substitute vowel if you wish) in jail and problem solved.
Bless you, sir. May your draining board sparkle.
I suspect his dear wife will have something to say on the matter, possibly at length and possibly at volume.
Always the same unearned assumption, aired in the same pernicious way. That almost any sphere of activity is somehow at fault – and to be berated – if some entirely arbitrary race-and-gender ratio does not occur among its participants or employees.
See also here:
And note that the target ratios do not appear to relate to any actual expressed interest and aptitude among job applicants or school-leavers. Nor do they seem to offer any functional utility. But you mustn’t question them as goals, even politely, lest you be banished to the outer darkness.
Regarding the above, two items of possible relevance.
On the upside, it does reflect the mental chaos of the clowns who wave it about or plaster their classrooms with it. So there’s that.
LOL. Wrongthink detected! Hatelogic! Gravy train threatened!
At the time, I was rather nonplussed by the comment’s rejection. I found myself re-reading it, faintly puzzled, just in case I’d written something salty or untoward. I mean, given the zeal with which such targets are pursued – and given the corners that are being cut in order to pursue them, to say nothing of the implied insult – checking the basic assumptions of those pursuing such goals doesn’t strike me as improper.
But it seems we’re not supposed to question such assumptions, however faulty they may be, and instead we’re to simply defer, preferably with loud enthusiasm.
Here’s a cracking read. They really believe society should just support them to do whatever they want cos they call it Art.
Laughing in their faces is always appropriate.
That recalled to mind Chicago lawyer Jay Grodner, who keyed a Marine’s car back in 2008. Criminal conviction, ABA investigation, plus coverage in the Chicago Tribune and on blogs with large readerships, after which he seemed to disappear.
Today’s word is shaming.
It’s been a very common conceit for at least as long as long as I’ve been blogging. See, for instance, this. Though it has, perhaps, become more common to hear them saying the quiet part out loud.
And shunning.
I’m (fairly) new here so it looks like I’ve got some catching up to do then.
Have er fondled your Paypal button.
“Shut up!, they said”, today’s exciting installment of Predictable Responses!™
Or, “Gathering of demographic with high concentration of Cluster-B personality disorders results in behaviour one might expect from people with Cluster-B personality disorders.”
See also this.
And this.
And of course this classic illustration.
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Bless you, sir. Having bought new smalls, may you remember to turf out the old, unloved items, the ones with questionable elasticity, thereby avoiding an overstuffed drawer, half full of suboptimal undergarments.
Today is May 1st. May Day. What have you done to make a commie cry?
What have you done to make a commie cry?
Exist.
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Her name is Johanna King-Slutsky. A fine name for someone whoring for Hamas.
Related liveliness.
Action: One step away from the Soylent Green Scoops.
Reaction: LOL.
I call it Victims of Communism Day. And yes, I know idiot “conservatives” dedicated some other day in the fall that NOBODY notices as the memorial day. Which is why they are losers and continue to lose by losing every opportunity to win. Because, LOSERS. So today I will be reminded people that Communism, in all its forms including National Socialism, continues to be the #1 evil in this world even after turning the 20th century into the bloodiest in history.
That is some fine genuine frontier academic gibberish.
Why do they hate epileptics?
They’re proud. That’s why you should have a migraine.
Which, I suppose, would be symbolic.
Couldn’t get past the risible headline: “Why is the art world still married to meritocracy?”
The ‘art world’ dispensed with merit quite some time ago, along with ability, competence, and coherence.
“Do you want students to die of dehydration and starvation?”
Kind of depends on the students.
Why do they hate epileptics?
TBF, if they really hated them, they would use this TV test pattern version.
You were not moved by “Nails in Sand”? I’m shocked.
Given their behaviour, and their obvious contempt for others, not the ideal question to lead with, really.
A stupid question to begin with, the starvation is purely hyperbolic, no one is going to starve in a couple of days and I’m sure that the building has restrooms and water fountains.
Even if the administration turned off the water, toilets are good enough for cats and dogs, so another non-problem.
Which might lead you to want to return the favor. [ Opens coat to reveal fine selection of artisanal bats and clubs, and works by Schoenberg and Shostakovich. ]
Indeed.
Now, there is some actual reality behind the complaints:
Writing grant proposals is not a natural part of the typical artist’s skill set, and the Venn diagram of “skilled artist” and “skilled grant proposal writer” may have little overlap. The whole grants proposaL process repelled me ever since I began to learn about it as an undergraduate, but I am not sure what rational remedies might be possible.
Well, yes, every selection committee will have its particular preferences–dare I say tastes? But this is also true of individual acting as patrons.
Condemning aesthetic sensibilities is a bold move. Or a revealing one.
No, removing all remaining judgement would be insane. But insanity seems to be rather popular nowadays.
If the administration is too chickensh*t to call in the police to administer the necessary hickory shampoos, if they say they want water, well then turn on the sprinklers. If they want food, supply them with crickets. Lots and lots of crickets. I believe I saw a story where some counter-protesters supplied them with rats. Or mice. Which “appeared to have been injected with something” or something.
Of course the “conservatives”, especially New York “conservatives” will whine about it being cruel. I have already seen “conservatives” complain that even the threat of sending in the police is “doing it wrong” (especially the libertarians who whine when anyone in authority does anything). Not because they don’t follow up on the threat but because “conservatives” loves, loves, loves them some “soft power”. Which is no power at all without the willingness to implement actual, physical power. Hence their soft power accomplishes nothing. And they lose.
I was impressed by the arresting officer’s professionalism. If you watch the full video, his supervisor shows up later and seemed to be something of a d*ck. The officer relates how he and another officer (with a Polish sounding name…didn’t get the whole thing) had been to that address once before following a car chase. I’m real curious what that had been about. He seemed certain it wasn’t the guy they just arrested so…? My wife looked the guy’s name up on Google and Zillow and found large piece of property outside Syracuse that Zillow has priced at $700K. I’m real curious what he does for a living. I would have said lawyer except he lacked the common sense to STFU when being questioned.
Observation.
Something doesn’t quite seem right here
Well, for starters yoga derives from 19th c. British army calisthenics rather than any kind of ancient Indian spiritual practice.
So there – upstarts!
I have some 1970s era cookbooks I acquired at a garage sale and was quite nonplussed by the recipes failing consistently. With some research it turned out that cooking terms, ingredient names, and even typical sizes of ingredients had changed so much that the recipes were effectively useless.
If only the people in the UK spoke English
Look at them, prisoners of the gutters
Condemned by every syllable they utter
By rights they should be taken out and hung
For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue
Throw these useless twits (substitute vowel if you wish) in jail and problem solved
To be honest I have now reached the point of “let them fight”. It’s the universities that created these monsters and the universities can deal with the consequences. At this point the non-protesting students are not exactly innocent, either; the nature of these universities and the true value of their degrees has been apparent for decades. Let the activists destroy the buildings, let the paying students flee and file civil suits for breach of contract. Let the universities die. They’re not salvageable at this point anyway.
Aaoooww!
Communists once again find a way to run out of food.
*ping*
OK, that’s twice on the same page. You guys are trolling me.
Agree with this 100%. I want to see the cops move in to force the issue further. I fear a stasis being reached and the protests just slowly fading away come election time. I want to see some hard application of physical force that will be remembered. What I don’t want is yet another one of these “See? these things have ways of taking care of themselves” results.
[ Rolls single, slightly chipped Polo mint along bar. ]
Bless you, sir. May your plums be juicy.
[ Tosses underwhelming plum in bin. ]
Speaking of the English language, it’s should be HANGED, not should be hung, dammit!
Back in my college days, students were protesting the Vietnam war. Turned out they were wrong, or at least it was not so clear, especially given what happened next door in Cambodia not long after when it became communist (killing fields). I did not join any protests. But at least there was a seemingly valid point being made. The current fandango reflects such a depth of ignorance (gays for Palestine? really? claims of genocide? Really?) that I despair for the human race. I would ask these people what they would do if rockets were sent over from Canada day after day for 30 yrs. But of course they are incapable of either logic or shame.
As I recall, the students even blamed America for the Killing Fields. And as for the killings after North Vietnam conquered the South, people on the left were either silent or approved: Those killed all deserved it, doncha know.
Meh. The students were just tools. Senator Christopher Dodd did the yeoman’s work on the killing fields.
Christopher Dodd: along with Biden, Carter, Obama, and so many others…what exactly do they see to approve of in tyrants and communists? Why give billions to Iran? I fail to see what possible benefit they see. Iran hates us (the gov anyway).
Meanwhie at UCLA the Hamasians, not having thought of any of this before acting out, want stuff – but no Jew stuff and when it comes to food, no bananas and no Jew food!.
They have a reading center to raise consciousness about Gazan food!
I wonder if it is too late to buy keffiyeh futures.
Because they fear Jews and…minions?
No surprise: “Pride parade” people do not practice prudence and self control.
Because they fear Jews and…minions?
On Friday, one of the Pally protestors at UCLA announced a deathly allergy to bananas so a counter-protestor started waving around a banana like it was a gun. I can’t find the video. Too funny.
Heh. Both sides are chanting “Let’s go Brandon!”…or something. Unity has been achieved.
In the Who Goes Nazi? parlor game, I know how they fare.
Because when they get nukes they’ll destroy Israel. Because in the meantime they fund the terrorists who make Israeli lives hell. Because Obama and his Iranian handmaid Valerie Jarrett want Iran to become the dominant power in the area.
Heh.
[ Compiles tomorrow’s Ephemera, considers belated breakfast. ]
The fairer sex.
More jollity among the Ladies of Cluster B.
https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/the-rights-future-must-be-parallel
Next step: Troll them with counter-protesters dressed as minions waving bananas.
To paraphrase Humphrey Bogart, there are parts of many cities which civilized people prudently avoid.
Remember that sixties battle cry “Don’t trust anyone over 30”? What a load of crap.
Side question: Does anyone here remember what Harlan Ellison said about that? As I recall he was all in on that bullshit, but had his own rhetoric for justifying such bilge. However, it’s been a long time since I read his 60’s/70’s blatherings.
“You would think somewhere along the way, he would have been held accountable“
Would you though?
Troll them with counter-protesters dressed as minions waving bananas.
We need to hold the left accountable.
But it’s curious how such behaviour – harassment, obstruction, ideological ‘checkpoints’ – is simply accepted, passively, as if it should be indulged in with impunity. And thereby encouraged.
Our betters, ladies and gentlemen.
Showing us the way to a fluffier, more fragrant tomorrow.
Damn, I was hoping more for this sort of fragrant fluffiness.
Heh. White people can push black people around IF their politics align with the “proper” position. The Klan would be impressed.
https://twitter.com/joshxhowie/status/1785989431104520231/
Added: Ah…didn’t see that’s what the “fluffy” was about…Occasionally X/twitter links hang from here..so…as I was waiting…
When you’ve lost the terrorists . . .
Misspelled ‘handler’.
The radical LARP.
Civilisation is wasted on some.
Their fetish-airing is stunning and brave.
For the gentlemen above, an unfortunate piece of news.
Heaven on Earth.
“Michelle” in his French maid outfit apparently made from garbage bags was a wee bit distracting (in a WTF kind of way) from the manly clomping though, so points for misdirection, I guess.
Lithe and intriguing, surely?