Friday Ephemera (771)
Don’t forget to mow the lawn, she said. || Today’s word is inadvisable. || Niche meme for sci-fi/farming enthusiasts. || Art thou not enriched? || The thrill of living in the Barbican, 1972. || Make-believe at the BBC. Or just misreporting. || Transporter malfunction. || Our artistic betters opine. || Today’s other word is payback. || Posture optimised toilet. || Not impossible. || Typing with light. || Glycerine and detergent. || “We all lost our minds,” says she. || It would, I think, be a start and result in less friction. || Try skateboarding, they said. || Skatepark for the blind. It’s also wheelchair-accessible. || Better than anticipated, all things considered. || The thrill of London buses, 1973. || Your empathetic betters. || Remaining optimistic, he sent back reports by homing pigeon. || Alexa, pause.
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Yes, I’ve had this highly unpleasant dream all too frequently. I wonder what percentage of the population has it.
So is that why he got away? Did they promise him he could evacuate to another country with a new identity? Or will he be quietly eliminated so that he can tell no tales?
Wonderbar. There was a shooting in Salt Lake City at the No Kings protest.
Reports are that last night the hotels were burgeoning with protesters who arrived from elsewhere.
This is a curious sentence: “The suspect was then taken to the hospital ‘under police watch’ to be treated for serious injuries from a gunshot wound. Two other people were later taken into custody.”
The shooter was shot? What?
Thanks. I’ve posted a comment over there with a link to a related item here.
Wasn’t quite sure whether it might seem a bit forward to post a link to one’s own writing on someone else’s Substack. The protocol is unclear.
But then I stopped caring.
Watching the Egyptian Police deal with the virtue-signalling white Western activists has been utterly delicious, hasn’t it?
It’s not been without educational – and entertainment – value. Still struggling to relate to the sheer presumption of those complaining. Or invoking martyrdom.
Dear lord, this jabbering dolt made it to college?
Hey wanker, you know what would be really funny? The “prankster” getting shot.
FFS, it’s not about the marching itself Muldoon. If you’ve done it, and many, many people even outside the military have, fundamentally it’s not that hard. Fundamentally. Again, it’s about caring and/or being made to care. It’s about pride and discipline, two things that are constantly being eroded in our society because, even seeing in comments by “conservatives” on Insty, we have allowed pride and discipline to be associated with fascism. It’s about fundamentals. Hell, even my wife noticed something was amiss and she’s never marched in a parade in her life. For people who understand and appreciate such things it was a sad sight.
Crazy eyes. Predator smile.
“Addressing root causes” means deporting the left.
The “no kings” protests got almost a complete media blackout due to the army parade and war in Israel, as far as I can tell. hahahahah
For people who understand…such things it was a sad sight.
Well, that lets you out.
The only thing that was amiss was the tail end troops in OCPs who looked off because of the crap music instead of the divisional bands, and not exactly adhering to proper arm movement (6 inches back, 9 forward) which looked worse because of the crap camera work. Compare with this video from your compatriots having their hissy fit – not a thing wrong with form or spirit.
Neither was there a lack of pride and discipline anywhere, unless you expected the thing to look as choreographed as a Nork parade. I’m guessing you didn’t bother to watch the enlistment-reenlistment ceremony at the end.
Sure marching is easy, that is why drill teams and high school bands never practice. I know from your original post you just wanted someone to say “yeah, they sucked” to validate your oddball opinion, but some day maybe you’ll get over your terminal dyspepsia and comment on something you actually know about instead of just kvetching.
It is trans.
Watching the Egyptian Police deal with the virtue-signalling white Western activists has been utterly delicious, hasn’t it?
Except obey Egyptian law, but you go girl. Another finds out they are not in
KansasOslo anymore.Dear lord, this jabbering dolt made it to college?
Kennesaw State – it is a low bar, but her high school did a good job of washing what little brain there is.
Local sheriff on the hissy fits:
Yes. Because I’m the only one who noticed this. It’s not like there aren’t a number of people, even high school matching band people, who noticed this and found it out of character from what we expect of our armed forces.
Fuck you Muldoon. Fuck you. I mean that sincerely. Even though calling those semi-bearded leftists (not to mention pedophile defenders) my compatriots is more fitting with your beating this to death to defend mediocrity. Yet another pathetic and sad example of what passes for conservatives these days.
Heh. Exactly. A function of an aging bladder. Never realized how much of a blessing sleeping through the night on a regular basis was.
I need to write more posts about breakdancing and yo-yos to attract a younger, more happening crowd.
From that:
And that’s just what you can see at church on Sunday…
A late comment from David’s link:
Yeah…no.
Heh. I actually know the guy who has the world’s largest yo-yo collection. Tho younger and more happening…well…
College is what made her a jabbering dolt. Though I’m guessing you knew that…maybe…though Kennesaw state is where Newt Gingrich used to teach. Used to. Until they told him he couldn’t. How far we have fallen and how quickly.
[ Digs out old Kraftwerk album, starts body-popping. ]
Egypt protestors and other “free palestine” dolts: Imagine if you will that your fair city in the US for the past 30 years had been subject to frequent rocket attack, including poison gas, as well as suicide bombers, by an enemy sworn to destroy you (i.e., to commit genocide) and that enemy is about to get nuclear weapons. What would you do? Of course they pretend that none of this is happening in Israel.
Yes. Because I’m the only one who noticed this.
I tell you what, WTP, seeing as how you are the only real conservative on the planet and possess the combined military acumen of Jomini, Marshal Zhukov, and Patton, why don’t you fire off a letter to SecDef and the generals and other officers commanding the divisions and other units in the parade to let them know how disappointed you are that their troops did not meet your standard. As proof, if you have four non-imaginary friends for a little formation, make them a little video to show them how it is done.
I am sure they will be grateful, and do let us know how that works out when you can get a break after they send you on a train-the-trainer trip. Hell, they might even make you a five star Admiral General.
Failure to match footwear with frock.
This ass again, pretending he didn’t know the joint did this.