Friday Ephemera (783)
Well, at least her phone was okay. || Hers may be the biggest I’ve ever seen. || Hoovering of note. || I vote for the magic bucket. || “Over 80% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border.” || Oh look, bubbles. || Bristol’s bonfire kids, 1962. || Not unfair. || Nommy-nommy-nom. || A use of other people’s time and money. || The rapid sorting of tomatoes. Also, potatoes. || At last, toilet-paper mushrooms. || More peer-reviewed scholarship. || Inapt fap. || Space reserved. || The progressive retail experience, parts 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665 and 666. || Parking scenes. || Unlikely leaf propellant. || Thing that never happens happens again. || The right tool. || Sights of London. || Newcomers. || And finally, on making The Wizard of Oz – a tale of fires, amphetamines and asbestos snow.
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Far too much gentle treatment of savages and ferals.
Once again, it should be legal for victims and bystanders to respond to assault with violence sufficient to discourage recidivism. Because that’s all these animals understand.
If memory serves, at one time no victim or bystander would ever have been arrested (much less charged) for beating up these sorts of criminals.
Even if technically against the law, it was near universally regarded as reasonable and justified.
Useful historical context: the mad hatter’s hat. As a child I could understand “In this style” but knew nothing about typical prices of the time
I think it’s fair to say the primitive in question is incompatible with civilisation, and most likely always will be. I mean, the notion that such creatures can somehow be made compatible, made into functional contributors to our society, rather than a chronic drain on it, does seem rather far-fetched.
Have you accepted mycelium into your heart?
For fraud and pron, not because he shouldn’t have been within a parsec of a patient.
Have you accepted mycelium into your heart?
If so, not for long.
Define ‘on’.
It’s all mummery. The likely consequence is a room upgrade at the Madeley Court.
Those who peddle that lie are just as evil as the savages–no, more so.
It seems to me that a civilised society should not waste effort and finite resources on absurd attempts to subtract the savagery from incoming savages. Instead, it should stop importing savages, remove those already present, and focus on choosing better people.
As if the society in question had value. And some goddamn self-respect.
The political and intellectual ruling class respects itself.
But it despises us.
I don’t disagree but she’d have to open a window or door and expose herself to potential danger. Running him over with the bus wouldn’t harm the bus or put her in danger. A brief bumpbump and it’s all over.
The last valid backup is on punch cards and nobody has a functional reader.
I can’t scroll past this and ignore it. Link fixed…
Geologists when they get fired
I was actually thinking of gun ports, but running him over would be fine.
The parchment backup is still readable.
And speaking of imported pestilence, oddly non-specific youths on a home-invasion rampage in Melbourne. Though the subsequent use of the word machetes may serve as a clue.
Previously in progressive Melbourne: A Guardian contributor is burgled, mental convolutions ensue.
Alas, Ms Spargo-Ryan has been very quiet on X this year, so we can only guess at the kinds of things that, regarding the above, might be falling from her mouth.
I’d noticed he was directly in front of her bus a time or two & wondered why she didn’t squish him between her bus and the one in front.
“When there’s no repercussions what’s it really matter for them.”
Australia seems to be following the same trajectory as the United Kingdom & New Zealand in making resistance to criminal behaviour a crime while doubling down on the policies making that criminal behaviour consequence-free.
And much more likely.
“She” was waving “her” penis at small children in a park playground.
And not for the first time.
Thing that never happens, et cetera and so forth.
Giant inflatable: they should have used a dart gun like for a bear in a tree.
Bubbles: an incentive to NOT stare at a woman’s butt.
Compare and Contrast
Dollars to donuts, that crime stat will be logged into the “female” crime statistic.
If they fight back they are likely to be punished more than the perps. This idiocy isn’t even about race. Whatever became of that Australian middle school kid who fought back against a white bully but was punished for doing so? That is the root of this problem. Well, putting women in charge of things as well but…chicken/egg.
Casey Heynes. Australians, and western civilization in general, are cowards.
I love that sorting potatoes from stones! I’m going to start a Rolling Stones tribute band called the Rolling Potatoes. You’ll need advanced technology to tell us apart!
She went to Bluesky apparently, although hasn’t posted all summer, and what there was from 3-4 months ago was mostly about getting her PhD and taking up boxing. She has a few articles in the Guardian from this summer though, none about her home invasion. One paywalled article was about her dog she had to put down, but she couldn’t say anything nice about the poor animal (although she may have, in the part I couldn’t read).
Do you get dumber the more time you spend there? Be careful.
Did it persistently “misgender” some of her friends?
“I watch US cookery shows on the Food Channel and see some of the horrors called ‘food’ that are dished up on ‘Girl Meets Farm’ and ‘Delicious Miss Brown’, so…”
I find Sandra Lee’s shows very instructive.
Bookmark.
So. Much. That.
Watching a troop of clowns tap-dancing their way through a minefield.
I wonder if this is real or merely clickbait/ragebait.
The rapid sorting of tomatoes. Also, potatoes.
From the Bulk Loads channel on Youtube, an interesting visit to the Idaho potato robots.
Does anyone have a clearer idea of the etymology of the word?
A wazzbaffle is baffle for wazzes, but it’s kind of onomatopoeic as well.
From the same people who brought you the thunderbox..
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This parlour game is tiresome.
If the girl in the flipped vehicle is phoning for help (i.e., 911), then I give her credit for fast thinking.
Parody is dead because that woman is someone who is apparently defending FERAL children. Parenting involves teaching kids boundaries so stuff like this doesn’t happen. Of course, a small child will test their parents – some more than others – but a good parent has a game plan to nip in the butt right away. Children will learn self-control and they better learn it while the consequence is within family because acting the same as an adult gets them into jail. Or worse.
I’ve seen TOO many kids hold their parent(s) hostage in public settings like grocery stores with the parent “calm down, honey, what’s the matter? here, let me get you [X] if you just calm down”.
Screw that. The kid is making a scene because they have an audience. The parent must immediately leave what they are doing and remove the child swiftly from the store. Amazing how fast the kid thinks “uh oh, that didn’t work like I thought” and the tantrum stops.
That woman and her “childism”? Obviously, she’s one of the unspanked herself.
Do you get dumber the more time you spend there? Be careful.
Hahaha – my mistake. I should have typed “the part I was prevented from reading”. I do agree that there wasn’t much there on offer that a brain cell would find nourishing.
Did it persistently “misgender” some of her friends?
Possibly – but I didn’t make it very far into the article. In the headliner blurb she made it sound as if the dog didn’t like her very much either, which I found to be rather astute on the part of the dog. It did eat a live mouse one time, which I guess to her was beyond the pale. My esteem for this person has only diminished since first being introduced to her witterings.
Well, that’s good, because it was all entirely fake.
Dropped the stack on the sidewalk in the rain. (True story from 1982.)
The mushroom-canoe lady brought to mind the name “Gussie Fink-Nottle” though I’m at a loss as to why.
I’m afraid the phrase is “nip it in the bud,” as in flower bud or leaf bud, meaning pinch the bud off the plant/tree before it can flower.
Though in the case of feral children I reckon a quick nip to the butt is quite in order.
Another reason to hate cyclists.
ESR THINKS I MADE SOME GOOD POINTS!
And now for a serious post.
(Thanks for fixing the geologist link!)
Heh. Pronounced wuh-stuh-shuh sauce. Or wuh-stuh-sheer sauce. Or wuh-stuh sauce, even.
Henderson’s Relish is better, though.
I find myself in agreement with Ms Rowling.
If elaboration is in order, this may do the trick:
And also this:
There are eye-widening statistics and illustrative links aplenty.
My dad cut the Gordian knot and called it bug juice.
“He isn’t an ally, he’s a weathervane.”
She does earn her keep, that one.