FIND AT BOOKSTORE.
STEVE SMITH NOT HAPPY…HE NO GET LAWYER TO STOP IMAGE USE. ALL AFRAID OF RAPE. SO STEVE SMITH RAPE LAST 2 LAWYERS…NOT SEE PROBLEM. BUT THIS NOT FUNNY GLIBERTARIANS PEOPLE PROBLEM. IS PROBLEM FOR STEVE SMITH. HE THINK ON IT, WHILE YOU READ LINKS AND SAY FUNNY THINGS.
- STEVE SMITH CATEGORICALLY DENY BEING PART OF TEAM WHO ASK QUESTIONS OF PRINCE. HIM COOPERATE FREELY. NOT AT THREAT OF STEVE SMITH RAPE. NOPE.
- YOU KNOW STEVE SMITH DON’T LIKE AMATEURS…SO HOPE THIS PUT MANY IN JAIL OR DISGRACE.
- SILLY NEWSPAPER THINK, NEXT TIME GOVERNMENT SPEND GOOD. MAYBE STEVE SMITH NEED TO RAPE THEM INTO GOOD SENSE?
- STEVE SMITH NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY…SO YOU READ, HE JUST SHAKE HEAD.
STEVE SMITH GO NOW. IT DISCOUNT NIGHT AT RV PARK, SO STEVE SMITH GO FIND CHEAP DATES. BY FIND CHEAP DATES, MEAN RAPE ENTIRE RV PARK.
Cheese Wheeling? Number 6, I demand answers!
‘Firstly, in recent years there has been a disappointing lack of enthusiasm for taking part in the cheese rolling. In 2017 there were only 2 teams registered.
Hey Look! Numbers! does that mean I get a First?
Nope.
It was always kinda retarded, and as they note, it’s not exactly a Great Tradition. Just one more of those SMDH things muh peeps get laughed at for, like Morris Dancing and Crop Circle making.
In fact, as any fule kno, the only good thing to do with a whole Stilton is to hollow it out, empty a bottle of reasonably good port into it, and repack the hole over a few days, so you get a great cheese, infused with booze.
They just need better marketing. How about Topless Girls Cheese Wheeling contest.
Like Seinfeld said, there’s good nude and bad nude. Cheese Wheeling might be the latter.
Yeah, a lot of crouching
Cheese wheels are heavy too, so add in sweating, grunting, foul language and bad sportsmanship.
$1B in overdue payment fees?!? There is no bottom to government stupidity.
Derp for y’all
https://everydayfeminism.com/2017/12/urban-planners-climate-change/
You aint foolin’ me, gospodin! The author used the limey spelling of “defense”. FAKE NEWS!
“Even though 13 federal agencies — including NASA, the EPA, and the Department of Defence — released a report speaking to the gravity of climate change and this potential mistake, the Trump administration refuses to acknowledge it. “
You wait and see how bad it is when they get “Climate Change Denial” added to DSM-6.
“Urban planners of color”
Still not buying this isn’t satire.
I plan periwinkle. What color do you plan?
Ecru.
I think UCS has that one under control.
I thought UCS had cornered taupe.
FWIW I claim heliotrope. Or cerulean.
Thornton Wilder got dibs on “Heliotrope” in Our Town. Well, Emily did.
OK, I’ll stake my claim to cerulean. Or ultramarine, which sounds far more dramatic.
Heh
We are Urban Planners of Color and we are here to rock you!
It isn’t satire but it is funny.
Same narrative elements I have read twice today, word for word. Increasing effects of climate change. Increasingly warm world. Already rising ocean levels. <— All of which are untrue.
Of course nothing else in that screed is true either.
It is true that ocean levels are rising, but they’ve been doing that for thousands of years.
Remember how painting our roofs white would stop climate change? If I ran the Onion I’d put out a piece about how covering your lawn with mirrors would save the world. Interview a guy being blinded walking out of the house, how even at night he needs the curtains closed because the moon’s reflection is too bright. Easy satire.
I wan’t around to comment on it, but I loved your addition to the Gliberlandic Vedas.
“Derp for y’all”
It’s all just noise at this point. It’s like watching cats chase their tails.
These beautiful babes’ bosoms are blossoming.
http://archive.is/uc0rB
1, 2, 6, 12, 15, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28…
1,9,18,20
I’d wait on 16’s drop zone any day. “Free falling, baby I’m free falling.”
33
#44
4, 7, 11, 20, 32, 34 but wouldn’t give her my real name or phone number, 41, 42
I wonder where the Prince has his business organized? UAE, Deleware or somewhere else?
It’s listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange, but of course, that’s just the front corp.
Moar
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/01/should_the_us_tax_junk_food.html
“Since Mexico and Hungary implemented junk food taxes, both countries have seen a decrease in junk food consumption.”
Rats avoid lever that zaps them. News at 11.
Hungary is not the country I expected to go down that road of stupidity.
Honest question, why not? All governments are fully capable of overbearing, stupid shit, no?
I’m quite keen to know what Hungarian “junk food” is.
Pie Knows
Kürtőskalács. It’s like a gyro made of sugar and dreams.
Yes. Yes. Yes….where do I sign up?
My favorite Hungarian treat.
https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/3321/unicum-liqueur
Decades of experience with the USSR.
I expected it would just be “food”
Good point.
They just want their people …*dons sunglasses*… to go hungry.
If ever something needed a narrowed gaze it is this.
That would be pineapple pizza and artisanal mayonnaise, right?
No.
Damn, I like the easy questions.
Commies say the darnest things
https://jacobinmag.com/2018/01/north-korea-south-korea-olympics-trump
Full on derp.
Make a cheese wheeling app and you are good to go.
Note to self: Step 1: make CandyCrush-like app, only with cheese wheels. Step #2- profit.
Also, obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB8pbUW5n1g
Uber, but for cheese wheeling.
One word
“Marketing”
News of the weird
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/14/nasa-was-sued/
So, a new craft beer retailer has opened up in our neighborhood. I went, and I’m now soused. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA was delightful. It tasted vaguely like a Belgian Abbey Ale and is really yummy but at 18%+ I’m feeling it..
Eighteen percent?!?
Jesus wept.
I had a 13% once, I’m still feeling it….
Yeah, you really can’t get into a scrimmage with 120 minute on an empty stomach.
The guy who invented Sweet Frog is opening a new craft beer bar where you self serve by weight. So you can drink 2 ozs of say 30 taps and try them all.
I went to a place like that a while back. It’s pretty awesome if you like to try a lot of different beers, although if you actually do the math it’s pretty pricey per-pint.
I am completely shocked that the concern is drunken youth.
“…with teams getting together on May Day…”
British youth have a previous engagement, Comrade.
Talked with one of my wife’s friends last night, oh yeah! (No, knock it off), and she starts using a quiet voice all of a sudden. She leans in before looking around to see if anyone is listening. “You know, I think some people go to Starbucks with their Macs because they think it looks cool.” I was all, like, I mean, really? Really? Nice Japanese lady. I hope she doesn’t think I was laughing at her when I let out a giant howl of laughter.
I just read that in dubbed-over voices, like when MST3K did “Prince of Space”.
Citation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m91RyN9mcuQ
Didn’t watch that show nearly enough. Small doses of it seemed The to go, however.
Wiggly poo! Do the wiggly poo!
(From Fugitive Alien, episode 310)
That was a great show. I miss it.
RIP Bettle Bailey and Warren Miller.
But we still have Lou Reed.
Warren Miller as in all the ski movies Warren Miller? That man changed sports photography and movie making forever.
I really enjoyed this week’s X-files.
The season has been solid so far.
ALSO! It’s Darin Morgan, who is responsible for most of the best humorous episodes.
Same here. Finally hit their stride.
Add two new OTC drugs to Q’s pharmacopeia of fun!
Mucuna Pruriens: Natural source of L-DOPA. Small doses cause elevated mood and higher sex drive; large doses can suppress prolactin to the extent of multiple orgasms for men.
Dextromethorphan: Everyone knows that massive doses of this cause dissociation, hallucinations and depersonalization (Robotripping), but smaller doses in the recommended therapeutic range can eliminate premature ejaculation in those with the problem (or cause drastically delayed ejaculation in those without it).
Already using it.
Hot (((chicks))).
https://www.ranker.com/list/top-30-hottest-jewish-women-under-40/greg
Gilmor’d.
That was pretty funny, I read “Kate Hudson loves rabbis”.
How did they find so many Jewish celebrities?
They control Hollywood. Didn’t you read the pamphlet?
Don’t you need parentheses around “they”
Is this an old list? Where’s Gal Gadot?
Also, I always think of Mila Kunis as “the other chick on That 70’s Show who wasn’t nearly as hot as Laura Prepon”.
It seems like an old list. It didn’t even mention Emmy Rossum is on Shameless.
Also, I always think of Mila Kunis as “the other chick on That 70’s Show who wasn’t nearly as hot as Laura Prepon”.
This is objectively wrong.
You’re very dumb for a smart guy.
Don’t take DXM for your dick. Ever.
smaller doses in the recommended therapeutic range can eliminate premature ejaculation in those with the problem
Just wear two rubbers and avoid the nasty side effects. Hell, go to the gym 4 times a week and you get some physical benefits along with a reduction in PE issues.
I didn’t say *I* do these things. Strictly for informational purposes.
I am pretty fucked up. Last week I learned that I have Type 2 diabetes. Out of nowhere. In the last few months I have lost 30lbs. I haven’t looked or felt better in a decade. How is that possible? Anyway, I’m thinking it’s time to go back to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Anyway, I’d like to hang out with the Minnesota Glibs before I go. I’ll give you my email: chopshuey2000@hotmail.com
Isn’t it weight related? Anyways, sorry to hear that.
Sorry to hear that. Maybe get another test?
I am sorry to hear that. My father has that. He took a job in Mexico, ate low carb and walked around the mine every day. His diabetes became so easily controlled that it was if it had nearly disappeared.
Mr Hayek and I also got the Type II diagnosis. We went low carb, and although we are still overweight (working on it!), we both managed to get to normal A1C levels after a few months without meds.
Get a good blood sugar tester (I got both of ours on Amazon because it’s cheap and better than the ones the doc prescribes–it tracks your blood sugar for you so you don’t have to chart it on paper and plugs into your USB port), and use it often. You’ll soon learn what works for you and what doesn’t. My model.
It’s the high blood sugar that does the actual damage in Type II, so if you can keep your blood sugar within reason, you don’t need to feel gloomy about all the scary sounding side effects of diabetes.
Good luck.
–Splosives
That sucks man. What part of Pennsylvania are you heading to?
Sorry to hear that. Big bummer but I am sure you can keep that in check. Lots of people do.
Go no carb (under doctor supervision of course).
Get a second opinion. Seriously. The GP I used to go to actually told me he thought I probably had diabetes based solely on my weight. And I mean solely on the basis of looking at the number from my weigh-in, not blood work or anything else. Pissed me off because I’ve been lifting weights just about daily for the past year and have gained a lot of muscle while losing fat, which has resulted in my weight staying about the same, and it was so obvious that specialists I’ve seen described me as “athletic” or “in very good shape”. This is the same place that took my blood once and then called me to tell me I needed to come in for some weird sodium drink thing because my kidneys were about to fail, based on the blood test. Then they realized they’d screwed up handling the sample, and the second test (and all subsequent tests) were totally normal. At any rate, it’s worth getting another doctor to check, just to be sure.
I was pre-diabetic : was bouncing in the 103-108 mg/d blood sugar levels. Knocked it down to the 80s in about a month.
Diet plan: allow yourself roughly 5 oz of meat a day
vegetable vegetable vegetables
no sugar added almond milk
seed crackers – no wheat
nuts and seeds
no sugary drinks or even diet drinks, just water, coffee, tea
try to stay under 20g of carbs a day, 40g being the high amount.
stay away from breads, sugar, most fruit – exception being a small amount – like 4 or 5 day – of blueberries, blackberries, etc.
This diet was given to me by my doctor – worked really well. I’ve lost 25 pounds in ~3 months.
Ultra late to the party but you have my sympathy. Every one of my Dad’s siblings are either diabetic or pre except for him, the oldest. I’m hoping that I win the genetic crap-shoot but with the amount that I drink the odds are highly unfavourable. Like the others said, get a second opinion, just to make sure. Good Luck, Friend!
Jack Reacher 2 is dumb, dumb, dumb, but fun dumb. Obligatory old white villain. No, not Cruise, though he’s starting to look his age.
The first one was fun. Was going to watch John Wick 2 but it was only available with dubbing. Hell no. Is it any good?
As sequels go, not bad. Rehash of the first one with a not all that surprising twist at the end.
They kill his hamster this time? Smash his ant farm? Step on his pet beetle?
Let’s just say the hamster was traumatized.
Lemmiwinks?
I loved it. Agree with Suthen that it’s a rehash of the first one, but that’s not a bad thing at all. Keanu remains just as awesome.
Actually looked for that after I finished stupid Reacher. Not on Amazon or Hulu. So I’m watching the latest Star Trek. RIP Chekhov, what an ignoble way to go.
Yeah, that was an absurd Final Destination type way to go.
I liked it. More brutal gunplay, the cool underworld of assassins thing expanded upon.
I liked the first one, but the sequel was awful.
I liked it. Not as good but the gun fights are more than good enough to make it worthwhile.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5319053/Miley-Cyrus-showcases-bikini-body-Australias-Byron-Bay.html
That is nothing like the the swimsuits on Baywatch.
I dont get it. She just isnt all that. Coupled with the crazy, if I ran across her on that jog I would be hoofing it too…in the opposite direction.
Well, I think she’s adorable. And not that crazy either. I’d imagine almost anyone would be rather eccentric if they had that much money at her age.
I think a lot was an act to distance her from her Hannah Montana-ness. Notice how she’s now sort-of ‘normal’ and doesn’t do half the crap she used to.
Why bother even pointing the camera her way? She’s just not a sexpot.
Awww…..pillow-pants is smiling in that one shot. Vertically.
Pillow pants… hahahahah! I love that movie.
+1 Lister-fiend
I don’t know why, but that movie really pushes all my buttons right. I crush hard on Rosario Dawson, but even her aside I love it and regularly rewatch it. Which is not true of any other Kevin Smith movie, including the first.
This may be my favorite clip, but its a tough choice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGJAo6twyGw
Yeah, those pictures deflated my Q-induced boner.
This here is why you scroll replies before cllcking a link.
she looks like a tall hobbit
With scoliosis.
+1 pre-bent from the factory, amirite?
one of the other headlines on that link was about my former neighbor,It’s crazy to think I lived next door to them for two years. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5320767/Horrific-note-child-mom-starved-daughter-seen.html
Nope. Not even a little bit.
I’ve had much much better, even after I made 3 wrong turns.
Yep, those college kids are right; Israel is totally like Nazi Germany.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-challenge-of-scale/article/2011324
I always found the girls I hung out with at college were susceptible to my magnitude errors, IYKWIMAITTYD.
I find it hard to resist telling the ‘why women are bad at carpentry’ joke.
I guess it’s more politically correct than my “Tonto Goldberg” one, although I guess it would filter out all the SJWs immediately.
I always find it hard to not repeatedly tell the difference between women and refrigerators joke.
I DONT KNOW THOSE JOKES. Teases.
Mine is a real shaggy dog story about a guy who gets on a plane and sits next to this rather attractive woman reading a book. Eventually, he engages her in a lame conversation – it’s a long flight – and gets her to admit that she’s an anthropolgist. He draws her out and she admits that she’s a comparative ethnologist.
Drinks being served, he offhandedly decides to try his luck, and asks her which ethnicities’ men really have the longest genitalia, and she’s pretty forthcoming and says that statistically, descendants of Athabascan and Algonquin tribes are probably the winners there, so encouraged by this, he says “What about girth?” and she answers “Jews. Ashkenazi jews.” to which he nods his head, and they order another drink. They carry on the chit-chat and find they’re booked into the same hotel.
Eventually, the plane lands, and he asks her if she’d like to go for a drink after she drops her bags off at her room.
“Well, I don’t know if that’s a good idea, really. After all, I don’t even know your name!”
And now you know the punchline.
Nice. Alt: Merchant of Pebble Beach.
Do the female genitalia version next.
Q: Why are women bad at carpentry?
A: Because men are always telling them that this (hold fingers 4″ apart) is 8 inches
Why was I thinking “flat as a board, drives like a nail”?
Oh, nevermind.
What is the difference between a woman and a refrigerator?
A refrigerator doesn’t fart when you pull your meat out.
Yes, I actually typed that and clicked reply. I feel no shame.
How can Israel be Nazi Germany if America usurped the title? Or is it just Nazi Germanies all the way down?
Israel is worse than Nazi Germany and apartheid South Africa combined.
America is worse than Nazi Germany and should strive to be more like Venezuela.
The US is Israel’s closing ally, ergo, I believe the US would have to be Nazi Germany and Israel more atone to Fascist Italy.
Those college kids are so bonkers that their actions overshadow the horrid fact that you read the Weekly Standard
Heh FWIW me, I followed some links to this interesting story, at least for Germany-watchers. Long story short, Merkel turned her party into a copy of the center-left party, leaving a gaping vacuum on the “right”.
Spermageddon: Load of Terror, starring Tara Reid.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/spermageddon-human-race-could-infertile-50-years/
https://twitter.com/radleybalko/status/957132520008617984
I thought Balko would find it rather offensive that a federal prosecutor would move on to trying to prove obstruction of justice, when he has failed to prove the underlying crime that he was originally tasked with investigating. But, I suppose most ostensibly pro-criminal justice reform people have adopted the nonsensical notion that local police are inherently corrupt, while the DOJ and FBI are beyond reproach. Too bad principle is fleeting for so many
I believe the charge is Obstruction of Social Justice.
‘Lidderally’
TDS sufferers would celebrate if Mueller walked into Trump’s office and shot him dead.
Zero doubt on that. Crazy billionaire is a threat to the world, but McCain or Jeb! would’ve be tolerable. Liars. I don’t think it mattered who won. Not Herself and they were going batshit regardless.
I dont get the love for Hillary. She is one of the most odious humans on the planet. She is corrupt, incompetent, condescending, and just an all around nasty person. What the fuck is wrong with those people?
They want to be lead. She has a rabid, treacherous, likely treasonous, desire to lead.
Match.com couldn’t make a better pairing.
*led
/too many 40 oz’s
She’s hated by a lot of people on the right, so electing her would be a big “fuck you” to them? That’s the only reason I can think of.
She had the ‘right’ foreign policy. I don’t think they’d put up such a stink over Rubio or Jeb being elected, either.
If she had been President, we would be in a shooting war with Russia, because she has a pathological insecurity and a vicious self loathing which manifests in the desire to show the world she can kill just as many people as any man.
One of the big media coverups of the campaign was when she nonchalantly and openly stated that she would order the destruction of Russian warplanes over Syria for….well….some kind of idea in her disease ridden brain thought shooting down Russian warplanes was a sensible foreign policy.
It would have a different flavor, but the insanity of intersectionality was going to come out one way or another. Appeasement only emboldens them.
Remember when Trump called her “nasty” and all the right-thinking Hillary-bots were holding up “I’m nasty” signs? That’s a big part of her “appeal”.
Also nasty
Obviously we libertarians don’t gush over any politician, but I can understand that a large portion of the country does do this dumb “he seems like a good dude to have a beer with” thing where they think Obama or W or Bill Clinton is a good dude.
But I have disliked Hillary Clinton for as long as I have formed political opinions, and I just honestly don’t understand all how anyone can “like” her.
I think a lot of it stems from this strange prog need to constantly pretend to be straight shooting moderates. Like I will very rarely hear a prog say “yeah she’s a corrupt piece of shit, but I am Team Blue, so I voted for her.” It’s always this straight up Soviet style denial of her obvious personality traits, flaws, and numerous crimes where they pretend she is The Best Candidate to Ever Run For Office Ever. Progs are constantly pretending that their very ideological positions are not actually ideology at all, but simple just common sense pragmatism.
Radley, Radley, Radley. Everything he says in his reply is absolutely correct. And none of it applies to the tweet he’s replying to. Trump would be 100% in the right if he were to fire Mueller. But Balko has already decided that Trump is impeachable, and now it’s just a matter of justifying the impeachment. He’s already been tried and sentenced in Radley’s head, now it’s just a matter of finding the evidence.
Every president “could” be impeached. Yeah, I don’t get his point unless he’s saying every president of the past 50 years should’ve been impeached.
“peach fawty five”
H/T someone
I think the part that Balko is missing is that Mueller wasn’t fired. How can something that didn’t happen and was never acted upon be used against you as obstruction of justice?
Well the thing is he sort of opens the Twitterstorm with the presumption that Trump has done something impeachable. The guy who replies to him points out that, no, in fact, were Trump to fire an appointee, like Mueller that would be wholly within his power as laid out by no less an authority than the Constitution. Then Balko muddies the waters by saying that there are all sorts of powers of the executive that could be misused and thereby become grounds for impeachment without ever establishing that firing Mueller would constitute such a misuse.
Trump’s election has pulled a lot of masks off. It’s not that Balko is a straight shooting journalist of the old school, it turns out the whole time he was just saying things about police that we agreed with.
The dishonesty he shows now makes me wonder how many of all those cop abuse stories he posted actually went down the way he said they did.
I just wonder how a regular person would feel if they had won the presidency, and knew they were being railroaded (if that is what is happening) Wouldn’t an innocent man’s response be to try and end the shit? I think that would be my response. Or it could mean he is WORSE THAN HITLER!1!!!11!!
They are delusional. They have lived in a make-believe world all of their lives where things are what they wish they were, not what they are. They see themselves and the people around them as cartoon characters…good guys, bad guys, saviors (usually themselves) and good fights to be fought. They are useful idiots with an emphasis on idiots. Their lives have a narrative and Trump being elected doesnt fit that narrative. It makes no sense to them. They cant let the whole narrative collapse, cant let the illusion be shattered, then nothing would make sense to them. They are literally insane. They are trying to create reality to conform to their imaginary one, to wish it into existence.
Never mind that people are all flawed with good parts, bad parts and everything in between. Nevermind that no one is as smart as they think they are. Never mind that we are all born the same: naked, scared, screaming our heads off and trying to figure out what the fuck is going on. Never mind that we all have to bumblefuck our way through life on the first go-round, no practice runs. Never mind that there is no narrative, that nature just doesnt care about that. It is not comforting to think that the universe is indifferent to us as individuals or as a race or as a planet. There is no narrative. There is no purpose. There is no story playing out here. That is terrifying to them.
They are trying to wish into existence a magical reset so that they can comfortably sink back into their illusion.
This is why so much of the political dialog from these people is conducted using Harry Potter and Star Wars as analogies.
Very well put, Suthen! I grew up in a Socialist home and never thought to question things until I’d been put through some trials and tribulations at a very young age. The worldview that I’d taken as gospel just didn’t fit the reality that I was living. It took a few more decades to move me completely over to the dark side but here I am and here I’ll stay.
Going Greek tonite, not anal, on the grub front. Have a rack of lamb roasting in the oven, rubbed with garlic and herbs. Made a homemade tzatziki, a beet, feta and walnut salad, steamed broccoli and a bunch of olives on the side. Ten minutes and counting.
Where’s my invite? I can bring Metaxa!
Há! Anytime you happen by the People’s Republic of San Francisco I’d be happy to have you and your booze over!
After that meal, I wouldn’t recommend the former for 24 hours.
Sage advice there.
Have I mentioned I love Costco? God bless capitalism.
“Chelsea Manning on Her Alt-Right Partying: I Was a Spy, Not a Racist
Manning claims she was acting as a double agent, trying infiltrate the alt-right world to gain insight into their plans for rallies, get togethers, and general political strategy. Her, at times convoluted, explanation for why she was featured in multiple photos and social gatherings with the who’s who of the alt-right, was told exclusively to The Daily Beast.
“I viewed this as an opportunity to use the celebrity and fame I’ve gotten since getting out of prison to gather information and to ultimately find ways in which we who are against the alt-right can undermine the alt-right,” she said.
The idea that Manning might have established relationships with alt-right media figures to gain insight into their plans isn’t as far fetched as it seems at first blush. According to a Charlottesville organizer who was connected to The Daily Beast from Manning’s team who spoke on the condition of anonymity, one of the foundational goals of anti-fascist organizing is to gather intelligence into the activity of fascists and the alt-right.
When pushed on the fact that she was, in fact, freely let in to the event, Manning explained, “I want to be clear that they let me in because they knew who I was and therefore they gave me that privilege to be there. Would they let any other trans person into that event? The answer is no.”
In the end though, it’s impossible to really know what was going through Manning’s head as she decided to escalate her relationships with figureheads of the alt-right in order to supposedly gather intelligence on their plans. Manning’s decision-making process appears nonsensical to all but the most ardently engaged in the anti-fascist movement and the whole thing has an air of impulsiveness. Though she’s promised never to associate with the alt-right again, her lack of awareness of the symbol she’s become to many on the left, especially within a trans community facing constant attacks from the alt-right, have left many of her supporters confused and feeling betrayed.
“People have every right to be confused and hurt by this,” Manning said. “Regardless of good intentions, I leveraged my privilege to gain access to spaces others couldn’t dream of entering safely. I never meant to hurt my supporters. No amount of information on the alt-right is worth losing the trust of my supporters.””
https://www.thedailybeast.com/chelsea-manning-i-was-a-spy-not-a-racist
This is the greatest excuse for a really stupid reason. She didn’t go to a party with Richard Spencer or David Duke. These are Alex Jone type people- quirky and ridiculous, but not racist.
I wouldn’t even go that far. But I agree they aren’t racist.
Alex Jones plays a character. He is a troll. He doesnt believe any of the shit he says. At home he is probably a sober, boring guy.
YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO FORGIVE ME IF I SOUND A MUCH HERE. LAST NIGHT I ATE A BIG STEAK. SWAM FIVE MILES NAKED. SO MY TESTOSTERONE IS OFF THE CHARTS!
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
Those are fighting words.
I TASTE METAL! I TASTE BLOOD!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHxiVfhFqLk
LAST NIGHT I ATE A BIG STEAK. SWAM FIVE MILES NAKED.
I’m beginning to understand why the frogs are gay.
Fruitloop is nuts. News at 11
I don’t even know how many dimensions of chess that is. Devious!
?
I’m a little suspicious of these homemade gourmet meals you guys supposedly are eating. Once in a while I’d expect to see, “Tonight I’m having the half bag of Doritos I found behind the couch and drinking tap water out of my hands as I lean over the sink.”
What kind of Doritos? I’d say half a bag of cool ranch Doritos is a pretty solid meal. At least classier than the half bag of nacho cheese Doritos meal
Oh hell yeah. Cool Ranch are the bomb.
O.G. taco flavored, or GTFO
Ugh. Flashback to sharing a tiny office with a guy that would eat Doritos at ten sharp every fucking day. Dude was a mouth-breather just to put a bird on it. Hungover, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide and you hear the crinkle of the bag… I don’t know how I was able to restrain myself from putting a letter-opener into his neck. Still can’t stomach them to this day.
Oh that is just sillyness there, Nacho cheese Doritos make the best nachos on the planet when baked up with a bunch of shredded colby jack. Ranch doritos are good for throwing behind the couch and that is it.
That is not infrequent but who is gonna tell about that?
Yesterday – 3 day old fried chicken, cold from the fridge, then a pint of mint chocolate chip ice-cream. I was too lazy to cook.
Or maybe that was day before yesterday.
See? Now I feel much better about the frozen dinner I ate last night. Why do people want to make me feel like the loser I am? *Dips fish stick in Mayo*
Artisanal?
I do cook fairly often because I love to, but the wife and I are alone now and we just dont eat that much anymore. One of us cooks and we have leftovers for two or three days. Lately I have been trying to learn to cook in smaller amounts.
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT TAP WATER IS. IT’S A GAY BOMB, BABY!
Yep, distilled water or rainwater and pure grain alcohol is the way to go.
There is a reason I rarely post my meals.
Now SWMBO has a full-ish time job, the dietary situation around here changed, and given the choice, we prefer home cooking, but it gets boring and neither of us have the time or dedication to scout recipes. So, when we cook, if I do it it’s Indian, Asian or English. If she cooks, it’s gonna be Italian, Central European or ‘American’. Sometimes, we’re all out of enthusiasm, and then we order in one of those packages from Blue Apron with all the ingredients, simply because we can take what is basically a decent recipe and futz about with it.
Tonight was a home made paella (my recipe) but I think tomorrow it’ll be Sun Basket (a different firm, with more interesting recipes) Beef Penang. Now, Beef Penang isn’t exactly difficult, and we could put one together cheaper if we went out and bought all the ingredients, but sometimes, it’s not bad to just try someone else’s take on an old favorite.
OT “Just so you know” Karen Carpenter was a nutmegger. Hard to imagine.
I had a soft maple (round these parts its “swamp maple”, but we also call bell peppers “mangos”), but all the ants tearing it apart were really skinny.
They were…..*dons sunglasses*…..Karen Carpenter ants
If you go back and look at the recipes I had posted when the site first got cranked up you will see that I posted those specifically for people such as yourself. Hearty delicious stuff that can be whipped up quickly.
I will, thanks for the heads-up – I made it here on the second life-ship, so the wisdom of the pioneers evaded my attention.
Hopefully I can substitute chicken in for all the catfish and ‘gators.
Joking aside, SWMBO makes a very passable jambalaya, what for bein’ a goddamn yankee an’ all. Hence the connection with Karen Carpenter.
I have some nice recipes for Welsh rarebit, Welsh cawl, Welsh cookies, or Welsh boiled cake. I’m sure your English tastebuds will find them suitably terrible.
I make a stew that is pretty close to a beef lobsgows, with cheese and bread on the side, just like a real Snowdonian would. Welsh rarebit is a bit too ‘european’ for them.
Don’t forget, I ravaged a North Walean Gaenna for a number of years and experienced a “Gorillas in the Mist” lifestyle with her family. Most of the local cuisine is an acquired taste, but it’s better than hard tack and sea pie.
Better than hard tack and sea pie isn’t a terribly high bar, but I’ll take it. My favorite is boiled cake, both for the actual end product, the fact it first contain eggs so I was allowed to eat the batter, and the look on people’s faces when I tell them about it.
(let’s use “{” as the gypsy analog of “(“) …
My {{{grandmother}}} used to make something very similar to boiled cake. Not as spicy as I understand it to be in Wales, but with more fruit and with nuts in it. I must admit, even very fresh, I used to want to cut it like a loaf and put butter on it, but then I do that with seed cake too.
I think that’s where most sit out the what’s for dinner. But if you insist, instant noodles on desk tonight.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
Fellow traveler on the mass produced beer train. Cheers!
Confessions from the trashcan: I hate powdered flavor on chips, including the powdered cheese on Doritos.
Had homemade pizza for lunch. Had cold homemade pizza for dinner and am snacking on pretzel chips and Aldi hummus while reading Glibs. We’ve tried to get away from the processed stuff as much as possible, but sometimes you just have to nuke a hotdog and eat it out of a slice of sandwich bread.
About the only ‘flavored’ chips I’ll eat are salt and vinegar, or ones with seasonings like cracked pepper.
Fake cheese or fake bacon dustings are literally the Hitler and Mussolini of fake flavorings.
Tonight I had leftover turkey meatloaf with roasted cauliflower. Tomorrow, I’m cooking the pollo con mojo criollo marinating in my refrigerator.
Mostly I eat sandwiches. We used to cook pretty regularly but time has become an issue and we’ve gotten out of the habit. Still, we do a lot of pizza, stews, chili, stuff like that. I roasted a chicken the other day and I think I’ve finally found how to make a bird exactly how I like it. Did an eye round roast that I’ve been eating on sourdough for the past few days. Ooh, I do macaroni and cheese fairly often homemade, and I’ve switched from using a sharp cheddar to colby jack. I actually like the colby jack better.
Tonight, it was a roast beef sandwich, a pile of whey powder mixed with water, and now I’m working on some Johnny Walker Green.
Whole lot of processed carbs there, kemosabe.
What can I say? I like flour. I like booze.
While I’m on the subject, my whole life changed once I learned how to make mac and cheese from scratch. It’s just a bechamel sauce, which is just a really light roux, with a pile of cheese in it. The end. You can doll it up with dry mustard, maybe some soy, some Worcestershire sauce, whatever else, but in the end it’s not really much more effort than the premade stuff and it tastes a hell of a lot better. Plus, if you have beer kickin’ around you just toss that in and it’s Welsh rabbit.
If you are not putting some hot sauce in that you are wasting mac and cheese.
I tend to go Louisiana or Crystal if my kid’s eating some. For myself, I like to do little tapas-sized bowls so I can do a sriracha one, an El Yucateca one (the brown flavor), and a Valentina one to mellow out.
Oddly, I find barbecue sauce goes surprisingly well, too.
El Yucateca makes some of the finest hot sauces around. Their habanero and roasted habanero are absolutely amazing. I had some this morning on eggs and potatoes.
Valentina Extra Hot is my go to.
I like Valentina. I also like this Valentina.
https://www.instagram.com/instavalentinanappi/?hl=en
If you haven’t tried El Yucateco Salsa Mayakut give it a go. You will not be disappoint.
I’ve had the El Yucateco Habenero sauces, but I haven’t seen that one around here.
home made mac and cheese is always too ‘dry’ for me, because of all the salt in the cheese, I prefer the soupy/slimy moistness of the rehydrated cheese.
^^^ This guy gets it.
I just made a pan of mac y queso for the girlfriend. Gimme Kraft, Velveeta, or GTFO.
Jesus, I was thinking when Beyond started, Oh, it’s back to the levity of the old space adventure motif! Maybe not so much Spock punching Khan a thousand times, more, I don’t know, idiosyncratic alien culture rubs up against the Federation and they both learn to live with one an–
Nope, like eight red shirts get red shirted by electrocution as the camera pans over their bodies. Oh, fun.
As somebody who grew up on TNG (and DS9 and VOY to lesser extents), I’ve been nothing but disappointed by AbramsTrek. I didn’t even bother with the current VirtueSignalTrek.
TNG FTW.
I love the first one. Another movie I can watch again and again. Like Casino Royale, it suffers from its sequels.
I agree. The first one could’ve been the perfect setup to a great series of movies if they had gotten Beyond correct. Orci and Kurtzman were bragging on TrekMovie.com (I have no idea why I bothered reading that site… i’m really not that much of a Trekkie) about how awesome their story for Beyond was, and every single fan was hammering them with “don’t remake Khan!” What did they do? They made a half-assed reboot of Khan.
Replace “Beyond” with “Darkness” in my prior comment.
I still don’t understand why they didn’t make Cumberbatch’s character one of the OTHER Augments, trying to release Khan. yes, it should’ve been more different, but even if they’d wanted to do a close reboot of that story, they could’ve made that little change and I think fans would’ve swallowed it much more easily.
I have a funny story for Into Darkness. They had an outdoor set for the final fight scene not far from my kid’s school, and it was enormous set-up with four-story green screens behind the big sets to walk around on. Hard to miss from the road. And so of course photos leaked on the net. So apparently JJ/the studio saw this and was PISSED. because overnight, there were big containers (the cargo ship kind) dragged in to hide the set. But fans were still lurking and posting pics, so the next day, there was a huge fence built. But, even funnier? They did all that — and two days later, it was broken down and gone.
I’ve always been pretty sure that experience is part of how JJ Abrams got the STar Wars job — not only could he handle big movies, but he was also very aware of security, set photos, all that.
I’m liking Beyond again… it’s much more adventurous in the second half. Kinda getting a Krikkit vibe from the whole thing.
Overall Beyond is my favorite of the three Abrams Treks (Darkness is the only one I actively loathe). It, at least, tried to be its own thing and not a rehash of what came before. I just wish it had a bit more than the tired fucking same plot as half the Trek movies, but Wrath of Khan cast a big shadow among nerds. Not normies, of course, The Voyage Home was the most popular Trek movie by tickets sold IIRC.
Abrams only produced Beyond. Written by Simon Peg and Directed by Justin Lin. The Abrams style just show horned them….And fucking Orci and Kurtzman can get fucked by Steve Smith. They ruin everything they touch.
“Abrams” as in this particular continuity 🙂
I was really surprised when I read Pegg wasn’t a Trekkie and had to do research when he wrote the script. It really felt like someone who likes and respects Trek, instead of going “fuck this is boring, let me fix it for you”…
I always heard he was a Trek fan.
That makes much more sense, given the all the little things in the movie. Probably was something lost in translation in the snippet (it was a trivia items somewhere)…
Having sex with a girl is GAY. Half of her chromosomes are from her dad and half of her chromosomes are from her mom. But so are yours. Therefore, every time you have sex it’s 50% gay and 50% straight. So if u ain’t bi then quit having sex. Y’all motherfuckers make me sick.
I had a girl come over one day. The second she walked inside, I threw her on the couch, took off her shoes, and put on her favorite TV show so she could relax and feel comfortable. Then I forced her to the kitchen, shoved her over the dining table, and cooked a nice candle-light dinner. Then I finally carried her to my bedroom, ripped off her clothes, and gave her a new set of pajamas so she could sleep comfortably.
You’re a regular Smoove B, aintcha?
i come to study Mechanical Engineering at American university. i am here little time and i am very hard stress. i am gay also and this very difficult for me, i am very religion person. i never act to be gay with other men before. but after i am in america 6 weeks i am my friend together he is gay also. He was show me American video game and then we are kiss. We sex together. I never before now am tell my mother about gay because i am very shame. As i ** this American boy it is very good to me but also i am feel so guilty. I feel extreme guilty as I begin orgasm. I feel so guilty that I pick up my telephone and call Mother in Russia. I awaken her. It too late for stopping so I am cumming sex. I am very upset and guilty and crying, so I yell her, “I AM CUM FROM SEX” (in Russia). She say what? I say “I AM CUM FROM SEX” and she say you boy, do not marry American girl, and I say “NO I AM CUM FROM SEX WITH MAN, I AM IN ASS, I CUM IN ASS” and my mother very angry me. She not get scared though. I hang up phone and am very embarrass. My friend also he is very embarrass. I am guilt and feel very stupid. I wonder, why do I gay with man? But I continue because when it spurt it feel very good in American ass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESLUy-_yaLw
Back from a short Ann Arbor trip:
Quick take – lots of ug girls there. Told my wife that it looked like a lesbian commune meeting here in Ann Arbor.
Uglier than in Columbus?
Oxford, Knoxville, Athens
the end
‘Please hobble my competitors and raise barriers to new entrants’
Where’s my shocked face?
Regulatory is a myth perpetuated by kkkorporations and Fox News!
*go ahead an throw a “capture” in where it makes sense…
Dear AT&T:
Fuck off and die.
kthxbai
Made caldo verde for dinner. Took me a bit longer than I expected. I don’t use a ton of potatoes, so peeling them took a bit, and 2 pounds of kale is very very large amount of kale. But it really turned out nice. Really easy to make, just took time.
Nice. I love me some of that. Did you use linguiça or chouriço?
Subbed out andoullie cuz I had some in the fridge. Really turned out nice.
So I had a talk with my niece who was talking gender trash on her Facebook. Seems her saying she was ‘gender-fluid’ was more just saying she was tomboyish, I warned her about getting caught in the political claptrap, and she seemed receptive…but it turns out she’s dealing with some other mental issues that her mom is slow-walking on getting her help for. Her mom doesn’t work, they’re on medicaid so any place that accepts medicaid is basically free, yet this isn’t being dealt with. Must be the government’s fault! NEEDZ MOAR MONEY!
That’s what scares and angers me about all this SJW intersectionality nonsense. Even when I was a young lad in the 80s and 90s a girl could be a tomboy, and that was fine. There were plenty of chicks who hung out with the guys and were all rough and tumbly and played sports a little harder than the girls doin’ it for the social circle. That never really factored into serious considerations of their sexuality. Maybe they were into chicks, maybe they weren’t (most weren’t, as I recall) but it was just a separate aspect of personality. Most importantly, it wasn’t a big deal.
Now, everything is an identity, and all identities compete for victimhood. You’re nobody until you’ve identified as part of an oppressed group these days.
It is part and parcel of the progressive desire to politicize absolutely everything. I also grew up with a few tomboys and most of them ended up being straight. Teens and pre teens have a lot to deal with as it is, let alone making everything about your identity and personality into a fucking a political statement.
When I got a little older and had relationships with those tomboys they would usually confide to me that they had experimented with some rumpy bumpy with other girls. It was a huge turn-on for me, lascivious letch that I am…er…was.
In the end they ‘straightened up’ and got married and had kids.
Heh, heh.
“You can tell me more about that stuff. I don’t mind listening, really.”
“Don’t mind the rhythmic tapping under the table”
That was the gist. I talked about how I was the one her never forced her to do ‘girl’ stuff; but what you do or like doesn’t define your gender. What does is whether you sit or stand to pee. That got a laugh out. By golly if I weren’t being undermined by her mother and my mother (with whom she lives) this girl would be stellar. I look forward to having my own kids one day, just because it’s so sad to put in all that work and have their ‘parents’ fuck everything up.
LSD really didn’t have much of a circle of friends until she was 14 or 15. It was quite worrying for us and we followed that kind of “be yourself, create your own you” a lot of the time. In some ways, it’s better. Teenage girl cliques are brutal social critics and in some ways, it might be good to insulate a girl from that for as long as possible, although I guess that realistically, you just can’t do that.
What it did do was create an individualist who could easily have started hanging out with the town’s ‘bad crowd’ of misfits. In a way, she did start hanging out with them, but we (maybe incorrectly and arrogantly) congratulate ourselves on helping her avoid any real impact of peer pressure, which of course one of the main reasons why kids “go wrong” – especially when they’re bombarded with internet stupidity. Although she’s off at college, she’s still good friends with a bunch of the social misfits of the town who are basically good kids (=young people, since they’re now all 20-21) but aren’t criminal or manipulative.
Too much to hope for to have her ‘discover’ Jordan Peterson, I guess …
If they’re on medicaid, then they’re being treated by medicaid docs, who adore medicaid payments, and are gov’t shills.
What could possibly go wrong?
Fuck it, I’m not a number, I’m a free man! So here are some new designs we could have for the next round of Hat and Hair merch. Voice your opinions.
1. The Donald.
2. MAGA PRIME
Fuck. Yes.
Someday 3D printing will be ubiquitous enough that I’ll be able to get The Hat and The Hair as monitor toys. Someday soon….
I want someone with knowledge of 3-D printing to print me a 3-D printer, using a 3-D printer. Then the cycle is complete.
Done.
Oh, bother.
Scroll up to my long winded bs at 8:51
I should have added – This is why they freak the fuck out when Trump calls shitholes shitholes, assuming he did. This is why they lose their shit when he calls out proven liars on their bullshit. This is why their heads explode when he puts America’s interest first. He isnt playing along with their fantasy, he is calling things as they are. It threatens their comforting illusion.
This is why all of us here are worse than Hitler. We may disagree on many things amongst ourselves but no one here, as far as I can tell, is intellectually dishonest. We call things what they are.
Which makes the CNN ‘this is an apple’ ad so hilariously hypocritical. I think some of those people really believe that if they can just get everyone else to agree with them then what they wish for so badly will come true. There will be 178 genders, we can be savior to millions of doe-eyed, well meaning ‘migrants’ who just deserve a shot at the good life, the SJshitbirds will become true saviors and vanquish the evildoers, etc.
They aren’t just trying to convince us it is an apple, they are trying to convince themselves as well.
The great illegal immigration dilemma: Should we do what’s lawful, or what’s humane? Because only humane thing to do is GRANT FULL CITIZENSHIP NOW!1111! There is no in between, Green Cards don’t exist! Worker Visas don’t exist! EITHER YOU SHOOT THEM ALL IN THE HEAD, or do the compassionate thing and grant them all citizenship 🙂
This has everything do with the organic loathing of Trump, I think.
Had, say, Bush III suggested the same, Democrats would just realize this is the 86 Amnesty all over again. “Sure,we’ll take the compromise, we proooomise to fund your security fence, and also no citizenship, sure.” Then delay and defund the wall when you get into power. Then, five to eight years after, start the “It’s soooo unfair, we are law-abiding and good citizens, our chirruns are totally Amurican, every morning each of us has a bald eagle land on our arm and spill a single tear” propaganda campaign and presto – 1.8..whoops, turns out there were twice as many…3.6 million new voters.
But, that’d require giving Trump something, so they’d rather throw it away.
They intend to give Trump what they gave Reagan. This shit wont fly with Trump.
Lawfully send them back from whence they came? I mean, the US, like most other countries, has laws about immigration. So if you’re here illegally, then you’re breaking the law. There isnt a statute of limitations.
Or, just for giggles, throw the ones you round up on a plane headed to Ottawa. Trudeau will be tickled.
“Down, down to hell; and say I sent thee thither:
I, that have neither pity, love, nor fear”
Canada might get another wave of Haitians come spring.
The last time was hilarious for PM Zoolander’s “We love us some refugees, come up here…wait, why are you coming? Who told you to…Look, idiots, we won’t accept half of you, STOP COMING!”
Mail ’em to Vatican City. Ill kick in $20 for freight.
The best part of that “This is an apple” thing was Assange tweeted right after, “No, it’s no an apple. It’s a photo of an apple.”
It encapsulated the whole thing really – that CNN can’t even get something THAT basic correct. It’s not apples vs bananas, it’s apples vs pictures of apples, and they’re trying to sell us the picture of an apple as if it’s an apple.
Mind. Blown.
testing, my comments aren’t getting posted.
Just send it to Jesus, courtesy of the Pentagon.
What’s the Mexican equivalent of the Pentagon where one could write to Jesus?
My wife is at a scotch tasting for work. Just me and my 3 boys watching Simpsons episodes from the ’90s.
Thomas Sowell, gettin it on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIysOemPKs
Wonderful – thx
So, if one is going to hit on a waitress while she is working, is it classier to leave a business card or write your number on the bill?
I’ve used a business card, but I don’t *leave* it. I give it to her. Anything else is being a wuss.
Being a wuss to Number 6.
Oh, and write something on the back of the card, like your cell # if the card only has land line.
Try making conversation and read her body language. THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS. Legal ones, anyways.
Oh, you delicate pajama boys!
Work is work. It’s like hitting on a chick in an elevator or on a train. They can’t leave, so you probably shouldn’t do it.
Her body language last time I was in there is why I’m thinking about next time. I’m not their now; I’m not that fucking useless to be asking glibs about the next move while I’m there. I’m creating a plan of action.
Well, plans of action in this situation are like plans of action in warfare. They rarely survive first contact with reality. Don’t get hung up on planning.
You know if she into you. Take a shot if she is. Easy peezy.
I was there with my 78yr old aunt and her 88yr old husband, not exactly the time one feels like putting on the schmooze.
Yeah, having the crumblies around tends to cramp your style a bit.
That’s exactly the time to do it.
Goddammit, Playa. Wish I knew you when I was single.
It makes me sad that my gifts go to waste.
Yup, the oldies would smile and make a polite joke. You could joke back about chaperoning them. It’s a family affair.
Better than walking a cute dog through the park. And you don’t have to pick their shit. Let them stew in their depends.
Suellington, you don’t know my aunt; that wouldn’t be a joke.
Ha, ha! Then you should be going to church tomorrow with them. That could be the perfect place to politely ask this young lass out for a cup of tea.
They don’t go to church anymore, they get home delivery. And tomorrow I’m stuck driving an hour away to a lutheran church for my nieces baptism…hence, just thinking about dropping in for lunch at this restaurant this week how to handle it. Jasper Crimony, here I thought my new Hat and Hair styles would get hits, but it’s all about my aspie lack of a love life. You guys take the Glib breeding program to heart.
The Glib breeding program is no joke. There is a severe shortage in this world right now. We need more. Also, asking a bunch of old married guys about how to hook up with a girl is sure to be a way to get one of the only free things that others generally don’t want, free advice.
Final useless advice from me. Don’t do the restaurant route; it’s less ‘personable’ than a church approach.
You’ve known this woman for years.
She’s not some rando who just took your breath away while serving up two eggs over-easy and a side of bacon on table 4.
That’s the thing, I haven’t known her, I’ve seen her at church. When I’m at church I’m there with my mom, and my nieces. She seems to be there with older family as well. So this new avenue would just be like ‘Oh, I’ve seen you around town and at church. I’m CPRM. Nice to actually meet you…’
And what would be wrong with saying (pretty much) exactly that? Doesn’t sound like it needs a plan. So straightforward that a man might ask you why you didn’t do it last week. Or last year.
As approaches go, you could do far worse than say almost that very thing. Demonstrate interest. Take Kipling’s six servants with you. Be intrigued.
If you have to ask, it’s already too late
Also, if she’s working, make sure you’re right about her digging you. Not to white knight, but hitting on a chick that is being polite only because she’s doing her job correctly is a douche move. *Not that you’re a douche, CPRM
Douche move? nah. Maybe simply unwelcome, but it’s hard to read a level of interest when she’s working, so keep all options open, keep it light, fun and BRIEF.
This kind of thing tends to be more rom-com than reality, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.
” but it’s hard to read a level of interest when she’s working”
That’s all I’m saying. Much higher bar that another customer at the bar.
It was a restaurant, and I wasn’t her table.
I’m bad with body language as an Aspie. But this is a local girl I’ve had an eye on for a long time, this is the first time I’ve found a place I could plan a run-in besides church in over a decade of having an eye on her. If I read her smile right after I paid the bill yesterday (not her table) I’m just trying to make an action plan to be implemented upon certain contingencies.
“Wanna have a drink sometime?” – Fine in your case I’m guessing.
Elaborate plans to attract her? Not my style. But your life.
Not elaborate plans, just thinking when I go there alone for lunch later what’s the best tact.
Sounds like you need a wingman. Get a buddy to go with you.
I don’t drink Coors Light.
I’ve done that for my buds. Talking to a chick you can’t stand can be a blast. Especially if she likes you.
Oh, I have stories, when the girl I was trying to set a friend up with brought a troll (gap tooth, malformed face kinda freak) and I let it make out with me, then took my friend out for a strategy session and the girl I was trying to get him with as all, ‘just let her suck your dick’; I wasn’t that good of a friend.
Probably thinking about the whole thing way too much.
Find a reason to exchange niceties after church, even if it’s about the weather, it’s less stressful and far less ‘risk’ than any other scenario, and if she gets creeped out, the pastor can beat the fuck out of you with a stack of bibles.
Establish rapport with common ground. Suggest a low-pressure, socially unthreatening event. Furry hats, magic tricks and negging can come later.
Incidentally, I have noticed that “going for a drink” is a much bigger social minefield than it used to be. I guess everyone knows way too much about rohypnol nowadays.
“I heard of this new safe space on campus. Wanna go be safe with me sometime?”
Cuddle/Struggle ?
Sounds fun….
Exactly. I may rape you on the way, though.
I think you’re the ones thinking about it too much, I only asked the original question because I watched American Psycho last night.
We’re such suckas.
In over a decade… hopefully she is at least an aquaintance by now.
I always just asked for her number, straight-up. Takes most of the guess work out and actually worked a few times. Turns out that (well, back then,anyways) Chicks dig a confident vibe. I’d imagine the landscape has changed thirty years hence.
The weird thing is, I’ve never been able to discern her age. Now that I’m older, that really doesn’t matter as much, but the first time I thought about hitting on her 15yrs ago she might not have been legal, or she could be older than me. I couldn’t fucking tell. I suck at life, but am slowly becoming less incompetent.
Well, she should be legal by now, so that’s one thing you don’t have to worry about.
I’m sure it still works if you have the balls to do it.
Indeed, it might even work better now, except with the ones that mace you, of course.
Human nature doesn’t change that quickly.
I think we’ve cracked the case of “Whom of us is HM’s mystery man that got hugged by a Girl”!
I will have you know, sir, that I was hugged by no less than three women, on THIS very day!
The “Raging Grannies” at the old-folks home don’t count.
Seeing as i’m the only one left standing I’ll leave this nugget for y’all. Seem’s fitting espeially since the lead singer is dying of early-onset Alsheimer’s… Whatta drag. https://youtu.be/crIk87-mPzY
Huh. Is that a P Brook or a Gilmore? Can’t keep up with these new-fangled ways. Guess I’ll just keep getting drunker and older no matter the cost!
Keep looking shocked, and move slowly towards the cake.
Am I alone in being a fat guy that doesn’t like cake? Not a fan of sweets. It’s the beer and bad knees that does me in.
Your liver and pancreas may want to…..*rips off sunglasses*……weigh in
That is some good general life advice.
Homer knows things.
2nd stringer at Current Affairs posts long article on environmental damage from capitalism.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/01/the-hot-mess-of-the-free-markets-side-effects
not mentioned: the much worse environmental damage that occurred in the centrally-planned economies of the USSR and China.
something something state capitalism
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Likewise, consider the great U.S. libertarian Henry Hazlitt, who introduced Hayek and other right-wing Austrian School economists to American readers. He wrote that anyone favoring government intervention is failing to see the “secondary consequences,” which are held to be less favorable than the near-term positive results. So tax money spent building a bridge employs people, but the tax collections reduce consumer buying power which would have created other jobs in the free marketplace. Similarly, an increase in the minimum wage has the obvious outcome of raising immediate purchasing power for the low-wage workforce, but fear the heinous secondary consequences of higher inflation and unemployment!
But notably, these secondary consequences that Hazlitt refers to are only apparent among public policies. Side-effects of private commerce somehow fail to be included. This right-wing practice, of bringing out fine economists to draw attention to the secondary consequences of public policies but utterly failing to mention any in the capitalist marketplace, continues to this day. Every time a Freedom Caucus member goes on Fox News and rants red-faced against taxes collected by The Government, the spotlight focuses laser-like on the downside, and never mentions the legitimate benefits provided by public programs the Fox viewer typically relies on.
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GAH! Haven’t you been reading the boards? no one cares about politics anymore, it’s all about how I suck at hitting on women. Keep up Derp!
But it’s so fucking fun! Just twisting your tail, pal. Best of luck with the Glibbening Moment!
Time is ceaselessly passing. Ask her out while you are still a young man. There is nothing creepy about it. You like her, if she likes you and doesn’t have a steady (or even if she does) then you likely get a yes. Make it short and unambiguous. If not, then you use it as a real life example that getting a “no” really isn’t that’s bad. The next one awaits. There is always a next one, until you decide not.
Yes, politics is interesting, but regular human interaction even more so,.
I read it. I struggled to think of something constructive to add. All my relationships (few and short-lived) and most of my dates have been from online dating. One time, I went to the beach to take nature pictures and saw a girl doing the same thing. So we talked for a while about ocean life exchanged phone numbers.
We went on a date about a week later. Turned out she was older than me and had a teenage kid. I was still willing to go on a second date, but it never came.
My point is that when it comes to looking for love in meat space, your best bet is to look for a shared activity. Go to film festivals and conventions. Many churches have singles meet-ups- try those.
Do karaoke or go to open mic nights. Join a yoga class- there’s a target rich environment.
Bottom line- go outside, try new things, talk to people.
If that gets lame, you can always come back here.
Don’t listen to Derp. Listen to Playa. Use props: Old people, a rental super car, fake Rolex, pectoral implants, white knight, become a male feminist, join PETA, fake an addiction.
find a genie who will transform you into a prince
say you are under a curse which can only be lifted by true love
kill a rival and take his place on the throne
I have a fake Rolex…but I think the battery is dead, and Wal-Mart won’t change it because it might be a real Rolex, have to take it to a jeweler…
Seriously. I have one rule: Don’t bore me. Chicks have the same rule.
So you don’t want to hear about the appreciation in value my comics collection has had int the last 6 months?
For People Like Us, “Boring” is dangerously easy to achieve.
Careful. I may have to write another Japanese lesson.
One word – Co-ed naked slo-pitch softball! All kidding aside, when my dreams of glory were crushed due to injury I played softball for years. Most of the girls weren’t lesbians, just earthy tomboy types and quite a few of them were fine athletes. Any type of interaction. Pool league, bowling, darts, whatever. A shared interest is a foot in the door and no, not in a STEVE SMITH fashion. There are millions of girls out there therefore the world is your oyster. Just go win one for The Gipper!
Foot in the door reminds of that Seinfeld episode when George leaves a hat behind to get a second date.
For people our approximate age it’s always either a Seinfeld or a Simpsons reference.
more bathos
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/01/the-current-affairs-principles-of-living
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Yet the advice market is dominated by charlatans and foreign impostors. Canadian psychologist Jordan B. Peterson, for example, known chiefly for his failure to empathize with transgender people, has recently produced a “self-help” book called 12 Rules for Life containing principles such as “Stand up straight,” “Make good friends,” “Be precise,” and “Pet street cats.”
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We believe our own rules for living are superior to the Peterson Rules, not only because there are many more of them, but because they have the advantage of not being stupid.
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Eliminate all nuclear weapons. Preferably quickly. Try not to detonate any in the process.
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Perform a citizen’s arrest of Peter Thiel.
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Always ask rich people how they justify having so much when others have so little. Point out the holes in their justifications. Do not let them change the subject.
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If you are a soldier, and you are asked to use a bayonet in an unseemly way, loudly question the propriety of the act. Resign if necessary, preferably in spectacular fashion.
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Every time you consider eating a sausage, consider the forlorn faces of sad little piglets.
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Overthrow capitalism, but preferably without making everything worse.
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it’s like Mad Magazine, but run by autistic Marxists.
I like Peterson well enough but he is a little too “Charly Church” for me. Watching him dismantle SJW nonsense is worth the price of admission so I watch his feed regularly.
Is there anything more repulsive than slavers trying to be funny?
Ooh! Ooh! I know – I know!
Hitler?
His early stand up was gold.
related
The Fascist Stand-Up Comic by Kliph Nesteroff
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2014/06/comedys-fascist-sympathizer-by-kliph-nesteroff.html
“He was also comedy’s most notorious racist”.
He lost that title a few years ago.
Michael Richards?
That was bizarre. Obviously he was being sarcastic, but didn’t matter. I was thinking of Samantha Bee or Trevor Noah.
This is amusing:
Bee’s husband protested a proposal to move a school next to a housing project.
But for reasons totally unrelated to racism!
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It is true that Jones’ children were affected by a school zoning issue in New York City in 2016. Although ethnicity and financial status were both issues in the debate, it is false to say that the Comedy Central star was fighting at any point to “keep black kids out of his children’s school.”
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https://www.snopes.com/samantha-bees-husband-school/
Amusing how Snopes rates that as “false” based on what Jones said. Revealed preferences be damned, right Snopes?
If you are a soldier, and you are asked to use a bayonet in an unseemly way, loudly question the propriety of the act. Resign if necessary, preferably in spectacular fashion.
Like accessorizing a Klinger outfit?
I knew a soldier at DLI who wanted out and her plan was to eat her way there. She succeeded at the cost of her dignity and several months of busy work. Another female soldier got an Article 15 for marrying an officer. And then there were all the sham marriages to get BAH.
GI Jane is nowhere close to reality. So many female soldiers wash out for pregnancy, weight, failing PT tests, and injury. And then ones that become NCOs can turn into the worst martinets. It makes me wonder what the point is of letting them join.
I guess the answer is politics.
There are awesome female soldiers, but a lot of losers.
I remember when the Army’s fraternizing rules only applied within your food chain. Then it was expanded to any officer/enlisted situation because the other services were idiots and must be uniform.
I saw pictures at a museum of Vietnam era soldiers drinking beer and showing off war trophies.
Not anymore.
related
https://www.duffelblog.com/2017/07/mattis-interview/
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“I have a theory: the last war we won, hands-down, we allowed our troops to fuck, marry, and bring home the local women. You want to win a war? Let your troops fuck the locals. So, unless I’m fired or quit, before I leave, our new policy will be, fuck as many of the local girls as you can.”
“Corollary to the above: you should also drink a shitload of the local liquor. Fuck General Order Number One. I’m going to end that shit, rikki fucking tick.”
“Also you’re soon going to be allowed to collect war trophies again. Seize a Dragunov sniper rifle from an insurgent cache? Guess what: you get to ship it home and keep it.”
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If only…
The whole point (ha!) of a bayonet is to do unseemly things to people.
I can’t find the article, but a few years ago, there was a US soldier who tried to get out claiming he didn’t realize that joining the military might involve killing. A female British fighter pilot did the same thing. She thought it was all just having fun flying around in jets, honest!
Good lord that is unfunny.
OK, I lol’d
Apogee, Synergy. https://youtu.be/Sx7eqdkwxEw
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band
This is a damn fine cover .
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NA3BxCctsXA
Reminds me – need to get out the scissors and fashion some jorts and tanks! I went to a house party one time in mid winter wherein the theme was “Beach Party”. Dude trucked in a shit-load of sand, changed all the bulbs in the rental house to sunlamps, pig roast in the back yard, set up a tiki bar and everyone had to act like they were on vacay instead of playing one on TV. Super fun. I have to add that this was a post-eviction party. This was the 80’s so everyone was wearing neon and Tom Cruise sunglasses.
This one is for you Festus.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ocqZrT58Ps
Ugh. No offense but I spent two weeks in Mehico and I was either blind-drunk or blisteringly hungover. I can never enjoy Mariachi music again although I do appreciate the sentiment. Skol!
Have you ever had sex on an un-burped waterbed that is infested with sand? You can make it work if you’re drunk enough but I’d rate it at least two black diamonds (for the skiers out there in Glib-land). All the sloshing and as an added bonus, carpet burn in one handy nightmare!
Something else then perhaps.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TD2hNsY6G7E
That’s the ticket! Well played, Sirrah! I doff my hat and bow most flagrantly!
Waterbeds still exist? I thought they died out with cathode ray TVs.
Gustave, it was 1988. Geez, dude don’t just skim the comments. By the way, it wasn’t MY waterbed. I gave that up in 1992 when the bank foreclosed on my parents’ mortgage. I loved my waterbed and have never had a cozier sleep.
Fuck yall! You’re the best friends a glib could ask for.
We aim to please, Friend and by please MEAN RAPE!
Apropos of fuck-all here’s a neat little number. Yes, yes i would the blonde, with alacrity! https://youtu.be/RC1L40FaFGE
Apologies for the sound quality but it’s the best version I could find. The studio version is more Bass heavy. Sort of Zappa meets Hipster.
This was supposed to go here. Where did I leave those confounded reading glasses? On my head? Carry on. https://youtu.be/crIk87-mPzY
Just one more. https://youtu.be/7HCiLSpHPyw
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