Don’t worry, Donald! Chris Cillizza’s got your back!
The 11 most eye-opening lines in James Comey’s ‘A Higher Loyalty,’ ranked
10. “I stared at the soft white pouches under his expressionless blue eyes. I remember thinking in that moment that the president doesn’t understand the FBI’s role in American life.”
Again, the fact that Trump has “soft white pouches” under his “expressionless blue eyes” feels more like an unnecessary jab than an essential insight. BUT, Comey’s next sentence is important — because he’s right. Trump has demonstrated time and time again that he simply doesn’t understand — or doesn’t care about — the unique role the Justice Department plays within the federal government. Yes, they work under him. But they don’t exactly work for him. He’s never seemed to get that.
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7. “He brought up what he called the ‘golden showers thing’ . . . adding that it bothered him if there was ‘even a 1 percent chance’ his wife, Melania, thought it was true….In what kind of marriage, to what kind of man, does a spouse conclude there is only a 99 percent chance her husband didn’t do that?”
Don’t be too quick to dismiss this as simply salacious. Yes, there is that. But it is absolutely telling about the state of Trump’s marriage that he was asking the FBI director to prove the falsehood of the “pee tape” to his wife — almost certainly because she wouldn’t believe him.
Then there’s the fact that Trump seems to believe that proving the tape doesn’t exist to Melania Trump is a worthy use of the FBI’s time. Which is, um, something.
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2. “The silent circle of assent. The boss in complete control. The loyalty oaths. The us-versus-them worldview. The lying about all things, large and small, in service to some code of loyalty that put the organization above morality and above the truth.”
In this excerpt, Comey is comparing Trump to a mob boss. Which is a tough comparison to make when you are dealing with the President of the United States. But, Comey is right in the main when it comes to how Trump sees himself and how he leads his team. Trump must always be the strongest and toughest one in any room. He expects total loyalty from those who work for him — and works to rid his inner circle of those he believes have shown even a speck of disloyalty to him. He doesn’t tell the truth about things that are easily and provably false — largest inauguration crowd ever, millions of illegal votes cast — and then dares those around him to question him.
I don’t know any mob bosses personally but there’s not [sic] question that Comey nails Trump here.
Hmm…
I don’t know any mob bosses personally but there’s not [sic] question that Comey nails Trump here.
I can’t even. It’s almost too sad to rip on.
A top plastic surgeon has been accused of killing a lover with cocaine after sprinkling it on his PENIS before she performed a sex act on him.
Andreas Niderbichler, 42, has been arrested after a woman, 38, reportedly collapsed and died after performing oral sex on him at his home in hospital grounds.
Police are now probing claims he gave three more women the drug – who reportedly suffered no side serious effects – during sexual encounters.
Police believe he sprinkled the drug on his penis beforehand, local media report.
As a plastic and reconstructive surgery expert he practiced nationwide and detectives say there may be many more victims.
I have never put cocaine on my penis. Rumors to that effect are just that, rumors.
Don’t dress sexy’ advice triggers an echo of #MeToo in Thailand
A government official’s suggestion that women should dress conservatively to avoid sexual harassment during the nation’s new year festival has sparked a rebuttal under the hashtag #DontTellMeHowToDress.
Crowded water-gun battles that leave revellers soaked are a distinctive feature of the Songkran celebrations from Friday through Sunday, prompting the official to warn women against wearing revealing outfits. At least one survey indicates harassment is pervasive during the festival.
Cindy Bishop, a Bangkok-based Thai-American model, actress and television celebrity, said she created #DontTellMeHowToDress to put the onus back on how men behave instead of the way women dress. Her video on the topic has been viewed almost 500,000 times on Facebook and Instagram, and the hashtag has created more buzz in Thailand than #MeToo.
“Maybe the reason this is taking off faster is because they’re not coming out and accusing anyone,” Ms Bishop said. “Our society is quite conservative, and for someone to come out and point a finger at someone who’s assaulted her is huge, I don’t know if we’re ready for it yet.”
Rumors to the effect that I put cocaine on what I hope wasn’t this woman’s penis are just that, rumors.
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368 responses to “Friday Afternoon Links – Rumor Control edition”
The perils of coke dick have been ignored for far too long.
DAMN!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5dMqHqC4pM
Shouldn’t the statement go “I have never put cocaine ‘on’ my penis. Rumors to that effect are just that, rumors.”
“It sounds so wasteful.”
“I learned it from *you* Dad!”
I quote that PSA often and nobody ever get’s it. Sad!
“dude told me I put cocaine on my dick, I could F**** all night. Next thing I know, its costing me $100 a day just to get my dick hard”
-Richard Pryor (paraphrased)
http://dlisted.com/2010/04/27/the-tale-of-pam-griers-coked-up-coochie/
I had no idea that cocaine on genitalia was so ubiquitous!
It gets in all kinds of nooks and crannies.
So, to sum up – genitals are like Thomas’ English Muffins.
And crisp up nicely in the toaster.
That’s out of my price range.
Marlon Brando?
Who knew Comey was an Iowa Writer’s Workshop reject?
in service to some code of loyalty that put the organization above morality and above the truth.
Totally doesn’t describe the FBI in any way!
Honor the end of GlibFit with some lady pecs.
http://archive.is/ygTwG
1, 5, 11, 16, 17, 23, 29, 39, 47, 49, 56 (as ridiculous as they are), 63, 65, 68.
#23 for me. That dress is close enough to a dirndl for me.
#5 looks a bit too much like, but is definitely not, a woman that falsely accused a friend of mine of sexual assault.
#35 looks like Stacey Poole. I’m not sure if it is her though.
#56 might be Jordan Carver, she’s naturally a brunette but I think she died her hair blonde at one point. Actually on further thought, I think not. The nose and lips are wrong.
I don’t know how you guys decide this. I have trouble figuring out the girls I wouldn’t sleep with. 31 looks like a serious bunny boiler, and I’d still consider it.
Come to think of it,that might explain some of my relationship issues.
Normally “orgy” is the correct answer, but the dirndl trumps.
Bigly!
I’m with you Baked. Always they almost all look good. Toss out a couple with crazy eyes and/or excessive tats but most can put their shoes under my bed anytime.
But they don’t exactly work for him. He’s never seemed to get that.
They work for themselves, because the sure don’t work for us.
https://twitter.com/sahouraxo/status/984878492587261952
Tulsi Gabbard: definite would
KEEP IT PROFESSIONAL.
I thought we landed on calling her Gabbi Tulsard?
Wood.
Independent Lesbian geopolitical commentator.
Rowr.
Is that a lesbian who comments on geopolitics or a commentator on lesbian geopolitics?
Would the twitter poster with even more alacrity.
Certainly with that profile picture.
Tulsi doesn’t understand that Assad gassed his own people with chemical weapons. We know this because the White Helmets tweeted about it and they were clear that Assad did it himself.
So the US has to do something. A cruise missile attack is something. And it shows everybody that the US is muscular and that it has big hands. So, the US has to launch a cruise missile attack. Americans abhor war, but it needs to kill Syrians with high explosives because Assad allegedly killed Syrians with chlorine and nerve gas.
What could go wrong?
BTW, the saintly White Helmets get about half of their $70 million/year funding from the altruistic USAID. So their story is that of the competent and peace-loving State Department, and it ain’t going change. Similarly, the flawlessly objective OPCW is largely funded by State, so you know they’re going to agree. Meanwhile, the evil Russkies claim that the UK told the White Helmets to concoct the chemical warfare scenario and the evil Syrians deny involvement because it is obviously stupid to engage in chemical warfare in this situation.
Obviously, Tulsi Gabbard is an agent of Putin … just like Tucker Carlson.
“Babe, I know you want to screw me with your economic policies, but I want to screw you for your sexy stance on foreign policy.”
Launching an attack on Syria that would weaken the Syrian military will strengthen terrorist groups like ISIS, Al-Qaeda and others who are all seeking to overthrow the gov’t and establish their own caliphate. Now does that serve the interests of the United States?
Fair questions, but I remember when Obama swore up and down we would get rid of Assad. I don’t know what Tulsi’s position on that was, but I’d like to find out, IYKWAMAITYD.
Eight comments?
DON’T ANY OF YOU WORK?!
I made the mistake of sending a meeting invite to 60 people without disabling the tracking emails. I can’t work over all this din.
Cancel the meeting.
With much regret I must cancel the meeting because I’m dead.
I updated it to get rid of the responses. Now I can start my work for the day.
Hey! I worked eleven hours. Ain’t my fault if you bastards don’t go in at four like I did.
Yes. My job is injecting cocaine into women’s private areas. Unfortunately, I only work one day a year.
I remember thinking in that moment that the president doesn’t understand the FBI’s role in American life.
Why do I immediately assume it is Comey who doesn’t comprehend the FBI’s appropriate role in American life? In fact, if we want to run around wildly accusing people of “authoritarianism” I would be more inclined to pin that label on James Comey or any random FBI agent than on Trump.
Hmmm, duly elected official vs. bureaucratic organization that feels it shouldn’t have to answer to… anyone?
The FBI should have zero role in American life. What a fucking shitstain.
Without the FBI, who is going to put in countless hours framing retards for terrorism?
Posted this earlier, but get your shocked faces ready:
The Wichita, Kansas officer who murdered Andrew Finch (the SWATting case) won’t be charged.
Apparently shooting someone walking out of their house confused is a-ok. The officer shot within 10 seconds of the guy coming out his front door.
Well, he reached for his waistband, JB. God. It’s like you don’t want officers to go home safely at all.
Did the officer get home safely that night? Yes? So….where’s the problem?
And I’m sure he is a fine man for the County.
Body camera conveniently shows nothing.
The Wichita Police Department released a statement saying, “This incident has weighed on the hearts of the WPD and community. Chief Gordon Ramsay and the WPD continue to extend sympathy to the Finch family and the officers involved.”
Oh I’m certain it did weigh heavily on your hearts. Bless your hearts.
The excessive drinking done by the officers when they brag about shooting people can eventually lead to heart disease. Maybe that’s what he means?
Drinking? They’re busy having the best sex of their lives.
Chief Gordon Ramsay? Nice editing….the word is “chef”
So McCabe is going to be charged with lying to federal investigators and get sent to prison, just like Flynn, Van Der Zwee, Papawhatever and Gates, right? Right??
https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-doj-inspector-general-report-andrew-mccabe
Nick Papagiorgio?
In this excerpt, Comey is comparing Trump to a mob boss. Which is a tough comparison to make when you are dealing with the President of the United States.
That’s not the problem. The problem is pretending the preceding 44 self-aggrandizing egomaniacs to have held the office were not guilty of exactly the same megalomania.
But they were the political elite, so they deserved to act that way.
Some, (I’m looking at you LBJ and you Richard Nixon) were much worse than others (say, Calvin Coolidge),
Woman in posh resort town fakes own abduction…
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/crime/vail-woman-who-claimed-she-was-tied-up-and-left-in-dumpster-made-story-up-police-say
Why are so many people in need of attention?
It has become a proxy for–and often leads to–wealth.
Tawana Brawley is back at it?
C’mon. He resurrected the Costanza defense.
Shut down the internet!
Even the edit fairy can’t help you.
Wow. I really broke that. That was a reply to Brooks and I massacred it. Sigh.
Chris Cillizza is part of a journalistic outreach to “special” people right?
Read the alt-text, bro.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/am-i-right/201207/hugs-need-be-given-properly
I’m going to change your handle to “George.”
Physical touching extends outward, connecting being touched physically with being touched figuratively,
STEVE TOUCH EXTEND FURTHER OUT THAN ANYONE. HIM BEST HUGGER.
AND BY HUG…
This is a secret I’ve been ashamed of for decades. I’m ready to share it with you all. I can’t read alt-text.
Wherein the New Yorker throws a tantrum over Chick-Fil-A existing in Manhattan.
God, what a D-bag that writer is. Of course he lives in Brooklyn.
It’s heartening that the good residents of my city are proving that this commie asshole is an outlier, not a representative specimen, by uh… eating there.
“ICKY DUHPLORUHBUL FOOD IN MUH CITEE”
“Creepy”…..it’s fucking chicken restaurant, shitbird.
Fixed.
Truth. Spicy chicken deluxe makes me happy.
The one on campus just. don’t. give. a. fuck. They once made me a spicy chicken biscuit with eggs, cheese, sausage, and bacon. They started cheering when I ate it.
And then you got the diabeetus?
Worth it.
Nah, this was just a few years ago.
I’ll be honest. I think about that biscuit often.
Already happened in my case, so no need to worry about it!
That sounds really good.
I judge the shit out of people who dislike Chic-fil-a, especially when it comes from elitism.
I tried it once in Jersey City and TBH I didn’t think it was all that. It’s worth another try, though.
I think I see your problem…
Drive further south.
I like it because the breading isn’t overwhelming and heavy like most place’s chicken sandwiches. Plus, they don’t give you a paper-thin sausage patty on their biscuits like more places, they give you a nice thick one.
Also their service is exponentially better than other fast food. I’ve been to CFA hundreds of times in my life and can’t remember ever getting bad service there.
Well I work in JC, cut me some slack.
The service was good though. I’ll be back to try it again.
“The service was good” is an understatement.
They blow sunshine up your ass whether you want it or not.
Great.
Now I’m craving fried chicken.
Fuck. Second.
CFA is pretty much tops in the junk food dept.
I’m willing to make a sizable wager that the same people gnashing their teeth over this also constantly yap about how it’s unfair that James Bond isn’t played by a black lesbian.
They can’t be pleased because they have mental disorders. Not LGBT people in general… just the activists. Well, it could be argued that trans people have a disorder.. but I’m not going to get into all that.
I have never put cocaine on my penis. Rumors to that effect are just that, rumors.
I have never put strychnine on my penis. Rumors to that effect are just that, rumors.
How can you be sure?
Do you know what your cocaine was cut with?
Rumor says I dated a stripper once that let me do certain things off of her chest… but those are just rumors.
I dated a stripper once that let me do certain things off of her chest
Play with legos? Eat cereal? Stage hampster races?
Stage hampster races?
We both owned several small animals at the time, so let your imagination really run wild.
A hampster is something small animals put their dirty clothes in.
Sure, leave it to the rottweiler to notice that.
Rumor says I dated a stripper once that let me do certain things off of her chest
Launch bottle rockets?
Practice henna?
Face palm. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-capitalism-is
Capitalism is defined as an economic system in which a country’s trade, industry, and profits are controlled by private companies, instead of by the people whose time and labor powers those companies.
Damn, girl… Really get in there and beg that question.
Hey, wow, that’s like a real example of begging the question in the wild! I always screw that saying up because it’s so rare to see such a clear illustration.
And right in the sentence she links to a dictionary which defines it as: “an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market”
Not quite the same as her definition, but whatevs.
The article is so slanted, I’m surprised the pixels don’t slide right off the screen.
I like the part where everyone just has everything they need without motivated hard workers.
SF, thank you very much for using that in the proper context. I want to murder people who use that when they need to say “ask” that question.
I’ll get over it. But I might need to murder a few people first.
Massive pet peeve of mine as well. And you just see it everywhere.
I could care less.
[shakes fist]
I have never really understood its proper use so I just never say it.
Tundra begs the definition
Needs moar anal sex.
Do we really need 23 different types of anal lube?
So, they’re self-identifying as blithering idiots. Gotcha. “I’m not going to save anything because I’m just going to assume that my children and grandchildren will be happy to pay for everything for me”
Huh…..I guess when you put it that way, they sound identical to all the old farts we have now!
Huh? Many of those children and grandchildren will be happy to pay for everything for their old folks by ripping off the life savings of those of us who did sacrifice current wants to build a nest egg.
I wanted to not click that. I really did. I should have listened to myself.
Capitalism = not communism
Who saw that coming?
“Anti-capitalists view capitalism as an inhuman, anti-democratic, unsustainable, deeply exploitative system that must be dismantled.”
Wait until you see socialism in action.
Let’s crowdfund a ticket to Caracas for the author.
Reading that was like having someone smack me in the face with a 2×4. Being a socialist requires a special kind of stupid and incredible ignorance, a condition resembling insanity. But but Obama smartestest president ever.
Aren’t any teenagers interested in what a “bureaucracy” is?
It’s like Vox for adolescent morons.
Wait, that’s redundant…
We’re fucked.
http://freebeacon.com/columns/american-politics-convex-mirror/
Seems like something the author should have put in their journal, boohoo
The Atlantic asks: Was There a Civilization on Earth Before Humans?
Can we get a comment from Mr. Lizard?
The article is actually interesting when it is discussing what sort of geological record our current civilization would leave that could be detectable after millions of years.
Per George Carlin, plastic and styrofoam were the entire reason God created humans in the first place.
The one conspiracy theory level belief I have is about pre-human civilization.
Not lizard people (sorry, Mr. Lizard. I’m sure your moon base is awesome and all) but what the fuck were humans doing before the bottle neck. You have human civilization is China, across the Pacific ocean islands, India and a hundred other places before the current theories of “out of Africa” happens. Think about 300-500 thousand years of a species just as intelligent as us. Are you telling me that we did jack shit for the majority of that time before what we call history? I suspect that satellite technology showing us where river beds were before the ice age may enlighten our understanding of pre-history.
I think you are correct. Shorelines have changed dramatically over time and ice ages have no doubt scrubbed away much evidence. I suspect most of pre-history looks a lot like history. We haven’t changed all that much over time.
Well you are in good company, as that sounds like the story of Atlantis, which has been popular for ages. And who knows what real events inspired ancient myths. It’s interesting to speculate.
gbob, I love that stuff. They keep finding older and older ruins and whatnot, it seems, that are from civilizations that nobody has a frickin’ clue about. If you’ve got a link or something for this:
You have human civilization is China, across the Pacific ocean islands, India and a hundred other places before the current theories of “out of Africa” happens.
I’d love to read it.
They just now found a bunch of new Nasca line drawings in Peru. Huge drawings, the bigliest, In an area that people have been looking at, from the air, even, for decades. What else are we missing?
This
There’s a baby in the sun!!!
Fixed.
The fact that the article used “ground-truthing” gives one pause.
No clue, we found you guys around the time of your industrial revolution
Well, then your species missed most of the show. We’re probably closer to curtain call than the first act.
Stone carvings and other stone objects / tools. Everything else will decay in one way or other.
Godfrey Daniel. That Teen Vogue thing made my head hurt, and I only read two paragraphs.
Maybe I’ll try reading it after I’ve had a few beers.
If it’s only a few you better make them 22oz Steel Reserves.
News from the world of tits.
https://nypost.com/video/women-are-getting-designer-nipples-to-look-more-like-kendall-jenner/
That’s the world I want to be in.
The Jennifer Anniston effect can be achieved with pencil erasers and some rubber bands.
No need for surgery, girls (or boys)!
Who is Kendall Jenner?
The only attractive sub-Kardashian, and even then she’s sort of on the bubble sometimes.
In all of the time Bruce and his progeny have been in the spotlight I haven’t been able to figure out why. They are just famous for being famous, right? I take it Bruce got himself back in the spotlight by putting on a dress and it took off from there.
I would know who any of those people were if they ran up and bit me on the ass.
I thought he got back in the spotlight by killing somebody in a car crash.
But he was so brave doing it. A real inspiration.
She, you shitlord.
Well, Kim became famous because a)she was Paris Hilton’s best friend for a while b)she fucked some moderately famous rapper on tape) c)people recognized her last name from the OJ trial.
Now, why that led to a bunch of TV shows and merchandising and such, that I can’t tell you.
b)she fucked some moderately famous rapper on tape
NSFW! Porn stars review the Kim Kardashian sex tape.
It’s my understanding that many people who give a shit believe her mother is the one who “leaked” the tape.
A girl with protruding nipples. Like DUH.
There are worse trends out there.
“I’m not going to save anything because I’m just going to assume that my children and grandchildren will be happy to pay for everything for me”
“I bet it all on RED.”
Definitely the wrong way to go about things.
“Always bet on Black”
U.S. Military Killed ‘A Couple Hundred’ Russians In Syria Airstrikes, Pompeo Says As Trump Considers New Attack
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-military-killed-apos-couple-181324480.html
***
“In Syria, now, a handful of weeks ago, the Russians met their match. A couple hundred Russians were killed,” Pompeo said during his confirmation hearing in Washington.
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NJR at it again:
I RESENT THE FACT THAT WEALTHY MEN I HAVE NEVER MET ARE IN TOTAL CONTROL OF MY FATE
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/04/i-resent-the-fact-that-wealthy-men-i-have-never-met-are-in-total-control-of-my-fate
***
The problem is that instead of living in a world in which humanity is treated as a unified whole and lives in peace, we live in a world of nation-states, and the only way nation-states have found to coexist peaceably is through keeping horrific weapons pointed at each other constantly.
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How is it possible for a human to be so thoroughly ignorant of human nature?
Compulsory government education.
“How is it possible for a human to be so thoroughly ignorant of human nature?”
Much like Nathan.
Take those weapons away and see what happens.
In this excerpt, Comey is comparing Trump to a mob boss. Which is a tough comparison to make when you are dealing with the President of the United States.
Mob bosses are more honest.
And admired – Capone was loved by many, and the fictional Corleone bosses too.
Yes, as through this world I’ve wandered
I’ve seen lots of funny men;
Some will rob you with a six-gun,
And some with a fountain pen.
Man. These 2 cocktail lunches are killing me. I’ll be napping in the corner.
I RESENT THE FACT THAT WEALTHY MEN I HAVE NEVER MET ARE IN TOTAL CONTROL OF MY FATE
I am saddened by the realization this is not a reference to some sort of remote control human-hunting preserve.
-1 hard target
interesting tidbits from the book about North Korea, Nothing to Envy:
-a North Korean soldier acquires an American made nail clipper from the black market. As he admires the craftsmanship, he realizes that is North Korea can’t make a decent pair of nail clippers, how could it possibly make tanks and missiles equal to America’s? He defects.
-A North Korean university student is granted rare access to American books translated into Korean. One is How to Win Friends an Influence People. When he sees that is all about being kind, generous, and honest, he is shocked. He was taught that in the American capitalist system, it’s law of the jungle, every man for himself.
Hmm. Maybe I should give this book a try…
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Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain.
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What a stupid book.
There are no American nail clipper manufacturers. The last one closed up a few years ago, they’re all made in South Korea now.
Nothing to Envy? It’s an excellent book.
It is. I meant that the Carnegie book is stupid.
There is no progress without criticism.
Why strive for improvement when you’re already perfect?
I’m not arguing; I’m explaining why I’m right.
It’s not arrogance if you really are superior.
Praise Allah
I wholeheartedly recommend ‘Nothing To Envy’ to people.
USA Today pulls out some old songs and whines about their non-wokeness because…um…I guess they were short on things to whine about today?
Do They Know It’s Christmas was awful in 1984 though.
Oh sure – many of these are objectively terrible songs.
Just not for the reasons cited.
I’ll go to the mattresses for Rape Me, though. Only a fucking moron (you know, like a USA Today staff writer) would have difficulty discerning that the song was about intrusive media.
And the food aid was used by Mengistu as a weapon in a civil war.
Or Canada’s ‘Tears are not enough.’
Finding that out was a major bummer.
Tears seem to work for prog policies though.
Jesus christ, that’s stupid.
And Kung Fu Fighting is genius.
To call “Walk On The Wild Side” tone deaf is, well, tone deaf. Reed wasn’t exactly praising “the wild side” beyond its being a haven for lost souls.
I’m just surprised the writers didn’t call Lou for a response.
“And the girls of color sing… doo da doo…
I didn’t notice Tipper Gore’s byline.
Old songs
Commentary on the old songs
This is a relief. I was worried they might come after my beloved gangsta rap.
There are a lot of songs that have very troubling themes. None of them are listed there. I suspect woke idiots would fine ways of defending them.
That’s in the pantheon of major stupid. Talk about selective.
I’m pretty sure USA Today got the idea from my post here.
Also. You can pretty much put the majority of The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Beatles catalogue.
Idiots.
The one where you didn’t mention Some Girls?
Seriously Or anything from Small Faces/Faces/Rod Stewart.
I guess they have never heard a David Allan Coe song.
Being a socialist requires a special kind of stupid and incredible ignorance, a condition resembling insanity.
A resolute, indestructible, remorseless stupidity, and a pristine, impermeable ignorance. You cannot find that just lying around on any street corner.
Sowell wrote a few articles titled Invincible Ignorance:
https://www.creators.com/read/thomas-sowell/12/12/invincible-ignorance-12-12-18
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Some years back, there was a professor whose advocacy of gun control led him to produce a “study” that became so discredited that he resigned from his university. This column predicted at the time that this discredited study would continue to be cited by gun control advocates. But I had no idea that this would happen the very next week in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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[head desk]
Harking back to my post on GlibFit, this is the exact opposite from what my neurosurgeon said.
https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2018/04/07/the_best_way_to_avoid_back_pain_lift_heavy_things_110603.html
But he’s just got 15 years of school and 20 years of experience working on people’s spines; this chick is a physiotherapist who publishes things ON THE INTERNET.
But its real clear science dot com so its irrefutable!
There’s a reason why the phrase “back breaking work” exists.
Avoid lifting heavy things and stay moderately fit. Your abs actually support a large amount of your weight. Being moderately fit takes a lot of the work off of your spine.
I’m disappointed you didn’t tie this into FLBP due to be big titties.
There’s a libertarian meetup scheduled tonight at a conveniently located restaurant in our area…
After we finish work and lifting, the plan is for Mr. Riven and myself to attend. If this is the last y’all ever hear of us, then you know the events in Far Cry 5 aren’t exaggerations.
How am I supposed to show up uninvited if I don’t know where it is?
She doesn’t want you to show up.
Eh, I’d honestly love it if any of you chuckleheads showed up.
Be here at 7, or be dead to me forevermore.
I skimmed their menu. I like it.
When we did our wee elopement, we ate dinner at a Montana Club in Missoula after the short ceremony. I’ll be having the same thing tonight as I did then: Jambalaya Louisiana – Cajun Sausage, grilled Chicken, flaky Halibut, Salmon and Shrimp, simmered in our Creole Sauce and served over Wild Rice. So… All the protein.
And scotch. They have a decent scotch selection.
That sounds delicious.
29 hour trip. Think I can make it?
We can pretend there’s still no speed limit in the state 😉
I don’t want to join a club that would have me as a member.
Rodney Dangerfield?
Groucho Marx, if memory serves me.
Ah yeah. That sounds right.
Groucho.
And…. 8oz sirloin????
“Montana: a big state with small steaks”
That’s the appetizer, right?
“It’s wafer-thin.”
It’s listed under “Steaks/BBQ”, but I choose to believe it’s a typo.
Piss off! I’m full.
Like I’m going to order a steak at a restaurant when I could butcher a cow in my backyard and grill it up myself. Psh.
I guess I get invited to the wrong meet-ups because they were all pleasant affairs.
This will be the first time I’ve ever been to a libertarian meetup of any kind.
Except for that weekend I spent at Francisco D’Anconia’s house, of course.
But we don’t talk about that because it didn’t really happen.
Where had Francisco gotten off to? He still owes me a drink at the school house.
I’ll see if I can spot him at the next quarterly Montanan meeting 😛 There’s only, like, 5 members, so he should be easy to spot.
We grew up in the same area of northeastern Pennsylvania, and I know some of his more distant relatives that stayed on this site of the Mississippi. Small world sometimes.
Do you know his cousin with the treehouse?
Only if by treehouse you really mean glorified tree stand.
He was actually on the TV show “Treehouse Masters”.
FdA would have done it, but his trees are…. Not much taller than grass.
Skiing more than half the days this winter.
I can fix that. Visit me in Scranton. The location will make it a miserable experience by itself.
Tell me about it. I had relatives in that area. Well, I probably still have relatives up there but they are such distant relations that I don’t know them. The only ones I’ve met are dead.
In a few weeks I’ll be in the Philly area for some family visits and festivals. We should have a Philly glibs meet-up.
Philly, as bad as it can be, is definitely an improvement over Scranton. Let me know when you’re in Philly. I live down there, but I’m visiting the folks back North this weekend.
Sure. Contact you at?
My poorly chosen semi-throway is dgroves140 AT gmail DOT com.
GwynapNaud @ gmail
Let me know as well. I’m up in the area Caput dare not name. Caput and I met at a respectable beer bar and shot the shit a few months ago in the NE Pa area. He has some impressive locks.
I fired Caput an e-mail with the dates I’ll be in the area and free. Shall we enact his labor to set things up?
Sure.
Last time I was in Scranton was for a family funeral. We were drunk, and her coffin didn’t fit through the door. We had to twist it on it’s side. It made a wet, terrible sound as my great aunt shifted. Thankfully we were drunk, so we didn’t say anything.
I thought your story was going to go very downhill after your 3rd sentence.
-A North Korean university student is granted rare access to American books translated into Korean. One is How to Win Friends an Influence People. When he sees that is all about being kind, generous, and honest, he is shocked. He was taught that in the American capitalist system, it’s law of the jungle, every man for himself.
He should stop reading teen Vogue.
“He was taught that in the American capitalist system, it’s law of the jungle, every man for himself.”
Yes it is. That’s why even the poor people are obese.
Coming to a police station near you: Drug Use is Detectable on Your Fingerprints
They might be able to get you even if you put your cocaine in/on unorthodox places.
Wow. Let’s put 2.5% more of the population in jail.
The War on Drugs is morally wicked.
Sounds like 100% bullshit designed to influence juries.
I’m not buying it.
How about, every time they try it on a suspect, they use that cops prints for a “control” group?
Lol. That’s a good idea. Means it likely will never happen.
About 80% of U.S. cash has traces of cocaine on it. Given that, this test is destined to dish out false positives and will needlessly ruin the lives of many good people.
Idiot. You can only randomly shoot at people like this if you’re a police officer.
(Also, idiot in general, because this pretty clearly isn’t a self defense situation)
(but if he was a cop he could’ve done it)
Dude, what did you expect?
USA Today pulls out some old songs and whines about their non-wokeness
White girls they’re pretty funny
Sometimes they drive me mad
Black girls just wanna get fucked all night
I just don’t have that much jam
Mick was woke enough to be talking from experience.
Here’s some good rumors:
Russia Has “Irrefutable Evidence” UK Staged Syrian Chemical Attack
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-13/russia-has-irrefutable-evidence-uk-staged-syrian-chemical-attack
Watch: Former Head Of British Armed Forces In Iraq Tells Truth About Syria, Is Cut Off By Sky News
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-13/watch-former-head-british-armed-forces-tells-truth-about-syria-cut-sky-news
Fleetwood Mac breaks the chain, boots out Lindsey Buckingham
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/9/lindsey-buckingham-kicked-out-fleetwood-mac/
Good for Lindsey, that looks like a total desperation tour.
They better make sure he’s followed, in case Buckingham nicks their equipment
Whenever something bad happens, we just throw our arms to the sky and say “hasa diga eebowai”. One of those musical numbers that sums up my world.
When God fucks you in the butt, fuck God right back in his cunt.
semi-topical: I just love this Manchester Orchestra / Grouplove song
“Diversity of Thought” is just a euphemism for white supremacy
Without hovering over the link, guess the site. No, it’s not Reason.
So many possibilities… I’m going to with The Root.
[..]
Nailed it!
Damn, my guess was Everyday Feminism
Same here.
*kicks rock*
I was at a faculty meeting last week where we reviewed some of the feedback from a survey of FACULTY (not students in my college). One anonymous submission demanded the dean do something to curb freedom of speech because the idea (of freedom of speech) was just a cover for Nazi expressions.
Freedom of speech is just a cover for (hate | fascism | disloyalty | dissension | blasphemy | obscenity | anti-social ideas | insulting the king | arguing over deep dish ).
Checks out.
I guessed Salon.
I got it on the first try.
, I’d honestly love it if any of you chuckleheads showed up.
Be here at 7, or be dead to me forevermore.
Too far away. I’m obviously not a Real Montanan.
So, you live in the Heights or what? 😛
(But honestly, if this event was downtown, it would absolutely be “too far away” for me.)
One anonymous submission demanded the dean do something to curb freedom of speech because the idea (of freedom of speech) was just a cover for Nazi expressions.
Why do I assume that person would use every trick in the book to unmask a respondent who advocated muzzling progressives?
So, you live in the Heights or what?
A little farther west. 130 miles, or so.
You could get here in two hours 😉
Kidding.
Obligatory
I hear beer calling my name…
I just picked up a 6 pack of Aloha Sculpin.
Hat tip: Swiss
Yes. The weather here is atrocious, the hockey starts in two hours, and I had a motherfucker of a week.
Have you tried 2 cocktail lunches?
I have a standing date every other Friday with my wife.
I’d be sound asleep.
I don’t know how they did it back in the day.
I don’t know how they did it back in the day.
Training from a young age, I presume. Probably was part of the coursework to prepare for a cotillion.
Seriously? Two cocktails? Unless they’re five oz. each, or something, two cocktails for lunch is just a good head start to happy hour.
What’s the matter with this younger generation?
I’m old as fuck, brother.
For some reason, booze early doesn’t work for me. If I start later, I can roll until the wee hours just fine.
Not a day drinker.
Maybe it’s all the food that I had with the mules.
But still, I came back stress free.
I actually like the standing date with the wife. It seems like a really good plan.
Sometimes, I enjoy it more than she does.
That Elote looks tasty, haven’t had that in awhile. Now I have to buy corn and that Mexican cheese.
Good God, Playa. Forget the two martinis — if I ate that much for lunch, I’d be in a food coma all afternoon.
Trump has demonstrated time and time again that he simply doesn’t understand — or doesn’t care about — the unique role the Justice Department plays within the federal government. Yes, they work under him. But they don’t exactly work for him. He’s never seemed to get that.
Then who do they work for? DOJ is an agency of the executive branch.
Pointless Friday question: why did SNL single out Blue Oyster Cult’s Don’t Fear the Reaper in its cowbell sketch when Nazareth’s Hair of the Dog is a much better choice?
100% agree. That was also a tremendous album.
I bought it solely because of the cover art. then just played the bejeesus out of it.
Nazareth had some great covers.
Like this.
And this.
Probably something as simple as Reaper being more familiar to the audience. Or cheaper to license.
Tundra – totally agree. Had it as a kid. Well….13 or so.
Hype – Good enough reason. I bought albums for worse reasons.
SF – I suspect your first reason is right. IIRC, BOC was with CBS, and they would probably be unlikely to cut NBC a deal.
SF – nope, it was Columbia.
TLAH – that could be.
Language was too edgy?
“”the FBI’s role in American life.”””
Uhm. (chews bubble gum for a minute). …. Helping retarded people attempt to plan terror attacks? I confess, I’m stumped. what DO they do?
Forever Bothering Italians?
classic Hoover quotes:
***
I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.
…
Justice is incidental to law and order.
…
There is no Mafia.
***
Justice is incidental to law and order.
Aw, goddammit, he’s right.
it bothered him if there was ‘even a 1 percent chance’ his wife, Melania, thought it was true
Frankly, I’d be worried about someone who wasn’t worried about the effect that digusting rumors and innuendo might have on his family.
Then there’s the fact that Trump seems to believe that proving the tape doesn’t exist to Melania Trump is a worthy use of the FBI’s time.
Yeah, that’s kinda weird.
Well… they did have a hand in the dossier.
Exactly. There’s a difference between some rando saying you fucked a goat and the FBI saying they have evidence you fucked a goat.
I wonder if Tom Cruise came to the rescue?
http://abc6onyourside.com/news/entertainment/report-actor-will-ferrell-hospitalized-after-a-car-accident
Everyone’s a critic.
I guess he wasn’t funny.
If they were really sincere about their motto, there’d be a comedian holocaust.
If you look at the video of the aftermath of the crash, there are beer bottles spilling out everywhere as the tow truck winches the car upright.
It was a chauffeured car, but…. who knows.
He expects total loyalty from those who work for him — and works to rid his inner circle of those he believes have shown even a speck of disloyalty to him.
What monster. Especially for someone who is actually being attacked relentlessly by not only the media and Congress, but by the people who technically work for him in the Executive Branch. Given the avalanche of leaks from the White House, even from the National Security Council, Trump would be a fool not to be paranoid that the people in the administration might be working with his enemies.
It is crap like this that makes me pull my punches a bit when I want to criticize him. I dont want anyone to think I have fallen in with the lunatics. There is very little legitimate criticism ( see: Rand Paul) and a huge amount of slander.
I missed the GlibFit thread, but I wanted to thank all involved for that little challenge and I’m looking forward to the next one.
Over the past 10 weeks I did a sufficient amount (I think) of research on how to lift properly, acquired most of the equipment necessary for a home gym, and got in 5 solid weeks of lifting.
I can’t remember the last time I had lower back pain – which was a daily occurrence just a couple mounts ago.
Nice job, Hudson! Glad to hear it’s already working!
Excellent news!
I missed the thread too. I have lower back pain often, mostly from carrying the kids for too long.
What lifts do you do for your back?
Kids are the worst for your back. It’s like being forced to walk around for hours with a 30 pound garbage bag filled with water.
As weird as it sounds, deadlifts are the bomb. What do you normally do for fitness stuff? I remember that you are genetically gifted, allowing you to eat crazy shit and stay lean, but that doesn’t make your core strong.
Watersports. Take that how you will.
I’m actually headed to the pool right now.
I lifted a lot in college, but haven’t done it since. It’s time to start up again.
Lifting is fun. Loading your skeleton has a bunch of other benefits, too.
And the genetic gift to staying lean is being able to convert calories into heat.
You can train your body to do it, but it’s uncomfortable for the first few weeks. I don’t wear jackets, I sleep with no covers with the window open, and I wear shorts unless the situation requires pants.
There is an occasional downside, though. You have to be careful when you get a fever.
single leg deadlifts are a good body weight exercise:
It’s easy: touch the toes of one foot while raising one leg parallel to the ground
(proceeds to fall over repeatedly)
Well then. I guess I’ll just have to push back the event where you put on armor and a helmet and climb up a 30 ft rope.
The Army is weird place.
my point was that i was just envisioning what you describe, and seeing it being…. very-awkward looking
a quick google: at least one version met my expectations
i’d think something like “alternating lunges” would be similar, but much less likely to result in a person tipping over.
For more fun, there’s the lunge and kick. Do a lunge, and as you stand, kick forward with the rear leg and touch your toes.
And we haven’t even gotten to the pure joy of alligator push-ups and the circle of death.
For the circle of death, 10 or so guys form a circle and hold the up position of a push-up. One person does a push-up and returns to the up position and the next person does the same all the way around the circle. Then it repeats with 2 push-ups, then 3, all the way up to 10. Then it comes down to 9, then 8, until 1 again.
Your arms with never be the same afterwards.
Pistol squats are even better.
I find that now matter how heavy I can squat, no matter how much stretching I do, pistols are still a huge challenge from both a strength and mobility stand point. Ugh.
Try using light dumbbells. They are really fucking hard, regardless.
Oh, I mean even just body weight pistols elude me.
._. Maybe one day.
No. Use the dumbbells as a counterweight.
Like this.
Huh! That hadn’t even occurred to me. Damn this feeble lady brain!
I’ll give it a try tomorrow, me thinks, as a prelude to deadlifting
That’s what I’m here for.
Have a great time tonight!
I’m doing the stronglifts 5×5 program. So back squats, deadlifts, and even the barbell rows work the lower back.
Over the past 10 weeks I did a sufficient amount (I think) of research on how to lift properly,
I would encourage you strongly to invest in a session with a good weightlifting coach or personal trainer to make sure that your form is good. There is no subsitute for somebody knowledgeable actually watching you lift. You probably don’t need to do this more than once or twice, but you really should have somebody check your form before you get too many ingrained bad habits.
I may do that eventually, but I am proceeding very carefully. I don’t even own plates yet.
I still read portions of starting strength and watch videos between workouts so I don’t forget what I’m supposed to be doing. I also record my sets and watch the videos between to spot any adjustments that may be needed.
This government provides the lulz.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/13/brennan-rages-trump-calling-comey-slime-ball/
If I wasn’t financing this retardation, I would be laughing my ass off.
Someone is ready for an industrial size barrel of butthurt lotion.
Trump is the one doing the deceiving. Got it.
Re: the important subject of “Sprinkling Cocaine on Penises”
I am not a medical science doctor person, but: from my limited experimentation… cocaine’s function on soft tissue is basically as a local-anesthetic.
the reason people rub it on their gums, or pinch their nose after a bump, is to check how fast and how severe the numbing-effect is; the more ‘frozen’/insensate, the better-quality. OR SO I’VE HEARD
to wit: putting the stuff on your pee-pee… would (by my biological logic) effectively render it into an unfeeling, non-existent chunk of extraneousness… in my view, seriously undermining the *entire point of a blowjob*
Am i missing something? It would seem to me that the practice is not widespread for this very-obvious reason.
You are exactly correct. Anyone doing it this way is wrong. The only correct way is doing it off an ass or tits.
So I’m told.
Am i missing something?
People are weird?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-P0r-aRilNQ
https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/usp/1143008?lang=en®ion=US
“What you need my man”
“Ecgonine methyl ester benzoate hydrochloride”
“Fuck you say nigga”
“oh, …. i mean 2b-Carbomethoxy -3b-benzoyloxy tropane hydrochloride”
“aiiight. that’s what i thought. how many CC’s you need“
I guess someone’s mad for getting fired. And you can always count on tards in this country to buy yer fluff book. Not even sure what Comey is sore about, once you’re in a high government role, you just get on the magical cushy job merry-go-round and never get off. He can probably get right in on some lucrative weed cronyism, worked for Boehner, the original orange man.
Yeah i mean, weird, right? Its like, “why does the president keep denying this totally unsubstantiated story which CNN has been broadcasting about for over a year now”? Its like he’s obsessed or something. Telling!
Porn stars and piss hookers get more eye balls than tariffs and executive orders.
I’ve mentioned it before, but for those of you are into the sportzballz, The Athletic is worth every dime. The writers are excellent, the politics are nonexistent and the price is right.
I first read that as The Atlantic and thought for a moment that you finally went senile.
“I stared at the soft white pouches under his expressionless blue eyes. I remember thinking in that moment that the president doesn’t understand the FBI’s role in American life.”
Most of that sentence was plagiarized from a Penthouse letter.
AFter reading the excerpts I’m beginning to believe the joke I saw about the Twilight author being his ghostwriter.
I Had an Affair With a Co-Worker. He Betrayed Me. Now What?
So, kiss-and-tell among work friends is indiscreet and ungentlemanly, but not sexual harassment. Not everything that a man does that embarrasses or angers a woman is sexual harassment. Although, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe their employee handbook has a line that reads “If you’re banging a co-worker on the side, don’t tell other co-workers about it.”
Also, sorry, but did we bury the lede here? This was an affair, presumably an extra-marital affair, so they’re both already kind of ceding the moral high ground. This is basically “no honor among thieves”, or “lay down with dogs and wake up with fleas” type of shit. I recommend the woman looking for advice should have a surgeon remove her head from inside her own ass, and the columnist should be kicked in the balls, assuming they can be located.
Female cheating on her husband is clear evidence that the husband is a POS.
Female cheating on herhusband having a penis is clear evidence that the husband is a POS.The man is always wrong.
Ask your wife; she’ll tell you.
Bummer for You Ted, Your Wife told me…..
The joke’s on you; that wasn’t my wife.
“The man is always wrong.”
you said it, not me, sounds fishy
Relevant:
https://www.theonion.com/women-now-empowered-by-everything-a-woman-does-1819566746
Good news everyone!
The Colorado Court of Appeals, for all intents and purposes, killed the ridiculous magazine ban!
They concluded that the requirement of a mag to “not be readily convertible to more than 15 rounds, including a non-removable floorplate” to be unreasonable, thus de facto legalizing “repair kits” (which are already available in more civil disobedience-minded gun shops anyway) in addition to striking down the part of the “grandfather clause” that required the mag to be in continuous possession of the owner. While they didn’t strike down the law in its entirety (too bad), getting rid of these two provisions basically makes the law meaningless. Huzzah!
From the twitter feed of the bright-mind of the person who wrote the Capitalism piece for Teen Vogue
What follows are handful of cheerleading replies from fellow communist hipsters, sharing their thoughts of murdering capitalists.
I am just dwelling on this, and considering that this person…. was published…. in TEEN. FUCKING. VOGUE.
The sort of person who’d otherwise be relegated to penning columns in “Workers World”, read by no one except a few aging leftist professors at C-grade universities, and working a day shift at some revolutionary-bookstore.
They’re the ones Conde Nast think provide great and popular insights on the world for modern youth. I just don’t know what to think. I suppose it should be *funny*. because the corporate monolith has been reduced to hiring those sorts of people? Or that those sorts of hipster-communist people have no congnitive dissonance working for the same Corporation that publishes “adult” Vogue.
I just don’t know what to think.
“Pinochet did nothing wrong” comes to mind.
Ugh. Dreading my appointment with mortality tomorrow. I’ll clean up nice and swallow my crippling S.A.D. but I’m sure not happy about it. I said that I’d be there and I am a man of my word but the thought of hours of Catholic genuflection and pointless small-talk with strangers puts my “cocoon-sense” on high alert. Maybe there will be an open bar?
Irish wake?
Worse. French-Canadian.