I wish I’d been at the McCain funeral yesterday. Putting aside the now-usual and expected politicization of EVERYTHING, I mainly wanted to make sure the fucker really was dead. Instead, I had to hear the pissing and moaning on the radio as if his death were something tragic and momentous rather than just one more opportunity to put TDS on display. I don’t often agree with Trump, but this time I do. And speaking of display, the Aretha Franklin funeral was equally newsworthy, not just for the predictable TDS, but the spectacle of leering aged horndogs Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson discussing the details of Ariana Grande’s ass. Sadly, they were upstaged by some pastor who managed a sideboob grope.
Ah well. Unlike yesterday, there were some notable birthdays and anniversaries today. For example, it’s the birthday of jazz greats Horace Silver and Clifford Jordan. Also microchip pioneer and business guru Andy Grove, the most delightfully named baseball player Drungo Hazewood, and the spectacularly titted actress Cynthia Watros.
On to the news.
For whatever reason (maybe the grant cycle?) there’s been a sudden rush of global warming panic articles. Of all of them yesterday, this one was my favorite.
“If we allow climate change to go unchecked, the vegetation of this planet is going to look completely different than it does today, and that means a huge risk to the diversity of the planet,” Jonathan Overpeck, dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan and co-author of the new study, said in a statement. “We’re talking about global landscape change that is ubiquitous and dramatic. We’re already starting to see it in the United States, as well as around the globe.”
Way to pack in every FUD buzzword you can. I’m sure that “more research is needed.”
If emissions continue to rise unabated, the scientists concluded, the probably of large-scale vegetative changes is greater than 60 percent. If nations succeed in meeting their 2015 Paris Agreement greenhouse gas mitigation pledges, the probability of large-scale ecological transformations is less than 45 percent.
“According to my preeeecise calculations, it’s all about a meaningless treaty. And of course, putting our guys in charge.”
In sports news, yesterday was the big cutdown day in the NFL. And just as Sloopy is obsessed with some Little League team or other, I am similarly so with the Baltimore Ravens, who finally gave up on Breshad Perriman (“He has has 4.2 speed and 5.6 hands.”) to the delight of the city. More interestingly, their rookie kicker found out the downside of playing for the Ravens- you have to be in Baltimore.
Ravens rookie kicker Kaare Vedvik suffered injuries in an assault and robbery that required him to be hospitalized. The Baltimore Sun reports that Vedvik was being treated at Maryland Shock Trauma Center. “We are aware that Kaare is being treated for head wounds and we are monitoring the situation,” the Ravens said in a statement.
When I worked at Johns Hopkins Medical School, one of things we were shown in orientation was a map of the area with a red line showing borders that one must not cross if life and limb are important. Apparently, this was not part of the Ravens’ orientation for players unfamiliar with the area.
Man, it has to be embarrassing to be a Catholic these days. Besides the constant stream of priest-fucks-boy scandals, there’s a pope who ignores the famous advice of St. Augustine and enthusiastically declaims on issues where he is totally ignorant but where there’s prog points to be scored.
“Sadly, all too often many efforts fail due to the lack of effective regulation and means of control, particularly with regard to the protection of marine areas beyond national confines,” the pope wrote. “We cannot allow our seas and oceans to be littered by endless fields of floating plastic,” Francis said. “Here, too, our active commitment is needed to confront this emergency.”
He also denounced as “unacceptable” the privatization of water resources at the expense of the “human right to have access to this good.”
You tell ’em, Frankie. More regulation, that’s what we need.
Keep it classy, Chicago. After a tragic fire on the West Side that killed ten kids (living in a somewhat, ahhhh, sketchy situation), their funeral was a massive and public spectacle. And in the finest Chicago tradition, it was dignified and solemn. Or maybe not.
Dozens of mourners spilled out of the front of the church onto Cermak Road, WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Roberts reported from the scene. The crowds gathered around the corner and half a block down Whipple Street before police came screaming in to restore order.
Mourners had already been seen flashing gang signs outside the church.
Not that this is an isolated thing, mind you. It’s a Chicago thing.
Old Guy Music yet again! And continuing the theme of old Jethro Tull in preparation for the dinosaur concert tomorrow, this song was of course an inevitable choice. If SP weren’t asleep, I’d give in to my itchy urge to grab my flute and play along. I love this tune.
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Meanwhile, Katrina Pierson, an adviser to Trump’s campaign, came to the president’s defense following the weekend of insults.
“(Donald Trump) ran for @POTUS ONE time and WON! Some people will never recover from that. #SorryNotSorry Yes, #MAGA,” Pierson tweeted.
Trump visits golf course as Washington mourns John McCain
Holy shit. Someone here called that. *Raise your hand because I forgot*
I do not understand the McCain worship. AT ALL. From either side. Is there some news story they need buried or something?
Dude was an undercover agent for the democrats. I dont recall him voting for anything other than the D agenda. Plus – Trump.
He voted against Obamacare with the rest of the GOP during Obama’s term. Other than that, I got nothin’.
It’s an anti Trump platform.
McCain always courted the media, always. The one time he failed at it was during the 2008 election. I therefore find it unsurprising that he excommunicated anyone associated with his campaign, even though his problem was that he ran against a political cypher that the people and media turned into a Messiah.
His entire career was composed of trying to enforce his version of “dignity” on the world. Whether that meant sacrificing our blood and money (along with a few natives) in every shithole across the planet, or banning vitamins, or grilling baseball players in front of Congress, or restricting speech he didn’t like (because it challenged his authority).
He was an arrogant asshole and a sore loser who abandoned his supporters in order to further his ego.
I was having a check up the other day, and in order to change the subject, my doctor said “what do you think about McCain saying Trump shouldn’t come to the funeral?” I snort laughed and said “you can’t control what people do after you die,” and then “McCain was a drama queen anyway,” My doctor’s eyebrows went up. but then he changed the subject again, to McCain’s mom.
He was doing fairly well until the economic crash of 2008, and the wars-don’t forget the wars. Jesus Christ would have lost if he ran as a Republican in those days.
Pretty great high level overview of that bastard.
If anyone is in the mood for a 90 minute rant first about McCain’s media tongue bath, then Brennan’s, I point interested parties to Dave Smith’s second to most recent podcast.
Thanks. Listening now.
Thank you for remembering. I got no accolades when I pointed this out yesterday from these heathens. Technically though I said he would be golfing during the funeral and he didn’t get his clubs out. I think he went there because he has piss hookers on staff.
Kudos. (I think there was another one who called it, too.) You know who else got fleeting internet fame?
Rachel Dolezal?
The world is a better and safer place without that crooked warmonger. I feel bad for his family, but not too bad really because I don’t know them, and that’s it.
I felt bad for the shit heels family until I heard clips of his daughter yesterday. Kids of the uber wealthy political class should not take cheap shots at a funeral. It makes them look as petty as we all think they are.
Well, as RazorFist pointed out, Meghan McCain was out there publicly lying (probably) about her father’s health related disappearance from Senate duty, which kinda violates the whole taxation without representation thing for Arizonans.
And yeah, making shots about Trump at your dad’s funeral? “Haha! You can’t respond to our jabs, because we’re protected by mourning.”
Classless assholes, all of them.
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Quick! Give me money!”
But it is totally not a scam or a side door plan for international communism. Nope.
I mainly wanted to make sure the fucker really was dead.
Like in the funeral scene from Charade?
“If we allow climate change to go unchecked, the vegetation of this planet is going to look completely different than it does today, and that means a huge risk to the diversity of the planet,”
Doomsday cultist predicts Doomsday.
The question they never ask.
I have been hearing these exact same predictions for 50 years. Not a single one of them has been accurate. Not one.
When were kids though, they told us were heading into a new ice age.
They can predict whatever they like, it’s the political caveman clubs, public funding and law that they’ve been controlling that really bothers me.
“Let us pray that those who risk their lives at sea in search of a better future may be kept safe,” Francis added.
Especially the Amistad, amirite?
“enthusiastically declaims on issues where he is totally ignorant but where there’s prog points to be scored.”
It’s fun watching them wander down into the pit where the proggies eat their own. Who looks don there and thinks “I should make these people my friends!”
People who believe they are pure and above reproach. These are the same people who forget that times change, and what was perfectly acceptable yesterday will get you labeled as literally Hitler tomorrow.
He also denounced as “unacceptable” the privatization of water resources at the expense of the “human right to have access to this good.”
I cant keep up. I thought the problem with water sources was governments putting lead in government run sources?
He moves from bemoaning the floating garbage to talking about immigrants. Is he calling them garbage?
As long as they don’t talk about where the priests are sticking their peckers.
I was at church last night, and the sermon was on this very topic. Which surprised me. Pastor went on and on about this “misconduct” and how disturbing it was, and what the response should be.
(Mass was for my dad, so it was a family thing, I don’t usually choose to go to church. Raised catholic but now it makes no sense to me).
Why doesn’t the Church put their potential priests through a battery of legitimate psychological tests to possibly find sociopaths and pedos BEFORE they let them work around people?
Because then they wouldn’t have much of a church left.
The problem isn’t government, it’s corrupt Republicans.
/Michigan voter.
That was a good faith mistake because Team D was in charge. Private anything is bad and likely a conspiracy to hurt the poor.
one of things we were shown in orientation was a map of the area with a red line showing borders that one must not cross if life and limb are important.
We were shown maps like that from the on site security team when we showed up on jobs in shitholes. I had no idea Baltimore had neighborhoods like Kirkuk and Mosel.
I would say that the surrounding areas from JHU Medical School are perhaps even more dangerous. Or at least they were then, maybe they’re all burned out these days?
When I lived there, I remember that one of the med school staff got kidnapped outside the facility and held for ransom.
I was only there for a year, but in that time, we had at least one murder, several stabbings, and two forcible rapes of our staff who wandered too near the red line (mostly because of parking lots being full).
I’m not kidding when I say this: It never even crosses my mind that a neighborhood I enter may be dangerous to my well being. I remember get lost in Chicago and thinking, “Fucking hell. I’m not getting out of my car no matter what.” 2 hours of driving around. Maybe I over reacted, but some rough neighborhoods there and they go on for miles.
You just described New Orleans…. Damn near the whole place.
Jesus
“JHU Medical School” I just did a google maps tour of the area… holy crap, people go there for higher learning?!??!
There’s all kinds of learnin’
Student doctor network forum, “Things I learned from my patients” forum. Funniest thing on the internet.
Thank you so much for that link.
🙂
Words to live by.
+1 ASSMAN
My old ER had a shelf in the charting room with photos and X-rays of things patients had come in with up their rectums. My favorite was an incandescent light bulb broad side first. Just amazing that could get in that way without breaking. But yes, the claim was ALWAYS that the person had fallen on said object and it miraculously went up the butt.
Million to one shot, doc!
That is fantastic! Thanks for sharing the site.
Temple also has a top flight med school surrounded by Mogadishu-west.
Nah. I’m pretty sure that they’re actually worse now.
Old coworker’s wife works there and they still warn employees of the bozo zones. JHU even petitioned to get their own police force last year and the city council voted it down in a way that appeared to be mostly about control and funding.
There are homeless beggars on every corner surrounding it and right under the 83/JFX overpass a few blocks away to the east is Bum Tent City. Basically San Fran East.
bozo = no-go
*seeks more coffee*
Medical staff have received a cream pie in the face for wandering past the red line.
The neighborhood surrounding Cincinnati Children’s Hospital is like that.
Some friends and I stopped by there on the way to Jungle Jim’s to see a friend’s sister who had some anorexia issues. I was glad I had a CCW that day, and I kept my hand ON my gun until we got out of that fucking neighborhood.
(Yes, I’m a bit over-sensitive to the possibility of violent crime, but “better safe than sorry” is my motto in regards to that. I wouldn’t set foot in Baltimore, Chicago, or Detroit for any reason whatsoever.)
So what you guys are saying is Baltimore is a shithole?
No way – they’ve been run entirely by Democrats for decades. I mean, after all that time, it must be a shining beacon of peace and prosperity.
OSU campus is in a crappy neighborhood (not Chicago crappy) and every year this time after move in day there are news stories about dumbasses out drunk at 3am getting beat down robbed.
Has it spread to the whole campus? When I was there early 90’s it was mostly the south end. North of 15th was all right.
Yeah, mostly South. Closer to 9th.
He also denounced as “unacceptable” the privatization of water resources at the expense of the “human right to have access to this good.”
The Catholic approach to property rights worked so well in South America.
You missed a couple of big birthdays: Jimmy Connors, Keanu Reeves, and perhaps the most important of all, Salma Hayek
Really, what’s some tennis player or actress compared to DRUNGO HAZEWOOD?
It’s like I don’t even know you people any more.
Jimmy Connors is an asshole and I always hated how they’d bring out old coverage of the 1991 US Open during rain delays.
It’s strange that people think that McEnroe was head and shoulders above Connors in terms of being a little shit on the court. Connors was as big a douche.
That’s because people confused him with Robin Williams
https://secure.i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02577/jimmy-connors_2577155b.jpg
He looks a little high strung. Only pun I could Muster, so let it slide.
I could serve up some more puns if you’d like.
He was just a bit less bombastic in his douchebaggery, McEnroe’s was entertaining to watch at least.
Now he’s like a cuddly bear at the announcer’s desk. Connors? No idea what the hell became of him.
I always thought McEnroe was Alex Jones’n it. It was all an act.
You cannot be serious.
Old Paul Hogan spoof:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKUIrsZ7taY
I hated Connors. His style and attitude sucked.
Venezuelan Fireworks.
Socialist paradise.
Why apologize for something that wasn’t your fault?
Professional grievance monger on their case.
Oh FFS. There isnt a portable sign with removable letters in the country that some smart ass kid hasn’t changed the letters on in the middle of the night as a joke. Who would take this seriously?
It’s very serious business. People were traumatized. Therapy was sought.
What did it say? NOW HIRING SLUTTY WOP WHORES?
The removable letters on the display sign had been arranged to say “NOW HIRING [groups described with racial and sexist slurs],” according to a photo shared on Twitter.
I blame Sara Jeong.
I botched that. Arby’s wouldn’t have to apologize.
“but was surprised by how many people thought the photo was a fake”
And the article doesn’t show the photo.
they were upstaged by some pastor who managed a sideboob grope.
Don’t forget that he also said he thought Ariana Grande was something on the Taco Bell menu which I hope starts a trend of ordering the Ariana Grande at Taco Bell’s across the country.
Bill being all…
One Ariana Grande with a side order of amoxicillin please.
I’ll never get over Ariana Grande.
How’s your drinking problem?
I can solve it with another drink.
The frosting ain’t gonna lick itself
She did look like she wanted to get away from the funny uncle.
That said, he’s not wrong about her name.
“…a trend of ordering the Ariana Grande at Taco Bell’s across the country.”
I cant believe it hasn’t happened at least once already.
Now they’re shooting their own dogs.
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/cpd-officer-forced-to-shoot-k9-partner-after-being-attacked/1411875671
So he’ll be going to jail for shooting a police officer right? You know? Like everyone else?
So the dog disobeyed a legal order?
That’s what happens when you get a canine 3%-er for a partner.
Lookit you two goin’ to work in the comments. I couldn’t be more proud of Glibs.
Right one time…
The same Officer Carter that pumped lead into his “partner”.
*on time
Secret dogfucker attacked by victim.
That was my thought too. It seems highly unlikely that the dog “just attacked” him.
Over geologic timescales, the probably of vegetative changes is 100%. The book Where Do Camels Belong? goes in depth on this and is a great read. Also, the “probably” of them needing an editor is 100%, unless that’s the pidgin translation page.
^DENIER
The global warming crap has really gotten face palm worthy.
But what about the narrative?
Trump told Congress on Thursday he’s canceling a scheduled 2.1 percent raise for the federal workers, citing the need “to put our nation on a fiscally sustainable course.”
Trump instead called for more merit pay increases.
Yet with unemployment near an 18-year low of 3.9 percent and the nation’s 6.7 million job openings hovering at a record high, private-sector pay increases have accelerated over the past year. Average hourly wages were up 2.7 percent in July from a year earlier, Labor Department figures show, while other measures suggest even faster hikes.
Merit pay? For unionized government employees? Heresy! And besides, the way I heard it, he’s cutting wages for hose noble selfless public servants; they’ll all be on food stamps, soon.
I have been assured wages are not rising in the private sector. Have i been misled?
Worse than Hitler.
I keep asking never-Trumper types A) List the details of his awfulness, and B) What would he have to do?
In two years I haven’t gotten an answer to either.
“…If nations succeed in meeting their 2015 Paris Agreement greenhouse”
There aren’t enough ‘ha ha’s’ in the world.
Rufus, re the discussion the other morning about virus protection and us willful ignorant Apple users. The computer geeks had me a bit worried so I downloaded AVG’s free virus protection for Mac and ran a scan. No threats detected.
lol.
The other day I got a ‘virus message’. So I took it to the doctor and asked if he had any antibiotics for my Apple.*
*I used ‘he’ on purpose because I’m not woke.
Hey now, I don’t think any of us geeks said to panic.
lol…..I said you geeks had me worried not panicked.
I so hope that the A in AVG stands for Alar.
I bet that Alar Virus Group’s mac protection software is a startup by Meryl Streep (funded by the money she made as a credentialed expert on pesticides).
You need to parse that more carefully. The agreement, from what I understand, was just the US paying third world countries. That is all it was. Obama opened the treasury to shitbags just like Marx gave away his mother-in-law’s life savings to hotel staff. It isnt his, why should he give a fuck?
“If nations (the United States) succeed in meeting their 2015 Paris Agreement greenhouse gas mitigation pledges (give money), “
“like Marx gave away his mother-in-law’s life savings to hotel staff.”
He did that? Makes sense.
She gifted Marx and her daughter her life savings upon their marriage so that her daughter would have no wants. On the first night of the honeymoon he left the box on a table in their hotel room and told the staff to take whatever they needed. When they returned from eating the box was empty.
He was a shitbag of a human being.
“it has to be embarrassing to be a Catholic these days”
Nah. I’m good.
Trump isn’t Catholic. He’s Literally Hitler.
You’re not embarrassed by Eddie?
Nope. I like Eddie.
Eddie for Pope 2020.
There’s no reason to be embarrassed by Eddie. There are plenty of reasons to be embarrassed for Eddie.
And even better, his middle name was LaRue.
I wonder how he feels about Trumphitler’s plan to index capital gains.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is slashing the price of his California beach house to $7.9 million, after putting it on the market for $11 million in February 2017, according to a spokeswoman for the listing agent.
If the property sells for its new asking price, Mr. Buffett will still make an impressive return, having paid just $150,000 for the home in the early 1970s.
He should donate those gains to taxes since his secretary pays more.
He needs to pay his secretary more so that she can be part of the rich who don’t pay as much in taxes.
NIce Old Man Music this morning even with the unfortunate lack of codpieces.
Well, not sure what tackle he was wearing over his crotch, but I’d say it was almost as effective.
Thats racist /prog.
Damn straight. Thinking of switching to orthodox. Maybe Russian Orthodox. /russian bot
Not Latvian Orthodox?
+1 kavorka
Greek Orthodox or bust, boyo.
I’m open to reasons for and against any particular brand, as I’m still in the early stages of research. But I think the closest is a Ruskie church.
http://beerchurch.com/
Well, if you’re in Pittsburgh, there’s Church, or you could join my church.
Nice. I like the idea of a church with Apathetic in the name. With the exception of protecting personal liberty and maybe ones family, (maybe) I think most things in life should be approached with a healthy dose of apathy.
It is certainly more conducive to happiness. Never take yourself too seriously. I think that is a big problem with politically left people. They never grew out of that adolescent stage where they believe that they, what they think, their problems and their feelings are the most important things in the universe.
When my son was about 12, I think, I bought him a t-shirt with “I am special and unique” on the front and “Just like everyone else” on the back. I explained that to me he was the most important thing in the world, but to everyone else he was just another mouth to feed. Come to think of it I also gave him a speech about not talking about yourself all of the time. People like to talk about themselves, not hear about you.
I think that may have contributed to his uncanny business acumen.
Her: You’re rather quiet
Me: I just find you fascinating
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius was a worthwhile book (even if he spends a lot of the text repeating himself).
But then Christmas is in January.
Well, it is literally redlining.
“When I worked at Johns Hopkins Medical School, one of things we were shown in orientation was a map of the area with a red line showing borders that one must not cross if life and limb are important.”
So those darned Amish have started settling in Baltimore too?
OBEY
But highly congested locations in the city, like coming over the Brooklyn Bridge, are already stressful. People walk in the clearly marked bike lane, forcing cyclists into the clearly marked pedestrian lane, slowing everyone down and making for a tense situation. The point here is that, no matter how hard the city tries to organize its streets and walkways, people do not pay enough attention.
Stupid longwinded piece about allowing e-scooters in NYC.
tl;dr- They’re cute and fun but other people, who aren’t as cool and hep and smart as I am, probably shouldn’t be allowed to use them, because they’ll be maimed or killed.
TW: Jalopnik
Do you know what else climate change is fucking up?
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/02/642341001/say-i-do-without-the-sweat-wedding-pros-share-how-they-beat-the-heat
People are fatter and more acclimated to air conditioning.
Nuh uh, it is totally because of climate change.
Showing houses in the Texas heat is pretty brutal. You’re constantly going in and out of air conditioned environments.
I bet it is.
Most people spend their work day in air conditioned offices then drive to their air conditioned houses in an air conditioned car. They are only exposed to heat for maybe an hour per day. This is a good thing as it contributes greatly to longevity.
The global warming thing is beyond silly. I spent my childhood outdoors and worked outside all of my life. The climate isnt changing appreciably and an honest record reflects that.
Or find of Justice of the Peace and get it over with in 10 minutes.
My sister went with October because it’s a lot cheaper.
My wife and I went with January and had vendors lined up and practically begging while offering 80% discounts.
OMWC sighted in Ottawa:
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/police-say-free-candy-van-not-a-threat-to-public
She’s not stupid.
https://www.zazzle.com/i_gotta_see_the_candy_first_then_t_shirt-235138125438191770
Heh… I like this one
the spectacularly titted actress Cynthia Watros.
She lacks a boobpedia page. Sad.
“spectacular”
*citation needed*
“spectacular”
*citation needed*
I just looked. Her boobs aren’t that big.
That’s true.
Nevertheless, I’m gonna mark her down as “would”.
Spectacular =/= big.
I remembered her from The Drew Carey Show, where she was one of a series of fantastic looking girls that he was banging while acting like he was a loser with the ladies.
I remember that show when it was called Seinfeld.
What always struck me about Seinfeld was how horrible Jerry was dressed. His usual getup was black dress pants, an extremely baggy dress shirt in a color that did not go with black at all, and white tennis shoes. Seriously now, what is that?
Or super-tight jeans.
But yeah, time and place.
That’s a good Tull song. It almost makes for my just now receiving a NH primary related spam text message. The message:
“Hi , this is Lori. In 2014 my husband Deaglan McEachern fought insurance companies while I fought for my life. Now he’s a democrat running for Congress to fight for Medicare for All. Can we count on your support in the NH primary on Sept 11?”
A google search on the phone number indicates the text message originated from a Maine phone number.
My response:
“Fuck off slaver. Don’t ever contact me again.”
I blocked the number.
Erg… I forgot, can’t use angle brackets.
The message was actually:
“Hi [DEG’s full first name here], this is Lori. In 2014 my husband Deaglan McEachern fought insurance companies while I fought for my life. Now he’s a democrat running for Congress to fight for Medicare for All. Can we count on your support in the NH primary on Sept 11?”
They are really going hard left. Single payer is what they want to run on?
If that woman really had been fighting for her life under a single payer system she would not be here now.
I’m thinking Trump is the most pro-Israel President.
That’s probably true.
Even if it’s only because he knows it drives the left apeshit.
Apparently both funerals were anti-Trump conventions.
Ben Domenech, Federalist Radio podcast guy, among other things, is married to Meghan McCain. I don’t know why, because I can’t get past her incredibly fake hair and massive neck. Anyway, I bet he won’t be opining negatively on McCain’s legacy.
Megan McCain looks too much like her father, and it creeps me out. If I would have seen her first, it would have been fine. I can tell that she’s fairly attractive, but the attraction for me personally is killed because of that association.
Ayako Fujitani has that same problem.
“Justin Bieber looks like he’s living in Florida under an assumed name after he got caught committing insurance fraud and had to fake his own death.”
https://twitter.com/_FloridaMan/status/1035919996851957760
Is he still a thing?
Some of those comments are excellent.
“Duke’s History Dept. (appropriately) doesn’t want its building named after a segregationist. Its proposed replacement? Naming it after a late member of the Group of 88, “who represents the values we aspire to as a department.””
https://twitter.com/kcjohnson9/status/1035642836182622208
While at other schools the black students are screaming for a return to segregation.
Hail Hydra
“Why are so many teenage girls appearing in gender clinics?
A new paper suggests this may be partly a social phenomenon”
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/09/01/why-are-so-many-teenage-girls-appearing-in-gender-clinics
“New paper ignites storm over whether teens experience ‘rapid onset’ of transgender identity”
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/new-paper-ignites-storm-over-whether-teens-experience-rapid-onset-transgender-identity
Alright all, enjoy Sunday, I’m off to eat and drink like a German today.
You know who else . . .?
David Hasselhoff?
…took Sunday off?
Speaking of climate change; what are the chances that we see some significant cooling over the next few years as we enter a period of reduced solar activity? Somehow that will be spun in favor of the warmistas. Science!!
OT: I read a very good article by a liberal (that actually sounds truly liberal) on the origins of the “white privilege” bullshit and the ultra privileged woman who came up with the racist idea. I remember having to read the crappy article in question almost twenty years ago as an undergrad at Berkeley. Now that tripe is considered leftist gospel.
https://quillette.com/2018/08/29/unpacking-peggy-mcintoshs-knapsack/
It is unlikely that we will know. So many have been caught faking data so many times now it is ridiculous to believe anything they say. They wouldn’t tell us anyway. It will be more ‘believe what we tell you and not your lying eyes’.
They already have that covered by calling it “climate change” instead of global warming.
Haven’t they changed the name again? I dont remember what it is now because I was laughing so much when I heard it.
Weather of color?
Ha!
Patriarchal climate catastrophe?
Perfect.
Generally on that topic, Bailey had a book review at TOS a few months back on “Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature is Thriving in an Age of Extinction.”
http://reason.com/archives/2018/02/25/life-finds-a-way
“Since ecological change is inevitable, Thomas urges us to throw aside static notions of restoring local ecosystems to some imagined prehuman Edenic state. Instead, we should embrace our central role in molding the natural world and become more proactive in managing species and landscapes. “Our aim should be to maintain robust ecosystems (however different from those that exist now or existed in the past) and species, rather than defend an unstable equilibrium,” argues Thomas. “We can let change happen.””
So central planning, then?
This time it will work.
That strikes me as an unfair reading. Bailey is strongly pro-market. He appears to be saying the typical ecowarrior who does want central planning is getting it wrong.
“Instead, we should embrace our central role in molding the natural world and become more proactive in managing species and landscapes.”
This is central planning dreaming. We’ve tried and failed repeatedly. Better to adapt and move on.
For you dog people.
Only shoes!? Get some ambition, dog! Move up to couches!
Megan McCain (sp? Who gives a shit?) is a behemoth.
That is all.
Her neck is bigger than my thighs.
Since ecological change is inevitable, Thomas urges us to throw aside static notions of restoring local ecosystems to some imagined prehuman Edenic state.
That’s crazy talk!
He is dense enough to not realize this is about money. Changing the narrative isnt in the cards.