ZARDOZ FRIDAY NIGHT LINKS

ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. ZARDOZ HAS A LEAD ON A DELIVERY JOB, SO THINGS MIGHT BE LOOKING UP. ZARDOZ IS TO MEET A BRUTAL NAMED “RAY”, THAT ONE OF HIS FORMER PIZZA DELIVERY CO-WORKERS SAYS NEEDS A DEPENDABLE MOVER.  IN LIGHT OF THAT, ZARDOZ GIVES HIS CHOSEN ONES LINKS.

  • ALL BRUTAL EYES TURN TO…JANET YELLEN?
  • A SERIOUSLY FRUGAL BRUTAL.
  • EPA EMASCULATED AGAIN.
  • MONEY + SPORTS = A BIG LIST OF TEAMS, PEOPLE AND OTHERS.

AH, HERE IS THE BRUTAL NOW… YES, ZARDOZ CAN DELIVER PLANT BASED MATERIAL – ZARDOZ USED TO HAUL GRAIN. IS THAT WHAT YOU WISH ZARDOZ TO CARRY?

ZARDOZ CAN DO THAT. LOOKS LIKE ZARDOZ HAS AN EASY JOB!

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192 responses to “ZARDOZ FRIDAY NIGHT LINKS”

  1. Vhyrus

    I know I’m working too late when I’m reading ZARDOZ links at work.

    1. ZARDOZ

      ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS HARD WORKING CHOSEN ONE. ZARDOZ UNDERSTANDS…USED TO BE – HAUL GRAIN, DELIVER GUNS, ISSUE ORDERS TO BRUTAL ENFORCERS – DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

      1. Even Zardoz has to punch* the clock.

        *Albeit with his face.

  2. __Warren__

    Everybody must get Stone…Head.

  3. __Warren__

    There are pro-ACA protesters out showcasing their economic ignorance in the area today but one had a clever sign: Apparently one of the local R reps voted for “wealthcare” instead of healthcare.

    I like a bit of wordplay now and again so that got a chuckle out of me.

  4. DenverJ

    You could paint houses. You know who else painted houses?

    1. Vhyrus

      The prostitute in a common joke?

      1. Festus

        “I call the short one Bitey”…

    2. straffinrun

      Mick Jager?

    3. Tacit Rainbow
    4. Gilmore

      Van Morrison? no, shit, he only did windows.

    5. Walford

      Sean Hannity

    6. C. Anacreon

      John Cougar Mellencamp?

  5. Timeloose

    Is he the original ray or original famous ray

    1. He’s filling in for Dave.

      1. __Warren__

        Or is it Tommy?

      2. Timeloose

        Dave’s not here man

    2. DenverJ

      In a surprise twist, he’s the famous original Ray.

      1. You can call me Ray?

        1. Juvenile Bluster

          I think we can be proud that we never did a bad show except for that week Ray Jay Johnson was my co-host. “You can call me Ray, and you can call me Jay.” Ooh! That thing was funny for about three seconds.

          1. AlmightyJB

            I enjoyed bringing that back for gay jay

  6. Juvenile Bluster

    Today in Twitter fun:

    Kevin D. Williamson of the National Review blocks Sean Hannity on Twitter due to Hannity being an ass. Hannity melts down hilariously.

    1. Pat

      Hannity was only watchable when he had Colmes as a stooge.

      Also, his everyman schtick kind of wears thin when you consider he’s been making upwards of 10 million bucks a year for nearly a quarter century. I hate to break it to you man, but you ain’t in touch with the welfare mommies and Teamsters anymore.

    2. John Titor
      1. Festus

        Heh. You look at him and then judge yourself and you just know that you would kick his ass in about five seconds.

    3. Scruffy Nerfherder

      John is Hannity?

    1. Trigger Hippie

      Ah, yes. One of the nation’s most inconsequential, simplistic, easy to navigate and perfectly adequate (given its position triangulated in the middle of the hubs in Chicago, Dallas and Denver) ‘international’ airports, is in desperate need of being scrapped for a new $1 billion dollar single terminal.

      While I applaud the effort to privatize the project, It’s hard to see why the bother in building a new one at all.

      1. Gilmore

        It’s hard to see why the bother in building a new one at all.

        huge kickbacks, ‘creates jobs’, etc.

        every politician loves a ‘renewal’ project. literally ‘smash perfectly good infrastructure, and spend huge taxpayer sums rebuilding it’.

        1. dbleagle

          When I lived in the KC area I always enjoyed going to MCI. It’s effectively designed and has the shortest TSA lines for a major airport in the US. Don’t fix what works.

      2. I’d guess the most inconsequential international airport is the one in Williston, ND.

  7. Pat

    Remember being a kid and saying things like “I hope I never turn 30”?

    Crossed my mind today while I was enduring my first rectal exam. All clear, but I gotta start getting colonoscopies soon because of my family history. Getting old-ish fucking blows.

    1. Juvenile Bluster

      I hate to tell you, Pat, but that guy you met wasn’t actually a proctologist.

      1. Pat

        So i can call him Mr. Jellyfingers instead of Dr. Jellyfingers then?

      2. Haybob

        Proctologists don’t typically work out of the back of a 1972 GMC Vandura.

    2. DenverJ

      So, what I’ve read is that rectal cancer is such a slowly progressing disease, and the “cures” so damaging, that most people would be better off not treating it.
      Therefore, no need for doctors to put their finger in my butt. Approaching 50, never had a rectal examine, don’t plan on starting.

      1. Haybob

        Prostate cancer is the same.

        1. DenverJ

          Is that what I meant? Ok

          1. Haybob

            Sorry typing on my phone mistakenly deleted most. Prostate cancer is slow moving too. Obviously not the same as rectal cancer

          2. SIV

            Bill Bixby, Frank Zappa and Johnny Ramone all died from prostate cancer in their 50s.

      2. Pat

        Most colon and rectal cancers are slow growing, but they spread. By the time you start showing symptoms they’re metastatic or getting there. Catch them as polyps and they usually don’t even require treatment other than removal during the course of a colonoscopy.

        My paternal grandmother died of colon cancer in her 70’s, so well within the expected age range. But I have a cousin on that side who was diagnosed in his mid 30’s and dead by his late 30’s. I’d way rather get an occasional scope or finger up the butt than have that be me.

        1. Festus

          An oldie but a goodie – The doctor sticks his finger up your fundament and declares “Don’t be alarmed if there is an erection!” “But Doctor, I don’t have one!” Doc sez “But I sure do!”

      3. Scruffy Nerfherder
    3. Suthenboy

      “All clear, but I gotta start getting colonoscopies soon ”

      I heard that ‘you gotta’ myself. Answer: NO.

      1 in 1000 colonoscopies result in death. 15,000 funerals per year from a routine test? Those are pretty shitty odds. Yeah, I said it.

      My advice: either get the non-invasive test or just develop a habit of looking carefully before you flush…look for evidence of blood.

      1. Suthenboy

        And tell Dr. Pokey you’ll let him perform a colonoscopy on you after you get to perform one on him.

      2. CZmacure

        Do you have a citation for that number? The wikipedia has a cite for :

        About 1 in 200 people who have a colonoscopy have a serious complication.[17] Perforation of the colon occurs in about 1 in 2000 procedures, bleeding in 2.6 per 1000, and death in 3 per 100,000.

        3 per 100,000 = 1 per 33,333

        The difference between these numbers seems large.

      3. Pat

        Cologuard combines the standard FIT/FOBT tests with a DNA marker test that can detect the genetic signatures of cancer. I’ll be considering doing that periodically. It’s designed for older people of average risk though, so I’m not an ideal candidate for it. It’s also expensive. Something like 700 bucks. Still about 5 times cheaper than a colonoscopy though. I may or may not be carrying the amount of insurance mandated by law, so cost is a factor for me.

        If you get yourself bogged down in the numbers you’d never have any medical procedure. Hell, I had a 1 in 100 chance of my oral surgeon severing a nerve and numbing half my face when I had my wisdom teeth out a couple months ago. With my family history, my odds of getting colon cancer are probably substantially better than 1in 1000, so it’s a matter of balancing the risk. On the bright side, I live in a place that had a notorious hepatitis outbreak from contaminated equipment at an endoscopy center.

        Have I mentioned that health care in Southern Nevada sucks?

        1. __Warren__

          Don’t mix up your Cologuard and DNA ancestry envelopes…..

          1. Pat

            “The results of your ancestry analysis are back. It turns out everybody was right: you *are* a piece of shit”

            Alternative joke:

            Just put it all in the Cash 4 Gold envelope.

          2. Pat

            “The results of your ancestry analysis are in. It turns out everybody was right: you *are* a piece of shit”

            Alternative joke:

            Just put it all in the Cash 4 Gold envelope

      4. Finger(s) up your butt? Not the end of the world.

        Dying. That’s pretty much the end.

        1. Festus

          You’re not a guy’s guy then? It’s like communal showers.

    4. straffinrun

      I had my first Barium check a couple years ago. Was done by the city health clinic as part of the yearly checkup. Upon arriving at the clinic, gave me number and pointed for me to go out into the parking lot. There was a large van\bus there and they had a third of the parking lot cordoned off with some temporary curtains. The nurse told me to strip down to my undies and get in line behind 5 old Japanese dudes waiting to enter the van. I had no idea what a barium check involved, but was feeling a little uneasy. The first old guy disappears into the van and then it starts rocking back and forth pretty violently. After about 10 minutes, the van door opens and the old dude comes stumbling out with white shit caked to his lips. Finally, my turn came and in the van was some rolling chamber where I had to make and hold odd poses as they took images. No polyps, but definitely memories.

      1. Slow down….SugarFree is taking notes.

    5. Oh noooooo… Someone is sticking something in my butt. It’s just so awful… How will I ever go on…?

      1. Pat

        I don’t think there’s a broad cross section of people that look forward to a nice relaxing DRE, but I mean, to each their own. Given the option of having something stuck up my butt or not having something stuck up my butt I’ll take not having something stuck up my butt every time. Plus, you know, cancer.

      2. Viking1865

        We get it, you like butt stuff.

        1. Playa Manhattan

          You absolutely don’t get it.

          She LOVES butt stuff.

          1. The Elite Elite

            Is this all about her sex junk?

      3. CZmacure

        I think most people think it’s going to be way uncomfortable despite things way bigger than a finger passing through the same hole in the other direction every single day of their lives.

    6. Walford

      No ass cancer that I know of but 2 years ago at the age of 42 I had a quadruple bypass surgery along with a valve replacement.

      1. Pat

        Well, that sucks. Hope you’re doing well now.

        1. Walford

          I am thanks. I got lucky in that I never had any pain. I thought I was dehydrated. I was out of state at a New Years Eve concert in Greensboro NC. Turns out they have a very highy rated cardiology unit. I probably would have died if I had been home.

  8. straffinrun

    All told, the index was up 2.2 percent on the year, thanks in large part to more stable fuel and energy prices. The price consumers paid for gasoline in April was up more than 14 percent from where it sat a year ago.

    That’s the good news, eh?

  9. Suthenboy

    Why would we wish for ZARDOZ to carry broccoli?

    1. DenverJ

      Your such a square; it’s oregano.

  10. __Warren__

    Trump remembers things differently from other people who were there. It’s like he’s hearing things coming from a different dimension.

  11. __Warren__

    The Cincinnati School District is run by total scumbags.

    1. DenverJ

      *brought to you by Warren’s Stream of Conciousnes (we rely on your support, please donate today)

      1. __Warren__

        A kid gets assaulted and knocked out at school and they only tell the mom that he fainted. There’s video of the event yet the cops decline to file charges and again no one tells mom. Two days later the kid commits suicide. The school district says it has nothing to do with them, and this is after the kept the tape hidden and only gave it up under pressure.

        Dickheads.

        1. Juvenile Bluster

          That is really one of the more fucked up stories I’ve heard in a long time.

          For anyone who wants to read it (I recommend not): http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/05/12/coroner-reopen-case-8-year-olds-suicide/101589836/

          1. Gilmore

            I suspect the conclusion of this story is that the School District will demand more money. Because they need more “administrators”

        2. Akira

          Imagine the outrage if this had happened at a private, for-profit school. The fact that it’s at a government school means that most non-libertarians will write it off as an “isolated incident”.

          1. straffinrun

            No doubt. Makes you wonder if vouchers are such a good idea. The violent kids just move to the school you choose to get away from them.

          2. Akira

            Agreed.

            I’ve heard a lot of people complain that schools would just expel the violent/troublesome kids instead of trying to help them. But why SHOULD these kids be kept in school? If they’re misbehaving, not only are they not learning, but they’re preventing other kids from learning by causing so many disruptions. And it’s not like they couldn’t ever get an education; they’d just have to find a school whose disciplinary style got them to straighten up. If we had a free market in education, there would most likely be many smaller schools with different disciplinary and educational styles so that every kid could have a school that was best suited for them.

          3. Viking1865

            Yeah, the model of education now is Taco Bell. If you go to a Taco Bell in the hood, it’s sticky floored, syringes in the bathrooms, rude staff. If you go to the Taco Bell in a rich suburb its spotless and the staff is all polite and friendly. It’s still a fucking Taco Bell though, but if you fork over 4 grand a year to live in that Taco Bell’s zone, you can get the friendly nice Taco Bell.

            Or you can eat wherever you want to eat, but you still have to pay for Taco Bell. Paying for Taco Bell is mandatory.

          4. Juvenile Bluster

            Taco Bell will soon be mandatory. I’ve realized that the dystopia we’re headed towards is actually Demolition Man.

          5. straffinrun

            Don’t remind me. Tried Taco Bell for the first time in 20 years a couple months ago. How did I ever like that garbage? Have a feeling that’s how I’d feel about my high school if I ever went to a reunion.

          6. Gustave Lytton

            Something changed with Taco Bell’s beef not too long ago. It’s not as good as it used to be. More wet slop.

          7. Rhywun

            I’ve never actually been to a Taco Bell.

            *shrug*

    2. Gilmore

      The Cincinnati School District is run by total scumbags.

      What happened to Dr Phil? Is he cool now?

      1. __Warren__

        I have more than one spot in my darkest of hearts.

  12. CZmacure

    C’Mon, Son. (NSFW-ish, drugs)

  13. Suthenboy

    Huh. Anthony Joshua sounds like a wise dude.

    The wackadoodle celebs that blow through 3/4 mil a month or 650M on self indulgent bullshit inevitably end up in a rubber room.

    1. straffinrun

      Joshua is probably the nicest boxer I’ve ever heard speak. Class act.

  14. Pat

    Did commenting just break?

    1. Pat

      Hmm, guess not.

  15. Tundra

    Turn on NBCSN. Good game.

    1. Rhywun

      I have no opinion on either of these teams.

      1. Tundra

        Nor do I.

        Sometimes it’s just enough to watch people be really fucking good their work.

        1. Rhywun

          Meh… I’ve got a ST:VOY DVD to watch.

          1. Tundra

            Lost a bet, huh?

          2. Rhywun

            Sigh. It’s nowhere near as bad as everybody says.

  16. one true athena

    Flipping channels I see some gossip show like Inside Edition or Tmz has the chyron “Michelle’s Back.” I totally expect this to be about Michelle Obama, because of course it is right? She mentioned something about how Trump was destroying her “legacy” of school lunches today and of course this show is gonna talk about how Michelle’s ‘back”.

    They show a clip of “Witches of Eastwick”, talk about Jack Nicholson and cast reunions, and I’m still thinking, oh they’ll get to the next segment about Michelle. It takes me until the end of the little segment to realize they were talking about Michelle Pfeiffer the whole time.

    I’m not sure if I should head desk or shake my fist at how well I’ve been programmed for Obama sycophancy.

    1. quincy

      “Witches of Eastwing” might be appropriate.

      The East Wing serves as office space for the first lady and her staff, including the White House social secretary and correspondence staff.

  17. juris imprudent

    I’m dropping by to enjoy the big head on a Friday night.

    1. Playa Manhattan

      Come again?

  18. Timeloose

    Music for tonight. One of my all time favorite bands. Enjoy.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X8cmbmwFAl8

  19. Tundra

    I like it. Shitty beard, but nice SG and Rick bass.

    1. Timeloose

      They have a deep catalog. If you like them check it out.

      I’ve been seeing Clutch since 1991.
      One of my favorite songs that I play in my head or car every time I drive to NYC.
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbqv5dBgB7Q

      1. Timeloose

        They are touring with the Sword and Lucero this Summer.

        1. Tundra

          Their Wikipedia page has a pic from First Avenue.

          It’s fate. I will explore further.

        2. LT_Fish

          They toured with Coheed and Cambria a few years back too – that would have been awesome……but I virtually never make it to live shows these days.

      2. Crunchy Dolphin

        I fucking love Clutch.

        1. Tundra

          Hoodoo Operator is catchy.

          1. Festus

            Hoodoo Hoedown is more my speed but I grew up with a bunch of arty kids that grooved on Captain Beefheart, Frank and Prog- Rock.

      3. Tacit Rainbow

        Sweet Jeebus I’m listening to La Curandera literally right now

      4. LT_Fish

        Enjoyed all their albums since I picked up “From Beale St. To Oblivion” after seeing the video for “Electric Worry”. – although apparently the harmonica was a guest appearance for this one song.

        Need to start working back from there too.

  20. Slammer

    ZardozWorship music.

    Good for listening after receiving delivery.

  21. John Titor

    I am back from watching Alien: Covenant.

    It’s dumb. Other people might appreciate it as a standalone, but without going into spoilers it’s got the same stupid plot problems Prometheus had (admittedly the script is less retarded this turn around). Namely the obsession these prequels have with explaining the origins of the aliens/spacejockeys/whatever and basically obliterating any horror driven by mystery that the origins had.

    1. I don’t mind a little explanation if they leave some things up for speculation… but I’ve also read some of the related books…

      1. John Titor

        The related books are bullshit, and the origins of the aliens are not necessary or required. The premise is simple: humans discover thing man was not meant to know, humans fuck up and get infected with alien parasite, humans get massacred and desperately try to save themselves in light of an alien menace that is almost impossible to combat. Explaining the origins of said species does nothing to improve the actual goal of the genre, that is, horror, and instead creative a marginally incoherent ‘mythology’ that doesn’t serve the overall ‘universe’ at all. (SPOILERS) I don’t care if David ‘invented’ the aliens, the aliens were a hell of a lot more frightening when they were a ‘WTF is that’ then some explained lore mechanic.

        I don’t know if you’ve played it Riven, but I suggest Alien: Isolation for the more hardcore of Alien fans. I find that it nails the paranoia and fear of the initial movie, not to mention the design (I love the fact that they use CRT screens for everything). It’s not for everyone but it’s definitely refreshing compared to the likes of Prometheus or Covenant.

        1. RothbardsBitch1

          Did it open up in Canada before the US? This is why I voted for Trump! We need to make America Great Again so films will be shown in the US first!

          1. John Titor

            Ridley Scott is a proud son of the Commonwealth and I won’t have it any other way.

    2. Festus

      Half of the chick reviewers will “thumb that fucker up” because Michael Fassbender is hung like a horse.

      1. Rhywun

        Oh really?

        1. Festus

          He swung that shower about in that weird incestuous movie and the dilations were imminent. He could strangle puppies in his next role and the kafeee-klatch would remember his “kind eyes”.

          1. Rhywun

            *takes notes*

            Can you be more specific?

          2. Festus

            To be sure…

  22. american socialist

    https://twitter.com/polNewsForever/status/863195898846826497

    the plot thickens….comey has refused to testify. something smells bad with him/rice/obama/rhodes/clapper.

    Also rand paul was on fox news saying he was being spied on along with another senator…like personal stuff

  23. Rhywun

    One of my best friends of nearly 30 years just Facederped an approving link to Krugnuts’ latest deranged rant. I’m… not sure how I feel about this. I always found him to be reasonable… well, except for marrying a far-leftist SJW nutcase. How do you all deal with this situation?!

    1. Tundra

      Fire.

    2. I got as far as… accusing two Republicans of wanting nothing more than taking health insurance away from millions and slashing taxes on the wealthy, but I almost stopped the very paragraph before, too. I was thinking it would read less like parody. I was disappointed.

      It’s hard when a friend is booty-blinded. I’m afraid I don’t have an answer for you, there.

      1. Rhywun

        It’s hard when a friend is booty-blinded.

        Oh you have no idea. It’s funny because his greatest periods of lucidity came during a period in which she had basically dumped him and flitted off to Europe with some lover of hers.

        1. John Titor

          Wait, and he’s still with this woman? Despite the abuse of term, what a bloody cuckold.

          1. Rhywun

            I could tell you stories.

          2. Playa Manhattan

            Go on…

          3. Rhywun

            Oh, just little drama pieces that I’d rather not rehash.

          4. Playa Manhattan

            So you could, but you won’t.

            Look man, I spent my Friday night at the elementary school science lab. I need to hear stories about other people’s shitty lives to feel better about myself.

            Hook a brotha up.

          5. Viking1865

            I have grown to like cuck as an insult, because calling someone a bitch is kind of insulting to women, and calling someone a fag is insulting to gay men. I’m down with being polite to women and gay men, because it’s downright insulting to millions of intelligent, capable, strong women to say that Keith Olbermann is a bitch. It’s downright insulting to the millions of intelligent, capable, strong gay men to say that Trevor Noah is a fag.

            But cuck perfectly describes them, and it does so without insulting women or gay men.

          6. Festus

            But Trevor Noah is a fag! If not in the literal sense but subjectively.

    3. straffinrun

      The free shit gene is the dominant gene. Turns even normally rational people into fallacy fellators.

      1. Rhywun

        Except he doesn’t have that gene – or, it’s recessive. In all our years he’s been either apolitical or generic Democrat as I once was, and at various times in recent years even receptive to “alternative” narratives. But falling hook line and sinker for this junk… that’s new.

      2. Festus

        Oh yeah. My Brother last weekend. “I’ve got Hep-C and depression, gimme moar money!” It worked, he doesn’t ever have to be gainfully employed. Ever.

    4. CZmacure

      Everyone understands that Mr. Comey was fired not because of his misdeeds during the campaign

      EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS

      1. Festus

        He is “Harvey Dent”. Two-face, as it were.

    5. Grumbletarian

      Everyone understands that Mr. Comey was fired not because of his misdeeds during the campaign — misdeeds that helped put Trump in the White House — but because his probe of Russian connections with the Trump campaign was accelerating and, presumably, getting too close to home.

      Comey was this close || to actually finding the hint of some shred of evidence to support our preconceived belief that Russia stole the election from Hillary, and that it wasn’t our condescension towards a huge previously loyal voting block!

      So this looks very much like the use of presidential power to cover up possible foreign subversion of the U.S. government.

      At least to those of us who cling to far left birtherism!

    6. R C Dean

      Be sure. Nukes, orbit – you know the drill.

  24. John Titor

    Youtube and various internet feminists seem to be slightly retreating at present time.

    ‘Laci Green’, some feminist youtuber woman I’ve never heard of, recently came out in favour of open dialogue and free speech. Time will tell whether she holds to that. In other news, Anita Sarkeesian, the central catalyst of the Gamergate movement, is retiring (after, of course, making hundreds of thousands, if not millions off of her idiot followers). Sargon sees this as evidence that the tide is turning, and social justice is going to lose the overall culture war in the long run. I am skeptical, but if free speech is upheld as an absolute cultural value, I can’t say that I’m complaining all that much. Time will tell if the SJWs desperately attempt to claw their way back to the civilized narrative.

    I’M FROM BUENOS AIRES, AND I SAY KILL ‘EM ALL!

    1. straffinrun

      Once the white knights starting getting their asses kicked, they tend to crawl back into their basements.

    2. Viking1865

      Free Speech is something, along with gun rights (as they exist right now, i.e. not where they should be, but at a somewhat acceptable level) that I am pretty much comfortable will be sticking around. The issue is, IMO, that they’re not actually going to be used to bring about greater liberty. It’s almost as though “They” (Call them the State, the Deep State, the System, Powers That Be, whatever) have realized that as long as they offer the safety valve, they can keep the looting going.

      Like, from where I am observing, as long as the economy is mostly decent, and as long as not too many people get fucked by the State in too blatant a fashion, people seem to be quite content to let things continue, because they are still allowed to bitch about it, and the militia/3 percenter types are still able to post shit on social media about how the Spirit of 76 is all alive and well, because they can buy semi auto ARs and speak their mind on the Internet. So what if they’re taxed to death, under surveillance, have to jump through hoops to conduct commerce, aren’t allowed to buy drugs, so what if the the entire Constitution excepting some parts of the 1st and 2nd amendments is essentially null and void. As long as people can still Tweet, and as long as the lardass “patriot” coterie can still pretend they’re ready to reenact Concord Green, they can keep the lid on it.

      1. straffinrun

        You’ve described what’s already happening. If I could resurrect a strict originalist interpretation of just one amendment, it’d be the 10th.

      2. John Titor

        Look, at this point I’m more than willing to forgo the idea of a ‘Libertarian Moment’ for something as simple as a ‘Civilized Moment’, where people didn’t think tearing down the First Amendment was a good idea and are willingly to actual engage their ideological opponents.

      3. Pat

        It might have been too much too soon because of America’s unique speech protections, but I wouldn’t be shocked to see the 1A go the way of European social democracies in my lifetime. The “hate speech is not free speech” trope is already wildly popular, for some value of “hate speech”. There’s just less consensus on what needs censoring.

        1. LT_Fish

          While that may be technically possible on a societal level, I don’t see it happening nationally as long as the SC remains marginally competent – and if we get another appointee or two this term….then it may hold steady through this generational wave of derp.

  25. RegicidalManiac

    Here’s some choice derp from a recent blow up on one of the gun subreddits I frequent:

    https://imgur.com/a/M8RHG

    The choice quote there is “nobody is robbing Peter to pay Paul.” Please, progs. Do prog harder.

    1. Pat

      You’re not being robbed to pay for somebody else’s benefit. You’re just getting benefits you never asked for with no regard to the proportion in which you use them, and all that is being asked in return is that you cough up your money. Jeez, how could it be more simple?

    2. Viking1865

      All those things he listed, put together, generously account for 33% of my tax burden.

      I will take a 66% tax cut right now, give me my money back.

    3. Gilmore

      they ask

      “Are you old enough to have had “health insurance” before the ACA? If it was so great (for us) then why would anyone ever want to change it?”

      My reply would be

      a) “are you NOT old enough to know?” How old are you? and if you’re so young that you have no idea about the history of healthcare before this, how do you presume to lecture others?

      and b) are you so naive that you don’t recall that ‘nationalizing the healthcare industry’ has been a pipedream of the left since the 1950s? Because everything that they nationalize becomes a permanent constituency?

      and c) if you’re so ignorant as to not already know the answers to A and B, WTF are you doing spreading your ignorance around on the internet like people should listen to you?

      1. RegicidalManiac

        It’s reddit. I am all but certain that he was born after 97.

        Which makes him, at best, a twit.

        1. RegicidalManiac

          No offense meant to any lurking teenage men around here. I was a twit at 19 myself, it’s a requirement. All you can do is try to minimize the impact and own your twitishness when appropriate.

          1. Festus

            I carried a card in my wallet that proved that I was a Socialist when I was 19. Used to attend “rallies” to get laid, too! Good lord I was a pussy-hound as a youngster.

          2. CZmacure

            Used to attend “rallies” to get laid, too!

            “Direct Action”

          3. Festus

            Long haired Hippy. Worked a charm! Better than bars, friend, better than bars.

          4. And you’re still a twit, aren’t you? :-p

            j/k

          5. RegicidalManiac

            Uhhh… no comment.

            (Yes)

      2. Grumbletarian

        Anecdotally, today is my 19th anniversary with the company for which I work. When I started with them in 1998 my health insurance didn’t cost me a dime. Literally. I literally had a Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan that covered my needs and was competitive with other plans for which not a penny was taken from my paycheck.

    4. Gilmore

      And why are people derping about healthcare in a gun forum?

      1. Tundra

        Derping has no boundaries.

      2. RegicidalManiac

        Because it’s reddit: someone posted a picture about how Trump had twisted the dems into rhetorical knots to the point that if he denounced guns, the dems would have to become 2nd amendment absolutists.

        Consequently, the prog underbelly of reddit showed up to derp about how having guns and getting ‘free’ healthcare when they fuck up and hurt themselves is totally reasonable, which the generally right wing regulars took umbrage to.

    5. I immediately noticed “roads”. And then the “mobility scooter” which I assume was meant as an insult.

      1. RegicidalManiac

        Of course. To a prog, anyone who is opposed to single payer healthcare is a caricature of an obese hick.

  26. Juvenile Bluster

    Elderly wreckers, Kulaks protest against glorious Maduro government

    Alternative headline: Elderly Venezuelans protest firing of James Comey.

    1. RegicidalManiac

      CIA plants to bring down the government, obviously. Stop believing your lying eyes, comrade!

      1. Festus

        Wiping your ass with leaves will make the populace a little “tetchy” as Grandma was wont to say.

    2. Playa Manhattan

      Is there Venezuelan policewoman porn?
      Asking for a friend.

      1. Festus

        Once opened, the gate may never be closed!

  27. Ken Shultz

    Giant, hairy, humpback, squid dolphin washes up on Indonesian beach–disproving the theory of evolution.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/sea-creature-indonesia-giant-squid-whale-seram-island-mysterious-huge-dead-monster-a7732871.html

    . . . well, it washed up on an Indonesian beach anyway. I don’t know if it disproves any theories–other than the theory that the giant, hairy, humpback, squid dolphin doesn’t really exist.

    1. Rhywun

      It seems like we get this same story recycled every six months or so. And it’s always some remote fake-news shithole.

      1. Ken Shultz

        There’s a picture there!

        You can see for yourself that it’s a giant, hairy, humpback, squid dolphin.

        1. Playa Manhattan

          Don’t worry about that. We have shark problems here!

        2. straffinrun

          Ken, you’ve changed since you’ve migrated here. Was the old site holding you down?

          1. Playa Manhattan

            Changed how?

          2. straffinrun

            Little less serious at times. Maybe even playful, you could say. You haven’t noticed any changes in commenters here vs when they posted at the other site?

          3. Playa Manhattan

            I haven’t been looking, really. I will now.

          4. Ken Shultz

            I think it’s the lack of trolls.

            We’re all friends here!

            This is more like a bunch of friends sitting around in a bar.

            The other place was halfway between a dorm room argument with frenemies punctuate with actual haters popping in from time to time just shit on whatever you were saying.

          5. straffinrun

            That’s what I thought.

          6. Festus

            The other place was like an ex that always threatened to take her cool family away. Sometimes it’s best to shart that one and flush the rest.

    1. Festus

      Squares dicks, roundth holes.

      1. Playa Manhattan

        mouth holes?

        1. Festus

          A play on words, Kind Sirrah! “It ain’t the length, Maiden Fair, it be the roundth!”

    2. straffinrun

      Winston Cup not Sativa Bowl.

    3. They should rename themselves “military veteran hemp”, and the NASCAR dicks would be falling all over themselves to have the company as a sponsor.

    1. Festus

      If modern punk is just a fucking laff? Sure, sure it does. Even in the 90’s punk used to be something rather then a silly way to piss your friends off. “Fuck you! We’re sick of playing scales!” “We’re gonna blend a Punk Band!”

  28. Festus

    Hah, that picture. My French teacher handing me back the bag of weed that fell out of my pocket whilst we toured the new library. “I think this belongs to you!” young feller. “Merci Beaucoup!” Mr. Gibson!