ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. IT IS ZARDOZ’S UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BRUTALS HAVE A DAY TO COMMEMORATE THEIR BRUTAL EXTERMINATORS, TOMORROW. ZARDOZ IS PLEASED.
…
THEY ARE NOT EXTERMINATORS? THEY ARE “VETERANS”?
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VERY WELL. AT LEAST THEY RECEIVED THE GIFT OF THE GUN. THE GUN IS GOOD! AND SO ARE LINKS, WHICH ZARDOZ GIVES TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES.
- ZARDOZ UNDERSTOOD LIBYA TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS STORY. WAS ZARDOZ DECEIVED?
- ZARDOZ HOPES THEY KEPT THE GIFT OF THE GUN, DESPITE THEIR WORK BEING DONE.
- FOOLISH BRUTAL, ZARDOZ GAVE THE GIFT OF THE GUN, NOT THE HEAD OR THE METAL POLE!
- BRUTAL, WHO DID NOT TAKE HEED THAT THE PENIS IS EVIL, REPORTS TO PRISON.
BE RAISED UP FROM BRUTALITY. GO FORTH AND COMMENT! ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.
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323 responses to “ZARDOZ’S FRIDAY NIGHT LINKS”
Something “Libya” FIRST!!!
I am not “the ONE” but this is, I think my second “first” in the entirety of Glibs existence. It’s sad what you can be proud of. I’m just drinking whiskey and listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTuq7CDTNIM
Those soldiers were British – they gave up their guns and their penises.
WWI…I think they kept their schlongs.
When I look back at what I saw in combat, I would blush to even think about sitting at the same table as WWI or WWII combat vets. Same for Korea.
Add Vietnam vets to that list as well. Fighting Iraqis (and the odd foreign fighter) was nothing like fighting a first rank German, Japanese or North Vietnamese unit.
A smart salute from me to those American who fought them.
(The first time I saw the Baskin Robbins station in an Iraq messhall I was WTF!?! We have lost all perspective here.)
Eh…there was some hot shit in Al Asad and such in Iraq. And Helmand was as bad as any place in Vietnam, for the most part.
True Swiss. Even a crappy enemy can be deadly and there were some pitched battles in both the ATO and ITO. But when I read the histories of fighting the 1st Fallshirmjager Div in Italy, the 2d SS Panzer in Normandy or the Bulge, the 32d Army on Okinawa or some mainline NVA divisions in the Highlands of Vietnam I was always thankful I was not fighting them.
I am not denigrating the fighting abilities or sacrifices of our veterans since 9/11. We had some amazing Soldiers fighting in both Theaters. But we never were fighting outnumbered, outgunned and with the knowledge we weren’t going home until victory or a horrible wound.
Thanks to all our Veterans, even the Air Force.
I felt outgunned a few times…
But I get your drift. I wasn’t facing any &$%*ing armored divisions! *shivers*
Even the navy guys who didn’t step foot on land in Korea were in the shit. My uncles ship was sent in TO BE SHOT AT so they could plot the locations of the artillery. They did this for several nights until all the locations were plotted. The ship was built at tail end of WWII and was obsolete by the time so it was deemed ‘expendable’. Luckily as far as I know they didn’t have any casualties.
YGBSM
That is the entire population of Iraq. WWI was amazingly brutal. I remember being fascinated by the history of that war as a kid. WWI and the Civil War were my favorite reading topics. I am not sure why I was fascinated with such destruction. Maybe I need therapy.
It’s fascinating that so many people could be in on something so stupid for so long.
My parents had the same worries. My best friend and I were all about the books, models etc.
^^^THIS.
Thinking about the veterans before me really helps keep me humble and grateful. I, and a lot of other recent vets, need to do it more often. I can’t fathom what they must have gone through.
Zardoz, what the fuck is the point of all this? Of everything?
This fucking world is brutal and pointless. Why bother?
You’re bringing me down, man.
ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS DESPAIRING CHOSEN ONE.
THERE IS ALL THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD, AS CONTAINED IN THE VORTEX (YOU MIGHT REFER TO IT AS THE INTERNET) HANDMADE GREEN BREAD, HUNTING BRUTALS AND CHARLOTTE RAMPLING’S BARE BREASTS.
ZARDOZ DID NOT RAISE YOU FROM BRUTALITY TO DESPAIR! GO FORTH AND ENJOY. ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN!
Young, naked Charlotte Rampling. That is all. Walkabout era Jenny Agutter fits right in that groove. The guy that ran our movie theater must have been a weirdo to show films like that on Saturday afternoons.
Louis CK was the projectionist for your theater?
“Young, naked Charlotte Ramplin”
This evenings porn adventure selected
Young, naked Charlotte Rampling.
My bunk…it I will be in.
Gee whiz, Nikki, thanks for the upper.
You can be notorious for owning a gym?
What about the Foxcatcher folks?
Um….Planet Fitness has bagels at the desk for members? I think Warty would call that infamous.
That’s more than famous, right?
Not in Warty’s opinion…or mine.
HEY, FAT FUCKS! STOP BEING SOFT!
Noted SoCon asshole Roy Moore, to noted just plain asshole Sean Hannity:
“I don’t remember dating any girl without the permission of her mother.”
That’s not a denial, and he really shouldn’t be saying those things without a lawyer. Which he is, obviously. Which makes him a pretty terrible lawyer. Which we probably knew already.
Fun fact: While he was a prosecutor, Roy Moore was demonstrating to the jury how the accused might have killed his victim… and stabbed (well, nicked) himself in the stomach.
tl;dr: Fuck Roy Moore
Something fool for a client something…
Everytime someone mentions Roy Moore, I think about Rudy Ray Moore.
In the Judges defense: Let’s be honest. Who hasn’t wanted to chuck it up one of Santa’s Helpers?
What are the chances that one of these accusers would just happen to later coincidentally become a worker for the Clinton presidential campaign? Or Joe Biden’s VP run?
I think she has the believability of Baghdad Bob.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/10/roy-moore-accuser-worked-for-clinton-campaign-as-interpreter-reports-say.html
Don’t give a shit. I want Roy Moore out of the race. I want him humiliated and reduced to sucking dicks in the bathroom at Olive Garden in order to survive.
So, kneel before Prog?
If he is guilty, I hope he gets barbequed. If innocent…I hope he triumphs.
So that’s one less vote for an Obamacare repeal.
There’s a reason McCain and McConell were ready to go with the WITHDRAW NOW screams as soon as the story broke.
It’s a fucking op, from start to finish.
Yep – telling how fast the fake conservatives jumped in. Particularly the brain cancer guy who had his own more plausible accusations last time he was in a competitive race.
Beats Tiffany.
OH NO, YOU DIDN’T!?
She’s got Wessonality.
Over lawn clippings?
Been thinking about accusing everyone I come cross online who automatically believes allegations of sexual assault of having raped me 20 years ago, then claiming all my friends and family wool corroborate the story, and therefore since the accusation has been made and corroborated that they must be guilty, therefore nothing they say has any merit because they’re just a lying rapist who would say anything to get out of it.
The only way to stop a witch hunt is to accuse the accusers.
I had the same thought after all the R’s came out and called for Moore to withdraw (No I don’t give a fuck about Moore, but it is known they hate him) and I would like to take this opportunity to state that John McCain raped me when I was 12.
Or to accuse the Wrong Sort of People. See witch trials, Salem.
My sister was a huge fan of hers.
tip: If you need her mom’s permission, SHE’S TOO FUCKING YOUNG. Hope that helps.
The “not to my recollection” trips my bullshit alarm. I remember every girl I ever dated. I think I would remember dating a 14 year old when I was in my 30s.
Yeah, but you’re not a borderline pervert trying to avoid having to plead the 5th for very questionable relationships.
At least, I don’t think so (looks sideways at FM).
Yeaaaah, even when I was in High School it was not cool to hit on little kids. The difference between 14 and 18 can be astronomic. Fuck this guy. I had little hangers-on that I would walk home from the bus stop but so far as any monkey business? Fuck that shit. This guy needs to twist in the breeze if the allegations have merit.
I was alive but can’t recall too many details about 1979.
::Napoleon Dynamite voice:: “Lucky!”
Today in the sexual assault sweepstakes: Former FIFA President and noted bribe taker Sepp Blatter.
On the one hand, Blatter is so corrupt he puts Hillary to shame, so I wouldn’t put it past him. On the other hand, the person accusing him is Hope Solo, and she’s known to be insane.
Was he in the box?
I’m #withher
Blatter can rot in jail for all I care.
Sepp Blatter…The Shame of Switzerland.
I just heard about the allegedly BS penalty your masters got in the game vs N Ireland yesterday that I missed. So I see the return leg is on Sunday and I think “great, this could be interesting” and… it’s in Spanish only as far as I can tell. Really getting tired of the increasingly shoddy soccer coverage here.
*shifty look*
Allegedly…
*continues shifty look*
I only put that in there because I didn’t see it.
I know some people think any handball is a penalty, even at close range that is impossible to avoid. I am not one of those people. OTOH I don’t like the ambiguity of this and other rules with leaves so much room for gaming the refs. I have come to the conclusion that the rules of soccer only really worked during a time when the players could be trusted to be honest. That ship has certainly sailed.
It was…marginal.
Thorsten Frings, however, was definitely a penalty and should have been a red card, too.
One report said it hit him on the shoulder and not even the Swiss appealed.
Unless, of course, you like EPL teams.
Well, EPL teams named “Manchester” or “Chelsea”. The rest of them are streaming only now. Thanks, Fox.
Or Serie A – I try to be a Napoli fan but Bein Sports has completely ignored them for years despite always being in the top 2 or 3 (#1 currently). If you’re not into Juventus or either team Milan, you don’t exist.
And so on.
MILLWALL!!!! (vomits, makes obscene gesture, passes out on street)
Napoli, Roma and a couple of other teams play a nice brand of football.
So much so that piece of useless waste Ventura refuses to start Insigne and Jorginho.
Only in Italy will a coach refuse to start his most talented players. It’s beyond retarded.
No World Cup for Italy for the first time since 1958. I don’t see them overcoming this. The team has no juice or morale. None.
Ventura should have been sacked after his vainglorious decision to inexplicably play a 4-2-4 in Spain. That experiment broke Italy’s confidence and they never recovered.
So today, he plays a 3-5-2 and leaves Verratti out tor dry. A formation no club uses in Serie A.
It’s just astonishing really.
I noticed that. There was also some argle-bargle about him refusing to even consider what’s-his-name playing in Toronto. I can’t say if he’s good enough or not, but the manager supposedly couldn’t be bothered to even look.
Yes. Giovinco but he’s been banished for a few years now along with Balotelli.
Problem is they have enough elves in the line-up with Insigne, Verratti and Florenzi.
He started Belotti who isn’t even healthy. Once upon a time the bedrock of the Azzurri was they could rely on a core group from one of the big teams. Ventura gave way too much over weight to players in mid-table teams. And he’s not even using the right ones in the right formation.
A complete utter disaster. I thought they learned their lesson with Prandelli.
They remind me of those kook-emerors or Kings in Lord of the Rings refusing to see the error of their ways.
Re Ventura’s catastrophic mismanagement of Italy, let’s not forget bringing on Insigne as a substitute … and playing him as a midfielder for some reason.
Also, for all I hear about how amazing Marco Verratti is, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen him play well. (I don’t follow Ligue 1, so I pretty much only see him in Champions League matches.)
He’s outstanding at PSG; the fans even made a video homage to him on youtube.
He’s packed with skill and they use him properly; with Thiago Motta supporting him.
Yeh, he asked Insigne – an attacking forward – to play mid.
Like I said, beyond belief. I don’t see how they can adjust this. Unless the team tells him to eat shit and they take matters into their own hands.
I refuse to watch PSG so I’ve never heard of the guy.
I do like Monaco but… see my complaint above. Completely ignored in the US.
Fair enough. He just always seems very ineffective when actually I see him play. E.g., that 6-1 catastrophe at the Camp Nou last season.
But I’m a Man City fan, so it’s entirely possible I’m just really spoiled by the midfield play I get to see.
BeIN covers a decent number of Monaco games (at least this season). But yeah, Napoli are far, far too good a side to be effectively blacked out to North American audiences.
Turd in the room: how the fuck did we not qualify for WC 2018? Mexico, even Costa Rica I can understand losing to, although we should have at least pulled a draw in the home CR game. But Trinidad & Tobago?
To be fair, I haven’t really looked this year, but when I do the Monaco game is invariably not shown. I think I saw them once.
Where do you want to begin?
How did we not qualify?
1. We aren’t actually that good.
2. We think we’re so good that we can do things like cater to the MLS, not play our best lineups, and hire a mediocre retread manager and still qualify.
3. We trusted the vision of Jurgen Klinsmann for half a decade, but he had no idea how to run a team outside of Germany. As a result, the generation of players who should be leading our team right now are terrible.
There is all of that.
But… T&T? Come on. Our dopes were walking around the grass like they wanted to be somewhere else.
Despite all that, USA should have still qualified.
USA, Holland and Italy.
Buh-bye.
Chile too.
Maybe we could get Arena back as coach.
In any event, I’ll STFU now and let you guys talk Euroball.
It’s being reported as “assault”, but what she’s actually alleging sounds a lot more like “inappropriate behavior”.
Unless you are into that sort of thing. NTTIAWWT
“Do not accept an offer from another inmate to be your protector.”
You know they call me “Danger”, right?
I will definitely be exploring downtown c’ville more often in the future. Waiting for my 10 pm flick and I’ve already had ramen and sushi at a new joint near campus, 2 *new* seasonal beers at the Hardywood taproom – still a good buzz as i type this on my phone, some “red light” cookies – and now coffee after dropping my backpack off in my car. Weekend is starting well.
I hear the traffic is killer.
Maybe not the world heavyweight in poor taste but certainly a challenger.
If less than 4 hrs and seeing a violet crown movie I get free parking deck parking. Tonight and tomorrow I’m parking in Ix art park (next to my church) for free and walking a couple extra blocks. Burns calories – esp with the temps this weekend and my snack intake.
I believe Lt Fish just dodged a pun thread.
He’s a better man than I.
Probably still too buzzed at the time. 2 more coffees have fixed that. I’m spending too much this weekend but all in a good cause #buylocal
Ok, now that I’m back at my keyboard (not my phone). If you have a chance to try Hardywood’s seasonal “gingerbread stout” or their “pumpkin rum ….something” (12% – Singel?) – give ’em a shot. Both pretty good. They have another seasonal starting tomorrow (seems like a new one coming out every week with them for this holiday season)….and coincidentally I am walking by the the taproom again on the way to my 2nd movie tomorrow night – so I may give it a shot…wonder if they have a veteran’s day special.
Hitchcock flick was *tight* tonight – and the paramount theater was a great place to catch it. This next week’s review will definitely be a quick wrap-up of the four flicks I catch this weekend.
Hardywood Gingerbread Stout is my annual “start Christmas shopping” warning.
It’s the Bourbon Barrel Release version that comes out tomorrow. I guess I found an Imperial stout that I like.
Which Hitchcock?
1927’s The Lodger. Manckewicz (sp?) described it as the first true Hitchcock film. It was his 3rd (still silent) – but I don’t recall hearing about it before – although I’m still pretty much a novice when it comes to his full filmography.
Don’t imagine a pink alligator. Don’t imagine Louis CK jerking off. The news is killing me inside. I don’t care anymore. Just stop with these image evoking stories.
Don’t imagine a pink alligator. Don’t imagine Louis CK jerking off.
Easily done!
Uh…you OK, man?
Can I tap out?
Always, Straff, always.
What are those super cute Japanese girls saying in the intro, and can you introduce me?
Ok, ready, lets start.
Kawaii!
Whatever about the girls. Where do I get one of those motorized bar stools?
Wanna see something?
So if a hot chick ask me to look at her boobs, she has sexually assaulted me because of the power hot chicks have over men?
Assumes facts not in evidence.
From the comments on reddit where I saw the article with his apology I quoted from:
Which one of you is that?
If he had just done the one-eared elephant joke it would have been a transgressive act of comedy.
With the weight, and the frizzy ginger jewfro, slightly balding, and the dopey dead-eyed look he gives everything? Fucking hell, how did these girls have enough time to feel frightened before they started laughing at the fugly naked saddo?
he’s 1/2 mexican, 1/4 irish, 1/4 jewish (on the paternal side, which makes him pretty non jew in the stricter senses)
neither here nor there.
Just saw John’s response to your “that’s nice.” LOL’ed on the train.
the reason i don’t even bother disagreeing with him is because he treats even ‘disinterest’ as an insult and he’s all like, “WELL EVERYONE HATES YOU ANYWAY, FATTY”. like a big baby.
He won’t stop until you disagree with him. Some kind of dominance thing. His pizza gate posts were when I stopped arguing with him.
yeah, you’re right. he fucking just goads because no one else will talk to him anymore.
I’m only there now and them because I don’t get Glibs at work but man I’m tired of the trolls.
yeah, its a terrible mix there now.
You’re the troll now, Rye One.
That’s not how you say it, wing-nut.
H’ree oon.
Granted, Welsh pronunciation gets weird on the rare occasions they actually include vowels.
Ac nid ydw i’n cael cychwyn ar “dd”.
I had to look up “cychwyn”.
I am guessing “Don’t get me started with ‘dd’?” Is that real or Google translate?
Anyway dd is just a voiced th sound. Simple.
Yeah, I was thinking of “ll”, but blanked on the double letter.
As for cychwyn instead of dechrau, either could be used and colloquially dechrau would probably be more common, but cychwyn is normally used in regards to computers and other machines so I use it more often and it was what came to mind first. I’m a bit drunk, all mistakes are mine and the alcohol’s fault, not Google’s.
I called him out on that pIzzagate shit and he went radio silent. Chiding him later and bringing up the West Memphis Three hangup he has evidently was enough rope me into an irrelevant browbeating about the difference between guilt-guilt and legal-guilt. He’s a clown when he gets his hackles up.
Ah yes. That one is… not easy to explain.
I don’t know the language at all beyond some fumbling attempts with Teach Yourself books.
I got such a kick out of Patrice getting angry with Louis because, to paraphrase, “You’re not white! Stop acting like you’re white! You’re a filthy beaner, you should be on my side!”
even by my own weird, “everyone in NY is a mongrel” standards, he scores high on the ‘odd background’
As Louis tugs with the kind of speed and torque that could almost compare to that of a Toyota Tundra, sweat gushes out of his bald head and down to his necktie which he has tied to the bedpost. As his face turns blue from the lack of oxygen………
Tundra? Tied to bedpost? [Insert horrible joke about auto-erotic asphyxiation]
tried to channel my inner Sugar free.
Clearly not worthy, thankfully
Should have gone all in with a 3.5 Tacoma…
Meanwhile in Libya: https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=845_1434988205
The song they’re singing?
“Charge fearlessly into the ranks of the disbelievers; the clashing of the swords heals the hearts of the believers”
oghzo ‘alayhim – أغزوا عليهم
charge into them
*slaps Derpy upside head*
FOCUS MAN!
At least that’s clear. This is the crap I usually get:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ayGRB2glp0
You can charge into us, but we don’t have swords, we have automatic rifles.
Indiana Jones approves.
I heard that scene was… aw, hell. I bet everyone’s heard that.
Improvised because of the flu? No, tell me more.
Oh, I thought everyone knew. Ford molested the sword-wielding turban guy. Dude was a huge swarthophile, everyone knew. It was an open secret on the set.
Best trilogy ever.
*unsheaths knife, sets on table*
Yup, best THREE movies…
The great thing about Red Letter Media is, I get to really enjoy movies I don’t have to suffer through.
Well … best TWO movies actually. Temple of Doom is pretty fucking terrible.
Yep. The knock off, Temple of Poon was superior.
We (re-)watched that just the other night. Even from the opening credits, I was thinking, holy shit this is going to be bad. You can tell the producers were thinking “just do the same as the first movie but moreso and we can’t lose.”
Also that Lucas and Spielberg were both going through a breakup.
@2:30 the dude firing a belt fed high caliber gun mounted on a half-length shopping cart.
ZARDOZ HOPE THEY KEPT THE GIFT OF THE GUN, DESPITE THEIR WORK BEING DONE
My Brutal grandfather handed down his Lee Enfield to me; though he cleansed more brutals with the Sherman they wouldn’t let him keep.
GOOD MAN!
The the thing about Stranger Things is? It’s hard to get into.
It took me four or five tries to get through the first episode in the first series. I’m having the same problem now.
The thing is . . . I didn’t like those movies from the ’80s about kids like that.
I didn’t like Goonies, Poltergeist, Gremlins, E.T., . . . I didn’t like them at the time, and I don’t like them now.
This show is better than those movies, but that’s not saying much.
Get off your lawn?
I didn’t like Goonies, Poltergeist, Gremlins, E.T., . . . I didn’t like them at the time, and I don’t like them now.
*gasp* I have no words.
Right? Except for E.T. which is garbage.
Hey. I had ET shoe laces.
It was a dark time in my life, and I was a loser, but still.
Homemade tongue twister.
ET’s feces reek of Reese’s pieces.
I refused to eat those things for a couple dozen years because of that stupid movie.
Turns out, I actually like them.
I’ve never even seen any of them.
Not for me. I found them riveting.
Course they’re not as entertaining as rants about Rand Paul letting us down, but they’re a’ight.
Ken Scultz is… correct?
Those type of movies usually had the hot MILFs in them though.
If you don’t like Monster Squad you sir have no soul.
Then why do you keep watching it ?
Well, I get out of work in *looks at clock* 45 minutes ago. I hate working in healthcare. My wife and in laws are at a steakhouse and I’m here not drinking and eating steak.
Time and a half, at least?
Yeah, but… steak… booze. I really shouldn’t complain. I just hate missing out on fun.
You get to spend the evening with us!
Well, with them. I’m about to head to a party.
So… but your thing will be fun, for sure.
…….thanks……….
I’m touring around for high schools for my son (I live in Los Angeles Unified , so we’re looking at private schools). And the one we went to today, the teacher told us, during a conversation about their ‘life skills’ class that the class just had an hour on “microaggressions.” I wanted to barf. The kids have to hear that bullshit in HIGH SCHOOL? Fuck you school, no. My money’s going somewhere else.
IN more hilarious local news, there’s a movement afoot to repeat the 12cent gasoline tax that recently came into effect now that people have realized they voted for something stupid. ROADZZZZ!
There’s got to be a market for some kind of antiprog school with a more secular/less churchy approach.
I was wondering if that’s even true.
I think there would definitely be a market for it in a city the size of LA. I’ve often thought about how I would structure a better general school approach, with practicality and the liberal arts in mind. Plenty of reading, plenty of writing. Formal logic and rhetoric courses. I’d probably have trimesters, if not quarters.
Viking High School’s Mission Statement:
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
-Robert A. Heinlein”
I hope you tell them why too!
Bend over, I’ll show you micro aggression.
In hilarious local news here, the metropolitan area North of me just passed a sales tax increase to, “go to law enforcement”. They ran radio ads for the last month claiming increased crime and drug traffic on I 70 and how under manned they were. Today I heard a story on how the city council is debating what they are going to do with the projected $500,000 annual surplus from the new tax. I chuckled because there was also anti tax increase ads ran that stated the metro did not have to use the money for LE. Seems they aren’t. They just have more money to play with.
they like to use first responders as reasons not to cut (we can’t cut a dime unless you want no firefighters, ambulance, or police services) and the reason they need more (just look at all the crime, do you WANT to be robbed and raped).
Washington Monument strategy.
More 80’s Japanese disco/funk. Because, why not.
Haiiiiiiii yaaaaa!!!!!! (counters)
Gilmore’d.
aiiiiiii!!!!!! (commits seppuku)
Tatsuro Yamashita albums from that era had great cover art, but all I have is Come Along II (that and the first Come Along albums are essentially greatest hits collections).
STEVE SMITH’s FAV TATSURO SONG – https://youtu.be/CgVOklnovPQ
Since I can’t find Eiichi Ohtaki’s A Long Vacation on YouTube, here’s a supposed cover version of Fun X4– https://youtu.be/1y4Ex7FQHlY
i only know him because of a few random hiphop samples, but his stuff sounded like Japanese steely-dan
this guy is also sort of popular among the records to collect of “random japanese jazz guys”
Also famous for his song Christmas Eve being used for the long running JR Xmas Express commercial series.
<a href="https://s2.postimg.org/wgxxicwft/Magnum_2016.jpg" title="I feel in my fingers, I feel it in my toes…
lovechristmas is all around me.” target=”_blank” >I feel in my fingers, I feel it in my toes…lovechristmas is all around me.DAGUMMIT
I feel it in my fingers…I feel it in my toes…
That is one impressive tag fail.
Yeah, even the wrong link in the first one.
Here’s a better one.
i am actually looking for this record here
its worth it just for the cover. the break is a bonus
My nomination for Asian music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0
I 2as waiting for someone to get to it.
Do we get to link Japanese music here? Cuz here’s a favorite. And it’s not squeaky voiced anime girls!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD4aTyVTvz8
But because you’re expecting it, here’s my squeaky voiced anime girl link. Because I’m just that type of degenerate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URqU7IuzRho
You just have to prove Miyazaki right, don’t you?
Look. The world fucking sucks. I need an escape. I love Miyazaki/Ghibli, but those aren’t exactly movies one watches to decompress. Nor are giant mecha wars or post-apocalyptic anime, even though I watch those. I watch stuff like this cuz it’s cute and sweet and takes me away from how much this world sucks.
(though there is one fucked up anime I’m watching this year that’s a mental disaster)
Now if you’ll excuse me I’m waiting for about 3 new episodes tomorrow of cute stuff.
I would significantly less bitter if the negative trends were a subset of the industry rather than overwhelmingly harming it.
Cowboy Bebop was my gateway drug, and I find myself more and more disappointed with each year’s offerings. Berserk 2016 almost killed my desire to watch anything, it was that bad.
Dear ZARDOZ,
Cats OK?
kthxbai, Félicette
Cats are adorable furry four-legged exterminators. I think Zardoz is down with cats.
So Spacey getting dumped from his movie isn’t unprecedented. Lew Ayres was dumped from a Dr. Kildare movie when he became a conscientious objector in WWII and his scenes reshot despite being the main character.
https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/27171?sid=eaa28b11-5baf-48b4-af0a-0358445ce8ac&sr=4.461783&cp=1&pos=0
I don’t think Spacey is equivalent to Ayres.
Not gonna post the live LA police chase that’s happening right now. You people are a jinx.
Foot bail
Keystone Kops can’t find the guy
In custody
So… every time it goes below freezing, I wake up to pools of water on my window sills and what’s left of the paint bubbled up and peeling away. The landlord is a little stingy with the heat overnight so it’s either close the windows completely or freeze. I read somewhere it’s because the new windows that were installed before I moved in were installed “too tightly”. Does that make any sense?
Humidifier is your friend.
Hm. In that direction, I would have guessed de-humidifier?
same-same
They seem like the opposite to me?
Whatever, I’m not an HVAC guy.
Hey I just recalled that I have a portable AC with a dehumidify function. This bears investigation.
in my various apts in NYC, the problem was always that the landord didn’t turn on the heat until after thanksgiving, so if there was an early winter, you’d spend a few weeks freezing to death… then, come thanksgiving they turn the thing on and its so fucking hot all the time you end up leaving your windows open all winter.
i always lived in pre-war buildings, so… ymmv.
Hm. My building was actually built in 1955 – first “post-war” building for me. Interesting if that matters.
But yeah, every other place I’ve lived in NYC (3 in all) would blast the heat all winter.
It’s because you have improper ventilation. I building that ‘breathes’ (either through too much air movement due being drafty, or having proper ventilation) won’t have that issue.
Yeah, that jibes with stuff I’ve read. Problem is, I could crack the windows but I’m 7 floors up, well above my neighbors, and my bedroom windows basically get a full-frontal assault from Canada.
Do you have/can you get a bathroom exhaust fan?
No.
A stove hood?
There is a fake hood above my stove.
I live in an I Love Lucy-era NYC apartment building. There is nothing fancy like that going on here.
Yeah, My house; where the Kitchen was built in the 20s and the living room built in the 40s had the vent from the stove going from the kitchen into the living room. What? Why? But when the kitchen was redone in 80s the vent was removed from the kitchen, but not the living room. Well, I know why. When my grandpa bought the house in the 40s it was just a kitchen and a bedroom, and he built the rest by hand (added 5 more rooms). BUT, he was butcher, not a carpenter. And also not an electrician, hence 4 separate fuse boxes.
Oooh Pissed off! Wifey wants me to meet with flighty daughter’s newest squeeze. She’s been married, had a kid, left him, went with another, and another, had another child with the first one, bought a house, moved in with another, kicked him away and now she’s renting her place and moved in with her new squeeze. Holy Shit! She’s a Libertarian Wet-Dream… Her kids are 12 and 8, not cool.
She’s older than 17, right?
Just checking.
You laugh but she’s got her financial life put together better than I ever will. She just picks idiots for companions.
Maybe because she’s financially sound she feels she can take care of losers? It’s all psychology man.
Doesn’t stop me from grinding my dentures. Moving kids around at that age is fucked up. You might think it’s worth a chuckle but when you’re 12 and the King of the School it’s not very funny. The Boy already got assaulted at his new school, sent to the hospital for concussion.
Ouch. Poor kid. Anyway, on a serious note, good luck.
RIP Higgy baby!
John Hillerman died.
Damn.
Magnum!
I guess that puts an end to that rumoured Magnum PI movie. /sarc.
It’s a shame it never got done with the same cast. Not some bull shit stand in like that did The A-Team.
Originals or die!
Did you hear about the guy in Portland that died?
Do…expand.
He died happy because someone told him a white lie about the 2016 U.S. Election.
And the Cleveland Browns were going to pall bearer his coffin, ne?
I’ll torment you with this possibility like I did the late nighters last night.
Oh my!
Oof.
OKC chase – Dukes of Hazzard
I know this is long dead (do any of you work?), but I watched a bit of this and couldn’t help but notice how much the two commentators (mostly the woman) enjoyed the chase, or at least tried to play it up. After it was over the woman kept gushing about the excitement. Just seems so very strange to me.
George Takei accused of sexually assaulting model in 1981
Oh my.
Koenig and Shatner better be careful…
Any truth to the rumors that Roddenberry assaulted Grace Lee Whitney?
And has Gates McFadden confirmed Maurice Hurley’s alleged sexual harassment?
OK this panic is getting a little ridiculous.
They had to take a deeeeep breath to blow the dust-musties offa that one! Takei is a creepy fag but 1981? I was still in High School. Oh my indeed.
It is indeed amusing watching the entertainment industry progs eat each other, but come on, 1981, fer crissake.
Juno has gone after Ratner for an off-color remark. #Mefour
My wife pretty seriously avoids most news and media, but still some always seeps through. Last nite she asked me if I had heard of all the sexual assault stuff going on. She was not amused. “All this #metoo crap does is make people doubt real rapes and abuse.”
No argument here.
She sounds like a smart cookie.
I’ll go ahead and admit. I think X-Men 3 is the best of the series.
You’re a monster.
*Throws CPRM’s scripts in trash can*
admitted; I give it the benefit of the doubt since Ratner was brought in last minute and took Cyclops out of play to do his shitty Superman baby daddy movie.
On one hand, this witch hunt is getting ridiculous.
On the other hand, Takei is a moronic virtue signalling asshole who deserves to be eaten by the social justice menace…
I lurve you just a little more, Titor you filthy Eastener…
This is our country, you pot-smoking semi-literate proto-Californian hippie trash. Remember your place and we just might give you another seat in Parliament.
I wonder if the accuser saw one of Takei’s preach ass tweets/comments lately and that’s why he came forward about it, even if it’s old, just to show him up as the hypocrite he is.
The line in regards to Takei was drawn for me when he was shitting all over the Russian Olympics. Takei basically said that Vancouver should try to host the events instead, and when people pointed out that the citizens of Vancouver didn’t want a Winter Olympics because the last one fucked them hard in terms of finances he basically accused them of being homophobes and patsies for anti-gay murderers. The fucker doesn’t understand how economics work or the realities of how people respond to negative outcomes.
Guy from Star Trek does not understand economics? What a surprise.
Though it was TNG that started the moneyless utopia…
Takei’s problem is more that he’s so up his own ass that he thinks he’s relevant in the modern age.
William Shatner ripped him a new asshole in regards to how highly he rates himself. Takei’s problem is that he’s the standard left-wing Hollywood guy who thinks his status warrants some kind of attention.
That’s great. I now love Shatner a little more.
Shatner, despite all his ego issues, is still a guy who’s aware of what he is. He’s great with the fans, and isn’t willing to pull the ‘we’re all a happy family’ bullshit with the rest of the cast (and his recent disdain for social justice politics only helps to cement that position).
Bill reminds me of my bud’s Dad when we went fishing. We’re driving through a mountain pass and I blurped out “I like the mountains…” and ole Joe pipes up “Why do you like the mountains? D’ya think the mountains like you?”
ah he’s great. I adore that a man my father’s age is on twitter and just will not stand for some of the bullshit anymore. I have no idea why he’s all into the Outlander fandom craziness, but it’s hilarious how he constantly calls it out.
Ernest Haller was cinematographer on both Gone With the Wind and the second TOS pilot. And Kelley played a Confederate soldier in Raintree county. Cancel all of Star Trek!
Has anyone heard from Creosote Achilles lately?
Nebraska rests easy tonight.
C A is way too smart to ruin an enterprise with excellent long term profit potential over a van full of chump change. Just like his article said.
Saudi Arabia launches military strikes on Yemeni capital
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/11/saudi-arabia-launches-military-strikes-on-yemeni-capital
Erdogan: The aim of the term “moderate Islam” is to “weaken Islam”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/11/erdogan-the-aim-of-the-term-moderate-islam-is-to-weaken-islam
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“The term ‘moderate Islam’ is being lathered up again. The patent of moderate Islam belongs to the West. There is no moderate or immoderate Islam; Islam is one. The aim of using such terms is to weaken Islam.”
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This Erdogan guy sounds like an Islamophobe. I bet he voted for Trump and drives a pick-up truck with a Confederate flag bumper sticker.
Gadsen Flag neck tat. It is known.,
Oh yeah Erdogan, let’s see you sell that ‘Islam is one’ shit to the Arabs, that worked out so well historically for the Turks, they just bloody loved your Caliphs.
Horrible as it is, I still laughed.
THE GLOBAL OUTBREAK OF MENTAL ILLNESS
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/262826/global-outbreak-mental-illness-robert-spencer
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On Tuesday, a Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” and “Infidel, you must die” stabbed four people, killing one, at a train station near Munich. Nonetheless, Bavarian security officials immediately denied that he “had an Islamic extremist motive.” Then what caused the attack? Bavaria’s state interior minister Joachim Herrmann said that the attacker had “mental disorders.”
There you are. Nothing to do with Islam here, folks. Don’t go jumping to conclusions that these stabbings had something to do with Islam just because he screamed “Allahu akbar” and “Infidel, you must die.” He was mentally ill. That’s all.
In fact, we have seen this kind of mental illness in Muslims before:
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France: Muslim driver ramming pedestrians while screaming “Allahu akbar” was “absolutely not an act of terrorism”: “‘This is absolutely not an act of terrorism,’ Prosecutor Marie-Christine Tarrare told reporters during a press conference, adding that the man had a ‘long-lasting and severe psychological disorder’ and had been hospitalised over 150 times since 2002.”
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Austria: Muslim drives car into crowd, killing 3, then gets out and stabs passersby: “Police are not currently investigating terrorism as a motive and the man is believed to be suffering from mental illness.”
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Chattanooga jihad murderer viewed Awlaki material online, spoke of Islamic martyrdom as long ago as 2013: “As the F.B.I. sent more investigators into this city Monday to explore dozens of possible leads, a picture took shape of a deeply troubled young man who struggled with mental illness and drug abuse at the same time he found himself alienated from United States policies in the Arab world, according to the authorities, friends and the family representative.”
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There you have it. Being Muslim is a mental disorder, therefore they shouldn’t be able to purchase guns. The left will be cool in Trump tweets that, right?
Didn’t they say the same thing about the recent NYC terrorist? “Mental illness”. I might remember if it wasn’t pushed out of the news by the resumption of the rape panic.
Of course he was crazy Rhywun. He was shouting “Aloha snack bar” over and over. Only crazy people talk in gibberish like that.
Same with Dylan Roof and Timothy McVeigh, right?
Oh no. Those were card-carrying Republicans who went forth with the blessings of their pastors and the NRA.
And all white men should apologize for it an promise to do better.
Cast-iron pot roast is calling my name. I might not recover. Avenge me!
Cast iron pot roast is the fucking bomb.
I like to sear a big ol’ chuck roast, then throw in some mirepoix, garlic, red wine, and anchovies (they sound weird, but they add a very subtle umami flavor). I stew all that for as many hours as I have available. I then remove the meat to a plate, puree the vegetables and wine with a stick blender, and reduce it a bit if necessary. The idea is to get a gravy-like consistency. Then I put the meat back in, let it sit in the sauce for a few minutes, then dish it out over polenta. It’s perfect.
A man after my own heart but you forgot the mushrooms and Yorkshire pudding! Stick blender is a fine friend, tho!
Let’s see… Harvey, Kevin, Charlie, George, Ben. Who am I missing?
Louis, Woody, Roman…
As long as Kevin Kline isn’t accused, I can still hope to keep my plan to name my son, should he ever be born.
They took all the rapey names.
OT: When you absolutely, positively, without any doubt, have neglected to purchase groceries and are far too tipsy to drive, you make due with what dust covered emergency rations one has a hand.
This makeshift meal consists of a hearty sized bowl of Sukiyaki Ramen which I rediscovered earlier this week, an au jus bullion based paste, and a slightly freezer burnt sirloin steak I bought months ago for such emergencies(I’m usually all about the ribeye).
Give the steak a stove top cook(too damn cold to be fucking with the smoker/grill) while you’re nuking the ramen noodles and the accompanying freeze dried bits of gut rot in the microwave, then let the steak rest for 10 minutes or so. While it’s resting, add the additional flavor packets provided in the ramen bowl to be used after cooking the noodles.
Once your shitty steak has been cooked to the level of your desired preference, cut off about 4 ounces of the leanest portion of the steak and shave it up into the thinnest slices that you feel comfortable doing without worrying about significantly increasing the risk of fucking up one’s hand.
While/After that, toss about a tablespoon’s worth of au jus bullion paste into a quarter-cup of very hot water, stir vigorously, nuke for a minute or so, then set aside for a few minutes.
Once the noodles have been stirred and all of the packets have been mixed, add the au jus broth to the equation. Then, throw the meat into the bowl with all the rest and top it off with some lime juice.
The flavor palate is all over the place, which is a style that I’m rather fond of.
Order a pizza.
Nah, son. For whatever reason, I’ve been going MacGyver on everything’s ass as of late.
Don’t harsh my self-absorbed creative mellow, man.
Just clean your fridge. If you have dogs they will be sure to offer enthusiastic help.
Hamburger Helper helped my hamburger help me make a passable meal.
Really? I found some of that stuff on the grocery store shelf about a month ago. 30 years since I had tried it. Absolutely disgusting.
growing up we were poor, sometimes eating expired meats kind of poor, but we never stooped to Hamburger Helper.
Ditto but dang, I remember it being a treat growing up. My mom maybe wasn’t the most inspired cook except on Thanksgiving when she pulled out all the stops.
Mostly a joke. But more so, Hamburger Helper is a brand name. Rich asshole, we used store brand!
Oh we were all about the store brands. I never saw a store brand of HH, though.
Well we had them…and also exchanged work with the local Indians for commods (commodities) (govt surplus foods they used to get once a month, looked like things from swizzy’s generic linx) But there was that one glorious time my dad (a truck driver) got several damaged boxes of crab legs for free, we were trading them around town LIKE KANGS…to this day I’d rather eat Ramen than crab legs.
My mom bought store brand soda for my siblings and diet Coke/Pepsi for herself.
I had to dump some extra umami flavors in to make it passable. But when you’re lazy it’s… OK, it was crap. I admit it.
Thicc Samus.
https://i.imgur.com/5oUtGNU.png
STEVE SMITH BIG MOVIE STAR, YET STILL GET NO #METOO YET.
Saved for tomorrow night.
#MeToo for victim, not rapist, Steve.
STEVE SMITH MAKE YOU #METOO IF YOU KEEP THAT UP.
I’ve been studying self defense against Bigfoot. Just try and come at me
YOU TELL GOOD JOKE FUNNY MAN. STEVE SMITH PROMISE TO RAPE YOU LAST.
case study: battle of Kamdesh
from wiki
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The Battle of Kamdesh took place during the War in Afghanistan (2001–present). It occurred on October 3, 2009, when a force of 300 Taliban assaulted the American Combat Outpost (“COP”) Keating near the town of Kamdesh of Nuristan province in eastern Afghanistan. The attack was the bloodiest battle for US forces since the Battle of Wanat in July 2008, which occurred 20 miles (32 km) away from Kamdesh. The attack on COP Keating resulted in 8 Americans killed and 27 wounded whilst the Taliban suffered an estimated 150 killed.
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The Americans “declared the outpost closed and departed—so quickly that they did not carry out all of their stored ammunition. The outpost’s depot was promptly looted by the insurgents and bombed by American planes in an effort to destroy the lethal munitions left behind.”
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Kamdesh base origins
The Allies hoped that extending these bases into Nuristan, one of the most remote and isolated eastern provinces in Afghanistan, they could demonstrate to the entire Afghan population the government’s credibility and power.
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After marching into the proposed site for the Kamdesh provincial outpost, Captain Michael and Cherokee Company’s second platoon were confronted by a large boulder in the middle of the site that made use of a helicopter landing area in the PRT site impossible. The rock could not be blown apart without raining fragments into the town of Urmul across the Landay-Sin river. The landing zone was therefore placed on the other side of the river on a rocky peninsula jutting into the river near Urmul. This separation of the landing zone, and the fact that PRT was surrounded by mountains on three sides make the site unappealing because of the difficulty of mounting an effective military defense.
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On August 8, 2006, 19 days after the first American landing, the PRT was attacked for the first time. Captain Frank Brooks, commanding at LZ Warheit, was dismayed to discover the PRT could not be quickly supported by LZ Warheit. From the PRTs position, that resembled the bottom of a funnel, it could not be seen or supported with indirect fire due to the multi-level and complicated local terrain. The tall mountains made a joke of two dimensional maps, and rendered pre-determined landmarks useless. Eventually supporting aircraft scattered the attackers, but if the weather had been a problem, air support would not have provided the decisive results.[7]: 123–8, 136–8, 181–91, 407
From August 8 to November 25 of 2006 strenuous efforts were made to supply and expand the PRT by supply convoys using the Landay-Sin valley road from Naray FOB. Afghan contractors were unable to keep the narrow mountain road in safe condition, and convoys were subject to constant ambush from the surrounding mountains that lined the entire valley to Naray.
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It was against regulations for officers to drive a convoy vehicle, but First Lieutenant Ben Keating took the wheel while returning an armored supply truck to the Naray FOB. He wanted to avoid risking the lives of his men while traveling on an unstable road subject to ambush with an overweight vehicle. During the highly risky convoy, the road collapsed under the weight of Keating’s vehicle. He was thrown from the truck and it rolled over him and sank into the Landay-Sin river. His death had a traumatic effect on the morale of 3-71 Cav. The Allies stopped using the Kamdesh-Naray road as a result.
Combined with difficult conditions for air supply, and a continuing loss of support from the local population, supply to what was renamed Camp Keating on November 26, 2006 was steadily strangled. As it became obvious that COP Keating was too isolated, indefensible, and rapidly becoming impossible to supply, plans were made to close it beginning in December 2008.
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The population of Nuristan is ethnically distinct from the rest of Afghanistan, and divided into four major groups, the Kom, Kata, Kushtoz, and Kalasha. These subgroups were in turn divided into different clans and sects of the Islamic religion, depending on lineages and the interpretations of individual religious leaders. These groups could clash violently over water rights, pasture, and religious beliefs. Five different languages and various dialects are spoken by these groups, making translators from other areas of Afghanistan useless.
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The Nuristanis had resisted Islam as late as the year 1895 and before that had been considered a nation of infidels with a long tradition of violently resisting outsiders, their beliefs, and their invasions.
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COP Keating became increasingly isolated in the summer of 2009. Ground resupply became almost impossible due to the area’s limited roads and the threat of insurgent attacks. Furthermore, Camp Keating’s location, surrounded by mountains on three sides, exposed helicopters and the outpost’s garrison to insurgent fire. Towards the end, resupply flights were limited to moonless nights when near total darkness offered some protection to helicopter crews and their craft.[7]:327–328 The nearest attack helicopters were located in Jalalabad, a thirty-minute flight away.[2]
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Coalition forces received three human-source intelligence reports sometime before the battle indicating that insurgents were planning an attack on the outposts. Because the reports had not been verified by other intelligence sources, such as electronic intelligence, the reports were discounted.[
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About 3:00 am on October 3, insurgents ordered all Kamdesh villagers to leave the area. At 6:00 am, the fighters opened fire from all sides of the outpost with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades,[2] immediately putting the Americans’ mortar pit out of action.
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The attackers overran Keating’s perimeter defenses about 48 minutes into the battle. Breaches occurred at a latrine area close to the perimeter wire; also the main entrance where civilian Afghan Security Guards were overwhelmed; and from the eastern side—where Afghan National Army soldiers were stationed. Despite the efforts of two Latvian military advisors, who tried to convince the Afghan National Army forces not to flee,[18] the Afghan defenders quickly broke and ran. U.S. soldiers reported that none of the Afghan soldiers held their ground. During and after the battle, some of the Afghan soldiers stole items, including digital cameras and protein drinks, belonging to American soldiers at the base.
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The outpost was evacuated two days later, and bombed on October 6 by a B-1 bomber to prevent insurgents from looting the munitions abandoned in the hasty withdrawal.[8][2] American forces had already planned to pull out of the area as part of a plan to move forces to more densely populated areas, so closure of the base was imminent when the attack occurred.
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Even when you have the best technology, it’s hard to win if you get the basics wrong.
I do think for accuracy reasons, we really should separate the War Against Afghanistan and the War In Afghanistan. The same with the War Against Iraq and the War In Iraq. They were separate missions. We did actually win the wars against. It’s the whole political wars ‘in’ that we’ve shat on…but I digress.
Ummmm wut?
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2017/11/10/report-charlotte-air-traffic-controller-arrested-for-possession-of-weapon-of-mass-destruction/?utm_campaign=twitchywidget
I <3 common sense.
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/248926/everybody-hates-nazis
Too long for a Friday night → reading list.
The cry of ‘Nazi’ is not dissimilar to the cry of ‘heretic’ or ‘heathen’. The point of it is to use pre-existing cultural influences (i.e. historical conflict with the Third Reich; a general disdain for murderous assholes) to effectively dehumanize an opponent. Spiked had a fantastic article about American Nazi support in the 1930s that effectively showed how the modern freakout about vague ‘Nazi’ influences is utterly hysterical.
Again, ummmmm wut?
https://deadspin.com/teen-girl-posed-for-8-years-as-married-man-to-write-abo-1820305588
So a pseudonym is now catfishing? And these are the same people that say you can identify as whatever of 24 genders you please?
Well she did actively pretend to be a man on twitter complete with fake wife and fake children.
Not sure why strangers would send nudes to Internet strangers though when they threaten self-harm.
So Gilmore was arguing that current Chinese politics show that free trade might not be the democraticizing force many libertarians claim it to be.
Another example is Stalin. The NEP was canned after the French and the Brits recognized the USSR. Holomodor happened after that at well and Stalin was rewarded with US recognition. The Great Purge happened after the US recognized the USSR. Oh and Lend Lease gave us the Soviet Bloc, Mao, Vietnam, North Korwaand the Cold War.
“North Korea and the Cold War.”
Let’s also talk about technophilia. Libertariana are very guilty of this despite the lack of evidence that it leads to libertarianism. You guys do know that if this was true than socialism and communism would never have amounted to anything?
Why did female suffrage and new tech not stop the horribleness of the 1930s and 1940s?
North Korea has much better tech and female suffrage than under Japan or the Chosen dynasty after all..
The libertarian car people I know are not in any way technophiles.
Don’t respond to Winston if you can help it, it only encourages Eeyore to post.
You know complained about too much negativity?
The Ghostbusters?
Winston, 90% of the time you’re a whiny bitch. Sometimes I think you have a legitimate point, but you’re so shit at presenting yourself that no one wants to waste their time dealing with you. Work on the whole ‘knowing how to actually present yourself’ thing and people would spend less time making jokes about how you’re mother’s a whore.
And this is coming from a guy who thinks the U.S. is doomed and that large scale worldwide instability is on the horizon, it’s less the negativity and more the fact that you don’t articulate it in a way that portrays yourself well.
Its like Ken Shultz and his Rand Paul obsession.
It’s, of course; fucking auto-correct.
I think that followers of any political ideology will tend to believe that technology helps with their particular goals. I was discussing the horrible failures of communism with someone, and this person agreed that it had had disastrous results all the way up to the present day, but then he followed that up with, “I think technology could help with some of the problems that communism has encountered”. I’m sure he was imagining some kind of government-maintained algorithm that determines what must be produced and how much should be charged for it (in other words, doing what free markets have always done since time immemorial wherever they have been permitted to operate).
Having said that, I do think the Internet has been a boon for free market ideas. It allows buyers and sellers to connect easier than ever before. Something like Uber or AirBNB would not have been possible decades ago. I can see a large role for the “gig economy” in the future.
Reminds me of the argument that we need big government since the world is complicated now.
And this: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/06/how-computer-games-can-help-overthrow-capitalism
Internet has given us some nice things. Like this site;)
However the NSA can now spy on us and twitter mobs can destroy us so there are some drawbacks.
“Destroy” us. What, hurt our feelies? Yellow journalists have always been there and the internet at least gives a prole a fighting chance.
Bandar Bush goes down!
One of the world’s worst guys as far as I’ve been able to tell.
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