A Path To Wellness, Part Two

 

PART ONE

 

Chapter VI

INT—HALLWAY–THE MEDOWS—NIGHT

Orderlies and nurses move through the hallway cleaning up the damage Ted caused during the escape. I nurse kneels down to attend an injured Chris, who suddenly sits straight up.

CHRIS
Tingles!

Chris gets up and walks out of the hallway like the Terminator.

INT—CHUCK E.’S SUITE—DAY

Ted wakes, groggy. He rubs his eyes and notices the Brazilian Woman sleeping on a couch, Harvey is standing over her masturbating.

TED
Fuckin’ stop that!

Harvey is startled, he turns to Ted.

HARVEY
Come on! Ya gotta let me finish! I don’t want to walk around all day wit blue balls!

TED
Well, yer fuckin gonna. Now put yer dick away, and let’s get movin’. We got a six-hour drive ahead of us.

HARVEY
Where we goin’?

TED
Hollywood.

HARVEY
I can’t go back there. I’ll get recognized!

TED
Don’t flatter yerself. Your name is famous, not your dumbshit face. And that is the rendezvous.

HARVEY
Fuck you! I’m fuckin’ famous!

Ted stands up, walks over to Harvey and punches him in the gut. Harvey doubles over, Ted pats him on the back.

TED
I don’t fuckin’ care. Now go out to the truck and wait for me.

Harvey stumbles to the door holding his gut and exits. Ted looks down at the naked Brazilian Woman sleeping peacefully. STRANGLE HOLD begins playing over the soundtrack.

EXT—CHUCK E.’s DEN HALLWAY—DAY

Ted emerges from the room in slow motion as the soundtrack continues to play STRANGLE HOLD. He pulls his gun and begins to shoot down employees in the hall. He kicks down doors in the hall, to reveal perverts in all kinds of disgusting situations and he guns them down: An old man in tightie-whities holding an over-sized lollipop, leering at two young crying boys in sailor suits BANG; A naked man painted all blue drawing numbers on screaming teenage girls BANG; a black guy dressed as a skeleton molesting an asian schoolgirl with an ass so big she can’t stand straight BANG; a man wearing nothing but a Trump wig with two ladyboys dressed as Hillary and Huma wearing MAGA hats BANG; A man with a handlebar mustache humping the OSU mascot BANG. The final room is simply a portly man-eating bacon and vaping, confused Ted leaves him be.

EXT—CHUCK E. CHEESE—DAY

The building is on fire. Ted exits the building followed by a horde of sex trafficked individuals he has freed. He walks up to the Truck and gets in.

INSERT of truck tires burning rubber. The truck speeds out the parking lot and down the street.

 

Chapter VII

EXT—CHINESE THEATER—NIGHT

Ted’s truck pulls up outside the famous theater. Ted and Harvey exit the truck. The area is cordoned off with police tape. A body lies on the ground while a coroner takes photos. Two policemen stand near the police tape, Ted and Harvey walk up to them.

TED
Eh, officers, what’s going on here?

OFFICER 1
That shitbag Kevin Spacey got killed.

OFFICER 2
Yeah, it was a typical mugging gone wrong. Two shots to the head, from like a thousand yards away with a fifty-cal.

OFFICER 1
The mugger musta been scared off. He didn’t take nothin’.

OFFICER 2
But this piece of shit deserved it, for allegedly maybe hitting on a kid 30 years ago. Asshole.

A girl who is clearly a pre-teen approaches the police line, both officers walk over to her.

OFFICER 1
Hey baby, you gettin’ too close. Maybe we’ll have to pat you down.

OFFICER 2
What’s a pretty girl like you doin’ here, eh?

OFFICER 1
(GRABBING HIS OWN CROTCH)
I think I feel a loaded weapon!

Ted and Harvey move away from the cordon.

TED
Shit!

HARVEY
What?!

TED
Kevin Spacey was my inside man!

HARVEY
What?! Everyone knew he was a fuckin’ fag!

TED
What the hell does that have to do with anything?

HARVEY
Cuz…people like you…you’re homophobic…which means you’re bad…

TED
You got damn piece of shit! Can you stop virtue signaling for one damn second! We’re fucked. He was my contact. What the fuck do we do now?

HARVEY
I…what about…no…Oh!…no…I do have one friend who could help. Just follow me.

TED
Fuck that, I ain’t goin to no damn Chuck E. Cheese again!

HARVEY
No, this guy is more..upscale. How long will it take to drive to Illinois?

TED
No! No! No! We can’t trust him!

HARVEY
He isn’t who you think he is.

Harvey turns in a huff, twirling his tattered robe and heads back to the truck. Ted Takes off his hat and hits it on his knee.

 

Chapter VIII

EXT—OBAMA’S CHICAGO HOME—NIGHT

Ted’s truck hops the curb and stops in front of the gated house. Armed Secret Service agents guard the compound. Ted exits the truck and silently takes out the guards with karate chops and choke holds, clearly showing no deadly use of force. As Ted and Harvey approach the house Barack can be seen through the window, sitting in the study. Ted uses military signals to direct Harvey, who just shrugs and waddles towards the house carrying the grappling hook. Ted winds the grappling hook around in the air and launches it. Harvey climbs on Ted’s back and they silently, in comedic form with Ted wincing under the strain, ascend the structure.

INT—OBAMA’S CHICAGO HOME-BEDROOM—NIGHT

Ted and Harvey tumble through the bedroom window, awkward and in a comedic fashion.

HARVEY
Stop fuckin touchin’ me!

TED
You’re the one fuckin touchin’ me!

They engage in a slap-fight, then a door squeaks. The door opens just enough to paint a thin triangle of light across the room. Slowly a dark menacing shadow encompasses the sliver of light. A dark, hulking shadow. Then, the squeaks and squawks of a shortwave radio and the fuzz sound fill the air.

RUSSIAN
приходите в агента. да.

A pause.

RUSSIAN
приходите в агента. да.

Harvey begins masturbating, Ted slaps him. The sound is louder than Ted anticipated. The hulking shadow from the next room turns and bursts through the door.

HARVEY
Michelle! Great to see you!

Michelle stands hulking in the doorway. Without her wig and fake breasts in place, it is very clear she is very masculine (Terry Cruise in a dress).

TED
What the fuck?

MICHELLE
Harvey?! What the fuck are you doing here?

She readjusts her penis in her skirt and steps menacingly forward.

HARVEY
The plan has gone to shit.

MICHELLE
I know.

TED
What the fuck?

HARVEY
Ted and I are just trying to straighten things out.

MICHELLE
You weren’t supposed to make contact!

HARVEY
How the hell did you let things get so out of control?

TED
What the fuck?

MICHELLE
You were supposed to handle her!

HARVEY
I tried, I really thought we could do this Vegas thing.

MICHELLE
That wasn’t part of the plan.

HARVEY
But if it worked, it woulda been perfect.

TED
What the fuck?

The sound of footsteps coming up the stairs interrupts the conversation. Harvey and Michelle both move to stop Ted from making any sounds.

BARACK
Uh…Honey…what…uh…is going on? I…uh…thought I…uh heard a…uh…noise…I’m scared.

Michelle clears her throat in a very masculine way, then in a slightly higher pitched sort of feminine way speaks.

MICHELLE
It was nothing. I just had some gas.

Ted tries to speak but Harvey and Michelle both put their hands on his mouth to muffle his voice.

TED
hhmtfk?

BARAK
Ok…uh…But just in case I uh…am going to uh…snuggle with my uh…Eleroo doll.

The sound of his footsteps trails off. Ted tries to speak once again, but his voice is still muffled by the hands of Harvey and Michelle.

TED
hhmtfk?

Michelle cocks her fist and punches Ted out cold.

PART THREE

Comments

148 responses to “A Path To Wellness, Part Two”

  1. MikeS

    There was some real sick fuckers in that Chuck E. Cheese

    1. Clearly modeled on various Glibs, right?

      *blinks rapidly*

      1. MikeS

        Nah. Those cretins couldn’t be any of the fine folks around here.

        *laughs nervously*

  2. Juvenile Bluster

    A man with a handlebar mustache humping the OSU mascot BANG.

    RIP Sloopy.

    1. Tundra

      The final room is simply a portly man-eating bacon and vaping, confused Ted leaves him be.

      Yeah, but our buddy made it out ok!

      1. CPRM

        I found it funny when he started listing glib obsessions, when I had already written this and it was waiting to be posted.

        1. Tundra

          I was very happy to be excluded from this list.

          Great job!

          1. MikeS

            In another room was a man wearing only a hockey mask and hockey gloves. He was furiously masturbating while watching a squatting woman fuck herself with a floor mounted Hurst speed shifter.

          2. Tundra

            brb

        2. And I am not the Ted of the story.

      2. bacon-magic

        Thank god teddy didn’t have cat scratch fever playing.

    2. ChipsnSalsa

      a black guy dressed as a skeleton molesting an asian schoolgirl with an ass so big she can’t stand straight BANG

      You offed HM!?!

  3. WTF

    *Applause*

  4. Playa Manhattan

    “Wellness” meaning…….

    1. CPRM

      Referring to the title? I tried to come up with something that sounded like an Oscar kind of movie.

      1. Playa Manhattan

        I don’t fell well at all.

      2. Chipwooder

        Definitely NOT an Oscar kind of movie.

  5. Just Say’n

    Wait did Sugar Free write this or staffinrun? Two different authors are attributed to part one and part two.

    Also, ‘would’ Michelle. Yeah, I said it

    1. CPRM

      straffinrun wrote chapters one and two, I wrote everything else, SugarFree posted it.

      1. Just Say’n

        Thanks for the clarification. Nice read

      2. SugarFree

        Yup. An error on my part. I’m going to fix it.

        1. Just Say’n

          So my question was well founded. I’ve been vindicated

    2. John Titor

      This is what happens when you read too much Star Wars fanfiction.

  6. CPRM

    If there is enough demand, I can keep the story going. So voice your opinions if’n yall want more.

    1. Tundra

      I am curious to see his condition when the Nuge regains consciousness.

        1. DEG

          Thirded

    2. MikeS

      Oh yeah. Don’t stop now. This is great!

    3. WTF

      Yes, this shouldn’t end this way. We need to see what happens after Ted wakes up.

    4. bacon-magic

      More

  7. Tundra

    I feel really sorry for the poor bastard who stumbles across this accidentally.

  8. The Late P Brooks

    SugarFree posted it.

    “Sugarfree posted, Sugarfree approved. The Glibertarian seal of quality assurance.”

    1. Chipwooder

      Certified family friendly!

      1. Dr. Fronkensteen

        Leatherface’s family but whatever.

  9. bacon-magic

    The final room is simply a portly man-eating bacon and vaping, confused Ted leaves him be.

    Yay!

    1. MikeS

      But that vaping will kill you anyway. Top. Men. told me so.

  10. The Late P Brooks

    I feel really sorry for the poor bastard who stumbles across this accidentally.

    “Some of this ‘Bleeding Heart Libertarian’ stuff makes sense, in a way. At least they don’t reject the social contract out of hand. Maybe libertarians aren’t *all* crazy. What’s this? ‘Glibertarians.com’, huh? What the hell, let’s see what they’ve got to say…. “

    1. Tundra

      Someone’s therapist is gonna have a Merry Christmas!

  11. Psycho Effer

    “A man with a handlebar mustache humping the OSU mascot BANG.”

    Who might this be a reference to?

    1. Playa Manhattan

      I’m not sure, but he sounds like a real asshole.

    2. bacon-magic

      At least he won’t have to see Michigan gang raping the OSU team.

  12. bacon-magic

    I’m on my phone cuz’ I’ve been gib-banned at work.

    1. bacon-magic

      *glib
      Freaking hate this mobile version.

    2. Psycho Effer

      Time to quit. Get your priorities in order.

    3. MikeS

      Like specifically Glibs? Or just some over-sensitive safety wall? I mean, we have a family friendly rating for fucks sake.

      1. bacon-magic

        It guy blocked it. We duel at dawn.
        *readies water pistol*

        1. Sean

          Damn, that sucks. What did you do to piss him off?

          1. bacon-magic

            Salary

          2. ChipsnSalsa

            If you weren’t bacon and there was someone who was, wouldn’t you be pissed that you weren’t?

          3. Mad Scientist

            If someone in my office was bacon, I’d just find excuses to walk by his cube so I could break off little chunks and devour them.

          4. Number.6

            I might be a little chary of doing so, if the bacon were inherently magical.

          5. Mad Scientist

            You wouldn’t want a little bacon magic in you?

          6. Playa Manhattan

            It is inherently magical. Don’t you know where it comes from?

          7. bacon-magic

            ^^^

          8. ChipsnSalsa

            This statement will be weird.

            At my house and I hear my eight year old shout out “He kissed me ear!”
            Moments latter the eleven year old “He kissed me on the lips!”

            Both of these referring to my five year old.

            This thought pops in my head, my five year old is bacon-magic. Just going around doing silly things and bothering those around him. But not so much that your too mad.

          9. Number.6

            Well, that’s a good thing.

            If it had been Roman Polanski or Joe Biden, not so good.

          10. bacon-magic

            U get me chips. *hugs*

  13. mexican sharpshooter

    STRANGLE HOLD begins playing over the soundtrack.

    Excellent. I listen to this every time I go shooting.

    1. Number.6

      I play ELP’s “Black Moon”. It’s a shame the lyrics are so idiotic.

      1. The Last American Hero

        BS – we know it’s “Daddy” from the In the Hot Seat album.

  14. R C Dean

    Like Ted, I’d be confused too if I saw “a portly man-eating bacon”. How does a bacon eat a man? Bacon doesn’t even have any teeth.

    1. trshmnstr

      Idk, but I don’t think I’d leave it alive. I have a feeling that the man-eating bacon will make an appearance in a later scene, and it won’t be pretty. We may need Warty to hop across universes and take care of that one.

    2. Bobarian LMD

      It’s magic.

      1. bacon-magic

        ^^^

  15. John Titor

    So I was thinking about the ENB thing from yesterday, and wonder: what’s the difference between this and the infamous ‘woodchipper’ incident? I’m guessing the inherent absurdity of the latter.

    1. Playa Manhattan

      Is that the only difference you can think of?

      1. John Titor

        Well also the obvious fact that we didn’t call for woodchipping after several well-known reported cases of woodchipping attacks. Still, I’m willing to chalk it up to less advocacy for ‘punching Nazis’ and more ENB’s obvious emotional impulse problems.

        1. Playa Manhattan

          As far as I know, Ben Shapiro isn’t a federal judge who hamstrung an accused’s defense and then slapped him with the maximum sentence for consensual crimes.

    2. F. Stupidity Jr.

      So I was thinking about the ENB thing from yesterday, and wonder: what’s the difference between this and the infamous ‘woodchipper’ incident? I’m guessing the inherent absurdity of the latter.

      Yes on the absurdity, and considering that “punch a Nazi” has been a leftist catchphrase for the best part of the past year, it’s just another stark reminder that ENB’s libertarian skin-suit has gaping holes in it.

      1. Number.6

        Although the very idea of punching a (((Nazi))) is bizarre.

        1. Just Say’n

          Not that bizarre. Re-upping this from yesterday. A hidden recording from a recent Reason staff meeting:

          Welch: “Gee, you know Trump has really been doing a lot of deregulating”

          Gillespie: “That’s just the last gasp of the Baby Boomer generation. The Libertarian Moment is upon us”

          Welch: “What are you saying? That was just some bizarre word salad”

          KMW: *nudges Welch discretely and whispers* “Give the old guy a break”

          Robby: “Donald Trump is a Nazi”

          ENB: “We need to write about how we need to punch Nazis”

          Welch: “You think everyone’s a Nazi”

          KMW: *nudges Welch discretely and whispers* “Give the bimbo a break”

          Welch: “I wonder if Libertarian Republic is hiring”

          Robby: “Austen Peterson is a Nazi”

          1. John Titor

            Fake. Robby doesn’t know what a Nazi is because they existed before 1988.

          2. Psycho Effer

            Using words he doesn’t really know the meaning of is part of Robby’s charm.

          3. Number.6

            OK, bizarre outside the editorial offices of Reason magazine.

          4. Just Say’n

            By the way, the whole ‘Nazi crazy’ that has infected certain elements of libertarianism is just bizarre. There are maybe 500 actual Nazis in the entire country (I think that’s even a generous estimate) and they are universally reviled. Meanwhile the Democratic Socialist party in the US has had its membership explode to roughly 30,000 and they are freely able to speak nearly anywhere in the country without repercussion. Both are fringe groups, but in terms of numbers, socialists are clearly a greater threat right now.

          5. John Titor

            There are maybe 500 actual Nazis in the entire country (I think that’s even a generous estimate)

            Depends on whether you count Aryan Brotherhood as ‘Nazis’, then it’s a hell of a lot more but complicated.

          6. Just Say’n

            Eh, maybe I’m just talking out of my ass. I really don’t know how many Nazis there are

          7. Bobarian LMD

            Most Nazis appear to be employed as contractors for the FBI.

          8. John Titor

            Depends on what you count as ‘Nazis’. Some people would consider the AB to be so, but that ignores the nuisances of the situation, like how they’re basically a protection agency from rape/murder in a highly violent and racialized environment (i.e. the U.S. prison system) so it’s hard to determine who’s just in it for protection rather that legitimate racism.

          9. R C Dean

            The AB is a criminal gang* with no ambitions to holding political office or otherwise controlling the government or setting policy**

            *Which doesn’t distinguish them from any political party.

            **Unlike the subset of criminal gangs that go by the moniker “political party”.

          10. John Titor

            So’s antifa, but we wouldn’t pretend they don’t exist and call them ‘not deranged communists’.

          11. Gilmore

            Depends on what you count as ‘Nazis’.

            How about, “Members of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, between 1920 and 1945″

            and that any other use of the term is hyperbolic gibberish

          12. John Titor

            Remember kids, don’t call anyone a Bolshevik unless they were specifically part of Lenin’s party between 1905 and 1952.

          13. Gilmore

            Remember kids, don’t call anyone a Bolshevik unless they were specifically part of Lenin’s party between 1905 and 1952.

            I seem to recall you doing something similar with the word, “Colonialism” once – essentially saying, ‘there’s one definition (mine, a narrow one) and i refuse to consider any sentence which uses it otherwise’

            I’m being serious; “Nazi” isn’t an adjective. And i think Bolshevik applies similarly. they’re the names of a historical political party. Calling contemporary lefties by historical terms might be cute, but its not particularly accurate or clarifying of anything. Same goes with ‘racists’. Even the AB or other neonazi groups that decorate themselves in Nazi imagery and rhetoric aren’t exactly pushing the entire basket of similar ideas; they’re just a bunch of racist LARPers.

            I think terms like “communist’ are at least sufficiently broad and historically indistinct that you can use it more like an adjective. “Nazi” isn’t really like that.

          14. John Titor

            So people like Leon Degrelle were not legitimate Nazis because they weren’t a party member despite having pretty much identical politics, being active collaborators and serving in the SS?

          15. Gilmore

            **and all i was trying to say w/ my original point is that the way the term is currently used today (leaking out of twitter to become commonplace terminology) to describe ‘anyone who disagrees with the proggy-left on anything’. …. its stupid, and it means nothing. Its Godwin’s law, writ large.

            I don’t think Richard Spenser and David Duke or … that dude who was profiled in the Atlantic are “nazis”. they’re racist assholes. Calling them Nazis is both inaccurate and misleading, suggesting that Racist Assholeness is somehow unique to early 20th century European fascism, or something, and can’t simply emerge anywhere in any context.

          16. Gilmore

            So people like Leon Degrelle

            sigh.

            how about

            How about, “MembersContemporary, active supporters of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, between 1920 and 1945″

            the point is the same, your pedantic nitpick aside

          17. The Last American Hero

            Depends if you count registered members of the Republican Party, independent white voters, or anybody else without a Bernie sticker on their bumper.

          18. Bobarian LMD

            Which bimbo is KMW referring to?

          19. MikeS

            The one with the prettier hair

          20. Bobarian LMD

            They all have pretty hair, but there is one hair to rule them all.

      2. John Titor

        Meh. Proclaiming that someone should be punched in their smug face has been a catchphrase for far longer. I do it with those goddamn adorable baby seals, does that mean the secret decoder ring is telling you I’m secretly a progressive and really think they’re Nazis? Like I said, far more willing to believe it to be standard human amygdala hijink from a woman with poor impulse control than some dog whistle.

        1. Just Say’n

          I’m not sure what your point is here. Was it a joke? Maybe, although, she didn’t phrase it as a joke. Should she get the benefit of the doubt if she says after the fact that it was a joke? The speaker should get the benefit of the doubt, but not if the speaker herself has overreacted to a ‘joke’ in the past.

          Her rules, others are just applying them. It’s just like someone who wanted all the facts to come out before they condemned Roy Moore over the accusations levied against him and now that same person is all about tarring and feathering Al Franken. You get judged by your standards.

          1. John Titor

            I’m not sure what your point is here.

            Last sentence. Willing to recognize it as an emotional outburst over something stupid that is exacerbated by the nature of Twitter and her own issues. Not willing to see it as magical evidence of her advocating violence or lying to pretend that’s the case.

            Her rules, others are just applying them…You get judged by your standards.

            And this is where I stand with Shapiro and just point out that this turns you into equally whiny snowflakes.

          2. Just Say’n

            Shapiro never complained, he just thought it seemed contradictory for a libertarian to be advocating violence. The complaints were being lodged by other conservative commentators and honest libertarians.

            The whole thing is stupid Twitter flame war shit, but this is just another example of how having people like ENB presenting themselves as ‘libertarian’ does more harm than good.

          3. John Titor

            Shapiro never complained, he just thought it seemed contradictory for a libertarian to be advocating violence.

            I’m not referring to any response in this instance, more his continued argument that playing the left-wing cunt game just turns you into a cunt.

            ENB presenting themselves as ‘libertarian’ does more harm than good.

            You should probably work Noam Chomsky and Alex Jones first then.

          4. Just Say’n

            Yeah, but no one believes that Chomsky and Alex Jones are libertarians. They don’t write for the flagship publication of libertarianism.

          5. Number.6

            I suspect that Shapiro may have higher priorities than punching down at ENB. It’s not like he can’t respond at any point in the future if he likes to, and I doubt he feels the need to demand an apology from just another apparent ‘hater’.

          6. John Titor

            Yeah, but no one believes that Chomsky and Alex Jones are libertarians.

            ???

            Yes they do? Do you even talk to people outside of libertarian circles? Especially considering that the majority of the general population has no idea what libertarianism actually is.

            I get it, ENB is reflective of all the failings of modern Reason’s content, but she’s pretty much unknown outside of libertarian circles, her journalist sycophant class, and people who want to legalize prostitution. She’s a bad representative, but not some overarching one that besmirches the concept of libertarianism amongst the plebs, that’s Gary Johnson’s job.

          7. Just Say’n

            Long story short- it’s over. Reason will probably hold back her articles for a day or two and then that will be it (as it should be). Especially since she somewhat apologized and deleted the Tweet. But, not before one of the Mises affiliated people got a shot in- cue Dave Smith (comic who is a frequent guest of Tom Woods and Reason did a profile of him).

            https://twitter.com/ComicDaveSmith/status/932806431086141440

          8. Number.6

            Over?

            For the moment. The accumulated cruft of ENB’s ideology can’t be erased from peoples’ consciousness by eliminating a twit, extracting a (pretty lukewarm and unpersuasive) apology and the imposition of a time-out by her employers.

            It pretty much ensures nobody who doesn’t have dementia will have something to hang her for in the future. Her non-libertarian proposal, or her apology, or the limpwristed censure by her current employers.

            For totally different reasons, I’m acutely aware of how easily an individual can trash their reputation swiftly and surely with just a few electronic communications nowadays. ENB’s a living exemplar.

          9. Just Say’n

            I don’t doubt that even more people have accepted the fact that she is the Cathy Reisenwitz of the new ‘woke’ Reason

          10. Number.6

            Speaking of female contributors to Reason that were kicked to the curb, does anyone have a short explanation of what happened to Lucy? What Un-Libertarian Principle did she embrace?

          11. John Titor

            Hey, at least they actually punished her this time, unlike when their Token Indian actually advocated for victim blaming and justifying political violence.

            Progress /sarc.

          12. Just Say’n

            “short explanation of what happened to Lucy? What Un-Libertarian Principle did she embrace?”

            Free markets. I think she moved on to another publication

          13. Number.6

            Good for her then.

            Sleep with dogs, wake up with fleas.

          14. John Titor

            Uh, it was Vice that she moved over to.

          15. Number.6

            Ugh, I should summon the Redact Fairy then ….

        2. F. Stupidity Jr.

          No, that’s fair. Let me put it another way: if the “punch Ben Shapiro” thing was something that occurred in isolation, I’d chalk it up entirely to poor impulse control. But there was the sammich incident, the “goals of social justice are noble” quote…this is a leftist with some libertarian leanings. She’s beyond left-libertarian IMO.

          I agree that she also lacks impulse control; it’s not the only reason she posts these tweets, though.

          1. R C Dean

            Indeed. “Poor impulse control” doesn’t excuse your impulses, it merely describes your additional failure to keep them to yourself, and publicizes your impulses for public scrutiny and critique.

          2. Number.6

            You can’t call it poor impulse control unless the individual has zero capacity for self-reflection; which really ought to be pretty much a given in a public commentator, since unless they’re Stream of consciousness people, should be capable of composing a response before they hit the Enter key.

            Indeed, I’d argue the last career you should be in if you have that problem is journalism. A journalist who can’t be differentiated from the buffoons who post in the comments section have failed to demonstrate that the value of their contribution is greater than the most idiotic commenter attracted by their article, and that – especially in a libertarian context – that they should have a similar remuneration … i.e. zero.

        3. Sean

          +1 Backpfeifengesicht

        4. Gadfly

          I do it with those goddamn adorable baby seals, does that mean the secret decoder ring is telling you I’m secretly a progressive and really think they’re Nazis?

          Yes.

          Now someone needs to Photoshop that cute seal picture that’s someone’s avatar here so that it has a Hitler-stache and a Nazi armband.

          1. ChipsnSalsa

            Where is the otter in all of this?

          2. Number.6

            Ken hasn’t finished with it yet, and you, sir, are a crass individual for even making reference to it.

          3. Bobarian LMD

            And nobody is gonna want that otter when he is done.

    3. R C Dean

      People are actually getting beat up for wrongthink. Its harder to pass off as hyperbole a call for doing something that people are already doing.

      Nobody is getting fed to woodchippers for being annoying authoritarians, so its much easier to see that as satire.

      1. So has pointing out that someone has a punch-able face become unacceptable?

        1. Just Say’n

          No, but that’s not what she said.

          1. Just Say’n

            “People protesting Shapiro had the wrong idea. This dude needs his smug mug punched, repeatedly”

            in response to Shapiro rejecting the notion that a transgender woman is a woman

          2. Meh, what’s the intent of the punch-able face jab, if not that the dude/dudette has a smug mug and could use a punching. If not why use punch-able instead of contemptible or other non-violent descriptor.

          3. Just Say’n

            Her rules- not mine

          4. John Titor

            This is just such a shitty excuse for being obnoxiously sensitive and whiny.

          5. Just Say’n

            So, pointing out hypocrisy is problematic?

          6. She has a rule about saying “punch-able face” versus “smug mug needs punched?”

          7. John Titor

            Of course that’s what you’re doing Alinsky, keep telling yourself that.

          8. Just Say’n

            She got upset after a college kid sent her a sandwich meme. She sought out to ruin that kid’s future career prospects. Now she writes something that was never intended to be a joke (she clarified her comments about Ben Shapiro by saying she meant ‘figuratively’ after receiving some push back) and is upset that people thought her Tweet was dumb.

            That’s not hypocritical?

          9. Just Say’n

            “Of course that’s what you’re doing Alinsky, keep telling yourself that.”

            Noting that ENB is a hypocrite makes me Alinsky? I don’t think you’ve ever read Rules for Radicals or know who Alinsky was. Actually, based upon your remark, I know you don’t

          10. R C Dean

            There’s a way to do the Alinsky thing which does not involve actually adopting the other side’s standards. It involves pointing out what their standards are:

            “Ruining someone’s career for an ill-advised Twitter joke is A-OK!”

            Noting that their behavior fall under that standard: “So, ENB, your defense is that this was not an actual call for violence, but just an ill-advised joke.”

            And then putting the knife in:

            “I guess that means that your career should be over, right? Are you resigning to seek employment in another field?”

          11. Just Say’n

            I’m not saying she should be fired. I’m just noting that this is why people laughed when she got shut-down at a college campus. She is a shitty defender of free speech and she’s an all around hypocritical progressive

          12. John Titor

            Yes of course, there is no way you are using the garbage excuse of ‘her rules, not mine’ to justify your own emotional satisfaction at going after someone you have a pre-existing dislike/cognitive bias for that goes beyond ‘pointing out hypocrisy’. This is in no way reflective of an unprincipled stance.

            I don’t think you’ve ever read Rules for Radicals or know who Alinsky was. Actually, based upon your remark, I know you don’t

            You can just write “DUR HUR UR STUPID” Just Say’n, it’s less letters and just as constructive and informed.

          13. Just Say’n

            That’s a stupid response there, Titor. I’m sure that you never threw hypocrisy back in anyone’s face, right? What is the point of criticizing someone for being a hypocrite?

      2. Playa Manhattan

        That, and it’s a line from a fucking movie.

  16. Did Kieth turn into Chris, or were they both there, I’m confused. I mean everything else makes perfect sense but the whole Chris/Kieth thing is really putting a damper on my suspension of disbelief.

    1. Bobarian LMD

      And the tingles reference clearly belongs to Chris, the stroked out drooler.

  17. The Late P Brooks

    I’m on my phone cuz’ I’ve been gib-banned at work.

    Move to North Korea, where a bacon-based life form can truly be free.

    1. Tulip

      For 5 seconds. Then you will be caught and eaten.

      1. MikeS

        First by a human, then again by a roundworm.

        1. Bobarian LMD

          Then again by another human.

          1. Number.6

            It’s the Circle of Life, Mufasa.

  18. kinnath

    I’ve shot about 10 handguns in the rental cabinet at the range. Only four or five to go. So the next big question is “what defensive ammunition?”.

    1. Sean

      HST or Gold Dot.

    2. R C Dean

      .45 ACP.

    3. Number.6

      If your state permits it, hollow points.

      WHICH hollow points is somewhat determined by the specific gun you choose, and issues such as indoor/outdoor, construction of your home and the specific problems if your rounds overpenetrate, etc.

      In a general sense, good ‘standard’ hollowpoints are considerably better in most ways than ‘ball’ ammo. If you anticipate defensive use against someone in heavy clothing like a winter coat, etc, some of the more expensive ammo such as Hornady critical defense may be warranted. I have made a general-purpose selection of Federal HST which is a pretty standard jacketed hollowpoint because I’ve fed a couple hundred of rounds thru’ all my current handguns with no problems (whereas some ammo like Cor Bon was hit-or-miss in my Browning Hi Power), but then, I don’t anticipate needing hard barrier penetration or the need to shoot thru’ a windshield, which can be a challenge for standard HPs.

      Ultimately, you need to be sure that what you shoot is reliable in the gun, and serves what are often competing demands. I have been looking at Liberty Defense as a possible 9mm defensive round, which is a bit different. It’s a 50 grain copper round that has a muzzle velocity up near 2000fps and has very good ballistics, but I need to get hold of some and see if all my guns will fire it.

  19. The Late P Brooks

    .45 ACP.

    Seconded.

  20. Brett L

    I look forward to my next background check discussion. So, Mr. L, I found some… disgusting… content related to you. I swear to God, if you ever come around this place, I’ll have you beaten into a coma and dumped in a shallow ditch to live or die as fate seems fit.