Thursday Afternoon Links

ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. LINKS NOW, SPECIAL ARTICLE ALL BRUTALS MUST READ LATER.

ZARDOZ REMINDS BRUTAL COMMENTERS TO REMAIN CIVIL, OR BE CLEANSED.

  • ZARDOZ LAUGHS AT FUTILE GESTURE OF BRUTAL WITH MOOBS.
  • DRUGGZ?
  • ZARDOZ LAUGHS AT FUTILE REQUEST OF UN.
  • ZARDOZ CAN’T EVEN.
"Your comment is in 'moderation'. Please wait to be cleansed."
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Comments

276 responses to “Thursday Afternoon Links”

  1. Just Say’n

    I am first, again

    1. bacon-magic

      No quote, no first.

      1. Just Say’n

        That doesn’t seem fair.

        1. bacon-magic

          Life is not fair. Wait til your post suddenly gets edited down thread…*boo certain edit fairy boooooooooooooooo*

          1. ZARDOZ

            ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CRUNCHY CHOSEN ONE. NO SUCH FAIRY IN THIS THREAD. THEY HAVE BEEN CLEANSED.

          2. bacon-magic

            *Bows to ZARDOZ
            Woo hoo! Ding Dong the witch is dead on this thread…♫♪♪

          3. Bobarian LMD

            I think he just called you a fairy…. Are you gonna take that?

          4. Just Say’n

            Now I got the sadz

    2. The Elite Elite

      I thought it was decided that a true first says something about the article or one of the links?

      1. bacon-magic

        Yep.

        1. That’s what I’m inclined towards, personally.

      2. OneOut

        that requirement was self imposed by the same poster who eerily was always fist…I mean first.

    3. The Last American Hero

      Doesn’t matter who is first, what matters is who is left after the quickening.

    4. ArchieBunker

      So fleeing that old site was never about the content and writers. It was because no one else could ever get Firsties.

      1. JD

        To be sure.

  2. Dr Mossy Lawn

    Slow day?

    1. Scruffy Nerfherder

      Brutal

      1. *thunderous applause*

  3. Just Say’n

    Filibustering Gorsuch is a futile endeavor.

    1. So thinks Giant Flying Head too. So for such an inoffensive nomination, they will filibuster – that just means it will get nuked. Or TEAM RED will use it to beat on vulnerable TEAM BLUE that are running for reelection in RED states, then nuke it.

      1. Just Say’n

        No more filibuster? Judge Napolitano to the Supreme Court?

        1. I, uh, hear he has some free time now.

          1. Just Say’n

            To be honest, he is perhaps the only judge that Trump is familiar with, besides his sister and Judge Judy

          2. “I am elevating Judge Judy to the Supreme Court! It will make the Court classy. The best!”

          3. I prefer to call her Bitch Judy. I think her TV shtick is nasty, and the idea of judges actually being like that is horrifying.

          4. Bobarian LMD

            the idea of judges actually being like that is horrifying accurate.

            FTFY

          5. Yeah, she is a piece of work.

          6. Florida Man

            The worst thing about Judge Judy is she makes my mom think she knows the “law”.

          7. Oh Lordy, I hope you are kidding, FL Man…

          8. Florida Man

            I wish I was, your swissness.

          9. John Titor

            To be fair, the Florida Bar exam is just watching an episode of Judge Judy and having a test on it afterwards.

          10. HA! Shows what you know, time traveler. That is the New York bar! The Florida Bar is Judge Mathis!

    2. R C Dean

      Filibustering Gorsuch is a futile endeavor.

      If you are confident the Senate Repubs have the stones to waive the filibuster for him and go nuclear.

      I am not terribly confident.

      1. Vhyrus

        Yeah, republicans and their testicles seem to be separated at birth, or at least the week after they’re elected.

      2. Drake

        Is there a choice? Gorsuch is about as non-controversial a nominee as possible – replacing a guy at least as conservative.

      3. Brett L

        I’m afraid of some sort of grand compromise where they pass RyanCare in return for accepting Gorsuch. But only because I think Mitch McConnell would rather fuck over Rand Paul than be a conservative.

    3. Drake

      It’s a very stupid move by the stupid evil party. Gorsuch is as mild a guy as they will get and he’s replacing a conservative. The Republicans will steamroll this one through then not think twice about doing it again when Ginsburg croaks.

      1. Grumbletarian

        Assuming they even need to worry about a filibuster after 2018. Dems have 25 senate seats up for election, many of which seem vulnerable lately.

        1. Gadfly

          Well, in 2018 the Dems have 10 seats in states Trump won and the Reps have 1 seat in a state he lost, so I think you’re right that there’s a decent chance 8 Dems won’t go filibuster now and will wait until the Court’s balance is actually at stake.

        2. R C Dean

          Yeah, well, if the idiot Repubs don’t get their shit together and start doing what they were elected to do, then I don’t see them picking up many seats in the Senate, no matter how favorable the math.

          Plus, the Dems can let their “vulnerable” members from Trump states vote for cloture, and still have enough votes to sustain the filibuster.

      2. SimonD

        Never underestimate the petulance of the evil party. There was a circuit court judge who was nominated by President Clinton in 2000 and didn’t go through before the election. The Dems refused to confirm ANY nominee, keeping the seat vacant throughout the entire eight years of the Bush presidency. Then in 2009, President Obama named the original Clinton-appointed judge and the Senate confirmed him.

  4. Juvenile Bluster

    I must speak in hushed tones, for in that way he cannot hear me.

    Zardoz is a false god, mortals. To follow him is to be damned for all eternity.

    1. Just Say’n

      Blasphemy!

    2. ZARDOZ

      ZARDOZ HEARS ALL!

      ZARDOZ WOULD WAVE FOR BRUTAL ENFORCERS, BUT ZARDOZ DOES NOT HAVE ARMS!

      1. Just Say’n

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zf6YGLT0yM

        I loved you on Nickelodeon.

        1. What the heck is that?

          1. Just Say’n

            Classic ‘Legends of the Hidden Temple’. Basically just kids running around trying to win some game show

          2. Huh, missed that one.

          3. Yellow Leopards FTW

        2. ZARDOZ

          ZARDOZ OUTSOURCED TRAINING OF YOUNG BRUTAL ENFORCERS.

        3. Vhyrus

          Since at least one of you knows that show, you will enjoy this:

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl8PeXJc-Es

          1. Just Say’n

            Classic

        4. wat

          Winning comment:

          Looks like this should have stayed hidden.

          1. Vhyrus

            Wait… this ISN’T A JOKE?!

            *looks frantically for a letter opener to slit wrists*

    3. We’re libertarians. We don’t believe in a god.

      1. Scruffy Nerfherder

        How could we limit ourselves to just one?

      2. ZARDOZ

        ZARDOZ DOES NOT REQUIRE WORSHIP – ONLY OBEDIENCE.

    4. Walk without rhythm, and you won’t attract the–

      Oh wait, this is Zardoz. Run! Run for your lives!

      1. ZARDOZ

        ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS FUNKY CHOSEN ONE. THERE IS NO EVADING ZARDOZ, FOR THERE IS NO ZARDOZSIGN.

        1. All hail!

  5. Sour Kraut

    Who is mightier ZARDOZ, you or GAIA?

    1. ZARDOZ

      THERE IS NO GAIA IN ZARDOZ’S WORLD.

      1. Zero Sum Game

        Who is more chosen, human brutals or lizard people brutals?

        1. ZARDOZ

          ZARDOZ SPEAKS ONLY TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES (HUMAN BRUTALS).

          1. Mr Lizard

            Tough talk from a planet bound deity. YOUR FUTURE REPTILIAN OVERLORDS WILL TEACH YOU TRUE BRUTALITY.

          2. bacon-magic

            Oooooh… Overlord fight! *grabs popcorn, virgin and sacrificial blunt*

  6. PieInTheSKy

    So aparently Hayek kicked the bucket 25 years ago today

    1. Ed Wuncler

      I wonder how Hayek would be received on college campuses today.

      1. Brett L

        With thrown bricks and bonfires.

        1. Ed Wuncler

          ” That Austrian economist totally triggered me because free enterprise is a racist construct created by the privileged white male to subjugate minorities and women.”

          1. Scruffy Nerfherder

            We should have an annual get together in the desert called Straw Man. We can make a huge effigy completely out of printouts of Everyday Feminism articles and set it afire.

          2. Ed Wuncler

            So we had a discussion about why there weren’t many black economics majors at DePaul and this guy said that it’s because economists like Adam Smith and Milton Friedman were both ardent racists. And because of that many students of color do not feel comfortable studying economics.

            It was one of the few times I was speechless and confounded.

          3. Vhyrus

            Translation: Math scares black people. It scares the shit outta my girlfriend, at least.

          4. Just Say’n

            Apparently no one in that class heard of Thomas Sowell

          5. Ed Wuncler

            If you talk to the average Econ major, the only economics they can really think of is Keynes and Krugman. And for the really dumb ones, Robert Reich.

          6. Scruffy Nerfherder

            You should have said “prove it”, but then you probably would have been subjected to Naomi Klein quotes. And that’s worse than Hitler.

          7. Ed Wuncler

            I meant economists.

          8. Bobarian LMD

            Sounds like it’d be a real sausage fest.

          9. bacon-magic

            You know who else was Austrian and would not be well received on college campuses? (unless he was a Democrat)

          10. Brett L

            A former governor of California?

          11. Bobarian LMD

            Crocodile Dundee?

          12. Just Say’n

            Guten tag, mate

          13. Sigmund Freud?

          14. Suthenboy

            What is funny to me is that they advocate many of the policies he did and are his fellow travelers, they just dont know it. All they really know about him are the vague stories that are told to thoroughly demonize him. If you read his speeches and describe his policies without letting him know who you are quoting they would cheer and want to know who that woke dude is.

          15. Ed Wuncler

            I read Shock Doctrine and I could get halfway through it before I threw it in the garbage. I can deal with opinions that differs from mine and being forced to reconsider my ideas, but that book was nothing but pure lies and fallacies. It’s a shame that Klein is as popular as she is.

          16. Jefe Hayek

            Was it in that particular pile of garbage that she stated the Tiananmen Square protests were really about the students wanting MORE communism?

            These people fucking love science. Just not rational thought or reading…or science

          17. They only love “science” that agrees with their preconceptions.

      2. Caput Lupinum
    2. Tundra

      Thankfully, we still have this Hayek.

      1. please be Selma, please be Selma…. Huzzah!

  7. trshmnstr

    Checking in. Probably won’t be on later, but who knows. Maybe Comcast will get their shut together and stop my Internet from disconnecting every 30 minutes.

    Bahahahahahahahahahaha!

    1. But they are famous for customer service! … or is that infamous?

      1. “Infamous”, of course, means “more than famous”.

        1. Brett L

          “He’s not just famous, he’s infamous.”

          The Three Amigos was a legitimately terrible movie, unless you were under the age of 13.

          1. Vhyrus

            Tell me Jefe… what is a plethora?

          2. Florida Man

            Are you high?!? Sweet little butter cup. Classic.

          3. GSL in E

            Gonna make it. Gonna make it. GONNA MAKE IT!! … Gonnamakeitgonnamakeitgonnamakeit.

            Ow.

  8. Team Lead: Client wants to know if they should use these tools.
    Me: Uh no, they suck. Why those?
    Team Lead: Not sure.

    …a few days later…

    Team Lead: Clarified things with the client. They got that list from another [my employer] team.

    1. “The fools!”

  9. The Other Kevin

    Very disappointed in the mermaid school. None of them were topless or had a seashell bra like mermaids in the wild. It’s also clear the merman has not completed his trident certification course yet.

    1. Just Say’n

      The mermaids were a true let down.

    2. Scruffy Nerfherder

      Those mermaids were well fed.

      1. Vhyrus

        We may not know when the narwhal bacons, but we now know where.

        1. Bobarian LMD

          Hmmmm….. Narwhal bacon…

          /Homer gurgle

    3. bacon-magic

      Underwhalming.

      1. *soggily narrows gaze*

    4. Brett L

      I’m going to take my son to this one weekend and totally freak him out.

      1. dbleagle

        Dave Barry covers that place in his new book “Best. State. Ever” It is a state park now.

      2. LT_Fish

        Hoping to make it to this one sooner or later.

  10. Pussy millennial men can’t even jack it right

    Researchers measured the grip strength (how strongly you can squeeze something) and pinch strength (how strongly you can pinch something between two fingers) of 237 healthy full-time students aged 20 to 34 at universities in North Carolina. And especially among males, the reduction in strength compared to 30 years ago was striking.

    1. Scruffy Nerfherder

      They should check their mouse finger.

      It’s about keepin’ the ladies happy.

    2. Brett L

      However, hand-eye coordination for movements requiring less than 1 psi pressure are ridiculously faster.

  11. This Machine

    HAIL ZARDOZ!

  12. Just Say’n
    1. Vhyrus

      That’s a pretty classy way to tell someone to fuck off and die.
      Just saying.

      1. Just Say’n

        Bigly

      2. Brett L

        Yeah. That’s a nice little brush off.

    2. I see your quote and raise you a sticker.

      1. I remember 20 years ago, Canadian PM Chrétin being asked about the drugs entering Canada, and he responded that it was good for business. After the horrified follow-up question, he responded that he misunderstood, and thought the reporter had said “trucks”, not “drugs”.

        1. Vhyrus

          I’ll take ‘unintentionally accurate responses’ for $500, Alex.

          1. Lol–that’s a great story.

            Guess Canadian health care doesn’t cover the cost of nice hearing-aids!

          2. Vhyrus

            What do you know… apparently optics and virtue signaling only matter when it’s someone else’s life on the line.

  13. Rufus the Monocled

    FUCK YOU ZARDOZ!!!

    /waves cock around while drinking lemonade.

    1. Vhyrus

      *lights flare, throws behind Rufus, runs*

    2. Scruffy Nerfherder

      uh oh, one of the enforcers dropped his mankini

    3. bacon-magic

      *Siv signal lit*

      1. Bobarian LMD

        Giant shadow of man fucking chicken?

        1. bacon-magic

          Correct. Or a shadow of a man choking a chicken.

        2. *chokes, flails arms about trying to clear airway to resume laughing*

          1. bacon-magic

            *performs “Heinrich” maneuver

          2. Whew…thanks, Bacon!

    4. ZARDOZ

      ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS PROFANE CHOSEN ONE.

      RETURN TO YOUR DWELLING, BRUTAL RUFUS, YOU ARE INTOXICATED, EH?

  14. Rufus the Monocled

    God are the Schumers annoying fucks or what?

    1. Moobs is my de jure representative.

    2. Number.6

      The Amy & Chuck Comedy Hour.

  15. Zero Sum Game

    On Gorsuch,

    What the hell is wrong with the left and why is anyone listening to them? Gorsuch didn’t spring up overnight for Trump to nominate. He isn’t a sleeper agent of Russia. He has a history, a record, and he had no idea he’d ever be nominated to the SCOTUS. He was unanimously appointed, including by Democrats, and given glowing accolades. Practically none of his decisions have been overturned by the SCOTUS in review. He comported himself well during questioning, even despite the smears that he’s a corporatist, racist, misogynist, etc.

    They don’t like the man who nominated him and seek to obstruct absolutely everything the President does, and for what? So they can get spanked in two years and lose even more seats in Congress over this?

    1. bacon-magic

      What the hell is wrong with the left and why is anyone listening to them?

      They like cake?

      1. leonadasiv

        I’d like to know Zardoz’s thoughts, is the cake a lie?

    2. Sour Kraut

      The Dems are just running on fumes.

    3. This Machine

      Clearly they’re not content with just being the Evil party. They have to be the Stupid party, too.

    4. PieInTheSKy

      If he is a sleeper agent of Russia nice going Russia

    5. Brett L

      At some point (I believe) both sides started believing their own bullshit about fundraising == more votes. This sort of stuff raises money and fires up the base. Both things that matter when the race is close. When you’re getting your dick knocked in the dirt at pretty much all levels, it makes no sense at all to rally the people who are already going to vote for you.

      But I also don’t believe that Democratic Party leadership gives a fuck anymore. They’re going to milk their sinecures until death and fuck the guys behind them. No wonder they love unions so much.

      1. “They’re going to milk their sinecures until death and fuck the guys behind them”

        That sounds like the Congressional Republicans of the late 1970s.

      2. TripodKat

        ” When you’re getting your dick knocked in the dirt at pretty much all levels…”

        I always see people on this site and TSTSNBN say things like this, but I rarely ever see linked evidence. Not that I’m doubting you, but I’d like to see some data behind this claim. My understanding is that the argument is that Democrats are losing a bunch of local and state seats and really only has a major presence in large cities and the national level. Would you mind giving me a link or two to verify this? Or, could you tell me if I’m incorrect about the general argument?

        1. Tundra

          Try this.

          As of Nov. 7, 2016, there are just 823 Democratic state senators out of a total of 1,972 seats nationwide, according to NCSL data. Meanwile, Republicans have increased their ranks to 1,089.

          Likewise, of the 5,411 state House seats, there are now 3,029 Republicans compared to 2,340 Democrats – a mirror image of both parties’ status in 2009.

          The Democrats’ prior advantage in the nation’s governors’ mansions when Obama took office has also been lost. There are currently 31 Republican governors, 18 Democratic governors and one Independent (Gov. Bill Walker of Alaska).

          “Republicans grabbed more of America’s statehouses and governors’ mansions during the Obama administration than at any time in the modern era,” the Washington Post’s Amber Phillips reported.

          1. TripodKat

            Ah, thanks!

        2. Brett L

          Here is one from 2015 — probably the first time I saw it. Here is one from after the most recent election. It looks like net losses of 10% from 2008 to present. If you count from the ACA its even worse.

          So yes, at state and federal level they seem to be losing significant seats.

          1. TripodKat

            Thank you!!

      3. tarran

        I realized a few months ago that the politicians have ceased to rule, but instead are content to not rule while doing very dramatic acts of performance art in order to stay in power.

        Basically, if they did legislate and carry out their offices, they could be held accountable for mistakes. So they essentially delegate everything to the civil service or the party leadership. The party leadership in turn tries to put everything on the president’s plate if they have the presidency, and blame their opponents if not.

        The civil service really has no fear of consequence, so they are quite content to run their fiefdoms. The politicians can in turn {make dramatic promises/warn of dire consequences} from electing {them/their opponents} while neatly evading any blame or responsibility for past events.

        And the more that responsibility is transferred, the smaller the number of politicians that carry it, which works out really well, because then they can say, “sure we wack the occasional american citizen, but do you really want your forests clear-cut and then plowed with heavy metals?”.

        If responsibility were more distributed, the authors of bad policies would be more easily pinned and discarded.

        And, like a T tail jet in a deep stall, it’s a stable configuration – until there isn’t enough money in the economy for them to borrow what they need to execute their plans.

        1. Brett L

          Pleasant British Woman’s Voice: “Elevator authority is greatly reduced, making it impossible for the pilot to reduce the angle of attack”

          “What?”

          “Autopilot says we’re fucked!”

    6. Somalian Road Corporation

      Yeah, the concept of picking your battles seems to be entirely foreign to them. Foreign, like… RUSSIA! PUTIN! “Trump is under investigation and shouldn’t be making any lifetime appointments!”

      This transition from nonstop howling about “obstructionism” to attempting to block literally everything, reminds me a lot about when “elections have consequences/you lost, get over it” segued into bawling about “eliminationist rhetoric” segued into nonstop howling about “Tea Party Taliban hostage-taking terrorists literally holding a gun to children’s heads.”

      Ah, if it weren’t for double standards they wouldn’t have any at all.

    7. Not an Economist

      Hey Gorsuch, the moron, believes we should follow the law and the Constitution as written. They should be subjected to expansive interpretation to fulfill progressive wishes.

      Since he doesn’t’ he is worse than Hitler.

    8. leonadasiv

      Maybe they think “week obstruction worked for the Republicans…”

  16. The Late P Brooks

    I want to see Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters self-immolate in protest to Gorsuch.

    1. Just Say’n

      That will guarantee Trump’s re-election

    2. Sour Kraut

      I want to see Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters

      Stop right there.

    3. Somalian Road Corporation

      Ever been to Golden Gate Park in SF? Almost every path through it is neutrally named except a few: John F. Kennedy Drive, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Nancy Pelosi Drive…

    1. Rufus the Monocled

      Yeh well I did alright with the ladies so…yeh, that’s just lazy bull shit.

      He’s Pop Tart Parmigiana to me, man, and that’s how it’s gonna stay until he proves me otherwise.

      Which I doubt very much.

      1. And of course note from the thread that casual Trump-bashing is perfectly reasonable, but bash somebody from the other side? ZOMG!!!111!!!

    2. I’ve been told similar by one of my friends. I just agreed and moved on.

      1. Brett L

        “Just like Sarah Palin, eh?”

    3. John Titor

      “I notice that you didn’t even try to defend his intelligence.”

  17. The Late P Brooks

    They don’t like the man who nominated him and seek to obstruct absolutely everything the President does, and for what?

    Elizabeth Warren says they should refuse to move forward on anything, until the FBI can prove he’s a Russian sleeper agent and remove him from office. Because if Trump gets the hook, the election reverts to the other team, apparently.

    I had a link yesterday.

  18. Jefe Hayek

    Will the thiccness be Asian this week?

    1. I just know that it will be super.

      1. It’ll be overrated.

        1. In this, Ted, you will be very happy that you are wrong. I have seen.

          1. bacon-magic

            *Time travel gazes*
            Super thicc girl?

          2. All will be revealed, later. Well, a lot, if not all, if you take my meaning on this.

          3. bacon-magic

            I want it all.

  19. Scruffy Nerfherder

    I was going to paste something derpy from DU, but it’s all so over the top and BOLDED ALL CAPS over there that I just can’t do it. You can just see the spittle flying.

    1. Suthenboy

      I hope it is generously sprinkled with exclamation points.

  20. Mad Scientist

    Zardoz, what is best in life?

    1. ZARDOZ

      ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS INQUISITIVE CHOSEN ONE.

      THE GUN.

      REMEMBER, THE GUN IS GOOD. THE PENIS IS EVIL.

      1. Mad Scientist

        All hail Zardoz!

      2. Number.6

        HAVING SEEN THE HOLY PICTURE-SEQUENCES TO REMEMBER

        CTHULHU THINKZ FRIEND IS MORE THAN JUST FRIEND TO ZARDOZ WHEN IN VORTEX

        JUST SAYIN’

        1. Number.6

          Oops, case of multiple personality disorder there ….

  21. I’ve been working on turning one of my rejected logo designs into an outlaw scooter trash type patch, click my handle if you wanna check it out. Constructive or viciously heartless criticism welcome.

    1. Vhyrus

      We need a morale patch for the shock troops to put on their plate carriers. Show me what you got.

      1. Didn’t know exactly what a morale patch was, this was one of the first I found whilst Duck Duck Going.

        1. Number.6

          You hit their LEO Sales Department, dude.

    2. Brett L

      I like it.

    3. Mad Scientist

      I like your squirrel-eagle-snake. Would make a nice patch.

        1. Mad Scientist

          Hey, show them your new Gadsden flag.

          1. That is wonderful.

          2. Mad Scientist

            I don’t know why they changed it to a cobra, but that is a fantastic rendition.

    4. viciously heartless criticism welcome

      You are worth nothing. You’re ugly. Everything that has ever gone wrong in your life is your fault, because God hates you.

      1. Vhyrus

        Last sentence kinda contradicts itself, fyi.

        1. You have to make sacrifices to fit a script into an 11-minute timeslot.

          (Also it doesn’t contradict itself, it’s just clumsily worded)

          1. Also, I wish Crusty was here. He always understood my Childrens Hospital and Bourne Trilogy references.

          2. You are correct, God hating me is entirely my own doing.

    5. Mr Lizard

      Ditch the laser beam eyeballs. And I dare you to replace the snake with a four-legged reptile

      1. Mad Scientist

        Don’t listen to this ectothermic philistine! The lasers are the best part!

    6. I’m thinking for the bottom rocker, where they usually put a city name, instead putting something like “Gambolling, Nationwide” or “No City, We Gambol”

      1. Mr Lizard

        Arcturus 7 was always popular with psychotic misfit creatures

  22. Drake

    What’s Erdogan Doing? Apparently trying to fulfill the Sultsans’ dream (that was crushed 9/11/1683).

    1. Sour Kraut

      However, I did find the new street academies that the sacked professors are holding, to be inspirational, and an example of what people elsewhere will still risk in the name of free speech.

  23. Drake

    Sib Hasian passed away. Original member of Boston. Here he is playing drums with most of Boston in Orion the Hunter.

    1. Oh dear, I remember seeing commercials for that 70s rock cruise.

      I guess the people who went on it will never forget it.

      (They also should have had Maureen McGovern on the cruise to sing “The Morning After”.)

  24. Francisco d’Anconia
    1. That’s on my Montana bucket-list.

      1. Francisco d’Anconia

        Mrs Fd’A takes everyone who visits us there.

        1. bacon-magic

          Any yellow trails in the water?

          1. Francisco d’Anconia

            Only when I’m swimming

        2. Well you didn’t take us there!!! *Pouts*

          1. Francisco d’Anconia

            We had more important “business” to attend to. 😉

          2. bacon-magic

            These euphemisms…

          3. So true. Fond memories of that weekend! ::eats a fistful of peanut m&ms::

          4. bacon-magic

            Freakin’ stoners.

      2. Florida Man

        Wow! Rated number 1 a decade from and a half ago.

        1. Florida Man

          I don’t know how the random “from” got in there…I’ll blame my phone.

        2. That shit still carries water here in the 406. For some reason.

          A lot of people have awards and stuff that’s just…so…old… up on their restaurant walls.

  25. Vhyrus

    Hey, remember those anti drone shotgun shells we were discussing the other day? Well the USAF is ordering 600 of them. I may yet get my wish of seeing one of these used on a human.

    1. “Airman, what are doing with that shotgun?”

      “Hey Sarge!”

      “Watch where you are pointing that thing!”

      *BLAM*

      “Uh oh”

      1. tarran

        You guys should follow the Navy’s approach (in the late 90’s at least).

        To prevent suicidal guards from killing themselves, require the guards to keep their weapons unloaded, with the ammo on their belts. That way, if they are attacked, they can quickly load the rifle and engage the enemy, but it will take so long to load the weapon, that any suicidal person will have plenty of time ot reconsider their decision or give up in frustration.

  26. Gilmore

    Has anyone seen a story *anywhere* that actually talked about the Nunes disclosure that “yes, there was surveillance of Trump’s team” in any straightforward way?

    The only things i’ve seen in the press are either “Nunes destroys credibility of House Intel committee”, or “Nunes apologizes for speaking to press” –

    and re: that latter “Apology” story? Its not actually based on anything Nunes said to the press; its based on quotes from fellow committee members

    e.g.

    A Republican intelligence committee aide said on Thursday that Nunes had apologized to Democrats on the panel.

    “Yes, he apologized to the minority on the committee today for going public and to the (White House) with his announcement yesterday before sharing the information with the minority. He pledged to work with them on this issue and share information with them about it,” the aide told Reuters.

    The panel is conducting one of the main congressional investigations over allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential election, including claims of ties between Trump’s team and Moscow. Russia denies the allegations.

    Representative Jackie Speier, a Democrat on the panel, said Nunes had apologized “in a generic way.”

    Everyone is pretending that the “apology” is the story, rather than the substance of what he disclosed, which i’ve seen absolutely zero interest in from anyone, despite the fact that the ‘wiretapping’ thing was the hottest story for the last 2 weeks.

    1. tarran

      We just have to accept that the U.S. really doesn’t have a functioning news media that publishes on a daily cycle anymore.

      Some day we will. There’s a massive market opening that no-one is filling well.

      1. Gilmore

        the U.S. really doesn’t have a functioning news media

        I’d welcome UK-based coverage, but reuters is pretty fucked as well. And i dont really take Daily Mail seriously.

          1. Gustave Lytton

            Knew it was going to be Yes, [Prime] Minister before even clicking the link.

        1. Tundra

          And i dont really take Daily Mail seriously.

          And yet how many times have we linked their coverage of an important story?

          And tits?

          1. bacon-magic

            And ass.

          2. Vhyrus

            “And yet how many times have we linked their coverage of an important story?”

            Important? Probably never.
            Hilarious and/or sexually gratifying? All the damn time.

          3. Tundra

            In fairness, whenever the shit hits the fan, they have the fastest and most coverage. Yesterday, during the terrorist fucko’s drive on the Westminster Bridge, they had way more stuff up than anyone else.

            Combine their speed and hot chicks – best news site ever!

          4. RBS

            Yes, their coverage of the Texas teacher sex fiend was excellent.

    2. bacon-magic

      The Media is so used to the public turning a blind eye and believing their bullshit that they don’t even try hard to make sense.

      1. Gilmore

        The NYT “Fact Check” on he subject is absurd. Its not checking any facts so much as desperately asserting “our misleading spin overrules Trump’s misleading spin!”

        They’re basically trying to rationalize why their own January headlines say “Trump Wiretapped”, and yet when Trump claim this is evidence of his claims, vigorously assert that their story was about something else entirely, because…. uh, there was nothing about ‘obama ordering it’ in there, and besides it was just ‘trumps people’ and not trump himself, so 4 PINOCCHIOS 4 U

        1. Not an Economist

          Trump and his campaigned were not wiretapped, just everybody they talked to.

        2. bacon-magic

          The whole fucking world has been wire tapped. Ed Snowden showed us. Fuck all these liars.

    3. one true athena

      I heard something of that nonsense on CNN this morning at the doctor’s office. Some Democrat weasel from the committee that he hadn’t seen anything from Nunes, complaining that Nunes was being Super Partisan and they needed a special prosecutor, etc. “Why didn’t he come to us first? he has to prove he’s independent and not just a partisan stooge for the Pres”. like you’re not a partisan stooge, you lying pig? It was barf-worthy.

      Although at least that segment did mention that Nunes had some kind of evidence of the surveillance, even if they either didn’t know what it was or were trying to downplay it into irrelevancy it was hard to tell.

      1. Zero Sum Game

        Maybe the APA needs to classify hyperpartisanship as a mental disorder.

  27. John Titor

    Picked up my brother and his friend, who needed a lift home. The friend asked if we could stop at the beer store, I said fine because I needed to pick some up anyway. Go there, grab some beer, put it in the back seat of my car. Drive the guy home, drop him off, then drop my brother off. Go home, open up backseat door, find nothing.

    He snatched my beer.

    Motherfucker.

    1. bacon-magic

      I would fill the next 6 pack with piss and put in the backseat next time.

      1. bacon-magic

        Oh…he’s Canadian. That’s the recipe there, my bad.

    2. Vhyrus

      That’s a paddlin.

    3. Vhyrus

      Wait, was it Canadian beer? I’m just wondering if he did you a favor or not.

      1. bacon-magic

        We’re on the same level Vhyrus. So sorry for your loss.

      2. Mad Scientist

        C’mon, now. Canadian beer isn’t all Moosehead and Molsen. They have some very nice ones too.

        1. bacon-magic

          LaBlahhhhhht Blue?

          1. Drake

            Don’t forget Labotts Ice, eh?

        2. Unibrouwe’s Fin du Monde is fantastic!

    4. Mad Scientist

      Oh, I hope you give that guy such a beating! Stealing a man’s beer is a horrible crime!

      1. I think we would all support the death penalty in this one rare case.

  28. Tundra

    Chris Pratt is funny.

    And humble. But he has help.

    1. Vhyrus

      link doesn’t work for me.

      1. Tundra

        Have you said mean things about him? It works for me.

        1. Vhyrus

          didn’t work at work but did on my phone. Very funny.

    2. Gilmore

      This page isn’t available
      The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.

    3. Not an Economist

      it works for me.

    4. I’m probably getting my own pizza flavor if we can just figure out how to grind up diamonds into an edible powder

      I would eat that pizza. Or anything else that had Chris Pratt in it.

  29. Enough About Palin

    ZARDOZ LAUGHS AT FUTILE GESTURE OF BRUTAL WITH MOOBS.

    Fuck this asshat, asshole.

  30. Gilmore

    Sugarfree’s Gummi-Fantasies May Be Fulfilled

    Haribo coming to America

    German candymaker Haribo, famous for its fruit-flavored gummy bears, plans to build its first production facility in the United States and start making confectionery there from 2020.

    Family-owned Haribo, which employs 7,000 people worldwide at 16 sites in ten countries, said on Thursday it has decided to acquire property in Wisconsin for the factory.

    1. Number.6

      Homegrown jelly peaches!

      Yay!

  31. AlmightyJB

    “They are totally dependent on our supplies. Starvation will be just around the corner unless we get there in the coming weeks,”

    Isn’t that the point of war?

    1. Florida Man

      The point of war is to give the people an enemy outside of the borders instead of inside the borders.

    2. Caput Lupinum

      The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
      -Patton

    3. Drake

      Sounds like the point of extortion.

  32. Zero Sum Game

    Spicer: There’s ‘Probably More Evidence’ CNN Colluded with Clinton Than Trump Colluded with Russia

    “So, let’s actually look first at what CNN reported,” Spicer responded. “They reported that anonymous U.S. officials have told them that information indicates the association of the campaign and suspected operatives coordinated, which they admit is not conclusive of anything, is bordering on collusion.”

    “The last line of the thing said, ‘The FBI cannot yet prove that collusion took place.’ I think there’s more, probably more evidence that CNN colluded with the Clinton campaign to give her debate questions than the Trump campaign gave any kind of collusion,” Spicer said.

    My sides.

    1. Gilmore

      this is tiresome, even after 3 months.

      they’re going to be doing this for the next 7+ years, barring the unexpected.

  33. Gilmore

    Racist Murderer May be Time-Traveler from Racist Future, According to His Attire
    – alternatively, Baltimore

    A detail I had not seen previously = he murdered the guy with a sword (or a ‘very very big knife’ – 24″ – depending on the laws of your state)

    1. John Titor

      Oh yeah, that guy’s definitely from the ChronoNazi vats, Warty and I have both run into those guys. They keep trying to go back to save Hitler and get lost in the early 21st century for some reason.

      1. Bobarian LMD

        get lost in the early 21st century for some reason.

        That is/was when the Proto-Hitler deceived the American People and became President.

        They’re not being precise enough in their instructions to their iTimePad.

  34. Zero Sum Game

    Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs

    The pressure inside parts plants is wreaking a different American carnage than the one Trump conjured up at his inauguration. OSHA records obtained by Bloomberg document burning flesh, crushed limbs, dismembered body parts, and a flailing fall into a vat of acid. The files read like Upton Sinclair, or even Dickens.

    I wasn’t sure I’d attain release until I got to these lines.

    1. chemjeff

      Wow, that is awful.

  35. RothbardsBitch1

    Who would win in a god fight Yahweh or Zardoz?