Queering the Trans Movement

The Summer of Pride runs into a few obstacles

June is over. School is out. Rachel Levine's Summer of Pride is getting some support in government circles and in deep blue states, but there have been some complications in the plan to "play on the offensive".

I blame Queer Theory for part of the conflict between the pro- and anti- "summer of pride" sides. Queer Theory is big on social construction of human identities. When I think of "social construction", I tend to think of orderly things - - like, say, bees constructing honeycombs. The only way to make "Trans" anything even close to orderly and normal is to get everybody to support it -- say, by using "preferred pronouns" and such -- because "Trans" is socially constructed. If someone refuses to go along, the construction crumbles. This is sometimes called "genocide".

Queer Theory is also big on destroying normalcy. So if "Trans" starts to seem "normal", "queering" would move on to the next thing, like transhumanism, for example. So all those hormones, all that surgery, etc. would become useless to queerness. But in the meantime, there is money to be made.

Back to this summer.

Trans is sometimes called the "gateway to pedophilia", at least in terms of "Theory". People pushing trans ideology are being called "groomers". They can't be too happy about reports like this:

A former ABC News acclaimed producer, previously the outlet's senior Emmy-winning investigative journalist, pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of transporting and possessing child pronography in a horrific case involving infant r@pe.

so soon after the story that Ace picked up yesterday:

The first openly transgender lawmaker in the US is facing federal charges in connection with sexual exploitation at a Tyngsborough, Massachusetts daycare center. A teacher at the daycare who assisted the lawmaker in obtaining sexual pictures of the children has also been arrested and was charged in June. In a press release, the Justice Department referred to trans-identified male Stacie Laughton as "a New Hampshire woman."

These stories will probably both turn out to be far-right conspiracy theories. Like that movie about child abductions.

The Far Right is getting upset about a lot of things these days.

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Helen Joyce Explains

In 2021, Helen Joyce wrote a book, Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality. For some reason, she has been doing a lot of interviews in recent weeks.

She has a PhD in mathematics and wrote for The Economist for several years. She's not much for the "social construction" ideas of Queer Theory. She thinks clearly. Here is part of an interview with Megyn Kelly that addresses reality vs. linguistics (social construction):

She takes on Rachel Levine. Whew.

"Every single sentence that Rachel Levine said is false..."@HJoyceGender on Rachel Levine being glad to have kids before transitioning, but saying kids should transition now.

Watch below, and download: https://t.co/F96HgI7HIW https://t.co/rjppSNF5Pr
— The Megyn Kelly Show (@MegynKellyShow) July 19, 2023

Some of these guys are using people for their kink - "But what is so unusual and destructive about this sexual desire and urge is that it requires everybody else to play along":

"What attracts them and excites them sexually is the idea of themselves as women. It's almost as if they're in love with the woman version of themselves.

But what is so unusual and destructive about this sexual desire and urge is that it requires everybody else to play along.… pic.twitter.com/pE8PF5z2ye
— Genevieve Gluck (@WomenReadWomen) July 20, 2023

Entire conversation between Helen Joyce and Megyn Kelly

Beege Welborn at HotAir wrote a related piece:

I love Chicago's John Kass.
Today his blog post was on something I and my friends here (especially David) have hit time and time again because we are so passionately terrified for today's children. But there was a moment in it that was such a revelation, I wanted to share it with you all. An aspect of the gender affirming madness that I hadn't considered before.

She interrupts her thoughts on the blog entry by John Kass to discuss a disturbing piece at Fox about a detransitioner, as well as some thoughts about Jazz Jennings and parents who push transition.

I have been uncomfortable about the story of the hypnotic regression in which Jazz supposedly visited a previous life in which she was a gay boy rejected by his family. Sounds a little too much like this life to me.

Welborn quotes Kass:

. . .It was a column by Dr. Greg Ganske, a former Iowa congressman and retired plastic surgeon who is raising important questions with his latest piece: "Is it Science or Child Abuse Part II."
Of course it is child abuse.
America clings to the delusion it is not child abuse even as we commit mass cultural suicide, as we engage in castration of young minor boys and other irreversible tortures inflicted on young pubescent girls via puberty blockers-on the whims of terribly delusional and tortured parents. . .
. . .Europe is tossing such gruesome notions of "gender assignment surgery and "treatment" where they belong, in the garbage. Recently, Norway has joined other politically progressive European nations-including Finland, the U.K. and Sweden in imposing limits on such treatments for minors.
. . .Why are those who stand up in support of women in women's sports are targeted for obliteration? It isn't just a difference of opinion, it is a power trip of angry wasps determined to sting you and other objectors to death.
You've seen them egged on in a frenzy against "Harry Potter" novelist J.K. Rowling, against women's tennis champion Martina Navratalova and so on.

WHY
And then he reports on an interview with an Irish journalist named Helen Joyce, who, when asked the same question, gave one of the most gut-wrenching, horrific answers I think I've ever heard. . .
. . ."A lot of people have done what is the worst thing you could do, which is to harm their children irrevocably, because of it. Those people will have to believe that they did the right thing for the rest of their lives, for their own sanity, and for their own self-respect. So they'll still be fighting, and each one of those people destroys entire organizations and entire friendship groups.
"Like, I've lost count of the number of times that somebody has said to me of a specific organization that has been turned upside down on this, "Oh, the deputy director has a trans child." Or, oh, the journalist on that paper who does special investigations has a trans child. Or whatever. The entire organization gets paralyzed by that one person. And it may not even be widely known at that organization that they have a trans child. But it will come out, people will have sort of said quietly, and now you can't talk truth in front of that person, and you know you can't, because what you're saying is: "You as a parent have done a truly, like, a human rights abuse level of awful thing to your own child that can not be fixed.
"There are specific individuals who are actively against women's rights here and it is not known why they are, but I happen to know through the back channels that it is because they've transed their child.
"So those people will do anything for the entire rest of their lives to destroy me and people like me because people like me are standing in reproach to them. I don't want to be, I'm not talking directly to them, and I don't spend my time bitching to them.
"But the fact is that just simply by saying we will never accept natural males in women's spaces, well it is their son that we're talking about. And they've told their son that he can get himself sterilized and destroy his own basic sexual function and women will accept him as a woman. And if we don't, there's no way back for them and that child.
"They've sold their child a bill of goods that they can't deliver on."

That last quote is similar to one at the end of an hour-long interview between Helen Joyce and Peter Boghossian. If you start listening at 57 minutes, there's also an interesting bit on transgender men in women's sports.

Though she doesn't really discuss it in the video, some of Helen Joyce's siblings have been on national sports teams.

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Weekend

Video from NASA of what a black hole sounds like. pic.twitter.com/5HuAtxGlob
— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) July 20, 2023

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Music

R.I.P. Tony Bennett

Fly Me to the Moon

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, July 15, Okay, so the "far right" is paranoid, eh?

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:08 AM

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1 Good morning everyone - back from the beach. I deepened my tan for all of you.

My lovely wife played for me a few duets with TB and Lady Gaga. I was very surprised by Lady Gaga's voice.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2023 11:13 AM (ATSTk)

2 KT, hope you are well.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:13 AM (xhaym)

3 Thanks, Kindltot

Doing pretty well. Hot here. We're both kinda tire and hubby has been having tummy troubles.

Posted by: KT at July 22, 2023 11:17 AM (rrtZS)

4 I will always think of the movie Space Cowboys when I hear Fly Me To the Moon.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:17 AM (MNhXM)

5 Lady Gaga did an album of something like show tunes or classics that showed what her voice could do. I think there were a couple of covers of Bad Romance by singers who did it straight that encouraged her to do it.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:17 AM (xhaym)

6 Tired. Not tire.

Posted by: KT at July 22, 2023 11:18 AM (rrtZS)

7 "What attracts them and excites them sexually is the idea of themselves as women. It's almost as if they're in love with the woman version of themselves.

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So narcissists.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 22, 2023 11:19 AM (FVME7)

8 Tired. Not tire.
Posted by: KT at July 22, 2023 11:18 AM (rrtZS)

It was either that or whitewalls.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:20 AM (xhaym)

9 Megyn Kelly... she's saying a lot of right things these days, she's sorta like Russell Brand. I can't exactly say why I dislike listening to them.

Kelly of course, does funny things to my nether parts (Brand does not), but still, I can't listen to her talk for too long. I think there might be something about the cadence, the style of speech, it's very... corporate pressish. Or something.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 11:20 AM (Diw2o)

10 Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:17 AM

Lady Gaga had some serious musical training before her meat costume period.

Posted by: KT at July 22, 2023 11:20 AM (rrtZS)

11 Not to be "that guy", but I prefer the Sinatra version of FMTTM.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:21 AM (eOEVl)

12 Transgendering IS transhumanism.

It's part of the goal of Progressivism: its utopia involves reason and technology overcoming nature in all ways, but particularly as concerns humans. They see it as the next step of evolution - self-willed evolution.

It and hedonism are the largest parts of their doctrine.

(And, yes, they think that along with overcoming nature they can also then protect it and leave some large portion of it pure and otherwise unadulterated. Yeah, they're fools.)

Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:22 AM (fGUJC)

13 Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 22, 2023 11:19 AM

Fetishes, encouraged by the trans movement.

Posted by: KT at July 22, 2023 11:22 AM (rrtZS)

14 Not to be "that guy", but I prefer the Sinatra version of FMTTM.

https://tinyurl.com/3hfyaaza

Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:23 AM (eOEVl)

15 "What attracts them and excites them sexually is the idea of themselves as women. It's almost as if they're in love with the woman version of themselves.

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So narcissists.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 22, 2023 11:19 AM (FVME7)

Dave Smith was talking about this the other day, imagine you're a 50 something dude, and suddenly you announce to your family that "your truth" is you really like banging hot 20 year olds. You're leaving your wife, you hope your now adult kids will understand, this is YOUR truth, it's who you really are.

No one seems to consider the collateral damage.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 11:24 AM (Diw2o)

16 I have had tummy troubles for years, both stress issues from s___y jobs and from messed up gut bacteria.

One of the things that helps is Floristor probiotic. It doesn't fix the problem but it makes the gut issues less for a bit.
It was discovered as a traditional treatment in SE Asia for diarrhea and it does help with cramping too. Unfortunately it costs a buck a dose.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:24 AM (xhaym)

17 One might almost conclude that being severely mentally ill in one narrow aspect related to gender predicts that one might be severely mentally ill in other aspects as well.

Even dangerous.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 22, 2023 11:24 AM (s12c9)

18 Speaking of music, this bassist discusses the best bass lines from TV theme songs. I'd have put Seinfeld at #1 but whatever, dude.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eaG4XP5dabg

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 22, 2023 11:25 AM (FVME7)

19 Once you let mentally ill and perverted people fly their freak flag they will try to plant it on every person’s property. That’s what they do. You don’t tell a schizophrenic that his paranoid delusions might be true because that’s his truth. You don’t tell an anorexic girl that she looks good or that she can still lose a pound or two because that’s her truth.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:25 AM (MNhXM)

20 What a Black Hole Sounds Like...

Well, I bet they changed up the frequency to put it into the audible range. Oh, and sound needs a medium to propagate, so wouldn't in the parts of space where molecules and atoms can't touch each other.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 11:25 AM (ynpvh)

21 That black hole sounds like Hell.

Posted by: Kathysaysso at July 22, 2023 11:26 AM (HKJNy)

22 Well, I bet they changed up the frequency to put it into the audible range. Oh, and sound needs a medium to propagate, so wouldn't in the parts of space where molecules and atoms can't touch each other.
Posted by: jim

. . . but other than that, it is totally accurate and sciencey!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2023 11:27 AM (ATSTk)

23 Thank you, KT. Thorough and interesting as always. I’ve only just begun to peruse the content. The trans insanity hit me smack in the jaw last night (metaphorically). I’m in Minneapolis to visit son; we’re near Target Field before the Twins game getting a bite to eat. Seems like a nice area Anyway there’s a gaggle of young ladies standing nearby… except one of them is clearly male but dressed up like a woman: Sun dress, lipstick, heels… but here’s the thing: a full beard! Not fully grown out but prominent thick facial hair. He wasn’t even trying to look feminine (despite the clothes). The most baffling thing to me: the girls he was with were very attractive. Why would they hang out with a freak??!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 22, 2023 11:28 AM (OC6Lw)

24 I am transphobic, to the extant that I think these folks are mentally ill. As a kid I watched Renee Richards play tennis fairly often, used to ballboy in tournaments where he played, and thought it strange to see him playing (not all that well) in the ladies draws, but that was pretty much the end of the discussion. IIRC, he just didn't make a big deal of his "transition" and it certainly did not seem political. But, to the extant we thought about him at all, we all thought he obviously was not a well person. I mean, who would do that to themselves (surgical transition)??

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 22, 2023 11:28 AM (kT4OI)

25 I think the black hole sound is on the sound track for Event Horizon. Or it should have been.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:29 AM (MNhXM)

26 Speaking of music, this bassist discusses the best bass lines from TV theme songs. I'd have put Seinfeld at #1 but whatever, dude.

Kinda surprised Peter Gunn isn't in there.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:29 AM (eOEVl)

27 That is not the best rendition of FMTTM, IMO. It's too slow, with too many long pauses between words. But it's only one way Bennett sung it - he did more traditional versions, too. But one of the great things about the Great American Songbook is they can all be sung in different styles for different settings.

And, yes, Lady Gaga has a great voice. So did Amy Winehouse - who also did some GASB with ... maybe it was Bennett. GASB doesn't rely on auto-tune and loud music to get the singer through; it's voice. So these folks go sing it to prove their own singing bona fides, and it's not just the mixer in the studio.

Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:30 AM (fGUJC)

28 He wasn’t even trying to look feminine (despite the clothes). The most baffling thing to me: the girls he was with were very attractive. Why would they hang out with a freak??!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

He won't bitch about spending countless hours shopping. Similar to being with homo men.

Next question please.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2023 11:30 AM (ATSTk)

29 9 - I still can’t bring myself to trust Megyn Kelly or spend much (if any) time listening to her. I can’t decide if she’s red-pilled or just grifting on our side of the fence now.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 22, 2023 11:30 AM (OC6Lw)

30 Speaking of the gay agenda...
The US women's soccer team had better watch their asses, or I hope they enjoy boos. Apparently in the game vs Vietnam, the Vietnamese players cheerfully sang their anthem, but the US team, with just a couple exceptions, stood with their hands behind their back and looked grim.
Well "ladies," don't try that in my town.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2023 11:30 AM (e4fEA)

31 GASB?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:31 AM (eOEVl)

32 31 GASB?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:31 AM (eOEVl)

Was that used by the Nasties in WW2?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 11:31 AM (ynpvh)

33 Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:24 AM (xhaym)

Have you tried fermented products like sauerkraut, kimchi, slaw, and kombucha? Not from the store, but homemade? They're easy and you can make it to your own taste. (I understand homemade yogurt is easy, too, but I haven't tried it, yet.)

Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:32 AM (fGUJC)

34 Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 22, 2023 11:28 AM (kT4OI)

He was a 40 something year old former 2nd tier men’s college player competing on the WTA with the best women in the world.

What’s ironic is he played doubles with Martina and was her coach for a bit.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:32 AM (MNhXM)

35 Kinda surprised Peter Gunn isn't in there.
Posted by: Archimedes

He's not old enough to remember Peter Gunn.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 22, 2023 11:33 AM (FVME7)

36 After an entire month of in. your. face. ghey/trans/alphabet crap and a lot of otherwise normal people have had enough of it.

Not a day goes by, even here, without a story about it.

We're at an inflection point. It will be accepted or be killed off violently. Soon.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 22, 2023 11:34 AM (Q4IgG)

37 He won't bitch about spending countless hours shopping. Similar to being with homo men.

Next question please.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2023 11:30 AM (ATSTk)

Two more:
1. Will he try to have sex with them?
2. Will they allow it?

I’m thinking a well-adjusted confident young lady would have nothing to do with such a freak…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 22, 2023 11:34 AM (OC6Lw)

38 27 That is not the best rendition of FMTTM, IMO. It's too slow, with too many long pauses between words. But it's only one way Bennett sung it - he did more traditional versions, too. But one of the great things about the Great American Songbook is they can all be sung in different styles for different settings.

And, yes, Lady Gaga has a great voice. So did Amy Winehouse - who also did some GASB with ... maybe it was Bennett. GASB doesn't rely on auto-tune and loud music to get the singer through; it's voice. So these folks go sing it to prove their own singing bona fides, and it's not just the mixer in the studio.

Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:30 AM (fGUJC)

There's always Polka Face.
https://youtu.be/MRJILK3NxSM

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 11:35 AM (ynpvh)

39 Queer Theory is really super gay.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 22, 2023 11:35 AM (ufFY8)

40 GASB?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:31 AM (eOEVl)

LOL. I wrote it out in the comment: Great American Songbook (or Song Book). Songs from the 20s to the 50s mostly.

Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:35 AM (fGUJC)

41 LinusVanPelt -

1) Yes.
2) Oh Hell No!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2023 11:36 AM (ATSTk)

42 Kinda surprised Peter Gunn isn't in there.
Posted by: Archimedes

He's not old enough to remember Peter Gunn.

Neither am I. It played from 58-61. While I was alive, I certainly wasn't watching detective shows.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:36 AM (eOEVl)

43 That black hole sounds like Hell.
Posted by: Kathysaysso

That's what Disney thought back in '79.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078869/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 22, 2023 11:36 AM (FVME7)

44 you really like banging hot 20 year olds.

You say that like it's a bad thing

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 22, 2023 11:37 AM (ufFY8)

45 I do not play games with insane people.

Posted by: Eromero at July 22, 2023 11:38 AM (z3WCn)

46 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 11:35 AM (ynpvh)

ROFL. I love Weird Al.

Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:38 AM (fGUJC)

47 Have you tried fermented products like sauerkraut, kimchi, slaw, and kombucha? [ . . .]
Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:32 AM (fGUJC)

I make about 12 Qts of sauerkraut each year, and my wife always has kimchi on hand. I eat a lot of yogurt too, all of it helps some, as does high levels of leafy veggies. I was never fond of kombucha though.

I will put garlic cloves and chili peppers in the sauerkraut, and my wife likes shredded carrots.

Hey though, this fall I plan on making brined apples, I have access to a late yellow apple variety now

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:38 AM (xhaym)

48 Pride is a sin. Possibly the first sin, since it, along with Envy, was why Lucifer rebelled.
Fitting for the Queer movement since they too would make themselves as gods

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 22, 2023 11:39 AM (NqDeN)

49 Greetings, Tony Bennett could belt a song without a microphone, and you could hear them easily from the back of the second balcony,

Yes, Lady Gaga had some serious musical training classically.

Lastly, the soundtrack from Seinfeld isn't a bass, it's a synthesizer keyboard

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 22, 2023 11:39 AM (MeG8a)

50 47 Have you tried fermented products like sauerkraut, kimchi, slaw, and kombucha? [ . . .]
Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:32 AM (fGUJC)

I make about 12 Qts of sauerkraut each year, and my wife always has kimchi on hand. I eat a lot of yogurt too, all of it helps some, as does high levels of leafy veggies. I was never fond of kombucha though.

I will put garlic cloves and chili peppers in the sauerkraut, and my wife likes shredded carrots.

Hey though, this fall I plan on making brined apples, I have access to a late yellow apple variety now

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:38 AM (xhaym)

Former SIL (she was SIL at the time) made Kimchi once at Dad's place. Dad was not happy with the smell...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 11:40 AM (ynpvh)

51 While I was alive, I certainly wasn't watching detective shows.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:36 AM (eOEVl)

Shouldn't that be "Zombie Archimedes"?

Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:40 AM (fGUJC)

52 I still can’t bring myself to trust Megyn Kelly or spend much (if any) time listening to her. I can’t decide if she’s red-pilled or just grifting on our side of the fence now.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 22, 2023 11:30 AM (OC6Lw)

It could be either, but I do think her transition (SWIDT?) might have been when she interviewed Abigail Shrier, who literally wrote the book on the monsters targeting kids with this trannie stuff.

Still, Megyn sounds like a corporate media personality, even if she's not SAYING corporate media personality things.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 11:41 AM (+fLTy)

53 48 Pride is a sin. Possibly the first sin, since it, along with Envy, was why Lucifer rebelled.
Fitting for the Queer movement since they too would make themselves as gods

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 22, 2023 11:39 AM (NqDeN)

And their attempted Queering of God...
1) God doesn't make mistakes
2) I'm in the wrong body
3) God made a mistake
4) God must be Transgender.

the logic eludes me...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 11:41 AM (ynpvh)

54 Lady Gaga (Stephanie something Eyetalian):

I recently watched A Star Is Born, because bored, and managed to see her left nipple and side-boob. She is not a classic beauty, but sometimes she looks really cute, and other times she manages to go straight to Zero.
Weird.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 22, 2023 11:42 AM (ufFY8)

55 Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:38 AM (xhaym)

Cool! I'm not a fan of kombucha, either. I want to try making kumis (or airag), if I can find some mare's milk. Just because.

Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:42 AM (fGUJC)

56 My dad would watch Peter Gunn. Great tune, even to this day.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2023 11:42 AM (e4fEA)

57 51 While I was alive, I certainly wasn't watching detective shows.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:36 AM (eOEVl)

Shouldn't that be "Zombie Archimedes"?

Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:40 AM (fGUJC)

Shhh. His mind hasn't caught up with his body yet...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 11:42 AM (ynpvh)

58 54 Lady Gaga (Stephanie something Eyetalian):

I recently watched A Star Is Born, because bored, and managed to see her left nipple and side-boob. She is not a classic beauty, but sometimes she looks really cute, and other times she manages to go straight to Zero.
Weird.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 22, 2023 11:42 AM (ufFY

Video for "In the Shallow". She looks dateable in some of those scenes. Not wearing a meat-suit helps.
https://youtu.be/bo_efYhYU2A

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 11:44 AM (ynpvh)

59 watch Peter Gunn. Great tune, even to this day.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2023 11:42 AM (e4fEA)

Thanks. Now it is in my head.
Ass.
LOL

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 22, 2023 11:44 AM (ufFY8)

60 Awww...

FIFA said it is giving away 20,000 free tickets for Women's World Cup games in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin amid concerns about the slow pace of sales in New Zealand.

Most of the US women's national soccer team refused to sing the National Anthem in the first game against Vietnam.

Such nice people.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 11:45 AM (2tUFv)

61 What’s ironic is he played doubles with Martina and was her coach for a bit.
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:32 AM (MNhXM)
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Did not know this! I wonder if they are still friends and how her recent comments (against male players in female competitions) sit with him. At their ages, probably not an issue but, with all the nutty lefty activism surrounding this, I suppose you never know.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 22, 2023 11:45 AM (a0R9u)

62 Most of the US women's national soccer team refused to sing the National Anthem in the first game against Vietnam.

Such nice people.
Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 11:45 AM (2tUFv)
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Their parents should boycott the games, right along with everyone else. Teach all these sportskids the "Bud Light Lesson"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 22, 2023 11:46 AM (a0R9u)

63 Most of the US women's national soccer team refused to sing the National Anthem in the first game against Vietnam.

Such nice people.

I thought the purple haired scissoring carpet muncher retired. I see ads pushing the damned thing with Rapey-ho's face all over the place.
Piss on them if they disrespect out anthem.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 22, 2023 11:47 AM (ufFY8)

64 you really like banging hot 20 year olds.
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You say that like it's a bad thing
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 22, 2023 11:37 AM (ufFY

Well, obviously.... but seriously, the point being, fine. You decided you like doing this thing. What if it was banging 13 year olds. What if it was kidnapping and killing teenage boys, but in the case of 20 year olds, or cutting off your dick and putting on dresses, these things aren't illegal, they're just... unsavory, especially for the people who knew you before you started "your journey toward your truth."

There's a reason moral people don't just indulge all their desires. There's a reason we don't celebrate them, as a culture, and yet, this one thing, abandoning your role as a husband and father, expecting everyone else to CELEBRATE you in a dress... where doing this? Really? Why?

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 11:48 AM (RNrRd)

65 I recently watched A Star Is Born, because bored, and managed to see her left nipple and side-boob. She is not a classic beauty, but sometimes she looks really cute, and other times she manages to go straight to Zero.
Weird.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 22, 2023 11:42 AM (ufFY
***
Agree.
She's on my list of people I'd like to have lunch with just to see if she can go from hot to cold in person.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2023 11:48 AM (e4fEA)

66

*sniff*
*sniff snif*

Something smells...

Posted by: Trani Tilapiatwat at July 22, 2023 11:48 AM (5LFjM)

67 Uganda has it right.

Sodomites who try to sodomize people are dealt with like the insane criminals they are.

Ya gotta nip it in the bud before they run it up in ya.

Nip it, nip it, nip it.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 22, 2023 11:49 AM (R/m4+)

68 expecting everyone else to CELEBRATE you in a dress... where doing this? Really? Why?
Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 11:48 AM (RNrRd)

I hear you, and agree.
I was just cracking wise.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 22, 2023 11:50 AM (ufFY8)

69 Lady Gaga was Sacred Heart educated in Manhattan and apparently she herself is very nice and comes from an exuberant family. A friends daughter worked for her for several years and speaks very highly of her, if anecdotes matter. Obviously an accomplished performer, though flamboyant for my own taste, and talented as all get out.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 22, 2023 11:51 AM (a0R9u)

70 Cool! I'm not a fan of kombucha, either. I want to try making kumis (or airag), if I can find some mare's milk. Just because.
Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:42 AM (fGUJC)

Try browsing through the Youtube channel Mary's Nest for what she has, I think she does either a kumis or kefir with cow milk (you don't need mare's milk unless you like it)

You can also look at Beet & Bones blog for kefir and things like kvass.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:51 AM (xhaym)

71 63 Most of the US women's national soccer team refused to sing the National Anthem in the first game against Vietnam.

Such nice people.

I thought the purple haired scissoring carpet muncher retired. I see ads pushing the damned thing with Rapey-ho's face all over the place.
Piss on them if they disrespect out anthem.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 22, 2023 11:47 AM (ufFY

Your comment reminded me of that pic with the Dad wondering about the tat his daughter and her "friend" got of two scissors scissoring each other...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 11:51 AM (ynpvh)

72 Nip it, nip it, nip it.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 22, 2023 11:49 AM (R/m4+)

And snip it. Snip it good!

Posted by: Devo at July 22, 2023 11:52 AM (ufFY8)

73 recently watched A Star Is Born, because bored, and managed to see her left nipple and side-boob. She is not a classic beauty, but sometimes she looks really cute, and other times she manages to go straight to Zero.
Weird.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 22, 2023 11:42 AM (ufF

A Star is Born might be the most remade movie in Hollywood.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:52 AM (MNhXM)

74 Most of the US women's national soccer team refused to sing the National Anthem in the first game against Vietnam.

Fits the ideology of most women's soccer fans in the US.

Portland and Los Angeles are the only two professional women's soccer teams which draw more than 10,000 fans a game on average, but even Portland has run a giveaway for years where you can get two free tickets to some of the less popular matches by filling up your tank at a Union 76 station.

Professional women's soccer has always been the Bud Light of sports.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 11:52 AM (2tUFv)

75 Most of the US women's national soccer team refused to sing the National Anthem in the first game against Vietnam.

Such nice people.
Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 11:45 AM (2tUFv)
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Their parents should boycott the games, right along with everyone else. Teach all these sportskids the "Bud Light Lesson"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 22, 2023 11:46 AM (a0R9u)

The parents of these spoiled brats on the US Team must be shitty parents.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2023 11:52 AM (pmmLi)

76 Star is Born made 4x. Is there been a movie made 5x? I can’t think of one.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:53 AM (MNhXM)

77 Cultural Marxism is out to destroy western civilization

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2023 11:54 AM (LSHOP)

78 67 Uganda has it right.

Sodomites who try to sodomize people are dealt with like the insane criminals they are.

Ya gotta nip it in the bud before they run it up in ya.

Nip it, nip it, nip it.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 22, 2023 11:49 AM (R/m4+)

When a problem comes a long, you can NIP it...
When a sodomite goes wrong, you can NIP it...
Nip it good!
Into shape!
...

Posted by: Ugandan DEVO at July 22, 2023 11:54 AM (ynpvh)

79 Video for "In the Shallow". She looks dateable in some of those scenes. Not wearing a meat-suit helps.
https://youtu.be/bo_efYhYU2A
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 11:44 AM (ynpvh)

I don't want to hear her sing, so if one wants to see her looking incredibly sexy, watch the season of American Horror Story, I think it was just called Hotel.

There is a small pantheon of celebs who are really kinda ugly, but damned secksee, and she's one of them. Elon Musk's babymama Grimes is another.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 11:54 AM (U60CB)

80 The ABC producer looks exactly like what you’d expect an infant pedo to look like. Wonder how long before msnbc offers him a job?

Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 11:54 AM (rW730)

81 Star is Born made 4x. Is there been a movie made 5x? I can’t think of one.
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:53 AM (MNhXM)

The Spiderman reboots enter the chat.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 11:55 AM (U60CB)

82 You know, it is only Kumis if it comes from the Mila region. Otherwise it has to be labled "Kefir" or "Sparkling Milk"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:55 AM (xhaym)

83 Well its not like women's soccer can lose me like the NFL did. Soccer was not a thing in the hinterlands when I was a child and I never got into it. I wasn't a committed football fan either, but used to watch it some and the kneeling during the anthem and general disrespect for the country making them mulit-millionaires pushed me away from my mild viewing habit

Posted by: PaleRider at July 22, 2023 11:55 AM (3cGpq)

84 When a problem comes a long, you can NIP it...
When a sodomite goes wrong, you can NIP it...
Nip it good!
Into shape!
...
Posted by: Ugandan DEVO

Penis off!
Damn straight!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2023 11:55 AM (ATSTk)

85 I hear you, and agree.
I was just cracking wise.

A wisenheimer, huh. Hit the bricks, ya mug.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:55 AM (eOEVl)

86 I have a relative who is gender-confused. The loss of her normality is kind of like having a loved one get brainwashed into a cult.

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2023 11:56 AM (Emce2)

87 The parents of these spoiled brats on the US Team must be shitty parents.

I don't think normal women last very long playing soccer at the college level or professionally - there must be incredible pressure to conform to the dominant sexual and political mores found in those teams.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 11:56 AM (2tUFv)

88 82 You know, it is only Kumis if it comes from the Mila region. Otherwise it has to be labled "Kefir" or "Sparkling Milk"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:55 AM (xhaym)

I thought Kafir was a heretic in Arabic...

Posted by: Ugandan DEVO at July 22, 2023 11:56 AM (ynpvh)

89 Obviously an accomplished performer, though flamboyant for my own taste, and talented as all get out.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 22, 2023 11:51 AM (a0R9u)

Mrs. DIG and I were talking about the fact that she is not pretty at times, and she theorized that Gaga was basically forced into the weird costume role to just get out there. She related the story about American Idol, where my talented cousin tried out. The people were looking for weirdos with a story, rather than actual talent.
In fact, in the movie, Gaga has a line with the choreographer, saying she wanted her talent to not be covered up. To me, it was a statement that was probably real for her.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 22, 2023 11:56 AM (ufFY8)

90 expecting everyone else to CELEBRATE you in a dress... where doing this? Really? Why?
Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 11:48 AM (RNrRd)

I hear you, and agree.
I was just cracking wise.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 22, 2023 11:50 AM (ufFY

I know, just elaborating on the point.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 11:57 AM (U60CB)

91 Off Ugandan sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 11:57 AM (ynpvh)

92 My good friend’s step daughter was a college soccer player and club pro . She came out to the family a year ago. He thinks it’s because of the soccer influence and her bad luck on the guy dating scene. She’s not ugly but guys weren’t knocking down her door .

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:57 AM (MNhXM)

93 Portland and Los Angeles are the only two professional women's soccer teams which draw more than 10,000 fans a game on average

—

There’s a professional wymyn soccer league? I honestly had no idea such a thing existed.

Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 11:57 AM (rW730)

94 A Star is Born might be the most remade movie in Hollywood.
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:52 AM (MNhXM)

Yeah. Four remakes.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 22, 2023 11:57 AM (ufFY8)

95 94 A Star is Born might be the most remade movie in Hollywood.
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:52 AM (MNhXM)

Yeah. Four remakes.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 22, 2023 11:57 AM (ufFY

Wut? Can't they get it right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 11:58 AM (ynpvh)

96 Queer Theory is also big on destroying normalcy.
_______

Without using that name, and less emphasis on sex*, that's really the method of the N.I.C.E. in That Hideous Strength. Note it's when Mark decides to side with what is normal that he starts to see the light.

But there are very many on the right who are prone to attacking the normal too.

*Except Fairy Hardcastle.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 22, 2023 11:59 AM (brAQZ)

97 81 Star is Born made 4x. Is there been a movie made 5x? I can’t think of one.
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:53 AM (MNhXM)

Every comic book movie,

Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 11:59 AM (rW730)

98 We must resist! using their fucked up language. It's not "transitioning", it's "genital mutilation" or "amputation" etc. These people are completely fucked in the head, and quelle surprise when they turn out to be groomers or predators. Even worse are the parents abusing their children, in a just society they would be looked upon with horror and disgust and imprisoned.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 22, 2023 11:59 AM (Rho6e)

99 You know, it is only Kumis if it comes from the Mila region. Otherwise it has to be labled "Kefir" or "Sparkling Milk"
Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 11:55 AM (xhaym)

I don't know what you're talking about, but now I'm thinking about Mila Kunis' sparkling milk jugs.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 11:59 AM (U60CB)

100 I've discovered the perfect laxative for me: Just pick up some nice eats unpack, then take the first bite.

*THEN* I need to TCB.

Worked twice in a row.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 11:59 AM (ywVDE)

101 93 Portland and Los Angeles are the only two professional women's soccer teams which draw more than 10,000 fans a game on average

—

There’s a professional wymyn soccer league? I honestly had no idea such a thing existed.

Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 11:57 AM (rW730)

Denver Dikes,
Boston Butches,
Las Vegas Vagitarians,
Sacramento Scissor Sisters,
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:00 PM (ynpvh)

102 tar is Born made 4x. Is there been a movie made 5x? I can’t think of one.

The Three Musketeers. It seems to be remade every 15-20 years or so, when a new generation is aging up.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 12:00 PM (eOEVl)

103 Can the 72 virgins promised Jihadi martyrs switch gender?

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:00 PM (ywVDE)

104 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 22, 2023 11:28 AM (OC6Lw)

At Walmart this week I saw a person with a white beard, white long hair, and a dumpy body, that I'm pretty sure had two X chromosomes. Men just don't have *that* soft of faces.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2023 12:01 PM (nC+QA)

105 Star is Born made 4x. Is there been a movie made 5x? I can’t think of one.
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:53 AM (MNhXM)

Gunfight at the OK corral. In all its various versions.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2023 12:01 PM (e4fEA)

106 There’s a professional wymyn soccer league? I honestly had no idea such a thing existed.

There have been three professional women's soccer leagues - the first two went bankrupt, and the third is hanging on by its fingernails. (Like the WNBA, a number of the women's soccer teams are partially subsidized by the local men's team.)

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 12:01 PM (2tUFv)

107 103 Can the 72 virgins promised Jihadi martyrs switch gender?

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:00 PM (ywVDE)

Hint: They're all the previous dead jihadis, so yes, virgins.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:01 PM (ynpvh)

108 If I recall, ASIB movies:

1937
1951
1956?
1977- ish
2018? (Newest one)

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 22, 2023 12:01 PM (ufFY8)

109 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2023 12:01 PM (T4tVD)

110 Men just don't have *that* soft of faces.

*cough*

Posted by: Patton Oswalt and Dom Deluise at July 22, 2023 12:02 PM (eOEVl)

111 Star is Born made 4x. Is there been a movie made 5x? I can’t think of one.
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:53 AM (MNhXM)

Every comic book movie,
Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 11:59 AM (rW730)

Uh no. Not the same movies. Just a different series number.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 12:02 PM (MNhXM)

112 but the US team, with just a couple exceptions, stood with their hands behind their back and looked grim.

Well "ladies," don't try that in my town.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2023 11:30 AM (e4fEA)

Why wouldn't they?

They moaned and griped and got paid more for their trouble.

It's the school teacher strategy. You just insist you are underpaid, no matter how much you are paid. You beat that drum 24/7/365 so that it is ingrained in the social consciousness.

Ask someone how much a teacher gets paid, and most people will say "Not enough!". If you press them, they'll ultimately admit they really have no idea. They just know the messaging.

They don't need to improve their salaries by making the sport more popular. They make more money by constantly complaining, regardless of how many butts are in the seats.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 22, 2023 12:02 PM (2Rf9G)

113 In college I dated a soccer team member. I don’t know if things were different then (mid 90s) but she was just a normal chick who liked playing soccer. No purple hair or desire to “change the world”.

Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 12:02 PM (rW730)

114 Without using that name, and less emphasis on sex*, that's really the method of the N.I.C.E. in That Hideous Strength. Note it's when Mark decides to side with what is normal that he starts to see the light.

But there are very many on the right who are prone to attacking the normal too.

*Except Fairy Hardcastle.
Posted by: Eeyore at July 22, 2023 11:59 AM (brAQZ)

That Hideous Strength is unsettlingly prophetic. I suppose the story was based on Lewis's observations about social changes leading to worldwide war.

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2023 12:02 PM (Emce2)

115 warm out thar....

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2023 12:02 PM (T4tVD)

116 113 In college I dated a soccer team member. I don’t know if things were different then (mid 90s) but she was just a normal chick who liked playing soccer. No purple hair or desire to “change the world”.

Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 12:02 PM (rW730)

Lots has changed in the last 30+ years...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:03 PM (ynpvh)

117 I liked Tony's duet with Amy Winehouse more:

https://youtu.be/_OFMkCeP6ok

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:03 PM (ywVDE)

118 Stagecoach was done 3 times that I know of. Dad's western channel showed the middle one a couple weeks ago. I had never seen that one. They changed it up a bit, set it as a run between Cheyenne and Deadwood rather than in Arizona but pretty much the basic story.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 22, 2023 12:03 PM (3cGpq)

119 is Born made 4x. Is there been a movie made 5x? I can’t think of one.

The Three Musketeers. It seems to be remade every 15-20 years or so, when a new generation is aging up.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 12:00 PM (eOEVl)

I’ll agree that the classic books have been made into movies more than 4x .

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 12:04 PM (MNhXM)

120 117 I liked Tony's duet with Amy Winehouse more:

https://youtu.be/_OFMkCeP6ok

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:03 PM (ywVDE)

As someone mentioned earlier, Amy had a great voice. She was supposed to do the Bond song that Adele ended up doing.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:04 PM (ynpvh)

121 Kinda surprised Peter Gunn isn't in there.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:29 AM (eOEVl)

Peter Gunn is a *great* theme.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2023 12:04 PM (nC+QA)

122 My good friend’s step daughter was a college soccer player and club pro . She came out to the family a year ago. He thinks it’s because of the soccer influence and her bad luck on the guy dating scene. She’s not ugly but guys weren’t knocking down her door .
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 11:57 AM (MNhXM)

I know some of the ladies on this here webzine don't like hearing this, but it seems to me the hump for young women to go from dating dudes to rolling around in bed with another chick is MUCH less of a "transition" then for dudes to start swordfighting with other dudes, and/or having their backsides plumbed.

Now that it's become socially acceptable, it doesn't surprise me at all that young women and girls are "experimenting" with same sex activities. I mean, jeez, why wouldn't you. Women are soft and smell nice, and at least in theory won't beat the shit out of you as often. Or cheat on you, or treat you like property... and all that other stuff these impressionable young females may tell themselves.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:05 PM (R2uDs)

123 Shit, Amy died almost exactly 12 years ago.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:05 PM (ywVDE)

124 I was surprised and impressed by Lady Gaga in House of Gucci. Should listen to more of her singing, too, I guess.

Posted by: skywch at July 22, 2023 12:06 PM (uqhmb)

125 God morning, NGU! Congrats on your 70 days.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 22, 2023 12:06 PM (U2p+3)

126 I told my mom how TB was a 9/11 truther, but now I don't think that's so nutty anymore.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:07 PM (ywVDE)

127 86 I have a relative who is gender-confused. The loss of her normality is kind of like having a loved one get brainwashed into a cult.
Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2023 11:56 AM (Emce2)

I believe this is a cult, Emmie. The trans movement has all the hallmarks of a cult: welcome with open arms, listen treat the confused, lonely person "like" family; begin to remove them from their actual family, slowly at first, and then quickly until the point they cut off all contact; have repercussions if the individual decides they no longer want to be a part of it.

Posted by: Moki at July 22, 2023 12:07 PM (JrN/x)

128 Amy died almost exactly 12 years ago.

Tempus fuhgettaboutit, or something.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 12:07 PM (eOEVl)

129 Oh, and the game against Vietnam indicates why the US women team is so "dominant".

Only a handful of (predominately white) countries care about women's soccer, and the rest of the field are basically pickup teams.

Vietnam didn't get a single shot on goal the whole game. The US had many shots on goal, but only scored three times.

Riveting action.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 12:07 PM (2tUFv)

130 I don't think normal women last very long playing soccer at the college level or professionally - there must be incredible pressure to conform to the dominant sexual and political mores found in those teams.
Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 11:56 AM (2tUFv)
***

Well, granddaughter of Diogenes #2 is an exceptional soccer player and will be playing D-1 soccer next year for a major SEC team. I'm very proud of her. She already knows my thoughts on this. She has a strong personality so I think she will be ok. We'll see.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2023 12:07 PM (e4fEA)

131 121 Kinda surprised Peter Gunn isn't in there.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:29 AM (eOEVl)

Peter Gunn is a *great* theme.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2023 12:04 PM (nC+QA)

Henry Mancini. Did lots a ton of memorable themes for movies and shows.
Moon River
Pink Panther
are two that come to mind

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:08 PM (ynpvh)

132 Well I must tackle my shopping errands. Be well horde.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 22, 2023 12:08 PM (3cGpq)

133 https://youtu.be/tyf3oS6vCHU

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:09 PM (ynpvh)

134 (I understand homemade yogurt is easy, too, but I haven't tried it, yet.)
Posted by: GWB at July 22, 2023 11:32 AM (fGUJC)

Mesophilic yogurt is so easy it's ridiculous. You put some in some milk, leave the milk on the counter for 12-24 hours, and you have yogurt. If you get a "heirloom" variety you can just keep doing that forever. Mine has been going for 4-5 years and I haven't been particularly kind to it.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2023 12:09 PM (nC+QA)

135 In space no one can hear your hole.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2023 12:09 PM (63Dwl)

136 They don't need to improve their salaries by making the sport more popular. They make more money by constantly complaining, regardless of how many butts are in the seats.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 22, 2023 12:02 PM (2Rf9G)

Yeah, and I'm not sure lady soccer players get paid more these days. Rapino does, but I don't know about anyone else. I couldn't name another lady soccer player.

Just like the only "lady" basketball player whose name I know is Britney Griner. I'm sure she's getting paid well. Everyone else? No clue.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:09 PM (R2uDs)

137 Unpopular opinion: Every woman is bisexual

Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 12:10 PM (rW730)

138 135 In space no one can hear your hole.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2023 12:09 PM (63Dwl)

I was worried I'd see a pic of Don Lemon in that vid...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:10 PM (ynpvh)

139 Hello all , excellent post K.T. In a few years I have no doubt you are going to start seeing young adults who have "detransitioned" and who's lives are hell, beginning to hunt down those who mutilated them. Unfortunately there is so much money involved now that it will take violent revenge to stop this horror show. I don't wish it, but it is on the way.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2023 12:10 PM (S75Fo)

140 137 Unpopular opinion: Every woman is bisexual

Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 12:10 PM (rW730)

Except those that aren't

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:10 PM (ynpvh)

141 Just do the whole year. And on New Queer's Eve, they can have a line of dancing trannies in brown dresses on Times Square drop a giant nutsack from a tower while they do a rendition of "Tomorrow Belongs To Me," and doctors chop the cocks off a dozen fair-haired boys to ring in the New Queer.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 22, 2023 12:11 PM (oINRc)

142 Kinda surprised Peter Gunn isn't in there.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 11:29 AM (eOEVl)

Peter Gunn is a *great* theme.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2023 12:04 PM (nC+QA)

See 59.
DIG may still be pissed.
;-)

Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2023 12:11 PM (e4fEA)

143 The rationale for paying wymyn soccer players more is they win a lot. Yeah well so do some little league teams. But like little league teams that go undefeated, the wymyn bring in no revenue.

Meanwhile the mens team kinda sucks but brings in a fuck ton of revenue. Hence they get paid more. Or used to anyway.

Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 12:12 PM (rW730)

144 I mean, jeez, why wouldn't you. Women are soft and smell nice, and at least in theory won't beat the shit out of you as often. Or cheat on you, or treat you like property... and all that other stuff these impressionable young females may tell themselves.

Because the modern concept of love is about receiving love, not giving it.

People approach relationships as if they were a movie critic or food critic, measuring their mates against some ethereal perfection.

The food critic would never say "the meal wasn't perfect, but I greatly appreciate the positive aspects of it, and who am I to deserve a perfect meal?"

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 22, 2023 12:12 PM (2Rf9G)

145 118 Not Arizona, but New Mexico. Bumfuck NM to Lordsburg NM.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:12 PM (0EOe9)

146 So those people will do anything for the entire rest of their lives to destroy me and people like me because people like me are standing in reproach to them. I don't want to be, I'm not talking directly to them, and I don't spend my time bitching to them.

This applies to so many situations. I've seen it when I have not drunk as much alcohol as other people at a gathering (thankfully, not among Morons at a MoMe), I've seen it from women who have had an abortion but never dealt with it, and of course we see this attitude constantly from various activists.

Somehow it does not matter that you are not condemning that person; in fact, you are not even contemplating that person's faults. What matters is that you are not applauding enough.

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2023 12:13 PM (Emce2)

147 Except those that aren't
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:10 PM (ynpvh)

It works 100% of the time,
70% of the time.

Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 12:13 PM (rW730)

148 In a few years I have no doubt you are going to start seeing young adults who have "detransitioned" and who's lives are hell, beginning to hunt down those who mutilated them.

I hope that everyone involved in these surgeries is ruined financially eventually through lawsuits.

Can you imagine being an insurance company writing malpractice insurance for people doing "gender-affirming surgeries"?

How stupid can you be?

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 12:13 PM (2tUFv)

149 Morning.

That Hot Air quote brings up a really good point. It's very often that you hear "so and so has trans kids" and unsurprisingly that determines their actions. It's unsurprising that a person will bend over backwards for the sake of their kids. Unfortunately, in many instances now, it also means they embrace totalitarianism. Ugh.

Posted by: Robert at July 22, 2023 12:13 PM (2Gch/)

150 Women's professional sports are boring. They would be less boring, however, if there were more trannys playing.

Let's do this.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 22, 2023 12:13 PM (U2p+3)

151 In space no one can hear your hole.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Can they smell it ?

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2023 12:13 PM (T4tVD)

152 145 118 Not Arizona, but New Mexico. Bumfuck NM to Lordsburg NM.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:12 PM (0EOe9)

Please tell me where Bumfuck, NM is so I can avoid it like the plague.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:14 PM (ynpvh)

153 Critical Drinker reviews Barbie. As usual, it doesn't go well for them.

https://tinyurl.com/ywc9evvy

Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2023 12:15 PM (eOEVl)

154 Except those that aren't
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:10 PM (ynpvh)

Most women I know, if they're being honest, have at least had other chix come on to them. Both my wives told me they did, and I at least believe my first wife when she said she didn't accept the invitation. I think my second would go to bed with anybody who can give her something she wants.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:15 PM (R2uDs)

155 151 In space no one can hear your hole.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Can they smell it ?

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2023 12:13 PM (T4tVD)

Same problem. Need a medium.
So can't see a black hole, can't hear a black hole, can't smell a black hole.
And my all means, don't try to touch or taste the black hole; you won't like it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:15 PM (ynpvh)

156 Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 12:10 PM (rW730)

Except those that aren't
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:10 PM (ynpvh)

Most women are strictly dickly.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 12:15 PM (MNhXM)

157 146 Oh, yeah, I just recalled that saving your own self for marriage was another unforgivable affront to certain people.

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2023 12:16 PM (Emce2)

158 154 Except those that aren't
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:10 PM (ynpvh)

Most women I know, if they're being honest, have at least had other chix come on to them. Both my wives told me they did, and I at least believe my first wife when she said she didn't accept the invitation. I think my second would go to bed with anybody who can give her something she wants.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:15 PM (R2uDs)

Assuming 2nd is not the current?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:16 PM (ynpvh)

159 Tony lived through his alcohol and drug struggles.

Amy didn't.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:17 PM (ywVDE)

160 By the way, Oppenheimer is a perfectly good film worth seeing.

Unless you have hearing problems.

Oh, and don't worry about the IMAX bullshit. Never felt like anything was missing.

Posted by: Robert at July 22, 2023 12:17 PM (RG6M1)

161 The food critic would never say "the meal wasn't perfect, but I greatly appreciate the positive aspects of it, and who am I to deserve a perfect meal?"
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 22, 2023 12:12 PM (2Rf9G)

You could expand on that concept even further, in that the food critic doesn't maintain any loyalty or commitment to the last meal they had. They're looking for the next one. Hoping it's even better, and if it's not, so what. They'll just move on to the next.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:18 PM (R2uDs)

162 159 Tony lived through his alcohol and drug struggles.

Amy didn't.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:17 PM (ywVDE)

You see people that seem to have everything and throw it all away. Can't seem to fill that hole in their lives.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:18 PM (ynpvh)

163 152 There are many Bumfucks, NM courtesy of their top notch Democratic leadership. That state, as many times as I've been through it, has something bad going on in a lot of places and I just can't figure it out.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:18 PM (0EOe9)

164 Yeah, and I'm not sure lady soccer players get paid more these days.

In professional leagues, no.

But for the national teams, yes. They won a $24 million dollar lawsuit last year and a commitment to equal pay as the men's national team last year.

Every round the MNT advanced in the last World Cup meant more money for the WNT.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 22, 2023 12:18 PM (2Rf9G)

165 "Mesophilic yogurt "

I read that as mesothelioma yogurt, and wondered why someone would willingly eat yogurt with cancer causing properties.

I need new glasses.

Posted by: Moki at July 22, 2023 12:19 PM (JrN/x)

166 O.J. Simpson had and interesting take on the transgenders participating in sports. He suggested having a 'transgender only' category where the insane weirdos can compete against other trannies of whatever gender they identify as.

Never happen, but it's something I've seen discussed elsewhere.

Another option with regards to sports would be to eliminate the men's and women's categories and have everyone compete on a level playing field.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 22, 2023 12:19 PM (Q4IgG)

167 Just like the only "lady" basketball player whose name I know is Britney Griner. I'm sure she's getting paid well. Everyone else? No clue.

The max WNBA salary is $234,936 a year.

Britney was in Russia because Russian oligarchs compete with each other by owning women's basketball teams for some reason, and I believe she was getting a couple of million a year playing in Russia.

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 12:19 PM (2tUFv)

168 160 By the way, Oppenheimer is a perfectly good film worth seeing.

Unless you have hearing problems.

Oh, and don't worry about the IMAX bullshit. Never felt like anything was missing.

Posted by: Robert at July 22, 2023 12:17 PM (RG6M1)

Well shit. I often find theatres too quiet and too loud at the same time. Then again, I have a 20 to 30 db differential now between my ears (and I ain't talking about my brain...at least I don't think so).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:19 PM (ynpvh)

169 And my all means, don't try to touch or taste the black hole; you won't like it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:15 PM (ynpvh)

Love is love.

Wait...wut?

Posted by: Robert at July 22, 2023 12:19 PM (RG6M1)

170 When OJ is the voice of reason…

Posted by: Montec at July 22, 2023 12:20 PM (rW730)

171 Is there any way to find the authors that wrote the African American History for Florida that is getting so much hate?
My google skills are lacking.

Posted by: Fool Otto at July 22, 2023 12:20 PM (DB16e)

172 163 152 There are many Bumfucks, NM courtesy of their top notch Democratic leadership. That state, as many times as I've been through it, has something bad going on in a lot of places and I just can't figure it out.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:18 PM (0EOe9)

Dad and I once stopped in a place called Socorro, NM. The guy in the gas station saw some guys drive up and said, "Oh, no, here we go again". We got the hell out of there after we gassed up.
In Mexican Spanish, Socorro means help. Maybe more like, "Help!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:21 PM (ynpvh)

173 Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:15 PM (R2uDs)

Assuming 2nd is not the current?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:16 PM (ynpvh)

Oh no. I've told the story here many times before. She left within our first year of marriage, went back to Texas to take up with her old boyfriend.

Classic narcissist, she is. Sadly. What she presented herself as was astonishingly attractive, too good to be true. Literally.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:21 PM (R2uDs)

174 165 "Mesophilic yogurt "

I read that as mesothelioma yogurt, and wondered why someone would willingly eat yogurt with cancer causing properties.

I need new glasses.

Posted by: Moki at July 22, 2023 12:19 PM (JrN/x)

Dr. Fauci says it keeps COVID away.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:22 PM (ynpvh)

175 The WNBA is subsidized by the NBA.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 12:22 PM (MNhXM)

176 Tony lived through his alcohol and drug struggles.

Amy didn't.

Posted by: logprof

I never knew Tony had those struggles.....

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2023 12:23 PM (T4tVD)

177 a bit OT but fun - I was just putting the mower up and heard the sound of an engine overhead I didn't recognize - I always look up for that. (it's instinctive) So it was two planes flying in tandem - that makes it something special already - and although they were single engine prop planes, each of them had pontoons that allowed them to land on water. Now I gotta see if I can find out who they were and where they were going - or maybe they're just some private owners out for a spin on a sunny day.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2023 12:24 PM (S6gqv)

178 Let's give it up for the USWST!

Clap, please!

Posted by: JEB! at July 22, 2023 12:24 PM (ywVDE)

179 173 Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:15 PM (R2uDs)

Assuming 2nd is not the current?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:16 PM (ynpvh)

Oh no. I've told the story here many times before. She left within our first year of marriage, went back to Texas to take up with her old boyfriend.

Classic narcissist, she is. Sadly. What she presented herself as was astonishingly attractive, too good to be true. Literally.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:21 PM (R2uDs)

I consider myself very lucky. Courtship was very short, but been married 25+ years. Hasn't been easy, with cancer for her and kidney failure for me, and the kids didn't have the active parents they needed (she found out she had cancer when they were 4 and 1, respetively, same time I found out my kidneys were going kaput).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:25 PM (ynpvh)

180 > When OJ is the voice of reason…
______________

No kidding. But if there's a real interest in 'resolving' the transgender competition disparity issue put them in their own class or do away with gender classifications.

The problem, such that it is, would cease to exist as a result.

But apparently few are interested dealing with the insane weirdos.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 22, 2023 12:25 PM (Q4IgG)

181 There are many Bumfucks, NM courtesy of their top notch Democratic leadership. That state, as many times as I've been through it, has something bad going on in a lot of places and I just can't figure it out.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:18 PM (0EOe9)

Large chunks are reservations. I'm sure that's part of it.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:25 PM (R2uDs)

182 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:25 PM (ynpvh)

That’s tough. How old are your kids now?

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 12:26 PM (MNhXM)

183 JEB!, nobody here has clap. You'll have to go somewhere else to get that.

Posted by: Eromero at July 22, 2023 12:27 PM (z3WCn)

184 172 Stopped for the night in Grants NM. Sadly, the motel had an impromptu Native American celebration going on, starting about 10 PM with many visits from the Grants, Tribal, and State cops. It included the traditional punching of holes in the white man's drywall and the breaking of bottles in the parking lot. Checked out about 3AM and , first and last time this has ever happened, they had called in the big boss and he gave me a refund.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:27 PM (0EOe9)

185 Britney was in Russia because Russian oligarchs compete with each other by owning women's basketball teams for some reason, and I believe she was getting a couple of million a year playing in Russia.
Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 12:19 PM (2tUFv)

She's like Colon Kappernack, gets paid much more NOT to play.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:27 PM (R2uDs)

186 182 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:25 PM (ynpvh)

That’s tough. How old are your kids now?

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 12:26 PM (MNhXM)

Late teens. One is an adult, the other not. Had issues with both, older one is better after we kicked him out of the house at 18 (moved back in this year). Younger one...is a mess.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:27 PM (ynpvh)

187 183 JEB!, nobody here has clap. You'll have to go somewhere else to get that.

Posted by: Eromero at July 22, 2023 12:27 PM (z3WCn)

I've got them all!

Posted by: BJ Bill Clinton at July 22, 2023 12:28 PM (ynpvh)

188 163 152 There are many Bumfucks, NM courtesy of their top notch Democratic leadership. That state, as many times as I've been through it, has something bad going on in a lot of places and I just can't figure it out.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:18 PM (0EOe9)

Having driven across it several times (Live in Texas, family in Phoenix) my wife knows it as "the land of filthy bathrooms". On the Texas border, especially away from the interstates, there should be a sign on each road saying "road maintenance ends". Having said that, if you can get to the places where there aren't any people, it's great.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2023 12:28 PM (S6gqv)

189 I never knew Tony had those struggles.....
Posted by: JT at July 22, 2023 12:23 PM (T4tVD)

--In the 60's and 70's.

Most Gen X or later (like me) learned of him from his Second Act, beginning with MTV Unplugged(!)

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:28 PM (ywVDE)

190 Helen Joyce wrote for The Economist, huh? I’m sorry. It used to be a good source of information.

I just saw a cover on their latest edition. You, guys, they are really scared for THE ALARMING RISE OF TRUMP!!!

They haven’t backed a Republican since 2000, support all manner of Statist/Socialist views. And they are irritatingly contrarian just to be contrarian. In my view. You have a market economy? It needs to become more Second World. You’re Venezuela or Zimbabwe? They need to have more of a market economy.

And their writing continues to increasingly suck. Their favorite words are “backer” and of course “provider”, because taking advantage of the world’s most varied vocabulary IS JUST TOO HARD!!!

The Economist sucks now. Screw em.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 22, 2023 12:30 PM (m15BG)

191 I consider myself very lucky. Courtship was very short, but been married 25+ years. Hasn't been easy, with cancer for her and kidney failure for me, and the kids didn't have the active parents they needed (she found out she had cancer when they were 4 and 1, respetively, same time I found out my kidneys were going kaput).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:25 PM (ynpvh)

My first wife died when my kids were preteen. I just had a dream about her last night, really. It doesn't happen often, but when it does the dreams are quite memorable.

My kids are in their 20s now, btw.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:30 PM (R2uDs)

192 Did Tony Bennett leave his heart in San Francisco?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 22, 2023 12:31 PM (m15BG)

193 188 There's also a lot of nice scenery, except it's blocked by billboards telling you Clines Corners has ice water, Indian blankets (made in some third world shithole), and souvenirs. They have those billboards every 100 yards on I40.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:32 PM (0EOe9)

194 There are many Bumfucks, NM courtesy of their top notch Democratic leadership. That state, as many times as I've been through it, has something bad going on in a lot of places and I just can't figure it out.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:18 PM (0EOe9)

--I actually saw a video on Youtube kind of related:

https://youtu.be/6iCRn_b7Amc

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:32 PM (ywVDE)

195 191 I consider myself very lucky. Courtship was very short, but been married 25+ years. Hasn't been easy, with cancer for her and kidney failure for me, and the kids didn't have the active parents they needed (she found out she had cancer when they were 4 and 1, respetively, same time I found out my kidneys were going kaput).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:25 PM (ynpvh)

My first wife died when my kids were preteen. I just had a dream about her last night, really. It doesn't happen often, but when it does the dreams are quite memorable.

My kids are in their 20s now, btw.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:30 PM (R2uDs)

Well, I know my wife will pass eventually from the cancer. She's been doing treatments for the last 15 years (12 of those for the metastatic form). Switched Chemo meds at lest 4 or 5 times. Had lesions in her breast (15 years ago), then her spine and hip, then her ribs, then her liver. Bastard things keep coming back.

Posted by: BJ Bill Clinton at July 22, 2023 12:33 PM (ynpvh)

196 192 Did Tony Bennett leave his heart in San Francisco?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 22, 2023 12:31 PM (m15BG)

I think theres some scat about that.

Posted by: BJ Bill Clinton at July 22, 2023 12:34 PM (ynpvh)

197 No kidding. But if there's a real interest in 'resolving' the transgender competition disparity issue put them in their own class or do away with gender classifications.

The problem, such that it is, would cease to exist as a result.

But apparently few are interested dealing with the insane weirdos.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 22, 2023 12:25 PM (Q4IgG)

I don't expect the transjenner thing to last much longer, it's going to finally deflate with the general pop, once they discover just how seriously disturbed all of these people are. They can't help themselves.

We'll look back on this time, not too far in the future, the same way we do parachute pants and trying to stuff as many people into a phone booth as we can.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:34 PM (R2uDs)

198 188: having been to Clovis more than I care to admit, I can tell you it is quite the rundown town. Sad to see. Though Portales seems a whole lot nicer.

My now late father said to me when I was 11 that there are really only two places with good roads: Germany and TX. Having driven all over the world, and having that experience of feeling physically when you cross over from TX to a neighboring state (and vice versa)…I agree.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 22, 2023 12:34 PM (m15BG)

199 My college roommate was the head of NM prisons system when they had their last Republican governor. He no longer lives in NM.

He did a lot of good but the Dem controlled Union wanted him out.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 12:35 PM (MNhXM)

200 BTW, apparently Oppenheimer loved New Mexico. He picked Los Alamos for the Manhattan Project specifically because of that.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:36 PM (ywVDE)

201 The similarity between the sounds the HHS "Admiral" and a black hole makes is identical.

Posted by: Regular joe. Not just mad, Samuel L Jackson mad at July 22, 2023 12:36 PM (nnp+f)

202 when you cross over from TX to a neighboring state (and vice versa)…I agree.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 22, 2023 12:34 PM (m15BG)

You can definitely tell when you cross into Louisiana.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 12:36 PM (MNhXM)

203 And their writing continues to increasingly suck. Their favorite words are “backer” and of course “provider”, because taking advantage of the world’s most varied vocabulary IS JUST TOO HARD!!!

The Economist sucks now. Screw em.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 22, 2023 12:30 PM (m15BG)

I'm sure they know the difference, but I get The Economist and Reason mixed up all the time.

Both are useless.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:37 PM (R2uDs)

204 the Brit feminists have come out loud and proud against the transagenda horror show.

Helen Joyce, Kathleen Stock, JK Rowling...all of them are fiercely proclaiming the anti-trans gospel.

Because the transagenda is a religious cult.

Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2023 12:38 PM (dCxaZ)

205 Did Tony Bennett leave his heart in San Francisco?

don't know. What I do know is that he left his herpes with some young woman who sued him.

Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2023 12:39 PM (dCxaZ)

206 Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:30 PM (R2uDs)

Well, I know my wife will pass eventually from the cancer. She's been doing treatments for the last 15 years (12 of those for the metastatic form). Switched Chemo meds at lest 4 or 5 times. Had lesions in her breast (15 years ago), then her spine and hip, then her ribs, then her liver. Bastard things keep coming back.
Posted by: BJ Bill Clinton at July 22, 2023 12:33 PM (ynpvh)

I'm sorry, that's a tough fate. My wife went from diagnosis to death in just over two years. I wonder if that was more merciful. Except I know what a huge hole it left in my kids' lives, that continues to impact their lives today. I could only do what I could do, it doesn't matter how one gets to it, but kids need both parents. Need.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:40 PM (R2uDs)

207 I read somewhere that New Mexico is the most corrupt state in the union. Not sure how that's measured, but I live in NY which is so corrupt that corruption means nothing.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2023 12:40 PM (S75Fo)

208 Now, I have to say this. Four or five years I clipped a coyote out on I40, just crossing the NM line from AZ. Car was driveable, but I pulled over in Gallup and found a garage and asked them to do, well, a safety check. Guy got out and straightened out the plastic (actually looked pretty good afterwards), checked for leaks and drive train damage, and told me I was good to go. I had to twist the owner's arm to get him to take money, finally pressing $40 in his hand. He gave it to one of his guys, told him to go get breakfast burritos and soda, and invited me to stay for breakfast. A year later I dropped off two cases of pop on the way to AZ.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:41 PM (0EOe9)

209
We'll look back on this time, not too far in the future, the same way we do parachute pants and trying to stuff as many people into a phone booth as we can.
Posted by: BurtTC

I can eat fifty goldfish.

Posted by: Cool Hand Puke at July 22, 2023 12:41 PM (63Dwl)

210 Did Tony Bennett leave his heart in San Francisco?
----------
don't know. What I do know is that he left his herpes with some young woman who sued him.
Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2023 12:39 PM (dCxaZ)

I'm sure Sinatra left some memories all over the country.

"Start spreading the ooze..."

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:42 PM (R2uDs)

211 207 I read somewhere that New Mexico is the most corrupt state in the union. Not sure how that's measured, but I live in NY which is so corrupt that corruption means nothing.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2023 12:40 PM (S75Fo)

I think every state is corrupt. It's just "how corrupt is it?" is the real question.

Posted by: BJ Bill Clinton at July 22, 2023 12:42 PM (ynpvh)

212 209
We'll look back on this time, not too far in the future, the same way we do parachute pants and trying to stuff as many people into a phone booth as we can.
Posted by: BurtTC

I can eat fifty goldfish.

Posted by: Cool Hand Puke at July 22, 2023 12:41 PM (63Dwl)

We can stuff fifteee peoples een a car!

Posted by: Coyotes Union at July 22, 2023 12:43 PM (ynpvh)

213 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:27 PM (ynpvh)

You and your wife must be some tough hombres. My prayers for some respite and comfort.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 12:43 PM (MNhXM)

214 I read somewhere that New Mexico is the most corrupt state in the union. Not sure how that's measured, but I live in NY which is so corrupt that corruption means nothing.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2023 12:40 PM (S75Fo)

Epstein had/has a ranch there. Visited many times by the Clintons... and their governor, Bill Richardson.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:43 PM (R2uDs)

215 Why would they hang out with a freak??!

to increase their social credit scores.

A few years back, pre-coof, my regular hair salon hired a transwoman to be shampoo "girl". No one told me this before I approached the chair. I was SO creeped out by having those hands on my head. Then I was informed that particular employee was their manicurist. I could not imagine my hands being held by that big dude's mitts for the half hour or so that it takes to get that service done.

This was way before this bullshit gr00ming agenda was put on blast.

Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2023 12:44 PM (dCxaZ)

216 Did Tony Bennett leave his heart in San Francisco?

don't know. What I do know is that he left his herpes with some young woman who sued him.
Posted by: kallisto

THAT wasn't in the song !

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2023 12:44 PM (T4tVD)

217 Now, I have to say this. Four or five years I clipped a coyote out on I40, just crossing the NM line from AZ. Car was driveable, but I pulled over in Gallup and found a garage and asked them to do, well, a safety check. Guy got out and straightened out the plastic (actually looked pretty good afterwards), checked for leaks and drive train damage, and told me I was good to go. I had to twist the owner's arm to get him to take money, finally pressing $40 in his hand. He gave it to one of his guys, told him to go get breakfast burritos and soda, and invited me to stay for breakfast. A year later I dropped off two cases of pop on the way to AZ.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:41 PM (0EOe9)

Nice !

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2023 12:45 PM (T4tVD)

218 I left my coodies in your boodie

dum dum de dum

Posted by: REDACTED at July 22, 2023 12:46 PM (us2H3)

219 206 Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:30 PM (R2uDs)

Well, I know my wife will pass eventually from the cancer. She's been doing treatments for the last 15 years (12 of those for the metastatic form). Switched Chemo meds at lest 4 or 5 times. Had lesions in her breast (15 years ago), then her spine and hip, then her ribs, then her liver. Bastard things keep coming back.
Posted by: BJ Bill Clinton at July 22, 2023 12:33 PM (ynpvh)

I'm sorry, that's a tough fate. My wife went from diagnosis to death in just over two years. I wonder if that was more merciful. Except I know what a huge hole it left in my kids' lives, that continues to impact their lives today. I could only do what I could do, it doesn't matter how one gets to it, but kids need both parents. Need.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:40 PM (R2uDs)

I know that's part of my kids' resentment. Having two sick parents sucks bigly. I'm better now post transplant, but have to avoid the sun like a vampire (anti-rejection meds greatly increase the risk of skin cancer). At least, at this point, the kids are mostly grown up physically (if not emotionally).

Posted by: Coyotes Union at July 22, 2023 12:46 PM (ynpvh)

220 Tony Bennett was as woke as they come. At least in his later years when I was made to pay attention to him.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2023 12:46 PM (MNhXM)

221

"I left my hard-on in San Francisco..."

Posted by: Trani Tilapiatwat at July 22, 2023 12:47 PM (5LFjM)

222 Aw crap. Off roadrunner sucker sock.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:47 PM (ynpvh)

223 Posted by: Cool Hand Puke at July 22, 2023 12:41 PM (63Dwl)

We can stuff fifteee peoples een a car!
Posted by: Coyotes Union at July 22, 2023 12:43 PM (ynpvh)

Feh. Das ist garnichts.

Posted by: A. Eichmann at July 22, 2023 12:47 PM (R2uDs)

224 I don't expect the transjenner thing to last much longer, it's going to finally deflate with the general pop, once they discover just how seriously disturbed all of these people are. They can't help themselves.

We'll look back on this time, not too far in the future, the same way we do parachute pants and trying to stuff as many people into a phone booth as we can.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:34 PM (R2uDs)

That's the mistake we always make. It can't go much further. Yet it always does.

Posted by: JmT at July 22, 2023 12:48 PM (plpHi)

225 What with all the shrieking about trannies what percentage of the population identifies as something they're not?

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at July 22, 2023 12:50 PM (WDw2a)

226 Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:40 PM (R2uDs)

I know that's part of my kids' resentment. Having two sick parents sucks bigly. I'm better now post transplant, but have to avoid the sun like a vampire (anti-rejection meds greatly increase the risk of skin cancer). At least, at this point, the kids are mostly grown up physically (if not emotionally).
Posted by: Coyotes Union at July 22, 2023 12:46 PM (ynpvh)

Life is about how things are, not how we want it. Our kids experience what they do/did, and at some point it is up to them to make of their lives what they will. We can regret some of what we did, but if you can generally say "I did the best I could under the circumstances," that's all you can do now, live with the pain of it, and let it be.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:50 PM (R2uDs)

227 224 I don't expect the transjenner thing to last much longer, it's going to finally deflate with the general pop, once they discover just how seriously disturbed all of these people are. They can't help themselves.

We'll look back on this time, not too far in the future, the same way we do parachute pants and trying to stuff as many people into a phone booth as we can.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:34 PM (R2uDs)

That's the mistake we always make. It can't go much further. Yet it always does.

Posted by: JmT at July 22, 2023 12:48 PM (plpHi)

That vid by the woman who said the parents that did this to their kids can't go back; that would be admitting they destoyed their kids' ability to have kids and ruined their lives.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:51 PM (ynpvh)

228 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:08 PM (ynpvh)

Yes. Mancini was a master at the TV theme.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2023 12:51 PM (nC+QA)

229 Yet it always does.
Posted by: JmT at July 22, 2023 12:48 PM (plpHi)

No, it doesn't. It never does.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:51 PM (R2uDs)

230 225 What with all the shrieking about trannies what percentage of the population identifies as something they're not?

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at July 22, 2023 12:50 PM (WDw2a)

I believe I'm a free man living in a free country. Does that mean I identify as something I'm not?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:52 PM (ynpvh)

231 "With the termination of the Black Sea Initiative and the abolition of the maritime humanitarian corridor, from 00:00 Moscow time on July 20, 2023, all ships en route to Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea will be considered potential carriers of military cargo," the military insisted.

The new restrictions de-facto re-impose the Russian naval blockade on Ukraine, lifted under the so-called Black Sea grain deal in July 2022. The agreement, signed with mediation by the UN and Türkiye, enabled the safe shipment of Ukrainian grain through Black Sea corridors amid the conflict between Moscow and Kiev. Moscow withdrew from the deal on Monday, citing the West’s failure to keep any of the promises made to Russia under the agreement, including re-enabling exports of grain and fertilizers from the country.

--Joe Cradlerobbinnette Biden is actively making fuel and food more expensive. He's baying for blood in a nuclear war and using trannies and his (more) degenerate son for misdirection.

Not even decent enough to offer bread and circuses to the plebes (as in, actual entertainment).

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:52 PM (ywVDE)

232

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:52 PM (ywVDE)

233 Local TV news is all about Tony Bennett

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 22, 2023 12:52 PM (JvZF+)

234 Speaking of roads...

There's a 'End County Maintenance' road sign nearby. The so-called non-maintained road is in better shape than the county maintained part.

The biggest issues we face with this sort of thing is the brush that grows along the shoulders during the summer that makes visibility sketchy and the lack of any snow removal in the winter. We can deal with the brush via chemicals or mowing but the snow/ice is another story.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 22, 2023 12:53 PM (Q4IgG)

235 What with all the shrieking about trannies what percentage of the population identifies as something they're not?
Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at July 22, 2023 12:50 PM (WDw2a)

I go on Tik Tok and claim to be a 15 year old Korean boy band member.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:53 PM (R2uDs)

236 Fuckin' a.

We still can't have nice things like buttons for fonts because of some fuckers years ago.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:53 PM (ywVDE)

237 delicious logprof

Posted by: The Barrel at July 22, 2023 12:53 PM (JvZF+)

238 Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:52 PM (ywVDE)

I'm sure glad this blog seems to limit bold pronouncements to a single post now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:54 PM (ynpvh)

239 Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:15 PM (R2uDs)

I'm almost 50 and no woman has come on to me, so it's certainly not universal.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2023 12:56 PM (nC+QA)

240 --Joe Cradlerobbinnette Biden is actively making fuel and food more expensive. He's baying for blood in a nuclear war and using trannies and his (more) degenerate son for misdirection.

Not even decent enough to offer bread and circuses to the plebes (as in, actual entertainment).
Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:52 PM (ywVDE)

I think we've seen this play out before. A ship gets shot at or sunk, and we decide to send the troops. Won't matter if the "bad guys" didn't actually sink the ship, to war!

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:56 PM (R2uDs)

241 235 Go on Tik Tok and claim you're a 45 year old Korean Tae Kwon Do master who wants to have a chat with groomers.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:57 PM (0EOe9)

242 I'm sure glad this blog seems to limit bold pronouncements to a single post now.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:54 PM (ynpvh)

I must have missed it

Posted by: REDACTED at July 22, 2023 12:57 PM (us2H3)

243 We are going the way of the Roman Empire. We have our bread and circuses, the elite have their perversions they cater to. The empire burns and there seems to be little care.
Waiting for our new Visigoth overlords.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:57 PM (ynpvh)

244 I believe this is a cult, Emmie. The trans movement has all the hallmarks of a cult: welcome with open arms, listen treat the confused, lonely person "like" family; begin to remove them from their actual family, slowly at first, and then quickly until the point they cut off all contact; have repercussions if the individual decides they no longer want to be a part of it.
Posted by: Moki at July 22, 2023 12:07 PM (JrN/x)

Cults and Progressive/liberal organizations have the same MO as domestic abusers. Think on that for a while.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 12:58 PM (xhaym)

245 Mancini's theme for the tv show Mr. Lucky ain't bad either. And his scores for Charade, Experiment in Terror, and Two for the Road are a joy.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 22, 2023 12:58 PM (a/4+U)

246 Local TV news is all about Tony Bennett
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 22, 2023 12:52 PM (JvZF+)

He's hope for all the homeless drug addicts, that one day they too might be able to sing duets with Lady Gagme.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:58 PM (R2uDs)

247 244 I believe this is a cult, Emmie. The trans movement has all the hallmarks of a cult: welcome with open arms, listen treat the confused, lonely person "like" family; begin to remove them from their actual family, slowly at first, and then quickly until the point they cut off all contact; have repercussions if the individual decides they no longer want to be a part of it.
Posted by: Moki at July 22, 2023 12:07 PM (JrN/x)

Cults and Progressive/liberal organizations have the same MO as domestic abusers. Think on that for a while.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 12:58 PM (xhaym)

Jim Jones was a socialist that hob-nobbed with the SF Dem elite.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:58 PM (ynpvh)

248 240 Honest, the Lusitania wasn't carrying munitions. We swear. Oops, guess we didn't look at the manifest.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:59 PM (0EOe9)

249 Good to see logprof.

Posted by: JmT at July 22, 2023 12:59 PM (plpHi)

250 Local TV news is all about Tony Bennett
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Comparing him to Generalissimo Francisco Franco ?

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2023 01:00 PM (T4tVD)

251 248 240 Honest, the Lusitania wasn't carrying munitions. We swear. Oops, guess we didn't look at the manifest.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:59 PM (0EOe9)

Manifest Destiny?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:00 PM (ynpvh)

252 I just now recalled that transhumanism is one of the main themes in That Hideous Strength.

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2023 01:00 PM (Emce2)

253 Go on Tik Tok and claim you're a 45 year old Korean Tae Kwon Do master who wants to have a chat with groomers.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:57 PM (0EOe9)

True story, I don't actually know HOW to get on to Tik Tok.

I mean, I don't put anything on my phone, app wise. I'm not even sure how to do it on the pooter. Does one simply type http//www.tiktok.com into your web browser?

Don't know, don't care to know.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:01 PM (R2uDs)

254 Not even decent enough to offer bread and circuses to the plebes (as in, actual entertainment).
Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 12:52 PM (ywVDE)

I am not all that concerned about the Ukrainian wheat. From the market data I have seen it is not that much unless there is a lot of bad luck in other wheat growing regions. If you are concerned buy rye or feed corn and figure out how to make hominy,

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 01:01 PM (xhaym)

255 Jim Jones was a socialist that hob-nobbed with the SF Dem elite.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:58 PM (ynpvh)
===
They all kissed his ass including Moscone and Feinstein, Barbara Lee, Jackie Speier, Leo Ryan who got killed for it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 22, 2023 01:02 PM (JvZF+)

256 Russia has spent the last four nights fraggjng the shipping port in Odessa, destroying the infrastructure where grain would be loaded.

I doubt that will be the touchpoint for direct conflict, as they pretty much have shut down any reason for cargo ships to dock there.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 22, 2023 01:02 PM (2Rf9G)

257 253 True story, I don't actually know HOW to get on to Tik Tok.

I mean, I don't put anything on my phone, app wise. I'm not even sure how to do it on the pooter. Does one simply type http//www.tiktok.com into your web browser?

Don't know, don't care to know.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:01 PM (R2uDs)

:::Fist Bump:::
I purposefully DON'T put apps on my phone. Each one added is another avenue to hack my phone and another way to eat up battery power.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:03 PM (ynpvh)

258 255 Jim Jones was a socialist that hob-nobbed with the SF Dem elite.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:58 PM (ynpvh)
===
They all kissed his ass including Moscone and Feinstein, Barbara Lee, Jackie Speier, Leo Ryan who got killed for it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 22, 2023 01:02 PM (JvZF+)

And the Sainted Harvey Milk

Posted by: It's me donna at July 22, 2023 01:03 PM (bs+z0)

259 JT yes they're reporting both still dead.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 22, 2023 01:03 PM (JvZF+)

260 Honest, the Lusitania wasn't carrying munitions. We swear. Oops, guess we didn't look at the manifest.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:59 PM (0EOe9)

And remember, the Spaniards blew up the Vermont in the Gulf of Tonkin. It's true! In the main.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:04 PM (R2uDs)

261 What song was featured in Spaceballs, Caveman, and Bridge on the River Kwai?

Col. Bogey's March

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 01:04 PM (ywVDE)

262 I purposefully DON'T put apps on my phone. Each one added is another avenue to hack my phone and another way to eat up battery power.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:03 PM (ynpvh)
===
Get an app to manage your battery

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 22, 2023 01:04 PM (JvZF+)

263 228 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:08 PM (ynpvh)

Yes. Mancini was a master at the TV theme.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2023 12:51 PM (nC+QA)

his last Movie theme was Silver Streak, I believe (Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor) I can still remember that one without effort.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2023 01:04 PM (S6gqv)

264 I am not all that concerned about the Ukrainian wheat. From the market data I have seen it is not that much unless there is a lot of bad luck in other wheat growing regions. If you are concerned buy rye or feed corn and figure out how to make hominy,
Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 01:01 PM (xhaym)

Or, you know, cake.

People shouldn't lose their heads over such things.

Posted by: M. Antoinette at July 22, 2023 01:05 PM (R2uDs)

265 260 Honest, the Lusitania wasn't carrying munitions. We swear. Oops, guess we didn't look at the manifest.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 12:59 PM (0EOe9)

And remember, the Spaniards blew up the Vermont in the Gulf of Tonkin. It's true! In the main.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:04 PM (R2uDs)

I thought that was the Maine in Havana around 1898...which, IIRC, was really caused by coal dust igniting spontaneously, or at least that was the latest theory.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:06 PM (ynpvh)

266 They haven’t backed a Republican since 2000, support all manner of Statist/Socialist views. And they are irritatingly contrarian just to be contrarian. In my view. You have a market economy? It needs to become more Second World. You’re Venezuela or Zimbabwe? They need to have more of a market economy.
And their writing continues to increasingly suck. Their favorite words are “backer” and of course “provider”, because taking advantage of the world’s most varied vocabulary IS JUST TOO HARD!!!
The Economist sucks now. Screw em.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 22, 2023 12:30 PM (m15BG)

The second strain of elitist thinking is "the Third World needs room to catch up" Development is not a bad thing per se, it is that the first world countries are opressing them, hence socialism to slow the advancement.

I will admit the effects are there, plain to see, but I think the cause is not development, but the international monetary system that favors the first world countries who own all the international banks. This is one of the reason countries are filrting wit the BRICS and with bitcoin

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 01:06 PM (xhaym)

267 257 Constantly getting emails on installing a new app on my phone. Fat chance, ditched the smart phone for a flip and I'm a lot happier.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 01:07 PM (0EOe9)

268 Waiting for our new Visigoth overlords.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 12:57 PM (ynpvh)

--I pray it's the Visigoths, and not the Khwarezmians.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 01:07 PM (ywVDE)

269 262 I purposefully DON'T put apps on my phone. Each one added is another avenue to hack my phone and another way to eat up battery power.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:03 PM (ynpvh)
===
Get an app to manage your battery

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 22, 2023 01:04 PM (JvZF+)

LOL, the phone came with that. I have it at a medium-low setting. Just enough to get phone and text with the occasional internet foray.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:07 PM (ynpvh)

270 There's an extra cat in the room. During this AM's feeding time Wally snuck in and seems delighted to be in there.

Ciampino's Rescue kitties

There's another more extensive photo update #123 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.
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Posted by: Ciampino - one kitty, two kitty, .... at July 22, 2023 01:08 PM (qfLjt)

271 Or, you know, cake.

People shouldn't lose their heads over such things.
Posted by: M. Antoinette at July 22, 2023 01:05 PM (R2uDs)

Per reports, a lot of that Ukrainian wheat was redirected to Europe, and lots of it was used to feed Spanish pigs.

let them eat Jamon.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 01:09 PM (xhaym)

272 Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:40 PM (R2uDs)

Agreed. John went from surgery for mouth cancer, where they swore they got everything (then again, they lost the sample for at least a couple of weeks, so who knows if it was really his), to dead with no usable lung tissue in about 18 months. Eldest Kidlet was 13 and Littlest Kidlet was 7. I had a pretty complete physical breakdown myself shortly afterwards because I've never had much stamina to start with. Raising kids really is meant to be a team effort.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2023 01:10 PM (nC+QA)

273 We can deal with the brush via chemicals or mowing but the snow/ice is another story.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 22, 2023 12:53 PM

Got gold? I can help. Call me.

Posted by: Smaug at July 22, 2023 01:10 PM (a3Q+t)

274 Hi, JT!!!

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 01:11 PM (ywVDE)

275 Get an app to manage your battery
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 22, 2023 01:04 PM (JvZF+)

My iphone has a google app that flashes emojis at me telling me how much battery life I have left.

I only pay $4.99 a month for it. I think. I'm not sure, they bill me in Chinese yuan. Well, they don't bill me. There's an app I pay for that allows them to take money out of my account when they should.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:11 PM (EAuAz)

276 271 Or, you know, cake.

People shouldn't lose their heads over such things.
Posted by: M. Antoinette at July 22, 2023 01:05 PM (R2uDs)

Per reports, a lot of that Ukrainian wheat was redirected to Europe, and lots of it was used to feed Spanish pigs.

let them eat Jamon.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 01:09 PM (xhaym)

Spanish Jamon is really, really good, I hear. They had it at Costco, but seemed pricy. Yeah, I can be a cheap bastard, but would rather have food on the table for multiple meals for the same price.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:11 PM (ynpvh)

277 Wanna know what the Khwarezmians did?

https://ruthjohnston.com/AllThingsMedieval/?p=2062

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 01:12 PM (ywVDE)

278 272 Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 12:40 PM (R2uDs)

Agreed. John went from surgery for mouth cancer, where they swore they got everything (then again, they lost the sample for at least a couple of weeks, so who knows if it was really his), to dead with no usable lung tissue in about 18 months. Eldest Kidlet was 13 and Littlest Kidlet was 7. I had a pretty complete physical breakdown myself shortly afterwards because I've never had much stamina to start with. Raising kids really is meant to be a team effort.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2023 01:10 PM (nC+QA)

Sorry to hear that, Polliwog. Yes, it is a team effort. My wife's cousin watched the kids for a couple of hours one day when we went to see the Human Body Exibit in LA one year. The kids were around 6 and 3. When we came back, she said, "How do you guys do it!?" We smiled and looked at each other knowingly; you do what you have to.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:14 PM (ynpvh)

279 Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:04 PM (R2uDs)

I thought that was the Maine in Havana around 1898...which, IIRC, was really caused by coal dust igniting spontaneously, or at least that was the latest theory.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:06 PM (ynpvh)

Sorry, I was using a modern public school textbook for my info. All I know for sure is, it wasn't trannies or black people what did it. They never do anything wrong, and you should celebrate that fact, bigot.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:14 PM (EAuAz)

280 Pro Tip: Save yourself anxiety and make sure your pants are crisply creased before tomorrow's Book Thread.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2023 01:14 PM (a3Q+t)

281 Trump just announced he was going to be again indicted and arrested

Posted by: Paul at July 22, 2023 01:14 PM (Uxx9J)

282 He's baying for blood in a nuclear war and using trannies and his (more) degenerate son for misdirection.

Paul Massaro, employee with the US government Helsinki Commission, argues at a conference that we should get over our inordinate fear of the use of nuclear weapons.

After all, the Ukrainians (allegedly) aren't worried about nuclear weapons use, so why should we be concerned?

He is particularly scathing towards people who live in California who are concerned about the use of nuclear weapons. After all, do you have any idea how far away California is from Ukraine? Why should they care about nuclear weapons use in Ukraine?

https://tinyurl.com/23yu7tjb

Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 01:15 PM (2tUFv)

283 277 Wanna know what the Khwarezmians did?

https://ruthjohnston.com/AllThingsMedieval/?p=2062

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 01:12 PM (ywVDE)

Figuring they were mussies, I figured it must've been bad from the get-go.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:15 PM (ynpvh)

284 Quincy Jones had some memorable TV themes, as did Frank DeVol.

Posted by: Rollo and Grady at July 22, 2023 01:15 PM (T0tUU)

285 So, Emmy-winning journalist JAMES GORDON MEEK got his rocks off watching a video of a BABY GIRL being violently sodomized??? And that's just a small sampling....

Click through to the Townhall article, peeps. These people are literally satanic. Evil through and through!

Posted by: Beverly at July 22, 2023 01:16 PM (Epeb0)

286 Jerry Vale > Tony Bennett

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 22, 2023 01:16 PM (R/m4+)

287 282 Somebody, anybody, pops a nuke and watch the economy crash.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 01:16 PM (0EOe9)

288 It's been obvious for a while that T and Q will enslave and eventually destroy L, G, and B before going to war with each other. As noted, they have to because their core identitarian ideologies are mutually exclusive: one holds that the world must bend to the ever-changing personal reality of the beholder, and the other holds that the world cannot and must not ever be aligned with the un-definable personal reality of the beholder. Like national and international socialists, they may temporarily work together to take down easy targets but it won't last.

Posted by: CppThis at July 22, 2023 01:17 PM (PZvjL)

289 So is yellow polenta, from yellow corn flour, considered 'Yellow Cake'?

Posted by: Ciampino - from a jack to a king; from UO2 to U3O8 at July 22, 2023 01:17 PM (qfLjt)

290 280 Pro Tip: Save yourself anxiety and make sure your pants are crisply creased before tomorrow's Book Thread.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2023 01:14 PM (a3Q+t)

But what if I'm wearing these pants:
https://is.gd/6voXNM

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:17 PM (ynpvh)

291 Lady Gaga always struck me as a Madonna copy that happened once Madonna started getting too old to really be Madonna any more. It does appear that she has more actual musical talent than Madonna, who was actually kind of an odd variation of Gene Simmons when you think about it. Both mostly marketing and PR geniuses

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 22, 2023 01:18 PM (q97Za)

292 Eldest Kidlet was 13 and Littlest Kidlet was 7. I had a pretty complete physical breakdown myself shortly afterwards because I've never had much stamina to start with. Raising kids really is meant to be a team effort.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2023 01:10 PM (nC+QA)

At the time I thought maybe it wasn't as hard on the kids as it was on me, because the kids only know the life they have, they don't know the life they lost, when their mother died.

I don't believe that anymore. I think it has such a profound effect on them, and all I can say now is, it was the hand they were dealt. Not mine, not their mom's choice, it was God's. And this is where we are. Make the most of it. Or don't. That's the only choice we have.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:18 PM (EAuAz)

293 I have a relative who is gender-confused. The loss of her normality is kind of like having a loved one get brainwashed into a cult.
Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2023 11:56 AM (Emce2)

I have one too. It's worse than the brainwashing. It's like watching them die.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 22, 2023 01:18 PM (BdMk6)

294 289 So is yellow polenta, from yellow corn flour, considered 'Yellow Cake'?

Posted by: Ciampino - from a jack to a king; from UO2 to U3O8 at July 22, 2023 01:17 PM (qfLjt)

Yes. I've bought yellow cake at the local store. I mean, the guys were walking around with AK-47s and RPGs, but that's normal, right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:19 PM (ynpvh)

295 I read somewhere that New Mexico is the most corrupt state in the union. Not sure how that's measured, but I live in NY which is so corrupt that corruption means nothing.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2023 12:40 PM (S75Fo)

Inspector says it's run by a Spanish-accented mafia. Now it's run by outright communists as well.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2023 01:19 PM (nC+QA)

296 Their favorite words are “backer” and of course “provider”, because taking advantage of the world’s most varied vocabulary IS JUST TOO HARD!!!
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When I see the word 'stakeholder', I not only stop reading, but also assign a contempt factor to the source.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2023 01:20 PM (d9q+b)

297 Paul Massaro, employee with the US government Helsinki Commission, argues at a conference that we should get over our inordinate fear of the use of nuclear weapons.

After all, the Ukrainians (allegedly) aren't worried about nuclear weapons use, so why should we be concerned?

He is particularly scathing towards people who live in California who are concerned about the use of nuclear weapons. After all, do you have any idea how far away California is from Ukraine? Why should they care about nuclear weapons use in Ukraine?

https://tinyurl.com/23yu7tjb
Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 01:15 PM (2tUFv)

Gotta say, that's a bold upgrade from "you gotta get over your fear of eating bugs and living without fossil fuels."

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:21 PM (EAuAz)

298 *Tosses troll a cookie*

*pats troll on head*

Get out of here, you scamp!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 22, 2023 01:21 PM (JvZF+)

299 286 Jerry Vale > Tony Bennett
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 22, 2023 01:16 PM (R/m4+)

--I saw Vic Damone live in '98 with the Boston Pops.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 01:22 PM (ywVDE)

300 Al Martino > Tony Bennett

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 22, 2023 01:22 PM (R/m4+)

301 300 Al Martino > Tony Bennett

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 22, 2023 01:22 PM (R/m4+)

And Dino Martino?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:22 PM (ynpvh)

302 GARDEN NOOD IS BLOOMING

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2023 01:23 PM (LSHOP)

303 Lady Gaga always struck me as a Madonna copy that happened once Madonna started getting too old to really be Madonna any more. It does appear that she has more actual musical talent than Madonna, who was actually kind of an odd variation of Gene Simmons when you think about it. Both mostly marketing and PR geniuses
Posted by: Azjaeger at July 22, 2023 01:18 PM (q97Za)

Someone did side by side photos of the two, some years ago. Gagme wearing outfits that were strikingly similar to Madonna outfits from several years earlier.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:23 PM (EAuAz)

304 When I see the word 'stakeholder', I not only stop reading, but also assign a contempt factor to the source.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2023 01:20 PM (d9q+b)
===

I like that..."contempt factor"

Mrs. F. won't vote for anyone endorsed by the teachers' union.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 22, 2023 01:23 PM (JvZF+)

305 297 Paul Massaro, employee with the US government Helsinki Commission, argues at a conference that we should get over our inordinate fear of the use of nuclear weapons.

After all, the Ukrainians (allegedly) aren't worried about nuclear weapons use, so why should we be concerned?

He is particularly scathing towards people who live in California who are concerned about the use of nuclear weapons. After all, do you have any idea how far away California is from Ukraine? Why should they care about nuclear weapons use in Ukraine?

https://tinyurl.com/23yu7tjb
Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 01:15 PM (2tUFv)

Gotta say, that's a bold upgrade from "you gotta get over your fear of eating bugs and living without fossil fuels."

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:21 PM (EAuAz)

:::remembers Chernobyl, remembers radioactive readings around the globe:::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:24 PM (ynpvh)

306 Lou Canova > Tony Bennett

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 22, 2023 01:24 PM (R/m4+)

307 Paul Massaro, employee with the US government Helsinki Commission, argues at a conference that we should get over our inordinate fear of the use of nuclear weapons.

After all, the Ukrainians (allegedly) aren't worried about nuclear weapons use, so why should we be concerned?

He is particularly scathing towards people who live in California who are concerned about the use of nuclear weapons. After all, do you have any idea how far away California is from Ukraine? Why should they care about nuclear weapons use in Ukraine?

https://tinyurl.com/23yu7tjb
Posted by: A Provocative Parade Of Perverts! at July 22, 2023 01:15 PM (2tUFv)

Am I the only one that thinks that a nuclear war might be the only thing that would end the madness we're seeing?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 22, 2023 01:24 PM (BdMk6)

308 *Tosses troll a cookie*

*pats troll on head*

Get out of here, you scamp!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 22, 2023 01:21 PM (JvZF+)

That could be a sock. Some posts yesterday, it looks like he's not even trying anymore. I mean, even less than usual.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:24 PM (EAuAz)

309 Singers. Yeah, Jay Black, Jay and the Americans. Mister six octave. Guy was gonna retire, but the IRS had other things on their minds. Jay liked to gamble.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 01:25 PM (0EOe9)

310 304 When I see the word 'stakeholder', I not only stop reading, but also assign a contempt factor to the source.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2023 01:20 PM (d9q+b)
===

I like that..."contempt factor"

Mrs. F. won't vote for anyone endorsed by the teachers' union.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 22, 2023 01:23 PM (JvZF+)

Difficult sometimes in the Peoples Republik of Kalifornia, especially when it comes to school boards. It's often a game of pick the least evil, or don't vote for that at all.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:25 PM (ynpvh)

311 Heh, my mom asked me how I can like Amy but not Lady Gag Gag.

I told her cooler voice and not an attention whore (she got plenty of it, but usually not intentionally).

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 01:25 PM (ywVDE)

312 Am I the only one that thinks that a nuclear war might be the only thing that would end the madness we're seeing?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 22, 2023 01:24 PM (BdMk6)

I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed - but our casualties would only be about 10 million, 20 million tops.

Posted by: Gen'l Buck Turgidson at July 22, 2023 01:27 PM (S6gqv)

313 Constantly getting emails on installing a new app on my phone. Fat chance, ditched the smart phone for a flip and I'm a lot happier.
Posted by: bill in arkansa
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I have an iPhone5 (?) given to me by a relative who was upgrading. It has no SIM card. I stick it in my pocket for use on Wi-Fi when I am out and about. That's it. Handy, but not invasive.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2023 01:27 PM (+M3be)

314 Am I the only one that thinks that a nuclear war might be the only thing that would end the madness we're seeing?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 22, 2023 01:24 PM (BdMk6)

No. God will use the tools He has.

In 100 million - a billion years, civilization will bloom again, and there will be NO RECORD of us ever existing. It's happened before. More than once, I believe.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:27 PM (EAuAz)

315 Am I the only one that thinks that a nuclear war might be the only thing that would end the madness we're seeing?

Along with everything else. I'll take my chances fighting the madness.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 22, 2023 01:29 PM (Xrfse)

316 Tony Clifton>All Other Crooners

Posted by: Morty Gunty at July 22, 2023 01:29 PM (T0tUU)

317 Heh, my mom asked me how I can like Amy but not Lady Gag Gag.

I told her cooler voice and not an attention whore (she got plenty of it, but usually not intentionally).
Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 01:25 PM (ywVDE)

I have no use for either of them.

There are many female singer/songwriters with more talent, less drama.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:29 PM (EAuAz)

318 313 Thanks Mike. Still have it and may want to try it for wifi. Love my geezer phone.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2023 01:30 PM (0EOe9)

319

Yes, nuclear mutation... yes...

Posted by: Chester Cockroach at July 22, 2023 01:30 PM (5LFjM)

320 There are many female singer/songwriters with more talent, less drama.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:29 PM (EAuAz)

--Amy hasn't generated any drama in over a decade, heh.

Indeed, I didn't even listen to any of her stuff much until a couple of years before she passed.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 01:31 PM (ywVDE)

321 Massaro thinks it is 1990 and half the Soviet missiles don't work so the Soviets will never go toe to toe in a nuclear exchange.

The fun thing is, the various accords to draw down US and Russian missiles would have forced the Russians to check the missiles they have that are actually usable instead of grafting off the ones that don't and not caring about the ones that will launch right. So that is not a good bet anymore.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 01:32 PM (xhaym)

322 320 There are many female singer/songwriters with more talent, less drama.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:29 PM (EAuAz)

--Amy hasn't generated any drama in over a decade, heh.

Indeed, I didn't even listen to any of her stuff much until a couple of years before she passed.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 01:31 PM (ywVDE)

And George Floyd has been drug-free for 1,153 days and counting...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:34 PM (ynpvh)

323 --Amy hasn't generated any drama in over a decade, heh.

Indeed, I didn't even listen to any of her stuff much until a couple of years before she passed.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 01:31 PM (ywVDE)

And George Floyd has been drug-free for 1,153 days and counting...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:34 PM (ynpvh)

Meh. I'm not impressed.

Posted by: J. Joplin at July 22, 2023 01:36 PM (EAuAz)

324 Far and away the vast majority of pedophiles are not trans
Own it

Posted by: Paul at July 22, 2023 01:38 PM (pX6Cf)

325 Massaro thinks it is 1990 and half the Soviet missiles don't work so the Soviets will never go toe to toe in a nuclear exchange.

The fun thing is, the various accords to draw down US and Russian missiles would have forced the Russians to check the missiles they have that are actually usable instead of grafting off the ones that don't and not caring about the ones that will launch right. So that is not a good bet anymore.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2023 01:32 PM (xhaym)

There are some who believe the U.S. nukular arsenal is mostly unusable too. I have no way of knowing if that's true or not. Just that it might help explain why no one pulling the strings seem particularly concerned about it.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:39 PM (EAuAz)

326 Posted by: Paul at July 22, 2023 01:38 PM (pX6Cf)

But the vast majority of trans are pedos.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:44 PM (ynpvh)

327 Posted by: Paul at July 22, 2023 01:38 PM

Seriously man, this thread is dead, so I'm not going mind asking, what purpose do you serve? You're not even remotely provocative.

You don't generate any pushback on this site, nobody cares to argue with you. You mean nothing here. Do you mean anything anywhere else on this planet? Do you?

Find something, anything in this life that gives your life meaning and purpose. This isn't it.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:44 PM (EAuAz)

328 The Tony Bennett selection is so great!

Posted by: m at July 22, 2023 01:44 PM (LdYi7)

329 325 There are some who believe the U.S. nukular arsenal is mostly unusable too. I have no way of knowing if that's true or not. Just that it might help explain why no one pulling the strings seem particularly concerned about it.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2023 01:39 PM (EAuAz)

Lobbing dirty bombs instead of nukes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:45 PM (ynpvh)

330 Vast majority of Antifa are pedos.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:46 PM (ynpvh)

331 Paul Massaro, employee with the US government Helsinki Commission, argues at a conference that we should get over our inordinate fear of the use of nuclear weapons.

-
Nuclear power: bad

Nuclear war: good

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 22, 2023 01:47 PM (FVME7)

332 Speaking of Peter Gunn I prefer Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers. But that's just me.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 22, 2023 01:50 PM (pAjzj)

333 So much of that nuclear stuff has been mothballed since the Cold War, it would not surprise me if everyone fired zee missiles and not much happened. But some of the missiles are definitely aimed at where I live so hopefully we don't have to find out.

Posted by: CppThis at July 22, 2023 01:50 PM (PZvjL)

334 And George Floyd has been drug-free for 1,153 days and counting...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:34 PM (ynpvh)

Moment of silence, please!!!

Posted by: JEB! at July 22, 2023 01:52 PM (ywVDE)

335 324 Far and away the vast majority of pedophiles are not trans
Own it
Posted by: Moron (not the good kind)

--The question is, what percentage of trans are paedos?

Posted by: JEB! at July 22, 2023 01:53 PM (ywVDE)

336 If you actually deconstruct trans theory, it will collapse in no time. It's actually pretty simple too. Take the statement "I'm a woman in a man's body". What is the "I" that isn't part of the bidy and hence could be in the wrong one? It's the soul! And who screwed up? Whatever entity assigns souls to bodies, which is a god. So the trans movement acknowledges soul that have a gender and a god, which actually makes it a religion. That's why some people are so smitten with it. And it makes sense that a generation that grew up on harry potter and no bible is fascinated with everyone having their own patronous, it's all they know!

Posted by: Tom at July 22, 2023 01:54 PM (bjV9z)

337 /sock

Time to pick up some meds.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2023 01:55 PM (ywVDE)

338 You know what worries me more than nuclear armageddon? The conventional armageddon that's gonna happen once there's a surefire way to counter ICBMs. We'll be right back to the "sacrifice 5% of the young men who are also my sexual competitors to crush our foes and sow the national oats across the land" thinking, only this time around there's a LOT more capacity for localized destruction.

Posted by: CppThis at July 22, 2023 01:56 PM (PZvjL)

339 Speaking of Peter Gunn I prefer Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers. But that's just me.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 22, 2023 01:50 PM (pAjzj)

Both are better than Hawaii 5-0.

Posted by: Army Cooks! Death from within! at July 22, 2023 02:07 PM (e4fEA)

340 335 324 Far and away the vast majority of pedophiles are not trans
Own it
Posted by: Moron (not the good kind)

--The question is, what percentage of trans are paedos?

Posted by: JEB! at July 22, 2023 01:53 PM (ywVDE)

Most.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 02:11 PM (ynpvh)

341 Like Antifa

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 02:11 PM (ynpvh)

342 341 Like Antifa

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 02:11 PM (ynpvh)

Venn diagram of Antifa, Trannies, and Pedos. Lots of overlap.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 02:12 PM (ynpvh)

343 There are a lot of unclassified studies about nuke war. A lot of variables will determine the overall affect.on mankind. One I saw that is similar to my own analysis is a comparison between a 50 warhead exchange vs a 100 warhead exchange. I'll likely survive the 50 warhead event. The US too...maybe. But not the 100.
But even just a few, its the aftermath that will be the bitch. Collapsed economy. No internet. Broken infrastructure. Food shortages. It will be ugly.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2023 02:17 PM (e4fEA)

344 But what if I'm wearing these pants:
https://is.gd/6voXNM
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:17 PM

The Perfessor *may* give you a pass.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2023 02:19 PM (a3Q+t)

345 Movies remade a bazillion times:

Oliver Twist

Posted by: m at July 22, 2023 02:20 PM (LdYi7)

346 And

A Christmas Carol

Posted by: m at July 22, 2023 02:21 PM (LdYi7)

347 And George Floyd has been drug-free for 1,153 days and counting...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 01:34 PM

That's remarkable! I guess he really was turning his life around.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2023 02:22 PM (a3Q+t)

348 345 Movies remade a bazillion times:

Oliver Twist

Posted by: m at July 22, 2023 02:20 PM (LdYi7)

Always the same twist in that movie.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2023 02:24 PM (ynpvh)

349 Huh.
72 years ago today Klaatu arrived on earth.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2023 02:35 PM (e4fEA)

350 Klaatu barada nikto

Posted by: Klaatu at July 22, 2023 02:37 PM (Sjyvq)

351 'Klaatu barada nikto'

"I need coffee"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2023 02:38 PM (Sjyvq)

352 'Klaatu barada nikto'

"I need coffee"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2023 02:38 PM (Sjyvq)

Huh.
I thought it meant "It's 5 o'clock on some planet!"

Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2023 02:45 PM (e4fEA)

353 'Klaatu barada nikto'

"I need coffee"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2023 02:38 PM (Sjyvq)

Huh.
I thought it meant "It's 5 o'clock on some planet!"
Posted by: Diogenes
-------

I may have been guessing...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2023 02:56 PM (48u4S)

354 Prolapse Paul's life accomplishment is serving as the circle jerk pivot man for raimondo, sid, and boffo the clown.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 22, 2023 03:43 PM (TZ75n)

355 The charging document of the ABC producer p3do is literally horrifying.

I can't imagine the sadism and lack of humanity inherent and endemic in a man who can take pleasure and enjoymnent in the act of r@ping an INFANT.

These are monsters. In the main, I am against the death penalty. But not for infant r@pists, or really any sadistic child torturer.

Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2023 04:21 PM (Qb4mU)

356 the most deviant, depraved, heinous instances of child sex abuse derive from the demonrat/Leftard/Cultural Marxist population. And they enable and cover up for each other.

You know how Rolling Stone came out with that scathing, contemptible article against Sound of Freedom? Turns out a RS editor covered up a story written by his own staff. The subject of the story? One of RS editor's buddies in alphabet media got busted for CP.

Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2023 04:45 PM (Qb4mU)

357 Locally there was a Radnor Township commissioner, Philip Ahr. He got busted for CP. The police informed the other commissioners about the coming charges, and immediately the Board scheduled a vote to unseat the professional p3do. Ahr's fellow demorats voted to keep him, they won the vote, so he stayed. It was only when he was formally charged and arrested that he stepped down.
But the support for their fellow groomer/p3do did not stop when Ahr was arrested. At his sentencing hearing, his fellow demorats showed up as favorable witnesses to shorten the feral pig's sentence.

This is after evidence was widely publicized in local papers that Ahr texted to one of his p3do buddies: "It's so hot when they cry". Talking about 5 year old children.

ANd of course, one of the demonrats who supported him failed upwards and now sits on our County Council.

Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2023 04:51 PM (Qb4mU)

358 As we saw in photos, Beto campaigned for the sexual criminal in New Hampshire. If we had a party opposed to sex crimes against children, they could make these pervs the face of the Democrat Party.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 22, 2023 05:12 PM (aD39U)

359 Far and away the vast majority of pedophiles are Democrats.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 22, 2023 05:16 PM (aD39U)

360 >>"You as a parent have done a truly, like, a human rights abuse level of awful thing to your own child that can not be fixed.

This is very true, but just one extreme.
Now do the same analysis for mother who aborted baby.

Or even for a father who cheats on marriage and wife divorces. Or mother who divorces and fights for custody to protect child from "cheater."

In all cases the parents have done irreparable harm to the child, but now they have to define that reality in a way which presents themselves as the hero. The mother did not murder her child, but she fought for "women's health." The father did not betray a trust, he "fought for his happiness." "It is better for the child than to live in a family where the parents fight." (To which I always respond that there is a third option: Grow up and stop fighting.)

These are personal failings which bleed out into society and poison the well. This is why I am "conservative" and not libertarian or socially liberal or whatever label the weak and ignorant choose. Society (family, church, neighbors, laws. In that order) has the obligation to work against these failings in order to protect society.

There are other examples, ...

Posted by: The Bread at July 22, 2023 05:16 PM (SMK2B)

361 sock off

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at July 22, 2023 05:17 PM (SMK2B)

362 We already have a diagnosis for parents supporting "gender-affirming care" for their minor children: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. We have well tested protocol, for this - we remove the abused child, even over the childs objections.
Time to apply this standard.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 22, 2023 05:27 PM (CngVe)

363 312: if you have ten fingers and one gets cut off you still have nine.

Posted by: Mao at July 22, 2023 05:41 PM (BKMyz)

364 Kamala Harris touts public schools with: 'I am a product of a public school education'

Posted by: Neo at July 22, 2023 08:09 PM (RovqD)

365 So, a black hole can prevent light from escaping but not sound waves?
Physics is weird.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at July 22, 2023 08:19 PM (BJgzI)

366 Was a huge Tony Bennett until right after 9/11. In an interview, he placed the blame squarely on "us".
His cds made excellent targets.

Posted by: Scott at July 23, 2023 08:27 AM (Ej4R4)

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