Repost: A Very Special Guest Post from Tom Friedman

A Conversation With a Cabbie and What It Tells Us About The Next Several Minutes of My Life

by Tom Friedman
Special Guest Columnist for Ace of Spades HQ

I was talking to my cabbie in Cairo, making idle chit-chat as we threaded our way through a colorful and boisterous bazaar, what the locals call a souk, when I pointed out how the world is becoming more interconnected every second.

Then, he stabbed me.

As the blade slipped between my ribs, it occurred to me the rubber of the knife's handle was made in Brazil, and the steel crafted in Japan. Much like the gaudy wares on display at the souk outside the red-flecked windows, my backseat butchering was a glorious melange of the intersection of ideas at the great crossroads of the world.

As my cabbie continued to stab at my torso, I pondered that this moment was made possible by what I call "the pollenization of possibility."

Consider: It required the melding of three cultures, Brazilian, Japanese, and Egyptian, to produce the perforation in my Minnesota-made kidney. It was as if the grand viziers of thought and the great moguls of trade had conspired for years to come together into the red-tipped point of my itinerant assassin's dagger.

You can see this everywhere in the world, in "American" cars with parts made in Japan and largely assembled in Mexico, or in the latest "killer" app, conceived in Silicon Valley but coded in Seoul.

The pace of cross-pollenization and adaptation is unstoppable and ever-increasing, much like the crazed murder-tempo of my assailant's unexpected blood-frenzy.

I hold up my hands in defense, like those "left behind" in the New Economy, trying to protect themselves from the incoming sharp edge of disruptive change. Though, in my case, I was actually trying to protect myself from the incoming the sharp edge of stabbing.

But, just as ideas from far-away cultures penetrate our society, the blade cuts into me like a viral meme, or perhaps a catchy Bollywood song.

But one of those songs that plunges deeply into the meat of your palm and severs the nerves to your fingers.

I cry out to passers-by for help, but just like those left behind by globalization, they are heedless of the changes happening all around them.

Finally, I catch their attention. Then they begin stabbing me too.

As the crowd gathers around me with knives and antiquated farm implements, some scratch-made, some from the nuevas factorias of Veracruz, it strikes to me that I am witnessing what I call the "sudden inevitable."

In my book The Sudden Inevitable, I trace how events that overtake us have percolated in the collective unconscious for decades, even centuries.

This guy just cut off my foot with a shovel.

Ideas are pregnant in the ether before any human speaks them aloud, much like the idea of stabbing me to death has long percolated (I suspect) in the collective mind of my closest confreres.

And thus, as I lie wet and wriggling upon the ground, this conclave of multicultural avatars pulling off my pants and leaving me naked to the waist for God knows what reason, I think about the quickening pulse of international concourse, and how it matches my own quickening pulse, as my heartbeat becomes fast, weak, and thready due to rapid exsanguination. Something of the world has been lost, and it will not be returning any time soon.

Rather like my foot, which I see now has been placed upon a table in the souk and is now being offered for sale at the price of one pound, sixty piastres. I'm rather proud that the foot of a simple man from the farms of Minnesota should command such a lofty price in this place, this chattering beehive of a bazaar where the locals come to haggle over bolts of cotton and baskets of taro, and where Westerners come to be butchered and stripped down for their organs.

And their foot.

I cannot speak any longer. My microrecorder (made in the Netherlands) is almost full. Oh bugger, they just took that too

Posted by: Ace at 06:22 PM

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1 That's very gay. Just sayin

Posted by: International Brotherhood of Hobos and Associated Hermits at May 29, 2023 06:23 PM (dzZCL)

2 almost firstish again

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 29, 2023 06:23 PM (B1FKF)

3 If only

Posted by: International Brotherhood of Hobos and Associated Hermits at May 29, 2023 06:23 PM (dzZCL)

4 i have a feeling this is a rerun, but since it involved tom friedman it could just be lower colon type gas

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 29, 2023 06:24 PM (B1FKF)

5 And then, Andrew Sullivan fisked him

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 29, 2023 06:24 PM (0hOvj)

6 Lol ! You been working on that one awhile! Well done!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2023 06:25 PM (S6gqv)

7 TLDR

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 29, 2023 06:25 PM (glGDV)

8 "Bugger" tom!

Posted by: ol exJarhead at May 29, 2023 06:25 PM (zqRXw)

9 PS

man is maNN!

Posted by: ol exJarhead at May 29, 2023 06:26 PM (zqRXw)

10 Yeah its a rerun, he specifically states that it is a repost but its a good one

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 29, 2023 06:27 PM (0hOvj)

11 re 5: you mean a fisk like what popeye means by fisk?

ag ag ag ag agony

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 29, 2023 06:27 PM (B1FKF)

12 Sally Struthers Voice: Your unused foot can feed this family for a week....

Posted by: International Brotherhood of Hobos and Associated Hermits at May 29, 2023 06:28 PM (dzZCL)

13 Manfred Mann < Michael Mann < Mannheim Steamroller

Posted by: weft cut loop at May 29, 2023 06:29 PM (jzzG8)

14 Ace, you better watch out the uniparty deep state and propaganda ministries might see this as a threat and exile you to a camp where the Ludovico technique is used on you but instead of Beethoven you will be required to watch Disney live action remakes.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2023 06:31 PM (AxN/S)

15 Wait, he is in Egypt? But they are stabbing him with farm implements made in Vera Cruz?

He's full of shit. Or delirious from blood loss. They are smacking him with AK rifle butts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:31 PM (/xaUq)

16 Yours?

That's great, Ace.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 29, 2023 06:31 PM (KSNKu)

17 I, for one, eagerly anticipate vmom's stabby review of this Benchmark article.

Though it likely wasn't sponsored by Benchmark Knives, they're missing an opportunity if they don't!

And Bluebell is likely to slip some cutting remarks into the conversation. The skills she gained while on "the inside" are scary sneaky... and effective.

One underestimates our 'Ettes, at their mortal peril.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at May 29, 2023 06:31 PM (e6UQI)

18 A blast from the past.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 29, 2023 06:31 PM (Vwz3I)

19 20 A blast from the past.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 29, 2023 06:31 PM (Vwz3I)

Yeah, it has been a while since he has done one like this.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:32 PM (/xaUq)

20 Bluebell should sponsor and review knives, especially shivs

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 29, 2023 06:33 PM (0hOvj)

21 For but a moment, a simple ewok stepped into the very small shoes of this world renowned economist.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:33 PM (/xaUq)

22 On an unrelated note, I looked up info on novelist etc. Jack London and found this wonderful Wiki section...

"... he educated himself through the study of agricultural manuals and scientific tomes. He conceived of a system of ranching that today would be praised for its ecological wisdom."[citation needed] He was proud to own the first concrete silo in California. He hoped to adapt the wisdom of Asian sustainable agriculture to the United States. He hired both Italian and Chinese stonemasons, whose distinctly different styles are obvious.

The ranch was an economic failure."

Some things, like Krugman, never change.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 29, 2023 06:33 PM (Vwz3I)

23 Genius

Posted by: Hilaire Atlee at May 29, 2023 06:34 PM (DpjaA)

24 worthy

Posted by: CppThis at May 29, 2023 06:34 PM (PZvjL)

25 The ranch was an economic failure."

Some things, like Krugman, never change.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 29, 2023 06:33 PM (Vwz3I)

It would take a heart of stone not to laugh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:36 PM (/xaUq)

26 Consider if every person was as bad at their job as is this person.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 29, 2023 06:36 PM (MeG8a)

27 I remember this one. It made me feel like I was actually sitting and talking with Thomas Friedman.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2023 06:36 PM (iayUP)

28 Twins tied it up

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at May 29, 2023 06:36 PM (Eeb9P)

29 you know, i recall allahpundit doing something similar years ago, friedman in saudi arabia learning to his surprise and delight that the saudis wisely agreed with him that the way to achieve peace in the middle east is to eliminate israel

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 29, 2023 06:36 PM (B1FKF)

30 Glenn Reynolds did great Friedman takedowns, too. He would simply post pics of Friedman's 87,000 square foot house after old Tom waxed particularly pious about AGW.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 29, 2023 06:37 PM (KSNKu)

31 I don't care if this episode is a re-run, it's still funny.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 29, 2023 06:37 PM (llON8)

32 Wife made a great brisket but I sliced it wrong.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at May 29, 2023 06:37 PM (Eeb9P)

33 Thanks Ace, I read this to my wife and son in a John Facenda voice and they both laughed.

You really captured his smug retardation, I may have been speaking but you wrote in his voice.

Posted by: sven at May 29, 2023 06:37 PM (X0I7i)

34 I can't find this article in my Stuff Tom Friedman Said.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at May 29, 2023 06:39 PM (Eeb9P)

35
I have an observation, Tom. I thought that slaughtering a bloated pig was haram for Mohammedans ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 06:41 PM (5pZqO)

36
Oh yeah, it's good.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 29, 2023 06:41 PM (enJYY)

37 And led to Kate at SDA [Small Dead Animals] to create this running feature of Conversations With Tom Friedman's House:

https://tinyurl.com/y6876bnn

See EBD's comment at 12:34 for more information.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 29, 2023 06:41 PM (Vwz3I)

38 No blah blah blah

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 29, 2023 06:42 PM (X+Ku8)

39 Beautiful.

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2023 06:42 PM (Uv0D2)

40 Oh that Friedman. He died as he lived; like an verbose douchebag

Posted by: Callmelennie at May 29, 2023 06:42 PM (dRU4D)

41
He was proud to own the first concrete silo in California.

The concrete crop was a particularly abundant one that year ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 06:43 PM (5pZqO)

42 The United States is one big souk.

Diversity + Proximity = War.

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 29, 2023 06:43 PM (kQFcK)

43 I can't find this article in my Stuff Tom Friedman Said.
Posted by: Jamaica

You were told not to use the cliff notes!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 29, 2023 06:43 PM (gk98w)

44 This is good, but ask yourself this question: Where is the mention of using smart regulations and scaled sustainable values to enhance our focus on our waning strength vis-à-vis Beijing?

Posted by: Thom F. Riedman at May 29, 2023 06:43 PM (/DTlP)

45 Love it! "Something of the world has been lost, and it will not be returning any time soon." That there's an all-purpose platitude; Imma spring it on the Aldi cashier tomorrow!

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at May 29, 2023 06:44 PM (MvF+J)

46 Serious question.

Whatever happened to Tom Friedman?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2023 06:44 PM (RIvkX)

47 Slap!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2023 06:45 PM (U2p+3)

48
The thing is the Chinese said, 'We don't have to spend trillions on nuclear devices to beat them, just a couple million every year to pay off their top leaders.'

Of course, an hour later our 'top leaders' got hungry again.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 29, 2023 06:45 PM (enJYY)

49 "This guy just cut off my foot with a shovel" is the funniest line ever written in the English language.

Posted by: Sockpuppet Czar at May 29, 2023 06:46 PM (S+YU0)

50 Thomas Loren Friedman (/ˈfriːdmən/; born July 20, 1953) is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is a weekly columnist for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs, global trade, the Middle East, globalization, and environmental issues.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:47 PM (/xaUq)

51 Still alive. 69.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:47 PM (/xaUq)

52 Loren? That explains a lot.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2023 06:47 PM (iayUP)

53 >>> 52 Thomas Loren Friedman (/ˈfriːdmən/; born July 20, 1953) is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is a weekly columnist for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs, global trade, the Middle East, globalization, and environmental issues.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:47 PM (/xaUq)

Only the bestest and smarterer journolistas win the Pulitzer.

Posted by: Walter Duranty at May 29, 2023 06:48 PM (llON8)

54 "Ideas are pregnant in the ether before any human speaks them aloud, much like the idea of stabbing me to death has long percolated (I suspect) in the collective mind of my closest confreres."

No shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:48 PM (/xaUq)

55 I haven't seen his column in years. He used to be a frequent target of ace's.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2023 06:48 PM (RIvkX)

56 Well, trench tools in WI and II were made to be weapons also

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2023 06:49 PM (xhxe8)

57 Best fucking entertainment on the webs today.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 29, 2023 06:49 PM (Q4IgG)

58
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 29, 2023 06:49 PM (ENBF0)

59 I think anyone who has a pronunciation guide for a fairly simple name is a douchebag on the face of it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:49 PM (/xaUq)

60 Once friedman became a mouth piece for the Saudis, he was dead to me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 29, 2023 06:49 PM (pmmLi)

61
I haven't seen his column in years.

Now do George Will.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 06:50 PM (5pZqO)

62 62 Once friedman became a mouth piece for the Saudis, he was dead to me
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 29, 2023 06:49 PM (pmmLi)

I can't think of a time when he was worth a read.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:50 PM (/xaUq)

63 The Earth has a new moon. I've got a bad feeling about this.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2023 06:51 PM (iayUP)

64 Does the fact that an essay on being stabbed makes me laugh make me a very bad person?

Posted by: LASue at May 29, 2023 06:51 PM (Ed8Zd)

65 The thing is the Chinese said, 'We don't have to spend trillions on nuclear devices to beat them, just a couple million every year to pay off their top leaders.'
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Chapter 3 of The Art of Whore by General Tso!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 29, 2023 06:51 PM (Vwz3I)

66 Now do George Will.

He'd compare Trump to the designated hitter

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 29, 2023 06:51 PM (0hOvj)

67 I think anyone who has a pronunciation guide for a fairly simple name is a douchebag on the face of it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

You mean it's not pronounced doo-MAHSS?

Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2023 06:51 PM (DgGvY)

68
How much longer are we going to endure the flaming flatulence ad, Chuy?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 06:52 PM (5pZqO)

69 You mean it's not pronounced doo-MAHSS?
Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2023 06:51 PM (DgGvY)

Dooshe-bahhhg

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:53 PM (/xaUq)

70 I had one kid come home from college & announce Tom Friedman was brilliant & the U.S. needed to stop worrying about debt. The most scholarly is now, I believe most would call it as I do, f*##ing unemployed.
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16 Ace, you better watch out the uniparty deep state and propaganda ministries might see this as a threat and exile you to a camp ...

For now, the preference is probably for Ace & the COBs to have a handle on the Horde.

Posted by: Lola - ALL the 1/6 videotapes from Alexandra & Jades, too. at May 29, 2023 06:53 PM (GshMh)

71 That picture... It's hideous.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 29, 2023 06:53 PM (klJTj)

72 The thing is the Chinese said, 'We don't have to spend trillions on nuclear devices to beat them, just a couple million every year to pay off their top leaders'

And that's key to understanding Chinese strategy. Their military is crap, but they would lose face if they didn't trot out stuff to look impressive with once in a while. They don't invade, they suborn and corrupt. They buy and whisper into ears like wormtongue. They don't need to invade Taiwan, a goodly chunk of the Taiwanese government is friendly toward China after years of this. Eventually Taiwan will just open their doors.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 29, 2023 06:53 PM (0hOvj)

73 There's flaming flatulence?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:53 PM (/xaUq)

74 Honestly, last week I was thinking about this post and was wondering if someday it would magically appear again? My prayers were answered...Magnificent! Thank you!

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at May 29, 2023 06:54 PM (zerGY)

75 Twins take the lead

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at May 29, 2023 06:54 PM (Eeb9P)

76 Breaking911 @Breaking911 · 1h
JUST IN: At least 44 people shot — 9 fatally — in Memorial Day weekend shootings across Chicago; toddlers among the wounded

Yesterday...
Breaking911 @Breaking911 · May 28
DEVELOPING: At least 35 people shot, 8 fatally, in Memorial Day weekend shootings across Chicago

And Monday isn't over yet.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 29, 2023 06:55 PM (Vwz3I)

77
There's flaming flatulence?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

That, or the bloody flux jetting through summer whites.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 06:55 PM (5pZqO)

78 I was hoping to hear more about what happened after they removed his trousers.

Posted by: David French at May 29, 2023 06:56 PM (S+VCd)

79 That, or the bloody flux jetting through summer whites.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 06:55 PM (5pZqO)

Oh, is that the one for a dying liver?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:56 PM (/xaUq)

80
Oh, is that the one for a dying liver?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yes

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 06:57 PM (5pZqO)

81
Oh, is that the one for a dying liver?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yes, the very one

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 06:57 PM (5pZqO)

82 Does George Will still harbor his blue jean hatred or is it a phobia? Where does old baseball fan stand on the khaki sensation?

Posted by: micky at May 29, 2023 06:57 PM (3byMq)

83 Why when I search 'Salad dressing without soybean oil' do I get a shitload of vegan recipes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:58 PM (/xaUq)

84 Yes, the very one
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 06:57 PM (5pZqO)

I thought it was supposed to be bleeding from the ass.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 06:58 PM (/xaUq)

85
Why when I search 'Salad dressing without soybean oil' do I get a shitload of vegan recipes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

"How to Serve Vegan"

1. Do whatever you'd like.
2. Throw it in the trash without ever consuming it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 06:59 PM (5pZqO)

86 In the 1980s, when I got posted to Beirut, my well-intentioned parents bought me his Tribes with Flags book. I wasn't political back then, nor intellectually-minded. But after about 10 pages, I thought, what a pompous gasbag, and i put it down.

Posted by: goatexchange at May 29, 2023 07:01 PM (APPN8)

87 @78 Heyjackass.com has it at 12 dead as of 8am this morning. They start the weekend at 12pm Fri which might account for difference. On a funny note a person wearing one of Chicago's peacekeeper vests engaged in the beat down of a motorist. What a toddling town

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2023 07:01 PM (AxN/S)

88 Read one Friedman book and it cured me for a liftime. Good fire starter

Posted by: Ben Had at May 29, 2023 07:01 PM (abLNM)

89 Aaaaand everybody to the ticket window to collect your winings:

@BIZPACReview 1m
Machete-wielding professor WALKS free, grabs lunch after Bronx judge lets her out http://dlvr.it/Spqqy3

Posted by: weft cut loop at May 29, 2023 07:02 PM (jzzG8)

90 IN: At least 44 people shot — 9 fatally — in Memorial Day weekend shootings across Chicago; toddlers among the wounded

Yesterday...
Breaking911 @Breaking911 · May 28
DEVELOPING: At least 35 people shot, 8 fatally, in Memorial Day weekend shootings across Chicago

And Monday isn't over yet.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 29, 2023 06:55 PM

Global warming. Plus it's de nada.....they were all engaged in mutual combat so it's OK.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 29, 2023 07:02 PM (ncXxy)

91 Because all search engines suck now.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 29, 2023 07:02 PM (Vwz3I)

92 Oops - i meant, From Beirut to Jerusalem. Same reaction though.

Posted by: goatexchange at May 29, 2023 07:03 PM (APPN8)

93 Chicongo really has to up those numbers. The mayor will be displeased by the low frequency of chimpouts a goin' on.

Posted by: micky at May 29, 2023 07:03 PM (3byMq)

94 Whatever happened to Tom Friedman?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2023 06:44 PM

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: The Otters at May 29, 2023 07:03 PM (Wnv9h)

95 They don't need to invade Taiwan, a goodly chunk of the Taiwanese government is friendly toward China after years of this. Eventually Taiwan will just open their doors.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor

Not only that, but interlocking directorates are only illegal in the US. The corp boards in Taiwan are already interlocked with CCP companies. The banks have ties with mainland banks. Why invade?

Posted by: weft cut loop at May 29, 2023 07:03 PM (jzzG8)

96 96 Whatever happened to Tom Friedman?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2023 06:44 PM

*shifty eyes*
Posted by: The Otters at May 29, 2023 07:03 PM (Wnv9h)

Whatever gets you laid, eh guys?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 07:04 PM (/xaUq)

97 Its cooling off out thar....

Posted by: JT at May 29, 2023 07:04 PM (T4tVD)

98 Machete-wielding professor WALKS free, grabs lunch after Bronx judge lets her out http://dlvr.it/Spqqy3
Posted by: weft cut loop at May 29, 2023 07:02 PM (jzzG

===
C'mon, man. Its not like she actually chopped his head off or anything. No harm, no foul, right?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2023 07:04 PM (RIvkX)

99 Friedman, Krugman and Dowd. They used to be somewhat influencial when newspapers were still a thingin the 90s.

Posted by: JmT at May 29, 2023 07:04 PM (6WcPB)

100
On a funny note a person wearing one of Chicago's peacekeeper vests engaged in the beat down of a motorist. What a toddling town
Posted by: Smell the Glove

It's a pity there wasn't someone there to school said yellow vestee in good manners with the assistance of a firearm.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 07:04 PM (5pZqO)

101 They don't need to invade Taiwan, a goodly chunk of the Taiwanese government is friendly toward China after years of this. Eventually Taiwan will just open their doors.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor

Not only that, but interlocking directorates are only illegal in the US. The corp boards in Taiwan are already interlocked with CCP companies. The banks have ties with mainland banks. Why invade?
Posted by: weft cut loop at May 29, 2023 07:03 PM (jzzG

Spot on. Taiwan is already lost.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 29, 2023 07:04 PM (pmmLi)

102 They start the weekend at 12pm Fri which might account for difference.
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They should compromise on Friday at 6 p.m.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 29, 2023 07:05 PM (Vwz3I)

103 "How to Serve Vegan"

Don't. You can never get the taste of patchouli and sanctimoniousness out of them.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2023 07:05 PM (Wnv9h)

104 Btw Ace, that was fuckin' funny.and spot-on.

Posted by: goatexchange at May 29, 2023 07:06 PM (APPN8)

105 A classic. Good one, Ace! Hahaha!

Good evening, horde!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 29, 2023 07:06 PM (OX9vb)

106 I'm going to need a certain foul-mouth time-traveling sandwich to explain this to me.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 29, 2023 07:06 PM (aD39U)

107 goatexchange, that's the one I read too.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 29, 2023 07:06 PM (abLNM)

108 George Will could have saved his reputation if he'd been smart like Krauthammer, and died 10 years ago.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2023 07:07 PM (S6gqv)

109 Does George Will still harbor his blue jean hatred or is it a phobia? Where does old baseball fan stand on the khaki sensation?

Posted by: micky at May 29, 2023 06:57 PM (3byMq)

A cuck before that term was popularized.

Posted by: JmT at May 29, 2023 07:08 PM (6WcPB)

110 Slap!
Posted by: nurse ratched

OW !

Posted by: JT at May 29, 2023 07:09 PM (T4tVD)

111 110 George Will could have saved his reputation if he'd been smart like Krauthammer, and died 10 years ago.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2023 07:07 PM (S6gqv)

That is pretty close to the mark. I always liked krauthammer. I suspect though, he would have been on the NT train.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 07:09 PM (/xaUq)

112 Golf Clap. I never get tired of a classic. Ace at some of his cruelist.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at May 29, 2023 07:09 PM (17s+e)

113 It's funny that it was the NYT itself that consigned all of its once well known columnists to the land of make-believe, once they put them all behind a pay wall. They thought everyone would pay to read them - nope.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2023 07:09 PM (S6gqv)

114
It's funny that it was the NYT itself that consigned all of its once well known columnists to the land of make-believe, once they put them all behind a pay wall. They thought everyone would pay to read them - nope.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Monkeys, typewriters, Hamlet ... some assembly required

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 07:11 PM (5pZqO)

115 Not seeing the bleeding/flaming pants.

-guy holding a lemon to his ear (is that the style these days?)

-receding gums

-dental dam chick?

-obsidian is the main enemy of diabeetus?

-push ups fight enlarged prostate?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 07:12 PM (/xaUq)

116 110 George Will could have saved his reputation if he'd been smart like Krauthammer, and died 10 years ago.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2023 07:07 PM (S6gqv)

Krauthammer one of the more thoughtful conservatives of the 2nd half of the 20th century. Don't know if he would know what to make of what's going on now.

Posted by: JmT at May 29, 2023 07:13 PM (6WcPB)

117 Oh and of course: toenail fungus

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 07:13 PM (/xaUq)

118 They don't need to invade Taiwan, a goodly chunk of the Taiwanese government is friendly toward China after years of this. Eventually Taiwan will just open their doors.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor

Not only that, but interlocking directorates are only illegal in the US. The corp boards in Taiwan are already interlocked with CCP companies. The banks have ties with mainland banks. Why invade?
Posted by: weft cut loop at May 29, 2023 07:03 PM (jzzG

Spot on. Taiwan is already lost.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 29, 2023 07:04 PM

If Taiwan goes we are fvcked. They produce more than 90% of all of the advanced computer chips we use in this country.

Granted we are slowly starting to figure that out. A new advanced chip plant is being built in Sherman Texas and is expected to be producing within a couple of years, but that's just a drop in the bucket for our needs.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 29, 2023 07:13 PM (ncXxy)

119 f Taiwan goes we are fvcked. They produce more than 90% of all of the advanced computer chips we use in this country.

Granted we are slowly starting to figure that out. A new advanced chip plant is being built in Sherman Texas and is expected to be producing within a couple of years, but that's just a drop in the bucket for our needs.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 29, 2023 07:13 PM (ncXxy)

Yes, so we better freaken step on it and get those plants built

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 29, 2023 07:14 PM (pmmLi)

120 Krauthammer one of the more thoughtful conservatives of the 2nd half of the 20th century. Don't know if he would know what to make of what's going on now.
Posted by: JmT at May 29, 2023 07:13 PM (6WcPB)

Derbyshire (what is he doing now) and VDH. The only ones I can think of from the NR set who did not go full NT. Any others I'm missing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 07:15 PM (/xaUq)

121 Given that AI is about to take over the world, losing our electronic computing resources might be one of the best things that could happen to us.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2023 07:16 PM (S6gqv)

122
Not seeing the bleeding/flaming pants.
...
Posted by: Aetius451AD

That's a pity, because the bloody flux links you to the wisdom of Dr. Dorodny ... former Chief Medical Officer of the Malibu Medical Reserve Corpse [ sic ] (MMRC) — a volunteer organization under the guidance of the US Surgeon General dedicated to assisting authorities in a form of Medical Disaster Assistance Teams

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 07:16 PM (5pZqO)

123 Derbyshire is still around at vdare.com
Does a weekly podcast on Friday evenings.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 29, 2023 07:17 PM (MeG8a)

124 Why when I search 'Salad dressing without soybean oil' do I get a shitload of vegan recipes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Because vegans are the only ones who eat enough salad to care what they make the dressing from?

Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2023 07:18 PM (DgGvY)

125
Tears fill my eyes when I think of how close the world came to losing a great bull.

A rampaging, one-footed beast of a beautiful man lasting 35-40 seconds sometimes a full minute fifteen upon my partner's mound of Venus.

To never again inhale the musky shmear of his Jewish man-squeezins redolent of gefilte fish and Megan-David would be to suffer a pain I could not bear.

Thank you, Ace o0f Spades. Thank you for reminding us how, Tom Friedman, this wonderful bull survived his greatest challenge.

Thank you, Sir!

Posted by: David French at May 29, 2023 07:19 PM (RJQ8g)

126 JT!

Birdbath status please.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2023 07:20 PM (U2p+3)

127 113 That is pretty close to the mark. I always liked krauthammer. I suspect though, he would have been on the NT train.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 07:09 PM (/xaUq)

Sad but probably true. Just once I want one of these posh-boy think tank types to admit that while they hate Trump, they know that they created him with their decades of singular obsession with quixotic foreign misadventures that left Joe Sixpack in the lurch. I've gotten local NT types that I know to do so with a minimal amount of logic-driven debate, but they're not Big People who run things.

Posted by: CppThis at May 29, 2023 07:20 PM (PZvjL)

128 "Now do George Will."

Do VDH!

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at May 29, 2023 07:22 PM (MvF+J)

129 125 Derbyshire is still around at vdare.com
Does a weekly podcast on Friday evenings.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 29, 2023 07:17 PM (MeG8a)

Will check that out. My go to's now are Whitlock and Corrola. Looking forward to Carlson on Twitter.

Posted by: JmT at May 29, 2023 07:22 PM (6WcPB)

130 Joe Brandon Fan
@realandhonestg
I was in a conservative McDonald’s near Oklahoma City the other day and I overheard the conservatives in there saying that they didn’t want to admit it to anyone, but they all really approve of the job Biden has been doing…and Kamala too

-
I didn't even know they divided McDonald's into conservative and regular. Maybe you've got to know a secret handshakes to get in or something.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 29, 2023 07:22 PM (FVME7)

131 132 Joe Brandon Fan
@realandhonestg
I was in a conservative McDonald’s near Oklahoma City the other day and I overheard the conservatives in there saying that they didn’t want to admit it to anyone, but they all really approve of the job Biden has been doing…and Kamala too

-
I didn't even know they divided McDonald's into conservative and regular. Maybe you've got to know a secret handshakes to get in or something.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 29, 2023 07:22 PM (FVME7)

I am sure this happened.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2023 07:24 PM (/xaUq)

132 JT!

Birdbath status please.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Preparing for a night of sleep.

Posted by: JT at May 29, 2023 07:25 PM (T4tVD)

133
I was in a conservative McDonald’s near Oklahoma City the other day and I overheard the conservatives in there saying that they didn’t want to admit it to anyone, but they all really approve of the job Biden has been doing…and Kamala too

I guess it is time to retire our customary greeting of, "Hola! fellow conservative!" -- they're on to us!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 07:25 PM (5pZqO)

134 Joe Brandon Fan
@realandhonestg
I was in a conservative McDonald’s near Oklahoma City the other day and I overheard the conservatives in there saying that they didn’t want to admit it to anyone, but they all really approve of the job Biden has been doing…and Kamala too

I will take things that never happened for $1,000 Alex.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 29, 2023 07:26 PM (ncXxy)

135
I will take things that never happened for $1,000 Alex.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

The "tell" was its siting in Oklahoma City.

Uh ... sure!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 07:28 PM (5pZqO)

136 I was in McDonald's in Redding CA and Medford OR this week, and both had kiosk-ordering.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2023 07:29 PM (RIvkX)

137
Nood cafe

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 29, 2023 07:29 PM (5pZqO)

138 Truth be told,
Unless you're doing a Cesar or a creamy dressing, most Italian, vinaigrette and balsamic mustardy type dressings are vegan.

We used to just call it olive oil and vinegar. Heavy on the black pepper. A little salt.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2023 07:30 PM (U2p+3)

139 Bwahahahaha...
Thank you also though...for not describing in hilarious detail precisely WHY they stripped the clothing from his nethers, and what they did in that region soon after.

Posted by: birddog at May 29, 2023 07:30 PM (uAI4S)

140 132, LOL, of course he did!

what did his wise-beyond-his-years 8 year old think?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at May 29, 2023 07:33 PM (v0mat)

141
Derbyshire (what is he doing now) and VDH. The only ones I can think of from the NR set who did not go full NT. Any others I'm missing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Mark Steyn?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2023 07:40 PM (63Dwl)

142 I didn't even know they divided McDonald's into conservative and regular.

I was in the Liberal one a few years ago. Across the road from the Wizard of Oz museum. Nobody spoke English ISYN.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 29, 2023 07:48 PM (jYCXf)

143 Thank the heavens we never made it as far as Tom's rectum.

The negotiations would be vigorous and deathly.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 29, 2023 08:08 PM (KVGVf)

144
Hey! You don't know that for sure!

-Shit old democrats say

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145
Friedman, Brooks, and French are straight up republicans, that's for sure

Posted by: Auspex at May 29, 2023 08:17 PM (j4U/Z)

146
My God, did you emulate his tedious codswallop.

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