SCOTUS RULES RACE-BASED COLLEGE ADMISSIONS UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Another good ruling from the current SCOTUS. Not that this will change anything. Universities announced weeks ago that they are already planning end-runs around this ruling. So, just like Bruen, it will be a moral victory, and the SOBs will keep doing the same things.
DUNE SHACK, BABY, DUNE SHACK: Park Service evicts Provincetown artist from “dune shack” after 80 years. Provincetown leaders worry the character of the shacks will be diminished if they are leased only to wealthy, high bidders. LOL. But did he sing sea chanteys [NSFW lyrics and drunken hooliganism] in his seaside shanty?
CITY USES FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FUNDS FOR GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM: “A gun buyback program is not going to change much,” VCU professor and law enforcement expert William Pelfrey said. “The people who bring guns in are not likely to be people who are criminals. The guns that come off the street are not likely to be used in a major crime event.” Yet later in the article Pelfrey pulls out the old, tired “if it saves even one life” trope. What if the life saved is that of a home invader, professor?
FINLAND MAN: On March 18, 1944, 27-year-old Aimo Koivunen and his Finnish ski unit were in Lapland, Finland’s northernmost region, when they were attacked by superior Soviet forces. Forced to retreat through deep snow, Koivunen found himself exhausted. He remembered he had a supply of Pervitin, an early form of crystal meth used in World War 2… We have questions about the “crystal” part, and about war propaganda in general, but still.
SPACEX DECIDES TO HOT-STAGE STARSHIP: And what is hot-staging you ask? Is it what aerospace engineers call a dutch oven? No, it’s when you ignite the second stage engines before the second stage separates from the first stage. The Russians have been doing it for years.
MARS SAMPLE RETRIEVAL MISSION COSTS SKYROCKET: In a June 26 statement to SpaceNews, NASA said that one “highly speculative” estimate for the full cost of MSR was in the range of $8 billion to $9 billion. An independent review in 2020 estimated the cost of MSR at $3.8 billion to $4.4 billion, which itself was a significant increase over earlier estimates. The MSR mission was originally supposed to use an ESA-supplied rover to collect the samples, but NASA decided last summer to go with helicopter retrieval.
But not too wholesome? 😉
Entirely wholesome. Certain things you keep firewalled.
*Sneaks in, spreads filth
Wait… are we talking about that Cleveland bathroom now?
Poor people at Harvard? Gross.
“does not correspond perfectly in any way to race.”
So much for that white privilege I keep hearing about.
Kentucky coal mining families are super privileged, after all.
On the topic of SOBs likely ignoring this — I think this is wishful thinking.
I mean we live in a country with the 14th and the Civil Rights Act and all… and somehow also the “Thou Shalt Enforce Quotas on Your Corporate Boards” and other crap states pull and seem to get away with… so ignoring the Nazgul seems the most likely.
Over 90% of minority admissions to Harvard are from wealthy backgrounds.
That would be so much better than their old policy.
For decades people as conservative as D’Souza have been saying considering socioeconomic status is not out of the question, but that would mean admitting some trailer trash too.
Isn’t that Yale’s job, taking in the J.D. Vances of America?
Count Dankula did a Mad Lads about that guy. Apparently, people who collect WWII supplies have to make sure they don’t have any meth in them.
Park service is a bunch of alsos.
So, just like Bruen, it will be a moral victory, and the SOBs will keep doing the same things.
That really grinds my gears.
If they wrote a real good opinion that would help.. Unfortunately Roberts isn’t going to go for that. I am surprised he came down on the right side at all.
We’ll see what happens. There probably will be lawsuits. And I have a feeling that having to do it all subtly and quietly will take all the fun out of it, when the real reason for having these policies is to be able to brag loudly about having these policies.
I still have hope that Elon will make it to Mars with the help of Starship, hot off the stage or otherwise.
And he will have built that city….
It would be hilarious if he sent a person to just pick up the samples and bring them back while everyone else was still arguing about how to do it.
Frankly, given all we’ve observed from NASA, their pet Congresscritters and the bloodsucking leeches that are Lockheed and Boeing since at least the Columbia disaster — I’m rooting for Elon to not only do that, but to put together a Lunar mission explicitly to draw a huge “Suck it, NASA!” on the lunar surface.
Amen.
“Too many lives they’ve spent across the ocean
Too much money been spent upon the moon”
https://youtu.be/azYGdRSdQg4
Back when leftists went *so* bad.
Absolutely. Do you remember, NASA refused to label his spacemen that orbited the earth as “astronauts?” NASA found some shit ass way of denying them that moniker. Such petty useless assholes that blow money faster than a coke addict on Friday night.
a coke addict on Friday night.
Cracky has a sad.
That reminds me, I need to see if our merch people can help us with a plush Cracky doll.
We still need NEWSISH mugs.
“Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don’t need badges.”
Or badgers. RIP Raul.. probably having better luck getting those poodles to fly in Heaven.
My area of the country is the hot spot for bad air quality. I definitely feel it when I’m outside. Mrs. TOK is taking walks during the day and can really notice it too.
My place is just a hot spot. Hope your air clears up soon.
It’s all the gunsmoke.
/Chicago politician
Cheap Russian ammo?
/Also Miss Kitty
That’s Miss Bonus Hole now.
Same here.
The people who bring guns in are not likely to be people who are criminals.
You don’t say.
Of course. Those people need their guns for work.
They would be if they didn’t bring those guns in. Those assault machine guns can wander far and wide, creating havoc and more in their journeys.
If only I knew where I could get some inexpensive guns. They’ve been closing the inoperative and homemade loopholes.
“Do you accept nibbled Poptarts?”
“Richmond as a community is safe right now? I’d have to say no,” Richmond artist who goes by Yungthellie said. “Me being a member of RPS, working in the school system, one of my students passed away from gun violence over this year.”
“I really think that buying back guns is definitely a good thing to do. It would definitely make the community better, safer,” Yungthellie said.
Well, if she says so…
Next up, we’ll ask my six year old niece if we should have broccoli or ice cream with dinner tonight.
Cleveland City Hall opens first gender-inclusive bathroom. h/t Neph.
Is it just a normal bathroom with a new plaque that says “Anybody?”
I’m upset it doesn’t say Animal Shithouse on it.
Usually it says “family” and has a baby changing station in it and is wheelchair accessible.
If I run into any gender ambiguous in Poduckville I’ll certainly recommend Cleveland to them.
I’m fine with that, but a ceremonial ribbon-cutting seems a bit much.
If it were only the ribbons getting cut…
That Finn story is hilarious. The kid looks like he was still flying in that pic!
Sorry no cycling, Tonio. But that air looks downright dangerous.
He’s your huckleberry?
I thought a hot stage was whatever stage has the spotlight at the strip club.
[golf clap]
Related:
“‘This is not a normal court’: Biden slams Supreme Court justices for college affirmative action ruling and claims Americans ‘wrongly believe’ that ‘unqualified students’ are admitted ahead of qualified students”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12247965/Biden-slams-Supreme-Court-college-affirmative-action-ruling.html
“Liberal justice Ketanji Brown Jackson slams Supreme Court colleagues for ‘let them eat cake obliviousness’ and announcing ‘color blindness for all’ in damning affirmative action dissent”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12248089/Justice-Ketanji-Brown-Jackson-slams-Supreme-Court-colleagues-let-eat-cake-obliviousness.html
Because color blindness is bad? Let’s not judge someone by their character, but by the color of their skin?
Colorblindness went out of fashion somewhere around 1998.
So the same time people stopped being racist.
Yep. Racism keeps the party and the grift alive. Can’t have that ending, now can we?
in 1999 when I started thinking about college, I realized there were scholarships for people who weren’t white, people who weren’t male, people who lived on the government dole, people with stupendous grades, people with really bad grades, but nothing for a white male, B student (I was too lazy to do homework).
I recall a anti-Prop 209 protest on campus. One speaker was telling of the fear that it would end racial scholarships.
Speaker: How will I pay for college without a scholarship?
Someone in the audience: Get a job like the rest of us.
Well, get a loan like the rest of us, anyway.
College was less expensive before they added all the diversity officers.
Tell my father in law that. He still thinks his old Mustang is red.
Thomas’ retort to her dissent was magnificent and pointed out that Jackson believes all black people are downtrodden (really held down by the boot of white people) peoples that can only receive the hand of government to get themselves out of poverty.
Yet they are 13% of the population and 22% of the Court.
Cry harder, bullies.
Stop trying so hard. We’re not coming back
Can you imagine what they’re going to have to pay marketing people?
So take a still out of the shitty commercial and hope no one remember how you view that part of the market? I think they are doing exactly what they want to do. An all in buy that the middle of the country are bigoted bumbling idiots.
I’m ded.
*Appluase*
Amazing
This is why I have hope for humanity.
Tundra, you need to really think about the workers at those breweries so go drink Bud Light.
That article makes me want to pull an Elvis on my computer screen.
OD on drugs, sit on it, and die? Don’t get carried away.
I think he means giving it a hunka hunka burning love
We can’t go on together with spinning drives.
Shoot my computer screen. Then turn on a different TV and watch Kung Fu.
They can go work for Miller or Coors or Pabst or 1 of a couple thousand craft breweries.
“‘I love beer and I always have!’: Dylan Mulvaney breaks her silence on $20 billion Bud Light fiasco to excoriate the troubled brand for NOT standing by her… and then claims she has lost THAT can”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12248203/Dylan-Mulvaney-breaks-silence-Bud-Light-chokes-tears-torches-brand.html
Anorexics do not love beer
Bud Light is beer?
A stranger once bought me a can at a concert. “Ohhh, thaaanks: how kind.” (I did finish it and it wasn’t dosed.)
… Or women.
OT – Carrying over the Fallout conversation from the lunch thread.
And missing hints early on in games is something I do spectacularly well. Out of Vault 101 I turned left and didn’t find Megaton for more than an hour… (most of that spent crawling from overencumbrance because I couldn’t find a vendor)
Yeah I am pretty sure the good people of Goodsprings pretty much tell you to go to Sloan and then Primm to help find a new sheriff and from there it takes you up Mountain Pass and then onto Novak…or be ungovernable and just do what you want.
I honestly don’t recall any conversations pointing to Sloan. In fact, I don’t recall any ‘you should go to X’ conversations in Goodsprings at all.
Maybe not Sloan, that is just the shack at the end of the road out of GS…So Primm is where they tell you to go to find one, who them makes you run around that part of the map to get things done.
Early hints? I think it is a bit stronger than that… “Benny went to Vegas”
“Road north to Vegas blocked by Deathclaws”
“Try walking around? Cazadors… or lots of giant radscorps… or deathclaws (if you manage to find Primm Pass)”
You’re very much steered to go south and either you’ll swing over towards Nipton yourself or Ranger Ghost will put you that way when you hit the map wall. I don’t think it is at all subtle.
That said — some gifted loons are actually able to dodge the Deathclaws and get straight to the Strip for speedruns — but the game design intent is clear.
I didn’t quote my original comment where that intent made me feel like I was railroaded and exploration was being punished, which resulted in me sticking to the visible quest rails and not seeing the game the fans rave about.
Really just missed the very first part cause once you get to the Motel with the Dino, you can then start going nearly everywhere (and make that sweet dart gun that takes down Deathclaws).
That’s Novac ( the surviving part of the “No Vacancy” sign) I’d already been convinced of the futility of wandering of the trail by the time I finally slogged into that town.
So really it is that the Tutorial / Hand holding section was just a bit too long for you (see below in that I think Novac is where they take the training wheels off).
Didn’t think about it… but that’s also where you get your first companion (well, other than ED-E if you have sufficient points in Repair, I suppose…) Extra evidence to my theory.
In my view, the end of the tutorial was when I walked out of the doctor’s house.
And ED-E was one of two companions I actually found. I stumbled onto Veronica but she got too annoying.
Honestly, I don’t use companions much, since they tend to just block line of fire and ruin stealth attempts.
I can see that. Id say the battle with the gang should have been. I see no problem in guiding through some of the first part through and there are clear signs of areas you shouldn’t go yet…like with the Cazadors right outside of GS. The robot will come and stop you. Signs up about Deathclaws as you approach Sloan proper.
I think the basis of many views on its greatness come down to the storyline and the moral choices you make. Actual RPG elements in the game and outside of the whole vault dweller setting.
If this were after my first playthorugh, my reaction would be “What Robot?” That was another character I missed in that run. (I’ve since met him).
I can see the arguments in its favor, but one of my favorite things in a video game is to see what’s over the next hill, so running into a constant spate of “Don’t go there” signs (some quite literal) didn’t help the first impressions.
I suppose this has all been a long winded rant about the method of encouraging a specific direction.
For comparison, in both FO1 and FO2, if you tried to go in certain directions, you would start running into enemies that would curb stomp you as well. Sometimes in such a way that there was no way to run away from the tactical map before a total party wipe. The Fallout world is supposed to be a dangerous one, so it makes sense to stick to the roads/paths until you’ve geared/leveled up.
So what you’re saying is you’ve got stockholm syndrome?
Yeah — I can definitely see your point. I really view everything up to Novac as the Tutorial as it were. Once you’re in Novac, you can either start focusing on side quests (Fly Me To The Moon is obviously for that, you don’t have to do it as it is really really easy to get the info from Manny anyway) — but the rep increase in Novac, getting Boone figured out if you want, etc. setting you up with a hotel room / base there sets you up to really start exploring around… And most of the area around Novac is reasonably scaled (unless you try to push back up to Primm Pass and hit Deathclaws, of course).
Or you stay on the Main Quest and get distracted by the solar plant.
Or you stay on the Main Quest, ignore the solar plant and get distracted by Veronica.
Or you just stay on the Main Quest.
It really does open up a good bit around Novac, TL;DR.
You can go north avoiding the stretch of deathclaws on the road, swing by the supermutant hut (forget his name – he’ll leave you alone), sneak through the mountains avoiding the bandits and get to vegas before 1st level up. If you boost your luck, you can gamble enough money to get into vegas, make a killing at all the casinos before they black list you, and get all the implants at the dr. office before hitting level 2. Unfortunately, I was so over powered at that point, in a Towlie adjacent move, I sort of got bored and wandered off…
It’s been years, but I vaguely recall the “go to Vegas” thing, and thinking “Fuck that, this is an open world, Ima wander randomly for a bit. Besides, I gotta find somebody to buy all this cheap crap I picked up.”
Militant furries.
The self-described “gay furries” in the hacking group known as SiegedSec have expanded their campaign against five states for their stances on transgender issues.
The group, which earlier this month leaked data from the Texas city of Forth Worth, claimed on Wednesday that it had breached government websites belonging to the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and once again Texas.
In an announcement on the breaches, which encourages readers to “be gay do crime,” SiegedSec says it targeted the Nebraska Supreme Court Intranet, the website for the South Dakota Boards and Commissions, personal information from the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council, Pennsylvania’s Provider Self-Service website, as well as the website for the South Carolina Criminal Justice Information Services.
“We have proudly defaced the South Dakota Boards and Commissions website! We left little special messages across their site,” the group wrote. “Unfortunately, they have now fixed the defacement. Since it seems South Dakota didn’t appreciate our gift, we will offer gifts to someone else. We’ve hacked and leaked documents from the Nebraska Supreme Court Intranet and South Carolina Criminal Justice Information Services.”
Don’t worry, the FBI is on the case.
Tell me you know nothing of Ft. Worth without…
I’m sure the uniforms are fabulous.
“Be Gay Do Crime” That’ll win the normies over!
… that is conservatively about a 10 percent improvement if you basically just never stop thrusting,” Musk said.
Evidently, after $200 billion, you’re just too rich for phrasing.
*Hunter perks up*
UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ…
With all the kids he’s got, he meant have meant it that way too.
I can’t believe I missed that. Well done.
He probably just wore you out before you posted, Tonio.
A Game
I like that game.
I am not going to like it if the corporate IT department finds that.
Nooooo….
I got as far as rule 9 before I tapped out.
Rule 13:
Your password must include the current phase of the moon as an emoji.
I got to rule 11 with 19 characters
I know we’re all glad that normalcy has returned to US-Europe relations.
Somebody in Europe thought they weren’t already our vassal?
“Silence, peasant!”
“ The U.S. will need a strong European partner for the geopolitical struggles to come.”
Fuck…
Off…
There’s a 48-second video at this link that is entertaining (scroll down)…
https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/sheriff-grocery-store-shoplifters-viral-video/73-88c55232-430d-4e70-92f9-44c8578524fd
If by “entertaining” you mean “enraging.”
That’s not what’s happening.
“Glamorous vice president of Russian bank Kristina Baikova, 28, ‘plunges to her death from 11th floor apartment window’ in Moscow in latest mysterious fatality involving country’s top execs”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12247271/Vice-president-Russian-bank-falls-death-Moscow-apartment-latest-mysterious-fatality.html
Drugs, ass, but now with low-key foot porn.
Hise rise windows kill more high profile Russians than any other cause of death.
They’re a vodka guzzling people, of course high rise windows are going to be a hazard.
..and, opposition to TBTB induces self-defenestration as well.
Pootie should have dropped her on Prigozhin. Save time AND effort!
What’s the over under on how long Prigozhin lives?
What’s the over under on whether he goes out through a window?
I’m thinking he gets Polonium.
If he shuts up and isn’t a threat of any sort I’d bet on a normal lifespan for the guy. If he can’t stop running his mouth an unfortunate header out a window in Minsk could very well be in his near future.
Maybe the railing broke while getting railed
“And one to grow on! Whoops.”
Their “suicides” seem cleaner than the jail cell hangings and shooting yourself in the back of the head like we have in the US.
WHAT A NI**A GOT TO DO TO GET A FIRSTING DANCE
SAY WHAT WHAT
Well, obviously not that whatever the hell it was….
Not even a hard r usage and you self-censored? Not much of a firster move there.
Nagger, please.
Nilla?
Those are soooo good.
Crumbed, they make a good cheesecake crust.
Scarfed, they make a late night shame foundation.
My grade-school friend and I squirted easy cheese onto them once. Haven’t done that since, but ISTR it wasn’t terrible.
It probably is amazing.
Eating healthy sucks
Speak like a human maybe?
I’d teach you.
But I’d hafta charge.
“Parkland deputy who stayed outside school and then fled to safety during 2018 massacre that left 14 students and three teachers dead breaks down in tears as he is found NOT GUILTY of neglect”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12248489/Parkland-deputy-FLED-safety-massacre-breaks-court-not-guilty.html
I think right decision and would have thrown the whole “no duty to protect” thing out the window otherwise. No himself? Morally repugnant and a shitty person stuck in a job he never thought had danger beyond breaking up teens fighting in the halls.
“To protect and to serve….. PSYCH!”
The whole “no duty to protect” argument is (to me) like saying a soldier has no duty to engage the enemy in wartime. It is kind of the damned job description there, jack.
It’s really not their job to protect ordinary people. Their job is to gather evidence for prosecutors, serve arrest and search warrants, shake down the citizenry for traffic fines and the like. You know, do what they’re told by their bosses. They work for the state, not for you.
⬆️
Peterson could have received nearly 100 years in prison, although a sentence even approaching that length would have been highly unlikely given the circumstances and his clean record. He also could have lost his $104,000 annual pension.
The jury’s decision was the correct one under current law. But I wouldn’t have minded some kind of finding (I know, not possible) that cleared the coward Peterson of criminal liability while stripping the coward Peterson of his six-figure pension because of his cowardice.
Christ on a cracker, that also is collecting a pension that is nearly twice the median family income?
Evan is not in trouble, but thick depression is not fun. No epileptic shit at all, and I strongly suspect that’s a part of it. Higher doses of meds have killed most emotion. But no tremors. So juggle a shotput and a penny. Hard to determine what side of the coin I prefer.
Follow-up session with behavioral folk on Monday. Psychiatrist has a strategic idea for a plan I’ll hear later tonight.
This is strange. Independence, my/our goal, is probably not safe for me now. I was doing much better when I had eyes on me. TBD.
Good luck, kid. Head-on and eyes open is a good strategy.
Thanks. Quietly optimistic.
I also enjoy that you, IIRC, gave me the “an Evan Old” moniker. It’s fitting and appreciated. *Bow*
Yeah, it was me.
You pup.
Glad you are not in trouble for now.
Continue, until you can be a free man.
Your self-insight bodes well. 👍
Good luck and know that you have my continuing good wishes.
“Vomit worth $250K discovered inside whale’s colon
The whale died after the nearly 20-pound chunk of the substance, known as ambergris, caused chronic obstructive inflammation in the animal’s colon, according to experts at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
They told Jam Press that the obstruction was 33 feet long and nearly 2 feet in diameter.
Ambergris, a coveted substance sought by perfume companies to make the scent of their products last longer, is secreted from the animal’s bile duct in the intestines.”
https://nypost.com/2023/06/29/vomit-worth-250k-discovered-inside-whales-colon/
huh
Where’s McAfee when he’s needed most?
Poor bastard.
You know we all say we’re mad enough to choke on our own bile…. but that whale… that HERO went and did it.
I’m not getting why they’re referring to it as vomit.
Normally, whales vomit up ambergris and it floats ashore. So most people regard it as being whale vomit. The problem is this particular batch was never vomit.
Now THIS would be a good place for the “doing an Elvis” comment.
Ahuhuh!
Now this is how you talk to citizens!
“don’t be disrespectful to me”
LOL go fuck yourself.
“Mayor, I am giving you the respect you deserve. Now, are you going to answer the question, or are you going to waste everyone’s time? Again.”
Kulaks and wreckers
The trade group representing nearly all major automakers offered its harshest criticism of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s aggressive proposal to sharply cut vehicle emissions through 2032 saying it is “neither reasonable nor achievable.”
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents General Motors, Volkswagen, Toyota Motor and others, called the proposal a “de facto battery electric vehicle mandate.”
The EPA proposed in April cutting vehicle emissions by 56% over 2026 levels, forecasting that would result in 60% of new vehicles by 2030 being electric and 67% by 2032. “EPA’s standards cannot be met without substantially increasing the cost of all vehicles, reducing consumer choice and disadvantaging major portions of the U.S. population and territory,” the group said. (Reporting by David Shepardson)
Sabotaging the Green Leap Forward.
“Well yeah… DUH!” responded the EPA.
That is precisely their plan. Make cars too expensive for most people, to drive them onto public transit and into the urban areas where it can at least pretend to work.
I just don’t see how that works. When the car makers start to go bankrupt, they will have to pivot and sell something affordable, government be damned.
Can’t manufacture/sell illegal cars.
I can’t believe these idiots have taken this long to wake up to their fate if they don’t dig in and oppose all this crap.
Something something trust in institutions.
Joe Biden responds to Supreme Court decision on affirmative action:
“This is not a normal court.”
You are not a normal president.
“This is not a normal court.”
It restricts governmental power a bit?
“Jennifer Charlesworth said that negative climates and stigma experienced by two-spirit, transgender, non-binary and other gender-diverse children and youth (2STNBGD) is resulting in a higher instance of injury reports associated with suicidality and self-harm for 2STNBGC children and youth who are receiving government services…
Elizabeth Saewyc, executive director of the University of British Columbia Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, said a review of research found most 2STNBGD young people face frequent misgendering, long delays in care, lack of access to knowledgeable providers, greater exposure to violence in communities and worse health outcomes than their peers….
Charlesworth’s report makes eight recommendations, including enhancing legislative protections for 2STNBGD children and youth and ensuring that Ministry of Children and Family Development staff can provide gender-affirming care to 2STNBGD children and their families.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/children-and-youth-report-expanded-services-1.6885372
OFFS!!!
Quick, cut off their dicks before something bad happens to them.
I am of the opinion that while girls may be willing to go under the knife to chop things off, boys are generally not. I believe they want the tits AND the dick.
Itty bitty cock cages seem to be in style these days for those boys.
Wut?
No wait, don’t elaborate…
True that most MTF are non-op. However, puberty blockers pushes children to get bottom surgery.
FTM often need things removed because testosterone wreaks havoc with female reproductive organs. Males taking estrogen don’t have those issues (although it can cause infertility, it’s not a life-threatening complication).
Complete horseshit.
Stop filling their heads with dangerous mush and they’ll be fine.
Correlation/causation epic fail.
Blaming suicide and self-harm by people who hate their bodies on a negative climate and stigma is quite a leap there, Jenn.
Woke props for deploying a new acronym, though. I’m sure your fellow AWFLs are green with envy.
A proposal to TPTB here at Glib Central: We have lots and lots of excellent articles in the archives that are being lost to time. In addition, we sometimes have a dearth of articles in the present. I propose that we have reprints of some past articles (starting from the very beginning) that are still relevant and/or heart-rending, e.g., Agent Sloper’s article, Subaru Horror Theater with the dog, stuff that can bear to be repeated (ad nauseam).
I’m sure we get lurkers here all the time who haven’t seen these and some of the articles are tucked away in the archive where they might not know to look.
Subaru Horror Theater with the dog,
Fuck no. I racked up a ton in therapy bills after that one.
Kidding. Great idea.
Glibs Classics? Love it.
I’ll second that motion.
Great idea. Call it a “best of” series to indicate it is a classic reprint.
What a great SC decision and one that will hopefully set the stage for a hard smack down of any reparations bullshit and help bring about the end of race based hiring and admissions. I think it will be much more than a mere moral victory. If Harvard and other elite schools want to ditch testing that will be their undoing. They can go right ahead and degrade the value of their degrees all they want. They can also go right ahead and try to continue racial preferences through reading into applicants’ personal essays. If my kids are applying to universities in another 7-10 years and this race preference shit is still going on they will be strongly encouraged to include a few words about how they have had to overcome historical hardships based on their race. They just don’t have to mention the specifics that the race is question happens to be Irish.
If anything, we’ll find out how actually important the virtue signaling is to them. Will it be important enough to trash your standards and reputation?
Exactly. Let’s see them put their reputations on the line. I’ve been praying for a college bubble burst for a while. Especially the Ivies and the West Coast Ivy. I’d really love for legislation that got passed passing back the college debt onto the colleges that gave the worthless degrees in the first place. That would be sweet indeed.
The West Coast Ivy? You mean Claremont?
Stanford
The Ivies will do fine IF they return to something like their original missions.
Zillions of schools that popped up like weeds after the baby boom are toast.
“Will it be important enough to trash your standards and reputation?”
You mean, more than they already have? I’m betting yes, yes they will. These people are in the grips of something like a religious mania. They won’t stop until they are either dead or on the streets.
It will stop when the federal government runs out of other people’s money.
At that point in the societal collapse, I doubt many people will notice or care that universities are in trouble.
That will work better if you change the kids’ names now to Ka’eshia and Muhammad Brown as Siobhan and Sean O’Brien just might be a tip off.
“But Mom, I don’t want to be named Ka’eshia!”
“Well, if you want to get into Harvard, it’s either that or cut your tits off. Your call.”
My HS had at least three Keshias.
/late sixties children
I was pondering ways how to require some sort of “blind” admission decisions, until I remembered that some schools actually interview you personally. I went through one of those.
It’s not Sean anymore, it’s D’Shawn. And you, you’re Tyrone now. At least it’s a county in Ireland!
https://dailysceptic.org/2023/06/28/pfizer-vaccine-batches-in-the-eu-were-placebos-say-scientists/
I’m shocked…
See? Everyone thought they weren’t tested. They were, just during actual use, with unknowing subjects.
I’m skeptical. I think the placebo effect would have shown improved health outcomes, not the worse health outcomes we saw with the vax.
Abby Normal placebos?
5 day weekend starts right meow! I need it. I almost was to the point of just telling people off.
Several coworkers are doing this. I hate them.
OTOH, I like “working” the quiet days.
I work tomorrow, then have a 9 day weekend.
Back when I had a job, I was the same way.
And . . . I have a job again. Part-time general counsel for a diagnostic technology “start-up” (they’re listed on NASDAQ, and I’ve never though of publicly traded companies as start-ups, but that’s how they think of themselves, so . . . .)
Theranos?
/jk
To TPTB: I just dropped another five-parter in. Think that takes me up to Labor Day.
What is it that you’re not doing that gives you the time to write?
Sex.
I haven’t had a consulting contract since November. Just trying to keep busy.
The Bee getting as spicy as I’ve ever seen them.
Dayum.
Jesus.
Again, fuck off Bobby.
It’s difficult to not be evil when you are a member of the evil party.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/textbased/news/text-12242961/MAUREEN-CALLAHAN-bet-didnt-know-RFK-Jrs-appalling-misogyny-No-one-dares-ask-would.html
Haha. Like any of the sex stuff matters anymore. Trump crushed it first, now Biden Jr. Bobby K could pee on the press corps and he’d get a standing applause. Deviancy is the norm now. Deal with it, Maureen.
He’s largely a leftist who’s good on vaccines and the persistent bureaucratic state. No surprise there.
Oh, and war-very good on war actually but I couldn’t vote for him. Still miles and miles better than any other Dem though.
Good that he’s showing his true colors for everyone to see now rather than later.
At least he’s getting lit up in the replies.
The Bad Cat weighs in on affirmative action:
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/kitten-corner-affirmative-action
The Dem reactions are so delicious.
Just… wow.
Seen that Erica Marsh account before. My opinion is it’s a troll/fake account.
The takes are always like that.
lol could be
She’s too pretty to be Biden sycophant.
That also was a big tip.
Just gave a quick scroll and, yes, it seems too over the top to be real.
Who said that?
Klan member or progressive?
You make the call!
How many of the Shit flinging howler monkeys shrieking their lungs out about the need for preferential college admissions are willing to ask why so many kids (any color, any creed) are so woefully unprepared for college? Instead of trying to force colleges to accept students destined to fail, why don’t they start taking scalps at the teachers’ unions?
Haha, just kidding.
We should help those who were disadvantaged growing up in poor households and attending low quality schools by giving anyone with a certain skin color an advantage regardless of their background.
lol no.
It reminds me of the “free college for all” people. They all realize high school is useless, so the obvious answer is just to stack on another four years of it with the same result.
Could start asking where are their fathers.
Replaced battery on smoke alarm today. Tried to take a nap. SMOKE ALARM TRIGGERED LOW BATTERY WARNING AGAIN.
Very angry. Smoke alarm can sleep with the fishes now.
They seem deliberately designed to chirp at 2 am.
I do wonder if they kill more people than they save.
Why they started wiring them together I’ll never understand.