China Denies Weaponizing Virus No One Has Heard Of

by | Feb 11, 2020 | Satire | 442 comments

China Denies Weaponizing Virus No One Has Heard Of

BEIJING – A spokesman from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned rumors that the Chinese military weaponized Mongolian Yak Herpes, a disease unknown to science until this morning. The spokesman elaborated that the virus most certainly was not deliberately created at the Sum Ting Wong Disease Research Center in Wuhan. The spokesman then ran in circles around the podium with the other four spokesmen, sat down, and was replaced by another spokesman. In any case, according to the 2nd spokesman, it was all a long time ago and it never happened anyway. Besides, continued the 3rd spokesman, what about the appalling rates of obesity in the US, especially amongst impoverished Negroes residing in so-called food deserts? Such a thing could never happen under the system of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. The 4th spokesman then ripped up a Tibetan flag and kowtowed to a giant portrait of Xi Jinping. In response, the NBA now requires all players to carry a copy of Mao’s Little Red Book at all times, and all future games will begin with a playing of the March of the Volunteers. Some experts have speculated that such a disease could have originated from an incident when Genghis Khan had sex with a herd of yaks to win a bet. This is why the banner of his horde had nine bands of yak hair, one for each yak. Chinese officials have repeatedly stressed that even if someone is infected with Mongolian Yak Herpes, they will be healthy again an hour later.

Hail to the Grand Helmsman Mao and His Glorious Successor Xi!
Wan Sui! Wan Sui! Wan Sui!
And hail to the Great Chinese 5G Cellphone Corporation Huawei!
Huawei! Huawei! Huawei!

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442 Comments

  1. Rhywun

    This looks familiar. ?

    • Spudalicious

      That’s what I get for reading something I’ve already read. First loser.

    • gbob

      Right? People, save your A list matriel for the articles.

  2. Spudalicious

    Bravo!

    And I still think Mongolian Yak Herpes is an awesome band name.

    • Festus

      You’ve never heard of them, they’re pretty obscure.

      • Winston

        Now that I have heard of them they are sellout posers who suck.

      • Festus

        Their first album was pretty great. You should link me and we can talk about this later.

      • Gender Traitor

        Winston wins the Internet.

      • Festus

        Pretty much.

      • Naptown Bill

        Yeah, I was into them a few years ago, before they got all big and commercial.

      • straffinrun

        Their B side stuff is better.

      • Rhywun

        I have the box set.

      • Lord Digby

        “Nothing is good if other people like it”

  3. Sean

    All Hail Zardoz! Oh wait…

    Nevermind.

    • Rhywun

      “That’s not even the same franchise!” she shouted back.

      LOL

    • Hyperion

      Biden hasn’t said anything that coherent in quite a while.

      • Hyperion

        And even if he does, he’ll never top Corn Pop, so he might as well retire now. His value as accidental court jester is over.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        *shakes pool chain at Hyp*

        IT’S NOT OVER YET

      • Festus

        *Whips pool chain double-dutch* “Come at me Corn-Face!”

      • Hyperion

        Shut up, you lying dog-faced pony boy!

      • Festus

        *uncontrollable laughter*

      • Lord Digby

        Did you say “Pony boy“??

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        C’MON FAT, COME OVER HERE AND STROKE MY LEG HAIR. WE’LL SEE WHO’S THE DUKE OF THIS CARNIE PARTY

      • Festus

        even more

  4. Hyperion

    Sure, Pooh Bear, we know you did it. Problem is, you didn’t know they have no Mongolian Yaks in the West. Typical commie dumbfuck.

    In other news, this may be the greatest thing I have read today. It may be the greatest thing I have read this year.

    Crissy Poo loses that tingle

    “We need look no further than the reliably partisan Chris Matthews at reliably partisan MSNBC. A former speechwriter for Jimmy Carter who served as chief of staff to former Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill, Matthews reached a nadir of despondency after Biden’s debacle last week in Iowa. In a panel discussion following Friday night’s debate in New Hampshire, Matthews went on a rant against socialism, recalling his Cold War–era visits to Vietnam and Cuba: “Being there, I’ve seen what socialism is like. I don’t like it, OK? It’s not only not free, it doesn’t freaking work. It just doesn’t work.” As his fellow MSNBC panelists looked aghast, Matthews continued, saying that if “the Reds had won the Cold War, there would have been executions in Central Park, and I might have been one of the ones getting executed, and certain other people would be there cheering, OK?”

    • hayeksplosives

      When you’ve lost Chris Matthews, you’ve lost Urban elite America.

    • Spudalicious

      Wow. A brief moment of lucidity.

      • Hyperion

        Gulag Barbie and Crissy Poo cage death match now! My money is on the harpy.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        I expected no less.

      • Charles Easterly

        Ted has my quiet approval.

    • commodious spittoon

      Executions in Central Park? Bernie Bros feel the Bern tingle!

    • Festus

      Grampy got into the whiskey again. Christmas is cancelled.

    • Naptown Bill

      Whoa. Chris must have a terminal illness, because I’m pretty sure that’s gonna get him whacked.

  5. commodious spittoon

    Chinese fire drill at the podium?

    Is that racist, or do we get to hate the Chinese for killing off humanity? We get to hate whites for inventing slavery when Columbus rolled up on the New World and used his knowledge of germ theory (probably appropriated from the Arabic world, let’s be honest) to subjugate the natives and Latinx peoples of color. So we should get to throw a little shade at the Chinese for global genocide.

  6. Sean

    So, Yang is out.

    Womp womp.

    • Sean

      Forgot to include: fuck him in his UBI.

      • Spudalicious

        Andy, we lost him.

      • robc

        The UBI might be the least bad of the bad ideas the Dems are floating.

        That is very faint praise.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        Only if it replaces all other government payments. Which it would not.

      • Jarflax

        UBI instead of version would be an improvement, just like VAT instead of version would be an improvement. But does anyone seriously believe we’d get ‘instead of’?

    • Hyperion

      He dropped out?

      • Rhywun

        “Suspended”. ?

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        Just in case some more money comes in.

      • Hyperion

        You mean from the debates?

      • Rhywun

        No, he “suspended” his run. Same lame euphemism they all use.

      • Hyperion

        Ah, I see.

      • Count Potato

        Yes, and endorsed Sanders, apparently.

      • Hyperion

        So, the super intersectional woke ass democrats are down to zero minorities now? Makes sense.

      • Rhywun

        Wow, I didn’t see that coming.

      • peachy rex

        So he was a shithead after all.

      • Festus

        You’ve never seen “The Sixth Sense”?

      • Heroic Mulatto

        What happens in ManchVegas stays in ManchVegas.

      • Rhywun

        Oh my God.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        Someone described it as thus:

        I wouldn’t want to hang out with Trump, but he’s doing OK as chief executive.

        I would love to hang out with Yang but there’s no way I want him as chief executive.

      • Hyperion

        What even in the fuck…

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        The best part is the look on his campaign manager’s face (I assume that’s who that is). It’s like straight out of The Office.

    • Mojeaux

      Here’s to the black market!

    • Hyperion

      We could kill a few more guys standing around selling loosies, that should solve the problem.

    • commodious spittoon

      Well, I have one thing to say about that. What kind of pet shop is filled with rambunctious yahoos and hot jazz music at 1:00 in the morning?

      • Ted S.

        Everybody knows pet shops are filled with electronica anyway.

      • peachy rex

        Uh… the best damn pet shop in town?

    • Lord Digby

      ?‍♂️
      @handleofavandal
      Replying to
      @mikereedschmidt
      and
      @mooncult
      may i suggest a lethal chokehold on the shelf?

  7. Mojeaux

    Derpy, you are a very funny man.

  8. Hyperion

    I was driving to see a client this morning and stopped at a traffic light in Balmer. Looked over next to me and I see a cop car with ‘Health and Wellness Police’ emblazoned on the side. *shudder* Can you even think of anything more terrifying that a visit from the ‘Health and Wellness’ police?

    • juris imprudent

      You sure you hadn’t stumbled into a movie set for Brazil 2?

      • Hyperion

        I was on the set of some dystopia, but it’s called Baltimore.

      • Not Adahn

        Don’t let them see the nutrition argument from last post. SWAT teams would get called.

      • Count Potato

        Have you seen The Wire? That place is a shit hole!

      • Hyperion

        I didn’t have to watch a show to find that out.

      • juris imprudent

        Poor Balmer, you can escape from LA, and you can escape from NY, but only the Colts ever escaped Balmer.

      • Winston

        +5 Mayflower vans

      • Lord Digby

        Brazil 2: Brazil Harder

        “Lick my Buttle, Mr. Falcon”

    • Festus

      Hope you put down the turkey leg for a second…

    • Chafed

      That is genuinely frightening.

    • slumbrew - double secret satan

      One of the big racing cats used in the Thomas Crown Affair remake used to charter out of Martha’s Vineyard for a while.

      I always loved that scene (although I, too, never noticed there wasn’t a sheet on that winch until now).

      • Chafed

        Rene Russo > boats

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        She is teh sexy in that movie.

  9. The Late P Brooks

    So, Yang is out.

    Womp womp.

    Saw a Business Insider thing earlier, about layoffs, backstabbing and confusion in the ranks.

    Next time, mebbe.

  10. Not Adahn

    So, I finally got around to unpacking the stereo equipment tonight, and it turns out the CD player didn’t survive. RIP.

    I’m assuming literally anything I buy to replace it is going to be great?

    • Hyperion

      First of all you have to tell us what a CD player is?

      • Sean

        Something to do with a cross dresser?

      • Hyperion

        Probably a thing they did back in the 19th century before computers were invented, called a board game and it had cross dressers.

      • Not Adahn

        It’s what hipsters listened to before vinyl.

      • Hyperion

        I’m pretty sure there was nothing before vinyl. Just the empty void.

      • DrOtto

        CDs nutz! As the kids would say.

    • Count Potato

      What doesn’t it do?

    • Spudalicious

      A top end replacement should cost you about $49.95.

    • hayeksplosives

      I’d get a blue ray player that also streams Netflix and pump that bad boy through a Pioneer receiver (or similar).

  11. The Late P Brooks

    No, he “suspended” his run. Same lame euphemism they all use.

    Something to do with campaign finance laws, I’d guess.

    • Hyperion

      He ran out of money. Hasn’t been getting his UBI lately.

    • commodious spittoon

      I bet there’s no “suspended campaign” tax category, for example.

  12. Festus

    Said it before but I’ll say it again. Derpy is the mole.

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    • juris imprudent

      Seriously, is ANYONE going to click that link?

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        Only a Tulpa would click that.

      • Hyperion

        If they are, I got some nekked Lena Dunham links for them to click.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        Its a YouTube link, theres no nudity. Well, no “human” nudity anyways.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        Its clinical, totally sterile.

      • Jarflax

        Or will be after the post op infection

      • mexican sharpshooter

        I guess I just had that one coming.

      • Jarflax

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      • Heroic Mulatto

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      • mindyourbusiness

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    • commodious spittoon

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      • Heroic Mulatto

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    • Ted S.

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    • Not Adahn

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      • Heroic Mulatto

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      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        That’s the cutest goddamn thing.

    • Spudalicious

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      • Not Adahn

        Everything’s wireless these days.

      • Lord Digby

        I thought it was ball-bearings these days.

    • Festus

      What did your Father do to you and why are you acting this way? Show us on the pan-sexual doll, HM. Don’t be scared…

      • Heroic Mulatto

        He bought me Hydrox instead of Oreos. All the fucking time.

      • Spudalicious

        Hydrox sucked dick.

      • Rhywun

        I can’t even.

      • Festus

        I…I don’t know what “hydrox” is. Is that some sort of bleach cookie?

      • commodious spittoon

        I think it’s Kosher crackers. It’s something coastal. Nobody here ever heard of it.

      • Rhywun

        It’s like an Oreo but with more flavor.

      • Spudalicious

        Please, Hydrox versus Oreo was Yugo versus Cadillac.

      • Lord Digby

        All those double-stuff Hydrox… Fudge-dipped Hydrox… Golden Hydrox… Hydrox Thins…

      • DrOtto

        We only got Hydrox when they were cheaper than the yellow and white “Sandwhich cookies”. Hydrox were the gold standard in my house growing up.

  14. The Late P Brooks

    I’m just spitballing, here, but wouldn’t it be better to wait until you had a cure before you set your not-a-chemical-weapon free?

    • juris imprudent

      “It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.”

    • robc

      Killing off a large fraction of the chinese population is a feature, mot a bug.

      • Winston

        Well Xi does love Mao. Except for the whole killing his sister and sending him to live in a cave.

      • Hyperion

        They had no choice. The one child thing went badly and now restless young men can’t get a date. Reset time. The wonders of communism never cease. No wonder everyone here under 20 wants it.

    • Tejicano

      Who says they didn’t have a vaccine prepared and shared by the party elite already?

  15. Spudalicious

    Damn. We lost Michael Bennett too.

    • Sean

      Where was the last place you saw him?

      • Spudalicious

        Trying to find anybody that would listen to his ideas for his Presidency.

    • juris imprudent

      Who?

      • Hyperion

        Doesn’t matter. I wanted that hippy chick, Marriane to win. She was the only good one, she would have been fun.

      • Festus

        About thirty years ago but, yeah.

      • Florida Man

        #metoo

      • Charles Easterly

        “I wanted that hippy chick, Marriane to win.”

        Hippychick

  16. The Late P Brooks

    “It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.”

    “Gee, I wish we had one o’ them Doomsday Machines.”

    • Hyperion

      See what a luddite Pooh Bear is? A woke modern day commie would wish for a Death Star.

  17. Sean

    And Steyer is out too.

    Rofl.

    • Spudalicious

      Steyer too? ROFL!

      Fuck that guy.

    • Hyperion

      I hope he wasted a couple of billion first. Same goes for Bloomturd.

    • Winston

      Dang. How many billionaires will be left standing?

    • juris imprudent

      Bloomberg waved around his big — pile of cash, and Steyer realized he wasn’t up to it.

      • Hyperion

        Somewhere there’s an unwritten rule that you have to be over 4 feet tall to be president.

    • Rhywun

      ?

      I’m not seeing that.

    • Urthona

      Turned out to be not true.

      • Chafed

        Good. Let him spend millions more.

  18. mexican sharpshooter

    *steps into room*

    Hmm.

    *steps out of room*

    • Spudalicious

      “See what a luddite Pooh Bear is? A woke modern day commie would wish for a Death Star.”

      Wisdom like this and you’re baling? Pussy.

  19. Festus

    From the midday links. Holy shit this a great forum! We go from diabetes rates in China and it spirals completely in control into dietary habits and pulls up from the ground at eye-ball level and later hits a three point landing. Only on Glibs! Nobody ranted, no one ran away to their bedroom and no one judged another’s comments (much). This site is a fucking Godsend.

    • Hyperion

      “no one judged another’s comments (much)”

      Wait… what site were you talking about?

      • Naptown Bill

        Clearly Festus hasn’t met any of his comment nemeses yet. Give it time. Let him enjoy his innocence while he can.

      • Festus

        Ah, say what you like! You guys can’t hurt my heart (much).

      • Certified Public Asshat

        Am I really the only one to question Mo liking Miracle Whip? Is it glib approved?

        *Starts packing bags*

      • mikey

        Tell me that’s not true.
        And I always liked Mo.

        Miracle Whip? That’s worse than Jiff Peanut Butter

      • Mojeaux

        I also like Spin Blend.

        Different ones for different purposes.

      • Certified Public Asshat

        And today I learned about Spin Blend…it looks like a Miracle Whip knock off?

      • Mojeaux

        If it is, they have very different flavors. I can’t explain it. Also, there’s a childhood nostalgia thing going on with Spin Blend.

      • We're not saying BEAM's an alien, but . . .

        Had to Google that one. Looks like it’s unknown in Canada — and with a name like that, I can’t say that I’m sorry for its obscurity here.

      • Mojeaux

        It was better when transfats were still okie dokie.

        Same with McDonald’s fries.

      • Ozymandias

        But… anal leakage??

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        I saw them open for the Red Hot Chili Peppers in ’89.

      • Mojeaux

        *hangs head in shame*

      • Mojeaux

        My cat judges me all the time. He just sits there and looks at me stone cold, and then has the gall to beg for pets.

      • Festus

        Yeah. He’s a Glib.

    • Jarflax

      We are all judging you!

      • Festus

        I repel your judgment with the power of love *starts doing serpentine PG-rated dance*

  20. Q Continuum

    “Some experts have speculated that such a disease could have originated from an incident when Genghis Khan had sex with a herd of yaks to win a bet”

    LOL

    • mikey

      Perfect, funny and for me that line didn’t trigger the “Oh, this must be satire” flag.

  21. Q Continuum

    Biden is toast.

    • Not Adahn

      Not until he loses Sakalina.

      • Festus

        I hear Yakust is hard to hold on to.

    • Don Escaped Texas

      That would be really good for whichever midwesterner is going to take on Bernie

    • Hyperion

      Old Joe is going to figure out just in time that he has to name a possible woke VP now to get the nomination. He won’t know what that means, so he’ll say it’s going to be Lizzie, which of course it was always going to be. Then he’ll be losing to Bernie and Bernie will get the it’s her turn treatment again and he’ll shut up and endorse Joe, who will lose to Trump. Dems will once again blame Russians, space aliens, whatever, and here we go again.

  22. IntraveneousWoodChipper

    If it had been Trump vs. a (relatively) normal Democrat (not a Prog), I might have let my voter registration slide and done nothing. I didn’t vote for him last time and, while he has done some very positive things, he doesn’t move the needle much for me, in purely ideological terms.

    That being said, I will vote Trump x1000 before I let a goddamn actual Communist became President.

    I guarantee that there are millions of people out there who feel the same. Including some Democrats. We are watching a major party commit electoral suicide in real time. Unbelievable.

    • Jarflax

      That being said, I will vote Trump x1000

      VOTE FRAUD MUST BE ROOOOOOOSHIA!

      • IntraveneousWoodChipper

        Nah man, the DNC Manual of Style/Journolist mailer says its YOUUKRANNEE this week.

        ROOOSHIA is not back in until after Valentine’s Day weekend. Silly.

    • slumbrew - double secret satan

      I suspect you’re correct and this is like Labor in the UK – totally imploding. Something new will have to rise from the ashes.

      • Festus

        They’ll be calling a huddle.

      • Hyperion

        Have you been paying attention to what’s happening in Germany? Merkel’s hand picked butch dyke girlfriend successor has dropped out of politics because of the far right meanies winning influence. Frau Merkel is not looking happy these days.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        “far right”

        Why am I sure I’d look at their platform and find it 95% pedestrian? The other 5% would be full-on anti-semitism, because “Germany”, but still.

      • Rhywun

        AfD does attract no-shit Nazis because “nationalist”, but yeah otherwise their platform is nothing shocking. Euro-skeptic, klimate-kaos-skeptic, etc. Oh, and pro-Israel, FWIW. I dunno what their economic stance is – could be awful for all I know – but Germany already as a strong “free market” party so there’s that.

      • Hyperion

        “Why am I sure I’d look at their platform and find it 95% pedestrian?”

        Because it’s what they do. Have you seen any of the articles about the VA gun rights debate going on where they always refer to the gun rights supporters as ‘gun extremists’?

        That’s right, if you support the 2nd Amendment, you are now a ‘gun extremist’. If you don’t agree that socialism is just great, you’re a right wing extremist.

      • Urthona

        Buttigieg is leading or tied in delegates. hmm. we will see.

    • SandMan

      Sure hope you’re right.

    • Hyperion

      Bernie is a commie lite compared to the upcoming crop of democrat woketards. I started saying it years ago, but the democrats went so far left so fast, and it didn’t start in the past couple years, it’s been going on for a decade or more, there is no way back. No way back. They’ll die on that hill or we become a socialist shithole within a couple of decades.

      • SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr

        Both. They’ll be unelectable until the boomers die off and the gen xers are outnumbered by voters who never knew the Soviet union. Then we get the dystopia.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        “the boomers die off and the gen xers are outnumbered by voters who never knew the Soviet union”

        The worst part of being part of Gen X is that we’ll never actually end up in power for any significant amount of time.

        Although, let’s be fair: plenty of Gen X members are also pro-commie.

      • Tundra

        40th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice coming up. CCCP getting ass-whipped will be everywhere.

        Have faith.

      • Rhywun

        I was only 11 years old – and I either saw it live or misremember seeing it live – but it’s hard to overstate how huge that was at the time.

      • Tundra

        I was 12. And yes, it was huge.

        I think for the older folks actually suffering the malaise it was more impactful.

        I hope you have seen Miracle?

      • Hyperion

        I was 17 or 18 at the time. That was something I’ll always remember.

      • Rhywun

        I hope you have seen Miracle?

        Nah, I wasn’t much of a fan then.

      • Tundra

        Nah, I wasn’t much of a fan then.

        Watch it. Kurt Russell was tremendous.

      • Ozymandias

        I was an 11 year old kid who dreamed of playing pro hockey. It was life-changing. It will never be replicated. The conditions will never be “just like that” again. Unbelievable. When I was at BU in the late 80s, every. single. time. Eruzione came into Walter Brown Arena it was announced and he got a five minute standing ovation. Including from the players on the ice or bench in some cases. It was THAT kind of cultural event.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        Eruzione was/is a semi-common fixture at a bar where I misspent much of my 20’s (near BU – though this is now location #3 in the square).

        I’ve got no beef with him riding that moment of glory for the rest of his life.

      • Tundra

        A lot of the guys are still around here. Lots of them are still involved with hockey, but they really don’t make a big deal about the Miracle.

        I would absolutely buy Ruzzo a beer, though.

      • Ozymandias

        When were you there? I spent a lot of money and brain cells in Cornwall’s in Kenmore. BU ’91 (CLA, defected from ENG, like everyone else in the College of Lost Ambitions.)

      • Ozymandias

        Exactly, Tundra. I would, too. I like to think of it as a way of saying “thank you for the memories” – and most hockey guys, especially from that era, handle it “the right way.” Same is true of Bobby Orr, Mr. Howe, or Gretzky (as other examples of transcendent hockey figures who couldn’t buy a beer anywhere they ever went). Mr. Orr in my one interaction with him was as gracious as it is possible for a human being to be to fans. Now compare that to… other people who have achieved fame or notoriety and somewhere in there are a lot of important cultural lessons.

      • Tundra

        Ozy, you can’t compare hockey players with other celebs. First off, no one knows who the fuck they are IRL. Secondly, as a group they are the most gracious and humble pros out there. Lastly, hockey is the superior sport so who really gives a fuck about any of the rest?

      • CPRM

        Lots of them are still involved with hockey, but they really don’t make a big deal about the Miracle.

        Ahem.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        When were you there?

        Later than you, I think – started across the street in ’97, was serious regular for about a decade after that.

        One of my happier memories: I bought an entire NROTC class a round right after 9-11. Money well spent.

        (NU, ’93 – Huskies won the Beanpot the 3rd year in a row yesterday – w00t!)

      • mikey

        Damn you make me feel old.

        I read “40th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice coming up. CCCP getting ass-whipped” and think “Wut? Squaw Valley 1960 was more that 40 years ago.”

      • Hyperion

        I have some hope, because people are living longer and having children is rapidly declining in all first world countries at the same time. There may be a chance that the kiddies will never outnumber us older and wiser at the voting booths.

      • IntraveneousWoodChipper

        President AOC will be the end of the Republic IMO.

        Maybe not her but someone like her. Vapid and pure malicious will to power.

    • Ted S.

      I hope so, but I fear that won’t be the case.

    • Spudalicious

      28 is into tentacle porn.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        She dreams of the fisherman’s wife

      • Chafed

        Yikes. Still not sure I wouldn’t but the threat of violence is high.

    • Chafed

      I’d like to know more about 3.

  23. robc

    Sanders 9
    Butt guy 9
    K 6

    Is projection at this time.

    • robc

      Plus 9 Clint…I mean Unpledged.

    • Hyperion

      It’s Salon, bro. They haven’t even figured out that water is wet yet, go easy on them.

    • Chafed

      Randi Weingarten says gimme more money.

  24. Hyperion

    I can’t remember if I heard this here or read an article somewhere else. Talking about the story of how Bernie became a commie because NY let the Brooklyn Dodgers move to L.A. when he was like 15 years old?

    • Winston

      Heard that story back in 2015

      • Hyperion

        I find it hilarious. I can just see young Bernie (in strong Brooklyn accent) They let the dodgahs move! Damn capitalists just movin the dodgahs out of Brooklyn! This would nevah happen in this Soviet Union, Communism must be the right way!

        No one ever told poor young Bernie that the Soviet Union didn’t have world famous professional sports teams to move to other cities.

      • Winston

        the Soviet Union didn’t have world famous professional sports teams to move to other cities.

        Well they did actually. They just had to defect first.

      • commodious spittoon

        Mostly from satellite state Cuba, strangely.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        I hear Michael Moynihan doing Bernie saying that.

        I love that boozebag, even if I only agree with him half the time.

      • commodious spittoon

        Fifth Column is super engaging, even if their politics is borderline Bernie apologist given how much they revile Trump. I blame that on Trump, though. He’s so jank and off-putting he can’t persuade people who hate socialism to side with him over socialists.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        Welch sucks so bad (“to be sure”), but I love Kmele and Moynihan is so goddamn well-read and funny, even if I’m sure we have some fundamental disagreements.

        Welch and Moynihan sure do close ranks when journalos catch some heat. Tribe uber alles.

        Funny how the self-made man is the most libertarian (and successful).

      • robc

        Moynihan is why I stopped listening.

    • Festus

      That would be unsurprising and just about the very most “Bernie” move ever.

      • Hyperion

        Apparently, the event had a huge political influence on him. He’s a commie because the dodgahs left Brooklyn. Excusable for a 15 year old, at least for a week or so. But for an 80 year old guy still clinging to that bitterness? Sad. Now I know why Bernie is always so angry. When he becomes president, he’ll immediately do an executive order to move the Dodgahs back to Brooklyn.

  25. Chafed

    NH primary results are incredible. Warren in 4th place and Biden in 5th. She’s dead. He’s in a coma. Unless Super Tuesday is a massive surprise it’s bye bye Joe.

    The Dem establishment is screwed. If they screw Sanders they face an open revolt. If it’s Buttigieg they lose AA support.

    • Winston

      If it’s Buttigieg they lose AA support.

      Never thought I’d see the day the Dems might lose black support. And to Donald Trump of all people.

      • RAHeinlein

        AA have the most to lose if socialism gains ground.

      • Chafed

        Yup. I’m starting to think an increasing percentage realize it.

      • hayeksplosives

        If viral videos are any indication, then yeah.

        It was true for Bill Clinton and it’s true now: it’s the economy, stupid.

      • Chafed

        Ding ding ding!

      • Chafed

        I’m curious to see what percentage he gets in the general election.

    • Hyperion

      Has anyone ever won the presidency after losing both Iowa and NH?

      I’m not sure Biden is finished. The establishment will resurrect his dead corpse, just like they did with Hillary.

      • Chafed

        Bill Clinton in 1992. Harkin won Iowa and Tsongas won NH.

    • Hyperion

      Looking like 4 more years of orange bad man. Putin must be having a party right now.

    • Festus

      *insert Nelson laugh* Fucking maroons. Dumb-fucks, fuck-sticks, sticks for brains! There are hovering vultures, waiting. This has been the plan from day one. The anointed one will rise!

      • Hyperion

        “The anointed one will rise!”

        Or be dragged in with one shoe off.

      • Tejicano

        Yup, it’s all just a show to prepare the stage for herself. It’s becoming more transparent recently but I think she’s hoping on surprise to add some momentum to her campaign since she doesn’t have the energy to run a heavy campaign.

      • Tejicano

        I’ll be in my political bunk!

    • Rhywun

      The sad part is that Biden/Trump debates would be epic lulz.

      • Festus

        I want to watch the “Hair” vs “The Plugs” no holds barred.

      • Hyperion

        Trump would get under his skin and Joe would fucking lose it, so yeah it would be epic.

      • Festus

        “Listen, Fag…”

    • Chafed

      CNN is having big trouble concealing their dislike of Bernie. They are trying to figure out how Buttigieg can close the gap with Sanders. Bernie is the Dems Trump.

  26. Winston

    Fun fact about the New Hampshire primary: The only reason it is first in the nation is because New Hampshire used to have March elections until 1876 and still had town meetings in March so when they held their first primary in 1916 they held it at the same time as those meetings. It became first in 1920 because a bunch of states gave up on primaries leaving it first and no one really cared about the primaries until 1952 so it stayed that way.

    As for Iowa the only it became big was because Jimmy Carter was able to spin his second place finish to unpledged delegates as a victory and gain momentum.

    • Winston

      *Correction March elections until 1878

  27. Tres Cool

    Hey Chip Wooder-

    UD beat Rhode Island (is that even still a place?) 81-67

    Suck
    My
    Ass.

    • Mojeaux

      *HM signal lit*

      • Tres Cool

        Its his lucky day….I just took a shower

      • straffinrun

        What kind of fag washes their butt?

    • Gender Traitor

      w00t!

      I almost got stuck in traffic on my way home from the Y – got in the wrong lane and found myself in amongst the Flyer Faithful on their way to the arena right before game time. Glad the home team made it worth the trip.

    • Tundra

      Fuck. It was the dad’s trip too. His old man was in the stands watching.

      I read that he’s awake, though, so that’s good.

    • grrizzly

      According to the news
      Bouwmeester was reportedly alert and on his way to a local hospital soon after the incident, which seems like good news.

  28. straffinrun

    Let’s say you didn’t know any of the dem candidates. Would you have any problem matching them to their names?

    • Tundra

      Warren and Klobuchar might be a challenge.

      • straffinrun

        Klobuchar looks exactly like my image of a Klobuchar. Clobber, glob and charred all mashed up.

      • Festus

        *kissy fingers*

      • Lord Digby

        Was that your “screen name”, back in the day?

    • Gustave Lytton

      Saw a picture of Biden, Bernie, and Buttgulag. Wouldn’t be able to tell which was which if Bernie didn’t open his yap.

  29. Gustave Lytton

    CBS news headline for a YouTube video

    “President Trump’s proposed budget would slash social programs”

    …and lots of framing, but the closest is he would cut almost $500B, but fails to mention how much he would spend on those same social programs and how much they spent last year. Wonder why? ~25% off EPA (which isn’t a social program) and a whopping 10% from HHS which includes CDC that is battling the coronavirus (and how much do they waste on non-public health threats? Most?). These journolists lack the self awareness to realize how fucking stupid they sound. This isn’t 1965 where they can just make assertions and expect people to swallow it whole.

    Clickbait.

    • Heroic Mulatto

      And yet, the biggest social programs of them all, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, Trump fellates in a daily blowbang on the lawn of the White House to a crowd of morbidly obese, electric cart-bound Boomers.

      • Lord Digby

        a crowd of morbidly obese, electric cart-bound Boomers

        How are they gaining access to the WH lawn? I thought that was mostly for press, dignitaries, and whomever was being paraded around by our Masters.

      • Heroic Mulatto

        Morbidly obese, electric cart-bound Boomers are the new dignitaries, you elitist scum!

      • Lord Digby

        you elitist scum!

        Well, you don’t have to-

        Hmm……

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        Perfect is the enemy of good. I’ll take any step in the right direction.

        Can the president even cut funding to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid? Or would that require an act of Congress?

      • Chafed

        The latter.

      • Heroic Mulatto

        Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul to feed the most sacred of Boomer cattle (Trump is increasing the budgets of DHS, NASA, the VA, and keeping his hands off your Medicare), is a step sideways.

        Can the president even cut funding to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid? Or would that require an act of Congress?

        At this point, the Executive can do anything he pleases.

        What, you still think this is a republic?

      • CPRM

        He’s been back stabbed on every attempt to with draw troops (whether or not that’s Kabuki I can’t say) but damn if he actually tried to take on entitlements we’d be at impeachment 4.0 before he’s even been there 4 years.

      • Heroic Mulatto

        What makes you think he has any desire to? Let’s admit that for the vast majority of the current “Right” entitlement programs are widely popular. Just as long as the right people are entitled.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        It’s a lamentable truth that the Tea Party rallies proved beyond a shadow of a doubt.

        I think the reason is that most people believe/know that, if entitlements were cut, all the $ that got taken from them wouldn’t be going back to them, and they’d be s.o.l. for retirement.

        Either that, or, they honestly believe in smaller government, so long as military, police, and government savings plans (::snicker::) are fully funded. Because, why worry about it yourself, when the government can do it?

      • Heroic Mulatto

        Six of one and half a dozen of the other.

        It will be fun after the collapse when we get to experience cannibalism.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        HM: just wanting to be eaten.

        Keep that live feed going–it’ll result in plenty of interest soon enough…

      • CPRM

        I’m not saying he does have any desire to do so. He just want’s wins. But even on things We agree with him on, the establishment has been very anti-that. So, even if he were pre-disposed, which I don’t think he is, he’s after all a 90s democrat, the GOP is to the left of him. That’s the fucking scary thing. The Rainbow Brigade drags on apace.

  30. CPRM

    Had a flare up with my knees yesterday that had me worried it might carry over to starting my new job next week, but they felt better today. Some ‘arctic’ weather dropping down at the end of the week so I have a few chores that will test my knees, hopefully I won’t have a relapse.

    Oh, and since I’m not getting a paycheck yet I’ve been metering out paying my bills a bit to make sure I make it through with the money have. I punched in the website to pay my internet bill (late but before they shut it off) to pay up. That’s when they shut me off. Oof. So I got charged an extra $3 for paying by phone. But it’s back up now.

  31. Gender Traitor

    Scrolling through the complete list of NH primary candidates wondering, “Who the hell are all these ‘<1%' people??" Just noticed that someone named Roque De La Fuente is listed under the Rs and someone named Roque De La Fuente III is listed under the Ds. Something something house divided.

    • Chafed

      Former lead singer for Rage Against The Machine. His career took a dive after he left.

    • CPRM

      Did Vermin Supreme win the L primary again? No wonder no one takes us them seriously.

    • CPRM

      Zoltan Istvan

      • Festus

        Fun fact – I went to high school with a kid named Zoltan Koos. He was just as awkward and socially disabled as you might imagine but in reality, a very sweet guy. He used to roam the halls like R. Crumb’s “Keep on trucking” guy. Wonder what ever happened to him? Probably got married and had little Zoltans…

    • Festus

      “Mallet of Fire” kinda loses something in translation. Or does it?

      • KSuellington

        Mallet of Fire was easily their best album. Fricking loved it.

    • slumbrew - double secret satan

      Deval Patrick < 1%

      Hilarious – former governor of a neighboring state gets sub-1%.

      • Chafed

        I know he announced his run but has he actually campaigned?

    • Festus

      Well, Diggus, he does look like the sort that would bare cleft and drop a deuce on your shoe given half a mind.

      • Festus

        “Bare cleft” is mine but you people are welcome to use it as you see fit.

    • CPRM

      Probably a a reader of modern Reason though, and not a Bernie Bro.

      • CPRM

        and that is part of [REDACTED].

        Oops, my might be one of my fans instead.

      • Lord Digby

        I….huh. Yeah; you may just be right!

        Really, those quotes add almost nothing to the story, as they make no sense. Whether this is due to the guy rambling, or, the cop’s writing.

        And it’s really 50/50 on that, lemme tell ya.

      • Chafed

        For sure.

      • slumbrew - double secret satan

        what are they even redacting there, and why?

      • Chafed

        If they told you then it wouldn’t be redacted.

      • Lord Digby

        State secrets. Xenu comin’.
        Well, that, or he has info that will lead to the arrest and indictment of Hilsdlk;jfahgoreuiyhpm;yibapjh os’lswjmn;bhoa//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

      • CPRM

        [The CIA’s plan to impeach Orange Man Bad]?

  32. Festus

    Where are Q’s nakey girls?

    • Chafed

      Taking the night off to canvas for Sanders?

    • CPRM

      Attention seeking, he’s a guy who made an entire career about making comedy from nebulous complaints. Sure, he hates Trump, but he’s the literally George Castanza. He’s who that character was based on.

    • Heroic Mulatto

      The only joke is that Larry David, the character, is an arrogant misanthrope who consistently gets hoisted on his own petard.

      People over-think comedy too often.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Oh, no argument here, HM–that is true in this episode, too. That said, the conceit of this episode was very political, and extended out to the entire country–not a me-vs.everyone, but a true us-vs-them schism. The joke didn’t quite work as it would appear he/they wanted it to.

        *See the Crenshaw Pete comment for my take, if they approved it.

      • KSuellington

        That scene is well done. I’ve seen a couple wildly conflicting interpretations of it and to me it just seems like the biker dude likes Trumpy Bear and can’t hold a grudge against a fellow Trumper. I read an unintentionally hilarious piece that tried to say that DJT didn’t understand that it was really saying that Trump supporters were inherently violent.

    • The Hyperbole

      Someone linked to Trumps tweet in the AM links and I didn’t get it then and I don’t get it now.

      • CPRM

        I don’t either. Forget it Joe it’s China Town Current Year.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        I didn’t see his twatter, so I have no idea what OMB said. My issue, if any, is how the episode doesn’t really say what the leftists want it to say. Not the way it plays out.

        HM is right about the overthinking comedy thing. I just find it funny how strident the anti-Trumpers in the scene are, as opposed the “violent” biker, that had every reason to be fighting mad at the LD character, but softened when he saw the MAGA.

      • KSuellington

        It seemed like it was either that the biker liked the Trump support, was scared of the Trump support, or just surprised by the audacity of the Trump support. I liked the ambivalence of it.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        You know, the more I think about it, you’re right. There was some subtleness/ambivalence to it.

      • CPRM

        Here is what Trump Tweeted. I know nothing else. I’ve never watched the show. But yeah, from that clip it looks like even angry people can have polite convos if they just love Trumpy Bear.

      • Chafed

        I’ve seen all seasons but haven’t started on this one. Larry hasn’t done politics on the show other than as a vehicle for the joke. We know his politics but he isn’t using the show to make a political point. He is always going for the laugh. I’d guess this is more of the same.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Well, the link in the article suggests that conservatives (in general), and pro-Trumpers (especially) are not wanted or needed by Larry. But, you are right about him not really using politics–well, an Us v Them style–for anything other than jokes.

        I get the, “If you don’t like my stuff, feel free to go away” attitude. but, I usually see it in a ‘no animosity intended’ frame. He seems happy if those kinds of people aren’t part of the audience.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Boy, that Matthew fella needs both a brain AND a heart.

      • CPRM

        All I know is Larry David does a killer Bernie Sanders, and will get an Oscar when he plays Sanders in the forthcoming vilification of how Sanders got Trump elected twice, (((they))) always blame the Jews.

  33. Festus

    Late Nite Remembrances – I was at a party at a friend’s house and this girl and I met and were really getting along. Like famously. After we really started to get to know each other we got to the point wherein we started talking about our last names. Turns out she was from my Mom’s tiny home town and shared the same oddly spelled last name. I almost became a two thousand mile away cousin-fucker.

    • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

      Does it count in another zip code/postal code? Asking for a friend…

      • Festus

        It was funny because when we shared the surnames, we knew. We just knew. She was pretty damn hot but as soon as truth was apparent it was nopenopenopenope!

      • The Hyperbole

        What are we talking here second cousin? third, fourth, fifth? Surely there is a point where bumping uglies becomes acceptable.

      • CPRM

        Surely there is a point where bumping uglies becomes acceptable.

        When she doesn’t look like your grandma?

      • Chafed

        Good rule.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        CPRM is on fire tonight!

        Not saying anyone should pee on him, or, anything like that.

      • CPRM

        That is why I need more Patreon support, so I can drop this knowledge on late nighters because I’m drunk. The American Wisconsin Dream.

      • KSuellington

        Drink Wisconsinably.

        That was the sweet coozie that I found the other day. It’s now in the collection.

      • Festus

        Probably second. Close enough to matter. I think we both realized at the same time, hence the bolt of lightning.

      • Chafed

        Yikes. That’s too close for comfort. But you could give her CPRM’s phone number.

      • Festus

        She’ll be a Grandma by now. My war stories are old because I am old.

    • Festus

      It was like a bolt of fucking lightning. We used to run into one another from time to time and it could have been awkward but I’d just pipe up “How’s it goin’, Cuz?” She stopped liking me after that.

      • CPRM

        You could be living that Porn Hub dream with them web-footed kids, Olympic grade swimmers.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Olympic grade swimmers

        If I could give a “joke, cubed” award, I would.

      • Festus

        All the inhabitants of the town had that eerie “MacLaren” look…

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Like…the car?

      • Festus

        No. The inbred Scots.

    • CPRM

      Meh, I got cousin fuckers in my family tree, 2 out of the 5 offspring turned out not completely dumb. Maybe not great odds when put like that.

      • Festus

        She would have been many-removed from my gene pool but it was enough. We even looked alike.

      • CPRM

        We even looked alike.

        Thus the attraction? Classic Narcisism, just like Trump, which I say as a licensed and legal Internet Psychologist. So now you must be put in a mental institute.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Hold on–is this the case that will, once and for all, prove Genetic Sexual Attraction??

        /co-morbidity for the win!

      • Festus

        Well, I DID used to practice self-love once or twice or thrice a day when I was a young feller…

    • Tejicano

      A very similar thing happened to a buddy of mine. Unfortunately it was the morning after, at her place, in bed…

    • CPRM

      Operation Varsity Blues

      Fuckin’ lame unless Agent Van Der Beek was in charge.

      • KSuellington

        It does seem like something out of a bad Ke$ha video. The FBI getting involved is hilarious and sad.

    • Chafed

      I saw that yesterday. I’m a little surprised the kid wasn’t charged. She appears to be in on it. That’s not true of all the students. Her lies appear particularly egregious.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        I was under the impression they (parents) had it made up for her, as she was busy ‘influencing’ people. There has been a LOT of talk online about parents doing the actual application process for their kids–especially in higher-income homes, due the kids not giving a shit and/or being so clueless that they have to have someone do it for them.

      • Chafed

        I don’t know the specifics of how active Aunt Becky’s kid was in the process. I did read she posed for a photo on a rowing machine for her application. I suspect she knew what was going on.

        Some reports of other kids have the parents including things after the kids’ involvement ended. There are also reports of parents paying for test scores without their kid’s knowledge.

        As you say, there are also reports of kids who were completely disengaged so they did as they were told without realizing what was happening.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        I did read she posed for a photo on a rowing machine for her application. I suspect she knew what was going on.

        Ah! Well, then–yes, she probably was in on it. Part of me though (the tingly part…) still thinks the girl was probably not aware that, “you DON’T do things like that in the real world”. OK…some people do.

        Anyway, welcome to the party, Princess.

      • CPRM

        Even in my mid-30s I’m just now coming around to the fact that the advice that my extant parent gives me isn’t always the best.

      • Chafed

        HM is here to guide you m

      • The Hyperbole

        I still don’t know why anyone was charged, we’re throwing people in jail for lying and bribing to get into colleges?

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        They get Gov $? There ya go.

        Otherwise, yeah, I don’t give a shit.

      • The Hyperbole

        Were these people defrauding government student loans? I was under the impression it was just to get accepted and assumed since they were bribing people they had the tuition covered.

      • KSuellington

        I also believed that was the case. They are paying tuition and not getting a loan. It’s not like they were defrauding some grants or scholarships. Which makes it utterly ridiculous that the Feds are getting involved, but par for the shitty course,

      • CPRM

        I never read or heard anything about scholarships, but these cases did focus on bogus claims of athletic achievements, which does usually involve scholarships, but that hasn’t been focused on in any of the MSM coverage.

      • The Hyperbole

        Yep, the schools should expel/revoke acceptance from the kids and fire anyone on their end that was taking bribes. Outside of that I can’t see why there are criminal charges for anyone involved.

      • Chafed

        It’s a fraud on the schools.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Even if these are private unis, once GovMon enters the picture, even if none went to the perpetrators, Uncle Sam gonna get his pound of flesh.

        Plus, you just gotta know there are plenty of people cheering this on: Either to sstick it to the Rrichie Riches, or, because UNFAIR!!1!.

        Or, both.

      • Chafed

        Or they are pissed because their otherwise qualified kid didn’t get into the school. Ask me how I know.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Given your experience, do you want to see this situation go the criminal route*?

        *it already is, but, I’m interested in how you would handle it

      • Chafed

        Is that a statement of your moral disagreement or a question how it’s legally possible?

      • The Hyperbole

        Both? but mostly the former, I get that anything can be illegal so Its more why than how.

      • Chafed

        Fraud on the school. It’s deliberately misrepresenting the qualifications of an applicant so the applicant gains an advantage by making the misrepresentation.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        I’m gonna presume Hyp’s argument and say that this should, at most, be a civil issue, and not criminal.

        “What are you in for?”

        “I paid some people a bunch of money to ensure my kid got into a top-notch university. You?”

        “I, uh…just rape.”

      • The Hyperbole

        What makes lying to a school so special, If I lie to Home Depot and slip the hiring dude an Outback Steakhouse gift card to get that sweet sweet gig in the plumbing department, am I going to jail? Should I?

      • CPRM

        “I, uh…just rape.”

        “But not ‘rape-rape. I had 4 beers and she only had 3.” The world we live in.

      • Chafed

        You absolutely committed fraud. Yes it’s a crime. The appropriate punishment is another matter.

      • The Hyperbole

        IANAL but I would think that for fraud to be criminal one would have to take something from somebody. In my silly ‘what if’ I’m not taking anything from HD as long as I’m actually doing the job. In the school admission case they aren’t taking anything if they still pay the tuition. As you mention above they may have ‘taken’ a spot someone else might have gotten but that spot wasn’t that other persons in the first place. The college wasn’t defrauded (they got paid) and the other kids aren’t defrauded (you can’t lose what you don’t have)

      • Festus

        It’s ridiculous. People have been doing this for centuries and making an example of a few B-listers ain’t gonna change anything. Heck, when I was in school you knew who was going to Uni and who would be fixing their broken shit.

    • Festus

      She’s damn near as old as me but she still has a great ass.

      • Chafed

        Phone. Number.To.CPRM.

      • Chafed

        And I’ll take an ass photo.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        You’re probably gonna have to either do the double mirror thing, or, do some kind of timer on your phone.

        I, uh, just mean, uh….good luck with the picture!

      • Chafed

        WTF are you talking about Willis?

      • The Hyperbole

        He’s questioning your reach around ability.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Hyp gets it.

        /Grow longer arms, Chafed. Or, hire help

      • CPRM

        Yeah, I’m sure I could get a lady Festus’ age if that were my thing. My 80 yr old Aunt’s friends all think I’m ‘The Bee’s Knees’

      • Chafed

        Festus is 55. He only looks 80.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        IOW, he skews older.

        Hi-yo!!

      • CPRM

        If I was gonna over-reach by over 20yrs, I grasp that brass ring of sweet-SS.

      • Festus

        You’re not far off with that reach. I might do a few weeks and just throw in the towel. All of my work is core centered and my core has been ass-fucked. If I can’t do a decent job then I’m not doing it at all. My clients deserve better and so does my reputation.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        my core has been ass-fucked

        Oh, man….Well, maybe we can get you a phone survey gig, or, something similar. I hear telemarketing is poised to really take off in about….oh, 20 years or so.

      • Festus

        I was thinking more like “Cranky Wal-Mart Greeter”. Hey, where you going with the cart, Fat? You want a piece of me? I used to whip together a dog and pony show like nobody’s business. We had everything, horse-face! No fucking malarkey!

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        I kinda read that in an Aussie brogue…

      • Festus

        *narrators voice* In 2009 Wal-Mart wouldn’t hire him..

  34. Mojeaux

    I’ll just drop this here.

    • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

      Are you dropping-and-running, young lady??

      It’s not as fun rude as stop-and-frisk, but, decorum.

    • Chafed

      Good thought but she could use an editor.

      • Mojeaux

        I noticed that too.

  35. CPRM

    G’night Diggy and Chaff-ed.

    • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

      Night, Man.

    • Chafed

      Sweet Social Security dreams.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        The new album from a geriatric metal band?

      • Chafed

        Nah. CPRM’s as short cut to riches.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        *just having fun with the phrase 😉

  36. Festus

    Yeah I’m done for tonight. Only one too many near cousin-fuck story but you kids will have to wait until next time. You know that there are more.

    • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

      I do? There are??

      • Festus

        Actually I’m running low on Festus tales. Could tell the one where I got ambushed and watched my kittens lap up my blood…

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Eh, well…..I’ll just be over there, sifting through the magazines.

      • Festus

        Sorry, Pal. Lotsa Heavy Metal and National Lampoon. The Juggs collection is under the bed where nobody will ever find it.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Well, then, how do you expect me to peruse them??

      • Festus

        You are a small and adventurous boy. They will find you, eventually.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        “Small”? Maybe we need to go over a certain concept

  37. Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

    Anyone who is still active here: Do you agree with the idea that Trump is a “bully”? If so, can you explain how he fits your definition of the title?

    • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

      And, just to keep things moving along, I’m going to put up his abuse of Eminent Domain. I’m talking about things other than using courts to let business take property away from its current owner.

      • Mojeaux

        That’s one huge reason I didn’t vote for him. He was all for Kelo all the way.

        I also don’t like that he stiffed independent contractors and small businesses every time he went bankrupt. Is that bullying?

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        The stiffing (ahem) I wouldn’t call ‘bullying’, so much as him being a shit-heel. The Kelo thing, I do, BUT…is he currently doing so as Prez? From what I can see, people are calling him a bully for simply talking mean about people. Maybe further shit-heelery, but, not a bully. I care not that he is doing so in his elected capacity, as long as he’s not using government force against these people he’s bad-mouthing.

        Decorum is nice and all, but, doesn’t move me much, as I expect the worst from politicians, and I admit that I like when shitty people are called shitty–even if it’s blind squirrel/nut, or, the whole ‘enemy of my enemy’.

      • Festus

        Better this than that last smarmy cunte that held office.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        So far, I think that’s true.

      • Mojeaux

        As far as I can see, he’s not a bully, per se. I would liken it to a playground bully trying to bully a boy his size but who is also the class clown.

        So the bully tries it and the class clown not only doesn’t get intimidated, he starts ridiculing the bully. He makes it safe for everyone else to ridicule the bully also.

        I, too, am tired of decorum. Mitt Romney embarrassed the hell out of me, he was such a beta.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        I suppose there are a lot of people out in the nation who want their ass kissed a bit by people who take their money. I can understand it on the ‘human nature’ level, but, I hate false dichotomies.

      • Festus

        Fuck Mitt Romney and his holier than thou jet-ski hair-do. He’s a fucking copperhead.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Ol’ ‘Catchers’ Mitt.

        Yeah, I went there.

    • Festus

      He’s a blowhard. A loud-mouthed schnook! He’s an ass-hole but he farts in the right general direction.

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        I have to admit that I like the asshole aspect that comes from (what I think is) his sense that many people were tired of one group or another dumping on them, and he decided that he get their loyalty if he shat on those groups. I see it as disabusing people of the notion that ‘likability’ is needed to win. Not that those people are learning the lesson that I would hope Americans learn (stop handing power over your life to others who don’t even know you).

      • Festus

        THIS! Every time I need to deal with a functionary feels like another hundred years added to limbo. I’ve been in jail. I’ve been committed. Getting a driver’s licence shouldn’t involve a cavity search. Hell, my Judi shouldn’t even be employed. She’s a screener at the airport and has been for nearly 15 years. You know how many guns, knives and explosives that they’ve found in that time? None. Zero. She makes 24 bucks an hour so what the fuck…

      • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

        Daaaaaaang! $8.75/hour USD! ::whistles::

        I keed, and I feel your pain–just like WJC.

      • Festus

        You laugh now but what happens when she’s supporting me? I wasn’t kidding earlier. We are well and truly fucked and that ain’t a joke.

  38. Festus

    Sorry, guys. I’ve been feeling not quite myself for the last few hours. Things will either turn great or go to shite. Never mind, and Diggus, I love you, Man.

    • Lord Digby: Elitist Scum

      Well, I love you too, mate. Enjoy some ethnic humour

      • Gender Traitor

        #meneither

      • The Hyperbole

        I think he’s riffing on that nonsensical ‘shape of our democracy’ quote of Pete’s by having him say something equally nonsensical and he threw in some ‘niggas’ to be edgy. IOW I don’t get it either.