ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. BETWEEN HAULING GRAIN FOR THE VORTEX AND TRYING TO CLEANSE THE FILTH OF BRUTALS WHO PLAGUE THE EARTH…ZARDOZ NEEDS A BREAK. WHAT BETTER WAY TO REST THE CIRCUITS THAN TO GIVE ADVICE BETTER THAN A BRUTAL? GO FORTH AND COMMENT!
Q: I am afraid for my daughter. She has been married less than a year to a very controlling man. He doesn’t ASK her to do anything, he DEMANDS that she do what he wants. She cannot go out to eat or to a movie or anyplace like that unless he is with her. She works a 40-hour-a-week job, and in addition she must do all the work inside the house plus mow the lawn while he plays games on his computer. Don’t you have a list of things to look for to tell someone when it is time to get out while the getting is good?
A: WHILE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR SON IN LAW IS DOING SOME PRIME SHITLORDING, ZARDOZ DOES NOT CONDONE ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR. SURE, THE BRUTALS MUST BE KILLED, GRAIN SLAVES TAKEN AND DISSENT AMONGST THE ETERNALS MUST BE PUNISHED…BUT THERE ARE LIMITS.
OK.
ALSO OK.
PLEASE ADVISE YOUR DAUGHTER TO ARM HERSELF WITH THE GIFT OF THE GUN, AND NEXT TIME SHITLORD JR. DECIDES TO OVERLY KING-OF-THE-CASTLE IT, CLEANSE HIM. BESIDES, DID SHE NOT LEARN THAT THE PENIS IS EVIL? BETTER OFF WITHOUT HIM.
EVIL. MORE EVIL.
ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.
New threads always leave a dead thread in their wake.
True, true . . .
I must admit, my sampling of the public intellectuals’ latest missives re: damn near everything that’s going on in the Western world, has left me feeling kinda bereft and toying with the idea of going downstairs, dropping a single round into the chamber, and blowing my brains out.
Anything’s gotta be better than watching this world, which I spent so much of my life trying to better in myriad small ways, go down the collective shitter. Fuck.
The problem is, only idiots are breeding. It’s a predetermined outcome. And there’s now nowhere to go to escape from them. Unless someone starts a colony on Mars and bans idiots.
As far as the threading goes, I’m working on a grand unifying threading theory. But it will have to include an equation to stop the P Brooks threads destruction particle.
Ever see Idiocracy?
Damnit! Before I get cool link bro’d, lemme try again:
Idiocracy
You may need a media vacation if you feel that way. Sometimes I envy my wife as she generally has no idea what is going on in the world as she studiously avoids all media. She watches her historical dramas and reads fiction and avoids most of the bullshit going on. When she wants to know she asks me what’s going on. Then she goes back to her novel after a sigh.
“she generally has no idea what is going on in the world ”
I strongly suspect that describes about 80% of the population. Which is how the left has went batshit insane and are doing a Blitzkrieg over sane civilization with practically zero resistance. We’ll just all wake up one day and be told to get in the box cars and most people won’t even know what happened.
Most people just do not want to be bothered by politics. I understand this, although I have always tried to pay attention to what is going on. I think we will see a backlash to a lot of this shit, I’m not calling a libertarian moment by any means, but I think there will be some real pushback. Which is one reason why the Dems are so scared. They aren’t going to be able to cheat enough to beat what is coming. Not that the Repubs are going to be fighters for liberty, but the Trump thing has brought some changes to the party. I think we see a switching of Congress in 22 and DeSantis winning in 24.
That’s a plausible scenario.
This is normal and healthy behavior.
Time wasted on politics and the follies of urban academics, is time that could have been spent shooting, backpacking, cooking, flying drones, and making kinky Twitter videos.
And there will be plenty of time to snuff it once the goon squads have come for you; plus you can take a nice big honor guard to hell with you. I firmly believe that anyone I kill in justified self defense will spend the afterlife loading my magazines, mixing my drinks, and polishing my knob. Don’t pop too early!
Heheh, absolutely right. Even though I am a political junkie, I realize I have very little control of the shit that is happening outside my sphere. I can try and let people know, but there is only so much of that. There is way too much fun shit to get done before I can’t get my ass off the couch anymore. Life moves pretty quickly, you gotta make the most of the things that you can do. For me it’s raising kids right now and outdoor adventures, fishing, shooting guns and bows, skiing, hiking, and biking. Ultimately the stoics were right, let anything beyond your control go and focus on your own thing.
And when an industrious commenter like you notices a new thread, there is also a forlorn Brochettaward.
WHO DARES TO SUMMON ME?
I am never forlorn for I am First among all Firsters.
She cannot go out to eat or to a movie or anyplace like that unless he is with her.
Apparently they married in a place that didn’t have any lockdowns.
Saudi Arabia?
“she must do all the work inside the house plus mow the lawn while he plays games on his computer”
But where’s the problem?
HAIL ZARDOZ!
. . . she must do all the work inside the house plus mow the lawn while he plays games on his computer . . .
Yeah, cleanse this fucker’s ass.
The real story probably goes like this:
Honey, I want to go shopping, do you want to go?
Nah, I’m a stay here and chill with the bros.
OK, is there gas in my new $150,000 luxury SUV?
No, I forgot.
Oh muh gawds, you’re sooo lazy!
Have fun honey.
*wife goes out door, comes back*
I can’t find my credit card!
Which one? Here, take this one, but take care, there’s only $20,000 left on there right now!
*Calls mum on way out door, mom, he’s controlling me, I’m oppressed!*
#DoNotBelieveAllWiminz
Unless he’s Josef Fritzl or Ariel Castro… your daughter’s into some kinky submissive shit, lady.
Plays games on computer = WFH, 60 hours a week
“Honey, the grass is getting long. Can you mow it?”
“Not right now, I’m working. I’ll get to it later.”
“Fine, I’ll do it myself. Using the ZTR is NBD and it’s kind of fun.”
“Ok, I’ve got to get back on this call.. gotta go”
I concur with the others you don’t know how much other work he does.
This past week I didn’t wash a single dish or help that much getting my son ready for daycare. Much evil, bad patriarchy.
Oh wait.
But I put in 600 sq ft of flooring.
I am frigging stoked. Just got home after a long work week and the kids are happily playing video games after a day out at the beach, the wife is reading and I’m cracking my second Sierra Nevada. My buddy texted me two nights ago and said he wanted to do a spontaneous trip to the Rubicon Trail, so we are leaving Monday at 5am to do it. It’s one of the premier 4WD trails in the US. It’s some serious wheeling. I did it 26 year ago with the same friends, when we were 19 year olds. It’s gonna be fun. Three days out with plenty of beer in the cooler and the backroad of the Sierra Nevada to tackle.
Sounds great! Don’t forget the ZZ Top.
Thanks! Yes I will be bringing the tunes. My buddy informed me that we will be reserving all cooler space for beer and so it will be all freeze dried and dry food so we can pack enough extra gas and parts in case of a breakdown. I got enough grass and tobacco for the evening and maybe even get a few casts with the fly rod at one of the streams nearby. I love the Sierra backcountry, even the state of California hasn’t managed to ruin that yet.
Wait until Newsom survives the recall.
This sounds fucking awesome.
It will be, I love a last minute trip. And as much as I love my fam, it’s nice to get away for a few days from the wife and kids and drink beer, 4 wheel and bullshit with old friends. I believe you mentioned you have a Tacoma, if you are interested in reading about sweet ass 4WD trails this describes the trail and history.
https://www.rubicontrailfoundation.org/
I’ve been thinking lately that I really shouldn’t be wasting an off-road Taco on commuting…
Yeah get out there on the trails if you can. I bought a 21 Tacoma last October after selling my old Willys Jeep. I haven’t even really wheeled it yet, but that is coming soon enough. It’s been up to the Sierras a couple times on trips, but I have great plans for it in the future. Just put this rack on it 6 weeks back and we hit a late May snowstorm at elevation.
https://imgur.com/a/e1MA0IM
He doesn’t ASK her to do anything, he DEMANDS that she do what he wants.
Otherwise they’ll never decide on a grubhub order.
If we learned anything over the past year+ of Covid restrictions, it’s that many people don’t particularly like freedom and would rather feel secure and have someone make decisions for them.
Maybe this chick is one of them.
Her Mom (the letter writer) doesn’t indicate that the daughter has complained about her situation, just that the Mom herself has made these observations.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
First thing that came to mind is that Mom is probably the daughter’s go-to for venting marital frustrations. Daughter needs to blow off some steam, mom takes it too seriously.
Or he may be a controlling asshole, in which case she should GTFO and buy a gun when she moves into her own place.
Or Mom was the controlling one in her life until Daughter found someone similar and no longer needs Mother’s guiding hand.
???
“guiding”
And why do too damn many of us don’t identify these kinds of behavior until it is too late.
Because sex
https://mobile.twitter.com/FDRLST/status/1413547226513694724
I thought being Soviet would be a positive for Sean Penn?
Well, maybe he could be just a little gay, you know, just for a while, play the movie and then go to one of those places that drives the gay devil out. Better than being unwoke and cancelled.
Sean has said a few stupid things in his time. He wouldn’t want anyone to take his scalp.
He should wipe Chavez’s splooge off of his mouth before he opens it.
I am disappointed that no one replied to the Sahara solar plan with “the western desert lives and breathes at 45 degrees”.
The time has come to say fair’s fair.
I ain’t giving shit back.
Well, since in this country they stole it from other groups that they sent packing down to South America I would say let’s just let the past lay buried and concentrate on the now.
JFC, I hate that song (and, presumably, every other dirge they’ve recorded).
Nah, their earlier work is solid even if you don’t like that one.
OT – just found this
https://blitzfansub.com/
Currently watching the live action of Gokushofudou. The anime on Netflix is a hoot and the live action is also fun.
Hmmm… didn’t realize there’s a live action version. The premise sounded interesting but not so big on anime in general.
Probably a dozen J dramas on this site.
Very interesting. Bookmarked!
https://www.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/fecmix/john_boormans_infamous_the_lord_of_the_rings/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=&utm_content=post_body
Would we have taken Boorman’s LOTR over Zardoz?
A LOTR with fully armored sex scenes would have been entertaining.
Jodorowsky’s Dune but for Tolkien? I dig.
Local small town canceled their annual 4th of July parade. Proud Boys and local private citizens hold one anyway. Sheriff’s Office has been reviewing footage to identify participants in this illegal and unpermitted activity. Burn your credibility away, assholes.
That’s some petty shit.
So why did they cancel the official parade?
Not entirely sure. My guess is long lead time in planning (was organized by town’s Chamber of Commerce) killed it because of uncertainty of when Gov Shitstain would relax her grip.
Googled a bit more and the city denied a permit to the organizers of this year’s parade (why is curiously not asked). Deputies were going to shut it down but hundreds showed up so they let it go ahead. And nothing else happened. No rioting. No property destruction. No violence. Huh, funny how that is when Antifa is no where around.
“Sheriff’s Office has been reviewing footage to identify participants”
Is anyone reviewing footage to identify sheriff’s office, city council etc.?
T-storm knocks my power out for 2 milliseconds and my fucking cable box takes 10 minutes to reboot. What is this world coming to.
Everything I care about in the house is on a UPS (appropriately sized, of course). Oddly enough, none of the infotainment digital shit is on one. My FM receiver recovers immediately, of course.
Looks like “of course” is my verbal/writing tic this evening. Of course.
Who’s the chick in your avatar
Well-known regional photographic model. Presently lives on Vancouver Island, I believe. Best skin I’ve ever seen on a model. Pleasure to work with, too — very productive shooting sessions, no bull.
Very cromulant.
Not very sexy.
This happens about once every five years. Never bothered with those gizmos.
That’s ten minutes away from Babylon 5. Give me a name and number so I can lodge a complaint.
No, I’m watching tee-vee.
If it was B5 DVD’s I could have been back in business in seconds.
How far into the series are you?
S01E12
Need to dive back in
Dude. Yes you do. I have been watching sporadically with daughter 2 and we just finished S01E11. We started well after you got your discs.
FWIW, you are getting close to when the series really takes off.
Yeah I go in and out of phases where I feel like watching DVD’s. Been out of it for a couple months now. I think part of it is I have always liked to watch them late at night but I’m ready to pack it in by midnight lately.
I love B5, but under no circumstances subject yourself to the last season. Similarly, while I adoreThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever – never read the second trilogy;.
That’s a little strong. I think I’m more forgiving because I factor in all the uncertainty of their being a fifth season.
Their = there
I don’t remember much about “Covenant” other than I ended up hating every single character.
I also remember loving the hell out of the Belgariad books as a tween – bad idea to go back and re-read them?
Yeah, I get that too. And my modem is brand fucking new. Comcast sucks donkey nuts. I hate them, literally. I found out that they’re throttling my internet. I can actually get 1.2G, but I can only get that if I buy TV and their security system, none of which I want. I ask one of their idiot techs what prevents me from getting the fastest speed if I don’t want to buy stuff I don’t use. I spent the next few minutes listening to an idiot lying as part of a script, and I said ‘no, that’s not true, stop lying to me’. It’s best to just not talk to them, because it only leads to frustration. I can’t wait to move if I go where I’m thinking about, because then I will get started with Starlink, I’m ordering my stuff on day 1.
I will only make changes online. I’m never speaking to one of the cable company’s con-artists again.
You can’t make changes online here.
You can’t make changes online here.
You know who else sucks donkey nuts?
Some ladies in TJ, allegedly?
I was looking for Winston but, as the only participant, you win.
The struggle is real.
Trashy: Meatloaf graduated from TJ High, 30 miles almost due south of you.
!!!!random post of the month award!!!!
Don Cruz!
just peaking in
see a few of my favorites hanging on
Chinese miner GPUs are getting sold off in the tens of thousands?
There’s a marginal decline in astronomical GPU pricing??
itshappening.jpg
Enjoy your economy of scale.
I want one (1) 3080 ti. at something approximately MSRP. Or a 3090 if I’m really pressed. I have cash to spend and I want a fucking GPU. But I’m not buying it for three fucking grand.
This seems legit.
Meanwhile, I can’t buy a government apparatchik more than a BigMac without getting my ass canned for ethics violations, at least according to the trainings I have to sit through multiple times a year.
The best we can hope for is they fall afoul of the authorities in Qatar and get sentenced to 1000 lashes. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, I mean, but I won’t shed a tear if it happens to those assholes. In fact, I’d rent it on pay-per-view.
The democrats have went way to far with their shit, they’re just asking for trouble now.
How many times has this been said?
They are immune to arrest by “have you no sense of decency?” because they absolutely don’t. They are untouchable as far as rule of law goes because there is no rule of law when the deep state goes out of its way to protect them. I don’t mean just the D’s either, because there are a number of R useful idiots this applies to.
I’m looking forward to the throuple photos of Swalwell with Gallegos and wife.
it’s only around $17,000 per person – what’s the big deal?
(readies gibbet)
From the sideline and previously mentioned:
15-year-old 6’7″ Barron Trump really throws me.
*sidebar
Pope Jimbo has been busy.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/09/minnesota-hennepin-county-police-chiefs-gun-violence/
You do realize that Indiana guns can make it up there to Minnesoda?
I just assumed they jumped into Jimbo’s hands and he couldn’t help himself.
I am gonna hate life tomorrow. Our airport ground radar was down and I have been in 116 degree weather up in a 190′ tower trying to find the damn gremlin that is vexing our system.
At it again probably tomorrow.
Beer after work and a night cap at home for me.
Hey, some fancy L.A. ladies would pay good money for that sort of weight loss regimen.
Slaintѐ
Hey, you had your recognition Tuesday. Get back there and fix that shit.
(?)
Tell us you get double time for working on Saturday.
Time and a half, at least.
It is FedGov…so double but I don’t want it. I enjoy my family too much.
Yesh though hopefully the part gets here tomorrow afternoon. My guess is that the 160′ RS-422 cable that is carrying the ACP/ARP pulses is bad. Who knows at this point.
Does Fluke not make a tester for RS-422?
It’s been a while, but Fluke cable testers seemed like magic to me.
They do but we are not the military and still use ancient test equipment. Unfortunately, we ohm’d the cable and it was good but we are getting a spurious signal that is making the system is spinning at 0.00002 seconds per minute.
It is probably the encoder but we have tossed in two others and same symptoms. We were too deep today and definitely needed a break from it.
I read that as IEEE-488 and was surprised at the length. Need moar drinky.
No love for jeepie eyebie?
It will always be HP-IB to me
https://archive.is/L6eyR/96e0086e3c757971d6ac06a1352fd8412828e651.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.is/hZw2n/a41f9b2f79f0ede4af037b52a4d8f2aa748eb580.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.is/mT61u/061961252566e96d75bc40d0be08dca601e514f5.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.is/I6Jkp/577806922b88e17a6b97c232f5c5955aab885b81.jpg
NSFW.
We like #4, she’s got sass!
I don’t usually weigh in on these as I consider personality far more important but…c’mon…no contest. No. 1. She can eat crackers in my bed anytime.
No arguments here…
Yes, yes, and hell yes.
Chafed hiring his new paralegals. “We can teach them whatever they need to know”
I’m promoting you to head my HR department.
Can I come empty the bins?
No. You get to sit behind a desk and direct the staff to empty bins, sweep, etc.
You paid your dues buddy. It’s someone else’s turn.
HAH!
https://youtu.be/2A-1lBWqHrw
Yes please.
Cool. I’m thinking about one of these for home defense or maybe neighborhood watch.
https://youtu.be/9geyL2UGSXk
Money spender go Brrrrr!
Mark Steyn (filling in for Tucker Carlson tonight) on Deep State surveillance:
Or in video format:
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6262940440001#sp=show-clips
Not relevant. Those who make and enforce the laws are not subject to them.
That ship sailed what, about a hundred years ago?
That’s when the ship cast off. Seems something could have been done about it in the intervening 30 years, but Roosevelt happened, which cemented the deep state.
I only disagree about his comment this undermining the First Amendment. The rest of it is right on.
Brooksed it.
^this.
Not sure he gets the first amendment. Surely this is more a fourth amendment issue.
Gah! Thunderstorms abound! Please don’t burn us! Please don’t burn us! Please don’t burn us up! Happier news, did half of a tune-up on the Juke. Only lost one bolt! The rest waits until tomorrow, oil change and such.
I’ll find the wayward bolt tomorrow.
Morning, Glibs.
Good morning, U – and Fes, if you’re still about.
I’m not up for keeps yet. I ate rather lightly at the birthday party last evening and had only a bowl of Cheerios a while after returning home. Thus, I woke up hungry, but it’s not yet light enough to go out to Tranquility Base. I’m trying to finish a little jar of peanuts so I can return the jar to the farmers’ market vendor later this morning. After I finish the peanuts, I’ll try to sleep for just a little longer.
Did you sleep well, U?
I got through the night fairly well. I woke up at quarter to 5 without an alarm, figured I should start my day, cooked breakfast, took my handful of morning pills (seriously, my breakfast pill set is six pills at the moment, it will go down over the next few weeks). Don’t know if I slept through the night but I don’t have memories of long periods of wakefulness where I habitually look over at the clock.
Sounds good! What was breakfast?
1/2 cup elbow pasta (dry volume) with tomato sauce. All the stuff was still in the dishdrain from yesterday so I didn’t have to go hunting for it.
That’s what I told myself about ten minutes ago as I was dragging my weary bones over to the computer.
Well, I’ve eaten the rest of the peanuts, and it’s still too dark for my taste for going out on the back porch. I think I’ll head back to the bedroom and lie back down at least until it’s lighter. I need to get out of my rocking chair before one of the cats decides it’s Lap Time.
Just squeezed in almost an hour on the recliner 🙂
A luxury I don’t have on weekdays.
I can’t squeeze for an hour without some lanolin.
Because that’s when the roving gangs of White Supremacists are beating
offup the gays? IMornin’ Glibbies and good night! I’m bushed and not in the happy way.
Get some sleep, good sir. I too am off to bed in a grumpy way. Cheers mate.
Someone threw you in the bushes? I hope they weren’t the prickly kind. Unpleasant!
Born and bred in the briar patch – https://youtu.be/v9oWq9zIXTY
I’m beginning to suspect there may be Journolist type thing going on with YouTube. Which may no be bad itself, but damn does it make for boring content.
https://news.yahoo.com/gen-z-wants-wait-little-230152077.html
“The turning point for Smithson was the number of people in her own life who died from COVID-19, including her aunt, Gloria. Smithson said she realized she “knew more people who died from COVID than people who died that received the vaccine.”
Ummm…..
*sigh*
And I know more people that died of UTIs than I know that died of COVID. Lock Down Urethras!
Ridiculous lie.
Love how the sidebar is wall-to-wall vax agitprop, too.
We have 4000 people at work. Two of them died of the vid. One of my immediate coworker’s moms died of it.
I qork at the most obvous place to get it. We have international travelers running around here. We have worked this whole time, except for the first three months. By the expert’s assement, we should have the maximum casualties.
Now we’re seeing the official body counts seem to be at least 25 percent over counted. We truly live in a post truth world.
Morning.
Simple breakfast today – left over tri-tip, cheeses, and cashews.
The cheeses were Mimolette and Beemster XO. Delish.
I have to go get a new drivers license today. ?
First thing you did in the morning was put nuts in your mouth? Gay bashing white Supremacist!
Cashews are seeds, not nuts. ?