Our institutions are being run by the insane

The Catholic Church has more compassion for suicide victims than Science Fiction fandom does.  Guess why this is. 

Really, there is Church doctrine that backs this up.  The Asperger's types running modern intellectual organizations have yet to progress to this same level of enlightenment.

And it didn't use to be this way.  The Left was a powerful force in intellectual circles; so powerful, in fact, that they would kick intellectual sand in the faces of today's intellectual left.

You have to wonder how these people became so emotionally impoverished to do this.  You also have to wonder if they are proud of what they did.  Clearly, they do not listen to the great, old time Country Music. 

Go read both of the top links.  We are being ruled by intellectual and moral midgets.

Cool Halloween costume, bro

LOL

Did I miss National Punch-A-Hippie Day?

Damn.

Suck it up, Buttercup

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— Sal the Agorist (@SallyMayweather) May 15, 2018

Cool story, bro

Seen on Gab.ai.  All the cool kids hang out there.  It's like Twitter without all the censorship.

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George Carlin on why "It's important not to give a shit"

There's a lot in this about Donald Trump, if you listen with ears that will hear.



He walked his own path, as has Trump.  He started as more of a punk, but he became a success by becoming himself, and remaining himself.

Regarding Pokemons ...

About right, actually.

How to make money from Facebook

You're welcome.

Tramautized delicate flowers

William Briggs (Statistician to the Stars!) ponders the crooked timber that is Man:

There’s a story in John Toland’s magisterial The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire (volume two) which depicts a Japanese ship transporting Western prisoners in conditions worse than on any (other) slave ship. It was dark, confined, covered in human filth, and unbearably hot. Unbearably is a strong and apt word. The men went mad and what they did to each other is difficult to relate. I won’t try. Few survived.

...

Do we need to discuss the Amalekites? The retreat from Moscow in 1812 (and again in the twentieth century)? The guillotine? Should we recall certain religious practices of the Aztecs? The scene in The Brothers Karamazov in which we learn that babies were tossed in the air to be bayoneted for amusement? The Goths? Cannibalism? The practice of sati (also spelled suttee)? Utopian scheme A, B, …?

Enough. It is impossible to be familiar with any serious literature and not realize the human race is fallen, that man is broken, that bad things have always happened and, at least in this form of our existence, always will. A vale of tears isn’t in it. Evil.

So what kind of childish naive sheltered coddled whimpering intellect would allow itself to be “traumatized” over reading about a minor criminal beating up a shopkeeper and then attempting to do the same to a policeman and getting himself killed in the attempt? Traumatized?

I’ll tell you: Columbia law students.

The rest is even better, as he demolishes the frivolous hot house flowers that inhabit today's Academy - students and Administrators.

The only thing that I would add is that many of the prisoners on that Japanese ship were the same age as the Columbia students.

Remember, that's why we call him "The Big Guy"

It would have been awesome if he'd said that to the guy's wife, LOL.

#WarOnWomen

You can't get a more stark example of how the Patriarchy crushes the hopes of aspiring young women professionals.  Reporter called "tacky" because of her outfit:

ATLANTA – A driver crashed a car through the lobby of the CNN Center early Friday morning.

Police responded to the Marietta Street side of the building at about 4:15 a.m. A Mercedes convertible with a Florida tag had crashed through the glass entrance. It ended up all the way inside the lobby.

It is unclear if it was done on purpose or if it was just an accident.

Except the person being interviewed is a woman, too.  The reporter is taking it with a fair amount of grace:

“Clearly if this woman says I look tacky, it has to be true,” she tweeted.

This just in

I'm told I'm a dick.  OK, then.



Could be worse, I guess.

You're not picking up any chicks in this car

Clever, though.

Quote of the Day: Get A Life edition

Jennifer gets her dudgeon high:

Listen, I know you’ve been told all of your life that you’re a special snowflake, and I’m sure it’s all very true. You know what the guy that signs the checks doesn’t need? Special snowflakes.

Note to self: do not get on Jennifer's bad side.  Because the Epic Rant would be aimed my way.

What, you still here?  Didn't I mention the "Epic Rant" part?  Scoot on over there.

Getting old

Every single word is true.

Ever had a day when you wanted to smack everyone upside the head?

It happens to me sometimes.  And so to balance out my karmic debt, here's a cute kitten playing on an iPad:



Need to amuse a kitten?  There's an app for that.

A public service announcement

Why can't any of the contestants to American Idol* actually sing?  They all "interpret" the song, which means that they won't sing and hold a note.  Maybe none of them can stay on pitch.

Sing, people.  And get off of my lawn.

* The Missus likes watching this, which means that I like watching it.  Or so I'm told.

aptget install steam

This is cool, and I am *so* trying it out:

The Steam for Linux beta program is now open to the public! In order to participate in the beta, you must download the latest Steam Linux client (found here) or upgrade your existing Steam for Linux client to the latest version.

It's a Debian package, and so it's super simple.  May need to upgrade my video, though.  My display may not be up for something this revolutionary.

If you're not familiar with Steam or Debian packages, you just might have a life.

Talking to Hipsters

Here's your translation guide.