Two days in a row.
Yesterday was my father’s and father-in-law’s birthday. I miss them both, very much.
Now today.
Our Dear Leader wants to let Iran develop nuclear weapons. Most of the Democrats agree.
On pox on all of their houses.
I hope every one who had a hand in this attack is or will rot in Hell for Eternity.
I think I’ll go with that.
On pox on all of their houses.
And that.
Congressmen McCaul is going to grace us with his presence at the monthly Republican Club dinner next week.
Since he ran like a rat when we questioned him on his NDAA vote a couple of years ago, I have a feeling we’ll have a packed house again due to the Iran deal.
I’ve told the County Chair and the Club President I’ll do my best to contain the vitriol, but that’s the extent of any guarantees.
🙂
Hahahahahahaha; those wacky Shin Bet guys! (I’m disappointed the sharks didn’t have frickin’ laser beams.)
In 2013, a kestrel carrying an Israeli foot band was discovered by villagers in the Elazığ Province, Turkey. Initially, medical personnel at Firat University identified the bird as “Israeli Spy” in their registration documents, however after thorough medical examinations, including X-ray scans, the bird was determined to be carrying no electronic equipment. No charges were filed and the kestrel was freed and allowed to continue its flight.
I came across this interesting TED Talk on addiction and an alternative view of how to treat it, including Portugal’s 15 year experiment with legalizing drugs. If you don’t want to listen to it, the script is also available for you to read.
The War on Drugs Intoxicants That Some Powerful Bluenoses Don’t Approve Of was founded in racism. Beginning with San Francisco’s opium ban in the late 19th Century because the white wimmins might dally with Chinese men.
And then the “devil’s weed” which incited “race mixing”; once again, the fear of white wimmens having sex with blacks, Mexicans, Filipinos and jazz musicians. In combination with the savage primitive rhythms of early swing and the big bands, of course.
Oh hell noes!!!1!
Much of this was driven by Harry J. Anslinger, the head of the new Federal Bureau of Narcotics who didn’t like all of the good PR that J. Edgar Hoover was getting; read about him.
Not to mention various other self-righteous assholes with sticks up their asses who didn’t like some folks’ idea of a good time. Including too many members of Congress.
From a philosophical standpoint: Why is it any of the goddamned government’s business what you put into your own body? If you do so without causing harm to the person or property of others, where exactly is the crime?
The crime and violence is a result of the prohibition. Notice how when Prohibition was repealed, the drive-by shootings stopped literally overnight.
Our drug policy is almost entirely based upon racism and moral panics led by sicko control freaks. It is now the source of hundreds-of-thousands of cushy, taxpayer-funded, unionized jobs. As well as abrogation of due process and utterly insane policies like civil asset forfeiture where inanimate objects are charged with crimes. It is about raw power and control and it’s way past time to put an end to it.
It is a moral abomination and a massive violation of basic Constitutional -- and human -- rights.
So, I was channel surfing and came upon a movie from 1984 -- Teachers -- and was reminded that the B.S. of passing as many students as possible (without resorting to actually educating them) is not a new phenomenon. It did not pass my notice that the number of white students in the “inner city” classroom exceeded the number in my suburban class, or that in Hollywood the students are always willing to rally around the teacher falsely accused of impropriety. The fact that one of the effective teachers is an escapee from a mental institute is just icing on the cake.
Over 30 years between when the movie was filmed and the present day, and nothing has changed. My fingers really want to type three letters at this point: f m l , but I’m trying not to be that negative.
May God bless our country.
Never forget.
Somber Anniversary Greetings.
I hope every one who had a hand in this attack is or will rot in Hell for Eternity.
Two days in a row.
Yesterday was my father’s and father-in-law’s birthday. I miss them both, very much.
Now today.
Our Dear Leader wants to let Iran develop nuclear weapons. Most of the Democrats agree.
On pox on all of their houses.
I think I’ll go with that.
And that.
Congressmen McCaul is going to grace us with his presence at the monthly Republican Club dinner next week.
Since he ran like a rat when we questioned him on his NDAA vote a couple of years ago, I have a feeling we’ll have a packed house again due to the Iran deal.
I’ve told the County Chair and the Club President I’ll do my best to contain the vitriol, but that’s the extent of any guarantees.
🙂
Hai, RabBeet, Paddy and TeX!
And the GOP has done fuck-all to stop this shitshow. They’re pretty much all treasonous filth…but that’s nothing new.
FTFY.
Will you and Mr. X attend wearing sidearms?
Wearing? No (open carry doesn’t go into effect until January 1), and I try NOT to get lectured by the Sheriff.
I’ll let his poor aides speculate what’s in my and probably quite a few other purses.
Funny, never even thought about it ’til now.
/check for manners in Brenda’s dryer, kthx
Hi y’all!
“What have they got in their pocketses? Nasty constituentses!”
This just made me smile: 65 Dead, 154 Injured After Crane Crashes Into Mecca Grand Mosque
Good.
Too bad it didn’t take out that fookin’ holy black rock, too.
Update: Go, crane, go!
At least 87 people dead and 184 injured in Mecca.
High winds blew down the crane? They’re currently experiencing gusts up to a whopping 16 mph.
[whisper]
Joooos.
[/whisper]
The mere whisper of Joooos creates a wind strong enough to blow over a crane in Mecca? Wow! You guys really do control everything!
Muwahahahaha!
“Kneel before ZOG!”
One of the songs from “Paint Your Wagon” was originally titled “They Call The Wind Menucha”. 🙂
The Jooooossss are using cranes as armed drones now???? What kind of bird was it they were accused of using before?
My apology for the threadboy failure today, gentle gerbils.
I was thinking about 9/11 a lot but I just didn’t make the Wheel thread connection. Sorry. A few too many issues this week.
Hai, Mac!
There was no “threadboy failure” AFAIC; thanks for all you do around here.
Boiled chickens; that’s why we switched.
It was vultures…and sharks!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel-related_animal_conspiracy_theories
Hahahahahahaha; those wacky Shin Bet guys! (I’m disappointed the sharks didn’t have frickin’ laser beams.)
Heh.
Man, that must have been one large kestrel!
I came across this interesting TED Talk on addiction and an alternative view of how to treat it, including Portugal’s 15 year experiment with legalizing drugs. If you don’t want to listen to it, the script is also available for you to read.
Just food for thought.
Thanks for that link, Paddy.
The War on
DrugsIntoxicants That Some Powerful Bluenoses Don’t Approve Of was founded in racism. Beginning with San Francisco’s opium ban in the late 19th Century because the white wimmins might dally with Chinese men.Oh noes!!!
Bulletproof, unstoppable “Negro cocaine fiends” who would, of course, like nothing better than raping white wimmens. (I have a PDF of the original 1914 NYT article.)
Oh noes!!!
And then the “devil’s weed” which incited “race mixing”; once again, the fear of white wimmens having sex with blacks, Mexicans, Filipinos and jazz musicians. In combination with the savage primitive rhythms of early swing and the big bands, of course.
Oh hell noes!!!1!
Much of this was driven by Harry J. Anslinger, the head of the new Federal Bureau of Narcotics who didn’t like all of the good PR that J. Edgar Hoover was getting; read about him.
Not to mention various other self-righteous assholes with sticks up their asses who didn’t like some folks’ idea of a good time. Including too many members of Congress.
From a philosophical standpoint: Why is it any of the goddamned government’s business what you put into your own body? If you do so without causing harm to the person or property of others, where exactly is the crime?
The crime and violence is a result of the prohibition. Notice how when Prohibition was repealed, the drive-by shootings stopped literally overnight.
Our drug policy is almost entirely based upon racism and moral panics led by sicko control freaks. It is now the source of hundreds-of-thousands of cushy, taxpayer-funded, unionized jobs. As well as abrogation of due process and utterly insane policies like civil asset forfeiture where inanimate objects are charged with crimes. It is about raw power and control and it’s way past time to put an end to it.
It is a moral abomination and a massive violation of basic Constitutional -- and human -- rights.
And power and control are why it will be very hard to go the way of Portugal in this regard.
Mecca crane update:
At least 107 people dead and 238 injured.
Need moar cranes in Mecca.
Here ya go, although I’m not sure what good they’ll do.
Death by a thousand paper cuts?
Do you need some lemon juice?
Mixed with puréed ghost peppers.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE!
Greetings from ever so delightful Bountiful.
I sure do hope y’all have had a super day, ’cause you just know I have.
And with that, I gotta go.
Jerry Atrick -- the one minute wonder (check the timestamps on his posts)!
So, I was channel surfing and came upon a movie from 1984 -- Teachers -- and was reminded that the B.S. of passing as many students as possible (without resorting to actually educating them) is not a new phenomenon. It did not pass my notice that the number of white students in the “inner city” classroom exceeded the number in my suburban class, or that in Hollywood the students are always willing to rally around the teacher falsely accused of impropriety. The fact that one of the effective teachers is an escapee from a mental institute is just icing on the cake.
Over 30 years between when the movie was filmed and the present day, and nothing has changed. My fingers really want to type three letters at this point: f m l , but I’m trying not to be that negative.
I saw the libertarian street artist, Sabo wearing this t-shirt on Stoussel:
K3wL shirt.
Sabo being interviewed by the Secret Service:
I’m sure no one would ever believe that the Secret Service could be paid off with hookers. That’s just ridiculous.