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Does anyone think that if trillions of dollars at stake people aren’t going to get pretty violent about it?

theoakman says

In Russia they poison political opponents. The Dems are trying out more communist tactics.

In Russia, one candidate can enlist the secret police to spy on another candidate, and to be complicit in a character assassination campaign against the candidate. Made up charges on made up source information. Not in the USA, bucko! No, way.

PaisleyPattern says

I think everybody does it, if you try to mix things up too much it’ll happen anywhere

It’s why book 1984 is timeless. Our ruling elite are guilty of trying all same shit.

Either Trump’s whole anti establishment campaign is fake or a serious attempt at assassination will occur.

You know that the whole Mask thing is about to go passe don't you? It wont survive a week past the election. I hope you didn't refinance your house for those Commie Dog Muzzles.

Tenpoundbass says

You know that the whole Mask thing is about to go passe don't you? It wont survive a week past the election.

+100. It's amazing that people don't get it. Oh well.

If Trump gets reelected, masks will still be mandatory, just to piss on the public for voting "wrong".

Re drinks: freshman year at Notre Dame I was locked into my dorm room with 2 other guys and 24 beers. We had to drink them all to be let out.

My first drink was at 11, my classmate had a Grandfather that kept cases of various Whiskey and Gin bottles in his bedroom. We lived in a dry county, and on Sundays, and after 7pm every other day. He was local bootlegger to all of the alkies that couldn't wait until the next time the Package Stores opened.
He brought out 2 half pints one day I was over at his house after school. And we downed them straight one shot. I got so drunk and sick. To this day Kentucky Whiskey or Bourbon will engage my gag reflexes if I drink it. Even in a mixed drink.

Patrick says

Re drinks: freshman year at Notre Dame I was locked into my dorm room with 2 other guys and 24 beers. We had to drink them all to be let out.

How did they lock you in? It's been a while, but if I recall correctly most dorm room buildings have inward opening doors so as to not whack people as you're exiting the room into the hallway.

WookieMan says

but if I recall correctly most dorm room buildings have inward opening doors

Doors open inward because of firecodes. If a fireman needs to break in, it's a lot easier to break in if the door opens inward. The door on your house opens inward.

I was seven when I had my first drink. Grandpa was drinkin' whiskey and he thought it would be a good idea to give a taste to me and my older brother and cousin. It worked, that stuff burned and the taste did not suit my young palate.

Never had a problem with alcohol.

WookieMan says

Patrick says

Re drinks: freshman year at Notre Dame I was locked into my dorm room with 2 other guys and 24 beers. We had to drink them all to be let out.

How did they lock you in? It's been a while, but if I recall correctly most dorm room buildings have inward opening doors so as to not whack people as you're exiting the room into the hallway.

We used to use pennies to wedge the door so that it was too difficult to turn the door handle from the inside. The only way to open the door was to push from the outside so that the pennies dislodged so that the latch could operate. Much fun was to be had . . .

It's been a long time, so I don't remember exactly, except that the upperclassmen were waiting outside the door to check on our progress.

The building was from the 1920's, so maybe it required a key to get out. I was surprised when I stayed in an apartment in Buenos Aires like that about 10 years ago. If you didn't have the key to get out, it was effectively a prison cell.

It's my Covid incubator. Don't knock it.

Ewwwwwww

Bonzo says

What Happens to Your Body When You Don't Change Your Underwear

It reminds me of a piece I read I think on the last page of Time magazine back in the early to mid-70's where they always had an interesting take on society--it may have been one of John Leo's columns in US News & World Report. I remember the title was On Re-Inventing the Wheel. The commentary was about how many of the counterculture people had adopted the philosophical idea of living "natural" by not grooming or bathing or wearing clean clothes. It was the beginning of the filthy, long-haired down and out look that is still popular in some quarters. It said doctors were seeing diseases return that had been banished since Medieval times simply by not bathing regularly--it's obvious that a phenomenon like this would have only arisen in an affluent society where everyone rich or poor had access to basic necessities. A couple of weeks later, there were actually letters to the editor criticizing the article and trying to justify their silly lifestyle.

You want to remove them often enough that you don't have to use a chisel, and before they strip skin on removal. Then, you keep the pieces and use them for homeless repellant, or to chase away skunks.

Bonzo says

I've known a few people who turn their underwear inside out to get a "clean" pair.

What's nice is you can keep doing this indefinitely and it always works. Oxygen is an amazing substance.

Even while camping without there being a shower or water source to do so, change your damn underwear and clothes at minimum. I think most people have had lazy days where they don't shower, but changing clothes is like going to the bathroom. Just do it.

I got a bad Sciatic nerve pain in my lower back, that shot down my leg all the way into my foot. I finally linked it to the boxers I was wearing, the elastic band was a little tight. .Although to boxers fit fine. I used to wear Tommy briefs, that had cotton wrapped around the waste band, and a nice thread count of cotton. I used to find them at Ross, but then they quit carrying them, and I couldn't find them on line. Years before that, I quit wearing the tighty whities fruit of the loom. Because the leg holes were tight, and would cut the circulation in my inner thigh, and my hip joint would cramp. Finally I just tossed them and started going Commando. I haven't had leg, hip or sharp pains in my lower back since.

Man has always worn unnecessary garments, and underwear are just one such garment. Wash your ass and wear clean pants.

I would wear Tommy briefs like I used to have, if I could find them. And I still wear underwear with dress pants, or white pants. And usually end up with weird lower body pains when I do.

Left declared CO2 a pollutant, which is anti science.
Then they said humans produce it and are cancer to the planet, and that they need to curb population. Left hate humans and children.

It’s all documented well in movie Climate Hustle, which left tried to kill.

Pat, the genocide already happened. Instead of outright murdering, they decided immigration and breeding were the safe ways.

Naturalization Act of 1965 = no more white christian europeans.

Welfare state = benefits low income minorities who breed like rabbits.

Look at the demographics in California, the genocide already happend.

FuckCCP89 says

I don't find this funny, btw.

What is happening out in the streets reminds me of 90's Ninetindo RPG game plot.

Mario and 5 rings, and Link to the past Legend of Zelda.

Both had the theme, that an Evil Demon had the world under a spell. Ganon and Bowser.

"Don't go outside the people are have turned into Demons under the dark spell of Ganon" or Bowser. Only in our case Soros.

Blacks have actually decreased as a percentage; the real threat is Third Worlders (of almost any race) from countries that believe the US is responsible for their shithole, not the abundant corruption and long history of socialist (or national socialist like Ba'ath) leadership.

Under Obama, we got some weird Iranians. Most Iranians here-to-fore were either US-loving Shah Supporters or Democrats, we started to get some that are Communist and as opposed to the US more than they are the Ayatollah. One ran for office in Virginia, I believe.

So this is why Demonrat party is so hellbent on unchecked immigaration! Nice to know.

jazz_music says

As violence can break out when racist prejudices are repeated often enough to stick in the minds of enough people.

Is Islam a race?

Just because someone points out the murder, rape, slave owning, misogyny, and racism of many of the adherents of the Mohamedan religion doesn't mean they are islamophobes.

How does jazz always find these rhetorical, vapid, asshat authored projections pretending to be intellectual arguments?

There is nothing tangible or logical in this article. "People who blame all the world's problems on muslims"... wtf is she talking about?

Islam deserves criticism and it is appropriate to point out the superiority of our western values over theirs.

Meanwhile the left is literally blaming all the world's problems on whiteness and pathologizing our society from within. This woman is afflicted by the exact pathology of which she writes. She is a toxic cancer of a person and projecting her own hate.

Jazz probably likes the article because he too pathologizes our culture as evil whiteness.

Its so fucking retarded

Wow, a gaggle of progressive 180 degree flips all in one thread. Yay! Flip the script to justify theft and further the delusion of free shit! Any means are justified, morals, ethics and facts shall not stand in the way of the revolution!

When your most reliable and predictable trait is theft, then one tends not to credit any other agitprop that flows from the source.

When do we get to the stealing part. That's always more fun than making up dialectic shit.

IIRC, Matt started his career in Moscow where he was one of the founders of The eXile magazine. During that time he was heaping endless praise on Russia and Putin braying how Russia is infinitely more free country than US. Until they were brutally shut down by the same government they were praising so highly and forced to flee. His judgement, shall we say, is questionable at best.

jazz_music says

Eric Holder says

IIRC, Matt started his career in Moscow

And boom here comes the irrelevant change of subjects.

Exactly. Why did you change the subject from Matt's judgement and credibility?

Only addiction to racism are the race hustlers on the left, who were taught for many years that screaming "racism" gets whites to apologize and give you everything you want... just scream "victim of oppression" card. Hell today just scream "BLACK LIVES MATTER" all day long or "FUCK WHITE PEOPLE" and all the businesses will apologize to you, get on knees in front of you and give you everything you want. I don't know if left trolls itself on purpose or because just stupid.

Saying "negro" is racist, saying "black" is not. One is an actual race, other is a color and is not accurate most of the time. Odd times we live in, where fake offhandedness in the media can dictate how everyone else should bow down and behave.

jazz_music says

Eric Holder says

Exactly. Why did you change the subject

Because the OP is only strengthened by Taibbi’s background

... of naivete and Russian regime ass-licking? Sorry, not everybody values that.

jazz_music says

Eric Holder says

... of naivete and Russian regime ass-licking? Sorry, not everybody values that.

Certainly no serious thought behind shit posting, is there.

In fact shit posting is an addiction y’all can indulge in while you’re supposed to be working.

RIGHT???

Dude, I was reading his drivel back in the late 90s and early 00s and shaking my head at his proclamations about "freedom in Russia". You probably have learned about his very existence today.

PS. https://patrick.net/post/1318444/2018-08-24-how-come-liberals-lack-critical-thinking-skills

PPS. Somebody is clearly abusing the flag button.

https://patrick.net/post/1318444/2018-08-24-how-come-liberals-lack-critical-thinking-skills

today's right wants everyone treated the same. today's left wants to re-racialize and judge everyone on skin color. then the left projects this idiocy onto everyone else. its gross, and overwhelmingly evident in the brainwashed masses such as jazz

jazz_music says

It’s so fucking crazy the kind of people that will put themselves up on a pedestal instead of have a discussion.

How is that self reflection going for you jazz?