I sortof knew Kipling did poetry, if only because of the scraps of doggerel found in The Jungle Book and Just So Stories. Yet somehow, until nearly high school, and picking up a copy of the fourth volume of the “There Will Be War [https://infogalactic.com/info/There_Will_be_War_(series)]” series by Pournelle (because I already loved the collected short stories in “The Mercenary” and hey, the cover looked cool…), I had completely avoided discovering he was a fucking poet of the first order. And…
One would think that, after years of having shows like “Glee” rammed down our throats, that the left, and the entire LGBTXYBBQ community, are all concerned about allowing people to define themselves, even in the face of defying traditional norms. Of course, it’s been noted in the past that if you don’t match those definitions that they set for what a “minority” should be, you’re not a “real” [whatever]. Sarah Palin is not a real woman, and so forth. So once again, we see this play out. It’s n…
Money quote – one out of many. > SUBTLETY #2: TO NOT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT ADVERSITY, YOU MUST FIRST GIVE A FUCK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN ADVERSITY I find it interesting that it echoes the importance of aspiration, reaching for something greater, in achieving anything worthwhile. Just go read it [https://markmanson.net/not-giving-a-fuck]. Seriously.…
Vox recently posted on how the system is rigged [http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/10/how-system-is-rigged.html]. What astounds me though, are the cuckservatives. A guy I knew since high school – and that’s a long time ago these days, keeps posting “TROLOLOL” and “still not the Onion” comments on social media every time a new article comes up negative about Trump. This guy is supposedly, from the rest of his stream, a true believer libertarian/conservative, and he’s hardly the only supposed cons…
From Tampa [http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/trump-fans-boo-walk-out-on-amy-schumer-in-tampa/2298412] : > TAMPA – About 200 people walked out of Amy Schumer’s comedy show at the Amalie Arena in Tampa Sunday when she mocked Donald Trump as, among other things, an “orange, sexual-assaulting, fake- college-starting monster.” I only have one question – who in gods name found her funny enough to go to the show in the first place? She’s a vapid one-note cow who’s schtick is w…