sorry I guess this isn't from The Corner, just NRO.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 19:48 (ten years ago) link
what we claim is lawless unconstitutional kenyan muslimism under soetero we'd be cool with under the mormon
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/370854/democrats-media-slam-president-romney-over-health-care-law-changes-charles-c-w-cooke
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 22:43 (ten years ago) link
thohan• 3 hours ago
Excellent piece. It's nice to have guys like Cooke on my side.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 22:45 (ten years ago) link
Check Your Privilege, Facebook! Social Media Giant Slights Members of 51st GenderBy Alec TorresFebruary 13, 2014 4:34 PMComments0
As Patrick Brennan recently discussed on the Corner, it’s getting harder to know how to refer to another person’s gender(s). Now, Facebook is making it even harder.
The Associated Press recently broke the news that Facebook now offers users a customizable gender option with about 50 different gender-identifying terms people can use to describe themselves along with three separate pronoun choices: him, her, or them.
The grammatical debate over the application of the plural pronoun “them” to a single subject aside, it’s a sad sign of the times that Facebook excluded whatever the 51st gender descriptor is, thus committing a hate crime against the dozens of people who probably describe themselves with said descriptor.
How dejected — nay depressed — must flexual people feel knowing that Facebook now accepts cisgender females, Trans*Men, and Trans*Males (don’t worry, the distinctions elude me, too) but not them and their girlfag peers.
Or what of all the trigender people who find out that Facebook will let one choose up to “bigender” but not beyond. They must be at least a third as offended as the flexuals.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 February 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
it gives me pleasure to think how bad these assholes are gonna hate the future
― joe perry has been dead for years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 13 February 2014 21:45 (ten years ago) link
guys, we're over here: NRO's The Corner: Obamacare ‘like a house on fire’ with more flammable parts yet to come
MODS?
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 February 2014 22:35 (ten years ago) link
xpost amenfuck y'all str8 men
― my collages, let me show you them (bernard snowy), Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:18 (ten years ago) link
jesus christ, that Charles C. W. Cooke 'satire' piece has its head so far up its ass, it could probably discover three or four new genders just by opening its eyes
― my collages, let me show you them (bernard snowy), Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
I used to be way into subjecting myself to the internet conservative cesspool; nice to see that the quality of the prose hasn't slipped:
Among her most enthusiastic boosters is Cecile Richards, daughter of the late Texas governor, who is paid nearly a half-million dollars a year for her work defending the surgical dismemberment of unborn children in the furtherance of sexual convenience.
― my collages, let me show you them (bernard snowy), Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:33 (ten years ago) link
... And You Will Know Her by the Surgical Dismemberment of Unborn Children in the Furtherance of Sexual Convenience
― my collages, let me show you them (bernard snowy), Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:34 (ten years ago) link
also, I mean, just, huge roffles at these guys scratching their heads all "The ideology of feminists is incoherent—some of them want one thing, but others want this different thing!! Whatta buncha flighty dames!!!!" (You don't need to keep capitalizing 'feminist' — ED.)
― my collages, let me show you them (bernard snowy), Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:39 (ten years ago) link
"why is it okay for Hillary to call other women in politics 'whiny', but not for me, a white man at a computer, to continue dragging Anita Hill's name through the mud??" *tears flow into bib*
― my collages, let me show you them (bernard snowy), Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:44 (ten years ago) link
hahahaha
― WilliamC, Saturday, 15 February 2014 04:04 (ten years ago) link
It’s one thing to be tolerant of what once were known as “alternative lifestyles.” It’s another thing to be asked to celebrate them, as the exuberant mythologizers of Michael Sam and Johnny Weir ask us to do. And it is way beyond the pale to hold forth on any sort of sex life — perhaps apart from self-restraint — as if it’s a form of heroism.
Yet the culture of the professional Left, enthusiastically aided by the establishment media, is going bonkers in pushing active homosexuality (or any one of several exotic variants thereof) as an absolute virtue. One can hardly turn around these days without facing, in fiction or in real life, what amounts to homosexual chic. From the amount of primetime air time afforded to gay Americans, one would think they constitute at least a large minority of the population, rather than the 3 to 5 percent they actually do.
“Not that there’s anything wrong with that,” as Seinfeld wisdom had it. Most Americans assuredly don’t much care what other people do as long, as the saying goes, as they “don’t do it in the street and frighten the horses.” And if the Bible tells us it’s a sin, well, we can leave that issue between the putative sinner and a God famous for both judgment and mercy. Our job, speaking spiritually rather than physically, is to love our neighbor, not from some misguided impulse to charity but instead genuinely, as equals — and to worry about not committing our own particular brands of transgression.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 February 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
active homosexuality (or any one of several exotic variants thereof)
ooh do tell!
*fans self*
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 24 February 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
Steve_Seattle • 33 minutes ago
For liberals, it is an easy step to go from support of fornication, abortion, pornography, and prostitution to support of homosexuality. It costs them nothing, while giving them an opportunity to bash conservatives as bigoted and unenlightened. For that reason alone, the MSM will not soon drop this issue. But I sometimes wonder how sincere is this liberal celebration of homosexuality. In less-guarded forms of liberalism, such as blue-collar liberalism, you still hear gay jokes and gay epithets, and these typically go unchallenged even if the participants don't care much about gay marriage. And in unguarded moments, liberals such as Alec Baldwin resort to gay epithets when they are angry, or will refer to some conservative as a "closet homosexual."
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 February 2014 18:29 (ten years ago) link
I am looking forward to crowds of conservatives, milling about, holding crude signs and fervently chanting, "Down with fornication!"
― Aimless, Monday, 24 February 2014 19:01 (ten years ago) link
For liberals, it is an easy step to go from support of fornication, abortion, pornography, and prostitution to support of homosexuality.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kYBdM44_J58/Sa3OeSHaArI/AAAAAAAABbU/k2MeHt1WpXE/s400/PornInUtah.JPG
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Monday, 24 February 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn0.dailydot.com/uploaded/images/original/2013/8/27/Screen_Shot_2013-08-27_at_10.00.11_AM.png
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Monday, 24 February 2014 19:40 (ten years ago) link
anita queen?
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 24 February 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
OK, here you go!
http://news.tangatawhenua.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/The-Queen-7.jpg
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Monday, 24 February 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link
heelllooo loyal subjects!
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 24 February 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
Quin Hillyer
― goole, Monday, 24 February 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
In which it is shown that Jay Nordlinger has lost his mind.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
Decline Is a Choice. A Bad One. But People Still Choose It. I Don't Understand It. Decline Is Bad. Hello. Is This On.
― goole, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/vrib3xM.png
― bnw, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 17:27 (ten years ago) link
The best comment I've seen in forever, on Roy Edroso's alicublog about Rich Lowry and this whole Arizona thing:
Also, if you go back to Quin Hillyer on the fainting couch about Johnny Weir gaying up figure skating, this week brings us National Review writers protecting the following from gays: 1) figure skating 2) bakers 3) florists 4) photographers. They can't even figure out which end of the slippery slope is which.
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Thursday, 27 February 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link
Charles Pierce had fun with LOLry: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/The_Brewer_Veto
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 February 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
nutrition information labels about to become "a whole lot more intrusive":
These reforms are not minor. The most important change is that they are increasing the size of a serving, so all foods and beverages will immediately appear to be more calorie-laden than before. Anyone watching their calories could be easily caught out by this, and eat less, for instance. But that is irrelevant to the main point at issue here — the role of the First Lady.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
Today's nutrition labels state the size of a serving and the number of calories in a serving of that size. Under the immanent doomsday scenario, nutrition labels will *gasp* state the size of a serving and the number of calories in a serving of that size.
― Aimless, Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:30 (ten years ago) link
dlh you dropped the best line:
But that is irrelevant to the main point at issue here — the role of the First Lady. As one food-industry insider told Politico, “I don’t think anyone is going to be foolish enough to attack the first lady — that’s just stupid.”
― goole, Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:36 (ten years ago) link
how wrong you are, food-industry insider
Henry Burlingame • 42 minutes agoHow about a regulation requiring Michelle Obama to put a warning label on her fat ass?
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:40 (ten years ago) link
With all that exercise and healthy eating? I think not.
― Spaghetti Sauce Shampoo (Moodles), Thursday, 27 February 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
yeah. i have a crush on FLOTUS, and i'm pretty sure that's the first time in my lifetime i could say that.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, 27 February 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link
http://www.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/legacy/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/nancy_reagan_mr_t_2.jpg
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 February 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link
did nothing for me.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, 27 February 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link
what about Nancy?
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 February 2014 23:20 (ten years ago) link
I hear she gave Too $hort a blowjob
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 27 February 2014 23:25 (ten years ago) link
yeah 'michelle obama is disgustingly hypocritically fat' is one of those rightwing memes that's so mystifying i don't know if it's misogyny or racism or what kind of insanity.
― balls, Friday, 28 February 2014 04:13 (ten years ago) link
"or"
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 28 February 2014 04:41 (ten years ago) link
they also think her clothing style is "trashy"
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 28 February 2014 04:44 (ten years ago) link
racogyny
― you are clinically deaf and should sell you iPod (stevie), Friday, 28 February 2014 09:22 (ten years ago) link
or assholism, that trips off the tongue a little better
Michelle Obama is exquisitely well-dressed.
― A specialist in foolery (Michael White), Friday, 28 February 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
misogyny, racism, and closeted homosexuality :)
― my collages, let me show you them (bernard snowy), Friday, 28 February 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
obama dentata
― my collages, let me show you them (bernard snowy), Friday, 28 February 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
classic headline and byline:
How We Can Make Putin Pay, and Why We MustBy Elliott AbramsMarch 3, 2014 2:44 PM
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 March 2014 20:07 (ten years ago) link
Putin pays $50 at least
During investigation of the Iran-Contra Affair, Lawrence Walsh, the Independent Counsel tasked with investigating the case, prepared multiple felony counts against Abrams but never indicted him.[24] Instead, Abrams cooperated with Walsh and entered into a plea agreement wherein he pled guilty to two misdemeanors of withholding information from Congress.[25] He was sentenced to a $50 fine, probation for two years, and 100 hours of community service.
― bnw, Monday, 3 March 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
I constantly see Right Wing relatives comparing her to Marie Antoinette and seem to think that the Obamas are living like monarchy while the rest of the US starves which is a little odd to me because nothing they do seems flashy and I think they take fewer vacations than other families in the White House.
― akm, Monday, 3 March 2014 21:23 (ten years ago) link
was about to post the same
Even Mona Fucking Charen has joined the resistance:
https://www.thebulwark.com/what-country-is-the-wall-street-journal-living-in/
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 September 2022 00:59 (one year ago) link
Hahahahaha https://t.co/nRaZhwvxqt— noah kulwin (@nkulw) January 3, 2023
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 17:35 (one year ago) link
Minority opinion on here I'm sure but I kinda like French. I think he's wrong about a zillion things of course, but he's super critical of the current evangelical-political movement, and he and his wife have done legit investigative journalism in exposing some religious sexual abusers. I'll take him over Brooks and Douthat, however low that may be setting the bar.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 18:24 (one year ago) link
I don't like French but, yeah, he's better than the others; it's just infuriating, though, that the NYT has a ticker-tape parade every time they add yet another conservative to their op-ed section.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 18:29 (one year ago) link
Is there even anyone actually good in the NYT columnist rotation? Jamelle Bouie I guess. So tired of almost all of them.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 18:36 (one year ago) link
bouie is excellent. michelle goldberg and zeynep tufekci are good.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 19:28 (one year ago) link
check out what you're missing in the washington post op-ed section!
https://i.imgur.com/ze02A1i.png
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 20:15 (one year ago) link
bouie is in his element on tiktok and twitter imo
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:11 (one year ago) link
wrong thread?
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:21 (one year ago) link
lol AOC missed vote 3 and I think I heard her holler "Jeffries!" a few seconds later.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:42 (one year ago) link
whoops def wrong thread
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:43 (one year ago) link
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/how-often-do-men-think-about-the-roman-empire/
Apparently, men think about the Roman Empire frequently. This is news to most women, who I’d venture rarely obsess over Marcus Aurelius.
A TikTok video of a woman asking her husband how often he considers the Roman Empire went viral this week. He responded without pause that it was an “everyday thought.” More women are adding to the trend, asking their spouses and boyfriends how much brain space Rome occupies.
So, men: Is this serious? How often do you think about the Roman Empire? There are many reasons to think about Rome — reasons one of my dude-brained colleagues will probably flesh out in the future — but women . . . don’t. Or, at least, we think about it less frequently. Although I’m reminded of Rome often, it doesn’t pop into my head randomly, except in the cases of a few Catholic or architectural queries.
That men and women are different is, it seems for many online, still shocking. To destroy, conquer, and build empires has historically been the stuff of men. While there’s room for sexes to blend their interests, women tend to care more about the social aspects of history and probably identify better with aesthetic traditions (Jane Austen’s romanticism, Renaissance art, qualities of various royal reigns) instead of specific eras.
There’s no cause for social uproar every time we notice another distinction between men and women — isn’t it enough to just admit that we’re different? This week’s viral trend will probably manifest into think pieces over how the Roman Empire came to be a male-exclusive interest, or how more women need history degrees.
The Rome discourse mirrors an office discussion we had the other week, about our favorite films. The men couldn’t narrow down their lists unless they devised categories, and even then, there was painful debate on the merits of each movie’s script, score, and technical quality. Meanwhile, I’ve had the same favorite movie for the past decade, and my girlfriends agree that we choose our favorite films based more on emotional appeal than anything else.
Thousands of years have passed, and hundreds of empires have burned, only for men and women to remain fundamentally different. Some things never change.
― i really like that!! (z_tbd), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 23:59 (six months ago) link
how many ages henceshall this our lofty scene be acted overin states unborn, by dudes as yet unknown
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 14 September 2023 01:57 (six months ago) link
been too long
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 September 2023 03:19 (six months ago) link
Still got it
Conservative media is the most robust affirmative action program in the world pic.twitter.com/RHtPQhV00r— Jay Willis (@jaywillis) December 6, 2023
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 7 December 2023 05:12 (three months ago) link
singing "imagine there's no country" at the funeral of a country singer smh
― symsymsym, Thursday, 7 December 2023 05:30 (three months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/HEtfLKO.png
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 February 2024 15:57 (one month ago) link
Now I can't unsee it
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Friday, 23 February 2024 16:00 (one month ago) link