April 07, 2012
— Dave in Texas Anchorman Ron Burgundy on Conan.
"Conan, you look awful. I'm being kind right now."
via my eldest kid, who cracks me up a lot and still thinks I'm not a total jerk.
Ok, I'm kind of a jerk, but that's the dad thing goin on.
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Posted by: Killjoy at April 07, 2012 04:03 PM (U/ftZ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 07, 2012 04:05 PM (tpkV1)
Posted by: D. Hopper at April 07, 2012 04:06 PM (StSQZ)
I guess now I am supposed to believe that there are neo-nazis having armed patrols in Sanford FL now.
Posted by: Lord Monochromicorn at April 07, 2012 04:07 PM (7WWMm)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 07, 2012 04:07 PM (v1bL8)
Posted by: mpfs, Peeps!!!! Not the Peeps!!!! at April 07, 2012 04:08 PM (TlwCF)
Posted by: D. Hopper at April 07, 2012 04:09 PM (StSQZ)
Posted by: Jimmah at April 07, 2012 04:09 PM (UpwlP)
http://tinyurl.com/83z9uk2
Posted by: someone at April 07, 2012 04:10 PM (bqjJT)
>> Just wait for those wonderful high school years
Both my girls are adults now, eldest will be 26 in a few days.
Love em lots. They make me proud.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at April 07, 2012 04:11 PM (PjVdx)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 07, 2012 04:12 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: cleaningmygun at April 07, 2012 04:17 PM (WUcSM)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 04:18 PM (w407e)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 07, 2012 08:12 PM (QTHTd)
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It all started with her calling Romney an idiot. It wasn't a good scene. Called her a dumn shit, called the president she supports a dumb shit. Said I won't put up with it. She pulled the car over and I got out. Oh it was a scene man. LOL
Posted by: Jimmah at April 07, 2012 04:19 PM (UpwlP)
amc: for each minute of crappy, non-HD film there are three minutes of commercials.
Posted by: D. Hopper at April 07, 2012 08:09 PM (StSQZ)
Trying to watch "Jaws" on AMC is a study in patience. I wouldn't blame anybody if they went violent.
Posted by: ErikW at April 07, 2012 04:20 PM (4Pbqc)
Damn, Jimmah, that sounds crazee. Hopefully not in the middle of nowhere?
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 04:20 PM (w407e)
Posted by: CausticConservative at April 07, 2012 04:21 PM (gT3jF)
Posted by: Ronster at April 07, 2012 04:21 PM (XkVVw)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 07, 2012 04:22 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 07, 2012 04:23 PM (w4QuJ)
Posted by: old glazier at April 07, 2012 04:24 PM (KcINh)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 07, 2012 08:22 PM (QTHTd)
Unfortunately, politically inept is one of them.
Posted by: CausticConservative at April 07, 2012 04:24 PM (gT3jF)
Oh boy, that's depressing for those of us who supported other candidates . . . in the land of drooling idiots, the imbecile wearing the crash helmet is king
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 07, 2012 04:27 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: nickless at April 07, 2012 04:27 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2012 04:27 PM (ykSKg)
Damn, Jimmah, that sounds crazee. Hopefully not in the middle of nowhere?
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 08:20 PM (w407e)
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Two miles from town. She came back a couple times telling me to get in, 30 texts saying she loved me. I said choose me as a friend, or being a democrat. She made the mistake of choosing Zero. I kind of regret the $50 dollar dinner I had just bought, but what the heck. This shit needed to come to a head. I cannot be friends with anyone that supports SCoaMF. Was kind of looking for a good excuse to end it anyway. Seriously, I couldn't look myself being close friends with someone like that. Oh well.
Posted by: Jimmah at April 07, 2012 04:27 PM (UpwlP)
Posted by: Ronster at April 07, 2012 04:27 PM (XkVVw)
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 07, 2012 04:28 PM (4tnQK)
Posted by: The Easter Puppeh at April 07, 2012 04:28 PM (gtydd)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 07, 2012 04:29 PM (vpe0k)
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 07, 2012 08:28 PM (4tnQK)
--Uh oh. What happened, did he have an Ann Coulter moment?
Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2012 04:30 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Y-not is baaaack! at April 07, 2012 04:30 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 04:30 PM (w407e)
Posted by: The Easter Puppeh at April 07, 2012 04:30 PM (gtydd)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 07, 2012 04:31 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2012 08:30 PM (ykSKg)
finally went full racist
Posted by: The Dude at April 07, 2012 04:31 PM (M8yfa)
I feel your pain. I discovered that one of my good friends was circulating petitions in her neighborhood for the Scott Walker recall . I'm supposed to have lunch with her in a couple of weeks. I love her dearly but it's making me sick.
Posted by: mama winger at April 07, 2012 04:31 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 07, 2012 04:32 PM (4tnQK)
Posted by: eman at April 07, 2012 04:32 PM (SkRNT)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 04:33 PM (w407e)
Posted by: The Dude at April 07, 2012 04:33 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: D. Hopper at April 07, 2012 04:34 PM (StSQZ)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo has already said all the shit he said about Derby at April 07, 2012 04:34 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2012 08:30 PM (ykSKg)
finally went full racist
Posted by: The Dude at April 07, 2012 08:31 PM (M8yfa)
--Linky?
So it was a Coulter moment, only instead of Muslims it's Blacks, eh?
Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2012 04:34 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Y-not is baaaack! at April 07, 2012 08:30 PM (5H6zj)
Oh, it's not that big of a deal moneywise. It just annoys me.
Posted by: Ronster at April 07, 2012 04:35 PM (XkVVw)
Posted by: Lauren at April 07, 2012 04:35 PM (Mnz9x)
So it was a Coulter moment, only instead of Muslims it's Blacks, eh?
Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2012 08:34 PM (ykSKg)
good luck in getting it to load, server has been hammered quite hard
http://tinyurl.com/18r
Posted by: The Dude at April 07, 2012 04:36 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 07, 2012 04:36 PM (4tnQK)
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 07, 2012 04:37 PM (4tnQK)
The sad part is that much of what Derbyshire said was true, as far as the off-the-chart criminality and safety issues.
Heather McDonald has said the same thing in several well-researched articles.
It is shocking, statistically.
However, Derbyshire's intelligence stuff was truly offensive, I have to certainly agree. That was practically from Der Sturm.
Posted by: TexasJew at April 07, 2012 04:37 PM (Bughn)
okay, fashion question:
if I'm going out tonight, not to a club but just to a somewhat nice-ish bar, and I'm wearing a black button-down shirt, should I wear beige khakis or jeans with it?
discuss
Posted by: chemjeff at April 07, 2012 08:36 PM (7FadD)
jeans
Posted by: The Dude at April 07, 2012 04:37 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: mama winger at April 07, 2012 04:38 PM (P6QsQ)
His latest provocation, in a webzine, lurches from the politically incorrect to the nasty and indefensible. We never would have published it, but the main reason that people noticed it is that it is by a National Review writer. Derb is effectively using our name to get more oxygen for views with which weÂ’d never associate ourselves otherwise. So there has to be a parting of the ways. Derb has long danced around the line on these issues, but this column is so outlandish it constitutes a kind of letter of resignation. ItÂ’s a free country, and Derb can write whatever he wants, wherever he wants. Just not in the pages of NR or NRO, or as someone associated with NR any longer.
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 07, 2012 04:38 PM (4tnQK)
Posted by: D. Hopper at April 07, 2012 04:38 PM (nvxtD)
45 Jimmah -
I feel your pain. I discovered that one of my good friends was circulating petitions in her neighborhood for the Scott Walker recall . I'm supposed to have lunch with her in a couple of weeks. I love her dearly but it's making me sick.
Posted by: mama winger at April 07, 2012 08:31 PM (P6QsQ)
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Lifes too short to waste on people who choose to be usefull idiots. I let her desparaging of Sarah Palin slide a couple weeks ago. She's from Toledo, born and raised a democrat. The entire town is one huge slum because its run by democrats with a 98% margin. Oh well.
Posted by: Jimmah at April 07, 2012 04:38 PM (UpwlP)
1) F*ck Rich Lowry.
2) F*ck everyone else at National Review, like that little c*ck-s*cking t*rd, Jonah MacGoldberg.
3) F*ck National Review's advertisers.
4) F*ck anyone who doesn't immediately cancel their subscription to National Review and who doesn't also demand AN IMMEDIATE REPAYMENT IN FULL.
5) Oh, and did I say f*ck that little gerbil-up-the-ass f*ggot, Rich Lowry?
F*ck him. F*ck his mother. And f*ck his gerbil.
Posted by: Zombie Shane at April 07, 2012 04:38 PM (T5/TD)
Posted by: D. Hopper at April 07, 2012 04:39 PM (nvxtD)
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 04:39 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: eman at April 07, 2012 04:39 PM (SkRNT)
I'd wear black slacks, or black jeans if I were going out.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 07, 2012 04:39 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Lauren at April 07, 2012 08:35 PM (Mnz9x)
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LOL yes it was NUCLEAR. Good term. I liek that.
Posted by: Jimmah at April 07, 2012 04:39 PM (UpwlP)
Usually, one has to go to a bowling alley to partake in such intelligent and thoughtful discourse. I look forward to your next post with great anticipation.
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 07, 2012 04:40 PM (4tnQK)
Jeans. As long as they are "nice" jeans and fit you well. Fit is the key . . .
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 04:40 PM (w407e)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 08:30 PM (w407e)
My heart just went pitter patter.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 07, 2012 04:41 PM (4q5tP)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 07, 2012 04:41 PM (QTHTd)
Ron Burgundy's sock puppet master is a big supporter of Zero, I can't watch him without thinking of that. Although 'more cowbell' has become part of the vernacular, I just etchAsketch him out of that scene and pretend he's not there.
Posted by: Boots at April 07, 2012 04:41 PM (neKzn)
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 04:42 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Nowhere, KS at April 07, 2012 04:42 PM (Rs9j+)
I question the timing of the Arby's thing.
No, really, I don't understand. Did they just recently stop advertising on Rush? Like weeks after everyone else had a fluking cow? Or did they stop a while ago and just start blocking people on Twitter this week?
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 07, 2012 04:42 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 07, 2012 08:39 PM (QTHTd)
this would be the best outfit.
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 04:43 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: The Easter Puppeh at April 07, 2012 04:43 PM (gtydd)
Posted by: D. Hopper at April 07, 2012 04:43 PM (StSQZ)
But her dad who she adored just recently passed away and he was old school union, who thought Reagan was Teh Ebil. She is also married into a union family - they are all in one union or another. So I think her loyalty to them outweighs her political sense. It is something I think I will just have to set off to one side in my mind, and not go there with her.
Posted by: mama winger at April 07, 2012 04:43 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 04:43 PM (w407e)
Posted by: eman at April 07, 2012 04:44 PM (SkRNT)
I guess now I am supposed to believe that there are neo-nazis having armed patrols in Sanford FL now.
Posted by: Lord Monochromicorn
Forgive me, but that one is so stupid that no one except...well, never mind. Once upon a time, I hung out at LGF. These days, I cringe at any mention.
Posted by: Dianna at April 07, 2012 04:44 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Jimmah at April 07, 2012 04:44 PM (UpwlP)
Posted by: D. Hopper at April 07, 2012 08:38 PM (nvxtD)
--I wasted time searching NRO for it. Besides, fuck google and Bing.
Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2012 04:44 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Lauren at April 07, 2012 04:45 PM (Mnz9x)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 04:45 PM (niZvt)
No man over age 30 should ever wear jeans unless they are mowing the lawn or doing some other form of manual labor.
Fuck that. Only girls wear slacks.
Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2012 04:45 PM (lSmdC)
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 04:45 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 04:46 PM (w407e)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 04:46 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 04:47 PM (TomZ9)
should I wear the codpiece instead of the viking helmet or in addition?
Depends how you want to accesorize, jeff.
If you wear the Viking Helmet, you'll have to leave your longbow at home and take the crossbow.
This will put you at a disadvantage with the ladies.
Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2012 04:47 PM (lSmdC)
98 No man over age 30 should ever wear jeans unless they are mowing the lawn or doing some other form of manual labor.
Kilts, then?
****
Speedos.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 07, 2012 04:48 PM (4q5tP)
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 08:39 PM (TomZ9)
I do think that, given the Trayvon Martin bullshit and its unraveling (notice how fast it fell off the front page when the Left's scenario fell apart?)
It's - that is the almost 2000% disproportionally skewed violent crime statistics for young black males - has been tip-toed around, but never honestly discussed.
Someday it will have to be. Once we shitcan Obama and Holder, that is.
Posted by: TexasJew at April 07, 2012 04:48 PM (Bughn)
Fuck that. Only girls wear slacks.
Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2012 08:45 PM (lSmdC)
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Shit, my two pairs of pants are Levis 501. Both look the same. Its all I have. :-)
Posted by: Jimmah at April 07, 2012 04:48 PM (UpwlP)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 04:48 PM (w407e)
Posted by: eman at April 07, 2012 04:48 PM (SkRNT)
Posted by: Zombie Shane at April 07, 2012 04:49 PM (T5/TD)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 07, 2012 04:50 PM (4q5tP)
Posted by: Jimmah at April 07, 2012 08:48 PM (UpwlP)
Good man.
I own some dress pants, but I will wear them only under extreme duress.
...and they tend to be cords. Which almost feel substantial enough to leave the house in.
Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2012 04:50 PM (lSmdC)
But even if true, so what? I mean really, so what? Are people just the sum of their scores on a test?
Posted by: mama winger at April 07, 2012 04:50 PM (P6QsQ)
I suggest the Viking helmet with the small horns.
the large horns can get tangled in the decorations.
and the large horns detract from the codpiece.
Posted by: rd at April 07, 2012 04:51 PM (9sUlj)
Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2012 04:51 PM (ykSKg)
Kilts, then? Posted by: CoolCzech
Depends on your ankles, I think. I wish I could convince my guy to wear a utilikilt (he's not of Scots descent, so no tartan for him), because he's got great legs.
Posted by: Dianna at April 07, 2012 04:51 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 07, 2012 04:51 PM (4tnQK)
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 04:51 PM (TomZ9)
I have two friends like this. We just avoid political discussions. I'd never end a friendship over politics, provided the person didn't continually harp on things.
But man oh man, I could never even date a Lib, let alone be in a romantic relationship with one.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 07, 2012 04:52 PM (SsG4J)
No, really, I don't understand. Did they just recently stop advertising on Rush?
I read somewhere today that they have never advertised on Rush, so they appear to be captives of PC madness.
Posted by: Retread at April 07, 2012 04:52 PM (joSBv)
Posted by: Alex at April 07, 2012 04:52 PM (tlK1P)
No one should ever wear jeans!!!
(but, try try a bow tie, guarunteed to make the panties drop)
Posted by: George Will at April 07, 2012 04:54 PM (PIu/i)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 07, 2012 08:52 PM
Yep, I agree.
Posted by: mama winger at April 07, 2012 04:54 PM (P6QsQ)
I've been practicing, and in a few more weeks I will announce I've solved the problem with polishing a turd and picking it up from the clean end.
Posted by: OWS President and Turd Collector at April 07, 2012 04:54 PM (TkGkA)
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 04:54 PM (TomZ9)
Prob. with khakis, if someone spills a dark drink on them - like house wine or rum-and-coke - they stain.
And don't even try a premature ejaculation.
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 07, 2012 04:55 PM (vpe0k)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 04:55 PM (niZvt)
Depends. Is the codpiece a "black Russian", three horns is generally considered excessive on a first date.
Posted by: Heorot at April 07, 2012 04:55 PM (Y06m6)
Posted by: mama winger at April 07, 2012 04:56 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Alex at April 07, 2012 04:56 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 08:51 PM (TomZ9)
I'm not indicating anything genetic here, of course. Its sociopathology.
And the educational element is immaterial. DC has the highest cost per student in the nation and it is ridden with violent crime.
I live in a city with 90% poor hsipanic and we have practically zero violent crime, at least on this side of the border.
Posted by: TexasJew at April 07, 2012 04:56 PM (Bughn)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 04:57 PM (niZvt)
Definitely!
When you wear an eyepatch, people think you're tough.
When people think you're tough, they want to see how tough.
When people want to see how tough, you wind up in a ditch.
Don't wind up in a ditch.
Posted by: Direct TV at April 07, 2012 04:57 PM (PIu/i)
Posted by: Ronster at April 07, 2012 04:57 PM (XkVVw)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 08:55 PM (niZvt)
amen, and how about all these great phychologists speaking of idiot ignorant republicans ,
information can be dumped or entered ,depending on the end result desired.
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 04:57 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: nickless at April 07, 2012 04:57 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 04:59 PM (TomZ9)
And the educational element is immaterial. DC has the highest cost per student in the nation and it is ridden with violent crime.
I live in a city with 90% poor hsipanic and we have practically zero violent crime, at least on this side of the border.
Yeah, but part of that is because the thugs on this side of the border know better than to do something that draws the attention of law enforcement. It might make the cartels unhappy.
Posted by: Alex at April 07, 2012 05:01 PM (tlK1P)
Intelligence as a measure of worth or merit is a very utilitarian view of man.
Posted by: mama winger at April 07, 2012 05:02 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 07, 2012 08:52 PM (SsG4J)
Not to mention that it would probably screw things all up with Thor . . . 
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 05:03 PM (w407e)
Most people who read that are going to assume he's talking about genetics, because people associate an IQ test with natural intelligence. When discussing something like this, where he knows that it's going to cause controversy, he should have clarified what he believed was the source of the disparity.
Posted by: Alex at April 07, 2012 05:04 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: Alex at April 07, 2012 05:05 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 05:05 PM (w407e)
Intelligence as a measure of worth or merit is a very utilitarian view of man.
Would you like to flesh this out? As an aphorism, I find it lacking.
Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2012 05:05 PM (lSmdC)
She didn't look at anything in his past. and of course the media did not divulge anything more than how cool and charming and shmart he was.
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 05:07 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 09:03 PM (w407e)
Damn straight, Peaches, he only lets me date rock solid Conservatives!!!
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 07, 2012 05:07 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Peaches
Ditto, and I can't dance, either!
Though I can and do manage to clap in time.
Posted by: Dianna at April 07, 2012 05:07 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 05:08 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 05:08 PM (w407e)
and Earth, I am but a flea. On a scale of 1 - 10, I don't even show up
on the ruler.
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"Earth's but a point of the world, and a man
Is but a point of the earth's compared center.
Shall then the point of point be so vain
As to triumph in a silly point's adventure?"
- some Elizabethan song I forget the name of
Posted by: sistrum at April 07, 2012 05:08 PM (AyryN)
Posted by: old glazier at April 07, 2012 05:09 PM (KcINh)
Posted by: MagicalMaggieT at April 07, 2012 05:09 PM (rZZA3)
Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2012 05:10 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 05:10 PM (niZvt)
chemjeff should check out bottomsup.ca for codpiece alternatives.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 07, 2012 05:11 PM (4q5tP)
Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2012 05:11 PM (5H6zj)
If I believed that human behavior was dictated by genetics, particularly
by gross physical features like skin color, I would not be able to
believe in God. He gave us free will. All of us.
Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2012 11:51 AM (5H6zj)
exactly.
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 05:12 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 05:13 PM (niZvt)
And gold chains. Plenty of gold chains.
:-)
Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2012 09:11 PM (5H6zj)
He's going to Vegas???
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 05:13 PM (w407e)
I hate, hate, HATE that ObamaÂ’s and the MSMÂ’s beating on the drums of racism make me hear these questions in its echoes, distracting me from concentrating on the human tragedy of murder most foul.
Posted by: sistrum at April 07, 2012 05:13 PM (AyryN)
Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2012 05:13 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 05:14 PM (w407e)
Posted by: eman at April 07, 2012 05:14 PM (SkRNT)
Well what I'm getting at is the tendency to assign worth to a human being based on factors such as intelligence. If a person is deemed to be smart, he is most often valued more than a person who is dumb. One reason is that theoretically the smart person will contribute more to society than the dumb person. In other words, the smart person can be utilized by and is more beneficial to the group. Thus, people are looked at as not having intrinsic worth, but rather on their projected productivity.
Posted by: mama winger at April 07, 2012 05:14 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 05:14 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 05:16 PM (niZvt)
For tonight, we have a prime rib, preceded by a spinach salad and accompanied by asparagus (with hollandaise).
Tomorrow, we have a boneless leg of lamb.
Posted by: Dianna at April 07, 2012 05:17 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Cast Iron at April 07, 2012 05:17 PM (EL+OC)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 05:18 PM (w407e)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 09:16 PM (niZvt)
Old iMac, old(er) version of Firefox (I finally wised up to their "improvements" and quit updating). It's not me, teh blog is broken!!!
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 05:19 PM (w407e)
Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2012 05:21 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 05:22 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2012 05:22 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 07, 2012 05:23 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2012 05:23 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: mama winger at April 07, 2012 05:24 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: willow at April 07, 2012 05:25 PM (TomZ9)
That's what I keep wondering, CoolCzech. I don't think I have ever seen a pair of men's shoes and thought, hmmmm, those are sexy. Although I'm a bit partial to wingtips, I would never suggest chemjeff wear them to a club.
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 05:25 PM (w407e)
Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2012 05:25 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: mama winger at April 07, 2012 05:26 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2012 05:26 PM (5H6zj)
Boots.
I fancy a polished motorcycle boot, though western boots are acceptable. A nice walking boot also suits.
Avoid ankle boots unless you look like a young John Lennon and have the disposition of a young Paul McCartney.
Posted by: Dianna at April 07, 2012 05:27 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: mama winger at April 07, 2012 09:14 PM (P6QsQ)
OK. I figured that was where you were going.
The great Judge Smails would counter that with, 'The world needs ditch diggers, too.'.
Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2012 05:27 PM (lSmdC)
Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2012 05:28 PM (5H6zj)
Anything that gets you to buy stuff you don't really need is marketing genius.
Posted by: navybrat at April 07, 2012 05:28 PM (/eSN8)
Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2012 05:30 PM (w407e)
Posted by: Alex at April 07, 2012 05:31 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: cleaningmygun at April 07, 2012 05:32 PM (WUcSM)
"But even if true, so what? I mean really, so what? Are people just the sum of their scores on a test?"
You need an IQ of about 90 to understand addition.
You need an IQ of about 92.5 to understand subtraction.
You need an IQ of about 95 to understand multiplication.
You need an IQ of about 97.5 to understand division.
You need an IQ of about 100 to understand fractions.
You need an IQ of about 102.5 to be able to convert fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions.
You need an IQ of about 105 to understand "Algebra I".
You need an IQ of about 110 to understand "Geometry".
You need an IQ of about 115 to understand "Algebra II".
You need an IQ of about 120 to understand "Freshman Calculus".
But as of the late 1990s, the average black child born in the USA had an IQ of about 80 [AND FALLING!!!].
Which is to say: The average black child in the American schools today is about a full "standard deviation" stupider than they would need to be in order to reliably answer a question like the following:
Dick has five tennis balls, Sally has five tennis balls, and Spot has five tennis balls. Altogether, how many tennis balls do they have?
A) 0
B) 5
C) 10
D) 15
E) 20
I.e only about 16% of American black children can ever even hope to be able to tackle a problem like that - for the other 84%, the problem is way out beyond the limits of their innate ability.
Posted by: Emmanuel Goldstein at April 07, 2012 05:35 PM (T5/TD)
Leave the longbow. Take the canoles. .
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 07, 2012 05:37 PM (MbeR6)
Posted by: DailyDish at April 07, 2012 05:38 PM (E5fdC)
Dawg, you need to provide a link to some article which proves that. I mean, you'll probably still be banned; but at least people will remember you kindly in secret when it happens.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 07, 2012 05:39 PM (QTHTd)
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Posted by: Mr. Wonderful at April 07, 2012 05:41 PM (z8HSj)
Posted by: Ammo Dump at April 07, 2012 05:44 PM (WUWb9)
There is a definite theme within the black community that school is a waste of time because the black man/woman will never get the job/recognition they deserve. Those who avoid this poisonous mindset, Clarence Thomas, CJ Watts, Bill Cosby, are nominally accepted if at all, and considered Uncle Toms because they used the same system the failing blacks, and Latinos and whatever did, but they worked and succeeded.
I have heard Alan Keyes speak, and his debate against leftist harridan Alan Dershowitz was a slaughter. This is the single greatest piece of public speaking I have ever heard. Sounded like the prose of the Gettysburg Address. Keyes, along with those named above, are successful not because they were higher IQ'd but because they worked and applied themselves. Period. Barky couldn't carry Keyes's used shorts, by way of a speech either. There's that.
As to the gang mentality, yeah, there's a lot of it, just like there are an equally large number of barrios and majority Hispanic hoods a white or a BLACK would do well to steer clear of. Hispanics do worse on standardized testing that whites , as a rule, but Asians do better, as do Indians. So measuring intelligence is subjective, and the impetus for balck and other minority kids to excel at school isn't there. You never see Jesse jackass Jackson, or "Rev" Al Sharptongue at a school, or a rally for non-unionized schooling. The black community and its titular leadership long ago became a wholly owned sudsidiary of the Democreep© party, so they will only endorse unionized, publicly funded, Dem controlled education. Or Sports. No Einsteins in rainbow Smush or Al Sharptongue's tribe of invective throwers.
Ultimately, when the rest of the black community starts to think outside the Dem paradigm, things will change and get better...til then they have signed up for being cast as helpless, lazy and slower than average. And none of that is true of folks who pursue excellence and education. Van Jones is college educated and still a dullard. You get out what you put in, basically.
But as they say, impressions count, and the general impression out there is the standard disgruntled minority demanding something a la the Dem working model, and there, failure is always an option.
For the record, my niece is half Hispanic and just topped her class in math, so she gets it. And I drive the success issue every time I get the chance.
And I wear jeans rarely cause they push mah junk to the wrong side for some reason and made getting groped by the last GF complicated. I like a good, clean, refreshing GF grope. But that's just me.
Posted by: enter sandman, returning commentor and lurker at April 07, 2012 05:44 PM (zxaA2)
"Dawg, you need to provide a link to some article which proves that. I mean, you'll probably still be banned; but at least people will remember you kindly in secret when it happens."
Murray's infamous Footnote #44: In the 18 years between 1979 and 1997, the mean IQ for blacks plummeted from 83.7 to 80.2.
bit.ly/qunOJx
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Posted by: Emmanuel Goldstein at April 07, 2012 05:45 PM (T5/TD)
Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2012 05:46 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Ammo Dump at April 07, 2012 05:48 PM (WUWb9)
Posted by: Emmanuel Goldstein at April 07, 2012 05:51 PM (T5/TD)
Posted by: Lauren at April 07, 2012 06:01 PM (Mnz9x)
I don't like this Derbyshire cat, ideology of not. He's a turd, and a bad name to slander conservatism with.
I think any cod piece should be leather lined brass, well polished and worn on the outside to scare the commoners. But hey, I like sharp things and guns, so I'm suspect anyway.
For the record, my high shool standardized IQ was 125 or something, and 133 by the military test I took. I learned Russian, some Serbian, some Korean, and was a cryptanalyst. Signal intel, dontcha know.
Not a genius, not a dullard. Like most folks, color being not that important. Culture is what ruins people's minds.
I'm done now.
*steps off soap box*
Posted by: enter sandman, returning commentor and lurker at April 07, 2012 06:02 PM (zxaA2)
Easier to dump it all than make a bunch of little comments, no? You're smart, you got it. So no big deal, right?
I'm glad I could help.
Posted by: enter sandman, returning commentor and lurker at April 07, 2012 06:04 PM (zxaA2)
Hey, now. I'm gonna call BS on this. You come to work with me and meet a bunch of doctors, anesthetists, PAs and all who happen to be black. Innate intelligence needs direction and guidance, honing. Color is irrelevant to me. Smarts count, period.
Bet Mongolians and rainforest people do crap-poor too. Exposure to what you're supposed to know surely does help. Color isn't the issue, brains are the same, by volume and structure. I know, it's what I do as a civilian. But culture, resentment, and motivation are not innate: they must be taught and encouraged.
Posted by: enter sandman, returning commentor and lurker at April 07, 2012 06:09 PM (zxaA2)
My husband got a thank-you note from a miner who was educated at one of those schools. In English. And the damn thing read like it was written by Winston Churchill.
Ghana is a very religious country, evenly divided between Catholics and Presbyterians (weird mix due to missionaries who showed up). Families are intact and very loyal to each other. My husband is unafraid to drive through the cities by himself, and he has many Ghanaian friends.
It is the CULTURE here which is killing black kids and holding them back. Growing up where you have been told all your life that you are a loser and a victim and you won't accomplish much.
Furthermore, this poisonous idea about work and education is spreading through our country. Been to a white apartment complex or trailer park? Have you looked at the people in line at the welfare offices? Have you watched some of the people on reality TV?
My dad always dated the trouble in schools to the time of that show "Welcome Back, Kotter." He felt it glorified bad students and made ignorance look "cool." Probably pretty close to the truth.
Posted by: Miss Marple at April 07, 2012 06:19 PM (GoIUi)
But culture, resentment, and motivation are not innate: they must be taught and encouraged.
This is my observation as well. I think it was a commenter here who said about a year ago that what the "black community" does to their children is very close to child abuse. Fostering greed, covetousness, and paranoia will mess up anyone no matter what skin tone they may have.
Posted by: Polliwog, Hobbit Teahada at April 07, 2012 06:23 PM (tD5no)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Super-fashionista at April 07, 2012 06:24 PM (cPW/4)
Codpiece must be worn outside khakis. Might want to wear the jeans and the studdly Viking helm. Oh baby, makin' my heart pitter patter...
Posted by: Calyx the Unanswered at April 07, 2012 06:25 PM (7UDrY)
I think being brilliantly perceptive in a sea of sophistry drove Keyes to the brink of madness.
I worked on his Illinois Senate campaign in 2004, and saw several of his speeches.
Absolutely mesmerizing speaker.
I still remember him saying back then, almost prophetically, that the nation didn't face an economic crisis, but a moral crisis.
But yeah, the droning, straw man slaying Obama is an inspirational orator.
Posted by: cm9000 at April 07, 2012 06:27 PM (MwTP4)
Posted by: steevy at April 07, 2012 07:15 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: seamrog at April 07, 2012 07:42 PM (DiiFt)
Seems like I hit a theme we agree on. CULTURE is what drives the black kids toi underachieve and then feel like they're owed something. Same thing for recent immigrants from Central America who want everything they've seen on tv.
The downward pressure to under achieve and underperform is perfectly traced back to Democreep® politics, too. The Dems want a permanent, under-performing, dependent class that relies on their gubmint largesse to get by. The Dems control the inner cities where the Cabrini Greens of the world are found and encouraged. Kids, regardless of race, who learn to think for themselves become problem solvers and that means higher standardized scores for anyone. And they become independents or conservatives, usually.
So higher scores, more analytical thinking, more independence means trouble for the narrow, autocratic Dem Party Line™. If black folks take their own path, like Clarence Thomas, or Alan Keyes, they begin to think beyond their black "leaders" and their tired rhetoric. And that means nothing but trouble for the Dem Party Line™ and its dreadful results.
Does anyone else remember Thomas being lectured by some lib senator about how he owed his judgeship and legal degree to affirmative action and not his own study and hard work? I remember how one comentator said he wasn't "black enough" to replace Thurgood Marshall on the SC. More than one lib senator implied Thomas was a dim bulb because he was a black conservative and thus, must be unfit intellectually for the position. That kind of crap really pissed me off. Still does.
Intelligence has a lot of measuring points, testing being just one among them, and that data can be construed a million ways from Sunday. I take little comfort from knowing that the average black male stands a less than 48% chance of graduating High School, not just on time but ever. That is a stunning bit of news there. And it highlights why blacks do poorly in general, as they are not encouraged , in general. The Huxtables are the exception and not the rule in black America, and that's a shame.
And Derbyshire seems like a douche bag.
Posted by: enter sandman, returning commentor and lurker at April 07, 2012 07:57 PM (zxaA2)
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