LIVE AT FIVE: 08.19.14

Emma Watson (@EmWatson) is the actress most famous for her part in the Harry Potter movies. More recently, she has become “Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women,” a job that evidently requires her to say silly feminist stuff on Twitter, e.g.:

Gender equality not only liberates women but also men from prescribed gender stereotypes.

Ri-iiight. Because what guys really need is to be liberated from “prescribed gender stereotypes.” All the hot babes like Emma Watson are crazy for guys who don’t fit “prescribed gender stereotypes,” right? So you will probably be surprised to learn that Emma Watson is dating ~~a bald scrawny impoverished poet~~ the biggest jock at an elite university:

According to a multiple outlets, the 23-year-old former “Harry Potter” film star has recently begun dating a fellow Oxford University student named Matthew Janney. . . .
The UK’s Mirror reported . . . that Janney, 21, is not only a student at the prestigious institution, he is also a star rugby player for their varsity team. Despite his prized athletic skills, Janney has also been recognized for something else: his looks. According to the report, the college student was named “Oxford’s most eligible bachelor” and “best looking player” by the university’s rugby team’s official Twitter account.

In other words, an Alpha male, the epitome of “prescribed gender stereotypes” from which Emma Watson says we need to be liberated.

Smart young fellows figure out that listening to what women say is less important than watching what women do. Women are constantly saying they want sensitive Ashley Wilkes types, even while they’re actually going crazy for the Rhett Butler types. But women are hopelessly fickle and self-contradictory, anyway.

Women are one minute praising the “strong, silent type” of guy as an ideal, and the next minute complaining that their guy doesn’t talk enough about his feelings. If a man organizes his life around trying to do everything a woman says she wants, he’ll end up having a nervous breakdown from the impossibility of the task.

This is not to say that men should be rude and domineering. It is to say that being a spineless doormat isn’t sexy. And if a feminist says she hates “prescribed gender stereotypes,” you can bet that her actions will contradict her words. When all is said and done, the basic human sex instinct is still as simple as, “Me Tarzan, you Jane.”

Thinking about changing the name of my blog to something sexy, like "Prescribed Gender Stereotype." @EmWatson pic.twitter.com/66jVPEry1d

— Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) August 19, 2014

.@ericdondero Exactly. It's not like @EmWatson is into masculine guys or anything.

— Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) August 19, 2014

@rsmccain What about those gender stereotypes available without prescription? @EmWatson

— Charles G Hill (@dustbury) August 19, 2014

Feminist Hypocrisy, STEP ONE: Date tall macho athletic guy. STEP TWO: Denounce "gender stereotypes." @EmWatson #tcot pic.twitter.com/zd99ZWl75g

— Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) August 19, 2014

Advice to Emma Watson: Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining.

Category: Celebrities, Feminism

My Official #Ferguson Commentary

Posted on | August 18, 2014 | 94 Comments

Stop watching cable TV news.

If that commentary sounds familiar to regular readers, it’s because that’s what I said about the Trayvon Martin case. The 2012 Florida shooting controversy dominated headlines for weeks and months, and I don’t remember saying anything else about it until there was a verdict in the George Zimmerman trial: Not guilty.

Here’s the thing: Stories like this happen all the time.

People get shot to death on a daily basis in America, and if I was required to express an opinion every time somebody died in a shooting, I’d never have time to comment on anything else. The only reason that the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has become The Biggest Story in History of the Whole Freaking World is that (a) Brown was black, and (b) the cop who shot him was white.

That’s it — the whole story.

Criminal suspects getting shot by cops isn’t really unusual. Brown was unarmed, but the policeman who shot him — identified as Darren Wilson — didn’t know that. There was a robbery, and Brown matched the description of a suspect. I don’t know the details of Brown’s encounter with Officer Wilson, and can’t say why he drew his gun and fired. If you forced me to speculate, I’d guess that Officer Wilson believed Brown might be armed, and that Brown made a sudden move that caused Officer Wilson to believe Brown might be reaching for a gun, at which point Officer Wilson made a split-second decision that turned out to be completely wrong. But that’s just speculation, as is nearly 100% of what idiots have been saying about this story.

It was widely claimed, for example, that Brown was shot in the back. Now, after days of rioting that led the governor of Missouri to call out the National Guard to keep the peace, we are told by the Washington Post that Brown was shot in the front — he was shot six times, which seems excessive, but he wasn’t shot in the back. Also, they say, an autopsy found marijuana in Brown’s system.

But that’s the Washington Post reporting that, and I make it a policy never to believe a damned word the Washington Post prints.

Some people seem to think that just because cable TV news is covering a story wall-to-wall, they are obliged to blog about it.

How many people got shot to death in Chicago this past weekend? I don’t know, but I’m going to guess it’s probably more people than the Ferguson, Missouri, police have shot to death in the past five years. (OK, I just Googled it: 7 dead, 29 wounded in Chicago last weekend, including 16-year-old Shaquise Buckner. For killing black kids, the Ferguson police can’t ever hope to rival Chicago.)

When a story like Michael Brown’s death makes national news, it’s because the media decided there’s some kind of Social Justice angle. Matthew Shepard was a story like that, and it took years for people to admit it wasn’t really about “homophobia.”

Cops shooting unarmed suspects is bad. Looting is bad, too. The media, and certain bloggers, seems to have decided that this case deserves to be tried on cable TV news shows. Because we don’t have courts or anything like that in this country, I guess.

So there’s my Official Commentary: Stop watching cable TV news. But if you find a lesbian feminist angle to this story, let me know.

Category: Crime, Media Bias, Missouri, Racism

Arkansas Teacher, 57, Gets Probation After Lesbian Molestation of Girl, 16

Posted on | August 18, 2014 | 23 Comments

Helen Banks molested teenage girl.

Monticello, Arkansas:

A 57-year-old school teacher that resigned after being arrested, accepted a plea bargain [Aug. 6], in Drew County Circuit Court.
Helen Banks, a former Drew Central High School teacher, agreed to a term of 8 years probation and will be required to register as a sex offender.
It had been alleged that during a 6-month period, prior to June 5, Banks had “twice engaged in sexual contact”, which was earlier described as “inappropriate contact and communication with a 16- year-old female student.”
Banks was arrested on June 11, and resigned her position on June 12.

(Hat-tip: Interested Participant.)

Category: Crime, Education, Gays, Sex

“Mokita”

Posted on | August 18, 2014 | 11 Comments

by Smitty

In the Kivila language of the Trobriand Islands…“mokita”…means “truth we all know but agree not to talk about”. http://t.co/PvWCDemEXq

— ‘Teahadist’ h/t@DMat (@smitty_one_each) August 18, 2014

Mokita is the antonym of Political Correctness, that falsehood we all know but can’t seem to get the Progressive to quit humping like a sexbot.

I guess that’s the irony of the Information Age: we’re we seem to be buried in hooey, rather than elevated by truth. So the question remains whether we have reached Peak Hooey, or whether we need more Commie agitation like in Ferguson, MO to get us there.

via Instapundit

Category: Blogging

When All Else Fails, Paul Ryan, Try Liberty

Posted on | August 18, 2014 | 64 Comments

by Smitty

there is an alternative: the Founders’ vision, which puts individuals, their families and their communities—not government—at the center of American life.

What does this vision look like in action? For starters, it favors choice and competition over government-run solutions.

It would make health care a true market with transparent prices and more choices. It would empower Americans to make their own health decisions. Instead of top-down price controls imposed by bureaucrats, we’d have bottom-up competition driven by millions of consumers. That won’t just lower health-care costs; it will improve the quality of care.

The vision also means promoting a foreign policy that rejects relativism and embraces exceptionalism, ensuring our prosperity and security.

It would promote pro-market policies that benefit consumers instead of pro-business policies that favor the wealthy and well connected. It would roll back regulations that serve no purpose except to stifle enterprises, big and small. That will encourage competition and innovation, and get our economy growing so that people can start working again.

And instead of managing poverty, we’d actually be fighting it. Today, we’re spending almost $800 billion on 92 federal antipoverty programs—and yet we have the highest poverty rate in a generation. That’s because the solution can’t be found in a federal bureaucracy; it lies within individual Americans and the community that surrounds and supports them.

As it stands, we’re not empowering people; we’re overseeing them. That’s got to change. We need to see an individual’s problems and potential. Our goal shouldn’t be to simply meet their needs; we should help them tap into their talent and achieve their goals.

That’s why I’ve proposed a plan that would reform our poverty programs by creating federal opportunity grants.

Real quick, Paul: the Founder’s vision is NOT another godforsaken Federal program. You want to restore prosperity? Allow people to opt out. To walk away from paying for entitlements. To just say: “Shag these bad investments, I know better what to do with my money.”

Calling your bluff here, Paul:

When you compare liberal progressivism’s promises with the future that conservatism can actually deliver, the choice is clear.

Conservative Progressivism is scant improvement. Liberty, Mon Frer: do you speak it?

via HotAir

Category: Progressivism

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.18.14

Posted on | August 18, 2014 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

TOP NEWS
Ukraine Claims Control Of Lugansk City Center

Separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine

Rebel discipline inside the city breaking down
Red Cross waits for guarantees as Ukraine truce discussed
Germany: Some progress in “difficult” Ukraine/Russia talks

Pope Francis Calls For “Fraternal Dialogue” With PRC, Norks
Pope gets rock-star treatment at Asian Youth Day

Curfew Reimposed In Ferguson, Mo.
Protests continue; unclear whether protesters are obeying the curfew

POLITICS
Texas Governor Perry Responds To Indictment: “I Stood Up For The Rule Of Law”

Governor Rick Perry (R-TX)

Palin: Everything’s big in Texas, even this BS

Congressional Democrats Criticize Obama On ISIS Efforts

Miller Expresses Confidence Ahead Of Alaska Primary

Vulnerable Senate Dems Wary Of Obama Using Executive Powers On Immigration

Obama Interrupts His Vacation To Deal With Crises

MT Democrats Pick State Legislator To Replace John Walsh In Senate Race

LA Weighs Cash Incentive To Boost Election Turnout

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Mixed Amid Signs Of Waning Supply Threats: WTI $96.81, Brent $102.81
Shanghai Composite Index Extends Gains To Sixth Week As Shippers Rally
PRC Property Prices Skid Further In July
Bourbon Production Reaches Highest Point Since 1970s
Sultan Of Brunei Bids For Sahara’s Hotels In New York, London
Gold Declines For Second Day As Silver Drops To Two-Month Low
Internet Explorer For Android Or iOS? Not In Microsoft’s Plans
Jetpac To Withdraw Apps After Google Acquisition
Facebook Messenger Users Gripe And Grumble In Online Reviews
Don’t Touch That Update! Microsoft Pulls Latest Windows 8.1 Patch
Facebook Testing “Satire” Tags For Sites Like The Onion

SPORTS
Jeff Gordon Finally Gets Another Win At Michigan International

Celebrates winning the pole position

Thirteen years since last win – which was also the year he won the Sprint Cup

Lucroy Leads Brewers To Sweep Of Dodgers In 7-2 Win

Cubs Edge Mets 2-1

Fish Whip Snakes 10-3

Giants Top Phillies 5-2

A’s Skid Reaches Five As They Fall To Braves 4-3

Bombs Away For Astros In 8-1 Shelling Of BoSox

Soriano Blows Save, Nats Win Anyway With Sac Fly In 11th

FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Lindsay Lohan Responds To James Franco’s Claim They Didn’t Have Sex

“When I started working we didn’t have Twitter, we didn’t have any of this s–t, it’s a different world now. We didn’t have Instagram, we didn’t have camera phones for God’s sake. It’s really different now.”

Still upset over theft of list she compiled as part of Betty Ford rehab

Kid Rock’s Going To Be A Grandpa

Christina Aguilera – It’s A Girl!

Justin Bieber Attends Bible Study With Selena Gomez

Jennifer Lawrence And Chris Martin Are Seeing Each Other

Paul Giamatti To Star In “Straight Outta Compton” As NWA’s Manager

Kendra Wilkinson And Hank Bassett – Happily Together?

Denzel Washington Detoxes After A Month Of Hard Partying

Jessica Simpson Snuggles With Her Kids

Beyonce Preparing To Divorce Jay-Z?

War Machine Captured By Cops Outside LA

FOREIGNERS
US-Backed Kurdish Forces Retake Mosul Dam
UNSC Blacklists Jihadis In Iraq, Syria
Netanyahu: No Deal With Gaza If Israeli Security Needs Not Met
Fifteen Missing After Indonesian Tourist Boat Sinks
Brazil Mourns Eduardo Campos
UK’s Military Role In Iraq To Expand
Monsoon Flooding Hits Uttar Pradesh, 1500 Villages Underwater
Momentum Grows For Scottish Independence Despite Failed Debate
Afghan Sikh Stowaways Found In Tilbury Container Included Thirteen Children
Japanese National Reportedly Captured In Syria

BLOGS & STUFF
American Power: Black Panthers Chant “We Want Warren Wilson Dead” In Ferguson
American Thinker: College Board Erases The Founding Fathers
BLACKFIVE: Priorities For The President
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Los Angeles Is Officially A Third World City
Conservatives4Palin: Obama’s Docu-Drama
Don Surber: Political Scoreboard, August 15
Jammie Wearing Fools: High Fashion, Expense For Hillary’s Travels
Joe For America: Rick Perry Indicted – All You Need To Know
JustOneMinute: Salt – The Science Was Settled!
Protein Wisdom: Texas Democrats And Criminal Drunkard Rosemary Lehmburg Use Lawfare Against Gov. Rick Perry
Shot In The Dark: All That DFL Happy Talk About The Economy…
STUMP: Obamacare (And Government Corruption, BIRM) Watch – Amateur Hour With E-Mail
The Gateway Pundit: Eyewitness At Crime Scene Vindicates Officer Wilson In Michael Brown Shooting
The Jawa Report: Yezidis Commit Suicide Rather Than Bear ISIS Children After Rape Jihad
The Lonely Conservative: Here’s Another Rich Democrat Donor Nancy Pelosi Subsidized With Our Tax Dollars
This Ain’t Hell: The Militarized Police Discussion
Weasel Zippers: Alan Dershowitz Outraged By Perry Indictment – “Everyone Should Stand Against It”
Megan McArdle: Old Debts, Shady Collectors, And Your Rights

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Category: Live at Five

Rule 5 Sunday: Dirty Denim

Posted on | August 17, 2014 | 20 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

The band formerly known as the Electrocutes

Can’t remember where I first heard the Donnas; probably in 2002 when they were having their 15 minutes of fame from “Take It Off”. Anyway, for reasons only a psychiatrist would be able to unravel, I’ve always liked the band and its songs, and both seem to fit what we do here at the weekly Rule 5 roundups pretty well. As usual, refrain from making with the clicky on the links where others might get bent out of shape and/or accuse you of being a Giant Patriarchal Tool, with unpleasant consequences for your relationships and/or work.

Goodstuff leads off this week with a megablog featuring (among other things) Grace Parks and nanoboobs. Ninety Miles from Tyranny chipped in with Hot Pick of the Late Night, Girls with Guns, and Morning Mistress; Animal Magnetism contributes Rule 5 Friday and the Saturday Gingermageddon, Blackmailers Don’t Shoot adds Rule 5 Linkfest with Katy Perry, and First Street Journal is as usual all about our women in uniform; this week he spotlights The Big Red One.

EBL’s herd this week includes Radical Lesbian Feminists, Lauren Bacall, two hot girls in a hot car, Fountains of Wayne’s “A Summer Place”, and Joni Ernst.

Postaldog returns with Jessica Alba, vintage see-through hotness, Courtney Stodden, Sally Charles, and Carrie Coon from “The Leftovers”.

A View from the Beach makes up for lost links last week with Lana Del Rey – Enough to Sing a Gay Girl Straight, “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”, It Took a Brave Woman to Tame the Cow, Silly Brits Think Gardening is Racist, “Thunderstruck”, Actress a Bad Judge of Schlock, CNN Anchor Accused of Drunken Biting, “Sonnentanz”, and Desert Pete’s Vision.

At Soylent Refuge, it’s the breakfast spread, Sweater Puppy Interferometry, Evening Awesome Ahoy Matey!, your Monday Motivationer, French Black Panther comics, The Only Reason I’d See Another Batman, Tuesday Titillation Sideboob Sonata, Overnighty – Another Future Ex-Mrs. Soylent, Humpday Hawtness Leanna, Falconsword Fursday Vintage, Fursday Overnighty Awesome, Corset Cornucopiainator, T-GIF Friday Milkshake, Evening Awesome Wild Flower, Weekender Tiffany, and Bath Night Bamboo.

Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Kat Torres, his vintage babe is Teri Garr, Sex in Advertising is Fashionable, and with the return of the NFL, here’s The Power of the Cheerleader. At Dustbury, it’s Electra and Elise Avellan, Lauren Bacall, and Kesha, while Three Beers Later checks in with Rule 5 – Village Girls!

Thanks to everyone for your linkagery! Deadline to submit links to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox is midnight on Saturday, August 23.

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Arkansas Teacher, 57, Gets Probation After Lesbian Molestation of Girl, 16

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