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Rule 5 Sunday: Not Your Normal Graduation Picture

Posted on | April 16, 2018 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Earlier this week, University of Tennessee coed Brenna Spencer set off a furor online by posing for this pic and posting it to Twitter, thus:

The Tweet predictably triggered many of the usual suspects, and to her credit, Miss Spencer didn’t back up, not one millimeter. Good on her. More suitable for Rule 5, however, is this swimsuit pic.

Brenna Spencer hits the beach.

Owing to convention/family drama last weekend, and the impending end of tax season this past week (filing deadline is Tuesday, in case you somehow forgot) I was unable to post last week’s Rule 5 Sunday in a timely manner, so you get a post-convention double scoop of luscious linkagery.

Ninety Miles From Tyranny had Hot Pick of the Late Night (last week), The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #216, Morning Mistress (last week), The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #223, and Girls With Guns (last week). Animal Magnetism sent Rule Five Off-Road Friday, last week’s Saturday Gingermageddon, Rule Five Immigration Ideology Friday, and an extra helping of the Saturday Gingermageddon. Trashtown debuts with Retro Space Babes From Roswell.

EBL’s double-strength herd includes Debra Paget, Miss Geraldo Regrets, Osho’s Sannyasins, Lady Bird, Pole Dancing In Slo-Mo, Chappaquiddick, Gemma Arterton, Spring Break Flip, Free Diving, Blondie, Hungarians, Scarlett’s Talents, Stormy Mueller Monday, Handy, Charlie Rose & The Ladies, Molly Ringwald, National Grilled Cheese Day, Fishing Friday, and The Phantom Thread.

At A View From The Beach, we had The Reformed Lesbian Anne Heche, Physicist Meets Vampires, Crazy People are Dangerous, We Have to Kill the Rockfish to Save Them, Betrayed by the Cat, “Ready to Go”, Where Do the Bunnies All Go After Easter? Happy Easter! Daniela Hantuchová, Wet T-Shirt Friday, His Facebook Must Be Better Than Mine, Grab ‘Em By the Pussy Pants,  Organic Farming No Panacea, “Sedona”, The FBI in Fantasy Land, Femen Takes on the Coz, Women Have Women Friends! Who Knew?, The Morning Stretch and But They Know Enough to Snort Condoms, Eat Tide Pods and Ban Guns.

Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babes were  Naya Rivera and  Eva LaRue, his Vintage Babes were Dolores Faith and Pascale Petit, while Sex in Advertising was covered by Kate Beckinsale and Victoria’s Secret. At Dustbury, it’s Paris Jackson, Kenya Moore, Mandy Moore, and Julie Christie.

Thanks to everyone for your linkagery and your patience.
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Category: Rule 5

FMJRA 2.0: A Fortnight Late And A Few Hundred Farthings Short

Posted on | April 15, 2018 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: A Fortnight Late And A Few Hundred Farthings Short

— compiled by Wombat-socho

RIP R. Lee Ermey, whose character Gunny Hartman from Full Metal Jacket gave these posts their name.

The #BlackLivesMatter Angle in Lesbian Couple’s Murder-Suicide Mystery
Inoperable Terran
American Digest
Countenance Blog
A View From The Beach
EBL

Podcasting Tonight: Californication!
EBL

The Compulsory Approval Doctrine
EBL

SHOCK: Texas Subsidized Lesbian Couple’s Adoption of Children They Killed
Western Rifle Shooters
EBL

TRIUMPH: Orban Wins Big in Hungary
Steven M. Collins
Western Rifle Shooters
EBL

In The Mailbox: 04.10.18
Proof Positive
EBL

Zuckerberg and the Trump Exception
EBL

K-12 Implosion Update
EBL

Get Woke, Go Broke: #MeToo Movement Seeks to Destroy Black Texas Professor
EBL

In The Mailbox: 04.11.18
Proof Positive
A View From The Beach
EBL

Weird Beyond Words: An Online Transgender Blackmail Conspiracy?
EBL

Poor Wee Paul Ryan
EBL

‘Sperm Costs Too Damn Much’
The Daley Gator
Moonbattery
Rotten Chestnuts
EBL

In The Mailbox: 04.13.18
Proof Positive
EBL

Self-Destruction or Self-Defense?
EBL

Another ‘Hate Crime’ Hoax
The Pirate’s Cove
EBL

U.S. Strikes Syria
EBL

For the first time in a long time, we have a most-linked post that isn’t a Rule 5 post! Things will probably be back to normal next week.


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Category: FMJRA Award

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Posted on | April 14, 2018 | Comments Off on Crazy People Are Dangerous

How many times do I have to explain this?

A nationally known gay rights attorney and green activist set himself on fire and burned to death in Prospect Park early Saturday in a bizarre ecological protest suicide.
The charred remains of David Buckel, 60, were discovered shortly after sunrise when firefighters responded to a report of a fire in the southwest corner of the sprawling Brooklyn park, police sources said.
A suicide note indicated Buckel used “fossil fuel” in the gruesome suicide as a metaphor for the self-destruction of the planet.
“My name is David Buckel and I just killed myself by fire as a protest suicide,” read a hand-written message left at the scene. “I apologize to you for the mess.”
Buckel, who lived near the park, was a renowned lawyer and activist who worked with the Marriage Project for the gay civil rights group Lambda Legal.
He was also a well-known ecological activist, working with the NYC Compost Project, funded by the city Sanitation Department and based at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
He stapled his business card to the note and left behind a longer, neatly typed explanation of his self-immolation.
“My early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves,” he wrote. “A lifetime of service may best be preserved by giving a life … Honorable purpose in life invites honorable purchase in death.
“I hope it is an honorable death that might serve others.”

Well, at least he didn’t drive off a cliff with six black children.

 

Category: Global Warming

The Not-So-Secrets of Success

Posted on | April 14, 2018 | Comments Off on The Not-So-Secrets of Success

About five years ago — somewhere between the second Anthony Weiner scandal and the time the Kaitlyn Hunt saga made national headlines — I began to realize that our civilization was unraveling because parents were failing to give kids common-sense advice. Many young people (and not a small number of adults) were making bad decisions that predictably led to catastrophic results, because grown-ups had failed to warn them.

If you hope to succeed in life, you must first survive. You should avoid things that could lead to sudden death. Also, try to stay out of prison, and don’t do anything disgraceful. You don’t want the kind of “fame” obtained by Sydney Leathers or Miriam Weeks a/k/a “Belle Knox.”

“Don’t be a weirdo,” I began warning my kids, after my research led me into the bizarre nightmare of insanity that is Feminist Tumblr.

 

What’s genuinely troubling about weirdos like Zachary Antolak (a/k/a “Zinnia Jones,” a/k/a “Satana Kennedy”) is the thought that, once upon a time, the Antolak family welcomed the birth of a baby boy, hoping — as parents naturally do — that he would grow up to be a responsible and respectable adult, someone who would bring honor to their family.

What about Ella Dawson, the feminist who made her name a synonym for “herpes slut”? Do you think that, on the day she was born, her parents said, “By the time she’s 25, our baby girl will gain worldwide fame for being infected with a sexually transmitted disease”? No, of course not, and what about the parents of Elliot Rodger? Do you think they hoped their son would grow up to become a mass murderer?

 

“Hey, kids, don’t be a homicidal maniac,” is the kind of parental advice that should be unnecessary, but we’re living in a world gone mad, and so I find myself saying things like that to my kids.

Every day, the headlines bring us tidings of some new atrocity, or SJW kooks seizing control of a previously respectable institution: “College hosts no-whites-allowed pool party” or “Professor Is Denied Tenure, Opens Fire in University Faculty Meeting, 3 Dead.” Why is this happening? Because parents are neglecting to warn kids against things that should obviously be avoided. Whereas kids are getting lots of so-called “positive” advice — floss regularly, eat your vegetables, stay hydrated, etc. — they aren’t getting the kind of negative advice they need in the 21st century. Like, don’t shoot people at the faculty meeting. You might suppose that someone with a Ph.D. in neurobiology from Harvard wouldn’t need to be told that, but apparently she never was.

With this in mind, here is a short (and by no means exhaustive) list of things that parents should warn their children to avoid:

  • Communism
  • Heroin
  • Pornography
  • Canada
  • Canadian pornography
  • Herpes
  • Feminists
  • Feminists with herpes
  • Facial piercing
  • Tattoos
  • Anyone with an anime character as their Internet avatar
  • “Sexting”
  • Internet dating apps
  • Syphilis
  • Conspiracy theories
  • “Charismatic” cult leaders
  • Gender Studies majors
  • Chlamydia
  • Rape
  • Al Gore
  • “Social justice”
  • Gonorrhea
  • Murder
  • Anyone who has ever worked at Disney or Nickelodeon

As I say, this list is not exhaustive, but you’d be surprised at how many young people have ruined their lives by failing to avoid these dangers. And remember, kids: You have the right to free speech, but you also have the right to remain silent. Mind your posture, don’t mumble, be courteous, and don’t hang around losers who drag you down.



 

 

Category: Family

U.S. Strikes Syria

Posted on | April 13, 2018 | Comments Off on U.S. Strikes Syria

Mess with the bull, you get the horns:

President Donald Trump announced Friday night that he ordered the U.S. military to conduct precision missile strikes in conjunction with French and British allies against the Syrian government.
The order marked a dramatic reversal for Trump, who, as recently as last week, had been saying that he wanted the U.S. to withdraw its forces from Syria.
During Friday’s speech, Trump noted that the strike was underway and did not give further details of the targets or the military assets used.
Trump used the address to also directly call out Russia and Iran, which back the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
“To Iran and to Russia, I ask: What kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children?” Trump said. “Hopefully someday we will get along with Russia, and maybe even Iran. But maybe not.”
Reuters and the Associated Press reported that several explosions have already occurred in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Reuters, citing sources, added that a scientific research facility was hit.
“This is not about intervening in a civil war. It is not about regime change. It is about a limited and targeted strike that does not further escalate tensions in the region and that does everything possible to prevent civilian casualties,” British Prime Minister Theresa May said in a statement.
“And while this action is specifically about deterring the Syrian Regime, it will also send a clear signal to anyone else who believes they can use chemical weapons with impunity,” May added.

I spent all day working on an article about something else, took a break and went to dinner with my brother and, on the way back, he got a text message from a friend: “It’s raining cruise missiles in Syria.” Everything else becomes trivial when war happens. The question of what Russia and Iran will do — is this Armageddon, or not? — looms large, and you know I’ve got a son on the point of the spear, if worse comes to worse.

Friday the 13th — an inauspicious day to start World War III.

UPDATE: A bit from CNN:

Details are usually sketchy when military action is underway and “live” news reports are often wrong. Let’s be patient and wait for facts.

UPDATE II: Trump asks for prayers:

My mother-in-law is a praying woman, and prays for him every night.

UPDATE III: “Mad Dog” Mattis just ended a briefing:

So, this attack was “precise,” targeting Syria’s chemical weapons capacities, and now we’ll wait and see what the reaction is.

UPDATE IV: A bit more from Mattis:

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air has a good round-up of the news.

 

Category: Military, Syria

Outtakes From A Leadership Book By Some Guy Whom Troops Would Only Follow Out Of Morbid Curiosity

Posted on | April 13, 2018 | Comments Off on Outtakes From A Leadership Book By Some Guy Whom Troops Would Only Follow Out Of Morbid Curiosity

by Smitty

(That’s a myocardial infarction, of course.)

Category: Uncategorized

In The Mailbox: 04.13.18

Posted on | April 13, 2018 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Apologies for the recent lack of linkagery. The end of tax season and the spring semester are really kicking my ass.

OVER THE TRANSOM
First Street Journal: I’ve Only Been Saying This For Years
EBL: Emo Lyin’ Comey
Twitchy: Buck Sexton Calls Out Jake Tapper For Lie About Scooter Libby
Louder With Crowder: Drag Queens Banned From Pride Parade To Avoid Offending Transgenders
According To Hoyt: It’s Not Even The End Of The Beginning
Monster Hunter Nation: April Update
Vox Popoli: Destroying The Evidence

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Life Is A Race, Life Is A Game, Life Is A Fight, also, Friday Hawt Links & Chicks  – The Evil Trannies Edition
American Thinker: Attacking Trump’s Attorney – Calling All Tea Partiers, also, Requiem For A Transsexualized Boy
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Crap Degrees News, also, Rule Five Immigration Ideology Friday
BattleSwarm: Paul Ryan Retires, also, LinkSwarm For April 13
CDR Salamander: LCS – Bringing A Junkie’s Mentality To A Great Service, also, Fullbore Friday
Da Tech Guy: The MSM’s 2018 Tet Offensive Against The GOP, also, Seven Big Differences Between the 2010 Red Wave And The Expected 2018 “Big Blue Wave”
Don Surber: Ending Anchor Babies
Dustbury: Catcher-23
The Geller Report: Night Of Terror For Cyprus Christians After Muslim Migrants Attack, also, Devout Muslima Caught With Thumb Drive Holding Identities Of 2628 French Intel Officers
Hogewash: Jupiter’s Dynamo, also, Team Kimberlin Post of The Day
Joe For America: Marquette U Actively Enlisting RAs To Suppress Conservative Thought
JustOneMinute: Trump Pardons Scooter Libby
Legal Insurrection: Comey “Classified” Swipe At Lynch Shows He’s Untrustworthy, also, “F**k The Law” – CUNY Law Students Attempt To Shout Down Conservative Law Prof
Power Line: Has McConnell Finally Had Enough Of Democrats’ Obstruction? also, James Comey Confesses
Shark Tank: Paul Ryan-Allied PAC Will Support Brian Mast
Shot In The Dark: Faster Please
STUMP: Vindication – Yuri Dimitriev Acquitted, also, Divestment And Investment Activism Follies
The Jawa Report: Politically Incorrect Video Of The Day, also, Where’s Vinnie?
The Political Hat: Socialized Healthcare – Free To Die
This Ain’t Hell: Fake Ranger Daniel Cheatham In The News, also, Effingham County To Become Second Amendment Sanctuary
Victory Girls: Liberal Cities Embrace Homelessness
Weasel Zippers: GOP Congressmen Target Citibank’s GSA Contract Over Anti-2A Policies, also, Tennessee Defunds Planned Parenthood
Megan McArdle: Don’t Be So Glad To See Ryan Go
Mark Steyn: Stick A Fork In Us, also, The Dehumanizing Effect Of Identity Politics


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Category: Linkagery

‘Sperm Costs Too Damn Much’

Posted on | April 13, 2018 | 5 Comments

 

 

Denechia “Neesha” Powell-Twagirumukiza is a 2009 graduate of the University of Georgia who lives in Seattle. On Twitter, she describes herself thus: “Displaced Southern queer millennial womanist organizer/writer growing roots in the PNW. They & she pronouns.” Powell has a lesbian wife, Aimée-Josiane Twagirumukiza, an African immigrant who is a founding member of “QTPAX (The Queer and Trans Pan African Exchange), an intergenerational program that works to connect queer and trans people of all ages.” Powell is a writer for the website Everyday Feminism where in January she published this:

4 Ways Queer And Trans Parents
Are Raising Revolutionary Children
During The Trump Era
Sometimes becoming a parent feels out of my reach. My wife and I both have uteruses, and sperm costs too damn much.
Even adopting feels like an unattainable dream. It can cost upwards of $40,000 to adopt, and LGBTQ couples have previously been barred from adopting and fostering because of their gender and/or sexuality.
Raising kids on working-class salaries here in Seattle, one of the world’s most expensive cities, isn’t exactly ideal. And despite its progressive reputation, this white haven often feels hostile to me as a Black queer non-binary person partnered with a Black queer femme immigrant. . . .
Despite my fears, I remain open to parenting because of my friendships with trans, non-binary, and queer activists of color whose parenting is bound up in their quest for liberation. Their existence dares me to dream of parenting one day.
These parents are turning this tumultuous political moment into teachable one by talking to their kids about oppression: What it is, how it manifests and how to interrupt it. Their parenting is rooted in intersectional feminist and anti-racist values. . . .
Selena Velasco, a Chamoru queer non-binary femme artist and community organizer in Seattle, explains Trump and his discriminatory policies to their 8-year-old multiracial son Elijah by bringing the issues close to home.
To help Elijah understand Trump’s recent immigration ban, Velasco asked him to imagine how he’d feel if his grandparents who immigrated from Mexico had to leave the US and couldn’t come back. This allowed him to better empathize with those directly impacted by the ban.
Also, Velasco has brought their son to Black Lives Matter marches and spoken with him about how anti-Black racism shows up at his own school. Their hope is for Elijah to be able to spot and disrupt anti-Blackness on the playground and beyond. . . .
Shaun is a Black queer non-binary parent and researcher in Seattle who keeps it real with their child about this turbulent political era. While their 4-year-old daughter V doesn’t know Trump’s name, she knows what he’s doing isn’t right due to her parents’ longtime activism.
Shaun’s daughter, who’s mixed with Black and white, already knows that police are harmful. . . .

Well, you can read the whole thing if you want to know what’s going on in the lives of typical Democrat voters lately.

 

Category: Gays, Sex Trouble
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