Mondays are foul and they almost never bring any good news. This one is certainly no exception.
So, to cheer you up, here are some clips of people dancing. The fact that the first one happens to involve people from a certain (((ethnic group))) is neither here nor there, it’s just pretty amusing and really rather nice. Whoever mashed up the track and the clip did a great job.
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His Most Legendary and Benevolent Astral Majesty, the God-Emperor of Mankind, Donaldus Triumphus Magnus, has been attending the G-7 summit in Paris over the last several days, and it’s been a hoot and a half following along with his live-tweeting. But it appears that it was his wife, the lovely Mrs. Melania Trump, upon whom all eyes were focused:
What’s Frog-speak for “I know that feel, bro”?
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These next two videos are once again provided courtesy of our friend The Male Brain, who has made several great contributions to the Mondays series. They ask some interesting questions about what would have happened if the Roman Empire had never existed:
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I’ve been watching an awful lot of videos from this channel, Kings and Generals, which I discovered relatively recently. It’s a history channel with a bunch of terrific content, especially concerning the Mongols and Romans. Check out these videos for your hit of adolt edjoomuhcayshun:
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A synthetic organic chemist absolutely destroys the pretensions of the entire field of biology regarding our ability to understand and create life from non-living building blocks:
The Darwinian hypothesis was actually a very good theory for its time, and Charles Darwin explained it really rather well. It fit the facts as he observed them, and provided a basis for further exploration and understanding.
But its problems are enormous, and those became clear within just a few years of the publication of The Origin of the Species.
Slow, gradual, steady Darwinian evolution through natural selection fails utterly to explain the huge jumps in the fossil record, as well as the large gaps in the same. It provides no predictive value whatsoever. When measured against mathematical criteria, it fails to give a reasonable measure by which we can expect to see a new species. It is very difficult, if not outright impossible, to reconcile Darwinian natural selection with Mendelian genetics and more recent advances such as the discovery of “information” encoded in the form of DNA.
Yale computer science professor David Gelerntner – you may remember him from previous Monday compilations – wrote a widely-circulated article in the Claremont Review of Books titled Giving Up Darwin, in which he explicated the various severe holes in the theory of evolution by natural selection. The biggest of these holes has to do with the fact that there simply has not been enough time for the mechanism of natural selection to do its thing.
Of course, whenever you point this out to biologists, they tend to get very defensive and uptight, as our beloved and dreaded Supreme Dark Lord (PBUH) Vox Day discovered when he debated J. F. Gariepy.
And that’s before we get to the really big question, which modern biologists simply cannot answer properly – how did life on Earth begin?
The probability that it all happened because of a single random event is so ridiculously tiny that it might just be smaller than a Planck length. If that is indeed mathematically the case, then there isn’t even any point in entertaining “spontaneous creation” as a theory, because it is effectively impossible.
But biologists don’t really appear to want to face this reality. Sooner or later, we are going to have to face up to some very uncomfortable facts and realities about the state of modern scientific inquiry – and it would appear that this time is coming fast upon us.
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Darth Sidious, a.k.a. Emperor Palpatine, was a serious master strategist and psychological manipulator, for sure:
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I have always preferred Batman over Superman – and I am not alone in thinking that Bats could take on and defeat Supes in a fight, because the Batman never fights fair against extraterrestrials with superpowers. But it is impressive nonetheless to note that Superman has lasted as a cultural icon for eighty years – the ongoing and unfortunately highly successful efforts of the SJWs at DC Comics to destroy him notwithstanding:
Given the way that DC Comics is going, it is only a matter of time before they gender- and/or race-swap Superman, or eliminate him from the canon altogether. He has already renounced his American citizenship and become a “citizen of the world”, whatever the hell that means.
The good news, if there is any, is that the “expanded universe” of movies and especially games has done a good job of preserving and enhancing the Superman legacy. The animated films starring the voices of Kevin Conroy and Tim Daly, in particular, are well worth watching.
But the comics, at this point, are better off dead and buried.
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THE HU are coming to America, and they’ve just released a new single off their upcoming album:
Sounds promising, for sure.
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Your long read of the week concerns the Russian Neo-Tsar’s record of economic reform, which is mixed, to say the least:
GDP growth had been negative for a decade, bar a few months in 1998. The government was in a permanent budget crisis. Poverty had soared as life expectancy and incomes plummeted. Our “despair index” (the sum of the inflation and unemployment rates added to the share of people living in poverty) had hit the astronomical value of 1440 — ten times worse than any other country in the former socialist bloc.
However, Putin was incredibly lucky. The 1998 crisis was caused by the collapse of oil prices on the back of an Asian crisis a year earlier. But by 2000 oil prices began to recover from their low of $10 per barrel and over the next decade climbed inexorably to a peak of about $150. The flood of petrodollars made rebuilding Russia much easier, but to his credit Putin didn’t squander the money but used it to build a new country.
Putin was responsible for the first systematic attempt to reform Russia’s economy. In 2000 he launched the so-called Gref plan (“Programme for the Socio-Economic Development of the Russian Federation for the Period 2000-2010”), named after the then economics minister and now Sberbank CEO German Gref. But the plan was abandoned when the 2008 crisis struck when it was only 30% complete. There was a lot of stealing during Putin’s first term in office, but real progress was made, leaving Russia’s economy far ahead of the rest of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
The numbers paint a clearer picture of the mixed results as the job of turning Russia into a modern and efficient market economy is far from over.
If you ask real Russians about what they think of Putin these days, you’ll get a fairly mixed reaction. A large majority of Russians still respect and even revere the man, but quite a lot of people in the country despise him for the corruption and the self-serving nature of his regime.
From what I can see, the prevailing sentiment appears to be that people recognise that Putin loves his country but doesn’t really care much for its people. It’s hard to figure this out if you understand that a nation is not the soil, but rather is its people.
All I can say is that Putin appears to have the same attitude toward the Russian people that many of his predecessors had as absolute rulers. He wants his country to be strong and respected, but he doesn’t really much care whether he ruins a few million lives in order to get to that end. I think he looks at things in aggregates without any of the bleeding-heart sensitivities that plague Western leaders; he doesn’t mind damaging the lives of the “peasants”, as long as he makes Russia overall a better place.
And, to his credit, I do think that he has done this.
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#BasedTucker tries to make sense of this whole LGBTQWTFISTHISSHIT nonsense:
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For those of you who have had the utterly miserable experience of an injured lower back, here is an excellent article that provides some tips on how to get back to lifting daddy weights in a reasonably short amount of time:
First off, most avid lifters have some level of disc herniation (bulge). My friend and colleague, Dr. Stuart McGill, works with many NFL players and he constantly sees disc problems. Or put another way, he constantly sees NFL players who play with herniated discs. I don’t have the hard numbers, but I’d guess that the majority of all NFL players probably have some type of disc herniation, even if they’re not symptomatic. You can include me in that category.
In other words, you can have a herniated disc and not even know it. The good news for the small fraction of you who don’t have a disc problem is that this information will still apply to you. I follow the same technique and core activation protocols whether or not a client comes to me with back pain. Prevention is key for those who aren’t injured because it’s very likely that you will herniate a disc unless you get your training parameters right.
For those of you lucky enough never to have herniated a disc, trust me on this: in the event that it ever happens, YOU WILL KNOW. Nothing short of an actual limb amputation will put a stop to your training program as fast as this event. And you’ll suffer psychologically from the pain and misery of it for years to come.
So if you do go through this, you owe it to yourself to get back on the iron horse as fast as possible, using whatever methods help heal your back.
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Some of us (self included) like rockabilly, bluegrass, and even (God help us) country music – not the whiny boring kind where yer wife done left you and took yer truck, money, and dawg, but rather the kick-ass kind:
Related:
And speaking of kick-ass country:
The Swedish disco version ain’t bad either, but it isn’t even half as good as the original:
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I found myself singing the lyrics to “Copperhead Road” the other day – well, when I say “singing”, I mean, ” trying, and failing utterly, to hit the proper notes and sounding like a strangled cat”:
That song is an absolute classic. Just don’t ask me to sing it – or anything else, if you value your hearing.
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If you done gonna break dat fourth wall… then n***a, break it GOOD:
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Apparently Oxford University’s students’ union had to hold a debate on whether or not socialism works.
I’ll let you think on that for a moment before you watch this:
I was actually admitted to Oxford University to study for their MA in Mathematics and the Foundations of Computer Science (MFOCS) many years ago. I turned their invitation down because I got a better offer to go to the USA to study financial engineering.
I’ve never once regretted that decision, and nothing about that debate at Oxford Union gives me reason to regret it now.
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The Trap Lord explains why fitness coaches make terrible pick-up artists:
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Wazzocks gonna wazzock…
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Pics, girls, guns:
We’re getting perilously close to Peak Floriduh again:
Your Supercar Chase of the Week:
Your Frog Moment of the Week:
Hmmm… You don’t suppose it might have to do with the fact that there are a Hell of a lot more MOOSE LIMBS running around on French beaches in their stupid burkinis nowadays?
Nah. That would be RACISS!!!
Oh, speaking of Moose:
Your Didn’t See That Coming Moment of the Week:
Your Mind-Blowing Thought of the Week:
Your No Shit? Moment of the Week:
This reminds me of a (bad) joke that I once read about 15 years back when I visited Scotland. It goes something like this:
“Two pigeons are sitting on a ledge, watching pedestrians go by. The older pigeon leans over and whispers something to his younger friend. That younger pigeon promptly takes off, flaps down over a random passerby, and plops down on his head, then flaps back up and returns to his friend, listening to the shocked curses of his victim. The older pigeon looks over at his friend and asks, ‘What did you do that for?!?’ And his younger one replies, ‘Och, aye, I thought you told me sit on his heid…'”.
Girls with guns:
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Your dog of the week is the rather odd-sounding Venezuelan mucuchies:
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Gym idiots time – brace yourselves, lads:
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And now for some more gym beasts, where we continue following the exploits of four of the world’s strongest ever men:
That’s one History Channel series that isn’t full of alien conspiracies, and is therefore worth watching.
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Your bullshido beatdown of the week, courtesy of Mike Zambidis:
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Your Buakaw Brutalisation of the week:
Seriously, how hard can this be to figure out? DON’T. F***. WITH. BUAKAW.
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#TestYourMetal
I’ve seen those guys play live a few times. Good band. But they had a massive internal rupture a few years ago and what you are seeing in that video now is, essentially, a completely new and expanded outfit.
And now for one of the greatest songs ever, by THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME:
My sister saw them play live as part of their “Legacy of the Beast” tour a few weeks ago. I have to admit, I was extremely jealous.
I mean, granted, I’ve seen them play live like, 7 times by now, and she’s seen them maybe 3 times, including that latest one. But still…
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Finally, here’s your Instathot of the week, and honestly you will have a difficult time finding a more thotty girl outside of a porn site. (Actually, if you do a search for her, you’ll quickly realise that she does porn anyway, so there isn’t much of a distinction.) Her name is Maddy Belle, and she is definitely not the kind of girl that you would want to bring home to mum. Ever. If you go searching for her with Safe Search off… that’s on you.
All right, that’s it for today. Now get out there and crush this horrid Monday.
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Monday in Greek literally translates to 'second day' so don't think about starting your week with a bit of gloom. Let Sunday be the first day of the week. Its Gods day anyway.
I like the fact that the blokiest blokes on earth are starting their own shows. Im especially happy about Jeremy Clarkson and I hope he changes his mind about nutrition and exercise. I want him to live on this earth and be a thorn on the British Bolshevics for at least another 20 years.
If you were a dictator what rules would you change about gyms? I know you mentioned heavy metal music while exercising and I agree with that. I would definitely exile crossfitters and give medal of honor to strongman people. I admit I never did it but it looks so natutal and powerful. I think the squat rack business would go bankcrupt if we all lifted heavy truck tyres in our yards. Ok maybe I'm fantasizing too much.
As far as music goes I think 'rip and tear' from the Doom game earns the title for best workout music, lifting one's self out of depression and kicking ass in general.
On another note, Conroy is probably the best batman ever. The Justice League animated movies are masterpieces but the Hollywood movies seem to fuck up. Even the animated series are better, except for the new 'Outsiders'. It's just a bunch of SJW propaganda spewing in our faces. I recommend that you watch 'Batman Ninja' and 'Gotham by Gaslight'.
Monday in Greek literally translates to 'second day' so don't think about starting your week with a bit of gloom.
The Greeks never had to work in modern offices, mate…
I like the fact that the blokiest blokes on earth are starting their own shows. Im especially happy about Jeremy Clarkson and I hope he changes his mind about nutrition and exercise. I want him to live on this earth and be a thorn on the British Bolshevics for at least another 20 years.
Me too. Jezza in particular is a wonderful example of a man who can say outrageous things and be loved for it, simply because he refuses to march to the beat of anyone else's drum.
If you were a dictator what rules would you change about gyms?
That's an excellent question. I'll have to think about that one.
As far as music goes I think 'rip and tear' from the Doom game earns the title for best workout music, lifting one's self out of depression and kicking ass in general.
I prefer IRON MAIDEN myself for leg days – something about The Book of Souls and the timing of the music just fits perfectly with squats and deadlifts – but yeah, I can see the DOOM music as a good alternative too.
On another note, Conroy is probably the best batman ever. The Justice League animated movies are masterpieces but the Hollywood movies seem to fuck up.
Yeah. Bat-Bale is excellent, but that has more to do with the sheer brilliance of the Nolan films than Bale's acting chops. Actually, the Nolan films are so right-wing that you half-expect to see Ronald Reagan under the cowl. That is especially the case in The Dark Knight Rises.
I recommend that you watch 'Batman Ninja' and 'Gotham by Gaslight'.
Seen the first, haven't yet watched the second.