It’s Monday again, and where I am, it is apparently hot enough to cause people to faint dead away at the thought of going outside to do anything. Personally, I don’t see what the fuss is all about, given that I was raised in the tropics, and the average temperature there in “summer” tends to be somewhere between “holy shit this is bloody ridiculous” and “you’ve got to be f***ing kidding me”, for MONTHS on end.
None of that changes the fact that today is quite miserable, no matter where you happen to be, since it is, of course, Monday. Fortunately, that gives us a great opportunity to indulge in yet another Great Mondaydact Browser Killer. This week’s theme comes to us from our good friend, The Male Brain, who pointed out that today, July 18th, is the birthday of one of the great pioneers of American spaceflight, the late John Glenn.
Here is the biography of the great man himself, from TMB:
John Glenn, in full John Herschel Glenn, Jr., also called John H. Glenn, Jr., (born July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Ohio, U.S.โdied December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio), the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, completing three orbits in 1962. (Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, had made a single orbit of Earth in 1961.)
Glenn joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1942. He then joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1943 and flew 59 missions in the South Pacific during World War II. In the Korean War, he flew 90 missions, and in the last nine days of the war, he shot down three MiGs. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland, in 1954 and flew on test projects involving the F-8 fighter. He made the first transcontinental flight with an average supersonic speed in 1957 when he flew from California to New York in 3 hours and 23 minutes. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1959.
Of the โMercury Seven,โ the U.S. military pilots selected in 1959 to be the first astronauts, Glenn was the oldest. He served as a backup pilot for Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Virgil I. Grissom, who made the first two U.S. suborbital flights into space. Glenn was selected for the first orbital flight, Mercury-Atlas 6, and on February 20, 1962, his space capsule, Friendship 7, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Its orbit ranged from approximately 161 to 261 km (100 to 162 miles) in altitude. The flight went mostly according to plan, aside from a faulty thruster that forced Glenn to control Friendship 7 manually. A faulty switch onboard also relayed the inaccurate message to mission control that the heat shield had been released. He was told not to release the pack of retro-rockets on the rear of the spacecraft after they had fired. (Mission control hoped that if the heat shield had been released, the straps of the retrorocket pack would hold the shield long enough for Glenn to survive reentry.) Glenn made three orbits, landing nearly 5 hours after launch in the Atlantic Ocean near Grand Turk island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. He became a national hero.
Glenn retired from the space program in 1964 to seek the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio. (Space-program observers generally believed that he would not have been allowed to fly again out of concern that a national hero be put at undue risk.) However, one month after he announced his candidacy, he slipped in the bathroom of his home and hit his head on the bathtub, severely injuring his inner ear. He withdrew from the campaign to recover. He left the Marine Corps and became the vice president for domestic corporate development of the soft drink maker Royal Crown Cola International Ltd. in 1965 and later became president of the company. In 1970 he ran for the Senate again but lost narrowly in the primary. He was elected U.S. senator from that state in 1974 and was reelected three times thereafter. Glenn was unsuccessful, however, in his bid to become the 1984 Democratic presidential candidate. During his time in the Senate, Glenn focused on nuclear proliferation, wasteful government spending, and aging.
On October 29, 1998, Glenn returned to space as a payload specialist on a nine-day mission (STS-95) aboard the space shuttle Discovery. At that time the oldest person ever to travel in space, Glenn at age 77 participated in experiments on the Spacehab module that studied similarities between the aging process and the bodyโs response to weightlessness. His presence on STS-95 was controversial. NASA officials asserted that Glennโs presence would contribute to research on the aging process, but critics contended that his return to space was a publicity stunt with minimal benefits.
Glenn retired from the Senate in 1999. He helped found the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy in 2000 (now part of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs) at Ohio State University, Columbus, where in 1998 he had become an adjunct professor in the political science department. In 2012 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
And now let’s take a look at some pictures and videos of the legend:
And some videos from TMB as well:
Truly, LTC/Sen/Mr. Glenn was a legend, with BIG brass balls. Actually, since he was an astronaut, we should say that they were most likely made out of solid titanium alloy.
You know how most kids dream of growing up to be an astronaut, OR a Senator, OR a pilot? John Glenn did ALL of those things, and much, much more. He truly was a living embodiment of human achievement, grit, tenacity, courage, and skill.
The Mighty God-Emperor
His Most Illustrious, Noble, August, Benevolent, and Legendary Celestial Majesty, the God-Emperor of Mankind, Donaldus Triumphus Magnus Astra, the First of His Name, the Lion of Midnight, may the Lord bless him and preserve him, lost his first wife, Ivana Trump, earlier last week, and that was indeed a great tragedy for him and his first 3 children:
Judging by how well Don Jr. and Eric turned out – notwithstanding the failure of Don Jr.’s marriage, admittedly – and given how successful Ivanka was and is, I would say that the two of them provided a powerful, if flawed and eventually broken, template for their offspring.
I was very sorry to hear of Mrs. Trump’s death. From what I have seen, heard, and read of her – not least in the God-Emperor’s own book, The Art of the Deal (which, admittedly, he didn’t actually write) – she always came across as a strong, driven, capable woman with a very clear view of exactly what she wanted in life, and who provided a substantial foil for the ambition and drive of her then-husband.
Based on what the God-Emperor has said about his third wife, Melania, it is also very clear that President Trump has a “type” – for strong Eastern European women who have their heads screwed on more or less straight.
Since I am quite partial to the same type, I fully understand why.
I will say that there is some speculation Mrs. Trump died because of the not-vaxx. Since we have no data whatsoever to support this idea at the present time, I will simply say that I have no reason to think she suffered a heart attack created by the clot-shots, but I certainly do not rule out the possibility. I leave you to draw your own conclusions based on what evidence we actually have.
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Dawn of Battle
The Male Brain has lots to keep us cool and mellow on a hot and nasty day. We start with a video from Cracked about how utterly horrifying social media would be if it actually told you the truth about what it is:
Let’s have a bit of Ryan George, whom we haven’t seen on these pages for a while:
The Babylon Bee continues to kill it with their “fake” yet all-too-real “covfefe” of the latest round of hooker-banging-while-coke-snorting-and-illegal-gun-waving pictures from Hunter Biden‘s iPhone:
The Fake President’s crackhead son really is the reason why the term, “iPhowned”, was invented.
If you’ve ever wondered what it is like to be a woman on Tinder, Viva La Dirt League explains it for you:
Community Outreach
LRFotS Randale6 also has some contributions to offer this week. We start with yet more Flashgitz insanity:
One from Meatcanyon:
Tom and Don imagine what the Disney film, Hercules, might have looked like if it was done in a historically accurate way:
Poli-ticking Off
Mark Dice watches the Jan 6th Hearing garbage so that you don’t have to:
China Uncensored unpacks the latest CCP not-vaxx mandates (which failed):
Lord Razor of the Fist Clan offers up some thoughts on a comic book crowdfunding initiative that is breaking records:
The dynamic duo over at Redacted take on John Bolton‘s probably-not-entirely-innocent slip of the tongue about having plotted coups d’etats in his time:
The New Atlas comprehensively breaks down the sheer nonsense of the Banderite claim of a “million-strong army” capable of sweeping the Russians out of the liberated territories in Ukraine’s south:
ะะตะด ะกะฒะฐัะธะปะฒัะน ะะพะฒะพัะธั!
Grandpa Grumpuss grumps, grumpily, about a number of increasingly shrill, desperate, and quite stupid whorenalist bleatings with respect to the 404 War:
Itโs All Greek To Us
The dynamic duo of The Duran have had an extremely busy week, despite the rather annoying news related to one of them (see below). First up, Alexander Mercouris provides some very interesting ideas about what might happen after the Russians finally cleanse the Donetsk region of its Ukrop occupiers:
His good friend and colleauge Alex Christoforou was banned from YOOTOOBZ for one week for posting BadThink related to the clot-shots, something like 18 months ago, but he has remained very busy on Rumble and offers up thoughts about this particularly egregious stupidity concerning a “buyer’s cartel” for Russian oil and the imposition of a global price cap:
And in their joint programme, Alexander did a superb livestream with the great Robert Barnes, in which they discussed a number of important topics related to geopolitics, the US political situation, and global diplomacy:
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Gonzalo Lira turns out to be actually a rather good host – though he is quite an annoying commentator – when he wants to be, and proved it by hosting a truly heavyweight panel discussion last week with Alexander Mercouris, Larry Johnson, and Andrei Martyanov to discuss the 404 War:
Righteous Rantery
PJW can’t help but note the obvious:
The lovely and charming Dr. Sam Bailey conducted a very interesting interview with Jon Rappoport, who argues that the Scamdemic was a cover story invented to hide a much more dangerous and sinister agenda – and I have to say, it’s hard to argue that he’s wrong, given what we have seen by now:
Warriors of Faith
The Dizzle has turned his channel over to the Lioness of London, Hatun Tash, who crafted a loving tribute to the great man:
I need to go find David’s new online portal, because he is going to setup his own content-hosting service. David’s work is just too good to stop sharing around. Supposedly he will launch it sometime this week.
Dr. Jay Smith from PfanderFilms and his friend Al-Fadi note that there really is no such thing as an “early” Islamic Koran, along the lines of what their own traditions claim:
Manly Men of Manliness
Terrence Popp can’t quite believe just how crazy women have gotten with this new trend called “vabbing“, and if you want to find out what that is without watching the video, I am warning you right now, DO NOT read what comes next on a full stomach:
OK, do you still want to know what it is?
You sure?
Really sure?!
Absolutely sure?!?
REALLY FOR REAL SURE?!?!
Well, OK then, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
it’s where a woman takes her… uh… juices from her… umm… private parts, and spreads it on her neck and a few other areas. The idea is that the pheromones will attract strong virile men.
Yeah. File that one under, “We’re Doomed”. And apparently, it’s been around since 2019 – it’s not a recent insane trend or anything.
Joker from Better Bachelor shouldn’t have to state the obvious, but things have gotten so stupid that he has no choice:
Burn Paedowood to the Ground
Midnight’s Edge processes the latest rumours that Amber Turd might be BTFOd as Queen Mera in the latest (unwatchable) DC Universe film, whatever it’s called:
Overlord Dicktor Van Doomcock cannot contain his glee in watching the House of the Devil Mouse fail to make any headway whatsoever with their latest diversitard hire:
Gary from Nerdrotic breaks down what is likely to be by far the biggest bomb in small-screen history, in the form of Amazog’s The Lhurrd of the Rangs:
Ryan Kinel weighs in on the same subject, noting that Amazog has pretty clear market signals at this point that they are about to lose BILLIONS of dollars on their planned GoT rival:
The Drinker offers a different, more maudlin, and rather more drunken, take on the coming mega bellyflop:
Reading Too Much Into Things
Your “Science is F***ING WEIRD” moment of the week is a little different this time, and it’s all about how recycling is basically a giant scam – at least, when it comes to plastics:
Your long read of the week is by David Haggith, and discusses how stupid economists have gotten themselves, and us, into a colossal mess, because they can’t sort out arse from elbow:
The numbers mean 1) the Fed has not even begun to get a handle on inflation. So, 2) the Fed will continue to tighten hard and may even have to tighten harder. But 3) consumers are cutting back actual consumption, though they are shelling out more for what they consume. 4) That is why consumer sentiment is at an all-time record low. At the same time, consumer buying power will be less because wages are not keeping up with inflation, and bank accounts are going down, even as debt is rising. So, the outlook for company sales gets worse. All of which means 5) recession!
Economists who were not asleep at the switch โ say the rare David Stockman kind โ would have pointed out that all this adds up to one mammoth stagflationary recession. At some point, we may see deflation if people pull back hard enough (heavy demand destruction), but that is far from certain because available supplies are pulling back even harder due to war and sanctions and past Covid lockdowns and new Covid lockdowns and more that I will get to below. So, it is inflation and a falling economy as far as the eyes can see right now!
The numbers also really mean, as is being seen in corporate reports this week, that, while sales are going up because they are measured in deflating dollar value (inflated prices), companies are making less profit. They are lowering earnings expectations. Thus we saw JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo report massively diminished earnings this week and saw JPM terminate all stock buybacks. That means bad news for investors because buybacks were the main driver of stock valuations. But the gimbals have fallen off their compasses, so bid the market up over 600 points, having no concept of where all of this is so clearly headed if you just take off you sunglasses and look.
tl;dr version: the next economic collapse is going to make the 2008 Crash look mild by comparison.
Linkage is good for you:
- The clown-puppet play-actor President of Banderastan is being forced to consider a petition that would replace a statue of Catherine the Great with a gay porn actor, which tells you everything you need to know about 404;
- Kevin Macdonald explains how Jeffrey Sachs and Phillip Giraldi come to the same conclusion from two very different starting points about how the 404 War is basically a neoclown war to break up Russia;
- Pat “Mr. Paleoconservative” Buchanan asks and answers his own question about why the hell the USSA is trying to make a war with Russia inevitable and unavoidable;
- Pepe Escobar explains the situation in Eurasia, where the breaking away from the Western world is now in full swing;
- Larry Johnson tries to understand just why the hell the Polacks are so all-in on their support of Ukraine, which just doesn’t make sense given the history between the two countries;
- Here’s a short letter from Faina Safenkova, a young girl living in the Donbass, explaining to the West just how awful life under Banderite rule and then oppression and terror was during the past 8 years;
- Austrian chancellor Kneehammer (yes, I know, that’s not his actual name) reckons that Europeans will need to become alcoholics to cope with the extreme cost of living crisis;
- Bernhardt from Moon of Alabama analyses a recent Harper’s article about the end of the American Century, which even the neoliberals are beginning to understand is a real thing, and are horrified by it;
- The Russians actually had an island of horrors and cannibalism, the stories from which are bloodcurdling even decades after Stalin’s reign of terror;
- The Church of England can’t even figure out what a woman is, which is unsurprising given that it is a church founded on the idea that a King can divorce his barren wife in order to bone his younger, hotter, tighter mistress;
- One of the top fertility experts in the world, Lord Winston of PommieBastardLande, gets it almost right when he says that men can mutilate themselves, but they can’t turn into women;
- Speaking of the Absolute State of PommieBastardLande, their biggest airport is telling airlines to cancel flights because it can’t keep up with demand;
- Sri Lanka is the most vivid demonstration imaginable of the utter folly and stupidity of Green policies, which have reached their culminating point in that country;
- Gregory Hood offers up an interesting analysis of the (((media)))))))))))) slant on the death of Shinzo Abe;
And some more from Dawn Pine:
- A man goes in for a doctor’s visit and discovers that he was actually born with functional ovaries and a uterus – it’s called androgyny, by the way, it’s a real (if extremely rare) medical condition, and has nothing to do with tranny madness;
- Man meets woman online, thinks she’s perfect, tries to meet her, and she flakes – and in other news, water is wet and chillies are spicy;
- The online multiplayer game Axie Infinity is something that I happen to know a little bit about, and it is now the focus of one of the biggest crypto scams in history, thanks to a fake job advertisement that cost them (*gulp*) US$540M;
- Sending dick pics to one woman that you don’t know is tasteless, crude, crass, and stupid – now how big an arse would you have to be to send it to an entire PLANELOAD of passengers?!?!?!?!;
- Some 16 years ago, a FULL GENERATION back, Ilana Mercer wrote about the rapid decline of manliness and virility among males of that time, and it’s only gotten worse since then;
- An attention-whoring woman in India decided to marry herself, which leads to all sorts of interesting and weird scenarios, such as – what happens when she (inevitably) gets divorced?!?!?!?!;
MUH RUSHIAN KAHLOOOOOZHUN!!!
The Neo-Tsar continues to talk an extraordinary amount of sense about the coming collapse of American hegemony:
Those Who Fail To Learn From History…
History lessons of the week:
HALO Nation
Slayergod Remy aka Mint Blitz is really digging HALO Infinite co-op play:
It’s not something that I care about in the slightest, admittedly, but there you go.
And now let’s watch him do his thing:
Lored to Death
Nerd of the Rings explains how Isengard came to be:
That’s Not Gone Well…
Wazzocks gonna wazzock:
Kitchen Nightmares with the Angry Scot:
Comedy hour:
RIP Leslie Nielsen, one of the greatest comedians of all time…
Fortunately, Rowan Atkinson is still very much alive, and an absolute national treasure:
Pictionary, Pulchritude, Pew-Pews
We start with some great contributions from The Male Brain:
Onward:
That hotter-than-the-Sahara news reader? That would be Mรฉlissa Theuriau:
Uh… sorry, what were we talking about?
Oh, right.
Headlines of the week indicate that Bigfoot might be a lot more scary than we initially thought:
Your “Zero F**ks Given” moment of the week:
Your “OK Shroomer” moment of the week:
Your “Frisco on the Fritz” moment of the week:
Your “Huffing Glue” moment of the week:
Animal Planet
Your aminules are adorkable moment of the week:
And also your animals are absolute DICKS moment of the week, to balance things out:
And finally, your “Meanwhile, in Russia” moment of the week:
The Lords of Steel
Gym beast props this week go to the truly awesome John Haack:
Mood Music
Before we get to the really heavy stuff:
Livin’ in the Land of the Metal Gods
Hot Totty
Finally, we get to the Instathot of this most excellent and manly Monday. This here is Vera Gudkova (ะะตัะฐ ะัะดะบะพะฒะฐ), age 26, probably from Moscow, whose primary work appears to be as an OnlySimps model, who also does “other similar things” – let’s leave it at that.
All right, lads, back to work, it’s hot, it’s muggy, and the air conditioning bill isn’t going to pay for itself.
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Good to see Rappoport still alive and kickin’. He wrote a book years ago about HIV being a complete scam. Figures he’d be on top of the Covid thing too.
Those guys spotting the squat, yeah they’ll be able help.