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Monday morning manny mauling

by | May 15, 2023 | Mondays | 1 comment

Ah, Monday. Our old enemy. We meet again. And, if you’re anything like me, you tend to start your Mondays having to deal with the Dreaded Spawn of Billzebub – POWERPOINT. I swear, if I could pay someone a commission to just automate all of my PowerPointless shit, I would happily do it. I am much better off spending my time writing Python code and noodling around with SQL and Excel. PowerPoint, on the other hand, is a COLOSSAL time-sink which NOBODY uses correctly.

Nonetheless, days like today are the reason why the Great Mondaydact Browser Killer exists. So let’s get on with it.

Today’s headline story is all about one Jake Shields, former UFC welterweight and middleweight contender and a living legend of MMA. He recently issued a challenge to the top 10 toughest female-to-male transsexuals in the world, to take them on one after another under MMA rules, with no training camp for himself, and no rest in between rounds.

A mentally ill woman, who thinks she is a man, responded in rather profane fashion to the challenge, and… well, you really have to get to about halfway through this Timcast episode to get to the truly hilarious part:

Yeah. Shields is 6 feet tall and fights at 170lbs, and probably weighs closer to 190lbs these days. The woman who tried to metaphorically slap him in the face with a glove, is 5’2″ and weighs 125lbs DRIPPING WET.

That fight would be over in all of about 5 seconds.

I have to admit, I listened to this while out for a walk, and when I heard the actual heights involved, I started laughing like a drain – while in public. I am sure more than a few people wondered what kind of lunatic walked among them.

This is the reality of Clown World – where mentally ill women think they can take on men who are FAR larger, stronger, tougher, and more skilled than them. Sooner or later, the Honklers of this world are going to get their way, and then we will immediately witness these clowns being put very brutally in their place.

I, for one, will have zero sympathy whatsoever for the “women” who put themselves in danger at that point. They wanted equality – they will get it, good and hard, up the wrong end, even AFTER mutilating themselves and taking life-destroying hormones to pretend they can compete on an equal field with men, in areas where men excel.

Buckle up, boys. The collapse of Clown World is well underway, and we have ringside seats.


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, was in full flow at the Clown News Network townhall event this week, and showed exactly why he won the 2016 election – the last even halfway legitimate election the USSA had:


#BasedTucker is Based


Dawn of Battle

The Male Brain has lots of stuff to keep us occupied this Monday. We start with a great video from the very much Awakened J. P. Sears:

Wisecrack offers a philosopher’s take on how your job controls you – very germane for today:

thejuicemedia explain reserve banking, quite accurately:

Facts Matter with Roman Balmkov puts the science back into the whole “trust the HOHLEE SAYENCE!!!” nonsense:

Ivor Cummins expands upon the issue of wildly inaccurate climate science:

Kersey Fabrications has a really cool geek gift for anyone with the cash to pay for it:


Poli-ticking Off

Mark Dice is as delighted as the rest of us to see #BasedTucker’s return:


The dynamic duo over at Redacted point out the unpleasant reality of Blackrock’s involvement in the Banderastan War:


Дед Сварливый Говорит!

Grandpa Grumpuss grumps, grumpily, about the importance of staying away from the noise and nonsense associated with the SMO:


It’s All Greek To Us

The good gentlemen of The Duran unpack the narratives and spin surrounding the much-ballyhooed Khreat Khokholite Khumvee Khounteroffensive, which both is and is not khommencing:

I call it “Schrodinger’s Offensive”, and I am far from the only one.


The Bald Truth

Brian Berletic of The New Atlas takes a detailed look at the latest Western wunderwaffe sent to the Banderites:


Rulings from the Bench

Judge Andrew Napolitano has assembled quite the collection of talented talking heads every week. We start with Ray McGovern:

In place of Col. Douglas Macgregor, who appears to be on vacation, and Maj. Scott Ritter, who is on a book tour throughout Russia, we have LTC Daniel Davis – who, like Col. Macgregor, fought with gallantry and distinction at the Battle of 73 Easting:

We also have LTC Tony Shaffer – whom I find to be rather less compelling, incisive, and just plain correct in his analyses than his friend, Col. Macgregor, but we get what we get:

And journalist Alistair Crooke:

Plus, of course, Larry Johnson:


Righteous Rantery

Lord Razor of the Fist Clan is delighted to see the God-Emperor’s return to form:


So is PJW – who cannot help but crack up at the way T-RUMP manhandled the manjawed whorenalist standing next to him:


Bad Medicine

Dr. John Campbell is not happy with the way excess deaths in the UK keep being ignored:


Vejon Health looks at the results of an actual autopsy of someone who died with (or perhaps from) the not-vaxx:


Dr. Suneel Dhand offers up some candid thoughts on the resignation of the CDC Misdirector:


Warriors of Faith

Tha Dizzle and his buddy The Apostate Prophet laugh themselves silly over old clips from Steven Crowder – back when he was actually, legitimately, genuinely hilarious, and mocked the shit out of Izzlam:


Dr. Jay Smith from PfanderFilms interviews Dr. Robert Spencer, in a very fascinating look at Spencer’s new book, The Critical Qur’an:


Al-Fadi from CIRA International and Mel from Sneaker’s Corner explain how the major historical discrepancies in the SIN came about:


Manly Men of Manliness

Terrence Popp notes the price of women keeps going up, but the quality keeps going down:


Joker from Better Bachelor gives a MGTOW perspective on the same issue:


Burn Paedowood to the Ground

Midnight’s Edge connects the Wages of Woke between Disney and ABInBev:


Overlord Dicktor Van Doomcock rubs his hands with glee watching the House of the Devil Mouse crater:


Gary from Nerdrotic points out the rather severe problems with Marvel Phase Bore and the M-She-U:


Ryan Kinel has some very bad pop-culture news for those of us who actually enjoyed watching the old Transformers cartoons:


The Drinker offers a rather drunken, yet somehow sensible, take on the latest Guardians movie:


Reading Too Much Into Things

Your “Science is F***ING WEIRD” moment of the week is from Dawn Pine, and discusses how being a fatass teenager results in retarded adults (I paraphrase minutely):

Background/Objectives

Adverse effects of excess BMI (affecting 1 in 5 children in the US) on brain circuits during neurodevelopmentally vulnerable periods are incompletely understood. This study investigated BMI-related alterations in maturating functional networks and their underlying brain structures, and high-level cognition in early adolescence.

Subjects/Methods

Cross-sectional resting-state fMRI, structural sMRI, neurocognitive task scores, and BMI from 4922 youth [median (IQR) age = 120.0 (13.0) months, 2572 females (52.25%)] from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) cohort were analyzed. Comprehensive topological and morphometric network properties were estimated from fMRI and sMRI, respectively. Cross-validated linear regression models assessed correlations with BMI. Results were reproduced across multiple fMRI datasets.

Results

Almost 30% of youth had excess BMI, including 736 (15.0%) with overweight and 672 (13.7%) with obesity, and statistically more Black and Hispanic compared to white, Asian and non-Hispanic youth (p < 0.01). Those with obesity or overweight were less physically active, slept less than recommended, snored more frequently, and spent more time using an electronic device (p < 0.01). They also had lower topological efficiency, resilience, connectivity, connectedness and clustering in Default-Mode, dorsal attention, salience, control, limbic, and reward networks (p ≤ 0.04, Cohen’s d: 0.07-0.39). Lower cortico-thalamic efficiency and connectivity were estimated only in youth with obesity (p < 0.01, Cohen’s d: 0.09-0.19). Both groups had lower cortical thickness, volume and white matter intensity in these networks’ constituent structures, particularly anterior cingulate, entorhinal, prefrontal, and lateral occipital cortices (p < 0.01, Cohen’s d: 0.12-0.30), which also mediated inverse relationships between BMI and regional functional topologies. Youth with obesity or overweight had lower scores in a task measuring fluid reasoning – a core aspect of cognitive function, which were partially correlated with topological changes (p ≤ 0.04).

Conclusions

Excess BMI in early adolescence may be associated with profound aberrant topological alterations in maturating functional circuits and underdeveloped brain structures that adversely impact core aspects of cognitive function.


Your long read of the week is also from The Male Brain, and is about why private companies engage in the Big Spy business:

In the worlds of financing and espionage, the game is the same: stay ahead of competitors. What this means in practice is netting as much information about adversaries and allies as possible. In order to decide whether to double-down on an investment or run for cover, an analyst is interested in the likelihood of a company’s technological success, the risk of other investors swooping in and staking a claim, the potential for competing companies to introduce similar products, and the probability that regulatory authorities might act in ways that affect the company’s future profitability. You have to keep an eye on your company, its competitors, your rivals, and any number of government agencies. The complexity of such an arrangement is why private intelligence services are regularly used to monitor all these variables, collect information, analyze risks, and propose solutions.

What might a “proposed solution” to an intelligence problem look like? It could mean tracking the private flight paths of other potential investors to determine whether they are making a play that could either weaken your relative ownership share or harm its ultimate profitability. It could mean paying close attention to arcane public testimony delivered at some congressional subcommittee hearing involving little-known regulatory bodies in hopes that future government interactions with your emerging market can be lobbied or surmised. Intelligence collection starts at this basic level and goes as deeply as private intelligence operators and their clients are willing to go.

If information collection and analysis help to predict future events, information warfare can then help to shape those future events. The line separating advertising and public relations campaigns from corporate-sanctioned propaganda is thin. Did the star of a new movie wear a particular brand of sneakers because it is his favorite footwear or because the company behind the sneakers has a sister company producing the film or because the footwear firm is paying for the shot. Did a large newspaper run front-page stories about a politician’s affair because it is national news or because damaging that politician’s credibility will make it more difficult for the committee he chairs to hold the newspaper’s largest shareholder accountable for regulatory infractions in an unrelated industry? Do companies release “woke” commercials that hurt their bottom lines because professional public relations firms misread consumer opinion or because doing so shields corporate board members from potential discrimination lawsuits? Does the government incentivize Americans’ purchase of electric vehicles because doing so will “save the planet” or because the industry players most likely to gain financially from environmental mandates have filled legislators’ campaign coffers and family foundations to the hilt?

Make no mistake: corporations are heavily invested in shaping the perceptions, beliefs, and expectations of the public in ways that will bring financial reward. Information warfare beyond mere advertising is all around. That is the situation whether the product is a new line of stealth aircraft for the next war, a new pharmaceutical product that markets itself as essential for saving lives, or a new kind of sugar-free cookie made popular by online “influencers” who say dessert helped them lose weight.

If even the most harmless-sounding doll company has an incentive to gather and shape public information, consider the incentives of companies that generate revenue entirely from the collection and use of personal data. Advertisers seeking to influence consumer behavior are interested not only in a potential buyer’s likes and dislikes but also in all the life patterns that might be exploited to reach that buyer’s mind. When social media users tag everything they see, hear, and read with actual “likes” or “dislikes,” that job becomes much easier. If a company’s target demographic is middle-class moms, and social media traffic shows that middle-class moms are primarily concerned about the same issue, then corporate advertisers will mold commercials that reflect concern for that issue, as well. Location data can also be bought directly from cellular networks or messaging apps. A significant percentage of these moms train at karate dojos. Corporate advertisers now know the best way to influence future buying behavior is to advertise near or in partnership with martial arts schools. Unsuspecting martial arts mothers are flooded with targeted messaging when they would least expect it.

Companies that collect raw data specifically so that it might be analyzed and used to influence consumer behavior rake in big bucks as private spies. Almost all private companies have now entered the “spy business.” What clothing fashions catch your eye? Are you more or less inclined to make a purchase near a food court? Do your purchases, when combined with those of millions of others, reveal that people who like convertible cars prefer a particular brand of camping equipment?

No matter how tiny, every piece of data can be significant. That is why data collection is not the exclusive purview of credit card, social media, and mobile phone companies but rather part of the regular business model of any company making a buck. In the old days, television and movie studios wanted to know what you watch; today, everybody wants to know what you watch, what you like, what you do, where you go, and with whom you go there. In turn, all this information is ultimately used to manipulate human behavior.


Linkage is good for you:

And some more from Dawn Pine:


MUH RUSHIAN KAHLOOOOOZHUN!!!

The Neo-Tsar gave a great speech at Victory Day on May 9th:


That’s Not Gone Well…

Wazzocks gonna wazzock:


Meme Warfare

We start with some memes from The Male Brain that relate directly to the videos upstairs:

Agreed
Corporate culture in a nutshell X 2
Been there
I believe some of us can relate
MILLENNIALS!
Been there too
Next, ignore. Classic tactic for delaying work
This is so 20 years ago

(Yeah, but it still happens – via Teams messages now.)

Also many other rich folks.
EVERY SINGLE TIME!
Compare it with the false “97%”
I call it a tie 
Finally, the TRUTH!
OK, not the same thing at all, but still true
A few more that I can think of: Manager, Scientist, Teacher and the list can go on an on

Onward:

That’s hardly a bad idea, though
Even in non-White cultures, that remains largely true
That guy is MUCH smarter than his films and comedy routines make him out to be

Animal Planet

Your aminules are adorkable moment of the week:


The Lords of Steel

Gym beast props this week go to Vladimir Shmondenko, who is almost certainly of Ukrainian origin, but we won’t hold that against him, because look what he can do when pranking people:


Ass-Kicking of the Eight Limbs


They See Me Rollin’…


Palate Cleansers

Jump-Starts

Roots

Crankin’ Up the DEUS VULT!!!

Русский Мир


Livin’ in the Land of the Metal Gods

Also Einstein: “I fear that someday people will post my pic on the Internet with bogus made-up quotations in Comic Sans font”

This week, we are going to do something a bit different, and focus primarily on the EPIC vocals of The Dyslexic Voice of Dog – aka Bruce Dickinson, singer for THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME, IRON MAIDEN. (There is NO ARGUMENT WHATSOEVER on this subject. Not now, not ever.)

So here are a bunch of songs where he is the lead singer – not just with IRON MAIDEN, but across his entire legendary career:

LEGENDARY song, that one
There are recordings floating around of Bruce singing that like 30 years ago for a tribute collection – and he sounds EXACTLY like Gillan!

Rock Out With Your Glock Out


Hot Totty

And finally, here is your Instathot to get the week off to the right start. She is Simona Matulová, probably around 30, from Slovakia. She is some sort of WAG (Wife-and-Girlfriend), associated with a Czech footballist named Filip Twardzik.

OK, show’s over, back to the grind.

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1 Comment

  1. Gunner Q

    Let us know when the Jake Shields fight happens. I wanna watch girlie-boy bring an attitude to a physics class.

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