Monday is a BITCH.
But, thanks to our good friend Dire Badger, we have some real bitches tackling each other on the field to make the day all better:
I know basically nothing about gridiron, but I’m given to understand that most of those tackles are blatantly illegal in the manly form of the game. But damn that shit is entertaining!
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From the ridiculous to the sublime – here is a simple video from, of all people, a Neo-Palestinian, explaining why the Lord is a masculine personality:
From my perspective, the reason why we refer to Our Lord using masculine pronouns is very simple:
The Lord is rational, always tells the truth, and ultimately makes sense, even if we don’t see it at the time.
A female deity cannot, by definition, have those attributes.
This sounds incredibly sexist, and, let’s face facts, it is. But any man (or woman) who has ever had to deal with any woman in the throes of a full-blown shit fit, knows perfectly well that it is 100% true.
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WORLD OF TANKS!!! (And industrial metal):
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One of Facebook’s co-founders is now arguing for the government to break up and regulate the company, because Mark Cuckerberg has a truly frightening amount of power and influence:
Who here wants to bet that this Chris Hughes guy ends up either getting offed via mysterious suicide, or caught in some sort of sordid and nasty scandal, or just plain gets disappeared all of a sudden, simply because he dared to speak the truth?
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IRON MAIDEN – also known as THE GREATEST BAND IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE – are well-known in the muzak bidness for their hatred of lip-syncing and pre-taped tracks. They strongly prefer to perform live at all times.
So when they were told, way back in 1986, that they HAD to appear live on German television and lip-sync their way through their latest hit single, “Wasted Years”, well… this happened:
It is really impossible to choose the funniest moment in that entire surreal sequence, but if I HAD to pick, it would probably be the expression on Nicko’s face when given ‘Arry’s bass guitar to (pretend to) play.
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“Bugs! BUGS!!!”:
Whatever sound director decided to put monkey and tiger sounds into a film about BUGS, needs to have his head examined. That decision was just idiotic.
That said – if you want to read a really good short story about what an unstoppable force of nature ants are, combined with an excellent understanding of siege warfare and defensive tactics, take a look at the classic “Leiningen Versus the Ants“.
If you want to know why that story is so terrifyingly creepy, well…:
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I do love a good Japanese katana:
It should be noted that the reputation of these swords is steeped in mysticism to a very large degree, as I have noted and explored before. Katana are not unbreakable; there have been numerous recorded instances of a katana snapping outright during sword-fighting duels, and actually it isn’t that difficult to snap one clean in half if you smash it hard enough into an object with sufficient density and resistance.
They are also not necessarily superior to Western blades. It really depends on the application and situation. Katana are blades designed for slashing and dismembering, while Western longswords and greatswords are primarily designed to be used as “edged clubs”.
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The Littlest Chickenshithawk got in a little too far over his head when interviewed by someone who actually knows how to do some research and ask tough questions:
Little Benji’s responses were textbook Gamma rage. He will never forget the humiliation that he suffered and will spend quite some time trying to spin it into some sort of weird “victory” for him.
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Leo Moracchioli’s cover of the RHCP song has to be seen to be believed:
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The Trap Lord posted up a video roasting the hell out of Burger King’s latest wokemercial:
Yeah, way to go, BK, trivialising mental health issues by marketing shitty burger meals…
Honestly, if this is the kind of garbage that we have to look forward to now that the Shrillennials are large and in charge throughout the media and advertising industries, then God help us all.
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A practitioner of the old style of the Art of (Breaking a Man’s Body and Will with) Eight Limbs has some interesting thoughts to share about the way that modern muay thai has strayed away from the roots of the art:
The old fighter’s points about the spiritual aspects of muay thai are pretty profound. Any real martial artist will tell you that there is a powerful connection between body, mind, soul, and nature when learning a serious fighting art.
Studying a real martial art will teach you things about yourself and others that you never understood before. In my own case, I know that I have a distinct aversion to interpersonal conflicts. If I see two characters about to engage in a big argument in a movie or TV show that I have already seen before, I often (but not always) pause it and walk out of the room, or skip it entirely, because I intensely dislike being around shouting matches.
Most people would see that and say that I am conflict-avoidant – a classic symptom of Gamma males, which is a very bad thing.
And yet… I absolutely love putting on gloves and pads and going a-Waltzin’ Matilda for an hour, sparring on the mat and testing my skills. I have no objection whatsoever to ramping up the intensity a bit for a few rounds and really taking hard contact.
Yes, I have taken shinbones to the neck. And feet to the face. And been hit so hard in the nose that it started pouring blood. And twisted an ankle really badly so that it swelled up like a snakebite, rested it for a day, then went to the gym and did squats and deadlifts the day after that, and then went onto the mat with it heavily strapped and protected and did a full hour of hard sparring the day after that.
You could call me crazy. You would be right.
If you had told me this about myself before I started learning how to fight, I would have laughed at you.
I really miss being able to spar with friends and brothers. Smashing my fists and shins into a heavy bag is helpful in this regard, but heavy bags don’t hit back, so it is a decidedly one-sided exercise.
If you are a Gamma, or have Gamma tendencies – learn how to lift heavy shit, and punch people in the face (and get punched in return). These things will go a long way toward curing your worst Gamma traits in a very big hurry.
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Related – here is a look at the ancient Burmese art of lethwei:
This is an interesting martial art to look at, in part because of the long history of rivalry between Thailand and Burma.
In the previous clip, shown above, there is a reference made to Nai Khanomtom. The legend surrounding him is pretty spectacular.:
According to Thai folklore at the time of the fall of the ancient Siamese capital of Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1767, the invading Burmese troops rounded up thousands of Siamese and took them to Burma as prisoners. Among them were a large number of Thai boxers, who were taken to the city of Ava.
In 1774, in the Burmese city of Rangoon, the Burmese King Hsinbyushin (known in Thai as “King Mangra”) decided to organize a seven-day, seven-night religious festival in honor of Buddha‘s relics. The festivities included many forms of entertainment, such as the costume plays called likay, comedies and farces, and sword-fighting matches. At one point, King Hsinbyushin wanted to see how Muay Boran would compare to the Lethwei (Burmese Boxing). Nai Khanomtom was selected to fight against the Burmese champion. The boxing ring was set up in front of the throne and Nai Khanomtom did a traditional Wai Kru pre-fight dance, to pay his respects to his teachers and ancestors, as well as the spectators, dancing around his opponent. This amazed and perplexed the Burmese people, who thought it was black magic. When the fight began, Nai Khanomtom charged out, using punches, kicks, elbows, and knees to pummel his opponent until he collapsed.
However the Burmese referee said the Burmese champion was too distracted by the dance, and declared the knockout invalid. The King then asked if Nai Khanomtom would fight nine other Burmese champions to prove himself. He agreed and fought them all, one after the other with no rest periods in between. His last opponent was a great kickboxing teacher from Rakhine. Nai Khanomtom mangled him by his kicks and no one else dared to challenge him.
King Mangra was so impressed that he allegedly remarked, “Every part of the Siamese is blessed with venom. Even with his bare hands, he can fell nine or ten opponents. But his Lord was incompetent and lost the country to the enemy. If he had been any good, there was no way the City of Ayutthaya would ever have fallen.” [17]
King Mangra granted Nai Khanomtom freedom along with either riches or two beautiful Burmese wives. Nai Khanomtom chose the wives as he said that money was easier to find. He then departed with his wives for Siam.
I do believe that, true to form, this is the moment for me to show you pictures of two hot Burmese chicks to drive home the point:
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Note – for the record, most Burmese women are short and quite plain-looking, from what I saw during my very brief stay in the country.
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And speaking of muay boran – have any of you watched any of Tony Jaa’s movies? Ong Bak, for instance, is an absolute classic of a martial arts masterpiece. Tony Jaa is himself a highly skilled and talented martial artist with a background in muay thai and its ancient ancestor, muay boran.
So if you’ve seen any of his movies, you know what muay boran looks like. In case you haven’t, though…:
OK, first things first… that fight choreography is AMAZING. (Or, as Millennial hipster douchenozzles – Lord, forgive me my redundancies – would say, “super amazeballs”.)
As you can see from the video there, muay boran is a much more acrobatic and free-flowing style of combat than muay thai, but it is easy to see the lineage between the modern art and its ancient ancestor. The same brutal front and round kicks, elbows, and punching combinations are there, but the stances in muay thai have changed to be more upright and the guard is much more tight and constrained than in muay boran.
Note also that modern muay thai is heavily influenced by Western boxing. So these days, muay thai fighters do not telegraph their punches – whereas in muay boran, you can see the windup for their punches almost a full second before they actually throw.
From the perspective of a martial arts scholar, it is quite fascinating to see how these arts evolve and change over time. You can see this in the way that Brazilian jiu jitsu – or, as our beloved and dreaded Supreme Dark Lord (PBUH) calls it, “Brazilian cuddling” – evolved out of judo, and then cross-pollinated right back into Japanese judo techniques.
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The ongoing feud between the bald MMA coach and ex-fighter, and the bald wing chun YouTube master, takes a truly hilarious turn when looking at how to escape full mount and severe ground-and-pound:
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Sticking with the martial arts theme, here is a true monster and legend of the subject, Big Bad Bas Rutten, in two of his best ever fights in the Pancrase promotion:
There are few things better than listening to Bas talking about Bas in a fight:
It doesn’t get much better than listening to Bas Rutten watching Bas Rutten break someone else’s liver.
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My good buddy and former sparring partner sent me this one:
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Our favourite Ukrainian tells the single guys where to look for high-quality women:
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If those Blackbird clips from last month got your interest going – here is a full hour-long documentary about what is still the greatest aircraft ever made:
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Here are a couple of great documentary clips concerning aircraft that were, unfortunately, never really built:
And then there is the XB-70 Valkyrie bomber, which was supposed to blast straight through Soviet radar screens and deliver high-speed surgical strikes to destroy their command-and-control structure:
I never quite understood the point of the Valkyrie. The entire concept seemed a bit weird to me. The thing was by no means stealthy and never really achieved its promises during the prototype phase. But it was still an astonishing aircraft.
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Here’s a great old documentary that explains the very different military mindsets between the Americans and Russkies:
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Your feel-good track of the day:
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This classic TOP GEAR clip has a brilliant bit at the end about a Jaguar XKRR that handled “like a greasy weasel”:
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Pics from Power Line and other places, and we’re going to get straight into offending people as fast as possible:
Floriduh has been awfully busy this week:
I’m pretty sure that was taken somewhere in Moscow, judging by the trolleybus lines all over the place.
And, yes, Russian women really are that fine. Speaking from personal experience, y’all.
Now for a whole heap of STAR WARS-related awesomeness:
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Dog of the week is the German shepherd:
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Gym fails time, sadly:
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And now some gym beasts, to get rid of the horrible taste left by that:
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#TemplarsOfSteel
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And finally, here is your Instathot of the week – who isn’t actually much of a thot, from what I can tell, since she is happily married with a daughter. Her name is Heather Marsh, and she is a fitness trainer of some kind, as well as a fitness model herself:
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