FMIM.
Fortunately, it could always be worse. After all, you could be walking into your office and sitting down at a desk in Nike’s brand management or advertising departments.
I’m sure everyone has seen by now that Nike decided to put liberal martyr (in his own mind), BLM-promoting asshat, and general all-around douche Colin “Live on your knees!” Kaepernick on its latest ad campaign.
The results were… perhaps not what Nike expected.
Nike’s shares fell nearly 3% after the announcement, and in the days since then, its brand approval rating has collapsed.
The liars of the lying Fake News Media (Lord, forgive me my redundancies) would like you to believe that the carnage was caused mostly by Republicans, but an actual look at the data says otherwise:
Perhaps this might be because Americans are smart enough to understand that a multi-millionaire, getting paid millions more to be the face of a massive new advertising campaign, really hasn’t sacrificed terribly much.
The resulting backlash did spawn some hilarious memes, though. Here are a few, courtesy of Power Line. (Note: out of respect for the wishes of Pat Tillman’s widow, I am not going to use the, admittedly awesome, one that involves his face. Don’t worry, though, Donaldus Triumphus Jr.’s version is even better.)
(My sides!!! Words cannot describe the epicness of that one.)
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It is with great sadness that we all acknowledge the passing of a true legend. RIP Burt Reynolds:
Burt Reynolds, the handsome film and television star known for his acclaimed performances in “Deliverance” and “Boogie Nights” and for an active off-screen life which included relationships with Loni Anderson, Sally Field and Dinah Shore, has died at age 82.
His death was confirmed Thursday by his agent Todd Eisner. In a statement, his niece, Nancy Lee Hess, called his death “totally unexpected,” although she acknowledged he had health issues.
“He was tough. Anyone who breaks their tail bone on a river and finishes the movie is tough. And that’s who he was. My uncle was looking forward to working with Quentin Tarantino, and the amazing cast that was assembled,” she said, referring to the upcoming film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt.
Hess noted her uncle’s kindness and generosity, and thanked “all of his amazing fans who have always supported and cheered him on, through all of the hills and valleys of his life and career.”
The mustachioed, smirking Reynolds inspired a wide range of responses over his long, erratic career: critical acclaim and critical scorn, popular success and box office bombs. Reynolds made scores of movies, ranging from lightweight fare such as the hits “The Cannonball Run” and “Smokey and the Bandit” to more serious films like “The Longest Yard” and “The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing.”
I didn’t see Smokey and the Bandit until I was an adult, and I still haven’t seen Deliverance. But I have seen Burt Reynolds doing what he does best in various places, including on a superb episode of Burn Notice. (That show was one of the very best ever to hit network television. If you haven’t seen it, I do believe the whole series is on Netflix now. Sit thy behind downeth on thy coucheth, and watch all 7 seasons. You’ll thank me later.)
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South Africa enacts “land reforms” – economy promptly hits the skids:
Massive declines in the agricultural, transport and retail sectors have dragged the South African economy into recession after nearly a decade of growth. It is a huge blow to President Ramaphosa’s controversial reforms.
GDP in the second quarter contracted by 0.7 percent compared to the first three months of the current year. South African national currency, the rand, extended declines against the US dollar to more than two percent as government bonds fell after the released data.
“We are in a recession,” Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke said, commenting on the reports that reflect two consecutive quarters of contraction.
According to Statistics South Africa, agricultural production declined by 29.2 percent, while the transport, communication and storage sector dropped 4.9 percent. At the same time, mining output grew by 4.9 percent and finance by 1.9 percent.
The news is expected to increase concerns over the weakening rand, along with plans for a widely-debated land reform and negative after-effects triggered by state corruption under former president Jacob Zuma.
So let’s get this straight.
Majority-black South Africa votes in a bunch of black thugs who make it very clear that they want whitey OUT and also want whitey to pay for everything in the process.
Whites either flee South Africa, or get their stuff taken from them at gunpoint – thereby destroying the most productive and wealthy parts of the South African economy.
The Russians agree to take in a bunch of white farmers from South Africa and let them contribute to Russia’s booming grain export business – Russia now happens to be the world’s largest net exporter of wheat, by the way.
Even the pozzed-out Aussie government, which normally cannot be expected to differentiate arse from elbow when it comes to sensible decisions regarding race and culture, is apparently looking to take in a bunch of Boers.
And meanwhile South Africa continues to go straight down the shitter.
Gee willickers and bless my britches, whoever saw that coming…
I mean, FFS, how many times does it need to be demonstrated to the rest of humanity that when you throw out whites, who in general are very, very good at building and maintaining real, functioning, K-selected societies and civilisations, you end up screwing yourself?
This is what happens when racial identity rules over politics. It is inevitable that people will vote along lines of race and religion, not economic interest. And the reality of black Africa is simple: it’s a disaster.
Let’s all please stop pretending that black Africa can be saved from itself. Instead let’s adopt the attitude of actual white Africans who have left Africa for greener (and more sensible, and less lethal) pastures: LET AFRICA SINK.
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This cannot be repeated often enough – DO NOT SCREW WITH THE NEO-TSAR:
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I think maybe Mario ate one too many mushrooms:
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Robot Chicken humour may be a bit dark, bloody, and violent for some, but I do find quite a lot of it very funny.
Which, I suspect, indicates something not terribly nice about me…
I particularly like their highly irreverent takes on superheroes:
This next one is just a bit messed up:
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Your WARHAMMER 40,000 nerd reference of the week:
Don’t worry if you didn’t get it. That was intended for serious tabletop gaming nerds.
(Well, that, and fans of hack-and-shoot video games. Like me.)
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There is a rather interesting channel over on YouTube called STAR WARS Theory, evidently maintained by a complete spergnerd with far too much time on his hands, no girlfriend, and not enough of a life an avid interest in STAR WARS Expanded Universe lore. The chap behind the channel has come up with a number of quite fascinating videos that explore some interesting questions concerning everyone’s favourite terrifying Supreme Dark Lord.
(Er… no… not that one, the other one. The one who really was terrifying when he first strode onto the screen in the original STAR WARS.)
There is a series of videos that he does concerning Anakin Skywalker’s transformation into Darth Badass following his mutilation and immolation on Rastafar Mustafar by ImSoBored Obi-Wan Kenobi, and I have to admit, they are actually quite good:
I know that Hayden Christensen absolutely blew chunks in his portrayal of Anakin Wussface, but after watching those two videos, you sort of feel some compassion for the character of Anakin Skywalker and what he endured in his fall to the Dark Side. You realise that Darth Vader’s evil was driven entirely by rage, pain, isolation, and fear. The most terrifying of all of the Sith was no longer human in any recognisable way, except for the tiny spark of good that was left within him from the love of his wife.
(Never mind that Padme Amidala was ten years older than Anakin when they met – and was therefore only about 18 or so. And never mind what that suggests about George Lucas’s frame of mind when writing the character of an 8-year-old boy who grows up into an 18-year-old horny teen and obsesses over a girl in her late twenties that entire time. Some things are just too creepy to bear thinking about much.)
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More epic awesomesauce pictures from Power Line, culling the best memes from around the Web this week:
This next one had me rolling on the floor:
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What would Monday be without gym fails?
I particularly love this one:
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As usual, to make up for the gym idiots, here is a clip of a gym beast:
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Speaking of Burt Reynolds, or at least, the best movie that he ever acted in:
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#MetalMonday:
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Time for your Instathot of the week. Longtime reader buscaraons asked for, and I quote directly, “a shout out to petite curvy (*cough* like the wife*cough) women“.
Glad to oblige, mi compadre.
The best sources for such girls seem to be Colombia and Brazil. So I went and found a chick from Colombia – which in my personal opinion is one of the Holy Trinity of Women, right up there with Russia and Thailand.
Note – I think she’s petite and somewhat short, but I could be wrong about that. I know, however, that she is definitely curvy.
I really hope you boys appreciate the lengths that I go to for all y’all. It’s really good fun hard work to go trawling on Instagram for thots pretty women dressed in pretty much nothing “minimalist” outfits.
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Didact,
Thanks for the photos. She's very lovely. If I were single, i'd pursue her. But my fist love is my wife 🙂
xavier
No problem. As you can see, I take customer satisfaction very seriously around here ))
Didact,
Thanks!
xavier
Wow, I had no idea GQ was run by such simpering pussies.
Err…. did you mean GQ, or Nike???
Oh, I already knew about Nike being a bunch of pussies, but until I read the story you linked to, I'd always thought GQ stood for "Gentleman's Quarterly".
Evidently, I was wrong; it stands for "Gibbering Queermos"
Ah, right, that one.
gq.com/story/pat-till-widow-no-anti-kaepernick-stunts
Yeah. I've been told by at least one woman I know to read GQ to get mens' fashion advice to smarten up my style, but there is no reason for me to read a magazine staffed by a bunch of obviously flaming faggots.
All I gotta say is dude, seriously watch the movie. A LOT of pop culture comes from it.