Ugh. Monday again.
That being said, there are some heartening signs that people are getting absolutely fed to the back teeth with the restrictions that they have been placed under, for NO GOOD REASON WHATSOEVER. Americans are spontaneously organising to protest vociferously against the decisions made by their government overlords at the state level, and the God-Emperor has very clearly signaled his intent to get America back to work as fast as possible.
Once again, the Daemoncrats are the ones getting in the way. If there is one absolutely reliable rule of politics these days, it is that you can always rely on the Daemoncrats to oppose freedom and pretend that they know better than you do what is good for you.
But let’s put all of that to one side, momentarily at least, for it is now time for the Great Mondaydact Browser Buster – and yea, verily, it be a goodeth one…. eth.
We open this week with, unfortunately, a bit of sad news.
As our friend Dawn Pine pointed out to me, actor Brian Dennehy passed away last week. Now, my opinion of Hollyweird is probably even more extreme than most; in my view, if most Hollyweird actors ended up six feet under tomorrow, the world would be far better off as a result.
There are, however, some exceptions to that rule. Brian Dennehy was one of those.
One of my first memories of Brian Dennehy’s work came from the screwball comedy Tommy Boy:
But he was capable of far, far more than just comedy work. His best stuff was always in serious films – like, for instance, First Blood:
The interesting thing is that, while he had some decent successes in Hollywood, he eventually got pretty tired of that whole lifestyle and moved to theatre and stage work instead. Yet, even in the worst films that he appeared in, he was usually the most magnetic and interesting part of them.
Not everything about Mr. Dennehy’s record is on the up-and-up, though. He served in the US Marines from 1958 to 1963 – and claimed that he served in Vietnam and was wounded in combat. That never, ever happened, and he admitted as much in 1999.
That being said, he did seem to have his head screwed on right when it came to politics – which is to say, he had sense enough to stay out of it, at least publicly. Here’s what he had to say in an interview that Dawn Pine forwarded to me:
Asked about actors who give their political opinions, Dennehy says this: “Actors are like anybody else, they have a right to their opinion. They do have, usually, a loud microphone in which to speak so they probably should know more of what they’re talking about before they start shooting off their mouths. And in many cases they don’t. But that’s all right. They have the same rights as anybody else.”
He adds, “It would probably be more effective if a lot of them do more reading and thinking before they said anything.”
On top of that, he had five kids with two wives, and he stayed married to his second wife from 1988 to the day he died. He was flawed and Fallen, as all of us are, but he evidently lived a good and productive life.
Clear skies, Mr. Dennehy.
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It’s 4/20, which means that a whole bunch of potheads are going to get WAY too high on their own supply today:
I don’t have any patience for potheads. That shit smells disgusting and, while I reckon that CBD oil likely has significant medical benefits, I also think that smoking it is seriously bad for you.
Don’t waste your time smoking weed. Go write a book, train in the gym, take a bike ride, travel, date women, whatever – you’ll end up being far more productive than if you stick to toking.
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His Most Illustrious, Noble, August, Benevolent, and Legendary Celestial Majesty, the God-Emperor of Mankind, Donaldus Triumphus Magnus Astra, the First of His Name, may the Lord bless him and preserve him, was on a badass tear last week, even by his own epic standards:
And, being the UR-ALPHA that he is, the God-Emperor is refusing to back down in the face of the mockery and japes of the whorenalists of the lying (((media))) who are desperately trying to stop him from discovering the true origins of the Kung Flu:
US President Donald Trump hinted that a probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic hasn’t ruled out that it may have started in a lab in China, fanning the flames of a conspiracy theory that’s turning increasingly mainstream.
Asked to comment on reports stating the US government had “high confidence” the Covid-19 outbreak “emanated” from a virology lab in the city of Wuhan at Wednesday’s White House briefing, the president remained somewhat tight-lipped, but said just enough to lend credence to the increasingly popular claim.
“Well, I don’t want to say that… but I will tell you, more and more we’re hearing the story, and we’ll see,” he said.
A Washington Post [Jeff Bezos Blog] report on Tuesday said American officials had visited the lab – the Wuhan Institute of Virology – in 2018 and later warned of lax safety protocols, which the Post says has now “fueled discussions inside the US government about whether this or another Wuhan lab was the source of the virus.” The report acknowledged that any “conclusive proof” for the idea had yet to emerge, however.
“Conclusive proof for the idea had yet to emerge”, my muscular buttocks. That’s BULLSHIT.
We have conclusive proof. The evidence that this virus was manufactured is so great as to be beyond reasonable doubt at this point.
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Related – for those few of you who persist in thinking that the God-Emperor is nothing more than a hedonistic billionaire born with a silver spoon in his mouth, watch this first:
A friend and reader sent that to me. It’s well worth watching in full. The God-Emperor IS the Lord’s chosen instrument. Always remember that the Lord uses broken instruments to do His will – and always remember that ultimately, the Lord wants to bring us back to Him.
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#BasedTucker is based:
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A few Aussies remain based, against the tides and currents of the time:
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Mark Dice points out that Odumbass the Lightworker has absolutely lost his magic touch:
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Bill Whittle looks at the God-Emperor’s plan to get America working again:
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The boys from Blue Collar Logic point out the horrible stupidity of spending trillions upon trillions of dollars in money that the US government does not have on “saving” the American economy:
Let’s be very clear about something. The US economy doesn’t need stimulus. It needs certainty. Right now, the entire US economy is being held back by the government. And the God-Emperor, businessman that he is, wants to open things back up – but he’s getting advice from virologists and epidemiologists who are working off of horrendously flawed models with zero predictive power.
Stimulus just gets in the way. It’s an idiotic idea that should have been consigned to the garbage heap of history decades ago.
Just give businesses tax relief and certainty. That’s it. American ingenuity, strength, and drive will do all of the rest.
Indeed, it’s time to Make America Great Again… Again!:
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The Male Brain has plenty of good stuff to contribute this week. We start with a kind of long rant from Facebook that is basically an edited version of a funny meme that’s been doing the rounds:
Here are the official Coronavirus guidelines:
1. Basically, you can’t leave the house for any reason, but if you have to, then you can.
2. Masks are useless. But they will protect you. They can save you, no they can’t, they’re useless, but wear one anyway. Now they’re mandatory. But maybe. Or not.
3. Stores are closed, except for the ones that are open.
4. You should not go to the hospital unless you have to go there. Stay out of the ER at all costs unless you’re having a medical emergency then it’s okay.
5. This virus is deadly but still not too scary, except that sometimes it actually leads to a global disaster. Stay calm.
6. Gloves won’t help, but they can still help. Especially if you wear the same pair for hours and everywhere you go, then you can not spread germs, nope. #science
7. Everyone needs to stay home, but it’s important to go out because sun. Sunlight will kill the virus but not if the virus kills you first by walking in the sunlight where you may be exposed to the virus.
8. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarket, but there are many things missing when you go there in the evening, but not in the morning. Sometimes.
9. The virus has no effect on children except those it has affected or will affect.
10. Animals are not affected, but there is still a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested yet, and a tiger.. and one really deadly but also possibly fictional but very sick bat.
11. You will have many symptoms when you are sick, but you can also get sick without symptoms, have symptoms without being sick, or be contagious without having symptoms.
12. In order not to get sick, you have to eat well and exercise, but also never go out to the grocery store so eat shelf stable processed crap and stay inside your four walls but also stay healthy.
13. It’s better to get some fresh air, but you may be arrested if you’re getting fresh air the wrong way and most importantly, don’t go to a park, the fresh air there is deadly.
14. Under no circumstances should you go to retirement homes, but if you have to take care of the elderly and bring them food and medication then fine. Just wear gloves. The same ones. All day.
15. If you are sick, you can’t go out, but you can go to the pharmacy to get your medications. Just don’t make eye contact cause you may spread your sickness that way.
16. You can get restaurant food delivered to the house, which may have been prepared by people who didn’t wear masks or gloves. But you have to leave your groceries outside for 3 hours to be decontaminated by the fresh air that also may have virus particles floating around in it.
17. Taxi drivers are immune to the virus apparently since you can still take a taxi ride with a random taxi driver. Just don’t take the taxi to your mom’s house because you know. Stay away from your mom.
18. You can walk around with a friend if you stay six feet apart but don’t visit with your family if they don’t live under the same roof as you. Even if you’ve all been locked inside for two months already. You may still have the virus and just not know it yet. You’ll find out. Wait another week. Wasn’t that week? Might be the next one. Keep waiting.
19. You are safe if you maintain the appropriate social distance, but you can’t go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance. Social distancing means you shouldn’t leave your house and don’t be social, except you may go to the liquor store but don’t socialize there while you’re being socially distant.
20. The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours, no, four, no, six, no, we didn’t say hours, maybe days? But it takes a damp environment. Oh no, not necessarily.
21. The virus stays in the air – well no, or yes, maybe, especially in a closed room, in one hour a sick person can infect ten, so if it falls, all our children were already infected at school before it was closed. But remember, if you stay at the recommended social distance, however in certain circumstances you should maintain a greater distance, which, studies show, the virus can travel further, maybe.
22. We count the number of deaths but we don’t know how many people are infected as we have only tested so far those who were “almost dead” to find out if that’s what they will die of…
23. The virus will only disappear if we achieve collective immunity.. but stay inside until the virus disappears.
Are we really trusting the ones in charge?
Here’s an interesting video about how pandemics change society – with lots of added comedy:
And here’s a Screen Rant take on X-Men: Dark Phoenix:
I haven’t watched this movie. Dawn Pine has. He pointed out that Sophie Turner is naturally about a B-cup, but looked like a C-cup or even a D in the film.
Are you shocked? I’m not. Neither was The Male Brain.
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China Uncensored tells you what the whorenalists of the lying (((media))) refuse to tell you about the way that China treats foreigners:
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Related – one of the farangs who went to China during the boom years explains exactly why he has soured on the place, and finally understands and appreciates exactly why America is such a great country:
He has come around in a way that a lot of people already have, and MANY more will over the coming years.
Life is not all about fancy pants and lollipops. Yeah, Asia’s infrastructure is WAY better than America’s in a lot of ways. But when it comes to competence, transparency, decency, and most importantly, trust – far and away, the best place in the world is not in Asia, but in the Christian West.
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Not that anyone who reads this needs to be told twice – but the ChiComs are LYING THROUGH THEIR (often crooked) TEETH about the state of the Kung Flu in their own country:
Seriously, what is it with Chinese orthodontia? I thought Brits had bad teeth, but actually the worst sets of choppers that I’ve ever seen are always among Indians, Chinese, and Japanese.
Among Indians and Chinese, you can kind of sort of excuse it, because these are poor countries without much by way of widespread access to good healthcare. But I’ve literally seen Japanese women with green teeth.
Given the Japanese obsession with cleanliness and aesthetics, I truly don’t get why they have such awful teeth.
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PJW has been using his time under quarantine to… uh… well… aw hell, just watch:
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Paul Ramsey puts into words exactly what we’re all thinking:
It is becoming indisputably clear at this point that COVID-19 is not the all-hands-on-deck massive crisis that we all thought it was. It has instead become an excuse for world governments to inflict enormous economic and psychological harm upon their citizens, in the name of “protecting” the least productive and least useful parts of the population.
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Jared Taylor from American Renaissance asks a good question about who truly matters during a pandemic:
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Sargon makes the point that people like me have been making for YEARS – the Chinese are the most racist people anywhere on Earth:
He also breaks down Emma Watson’s latest feminist nonsense:
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Terrence Popp is every bit as irritated by Emma Watson’s bloviating as Sargon is – but has a much more American take on her stupidity:
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El Razorfist has been strangely silent this week and appears to be spending most of his time playing video games – so here’s a classic rant of his from way back in the day:
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Midnight’s Edge looks at the rise and fall of the AMC movie chain:
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Gary from Nerdrotic can’t tear his eyes away from the slow-motion train wreck that is the demise of Marvel’s SJWarriors:
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The Drinker has been watching this Netflix phenomenon called Tiger King. I have no idea what it is, and have no particular interest in watching it given that apparently it features some sort of polyamourous gay group headed by the title character, but here’s what it’s all about:
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Overlord Dicktor Van Doomcock is severely cheesed off about the fact that the Devil Mouse’s censors are taking snippers to classic film moments, because FEEEEEEEWINGS:
Disney has been doing a lot of this stupid shit of late. Their collapse cannot come soon enough.
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A fan-made WARHAMMER 40,000 movie starring the Grey Knights? YES PLEASE!
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Your “Science is F***ING WEIRD” moment of the week comes by way of a star that moves in a way that confirms one of Einstein’s key predictions from general relativity from nearly a century ago:
A star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy does so in a way that proves physicist Albert Einstein right – again.
The star, called S2, orbits Sagittarius A* in a rosette shape, blipping out from the elliptical orbit at random points – an idea predicted by Einstein over 100 years ago.
Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute, Germany, observed the varying orbit of the distant star for 27 years using a range of telescopes and other instruments.
Its motion around the black hole adds to the evidence that the general theory of relativity is correct – the first proof came from the orbit of Mercury around the Sun.
Mercury has a rosette-shaped orbit as it makes its way around the Sun due to effect of the stars gravity – but it is much more obvious in the case of S2 as Sagittarius A* is 4.3 million times the mass of the Sun.
Here’s what it might look like:
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Your long read of the week comes from Dawn Pine and concerns the nonsensical argument, made by agents of the Great Enemy, that Milton Friedman and other neoliberal economists “slashed government and fetishised big business”, leading to the present crisis of neoliberal policy:
I was alive in the late 20th century, or at least I think I was. But somehow I missed the moment when “free market orthodoxy…achieved broad acceptance.” I never noticed it becoming the “prevailing intellectual paradigm.”
And the reason I haven’t is that it’s simply not true. It’s not even true among economists. Thomas Piketty, Joseph Stiglitz, and Paul Krugman are three of the most, if not the most influential economists alive. They write best-selling books, one writes weekly in the New York Times and two have Nobel Prizes. No one would call them proponents of free-market orthodoxy.
How would we assess the impact of Milton Friedman, Hayek, and others on policy? Did we really begin a period of free market orthodoxy in America starting around 1980? Did policy move in Friedman’s direction over the last 40 years?
Let’s start with the most basic measure. The size of government. Has government gotten “out of the way” over this period?
Today, government spending across Federal, State, and Local levels is $7.2 trillion dollars. That doesn’t strike me as a small number. As a percentage of GDP it is 33%. That compares to 30% in 1980. That compares to 25% in 1962 when Friedman published his manifesto, Capitalism and Freedom.
Milton Friedman was not some sort of free-market libertarian type. He was basically a Keynesian heretic. His entire theory of monetary economics was a more logically sound and less mathematically ridiculous reworking of ideas that John Maynard Keynes had already come up with back in the 1930s.
Not many people know or understand that Milton Friedman is a large part of the reason why the USA uses payroll withholding taxes to steal your money at gunpoint. That was his brain-child.
What Dr. Friedman got 100% RIGHT was the notion that individuals are arbiters of their own destinies and should largely be left alone to make decisions as they see fit, in liberty and peace, and that government works best when it works least.
What Prof. Friedman absolutely was not, was some sort of open-borders libertarian fruitcake. Anyone who has ever read Free To Choose would know this.
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Linkage is good for you:
- Harry is feeling like a fish out of water in the USA with the Half-Blood Princess – which is pretty normal when you’re a royally spoiled hypocrite;
- Yet more evidence that the Chinkflu mortality rate is much closer to that of the ordinary flu than we are being told by the whorenalist class;
- As I keep pointing out, the evidence that the Kung Flu was an artificially created chimera, possibly done in search of a Bellerophon, is mounting – cue the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack;
- Donaldus Magnus is clearly of the same opinion on the subject;
- The God-Emperor’s EPIC WINNING!!! will continue until the Space Marines take up their positions in the Deathwatch;
- Some good news about the Han Flu that the whorenalists won’t tell you;
- Former and hopefully future Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions has some very sensible advice for the God-Emperor with respect to suspending all work visas;
- Contrary to popular perception, Russian women ARE NOT easy, but they do have something of an image problem, and that is indeed a bit of their own making;
And some more from Dawn Pine:
- Free individuals acting responsibly and safely helped to flatten the curve – government action did not;
- The globalists continue their nearly perfect track record of being utterly WRONG about almost everything, including China;
- The Kung Flu has led to some quite colourful conspiracy theories, especially those concerning Bill Gates – though I actually do think that Mr. Gates is a tool of the Enemy;
- Some additional conspiracy theories about the Chinkflu, a few of which are very easily debunked;
- The New York Slimes didn’t kill the PoundMeToo movement – leftism did;
- If you want to know how you can best help society right now – do what you are best at, and the rest will take care of itself;
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The Neo-Tsar has a message of hope for his fellow Orthodox Christians for Easter:
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Related – it’s a world of TANKS!:
With a better protected turret, more powerful engine and a sighting system that guarantees high precision in the nighttime, the modernized T-90M tank has now made it into service with the Russian army.
The first batch of the new machines, called ‘Proryv’ (breakthrough) has been delivered to the elite Taman Armored Division near Moscow.
The arrival to their new base was filmed by the Defense Ministry’s Zvezda channel and features servicemen wearing protective masks – a sign of the times as Covid-19 spreads.
“Those are game changing machines,” Sergey Kisel, commander of the 1st Tank Army of Russia’s Western Military District said. He praised the hardware which passed trials in February.
The key difference from earlier models is the new design of the turret module with multi-layer armor and the placement of ammunition outside the fighting compartment. Also the new design boasts a 125 mm 2A82-1M cannon.
The T-90M has received “a more powerful engine and state-of-the-art multi-channel sighting, which allows for the use of weapons in both day and night time.” The crews of different tanks will also be able to communicate with each other in real time, thanks to an updated communications system, according to the military.
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And even more from in the Russia!:
Good Lord, but the Russians are a fun people… In fact, here’s a video to help you understand how they think:
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History lessons of the week:
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Kitchen Nightmares with the Angry Scot:
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Wazzocks gonna wazzock:
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Comedy hour:
Dawn Pine sent over some clips from Ryan George, the guy behind those Screen Rant movie-pitch videos:
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You may be cool, but you’ll never be as cool as Dave Mustaine shredding through classical music on his guitar in front of a symphony orchestra:
You might even say it was a… symphony of destruction!
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Pics, guns, girls, starting with a bunch from Dawn Pine:
And on we go:
And now for some concerning Creepy Confused Cranky Grandpa Joe:
The God-Emperor’s legendary media ass-kicking last week certainly tickled a few ribs:
Your headlines of the week indicate that Floriduh Man somehow managed to get a law degree:
This next one will ring true to anyone who has ever dated a Slavic woman – and had to deal with her fearsome temper:
Your “Politically Incorrect” moment of the week:
Your “Conflicts of Interest” moment of the week:
Your “Bare Necessities” moment of the week:
Your “My Next Guest is a Llama” moment of the week:
Knowing what I do of Russians, this one is ABSOLUTELY TRUE:
The “CYKA BLYAT” part is wrong, by the way. That’s not how Russians would write it – the caption is bastardised.
This is how Russians would write it, and it sounds MUCH better and more intimidating in the Russian language:
СУКА БЛЯТЬ!!!
It basically means, “F***king b**ch!!!”
If there is a better language to use for cussing out people than Russian, I have a hard time imagining it – unless it is Punjabi, which is extraordinarily colourful and superbly well suited for coming up with extremely personal and painful insults.
‘MURICA! F*** YEAH!!!
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Your dog of the week is the Giant Schnauzer:
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Gym beast and 4-time WSM winner Big Z shows you his legs workout:
It’s pretty interesting to see what Zydrunas Savickas looks like now that he’s slimmed down dramatically. Back when he was at his strongman peak, he was just a big fat dumpling – but nowadays he actually looks really good. And that’s true of most of these beasts – once they drop the extra poundage, they actually look pretty damned good.
That being said… DON’T start your deadlift sessions by pulling with straps. In fact, don’t use lifting straps, full stop. Learn how to deadlift properly with just a belt and chalk. You’ll thank me for it later.
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Let’s take a look at the dark side of the bodybuilding industry with an expert medical opinion on the autopsy reports of two bodbyuilders:
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Before we get to the actual fighting, let’s take a look at one of the greatest smack-talkers in the history of, well, anything:
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Buakaw Beatdown of the Week:
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Some enterprising goofballs decided to see what could happen if they turned the Kung Flu into a deathcore song – which, like most deathcore, honestly isn’t very good:
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#SpeedMetalAssault
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And finally here’s your opening Instathot of the week. Her name is Gia Marie Macool, age 34 from Orlando, FL, and she’s a tall glass of water – 180cm (5’11”) with a 34DD bra size, apparently. She’s well known as something of a glamour model. (Actually, there’s a bit more to her than “just” sexy bikini shots – if you do a search for her with SafeSearch OFF, you might get some, uh, interesting results. Just sayin’.)
OK, chaps, on with it, then. Let the CRUSHING!!! commence.
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Marijuana and whatever kind of herb the potheads like to smoke is proven to have great therapeutic effects, but it's only useful for that. For medical reasons. We are not supposed to use it for recreational purposes. It buffles me that the pharmaceuticals or the cigarette manufacturers have not jumped on the opportunity to sell this to the masses. Who can really oppose them when they can lobby the FDA for approval?
As for the song section, I would recommend a song that produces the opposite effect from metal. Look up 'Berserk – Guts theme'. If you are aware of the anime and more importantly read the manga, it's amazing how this became the theme of the main protagonist. Still, one of the most beautiful soundtracks I have ever heard in my life.
The instathot you posted today looks like she is ….. well equipped for her job. With that kind of boob job it looks like she is bringing the heavy artillery to a rifle firing combat in a back alley.
In regards to the whole covid thing, my greatest fear is what George Carlin warned us about 20 years ago. We are exchanging freedom for the illusion of safety. Even if people wake up to the lies and the fear mongering, I can see that people willingly and enthusiastically exchange their privacy and freedom for conveniences and security in other areas, mostly concerning technology. I cannot fucking install an app on my phone unless I agree for it to access all my contacts, photos and location. And that's just a small example compared to other things, especially ones enforced without much knowledge of the public and with the approval of other bureaucrats.
It buffles me that the pharmaceuticals or the cigarette manufacturers have not jumped on the opportunity to sell this to the masses. Who can really oppose them when they can lobby the FDA for approval?
I too have no idea. Americans do have an arbitrary Puritanical streak, though; that's what led them to ban alcohol, very foolishly, in the 1920s. It's the same with weed; somehow, pot can be illegal, but opioid drugs are perfectly fine? Dafuq???
Still, one of the most beautiful soundtracks I have ever heard in my life.
My preferred "chill" music is more along the lines of HALO Wars and the HALO 4 soundtrack, but yeah, I see what you mean.
The instathot you posted today looks like she is ….. well equipped for her job.
Oh yeah, man. The Monday thots are always the ones with serious plastic. I try to keep the Friday ones a bit more upmarket and classy – sometimes I succeed.
We are exchanging freedom for the illusion of safety. Even if people wake up to the lies and the fear mongering
Correct. This is one of the factors that will lead to the eventual breakup of the USA – the red states are waking up and getting mad as hell about the lockdowns, while the blue states are being led around by the nose like sheep.
Lots of Red states never really went to bed. But ya even the most panicky of people from a month ago are starting to want to at least see friends.