Monday.
As the Russians would say: Пиздец блять нахуй, какой дерьмовый день!!!
No, I don’t like pandas. As far as I’m concerned, this is one species that is thoroughly deserving of getting its ass totally extinctified.
Right. Well. Bitching about Mondays don’t do nobody no good, so let’s get on with it – by starting with a true classic from the 1980s that all anime and Gundam sci-fi fans love.
That would be the Macross Saga, which was essentially a Japanese anime series that was co-opted by an American company and stitched together with two other completely unrelated shows, to become what we know of today as Robotech.
My friend and fellow shitlord Last Redoubt wrote up a post about this show from a while back over on his old blog. Anyone who loves anime, the way it used to be before CGI began to override storytelling and character arcs in favour of eye-popping visuals, will enjoy this series:
I first saw Robotech when I was, I think, 10 years old. It made one hell of a lasting impression on me. To this day, I’ve never seen the final two episodes in the series, “Dark Finale” and “Symphony of Light”.
The whole thing is on Netflix now, though, so I suppose I’ll have to correct this egregious error soon…
All I can say is that, while the animation and especially the voice synchronisation has aged terribly in the 30 years or so since the series was released, the plotlines and compelling character arcs that made this show so great are still every bit as good today as they ever were back then.
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Our friend The Male Brain wrote in with a veritable treasure trove of stuff for this Monday’s epic linkage. He’s a big fan of the work of the film director Danny Boyle, and it was Mr. Boyle’s 66th birthday yesterday. Now, for those of you who don’t know who he is – which is highly unlikely – he is a skilled and capable storyteller who has made some really quite excellent films over the years, and judging by his filmography, he is anything but your standard Pedowood weirdo.
Here’s a sampling of what he’s done over the years:
This one is by far his most famous film:
This film was a big deal back in 2000 when I was living in Oz, for some reason – I remember, though, that it had one of the better girl-band pop tracks from back during that time period in the soundtrack:
He’s also a rather good horror film director, as it happens:
Happy birthday, Mr. Boyle.
It remains to be seen whether it was a good thing that he left the directorial seat for the upcoming James Bond film. Judging by what I’m hearing about how the 007 designation is now going to go to a “fierce” black woman, and how James Bond is going to try to seduce her only to get coldly rebuffed, it sounds to me like the Bond franchise has gone woke, and it is a Very Good Thing that Mr. Boyle refuses to have his name associated with such a shitheap.
I can only imagine the dialogue between Mr. Boyle and the producers of the Boned franchise (not a typo):
– “Do you expect me to direct?”
– “No, Mr. Boyle, I expect you to bow!”
– “Bugger that for a bag of crisps, I’m out!”
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Plenty of fans of our beloved and dreaded Supreme Dark Lord (PBUH), Voxemort the Malevolent, were shocked and appalled when he took to his Darkstreams to criticise, in very strong terms, one Prof. Jordan B. Peterson. I will readily admit that I was among those that thought that the Supreme Dark Lord (PBUH) was attacking an ally and saying some astonishingly silly things at the time.
But the more time and attention that I paid to his arguments, the more I realised that, as usual, he was right.
Prof. Peterson was not a good example to young men everywhere – he was a warning. And it turns out that his parenting skills are every bit as terrible as we might be led to think – skip ahead to about 5:50 in this video to see why:
There’s a lot more at the Roosh V Forum on the subject – some of the comments and analysis are excellent reminders of the need for fathers to civilise their children.
Oh, and as the Supreme Dark Lord pointed out in a recent Darkstream – if you don’t want the entire Internet to pass a lot of rude and snide comments about you, DON’T post the list of pharmaceuticals that you take on a daily basis, especially if some of them are used to treat, well, herpes.
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#BasedTucker is #based:
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Your long read of the week is about the way in which one’s position on notorious Cold War traitor and spy Alger Hiss is a litmus test for one’s politics:
Leftism in America isn’t really a political commitment, though of course the left takes and supports a recognizable range of political positions. Leftism is, first and foremost, a fashion accessory that indicates a certain type of social status, similar to a Gucci handbag or a Rolex watch. It is a way to define oneself, and proclaim one’s solidarity with a self-conscious elite, and one’s social superiority to a hated group of outsiders. In America, the higher one rises in position, wealth, power, and status, the more leftward one’s political commitments move. This is counterintuitive at first glance, but it is nevertheless true. All their rhetorical arm-pumping about equality, revolution, income-redistribution, and hatred of Wall Street notwithstanding, left- liberals are primarily the representatives of the ruling class in America. They are not an absolutely dominant ruling class, but that is not for want of trying. They very strongly believe that they have the right and duty to govern all the rest of us.
This left-liberal ruling class is especially powerful in academia, the legal profession, journalism, the artistic and chattering classes, entertainment, mainstream TV and electronic media, the big foundations and the non-governmental organizations, and of course our bloated governmental bureaucracies and unionized civil service. As a class, they are particularly concerned with prestige and social standing. Going to the “best” schools, living in trendy neighborhoods, winning awards, being recognized and respected, enjoying the fruits of affluence and the homage of deference—all these perks are lusted after by the Blue State elites. It is a “worldly” mindset, to use the older religious terminology, but the impulse behind it is not strictly one of ambition or greed. The chief motivation is loathing and hatred of the conservative white working class. Yes, you heard right. The left in the United States despises the conservative white working class, and this attitude is now a telltale cultural marker for the sociopolitical divide in America.
As soon as you bring this up, the typical liberal’s response is something like, “My parents were white working-class!” or “My family came from a tough neighborhood!” When I get a response of this nature I answer, “Sure—but would you be caught dead now doing your father’s work, or being a housewife like your mother? Would you even dream of living now in your old neighborhood, or espousing the social attitudes of your parents?” The liberal will then mumble something incoherent about moving beyond all that, or gaining new perspectives, or some other weasel-like evasion.
In brief, the American left likes to claim solidarity with the aspirations of those in lower social strata, but only if those persons are black, brown, illegal immigrants, homosexuals, non- Christians, non-Europeans, or criminals. White working-class conservatives receive absolutely no sympathy from the left, and in fact are treated as a pariah class worthy of contempt and ridicule.
Exactly right. The Alger Hiss trial exposed for the entire world to see the way in which the Left-liberal elite view themselves, and only themselves, as the rightful rulers of the country and the world.
They don’t give a damn about ordinary people. They never have.
I have seen this with mine own two eyes during my travels through New York and Washington, D.C. The people who live in those big cities are completely separated from the rest of the nation, as if by a giant force field that keeps the riff-raff out and keeps the prosecco and cheese and symphony orchestra recitals in.
Now, don’t get me wrong – I love good red wine, dark chocolate, fine espresso-based drinks, international high cuisine, excellent aged cheese, and the beautiful melodies of Bach and Beethoven. I’m very much a hedonist in these terms.
But I do not, and have never, forgotten that I owe my existence to working-class people all over the country and, indeed, the world.
I’m not better than them. They work harder than I do and they do better work than I do. I’m simply different from them. And that’s OK.
But the Left doesn’t think like that. They do believe they are better than you, and will do everything in their power to enforce their vision of society upon you – whether you like it or not.
And they do not believe that they should be held back by anything as gauche or conventional as “morality”. Indeed, they do not recognise morality as you do. To them, if something terrible is done by one of their own, it is excusable because he’s one of them.
So it was with Alger Hiss. So it was with Bill and Hillary Clinton. So it was with Barack Obama. So it will be for the rest of time.
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The resident fairy of Fox News has given himself the boot:
Buy-bye, Shep. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out – although, being a fairy, he might actually like that.
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God-Emperor versus Fake Mexican, deep in the heart of Texas – WHO YA GOT?!?!
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Paul Ramsey explains, for the clueless, exactly why it is such a dumb idea to venerate the “indigenous tribes”:
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The latest installment of Devil Mouse Wars looks like someone explained the concept of a STAR WARS movie down the phone to the director:
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From the ridiculous to the sublime – The Killing Joke, motion-comic-style, with Mark Hamill and KEVIN CONROY doing the voice-acting:
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Also from Dawn Pine – here is some nerdy goodness for the gaming and programming geeks out there:
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Related – if you’ve ever wondered how the world’s Christian population has evolved through time over the last 75 years, take a look at this, also sent by The Male Brain:
That is both sobering and uplifting at the same time.
Yes, the world’s Christian populations are under assault like never before in all of history. That is true.
And yet… we remain. We’re still here. In some parts of the world – Russia and Eastern Europe, especially – we’re thriving.
Always remember what Jesus said:
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
— Matthew 18:20, English Standard Version
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What if carnivourous guys (like me) were judgmental, sanctimonious, fun-killing dickbags who constantly made everyone else uncomfortable and irritated? That is to say, what if we behaved like vegans do every single day?:
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I’m just going to let the next one speak for itself…:
Is it just me, or is it strangely very satisfying to see a bunch of RIFs getting blasted all to Hell?
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This one gets very dark VERY fast:
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Your history lessons of the week:
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Some more historical good stuff about the history of Greek heavy infantry:
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Here’s a question that every red-blooded man wants to know the answer to:
Unfortunately, of course, the answer was pure feminist bullshit…
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Time for some classic comedy from PommieBastardLand:
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Wazzocks gonna wazzock…
IN THE PLUMS!!!
Even by their standards, these classic bloopers really take some doing to top:
And now we come to one of the most jaw-dropping and – in my personal opinion only – beautiful supercars ever made:
Bonkers hypercars are all very well and good – but in the last 10 years or so, only one car has really come along and ticked ALL of the boxes to make a truly perfect car in all respects, the kind of car that you can absolutely thrash around the Nurburgring one day, then drive through the windy roads of the Alps to Italy the next, then cruise along the motorways to Monaco on the third, and then go on a transcontinental trek all the way up to the Arctic Circle, and back, over the next four.
Only one car has that level of extraordinary precision, utterly obsessive engineering, extreme power, brilliant handling, and exquisite comfort.
That would be the Lexus LFA:
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Pics, guns, girls:
Holy shit, he DOES look like Winnie the Pooh!!!
The horror… THE HORROR!!!
Time for the headlines, and once again Floriduh Man has been killing it – but he’s facing some stiff competition from Floriduh Woman:
Evidently Floriduh Man has learned from that experience:
But wait, Floriduh Raccoon now wants to get in on the action!
Florida… Enough said, really.
Why is that news? Anyone who eats bacon knows this is true!
I’m very much torn between wanting to see what that looks like, and thinking that this is a very bad idea.
What was I just saying about Floridians?!?
That just became my favourite store, ever.
Should we call these “girls with guns”, or “guns with girls”?
As I may have pointed out a few (thousand) times before, I do really like Russian girls. Especially the ones who like guns.
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Your dog of the week is the much beloved walking shag-pile carpet that is the Newfoundland, or Noofie:
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James Linker from Shredded Sports Science does a great job of destroying a lot of complete bullshit masquerading as “workout advice”:
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Two of the strongest men in the world show up at the Holy Grail of bodybuilding, and proceed to make a bunch of guys with huge muscles feel puny and weak:
They have some very unkind things to say about bodybuilding – which, of course, being a powerlifter (not a very good one, mind you), I thoroughly agree with.
Also, whichever DUMBASS at Gold’s Gym thought that it was a good idea to put f***ing bumper plates on a SQUAT RACK, needs to turn in his Man Card for immediate revocation.
Bumper plates have no place on a squat rack. I’ll accept them when doing deadlifts on a platform to reduce damage and noise, and for Olympic lifting, but powerlifting doesn’t see the point or need for them.
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Here are some highlights from the legendary career of Fyodor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko:
Up until Khabib “The Eagle of Dagestan” Nurmagomedov came along, Fyodor was the shit in Russia in terms of an ambassador for MMA and everything that this means. He is still regarded there, and elsewhere, as perhaps the greatest fighter who ever walked into the cage.
It’s not difficult to see exactly why. In his prime, Fyodor was a true savage.
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Here’s your Buakaw Beatdown of the Week:
I don’t care how many times I’ve said it – the lesson remains the same. DO. NOT. F***. WITH. BUAKAW.
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#PowerOfMetal
Been listening to a LOT of INSOMNIUM of late – their latest album might just be a true masterpiece.
Those guys are from Poland, apparently. They’re pretty damned good, too.
But now for the greatest band of all time:
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This week’s Instathot is originally from Poland (yeah, I know, I have a type, so quit yer bitchin’) and is now running for MP of “the riding of Humber River-Black Creek”, whatever that means, in Canada, where she is known as a model, actress, and activist.
Is she a thot? Well, she did appear in Playboy, thanks to her rather generous assets, and she’s changed her hair colour several times, and obviously has big thick DSLs, so I’m going to go ahead and say yes.
However, she is a member of a proper conservative political party and she does stand for sensible political principles – keeping in mind, though, that conservatives are terrible at actually, y’know, conserving anything – so that works in her favour when working out her Thot Quotient.
And that’s all for today, boys. Get out there and crush it.
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Well, I figure we either get your "Type" of THOT of the week, or we get the kind of girls you have to deal with every day for real
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You know, I am perfectly fine with your Eastern European fetish.
Dammit, DB! I just ate dinner!!!
And yeah, actually that's pretty much what I DO have to deal with, every day. I've been here nearly 15 months, on and off, and in all of that time, I've seen less than 5 women that could possibly be thought of as 6s. Never mind finding anything better than that. Doesn't exist.
So yeah, Eastern Europeans and Colombians and blonde beach babes all the way.
Can see the shift in the world. From the video of the christian population, it looks like the shift of Christianity is to the east. It would not surprise if China in the future has the largest population of Christians. Frankly that would shock the world more than Islam being the world largest religion. As the west falls (for now) and rebirth happens in the east, it is an amazing time to be alive.
In your experience you think their is a chance of India ever becoming mostly christian?
Chinese LOVED their christians… are you kidding? Where do you think their largest supplier of Donor Organs comes from?
Yeah I had to do a double-take with that one too. The Chinese love people from other religions – they make terrific involuntary guinea pigs and organ donors.
In your experience you think their is a chance of India ever becoming mostly christian?
Close to nil. I'll have to explain why in a longer post, it's not a simple one-shot answer. The quick version is that Christians have been trying to make a case for conversion in India for two thousand years ever since the Apostle Thomas landed up somewhere in Kerala (supposedly). It hasn't worked because of the total incompatibilities between Hindus and Christians. Where it has "worked", Christianity has taken on a distinctly idol-worshipping flavour which is decidedly anti-Christian and totally non-Scriptural.
Thanks Didact. Yes I did not think the answer would be positive on the India side, though I was hoping. Also with the conflict with Islam (mainly coming from Pakistan) probably strengthen Hinduism, Indian traditions and of course Nationalism.
That's partly true, but in fact the Hindu majority manages the Muslim minority through threatened (and often actual) acts of extreme physical violence and brutality. I'll explain in more detail whenever I get the chance to write the follow-up post. The conflict with Pakistan only partly explains why Christianity has never made much headway into India; in reality, Hindus only convert from Hinduism under threat of force, and that's the only reason why Islam made significant headway there.
FWIW – updated link: thelastredoubt.com/japan-has-some-awesome-sf/
Thank you for the mention – my posting has been remiss for various reasons. Love your recent posts, you're killing it.