Here we are on another bloody Monday, and I’m pretty sure most of you are just as depressed about that as I am – especially given that last week America celebrated its Independence Day in grand style.
So, to cheer ourselves up, I figured we might review that very parade and remember just how awesome it really was:
Remember the days back when the USA was proud of its history and loved its people?
Well, THOSE DAYS ARE BACK!!!
All hail the God-Emperor of Mankind, His Astral Majesty, Donaldus Triumphus Magnus, in his quest to Make America Great Again.
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Our friends over at Black Rifle Coffee Company have a new song out, and HOLY SHIT IS THAT SLASH?!?!?
No… that wasn’t Slash, sadly. But the song still kills it. I have no doubt that every veteran who reads this blog and watches that song will say, “… yep, that’s how it is.”
Seeing as how it was July 4th last week, all I can say is: THANK YOU.
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The Razorfist slashes and mauls his way through all of the liberaltard screaming about the God-Emperor’s magnificent Independence Day parade with truly savage delight:
There is no doubt about it. That parade was a brilliant idea, a great celebration of American patriotism, and a new national tradition that all future Presidents should follow.
As John Nolte from Breitbart pointed out:
The mall was packed with Americans who weathered a literal storm to celebrate the country they love, everything went off without a hitch — from the flyovers to the fireworks — and Trump gave one of the best speeches of his presidency, a speech that had nothing to do with Trump and everything to do with the greatness of our nation.
It was a perfect way to celebrate the Fourth, a wonderful, stirring, and unifying event, and where I had been indifferent to the idea before Trump pulled it off, I am now in favor of making this an annual tradition regardless of who’s president.
What’s more, our military deserve this annual recognition, including the army, and honoring the army means tanks, and tanks are freakin’ awesome.
Tanks are, indeed, TEH AWSUM. They have a psychological effect that is impossible to describe – but once you see a 60-ton Abrams bearing down on you with the business end of its gigantiferous cannon pointing right in your general direction, you’ll know what I mean.
There ain’t nothin’ like a cannon that shoots rounds full of depleted uranium at anything yer momma don’t like to put the fear of God Himself into your enemies. Indeed, as the tank platoon commanders of God’s Own Army like to say, the US military is often mistaken for the wrath of God.
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From the patriotic to the somewhat silly and actually quite philosophical – here is a trilogy of three videos sent over to me by our friend Dawn Pine, of The Male Brain, an Israeli red-pill man of manly manliness, concerning the philosophy of one Christopher Nolan:
My thanks once again to Dawn in his efforts to Make Mondays Great Again (or, at the very least, less horrifying). As always, if y’all have suggestions about links and videos to include in future editions, shoot ’em over so that I can have a look.
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Here is some more good stuff about that big beautiful parade held by His Astral Majesty:
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Lana Lokteff pulls an epic head-fake on her fans, with quite amusing results:
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The Neo-Tsar continues to tell it like it is and lay dome some serious TROOF before all of us:
I sympathise with a lot of Russians who don’t like or distrust Putin, I really do. I know something about how ordinary Muscovites live, and for the most part it is not a luxurious or particularly hopeful existence.
But I do think that his critics just do not give him enough credit. He actually does know what he is talking about, and he tells us all hard truths that the Western media just do not want us to see.
And it is obvious from all of the nappy-wetting by the (((liberal media))) back in the dying and degenerate West that the Neo-Tsar really struck a nerve with his comments about the end of the “liberal idea”:
He is, of course, perfectly justified in his criticisms of the “liberal idea”. It is dying, and it is a failure.
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Dave Cullen dissects the latest, thoroughly unwanted, Charlie’s Angels franchise reboot:
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Following on from last week’s exploration of the Spartan Constitution, which legend tells us was handed to the Spartan people in the form of the Great Rhetra by Lycurgus the Law-Giver, here we have a great breakdown of the history and culture of Sparta:
It is interesting to observe how the legend of Spartan military prowess was actually mostly a construct created by the Spartans themselves – though, it should be noted that the Spartans were, in fact, a highly effective military force in the field. Their list of actual military victories is a long and honourable one, as documented by Victor Davis Hanson and others.
But it was ultimately their curious way of life, and their utter dependence on slave labour to support their proto-Communist society, that led to their downfall. As with all Communist societies, the landed gentry stopped reproducing in sufficient numbers to ensure control over the slave classes, and eventually their society collapsed.
I also take issue with that video’s point about Spartan “threats” to Phillip II of Macedon. In fact, it was Phillip who threatened them. He basically sent them a note that said something along the lines of, “If I invade Laconia you will be destroyed, never to rise again.”
The Spartan response was a single word: “If”.
Phillip and his son, Alexander the Great, NEVER dicked with the Spartans after that.
Their military reputation may well have been overblown – though it is difficult to reconcile that view with what we saw in last week’s video about the Spartans.
But they certainly were not to be trifled with, and were not, up until a gay Theban named Epimanondas utterly crushed them at the Battle of Leuctra by using the one weapon that the Spartans couldn’t win against – innovative tactics.
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Sheldon Cooper, most irritating dipshit in the world, gets a much-deserved comeuppance:
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Prager University may well be run by a neo-Palestinian who lies through his teeth about that “Judaeo-Christian values” bullshit, but let’s give credit where it’s due – they DO make great videos that celebrate everything that is good and wonderful about America:
Make no mistake, the rest of the world owes America a HUGE debt. I take issue with the notion that America is an “exceptional” nation, simply because it is clearly being shown that America is subject to exactly the same rules and laws that have governed the fates of other nations throughout history, but I will be the first to state that America is a truly exceptional place to live and work.
Sadly, that is rapidly going to seed, and the American nation simply no longer exists in any recognisable concrete form beyond small towns and counties in the heartlands.
That being said – I am very hard pressed to figure out what is the greatest American invention. Right now I’m torn between Clint Eastwood and bourbon. And if you disagree with me about Mr. Eastwood, then I’m sorry, but you and I simply cannot be friends.
Thoughts, gentlemen?
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Harriet the Spy joins the NSA and goes full Snowden:
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Here’s your “get woke, go broke” moment – the new Charlie’s Angels film is definitely going to belly-flop straight into a rancid puddle:
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It’s always nice when the good guys win big – so let’s celebrate it:
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Your weekly “awwww…”:
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The Great Onion Debate of 2019 is ON, boys!
In the red corner, we have the Sefrican Ranger, Kim Du Toit, who insists that anyone who puts onions in salads should be shot on sight:
Raw onion is foul — it smells like unwashed armpits, and it has no place in a mixed salad. Period, end of statement.
And in the blue corner, we have the Gentleman Adventurer, Adam Piggott, who says that anyone who doesn’t know how to use onions in a salad, cannot cook:
As a culinary genius, let me declare for the record that Kim is wrong. Seriously wrong, completely misguided. Raw onion is heaven in salad. I should know as I just ate some and it was heaven. Baby.
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First of all you must use red onion and it must be sliced very very fine. As thin as you can get it. Then you put it in a bowl and then you salt it, preferably with cracked sea salt. I like to throw in some halved cherry tomatoes at this point and then I mix it all up.
Here’s the key – you need to let it sit for about 30 minutes. The salt draws out all of the yucky acidity from the onion and the result is most pleasing to the palate. It tastes rather sweet. When you add a basic mixed vinaigrette and then toss it with some salad greens, the effect is rather pleasing.
If you declare that onion has no place in a mixed salad, all that you’re telling me is that you don’t know how to cook.
All right, boys, let’s have a good clean fight, no low stabs, no salt spray in the eyes, and absolutely no salad dressing to the face. Touch paring knives when you’re ready, and LET’S GET READY TO RUMMMMMMMBLE!!!
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On a tangentially related subject – AFRICA WINS AGAIN!!!
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Life at a certain German bank that I happen to know quite well is shittier than ever for the American staff:
After a slow drip of news and rumors about potential job cuts, with limited direct communication from Sewing, a number of U.S. staffers have grown to resent their London and Frankfurt-based counterparts, according to interviews with nearly a dozen current and former employees. Kerrie McHugh, a spokeswoman for the bank, declined to comment.
Executives in New York have for more than a year worked under the cloud of whether the U.S. operation would be sold, gutted or spun off.
Typical internal battles over who bore certain expenses took on more weight when every unit was under a microscope. Peter Selman, who came out of retirement in 2017 to revive the equities business, unsuccessfully lobbied Treasurer Dixit Joshi last year to move as much as 300 million euros of costs allocated to his unprofitable unit to the fixed-income business, people briefed on the talks said.
For his part, Sewing has said consistently — and publicly — that he was committed to the U.S. investment bank since taking over as CEO last year. But the new chief has been struggling to restore confidence among investors and regulators amid the bank’s moribund profitability. After a failed attempt to merge with Commerzbank AG that was encouraged by Germany’s own finance minister, shareholders are pushing for a turnaround plan. Many executives aren’t waiting for that.
Selman is now among dozens already on their way out, the people said. Zia Huque, the CEO of Deutsche Bank’s securities division in the U.S., hasn’t been seen at work in weeks. Tom Patrick, the head of the Americas who joined the bank a decade ago and oversees the relationship with the Federal Reserve, seems to be packing up his office, and Deutsche Bank is considering his replacement.
That’s left Ashley Wilson, the co-head of equities trading in the Americas, in charge of restructuring the unit.
Longtime traders like Brad Kurtzman, Craig Bench and Powell Fraser have also left the bank, followed by dozens of second- and third-tier executives — many of whom can’t find jobs elsewhere. Some U.S. managers said that for years they advised cutting some smaller pieces of the trading business to improve profitability. As they exit, they lament that senior executives didn’t heed their counsel and now need the heavy ax.
I won’t go into details, but let’s just say that I am familiar with a lot of the names and details of that story. And I can attest personally, because of who and what I know, that this particular bank is in serious trouble and has been for many years. They never made the hard choices when they had to, they never streamlined anything properly, they never built really good end-to-end technology platforms, and they paid the price through bloated cost structures and massively inefficient systems that shot their cost base up to over 90% of their revenues – before taxes and write-offs.
You don’t run a sensible and successful business by doing the same stupid shit over and over again. That bank, however, is no longer really a true “German” bank, and hasn’t been for a long time. And they have been doing the most un-Germanic thing possible: in a half-arsed manner.
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Wazzocks gonna wazzock:
Jezza as a goalkeeper – a highly inept one, natch – has to be one of the more surreal moments in his life. And yes, he was actually that fat once upon a time. He lost a lot of weight after The Grand Tour Season 3 ended, actually.
Lord, but I miss those clowns – the blokiest blokes ever to bloke across a TV screen…
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Pics time – and the first few pictures have to do with a bit of a gaffe that the God-Emperor made recently:
Floriduh doing what the rest of the country cannot, and will not, do:
Seriously, Floriduh is so effed up that the damned UNITED STATES AIR FORCE wants to bomb the shit out of it…
That’s the last time that I ever make fun of that line about how ’twas the dog that died…
‘MURICA!!!
Mind. Blown.
Speaking of women with guns and without penises:
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Your dog of the week is the Black Russian Terrier:
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Gym idiots time – cover your eyes, boys:
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Oy. That was pretty horrifying. To remedy that, here is a gym BEAST to get your free testosterone up so that you can go lift heavy shit, like… well… a Rhino:
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Now for some serious bullshido, courtesy of Frank Dux (naturally):
And, yes, there is no doubt that JCVD’s 1980s and early 1990s films were FULL OF TEH GHEYNESS.
This was not, by any rational measure, a Good Thing.
Fortunately he’s kind of redeemed himself in his later years, and there is absolutely no room whatsoever for doubt that he is a legitimate martial artist – or at least, a very skilled stand-up striker.
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Your usual “Buakaw the Human Terminator” highlights:
Actually, that was one of the few fights that I’ve seen where Buakaw started off quite badly. Unfortunately for his opponents, all this usually does is wake him up – at which point he goes into full-on “seek and destroy” mode, and simply marches down his adversary with chilling precision and brutal power.
The one thing you do not want, though, is an angry Buakaw, because that is when he starts low-kicking the shit out of your legs:
Every fight with Buakaw comes with a free lifetime injury to a major load-bearing joint.
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I don’t get much of a chance to watch MMA anymore, but I gather that UFC 239 was pretty darned spectacular. I had hoped that Holly Holm would pull off an upset and beat Amanda Nunes, but I knew quite well that this was mostly a forlorn hope.
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#MetalRipper
I discovered ORDEN OGAN earlier this year, and I have to say, they are REALLY good. Hard to believe that I’d never run into them before, given that they’ve been around since 1996. I bought and downloaded Gunmen last week, and I have to say, it’s an absolute masterpiece.
See what I mean?
Believe it or not – and I have a hard time believing it – those guys are Indian.
MAJESTICA has to be the most batshit-insane band that I’ve come across in a long time. The lead guitarist/vocalist/songwriter actually works for SABATON right now, and based on the evidence, he’s easily the most underrated musician out there today. He’s got a truly amazing set of pipes, he can shred just about as well as Yngwie could back in his heyday, and he both knows how to write great songs and doesn’t take himself very seriously.
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Your Instathot to start the week goes by the name of Vlada Sedan. (Apparently it’s some sort of pun related to the horrid old Russian cars made out of turnips from the Soviet times.) She’s from Ukraine, and she was featured recently in a PoundMeToo story that backfired fairly spectacularly on the idiots who tried to make something out of the fact that she got smooched on the cheek by a footballer.
It just so happens that she and the footballer in question are actually quite good mates, so when he kissed her, it really wasn’t that big a deal.
Unfortunately, fat ugly crazy feminists (Lord, forgive me my redundancies) didn’t see it that way and insisted on hippo-wading into a non-existent row.
At any rate, she’s really quite attractive – she IS Ukrainian, after all – and she isn’t really much of a thot at all, especially by Ukrainian standards, even if she did go to Dubai. (Seriously, you should listen to Russian women talk about their Ukrainian “sisters” sometime. That is when the claws really come out.)
And, given that she pisses off feminists and ugly women everywhere, I’d say she’s a good candidate to start off the week.
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