Life Is Bad Fiction
Dansk Deutsch English English UK Español فارسی Suomi Filipino Français עִבְרִית हिन्दी Magyar Bahasa Indonesia Italiano 日本語 한국어 Bahasa Melayu Nederlands Norsk Polski Português Русский Svenska ภาษาไทย Türkçe 简体中文 ~ 10 Ways White Liberals Perpetuate Racism ~ Marriage is between a man, a woman, and his intern. ~ @AndyMartindale Saw Mary Poppins trending and feared the worst for a minute. Phew, she’s fine. ~ We Looked Everywhere For This Page! (Error 404) But maybe we can still help you find what you’re looking for: ~ Their There They’re now ~ @ChrchCurmudgeon I could be an ice cream socialist. ~ If you take this to school, will it be confused for a bomb? ~ your opinions are not always welcome ~ A writing teacher said once to go on an adjective diet. ~ Junky ~ William S. Burroughs Reads Edgar Allan Poe ~ 10 Ways White Liberals Perpetuate Racism ~ The Dummy’s Guide to the One True God ~ Luther Mckinnon This applies to this video.@chescaleigh We live in a society that normalizes oppression of others. So very often the “jokes” you make or things you say are unconsciously hurtful NRAGOAL Shut up cracker SunyiSideUp “You said being basically decent to other cultures doesn’t deserve self-congratulations. This confuses me, and when I’m confused by concepts, I get upset.“Luther Mckinnon ” “You said being basically decent to other cultures doesn’t deserve self-congratulations.” I don’t recall saying that. I do feel that you should be decent to other human beings, and that you should not receive an award for this. What I said in the above comment was that Ms. Ramsey said one thing, and did the opposite. The good news is that most white people who watch this video don’t take it seriously.SunyiSideUp Ok, pops. ~ When whatshisname said to honor the Adams family, I thought he meant Gomez and Morticia ~ Maybe you could promise to end drone warfare. I am not sure those Republican clowns need to be raising children. ~ pedantic and pretentious are words that describe themselves ~ @puddinstrip I’d rather have 11 million illegal Mexicans in our country than 1 legal Canadian telling people not to immunize their kids #CNNDebate ~ @nihilist_arbys RT if life’s an unbearable misery & only the occasional pile of Arbys-brand corpseflesh & lines of cheap cocaine keep you from ending it all ~ @chamblee54 spell check suggestion for Arbys-brand is Bystander ~ Be a free spirit. Quit your job. Travel the world. Follow your dreams. Express yourself. Use your parents credit card until you die of a drug overdose. Its all good. ~ Are you smart AND magical? Sign up today and you’ll receive updates from BAD WITCHES plus our free PDF Guide to Love and Attraction Magic that Works! ~ Once vehicles start driving over the crosswalk, and dripping oil on it, the crosswalk will be gnarly looking. If it is scrubbed after pride, this will not happen. ~ The stars and bars is a bad example. That debate has gone on for a long time. The debate over the Georgia state flag was going on twenty two years ago. ~ I wonder how many people have made that comment ~ God created war so Americans would learn geography ~ Is including PhD in a twitter handle pretentious? ~ Life is bad fiction. ~ #yardsales. For $2.30: wig mannequin,yard saw,wallet,copy of “Fifty shades of Gray”,lavender bowling ball,black bowling ball,bike ride ~ PRAYER WARRIOR ALERT: Print out this FREE Bible tract to thrust into the unrepentant hands of unsaved trash. Trust me: You’ll run out of paper before you run out of sinners! ~ Maybe the problem is calling your ideas “beliefs,” and attaching too much importance to them. Remember, the middle three letters of believe is lie. ~ The war on Republican Presidential candidates was a bad idea. ~ Is proscience the opposite of conscience? ~ pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. ~ selah
Slavery And The Star Spangled Banner
There is a terrific Backstory episode about the War of 1812. This is a conflict that is not much thought about, even during its bicentennial. It was not a good war for people of color. Native tribes fought with the British in Michigan, and were soundly defeated. After this war, the attitude of the white man towards the natives got worse.
Perhaps the most famous product of the War of 1812 is The Star Spangled Banner, a.k.a. the national anthem. There are a few legends about writing this song that skeptical bloggers like to shoot down. At the 43 minute mark of the backstory episode, another aspect of TSSB is discussed.
It seems as though slaves were escaping their owners, and fighting with the British. Washington lawyer Francis Scott Key was a slave owner, and thought that the slaves would be better off with their owners. This is the sentiment behind the third verse of TSSB.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
The image of F.S. Key has been cleaned up over the years. This biography omits the third verse of TSSB, and does not mention his slaves. Wikipedia tells a different story about Mr. Key.
In 1836, Key prosecuted New York doctor Reuben Crandall, brother of controversial Connecticut school teacher Prudence Crandall, for “seditious libel” for possessing a trunk full of anti-slavery publications in his Georgetown residence. In a trial that attracted nationwide attention, Key charged that Crandall’s actions had the effect of instigating enslaved people to rebel. Crandall’s attorneys acknowledged he opposed slavery but denied any intent or actions to encourage rebellion. In his final address to the jury, Key said “Are you willing gentleman to abandon your country, to permit it to be taken from you, and occupied by the abolitionist, according to whose taste it is to associate and amalgamate with the negro? Or gentleman, on the other hand, are there laws in this community to defend you from the immediate abolitionist, who would open upon you the floodgates of such extensive wickedness and mischief?” Crandall was acquitted.”
The Huffington Post has a story about F.S. Key, ‘Land of the Free?’ Francis Scott Key, Composer of National Anthem, Was Defender of Slavery.
Buying and selling humans remained a respectable business in Washington City. The slave holding elite of the south had a majority in the Congress and a partner in President Andrew Jackson…
To reassert the rule of law, Key set out to crack down on the anti-slavery men and their “incendiary publications.” Informants had reported to the grand jury about an abolitionist doctor from New York who was living in Georgetown. Key charged Rueben Crandall with bringing a trunk full of anti-slavery publications into the city.
In the spring of 1836, Key’s prosecution of Rueben Crandall was a national news story. In response, the American Antislavery Society circulated a broadsheet denouncing Washington as “The Slave Market of America.” The abolitionists needled Key for the hypocrisy of using his patriotic fame to defend tyranny in the capital: “Land of the Free… Home of the Oppressed.”
Key shrugged off his liberal critics. In front of courtroom crowded with Congressmen and correspondents Key waxed eloquent and indignant at the message of the abolitionists. “They declare that every law which sanctions slavery is null and void… ” Key told the jury. “That we have no more rights over our slaves than they have over us. Does not this bring the constitution and the laws under which we live into contempt? Is it not a plain invitation to resist them?”
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. This is a repost.
The Clown Car Debate
The Republican debate the other night was weird. At one point, the … the phone rings. PG spends the next few minutes talking about William Burroughs, Edgar Allan Poe, alcoholics, Diamond Lil, and thirteenth street in 1970. Two people talking on cell phones is asking for reception trouble, especially when one is on speaker phone. All change is not progress.
One reality challenged clown car rider was Carly Fiorna. She is the new star of this circus. As one impolite facebooker noted, “If Carly Fiorina REALLY wants to kill Planned Parenthood…she should become its CEO.” Through the magic of internet transcript, here is Carly in action.
Dana, I would like to link these two issues, both of which are incredibly important, Iran and Planned Parenthood. One has something to do with the defense of the security of this nation. The other has something to do with the defense of the character of this nation. You have not heard a plan about Iran from any politician up here, here is my plan. On day one in the Oval Office, I will make two phone calls, the first to my good friend to Bibi Netanyahu to reassure him we will stand with the state of Israel.The second, to the supreme leader, to tell him that unless and until he opens every military and every nuclear facility to real anytime, anywhere inspections by our people, not his, we, the United States of America, will make it as difficult as possible and move money around the global financial system. We can do that, we don’t need anyone’s cooperation to do it. And every ally and every adversary we have in this world will know that the United States in America is back in the leadership business, which is how we must stand with our allies.
As regards Planned Parenthood, anyone who has watched this videotape, I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, it’s heart beating, it’s legs kicking while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.
There is a contradiction here. On the one hand, you say that life is sacred. On the other hand, if that life belongs to a child in Gaza, then Israel can murder that child at will.
The Planned Parenthood videos are considered phony by a great many people. The repub base likes to believe in far fetched things, so this appeal works. The scene described by Mrs. Fiorina is not present in any of the videos released thus far. Creative editing only goes so far. This lie is easy to disprove.
Ok, back to reality. Towards the end of the affair, the question was “What woman would you like to see on the $10 bill?” Chris Christie began his answer by saying “I think the Adams family has been shorted in the currency business.” Millions of viewers thought Morticia Addams was going to be on the $10 bill. The pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. It is a long time until Georgia Primary, the only time we get a choice.
The Prodigal Son
Luke 15 1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. 8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of G-d over one sinner that repenteth. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. Text for today’s story is from Bible Gateway. Here is a commentary on The Power of Parable . Here is a discussion about this parable. This is a repost. Pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
Yesterday, this facility published the text of Luke 15, also known as The Prodigal Son. The titular phrase does not appear in the King Jimmy text. The story is a parable, that is, a made up story to teach a lesson. Those who say every word of the Bible is true somehow miss this.
The Prodigal Son is a popular story. It is well known, and speaks of forgiveness. Some unkind people say that Jesus worshipers like to be forgiven, and do not like to forgive. There is plenty of evidence for this observation. Lets just say that lots of people don’t want to take responsibility for their actions. If your pie in the sky hero to forgives you, then you can have a cleaner conscience.
PG was at a memorial service once. The guest of honor was a leather wearing pagan. The minister, who had met the deceased one time, told the story of the Prodigal Son. It made PG feel better.
The forgotten character in this story is the older brother. He was faithful to his father, stayed at home and helped out, only to see his wayward brother welcomed back with joy. The father never killed a fatted calf for the elder brother. Maybe the elder brother deserved it more. Sometimes, life is not fair. Some say this is more than a parable. Maybe it is three units of bull.
The New MLK
Part of the problem with the Social Justice Jihad is the tsunami of rhetoric. Millions of words come out every day, often with great anger, passion, and volume. If you doubt the truth of anything you hear, you run the risk of being called (cue dramatic music) racist. The simple truth is that a lot of what is said is simply not true. When you ask someone for documentation for their claims, the fun begins.
@THEAlleyeceeing Same people that said victims of police violence should’ve just respected the law are calling #KimDavis the new MLK.
chamblee54 @THEAlleyeceeing @fieldnegro
Do you have links showing one person having these two opinions?
@THEAlleyeceeing @chamblee54 @fieldnegro Huckabee Cruz should I type it for you as well?
chamblee54 @THEAlleyeceeing @fieldnegro
i asked for links you know, documented evidence rather than just you heard it
@THEAlleyeceeing @chamblee54
you could have googled it by now instead of still expecting me to do your work.
chamblee54 @THEAlleyeceeing i did google the last part, the only one saying that is Rick Santorum-you were the one speaking without evidence or backup
The tweeter who started this is THE CONNET @THEAlleyeceeing. The profile says “Social Media Assassins Guild, Assassins Embassy.” There is a link, TheConnet.wix.com. When you click on the link, you get this message: “We Looked Everywhere For This Page! (Error 404) But maybe we can still help you find what you’re looking for.”
When you google the phrase “calling #KimDavis the new MLK,” you find an article, Santorum Compares Kim Davis’ Jailing to Martin Luther King’s. The former senator, aka frothy mix, was on a radio show. After praising Kim Davis, Mr. Santorum noted that “Martin Luther King went to jail because he didn’t follow the law.” Is this calling Kim Davis the new MLK? Some say it does, while others disagree. What did “Huckabee Cruz” say? Who knows?
Later in the interview, Mr. Santorum said the Iran Nuclear Deal was “The greatest betrayal … in the history of our country.” A quick google search for “victims of police violence should’ve just respected the law Rick Santorum” did not yield any results. Google corrected the spelling of respect.
When you say something online, you should show where you got your information. Memes, and twitter, are not conducive to backing up your rhetoric. When people get mad when you ask them for documentation, that is an indication that they don’t know what they are talking about. This reckless dissemination of bogus information is a serious problem for the social justice jihad. Just because you talk loud does not mean you are telling the truth.
Pictures are from The Library of Congress. UPDATE:
@fieldnegro @chamblee54 @thealleyeceeing Well her lawyer compared her to MLK. And so did your fellow wingnut on FOX. https://rawstory…
This Connection is Untrusted You have asked Firefox to connect securely to http://www.rawstory.com, but we can’t confirm that your connection is secure. Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site’s identity can’t be verified.
chamblee54 @fieldnegro @THEAlleyeceeing firefox said the link to raw story was “untrusted” -i do not watch FOX, and nobody there is “fellow wingnut”
chamblee54 @fieldnegro @THEAlleyeceeing http://wp.me/pca2S-bU4 here is what i found out by doing the research that The Connet should have done
@THEAlleyeceeing @chamblee54 @fieldnegro 😂😂😂😂it only took you 8 hours.
@THEAlleyeceeing @chamblee54 KimDavis is no MLK #MLKim http://bit.ly/1JUASBu
chamblee54 @THEAlleyeceeing That is something I agree with
@THEAlleyeceeing @chamblee54 that was sohars to find.
Adventures With Obamacare
After making the bold move of getting out of bed, PG was ready for action. He was not afraid to answer the phone. It was a robo call from the Health Insurance Marketplace. There were some issues with your account. Please call this 800 number, and tell them you got this call. PG did not listen fast enough to catch the number. Not that he would call it anyway.
When dealing with Government agencies, it is a good idea to answer phone calls and letters. Even if you thought you covered it, another agent may have a different opinion. Obamacare is sort of a good idea, with multiple implementation issues. Both G-d, and the Devil, are in the details.
The first stop was the O-care website. It had been a while since PG visited this facility. The device asked PG to choose a new password. The link was sent to the email address. The link was selected. First you have to answer the security questions. Since PG wrote down these details, this should be easy. No, the device did not like the answers PG gave. Click on the link, start over, and provide the security questions with a few more capital letters. PG was allowed to create a new password.
The new password was written, copied, and pasted into the appropriate fields. Then it was time to log on to HIM wonderland. The password was pasted into the appropriate field. The device said the password was not correct. Refresh the page, enter the user name, include a capital letter at the start, manually type in the password. Bingo.
The site did not show any problems. The same two messages that PG downloaded in April are still there. It is time to call the HIM 800 number, and talk to a person. Maybe the Health Insurance Marketplace needs a gender neutral acronym. Is Obamacare masculine, or feminine?
So the HIM 800 number is called. PG knew to press zero,and speak to an operator. The voice answering droid asked what state PG was in. Georgia. What was that, we cannot understand you. Georgia, with a bit of anger. We cannot understand you. We need to know what state you bought insurance in. Georgia, a bit louder and angrier. We cannot understand what you are saying. Please enter the zip code in the touch tone keypad.
After seven minutes on hold, a very nice man appeared. He looked in his computer, and did not see any problems. Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. The spell check suggestions for robo: robot, rob, robe, hobo.
Data Inspired Stories
“All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law” Theodore Roosevelt ~ KimKierkegaardashian @KimKierkegaard I’m in an airplane bathroom taking selfies. What is happiness except this simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ~ Join Over 500,000 Smart People Subscribe to The Angle to get data-inspired stories weekly, crafted by our editorial team. Simply enter your email address and subscribe. You’ll love it! ~ I’m Christian, But I’m Not ~ I was exchanging emails with a friend Friday night, and she sent me a schedule for the festival. I saw the appearance of Erica Jong had started. I was disappointed, not knowing that I would need a ticket to attend. It turns out there was some drama. ~ Do you have a link for those numbers? I suspect they are close to the truth. However, with memes, you have to take the word of the statistic slinger. In this case, it is someone, whose initials are BS, who has an axe to grind. ~ One of the rhetorical points made these days is the concept that America “was built on the backs of oppressed people”. In this clip, an Economics professor takes issue with that idea. ~ @sadqueer4life i posted “the internet seems like a safe & fun place” on fb and someone commented telling me to kill myself ~ Sometimes, the better question is “Why is this person still on the payroll?” ~ people who sort of self identify as white in an obvious way ~ @haroldpollack @glennloury ~ The people this reminds me of did very little work, unless you count jaw muscles. ~ I like PWOC … people without color … so does the sunscreen industry. ~ I keep a word document on my desktop. When something gets my attention, I write my comment there. Sometimes I post it. Often I do not. On Monday morning, I post this document. Very few people read it. ~ The riff about white privilege is curious. Yes, white people have unearned advantages. The thing is, comedy is not about being fair. It is about being funny. The comedy product that you choose to consume should make you laugh. It should not be based on being fair to different groups of people. ~ Theodore Roosevelt State of the Union 1906 – 3 December 1906 ~ Walter Williams ~ ‘No Blacks’ Is Not a Sexual Preference. It’s Racism ~ another quiz ~ What about black guys that say whites only, or white guys that say blacks only? What about not liking people who are eager judge the racial attitudes of others? Are their SJW groupies? And what color hankerchief should you wear in your back pocket? ~ I think this thread is heavy on the mistaken stereotypes. It is all about white men who don’t like black men. If you look at the hookup profiles, you will see all kinds of scenarios. There are white men who like black men exclusively. There are black men who like whites only. There are people of various categories, who like specific categories for their hookups. Is this a problem? Is this not a problem? Is this (cue monster movie music) racism? Does gay men’s preferences for hookup partners a causal factor for institutional systemic discrimination, or is it just tacky manners? ~ At 1:16, there was a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge. The man said, there has got to be a middle. The internet took a break. Bars flashing from dark gray to light gray appeared in the middle of the screen. ~ @chamblee54 @whittmman Just found this new app which lets you know which family members are racist. It’s called a mirror. ~ @raylewis #blackslogansmatter ~ @brian_bilston The grammar police got him, split his infinitive open, removed his colon, left him lying commatose. The next day, he was pronouned dead. ~ that’s not writing that’s word processing ~ pictures from The Library of Congress. ~ selah
Measuring Racism
PG hears the word “racist” tossed casually so much, he suspects it has lost it’s meaning. Dictionary definitions are of little use. The meaning of the word depends on who is saying it.
The modest suggestion here is for a seven point scale to measure racism. Zero would be totally colorblind, and six would be metaphysical hate. For the sake of simplicity, this scale, in the beginning, will only apply to white-black relations in the United States.
The model for this is the Kinsey scale. In his books on human sexuality, Dr. Kinsey described a seven point scale. Zero was totally heterosexual, and six was totally homosexual.
PG does not have a clue how to write a test for this scale, or how to score this test. White people see racism differently than black people. White people are affected by racism in different ways than black people. Different cultures view racism in different ways.
How would PG score on this scale? He has black friends and black enemies. Certain parts of black culture are enjoyable, and certain parts make him want to turn the radio off.
PG does not like people that do not like PG. When it is us against them, you need to remember which one you are. How does this register on this racism scale? It depends on who does the judging.
This is a repost. Pictures are from The Library of Congress.
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