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Keep raising the minimum wage and business owners will either go out of business, automate, or seek alternatives to employees priced beyond the actual value of their employment. If you don't understand the concepts, Kevin Williamson provides a good primer here, written with Bernie Sanders and his supporters in mind. Regardless, you can see the impact below:
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Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Thursday, May 28, 2015
The Immutable Economic Law Of Bark & Demand
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
The Bovine Revolution Has Begun
One of my favorite novelty songs of all time, Cows With Gun. Enjoy:
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Saturday, May 9, 2015
Hangovers, They Are Not Just For Humans
Sad to say, but humans aren't the only species with a taste for alcohol, nor the only species to suffer hangovers in the aftermath of a bender. This is the carnage wrought in the animal kingdom the morning after a really fun party at the zoo (H/T Bookworm Room):
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Hillary: Trustworthy? Authentic? Vote Vagina?
From a pac, America Rising, a well done montage on the issue of Hillary's trustworthiness:
(H/T Legal Insurrection)
From Charles Krauthammer, who is a bit cynical about Hillary's authenticity
See Hillary ride in a van! Watch her meet everyday Americans! Witness her ordering a burrito bowl at Chipotle! Which she did wearing shades, as did her chief aide Huma Abedin, yielding security-camera pictures that made them look (to borrow from Karl Rove) like fugitives on the lam, wanted in seven states for a failed foreign policy.
There’s something surreal about Hillary Clinton’s Marie Antoinette tour, sampling cake and commoners. But what else can she do? After Barack Obama, she’s the best-known political figure in America. She has papal name recognition. Like Napoleon and Cher, she’s universally known by her first name. As former queen consort, senator and secretary of state, she has spent a quarter-century in the national spotlight — more than any modern candidate.
She doesn’t just get media coverage; she gets meta-coverage. The staging is so obvious that actual events disappear. The story is their symbolism — campaign as semiotics. . . .
And finally, Nancy Pelosi adopts the position that the issues don't matter; we should all vote for Hillary because . . . vagina. Well, I guess we will soon find out whether identity politics trumps concerns for leadership in this nation. Can Hillary deliver the woman vote? Can Bill deliver the other woman vote?
That said, there is at least one woman already on record as saying that she will not be voting Democrat ever again:
Monday, April 13, 2015
The Hillary Show Begins
SNL perfectly captures the spirit of the Hill and Bill show going forward as they imagine the "low key" announcement of her candidacy that did in fact happen Sunday:
(H/T Legal Insurrection)
Yes, there is the sense of entitlement, the reference to the e-mail scandals, the utter lack of sincerity, and much more. Hats off to SNL for a pitch perfect skit. And the moment at 1:12 when Hillary tries to "look natural" is quite good.
Of course, the Onion's take on the announcement was equally as good:
After several seconds spent sitting motionless and glaring directly into the camera, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly began Sunday’s video announcing her 2016 presidential bid by warning the nation not to fuck this up for her. “Listen up, assholes, ’cause I’m only saying this once: I’ve worked way too goddamn hard to let you morons blow this thing for me,” said Clinton, repeatedly jabbing her index finger toward the viewers at home while adding that if they thought she was going to simply sit back and watch them dick her over like they did in 2008, they were out of their fucking minds. “Seriously, don’t you dare even think about it. If you shitheads can just get in line, we can breeze through this whole campaign in 19 months and be done with it. Or, if you really want, we can do this the hard way. Because make no mistake, I’m not fucking around. Got it?” Clinton then ended her announcement by vowing to fight for a better future for all working-class families like the one she grew up in.
Comedy, but not far off the mark, I think. Hillary, as I pointed out below, intends to stay as far away from real press as possible, preferably until the coronation. We can expect a campaign of buzz words - empowerment, families, middle class - and no substance.
This from Roger Simon's post, No Questions, Please: Hillary Announces on Twitter:
America rejoice! A multi-millionairess serial liar married to a multi-millionaire serial adulterer has just announced for the presidency of our country to save the middle class from impoverishment! (Or was it “income inequality”?) (Or was it “Chelsea Clinton in a Gucci dress, Mateo New York bracelet, Cartier bracelet, Garland Collection ring, Halleh ring,” as appears in this month’s Elle?)
Better tell Rosa Luxemburg, Lenin and Trotsky, not to mention Gil Scott-Heron. His song got it wrong. The Revolution is going to be televised (until we’re blue in the face) and it will start in tony Chappaqua on a posh gated estate with pool and tennis court, guarded by the Secret Service with its own (exceptionally) private email system, infinite closed-circuit video surveillance and who knows what else?
Is everyone throwing up yet? Not even Maureen Dowd is buying. Oh, well, American “liberalism” has been screwing the lower classes for the last fifty years. Why stop now?
But maybe we are reaching a new low. It couldn’t be more obvious why Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy on Twitter and a disingenuous video. She’ll do anything not to take questions. Her last encounter with the press, over her vanishing emails, made Richard Nixon seem like Diogenes. In fact, Nixon is Diogenes compared to Hillary. Imagine how the press would have reacted if Nixon had lied about being under fire in Bosnia… or anywhere. Or had claimed that “the great leftwing conspiracy” was the cause of “Pat’s affairs.” (Well, scratch that.)
Hillary is also probably the most immoral person to run for president. Anyone who could tell the father of Tyrone Woods, the Navy SEAL murdered in Benghazi, that they would “get the man who made that video” at his son’s own funeral is capable of just about anything. . . .
And from Maureen Dowd:
Her paranoia, secrecy, scandals and disappearing act with emails from her time as secretary of state have inspired a cascade of comparisons with Nixon. . . .
She wants to avoid the coronation vibe this time, a member of her orbit told Politico’s Glenn Thrush, even though Martin O’Malley, a potential rival, objected that “the presidency of the United States is not some crown to be passed between two families” and The Onion reported her campaign slogan is “I deserve this.”
Hillary’s team plans to schedule low-key events where she can mingle with actual voters. “I think it’s important, and Hillary does, too, that she go out there as if she’s never run for anything before and establish her connection with the voters,” Bill Clinton told Town & Country for a cover story.
The Big Dog, who got off his leash last time in South Carolina, said he will start small as well, noting: “My role should primarily be as a backstage adviser to her until we get much, much closer to the election.”
Democratic strategists and advisers told The Washington Post’s Anne Gearan and Dan Balz that “the go-slow, go-small strategy” plays to her strengths, “allowing her to meet voters in intimate settings where her humor, humility and policy expertise can show through.”
As the old maxim goes, if you can fake humility, you’ve got it made. . . .
Instead of a chilly, scripted, entitled policy wonk, as in 2008, Hillary plans to be a warm, spontaneous, scrappy fighter for average Americans. Instead of a woman campaigning like a man, as in 2008, she will try to stir crowds with the idea of being the first woman president. Instead of haughtily blowing off the press, as in 2008, she will make an effort to play nice.
It’s a do-or-die remodeling, like when you put a new stainless steel kitchen in a house that doesn’t sell. . . .
Now, after 25 years on the national stage, Hillary is still hitting the reset button on her image, this time projecting herself as a warm, loving grandmother.
Politico, for its part, has already started posting Hillary campaign releases as if they are actual article. From their latest, we learn that Hillary is on a "1,000 mile road trip" to Iowa, making "unplanned" stops along the way (read "no press waiting") and in Iowa, to participate in a "series of small, private events," (read "no press invited.") The campaign is careful to point out that this road trip "was her own idea." What a woman of the people.
Lastly, this from Instapundit: "My question for Hillary, shamelessly stolen from a tweet I can’t find now: Do the underage girls held as sex slaves on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island that Bill visited feel “empowered” by Hillary’s candidacy?"
Sunday, April 12, 2015
SNL's Look At Female Teacher Sexual Predation
Yes, that SNL skit pretty much sums it up from the average male perspective. Sexual predation by female teachers on male students - teacher cougar attacks for lack of a better term - have been going on for, my guess is centuries. Indeed, one of the first novels in the English language, Tom Jones written by Henry Fielding and published in 1749, has the young protagonist subject to a cougar attack. What we are seeing today is not some explosion in female teacher male student sexual predation, but rather the publicizing of it because of social media.
If the male is of legal age to engage in sex . . . eh. Paedophilia is one thing, but sex between two people of legal age is another. I understand that it has to be prosecuted. The potential for problems developing out of such a relationship are there. That said, it happened to two males in my family line and neither suffered anything more averse than incredibly fond memories and, for one at least, the permanent setting of a very high bar, quantitatively and qualitatively, for what constituted great sex. There are worse fates.
Monday, March 30, 2015
Wolf Bytes: The Missing Trillion Dollars Edition
The Left Only Knows How To Exploit An Economy, Not Run One: Obama's Economic Estimates Of Growth Come Up A Trillion Short, And What Gains There Are Have Gone To The Top 20%
It's not just that facts don't matter, the AGW crowd are just mailing it in these days: UW Madison Says Climate Change Hurting Soy Crops Amid Record Yields
It's not pretty: Some Brits Take A Glimpse At A Developing Post-America World
Tradition: 5,000 Years Ago, Egyptians Brewed Beer In Tel Aviv
Let's start that dialogue: Genderflecting With Pep Boys
The anti-science left: Will Agriculture Be Allowed To Feed 9 Billion People With GMO Crops?
The benefits of multiculturalism, and is there no viking blood still flowing through the veins of Swedish men?: Sweden Now The Rape Capital Of The World
I never would have thought it possible: Poetic Math
I prefer to get mine directly from the source: Don't Buy Breastmilk Off The Internet
It would make for an interesting trip: Algorithm Used To Plan The Mother Of All Roadtrips
We can dream, can't we: The Ten Most Common "Shades Of Gray" For Men and Women
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Feminism & The Wit of Ann Althouse
Modern feminists in the West are a sorry lot. Having largely (and rightly) achieved their goals of equality in law and spirit, they have descended into man-hating farce, raging against caricatures and the sum of all evils, patriarchy. The problem is that, given reality, after awhile it's hard to come up with new material.
Ann Althouse, at her blog, comments on an article today at HuffPo Women, "Woman Slaps Period Pads All Over Her Town For A Very Important Reason." The article is about a woman who puts messages on sanitary napkins, such as, "imagine if all men were as disgusted with rape as they are with periods," then pastes them about town. Says Ms. Althouse:
I'm telling you — and I've told you before — the job of cranking out one "feminist" post after another is not easy. And isn't it just what you'd expect in a phallocracy? — that they'd relegate this job to women. How I pity the slaving female scribes of HuffPostWomen.
That's Onion worthy. After a long laugh at that comment, I noted that Ms. Althouse also highlighted the name of the women posting the padded messages about town -- Elonë Kastratia. C'mon.
Friday, March 6, 2015
Of Giant Schwanstuckers, Monster Whoppers, & Biggus Dickus
There have been a surprising number of posts and articles relating to penis size on the net this past week. They've appeared in Ann Althouse, Daily Mail, WUWT and more. At HuffPo, they have out the measuring tape, while at Real Clear Science, beneath a picture of a pepporoni sausage, they ask, "Is Your Penis Normal?" Well, certainly not if it can be chopped up and used to enhance a pizza, but that's neither here nor there. Let me attempt to put these posts and articles in perspective.
According to popular legend, or at least Mel Brooks, having a giant schwanstucker can satisfy a woman's deepest desires:
Truth be known, my goal in life has always been to get a woman to sing that song at the appropriate moment ever since I saw Young Frankenstein. Sigh . . . .
Now we learn that, in Nigeria at least, they've gone beyond the very well endowed giant schwanstucker size and are breeding men equipped with the dreaded "Monster Whopper."
Not only are these monster whoppers too big for bums, they are also too big for normal delivery. So much so that today, a "Nigerian Woman Files For Divorce Because Her Husband's Penis Is 'Too Big.'"
What the hell are they putting in the water in Nigeria? And do they bottle it?
There is a cautionary tale here. Biggus Dickus is no joke:
Lastly, a note for the ladies (and a few percent of the guys). Sorry to say, but according to well respected law blogger Ann Althouse all those old wive's tales about foot size being a reliable indicator of the size of one's happy spelunker . . . no. The only way to find out what's in the package is to unwrap it, and even then, you at least need to give it the full Aladin's lamp treatment to insure an accurate assessment.
Should, horror of horrors, you find the present unwrapped to be a bit underwhelming, take a lesson from global warming and ice melt:
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Self Emasculation . . .
Via Gerard Van Der Luen at the great American Digest Blog, comes the story of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, an Indian spiritualist who has managed to convince some four hundred men to castrate themselves.
Rumor has it that, following the vote on funding for the President's immigration bill, his mission accomplished, Mr. Singh will soon be leaving his current job as a motivational speaker for Congressional Republicans.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
This has got to be the best prank in years.
Priceless. It is a promo for a remake of the horror movie, Carrie.
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
Of Muzzies, Manning & Mirages
From Bookworm Room
From Mad Magazine, via American Digest
And from Buzzfeed (where you can 23 more "mirage" photos), . . .
. . . this is actually not a woman giving us boobage.
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Friday, August 23, 2013
Bradley Manning & Monty Python
When life begins to imitate old comedy skits, perhaps our nation is in dire straits.
(H/T American Digest)
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Let The Bankruptcy Begin
The "Fist of A Champion" - a sculpture in downtown Detroit dedicated to legendary fighter Joe Louis - is a city icon. It was updated a few days ago to reflect the reality of the city as it prepares for bankruptcy. An artist added a massive replica of a can of Crisco. Heh. Bend over and brace yourself, Detroit.
Surprisingly enough, the city government does not see the humor.
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Friday, July 26, 2013
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
A Pucker Factor Of 10
Have you ever heard of the pucker factor? It is actually an unofficial scale developed by the military used to determine the tightness by which one clenches their posterior hole. 1 is normal. 5 is air tight. 10 is a point of atomic lock - where not even a single atom could pass from one side to the other, nor could it be forced to unclench with anything short of dynamite. I once hit a 10 in the middle of a parachute accident at jump school. But many things can cause a 10 on the pucker factor scale, such as . . . . .
(H/T Maggies Farm)
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Saturday, July 20, 2013
Proof of Zimmerman's Racism Found
Well, don't I feel embarrassed. It would appear that I have been wrong all along about George Zimmerman. I have portrayed him as an exemplar of a post racial, color blind society. The reality is otherwise.
A recent tip sent to the DOJ tip line has made public beyond question Zimmerman's long standing membership in an organization with deeply racist ties. The contents of the tip were published by Patterico:
Dear Department of Justice, As a concerned citizen, I feel I must answer the call for tips regarding your civil rights investigation into the shooting of Trayvon Martin. It has come to my attention that recently acquitted George Zimmerman has ties to an organization that fought against the emancipation of slaves, opposed the 1964 civil rights acts, and spawned the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow laws. Members of George’s sordid organization don’t limit their bigotry to African Americans, and indeed have disturbingly backwards views of Indians as well as Jews. This organization has even promoted injustice and voter intimidation on the basis of a person’s skin color, damaging our very faith in our democracy. . . .
You can follow the link for the video and documentary evidence. It would seem that Obama, the NAACP and the CBC have been right all along.
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
Approved Thoughts For Small Children
From the People's Cube via Maggie's Farm. And lest you think that this clever photo lacks any sort of basis in reality, this from Maggie's Farm:
Researcher Says that Berenstein Bears, Franklin the Friendly Turtle Perpetuate "Racist," "Socially Dominant Norms" to Children:
Parents who read their kids stories about happy, human-like animals like Franklin the Turtle or Arthur at bedtime are exposing their kids to racism, materialism, homophobia and patriarchal norms, according to a paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Of Anti-Gun Democrats & Circular Firing Squads
While we wait for the testimony on Benghazi, I found the intentional irony of this vignette from James Taranto too good to pass on without posting:
Antigun nuts are taking aim at moderate Democrats, Politico.com reports:
Ads from the [Michael] Bloomberg-funded Mayors Against Illegal Guns are going up soon in Alaska, Arkansas and North Dakota--three states with Democratic senators who broke with the White House on last month's background checks vote. . . .
It's all got Democrats nervous about keeping their hold on the Senate, if they are under attack from not only Republicans but pro-gun control forces as well.
The Dems are most nervous about Pryor. "Radio spots in Arkansas will target the state's African-American community, 'without which Mark Pryor doesn't have a prayer of getting reelected,' said Mark Glaze, director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns."Obama and his allies somehow convinced themselves the gun issue would hurt conservatives and Republicans. Instead the left is forming a circular firing squad.
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