I also find myself avoiding movies involving significant roles for Eddie Griffin (I had a wonderful "exception example" for Griffin at the ready, namely his appearance in the Nutty Professor, but it turns out that that was actually Chappelle. c'est la vie) and Kevin Hart... again, because I am a racist.
To prove my racist bonafides, I think Key & Peele are, in the vast majority of cases, awkwardly unfunny... although I will admit an occasional chuckle, potentially at personal expense (via the disapproval of my racist brethren).
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Monday, June 30, 2014
Friday, June 20, 2014
LOL
for a few different reasons
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Philadelphia City Council Votes to Decriminalize Marijuana
Submitted by Diamond Dog on Fri, 06/20/2014 - 18:44If signed into law, the bill would allow Philadelphia police to issue $25 tickets for possession of up to an ounce of weed.
By Dan McQuade | JUNE 19, 2014
[Original: 2:36 p.m.] You can breathe a little easier today, stoners, and not just because you probably are into vaping now. Philadelphia City Council voted today to decriminalize the possession of up to an ounce of weed. Even the heaviest stoners rarely buy more than an ounce at a time, so this bill is good news for Philadelphia potheads from the casual smoker to the wake-and-bake stoner.
The bill was first introduced by Councilman Jim Kenney in May. Under Kenney's bill, Philadelphians caught with up to an ounce (30 grams) of marijuana would not be arrested. After they paid a $25 fine, they'd have the charge expunged from their record. (Presumably, their weed would also be confiscated.) Since June 2010, Philadelphia has treated possession of up to an ounce of weed as a summary offense punishable with a $200 fine and a three-hour class on drug abuse.
"After discussions with Philadelphia’s criminal justice stakeholders, my requests to end mandatory custodial arrests — i.e. handcuffs and a night in jail — were deemed an 'administrative burden' on our courts and police,” Kenney told NBC10.com in May. “Public officials shouldn’t be worried about ‘administrative burdens’ when our inaction is senselessly burdening over 4,000 people with life-changing criminal records each year.”
Two Republican members of City Council, Dennis O’Brien and David Oh, spoke out against the bill. O'Brien suggested the law could eventually lead to “assaults on police officers.” (<- reason number 1. LOL)
reason #2:
Ahhh
Submitted by eagleindistress on Fri, 06/20/2014 - 19:17. Permalink
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Anyone who ever "liked" Eric Cantor
is a bad judge of character and is not to be trusted.
GO SAVE ISRAEL, ERIC. SHE NEEDS A HERO. YOU CAN BE THAT HERO. TAKE DB MOST HIGH EMMANUEL AND FAMILIA WITH YOU AND FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
GO SAVE ISRAEL, ERIC. SHE NEEDS A HERO. YOU CAN BE THAT HERO. TAKE DB MOST HIGH EMMANUEL AND FAMILIA WITH YOU AND FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Iran oughta should be nuking Israel soon, right?
Not only has it been 6 months, but it's been like 5 years. So by all the DC douchebag Israel-firsters' calculations, we are wwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy overdue for an Iran nuking of Israel.
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEETTT. Fuck you, invaders. Go back to Germany and fight your own battles. Not willing to fight? Too bad. You die off then. You're nobody else's responsibility. Get your shit together and quit your incessant, unbearable whining.
If you really think it's going to happen, you can go ahead and use the nukes we gave you to flatten Iran. Then you'll be able to stay in your "homeland" LMFAO safely, I guess? Or whatever? Who cares. Do what you want. You want to stay in the land you have no right to? Do it. Just STOP FUCKING WHINING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES. You don't hear us whining to others to protect us from Mexico, do you? CAN YOU IMAGINE? WHO WOULD FUCKING CARE? NO ONE. BUT YOU'VE MANAGED TO USE THE GUILT CARD longer than anyone could ever have imagined. Congrats for that. Now man up, you unbearable bitches. Or die off. Shit, or get off that fucking pot. Make some fucking decisions and FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S HOLY, STOP FUCKING WHINING.
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEETTT. Fuck you, invaders. Go back to Germany and fight your own battles. Not willing to fight? Too bad. You die off then. You're nobody else's responsibility. Get your shit together and quit your incessant, unbearable whining.
If you really think it's going to happen, you can go ahead and use the nukes we gave you to flatten Iran. Then you'll be able to stay in your "homeland" LMFAO safely, I guess? Or whatever? Who cares. Do what you want. You want to stay in the land you have no right to? Do it. Just STOP FUCKING WHINING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES. You don't hear us whining to others to protect us from Mexico, do you? CAN YOU IMAGINE? WHO WOULD FUCKING CARE? NO ONE. BUT YOU'VE MANAGED TO USE THE GUILT CARD longer than anyone could ever have imagined. Congrats for that. Now man up, you unbearable bitches. Or die off. Shit, or get off that fucking pot. Make some fucking decisions and FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S HOLY, STOP FUCKING WHINING.
I'm all for a new war now.
Cuz I just don't give a fuck anymore.
Bring it on. With whomever. For whatever reason. Oil? Sure. General imperialism? Sure.
Fuck it. For NO reason. Just cuz. Let's blow some shit up just because it's good for ratings. That's good enough for me. I hope the Capitol building gets hit in retaliation. I hope all of Washington D.C. is flattened, or vaporized. Who cares? We're just roaches. Nothing matters. Later.
Edit: Don't forget Wall Street. Vaporize that bitch too. Works for me.
Bring on that war, STAT. Let's get this party started.
Bring it on. With whomever. For whatever reason. Oil? Sure. General imperialism? Sure.
Fuck it. For NO reason. Just cuz. Let's blow some shit up just because it's good for ratings. That's good enough for me. I hope the Capitol building gets hit in retaliation. I hope all of Washington D.C. is flattened, or vaporized. Who cares? We're just roaches. Nothing matters. Later.
Edit: Don't forget Wall Street. Vaporize that bitch too. Works for me.
Bring on that war, STAT. Let's get this party started.
Monday, June 9, 2014
Contradictory Terms
"Neo-nazism" and "anti-government".
Are we to assume that neo-nazis have some sort of affinity for and ideological similarity with the original incarnation?
I think so.
Were Nazis "anti-government"?
LOL.
Does this question, when posed so directly, actually need to be answered?
Does this cause any pause for those wishing to paint with broad brushes?
Need this question (when posed so directly) be answered?
Are we to assume that neo-nazis have some sort of affinity for and ideological similarity with the original incarnation?
I think so.
Were Nazis "anti-government"?
LOL.
Does this question, when posed so directly, actually need to be answered?
Does this cause any pause for those wishing to paint with broad brushes?
Need this question (when posed so directly) be answered?
Friday, June 6, 2014
I expect "loosing" to be codified any day now
it has reached critical mass and so will become an accepted spelling of "losing".
and one more part of me will die on the inside.
is this pet peeve ironic given the grammatical challenges (perhaps grammatical affront is a better description) demonstrated in this post and elsewhere on this here blog?
nah.
and one more part of me will die on the inside.
is this pet peeve ironic given the grammatical challenges (perhaps grammatical affront is a better description) demonstrated in this post and elsewhere on this here blog?
nah.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Maureen Dowd on pot candy bar: 'I became convinced that I had died'
The only question required is "so would you be likely to do it again, or not?"
And then the followup, should the person say they would be likely to do it again, "do you think society should attempt to prevent you and every other individual from making that choice by attempting to arrest and imprison you?"
The only people who support the drug war are losers and assholes and they're all stupid.
And then the followup, should the person say they would be likely to do it again, "do you think society should attempt to prevent you and every other individual from making that choice by attempting to arrest and imprison you?"
The only people who support the drug war are losers and assholes and they're all stupid.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
In some people,
the mirage of exceptionalism must be beaten out of them before they can ever hope to reach their true potential.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Intergalactic Misanthropy/Cynicism
I no longer think it would be a good thing to encounter extraterrestrial intelligent life.
Interesting, sure. But not good.
Imagine our "heroes" holding them at gunpoint in their own lands. Or, you know, imagine them eating us in ours. The likelihood of a third option seems remote.
Interesting, sure. But not good.
Imagine our "heroes" holding them at gunpoint in their own lands. Or, you know, imagine them eating us in ours. The likelihood of a third option seems remote.
Friday, May 16, 2014
Who is more full of shit?
Used car dealers or technical stock traders?
Sports talk media hosts?
Same?
Exactly, 100% exactly the same for all 3?
Fair enough.
But I would disagree.
At least the used car dealer actually knows some things about the car.
Sports talk media hosts?
Same?
Exactly, 100% exactly the same for all 3?
Fair enough.
But I would disagree.
At least the used car dealer actually knows some things about the car.
I believe
that the vast, vast majority of the profitability of the financial services sector is based on insider trading.
A majority of the rest is based on favoritism from the federal government.
A majority of the rest is based on favoritism from the federal government.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Jesus, take the wheel
the vehicle is drifting,
partially under my control, partially in a seemingly autonomous fashion
drifting toward hate, disgust
drifting towards rage
i know i could correct the path...
if i really, really wanted to...
but i'm feeling, at the moment, like i don't want to
like i want to turn the wheel harder,
and to accelerate
...
now Jesus seems to be helping me to be mindful
of the important question...
"and then what?"
well, good point, Jesus.
i'm almost certainly not going to make anything better
i'm almost certainly only going to make things worse,
if only marginally
so what's really the point? the motivation?
it's then that the underlying fear shows its face
ghostliness
a passing by of the world
irrelevance
fortunately there is a better way
a positive contribution
a much more difficult challenge
but perhaps not a very effective one
at least not in terms of the initial motivation
the vehicle is drifting again
it's all yours, J.
partially under my control, partially in a seemingly autonomous fashion
drifting toward hate, disgust
drifting towards rage
i know i could correct the path...
if i really, really wanted to...
but i'm feeling, at the moment, like i don't want to
like i want to turn the wheel harder,
and to accelerate
...
now Jesus seems to be helping me to be mindful
of the important question...
"and then what?"
well, good point, Jesus.
i'm almost certainly not going to make anything better
i'm almost certainly only going to make things worse,
if only marginally
so what's really the point? the motivation?
it's then that the underlying fear shows its face
ghostliness
a passing by of the world
irrelevance
fortunately there is a better way
a positive contribution
a much more difficult challenge
but perhaps not a very effective one
at least not in terms of the initial motivation
the vehicle is drifting again
it's all yours, J.
Friday, May 9, 2014
Global Climate Change
as the single biggest example of the concept of "overdiagnosis".
http://www.amazon.com/Overdiagnosed-Making-People-Pursuit-Health/dp/0807021997
Discuss...
http://www.amazon.com/Overdiagnosed-Making-People-Pursuit-Health/dp/0807021997
Discuss...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Emotional Growth? Capitulation? Does It Matter?
As I get older I find myself reacting quite differently to reports of deaths.
The progression begins as a youngster with a complete lack of connection to the concept of death. Various reports are just that - words that don't mean much.
Then as adulthood hits, the concept begins to hit closer to home, but still maintains a distance. The idea is more real, there is more experience with deaths of acquaintances and loved ones, and the meaning of life becomes more apparent. "The things that matter" and the reasons why become more obvious. But there is still so much time left to chart one's own path, and there are still so many things left to experience. The primary focus is still forward.
With the onset of middle-agedom, the constant paranoia begins to set in. Every death is a harbinger of one's own. Every ache and pain is a symptom of a much larger, more dire problem. We are no longer on the upside but have crossed ever. Our bodies are beginning the process of wearing down. In many ways, nothing will ever be "as good". Things kind of suck.
But then there comes a time when a degree of acceptance kicks in, and reports of the deaths of others again begin to recede in their emotionally depressing impact. Instead, the response is more along the lines of "I'm glad that man or woman had the opportunity to live the life he or she did." It becomes an appreciation of the accomplishments, the journey and the legacy left behind. The idea of eternal life being defined simply as one's personal and family legacy seems to crystallize.
The progression begins as a youngster with a complete lack of connection to the concept of death. Various reports are just that - words that don't mean much.
Then as adulthood hits, the concept begins to hit closer to home, but still maintains a distance. The idea is more real, there is more experience with deaths of acquaintances and loved ones, and the meaning of life becomes more apparent. "The things that matter" and the reasons why become more obvious. But there is still so much time left to chart one's own path, and there are still so many things left to experience. The primary focus is still forward.
With the onset of middle-agedom, the constant paranoia begins to set in. Every death is a harbinger of one's own. Every ache and pain is a symptom of a much larger, more dire problem. We are no longer on the upside but have crossed ever. Our bodies are beginning the process of wearing down. In many ways, nothing will ever be "as good". Things kind of suck.
But then there comes a time when a degree of acceptance kicks in, and reports of the deaths of others again begin to recede in their emotionally depressing impact. Instead, the response is more along the lines of "I'm glad that man or woman had the opportunity to live the life he or she did." It becomes an appreciation of the accomplishments, the journey and the legacy left behind. The idea of eternal life being defined simply as one's personal and family legacy seems to crystallize.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
It's quite difficult
to shed the ingrained thought processes and behaviors that have developed over one's life, even if the originally driving circumstances change in relevant ways.
After a certain point, it feels like a lifetime of "reacting as if one is cornered and threatened" becomes inevitable.
I am envious of those who can truly adapt and grow in positive ways, and who can escape whichever morass of negativity they had previously come to be stuck in.
Such growth is quite difficult.
After a certain point, it feels like a lifetime of "reacting as if one is cornered and threatened" becomes inevitable.
I am envious of those who can truly adapt and grow in positive ways, and who can escape whichever morass of negativity they had previously come to be stuck in.
Such growth is quite difficult.
Monday, April 14, 2014
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