Author: Kim du Toit

News Roundup

Bad News

And speaking of gas-guzzling cars:


...are these the same as the “Covid” scientists, or just outright academic frauds like Michael Mann?  Asking for a friend.


...that’s dengue fever, transmitted by mosquito bites, it’s been around for centuries, and you’re most likely to catch it if you visit India, Sri Lanka and South America (and don’t use bug repellent).
#AncientNews #NotWorthPanickingAbout

In the Lawn Order Files:


...why is this headline absolutely believable?


...as would we all.  Being that this happened in Britishland, he didn’t even say it to the scrotes themselves, but to colleagues during a break.  And being that this was in Britishland, one of his colleagues snitched on him — and being that this was in Britishland, he’s now in trouble.
#BritainIsTotallyFucked

Also in Britishland:


...can you believe that anyone could say this with a straight [sic] face?

In Local Commie News:


...keep it classy, Lefties.  Also:


...oh well, that’s okay then.

And in The Great Cultural Assimilation Project©:


...so basically, if the Krauts were to deport all the freeloaders, their welfare spending on the “deserving” permanently-unemployed could grow by as much as 33%?


…
#Vienna


...leading to the question:  how did homosexual illegal aliens get to afford a cruise in the first place?

And then there’s this example of how to tell authorities to stick it:


…

On a happier note:


...is it so wrong to admit that I’m slightly turned on by the “burn marks” thing?  Here she is, all tousled with that JBF look:

And off we go into more of that 

    …

…and speaking of that particular resident of :


...well, so much for that little fantasy.

   

 

And I think that’s about enough  thighs  news to spread.

Not Invented Here

Men & Women

Once again, we have “Science!” to the rescue.  From a college professor, no less:

“I’ve often heard people argue that men’s love of breasts is just an invention of Western culture, and that there are cultures out there where breasts are no big deal to men.  It’s always struck me as implausible — could Western culture have randomly created a male obsession with women’s elbows or nostrils? I find the new study persuasive. 

“And it also strikes me as a win for common sense over an eccentric academic theory.” 

I hate to tell you this, Perfessor, but common sense almost always kicks eccentric, anti-Western, pro-feminist academic theory’s ass.  (Ask anyone in the real business world about their opinion of college-based economists.)

Anyway, back to the main topic:  men love boobs.  We like looking at them, touching them, kissing them, using them as a pillow, whatever.  ‘Twas always thus, and always will be.  And it doesn’t matter whether we are Western men or Third World tribesmen, either.

That this had to be studied at all is a mystery.  Of greater need for study is why some men prefer small boobs, and others big ‘uns.

To establish some parameters, though, here’s a representative sample.  From modest to  PHWOOAAAARRRR:

I think you get the picture(s).  Feel free to provide your scientific opinions in Comments.

Great Idea; Never Gonna Happen

Economics

I beseech all of you to read this article in full.  Here’s a taste:

Put simply, Trump is trying to beat countries with a stick until they agree to dismantle red tape that is holding back global demand for US goods and services. America is resorting to tariffs for one main reason. Over the past four decades, many countries have followed the US in lowering their tariff regimes, but they have not torn down regulatory barriers, or dealt with anti-competitive distortions. 
Trump’s masterplan is to create a new “coalition of the willing”, with the world divided into those who welcome competitive dynamism and those who cling to stagnation.

Then the writer puts forward an argument which contains so much common sense that it makes adopting it a slam-dunk for even the most foolish and doctrinaire of governments.

Which is why Britishland’s Labour Party will never adopt it.

Keeping Up

Trumpism

I am a man of advanced years and much-reduced mental- and physical capacity thereby, so I’m having trouble dealing with all the MAGA / Trumpist / Musk-y goodness these days.  Quite apart from Saturday’s posts, there’s this:

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Sec. Scott Turner has announced the end of Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured mortgages for any “non-permanent residents,” effectively eliminating illegal aliens’ access to the taxpayer-funded program.

…and this:

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is slashing 10,000 full-time employees as part of its effort to trim fat and reorient the department around Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Health Again” (MAHA) agenda.

“We aren’t just reducing bureaucratic sprawl. We are realigning the organization with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the chronic disease epidemic,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “This Department will do more — a lot more — at a lower cost to the taxpayer.”

…not to mention this:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that as many as 300 foreign students have had their visas revoked due to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Rubio confirmed the number of revoked visas when speaking at a press conference in Guyana.

“Maybe more, it might be more than 300 at this point,” Rubio said. “We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa.”

Okay, let’s not let my enfeebled state and stamina be a hindrance to all this most excellent and long-overdue Chainsaw Activity.

Simple Solution

Seen On Campus

Via Insty, this from a college professor:

“I can’t assign papers any more because I’ll just get AI back, and there’s nothing I can do to make it stop.”

Seriously?

Far be it for me to tell credentialed teachers how to do their job [stop that irreverent laughter]  but allow me to propose a novel idea:  instead of assigning papers to be prepared as homework,

  • Create essay-based two-hour examinations in a closed classroom, under the supervision of invigilators who can ensure that the students don’t have access to phones or laptops.
  • All backpacks and such must be left at the side of the room, and the students are allowed only a ballpoint pen at their desk.
  • Keep the essay topics secret until the exam begins.
  • All essays must be handwritten.
  • Make these paper-writing exercises a bi-weekly (fortnightly) activity, and make them count for a substantial proportion of the final grade.
  • Each essay grade should comprise 70% for content and the remainder for literacy.

Here’s the fun part of all this, though.

Even assuming that the papers were legible (a huge assumption), I’ll bet that a substantial number of today’s so-called professors wouldn’t be able to grade the papers properly anyway — in no small part because they wouldn’t be able to use A.I. to grade the handwritten paper content.

Burn the whole rotten edifice down, and start from scratch.