From Glenn Reynolds:
“The chance that much of our leadership will be hauled before people’s tribunals and then sent to the firing squads remains low, but it’s far and away the highest it’s been in my life time.”
Oooh, I love it when Insty gets all revolutionary.
…and if Hillsdale isn’t thinking if offering him a job, they damn well should be.
Seems like the new (Republican) regime in the Virginia has wasted no time in kicking ass and taking names.
Virginia’s New AG Fires Civil Rights Division, Will Start Prosecuting Cases Dropped By ‘Social Justice’ DAs
Jason Miyares notified around 30 staff members they’re being let go – including 17 attorneys and 13 staff members. The attorneys include the solicitor general, Herring’s deputies, and reportedly Helen Hardiman – an assistant AG who worked on housing discrimination.
Take that, Soros, you miserable old Nazi fucker.
So you complete an impossible voyage across the Pacific Ocean on a flimsy craft with no modern navigation aids, end up becoming a world authority on boat building — all while shagging and living with multiple women simultaneously, (which should earn some kind of award all by itself). As if that wasn’t enough, at age 80 you sail the 4,000-mile Lapita voyage, following an ancient Pacific migration route on two double canoes, from the Philippines to the remote Polynesian islands of Anuta and Tikopia, accompanied only by (of course) two women.
Then having lasted another decade afterwards, you eventually decide you’ve had enough of that Alzheimer’s bullshit, and off yourself without any more fuss, having lived a good, satisfying and rewarding life.
My favorite part of the story is this:
Perhaps because of his unconventional lifestyle, public recognition came late in life — in 2018 he finally won a lifetime achievement award from Classic Boat Magazine — but he wasn’t bothered.
Read all about James Wharram.
Following on from last night’s post, I happened on this little photo essay:
Eero Saarinen’s outlandish air terminal for TWA at New York’s JFK International Airport was sculpted as an abstract symbol of flight.
Now most Readers. knowing my abhorrence for Modernist architecture, would be forgiven for thinking that this post will be a diatribe against this building. But on the contrary, I think it’s beautiful — for one thing, there aren’t any hideous straight lines and corners such as found in Bauhaus monstrosities. As the writer of the article puts it:
Unlike most air terminals, which seemed intent on depressing passengers, Saarinen’s not only raised the spirits but also showed that concrete structures could be truly delightful.
And it is. In the time it was built, I would imagine that its space-age, swoopy shape would be very much in keeping with the age of early space travel of the late 1950s and early 60s. As the designer himself put it:
“…the architecture itself would express the drama and excitement of travel… shapes deliberately chosen in order to emphasize an upward-soaring quality of line.”
The first tragedy is that Saarinen died the year before his creation was finished.
The second tragedy is that the beautiful building has of course been “modernized” to make it “more efficient”.
Ugh.
There’ll be a parallel essay to this topic on Saturday.
Here we are for the inaugural Un-P.C. Awards ceremony. Unlike all the other awards ceremonies, this one isn’t fixed (Oscars, F1, coff, coff ) in that all decisions are made by one man, i.e. Yer Humble (and Unbribable) Narrator and chief supervisor of Kim’s Beer & Treason Brigade.
So here are the winners (no podium finishers for reasons of space / patience, but a couple could actually be lifetime award winners).
Best Internet Boobs Photo: Salma Hayek
Best International Tits: Carol Vorderman
Best Socialist Tits: AOC
Best Photoshop of Socialist Tits:
World’s Best Wingman: Ghislaine Maxwell
Best Prospect For “Suicide” Before Month’s End: see above.
Best New Word (for me): Chesticles
Okay, enough boobs. Other awards:
Most Likely To Have a Train Smash In 2022: Britney Spears
Best 2022 Train Smash Prospect (Youth Division): Maisie Smith (19)
Most Unlikely Hero of 2021: J.K. Rowling
Toughest Old Broad: Queen Elizabeth II
Most Boring Couple: The Ginger Whinger and Duchess CaringSlut
Best Obituary: Battleswarm
“Leaving a trail of slime behind him –”
Start over.
“A repugnant, repulsive reptile –”
Try again.
“What can be said about him that hasn’t already been said about bubonic plague?”
Strike that.
Man, I’m really having trouble staying on the high road for this Harry Reid obit.
Top 10 Songs Of 2021 (apparently; I’ve never heard any of them)
Best New Song I Did Listen To In 2021: Eye of the Storm (Battle Beast)
Congressional Hero: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)
Best New Handgun: Springfield SA-35
(I know, shuddup, my list)
Best New Rifle: CZ 600
(link in pic)
Best Headline:
Biggest Anticlimax: Omicron, Grandson of WuFlu
Best Righteous Shooting: Kyle Rittenhouse
Best New Car / Truck / SUV etc. (from this list): None
And finally, with apologies:
Favorite Personal Post of 2021: Seeking Better Times
Favorite Political Post of 2021 (tie): Just One and Out Of Touch