With all due respect to the God-Emperor, I would suggest that giving a million bucks to the Communist Party of the USA is a Bad Idea. A better idea would be to offer to give the money to the Indian tribe with which her DNA is affiliated.
Tag: Stupid people
Now Multiply That By A Million
I saw this little story via Insty, and it made me not just sad, but furious. Read it first.
They didn’t lose a fortune, because they never had the opportunity to earn one. Nothing happened. There they sit. And there they’ll stay.
And that’s where the writer is wrong. You see, economists and accountants have a terms for this phenomenon, and it’s called “opportunity cost” — in other words, the financial cost of a lost opportunity. Because when people open up their own business and it’s even moderately successful, they have to hire other people to work for them. Those workers in turn become successful, and pay taxes, and perhaps use the learning to open their own businesses.
The aggregate opportunity cost of this ripple effect, just for this little case study, is potentially millions of dollars. The Toni & Guy chain of hair salons started in precisely this fashion with a single outlet in the 1960s, as did the JiffyLube chain, back in 1979 — and I chose these two businesses deliberately, because those are the two types of business that the above story deals with. Who’s to say that Kaitlyn and her husband wouldn’t have had a success story similar to Tony&Guy and JiffyLube? But we’ll never know, will we, because the heavy hand of government regulation reached into their lives and killed their adventure before it could get started.
So when Donald Trump’s first action as POTUS was to decree that all government departments had to delete multiple regulations for every new one they wanted to promulgate, it was to free people to get going with their businesses and dreams.
Lest we forget, the fucking Democrats are the party of massive regulation and government intrusiveness — and remember that if you’re toying with a “protest” vote against Trump (or a quixotic vote for a third-party no-hoper) in the mid-term elections later this year. (If you’re a lifetime Democrat voter and want socialism, then you’re at the wrong website and, if I may say, in the wrong country.)
It’s all very well for the economy to grow when manufacturing opens new plants and what have you (which is what Trump has also been making happen) — but that growth is finite. Individuals starting their own businesses and becoming successful isn’t finite: that is where America is at its strongest, and that is what will create true economic success for the whole country. And Donald Trump understands this, and because of it he deserves our unflagging support, if for no other reason.
Africa Wins Again
News Roundup From Africa:
- Three poachers are EATEN by lions after the men broke into South African nature reserve to slaughter rhinos for their horns
- Nigerian healer is shot dead when he invites a customer to test his bullet-proof charms
- Wildlife park reveals horrific scenes after six lions are butchered so their body parts can be sold for black magic rituals
…and one lucky escapee from the African fate:
Read the full stories by all means, but if yer pressed for time, the headlines will suffice.
Incomprehensible Fuss
So one of Wal-Mart’s satellite suppliers was selling “Impeach 45” (i.e. the 45th POTUS, Donald Trump) merchandise, but after some people started squealing, the Big W ordered the stuff pulled.
I have to say that I’m a little nonplussed by the fuss. Frankly, I remember when a lot more “objectionable” stuff was sold — and still is, e.g. Che Guevara T-shirts — and the world got on just fine. Even the satirical riffs on the revolting Obama’s “Hope” / “Dream” logo could have been construed as objectionable, at least to liberals, Commies and Democrats [massive overlap] , but I don’t remember howls of outrage coming from them — and they are quite easily the most-easily-triggered population group ever (see MAGA caps, reaction to).
And I’ll probably get the “But it’s Wal-Mart that’s selling it!”, as though the stereotypical American retailer (with 90% of its inventory carrying a Made-in-China label) should somehow be above such objectionable merchandise. (I note that the Emperor Misha’s excellent dictum — “Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some Assembly Required.” — was also pulled from being sold on a T-shirt, as though journalists should not be strung up weekly from lampposts, as commonsense would suggest. Sheesh.)
But with all the shit that the Left is causing these days, a stupid call for impeachment (which ain’t gonna happen, no matter how many Impeach 45 T-shirts they sell) is small potatoes. Far more problematic is [list of 2,000 Lefty-loony actions omitted, for space reasons] .
Let’s face it: we as a nation have a long and proud tradition of using T-shirts, pamphlets and bumper stickers to get under the other guy’s skin and up his nose. And I’m enough of a capitalist to believe that as long as there’s a market, people should be able to make a buck from it, regardless of offense taken.
Here’s my suggestion for a T-shirt logo which broadens Misha’s thought somewhat:
Think I could get Target to carry it?
Total Bullshit
Here’s a study which will have all clear-thinking people falling off their chairs with laughter:
Men are to blame for women freezing their eggs: Inability to find males who will commit to a relationship is the most common reason for procedure, rather than career.
Delaying motherhood to focus on work is the least common reason women undergo the procedure, a Yale University study found today.
Most women who freeze their eggs are single, divorced or in broken relationships and wish to keep their options open, the research adds.
Some even freeze their eggs because they would rather be single mothers, the study found.
The researchers claim the reason for egg freezing ‘mostly revolves around women’s lack of stable partnerships with men committed to marriage and parenting’.
These findings doubtless came after asking childless single women (who are renowned for their ability for self-deception at the best of times) the question: “Have you been spending too much time on your career rather than finding a mate?” (Okay, that wasn’t the question, but I bet it isn’t far off.)
“Oh nooooo,” the maidens cried, “It’s all because the mennnnnnnn don’t want to commit!”
Lemme tell Teh Sisterhood a little truth, here: if you are a marriageable woman, a guy will commit. If you are a foulmouthed, trashy drunken slut who’s very interested in building your careeeer — which percentage of the female population, alas, seems to be growing each year — then it’s hardly surprising that men are saying, “If that’s what’s available, then I’ll… pass.” As for the methodology:
Some 85 percent of the (150) participants were single, with the remainder being in new or uncertain relationships, polygamous couples, or with men who do not want children.
No mention of age… which would probably tell the whole story right there.
Here’s what I know to be true. Most women won’t even contemplate freezing their embryos until the dreaded biological clock starts a-ticking — which means they’re older and (probably) career-oriented rather than youthfully maternal, and therefore they’re less attractive to men.
But it’s all the mennnnnn’s fault, of course, because they don’t want to marry and have children with these sad, desperate and aging harpies, so the Guilt Machine gets pointed at men like a laser beam. Except it won’t work, because men are (finally) starting to wise up to this racket. Even the beta males of the species, normally the prime target of the female “alpha fux, beta bux” mantra, are looking at this scenario and choosing to stay away.
What he’s really saying is:
…and who could blame him?
Proper Advice
Megan Fox has some advice on “How to Go Out in Public as a Trump Supporter”.
This because White House staffers have been tossed out of restaurants, cinemas etc. by screeching SJW / Commie / Democrat / Antifa [lots of overlap] loonies, and because we’re seeing this kind of thing in the so-shull meejah:
Unable to get what they want peacefully (e.g. via elections and rational argument), it seems as though the Left is starting to preach and foment violence, as they always do under such circumstances. And as George Orwell once intimated, the Left are all for violence / revolution / [insert violent action e.g. gun confiscation, mass executions or gulag sentences here], as long as they themselves as individuals aren’t required to do it.
So my advice to all Trump supporters is rather more succinct, and less tongue-in-cheek, than Ms. Fox’s:
“How to Go Out in Public as a Trump Supporter”?
Armed.
As a wise man once said: “I’m not going to start anything. But I sure as hell am going to finish it.” I wonder how the Left will feel if they actually have to reap the whirlwind they’re sowing.
Update: Looks like I’m not the only one offering this advice.