Tag: Stupid people

Unwanted Interference

Morons & Idiots

Here’s a headline for you:

Egypt deports volunteers attempting to cross border

What kind of volunteers were these people, exactly?

Gaza aid activists were violently dragged and carried onto buses by balaclava-clad Egyptian authorities.

Shocking footage shows authorities forcibly removing pro-Palestine protesters who have traveled to the region in a bid to cross the Egyptian border to Gaza and deliver aid.

Large numbers of protesters have been rounded-up onto buses and deported from Egypy, with activists claiming they have been ‘violently dragged’ and ‘beaten’.

Now video has emerged showing the aid workers being dragged by what appears to be both Egyptian authorities and civilians. 

One protester, who spoke with an American accent, exclaimed: ‘There’s people in masks dragging people out.’ Others can be heard chanting: ‘Free Palestine’.  

Thousands of people have been arriving in the Egyptian capital since Thursday, with the intention of marching to the Rafah crossing in Gaza. 

It is part of the Global March to Gaza – a protest against Israel’s aid blockade on Gaza.

So not volunteer aid workers, but a bunch of “activists”.  To quote Ace Ventura:  well alrighty, then.

Clearly, some people have not got the message that the Israelis aren’t the only ones who aren’t big fans of the Palestinians — in fact, just about every nation surrounding “Palestine” (Gaza and the West Bank) detests them, as witnessed by the fact that every time the Pals try to “flee” their benighted and self-created war-torn areas, their neighbors (e.g. in this case, Egypt) close the border and refuse them entry.

The second message that hasn’t become clear is that humanitarian aid delivered to Gaza seldom reaches its intended recipients;  the Hamas terrorists steal it for themselves and shoot any of the needy populace who attempt to get it.  And that’s only one manifestation;  here’s another:

Fears are that British foreign aid will be used to teach Gaza children to wage jihad

In the face of this reality, it’s small wonder that the Izzies are blocking aid deliveries.

But hey, as with all the “causes” espoused by mostly middle-class Western White children, let’s not let the facts spoil a good protest.

Predecessor

Politics

This from Kurt Schlichter:

The problem is that he’s bad at his job. And he doesn’t even seem to like it. Whenever you see Gavin Newsom in his gov mode, you get the impression that he’d rather be anywhere else doing anything else. It’s not like he actually does anything as governor. With guys like Newsom, it’s not the doing. It’s the being. He wants to be governor; he doesn’t want to do the hard things a real governor does. And it would be the same thing if he were to become president. He wants to be the president; the doing stuff part is a huge hassle that gets in the way of him being the center of attention.

Here’s what resonates with me about this.  Note the changes I’ve made:

With guys like Obama, it’s not the doing. It’s the being. He wanted to be a Senator; he didn’t want to do the hard things a real Senator does. And it was the same thing when he was the president. He wanted to be the president; the doing stuff part was a huge hassle that got in the way of him being the center of attention.

Same shit, different Democrat asshole.

Pic Of The Day

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents detain a man outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs building during a protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Also (no pic,unfortunately):

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Caveat

Business, Drive Time

Here’s a little nugget from the Trump Tariff Front:

General Motors (GM) announced plans to invest $4 billion in three new U.S. assembly plants, including the production lines for the Chevrolet Blazer and Chevrolet Equinox, which the company currently builds in Mexico.

Yay and all that.  Another reaction:

The United Auto Workers (UAW) praised GM’s decision, calling it a validation of the effectiveness of global auto tariffs.

Yeah, fine, whatever.  Let’s just hope that you union assholes don’t jump on this opportunity to make unreasonable wage demands, which is what drove GM to move the plants to Mexico in the first place.

I’m not at all confident that this won’t happen, but as I am not and never will be a target customer of General Motors*, I personally will not be affected, especially as the newly-replanted assembly plants will be building Chevrolet Equinox, Chevrolet Bolt EV, Chevrolet Blazer, Cadillac Lyriq and Vistiq EVs and the Cadillac XT5.  (Lyriq? Vistiq?  WTF kind of names are those?)

I see that GM, with its customary foresight, has slated its EV models for some of the new plants, despite customer demand for said excrescences falling through the floor.

Pathetic.

The only GM car I’d ever consider buying is the Caddy CT4 Blackwing, except that while its engine is admittedly excellent, the CT4 looks like a primitive 1978-era CAD drawing:

In earlier times, we would have described that thing as “uglier than a bucketful of burst assholes”.

As for all GM’s other models:  pass, with extreme prejudice.

And Here’s Why

Drunken Fools, Gypsies Tramps & Thieves, Travels

Earlier this week I talked about how Yurpeen tourist places were rethinking their welcome wagon policies.

Well, here’s one place that’s doing that and I think, based on the evidence, we can all see their point:

In a desperate attempt to crack down on alcohol-fueled debauchery, enraged [Albufeira] City Hall officials on Friday approved huge new penalties of up to £3,375 for holidaymakers flouting a strict new good behavior code — with fines for everything from urinating in the street to getting naked.

The rules will kick in within weeks, in time for the summer season, aiming to curb anti-social behavior.

And locals hope they will turn the tide, with nakedness, vomiting in the street or having sex in public all now coming at a price.

Here’s what really sucks about this.  I know Albufeira — I’ve been there before, and I thought it might be the prettiest little village on the whole of the Algarve coast — but that was eons ago.  Clearly, things have changed, and not for the better.

And the problem is that regardless of how badly the tourists (mainly Brits, duh) might behave, the pubs and restaurants are obviously making a killing so they’re not going to do anything to stop the Louts & Sluts Brigade from trashing their town.

Sadly, it’s always the local folks who end up with a town where the streets flow with vomit, blood and semen while the publicans shrug and pocket the cash.

And then everyone will be shocked — shocked! — when the locals start posting signs that read “Muerte A Los Turistas”, “Ingleses Regressam A Casa” or “A Bas Les Rozbiffs”  (depending on whether it’s Spain, Portugal or France, for instance).

What’s really needed in Albufeira is for the Porro rozzers to go all Chicago P.D. circa 1968 with these drunken assholes (men and women):

…and let them know that what might be fine in Merseyside, Manchester or Millwall is non grata when visiting Albufeira.

The problem is that the Euros in general have gone to great lengths to pussify their various police forces, so that very logical avenue will denied them — but it is, at the end of the day, the only language that these oafs understand.  Until that time, then, nothing will change, and fines aren’t going to do diddly.

Speed Bump #4,657

Grammar Nazism

Via Reader Sean F., another gem:

Everyone likes to tell us that if we adopt very strict gun control laws, no one who isn’t supposed to have firearms can get them. It’s so naive it’s almost adorable, or it would be if it wasn’t our rights they were idiotically talking about trampling on.

Instead, it’s very troubling because their nativity is likely to get someone killed.

This is known as “killing the message with illiteracy”.

FYI:  the words are “naïve” and “naïveté”.  We English writers don’t often use verbal modifications such as the acute accent (é), and the diacritic / umlaut  (ï) hardly ever.  But the latter should be written when the compound vowels need to be expressed individually, e.g. “nah-eev” instead of “nave”.  As I recall, I learned this back in 1965, in sixth grade from our English teacher, Mr. John Ball (MA, Oxon),.