Tag: Stupid people

3 Voices That Can Just STFU

The Worst

From now on, I’m actually not interested in hearing anything that these three people have to say, about anything.

Tucker Carlson
I used to listen to what he said — thanks to a gift subscription to his channel — back before he went completely off the rails.  Carlson is not a conservative, he’s not a Republican:  he’s a loose cannon, and I don’t care much for cannons of the loose persuasion.  Which leads me to my next loudmouth.

Candace Owens
If you’re going to choose a hill to die on, then why FFS would you decide that hill to be “Brigitte Macron is actually a man” ?  I’ve always been a little suspicious of Owens, because she’s a perfect example of today’s “influencer” ethos, where people of little talent or intellect try to dominate the media just by being “famous” or “edgy”.  Yes, she’s said some things that I agree with — e.g. calling out Black Lives Matter — but in today’s fucked-up world, that’s not difficult.  STFU Candace and go away.  You’re not a conservative commentator, you’re an embarrassment.  So stop pretending to be one.

Lindsey Graham
Master of the art of bandwagon statements.  In other words, he’ll chime in only after others have said something which makes Republicans cheer.  And when he says something all on his own, it’s usually wrong or else just bullshit.

Begone, all of you.

Quote Of The Day

Gummint, QOTD

From Breitbart:

“The press treats every shutdown like the asteroid about to kill the dinosaurs. It might not sell papers anymore, but it definitely triggers clicks and shares. Markets, by contrast, treat it like what it usually is — a Washington melodrama that doesn’t dent the real economy.”

And the public?  With every shutdown, we learn just how inessential so much of our government is to our day-to-day lives, and how much we need to prune it, drastically.

More Backtracking

Drive Time, Eco-Crap

This one had me giggling like a little girl:

Bentley has decided to delay its electric vehicle plans.

The historic carmaker that’s headquartered in Crewe, Cheshire, has opted for a shift in strategy as they now plan to renew three models with petrol engines, instead of electric.  The company originally planned to transition to a fully electric lineup by 2030 – under its Beyond100 strategy.  These previous plans included offering only plug-in hybrids and EVs by 2026, then eventually phasing out hybrids for a zero-emission lineup.

But why, oh why are they seemingly defying the EU/BritGov’s NetZero diktat ?

Bentley CEO, Frank-Steffen Walliser, said: “There is a dip in demand for luxury electric vehicles, and customer demand is not yet strong enough to support an all-electric strategy.

“The luxury market is a lot different today than when we announced Beyond100.

“Electrification is still our goal, but we need to take our customers with us.”

That last sentence is just to appease the Greens.

Frankly — given that Bentleys have stood for “luxury + power” ever since they won several Brooklands and Le Mans races in the 1930s — there’s little reason to think that a typical Bentley customer should be any different in, say, 2030 (or ever) than they’ve been since those halcyon days in the 1930s.

Massive engines — gasoline/petrol-powered — with ripsnorting power and “sufficient” speed are a Bentley trademark.  Hell, many Bentley customers — current and potential — are still seething about the company’s decision to dump the W12 in favor of a turbo V8.

And just as a reminder:  Bentley is owned by Volkswagen (the W12 is actually a VW design from the Phaeton).  VW is also the owners of other brands… and what are they doing?

Porsche, another brand that is owned by the VW Group alongside Bentley, recently announced plans to delay the launch of its latest EV due to low demand.  Instead, the iconic German sports car marque plans to focus on internal combustion engines and innovative technologies such as wireless charging — recently demonstrated with the upcoming Cayenne EV.

Similarly, Audi, yet another VW brand, has abandoned its goal of becoming an all-electric brand by 2033, instead opting for flexibility based on market conditions.

Oh.

Yeah, and those “market conditions” are being signaled by their respective customer bases with a common voice:  “Screw those stupid Duracell motors:  we want real engines in our performance cars.”

I could have told them this would happen, and in fact I did on these very pages.

And hey, I don’t own stock in VW — but if I did, I would have dumped it the very second they announced their stupid all-electric / electric-only initiative.

Heroism As Cause For Expulsion

Bureaucracy, Heroism

If this one doesn’t make your blood boil, we can’t be friends.

An 11-year-old boy in Michigan did something most adults would hesitate to do. He saw a classmate pull out a loaded gun in a school bathroom, and instead of freezing in fear, he lunged, disarmed the student, and prevented what could have been another tragic headline.

Nazzo fast, Guido.

The Lansing School District announced that the child will face “disciplinary action” for his bravery. Why? Because the district’s beloved “zero tolerance” policy doesn’t distinguish between a kid wielding a gun and a kid taking it away to save lives. Bureaucrats love to tell us they’re “keeping schools safe.” But in reality, they’ve created a system where blind adherence to rules matters more than actual safety.

And the philosophy behind this bastardy is quite simple:

The message to this boy, and to every other student paying attention, is clear: Don’t be brave, don’t take risks, don’t step in to help. Just sit down, stay quiet, and hope someone else will save you. That’s the lesson public schools are drilling into kids: obedience over courage, paperwork over principle.

My personal opinion is that the school administration — every single member who voted for this expulsion — should be stripped naked and flogged in the school gym, in front of the entire school.

I don’t just want pain, I want humiliation for these bastards as punishment for trying to turn our kids into quivering cowards — into Europeans, if you will — and even worse, punishing heroism instead of rewarding it.

Feel free to suggest your own ideas in Comments.  Be as creative as you want.

No Surprises There

Management, Technology

It appears that the Mighty A.I. is falling somewhat below expectations:

95 percent of organizations see no measurable return on their investment in these technologies, even as the number of companies with fully AI-led processes nearly doubled last year and AI use has likewise doubled at work since 2023.

Specifically:

Today’s generative AI models are very good at identifying patterns and stitching together bits and pieces of existing content into new compositions. But they struggle with analysis, imagination, and the ability to reason about entirely novel concepts. The result is often content that is factually accurate and grammatically correct but conceptually unoriginal.

“Workslop”, indeed.

Quote Of The Day

QOTD

From the DM’s Kennedy:

No one should lose a job – in the media or otherwise – for saying something that offends the government.
But that’s not what happened here.
Kimmel got canceled because he offended the American viewing public en masse. That’s just bad business.

Quite right.  To paraphrase The Godfather:  “It’s not personal:  it’s just business.”

And if your behavior angers customers — in this case, a TV show with already-appalling viewership — expect the hammer.

One might think that the Bud Lite and Cracker Barrel episodes should be enough of a warning signal to these tools.  But they’re lived for so long as a protected species that they doubtless think that the rules don’t apply to them.

Is there some of the old Schadenfreude  that they’re starting to learn differently?