And now, from the wonderful world of modern feminism (gag):

When making a sandwich is a crime against feminism

Putting the Vegas shooting into perspective.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/06/us/las-vegas-gun-deaths.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_up_20171006&nl=upshot&nl_art=3&nlid=69016711&ref=headline&te=1&_r=0

Scientists prove that time travel is possible:

http://www.topbuzz.com/article/i6473528439419699722

Scientists prove that time travel is possible

Albert Einstein hardest hit.

Be careful of how you legislate. Your opponents may decide you're on to something. The case for mandated gun ownership:

Obamacare is the perfect model for Republicans to follow to settle the gun issue once and for all. Using the same legal reasoning as the Affordable Care Act, pro-gun legislators can win this war by pushing for an individual gun ownership mandate.

http://observer.com/2016/03/must-pack-heat-the-case-for-mandating-gun-ownership/

ISIS fighters prefer surrendering en masse instead of martyrdom? where is your bravery? your oath that you would choose death over dishonor?

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/277784/

Well, well, well.

The Georgia sheriff who authorized intrusive pat downs for hundreds of students at Worth County High School earlier this year was indicted for sexual battery, false imprisonment, and violating his oath of office.

Authorities will issue a warrant for Jeff Hobby's arrest later this week, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Two deputies were also indicted. It is alleged that they groped male and female students, touching them inappropriately during the completely pointless search. No drugs were found on any of the 900 boys and girls subjected to the pat downs.

http://reason.com/blog/2017/10/05/sheriff-who-searched-hundreds-of-student

From last week - Camille Paglia and Jordan B. Peterson have a talk - it's long but fascinating:

In this wide-ranging discussion, we cover (among other topics) the pernicious influence of the French intellectuals of the 1970's on the American academy, the symbolic utility of religious tradition, the tendency toward intellectual conformity and linguistic camouflage among university careerists, the under-utilization of Carl Jung and his student, Erich Neumann, in literary criticism and the study of the humanities, and the demolition of the traditional roles and identity of men and women in the West.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-hIVnmUdXM

New revelations: Las Vegas gunman shot security guard before opening fire on concert-goers, police say

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-shooting-20171009-story.html

The NYTimes is another enabler of Harvey Weinstein. The story in question was spiked in 2004.

The story I reported never ran.

After intense pressure from Weinstein, which included having Matt Damon and Russell Crowe call me directly to vouch for Lombardo and unknown discussions well above my head at the Times, the story was gutted.

I was told at the time that Weinstein had visited the newsroom in person to make his displeasure known. I knew he was a major advertiser in the Times, and that he was a powerful person overall.

But I had the facts, and this was the Times. Right?

Wrong.

https://www.thewrap.com/media-enablers-harvey-weinstein-new-york-times/

Modern relationships.

What is a sensible, reasonable woman to do in the face of sluts throwing their vaginas around like confetti at a wedding? In truth, it’s not that hard to compete with sluts. What you’ll need are some domestic skills and a sense of loyalty to match your man’s.

...

I went to Mr. JudgyBitch’s room and collected all his laundry.

...

Yeah. I did his laundry.

He fucking died. He told me later that THAT was the moment he knew he would marry me.

https://judgybitch.wordpress.com/tag/doing-laundry/

There's a private Facebook group in Australia that just had a coronary.

It's hard, being a man in modern society.

Talking about Milo Yiannopoulos:

http://afropunk.com/2017/10/neo-nazi-milo-yiannopouloss-black-husband-proves-cant-help-love-white-supremacist-bullshit/

If I were a Olympic Russian judge I would give this write a platinum medal in mental gymnastics.

Another Big Hollywood Fail:

http://nypost.com/2017/10/09/actress-arrested-for-trying-to-push-random-woman-off-subway-platform/

Darth, I think that when it comes to Americans, per se, too many young people in couples tend to ignore that

it's sweet to give without demanding something in return Every Single Time, but you can't overdo it or you'll eventually be doing ALL the giving (as Mary Boleyn did with Henry VIII - in the novel, her father scolded her for it), and there IS a happy medium

time is money and should be spent as cautiously as money in a relationship

thus, people need to be just as compatible in money and time issues as they are with regard to sex. Or politics, maybe.

So, while it was a wise move for Janet Bloomfield to do what she did, it would not have been a wise move for another woman to do that with that particular man without at least figuring out How Often she'd be WILLING to do that.

Something I wrote years ago:

10 Commandments for Housework, Money and Marriage

1. Thou shalt not grudge thy partner equal Rest & Relaxation time, for work is work, paid or unpaid.

2. Thou shalt not subvert Commandment the First by dawdling over chores, nor shalt thou hog the fun chores.

3. Thou shalt not claim blindness to dirt that any visitor could smell.

4. Thou shalt remember the advantages of thy work.

5. Thou shalt not stay in work thou hatest only to explode later.

6. Thou shalt choose useful hobbies and thrifty habits, or else the paid work is wasted.

7. Thou shalt not balk at paying thy half of the rent and car when it wast thou who wanted the penthouse and the Porsche in the first place.

8. Thou shalt not expect thy partner to choose a working role thou wouldst not choose.

9. Thou shalt not fault thy partner or child for not choosing the high-paid career thou wouldst have liked for thyself.

10. Thou shalt strive to see who can do more, not less, and all shall live reasonably happily ever after.

Btw, regarding #1, I saw an example of that violation in Dan Savage's relationship with his husband Terry in his 1999 book "The Kid."

Quote:

“Terry cooked for me, but I resented having to do dishes. As I saw it, Terry liked cooking - he enjoyed it, he told me so. Well, I didn't enjoy washing dishes - I hated it, and I'd told him so - and didn't see why I should have to do something I hated after he got to do something he liked. I mean, that wasn't fair, was it?”

Honestly, I couldn't believe a smart guy like Savage could be that selfish and childish toward someone he loved. If we're talking about a couple where both people work 40 hours in paying jobs, and one person enjoys some house chores while the other person doesn't like ANY of them, that's just Too Bad for the latter - it's not an excuse not to do them. (Of course, once a spouse starts spending fewer hours at the paid job, all bets are off.)

I WILL say, though, that baking (unasked-for) cookies for one's family doesn't count as work, as a rule, because no one NEEDS cookies. However, cooking in general IS work, whether the cook enjoys it or not, because everyone needs to eat. Same goes for dusting and vacuuming every day as opposed to twice a month or so. How hard is that to understand?

I also believe in multitasking whenever possible, in housework, so that both spouses can have more R&R time. That does not mean that a full-time homemaker who can get all the basics done in 30 hours a week should be expected to iron cotton bedsheets constantly or make floors clean enough to eat from every day. As Suellen Hoy (author of the 1996 book "Chasing Dirt") quoted babyboomer women whose mothers did that: "Well, that's ridiculous - we don't eat off floors."

cooking in general IS work, whether the cook enjoys it or not, because everyone needs to eat.
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And while it's occasionally possible to find a bargain on, say, fresh hot rotisserie chicken and thus save time on cooking it (I know a market where, if they bake too many chickens, they go on sale in the last half hour before the store closes, so you have to move fast before they disappear), cooking from scratch, with on-sale groceries, is usually at least five times cheaper than takeout, and people who cook from scratch all the time are to be commended not just for saving money, but for avoiding processed food for the family's health.

So, saying "let's eat out" half the time is only romantic if neither spouse really cares about saving money by cooking. (Keep in mind that the cost of eating out even "only" once a week can be shocking when you add it up after a year!)

Hillary Clinton calculates the cost/benefit ratio and issues a statement in support of sexually harassed actresses.

No word yet from Bill.

I've been away for a few days, but just wanted to remind you that I'm right about everything.

Okay, see you soon.

Sharo, can I date your Mom?

What is the "liddle" thing all over twitter?

Hello from Hollywood!

Okay, here's the thing:

When McGowan and Judd were at the peak of their fertility, their behavior affirmed an especially sophisticated appreciation of their sexual allure, and an implicit confidence that men and other good people in their realm would defend them from cads and assholes if need be.

Today, as they complain about Weinstein, they affirm a similarly strong naïveté about masculine sexual desire... And in Hollywood, for chrissake, where the casting couch is older than and as famous as the zoom lens.

I'm a lowly tech, y'know? I've given my Tinseltown career to television, not even to movies... But even I had been told that Harvey Weinstein was an especially lecherous guy.



Well, okay, fine. As a decent man, I'll work to support the sexual safety and decency of women in every workplace, from the factory floor to the strip club.


But, I'm getting older now, y'see?

So I may not have time left to weep over these particular women's complaints of sexual intrusion. It's a scheduling thing, not a moral one.

I desperately regret the first comma in the seventh paragraph. I've been harshing Amy about that, correctly, for years.

Look, I just got off a plane, and it was long weekend.

I insist that you overlook this grotesque error on my part.

I would say that the New York County District Attorney is besmirching the name of our former SecState.

But consider this.

And this.

Annnnnnnd this.

Listen, this isn't 1930, or 1942, or 1957. All of Weinstein's predation happened in the era of feminist political supremacy. Never before in history have women been better equipped to anticipate and reject this kind of behavior...



...Except that Hollywood's candy is that sweet.

Someone should have the 'nards to say that some of these intensely savvy women, they amongst the most successful names in showbusiness, must have done an internal calculation to conclude that Harvey's ugliness was worth it.

I'm not saying that misbehavior was forgivable, or that they have no cause for grievance.

But sheesh... How many more generations of film-goers, et al., are going to be expected to weep crocodile tears over stories like this?

IT IS 2017.