Are Ppen and Insufficient Poison the same person? Ppen has made 1241 comments (449 as Purplepen). Insufficient Poison has made 230. They've commented on the same topic 18 times; they've never disagreed, and their tones are deeply similar.

(TBH I thought IP was a guy.)

It was Kay Thompson who told everyone to "think pink."

Just thought I'd clear that up.

And if you're minded to buy any of Kay Thompson's Eloise books, you can get them through Miss Alkon's Amazon portal!

And this is how internet celebrities are made. Although this one will likely soon regret the attention, as vastly popular YouTuber Paul Joseph Watson (350K+ subs) has vowed to put her in every video he makes from now on.

At an event at University of Massachusetts at Amherst, an event featuring Steven Crowder, Christina Hoff Sommers, and Milo Yiannopoulos generated enthusiastic support, and some vocal protest.

For those who don't speak the language of human/swine hybrids, she's squealing "Take your hate speech off this campus! Take your hate speech off this campus."

Perhaps I'm not being very kind, considering her fate is sealed. But I am taken aback by how pig-like she is. Not just her size, but the fact that her squealing sounds remarkably like one. I couldn't do a pig impression nearly as effectively even if I intended to.

I'm still getting feedback from this tweet I made.

Nothing I have ever tweeted has gotten more retweets.

I even got into "Yo momma is so fat..." exchange with a Harry Potter fan. Though personally, I think I had the best ones.

I said, "Yo momma is so fat, her Patronus is cheesecake!" and "Yo momma is so fat, it takes five wizards to help her apparate!"

She gave me stuff like "Yo momma is so fat, she has her own house at Hogwarts!" and "Yo momma is so fat that Grawp thinks she's his mother."

@Patrick, Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction:

http://i.imgur.com/FXUEENK.jpg

Oh, I forgot. If anyone wants to see the full video, including Swine-Girl's meltdown, it's here. (A pox upon Amy's one link per post policy.)

Sixclaws, that's very good. Most appropriate.

A mayor in NYState comes up with a novel way of saving money:

http://www.newser.com/story/224169/cops-ny-mayor-stole-111-road-signs.html

Some of my nurses were great -- concerned about my comfort and stress -- but other hospital workers were indifferent. When the customer doesn't pay, customer service rarely matters.

The hospital does have "patient representatives" who tells me about "patient rights." But it feels unnatural, like grafting wings onto a pig.

I'm as happy as the next guy to have government or my insurance company pay, but the result is that there's practically no free market. Markets work when buyer and seller deal directly with each other. That doesn't happen in hospitals.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/04/20/stossel-have-lung-cancer-medical-care-ive-received-is-excellent-but-customer-service-stinks.html

The history of humanity, as we've read it through DNA, has been written largely by females. Mitochondrial DNA, which is inherited only from our mothers, is short and easy to sequence, so researchers have frequently relied on it to study human DNA, both in present populations and in old bones.

But as DNA sequencing technology has improved, it has become progressively easier to sequence all the DNA that an individual carries. If said individual is a male, the resulting sequence will include the Y chromosome, which is inherited only from fathers. With more data in hand, researchers have been able to perform an analysis of the Y chromosome's history, and they've found that its sequence retains the imprint of both the migrations and technological innovations that have featured in humanity's past.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/04/y-chromosomes-history-shows-links-to-migration-tech-developments/

IF I WERE A RIGHT-WING ACTIVIST TRYING TO DISCREDIT AND DESTROY THE HIGHER EDUCATION INDUSTRY, I COULDN’T DO A BETTER JOB THAN THESE FOLKS: Terrible, awful campus sex assault bill is back.

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/232455/

Patrick,
There's a reason why the illustrious UMass Amherst is called Zoo Mass by the locals.

Crid, you just devolved into board stalker.

Worry about me.

Housing Minister Mehmet Kaplan, a Green Party member and former leader of a Swedish Muslim youth group, resigned last week after a newspaper published pictures of him attending a dinner where members of the Turkish far-right group the Grey Wolves were present.

He denied any wrongdoing and the party leadership defended him until the end, but he stepped down when a video surfaced of Kaplan comparing Israel's treatment of Palestinians to how the Nazis persecuted Jews.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/sweden-green-party-infiltrated-islamists-160426130534157.html

So you know how the lawyers and the DA will get together to try and ease the punishment for the rich, famous, and powerful, even when they were sexually molesting boys?

Today's News Today!

Lawyer: Howz about probation?

DA: Howz about six months playing tennis in a minimum security facility?

Perp: Howz about I come to court in a wheelchair and act all pathetic 'n stuff? Helpful?

Judge: Nice wheelchair.

Now howz about you get your ass to prison for 15 months, Mr. Speaker?

The whole customer service in medicine thing fascinates me. Since so many of the procedures we have to do for people, medically, are personal and invasive, people seem to think that turns us into their servants. No one would think of going into their lawyers office to have a will drawn up, and while there asking for a tray of food ("yes, I know it's not mealtime but"...), and coffee, and ice water that's fresher, and can you find take-out menus for my family here, and "the kids would like popsicles or pudding, you've got some here don't you".

I will inspect your ass, wipe your ass when you can't, and even stick my fingers in your ass if necessary, and I will be pleasant and professional while doing it, but I will not kiss your ass. I had a hell of a lot of schooling to learn to save your ass. You want someone at your beck and call for every whim? Go to Disneyland or get a personal assistant. You want someone to monitor your chest tube to ensure you don't die of a tension pneumothorax, or hemorrhage to death after childbirth? Come see me.

momof4 at April 27, 2016 3:41 PM ☑

I've seen it with my own eyes: Some Americans enjoy hospitalization because it's their own access to room service.

If the average Concierge could poke guests with needles, the hospitality industry would be different.

McMaster study: Just One Minute of Intense Exercise Leads to Signif Health Benefits.

http://www.newswise.com/articles/no-time-to-get-fit-think-again-just-1-minute-of-intense-exercise-produces-significant-health-benefits

Are Ppen and Insufficient Poison the same person?

No, they are not, Crid, but always love a good conspiracy theory!

Re: momof4's comment, when my late friend Cathy Seipp was in the hospital, the nurses were the ones who eased her suffering, as much as that was at all possible, and I'm eternally grateful to them for that.

RE: Hastert, that sleazebag DeLay's comment about him - how he "doesn't deserve what he's going through" -- really took the cake. The guy MOLESTED boys who trusted him.

It is not a "hate crime" to burn 1. American flag, 2. rainbow flag, 3. Flag with my face on it. It is speech.

http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2016/04/27/not-the-usual-suspect-student-charged-with-burning-pride-flag-explains-motive-in-court/

Ted Cruz's dad wants all you non-Christians rounded up and put in camps.

Where you can get branded with the mark of Satan and shot through the head if you jump the fence.

Two, maybe three times, even.

Okay, okay, it's satire, so let's all just calm down and look at the completely rational reality of the Cruz campaign.

Today he picked Carly Fiorina as his Veep.

Actually the spoof about his Dad was less weird. God only knows what Hillary is going to do, but it's dollars to donuts her veep won't be Bill.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/fbi-overstated-forensic-hair-matches-in-nearly-all-criminal-trials-for-decades/2015/04/18/39c8d8c6-e515-11e4-b510-962fcfabc310_story.html

> always love a good conspiracy theory!

Kewl! Tony and Lobster?

It is not a "hate crime" to burn 1. American flag, 2. rainbow flag, 3. Flag with my face on it. It is speech.

http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2016/04/27/not-the-usual-suspect-student-charged-with-burning-pride-flag-explains-motive-in-court/

Amy Alkon at April 27, 2016 6:01 PM

Correct, when you own the flag you are burning. When you don't, it's criminal mischief.

That was a bit of a desperation move Gog.

"Today he picked Carly Fiorina as his Veep."

Oh, I don't know; I think it would have been a good move if he had announced it back around the start of February. But it's too late now to make any difference. The window slammed shut two days ago.

"That was a bit of a desperation move Gog."

I know, but in my defense I'll point out that I'm voting for Le Petomane --- and the whole Cruz campaign is really putting a cork in his performance.

Not your desperation Gog, Cruz's. He just lost a lot of delegates. He's desperate to turn things around.

"Not your desperation Gog, Cruz's."

Dammit, even my fart jokes are going flat.

"God only knows what Hillary is going to do, but it's dollars to donuts her veep won't be Bill."

Better than that. He can't be President again (22nd Amendment). Being ineligible to succeed, he doesn't qualify.

Hillary's got a better chance of being assassinated if he's the VP, too, because he's better thought of than most through the forgetful filter of time. She has to know that.

"he's better thought of than most through the forgetful filter of time."

Bill Clinton was the candidate who got me to drop the Democratic Party and re-register as an Independent.

NAFTA? The 1996 telecommunications act? Repeal of Glass-Steagal? Those three actions have seriously harmed this country.

The Clintons and their bottomless greed are about as far from being actual liberal Democrats as the Tea Party is from actual conservative Republicans.

Of course, Gog - but you're damned near alone in remembering that. Part of the reason is the Democrat's excuse machine; people think that Haliburton is a George W beneficiary.

Ask the ten people nearest you who John Huang is. Then, ask them about Monica Lewinsky. You know.