Actually, the thugs run the place, so...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/08/03/depaul-university-has-a-double-thug-problem/

From the article:

“Damn this stupid invention that they made us wear,” one woman said as she set light to the black garment. “We’re humans, we have our freedom.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/islamic-state-syrian-women-burn-burqas-burkas-in-celebration-after-being-freed-from-isis-manbij-sdf-a7173671.html

Who could have envisioned such problems? Not ObamaCare backers. They were endlessly promising that the law would create vibrant, highly competitive markets that would lower the cost of insurance.

Critics, however, were spot on. They said that, despite the individual mandate, ObamaCare wouldn't attract enough young and healthy people to keep premiums down.

http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/obamacare-is-failing-exactly-the-way-critics-said-it-would/

Peace Prize update:

One thing most Libyans, Moslems and the West can agree on is the need to destroy ISIL and that is what the GNA forces are trying to do in Sirte. About a hundred American and British commandos (SAS, SBS, SEALs, Special Forces) helped organize the attack on Sirte. Using aerial surveillance (by satellites, manned aircraft and UAVs) the commandos located key ISIL positions in Sirte, especially around the port area.

https://strategypage.com/qnd/libya/articles/20160804.aspx

Notice who are flinging the insults

https://twitter.com/_spetty/status/707438926173216768

It's not like someone's shoving the pizza down her throat..

https://twitter.com/LauraDravland/status/761406097517383680

Name the Republican presidential candidate. I'll help you out, it happened in the 2000s:

[Paul] Krugman called [him] a “charlatan,” pathologically dishonest, and untrustworthy. He said [he] doesn’t even pretend to care about poor people and wants people to die so that the rich could get richer. [He] is “completely amoral,” “a dangerous fool,” “ignorant as well as uncaring.”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/05/how-paul-krugman-made-donald-trump-possible.html

The Gadsden Flag is now racist. Because someone took it into their head to be offended by it.

DC Circuit unanimously revives IRS lawsuits for discrimination against conservative groups

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/08/05/dc-circuit-unanimously-revives-irs-lawsuits-for-discrimination-against-conservative-groups/

Alumni showing a certain displeasure with their alma mater the only way that gets heard: thru their charitable giving.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/us/college-protests-alumni-donations.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=1

TechDirt asks the question:

Why Is The Copyright Office Lying To Protect The Cable Industry's Monopoly Stranglehold Over The Cable Box?

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160804/08184935152/why-is-copyright-office-lying-to-protect-cable-industrys-monopoly-stranglehold-over-cable-box.shtml

Don't expect an answer. Also, expect an audit by the IRS, a visit from OSHA, an inspection by the EPA, and a chat with the Labor Relations Board.

Mmmmrmm.. Geese and Pork meat drizzled in pork and geese fat. The best seasoning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1dBTqm90A4

This myth [of love, marriage and monogamy] still has a powerful hold in today’s Western neoliberal societies. Its most important message is that love is magical and apolitical. However, at a closer look, it is obvious that love actually works to uphold hetero- and cis-normative, patriarchal, capitalist, and hierarchical structures in society.

Somebody really wrote this, which amused writer David Thompson and his commenters very much. By the way, doesn't it seem like a lot of people use "capitalism" as shorthand for "something I don't like but won't take the time to figure out why?"

The same goes for "heteronormative," "cisnormative," and a host of other words my spellchecker doesn't recognize.

By the way, doesn't it seem like a lot of people use "capitalism" as shorthand for "something I don't like but won't take the time to figure out why?" ~ Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at August 5, 2016 1:48 PM

Yes. Or "something I don't like but won't take the time to learn about." Tell the average hipster that without capitalism, smart phones wouldn't exist and watch his head explode.