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On mass murdering loser Devin Kelley: http://reason.com/blog/2017/11/06/why-did-texas-church-shooter-devin-kelle
Is the National Crime Information Center database (the one that SHOULD have had information on his DV conviction) also used for job background checks? He was able to get licensed as a security guard, too.
Humanities professor pissed about hard science not supporting them
Blocked me after I pointed out what a shame it was they need the support of people they spent the last thirty years calling sexist, racist, and useless
Ah, I see among other things "Jew4Pal". I'm going to go out on a bit of a limb and say she's never lived in Israel. Or she might have a more...nuanced view of things.
Yes, I know, we've seen it here before. It has almost 16 million views.
But it's still one of those things that make me think it's about a geographically segregated half of women or something like that. That is, wherever I go in the Northeast, most people are actually pretty private and tight-lipped, relative to the video, anyway, and they expect the same from you. (Ok, so when it comes to one's OWN significant other, people in couples don't necessarily tell outsiders what they experience, so who knows?)
I have to wonder - would those women want their men, or their female friends and relatives crying on THEIR shoulders as often? If a female friend of mine did that, sooner or later I'd be saying "tell you what - I will cry on YOUR shoulder all I want, but only after the basic problem has been solved (with or without my help), and you will do the same for me."
Anyway, I found out what Miss Manners would likely say about these situations (from 1981 - she was actually talking about the importance of not ruining parties and other merry gatherings - the section was called "Whining"):
"...Strictly speaking, whining is the tuneless, illogical and repetitive recital of one's belief that fate persistently has it in for one. It should not be confused with grief, which has a specific cause in proportion to the misery it creates. Society makes allowances for true grief, recognizing that it requires human contact but is unable to meet ordinary standards of sociability. That is why those in mourning receive visits from their friends, In their own homes where they set the tone, and need not go out. When they do venture forth, they are expected to make an effort, but some lapses are forgiven. Miss Manners is not so cold-hearted as to condemn the Inappropriate sniffles of the bereaved or the feverish flirtations of the newly divorced.
"Whining, however, is banned from social events. Doleful people are expected to simulate the tone of buoyant guests, not the other way around. Whining is only properly directed at one's intimates. The way you can tell whether a relative or friend is intimate enough to stand for it is to ask yourself whether, if you had a bad head cold, they would still be Inclined to hug you, or at least sit at your bedside within range of your sneeze. If not, they won't want to listen to you whine and take the risk of catching your mood. Even then, it must be reciprocal. Miss Manners fails to understand why people who keep careful track of who has Invited them to dinner so that they pay back the exact number of beefs Wellington, forget to end their whinings with, 'And how are you?' Whining must also be strictly limited. Everyone has an occasional whining mood, but the person who is always sure of being ill-used by life eventually convinces his or her listener that life knows what it's doing. It is too much to expect of even a charitably inclined society that they love the losers."
Mpetrie, as I've mentioned before, re sexual activity: if teens don't care enough not to break their parents' hearts - OR take them seriously when they talk about the "benefits" of waiting until marriage or death (if not in quite those words), why would they listen to a stranger in the classroom? On the government's dime, to boot? Besides, it's pretty well-known that teens who are made to feel ashamed of PIV sex don't necessarily abstain in other ways (that would explain why STD rates are going up), AND they don't necessarily wait for marriage either; they're just less likely to use condoms after waiting the extra 18 months or so, since they DO feel guilty.
From a 1990s essay by old-fashioned liberal Wendy Kaminer:
"'What are the benefits of abstinence?' I asked a group of five women friends who came of age in the 1960s. They were momentarily stumped. Everyone readily recited the evils that abstinence avoided — disease, unwanted pregnancies, and considerable heartache — but we had trouble identifying the goods that it offered, even to young women in their late teens. Self-discipline was rejected; celibacy seemed more like self-denial. Finally someone pointed out that chastity might help some young women achieve autonomy. It allows them to focus on satisfying themselves instead of pleasing their boyfriends. It puts school before sex. But chastity is a path to autonomy only when it is divorced from romance.
"The sexual revolution didn't eliminate romance but did temper it a little, with experience, and the opportunity for autonomy without abstinence. At least, that's how it looks in retrospect..."
Every Place There Is Diversity There Is Civil War:
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/11/04/coulter-on-diversity-lottery-every-place-there-is-diversity-there-is-civil-war/
Snoopy at November 7, 2017 4:09 AM
Harvard Law Dean Denounces ‘Okay to Be White’ Stickers on Campus:
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/06/harvard-law-dean-denounces-okay-to-be-white-stickers-on-campus/
Snoopy at November 7, 2017 4:10 AM
Deer news media,
You wanna know why you have issues persuading people?
http://blog.dilbert.com/2017/11/06/win-bigly-bonus-chapter/
I R A Darth Aggie at November 7, 2017 6:12 AM
Everybody loves Trump:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-asia-china-popularity/chinese-fans-prepare-to-welcome-rich-powerful-free-spirit-trump-idUSKBN1D71BW
Snoopy at November 7, 2017 9:25 AM
On mass murdering loser Devin Kelley:
http://reason.com/blog/2017/11/06/why-did-texas-church-shooter-devin-kelle
Is the National Crime Information Center database (the one that SHOULD have had information on his DV conviction) also used for job background checks? He was able to get licensed as a security guard, too.
ahw at November 7, 2017 10:02 AM
Check out Dr. Chanda ACA 🇧🇧 (@IBJIYONGI): https://twitter.com/IBJIYONGI?s=01
Humanities professor pissed about hard science not supporting them
Blocked me after I pointed out what a shame it was they need the support of people they spent the last thirty years calling sexist, racist, and useless
lujlp at November 7, 2017 11:58 AM
Wow, what a deal!
http://nypost.com/2017/11/01/ex-teacher-gets-probation-for-sex-act-on-friends-teen-son/
I R A Darth Aggie at November 7, 2017 12:37 PM
Check out Dr. Chanda
Ah, I see among other things "Jew4Pal". I'm going to go out on a bit of a limb and say she's never lived in Israel. Or she might have a more...nuanced view of things.
I R A Darth Aggie at November 7, 2017 12:41 PM
"It's Not About The Nail"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg
Yes, I know, we've seen it here before. It has almost 16 million views.
But it's still one of those things that make me think it's about a geographically segregated half of women or something like that. That is, wherever I go in the Northeast, most people are actually pretty private and tight-lipped, relative to the video, anyway, and they expect the same from you. (Ok, so when it comes to one's OWN significant other, people in couples don't necessarily tell outsiders what they experience, so who knows?)
I have to wonder - would those women want their men, or their female friends and relatives crying on THEIR shoulders as often? If a female friend of mine did that, sooner or later I'd be saying "tell you what - I will cry on YOUR shoulder all I want, but only after the basic problem has been solved (with or without my help), and you will do the same for me."
Anyway, I found out what Miss Manners would likely say about these situations (from 1981 - she was actually talking about the importance of not ruining parties and other merry gatherings - the section was called "Whining"):
"...Strictly speaking, whining is the tuneless, illogical and repetitive recital of one's belief that fate persistently has it in for one. It should not be confused with grief, which has a specific cause in proportion to the misery it creates. Society makes allowances for true grief, recognizing that it requires human contact but is unable to meet ordinary standards of sociability. That is why those in mourning receive visits from their friends, In their own homes where they set the tone, and need not go out. When they do venture forth, they are expected to make an effort, but some lapses are forgiven. Miss Manners is not so cold-hearted as to condemn the Inappropriate sniffles of the bereaved or the feverish flirtations of the newly divorced.
"Whining, however, is banned from social events. Doleful people are expected to simulate the tone of buoyant guests, not the other way around. Whining is only properly directed at one's intimates. The way you can tell whether a relative or friend is intimate enough to stand for it is to ask yourself whether, if you had a bad head cold, they would still be Inclined to hug you, or at least sit at your bedside within range of your sneeze. If not, they won't want to listen to you whine and take the risk of catching your mood. Even then, it must be reciprocal. Miss Manners fails to understand why people who keep careful track of who has Invited them to dinner so that they pay back the exact number of beefs Wellington, forget to end their whinings with, 'And how are you?' Whining must also be strictly limited. Everyone has an occasional whining mood, but the person who is always sure of being ill-used by life eventually convinces his or her listener that life knows what it's doing. It is too much to expect of even a charitably inclined society that they love the losers."
lenona at November 7, 2017 1:27 PM
It's like the fashion industry isn't even trying anymore.
Conan the Grammarian at November 7, 2017 1:52 PM
Dick Gordon, Gemini and Apollo astronaut, has died
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/07/517135258/nasa-astronaut-dick-gordon-has-died-at-age-88
Stinky the Clown at November 7, 2017 6:24 PM
The first scalp is about to be claimed:
Report: Manhattan D.A. to Indict Harvey Weinstein on Rape Charges Next Week
mpetrie98 at November 7, 2017 7:55 PM
Why is this pederast still not in jail?
Sony Cancels Festival Premiere of ‘All the Money in the World’ Amid Kevin Spacey Sex Misconduct Scandal
mpetrie98 at November 7, 2017 8:27 PM
House Bill Teaches Wait Training
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WA17K13&f=WU17K05
mpetrie98 at November 7, 2017 8:43 PM
Mpetrie, as I've mentioned before, re sexual activity: if teens don't care enough not to break their parents' hearts - OR take them seriously when they talk about the "benefits" of waiting until marriage or death (if not in quite those words), why would they listen to a stranger in the classroom? On the government's dime, to boot? Besides, it's pretty well-known that teens who are made to feel ashamed of PIV sex don't necessarily abstain in other ways (that would explain why STD rates are going up), AND they don't necessarily wait for marriage either; they're just less likely to use condoms after waiting the extra 18 months or so, since they DO feel guilty.
From a 1990s essay by old-fashioned liberal Wendy Kaminer:
"'What are the benefits of abstinence?' I asked a group of five women friends who came of age in the 1960s. They were momentarily stumped. Everyone readily recited the evils that abstinence avoided — disease, unwanted pregnancies, and considerable heartache — but we had trouble identifying the goods that it offered, even to young women in their late teens. Self-discipline was rejected; celibacy seemed more like self-denial. Finally someone pointed out that chastity might help some young women achieve autonomy. It allows them to focus on satisfying themselves instead of pleasing their boyfriends. It puts school before sex. But chastity is a path to autonomy only when it is divorced from romance.
"The sexual revolution didn't eliminate romance but did temper it a little, with experience, and the opportunity for autonomy without abstinence. At least, that's how it looks in retrospect..."
lenona at November 8, 2017 3:22 PM
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