We need a strong military. Otherwise we might get conquered and suffer an occupation that privileges foreigners in all jobs, education and government, denies us any control over our own affairs, extirpates our culture and heritage, hmm, uh...

Forgot where I was going with this.

https://twitter.com/vdare/status/1075170244451291138

A video game lets you play as Jesus, Trump or Hitler. You win by shooting LGBTQ people.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/12/video-game-will-allow-play-jesus-trump-hitler-win-shooting-lgbtq-people/

Who are we? | How can you join? | What are the rules?

Our network of anonymous activists is now international!

There's never been a better time to join us. See your ideas spread far and wide!

https://twitter.com/HundredHanders/status/1051931762559979520

The Myth of Western Democracy

http://www.unz.com/proberts/the-myth-of-western-democracy/

Facebook gave preferred customers the right to read users’ private messages, per NY Times -

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1075215085843464192

"A video game lets you play as Jesus, Trump or Hitler. You win by shooting LGBTQ people."

Dunno why the character selection is so narrow. Hillary took donations from people who actually do that.

First of all, TRY TO KEEP UP. As you read about this, you'll presume it's about the Facebook/Sandberg scandal that broke about twenty hours ago.

No, no, NO!

THIS is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCANDAL!

Tweet one, and tweet two....

...And here's the NYTimes story

We can't be surprised this didn't run in the Washington Post, can we?

This guy has been saying for a year now that it's time to hurt these corporation, perhaps mortally, or at least fracture them, through government power... Because we are capitalists. Watch a few of his vids... He's very convincing…

…But it's impossible, of course. Consider what happened just last week when Google appeared on Capitol Hill.

Over about fifteen years, I've dumped an uncountable number of hours into Amy Alkon's blog, even though I barely know her, and didn't even meet her until about ten years in.

One reason was for being her so much was that her blog was big enough to be promptly indexed by Google, which was convenient for looking up things like Didn't I already say that? and Didn't he say something different last week?

But the bigger reason is that she has the integrity of a typical United States college girl. She doesn't tell lies. She doesn't flame out in fits of SJW-style anger. She does what she promises to do to the best of her ability. And she doesn't sell your private data... Even while expecting you to be typically savvy about your commercial experience of her website.

People on Facebook haven't done nearly as well.

Please understand— For many years, a decade AT LEAST, Zuckerberg has been abusing his website users however he wants, and then apologizing by saying "we have to do better."

Try to understand that sixty or ninety DAYS ago, within the clear memory of the Gerber eaters in your family, Sheryl Sandberg was thought to be the shimmering exemplar of 21st-Century feminism. EVERY Silicon Valley entrepreneur was asking "Where will I find my Sheryl Sandberg?"

I'm not certain she doesn't belong in prison now.

Not quite as high tech as yesterday's booby-trapped Amazon box, but probably effective.

https://laughingsquid.com/cat-poop-used-to-deter-package-thieves/

The Terminator will have mouse ears.

https://twitter.com/mashable/status/1075407155166150656

David E. Bernstein: (emaphis mine):

Just as I was posting this, a friend of mine posted on Facebook that "individual school teachers are being required to attest that they will not personally boycott Israel as private citizens, even when they are not at work." I can easily see how he thought that given the media's coverage of the lawsuit, and it's yet another example of why one should never, ever trust the media take on a controversy without confirming the original sources. I do it myself sometimes, and generally regret it.

https://reason.com/volokh/2018/12/18/everyone-is-misreporting-the-texas-bds-l

The Terminator will have mouse ears.

Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you have watched all the Disney princess movies a dozen times each.

Huh.

https://pjmedia.com/drhelen/why-are-men-being-banned-from-a-music-festival/

Trump orders rapid withdrawal from Syria

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/politics/us-syria-withdrawal/index.html

REVEALED: DOZENS of prison letters sent to Chris Watts in which women AND men profess their love for the triple murderer and send sexy photos

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6512995/DOZENS-prison-letters-sent-Chris-Watts-women-men-profess-love-murderer.html

I Link, Therefore...

Cogito, ergo Spud (I think, therefore I yam).

Althouse on a row over some murals at RFK community school in Koreatown in LA.

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-lesson-in-how-to-keep-activists-from.html

You may be tired as fuck, but this lady is cool as fuck:

‘I Have Metastatic Breast Cancer—but I Won’t Stop Running Ultras’

Running puts 2.5 to 3 times your body weight onto each footfall. Here is one result:

Former Pro Cyclist Dani Rowe’s Running Injury Proves Even Elite Athletes Need to Start Slow