Media Irrelevance

"Most of those who were persuadable have been persuaded. " Well, of course thay are ... In the early days of blogging there was a blog called Oh, that liberal media, which regularly exposed instances of liberal media bias. In fact in the early days of blogging that was one of the top achievements of the blogosphere, to point out the easy political bias most supposedly objective news sources engaged in. I used to think that the blogosphere would serve as a necessary corrective to the media, but that hasn’t happened. In recent years, I don’t think that the criticism has had the same effect, even if in some ways the media cocoon has worsened. I think that conservative media critics have convinced all those who can be convinced of the bias and now either people accept the bias because they agree with it or look to alternative news sources because they don’t trust the MSM. And the MSM started paying less attention to the criticism. Most of those who were persuadable have been persuaded. (As far as those who deny that such bias exist … it’s hard to deny when prominent journalists have boasted of the bias.) But I still believe that it’s possible for the media to jump the shark. At some point the media will show that they are so hopelessly out of touch with most voters, that even non-ideological types would cease to believe them. Glenn Reynolds’ op-ed Monday in USA Today makes me wonder if the media may have just reached that point with the front page New York Times editorial over the weekend calling  for confiscation of all guns in the wake of last week’s San Bernardino terror attack. In his op-ed Reynolds (Instapundit) wrote that there’s a very good reason that President Obama and his supporters may want  to focus on something other than the Middle East, the economy or personal safety: [Continued] This Legal Insurrection phrase "have convinced all those who can be convinced" was a splash of cold water.  I've railed about the lack of critical thinking goin' on out there, and this is the result in just a few words.  'Argh matey, we be farkt.  It's stage 4 doctrinairism.

iGUN4 -- via Skoonj

Yup ...

Egyptian TV Host on California Terror Attack: Americans Should Stick Obama on an Impalement Rod

https://youtu.be/aTwP_0zXQiw "I don't usually use expressions like "OMG!", but in this case, after viewing this video, I think it's fitting." - Stu Tarlowe

Skip Church or .... else?

Atheist Santa: 'JUST SKIP CHURCH'

Santa Claus has a message for Americans: "Go ahead and skip church and simply be good for goodness' sake." Atheist Santa, that is. The American Atheists announced Monday that it was posting billboards in the Raleigh, N.C. and Colorado Springs, Co. with the anti-church message. "Last year's billboard showed a child writing a letter to Santa, telling him that all she wanted for Christmas was to skip church. This year, Santa wrote back," said David Silverman president of American Atheists. "It is important for these folks who are on the fence about their beliefs to know that they can take that first big step and leave church," said Nick Fish, national program director of American Atheists. "There are tens of millions of atheists in this country. We're everywhere. And we don't need church or gods to tell us how to be good people." Full I, for one, and believe I'm in the majority here, don't give a rat's ass about what faith people do or do not adhere to, including the atheist religion being promulgated by these left-wing mofos.  Yes, atheism is a religion ("a particular system of faith and worship") for them. So, lets do a little critical thinking here.  Why?  What's motivating them?  It seems to me that ordinary people who don't believe in God simply ignore it.  It's called live and let live. Historically, proactive wars against religion are conducted by statists (totalitarian) governments.  They are every bit the menace as theocracies.  These are either bad people, or true believers searching for relevancy.  In any case, they are my enemy, and from that same ilk who want people imprisoned who don't buy into man caused climate change, et al.  MFCS.

Disney Tank Training Film

BARN ARMY TRAINING

Interesting that we (Canadians, anyway) knew about the benefits of heavy sloped tank armor in 1942, yet only the Soviets used the technique in their T-34 tank that defeated Hitler's  more heavily armored Tiger tanks.

Overhauling Pistons

TechnoThrills

TERPS ARE BEST!

WHAT A WEEKEND!!!

Not only did the Terps win the BIG 10 football title Saturday, demolishing MSU52-6 (and finishing the season 10-1), but the men won the NCAA soccer title; the Terps women hoopsters beat UConn 92-77;  and Terps men are picked to win the NCAA Hoops.  What a year.  USA USA USA.  What a country! The sports savvy among you will of course know that this is mostly a bunch of crap, but readers who don't care about sports will leave believing that Maryland sports is preeminent.  Today's  truth is what you believe.  It's why we are doomed, so fuckit.

Our Man in ISIS

Hussein of America

Also from S&T:  "A peek inside the Trojan Horse" http://www.wnd.com/2015/09/migrants-discuss-raping-robbing-other-travelers/       A Ukrainian journalist who traveled by train with some of the hundreds of thousands of Mideast migrants seeking asylum in the West is warning that many are not the peace-loving job-hunters the new host nations desire.     A fluent speaker of Arabic, Aida Bolivar said she overheard them openly speak of robbing and raping fellow travelers.   Read it and watch the video. As with a lot of stuff I send out, this will not be news to anyone who has been paying attention. As for those who have their heads in the sand, even this may not convince them. Excerpt:     WND previously reported that among the demands from the Muslim migrants is that they be allowed to go to nations where they get the most benefits from taxpayers. “And for what job are they being paid?” wrote Islam expert Robert Spencer at Jihad Watch. “Proving Europe’s multicultural bona fides?” His retort came after the London Express reported migrants from Syria “are demanding they are allowed to go to Sweden or Finland because the terms of asylum are more favorable for them.” The report quoted asylum seeker Marwen el Mohammed giving his reasons. He said he wants to avoid Denmark, because “the salary for refugees decreased about 50 percent from 10,000 kroner, about $1,500, to about 5,000 kroner.” Further, he said in the report, Finland and other countries allow families to join together “within two or three months,” but Denmark requires them to wait a year. Meanwhile, U.S. national security officials have discussed boosting the projected number of refugees accepted from 70,000 in 2015 to 85,000 in 2016 and then 100,000 in 2017. President Obama has called for cooperation from European countries on the migrant problem. The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration say there is resistance to a flood of newcomers, and Democrats and Republicans are divided on the issue. Democrats charge that the U.S. isn’t doing enough, while top GOP officials have warned that taking Syrian refugees creates a national security risk, as terror-seeking individuals may come to the country amid those who truly are fleeing violence. ISIS has confirmed its intent to infiltrate the West through the flow of migrants. A Hungarian government official recently made the astounding prediction that up to 35 million migrants could flood into Europe as part of a historic population shift.

Gift wrapped

Freaking Mona

art is everywhere                                                    Freaking Mona

And the winner is ....

Douchebag of the Week Millennium Barry Bahamas

“I mean, I say this every time we’ve got one of these mass shootings: this just doesn’t happen in other countries.”  Obama was talking about the heinous murders that took place last week in Colorado Springs when he made that ridiculous assertion. I would like to once again note that he was speaking from Paris. The one in France. The country in Europe. You may have heard about it recently.

Caption Bin-Bama

Listen to me Oklahoma

*SPIT*

This stuff, showing Putin making an ass out of our president is global. But the real problem is that it's on target.  *spit*

Le Petite Death

cinema à la carte

The Little Death (Le petite mort) " an edgy sex comedy and a warm-hearted depiction of the secret lives of five suburban couples living in Sydney." This is my pick for the best  recent movie that nobody's heard of.  As most of you know, The Little Death" is a euphemism for the orgasm which is why some people (ahem) deigned to watch it.   A cheap little skin flick to skim through, perhaps.  But no. Rotten Tomatoes only gives it a 3, but no way.  Perhaps I was influenced by low expectations, but  the story ratchets up, brilliantly, until I am left blown away.  Maybe because I watched to the end.  I give it **** stars (but, secretly *****). I'm pretty sure  sophisticated C&S people will pretty much agree.

Stupid and dangerous Islamos

cuzzin ricky

Carrot Oil

FOOD

For Easier Deep-Frying, Just Add a...Carrot? cuzzin ricky BONUS- How does the carrot in deep fryer trick work? So I just heard about putting a carrot in the deep fryer so as to pick up the burnt junk and keep the oil clean for longer. I tried it. It works! Now I'm wondering how it works, and what other veggies or whatnot can be substituted in place of the carrot? Could you possibly share some more information about the trick and how you went about it? Did you put the carrot in heated oil or cold for instance? – Richard ten Brink Jan 7 at 13:07            @Richard I put it in after the oil heated up, right before I started lowering food in the basket. I was extremely skeptical but figured it couldn't hurt to try. What happened was is the carrot turned blacker and blacker with each batch and shriveled up. I told showed it to the kids and told them it was a hot dog. They fell for it:) – user6591 Jan 7 at 13:49            @Richard I fried quite a few pounds of batter dipped chicken nuggets. Towards the last few batches it seemed the carrot was 'used up' as the oil was getting somewhat darker and smoking a bit. Next time I'll switch out the old carrot halfway through for a new one and see if that helps. – 1         Poor carrot. Your sacrifice shall not be forgotten. – Jason Schock Jan 9 at 18:52 show more comments 2 Answers Aside: I seem to remember that Escoffier (free download) recommended that, after straining cooking fats after each use, adding some lemon juice would help keep the oil bright.    Also from Escoffier, once cooking fats turn brown they may continue to be used for frying fish. It works.

TRUMP by Default!

Gangstatics        UNLESS  Trump is Dumped   We Won't Play

If the first maxim of today's realpolitic is "The nation's best presidential candidate is he who scares both Dems and the GOP"— and it is— then Donald Trump is that man.

Colored Crap

Mad Men Run Amok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOSkYwFCaUA Christopher Bowels :D

Balloon Trix

Free Tip You can waterproof your baby or dog this way too.

The caped crusader on education

An educated man will seek truth ...

http://youtu.be/dK2rO7JSmpo This 1955 Life is Worth Living video will, I promise you, resonate.  It's about "Education" Forget the cape and give it at least, oh, about 5 minutes.