Are You Sure It's Black Men Who Are "Thugs"? Really?

I see black men as what we are: an oppressed minority, doing what we have to do, based on the situation before us. I don't know what the rest of y'all see:

”In families of police officers, domestic violence is two-to-four times more likely than in the general population — from stalking and harassment to sexual assault and even homicide. As the National Center for Women and Policing notes, two studies have found that at least 40% of police officer families experience domestic violence, in contrast to 10% of families in the general population.”

Whatever it is y'all is, you got us all wrong,...

The NewAge Trail Of Tears

 

Let's see,...

Chicago - check. 

Next, being anti-violence - without being pro-critical thinking - check. 

Oh, based on that last one alone, forget it - it figures:

"The head of a publicly funded anti-violence group is now facing charges after allegedly attacking his wife inside their suburban home."

Somebody's "on the path",...

 

How To Fight Terrorism: Wear Top Hats - Not Fedoras

 

Yes - I'm reusing a photo - and, alright, I know this already, too:

I always make a mistake by starting my intentional reading with Glenn Reynolds. 

Today he quotes his boss, Roger Simon, but that stupid hat's making Simon's brain hot:

"The Obama administration and most of those working for it have taken Islamic terrorism about as seriously as I am taking the Memphis Grizzlies/L.A. Clippers game currently on my TV — in other words, at best mildly interested. Not being a fan of either team, I could watch — I could switch to something else."

 

 It's nice to see Simon's got some perspective on sports, but on terrorism, the man's throwing BS at us and it stinks. Every day - that we hadn't been attacked since 911 - is a day Roger Simon wasn't praising anybody for being alive and well. How many plots have the FBI foiled? Now two brothers pull something off and he's all about why didn't they catch somebody acting weird?

I got news for you, Roger Ol' Buddy:

   

 There's 300 million of us and, from where I sit, we're all pretty fucking weird.

   

 Kinda hard for anybody to stand out, you know what I mean? 

But they try.

   

Now, it's not a secret I'm no fan of the Obama Administration. And it's also no secret I'm a bit disenchanted with my own "side" at the moment. And part of that disenchantment springs from the wrongheaded, unnecessary sniping that goes on, rain or shine, as though there's nothing more important for us to attend to. 

"Not good" Glenn Reynolds said, endorsing Simon's recap of the Bengahzi conspiracy theory currently running through the Right. Look in the mirror, guys. Roger Simon is sitting at home, taking his kicks at this administration, just as casually as his Memphis Grizzlies/L.A. Clippers game. 

I won't deny the Obama administration is taking a different approach to terrorism than I'm comfortable with (our previous discussion of drone strikes, alone, should tell the tale) but I certainly won't deny their effort. The FBI, especially, deserves that. 

   

I also agree too much slips through the fingers of regulators, but in a country silly enough to keep homeopathy in it's pharmacology - and it's selling nationwide - I think there's more-than-enough blame to go around. Simon says:

"Tamerlan, evidently , left quite a trail, from domestic violence to reportedly attacking an imam for holding up MLK as someone to emulate. Not exactly subtle. They were even warned about Tamerlan by the Russians apparently. 

The Feds must have been pretty clueless to ignore all this."

 

 So "must have" Tamerlan's friends and family. Hell, they were a lot closer to the situation than Russia and, somehow, were able to "ignore all this." Or not. They were probably dealing with it in the same manner, I'm sure, the FBI does from time-to-time: 

 The best they can. 

 

Sure, domestic violence is troubling, but hardly a terrorist act - or trigger for a terrorist investigation. And if you're not sick of the MLK whitewash this country indoctrinates us with (along with all the other BS it's intent on doing so) then I question your sanity. 

That leaves the FBI with the damning oversight of a single phone call.

Whoopdefuckingdoo.

 

 If you ask me, compared to everything the Right overlooked in Mitt Romney - and all the smoke Glen Reynolds blew for him - it's not the Obama Administration that's actually looking "pretty clueless" right now,...

 

A 100% All-True Story From My 100% All-Amazing Life

I remembered this, while eating breakfast, and thought I'd "share" - tell me if you want to hear more:

I had an acquaintance, who I used to join with friends for beers after work. He was married to a woman who would make bizarre "healing" concoctions, in mayonnaise jars, that she would give to her friends. He had a good job in construction and they lived in a place I marveled at every time I was invited over.

One day, his wife went to a "psychic" who informed her it was time to move. They needed to travel north, you see, because that's where the stars (I assume) said the grass was greener.

Our circle of friends sadly helped them move, but the wife was adamant this was necessary and the right thing to do. We didn't hear from them again for months.

At Christmas we all went north to visit our friends and see their new digs, which were abysmal, compounded by the problem of their new location being union, so the husband couldn't find work. They were broke. We bought them groceries that year - including milk for the new baby.

The wife spoke to the "psychic" again, but this time was told to go to Las Vegas, as her crystal ball (I assume) said the prospects were much better there. So the couple dutifully moved to Nevada, but the problem was the same:

All the work was union, so the husband couldn't find employment, and their situation deteriorated further.

He started to drink. She got a job as a waitress in a casino. There she met, and fell in love with, a black dishwasher who just got out of prison for armed robbery. She left her husband and got pregnant with the ex-con, who proceeded to beat her for starting arguments over the outlandish claims she regularly made.

The husband became a tragic bum, alone and isolated in Sin City. The wife escaped the dishwasher and, with her kids, ended up living with her mother. Years later, when she finally returned with her children to pay us a visit, the first thing the daughter of the dishwasher did was look up at me and ask, "Are you my daddy?"

Just a reminder, Sasquatch: 

Jesus Loves You,…

Admit It: This Is Why You Hate Men And Fathers

All over America there have been men trying to keep some sense of order but, since the 60s, they have been set upon by women and teens and the goofy laws enacted to protect them from the only person who loves them enough to beat that ass when they fuck up - The Man Of The House. We should say The Man Of The Big House because it's the very act seen here that can have the police at a guy's door, bogusly declaring either child abuse or domestic violence, when he's doing the only thing that can stop someone with no sense from acting like it. This is all they respect. And the fact society has made a way for wives and children to destroy and punish the one person trying to save his family from the degradation entering from outside his home is a travesty that's clearly had a detrimental effect on society, men, and those loved ones he was trying to protect and warn. TMR doesn't buy into that "save me from the people trying to save me from myself" bullshit when it's obvious many of you are too stupid to know right from wrong - that's exactly what you need a man for:

And we'd say (even though this is his nephew and not his son) this guy fits the bill perfectly.

Standing Athwart History Yelling "Stop!"

I'm getting to the point where I like trouble, disasters, things going wrong. Because, apparently, something horrible happening seems to be the only way that people start to focus on standing up for the right thing.

Look at Haiti. Did the world really care about Haiti before the earthquake? I mean really, really care? Naw. They knew about Haiti's problems. They knew all about how the French screwed them over as slaves and then the French wrongly threw them into debt - when all the Haitians wanted was their freedom from the French - but come on, what were "sophisticated" people saying before the earthquake?

You have GOT to go to Paris!

Hell, they're still saying it now,...

O.J. Simpson was a big star before the murders. Sure, the cops were always going out to his mansion because he beat the crap out of his wife on a regular basis. But he'd autograph a tiny football for them, tell them a story about the latest other stunning blonde he slept with last night (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) and then nobody cared about Nicole Brown Simpson over there crying in the corner - especially not the public.

That's modern touchy-feely NewAge "society" for you.

So tragedy is starting to strike me as useful. I can now open the paper (or, actually, my laptop) and look forward to reading about shootings, financial collapses, dishonest politicians, quacks, and assorted "spiritual" types with a smile, knowing the actions of such human waste are the only way the rest of you will ever learn anything.

I was marveling today at this quote from Glenn Reynolds, on the journalists in the White House press pool:

"They expected to be lied to. They just expected the lies to be . . . better."

Just think about that statement for a second. Professor Reynolds expected there would be lying. The journalists elected "the Messiah" & Co. to lie to them. (It's the quality of his lies that offends them now.) There isn't even the implication that there should be a shred of truth that exists in our public lives. And as long as all these good Christians can hide behind that old trope about everybody being a sinner, well, you're not going to get much cooperation regarding anyone's private life either.

So why's everyone on John Edwards' case again?

So yea, I think it's about time for the assassin's bullet, the mad bomber, the crazed gunman, or the terrorist-on-a-rampage to make his regularly scheduled appointment. Take out somebody important - or a bunch of nobodies - just to get this solipsistic generation's attention long enough that their maniacal Merry-Go-Round can finally halt for a little while, before everyone promptly forgets (or, more likely, glosses over) what just happened, and decides,...you know what? they really liked that insane music playing after all,...so crank that puppy back up as soon as possible - and LOUD.

Because that's the signal it's y'all's turn to start smiling again, and you don't have to worry because everything's going back to just the way you like it,...

Hat Tip: Althouse

Well, At Least We're Sure That Tupac Is Dead

"Law students will now be treated to another round of Elvis sightings parading as scholarship."

-- Christina Hoff Sommers, kicking another feminist in the ass - this time, it's "Nancy K.D. Lemon, a lecturer in domestic-violence law at the University of California at Berkeley's School of Law, for publishing errors in the popular textbook she edits, Domestic Violence Law" - because that's what Christina Hoff Sommers does, for The Chronicle Of Higher Education.

Fuck: He Missed

"You want the young American
You ain't a pimp and you ain't a hustler
A pimp's got a Caddy and a lady's got a Chrysler
Black's got respect, and white's got his Soul Train
Mama's got cramps, and look at your hands ache
(I heard the news today, oh boy)
I got a suite and you got defeat
Ain't there a man who can say "no more"?
Ain't there a woman I can sock in the jaw?"

-- David Bowie, in the song Young Americans, which just seemed right for this pitying story on model Sophie Anderton's recent troubles - notice how she's wrapped just-so, with even her glasses up, to expose her wounds? - in The Daily Mail.

Needless to say - since my divorce, immersion in NewAge feminist thought (I'm currently reading a very-confused, sneering, book, The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell The Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage) along with an equally-careful reading of the song lyrics I hear most often - this "Young American" has grown extremely skeptical of such stories.

Who knows what a woman will do, to drive a man to treat her as one man would another, when they act like unforgiving assholes? We don't - though there's ample proof feminists will lash out, engage in misandry, acts of betrayal (sexual and otherwise) and basically be a "bitch" (their word) for no good reason - except to hurt those closest to them. But, somehow, I'm asked to feel sorry for these people because they, maybe, got a fucking shiner in return? Sorry. Tell me the whole story, in context, or leave it out of the media:

My sympathy for women as victims - and I did have some - is just about all used up.

In Case You're Not Getting The Message, Guys

Kelly Bensimon leaving court today, after avoiding jail time for her domestic violence charge.

She'll do two days community service - just as any man would,....

Doesn’t She Look All Cuddly And Stuff?

Blame it on the boyfriend.

The lawyer for Kelly Killoren Bensimon - one of "The Real Housewives of New York City" - says her jilted beau was responsible for the lovers' quarrel that landed the reality star in court.

"I can't believe the guy went to the police," defense attorney Ed Hayes said Tuesday. "It is very, very mean-spirited. It's not like she's in his apartment. He's in her apartment."

Hayes said there was a break-up between Bensimon and Nicholas Stefanov, followed by a scuffle in her Manhattan apartment when he refused to leave.

"It's the reverse of a jilted girlfriend," Hayes said after a brief court appearance. "He's a rejected boyfriend."

While prosecutors asked for an extension of an order of protection for Stefanov, Hayes charged the ex-boyfriend was sending Bensimon threatening e-mails.

"I'm going to make your life misery," read one of the missives cited by Hayes.

Bensimon, 40, the ex-wife of famous fashion photographer Giles Bensimon, was dressed in black from head to toe for her courtroom appearance. The case was put off until June 8.

The mother of two girls was accused of punching 30-year-old Stefanov in the face, causing lacerations below the left eye and "substantial pain," according to a complaint he filed with police.

(Actual photo)

"I'm devastated my girls and I have to go through something like this," said Bensimon, sporting a gold watch and diamond stud earrings. "They don't need to be exposed to something like this."

Bensimon, a model and editor, was confident the case would be resolved in her favor. "The only time I'll ever be here again is for jury duty," she said.

She could face up to a year behind bars if convicted. - NYDaily Mail

Look at the above pictures. Note the masculinity, the hard-ass look in the eyes that says “it’s my way, period. You will be obedient and compliant or you will pay. I will dump you anytime I want, then bring you back anytime I want”.

You can almost feel the disdain and arrogance leaping off the page.

And then there’s him. Deer in the headlights, obedient, compliant, confused and waaaaay needy.

An excerpt from People magazine:

Though there are reports that the two are engaged, a source close to Bensimon says that's not the case. "[Stefanov] is claiming that they were engaged, which is delusional. They have been on-and-off for three to three-and-a-half years, and during that time they were never exclusive. She was always dating other people."

Really now, how can two people disagree as to whether or not they are or were engaged?

“She was always dating other people,”

No doubt this is the first time Nicholas has been told this. Maybe he now understands the confusing, sudden anger and fights that seem to come out of nowhere, the off the wall break-ups.

You see, Nicholas, every time some swinging dick looked her way, she dumped your sorry ass, and when her new deal predictably blew up she brought you back. It’s the way of the malignant narcissist. And while there is a great deal of latitude in the behavior of narcissists, they all use the same playbook.

Dead Boy Walking - You were, and probably still are, the obedient boy-servant that she uses in between attempts to get what she can’t have. You were nothing more than a tampon. When she needs one, she needs one, when she doesn’t they don’t exist.

Walk like a man, asshole. Get past the mentality of a lucky seventh grader who gets to bang the dirty, nasty teacher.

She has a lot of damage to do before she’s done, leave it for some other sap.

TMR = Fair And Balanced: He Had It Coming

A wronged wife has taken revenge on her cheating husband by biting off his private parts.

Katya Kharitovonova has been jailed for two years for the attack on husband Mikhail after waking up to find him and her best friend half-naked.

She also lashed out at Lisa Dmitriyeva, smashing her over the head with a floor lamp.

Liza, 33, had earlier been invited to a meal at the couple's home in Russia, before they all sat down to watch The War Of The Worlds.

Katya, 36, fell asleep, allowing 40-year-old Mikhail and Liza to fall into each other's arms.

Mikhail told a court near Moscow: "Liza started stroking my hair and legs, and then it went further."

Liza revealed: "I kissed Mikhail's lips. He didn't resist, and then I kissed him more."

When Katya awoke to discover oral sex going on, she furiously hit her love rival than bit her husband - though did then call an ambulance to take him to hospital.

Mikhail said: "I saw the blood spurting out of Liza's mouth and then felt a sharp pain. I don't remember what happened next, I was unconscious."

Doctors were eventually able to stitch him back together.

-- Metro.co.uk

Yea, but now we're in stitches!!! Mikhail and that "best friend" are assholes. TMR says let Katya go free.

Wuss # 2: But Do You Still Respect Me?

She's a hissing, claws-out socialite on the hit Bravo reality show "Real Housewives of New York City," but Kelly Bensimon turned into a butt-kicking boyfriend beater in her posh lower-Manhattan coop last week, court records claim.

The 6-foot-tall, 40-year-old former model, horse fancier and one-time marathon runner got into a fight last week with her boyfriend, 30-year-old Nick Stefanov, and clocked him, giving him a black eye and opening a blood-gushing gash on his left cheek, according to the records. FOX News

And now, for your listening pleasure, we have the fabulous singing duet “The Wuss Brothers” .

Ready Tom? Ready Nick? 1, 2, 3:

“No woman’s worth, crawling on the earth”.

Thank you, thank you very much.

Life Needs A Shelter

“Women initiate violence in 24 percent of cases in which the husbands don’t fight back, while men initiate violence in 27 percent of cases in which women don’t fight back. In the other 49 percent of cases, both partners actively participate in the violence.”

-- Kathleen Parker, quoting the findings of Linda Mills, senior vice provost at New York University (and author of Violent Partners) for the National Review

That 3% difference is all feminists needed to lose their fucking minds and make laws and procedures that treat men like criminals for simply being men. Miss Parker continues:

Many states have a “must-arrest” policy if a call to police is made. Many also take a “primary aggressor” approach in determining who should be arrested. Even if the man calls the police, says Mills, he’s often the one hauled off and charged, based on the assumption that he, the physically stronger, is more dangerous."

That's putting it lightly. If the average American knew how domestic violence attitudes played out, and were applied, it would boggle their minds.

Except For Prayer (And The Unnecessary Dig At Dad's DNA) I Think This Christian's Very Funny

"Get your story straight, and tell the truth, for once, for Heaven's sake" is where Christian comic, Anita Renfroe, got a smile out of me (it happens) it's just too bad more people don't take that one to heart once they grow up and move away from home. My life would certainly have been better. It's like they need their Mom and Dad around - forever - to simply be honest. Instead, they want to fill me with all their bullshit reasons why they lied, like I care.

That's probably why so many people are always so paranoid and cynical about the idea of "Big Brother": If lying is a big part of their regular M.O., they've always got something to hide. Which means I've got to be spied on, too, because they're such assholes. And those are the same people who are always crying that I should be trying to make this a better world.

And why is it O.K. (apparently even funny) for a woman to say, "Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about", but let a man voice anything of the kind and he's a violence-prone asshole who's keeping society's fingers permanently glued to 9-1-1? Double standards, like that, drive me crazy.

So does the dig at the father's DNA: Why do women - even a gathering of Christian women - think that's O.K.? But let any man say any-thing about a woman - totally in reaction to how women behave - and then, they throw the words "sexist" and "misogynist" out, like their shit appears in plastic bags. It's maddening.

Especially because they won't admit it's a double standard. But that much I understand because, once they admit there's a double standard, then they have to admit they're treated better than men - and expect to be treated better than men. So they lie.

And, I guess, that's the whole ball of wax right there. How a woman can go from this:

To this:

But nobody can say, exactly, how that happened.

I guess I'll let another comedian finish this shit - I'm thinking much too seriously today: