I saw Mike Rowe's reply to this nonsense, as well as Fred's . My answer:
1. When the modern man buys shoes for his spouse, he doesn’t have to ask her sister for the size. And he knows which brands run big or small. The closest I get to that is watching the spousal unit buy her own shoes. She doesn't trust my judgement anyway.
2. The modern man never lets other people know when his confidence has sunk. The hell with that. Whenever someone asks me how it's going, I tell them: Crappy. When they ask: what's going on? I answer: I don't know what's going on. They won't tell me.
3. The modern man is considerate. At the movie theater, he won’t munch down a mouthful of popcorn during a quiet moment. He waits for some ruckus. Chew with your mouth closed, then.
4. The modern man doesn’t cut the fatty or charred bits off his fillet. Every bite of steak is a privilege, and it all goes down the hatch. What's steak?
5. The modern man won’t blow 10 minutes of his life looking for the best parking spot. He finds a reasonable one and puts his car between the lines. My S-10 currently is having problems starting, so I have to find a place in the parking lot that's inclined, in case it doesn't start, and I have to push-start it.
6. Before the modern man heads off to bed, he makes sure his spouse’s phone and his kids’ electronic devices are charging for the night. I don't even know where my wife's phone is. Besides, she wants me to keep my hands off of it.
7. The modern man buys only regular colas, like Coke or Dr Pepper. If you walk into his house looking for a Mountain Dew, he’ll show you the door. Caffeine before 1800 hrs, water or watered down juice after that (I'm old). An occasional beer during a college football game in the afternoon, or with a big plate of enchiladas. Sometimes, rarely, beer for breakfast. Hey, don't laugh. When I got out of the army, for six solid months that was my breakfast.
8. The modern man uses the proper names for things. For example, he’ll say “helicopter,” not “chopper” like some gauche simpleton. I use the best term I can think of at the moment, so I use it regardless of whether it is proper. A chopper is a helo, and an A-10 is a warbird.
9. Having a daughter makes the modern man more of a complete person. He learns new stuff every day. Daughters are fun to raise, I agree. As for being a complete person: what are you talking about?
10. The modern man makes sure the dishes on the rack have dried completely before putting them away. When I was single, I'd cook and use dishes until the sink was full. Then I'd eat out for as long as the money held out, which wasn't long, then wash dishes and go back to cooking. My 3rd wife changed all that, so she expects everything to be cleared.
11. The modern man has never “pinned” a tweet, and he never will. Zero idea about pinning anything, even a Tweet. And when I used Twitter when I was writing Mexican Drug War news, it was listen only, not Tweet, unless some miscreant said something improper, then I'd weigh in.
12. The modern man checks the status of his Irish Spring bar before jumping in for a wash. Too small, it gets swapped out. I use Dawn. Really.
13. The modern man listens to Wu-Tang at least once a week. I listen to jazz, country, blues and rock once a week. Wu-Tang may as well be a new brand of powdered flavored drink for all I have heard.
14. The modern man still jots down his grocery list on a piece of scratch paper. The market is no place for his face to be buried in the phone. I got a system for grocery shopping. I make a mental list and count the number of items. If I leave the store with that many items, the trip was a success regardless of whether I come home with what I started out shopping for. Makes for some interesting suppers.
15. The modern man has hardwood flooring. His children can detect his mood from the stamp of his Kenneth Cole oxfords. I rent.
16. The modern man lies on the side of the bed closer to the door. If an intruder gets in, he will try to fight him off, so that his wife has a chance to get away. I make sure the door is locked, and any weapons I have are cocked and locked.
17. Does the modern man have a melon baller? What do you think? How else would the cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew he serves be so uniformly shaped? There's a new thing out for dealing with melons. It's called a knife, and it has worked for hundreds of years.
18. The modern man has thought seriously about buying a shoehorn. That's where the old NRA membership card can come in handy.
19. The modern man buys fresh flowers more to surprise his wife than to say he is sorry. My wife thinks I'm sorry anyway and she looks at flowers as though they are a bribe for something, or a down payment for bad behavior in the future.
20. On occasion, the modern man is the little spoon. Some nights, when he is feeling down or vulnerable, he needs an emotional and physical shield. Some times I need an emotional shield as well. That's where the Smirnoff comes into play. And by "little spoon" I assume he is not talking about a coke spoon.
21. The modern man doesn’t scold his daughter when she sneezes while eating an apple doughnut, even if the pieces fly everywhere. Laughing at what she did is among the more appropriate responses, followed by handing her a paper towel.
22. The modern man still ambles half-naked down his driveway each morning to scoop up a crisp newspaper. Which half?
23. The modern man has all of Michael Mann’s films on Blu-ray (or whatever the highest quality thing is at the time). I got Mann's film "Heat", and that is it in the Michael Mann collection.
24. The modern man doesn’t get hung up on his phone’s battery percentage. If it needs to run flat, so be it. I'm with Fred. It's not like I get a whole lotta phone calls. Some folks, however, use their phones all the time, talking more in a day that I do in any given quarter. Frankly, I don't have that much to say.
25. The modern man has no use for a gun. He doesn’t own one, and he never will. I'm a fairly good shot with the AK and the Mosin, and getting better. Pity the fool who won't own a gun, but you do what you gotta do to sooth that mangina of yours, I guess. I wasn't raised with guns, and I didn't fully appreciate what they are all about until much later in life. In my family, one adult male per generation, as far back as I know served in the military and has had some grounding with guns of some kind, as did I.
26. The modern man cries. He cries often. I sometimes tear up listening to a sentimental country song, but that is about it.
27. People aren’t sure if the modern man is a good dancer or not. That is, until the D.J. plays his jam and he goes out there and puts on a clinic. If Bubba can dance, I can too.
#1
Excellent Badnov.
Now if we can only get Fred's re-posted next to yours, I will have a chance to save them both for posterity sake!
Excellent markup
#6
The real man is the one who'll be among the survivors when Yellowstone blows, The Big one hits, and when the system does collapse, to include the next revolution. He won't be herded like cattle by a bunch of urban commissars into a kill zone.
#7
22. The modern man still ambles half-naked down his driveway each morning to scoop up a crisp newspaper.
URL says NY Times, isn't that a bit self-serving? Print media is dead, everyone knows it, the only thing keeping the NY Times alive are Pet Stores that can't find anything better to both motivate the pets to go to the bathroom and absorb the results.
BLUF: Right Wing extremists, that would be I, are ruining the web for everyone.
from TFA:
But the troubling fact is this.
We have created an abusive society. We have normalized, regularized, and routinized abuse. We are abused at work, by the very rules, norms, and expectations of our jobs, at which we are merely “human resources”, to be utilized, allocated, depleted. We are abused at play, by industries that seek to prey on our innocence and literally “target” our human weaknessses. The only industry that preys on our weaknesses is government and the courts system.
And now we are abused at arm’s length, through the lightwaves, by people we will never meet, for things we have barely even said. We live in a society where school shootings are the rule, not the exception, where more people will have taken antidepressants than not…and now one where nearly everyone will have been abused on the web…for a random, off-hand, throwaway comment, an idle thought, something trivial, unremarkable, meaningless. And the left has used that very system to win three elections, 2006, 2008 and 2012
This is an age of stagnation. Of broken dreams and thwarted expectations. What is stagnating is not just “the economy” — but us. Our possibilities and potential, the lives that we should be living. That is what is creating a great cycle of violence. Stagnation is abuse. And we are its victims. We have been cheated not just of our savings, retirements, jobs, social contracts — but of what all those free us to be: ourselves. But we are also, in our anger and despair, its enforcers. Endlessly, at least on the social web, picking on, bullying, squabbling with, decrying, outraged at, one another…for nothing that means anything at all. The abused become the abusers.
That is the great megatrend which the social web is part of: the abusive society, a great stagnation cresting into a wave of anger. Do you think I overstate my case? Then step back for a moment and consider the rise of right-wing extremist parties across the globe. Boo!
It is fuelled by the resentment and frustration of stagnation. And that anger and frustration, whether it is perpetual outrage, or the passive aggression of bitter irony, is perhaps today’s defining culture feature. We abuse one another, having been abused ourselves. Speak for yourself, Sparky. The author is a psychologist by trade and a "consultant".
#1
Twitter is not really that much in trouble.
Newsies will use it for tweetdeck which is a must if you really want to track events.
Though I do agree that 2011 was peak time for Twitter. My summation is the information is so prevalent and depressing that many either hung up or stopped tweeting as much.
Many accounts I follow are still around occasionally, but others have been chased off by the fascist liberals like the guy that wrote this garbage.
Fact is, "liberals" do not like twitter because there truly is freedom of speech... most of the time.
Unless you are Charles C Johnson or another target with many followers.
Revolutions have used twitter because of it's resilience to blocking. It is a fantastic tool.
I guess people like me turn others off on twitter - in fact, I Am sure of it. But they always have the choice to not follow.
I like twitter and plan to keep it around for a long time.
In the 30 years I have spent sourcing on the internet, most of the web pages I read are on twitter as well as editors and contributing writers. The rest I can pick up thru RSS using newsblur - which is the best aggregator on the internet hands down.
The rest, like Rantburg, I must now check manually.
It saves much time and it is always better to watch the news scroll in front of you instead of spending all day surfing web pages.
Except, open source intel and the ability for others to provide solutions and critical analysis.
I found their assesments far more realistic than what the Administration follows. But again, Everything in Life is more realistic than what this Administration follows.
What I see is exceptional advise offered for free versus the leviathan which is too busy with infighting. Twitter has been an ideal format for it.
Problem is, we have to see the best answers while the Administration follows the wrong paths.
#5
School shootings are "the rule"? What fantasy world does this idiot live in? They're unusual events, incredibly rare WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE NEWSWORTHY. I swear, some people live the fallacy of the vivid exception.
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#6
The only people that get enough Twitter followers to count are celebs and they have to post constantly or lose those followers. Every post risks ticking off a large number of fans.
So yes, Twitter is dying. Then again I don't think it ever made money so perhaps it was never actually alive.
Facebook could duplicate the functionality in an afternoon if they chose to. If Twitter dies I suspect Facebook will (assuming they don't buy them out for the name).
#2
" Japanese naval Buildup ... But I wouldn't count on them mixing it up wid China over the SCS" > I doubt it matters, #1 - there is still little or no sign that CHINA will amend, delay, or give up its "post-US" Geopol ambitions = "Manifest Destiny" as future East Asia's/Asia's + World #1.
IMO IT IS CHINA THAT WILL GO AFTER JAPAN, NOTSOMUCH JAPAN GOING AFTER CHINA.
* FYI see RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > KOWTOWING TO BEIJING: US [POTUS Obama] OFFICIALLY REFUSES TO DEPLOY [any Large or Major USN, Coalition] FLEET TO SOUTH CHINA SEA, as opposed to a Single Warship or Very Few Warships.
* SAME > [Martin Jacques] THE GUARDIAN: CHINA RISING AS US DECLINES, BRITAIN CAN'T IGNORE THIS REALITY.
Year 2030 = China's Econ projected to be 2X that of the US.
Yuuup.
Looks like My Ancestors = 1960's-1970's Guam Taotamonas are once again on the Money, on how MAJOR/DECISIVE CHANGES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS + STRATEGIC BALANCE OF POWER-TERROR SANK-N-CAPSIZED THE USN PEARL HARBOR BB USS "OKLAHOMA" = GUAM + KEY PACIFIC ISLANDS AS THE FACADIAL-SOON-TO-BE-DE-FACTO "WEAK/DECLINING" US [Self?] RETREATS ACROSS THE PACIFIC VEE CHINA + NUCLEAR ISLAM, ESPEC CHINA.
The Ghosts-Spirits of My Deceased Grandparents + Great-Grandparents, ETAL. knew about XI + QUEEN LIZ.
Year 2030 = Presuming, of course, that Guam, World-witnessed MOON EXPLOSIONS don't send any LARGE PIECES/CHUNKS OF TERRA LUNA towards Earth.
I'd like to blame Sexy Slinky MOON GODDESS-BABE ARTEMIS [Diana], but I'm in the mood to blame Sexy Slinky GODDESS GEEK-BABE ATHENA instead.
Sorry, its Wednesday.
lol.
Arise, US-born, US-raised, UK Queen Madonna, Arise!
* JAPAN TIMES > US DEPLOYS ADVANCED MISSLE DEFENSE SHIP ["AEGIS" = ARLEIGH BURKE-class USS "BENFORD"] TO JAPAN.
* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > PEOPLE'S DAILY ONLINE: EXPERT YIN ZHUO ON CCTV: US LIKELY TO DEPLOY "ARLEIGH BURKE" CLASS "AEGIS" BMD DESTROYER TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, AS OPPOSED TO A LIGHTER LCS.
Or a NIMTZ-class CVN CVBG, or TWO or FOUR???
Dare the Bammer may be hell-bent on defending the PH + Vietnam, ASEAN in the SCS by sending one to JAPAN instead???
* SAME > NEW YORK TIMES: WHAT FOOTHOLD DOES OBAMA [US] HAVE IN SOUTH CHINA SEA? NONE.
[DAWN] The houbara bustard is a highly regarded bird, but perhaps it too would be surprised to learn that it is a cornerstone of Pak foreign policy.
That rather astonishing claim has been made as part of the federal government's attempt to have overturned a Supreme Court edict last month banning any governments, provincial or federal, from issuing special hunting permits.
With the migratory season beginning next month and Arab leaders likely keen on securing their hunting permits here, the government appears to have been prompted into action, but in a typically ham-fisted manner.
To be sure, there are several legal issues here, both regarding the status of the houbara bustard and whether the Supreme Court order overstepped its authority by issuing the blanket ban.
While local classifications can be manipulated by the authorities it is worth noting that the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species classifies the particular variant of the bustard hunted in Pakistain as 'threatened' -- a classification below 'endangered' and 'critically endangered'.
Moreover, the government's review petition appears to make a reasonable case that wildlife laws grants the classifying authority to provincial governments. There is little indication that the existing classification of the bird in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... and Sindh is contrary to scientific evidence.
The problem is not that limited hunting of the houbara bustard is unacceptable. The problem is that -- as the federal government has so crassly indicated in its review petition -- governments here are keen to oblige Arab royals and leaders. That means issuing excessive hunting permits and doing nothing to ensure hunting parties comply with the conditions of the permits and not grossly exceed their quotas.
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[FrontPageMagazine] After Russia's intervention targeting anti-Assad groups, the media began rolling out a series of self-congratulatory pieces on how supplying TOW missiles to Sunni groups forced Russian into the war. Considering that the TOW program had been in place last year, that's not the case. Instead the Russian intervention had been arranged by Iran's IRGC terrorists who coordinated it with Moscow as a response to Obama's Iran deal which lets the terror state go nuclear.
The timing of the stories makes it clear that this is yet another Obama narrative that spins the intervention. But as usual, there's a shortage of specific details. More at the link
[Conservative Review] Watching the Democrat debate, I couldn't help but wonder why Republicans will likely struggle to eke out a victory against a field of candidates that in any other generation would be unelectable. There is not a single moderately liberal candidate with broad appeal in this field of Democratic presidential candidates. The Democrat Party of the 1980s, which was bad enough in its own time, would hardly recognize this cast of characters who champion the transgendered agenda, illegal immigration, and the Muslim Brotherhood.
So why is it that by all accounts this will still be a relatively close election -- with Democrats guaranteed over 200 electoral votes no matter the outcome, the quality of the candidates, or the issues confronting the country? It's immigration, stupid.
#1
This is why the push for immigrants to settle in primarily red state districts.
Even if they cannot vote, the Electorial College counts that population to percentage of vote and adds that to the election for the state.
Democrats are anything but democrats. They are fascists exactly like in Nazi Germany.
They just have not rounded up the Military, Tea Party, Evangelical Christians,and Jews into camps..... YET.
#2
Socialism must have a following. If everyone is working and doing reasonably well, there is no need for social entitlements or the corrupt bureaucracies designed to manage them.
The current democratic rhetoric regarding "the right to an education" or "the right to health care" are perfect examples.
#4
Well if the electorate doesn't approve of the ruling class, the ruling class just gets a new electorate. The fools still think this is a constitutional republic and play by the 'rules'. Rules are for little people.
#5
Old establishment Republican Party disdain for the 'Tea Party' is clear proof of #4. It's a virus that has infected both parties.
"After 99 consecutive days of leading in the polls, the Conservative establishment is embarrassed by Trump and Carson and continues to turn their back on blue collar, working class Americans."
~ Laura Ingraham
#8
Horowitz catches on quick, huh? This has only been going on since, what? 1990?
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#9
This is why so many Republicans are wobbly about the border. They think that that Hispanic vote should naturally go to the Conservatives.
What they are missing is that a lot of Hispanics that came here legally want the border closed as well, they are just super-touchy about perceived racism in the conversation.
#11
So Horowitz has just confirmed that when Jihsdis -Foreign or Domestic - start nuking US Cities-Towns + beheading Amerikans on Amerikan soil, etc. ITS THE DEMOCRATS FAULT!
D *** NG, I KNEW IT!
Methinks we know that already.
Any surviving Lefties will weirdly-n-mysteriously turn Pro-NRA + GOP-Rightist-Conservative rather quickly.
#12
Iff Trump can break up the Unitarian, Pro-Marxist-Socialist-Globalist, post-9-11 GOP-Dem Establishment in Washington, I SAY IT'LL BE WORTH ELECTING HIM POTUS.
The real prob or fear is HOW BEING POTUS = NATIONAL POLITICAL LEADER WILL CHANGE HIM, BETTER OR WORSE???
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[DAWN] The houbara bustard is a highly regarded bird, but perhaps it too would be surprised to learn that it is a cornerstone of Pak foreign policy.
