03 November 2019

Link round-up for 3 November 2019

Sincere thanks to everyone who donated during the past week!  You've helped me a great deal.

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Shoot back!

Please un-invent this.

Trump once again gives cartoonists ample material to work with.

We're trying too hard to make the world safe for idiots.

See some Halloween cartoons -- love the witch duel!

The First Toddler has escaped the control of his babysitters.

Check out these vintage Halloween cards.

This candidate doesn't seem like a good fit for New York City.

Time to crack down on lazy bums on government handouts.

Dr. Theda has some more Halloween images.

Here's how it feels to get up close with someone you idolize.

Incel anti-masturbation cultists fear that sex-crazed women are out to get their semen (honestly, I don't think these guys have anything to worry about).

Here's a gallery of photos from the Cedar Springs Halloween block party in Dallas -- yes, this is Texas (link from Ranch Chimp).

Don't be too bound by tradition.

Rich kids get more screen-free, real-world time.  That kind of time has benefits.

If there's an afterlife, what about animals?  Would Heaven be Heaven without dogs?

Scariest Halloween decoration of all.

Find out what makes you smell good -- to a mosquito.

Feel some sympathy for the Devil.

Plan on giving the Mulan remake a miss.

Where did the cyclops come from?

Meet Dr. Randall Williams, a Republican health official and utter weirdo.

See the dramatic (and funny) differences between how Trump and Obama speak.

A Senator sends a Halloween fund-raising message.

WeWork is awful, a 1,421-pound pumpkin, and more.

Americans do have a culture -- we just don't notice it.

When the hell is Congress going to put a stop to this bullshit?

Given that Windows 7 support ends in January and Windows 10 is basically spyware, is Linux a viable alternative?

Many years ago, a president inspired silence in football stadiums.

Maybe Giuliani should just not have a phone.

Here's one difference between capitalism and socialism.

Ann Coulter is a doofus.

Not everyone deserves to be saved.

Trump is considering making a fool of himself on TV.

Journalists (well, some of them) moan and whine about the decline of Christianity.

Why did Trump change his residence to Florida?

A former churchgoer explains why he's not going back.

We're already paying the costs of universal health coverage -- we're just not getting it.

If you think the way I write about the Catholic Church is too harsh, listen to fervent Catholic activist Michael Voris on the abysmal corruption of the Church hierarchy.

Trump's wall, what little there is of it, doesn't even work.

Southwest Airlines tried to intimidate and silence flight attendants who blew the whistle on "peeping Tom" pilots.

Quitters sometimes win (this is important).

The world the "preppers" are prepping for wouldn't be worth living in.

This is emotional abuse.

The Catholic hierarchy is infested with child molesters and run by people who protect them, but it's not a criminal organization because -- well, see if you can make any sense of this gobbledygook.

Christian thinkers discuss what to do about people who leave Christianity.  Based on this, I don't think they have the foggiest understanding of the real reasons why people leave.

Green Eagle surveys the wingnutosphere so you don't have to.

There's a reason why Los Angeles county doesn't have rolling blackouts.

Trump's regime is totally scandal-free, and more wingnut dumbth.

Traditionalist Catholics heap praise on a priest who denied "communion" to Biden.  Because Christianity is all about shunning and excluding people.

There are options for funding Medicare-for-all.

Katie Hill should not have had to resign.

The US is now more expensive, less efficient, and more infested with monopolies than Europe.

Even without repulsive evangelicals, Christianity is doomed by its own absurdity.

Trump is letting a giant foreign corporation steal our water.

There are good reasons to protect the environment, but tales of past environmental apocalypse in places like Easter Island don't stand up to scrutiny.

Rising sea levels are going to be a bigger problem than we had thought.

Pope Francis and his Vatican have stonewalled a British investigation into clerical child abuse.

Germans support tough action against Turkey.

Russia's sole remaining aircraft carrier is a creaky old piece of junk.

Syria's Kurds aren't too happy to be aligned with the Asad regime, but after Trump's betrayal, it's the least bad option.

Turkey takes time out from murdering Kurds to whitewash its murders of a century ago.

The Japanese are getting fed up with rude tourists.

India is sharply slowing its CO2 emission growth.

Democracies condemn China's behavior in Uighurstan, while thug-regimes defend it.  A witness describes the horrors of the camps.

Here's some internet art that the Chinese regime doesn't want anyone to see.

At least in Indonesia, there's a price to be paid for hypocrisy.

Changes in land use are turning some of the Sahel green.

Democrats' fundraising dwarfs that of the Republicans.

Twitter users relish Trump's pwnage at the World Series.

Georgia plans to cancel 315,000 voter registrations.

Here's what's at stake in this week's election in Virginia.

Wall Street hates and fears Warren, but may be making her inevitable.

By embracing lies, Facebook is siding with the Republicans.

Amazon is spending $1,500,000 to buy a local election in Seattle.  Imagine what they'll spend to buy the federal election next year.

How does being gay affect Buttigieg's candidacy?  It's complicated.

Here's why Senate Republicans won't vote to remove Trump (yeah, it's Rich Lowry, but his logic is sound).

Impeachment is less popular in the swing states than in the country as a whole.

O'Rourke's departure from the race was classy.

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[Only 363 days to go until Halloween!]

12 Comments:

Blogger Adam said...

If Katie Hill's tattoo is real, I'm having 2nd thoughts about her.

03 November, 2019 08:35  
Blogger Debra She Who Seeks said...

Love the toilet paper blower! I want one! . . . No, I NEED ONE.

03 November, 2019 09:05  
Blogger Mike said...

It's going to take me a few weeks to go through all these as I can't just look at just one thing on the site I go to.

03 November, 2019 11:28  
Anonymous nonnie9999 said...

Hi Infidel,

Hope you had a happy Sunday.

Once again, it's way too late. Was busy all week (my son came down for a wedding and stayed for a few days), and by the time I was ready to click on some linky goodness, my eyes are starting to close (changing the clock didn't help either). However, I wanted to stop by and say thanks once again for the links over to The Raisin. Two links, two weeks in a row! I don't know what I did to deserve that, but thanks so much.

Of course, I couldn't resist the first few links. If the guy who invented the toilet paper blower applied himself, he could probably cure cancer. Genius!

04 November, 2019 00:08  
Blogger Ranch Chimp said...

Just a few comments here, before I get behind ... I was going through these yesterday too, then got cut off and had to run errands ... Jezuz Krist, every damn time I get interrupted on some thing or another.

You know, as far as Pete Buttigieg- Mike Norfolk, (I don't even know how to pronounce it I guess, I say "boo- ti- jay" (?). It is really f'n sad, when we have to waste our time, wondering who a person sleeps with or whatever. It never bothered me that he was gay, or made me cheer him on or whatever ... as far as I'm concerned, he served this country, and is far more better than the f'n draft dodging, gouging, cheating, Donald Trump, out of 1960's racist Queens/ NYC. I haven't followed elections like I should be I guess, I watched some of the debates, I think all candidates made some good points, even that guru type author or whatever she is out of Houston, Marianne something (?) This morning on local news, they sounded worried about Beto dropping out, saying that their polls show that Texans favoured him or whatever, I guess cause he's a Texan, saying that they don't think other democrats can beat Trump in Texas, on an election or whatever. frankly I get sick of these goddamn polls at times, they change like the bloody seasons too. I like to just see democrats stick to the issues, and less time talking about Trump, Trump loves that shit when they bad mouth him ... win the voters, in other words, forget Trump, and just let those investigators do their thing ... just my opinion.

Glad you liked the Oak Lawn street party pics, that's a compliment, coming from someone, that lives in a truly unique artsy city like PDX/ Portland ... Dallas is a tad more corporatist, much more plastic than a place like Portland.

The Vox piece on poorer kids spending more time on iPhones, makes sense, never really thought about it. But communities that are lacking in opportunity and other things, are your communites as well, as I pointed on my blog, that would look for enteratinment and activities that cost less. I related to this as far as drugs/ alcohol though on my blog ... as being a temporary escape from the reality, and feeling trapped in a place/ environment. My daughter went to Target store one day with me, she forgot her phone, and said she like feels lost and anxiety without it (I sat her down and talked to her, to try to ease her thinking) ... her thing to unwind, is going to the gym, which is usually daily, for her it's missing an importante call or client, I mean, she worx night and day, from a Strabucks, or her home, or her office ... seems like she's always working.

I did like the toilet paper blower, but more or less for a Xmas gift for my grandkids, I guess ... Later Infidel

04 November, 2019 06:18  
Blogger RO said...

I'm with Debra and need that toilet paper blower! As a kid I was a serious practical joker and this would have been perfect! By the way, you asked what my real name was awhile ago, and now you know.(lol) Hugs, RO

04 November, 2019 07:42  
Blogger Infidel753 said...

Adam: I suspect she didn't realize the significance of it. Nazis don't tend to become Democrats.

Debra: Somebody probably sells them. For every need, there's somebody trying to make a buck filling it.

Mike: That's fine, it takes me a week each time to find all this stuff.

Nonnie: Thanks! You've been posting pretty frequently lately, so there's a lot to choose from.

Ranch: For the record, it's pronounced BOO-tej-ej. It's a Maltese name, and Maltese is actually a form of Arabic. The name is similar to ones that are common in places like Tunisia and Algeria, though in those places they spell the first part "Bou" (French influence).

Unfortunately anti-gay prejudice is still an issue, though not as much as ten or twenty years ago. If he does become president, I look forward to seeing the fundies go absolutely apeshit.

I can't stand this whole smartphone culture where you're constantly "plugged in". My cell phone is just for roadside emergencies and I rarely even turn it on.

RO: Buncha toilet-paper commandos we got here :-).....I wonder if the NRA will take up the cause.

04 November, 2019 19:59  
Blogger Sixpence Notthewiser said...

The article on the rich kids and their phones makes sense.
Ann Coulter is a c*nt, there. It’s simpler.
The toilet paper one made me cackle.

XoXo

05 November, 2019 18:21  
Blogger Infidel753 said...

It's always nice to see Coulter make a complete fool of herself in public.

06 November, 2019 05:05  
Blogger Lady M said...

Uggh - it is hard to read that stuff about the Catholic Church - it just makes my skin crawl.

06 November, 2019 13:23  
Blogger Martha said...

Another great round-up. Although some places feel like I'm stepping into the twilight zone :)

06 November, 2019 16:21  
Blogger Infidel753 said...

Lady M: The institutional Catholic Church, in its own way, is much creepier and scarier than Halloween. Or almost anything else.

Martha: Ours is a very strange world in a lot of ways, once you dig under the surface a bit. I like to think I do a bit more digging than most.

06 November, 2019 17:21  

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