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Merry Christmas, if you’re into that sort of thing!

Hope you all are having a lovely day today, whatever this day means to you (or doesn’t). Consider this an open thread, to discuss whatever, from presents to politics to cats to whatever holiday stress you might be feeling.

And here’s some stuff I found on the Twitter.

— David, who is hanging in there

https://twitter.com/awwcuteness/status/945193410662682624

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dr. ej
dr. ej
6 years ago

@Mish

No doubt most of you have already seen this, but… here we are. Trump compares the size of his nuclear button to North Korea’s.

I was talking to my mom today about how provoking North Korea was probably a bad idea. And then this happened.

Honestly, I’m really scared that something will happen during the Olympics next month.

weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee

Dr ej,

Me too. I’ve honestly been afraid of that since Trump won but a month or so ago, right after the Russia ban was announced, Nikki Haley made some noise about keeping the US delegation from attending the Olympics. It might have just been done as a token of support for Putin, but it did make me fear there was some sort of intelligence indicating an attack on the games. It’s just been increasingly clear that Trump is trying really hard to get us into a war. People were pooh poohing my fears 6 months ago but not so much now.

I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist here, but I really, really think he’s trying to bait N. Korea into attacking the Olympics.

PeeVee the (Tired of the Militant Plasticfaced) Sarcastic
PeeVee the (Tired of the Militant Plasticfaced) Sarcastic
6 years ago

Trump has tweeted like 16 times today. Something is about to go down.

I fucking detest that man.

Surplus to Requirements, Observer of the Vast Blight-Wing Enstupidation
Surplus to Requirements, Observer of the Vast Blight-Wing Enstupidation
6 years ago

You see, Mr. Trump, it’s like this. You might be 71, possibly beginning to develop serious health problems, and without really very much left to lose, but we will still have to live on this planet after you’re done with it!

Shadowplay
Shadowplay
6 years ago

What! People wanting to live on after Trump is no more! Surely, you jest. It’d be like trying to live on after the sun goes out. He’s doing you a kindness here!

😛

Sorry – was stupid but felt good.

Shadowplay
Shadowplay
6 years ago

The Sheriff of Toytown got temporarily suspended from Twitter for not having his badges lined up neatly. Or for threatening the media – I didn’t read the story.

Croquembouche, extrenely mamal omen
Croquembouche, extrenely mamal omen
6 years ago

Happy New Year, all!
Looks like our favourite shamer of slutty penguins and scourge of hard chairs might be heading towards a Twitter meltdown!
https://mobile.twitter.com/thomasmartin93x/status/947844098492420097

Moggie
Moggie
6 years ago

Trump’s first official physical is coming up in a few days. Granted, the results won’t be made public unless he consents to that, and it doesn’t typically include a mental health check, but perhaps he’s getting nervous about the outcome?

occasional reader
occasional reader
6 years ago

Hello,

i have read that America army is now allowing transgender enlistment.
Congratulations !
There are two more criteria (than the usual criteria) for recruitment, but i do not know if there are fair or unfair criteria (if i understand well, one is that you must have been a transgender person since at least 18 months, and the second is that if you have had an operation, it must have been done since at least 18 months too).

You have already speak about the childish behavior of Trump comparing the size of nuclear button, so i will not elaborate on it.
But being a tweety person, Trump also seemed to claim that commercial flight security 0 dead this year is thanks to him being president. With many backlash coming from almost everywhere.
I am sure that if one day the falling buttered slice of bread does not hit the buttered face, it will be thanks to Trump…

Have a nice day.

Surplus to Requirements, Observer of the Vast Blight-Wing Enstupidation
Surplus to Requirements, Observer of the Vast Blight-Wing Enstupidation
6 years ago

Were there any years with zero terrorist deaths involving flights starting and/or ending inside the US during the Obama presidency? If so, will Trump give Obama credit for those years?

Somehow, I suspect the answer to the second question will turn out to be “no”.

Arctic Ape
Arctic Ape
6 years ago

Does Trumpolini also take credit of planes flying in large circles over Pacific, and trains running off rails?

weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee

Croquembouche,

I just replied to him to ask how his fight against hard chairs was going. We’ll see if I get a response. I’d really feel special if he called me a whore!

I did love the classic “I would volunteer for the causes I claim to care about, but I’m pretty sure a feminist would try to stop me if I did” excuse.

For those who aren’t familiar with the magic that is Tom Martin, he’s a British MRA who sued his school for having hard chairs in the library because hard chairs are misandrist due to men having less butt fat than women. Also, 97% of women are whores. His definition of “whore” goes way beyond just sex workers or even promiscuous women. If a woman has ever accepted a gift, dinner or drink from a man, she is a whore.

Shadowplay
Shadowplay
6 years ago

@occasional reader

Have missed your wit 🙂

There are two more criteria (than the usual criteria) for recruitment, but i do not know if there are fair or unfair criteria (if i understand well, one is that you must have been a transgender person since at least 18 months, and the second is that if you have had an operation, it must have been done since at least 18 months too).

Those aren’t extra criteria. Same criteria applies to any recruit applicant who has had significant surgery or who requires a medication regime for health (the second is MUCH rarer – recruits requiring regular medication are usually not accepted at all, but some branches of the service will sometimes take insulin dependant diabetics, for example). 18 months is considered long enough to heal fully.

Scented Fucking Hard Chairs
Scented Fucking Hard Chairs
6 years ago

Tom Martin has a Twitter account? Should I thank him for my username? =3

Kat, ambassador of the feminist government in exile
Kat, ambassador of the feminist government in exile
6 years ago

What! A woman whose breasts are covered in only glitter still thinks she has the right to bodily autonomy? It’s as if she thinks her body belongs to herself!

Topless woman who attacked groper says she has no regrets
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The topless woman who was filmed attacking a man who groped her at a music festival has defended her actions and her revealing outfit.

Madeline Anello-Kitzmiller, 20, was wearing a tiny skirt with only glitter covering her chest when the man groped her at the Rhythm & Vines festival in Gisborne, New Zealand.

The American woman and her friend Kiri-Ann Hatfield followed the man, threw a drink in his face and began punching him.

Now Anello-Kitzmiller, who says she was harassed throughout the festival, has spoken out to say that no one has a right to touch her body, regardless of what she wears.

“I stand by my actions and hope that I’ve inspired women to feel comfortable in their bodies, no matter how they look,” she told Daily Mail Australia.

She added: “He grabbed my breast. I hit him. There was a lot of built-up anger coming from harassment throughout the day. This happens everywhere, not just New Zealand.”

“A human’s body is their own, and nobody has a right to touch you without your consent, regardless of what they’re wearing.”

The invasion of her body did not stop Anello-Kitzmiller from having a good time at the New Year’s Eve event and she did not cover her breasts.

Worryingly, she says she was abused by both male and female festival-goers the day before the incident, when she was wearing a T-shirt.

Her boyfriend praised her on Facebook, sharing a photo of the happy couple alongside the caption: “You are such an inspiration and the most bad-ass girl I’ve ever met, love you!”

In the video, taken by Giann Reece, which has since gone viral, the man follows Anello-Kitzmiller and grabs her breast before running off and taking a seat on the grass.

However, Anello-Kitzmiller, who is accompanied by her friend, chases after him and strikes him several times in the face.

The festival is a popular destination for New Year’s Eve revelers, branding itself the “first place in the world to welcome the first sunrise of the new year.”

Each year, 30,000 revelers enjoy a host of musical performances on the Waiohika Estate vineyard, with the event taking place over three days.

https://nypost.com/2018/01/02/topless-woman-who-attacked-groper-says-she-has-no-regrets/

Click on the link to see the video.

PS: I read elsewhere that she’s from Portland, Oregon, which explains much.

occasional reader
occasional reader
6 years ago

> Shadowplay
Ah, thank you for the explanation ! The article was presenting them as if they were extra criteria. Good to know it is not.

Dalillama
Dalillama
6 years ago

@Kat

Yeah, that’s an outfit you see here sometimes the summer. I can’t be bothered with glitter personally, though. Or did you mean something else?

amy
amy
6 years ago

I listened to some disturbing clips of a historical audiobook and I don’t know why I do it before bed. I have insomnia and I think maybe the audiobooks make it worse because then I have these visuals in my head. But my brain wants a second-hand experience of terrible things. Things are going fairly smoothly so my inner chaos junky wants a fix.

Not sure why I’m on here. I’m terrible at posting in groups and maintaining a group conscience.
Hope everything’s okay with everyone.
Hope everything’s okay as well with you.
As far as Christmas goes, this is my least favourite time of year. I’m so glad the light will be coming back soon. 4 hours of daylight isn’t enough, and an anniversary that I am not excited about, to say the least, is due this week. Wish me luck that there will be no parallel events.

Moggie
Moggie
6 years ago
Valentin - Emigrantski Ragamuffin
Valentin - Emigrantski Ragamuffin
6 years ago

Pee-Vee

hugs? this Logan Paul thing also very personal and upsetting for me. I think for plenty people this is very difficult to see. I am only glad I am at sea and I can’t watch YouTube.

Kat, ambassador of the feminist government in exile
Kat, ambassador of the feminist government in exile
6 years ago

@amy
Seeing or reading about awful things can be super disturbing. For myself, I switch my focus by turning on soothing music or something equally calming on the radio.

I keep telling myself that spring is on the way. And it is. Already the days are getting longer.

Good luck with the anniversary.

Shadowplay
Shadowplay
6 years ago

@occasional reader

My pleasure.

I suppose that technically they could be referred to as extra criteria as most recruit applicants who do need regular medication or have had extensive surgery are an automatic rejection.
I say most because there are candidates who’s skills are valuable enough to over-ride the usual physical considerations.

Kat, ambassador of the feminist government in exile
Kat, ambassador of the feminist government in exile
6 years ago

@dalillama

Yeah, that’s an outfit you see here sometimes the summer. I can’t be bothered with glitter personally, though. Or did you mean something else?

She wore glitter — and nothing else — on her breasts.

Surplus to Requirements, Observer of the Vast Blight-Wing Enstupidation
Surplus to Requirements, Observer of the Vast Blight-Wing Enstupidation
6 years ago

@amy:

You’re at 64 degrees north or south latitude?!

Surplus to Requirements, Observer of the Vast Blight-Wing Enstupidation
Surplus to Requirements, Observer of the Vast Blight-Wing Enstupidation
6 years ago

@Moggie: Page is blank until CSS is turned off. Then it’s readable but a bit ugly.

Why oh why do website designers do that? Don’t they test in most of the commonly used browsers?

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