1. A very sober letter from the CEO of Hobby Lobby who decries the fact that the federal government will force his company to go against its religious principles and provide its employees with health insurance plan options that cover birth control. Again, why the hell does an employer have to provide health insurance plans to its employees? This is beyond the pale of common sense.
2. Hugo Schwyzer has an article about a no-name female comedienne named Jen Kirkman who has quit Twitter because she can’t handle the trolling there. If you asked “Who?” join the club. Schwyzer wants everyone to jump to her cause though she’s only “known” through appearances on Chelsea Handler’s TV show. This needs to be a BFD, he thinks. She’s supposedly a comedian but can’t handle being heckled and that’s supposed to find its way to the top of male comedians’ list of priorities:
And to the people who say “Don’t go anywhere!” I will be back when I see male comedians speaking up. And specifically that group. It’s not JUST up to my followers – it’s up to my peers. (and just Retweeting doesn’t count – though it helps)
And when I feel I am not the only voice out there, I’ll come back to Twitter. And trust me, I want to. I have things to promote.
A.) who cares that this woman isn’t on Twitter anymore? Plenty of other Tweeters in the sea. B.) You have to actually be famous and also have a sympathetic-enough cause for people to rally to your side, and this doesn’t meet the criteria. C.) what has this woman done for the people she hopes will rally to her side? You don’t see Lisa Lampanelli getting steamrolled. But, hey, I’m sure Rob Delaney will help out.
3. James Taranto on feminist blank slatism.
Like this:
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A no-name telling us we should care about another no-name
Cool story lol
James Taranto has clearly improved from the days when he was just a glib neocon waging a personal stalking campaign against Peter Brimelow, but he still needs to apologize for that episode.
http://www.vdare.com/articles/the-tarantoad-beneath-the-harrow
I checked out Jen Kirkman’s Twitter account and she is a little funny. She’ll get over her hurt feelings and be back. I give it a week.
Off topic but… any comment on the recent SouthPark episode, “Obama Wins!” They pretty much come right out and accuse Obama of stealing the election. In fact, the final words are Cartman shouting “Obama wasn’t really elected! Don’t you people care?” as a giant pile of ballots is burned and people sing a hymn to Obama.
This is the most serious truth outing I have ever seen from a “mainstream” source.
There is an episode that features of a race of aliens called ‘the Joozians’ that control all media in the universe. They broadcast a show called Earth and deliberately cause strife for the purposes of entertainment by filling the Earth with different races of people transplanted from different worlds (and specifically includes Jews on that list of alien races there to cause conflict).
So not the first time South Park has really ‘went there’ in terms of real talk. One of the South Park duo is Jewish, so I’m assuming this is somewhere in A Very Serious Man territory with Jewish artists trolling the Jewish media execs.
K(yle) – That Joozians episode was tremendous and also incredibly awesome in what it accused the entire entertainment complex of being. I’m shocked it got on air, but maybe the SP level of satire was too deep for the normal ‘i’m offended’ league to notice. The SP guys get away with so much that I wonder what their secret is. Sure, they make CC big bucks with low costs, but the stuff they have broadcast really burns some PC treasures.
How did feminist get this idea that men who harass and abuse woman never encountered someone who didn’t approve of their actions and wanted them to stop? The mere idea that someone may ignore your words doesn’t even register with them, in their minds if there’s a man doing wrong somewhere there’s another man at fault for not stopping him.
I skimmed Kirman’s Men against mysoginist assholes tumblr – which is one those annoying earnesty sites where people come together to explain how truly, deeply, right from the bottom of their soul they believe in whatever – and I didnt feel any less of a mysoginist or an asshole for having done so.
Maybe the reason it didnt have any effect on me was because they made the strange decision of using photos of so many of the contributors. Probably it was to prove that the contributors were in fact men, you can see the cause for doubt upon reading, but the problem is that all of them look exactly how you’d expect a male feminist to look. Nearly every entry designed to prove you wrong is prefaced by a visual affirmation that you are oh so right. Scrolling down the page I just became more and more impressed by the lazer accuracy of my prejudices.
“Again, why the hell does an employer have to provide health insurance plans to its employees?”
Why the hell do I have to drive 65 on the freeway, when my car goes up to 100?
It’s the law.
A bill introduced by a president who’d won the electoral and popular vote, and voted into law by a requisite majority of reps and senators who (presumably) represent the people.
And given that O won the electoral and popular vote again, the law would seem to continue having the people’s support.
dipshit. this was in effect well before Obama came in office. it’s been the norm for 70 years. and now liberals use it as a cudgel to attack businesses as if it’s always been that way.
Insult me – brilliant. Why engage in debate when you’re clearly the intellectual superior? I’m humbled, truly, CR.
“it’s been the norm for 70 years.”
But not the law.
“now liberals use it as a cudgel to attack businesses as if it’s always been that way.”
Ridiculously open to perspective. You could just as easily argue businesses use low-paid labor, en masse, as an cudgel against the people.