Month: December 2015

  • Muslims - a viral post

     
    While the media continues to indulge Donald Trump's dangerous Islamophobia, people like UK soldier Chris Herbert are on social media, dropping real truth.  Herbert wrote a Facebook post to shut down the prejudiced people who assume that he is prejudiced, and now that post has gone viral.  He makes a great argument against generalizations by sharing some generalizations of his own. ( LINK )

    Yes. A Muslim man blew me up, and I lost my leg.

    • A Muslim man also lost his arm that day wearing a British Uniform.
    • A Muslim medic was in the helicopter that took me from the field
    • A Muslim surgeon performed the surgery that saved my life
    • A Muslim Nurse was part of the team that helped me when I returned to the UK
    • A Muslim Healthcare Assistant was part of the team that sorted out my day to day needs in rehabilitation when I was learning to walk
    • A Muslim taxi driver gave me a free ride the first time I went for a beer with my Dad after I came home.
    • A Muslim doctor offered my Dad comfort and advice in a pub, when he didnt know how to deal with my medicines and side effects.

    Contrary to that,

    • A white brit spat in my girlfriends face for 'fucking a cripple when you could have me [him]'
    • A White brit pushed my wheelchair away from a lift so he could use it first.
    • A White brit screamed at my Dad for parking in a disabled bay when I was in the services coming home

    (Although, alot of people helped in my recovery! I dont hate white brits either! hahaha)
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    Point is, fuck off.  I know who I dislike, and I know who I dont.  I know who I appreciate, and I know who I dont.  If you want to hate an entire race of men and women for the actions of a few dickheads feel free, but don't push your views on me, thinking I am an easy target because one douchebag decided it was my day to die.  Blaming all Muslims for the actions of groups like Daeshe and the Taliban, is like blaming all Christians for the actions of the KKK or Westboro Baptist Church.

    Get a grip of your lives, hug your family and get back to work.

  • a writing primer

    Express Yourself Concisely

    • Eliminate redundant pairs
    • Delete unnecessary qualifiers
    • Identify and reduce prepositional phrases
    • Locate and delete unnecessary modifiers
    • Replace a phrase with a word
    • Identify negatives and change them to affirmatives

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    Mark Twain knew something about writing.  He also WROTE a good deal about writing.

      "With a hundred words to do it with, the literary artisan could catch that airy thought and tie it down and reduce it to a . . . cabbage, but the artist does it with twenty, and the result is a flower."

     


     
    INCORRECT:
    Donald Trump has long been regarded as a political meatball, moreover, it is said that his high-volume speeches are delivered, even shouted, in a feral manner.  Mr. Trump announced the publication of his new book today.

     
    CORRECT:
    Feral shouting meatball Donald Trump announced the publication of his new book today.

     
    BETTER:
    Raccoon-eyed screaming rubber chicken Donald Trump announced the publication of his new book today.

     
    BETTER:
    Orange wolverine-shaped hot air balloon Donald Trump announced the publication of his new book today.

     
    BETTER:
    Bizarrely coiffed orange pseudo-Scot Donald Trump announced the publication of his new book today.

     
    BETTER:
    Self-righteous misguided delusional egomaniacal asshole Donald Trump announced the publication of his new book today.

     
    BETTER:
    Rich douchebag with cheetos hair style soon to be killed by a drug lord he claimed to be able to kick the shit out of Donald Trump announced the publication of his new book today.

     
    BEST:
    Gelatinous cartoon slumlord and narcissistic vulgarian, who took a massive dump on the electoral process, Donald Trump, announced the publication of his new book today.

     

    WHERE CAN I FIND THESE DESCRIPTIONS?

    The adjectival phrases have become more or less standard in comedy sites such as Buzzfeed, Urbandictionary, Comedy central, gallery of the absurd, and twitter. The first entry, "feral shouting meatball," is due to Chris Hardwick in @Midnight.  Hardwick is also responsible for:

    Jingoistic bullfrog Donald Trump
    Luminous marmoset Donald Trump
    Constipated cheeto Donald Trump
    The angriest pumpkin Donald Trump
    Orange yelling machine Donald Trump
    Fancy deli meat scupture Donald Trump
    The larval stage of a yam Donald Trump
    The magnificent orange one Donald Trump
    Narcissistic human airhorn Donald Trump
    Tangerine covered in cobwebs Donald Trump
    Living Donald Trump caricature Donald Trump
    The douchebag infested hairpiece Donald Trump
    corn husk doll cursed by a witch Donald Trump
    Dissonant bagpipe powered by farts Donald Trump
    Orange condom filled with rancid stew Donald Trump
    New Jersey shore ventrilloquist dummy Donald Trump
    America’s No. 1 racist Donald Trump fan Donald Trump
    The tweeting hole not to be confused with Donald Trump
    Residential candidate and cranky planetoid Donald Trump
    As big as an orangutan and casino mismanager Donald Trump
    Xenophobic sweet potato and wispy human queef Donald Trump
    Tangelo fruit rollup stretched over cat litter Donald Trump
    Shrieking buffalo wing that fell into a urinal Donald Trump
    Hotel magnate and bloated jack-o-lantern in a suit Donald Trump
    (See the video compilation)

    Finally, Jon Stewart remarks,
    "They’re all very colorful characters, but for me there can be only one F*ckface von Clownstick.".
     

    Trump-Hate

     
     

  • bodycount 2015

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