"In the United States, the Americans with Disabilities Act requires that
employers make reasonable accommodations for employees with sleeping
disorders. In the case of DSPD, this may require that the employer
accommodate later working hours for jobs normally performed on a "9 to
5" work schedule.[39] The statute defines "disability" as a "physical or
mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life
activities", and Section 12102(2)(a) itemizes sleeping as a "major life
activity".[40]"
Where's my gubmints gibmedats!!!!????
Sunday, June 11, 2017
A Lazy Sunday Reminder
Get your online shopping done TODAY. Don't procrastinate and just get your online shopping chores done!
Friday, June 09, 2017
Interview with "The Real Mark Baxter"
Was on Mark's show yesterday where we talked about the DRAWBACKS of working from home, how telecommuting could (but hasn't) revolutionzed society, Poor Richard's Retirement, and more!
Thursday, June 08, 2017
How Leftists Let Politics Ruin Their Lives
I, in all honesty, don't know a thing about Comey. I stopped listening to politics quite some time ago. But all I know is that this man has made these liberals miserable. And for that I am happy.
LinkedIn Life: "Why I'll Never Hire a Liberal Arts Graduate"
My latest article on LinkedIn. I like to post articles about the business world on LinkedIn because it targets and shakes up the world of corporate sheep. Kind of like Rodney Dangerfield's character in "Caddy Shack."
via GIPHY
via GIPHY
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
What Young Men Can Learn from Matt Forney
Matt Forney is bald and fat.
Matt Forney is also, along with Cynical Libertarian Society, one of the peers I disagree most with.
Matt Forney also drank an open container of alcohol in my rental car in Vegas, leaving it there even after I told him not to.
That is indeed the Matt Forney I know.
Publicly, however, these traits are perhaps overshadowed by his somewhat radical stances, unpopular opinions, and often times purposed and rank agitating positions epitomized and exemplified in his essay "Big Lovin'." This has made him a lightning rod for...well...everybody, catching flak, hate mail, scathing commentary, and death threats from both the left and right, and anybody else in between. But whatever your reservations about Matt Forney are and no matter how detestable you may find him, what people don't see is a vitally important lesson exhibited through his behaviors that should not be obscured by his words. And it's a lesson everybody, but especially young men, could greatly benefit from today.
I first knew of Matt Forney when he (publicly) had no presence on the web. He was a part time rookie radio show host (and a poor one at that) and was just branching out of his New York home. However, instead of maybe moving to New York City or perhaps down to Baltimore or maybe to Boston, Matt decided to...
hitch hike across America with a pitstop in the Bakken oilfield to find work.
I found this pretty odd and ballsy of a 23 year old kid, especially since he had never set foot in unpopulated states like Wyoming and Montana. Sure enough he got stranded in the second worst city in Wyoming (Gillette) for three days, but still managed to make it to the Bakken oil fields to work, and move onto Seattle to complete his trip.
It was either shortly of before this trip (I can't remember which) it became public that he wrote under the nom de plume "Ferdinand Bardamu" at the site "In Mala Fide." This became a shock to pretty much anybody else who knew him because the writing was so good and so observant most people pegged him for a 42 year old. This also coincided with increasingly cheap bandwidth, allowing Matt to start his first podcast (which also sucked), and his establishing his main site MattForney.com.
What followed was three years worth of consistent and persistent writing. Not only for his own blog, but for Return of Kings and his own books. And he didn't just focus on writing, but expanded and tested his horizons in YouTube and podcasting. He had multiple podcasts, kept writing books and essays, and if there was a marketing angle, he worked it. His site is continuously updated and professional looking. He'd look for affiliate marketing plans. He'd find ways to sell his books directly begetting him a higher percentage on his books. He even offered his own variation of Asshole Consulting. Anything and anyway he could work it, he would. All while continuing to create written, audio, and video content for his audience.
Matt further continued "The Forney Hustle" when it came election time. I personally didn't have the time, inclination, or energy to cover the DNC and RNC conventions. I didn't go to various protests or political gatherings to cover them. And I certainly didn't find myself getting chased down by anti-fa protestors like Matt did. But Matt did and all on a shoe-string budget, becoming, frankly, more of a journalist than most of us who merely editorialized from blogs.
If this wasn't enough Matt decided to go international. First, in true Matt Forney form, it was to the Philippines to basically get laid, explore the country, and write a book about it. But he then decided to head off to Hungary to cover the refugee crisis in Europe from a country that was determined to maintain its sovereignty. A la Roosh, it was again a ballsy move to just up and move not knowing the languages, cultures, or social norms and just put yourself out there because "well, why not?"
Now when you combine this all together -
Matt's impressive-and-increasing-volume of work
Matt's willingness to try new things and put himself out there
Matt's relentless hustle, innovation, and trial-and-error
And his ability to endure the flak he constantly gets with a ZFG attitude
there are going to be consequences. And those consequences are ones of galvanization, progress, and improvement. Because while we all would like to pick on Forney simply because it's easy and his controversial positions make it so, what most people fail to see (including himself I speculate) is the drastic improvement Matt has enjoyed and the amazing potential future he has.
When I first met Matt he was horrible at podcasting. His podcast was barely listenable. Now he is drastically improved through sheer simple practice, able to monologue, be a participant on another show, and interview others. He was always a good writer, but he has turned that skill into a money maker with his books and essays. And that moron who was drinking an alcoholic beverage in my rental car in Vegas, who had an incredible lack of social graces to boot, was actually quite insightful, interesting, and pleasant to be around at a meet up I attended in October. In short, Matt was a fat, nerdy, socially retarded, impolite, unemployed loser. But now, after forcing himself into challenges and trials of life, he has self-galvanized into somebody most millennial boys (and especially the leftists who hate him) could only dream of becoming:
A self-employed, independent man.
He may not have the bankroll and financial success of Mike Cernovich. He may not have the fame and notoriety of Milo. And he may not have the looks of Laura "Cute Girl Saying Obvious Shit" Southern. But he has put in all the hard upfront work to lay the foundations for a career and life where he answers to no one, goes where he pleases, and can live how he wants. Whatever your disagreements and reservations you have with Matt Forney, I can certainly understand. But he is the imperfect role model for every nerd and loser out there who wishes to stop being one. You'd be wise to study and learn from his still-evolving career.
Matt Forney is also, along with Cynical Libertarian Society, one of the peers I disagree most with.
Matt Forney also drank an open container of alcohol in my rental car in Vegas, leaving it there even after I told him not to.
That is indeed the Matt Forney I know.
Publicly, however, these traits are perhaps overshadowed by his somewhat radical stances, unpopular opinions, and often times purposed and rank agitating positions epitomized and exemplified in his essay "Big Lovin'." This has made him a lightning rod for...well...everybody, catching flak, hate mail, scathing commentary, and death threats from both the left and right, and anybody else in between. But whatever your reservations about Matt Forney are and no matter how detestable you may find him, what people don't see is a vitally important lesson exhibited through his behaviors that should not be obscured by his words. And it's a lesson everybody, but especially young men, could greatly benefit from today.
I first knew of Matt Forney when he (publicly) had no presence on the web. He was a part time rookie radio show host (and a poor one at that) and was just branching out of his New York home. However, instead of maybe moving to New York City or perhaps down to Baltimore or maybe to Boston, Matt decided to...
hitch hike across America with a pitstop in the Bakken oilfield to find work.
I found this pretty odd and ballsy of a 23 year old kid, especially since he had never set foot in unpopulated states like Wyoming and Montana. Sure enough he got stranded in the second worst city in Wyoming (Gillette) for three days, but still managed to make it to the Bakken oil fields to work, and move onto Seattle to complete his trip.
It was either shortly of before this trip (I can't remember which) it became public that he wrote under the nom de plume "Ferdinand Bardamu" at the site "In Mala Fide." This became a shock to pretty much anybody else who knew him because the writing was so good and so observant most people pegged him for a 42 year old. This also coincided with increasingly cheap bandwidth, allowing Matt to start his first podcast (which also sucked), and his establishing his main site MattForney.com.
What followed was three years worth of consistent and persistent writing. Not only for his own blog, but for Return of Kings and his own books. And he didn't just focus on writing, but expanded and tested his horizons in YouTube and podcasting. He had multiple podcasts, kept writing books and essays, and if there was a marketing angle, he worked it. His site is continuously updated and professional looking. He'd look for affiliate marketing plans. He'd find ways to sell his books directly begetting him a higher percentage on his books. He even offered his own variation of Asshole Consulting. Anything and anyway he could work it, he would. All while continuing to create written, audio, and video content for his audience.
Matt further continued "The Forney Hustle" when it came election time. I personally didn't have the time, inclination, or energy to cover the DNC and RNC conventions. I didn't go to various protests or political gatherings to cover them. And I certainly didn't find myself getting chased down by anti-fa protestors like Matt did. But Matt did and all on a shoe-string budget, becoming, frankly, more of a journalist than most of us who merely editorialized from blogs.
If this wasn't enough Matt decided to go international. First, in true Matt Forney form, it was to the Philippines to basically get laid, explore the country, and write a book about it. But he then decided to head off to Hungary to cover the refugee crisis in Europe from a country that was determined to maintain its sovereignty. A la Roosh, it was again a ballsy move to just up and move not knowing the languages, cultures, or social norms and just put yourself out there because "well, why not?"
Now when you combine this all together -
Matt's impressive-and-increasing-volume of work
Matt's willingness to try new things and put himself out there
Matt's relentless hustle, innovation, and trial-and-error
And his ability to endure the flak he constantly gets with a ZFG attitude
there are going to be consequences. And those consequences are ones of galvanization, progress, and improvement. Because while we all would like to pick on Forney simply because it's easy and his controversial positions make it so, what most people fail to see (including himself I speculate) is the drastic improvement Matt has enjoyed and the amazing potential future he has.
When I first met Matt he was horrible at podcasting. His podcast was barely listenable. Now he is drastically improved through sheer simple practice, able to monologue, be a participant on another show, and interview others. He was always a good writer, but he has turned that skill into a money maker with his books and essays. And that moron who was drinking an alcoholic beverage in my rental car in Vegas, who had an incredible lack of social graces to boot, was actually quite insightful, interesting, and pleasant to be around at a meet up I attended in October. In short, Matt was a fat, nerdy, socially retarded, impolite, unemployed loser. But now, after forcing himself into challenges and trials of life, he has self-galvanized into somebody most millennial boys (and especially the leftists who hate him) could only dream of becoming:
A self-employed, independent man.
He may not have the bankroll and financial success of Mike Cernovich. He may not have the fame and notoriety of Milo. And he may not have the looks of Laura "Cute Girl Saying Obvious Shit" Southern. But he has put in all the hard upfront work to lay the foundations for a career and life where he answers to no one, goes where he pleases, and can live how he wants. Whatever your disagreements and reservations you have with Matt Forney, I can certainly understand. But he is the imperfect role model for every nerd and loser out there who wishes to stop being one. You'd be wise to study and learn from his still-evolving career.
Cowboy Bebop to Get Live Action Show
"Bang!"
For those of you who don't know what Cowboy Bebop is, one, hit yourself for lacking culture, and two, see the sample below:
Now go buy the series, watch it, so you can be as excited about the prospects of a live action show of Cowboy Bebop.
For those of you who don't know what Cowboy Bebop is, one, hit yourself for lacking culture, and two, see the sample below:
Now go buy the series, watch it, so you can be as excited about the prospects of a live action show of Cowboy Bebop.
Worthless Degree Awareness Month - An Easy Problem to Solve
Cancer is hard to cure because of it's varied and chaotic evolutionary nature.
Crime is also hard to eliminate because of various socio-economic reasons, not to mention it's part of human nature.
Even a vaccine for the common cold, common as it may be, has eluded science for millennia.
But while some scourges of society have no obvious or immediate solution, there is one that plagues us today, but could be solved tomorrow.
Worthless degrees.
Before you get your blood pressure up or your emotions a-flutter, realize neither you nor I nor the taxpayer have the time, money, patience or resources to keep this facade up any longer. Every year millions of American students take on $300 billion in student debt. They waste anywhere from 4 to 8 years of their youth earning degrees that have no job prospects attached to them. And then for the next decade are financially impaired under the weight of these student loans, preventing them from homeownership, forming families, or the plain ole pursuit of happiness. This translates not only into ruined lives of the victims of worthless degrees, but greater economic social costs in the form on an inadequately trained labor pool, lower economic growth, lower standards of living, and a debt bubble that is larger than the mortgage crisis of 2007.
The question is how to solve it. And in order to answer that question we need to find out how the scourge of worthless degrees became so prominent and widespread in America.
To be blunt the worthless education bubble came about because of a combination of sparing people's feelings, poor parenting, an ignorance of economics, and a resultant entitlement mentality. To an outside observer, majoring in something like "English" is laughably foolish. It offers no real world skills. You're already living in an English-speaking country. And, unless you had a mental disability, you are likely 100% fluent in English by the age of 18. But that is not the environment in which a 16, 17, or 18 year old child determines his or her major. He/she is cocooned in an environment controlled and dominated by parents and teachers. At best these parents and teachers are innocently ignorant about today's labor market because they attended college in the 70's or 80's. They recommend college because it worked for them...back in the Nixon administration. But what is increasingly likely today is a spinelessness on the part of both teachers and parents to tell their children the harsh, real world realities of economics and the labor market. And instead they tell their children what they want to hear simply to avoid the standard rigors (and crying and temper tantrums) that come with properly raising and educating a child:
"Follow your dreams and the money will follow!"
"Any degree is a good degree!"
"You can't put a price on education!"
Alas it is no surprise little Jimmy decides he's going to major in puppetry because there was no real adult there to stop him.
But there is another, not-so-obvious-yet-key cause of the scourge that is known as worthless degrees:
A birthright.
And this is perhaps the real reason the worthless degree tick is so thoroughly lodged into America's bloodstream.
Understand that from a child's perspective the ONLY thing he or she has in her life is college. K-12 is so horrendously boring, inefficient, and mentally stifling, it resembles a prison more than it does a school. Increasingly apathetic parents drop their children off with increasingly apathetic teachers, where the true purpose of K-12 education is more baby sitting than it is education. Alas, most kids are just biding their time, waiting out a mental prison sentence, chomping at the bit to get out. But the biggest lie we feed them is not "follow your heart and the money will follow," or "you can't put a price on education," but the canard
"It will all get better in college."
This turns college into the ONLY thing these poor souls have to look forward to in life. And this delusion is only further propagandized as a utopia by media, government, politicians, and the colleges themselves. Movies, college football games, the false illusion of 24-7 free sex and partying, it becomes every American high school senior's promised land. And for any sane or rational person to come in and try to interrupt that dream, warning them that a degree in "Art History" will result in a nightmare, is VEHEMENTLY met with a scathing emotional, passionate, and completely irrational response. Most people, parents, teachers, or not, dare not upset these children with the truth. And thus we condemn these poor kids to a life of underemployment, debt, and a lesser life.
The solution is very simple - tell these kids the truth about the employment prospects of different degrees. It's sadly too late for the millennial generation as they were the experimental sacrificial lambs Americans forfeited to see if absentee and spineless parenting/teaching would work. So far removed are they from the realities of the labor market and the real world even a mere attempt to get through to them evokes unexplainable accusations of "racism," "sexism," or "ignorance." But Gen Z and all future generations of Americans do not need to needlessly suffer as the millennials (and Gen X'ers) did. We do not have to ruin their lives by forcing them to go to college to get a degree, "any degree," and mortgage their futures for it. Having candid, realistic, frank, and adult conversations with them about what their educational options are, be it college, the military/GI Bill, trade school, or IT certifications, can not only spare them the fate of the millennials, but usher in a new era of strong economic growth, financially stable families, and happier Americans all around.
It can happen tomorrow. We can end the cancer that is worthless degrees. We simply need to love our children enough to tell them the truth.
______________________________
Help end worthless degrees! Share this article with a loved one you care about who's about to go to college or has children that are about to go to college. Use the hashtag "#WorthlessDegreeAwarenessMonth"
______________________________
Helpful Books:
"Worthless" - The young person's indispensable guide to choosing the right major.
"Reconnaissance Man" - A book for students who don't know what they want to study in college.
______________________________
Check out Aaron's other cool stuff below!
Podcast
Asshole Consulting
YouTube Channel
Twitter
Books by Aaron
Amazon Affiliate
Crime is also hard to eliminate because of various socio-economic reasons, not to mention it's part of human nature.
Even a vaccine for the common cold, common as it may be, has eluded science for millennia.
But while some scourges of society have no obvious or immediate solution, there is one that plagues us today, but could be solved tomorrow.
Worthless degrees.
Before you get your blood pressure up or your emotions a-flutter, realize neither you nor I nor the taxpayer have the time, money, patience or resources to keep this facade up any longer. Every year millions of American students take on $300 billion in student debt. They waste anywhere from 4 to 8 years of their youth earning degrees that have no job prospects attached to them. And then for the next decade are financially impaired under the weight of these student loans, preventing them from homeownership, forming families, or the plain ole pursuit of happiness. This translates not only into ruined lives of the victims of worthless degrees, but greater economic social costs in the form on an inadequately trained labor pool, lower economic growth, lower standards of living, and a debt bubble that is larger than the mortgage crisis of 2007.
The question is how to solve it. And in order to answer that question we need to find out how the scourge of worthless degrees became so prominent and widespread in America.
To be blunt the worthless education bubble came about because of a combination of sparing people's feelings, poor parenting, an ignorance of economics, and a resultant entitlement mentality. To an outside observer, majoring in something like "English" is laughably foolish. It offers no real world skills. You're already living in an English-speaking country. And, unless you had a mental disability, you are likely 100% fluent in English by the age of 18. But that is not the environment in which a 16, 17, or 18 year old child determines his or her major. He/she is cocooned in an environment controlled and dominated by parents and teachers. At best these parents and teachers are innocently ignorant about today's labor market because they attended college in the 70's or 80's. They recommend college because it worked for them...back in the Nixon administration. But what is increasingly likely today is a spinelessness on the part of both teachers and parents to tell their children the harsh, real world realities of economics and the labor market. And instead they tell their children what they want to hear simply to avoid the standard rigors (and crying and temper tantrums) that come with properly raising and educating a child:
"Follow your dreams and the money will follow!"
"Any degree is a good degree!"
"You can't put a price on education!"
Alas it is no surprise little Jimmy decides he's going to major in puppetry because there was no real adult there to stop him.
But there is another, not-so-obvious-yet-key cause of the scourge that is known as worthless degrees:
A birthright.
And this is perhaps the real reason the worthless degree tick is so thoroughly lodged into America's bloodstream.
Understand that from a child's perspective the ONLY thing he or she has in her life is college. K-12 is so horrendously boring, inefficient, and mentally stifling, it resembles a prison more than it does a school. Increasingly apathetic parents drop their children off with increasingly apathetic teachers, where the true purpose of K-12 education is more baby sitting than it is education. Alas, most kids are just biding their time, waiting out a mental prison sentence, chomping at the bit to get out. But the biggest lie we feed them is not "follow your heart and the money will follow," or "you can't put a price on education," but the canard
"It will all get better in college."
This turns college into the ONLY thing these poor souls have to look forward to in life. And this delusion is only further propagandized as a utopia by media, government, politicians, and the colleges themselves. Movies, college football games, the false illusion of 24-7 free sex and partying, it becomes every American high school senior's promised land. And for any sane or rational person to come in and try to interrupt that dream, warning them that a degree in "Art History" will result in a nightmare, is VEHEMENTLY met with a scathing emotional, passionate, and completely irrational response. Most people, parents, teachers, or not, dare not upset these children with the truth. And thus we condemn these poor kids to a life of underemployment, debt, and a lesser life.
The solution is very simple - tell these kids the truth about the employment prospects of different degrees. It's sadly too late for the millennial generation as they were the experimental sacrificial lambs Americans forfeited to see if absentee and spineless parenting/teaching would work. So far removed are they from the realities of the labor market and the real world even a mere attempt to get through to them evokes unexplainable accusations of "racism," "sexism," or "ignorance." But Gen Z and all future generations of Americans do not need to needlessly suffer as the millennials (and Gen X'ers) did. We do not have to ruin their lives by forcing them to go to college to get a degree, "any degree," and mortgage their futures for it. Having candid, realistic, frank, and adult conversations with them about what their educational options are, be it college, the military/GI Bill, trade school, or IT certifications, can not only spare them the fate of the millennials, but usher in a new era of strong economic growth, financially stable families, and happier Americans all around.
It can happen tomorrow. We can end the cancer that is worthless degrees. We simply need to love our children enough to tell them the truth.
______________________________
Help end worthless degrees! Share this article with a loved one you care about who's about to go to college or has children that are about to go to college. Use the hashtag "#WorthlessDegreeAwarenessMonth"
______________________________
Helpful Books:
"Worthless" - The young person's indispensable guide to choosing the right major.
"Reconnaissance Man" - A book for students who don't know what they want to study in college.
______________________________
Check out Aaron's other cool stuff below!
Podcast
Asshole Consulting
YouTube Channel
Books by Aaron
Amazon Affiliate
Tuesday, June 06, 2017
Curse Free Episode #22 of The Clarey Podcast!
American's can't identify British tabloids.
One of Clarey's ex banking bosses is dead...thank god!
Wasp nests in vaginas, women's mutual funds, the case for evil continues!
Japan's "Groper Insurance."
Just what the heck are you studying????
AND MORE!!!
in THIS EPISODE of The Clarey Podcast!
Direct MP3 link here.
RSS Feed here.
One of Clarey's ex banking bosses is dead...thank god!
Wasp nests in vaginas, women's mutual funds, the case for evil continues!
Japan's "Groper Insurance."
Just what the heck are you studying????
AND MORE!!!
in THIS EPISODE of The Clarey Podcast!
Direct MP3 link here.
RSS Feed here.
But Muh Muh "Critical Thinkin' Skillzzz"
Again, in case you didn't know, I will NEVER hire a liberal arts major. EVER.
Men Increasingly Aware College is a Scam
I like how the feminist inadvertently scared one of these male college students to leave with her rape talk. She did him the biggest favor ever, quite unintentionally of course.
Poor Richard's Retirement Now Available in Audio!
I've got good news...and good news.
The good news is that "Poor Richard's Retirement" is available to you folks who are like me and CAN'T STAND READING. In other word's it's available in audio.
The other good news is that apparently I make a $50 "bounty commission" for every "first time Audible buyer" who buys this or any of my other audio books. In other words if you never bought an audible book before, and you buy mine, I get AN EXTRA $50 IN COMMISSION. I think the regular commission off the audible version of Poor Richard's Retirement is like $3, so for you Audible Virgins out there please consider losing your Audible virginity to me!
The good news is that "Poor Richard's Retirement" is available to you folks who are like me and CAN'T STAND READING. In other word's it's available in audio.
The other good news is that apparently I make a $50 "bounty commission" for every "first time Audible buyer" who buys this or any of my other audio books. In other words if you never bought an audible book before, and you buy mine, I get AN EXTRA $50 IN COMMISSION. I think the regular commission off the audible version of Poor Richard's Retirement is like $3, so for you Audible Virgins out there please consider losing your Audible virginity to me!
How Vasectomies Put Reproductive Control Back in the Hands of Men
Remember, I got a vasectomy over a decade ago.
Just now the ALTERNATIVE media is getting around to realizing the ROI of a vasectomy.
Can you imagine how long it will be before the MSM gets around to it? If the education bubble is any indicator it'll be 2078 before the MSM warns you about sperm jacking and worthless degrees!
You can be ahead of the curve or behind it. And if you want to be ahead of it remember to drop in and occasionally real the Ole Captain, this book prominent of which would do men wonders.
Just now the ALTERNATIVE media is getting around to realizing the ROI of a vasectomy.
Can you imagine how long it will be before the MSM gets around to it? If the education bubble is any indicator it'll be 2078 before the MSM warns you about sperm jacking and worthless degrees!
You can be ahead of the curve or behind it. And if you want to be ahead of it remember to drop in and occasionally real the Ole Captain, this book prominent of which would do men wonders.
Monday, June 05, 2017
Life's Too Short for Politics
Allow me to tell you about my weekend.
Both mornings I woke up with the long legged Amazonian around 10AM. She made us coffee. We sat in bed for an hour exchanging ideas and flirtations, in between checking out phones and seeing what was going on in the world. I can't remember if it was Saturday or Sunday morning there was the latest attack in London, but I didn't care, though we did chat a bit about how we didn't care. Inevitably we got up. Enjoyed a motorcycle ride towards Wisconsin. Dinner and lunches at various locales. And then my buddy picked us up in his convertible and we headed to a cigar lounge, after which we grabbed ice cream at a local ice cream parlor. I truly can't tell which events were on Saturday and which were on Sunday because it was all good.
This La-La-Land was briefly punctured, however, when I went to the gym. Where on the boobtube were the talking heads of Fox and CNN, trying to digest the terror attack in London and Trump's exit from the Paris Accord as if it there were some kind of science. They all had stern faces, they were all so very serious, and though they all have impressive Mickey Mouse degrees from Columbia and Brown, I knew it was all pointless and irrelevant. Nothing I was going to do was going to change the events of the world. Nothing they were saying was going to change the events of the world. And putting the Serenity Prayer into practice, I continued about my day committed to enjoying the decline.
The same, however, could not be said of the people populating my various social media feeds. For there were two main camps of people letting politics ruin their otherwise glorious weekend;
People freaking out over the latest terror attack and people freaking out over Trump leaving the Paris Accord.
Admittedly, most of my feeds were populated with conservatives and other non-leftists taking the ultimate ZFG and "meh" approach to the latest visitation by The Truck of Peace. It was getting so bad I almost feel a lot of us are cheering on the terrorists because how can you respect a people who won't stand up for themselves? But if I left my echo chamber to check out what the "real world" was saying and it was the exact same regurgitated panic/slop that always comes with terrorists attacks.
Hashtags
OMG's!
Prayers
And signs at concerts telling the world how they are united.
The other camp was purely leftists doing nothing but FREAKING THE FRICK OUT over Donald Trump leaving the climate claptrap scam accord. Kathy Griffin's stint of a beheaded Donald Trump understates just how pissed off these people were. These leftists were seething, uncontrollably angry at Donald Trump, so much so that it was apparent they were obsessed with whatever the Don was doing that weekend (Paris Accord or not), and consequently let that completely determine their mood...and thus their weekend. Ironically, the enemies of Trump were letting him have another victory in letting him ruin their precious and finite weekends.
Alas, it is here, in the weekend of June 3rd-4th of 2017, that a vitally important lesson lies for all of us, whether you're a "political news junkie" addicted to Drudge Report or mentally retarded SJW frothing at the mouth over Donald Trump's each and every move. And that lesson is just how many people let politics ruin their lives. Because whether you're on the right or on the left, too many of you are pissing away precious and vital time you don't have on things that you do not control, and therefore, ultimately doesn't matter.
Take, for example, the right wing "news junkies" or people who intravenously consume their news from Fox, Drudge, Heat Street, or conservative talk radio. Worse, consider the increasing number of non-leftist Americans who actually believe the British tabloids like the Sun Herald or Daily Mail. Before the clock hits 8:01 AM, they're already pissed off, angry at the Anti-American world around them, and are immediately put on the defensive for the rest of the day. They post things on Facebook, Twitter, or what have you, about things they ultimately do not control, solely as a means of therapy so they may digest the world that is collapsing around them. I'm not saying the world isn't in a bad state, but I wonder if obsessing over it, to the point it is your life isn't worse than the fate of the world itself.
Bad as that is though, the left takes politics to a whole new metastasized level. For while people on the right predominantly care about politics because it affects them, the left (and admittedly an increasing number of people on the right) obsess over politics because...
they have nothing else in life.
At least rightists have families, friends, hobbies, loved ones, etc., lives OUTSIDE of politics that they pursue and enjoy. They get upset when politics interrupts or threatens these lives and pursuits of happiness, which prompts their passionate interest in politics in the first place. But most leftists do not have families, hobbies, interests, or lives, leaving them only with politics as a sad and pathetic substitute. And if you don't believe, please, by all means look at the bio, background or social media profile of any leftist. You'll sadly see an emphasis on their politics, ideology, worthless liberal arts degree, or whatever virtue signaling political crusade, instead of something fun or meaningful like hang-gliding, ballroom dancing, spouse, children, or business. In short, leftists have no core because cores usually take effort, labor, sacrifice, selflessness and work. And leftist politics, whatever their strain (feminism, environmentalism, rank socialism, racial politics, etc.) are an effortless faux religion that provides fabricated meaning to their meaningless lives.
This provides a silver, albeit sad, lining to the cloud of socialism that is inexorably covering the world. Leftists are MISERABLE because all they have in life is their religion of politics. They cannot escape its grasp because there is nothing else they have in life. Ergo, they are completely at the whim of it.
Their happiness is not determined by whether they start a company or go fishing.
It's determined by whether a guy with a funny hair cut leaves a climate accord.
It's not determined by spending time with their children or sex with their spouse.
It's determined by what Anderson Cooper said that evening.
It's not determined by going outside and climbing a mountain or finishing a marathon.
It's determined by Dove soap making a fat-acceptance commercial.
And their happiness is not determined by friends, engaging conversation, and the humor therein.
It's determined by whether Bernie Sanders will forgive student loans.
Look back at this past weekend and ask yourself a question. Did you enjoy it, or like a leftist, did you let politics ruin it for you? Because I don't know if you knew this or not, but you're going to die. And life is too short to be like a miserable SJW millennial, an angry feminist, or even a "Fox News Junkie" to waste it on politics. I suggest you learn to enjoy the decline instead.
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Sunday, June 04, 2017
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Saturday, June 03, 2017
Friday, June 02, 2017
Global Warming - The Forced Religion by the State
I was kicking around writing a piece about my take on Trump leaving the Paris Accord. My spin was not going to be so much about global warming, but how this was indeed the ballsy, bold leadership I'd like to see on the international stage a little bit more. A harsh reminder to the Europhiles, UN, and One World Government tyrants that, like Brexit, you don't fucking own us.
But this is just as good anyway.
But this is just as good anyway.
Thursday, June 01, 2017
June is "Worthless Degree Awareness Month"
My goal for June is to end worthless degrees like cancer.
Except, unlike cancer, we can end worthless degrees in 2017.
We just have to actually...I hate to say it..."raise awareness."
Except, unlike cancer, we can end worthless degrees in 2017.
We just have to actually...I hate to say it..."raise awareness."
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