Slap on aftershave. Behead bums.
Slap on aftershave. Roundhouse kick a bum into the concrete.
Slap on aftershave. Slam dunk an bum baby into the trashcan.
Crucify filthy bums. Slap on cooling aftershave whole he gasps for air.
Defecate in an bum’s food, sprinkle it with aftershave.
Launch bums into the sun. Why come aftershave not have SPF rating?
Stir fry bums in a wok. Cooling aftershave for distinctive wok aroma.
Toss aftershave into fanny pack after a quick application, then toss bums into active volcanoes.
Urinate into an bum’s gas can. Aftershave. Unleaded gasoline. Piss.
Judo throw bums into a wood chipper. Aftershave. Wood chips.
Twist the cap, sprinkle on hands, Slap on face. Cooling. Now twist bums heads off.
Report bums to the IRS. Write off aftershave as a business expense.
Karate chop bums in half, Karate chop aftershave to celebrate.
Curb stomp pregnant bums. Aftershave helped you get them pregnant.
Trap bums in quicksand. Brush sand off your face. Aftershave.
Crush bums in the trash compactor, with empty bottles of aftershave.
Liquefy bums in a vat of acid. Don’t mix with aftershave.
Spread evenly across face. Eat bums.
Dissect bums. Exterminate bums in the gas chamber. Stomp bum skulls with steel toed boots. Cremate bums in the oven. Lobotomize arsonist bums. Aftershave removes your limits.
Mandatory abortions for bums. Grind bum fetuses in the garbage disposal. Feel the aftershave in your pores.
Drown bums in fried chicken grease. Impress your hot neighbor with a plate of fried chicken. Hear her whine, “the aftershave burns” with your face between her legs. She earned it, so did you.
Vaporize bums with a ray gun. Kick old bums down the stairs. Feed bums to alligators. Slice bums with a katana.
You may think you’re cool. You’re not cool, until you endure the slap.
Three Scores ago Mennen’s was the choice of men. Real men. Army men.
Oh I was a Mennen aficionado in my youth. These days the Mrs. won’t tolerate anything perfumey. I no longer wear cologne. We even use unscented laundry detergent and dryer sheets.
Frau Zwak loves parfume. Zwak does not.
But, Frau Zwak does not like any other scented things.
Same here on both counts. I think I picked up Mennonite from Pater Dean, who probably picked it up in the Marines.
We’re unscented everything. I see these ads for dumping perfume in with your laundry and, no. Just no.
My time in, 04-10 was the Axe era.
It was awful.
I liked a good post-shave slap with Bay Rum aftershave. My wife complained about it so much I’m using some kind of herbal crap now and not feeling the slap properly.
Herbal? Gay.
*Hangs head in shame.*
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Per Wiki – “Neither the brand Mennen nor Skin Bracer are listed at the Colgate-Palmolive website as of January 2024”
It’s interesting in that it seems to a phantom brand. It’s been at least three decades since I’ve heard the “By Mennen” jingle.
You can get it on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Skin-Bracer-After-Shave-Original/dp/B0062O0OMM
Yes, wiki noted that. It’s available from most of the chain web sites.
I wonder if they are devoting shelf space to it in stores. It’s bizarre that it isn’t on C-P’s brand section, however. I wonder if they still retain it.
Maybe it’s old stock?
$40! Holy crap.
This is a better alternative.
https://a.co/d/g6tebKx
It would appear “Mennen” is going to be disappeared.
I didn’t realize it was originally a local company to me. Sold to C-P in 1992.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mennen
Drake – that’s a six pack. A single is like $9. Which still seems nuts for what is mostly alcohol and water.
Drake, that’s the one I am currently using.
Not as good as Dominica Bay Rum, but the company that made that went out of business.
I have a ceramic bottle of Old Spice (Fresh – not Original) that I’ve been milking for about 20 years. I doubt you can buy it anywhere anymore.
The same fragrance in round-stick deodorant (do not apply on broken skin!) was my go-to but I haven’t seen it in decades. I hate those weak-ass wide-stick deodorants.
Haven’t thought about it for years but instantly heard that tagline again.
“Ca-stanza!”
Slap on aftershave after smoking Dark Cracky?
Remembers as a kid in the 70’s slapping each other just so we could say “thanks I needed that!”
I perceive an anti-bum prejudice.
“The unhoused.”
I submit that one does not necessarily have to be homeless, to be a bum.
Exhibit A – politicians.
My step-father, who was amongst those unemployed in the Depression, rode a belt driven motorcycle from MN to CA, with his wife riding behind, to pick fruit.
He explained the difference between a hobo and a bum. A hobo wanted to work for his meal, chop wood, cut grass, etc. A bum was a panhandler.
They sold the motorcycle in CA and rode the rails back to MN. That was his story and at this point he’s sticking to it.
this clip instantly came to my mind as I read the post:
https://youtu.be/lkKwyjsJGxk?si=VbXUAsgEJ8pUUnjx&t=15
runner-up
https://youtu.be/bVOXxDV5BdI?si=mLvH4UPQaBKhyq8P&t=30
Those darned kids today….
Meanwhile “Old Spice” seems to have found a new audience.
https://thebrandhopper.com/2025/05/12/a-deep-dive-into-the-marketing-strategies-of-old-spice/
The ones with the man complaining that his wife stole his Old Spice bother me.
I don’t wear cologne and sure as hell wouldn’t use a soap that my wife would use.
Also all the ones for deodorant for “down there”.
Just me?
Crap, the onion fell off my belt.
It’s for when your taint is so tainted it permeates the room?
Ad agencies are there to tell you that you have a problem and offer to sell you a solution. It’s the same as when the “not so fresh feeling” commercials came out.
I thought we were supposed to wear the onion in the crotch of your pants. Ball seasoning for the womenfolk. I guess I have been doing it wrong…
Not Adahn:
Look to the whole women shaving legs and underarms thing.
“Full body deodorant” is the EV of odor prevention. Hardly anyone buys it but all the advertising goes there.
My beef with the “whole body deodorant” thing, besides the “we create a need and then fill it” thing (H/T to “Brute Force Cybernetics”/WEBN-FM) is that so much of the advertising offends me. I hate Lume because their original TV ads had the production value of a selfie TikTok video, and my own antiperspirant brand runs ads for their “whole body” spray singing “Crotch, underboob, and butt, boob and butt” to the tune of “Head, shoulders, knees, and toes.” 😖
You’re more right than you know. I think that most of the full body deodorant advertising is going to a cohort of young people who think that daily showers and laundering their clothes is ‘environmentally irresponsible.’
Speaking of marketing, nothing fishy here.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/world/uc-berkeley-professor-killed-greece-intl
As someone pointed out the other day, at least that whole ring around the collar problem has finally been solved.
EvilSheldon:
So… modern patchouli?
All of those nether deodorants and harsh cleaners are exactly what you wouldn’t want there. Like going commando used to be. Worked for Brooke Shields in an ad, but not recommended full time.
Ive shared her before…and sadly much of her content has disappeared from the web, but she nailed advertising back in the 00s
Which this one is by my favorite one…
https://youtu.be/BGpQlid9XJI?si=uPdyGp2xXevDmxsG
Nope, nothing suspicious in the least. Just a random execution-style shooting of a tourist. Happens all the time.
Ive shared her before
I misread that as “I’ve shaved her before….”
Ted S.:
Before or after watching the video?
People watch the linked videos?
“Crotch, underboob, and butt, boob and butt”
Ima start singin’ this to the wife.
Ima start singin’ this to the wife.
Couch is comfy, is it?
That problem went away for me once I stopped wearing ties.
Meh. They got rid of “Fresh” which was their only scent worth a damn. Or, the one they call “Fresh” now is a lame imitation.
Vonnegut said the Martians have invaded, but don’t worry because they eat homeless people and piss gasoline.
I’m shocked that hasn’t been made into a Rick and Morty episode.
Speaking of social degeneracy
Others argue that a religious revival will also serve as a moderating influence on young men, some of whom may be particularly vulnerable to the conspiracy theories and misogynistic content pervasive in the manosphere. Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, echoes this concern from a more mainstream vantage point.
On his show in May, Scarborough argued that increased church involvement for young men — even in the most conservative-leaning churches — may serve as a reality check for younger men prone to believing the right-wing conspiracies that often populate their red-pill, algorithmic-driven feeds.
Our data, however, show no evidence that Gen Z men are becoming more religious. Nor do we find that Gen Z men who attend church frequently hold more moderate political or social views.
Our latest Census of American Religion, released in May, shows that young people’s rates of religious affiliation have continued to drop overall in the last decade.
Shun them. That’ll teach them who’s morally superior.
It couldn’t possibly be that a combo of free porn, student loan debt, unfair family courts, fruitless online dating, and corrosive social media would make men reluctant to pursue relationships with women.
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26 year old man swipes right 2 million times on Tinder in 5 years, gets only 1 date; internet says ‘even bots said no’
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The story surfaced on Reddit with the caption, “A man on Tinder swiped right over 2 million times in 5 years and only managed to get one date.” A screenshot of his Tinder insights showed jaw-dropping numbers, 2,020,459 right swipes, 2,053 matches, 1,269 conversations and a grand total of one date over five years.
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/relationships/26-year-old-man-swipes-right-2-million-times-on-tinder-in-5-years-gets-only-1-date-internet-says-even-bots-said-no-101751975487003.html
I’ve been doing online dating for 15 years. Probably messaged about 10k women. Had first dates with about 50 different women and 4 became my gal pals. Of those, my longest relationship lasted 9 months.
But if I hadn’t tried online dating, I wouldn’t have met those 4, so lose-win.
As an ‘older’ single friend once told me, “The problem with women my age is that they are my age”
Dude likes to fish and owns 33 snakes? He sounds like my type!
So, the article mentions “….some of whom may be particularly vulnerable to the conspiracy theories…”, and then pivots to Joe Scarborough, who was all in on stuff like Russiagate?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scarborough-calls-russiagate-skeptics-useful-193826282.html
Yeah, I almost spit lunch at anyone citing him as any kind of respectable source.
They are just mad because their conspiracy theories are transparent lies and the conservative’s keep turning out to be true.
It is comical really.
They found a new religion – one that they were taught from Kindergarten to college.
may serve as a reality check for younger men prone to believing the right-wing conspiracies that often populate their red-pill, algorithmic-driven feeds.
Most of the manosphere is fucking dumb. I haven’t seen any of it since the days of actual websites and forums (remember those??) before social media took everything over, but I’d estimate the breakdown used to be:
– 49% bitching about how unfair everything is, trying to out-whine the most whiny feminists
– 49% “pickup artist” stuff arguing that the quality of life is measured by how many 10’s you can bang
– 2% actual discussion of how radical feminism has damaged society and ideas on how to solve it
… But nonetheless, young men are going there because it’s probably the only place where they’re being told that masculinity can be a good thing. Same thing with young white men who get sucked into white nationalist BS. If huge parts of society are giving off the message that you’re garbage just by virtue of what you are and that everything would be better if you’d just step aside and let other groups run things, you’re going to be driven into some pretty dark places for refuge.
Probably 90% of anything that becomes a ‘movement’ is going to be stupid, self serving, or excusing rationalization. The manosphere is full of people preaching the same sort of toxic nonsense that feminism preaches, just redirected.
Most of the
manosphereinternet is fucking dumb.FIFY.
The more significant religion story is that young women and young men are moving apart religiously — a divide that mirrors the broader gender gaps emerging among Gen Z across a wide range of political and cultural issues.
Gen Z women have become far more politically liberal than their male peers and display a stronger feminist consciousness than older generations of American women.
Many faith traditions, meanwhile, continue to uphold, or even double down on, complementarian theology, which preaches male headship in both church and home and frames a woman’s highest calling as being a wife and prolific mother.
Women- pffft. They don’t know what they want.
They know they can do better than the guy they are currently with …
“The more significant religion story is that young women and young men are moving apart religiously…”
“Gen Z women have become far more politically liberal than their male peers…”
Is this an admission by The Hill that leftism/progressivism is a religion, or at least has morphed into a replacement for religion?
If you are not a leftist shitbird you want women barefoot and pregnant. Also, it is just fine for that fat, bald, hairy backed middle aged dude to put on a dress and sing “I feel pretty” in the women’s room while he takes pictures of women sitting on the toilet.
Got it.
It just happened, all on its own.
Well… we’re on the path to extinction at this point so… yes?
Just by using the neologism “faith tradition”, you know where the author and story are coming from.
HM got a new content generator bot?
I have heard that putting on aftershave can compensate for having ordinary shoes.
That is very funny.
I never really think about shoes. I always wear the same boots. I have been told that the first thing a woman looks at when she meets a man are his shoes?
Ooooooh, I get it.
I am too married to care about that.
It was a reference to this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I_T3XvzPaM
I missed that. I thought….never mind.
I have 4 pairs:
My office leather boots that I’ve had for a few years, my “fancy” cowboy boots for those rare dress up occaisions, running/gym shoes, and my old Redwing workboots that I replace every 5 or 6 years with the exact same boot.
Like Suthen, way too married to care.
When she has diamonds on the soles of her shoes, yeah mine seem pretty ordinary.
I don’t know if everyone knows what you’re talking about, but I do. 😄
I specifically thought you might.
Odd. I just fixed a hot dog and sat back down. I set the hot dog down in front of the keyboard and started to respond to you. In order to type I had to arch my left hand over the hot dog to reach the keys. My arm not being in its normal position meant that my muscle memory for typing was simply gone. Ordinarily I type without thinking at about the same rate as I speak but suddenly it simply wasn’t there. Huh. Funny how we are wired like that.
I thought you were going to say the dog took your hot dog.
These euphemisms.
Now that you mention it Ted, I dont really have the house to myself. I have the dogs. I saw that coming so I distracted them with some little sausage bites while I ate.
As anyone who has a dog knows, dogs are psychic. Not only can they read your mind but they have some ability to control your thoughts.
Every time I eat as I get near finishing my plate the thought magically pops in my head “Should I share the last bites with the ….hey, wait a minute!”
At the Casa Dean, dogs are not allowed on the furniture, and not allowed in the dining room when I am eating. We (the dogs and I, that is) have had some pointed discussions about this. We have tile floors with wide grout lines, and we have negotiated a precise line that they are not allowed to cross. So naturally they lay down juuust on the other side of that line.
They are also never given any people food. You get more of what you reward, and I don’t want pit bulls climbing my leg every time I eat or go into the kitchen.
Pretty funny.
https://x.com/LangmanVince/status/1945052088129523847
Shit, yes. Kudos to Tim Kaine for having a sense of humor about himself.
We dont really have a body odor. What you are smelling are all of the bugs that live in and on you. If you are having trouble with ‘body odor’ take a bath.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_person_smell#Biology
I like Clubman Pinaud, both powder and after shave.
Gen Z women have become far more politically liberal than their male peers and display a stronger feminist consciousness than older generations of American women.
They can always become Unitarians or Episcopalians, right?
Vandals who cut down famous Sycamore Gap tree sentenced to over 4 years in prison
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sycamore-gap-vandals-face-fate-english-court-felling-123757818
Meanwhile the sentence for actual violent crime in the UK is…
“This iconic tree can never be replaced,”
Yes it can. Stop fucking around and do it.
For Men’s shaving before and after I recommend Proraso. They make a great shaving cream and post shave balm. Also they make a aftershave that slaps your face.
https://a.co/d/hPagPzu
I use store brand witch hazel which costs about $1 per bottle.
I’ve seen many dating profiles that say no Trump voters or Republicans. Others will mention Jesus. Most of the profiles do not mention Trump or Jesus.
Fortunately, Mother Nature has a sense of humor:
https://www.foxnews.com/media/liberal-woman-goes-viral-tiktok-saying-hard-find-masculine-man-conservative?msockid=15669bd6e5c2601b2dfd88d4e46a61bb
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She opened the video, talking about “one of the saddest realizations” she has ever had, which she claimed was, “as a liberal woman, it is really hard to find a man who is willing to play the more traditional masculine role in the relationship in today’s day and age who is not a conservative.”
She continued explaining how she’s looking for “a man who wants to pay on the first date, who wants to open your door, who has that want and desire to take care of you and to provide” but can’t find one “who is not a conservative.”
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Why cant she find a man with conservative values who isn’t a conservative? It is a mystery. We may never solve this puzzle.
I wonder how old ‘ms_petch’ is. I’d bet a thousand bucks that she’s in her late twenties at least, probably more toward the mid thirties.
Men like that do exist. But if that’s what you want, baby, you’d better have one picked out and locked down by the time you’re 22-23. Those guys are hot property and they’re not going to wait around while you go through your whoring-around phase.
I think her lament roughly translates to:
“I want a masculine man who does all the traditional masculine things for my benefit, unless I find them an inconvenience, at which point I want him to meekly step aside. And I don’t want to have any obligations to him, because that’s like, the patriarchy and stuff.”
That sums it up well. She is going to be lonely and bitter.
She already is.
Some more Target Women from back in the day. Which solidified my belief that all advertising is aimed at women, to include aftershave
https://youtu.be/AMfx6OKXWgE?si=-zZp2gf8iq0ZgJc8
https://youtu.be/DhwqFWCiof0?si=9wXrFTfaIehqvBIE
They tend to make the buying decisions, even today, so yes, they’re the targets.
My first thought on reading this:
“It’s Wednesday already?”
I use Dr. Squatch. In fact I use a number of their STEVE SMITH APPROVED products.
I just picked up a bar of that soap the other day – it was on sale and I am sick of my usual junk.
It’s pretty good.
Everyone’s sick of your junk. 😛
Duke Cannon soap is where it’s at.
Productivity is my go to, followed by Naval diplomacy or Midnight swim.
Since I’m halfway to being a modern-day hippie, I use hippie soap exclusively. Dr. Bronners Magic Soap – Citrus
I go back and forth (heh) between Bronner’s and glycerin soap.
If it isn’t easy to get, I don’t want to deal with it.
Same here with the Duke Cannon.
When I need it, I usually get it at the local Ace Hardware store, which is where a man should get his grooming supplies.
Mexi, I am impressed at your commitment to the full Glib experience.
Speaking of questions which would be better left unasked… why haven’t we seen a personal grooming fad of women using beard softeners on their pubic hair for downy softness? Or did I just miss it?
It’s no longer the 70s, man. There’s no public hair to soften.
I was just going to say, that would require women to have them.
Right? C’mon its the current year.
He’s late. See? It’s right there in his name.
It’s all hardwood floors these days.
I like a nice bush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCJZij74-J0
Crippling
The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track — and to go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.
With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court on Monday paused an order from U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston, who issued a preliminary injunction reversing the layoffs and calling into question the broader plan. The layoffs “will likely cripple the department,” Joun wrote. A federal appeals court refused to put the order on hold while the administration appealed.
1400? That would be too many to keep.
Wernt they and the teachers union front and center at the latest commie convention?
Shitcan the whole lot of them.
Egad, why do you want children to be illiterate?!
Without teachers, our country would be full of ignorant, illiterate youth.
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Department of Education
“Math and reading scores for 13-year-olds are at the lowest level in decades,” the White House said in a fact sheet published Thursday. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
“Since 1979, the U.S. Department of Education has spent over $3 trillion with virtually nothing to show for it,” the fact sheet reads. “Despite per-pupil spending having increased by more than 245% over that period, there has been virtually no measurable improvement in student achievement: Math and reading scores for 13-year-olds are at the lowest level in decades. … Seven-in-ten fourth and eighth graders are not proficient in reading, while 40% of fourth grade students don’t even meet basic reading levels.”
…
An appellate court judge recently sided with Tennessee student William A., ruling that the student was denied the free public education to which he is entitled under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
A Clarksville, Tennessee, student is arguing in a lawsuit that he was denied a free public education because he was never taught how to read or write with dyslexia.
“William graduated from high school without being able to read or even to spell his own name,” Circuit Judge Raymond Kethledge wrote in his judgment. “That was because, per the terms of his IEPs, he relied on a host of accommodations that masked his inability to read.”
To write a paper, William would speak the topic into a speech-to-text software and paste the words into an AI app like Chat-GPT, which would then “generate a paper on that topic,” Kethledge explained. William would then paste that text back into his own document and “run that paper through another software program like Grammarly, so that it reflected an appropriate writing style.”
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Behold the future of education: cheating with extra steps!
It’s cute that anyone thinks that $3T was ever intended to “improve education”.
@ Derp:
The unwillingness and/or inability of K-12 schools to really respond to ChatGPCheating is maddening.
If we want kids to actually learn, they need to find ways to make them learn that can’t be circumvented by AI (e.g. no electronics allowed during school; go back to books and paper).
But if they’re not going to do that and continue to pass kids who had AI do all their homework, we should just shut down all K-12 schools and mail out a pamphlet on “how to use AI”. If that’s all they’re learning anyway, then the rest is kind of redundant.
Akira:
Related.
Considering they were passing people who couldn’t read and couldn’t do math before, why would you expect it to be different just because they’re cheating in a new way?
In the differently good old days, only about the top 10 to 20% of students graduated high school (hence the name), and it was rightly a mark of distinction. It was a mistake to abandon that system, because trying to bring it back will anger a great many parents, teachers, and students.
It seems that academics is the only area of human activity where differences in ability are not allowed.
I’m willing to teach again in spite of all the difficulties. My efforts to set high standards did not go well.
“The layoffs “will likely cripple the department,” Joun wrote.”
The department that the administration says it’s trying to shut down? You don’t say.
Sotomayor’s dissent was basically “I disagree with his policy. Presidents aren’t allowed to do things judges don’t like.”
Also, again- the Supreme Court ALLOWS the executive branch to administer its agencies?
That’s mighty white of them.
Ah, now here’s some top-shelf derp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTMGGOKnWrE
What is with you and the comedy sketches?
It’s like a retarded Marxist slam poetry reading. I just couldn’t help myself.
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Black, poet, dyke-goddess, hip-hop feminist, womanist, friend, Porsha Olayiwola is a performance artist who believes in pixie dust and second chances. A resident of Boston, by way of Chicago, Porsha O is the reigning Individual World Poetry Slam Champion. Her intention is to speak, love, praise, and maintain a cypher that is undocumented, uncontrollable and just plain ole dope. Porsha Olayiwola is the 2014 Individual World Poetry Champion.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53kJF0DQtNo
Derpy, that was heinous. It is literal brain cancer. A good example of someone who tries to make retardation an art form, but only manages to rhetorically eat her own boogers.
Keep rewarding, keep getting more of the same.
Who says there are no more opportunities, she’s living proof.
You guys lamenting the loss of certain brands and smells, you do realize you can always make your own, right?
Who needs 27 different smells?
Real men smell like cigar smoke and Hoppe’s #9.
Haha, my gun buddies are always ragging on me for using Hoppes No. 9 instead of whatever fancy and expensive spray can stuff they get. I’ll never switch.
While Hoppes No.9 certainly works well, it’s too slow. The Lucas Extreme Duty CLP Aerosol is much faster when you have a bunch of guns to get back into working order.
It smells better than Marlboro and Ballistol.
I’ve had good luck with the scent of bacon, whiskey, and gun powder.
Trufax:
Just like women dress for women, not men; so too do they scent themselves.
I wear frankincense stripper perfume on first dates and it always works.
60% of the time it works every time.
https://x.com/jimijamm/status/1731694945889563120
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/streamlight-sues-harbor-freight-over-weapon-lights-44821849
That didn’t take long.
Vassal state
But it’s the book’s final chapters, which find the organization blindsided by Russia’s influence operation on behalf of Trump’s 2016 campaign for the presidency, that readers may find most striking. Weeks before the election, Russia’s intelligence services, with an assist from WikiLeaks, began releasing a trove of hacked Democratic National Committee emails, dealing a devastating blow to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. It was, as Weiner puts it in The Mission, “an audacious act of political warfare [that] helped elect a demagogue president of the United States”. Weiner dismisses the theory that Trump is a Russian asset, but says it’s beside the point. “He’s Russia’s ally.” (That said, as Putin is discovering this week, the president’s loyalties are somewhat fluid.)
The CIA soon embarked on a delicate balancing act: working to neutralize the very force that worked to put their new commander-in-chief in office. Tom Rakusan, then newly installed as the chief of the clandestine service, called a meeting of senior officials. “He told them, in so many word: ‘The Russians stole our fucking election. How do we make sure this never happens again?’” Weiner recounted. Agents who had spent the last 15 years working on counter-terrorism would turn their attention back to the Russian threat. “The call to arms proceeded, I’m quite confident, without his knowledge,” Weiner added, referring to Trump.
It’s all a puppet show.
Following two impeachments (and two acquittals), an insurrection and another election, Trump is back in the White House and bent on revenge. “Donald Trump hates the CIA,” Weiner said, noting that Trump considers the agency the beating heart of a “deep state” that he believes is working to undermine him. Consequently, the president has appointed “a coterie of dangerously incompetent and servile acolytes to the highest positions of national security”. Weiner describes the new CIA director, John Ratcliffe – a former personal injury attorney, Maga congressman and, briefly, director of national intelligence in Trump’s first term – as “a spineless person who will do whatever Trump tells him to do”.
Shortly after we spoke, Ratcliffe ordered a review that criticized the CIA’s original report on Russia’s pro-Trump influence operation, and the former CIA director John Brennan became the subject of a criminal investigation by the FBI.
Crackpots, imbeciles and sycophants.
A stark contrast to the professionals who made up a bullshit story about collusion with Russia.
Reading Glibs a lot at work but no time to post between shifts.
I currently use Duke Cannon Ice Cold aftershave balm – so freaking dry here I need to moisturize after I shave and shower.
RJ – if you see this – include the YouTube link for “Die Farbe” – the German indie adaptation of “The Colour Out of Space” with your links on Thursday. It’s an amazing piece – worth the bluray IMO. (And I’m still waiting for their crowdfunded follow-up for HPL’s “The Dreamlands”).
I will strive to comment about it on Thursday if you don’t get there early.
The Russians stole our fucking election. How do we make sure this never happens again?
The answer is obvious. The CIA must assassinate any political candidate they do not approve of.
The Russians stole the election? How? With bots? Facebook ads?
If our elections are that easy to steal, the problem is not Russia or any other foreign influence.
And we’ll just ignore all the elections CIA interfered with. Can’t let the socialists win in Brazil or Greece. Oh, wait…
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On April 21, 1967, a group of mid-ranking military officers, including Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos, Brigadier General Stylianos Pattakos, and Colonel Nikolaos Makarezos, seized power in Greece. This coup occurred just weeks before scheduled elections, which were expected to favor the left-leaning Centre Union party led by Georgios Papandreou. Fearing a leftist victory and the potential rise of communism, the military intervened to establish a regime that would last until 1974.
Wikipedia
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The 1964 Brazilian coup d’état (Portuguese: Golpe de estado no Brasil em 1964) was the overthrow of Brazilian president João Goulart by a military coup from March 31 to April 1, 1964, ending the Fourth Brazilian Republic (1946–1964) and initiating the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985).
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and today
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Jair Bolsonaro is now awaiting trial on charges of plotting a coup, depriving Brazil’s far-right bloc of its figurehead. Yet with a presidential election due next year, the Brazilian left hasn’t found a candidate who can match Lula’s popular appeal.
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Greece currently has a center-right president, but by American standards, he’s socialist.