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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Our brains view women as a bunch of body parts
Our brains view women as a bunch of body parts
You pass a woman on the street.
In glimpsing this stranger, did your brain see her as a whole person? Or a collection of body parts?
Be honest, boys and girls.
If you are, says a University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher [Sarah Gervais], you'll probably acknowledge that you perceived body parts.
What's surprising is that it doesn't matter whether you're male or female. At first, you still see women as a bunch of pieces — differently than you see men.
You pass a woman on the street.
In glimpsing this stranger, did your brain see her as a whole person? Or a collection of body parts?
Be honest, boys and girls.
If you are, says a University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher [Sarah Gervais], you'll probably acknowledge that you perceived body parts.
What's surprising is that it doesn't matter whether you're male or female. At first, you still see women as a bunch of pieces — differently than you see men.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Latest Purchase Thread | The Beer Barrel
Latest Purchase Thread | The Beer Barrel
Tampons, Diet Coke/splenda sweetened (because the other diet cokes taste like crap), a couple of T-bones from the meat market to throw on the grill tomorrow.
You asked.
Tampons, Diet Coke/splenda sweetened (because the other diet cokes taste like crap), a couple of T-bones from the meat market to throw on the grill tomorrow.
You asked.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Texas Outlaw Country | The Beer Barrel
Texas Outlaw Country
"Jerry Jeff showed up for a gig one night in a bathing suit, a vest, a cowboy hat, and maybe a bandanna. He’d been drinking Brandy Alexanders all day. We get him onstage, but he couldn’t remember any lyrics. After about three songs, some girl hollered, “Get off the stage, you drunk son of a bitch.” He responds, “F— you, f— you,” and then finally, “You ain’t got no beer. You ain’t got no cocaine. You ain’t got no pussy. You ain’t got anything I want.” Then he fell into the drum kit. The whole band walked out the front door, but he ended up playing by himself until one o’clock. That was the deal: he’d do the craziest things, but it’d always be funny when the story was told."
"Jerry Jeff showed up for a gig one night in a bathing suit, a vest, a cowboy hat, and maybe a bandanna. He’d been drinking Brandy Alexanders all day. We get him onstage, but he couldn’t remember any lyrics. After about three songs, some girl hollered, “Get off the stage, you drunk son of a bitch.” He responds, “F— you, f— you,” and then finally, “You ain’t got no beer. You ain’t got no cocaine. You ain’t got no pussy. You ain’t got anything I want.” Then he fell into the drum kit. The whole band walked out the front door, but he ended up playing by himself until one o’clock. That was the deal: he’d do the craziest things, but it’d always be funny when the story was told."
Monday, July 16, 2012
Best Torrent Sites
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/entries/top-10-torrent-sites.27/
3. Kick Ass Torrents http://kat.ph/
This torrent site really specializes in a tag line up top and showcases some of the more popular torrent downloads. The site is hosted in the Philippines.
4. Extra Torrent http://extratorrent.com/
An easy layout to navigate, they also boast The biggest BitTorrent System. They are currently in the process of moving their servers to Samoa.
5. h33t http://h33t.com/
About an average torrent site, lot's of colorful icons for navigation at the site.
6. Torrentz http://www.torrentz.eu/
Combines and meta-indexes a few dozen smaller and bigger torrent sites. Over 9 years old and it currently boosts nearly 20 million active torrents.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Swarm of bees descend on downtown Abbotsford | The Beer Barrel
Swarm of bees descend on downtown Abbotsford | The Beer Barrel
A swarm of honeybees that landed on a cement planter at the corner of Essendene and Gladys streets in downtown Abbotsford on Monday has found a sweet new home and beekeeper in Clayburn Village. The domestic bees were spotted in the late afternoon buzzing around the corner, with most of them settling on the planter. The Abbotsford Police contacted one of the apiarists they have on call to collect the wayward colony. Sheldon Reinheller arrived at about 8 p.m., zipped up his bee suit, and calmly scooped the thousands of bees into the small super or hive he pulled out of his truck. "It's the easiest swarm I've ever had," he said.
A swarm of honeybees that landed on a cement planter at the corner of Essendene and Gladys streets in downtown Abbotsford on Monday has found a sweet new home and beekeeper in Clayburn Village. The domestic bees were spotted in the late afternoon buzzing around the corner, with most of them settling on the planter. The Abbotsford Police contacted one of the apiarists they have on call to collect the wayward colony. Sheldon Reinheller arrived at about 8 p.m., zipped up his bee suit, and calmly scooped the thousands of bees into the small super or hive he pulled out of his truck. "It's the easiest swarm I've ever had," he said.
Island of the Dolls | The Beer Barrel
Island of the Dolls | The Beer Barrel
Not surprisingly, the island’s origins lie in tragedy. The story goes that the island’s only inhabitant, Don Julian Santana, found the body of a drowned child in the canal some 50 years ago. He was haunted by her death, so when he saw a doll floating by in the canal soon after, he hung it in a tree to please the girl. He hoped to both appease her tortured soul and protect the island from further evil.
Not surprisingly, the island’s origins lie in tragedy. The story goes that the island’s only inhabitant, Don Julian Santana, found the body of a drowned child in the canal some 50 years ago. He was haunted by her death, so when he saw a doll floating by in the canal soon after, he hung it in a tree to please the girl. He hoped to both appease her tortured soul and protect the island from further evil.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Who is your favorite national socialist? | The Beer Barrel
Who is your favorite national socialist? | The Beer Barrel
Pick your favorite nazi of the third reich!
Pick your favorite nazi of the third reich!
Monday, May 28, 2012
Alex Jones Father is a shitty dentist
Well now we know that Alex Jones' dad is a crap dentist (or do we?), we must consult online sources.
Let us look into this.
First we go to YELP.com:
Kelly B of Austin, TX had this to say:
I just thought I'd chime in here. I too went to Castle because it was close to my house and on my
insurance. I too was told I had to have scaling done to the tune of $2000. They told me it was the
only way to save my teeth. I declined seeing as I don't have that kind of money laying around to
give away.
I have since been to another dentist and funny they said I had great teeth and did not mention deep
scaling once. When I told them about Castle telling me I needed this procedure, they said "What a
crock!"
Christina L Of New York, NY had this to say about Dr. Jones:
My appointment was at 4:00 pm. Once again, I presented to them the billing information they gave me
last time, and they told me that they were going to verify that information again. They spent about
an hour of my appointment verifying that information. Meanwhile, the dentist would come in and out,
doing something in my mouth, and leaving to assist other people. I felt like him working on multiple
people at the same time definitely affects the quality of work and service you are receiving.
Finally, at 5:30 pm, he actually had time to start on my procedures. An hour and a half AFTER my
scheduled appointment. If I had known this, I would have come at 5:30.
I guess the dentist was in a rush to get out of the office that day, because he "filled" my cavities
and extracted my wisdom teeth. However, the next day, I checked my fillings, and sure enough, he
didn't actually fill those teeth HE CHARGED ME FOR. I called the dentist immediately and said that I
will be coming in to get those teeth filled. They said that I would have to pay for an office visit.
Only after arguing that it would be unjust to have a charge for a procedure they should have
correctly done the first time, they agreed that there would be no charge.
I come into the office and Dr. Jones checks out my teeth. He says there's no cavities when clearly,
any person with a brain, could see the holes left in the teeth he agreed to pay for. He then
commented how I had a good eye and agreed that I was right. Hmm, maybe I should have gone to dental
school too. He then "fixed" the fillings he was supposed to do in the first place, and acted like it
was a benefit on my part and that he's going out of his way to do this for me...I PAID FOR IT
ALREADY.
Anyways, it still wasn't fixed correctly and I went to another dental practice to get my fillings
done after this horrible experience.....I URGE YOU NOT GO TO CASTLE DENTAL EVER.
Jacob W of Austi, Tx had this to say:
Absolutely the worst dental office I have ever been to or even heard of!
I go in for a broken tooth, they tell me I need a really deep cleaning too, plus they found 2
cavities. I say okay.. 18 total shots of novacane, 18 punctures in my gums, then the doctor starts
drilling and that was just painful even with all the drugs.
They put a temporary crown type thing in my broken molar and tell me to come back 2 weeks later to
get the real crown put in place. Day before my appt. they call to reschedule because the doctor won't
be in. No big deal, next appt. 1 week later. The day before that appointment they call to
reschedule again for the same reason which is when I told the receptionist that my temp tooth is
totally about to fall out of my mouth. She puts me on hold and I waited for 15 minutes for her to
tell me I've got a next day appt.
Worst establishment ever.
It is scary that they do dental work with their heads half way up their behinds!
Dan M of Austin, Tx had this to say:
Despite what they tell you, you don't need periodontal scaling done. From the other reviews I've read
it seems like they tell everyone that. I had moved to Austin, but I went back to my life-long dentist
in Houston for a second opinion and he laughed when I told him. I never felt like I went to a corrupt
medical facility until I came here. Also, expect inconsistent, suspicious billing to follow your
visit.
Davonne H of Austin, Tx:
I hate this place. I was looking for a quick place to go to to check for cavities and get a cleaning.
Well I went ahead and scheduled an appointment here. Being new to Austin I should have asked
around...This
place is such a rip off........
J.D. of Austin, TX:
These people are crooks. Their business is designed to con you into unnecessary gum cleaning
procedures that cost over $900, when all you probably need is a simple cleaning. They will charge you
$30 just to listen to their absurd pitch. And if you are smart enough to tell them that you're not a
complete idiot and all you want is a cleaning. They will refuse. Their facility and equipment are
dirty and somewhat antiquated. Their staff are extremely miserable people who just recite their
pitches to you like comatose used car salesmen. Go to a real dental clinic and not a corrupt
franchise.
Nick M of Austin, TX:
Remember that scene from Batman, where Jack Napier is at the back alley cosmetic surgeon?
'You see what I have to work with here..."
As soon as I got to the back office of Castle Dental, I was reminded of that scene.The facilities are
kind of dingy, and a lot of stuff seemed broken.
The doctor and hygienist seemed fairly friendly, but the lady who took me to the back was pushy and
grumpy.
Don't just select the first provider on your insurance companies web site... or you could end up
looking like the joker.
I won't be going back.
Verify this by going here:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/castle-medical-and-dental-centers-austin
more--
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/threads/alex-jones-dad-is-a-really-bad-dentist-who-rips-people-off.13804/
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Jt ready and friends were killed today
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/threads/jt-ready-along-with-friends-killed.13283/
Updated at 6:25 p.m. ET: A man equipped with several firearms and body armor killed four people, including a toddler, on Wednesday in Gilbert, Ariz., authorities told azcentral.com. He then killed himself. J. T. Ready, a neo-Nazi and member of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, was among the dead. It is still unclear what role he played in the shootings, although sources told azcentral.com that he was the shooter. The shootings took place after 1 p.m. Within an hour, police were walking through the residential area where the shootings took place, according to azcentral.com. Two handguns and a shotgun were recovered from the crime scene.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Pizza Hut adds cheeseburgers to the crust | The Beer Barrel
Pizza Hut adds cheeseburgers to the crust | The Beer Barrel
In the world of unnecessary pizza innovation, those crazy guys at Pizza Hut have outdone themselves yet again. Just a few weeks back, they were tirelessly stuffing crusts with hot dogs and now they're adding mini cheeseburgers to the pizzas we know and love. Over in the Middle East, they've created the Crown Crust Carnival pizza which has a customised crust filled with either mini cheeseburgers or chicken fillets. Can this even be called a pizza anymore? Would you eat one?
In the world of unnecessary pizza innovation, those crazy guys at Pizza Hut have outdone themselves yet again. Just a few weeks back, they were tirelessly stuffing crusts with hot dogs and now they're adding mini cheeseburgers to the pizzas we know and love. Over in the Middle East, they've created the Crown Crust Carnival pizza which has a customised crust filled with either mini cheeseburgers or chicken fillets. Can this even be called a pizza anymore? Would you eat one?
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Allmyfaves
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/entries/all-my-faves.18/
#allmyfaves like your daddy before you?
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Het Loo, Netherlands
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?12380-Five-of-the-World-s-Nicest-Gardens
These spectacular gardens are located behind the Het Loo Palace in the Netherlands. The gardens have a Baroque design and are complete with gravel walkways, radial point, statues and fountains.
These spectacular gardens are located behind the Het Loo Palace in the Netherlands. The gardens have a Baroque design and are complete with gravel walkways, radial point, statues and fountains.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Greg Smith has exited Goldman Sachs
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?12367-Greg-Smith-bails-from-Goldman-Sachs
It might sound surprising to a skeptical public, but culture was always a vital part of Goldman Sachs’s success. It revolved around teamwork, integrity, a spirit of humility, and always doing right by our clients. The culture was the secret sauce that made this place great and allowed us to earn our clients’ trust for 143 years. It wasn’t just about making money; this alone will not sustain a firm for so long. It had something to do with pride and belief in the organization. I am sad to say that I look around today and see virtually no trace of the culture that made me love working for this firm for many years. I no longer have the pride, or the belief. But this was not always the case. For more than a decade I recruited and mentored candidates through our grueling interview process. I was selected as one of 10 people (out of a firm of more than 30,000) to appear on our recruiting video, which is played on every college campus we visit around the world. In 2006 I managed the summer intern program in sales and trading in New York for the 80 college students who made the cut, out of the thousands who applied.
It might sound surprising to a skeptical public, but culture was always a vital part of Goldman Sachs’s success. It revolved around teamwork, integrity, a spirit of humility, and always doing right by our clients. The culture was the secret sauce that made this place great and allowed us to earn our clients’ trust for 143 years. It wasn’t just about making money; this alone will not sustain a firm for so long. It had something to do with pride and belief in the organization. I am sad to say that I look around today and see virtually no trace of the culture that made me love working for this firm for many years. I no longer have the pride, or the belief. But this was not always the case. For more than a decade I recruited and mentored candidates through our grueling interview process. I was selected as one of 10 people (out of a firm of more than 30,000) to appear on our recruiting video, which is played on every college campus we visit around the world. In 2006 I managed the summer intern program in sales and trading in New York for the 80 college students who made the cut, out of the thousands who applied.
Very Dirty Grime Wave
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?12357-Grime-Wave
Law enforcement officials across the US have been left baffled by a crime wave targeting an unlikely item -- Tide laundry detergent. Theft of Tide detergent has become so rampant that some cities are setting up special task forces to stop it and retailers like CVS are taking special security precautions to lock down the liquid. One Tide thief in West St. Paul, Minn., stole $25,000 of the product over 15 months before he was arrested last year. "That was unique that he stole so much soap," said West St. Paul Police Chief Bud Shaver. "The name brand is [all] Tide. Amazing, huh?" Tide has become a form of currency on the streets. The retail price is steadily high -- roughly $10 to $20 a bottle -- and it's a staple in households across socioeconomic classes.
Law enforcement officials across the US have been left baffled by a crime wave targeting an unlikely item -- Tide laundry detergent. Theft of Tide detergent has become so rampant that some cities are setting up special task forces to stop it and retailers like CVS are taking special security precautions to lock down the liquid. One Tide thief in West St. Paul, Minn., stole $25,000 of the product over 15 months before he was arrested last year. "That was unique that he stole so much soap," said West St. Paul Police Chief Bud Shaver. "The name brand is [all] Tide. Amazing, huh?" Tide has become a form of currency on the streets. The retail price is steadily high -- roughly $10 to $20 a bottle -- and it's a staple in households across socioeconomic classes.
seventh-century St Cuthbert Gospel
For over 20 years I've used the wide resources of the British Library, especially when researching. Respect!
Zena
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?12363-The-St-Cuthbert-Gospel
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Good Poetry
This one is entitled Conception.
Headphones sitting up high
Sweet soul music, standing tall
Cut your breakfast on a mirror
Steal yer dads gasoline
Tommorrow is a day that never comes
Yesterday was so bleak
Rains drips off my head
Nowadays a woman gets her cred
From fucking on streets
Throw your newborn in a pail
Life is harsh, kiss the viper
Don't worry about conception
Kill it and quit, end times aren't near
So gather your dead and dying
Battallions rot into flames
March backwards to yesterday
When you had conception.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?6482-Poetry-Thread
Headphones sitting up high
Sweet soul music, standing tall
Cut your breakfast on a mirror
Steal yer dads gasoline
Tommorrow is a day that never comes
Yesterday was so bleak
Rains drips off my head
Nowadays a woman gets her cred
From fucking on streets
Throw your newborn in a pail
Life is harsh, kiss the viper
Don't worry about conception
Kill it and quit, end times aren't near
So gather your dead and dying
Battallions rot into flames
March backwards to yesterday
When you had conception.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?6482-Poetry-Thread
It's Breck Fast
How about, "The paint can opened up in my car and now there is paint all over the back seat." For an added bonus you could throw in some adjectives like "white," "ruined," or "totally fucked.
We just need to get a move on with the recreational sex.
Came on the man tits FTFY
You MUST go watch The Princess Bride. NOW.
WTF does that even mean? Lighting strikes twice? The Titanic? What?
I can't figure out the quotation marks...
"Why, you could enlarge your penis for cheap. My, my. Isn't that something."
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?8280-Breck-Fest
We just need to get a move on with the recreational sex.
Came on the man tits FTFY
You MUST go watch The Princess Bride. NOW.
WTF does that even mean? Lighting strikes twice? The Titanic? What?
I can't figure out the quotation marks...
"Why, you could enlarge your penis for cheap. My, my. Isn't that something."
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?8280-Breck-Fest
Japan; Teenage Bukkake:the videogame. Egads.
Love Death is a video game where the main objective is to hit teenage girls. After they fall down and are defenseless they can use the "monster in the pants" weapon. @ the 51 second mark I don't think I wanna know what fluid is hitting that girl in the face.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?12290-Japan-Teenage-Bukkake-the-videogame.-Egads.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?12290-Japan-Teenage-Bukkake-the-videogame.-Egads.
Purim what of the goyim?
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?12237-It-s-Purim-suckers-Hear-what-kikes-demand-then-do-it-scum-attack-Iran-for-one
Ancient Race War Revived
J.D. Longstreet on the website of the “Save America Foundation: Patriots in Action” states: “Before Iran was renamed Iran it was Persia. The rift between the Jews and the Persians is not new. It goes back many centuries...It is impossible to read the book of Esther this week, especially, and not see the parallels between an ancient Jew approaching a great potentate asking for help to save the lives of the Jewish people. One can only hope Obama reacts as did King Ahasuerus and that Obama and Netanyahu can both enjoy a few of those famous “Haman’s Ear” cookies in celebration of the special occasion when the Jews were saved and Haman, the evil prime minister of Persia, did not succeed in his plot to kill all the Jews..."
On Sunday March 4 Herb Keinon wrote in the Jerusalem Post: “Netanyahu...will meet with US President Barack Obama on Monday to discuss how to stop a Persian tyrant interested in killing Jews. The meeting is just two days before Purim, a holiday retelling a similar tale, involving a Persian tyrant intent on killing Jews thousands of years earlier. Do not be surprised if Netanyahu somehow connects those two dots during public comments he will make in Washington.”
Why are we not surprised that, according to Israel National News, during the three hours that President Barack Obama spent with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the White House on March 5, “Netanyahu took the opportunity to draw a parallel between the narrative in the Book of Esther – wherein the wicked Haman seeks to destroy the Jewish people throughout the Persian Empire – with Israel's modern day conflict with Iran...Iran is geographically Persia and the Iranians are descendants of the ancient Persians.”
Ancient Race War Revived
J.D. Longstreet on the website of the “Save America Foundation: Patriots in Action” states: “Before Iran was renamed Iran it was Persia. The rift between the Jews and the Persians is not new. It goes back many centuries...It is impossible to read the book of Esther this week, especially, and not see the parallels between an ancient Jew approaching a great potentate asking for help to save the lives of the Jewish people. One can only hope Obama reacts as did King Ahasuerus and that Obama and Netanyahu can both enjoy a few of those famous “Haman’s Ear” cookies in celebration of the special occasion when the Jews were saved and Haman, the evil prime minister of Persia, did not succeed in his plot to kill all the Jews..."
On Sunday March 4 Herb Keinon wrote in the Jerusalem Post: “Netanyahu...will meet with US President Barack Obama on Monday to discuss how to stop a Persian tyrant interested in killing Jews. The meeting is just two days before Purim, a holiday retelling a similar tale, involving a Persian tyrant intent on killing Jews thousands of years earlier. Do not be surprised if Netanyahu somehow connects those two dots during public comments he will make in Washington.”
Why are we not surprised that, according to Israel National News, during the three hours that President Barack Obama spent with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the White House on March 5, “Netanyahu took the opportunity to draw a parallel between the narrative in the Book of Esther – wherein the wicked Haman seeks to destroy the Jewish people throughout the Persian Empire – with Israel's modern day conflict with Iran...Iran is geographically Persia and the Iranians are descendants of the ancient Persians.”
White People in America
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?9359-What-Makes-Someone-White-in-America
Originally Posted by chloeblossoms View Post
I'm white in America.
Not until you have your tail removed.
Originally Posted by chloeblossoms View Post
I'm white in America.
Not until you have your tail removed.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Original Dissent
http://thebeerbarrel.net/forumdisplay.php?18-Circle-of-Crust
The Phora, Stumble Inn, Saloforum, Original Dissent, Whitespace, Free Media Productions, Occidental Dissent, Stormfront, Skadi
The Phora, Stumble Inn, Saloforum, Original Dissent, Whitespace, Free Media Productions, Occidental Dissent, Stormfront, Skadi
Friday, January 6, 2012
The Talking Heads Were Way More Innovative Than The Ramones
By then, The Ramones had softened into a network television version of themselves, their sound steadily becoming more pop. As they became less cutting edge, they became less relevant; name a single track off of Animal Boy or Halfway to Sanity. It's okay to have a few bad records in a career, but it isn't okay not to strive toward something. With fifteen studio albums released, they had time to experiment, but they didn't.
On the other hand, Bryne and his Heads never stopped experimenting, the culmination of which is "(Nothing But) Flowers" off their final record. In that song Byrne screams, "We caught a rattlesnake, now we got something for dinner!" Nowhere in the entire Ramones catalogue will you find that kind of avant-garde lyricism on a track that still makes you dance your ass off.
The Talking Heads are, unquestionably, lyrically better than The Ramones. But their real advantage was their ability to keep innovating long into a storied and comfortable career. Listening to Naked, you can hear you can a distinct musical and thematic progression from Talking Heads 77. The Heads had the wonderful ability to take music making seriously without making overly serious music.
And for what it's worth, The Talking Heads don't have a bad record. The Ramones most certainly do. Just try to jam Halfway to Sanity all the way through. See how far you get.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11136-The-Talking-Heads-vs-The-Ramones
On the other hand, Bryne and his Heads never stopped experimenting, the culmination of which is "(Nothing But) Flowers" off their final record. In that song Byrne screams, "We caught a rattlesnake, now we got something for dinner!" Nowhere in the entire Ramones catalogue will you find that kind of avant-garde lyricism on a track that still makes you dance your ass off.
The Talking Heads are, unquestionably, lyrically better than The Ramones. But their real advantage was their ability to keep innovating long into a storied and comfortable career. Listening to Naked, you can hear you can a distinct musical and thematic progression from Talking Heads 77. The Heads had the wonderful ability to take music making seriously without making overly serious music.
And for what it's worth, The Talking Heads don't have a bad record. The Ramones most certainly do. Just try to jam Halfway to Sanity all the way through. See how far you get.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11136-The-Talking-Heads-vs-The-Ramones
Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System That Shapes Their Lives
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11133-Salaried-Professionals-and-the-Soul-Battering-System-That-Shapes-Their-Lives
Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System That Shapes Their Lives
January 5th, 2012
Be warned: If you are having difficulties with maintaining appearances at work, this book won’t make it any easier.
Via: Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System That Shapes Their Lives by Jeff Schmidt:
For understanding the professional, the concept of “ideology” will emerge as much more useful than that of “skill.” But what is ideology, exactly? Ideology is thought that justifies action, including routine day-to-day activity. It is your ideology that determines your gut reaction to something done, say, by the president (you feel it is right or wrong), by protesters (you feel it is justified or unjustified), by your boss (you feel it is fair or unfair), by a coworker (you feel it is reasonable or unreasonable) and so on. More importantly, your ideology justifies your own actions to yourself. Economics may bring you back to your employer day after day, but it is ideology that makes that activity feel like a reasonable or unreasonable way to spend your life.
Work in general is becoming more and more ideological, and so is the workforce that does it. As technology has made production easier, employment has shifted from factories to offices, where work revolves around inherently ideological activities, such as design, analysis, writing, accounting, marketing and other creative tasks. Of course, ideology has been a workplace issue all along: Employers have always scrutinized the attitudes and values of the people they hire, to protect themselves from unionists, radicals and others whose “bad attitude” would undermine workplace discipline. Today, however, for a relatively small but rapidly growing fraction of jobs, employers will carefully assess your attitude for an additional reason: its crucial role in the work itself. On these jobs, which are in every field, from journalism and architecture to education and commercial art, your view of the world threatens to affect not only the quantity and quality of what you produce, but also the very nature of the product. These jobs require strict adherence to an assigned point of view; and so a prerequisite for employment is the willingness and ability to exercise what I call ideological discipline.
Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System That Shapes Their Lives
January 5th, 2012
Be warned: If you are having difficulties with maintaining appearances at work, this book won’t make it any easier.
Via: Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System That Shapes Their Lives by Jeff Schmidt:
For understanding the professional, the concept of “ideology” will emerge as much more useful than that of “skill.” But what is ideology, exactly? Ideology is thought that justifies action, including routine day-to-day activity. It is your ideology that determines your gut reaction to something done, say, by the president (you feel it is right or wrong), by protesters (you feel it is justified or unjustified), by your boss (you feel it is fair or unfair), by a coworker (you feel it is reasonable or unreasonable) and so on. More importantly, your ideology justifies your own actions to yourself. Economics may bring you back to your employer day after day, but it is ideology that makes that activity feel like a reasonable or unreasonable way to spend your life.
Work in general is becoming more and more ideological, and so is the workforce that does it. As technology has made production easier, employment has shifted from factories to offices, where work revolves around inherently ideological activities, such as design, analysis, writing, accounting, marketing and other creative tasks. Of course, ideology has been a workplace issue all along: Employers have always scrutinized the attitudes and values of the people they hire, to protect themselves from unionists, radicals and others whose “bad attitude” would undermine workplace discipline. Today, however, for a relatively small but rapidly growing fraction of jobs, employers will carefully assess your attitude for an additional reason: its crucial role in the work itself. On these jobs, which are in every field, from journalism and architecture to education and commercial art, your view of the world threatens to affect not only the quantity and quality of what you produce, but also the very nature of the product. These jobs require strict adherence to an assigned point of view; and so a prerequisite for employment is the willingness and ability to exercise what I call ideological discipline.
extended stay away from home
“There's nothing in the statute that says you can't, so conceivably you could set up camp for 10 years,” says Shannon, “but the chances are there's some mortgage company or somebody that's not getting the payments on it, so it's not real practical in the cities.” The Tarrant County Clerk’s office accepted about 60 of these adverse possession filings this year before it stopped taking them. Some of the more egregious cases include Brunner’s neighbor, the woman receiving chemotherapy, and a travelling nurse who had been gone for a few months because of work.
“I will say this is the most amazing situation we’ve ever dealt with,” says Tarrant County Constable Clint Burgess. “How anyone thinks they can take a home for $16 and live in it and then grief to a homeowner after that, it just amazes us.” The squatters have even gone so far as to file mechanic’s liens against the homeowners to reclaim funds for supposed “improvements” to the house. Then they offer to settle with the homeowner, for a price. To District Attorney Shannon, these cases are criminal, pure and simple.
“A person who moves in without the consent of the owner with the intent to commit felony or theft or assault, then that's a burglary of a habitation,” said Shannon. So far, Shannon is prosecuting about five of these cases with more to come. Investigators are trying to figure out why these cases have popped up in Tarrant County this year and if any of them are related. For Brunner, the HOA president whose neighbor was victimized, the damage is done. He says his neighbor is now considering selling the half million dollar home.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11127-Squatters-in-Texas-Town-Use-Arcane-Law-to-Claim-Vacant-Homes
“I will say this is the most amazing situation we’ve ever dealt with,” says Tarrant County Constable Clint Burgess. “How anyone thinks they can take a home for $16 and live in it and then grief to a homeowner after that, it just amazes us.” The squatters have even gone so far as to file mechanic’s liens against the homeowners to reclaim funds for supposed “improvements” to the house. Then they offer to settle with the homeowner, for a price. To District Attorney Shannon, these cases are criminal, pure and simple.
“A person who moves in without the consent of the owner with the intent to commit felony or theft or assault, then that's a burglary of a habitation,” said Shannon. So far, Shannon is prosecuting about five of these cases with more to come. Investigators are trying to figure out why these cases have popped up in Tarrant County this year and if any of them are related. For Brunner, the HOA president whose neighbor was victimized, the damage is done. He says his neighbor is now considering selling the half million dollar home.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11127-Squatters-in-Texas-Town-Use-Arcane-Law-to-Claim-Vacant-Homes
Corporations don't lobby Congress for fun
The American Jobs Creation Act is just one example. Not every lobbying effort has a return of 22,000 percent. There are companies that probably lose money lobbying — they spend limited resources on lobbyists and see no benefit in return. But the company-lobbyist-politician ecosystem, Scholz says, is a problem:
We have a situation where we, in essence, invite corporations to buy their own tax rate through lobbying... which ultimately corrupts both the companies and the politicians.
Read more about Alexander and Scholz's study. And listen to our previous podcast in our series about lobbying and U.S. politics.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11128-Forget-Stocks-Or-Bonds-Invest-In-A-Lobbyist
We have a situation where we, in essence, invite corporations to buy their own tax rate through lobbying... which ultimately corrupts both the companies and the politicians.
Read more about Alexander and Scholz's study. And listen to our previous podcast in our series about lobbying and U.S. politics.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11128-Forget-Stocks-Or-Bonds-Invest-In-A-Lobbyist
Teenage Romney takes unpopular stance in favour of south-east Asian war
They were protesting at the introduction of a test designed to help the authorities decide who was eligible for the draft. Mr Romney was one of approximately 150 conservative students who counter-picketed the sit-in.
Carey Coulter was one of the demonstrators alongside Mr Romney that day. He told BuzzFeed.com: 'We were there to get an education and these people holding the administration hostage was antithetical to that. 'Mitt walked up to me and said that he had some experience with the press, and that he would handle the press for me if I wanted him to. I said fine, because I was busy running the demonstration. 'I don't recall ever seeing him again.'
The press experience to which Mr Romney referred no doubt came from witnessing how his father, George, dealt with the media. George Romney headed American Motors before becoming Michigan governor in 1963, a position he held for six years before being appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by Richard Nixon.
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Handling the press: A newspaper cutting records the moment the future presidential candidate made his mark
Ironically, he later had a change of heart and turned against the Vietnam War. His pro-war son, meanwhile, never served in south-east Asia because his status as a Mormon missionary exempted him from the draft. The GOP hopeful spent just one year at Stanford before heading to France for 30 months of missionary work. He had already met his future wife Ann in 1965 when he was 18 and she was 15. The couple married in 1969 and have five sons and 16 grandchildren. Mr Romney went on to earn millions as a business consultant and venture capitalist. After co-founding private equity firm Bain Capital in the late 1970s, he helped launch the Staples office supply chain, as well as buy Domino's Pizza.
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http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11126-Mitt-Romney-demonstrated-in-favour-of-Vietnam-War-draft
Carey Coulter was one of the demonstrators alongside Mr Romney that day. He told BuzzFeed.com: 'We were there to get an education and these people holding the administration hostage was antithetical to that. 'Mitt walked up to me and said that he had some experience with the press, and that he would handle the press for me if I wanted him to. I said fine, because I was busy running the demonstration. 'I don't recall ever seeing him again.'
The press experience to which Mr Romney referred no doubt came from witnessing how his father, George, dealt with the media. George Romney headed American Motors before becoming Michigan governor in 1963, a position he held for six years before being appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by Richard Nixon.
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Handling the press: A newspaper cutting records the moment the future presidential candidate made his mark
Ironically, he later had a change of heart and turned against the Vietnam War. His pro-war son, meanwhile, never served in south-east Asia because his status as a Mormon missionary exempted him from the draft. The GOP hopeful spent just one year at Stanford before heading to France for 30 months of missionary work. He had already met his future wife Ann in 1965 when he was 18 and she was 15. The couple married in 1969 and have five sons and 16 grandchildren. Mr Romney went on to earn millions as a business consultant and venture capitalist. After co-founding private equity firm Bain Capital in the late 1970s, he helped launch the Staples office supply chain, as well as buy Domino's Pizza.
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http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11126-Mitt-Romney-demonstrated-in-favour-of-Vietnam-War-draft
may be space rock older than anything on Earth
The rock, found in Russia's Koryak mountains, is a mysterious 'quasicrystal' - a kind of crystal discovered in synthetic materials in 1982. Until now, it was believed quasicrystals did not occur in nature - and all were man made
The rock, found in Russia's Koryak mountains, is a mysterious 'quasicrystal' - a kind of crystal discovered in synthetic materials in 1982.
Until now, it was believed quasicrystals did not occur in nature - and all were man made.
The mysterious rock fragment in Russia is only known natural quasicrystal on our planet.
The fragile crystalised fragment - known as a quasicrystal - is believed to be the remains of a meteorite that formed during the formation of the early solar system.
If correct, it is it older than any rock found so far on Earth's surface.
Researcher Paul Steinhardt of Princeton University said: 'Analysis of the oxygen isotope in the rock indicate it is a fragment of a meteorite formed at the formation of the solar system over 4.5 billion years ago.'
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11125-Impossible-Crystal-Found-in-Russia
The rock, found in Russia's Koryak mountains, is a mysterious 'quasicrystal' - a kind of crystal discovered in synthetic materials in 1982.
Until now, it was believed quasicrystals did not occur in nature - and all were man made.
The mysterious rock fragment in Russia is only known natural quasicrystal on our planet.
The fragile crystalised fragment - known as a quasicrystal - is believed to be the remains of a meteorite that formed during the formation of the early solar system.
If correct, it is it older than any rock found so far on Earth's surface.
Researcher Paul Steinhardt of Princeton University said: 'Analysis of the oxygen isotope in the rock indicate it is a fragment of a meteorite formed at the formation of the solar system over 4.5 billion years ago.'
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11125-Impossible-Crystal-Found-in-Russia
my favorite one is applejack
widdle pink horseys? Hugs and horseys? Oh my.....
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?10375-My-Little-Pony-Friendship-is-Magic
Terror and tyranny are inevitable byproducts of democracy
the one legitimate form of rule permitted by Washington to the tribes of humanity. Our struggle for the rights of man must by necessity incur some casualties, but such bloodshed waters the tree of liberty. Tabulated (or not) as collateral damage, Pashtun villagers are ripped apart by Hellfire missiles launched by drones so that one day girls from that very community may go to an NGO-run school and learn about voting and contraception. Yet when a Pakistani who has taken U.S. citizenship attempts to blow up Times Square in revenge, no one in America’s political and media establishment seems the least bit curious as to his motives. The entire affair is written off as business as usual in the Open Society--after all, it could have taken place anywhere. This regime is the culmination of liberalism’s logic; it is what U.S. forces patrolling the Hindu Kush and all other corners of the earth defend. We fight them over there to invite them over here, for peace and unity in our world must first be enforced through universal war.
Violence and dysfunction shall be distributed over every country and clime; Danes and Minnesotans will experience the horror of Somalia's strife in a most personal and painful manner. To question this sublime experiment or (even worse) to oppose it would be an unpardonable sin against democracy, the creed of our greatness. And what is the secret of democracy, this gospel to liberate and empower all mankind? It is the political expression of our modern faith, self-worship. Just below the rationalistic assertion of rights and equality is the abyss of desire, the wish to ultimately recognize no authority higher than one’s own will made divine. Faith, ethnos and culture must be annihilated by egalitarianism and market forces, thereby giving rise to the New Man. From spiritual disorder springs social anarchy. In the contemporary West, a nation is no longer itself, but a mass of atoms, sovereign in their frenzied quest for profit and pleasure, mere demographic material for the plutocrats’ global Babylon. As surely as the laws of nature, chaos will then necessitate further manipulation and control from above.
It is illustrative that as Congress passed the NDAA to facilitate military incarceration of U.S. citizens, A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas was playing in movie theaters across America[2]. Having built their model society on the primacy of base desire, our master class is also subject to its compulsions. An electronic carnival of cultural sewage is supplied to the proletariat while the elites treat themselves to global conquest, highbrow orgies and financial bailouts. Repressive measures like the Patriot Act and NDAA can be employed to protect the oligarchy should events ever deviate from script. “Rights” serve as a convenient vehicle for the will to power; they are not immutable and can be fabricated or disposed of as circumstances permit. Herein we discover the bankruptcy of humanism: reason works as an eloquent prostitute for passions that would enslave us all. The Pleasure Dome is a police state.
When the democratic principle is exalted beyond the suitable level of local institutions, it flattens all qualitative distinctions between individuals and peoples, leaving destruction, mediocrity and token tasteless amusements in its wake. As the modern West pursues the ideals of liberty and equality to their final outcomes, it draws ever nearer to a nightmarish despotism and dissolution. Immanent universal brotherhood can only be diagnosed as the fever-dream of a diseased imagination, which in its turn is seduced by a malicious deceiving spirit. In Fedor Dostoevsky’s The Possessed, the revolutionary theoretician Shigalev cursorily explains the dialectic of liberation:
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11124-Pleasure-Dome-Police-State-How-Democracy-Ends
Violence and dysfunction shall be distributed over every country and clime; Danes and Minnesotans will experience the horror of Somalia's strife in a most personal and painful manner. To question this sublime experiment or (even worse) to oppose it would be an unpardonable sin against democracy, the creed of our greatness. And what is the secret of democracy, this gospel to liberate and empower all mankind? It is the political expression of our modern faith, self-worship. Just below the rationalistic assertion of rights and equality is the abyss of desire, the wish to ultimately recognize no authority higher than one’s own will made divine. Faith, ethnos and culture must be annihilated by egalitarianism and market forces, thereby giving rise to the New Man. From spiritual disorder springs social anarchy. In the contemporary West, a nation is no longer itself, but a mass of atoms, sovereign in their frenzied quest for profit and pleasure, mere demographic material for the plutocrats’ global Babylon. As surely as the laws of nature, chaos will then necessitate further manipulation and control from above.
It is illustrative that as Congress passed the NDAA to facilitate military incarceration of U.S. citizens, A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas was playing in movie theaters across America[2]. Having built their model society on the primacy of base desire, our master class is also subject to its compulsions. An electronic carnival of cultural sewage is supplied to the proletariat while the elites treat themselves to global conquest, highbrow orgies and financial bailouts. Repressive measures like the Patriot Act and NDAA can be employed to protect the oligarchy should events ever deviate from script. “Rights” serve as a convenient vehicle for the will to power; they are not immutable and can be fabricated or disposed of as circumstances permit. Herein we discover the bankruptcy of humanism: reason works as an eloquent prostitute for passions that would enslave us all. The Pleasure Dome is a police state.
When the democratic principle is exalted beyond the suitable level of local institutions, it flattens all qualitative distinctions between individuals and peoples, leaving destruction, mediocrity and token tasteless amusements in its wake. As the modern West pursues the ideals of liberty and equality to their final outcomes, it draws ever nearer to a nightmarish despotism and dissolution. Immanent universal brotherhood can only be diagnosed as the fever-dream of a diseased imagination, which in its turn is seduced by a malicious deceiving spirit. In Fedor Dostoevsky’s The Possessed, the revolutionary theoretician Shigalev cursorily explains the dialectic of liberation:
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11124-Pleasure-Dome-Police-State-How-Democracy-Ends
Thursday, January 5, 2012
United States Troops in Israel
US commander visits Israel to finalize missile drill
By YAAKOV KATZ
12/20/2011 18:04
Israel, US to hold largest ever missile defense exercise this spring; thousands of US soldiers will be deployed in Israel. Israel is moving forward with plans to hold the largest-ever missile defense exercise in its history this spring amid Iranian efforts to obtain nuclear weapons.
Last week, Lt.-Gen. Frank Gorenc, commander of the US’s Third Air Force based in Germany, visited Israel to finalize plans for the upcoming drill, expected to see the deployment of several thousand American soldiers in Israel.
The drill, which is unprecedented in its size, will include the establishment of US command posts in Israel and IDF command posts at EUCOM headquarters in Germany – with the ultimate goal of establishing joint task forces in the event of a large-scale conflict in the Middle East.
The US will also bring its THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) and shipbased Aegis ballistic missile defense systems to Israel to simulate the interception of missile salvos against Israel.
The American systems will work in conjunction with Israel’s missile defense systems – the Arrow, Patriot and Iron Dome.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11103-US-Troops-going-to-Israel
By YAAKOV KATZ
12/20/2011 18:04
Israel, US to hold largest ever missile defense exercise this spring; thousands of US soldiers will be deployed in Israel. Israel is moving forward with plans to hold the largest-ever missile defense exercise in its history this spring amid Iranian efforts to obtain nuclear weapons.
Last week, Lt.-Gen. Frank Gorenc, commander of the US’s Third Air Force based in Germany, visited Israel to finalize plans for the upcoming drill, expected to see the deployment of several thousand American soldiers in Israel.
The drill, which is unprecedented in its size, will include the establishment of US command posts in Israel and IDF command posts at EUCOM headquarters in Germany – with the ultimate goal of establishing joint task forces in the event of a large-scale conflict in the Middle East.
The US will also bring its THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) and shipbased Aegis ballistic missile defense systems to Israel to simulate the interception of missile salvos against Israel.
The American systems will work in conjunction with Israel’s missile defense systems – the Arrow, Patriot and Iron Dome.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11103-US-Troops-going-to-Israel
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
first reported by the Weasel Zippers website
The controversy surrounding the song was first reported by the Weasel Zippers website. “They’re actually claiming third-grade children wrote these lyrics and chose the topic as well,” Weasel Zippers wrote. “Because what eight-year-old child isn’t obsessed with class warfare?” Giaramita said the song was part of a program sponsored by Kid Pan Alley. The boys and girls worked with a facilitator to come up with a theme and lyrics for a song. The songs are not allowed to promote any political or personal agenda. “This was written four months ago,” he said. “And I think this particular issue of the Occupy movement was being looked at in a different way than it is today.”
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11089
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11089
police in china think monied man poisoned
All three men were sickened, but Long died because he consumed more of the herb, the statement said. Long and Huang had met for lunch to discuss a business contract. Long, who ran a forestry company in Guangdong, wanted to lease a piece of woodland and develop it, the Nanfang Daily, the mouthpiece of the Guangdong Communist Party, reported Tuesday. They had eaten at the hotpot restaurant before, but this time the cat meat dish tasted a little different, the report said. The third man at the table, Huang Wen, a friend of Long's, was quoted by media as saying he had only eaten a little because it tasted "more bitter" than usual.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11084-Police-think-poisoned-cat-meat-killed-China-tycoon
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11084-Police-think-poisoned-cat-meat-killed-China-tycoon
Paypal misgivings
Dear Helen Killer, I love your site and was thrilled to hear of your “win” against PayPal. I recently had a heartbreaking experience of my own with them. I sold an old French violin to a buyer in Canada, and the buyer disputed the label. This is not uncommon. In the violin market, labels often mean little and there is often disagreement over them. Some of the most expensive violins in the world have disputed labels, but they are works of art nonetheless. Rather than have the violin returned to me, PayPal made the buyer DESTROY the violin in order to get his money back. They somehow deemed the violin as “counterfeit” even though there is no such thing in the violin world.
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11083
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11083
Redneck Olmypics lost a comittee guy
But Brooks says he isn't stopping. He says he's organizing the 2012 event and plans it to be much bigger than it was in 2011. Brooks says he's planning on selling t-shirts that read "Redneck ________" with a picture of the word game hangman next to it. He says if the U.S.O.C. asks what goes in the 8 blank spaces after the word "Redneck" he'll say it's "Bull****".
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11081-Redneck-Olympics-host-has-one-word-for-Olympic-Committee
http://thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?11081-Redneck-Olympics-host-has-one-word-for-Olympic-Committee