Internet Gem Dump

Some are a bit more racy than average, but too good not to share.

What a year!

Saturday Afternoon Cigar

I smoked a Palmetto that I recently picked-up in Charleston.  I'm still making my way through the Clancy books and am about 30% through #7, Debt of Honor.  Good stuff.

Sunday is probably the last day to order a Glorious Hat and get it in time for Christmas.  Orders of three hats or more ship Priority Mail, so orders as late as Tuesday AM should arrive on time.

North Korea Employment

Good News from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea!

Like the US, North Korea is experiencing incredible economic growth.  The US unemployment rate is 4.9%, and -2.5% in North Korea.  Prosperity is so out of control here in the States that just yesterday the Federal Reserve Bank announced the second rate increase (in ten years).

There is so much to do in the worker's paradise (N. Korea, not the US) that the children must do their part for the greater good.  The Mirror has that story, with photos.

And The Daily Mail today has an article about the ushanka-wearing traffic ladies who have automated the role of the country's obsolete traffic lights.

It would not be much of a stretch to think the North Koreans are considering an expansion Southward to acquire more labor and... lebensraum.

Gummit Pic Dump

The files are stacking up here, so time to share!

Yes we are.

Yes he has.

I Said "No"

Senator Warren once offered to give me her Twitter account in exchange for a bottle of whiskey.

I told her "No.  And keep typing." 

I've been sipping that whiskey and laughing my ass off ever since.

Yep, but only if you're American-Indian.


Oh.  And this is what free speech looks like.

Ayn Rand Fans

WP:  Ayn Rand-acolyte Donald Trump stacks his cabinet with fellow objectivists.

Despite this article being a hit-piece against my favorite author Ayn Rand and her fans (still bitter over the election?), it is news nonetheless that our President-Elect and many of his appointees are followers of Ms. Rand.

The president-elect said this spring that he’s a fan of Rand and identifies with Howard Roark, the main character in “The Fountainhead.” Roark, played by Gary Cooper in the film adaptation, is an architect who dynamites a housing project he designed because the builders did not precisely follow his blueprints. “It relates to business, beauty, life and inner emotions. That book relates to ... everything,” Trump told Kirsten Powers for a piece in USA Today.

I take issue with the title linking Rand's Objectivism with Trump and his appointees.  The author fails to make this connection.  One can enjoy the most perfect of books without adopting an author's religion, rejection of religion, ideology, or any other personal attribute.  Ms. Rand is my favorite author and I do not consider myself an Objectivist.

Perhaps columnist James Hohmann's smear of Ayn Rand is out of jealousy, in addition to the election results from last month.  I would assume all authors envy the fan-base of Ayn Rand, whose work has gained followers over seven decades.  Alas, some writers both make and change history.  Others just post noise to old-media websites to avoid working a real job.

My favorite book on the planet is Atlas Shrugged.  

My third favorite: The Fountainhead.  

A top ten: We the Living.

Ushanka Weather in Moscow

Imgur:

Army 21 - Navy 17

Congratulations Army!

What a year!

UPDATED 10:30pm:  Found on Imgur:

No One Played "Navy" As A Kid.

Brilliant.

UPDATED 12.11.16:

The Anthem, or as I call it, America is Great Again song:

#MAGA Idea #4

We all have our own idea of what Make America Great Again (#MAGA) means.

Here is another one of mine:

Trump is not a zero-sum leader.  Other countries can choose to improve themselves too.

For example, Comrade Zhukov and I came up with this one:

By definition, the only group that considers themselves harmed when Trump 'Makes America Great Again' are those who voted against making America great again (aka: The Democrat Party, Democrat voters, and people too lazy to go vote for Democrats.) 

However. . . if Trump's promises of new jobs, better jobs and better security are met, then - also by definition - even those against making America great again will benefit more than if their candidate had won.

This is just bias-free logic.

UPDATED 12.9.16 3:30pm:

I used a screenshot from today's Drudge. 

The Last Case of Glorious Hats

The Glorious Hat Factory is closing down on the 23rd, and we are now filling orders from our last case of Glorious Hats.

Ask your computer to take you to the Glorious Hat website.  But don't be surprised if it asks you: "What would a computer do with a Glorious Hat?"

You may use your Glorious Hat for ransom.  Or not.

Well Comrade?  What will it be?