WTF Sh*t's F*cked Up and Bullsh*t - a "Who Cares" thread for news

[WolfEyes]

Somebody wipe the smirk off that roadrunner's face!

 

[Free]

Somebody wipe the smirk off that roadrunner's face!

Meep. Meep.

 

[Lexxi]

hmm. for some reason it plays twice. i did not notice. It stopped for me at 2:02.

 

[Free]

Student Who Accused History Teacher of Islamophobia in France Lied

A 13-year-old student in France accused her teacher of Islamophobia last year, prompting her father to launch a social media campaign against him, which ultimately led to his brutal murder.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Free]

A Texas man borrowed a BMW from a dealership and used it to rob a bank. He then returned and paid for the car with the stolen cash.

• Eric Dion Warren, 50, tried to use $3,000 of the stolen cash for the BMW's down payment.
• A dealership employee received a call about the bank robbery that matched the getaway vehicle to the car.
• Warren pled guilty to bank robbery and was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday.

Well. There goes that sale.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

She seems ... erm.. demented?

 

[Cindy Claveau]

Sen Tammy has a thing or two to say to Tucker.

'F--- Tucker Carlson': Senator and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth reams out Fox News host over his comments about women in the military

"F--- Tucker Carlson," Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient, tweeted. "While he was practicing his two-step, America's female warriors were hunting down Al Qaeda and proving the strength of America's women."

She added: "Happy belated International Women's Day to everyone but Tucker, who even I can dance better than. ...and we all know it was his female partner who did all the hard work."

 

[Romana]

 

[Rose Karuna]

She seems ... erm.. demented?

Well, she certainly is living up to the team name, the "Victory Vipers".

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

She seems ... erm.. demented?

Does she have a beer can fused to her hand?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Charlie Hebdo criticised for 'offensive' cartoon of Meghan

Image in French magazine depicts Queen kneeling on Duchess of Sussex’s neck, echoing George Floyd’s killing

www.theguardian.com

Spoiler: Runnymede Trust response, including the offensive image

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Cheval is horse in French. Chevalier then was horseman, particularly someone who fought on horseback. They were the upper class of soldiers, because most people couldn't afford a horse, and the armor for themselves and their horse. The equivalent in English is "knight".

"Chivalry" as a cultural movement began with women like Eleanor of Aquitaine, and stories told by the troubadours of France. It was intended to make those knights behave, because they *were* locker room bullies who thought nothing of kidnapping and raping women. It gave them rules to follow in order to be "acceptable" to enter tournaments or hang around court. The lure for the knights were seriously valuable prizes in the tournaments, grants of land from the higher nobility, and meeting and marrying wealthy heiresses.

The customs of respect and courtesy to others were passed down almost to the present day as "behaving like a lady or gentleman should". From the 1200s to today, a large portion of society never followed these customs.

Basically then chivalry and the chivalric code has fuck all to do with women at all. It’s a bunch of rules about how to conduct yourself if you are a rich dude, with a horse, a lot of weapons, and time on your hands. Saying that you treat women well because of chivalry makes about as much sense as saying you treat them well because of the highway code. It’s just not a thing.

More to the point, anything slightly about women in concepts of chivalry is the same old creepy-ass courtly love stuff, and mostly is just about keeping your boner in your pants while your boss is looking. (I do advocate that men keep their boners in their pants unless otherwise requested, however, and it will probably save you grief with HR if you commit to this at work at the very least.)

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Charlie Hebdo criticised for 'offensive' cartoon of Meghan

Image in French magazine depicts Queen kneeling on Duchess of Sussex’s neck, echoing George Floyd’s killing

www.theguardian.com

Spoiler: Runnymede Trust response, including the offensive image

That looks very on brand for Hebdo. I wish we could do alternate reality testing and swap out Elizabeth and Meghan for the Dutch king and Svarte Piet and see if the Anglo world notices or has a different reaction.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Charlie Hebdo criticised for 'offensive' cartoon of Meghan

Image in French magazine depicts Queen kneeling on Duchess of Sussex’s neck, echoing George Floyd’s killing

www.theguardian.com

Spoiler: Runnymede Trust response, including the offensive image

Thinking on this more, it’s impressive how Hebdo managed to anger the entire anglosphere at once. Usually it’s either lolBritain or Lolmerica.

The French as I understand them don’t necessarily set out to do that, it’s that they don’t care if they do. And if they do manage, they still can’t even be arsed to set out a bag of dicks for those incensed.

Hebdo itself gives even fewer fucks and stands as an example as why anglos will never understand the French.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Thinking on this more, it’s impressive how Hebdo managed to anger the entire anglosphere at once. Usually it’s either lolBritain or Lolmerica.

The French as I understand them don’t necessarily set out to do that, it’s that they don’t care if they do. And if they do manage, they still can’t even be arsed to set out a bag of dicks for those incensed.

Hebdo itself gives even fewer fucks and stands as an example as why anglos will never understand the French.

I dunno. Admittedly I hear about Hebdo only when they really manage to upset people outside France, but I have to say that if I kept on finding myself accused of racism and religious bigotry and having to respond by complaining people just don't get my jokes, I'd have rethought my act by now.

I see them as a French version of someone like Bill Maher.

 

[Romana]

Mississippi's governor will forfeit millions in federal money for the pleasure of not expanding Medicaid

"My position has not changed."

www.motherjones.com

 

[Free]

Mississippi's governor will forfeit millions in federal money for the pleasure of not expanding Medicaid

"My position has not changed."

www.motherjones.com

FUCK THE PEOPLE!

Standard Republican position.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Free]

Kids that young could choke on the Pokemon figures...

 

[Cindy Claveau]

IRS Failed to Collect $2.4 Billion in Taxes From Millionaires

Auditors were only able to recoup about 39% of the more than $4 billion in unpaid taxes owed by a group of rich taxpayers with an average annual income of nearly $1.6 million, the report found. The findings suggest that the IRS should place more emphasis on a taxpayer’s income when determining whether to pursue an audit case, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said in the report released Monday.

In the immortal words of PeeWee Herman, "Well duh!"