Tag: dealing with idiots
Trump Bible
Don’t get me wrong: Jesus? Great guy, classy. But a terrible executive. I would never tolerate a traitor within my organization.
Jesus multiplied the loaves and fishes and GAVE THEM AWAY? Terrible business strategy.
If I was Jesus, I would have made amazing deals with those money-changers in the temple. That idiot wasted a HUUUUUGE opportunity.
And Moses went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Let my people go!” and Pharaoh did because Moses knew how to negotiate.
Jesus turned water into wine. The good stuff. Not that garbage they serve at some places.
Noah. A great guy, love him! He drank, sure, I mean a great boat guy. Amazing stuff. Animals, they loved him. Animals love me!
Jesus gets himself crucified, and we’re to call him Savior! He’s a loser; couldn’t save himself! I like guys that weren’t crucified.
I’m not saying Jesus wasn’t born in Bethlehem. I’m just saying show me the birth certificate.
And Mary? No disrespect but she’s pregnant, a teenager, unmarried. I mean she’s basically a disaster.
God took six days to create the universe and then needed a day of rest? Lazy and inefficient. Would have taken me three days. Tops.
And Jesus said to them, “It is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, but I am REALLY, REALLY rich.
Marriage is between and man and woman. I believe it so much I got married three times. That’s how strongly I believe in it.
Blessed are the rich in spirit. The poor are a bunch of losers and chumps
Earlier this week, Donald Trump awkwardly dodged a series of questions about the bible an interview on Bloomberg’s “With All Due Respect.” Most notably, he refused to name his favorite bible verse — not even one — because that was “too personal.” Trump’s elusive answers prompted people to begin writing fake bible verses in “Trump Speak,” and thus, the #TrumpBible hashtag was born.
I offended someone today!
We went to a nature park today. As part of the tour, you could take a tractor tour where you sit on hay bales and drive from one part of the nature reserve to another. Katy and I were the last people to get on the trailer and we were looking for seats. I’d just started to sit down when this old guy, sitting across from me, says to his family “we’re getting off! Now! I can’t spend the trip (about 10 minutes) looking at that t-shirt.” Then he turns to me and says, “for God’s sake, there are children here. Grow up!”
People were looking a bit bemused by all of this. When we got out after the ride, one family came up to us to see what all the fuss had been about. After telling the story, they laughed and thanked us because him leaving had freed up some space to allow them to come on.
I don’t know why the man had such a big stick wedged so far up his ass. Katy thinks he’s a repressed vegan who strenuously objected to the mention of sausage rolls. In any case, I’m actually tickled pink to have offended someone to that extent, just by being me. Sort of a personal best :D
How to make a soundbite that is completely meaningless
Prime Minister David Cameron says that if online pornographers don’t voluntarily install effective age-restricted controls on their websites he’ll introduce legislation that will close them down altogether. A recent Childline poll found nearly 10% of 12-13-year-olds were worried they were addicted to pornography and 18% had seen shocking or upsetting images. The minister for internet safety and security, Joanna Shields, said: “As a result of our work with industry, more than 90% of UK consumers are offered the choice to easily configure their internet service through family-friendly filters – something we take great pride in having achieved. It’s a gold standard that surpasses those of other countries. Whilst great progress has been made, we remain acutely aware of the risks and dangers that young people face online. This is why we are committed to taking action to protect children from harmful content. Companies delivering adult content in the UK must take steps to make sure these sites are behind age verification controls.”
So basically, if you run a porn site in the UK, move it. Oh, and those family-friendly filters? Think again.
Throwing feces around
The Donald is everywhere in the media these days. Unfortunately, he seems to have two poses when he’s in front of a camera: doped-up dog or full-on howler monkey.
The US presidential race is sooo going to be amusing in the coming year.
Well, that explains part of it.
Katy and I have been seeing anti-Monsanto graffiti all around Morges for the last couple of days. We weren’t really sure why, until we did a bit of Googling. Apparently, Monsanto has its EMEA HQ in Morges. Also, apparently, while we enjoying wine in the vineyards last Saturday, a bunch of yahoos were trucked in as part of an organized protest march. While most of the protest was “peaceful”, a small band of idiots took it upon themselves to vandalize local business that have absolutely nothing to do with the issue under protest.
In Morges, where Monsanto has its headquarters for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, they were more than a thousand according to police, and more than 1,600 according to organizers, to express their anger against the US group. Protesters have crossed the barriers that prevented access to the building and hundreds of them settled on the lawns of the site of the multinational agrochemical. They faced about thirty riot police for more than an hour, but without confrontation. Only a few slogans were written on the pavement in front of the offices. Previously, protesters marched in the city without incident, although much to the surprise of town residents who were finishing up their weekend shopping in the market.
Well, that’ll take a while
I’ve just sent off the paperwork to renew Bean’s English passport and that got me thinking about the paperwork to register him as a Canadian citizen, which never got sent off for various reasons. Looking at the website now:
Processing of routine applications for Canadian citizenship currently takes up to 12 to 15 months. The initial processing takes place at the Canadian High Commission. Original documentation submitted with an application is returned to the applicant after the initial processing in London (6 to 8 weeks). The application is then forwarded to the Registrar of Canadian Citizenship in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Forward planning is strongly recommended as processing can sometimes take as long as two years
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Thanks, Harper.
David Cameron vs porn. Porn wins.
The Conservatives say they will force hardcore pornography websites to put in place age-restriction controls or face being shut down if they win the election. The culture secretary, Sajid Javid, said the party would act to ensure under-18s were locked out of adult content after a recent Childline poll found nearly one in 10 12-13 year olds were worried they were addicted and 18% had seen shocking or upsetting images. Experts welcomed the move – targeted at both UK-based and overseas websites – but warned it would take hard work to implement in practice.
North-American conservative government voting strategy
The cartoon mentions Harper, but it’s also applicable for the right-wing nutjob contingent in the US.
Use as appropriate
Between what Harper government has done with muzzling publicly funded science and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, I’m now reassured that climate change doesn’t exist…