Funny events in anti-woke world

[Chimpzy]

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

www.nature.com

Would be funny if they moved to Germany

 

[Cicada 5]

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Received 125 FCC Complaints

Most complaints noted Lamar’s performance wasn’t appropriate for all ages or was politically provocative. A viewer from Lenox, IL bemoaned that their children should not have experienced the show: “My younger kids did not need to see and hear this!” That viewer also complained about “the language and gestures.”

Another complaint also noted profanity and gestures as the source of their ire. “For the next Super Bowl, please consider hiring musical entertainment that is family friendly and not socially or politically centered… It would be a nice change to have entertainment that truly shows what America should be; family, country, decency and respect.”

That viewer continued, “It is tiresome to have to send children out of the room during what should be a family event due to possible vulgarity and inappropriate language/gestures.”

Some even called the show “racist” against white people. An Ocean City, MD resident said, “They get away with it but if it was all white it would be a different story. The halftime show should have both Black and white and be appropriate for everyone.” A Daytona Beach, FL viewer continued with a similar opinion: “I want to know why is it that there was not one white person involved???? I felt discriminated against and why was Uncle Sam Black when Uncle Sam is white?” Uncle Sam, is notably personified in a 1917 poster as a white man. Uncle Sam, however, is not real.

It should be noted that Lamar’s performance, and all previous Super Bowl Halftime Shows, are censored for profanity. The FCC receives complaints every year for Super Bowl halftime performers; according to Rolling Stone, Rihanna’s 2023 show drew 100 pages of grievances. Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s 2020 show received at least 1,000 complaints with one viewer stating their “eyes [were] molested.”

 

[Thaluikhain]

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Received 125 FCC Complaints

"not socially or politically centered…truly shows what America should be"

Apolitical promoting an idealised version of America, hey?

 

[Seanchaidh]

I know it's the norm nowadays but it's still amazing to see flat-out lies like this in major media outlets.

Putin didn't in the least "endorse Trump’s Greenland takeover", in fact he called it "concerning" because it shows that "NATO countries are increasingly often designating the Far North as a springboard for possible conflicts." And he added that Russia needed to "proceed from current realities and respond to all this."

I'm using the exact same Putin speech The Guardian references in their article (https://theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/28/putins-endorsement-of-trumps-greenland-takeover-reflects-their-vision-of-a-new-world-order), which he made "at an Arctic policy forum in the northern Russian city of Murmansk": http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/76554

Anyone can verify this for themselves: read Putin's speech and then read The Guardian article and you'll see it's a complete misrepresentation.

The Guardian then uses this supposed "endorsement" by Putin to make the case that he is an "enthusiastic ally" of "Trump's transactional view of the world, as well as his deep suspicion of transnational organisations set up after the second world war," like "the United Nations."

But this is of course shockingly wrong too, as Russia, together with China and Global South countries in general keep emphasizing that they actually want a much bigger role for the UN in a future multipolar world order.

For proof just take the extraordinary 8,000-word joint statement released by Russia and China in May last year (https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1791303781218693145) in which they describe in minute details their vision for a new world order.

The foundation of this order? "The achievements of World War II and the post-war world order established by the UN Charter."

In Russia and China's view THEY are the true guarantors of the post-WW2 order, when the West—the U.S. very much included—has completely betrayed its spirit and principles.

The joint statement was particularly critical of the United States, writing that its adherence "to hegemonism and power politics" was contrary to the trend towards a multipolar world order, and that the "US, with its Cold War mentality and camp confrontation model, puts 'small group' security above regional security and stability." They also wrote that they has "serious concern about the United States' attempts to undermine strategic stability to maintain its absolute military superiority."

So the notion that Putin would now be an "enthusiastic ally" of Trump as he doubles down on power politics, further undermines the post-WW2 order and makes a complete mockery of the UN Charter is laughable at best.

I strongly believe that this sort of Orwellian misrepresentation of reality is one of the key reasons, if not THE key reason, for the West's decline and Europe's in particular.

It's why all their actions feel completely disconnected from reality. Because they are!

When you take decisions based on lies you tell yourself, don't be surprised if those decisions lead to disastrous outcomes. And trap you in a vicious cycle where false narratives drive poor policy choices, which then require even more distorted reporting to justify their failures.

 

[Chimpzy]

Trump administration asks French companies to comply with DEI ban

The Trump administration asked French companies holding US government contracts to guarantee their compliance with an executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programmes in a questionnaire.…

www.france24.com

Article doesnt mention this, but the US wants a reply in English within five days. In case you don't know anything anything about the French: that is just precious.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Trump administration asks French companies to comply with DEI ban

The Trump administration asked French companies holding US government contracts to guarantee their compliance with an executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programmes in a questionnaire.…

www.france24.com

Article doesnt mention this, but the US wants a reply in English within five days. In case you don't know anything anything about the French: that is just precious.

Eh, rev up the tariffs and there will be a lot less French companies with US contracts with DEI policies left, because there will be a lot less French companies with US contracts.

 

[Gordon_4]

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Received 125 FCC Complaints

Considering how many people watch the Superbowl, 125 complaints seems like nothing. After Janet Jackson's infamous 'wardrobe malfunction', there was over half a million.

 

[Silvanus]

Read between lines. When he says;

"As for Greenland this is a matter for two specific countries. It has nothing to do with us."

Hm. Of course, the implied message here is that it's nobody else's business what the US does with/to Greenland. Europe or other allies of Denmark shouldn't have standing to object if America bullies and cajoles Denmark or Greenland. I wonder who else could benefit from a global order in which large powers go unquestioned and unopposed when they want to ride roughshod over smaller nations in their periphery....?

Russia's current government requires a strong and threatening American adversary. The idea of external threat maintains the legitimacy of a militaristic and repressive government at home, just as it does in America, and just as it does in Israel. This is why Russia takes actions that empower NATO while simultaneously decrying NATO, and this is why Russia offered to sell occupied Ukrainian resources to America.

 

[Hades]

Russia's current government requires a strong and threatening American adversary. The idea of external threat maintains the legitimacy of a militaristic and repressive government at home, just as it does in America, and just as it does in Israel. This is why Russia takes actions that empower NATO while simultaneously decrying NATO, and this is why Russia offered to sell occupied Ukrainian resources to America.

I wonder if Russia doesn't just switch Europe has that ''strong and threatening adversary''. It wouldn't make that sense given the huge strength difference between the US and Europe, but Russian propaganda has always been cynical and likely doesn't even require to make sense.

And there are things to work with regarding Europe being a danger. It was Europe, not the US which lured Ukraine away from the Russian world with its ''siren song'', its Europe that has historically been Russia's main enemy and Europe is going through a period of rearmament now.

 

[Silvanus]

RFK Jr. has said seed oil is "poisoning us", and that we should return instead to using lard and beef dripping.

RFK Jr says they are poisoning us, influencers call them unnatural – but what is the truth about seed oils?

The common cooking ingredient has sparked fierce debate since the US health secretary urged people to avoid it

www.theguardian.com

What motivated the worm in Kennedy's brain to come to this conclusion, do we think? Is it the usual ignorant dislike of anything our diseased hunter ancestors weren't doing, or is one of the food industry lobbyists in his ear again?

 

[Agema]

Read between lines. When he says;

"As for Greenland this is a matter for two specific countries. It has nothing to do with us."

Hm. Of course, the implied message here is that it's nobody else's business what the US does with/to Greenland.

I think the more important implied message is that it's nobody else's business what Russia does with Ukraine.

In fact, it's pretty much an overt offer: if the USA validates Russia's territorial gains in (and potentially other conditions imposed on) Ukraine, in return Russia validates the USA's takeover of Greenland. Needless to say this is an offer wildly advantageous to Russia, because whereas the USA could stymie Russian claims over Ukraine effectively, Russia is absolutely powerless to stop the USA taking over Greenland.

 

[Gordon_4]

RFK Jr. has said seed oil is "poisoning us", and that we should return instead to using lard and beef dripping.

RFK Jr says they are poisoning us, influencers call them unnatural – but what is the truth about seed oils?

The common cooking ingredient has sparked fierce debate since the US health secretary urged people to avoid it

www.theguardian.com

What motivated the worm in Kennedy's brain to come to this conclusion, do we think? Is it the usual ignorant dislike of anything our diseased hunter ancestors weren't doing, or is one of the food industry lobbyists in his ear again?

Uh, people still use beef drippings to make gravy all the time. And based on what I’ve seen of cooking shows in the US, and other countries, lard use was scaled back but it never went away.

 

[Seanchaidh]

Read between lines. When he says;

"As for Greenland this is a matter for two specific countries. It has nothing to do with us."

And then there's the rest of the speech which is entirely inconsistent with your tea leaf reading.

Russia's current government requires a strong and threatening American adversary.

So it'll be stable for the foreseeable future, then.

 

[Silvanus]

And then there's the rest of the speech which is entirely inconsistent with your tea leaf reading.

It's not inconsistent with it if you employ a modicum of critical analysis.

So it'll be stable for the foreseeable future, then.

I expect so, yes, so long as they don't make any other catastrophic mistakes.

 

[XsjadoBlaydette]

oh no grummz has been a very naughty boi. seedy stuff. what would his mother say? (other than "stay away from my tits you creep"). he tried resurrecting the gate of gamers and failed cos it had no sauce and no backing of Bannon (cos Bannon and co already got what they needed out the first one, they got their white house takeover, sorry guis it's just removing workers right, human rights and whatever other privileges you held dear about your country from now on, soz!)

Grummz.

Archives Link - https://tinyurl.com/GoonernomiconGrummz

This video is not monetised and I am making no money from releasing it.

0:00 Intro
13:03 Opening the Goonernomicon
36:23 Outro

The first domino in this was from a historical password dump, which lead to an archive search, followed by a trawl through historical WHO.IS data, which is a permanent record on the internet of who runs a website - If you have an email address and phone number listed, this is recorded for what is effectively eternity. This one datapoint allowed us to connect the dots of a particular persons online activity and business dealings.

Since 2001 Grummz has maintained a secret persona called Debbi Chan / Foxyfighter to write, commission, host, and film lesbian wrestling "catfights"

He was the original owner of a fetish forum, freecatfights.com, as well as several other niche fetish femmefight sites; at least two of which were taken down due in 2005 due to anticipated pornography law changes.

He boasted that he used a very expensive RED camera to film pornography in the 2010s, suspiciously the same model used at Red 5 / Studio 5 where he was an executive working on Firefall. Still Images from these sites explicitly outline Mark Kern as the creator/editor of the files being posted to Debbi's account.

He has caught wind that we have been digging through this and has since been purging/deleting accounts that we've already seen and thus know he's deleting them.

Namaste and God Bless

maybe he can sink back to irrelevance once enough people realise he's taking them for recycled fools

 

[Phoenixmgs]

Well, now you've shown you don't know what the word lie means

You don't know what the truth is.

Unlike WMD's some of Trump's cronies were caught red handed and went to jail. But that's honestly not even relevant because Russiagate wasn't what the impeachments were about. Those were the blackmail of Ukraine and the coup attempt.

So none of it was to get Trump out of office or dirty his image for the next election?

Why should "protection from arbitrary detention" be something one group should have so much more than the other, to the point where 1 night becomes worse than 2 weeks?



...presuming the reporters are able to access the detention centres, where ICE routinely denies access. Or that they're able to find them at all, when ICE routinely keeps that secret.



Indeed they do. Still got nothing but whataboutism?

US citizens should have more protections concerning being deported from the country.

You're saying the reporter(s) wouldn't have been able to get their names to at least check whether they are an immigrant or citizen? Then if immigrant, they can't check to see if they are legal or illegal?

Still got nothing about republicans being any worse...

RFK Jr. has said seed oil is "poisoning us", and that we should return instead to using lard and beef dripping.

RFK Jr says they are poisoning us, influencers call them unnatural – but what is the truth about seed oils?

The common cooking ingredient has sparked fierce debate since the US health secretary urged people to avoid it

www.theguardian.com

What motivated the worm in Kennedy's brain to come to this conclusion, do we think? Is it the usual ignorant dislike of anything our diseased hunter ancestors weren't doing, or is one of the food industry lobbyists in his ear again?

So you think seed oils are good for you? Seed oils are bad because they oxide really easy and that's pretty bad for you. Funny how you just run with any left leaning (or democratic leaning) messaging.

And that link is referencing a joke of a study. You actually think butter is worse for you than a seed oil?

 

[Hades]

So none of it was to get Trump out of office or dirty his image for the next election?

Is that relevant? Should Trump looking bad for doing crimes be a factor preventing Democrats from investigating said crimes? They're not his PR team. They're not obliged to do him such favors. At the and of the day the blame lies with Trump. If he doesn't want to get investigated for blackmailing Zelensky he shouldn't make weird phone calls about investigating his rivals and blocking military aid moments before the call. If he doesn't want to get in trouble for doing a coup he should just accept his loss and not do the coup.

Even if we take the Democrats at their most cynical and power driven the the situation still wouldn't change. Because all the blame would still lay with Trump for doing those actions, and his removal would just put Pence in office who was also on the ticket. Had Trump been impeached his 2016 election would still have stood as valid, he'd just have lost the right to the office he won.

Especially painting the Democrats as the aggressive ones during the blackmail impeachment is just weird. They were the victims there. It was Trump abusing his powers to have a foreign president intervene in the election. Why on earth should they have let that slide? Normalizing it would just result in it being considered a valid action and before you know it you'd have Republicans blackmailing Portugal because allegedly Sanders is in bed with frigin Belgium or something.

 

[BrawlMan]

MightyKeef on Shadows

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[Silvanus]

US citizens should have more protections concerning being deported from the country.

OK, but we're not even talking about deportation.

The protection from arbitrary detention is not supposed to be dependent on US citizen status.

You're saying the reporter(s) wouldn't have been able to get their names to at least check whether they are an immigrant or citizen? Then if immigrant, they can't check to see if they are legal or illegal?

Why would the reporters be doing background checks on these people!? What, just on the off-chance they stumble upon a story?

No: your average reporters write accounts of what happens. They do not proactively search for stories, chase speculative leads, follow theories. That would be your journalists and investigative reporters.

Reporters reported on what was known to have happened, which was that ICE had detained one man for a certain reason, then took 2 others away. You're expecting them to also have investigated other angles and possibilities, tracked down leads on top of that. But that's not what a reporter generally does.

Still got nothing about republicans being any worse...

Nothing that you'd accept, because you wouldn't accept anything.

 

[Seanchaidh]

It's not inconsistent with it if you employ a modicum of critical analysis.

By which you mean invention and misrepresentation.