What is the future of America?

 Practicality would dictate that you get a jump on the gun and start teaching your kids Chinese. *The last ones to realize & accept that Rome was falling were the Romans.

Trump Not Flying the Flag at Half-Staff for McCain

 The "Majority" of Americans elected President Trump. He is the most disrespectful, childish, egotistical, lying, cheating, loser that I've ever seen! *Apply the abstract to the concrete and this shows that the majority of Americans are what?

 To ALL the Trump supporters, "You reap what you sow"! I didn't want Hillary either! "But" as your world crumbles, know that I am somewhere on this planet laughing my ass off!

*For the last 10 years or so I've agreed that there should be a measure of population control and or depopulation strategies. However, I could never draw any conclusion on the "who or how".
Thanks to today, "I have a who".

Be Honest, Be real, Keep it 100 - It's All Bullshit

 People don't want to hear the truth, they want to hear "what they want to hear".

 For example:

- Do I look fat in this? Yes, you look like you ate a small child. Try it!

 - Do you like my mother? Hell no! Try it!

  - Are you a family man? Fuck no, not me! Try it!

 - Do you have a job? No, I live in my mom's basement. Try it!

 - Did you go to college? Yes, cosmetology school. (She paints fingernails at the flea market) Try it!

 - What's your faith? Borderline Islamist Extremeist. Try it!

 - Do you love your wife? What, that worrisome bitch gets on my nerves. Try it!

 - Do you love your kids? I love them but I can't wait for those delinquent bastards to turn 18 and get    out of my house! Try it!

  I could go on for days, I bet you don't tell the truth so why do you expect it?

The Fat Fetish, Explained

While researching a previous blog on fat fetishes, I came across the practice of ‘gut flopping.' According to the online Urban Dictionary, gut flopping is “where a large bellied individual raises his or her stomach and allows it to drop upon his or her sexual partner in a way that creates a smack sound [and] is an act performed for sexual pleasure." There is an infamous clip on the internet featuring gut flopping (which you can check out here if you are so inclined), but there is little written about it academically (or non-academically for that matter). However, one variant of this that appears to be very popular among a minority of men is ‘BBW squashing’ (i.e., men being squashed by one or more ‘big beautiful women’ for sexual pleasure) and also known as ‘crushing’ or ‘smashing’ by squashing enthusiasts. One such BBW (‘Massive Mocha’) appeared on Dr. Drew’s US television show in October 2011 talking about her experiences as someone who catered for men’s fetish to be sat on and squashed by very large women. ‘Massive Mocha’ revealed that men ask her to sit on them until they feel they are going to pass out from loss of breath.

According to the Squashing Fetish website, there are many variations of the fetish. Heterosexual squashing comprises very obese women squashing smaller (typically thin) men. Homosexual squashing comprises very obese men squashing much smaller men. For some, fantasizing about being squashed may satisfy the fetish. This may include someone (weighing anything from 200 pounds to 600 pounds) sitting, standing, jumping, and/or crushing their face, belly and/or chest (resulting in the person being squashed while squirming). The relationship (concerning control) is psychologically similar to the dominant and submissive in sexual sadism and sexual masochism. Being unable to breathe (or breathe properly) appears to be critical in the fetish and in that sense shares similarities with hypoxyphilia (i.e., autoerotic asphyxiation in which individuals derive sexual arousal and pleasure from the restriction of their oxygen supply).

A couple of years ago, Channel 4 (in the UK) screened Nick Betts’ documentary My Big Fat Fetish. One of the women interviewed at length in the show was BBW Reenaye Starr. She was interviewed by a British tabloid newspaper prior to the show being aired and was asked whether the physical contact associated with a squashing was seen as the ultimate prize by men who pay to be squashed by her. Starr was reported as saying:

“It depends. There are so many different kinds of ‘fat admirers.' Some men are not interested in squashing at all. Some men are just into big ladies looking cute. And then there are some into hardcore pornography who want to see big ladies having sex. It all depends on what your sub-fetish is—but to these men, being with a big woman in any capacity is their ultimate desire. [My] subscribers come from all over the world. But there is definitely a huge following in the UK…I personally—other than my husband—have two feeders who send me money for food online. They don’t physically feed me as they’re too far away but one is based in the US now so he does come in for squashings.”

In an online article on BBW squashing (which looks as though it was written by BBW squashers themselves but I can’t be sure), it noted “we may not be able to explain how being squashed can be sexy, but it is an important part of foreplay for those who have this kind of fetish." The (anonymous) writer confirms my own view that BBW squashing is on the same spectrum as sexual behaviours such as sadomasochism, bondage, and domination “which means that in order to find sexual pleasure, one must feel pain from lack of oxygen, beating, among others." The article also claims that BBW Squashing “is not as life-threatening as autoerotic asphyxiation since the man can tap the BBW anytime he feels that he’s close to passing out." It claims that most BBWs engage in squashing for financial reasons and that their primary aim is “to concentrate on the sexual gratification of their clients…Others like Queen Raqui, it’s more like a sport in which she also earns money, without the pressure of having sex with her clients." The article mainly concerns all the different types of ways that men can be squashed by BBWs.

* Face-Sitting: This position involves the man lying diagonally across a bed with his head at the corner of the bed. The BBW squasher (BBWS) then sits on the man’s head with the man’s face in the BBWS’s crotch. Some BBWSs may move or shake about to enhance the man’s pleasure.

* Sixty-Nine (69): This position involves the man lying flat on the bed while the BBWS lies on top of him so that her face is in the man’s crotch and is facing his legs (and vice-versa). Either partner may stimulate each other’s genitals while in the 69 position.

* Back-Lying: This position involves a man lying on his back with the BBWS sitting on him and crushing his chest and/or face.

* Leg-Captivity: This position involves the BBWS wrapping the man’s head between her legs with the man facing either her crotch or her buttocks. The BBWS may completely suffocate the man in this position (and has to rely on the man to signal to her to let her know when to let go).

* Riding Horse Man: This position (as might be expected from the name) involves the BBWS riding the man like a horse while he is on his front. This is said to increase the man’s sexual arousal.

* Double Trouble: This is not a position as such but involves two BBWSs sitting on a man in any variation of the positions outlined above.

In a previous articles I examined both macrophilia (i.e., sexual pleasure and arousal from giants) and crush fetishes (i.e., sexual pleasure and arousal from crushing or being crushed), and there seems to be some psychological similarity between BBW squashing and these other sexual paraphilias and fetishes. For instance, some macrophiles date extraordinarily tall women (so called ‘Amazons’) even if they have to pay for the privilege to do so. For instance, Mikayla Miles (who, when wearing her fetish boots, is nearly 7 feet, and 6 feet 4 inches without the boots) provides private sessions with macrophiles to engage in behaviours such as trampling. This has a lot of resonance with BBW squashing. Research has been carried out into both sadomasochistic sexual activity and fat fetishes, but little on where they intersect. This would certainly be a fruitful area for further empirical investigation.

Op-Ed: Obesity an early death sentence — How did Americans get so large

Obesity is now found to claim more lives than previously known. As waistlines expand in the U.S., so do our chances of dying from being obese. But the finding leaves a question, how did Americans get so large?
According to the newest finding that comes from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, obesity accounts for three times the number of deaths in America than previously calculated.

Authors for the study say obesity rates could mean a shorter life-span for many Americans.

"Obesity has dramatically worse health consequences than some recent reports have led us to believe," first author Ryan Masters, PhD said in a press release.

"We expect that obesity will be responsible for an increasing share of deaths in the United States and perhaps even lead to declines in U.S. life expectancy."

Though there have been some declines in rates of obesity, the study authors say it’s only in certain groups.

For children and adults who are already obese, things are only expected to get worse.

Bruce Link, PhD, professor of epidemiology and sociomedical sciences says it’s difficult to ‘undo’ obesity. He adds “…it stands to reason that we won't see the worst of the epidemic until the current generation of children grows old."

For five-year olds today, obesity is much more the ‘norm’, compared to generations past, Link said.

Masters explains the study, "The Impact of Obesity on U.S. Mortality Levels: The Importance of Age and Cohort Factors in Population Estimates," published online in the American Journal of Public Health, is the first to look at how obesity affects everyone differently.

Past studies have linked obese Americans together when analyzing the impact on mortality.

This study took into account differences in age, birth cohort, sex, and race. For the investigation researchers analyzed 19 segments of the National Health Interview Survey linked to individual death records for the years 1986 to 2000.In the study, African American and Caucasian women had the highest chances of dying from obesity at 27 and 21 percent greater odds respectively.

The chance of a Black man dying from being obese was just five percent, but only because they face so many other health risks that can be fatal, including smoking and socioeconomic disadvantage. The average risk for dying from obesity for all men was 15 percent.

Because of the study type, the researchers were unable to pinpoint deaths from obesity for Asians, Hispanics and other groups.

The study author’s concluded the impact of obesity is just beginning to be felt. The effects of being obese could mean Americans will die younger than previous generations.

There are many reasons Americans are becoming obese, all of which make it difficult to accept the early death sentence.

Studies show obesity contributors include, but are not limited to:

• Getting too little sleep

• Unhealthy foods promoted by manufacturers that claim otherwise

• Unhappiness from political and economic woes that can elevate stress hormone levels to make us fat

• Lack of access to fresh food for those at a socioeconomic disadvantage

• No access to affordable health care that still prevails for millions of Americans

• Inadequate care for Americans suffering from chronic pain due to lack of research funding; many of whom are veterans or injured at work pursuing the “American Dream” by providing for their families.

• A shift to computer jobs that encourages productivity and less activity

• Urbanization that has taken away our ‘green spaces’

• More food additives that continue to be staunchly defended by the manufacturers. One major contributor might be corn syrup.

Even the study authors note everything has become ‘bigger’, including soft-drinks, clothes size and our children’s peers.

We are either gluttons for punishment or our Western lifestyle is taking the ultimate toll. Maybe it is time to step away from the “American Dream” and take an objective look at what and how too much of everything is killing us.

Another suggestion if you don’t want to die young from obesity is to get smarter about making healthy lifestyle choices for ourselves and for our children by reading food labels, taking a walk every day, saying no to overtime at work and getting the entire family away from the computer and TV a whole lot more.

 How did they really get so large? Most being predisposed to eat garbage and not exercise, the means to an end were drawn. Add to this, some morons living in their mother's basements playing video games told women this was cute.

It Takes 30 Seconds to Understand Philosophy

 It's very simple, all your life you have been experiencing happiness, sorrow, ill will and a multitude of other emotions. Each and every time this occurred you employed strategies to react or respond to the stimulus.
You did so in the "belief" that your way was the appropriate way even when you had hidden agendas.

 You engage all aspects of life in a "certain" way unique to you. With no words spoken or written, you do this because you are "living your philosphy".

Watch John McCain defend Barack Obama against a racist voter in 2008

A Minnesota woman said Obama was “Arab.” McCain took the microphone from her.
By Emily Stewart  Updated Aug 26, 2018, 8:42am EDT

Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain takes a question from a supporter, who called Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama an Arab, during a town hall meeting in Lakeville, Minnesota, October 10, 2008. McCain urged his supporters to stop hurling abuse against Barack Obama at his rallies, saying he admired and respected his Democratic rival. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Sen. John McCain died on Saturday from brain cancer at the age of 81. His legacy is perhaps a complicated one, given the span of his life: he was a former Navy pilot, Vietnam prisoner of war, and Republican presidential nominee, and spent 30 years as a United States senator.

After news of McCain’s choosing to discontinue treatment on Friday, a video of his time on the campaign trail in 2008 resurfaced. In it he defended Barack Obama, his rival for the presidency, in the face of constituents spouting racist conspiracies about the then-senator from Illinois.

“I can’t trust Obama. I have read about him, and he’s not, um, he’s an Arab,” a woman said to McCain at a town hall meeting in Lakeville, Minnesota in October 2008.

McCain grabbed the microphone from her, cutting her off. “No, ma’m,” he said. “He’s a decent family man [and] citizen that just I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that’s what the campaign’s all about. He’s not [an Arab].”

Of course, being of Arab descent and a “decent family man” have nothing to do with one another, and are not mutually exclusive. McCain’s response could have been better — he could have pointed out that it does not matter whether someone is Muslim or Arab or anything else — but taking away the microphone from the woman and defending his opponent was a powerful moment.

At the same event, according to a Politico report from the time, he told a supporter who said he was “scared” of Obama that the senator was a “decent person” and one who “you don’t have to be scared of as president of the United States.”

According to the report, audience members booed his defense of his rival and called Obama a “liar” and a “terrorist.”

“I want to fight, and I will fight,” he said. “But I will be respectful. I admire Sen. Obama and his accomplishments, and I will respect him.”

Obama went on to defeat McCain in the presidential election in November 2008.

Obama in 2013 called McCain a “person of classic integrity” who’s “willing to say things regardless of the politics.” That wound up including McCain’s no vote in the summer of 2017 that sank the GOP’s efforts to repeal one of Obama’s signature pieces of legislation, the Affordable Care Act.

Obama on Saturday in a statement reacting to McCain’s death said that for all of his differences with McCain, the pair shared “a fidelity to something higher — the ideals for which generations of Americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched and sacrificed.” He said they saw their political battles as “an opportunity to serve as stewards” of those ideals.

“Few of us have been tested the way John once was, or required to show the kind of courage that he did,” he said. “But all of us can aspire to the courage to put the greater good above our own. At John’s best, he showed us what that means. And for that, we are all in his debt.”

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 *I love a racist! I already know that you aren't ever going to be competition in the big leagues!

I Don't Care Who You Are, This Is What It Boils Down To

Promoted to the Level of Incompetence

What is the 'Peter Principle'

The Peter Principle is an observation that the tendency in most organizational hierarchies, such as that of a corporation, is for every employee to rise in the hierarchy through promotion until they reach the levels of their respective incompetence. The Peter Principle is based on the logical idea that competent employees will continue to be promoted, but at some point will be promoted into positions for which they are incompetent, and they will then remain in those positions because of the fact that they do not demonstrate any further competence that would get them recognized for additional promotion. According to the Peter Principle, every position in a given hierarchy will eventually be filled by employees who are incompetent to fulfill the job duties of their respective positions.

*This applies to all individuals whether you work, hustle or beg your mom, you will graduate to your level of incompetence!

BREAKING DOWN 'Peter Principle'

The Peter Principle was laid out by Canadian educational scholar, Dr. Laurence J. Peter, in his 1968 book titled "The Peter Principle." Dr. Peter also stated in his book that an employee's inability to fulfill the requirements of a given position that he is promoted to may not be the result of general incompetence on the part of the employee as much as it is due to the fact that the position simply requires different skills than those the employee actually possesses. For example, an employee who is very good at following rules or company policies may be promoted into the position of creating rules or policies, despite the fact that being a good rule follower does not mean that an individual is well-suited to be a good rule creator.

Expanding on the Peter Principle

Dr. Peter summed up the Peter Principle with a twist on the old adage that "the cream rises to the top" by stating that "the cream rises until it sours." In other words, excellent employee performance is inevitably promoted to the point where the employee's performance is no longer excellent, or even satisfactory. According to the Peter Principle, competence is rewarded with promotion because competence, in the form of employee output, is noticeable and therefore usually recognized. However, once an employee reaches a position in which they are incompetent, they are no longer evaluated based on their output, but instead are evaluated on input factors, such as arriving at work on time and having a good attitude. Dr. Peter further argued that employees tend to remain in positions for which they are incompetent because mere incompetence is rarely sufficient to cause the employee to be fired from the position. Ordinarily, only extreme incompetence causes dismissal.

Overcoming the Peter Principle

A possible solution to the problem posed by the Peter Principle is for companies to provide adequate skill training for employees receiving a promotion, and to ensure the training is appropriate for the position to which they have been promoted. However, Dr. Peter pessimistically predicted that even good employee training is ultimately unable to overcome the general tendency of organizations to promote employees to positions of incompetence, which he refers to as positions of "final placement."

Misery Loves Company

Why we choose partners whose moods match our own. The emotional tone of relationships is set at the starting gate.

Does misery love company, or does misery make company equally miserable? Psychologists have long pondered whether couples and close friends are depressed in tandem because one person's mood poisons the well, or because people gravitate toward significant others with the same traits.

In the first longitudinal comparison of mood in romantic partners and roommates, Chris Segrin, a professor of psychology and communications at the University of Arizona at Tucson, found that emotional tone is set at the starting gate.

Segrin surveyed 153 dating couples and 170 pairs of roommates for three months. He concluded that women's emotional states—positive or negative—were unrelated to changes in their boyfriends' moods and vice versa. Moreover, couples that had been dating longer were no more likely to mirror each other's emotional states than were newly minted partners. "I was surprised by how similar the partners' moods remained over time. I thought there'd be much more fluctuation," says Segrin.

There was evidence of short-lived emotional contagion: Severely depressed subjects were more likely to have a roommate whose mood declined over a six-week period than were less depressed subjects. But subjects cheered up noticeably when they spent time away from their miserable roommates. "Emotional contagion doesn't last for weeks; it is more fleeting and transient," says Segrin, who thinks people believe otherwise because "the idea that you 'catch' emotions like you catch the flu is seductively simple and parsimonious."

While this study focused on depressive mood, Segrin's results were the same for people with sunny dispositions. "Couples were as matched on positive affect as on negative affect. Happy people seek out happy people, and those who are down and out seek the same."

Specialized Launches Globe Brand *Make Me an Offer

In mint comdition.

The Specialized Globe line of bicycles has been around since the early nineties with a focus on short distance commuter and city bikes. With the recent economic downturn, rising gas prices and a renewed interest in urban riding, Specialized has taken the bold step and converted the Globe line into a complete brand. The new Globe brand, which will launch in 2010, was introduced Thursday in the bike friendly city of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The new Globe brand is big departure for Specialized, which has built its reputation on road and mountain bike race courses around the world. Instead of using the Specialized name to drive sales of Globe bikes, Globe is now separate and focused on changing the way people use bicycles in their daily lives. The Globe brand’s vision is to ‘Inspire everyone to a cycling lifestyle.’ To achieve this vision Globe as its own team of designers and engineers separate from Specialized and dedicated solely to the Globe’s vision.

When developing the brand the Globe team set out to create a line of bikes that they hoped will become integrated into people’s lives, essentially replacing their cars whenever possible. To establish the brand, the Globe team created a line of five bikes that while all serving different functions are united by the brands vision and several unique design features.

The consistent theme throughout the Globe line is the ultra clean design and muted color palette that was inspired by the classic Volkswagen bug. Another theme of note is the absence of branding on the frame and components. Without looking closely at the head tube badge it is virtually impossible to tell the make of the bicycle. This is a refreshing change compared to the heavily branded offerings of other manufacturers. There are also subtle chevron shaped elements on the seat clamp, fenders and head tube badge. The head tube badge is another element that is carried through the Globe line and is unique in that allows the rider to insert a 2 x 3.5-inch business card or picture for a bit of customization ? see Chewy above.

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