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replied to the topic Emails and Preferred Pronouns in the forum Free Speech

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 23:08:17 +0000

I’ve only seen it a couple times, and they were all identifying in the conventional manner. That said, I find it annoying. I wish I were an eagle, soaring along canyons, but I’m not. I’m a male human. Physiognomy easily identifies me as such. No matter how I *choose* to identify – I’m a human male. Likewise, no matter how you *choose* to id…Read more

replied to the topic Afghanistan collapse in the forum Free Speech

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:54:31 +0000

We’ve been in Germany and Japan since, what, 1945? That occupation has helped diversify US Troops as well as preserved peace where we believed peace could never be achieved. Afghanistan was likely to be the same. The failed Soviet occupation should have told us everything we needed to know – it’s not a ‘one and done’ deal. All that said, the…Read more

replied to the topic Employer Vaccine Mandates in the forum Free Speech

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 22:22:14 +0000

Shit, Spells, that’s a surprisingly cogent response….

At the end of the day, we’ve had vaccine mandates for a long time (ever put a kid in school?). This one’s fine, particularly now that it’s fully approved (don’t know why that took so long…) but now you anti-vaxxer’s are like Jenny McCarthy, only without great boobs. You’re just t…Read more

replied to the topic Afghanistan collapse in the forum Free Speech

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 22:10:38 +0000

You have to be a special kind of stupid to pretend this wasn’t utterly predictable. Biden is *definitely* a special kind of stupid, but those of us that have been paying attention have known that for years.

This is an epic, utterly epic (presumably the idiot-in-chief has advisors…) failure. Period.

-Stick

replied to the topic The couch thread in the forum Free Speech

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:24:02 +0000

I’d say his success rivals anything that’s likely.

In the dopamine-driven, short-attention-span theater that is modernity, CF successfully knit fitness to social media. That alone probably got a lot of people to stick with it longer than they otherwise would have. The prevalence of diet and exercise books, programs, youtubes, indicates that g…Read more

replied to the topic This New Forum Sucks in the forum Free Speech

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:41:56 +0000

Been experimenting…

So, if you use the “link” feature (chain symbol) your post is rejected. If you simply put the link in the message body, it comes up as a link, albeit without the option of an alternate title (I haven’t tried posting directly with markup, so who knows?). Oddly enough, the board software, which rejects a user-identified l…Read more

replied to the topic The couch thread in the forum Free Speech

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:36:28 +0000

Potential disappointment warning…

https://cyberleaks.to/threads/allisonnyc.350/

replied to the topic Al-fatwā: Global Jihad Against the Fat in the forum Free Speech

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 23:52:18 +0000

Hmmm, I’m beginning to suspect that it’s the inclusion of links that causes the board to throw away perfectly good posts…

replied to the topic Al-fatwā: Global Jihad Against the Fat in the forum Free Speech

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 23:49:58 +0000

Attempt #3 (links no longer work…)

OK, a bit less verbose, but I suggested watching Sugar, the Bitter Truth and reading The Case Against Sugar . The latter does refer to a book by the presenter in the former, but there’s quite a bit more than that. The Case Against Sugar makes a fairly compelling argument that sugar *is* an addictive s…Read more

replied to the topic Al-fatwā: Global Jihad Against the Fat in the forum Free Speech

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 23:44:05 +0000

Shit, shit, shit! The thing that seems to get responses published here is carefully copying the contents before hitting “discard” – I mean “submit”… Now I need to start all over…

replied to the topic Al-fatwā: Global Jihad Against the Fat in the forum Free Speech

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:27:07 +0000

A totally valid point. However, I must admit to being weak enough that I do at times eat impure foods. It takes a significant amount of energy (in my opinion and experience) to eat clean all the time. Still, I think you can eat commercial food (not shit, not McDonald’s, not 6 fudge-slurpees from Starbucks…) in moderation and be OK. But I Read more

replied to the topic Val in the forum Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:17:34 +0000

Val’s a communist piece of crap. No surprise that his AUTObiography would paint him as a saint…

https://www.rightinaleftworld.com/2009/02/go-to-hell-val-kilmer.html

The aforelinked is a sorry substitute for the link I tried to find, but it’s not popping up. If you’re a super-progressive liberal, that hates America, he’s exactly your cup of t…Read more

replied to the topic Al-fatwā: Global Jihad Against the Fat in the forum Free Speech

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 22:09:08 +0000

The advent of cheap high-fructose corn syrup made “sugar” an ultra-cheap preservative and it ended up being used in everything. If you read your labels, HFCS is everywhere. That said, it isn’t any worse than plain sugar (sucrose). Sucrose is “instantly” decomposed into fructose and glucose by enzymes in saliva and gastric juices – i.e. it…Read more

replied to the topic Right Now I'm Reading in the forum Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 22:01:30 +0000

“With Winning In Mind” by Lanny Bassham. I read it before, years ago. It’s really about developing the mental aspect of your competitive game. The author was an Olympic Gold Medal shooter, but it’s not really sport-specific. It also provides some pretty good insight into what it takes to compete at that level (all you’ve got, and then some).

-stick

replied to the topic My Body My Choice! in the forum Free Speech

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:26:22 +0000

Hey, it’s anyone’s decision to get vaxxed. The rocket scientists (like US medical expert Jenny McCarthy) that know that vaccines are bad for you will avoid them, but the dumb folks (like 95% of all medical personnel) will get them. It’s surely not foolproof, but it’s the best we’ve got, and now that a zillion people have received the n…Read more

replied to the topic The Tokyo Olympics in the forum Free Speech

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 22:20:41 +0000

Amazing! I can point out, multiple times, that the US Oly team is employing dissidents that hate America (and should be forcibly evicted) and the posts disappear. Not including a link the quisling POS seems to be key…

-stick

replied to the topic The Tokyo Olympics in the forum Free Speech

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 22:18:46 +0000

Hmmm, really seems like we’re being moderated…

replied to the topic The Tokyo Olympics in the forum Free Speech

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 22:18:19 +0000

fucking useless forum. a few successful posts, but nothing I post in this thread about that bitch Gwen Berry sticks.

-stick

replied to the topic Creating Good Energy in the forum Trooper's Training Forum - In memory of Col. James "Jim" R Tirey, USA

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 22:11:58 +0000

That’s a good reminder of shit I already knew, but don’t seem to internalize.

Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” really emphasizes the idea of lavish praise. I’m convinced it does as much for the generator as the receiver. Good vid of how things should be, would only be better if it were shown in terms of competition – i.…Read more

replied to the topic Errors here in the forum Free Speech

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 21:56:44 +0000

If it were only neuteredguy and grandpasSpills I would understand the censorship, but I can’t seem to post anything lately. I think this is attempt #6. If it weren’t for the highly-opinionated and thick-skinned audience, I’d have given up on this forum a while ago…

-stick

replied to the topic Errors here in the forum Free Speech

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:10:03 +0000

From the home page, I can see that the most recent activity in the Free Speech Forum is “Trust the Science! Fewer People Die When Doctors Go On Strike” posted by Fat Cat. When I enter the FSF, the post is nowhere to be seen.

-stick

replied to the topic If people can be born gay why can't people be born homophobic? in the forum Free Speech

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 22:16:54 +0000

I think you need to better define “homophobia” – without consulting a dictionary, I believe a “phobia” to be an *irrational* _fear_.

I also recall reading at some time* that humans are born with only two instinctive fears: heights and loud noises.

All that said, it is obvious that homosexuality is anathema to procreation which most people agree…Read more

replied to the topic Misogi in the forum Trooper's Training Forum - In memory of Col. James "Jim" R Tirey, USA

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 21:54:42 +0000

I think it’s kind of a writer’s device – giving something a foreign name (the more foreign, the better) makes it sound a bit more … magical, or profound. How much less emotion would that section of the book have had if you replaced “Misogi” with “challenging task”.

-Stick

replied to the topic Al-fatwā: Global Jihad Against the Fat in the forum Free Speech

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 18:56:23 +0000

I think most people know, at least at a gut level, why they want to (lose weight / gain muscle / manage finances / eat healthy / stop smoking) – they just can’t get results soon enough. Much of our society is structured around instant gratification. The self-help books might say “he wants a cigarette more than he wants to be healthy” – but t…Read more

replied to the topic Biden's America: Voting Rights and Restrictions in the forum Free Speech

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 23:50:46 +0000

It’s a slippery slope and yada, yada, but it’s stupid to ‘get out the vote’. Getting the opinion of the most uneducated, apathetic, and self-absorbed sector of the populace is *not* a recipe for success. Basic ID, citizenship, and literacy tests are all sensible.

Also, LOL at you getting a firearm – do you have a HI “permit to post about o…Read more

replied to the topic Litvinov Workout in the forum Trooper's Training Forum - In memory of Col. James "Jim" R Tirey, USA

Sun, 11 Jul 2021 17:55:10 +0000

Shit. I cant’ find the “Lower Faggot” Berenstain Bears squat cover…

Much respect – that looks like it would tear you apart. Is there proof of Litvinov completing the routine? (No doubt he was a stud, but propaganda being what it was at the time…)

-Stick

started the topic Compact home gym in the forum Trooper's Training Forum - In memory of Col. James "Jim" R Tirey, USA

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 19:54:13 +0000

I moved to my present location nearly two years ago. Prior to moving I got rid of a squat rack, pull-down machine, and the accessories that go along with. I thought I could get by, at my current place, with cattle-balls and a pull-up bar. I was wrong. So now I need to re-equip. I realize we may yet be in some kind of equipment drought, but I…Read more

replied to the topic For a friend in the forum Trooper's Training Forum - In memory of Col. James "Jim" R Tirey, USA

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 19:36:36 +0000

You could do a lot worse than Rippetoe. SS seems like a great fit to me. Bury a new guy in 350 exercises in a 2.5 hour workout, where form matters, targeting muscles that are almost as big as a pinky, and he’ll go nowhere. Hitting the big moves won’t make him look like a body builder, but he’ll never look like a body builder without hitting th…Read more

replied to the topic Quality of Food, Quantity of Food in the forum Trooper's Training Forum - In memory of Col. James "Jim" R Tirey, USA

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 14:33:58 +0000

I think quantity has the greatest health impact – if your caloric intake matches your lifestyle, things will work out. Quality is then a self-regulating occurrence – if you eat the right amount of calories, say by eating exclusively Twinkies, you’re going to feel like crap in the short term, but without any lasting health impact unless you force…Read more

replied to the topic Rape is now legal in PA in the forum Free Speech

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 23:49:19 +0000

Here’s an attempt using the “insert/edit media” feature (looks like a film clip)

replied to the topic The Art of Spiritual War in the forum Free Speech

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 23:43:52 +0000

The fundamental fault (and I suppose I should suspect as much, from one who has professed belief in “god”) is that Machiavelli spoke in so many vague platitudes that the meaning of his writing is, and forever will be, whatever the reader chooses.

You, yourself, admit to changing your views of what M. said/meant several times over the…Read more

replied to the topic Al-fatwā: Global Jihad Against the Fat in the forum Free Speech

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 23:21:20 +0000

Preach it Brother Fats! I could stand to lose a few pounds (a few, not a few hundred…) and I shall. I’d be embarrassed to have my shirt off in public, in spite of the fact that compared to a seeming majority of the public, who are hanging out from the bottom of their shirts, I look damn good. I strongly favor a Romantic view – our icons, arc…Read more

replied to the topic Do you train? Or do you exercise? in the forum Trooper's Training Forum - In memory of Col. James "Jim" R Tirey, USA

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 22:51:56 +0000

Exercise. The older I get, the more conditioning trumps just about everything else. Strength is good, but if you can’t apply it for more than a couple seconds, it really isn’t functional. I’m in my 50’s and anything ignored atrophies to a pitiful state in no time, as Syaigh is going to learn, and it doesn’t get easier to get it back! In fac…Read more

replied to the topic The Art of Spiritual War in the forum Free Speech

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 23:31:46 +0000

Snicker! And be concerned about what? I’m just hoping this Machiavellian* ramble doesn’t signal a new Fats with fewer sardonic comments and more ersatz-scholastic bloviating about a nearly irrelevant has-been from Florence.

-Stick

I’m using “Machiavellian” here in the adjectival sense, irrespective of the subject actually being M…

replied to the topic Rape is now legal in PA in the forum Free Speech

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 23:26:11 +0000

Meh. Anything is legal if you know how to work the system. The Exclusionary Clause has existed for decades – search a home for weed, find hanging bodies, bodies are inadmissible. In this case, I side with the court, although I suspect the whole thing was rigged with lot$ of dollar$ to achieve a $pecific outcome, the rule is a good one and se…Read more

replied to the topic The Art of Spiritual War in the forum Free Speech

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 11:27:59 +0000

Full sneer – we’ve never met, but I’ve read your posts here for quite some time…

Stick

replied to the topic The Art of Spiritual War in the forum Free Speech

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:51:15 +0000

That’s rather laughable. Nick wrote “The Prince” (hastily) in an attempt to get his previous job back. Calling him a “leader in the Florentine Republic” is going well beyond your hagiography into complete fiction…

Stick

replied to the topic Misogi in the forum Trooper's Training Forum - In memory of Col. James "Jim" R Tirey, USA

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:29:30 +0000

I’ve found value in the book. I think the best parts are the ‘asides’ concerning various studies (working out in a hot climate, time in nature, why weight loss fails, etc). I haven’t looked yet, but I hope there are clear citations somewhere so I can learn more about these factoids later on. The Alaska trek just provides a backdrop – it’s no…Read more

replied to the topic Right Now I'm Reading in the forum Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 21:16:16 +0000

You’re fortunate not to have struggled with motivation. That seems to be the killer for most people’s physical goals (including mine). You’re also in a tough racket – it happens everywhere, but it seems that with physical health especially people expect a pill or surgery to give them what they want, with no effort on their part. At least in ot…Read more

replied to the topic Misogi in the forum Trooper's Training Forum - In memory of Col. James "Jim" R Tirey, USA

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 21:03:49 +0000

The debt Misogi is no good! Get yourself out of that pit and your physical well-being will improve! If you’re in a hole, and need to dig out, I recommend Dave Ramsey’s “Total Money Makeover” – at least until you’re out of debt. I think his investment advice is too basic / simplistic, but if you’re paying off CC debt, you don’t really need in…Read more

replied to the topic Right Now I'm Reading in the forum Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:55:17 +0000

Oh, the irony! I cracked the book once more and found a nugget wrt interval training, and enhanced recovery time. Now that’s something I can (and will!) bite into. I’ll continue the reading as well.

I think I get exactly what you’re saying – Josh is definitely smart, and accomplished, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that he knows how he go…Read more

replied to the topic Misogi in the forum Trooper's Training Forum - In memory of Col. James "Jim" R Tirey, USA

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:40:30 +0000

Taking care of your financial health is huge, and overlooked, imo. The greatest negative stresses in my life have been financial burdens hanging over my head. Not only is debt unsustainable, it cripples your health – unless you’re a millenial that honestly doesn’t give a shit about the people you made promises to, because your promise is worth *…Read more

started the topic Where the fuck is Fats?! in the forum Free Speech

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 23:13:00 +0000

I’ve read this forum since the Couch thread (RIP) was two pages old, and frequently wanted to smack Fat Cat around for complaining about the lurkers (me) when we couldn’t sign up. Also, I appreciate his caustic remarks and witless repartee. WTF did he go? I know he said he’d be out of town for a while, I also know that the AVN awards are ab…Read more

replied to the topic Misogi in the forum Trooper's Training Forum - In memory of Col. James "Jim" R Tirey, USA

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 23:08:18 +0000

The “life you wanted to live” is imaginary. It wouldn’t have happened the way you imagine in any case. That part is entirely bullshit and it’s the thing that gets pudgy, unfit, middle-aged city boys to decide they’re going to be Grizzly Adams about 48 hours before they’re being medivac’d off a “moderate difficulty” hiking trail (their Misogi, I…Read more

replied to the topic Right Now I'm Reading in the forum Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 22:46:10 +0000

Someone, I think Bram, recommended Waitzkin’s “Art of Learning”. I’m about 2/3 through and it’s just not resonating. As an autobiography it is probably fine (there’s plenty of interesting reading), but as a self-help / self-improvement book, I’m not grokking it. I liked it at first, but it just doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. The author dra…Read more

replied to the topic Living with Social Media in the forum Free Speech

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 22:37:35 +0000

Excellent topic! You needn’t watch any show to see the destructiveness of (anti-)social media. I technically have an Instagram account, but I do nothing with it (to the extent that I’d have to look up my password if I wanted to log in). I got rid of the others.

I’m old – gaming just kind of passed me by. I remember playing Doom (the ori…Read more

replied to the topic Misogi in the forum Trooper's Training Forum - In memory of Col. James "Jim" R Tirey, USA

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:15:10 +0000

I’m also reading this book, thanks to Mickey. It occurred to me that the author’s “Misogis” are out of the realm of possibility for most people. (How many can take a month off to go trek Alaska, or hire safety divers for your rock-moving mission?) But, I think there’s a lot of good info in the book, and I definitely agree with the premise – we…Read more

replied to the topic Right Now I'm Reading in the forum Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:32:13 +0000

Well, attempt number 3+ to post in this thread – they just don’t seem to ‘take’…

Mickey’s recommendation of the Comfort Crisis has proven excellent. I haven’t finished it yet, but it’s already been well worth the time invested.

Also reading “Software Design for Flexibility” – excellent book. Lots of gripes in the Amazon reviews from people w…Read more

replied to the topic Choosing Wisely in the forum Free Speech

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:25:11 +0000

Fair point, but I think you can also recognize him as “persona non grata” without carrying the burden of his behavior. You don’t need to (nor should you) spend energy hating him, just don’t feed him. There are people that are beyond redemption, or rehabilitation, and you can destroy your own mental well-being trying to change them, or o…Read more

replied to the topic Choosing Wisely in the forum Free Speech

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:18:56 +0000

That person is what’s referred to as “an asshole” – all you did was reaffirm their internal narrative that they can treat people like shit, and people will still treat them well. i.e. poor training…

Your earlier examples appear to be ‘wise choices’, this one, not so much. “Being nice” isn’t a wise choice by itself – only “being nice, a…Read more