Washington Post - Cliques, mean girls, bullying. The vast majority of children have to run through an unpleasant social gauntlet at some point. For parents, it can be excruciating to witness their children fall out of favor with the crowd. Our first instinct may be to try to help. But a new book suggests that as long as the treatment isn’t extreme, it’s probably best to stay out of it. And, maybe celebrate. According to authorAlexandra Robbins, being unpopular may be one of the best predictors of future success. For the book, Robbins studied students and teachers at several high schools, including a few in the region. (She didn’t want to name the locals for fear of “outing” the students.) She concluded that the traits that often make kids unpopular, such as creativity, individuality, passion, can make them more interesting and successful adults. She calls it the “Quirk Theory.” “I am definitely a beneficiary of the quirk theory” said Robbins, a 1994 Whitman graduate. A self-described “floater” in high school, she said she socialized with many groups, but never felt like she belonged to one. It made for some lonely weekends. But now, she realizes, it helped her learn to relate to all different kinds of people. Robbins advises parents to understand that their child’s social exclusion likely has more to do with the school culture than with the child. If his social life seems wanting, but he’s okay with it, parents should be okay with it too. If a child seems unhappy, then parents can encourage extra-curricular activities outside the school atmosphere. Only in a worst-case-scenario should parents consider changing schools.



What is the world coming to? Now we have people telling you that its a good thing if everyone fucking hates your kid. Don’t worry that your kid will spend the first 39 years of his life being completely miserable, getting beat up, and never getting laid. When he’s 40 he’ll being a successful computer programmer! Fuck that. Just about the only thing that gets me through the day is remembering that I had an awesome childhood. If I had to put an exact year on it, I’d say my life peaked in the 8th grade. I was fuckinnasty at basketball and bitches sweated me. I got to first base more often than Rickey f’n Henderson. I was probably the coolest I’ve ever been at that point. And reminiscing about those times is just about the only thing that stops me from killing myself. If I was a loser my whole childhood I wouldn’t even be able to wake up in the morning.

So yea its easy for this chick who was a loser to be like “heyyy don’t worry if your kid sucks, he’ll turn out to be just like me!” But that poor kid is gonna grow up miserable because you won’t take the time to look him dead in the eyes and be like “Son, you’re a goddam dork. Lets fix this.” And lets cut the bullshit with these little keywords and catch phrases that hide the truth. “Creativity, Individuality, and Passion?” Thats just loser speak for “weird, ugly, and creepy.” But go ahead and tell your kid he has no friends and nobody likes him because of the “school culture.” Go ahead and blame him being fat and lonely on all the other kids in class. And cross your fingers and hope to God he has a successful job once all the best years of his life have passed. But more than likely you’re just raising a Feitelberg. And nobody wins in that scenario,

Dog Wind

Did Not See This Coming

Nancy Pelosi, how do you still have a job? Why are you so gross?

I don't even know what to say. Except after you watch this, read on and see that Pelosi's claims must have came from “The Institute for Facts and Figures I Pulled Out of My Butt.”  We need a freaking politician who will go on television, radio, wherever, when something like this happens and clear it up.  This is what leads to people being so far extremely left or right.  They just continue to hear and actually listen to ridiculous claims by crooks & liars, such as Nancy Pelosi.  I don't know how anybody even has any respect for this loose skin alien looking gasbag of a human being.  SMARTEN UP PEOPLE.  If it sounds like bullshit, IT PROBABLY IS.






Fact Check This Bitch

Cop Doesn't Like Sunday Drivers. GET IN THE SLOW LANE.

This is good.  I wish there was more smart pieces of bacon like this copper.  He's got the right idea, don't pull them over, don't waste my time, don't waste your time, or anybody else's time with the stupid paperwork and effort that goes into writing someone up for going to slow.  Just flash them a little bit, show them whose boss, and direct them into the slow lane, where they belong.  Love it.

Dirt Biker's Cheek Impaled By Tree Branch. Sweet.

Beautiful day to ride off-road in the desert? Check. GoPro attached to your helmet? Check. Having a one-inch diameter tree branch piece through your cheek after dumping your bike? Checkmate. 

Publish Post

@BroBible

Ueli Steck Speed Climbing Switzerland’s ‘The Eiger’

In 2008, Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck set a record time for ascending "The Eiger's" treacherously steep north face. Steck destroyed the previous record (set by himself) by summiting the legendary 13,025 foot mountain in Switzerland's Bernese Alps in only two hours and 47 minutes. Beating your own records just for the sake of beating them? That's pretty bad ass. Meanwhile, a film crew captured the historic climb. This four and a half minutes of alpine bliss is a great way to kick-start your Monday. 




@BroBible

Dude Films Tornado That Cruises Right By

More than 243 tornadoes were reported in 14 states in the Midwest and South over the weekend, leaving at least 45 people in the aftermath. Quite a few videos of the twisters have popped up on YouTube over the past 48 hours, including this footage of an  EF2 tornado filmed by a brave man in a Wilson, North Carolina grocery store parking lot. The man who captured this video is named Steven Hoag and toughs the storm out in his truck like a badass. ABC11-TV asked Hoag how he remained so calm when the twister was merely a few feet away. His response will make you scream "Hoorah" in your cubicle: "I was a Marine, and I love Jesus!" Check out his footage below.

Waterboarding Like A Boss

Here we have a captain of a small motorboat who decides to leave the controls, grab a surf board, and shimmy off the boat's stern to shred his ship's wake without a rope. Yes, he's using a surf board rather than an actual wake board. For style points, this dude goes about his business while smoking a cigarette. Naturally, the only obvious choice to accompany this feat of badassness is the "Baywatch" theme.  Sure, letting the boat go full throttle while tearing up its wake seems dangerous and all, but there's no denying the dude deserves a nomination in the Boss Hall of Fame. 

Gas Pump Tells Non-Believers To Leave The Country

Caracas Is Now The Murder Capital Of The World

We are always hearing from the Far-Left how Capitalism creates crime. They argue that economic inequality is the reason why people steal from others. However, it is rather ironic to notice that Caracas, Venezuela is now the murder capital of the world. Someone better tell Sean Penn.




Right Wing News

Company Presses Your Ashes Into Vinyl After You Die

Check this out. I don't know whether to be grossed out, or amazed.

Company Presses Ashes Into Vinyl When You Die

Hoarder Found Dead In Home After Four Month Search

A Las Vegas woman who went missing in April, Billie Jean James, was found dead in her home this week by her husband, who spotted her feet sticking out from a pile of junk.  
Billie Jean was last seen walking away from her home back in April, and a massive search was conducted in Las Vegas and the surrounding desert. Police had come by James' house several times with dogs but never found anything. According to spokesman Bill Cassell: "For our dogs to go through that house and not find something should be indicative of the tremendous environmental challenges they faced." Billie Jean's husband, Bill, says she was a hoarder, and friends say she came home every day with various crap from local thrift stores. Her body was found underneath a pile of junk the stood from floor to ceiling.

The AP describes the the James' property:

"In the driveway sits two huge trash bins that require industrial-sized trucks to haul them away. The front patio is filled with knickknacks including old chairs, smaller trash bins and a 10-foot basketball hoop.
Inside, Cassell said James' piles of clutter left just small pathways to walk and strong odors that hindered their search — generated by animals, decomposing garbage, food, clothes and other stuff."

One neighbor, Sari Connolly, told the AP she's pretty skeptical about the whole situation, especially when sniffer dogs couldn't even find her: "I'm trying to figure out how a body couldn't smell so bad — that's what everyone's saying."

Rachel Maddow Is An Arrogant Hack Who Can't Do Math

Watch this arrogant twit accuse Chris Christie of not knowing how to subtract and then make the exact same mistake. What a hoot.

60 Foot Rope Swing!!

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Elephant Love

Bible Verse Of The Day

Going Back & Looking at These Must Have Been Awkward

Masturbating Chiropractor

Perry, Iowa.  A Perry chiropractor is charged with assault after a patient reported him to police. According to the complaint, a woman being examined for a back injury was lying on her stomach when Duffy pulled up her shirt to expose her lower back. According to the woman’s statement, Duffy began massaging her lower right back and buttocks area. Sometime during the exam Duffy left the exam room. He then returned to the room and stood on the left side of the table. The woman told authorities that at that point she heard Duffy unzip his pants and heard what she described as “masturbating.” The woman said that after the exam her mother took her to the police station. Police swabbed her lower back for evidence. The state Division of Criminal Investigation lab confirmed that sperm from the lower back swabs on the woman matched Duffy’s DNA profile. Duffy declined to comment on camera on the advice of his attorney, but said he’s worried about his two young children and his family’s future in Iowa. Duffy told KCCI that he’s innocent. Duffy has pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge. He’s requested a jury trial.



I’m a little confused here as to how Duffy is pleading not guilty and proclaiming his innocence?  Umm, I hate to break it you bro, but your kids were all over this chick’s back?  Like this ain’t 1975 homie.  They got these things called DNA tests now and they eat lower back sperm samples for breakfast.  And I’m not sure but I think this may be one of the hardest situations to talk yourself out of in the history of awkward hookup rape-like situations.  Sperm from your dick all over her back.  I believe that’s what they refer to in the Wire as a 'dunker.'

Stimulus = Waste

Amazingly, this was found on CNN.

"The recovery is picking up steam as employers boost payrolls, but economists think the government’s stimulus package and jobs bill had little to do with the rebound, according to a survey released Monday.

In latest quarterly survey by the National Association for Business Economics, the index that measures employment showed job growth for the first time in two years — but a majority of respondents felt the fiscal stimulus had no impact."

So basically, like we all know and predicted, the ~$750 billion spent on the “stimulus” has done nothing and has little to no effect on the economy and its “recovery.”  This can also be seen in a study by Gallup that shows the creation of jobs by the Federal Government significantly outpaces the private sector.

So basically Obama’s effect so far, both with the stimulus and other legislation, has been to shrink the private sector and grow the government.  And don’t think that this just happened to be a side effect of his actions – it is the goal.

Kid Calls 911 For Math Help

Here is a 911 recording of a 4 year old calling 911 for help with his "takeaways." Very cute.

Gives A Whole New Meaning To Karate Kid

Talk About Rubbing It In

I will never know the person who is behind this moon but I can only think of a few scenarios that would fit his description.

A.  He’s the awesome rich guy who realizes that life is great and that you should make the best of it.

B.  He’s a douchebag rich guy who is rubbing in the fact that he’s riding in a Lamborghini and is letting you know about it.

C.  He’s the friend of the rich guy driving the Lamborghini who is living up live to the fullest while he has this chance.

I kind of hope it’s C.

Courtesy of Uncoached

Obama Seeks To Make Patriot Act More Abusive, Sweet.

When this goofball campaigned in 2008, he promised that he would respect the Constitution, and push for reforms of laws passed under Bush, that established abusive government powers of surveillance against the American people. Once Obama became President, his promises of reform quickly faded.  What’s actually happening now is that Obama is using the power of the White House to push to make Bush's unconstitutional laws even worse.

A perfect example is Obama’s recent activity on the Patriot Act, the foundation for the government’s system of surveillance against the American people. President Obama is sending representatives to Capitol Hill to push for the expansion of the power to spy on American’s Internet use through National Security Letters that are not even approved by a court of law, but are certified by the very law enforcement officers who are directing surveillance to take place.  What the fuck?  Obama’s effort to expand the spying powers of the Patriot Act are aimed at Americans’ use of the Internet, to go beyond simple communications to encompass practically everything we do online.

This summer, Obama gave a speech to a Netroots Nation gathering, asking liberals to have patience with him, because he just needs more time to work on fulfilling his promises. Obama’s attempt to expand unconstitutional spying powers, however, should serve as a reminder to you liberals that Obama has been using much of the time he’s had in the White House so far to actually make things worse. 

In the 2012 election, why should liberals work to help to give Barack Obama more time to take America in the wrong direction?   Then you have the Republicans candidates that are supposedly going to make a run at the office next year - Mike Huckabee is stuck in the last century, Ron Paul is convinced of the existence of a secret treasonous superhighway (what? equipped with a cloaking device?), and Sarah Palin wants to push her version of radical Christianity down your kids' throats. Do you find that scary? I do. 

US to face shortage of Doctors

According to the Wall Street Journal, the US is going to face a shortage of doctors in the coming years, most likely due to the fact that there will be tons of more insured people in the US.

Some predict that there could be a shortage of up to 150,000 doctors in the next 15 years.  The article doesn’t really address this, but the new healthcare "reform" is certainly not helping the situation.   I’ve yet to find a person who likes the new healthcare reform bill.