Conspiracy Fools - 9/11 and the Pentagon

If you smash an aluminum beer can against your forehead and I shout "Where is the can? There is no can! You're lying!" Who is the idiot? You or me?

The Pentagon is a reinforced building.  It is designed to withstand missile attacks .

An airplane is an aluminum hot dog. It's going to crumple if it flies straight into an immovable object, like a mountain, or a reinforced building meant to withstand missile attacks.

The airplane that hit the Pentagon went straight into it. Not sliding along the ground at an angle, but flying straight into a mountain.

The aluminum hot dog, hurtling along as if thrown by the baseball pitch of God, crumpled like a beer can on a redneck's forehead. It actually liquefied from the kinetic energy of impact. Things do that in the really-real world; it's called Physics, and it's really cool. Even dumb people can learn Physics.

Anyone still screaming "where is the plane?," is a moron and an asshole.

Come on people. Your pet conspiracy theory fails the "does that even fucking make sense??" test and I didn't even have to spend more than 8 seconds thought on it.

Popular Mechanics even did an entire special issue on the subject back in 2006.  These people don't work for the "gummit" - they're corporate, and good engineers, and have a lot to lose if they lie about things. They also care enough the truth, and they care about the hundreds of people who died on September 11, 2001, enough to want people to respect the truth. So, don't take my common sense analysis as the final word - go read their analysis and see why the Pentagon plane conspiracy theorists are disrespectful idiots.

rwNJ Fox Puppet Projection Awesomesauce

Here is yet another bit of non-logical RWNJ Fox Puppet Projection Awesomesauce.

See the Fox Puppets like to chant that Liberals want to take their stuff (not to be confused with rwNJs worshipping corporations that take their stuff).

There is no way, in any rational universe, that the President of the United States would be involved in a kid living in Qatar attempting to sue a US city.  That's just dumb-fuckery to think any intelligent human being - sitting in the Oval Office - would waste time with something that pedantic and likely to draw unwanted attention.

No fucking rational mind would ever think such a thing.

Then again, Fox Puppets aren't exactly rational, are they?  That's why they are Fox Puppets in the first place.

Oh, and they find potty humor funny, too, and think being vulgar and childish is classy.  Or something.  I don't know, I have trouble thinking down to a third-grade level anymore to understand rwNJ humor.

Fiction Friday - Aberrant Dino-Woman

Morrigan Viivi Donaghue

Background & Origin: She was born in the Netherlands, and abandoned during childhood. She grew up a ward of the state. She has been on your own for as long as she can remember. As far as she knows, she is an only child. She has not been able to locate her parents, or any relatives at all.

She has experienced the following important events:

• A beloved pet died, leaving her grief-stricken;
• A long-term relationship ended when her partner broke up with her without reason;
• Exposure to a disease-laden environment toughened her immune system.
• She fell in love and thought about marriage. Her thoughts become reality and she got hitched;
• Word of her deeds spreads, and she gained fame or notoriety.

Combat Tactics: She transforms to a velociraptor, with larger (more useful) forearms, and fights viciously.

Personality Traits: She has a mental disorder in that she is convinced her powers derive from the magical powers of her facial tattoo, and nothing can convince her otherwise. If the tattooed is somehow destroyed, she probably will mental block and be unable to use her powers.

Appearance:  She has short, braided hair. She favors clothing that blends with the local styles, changing at need.

Powers: Like all novas, she has a special lump of tissue in her brain that allows her to collect, channel and manipulate quantum energies in science fiction-like ways.  This typically manifests as a kind of self-image.  In her case, she can transform into reptile and dinosaur forms.

Notes:  Model unknown.  Character by I.A. Riley, March, 2016.

Document Copyright (C) 2016 by I.A. Riley. All rights reserved.  Portions Copyright others; no attempt is made to infringe upon their rights.

Aberrant 1e Copyright (C) 1999 by White Wolf Publishing.

Random backstory generator - http://www.pbegames.com/lifepath/ .

Random name generator - http://www.behindthename.com/random/ .

Morrigan Viivi Donaghue

Strength ⬤⬤⬤⬤ [4]

(Brawl ⬤⬤⬤ [7], Might ⬤ [5])

Dexterity ⬤⬤⬤⬤ [4]

(Athletics ⬤⬤⬤, Drive ⬤ [5], Firearms ⬤⬤ [6])

Stamina ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤ [7]

(Endurance ⬤⬤⬤ [10], Resistance ⬤⬤⬤ [10])

Perception ⬤⬤ [3]

(Awareness ⬤⬤⬤ [6])

Intelligence ⬤⬤ [2]

(Academics ⬤⬤ [4], Linguistics ⬤ [3], Science ⬤⬤ [4])

Wits ⬤⬤ [2]

(Art  ⬤ [3], Rapport ⬤ [3])

Appearance ⬤⬤⬤ [3]

(Style ⬤ [4])

Manipulation ⬤⬤⬤ [3]

(Stealth ⬤ [4])

Charisma ⬤⬤ [2]

(Command ⬤ [3])

Quantum ⬤⬤⬤⬤

Quantum Pool 28

Willpower ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤ ⬤⬤

Taint ⬤⬤

Combined Soak - Bashing 7, Lethal 4

Backgrounds

Attunement ⬤⬤⬤

Cipher ⬤⬤

Resources ⬤⬤

Powers

Mega-Stamina ⬤ (Resiliency)

Shapeshift ⬤⬤⬤⬤

(dice pool 11, so typically 4 successes, which she uses for -) 
("Velociraptor" form - Armor ⬤, Claws ⬤, and Sizemorph [grow] ⬤, resulting in  Strength ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤, Mega-Strength ⬤, Stamina ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤, Mega-Stamina ⬤⬤, Bashing Soak 12, Lethal Soak 8, and her Claws do 6 dice +5 auto-successes Lethal damage)
("Ankylosaur" form - Armor ⬤, Sizemorph [grow] ⬤⬤, resulting in  Strength ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤, Mega-Strength ⬤⬤⬤, Stamina ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤, Mega-Stamina ⬤⬤⬤, Bashing Soak 14, Lethal Soak 10, and her Claws do 6 dice +15 auto-successes Lethal damage)

Verify you CAN vote in November!

I'm putting this up here, because this is going to be an issue in November. Try calling NOW to make sure that you are eligible to vote - that you haven't been "accidentally" culled from the registration, or that the rules haven't been changed while you weren't looking, or that your polling place hasn't been closed - whatever - make sure you know that you're actually going to be able to vote, and how to do it in your state!

Racists are "conservative" - and it makes real conservatives smell like shit

The Nixon "Southern Strategy" worked to flip all the racists from Democrat to Republican. For 50 years, the GOP has been cultivating the racists. It's no surprise the racists self-ascribe as "conservative" and "Republican" - frankly, it's a smear on face of real conservatives that the real conservatives haven't kicked the racists to the curb years ago.

The truth is that real conservatives - fiscally responsible, value family, like picnics, that kind of thing, need to clean up their house.  They've got cockroaches overrunning the place, and they continue to tolerate the cockroaches.

Seriously, people, you can't expect anyone intelligent to respect you when your house is full of garbage, and you shout "No it isn't!" and "Don't you dare call me a cockroach, just because I'm covered in them!"

Does That Even Make Sense?

One of the principles I try to live my life by is "Does that even make sense?" It's a good rule, because it keeps me out of a lot of trouble and is a great way to cut through the Stupid.

(Usually, there's an f-bomb in there, but I'm trying to keep this clean, so as not to distract from the philosophical point.)

It's kind of like detective work, or maybe just like thinking, like at all.

If someone says something, for example, the sky is green, then "Hey, does that even make sense?" I mean, I can look and usually the sky is blue, or white, or a murky shade of grey, depending on the rain, so I highly doubt it was actually green. Now, I'm open to the idea that the lighting of the moment, or the beer bottle the person was looking through made the sky appear green, but that's not the same thing. The latter, however, is an example of me using my brain to help me make sense of what this person is saying. (In this example, the speaker is most likely pulling my leg, but you already knew that one, so I had to offer something else, because my secret agenda is to get you thinking.)

Now, we can go to another example, such as "All Christians are good and kind people." Well, basic experience says that is wrong, too, since Christian People are People-who-happen-to-be-Christian, and you can't take the Pee out of People, so that doesn't make sense.

But, now you're comfort zone is a bit rattled, and you're trying to figure out which part of that last paragraph I'm referring to when I say "that doesn't make sense."

Batting 25 000!! - HOLY TOLEDO!

I'm really super-flattered that people around the world are finding things to enjoy on my blog.  It does remind me that I should lighten up a bit, and diversify with the Musical Monday and Fiction Friday themes, as well as bitching about politics, philosophy and just fucking stupidity all the time. (Although, people seem to like best the posts where I bitch, so I don't know.)

You guys love me sooooo much!  

(Thank you for the love!)

view count	days (delta)	days (total)	views per day during the period	posts (delta)	posts (total)	views per post (total average)
1000	94	94	10.6	85	85	11.8
2000	72	166	13.9	52	137	14.6
3000	34	200	29.4	28	165	18.2
4000	21	221	47.6	16	181	22.1
5000	15	236	66.6	12	193	25.9
6000*	30	266	33.3	17	210	28.6
7000	17	283	58.8	18	228	30.7
8000	34	317	29.4	18	246	32.5
9000	14	331	71.4	10	256	35.2
10 000	18	349	55.5	10	266	37.6
15 000	58	407	86.2	31	297	50.4
20 000	76	483	65.7	32	329	60.8
25 000	82	565	61.0	28	357	70.0

Ages ago, I remarked that I was a global phenomenon.  Apparently, they love me in Russia. Go figure ;-)

Actually, this is one of the effects of the Interwebs.  It is really cool that people from anywhere can connect and find common ground.  Hell, I confess, I'm just glad they speak English!