Papa Don't Preach!

Looks like I picked a bad time to lose interest in the NFL. It's nothing personal and it has little to do with standing or kneeling or even how mediocre the Bears are. The timing is unfortunate because so many reichtards have followed in the goose steps of Hair Furor and condemned the NFL for employing uppity black players, and are protesting the league. I'm certainly no part of that. And this week, the douche bag that owns Papa John's (alleged) Pizza actually blamed the NFL for the drop in sales and stock value of his business. He, you may recall, previously blamed President Obama and the ACA for his then business failings. So, I'm not lumped in with these guys. Then, where's my beef?

Well, that's a rather personal question! Oh, I guess I meant my beef with the NFL. Well, it's a combination of the game devolving into a slow, predictable, non-spectacle 3 days a week and CTE head trauma literally bludgeoning the game to death.

The latter really did it for me as I saw old time players struggle with the effects of dementia after retiring from the game. It killed Dave Duerson and a few others. It became painful to watch a guy take or give a good hit knowing that they would pay dearly for that hit, early after the end of their career. Not necessarily that hit, but certainly a culmination of all the others. All the runs up the middle trying to break through the line for a big gain- that seem to only work 5% of the time anyway- seemed that much more senseless and brutal with the knowledge of brain injuries that would follow.

And most games seemed to drag too with TV time outs and the pandering to commercials and, like the NBA and NASCAR, you could tune in for the last 5 minutes and spend 30 minutes watching the end of the game. It got boring really.

I hear viewing is down. I think it's for a combination of all the factors above as well as the controversy over Colin Kaepernick's kneeling during the anthem, WHICH I will remind is a protest against police brutality and the systemic murder of black folks. You knew that, right?

The reichtards don't. X number of them have turned their flag-draped backsides on the NFL because their leaders claim the protests are anti- military, anti-US. Who knows how effective that has been? That the Papa John's scumbag has shamelessly volunteered his douchebaggery to the mix pretty much tells me the protest of the protest is yet another lost cause for the reich. Like they needed another one... 

America Gets Felt Up But- FREEDOM...

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Would you sexually harass that man? Someone did. And that someone lived to not tell about it.

We don't know how prevalent the sexual harassment of men is in Hollywood (or the real world) but someone boldly grabbing the privates of Terry Crews makes you wonder and it absolutely highlights how prevalent and despicable the harassment of women in and out of Hollywood truly must be. That Crews didn't pound the creep- and why- is the story of every woman who has ever been felt up or raped in any work place.

It's about survival. It's about keeping your job and moving on, even if it means moving on from your dignity. It's also about America's future.

Nearly a year ago we elected (sorta) a scumbag who had a veritable Stop and Frisk policy regarding women. Even people who voted for Trump may have objected to his pussy-grabbing but, in these omelet-making times, many think that you gotta break a few eggs and, if the shells get in the mix, you gotta eat them too because, well, this is THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD and, if you don't like it, you can leave. If you want a Wall or a USSC court that will effect the change your minister wants, you got to have the Trumpy scumbag that can make that happen. Life's evidently about taking the bad with the worse.

Look at Trump and his NFL bashing. The common take on the internet and several news outlets is that black players who make damn good money in the NFL just better shut up and stand for the anthem because they earn a great living here. To me that idiotic sentiment overshadows the faux sentiment that these men are disrespecting the troops or the flag/country itself. They are not. Remember:  Kaepernick and the other fellas are protesting racial injustice and the police murdering unarmed black men and women. It's not a slam at your dad who was in the Navy for two years. Not about him at all. And not about disrespecting the flag. If it was about the flag, there would be no beer sales or bathroom visits allowed during the anthem.

Ashley Judd, Rose McGowan, Terry Crews and untold numbers of famous and unknown actresses and actors have all found out the hard way that, if you want to work in this town, submit and move on. The country has been going on like this, hot and heavy, for the past few decades. The notion that being poor in America is better than being poor anywhere else seems thisclose to being policy. It's the same notion that, yeah- your people may be getting murdered by cops but, they probably deserved it and you make millions so, shut the fuck up!

That someone may get molested or even raped but, be rewarded with employment is normal for many people. I've seen this with waitresses in the restaurant business. You've probably seen it at your job. These women don't get their names in lights. They're just hoping to make rent and move on, another day. Maybe a better one than today or yesterday is on the calendar.

I don't know about that. The republicans have been training their people to survive with as little gubmint help as possible- and to like it. And to be proud of it! Your rights, wages and sensibilities may be eroding but- dammit- they are eroding in THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD! Accept it or leave it.

For Republicans Who Find It Hard To Hate When Murder's Not Enough

Hey- remember that gun massacre last week? The worst in modern US history? That was soooo last week, I reckon. It seems to have devolved into a discussion of the guns used since no one yet knows why the motherfucker sought to kill all those people. One of the retards on Fox & Friends actually said it was hard to hate the guy because there was no obvious reason to hate him like being Bin Laden or a "mutant living in the basement" like the Sandy Hook kid. Other than him murdering 58 people and wounding nearly 500 more, he seemed so normal. Well, to them, I guess. He's dead so, we might never know.

Without any manifesto to read, and without brown skin or Islamic religious convictions, most of the media is going with usual "mentally ill" explanation given to just about every white scumbag mass-murderer. Republicans are especially big on that. So big, in fact, that earlier this year they rescinded an Obama edict that mentally ill people NOT be allowed to own guns. There's that mentally ill interpretation of the Second Amendment that is so prevalent on the internet. NRA republicans think every American should have guns... until they can find a way to deny guns to black, brown and liberal Americans, that is. That 2A really is a double edged sword when it comes down to it. Who knew a vaguely worded amendment could be so troublesome 240 some years later?

I'm not sure what part of ...shall not be infringed that the GOP/NRA is suddenly forgetting but, they are suggesting that "bump-stocks" be infringed. It's surprising, at first, until you realize that it's what pundits these days call a "nothing burger". The ATF allowed one version of bump-stocks during Obama's terms, largely because they didn't want to fight the powerful NRA on that issue. Bump-stocks attach to a semi-automatic rifle and allow it to fire as if it were a full-auto machine gun. Serious gun owners scoff at them, considering them to be toys for less serious gun nuts who don't mind wasting expensive ammo while sacrificing accuracy. They are for the "hold my beer" crowd.

But, now we know they are also for murder. This asshole in Vegas had 10 or 12 of them. They are inexpensive and not reliable so, he was prepared with extras when one jammed. But, 400 yards away from a thick crowd of people, from an elevated position, we now know how effective they can be at killing and wounding human beings.

The NRA acknowledges this and, since it was an opportunity to blame Obama, they've seemingly agreed to not fight legislation against bump-stocks. Only the dumbest republicans would believe that the guy who they still believe spent 8 years trying to confiscate their guns, was OK with converting semi's to full-auto but, they believe what they are told to believe. Besides, their big concern now is making gun silencers 50 state legal and easily accessible for ALL (white?) Americans. That's been temporarily shelved until the Vegas massacre is completely out of the news cycle.

Ever notice how on the news after pretty much every shooting, witnesses note how they at first thought they were hearing fireworks? Evidently the NRA is tired of hearing that. They want quieter murders/massacres. They claim it's in the interest of protecting shooters hearing but, that's what fucking wearing hearing protection is for! If you're going to shoot guns, wear the headgear made for that, snowflake. If you happen to shoot it out with ISIS or bank robbers and have your gun handy but no earmuffs, tough it out. You'll be fine. I promise you. Yes, guns are loud. Yes, they sound like some fireworks. Imagine though, how asshole in Vegas's guns would have sounded from 400 yards away, with a concert going on- if his weapons had been silenced? Guntards on the 'net are quick to point out that silencers are "not like in the movies..." Some even note that they don't even work that well. Yep, it's not like the "pfffttt" in a James Bond film. Yes, fucktard, I know that. My question then is why do you need one then? If they don't work like the movies and it's simple to put on some earmuffs when shooting, why the nationwide push for legalization? 'Cause freedom?

Imagine being in the crowd that night in Vegas and not hearing something that sounded like fireworks. People are dropping all around you but, you don't know why. You'll figure it out as the blood starts flowing but, how many precious moments will pass while you figure it out and, will a silenced bullet find you before you do? However ineffective guntards may ironically claim silencers to be, the Vegas massacre was a perfect example of how effective they could have been. The question in the warped minds of NRA staffers might be, why didn't the shooter use silencers? What can they do to make them more popular? Well, that's what their *hearing protection bill* is about.

You want to hate somebody? Hate the fucking NRA. They don't hate you but, they fight every day to make it easier for someone to kill you. They don't mind losing customers to the products they shill because each death promotes more sales. Does a cycle get more vicious than that?

Sunday Night Cumming Attractions

A couple Sundays back, I was looking to watch John Oliver and a show on HBO about attractive black woman caught my eye. I believe it's called Insecure. I could check on that, I suppose. Anyway, on the show one of the gals wanted to surprise her new fella with a blowjob. FTR, Ladies- that's always a good surprise! You can't go wrong with that.

However, evidently he can. The happy ending didn't turn out so happy when the guy ejaculated on her face and in her eyes. Unless you are Sublime's wife, most women don't like that.

What caught my eye though, (see what I did there?) was how they managed to fake it so well without showing a boner. The actresses reaction was well done. I would imagine that even with rehearsals she was duly freaked out each time. Don't know what they used to simulate semen but, who really wants anything suddenly flung in their face?

This past Sunday I began watching The Deuce, also an HBO show. Set in the 70's in Manhattan, it's a story of pimps, whores and the beginnings of the NY mob's domination of the porn business. Good show! It's a tough look at life then as well as now. It will really make you reconsider the lives of those involved with prostitution and porn. Anybody with a cameraphone and genitals can be a porno star now but, back in the day, it was little more than a suburb of prostitution.

This brings us to the next cumshot. Maggie Gyllenhaal plays a streetwise hooker who, in the scene, is filling in for a friend shooting a scene in a porno. The rules of pornography in NYC (and most of the country then, I believe) meant no penetration could be shown. Kinda like HBO and Skinamax now, I reckon. They would have had to edit the hardcore parts back then for mainstream purchase and viewing, but keeping the penetration for more select customers willing to pay more. In the scene, Maggie plays a Viking maiden. Since her Viking male counterpart was a bit of a premature ejaculator, they had to fake the shot. They used cream of potato soup, shot from a turkey baster! This may answer how HBO did the money shot in Insecure. In The Deuce however, since it was a sort of behind-the-scenes look at how porn was done then, we see the basters and we see Maggie getting creamed- or rather, souped. It's funny how these things all come together and, I don't think I need to alert you to what I did there. Vichyssoise porn, I guess. But, served at room temperature.

Perspanktive

To put Hurricane Irma into perspanktive, my spankings only go as high as Category 3 (moderate to severe). Irma is a Category 5 (as of this writing) and may only *weaken* to 4. So, keep that in mind.

Now We Get The Rest Of The Story?

A little birdie alerted me to a thread on Topix where ol' punch, Sublime1, has been detailing the particulars of his on-going divorce. Kind of a surprise as, though he had highlighted trouble in paradise for years in the form of mutual adultery, he had never given a hint that either he or "Bambi" were unhappy in the marriage. Actually. he put their marriage on a pedestal atop a mountain, far above all other because of all that boot-knocking. 

So, not too surprised that infidelity (however sanctioned) led to divorce but, kinda surprised that it happened when they seemed so content with the whole show.

We here at The Ferrerman blog always took Sublime's lurid sexploits with a grain of salt. Life's kinda 50/50 but Topix life is much less of a coin flip than reality. We tended to look at Sub's tales as more Letters To Penthouse than True Confessions. Yes, people do commit adultery and couples do have open marriages and all that yada-yada stuff but, they also have jerkoff fantasies a la' the letters that they like to annoy others with and that makes it 50/50. Stuff either happens or it doesn't. The realty though is that if you pretend you and your spouse are out catting around, it's about as bad to say it as to actually do it. Your wife either is a tramp or you like people to think she is. I can't see a real distinction there of good/not good. 

This was a guy who delighted in reporting that the mother of his children liked him cumming in her face. Yikes. Never minding he'd go into possibly apocryphal stories of her (and his) trysts, that just seemed a bit more on the money. Or, on the money shot, as it were.

In all his stories though, there was never any gripes about her cooking, cleaning, child-raising or shopping habits. In fact, he was pretty damn laudatory of her wife and mother skills outside of the bedroom. Reading the current thread, I can hear the late Paul Harvey saying, "Now we get the rest of the story..." 

Bambi evidently sucked at the wifely duties. Who knew? Aside from 24/7 shopping, she had recently left a used tampon in the shower. Yikes but, he left it there for a full week. Why? How is that better?

People break up and fuss about odd things but, usually you've seen those things coming as they've been telegraphed in advance. If they broke up and cited marital infidelity folks would say, 'of course". Maybe their real world friends saw all this coming as they actually know them. But, who is to say he shared those intimate details IRL and only shared the sex stuff with imaginary people on the Internet? The Internet in general and Topix in particular is a place to be all that you can't be in real life. On line, Sub is convinced that people are convinced that he is a 5'7" middle-aged bald guy, desired by ALL women and that that is just the way it is. If you don't believe it, it's because you're jealous. How sad for you.

I've long viewed Sub as Trump Lite. He's the poor man's Donald Trump and, just as Trump is the poor man's idea of a rich guy, Sub is his own idea of an idiots' idea of what awesome is. I don't know that anyone on Topix buys Sub's shit but, he seems quite convinced that they do. Fooling one's self is the first order of business for a malignant narcissist. Once you accomplish that, obviously everyone else buys in.

It's tough to find honesty on a place like Topix where nearly everyone is good-looking and wealthy- more than YOU- but, you can read between the lines. Several years ago some of the remaining cast members of the Chicago Regulars met in Florida to validate themselves and their on-line personas in real life. The takeaway from those in attendance was that Sub was extremely shy and not at all like he portrayed himself on the threads. They weren't being mean, I don't think. I believe they were pleased that he wasn't the Type A asshole he played on the threads, that that was all just an act. They said he just pretty much sat there quietly, barely making eye contact with the others. That's not very Sub-like. not very sublime. Very telling though.

So, as they divorce, Bambi is out of the house and living with a buddy of Sub's and his wife. Sub reports she has a very strong devotion to the friend's wife. Well now, maybe there was something to those sexcapades stories after all? Or is that just what the Sub wants folks to believe? In the world of imaginary people, one never knows, does one?

Gullible-Americans

Well, this will Make America Great Again:

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/41209-republicans-in-several-states-are-lowering-the-minimum-wage-yes-you-read-that-right#14999532706841&action=collapse_widget&id=0&data=

Sigh. For the millionth time... If you can't afford to pay your employees even $10 an hour, you do not deserve to be in business! The difference between $10 per hour and $7.25 per hour (aside from being $2.75) is food on the motherfucking table and rent for shelter to workers. If you think your fucked up little company or your Walmart is operating on a thin margin, try working for $7.25 an hour knowing that *your* reps in your state house are plotting to take that away too. The GOP hates the Federal minimum too. They claim it "kills jobs". While eliminating the minimum wouldn't legalize slavery, you could sure see it from there. They are a few state legislatures away from calling for a constitutional convention. The kochsuckers that call themselves "strict constitutionalists" have a lot more problems with the constitution than anybody else. These are the same assholes who want to take away health insurance from 23 million Americans. The repeal and replace crowd is mostly going for tax cuts for the 400 or so wealthiest but, a huge selling point for this is destroying the legacy of the nation's first black president. Yeah, it's that but, don't kid yourself- it's the money. It is always the money. There are upwards of 330 million people in this country. By volume alone, this allows for tens of millions of idiots. Lots of just plain assholes too.

Whether it's Russian trolls, paid trolls or just the whores on Facebook, Twitter or Topix who give away despair and hatred for free, there is no shortage of Gullible-Americans willing to put party over country. I haven't worked for the minimum in decades so, no, it doesn't affect me. But, it effects me in that I have to live in a country that won't pay it's citizens a livable wage, uses government to enforce it, and works night and day to cut social services to AMERICANS because that "saves money"...

Saves who money? Well, the folks who already have the bulk of it. I say that because, as a non-attorney spokesferrer who knows a bit about math, when they cut taxes on the rich and increase military spending they have to get that money from someone else. That someone else is the rest of us. You may *save* several dollars off your federal tax bill when they cut off social services (hungry kids/old folks/etc.) but that means you now have several more dollars to spend on the military. That's fucking exactly how that works. Millions of Americans are too fucking stupid to figure that out and some of those are also just angry enough to feel: "Whatever- as long as loser poors are getting fucked hard, I don't care!"

We are not the greatest country in the world, despite what the brochures say. The country that claims that wouldn't exploit it's citizens like that or lie to them as ours does. In the six months that Trump has been in *power* our standing in the world has plummeted like never before. Even if you don't think he's Putin's bitch, much of the world does. Every civilized nation that has healthcare for it's peoples is aghast we don't have universal care and that we're working to eliminate the ACA. The richest/greatest country can't afford it? We're not smart enough to pull it off? If you buy that, you deserve to be Putin's bitch too. I don't. Do any of us?