"The tribunal recently fined comedian Mike Ward $42,000 for telling a joke that some people found offensive."

This Comedian Was Fined $42,000 for Telling a Joke. His Response Was Perfect. - Hit & Run : Reason.com: "It's called the Human Rights Tribunal, but this Canadian government agency could easily be mistaken for the censorship-enforcement arm of an authoritarian country. The tribunal recently fined comedian Mike Ward $42,000 for telling a joke that some people found offensive. The joke concerned Jeremy Gabriel, a 19-year-old Canadian singer who suffers from Treacher Collins Syndrome, a debilitating disease. Ward's joke was that the constant media coverage of Gabriel overlooks the fact that "he was supposed to die… why isn't he dead yet?" Ward suggests that Gabriel "stole a wish" and is now, in fact, unkillable. When Gabriel's family heard about the joke, they called the Human Rights Tribunal, according to Spiked magazine. Ward then fought them in court, and lost. He has to pay a $42,000 fine: $35,000 to Gabriel, and $7,000 to Gabriel's mother. Ward told Spiked magazine that he's appealing the decision. He says that if he ultimately loses the case, he will "just move to Syria or Saudi Arabia or some other country the respects free speech as much as Canada does.""

Brickbat: Keep Quiet - Hit & Run : Reason.com: "A British court has sentenced Stephen Bennett to 12 months probation and 180 hours of community service for posting "grossly offensive" comments on a police website. Local media did not report what those comments were but said one was offensive to Asian women and one was offensive to Muslims."

Nice little business you've got here, be a shame if something happened to it.

The government always wants its cut.  And the vig is high.  Brickbat: No Room at the Inn - Hit & Run : Reason.com: "Scott Shatford is the first Airbnb host to be punished under Santa Monica, California's law banning short-term rentals. Shatford received $3,500 in fines and was sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty to eight misdemeanor counts of running a business without a license."

Everything which is not forbidden is allowed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: ""Everything which is not forbidden is allowed" is a constitutional principle of English law—an essential freedom of the ordinary citizen or subject. The converse principle—"everything which is not allowed is forbidden"—used to apply to public authorities, whose actions were limited to the powers explicitly granted to them by law."

Reading, Summer '16.

Double Play by Robert B. Parker
Becoming Holyfield: A Fighter's Journey by Evander Holyfield and Lee Gruenfeld
President Me: The America That's in My Head by Adam Carolla
Daddy, Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won't Be Getting by Adam Carolla
The Perdition Score: A Sandman Slim Novel by Richard Kadrey
Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance by Christopher McDougall
Not Taco Bell Material by Adam Carolla
Hot Naked Kittens: Stories by Delicious Tacos
Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit by Grant Petersen
Superfolks by Robert Mayer 
The Return of Moriarty: Sherlock Holmes' Nemesis Lives Again by John Gardner
Normal: A Novel by Warren Ellis

The Tithe Volume 2: Islamaphobia by Matt Hawkins & Rahsan Ekedal

Black Magick Volume 1: Awakening, Part One by Greg Rucka & Nicola Scott 

Postal Volume 2 by Matt Hawkins, Bryan Hill & Isaac Goodhart

Hercules: Still Going Strong Paperback by Dan Abnett & Luke Ross 
Secret Six Vol. 1: Friends in Low Places by Gail Simone, Ken Lashley & Dale Eaglesham
Grayson Vol. 3: Nemesis Paperback by Tom King, Tim Seeley, Mikel Janin & Jeromy Cox
The Legacy of Luther Strode Volume 3 by Justin Jordan, Felipe Sobreiro, Tradd Moore
Injection, Vol. 1 & 2 by Warren Ellis, Jordie Bellaire and Declan Shalvey 
The Totally Awesome Hulk Vol. 1: Cho Time by Greg Pak and Frank Cho

Training - "Probably Calves."

9/12 - bench, chins, db row, pushups, bridge

9/11 - stretch

9/10 - stretch

9/9 - deadlift, power cleans, stretch

9/8 - stretch

Enduring the Suck on the Road to Success - RossTraining.com: "...the fitness industry has really shifted its attention towards marketing an easier and faster way. Whatever it is that you want to achieve, there’s always going to be someone who promises an easier way to get there. That’s a mistake. Personally, I’d rather preach the truth. As I’ve said before, there is no fast or easy way to achieve anything worthwhile. Pushing yourself to the next level often requires that you become comfortable with the uncomfortable. In other words, you’ve got to eventually embrace the suck. You can’t always turn your back on things that are difficult or uncomfortable."

"Maybe, you will join me, in the fight to kill all polar bears."

"Do you find yourself at all skeptical that the U.S. can fix man made climate change? You've got some nerve on you there, apostate."

"...these are the stories we're sitting here covering?"

The poison of belief.

Wahhabism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Wahhabism (Arabic: الوهابية‎‎, al-Wahhābiya(h)) or Wahhabi mission (/wəˈhɑːbi, wɑː-/; Arabic: الدعوة الوهابية‎‎, ad-Da'wa al-Wahhābiya(h) ) is a religious movement or branch of Sunni Islam. It has been variously described as "ultraconservative", "austere", "fundamentalist", "puritanical" or "puritan and as an Islamic "reform movement" to restore "pure monotheistic worship" (tawhid) by scholars and advocates, and as an "extremist pseudo-Sunni movement" by opponents.Adherents often object to the term Wahhabi or Wahhabism as derogatory, and prefer to be called Salafi or muwahhid. The movement emphasises the principle of tawhid (the "uniqueness" and "unity" of God). Its principal influences include Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780–855) and Ibn Taymiyyah (1263–1328)."

“Trainers tell us that people often respond to compulsory courses with anger and resistance..."

You don't say?  Study: Diversity Programs Harm Women And Racial Minorities | The Daily Caller: "“But five years after instituting required training for managers, companies saw no improvement in the proportion of white women, black men, and Hispanics in management, and the share of black women actually decreased by 9%, on average, while the ranks of Asian-American men and women shrank by 4% to 5%,” the authors note. “Trainers tell us that people often respond to compulsory courses with anger and resistance—and many participants actually report more animosity toward other groups afterward.”"

"Once gender parity became the criterion for equality, group achievement rather than equal protection became the goal."

Where feminism went wrong | Washington Examiner: ""The dilemma for contemporary feminists is that although American women have gradually overcome the formal legal and informal cultural barriers that previously prevented them from participating in certain occupations and professions, this achievement has not led to statistical parity between the sexes in all areas of social, economic, and political life...

"The conviction that behavioral characteristics typically associated with females and males result entirely from arbitrary social and cultural norms and that true equality will manifest itself in statistical parity has had a dramatic influence on contemporary feminists' understanding of rights and the role of government in protecting rights," Villegas wrote. "Once gender parity became the criterion for equality, group achievement rather than equal protection of individual rights and opportunity became the goal." This is in contrast to first-wave feminists, Villegas wrote, who referred to the Constitution in their bid for equal rights. They also approached their movement from a limited-government stance."

Training - "...tell them you want to "go in with a fist of hate."

9/7 - press, chins, dips, pike pushups, speed bag, sauna, stretch

9/6 - stretch

9/5 - squats, chins, lunge, box jumps, knee raises, bench pistols, stretch

9/4 - stretch

9/3 - stretch

9/2 - bench, chins, inverted row, pushups, bridge, speed bag, stretch

9/1 - stretch

The Walk-On – Jim Wendler: "That part of your life is done, and if they want to "go out with a bang," tell them you want to "go in with a fist of hate." People may see this as cold. I see this as part of achieving your greatness...

If possible, have someone in your life that won't coddle you, but call you out on your bullshit. Whenever I faltered from this attitude my father set me straight.  Complained about school? Suck it up and study.  The coaches won't look at me? Quit crying and get better.  I don't like my job! Change your attitude or quit and do your own thing.  I don't make enough money! Find a way to make more. People tell me I'm too blunt and "mean" when I answer training questions. Be happy it's not my father answering them...

While at Arizona, the walk-ons had a separate locker room. Old school cage lockers stuck inside a utility room/boiler room/storage room. When one of us got called up to the Big Locker Room, we were all happy for him (there's a huge sense of camaraderie amongst walk-ons), but we couldn't help but be a little jealous. If you weren't, you didn't have the right attitude. There's an old saying, "Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser." Instead of bitching about it and pouting, most of us put our heads down and worked harder – that's how you properly channel setbacks and challenges. You're either a man of action or a bitch...

And when practice is over, the rest of the team goes for the Team Meal while you trek back to your room for ramen noodles and RC Cola. You couldn't feel less a part of the team at this point. But that's the way the world works, and something very valuable I learned from all this is that you don't get treated fairly, nor should you. The idea of fairness is a ridiculous notion – if you have something to offer then you should be treated as such. If you're a scrub in life, don't expect to be treated like someone that has value...

There are two kinds of people in the world: the ones that protest and complain and want fairness despite never having earned it, and the ones that fight their asses off to be important and make a contribution. You have to earn the right to be treated fair. The people that have a problem with that are the scrubs. If you take one thing from this article, let that be it."

Training - "...the pounds aren’t stubborn. You are."

8/31 - power clean, deadlift, situps, backxt, speed bag, stretch, sauna

8/30 - stretch

8/29 - press, chins, dips, pike pushups, stretch

8/28 - stretch

8/27 - stretch

8/26 - squats, knee raise, stretch

8/25 - stretch

Jessie Graff is amazing.

flipsidemd submitted: Sometimes you gotta look...: "Sometimes you gotta look yourself in the eye and realize the pounds aren’t stubborn. You are. People ask all the time about what workouts to do and what to eat when really the question should be focused on the thought process. How do you think? Are you consumed by reasons (excuses) holding you back or focused on the discipline to move forward. If you’re looking for a quick fix your mind is not in the right place. Pay the cost of commitment and effort. When I started I literally would begin to breathe heavy after just 10 jumping jacks. 10! I couldn’t even run down the block let alone around the block. I could barely get through warmups without taking a breather…and the crazy part? 

Back then I would have told you I was in “decent” shape. Looking back now I was far from decent shape and that was confirmed through bloodwork. My mindset in these pictures are the same. Just took my body time to catch up. Because literally the moment you make that decision. really make that decision. You’ve already made it. When you change the way you talk to yourself your habits change. You change. Seeing that shift and being part of the process as a Coach is one of the most fulfilling endeavors I have been a part of. It’s great to be front row for the show. Even better when they join me for events. I’ve seen close to 60 folk to and through their first Tough Mudders, Spartan Races, and Goruck Challenges. No one wants to go play at Worlds Toughest Mudder though…what’s up with that? It’s a happy place people. Happy place! Lol."

Training.

8/24 - bench, chins, pushups, bridge, speed bag, stretch, sauna

8/23 - stretch

8/22 - power cleans, deadlifts, situps, backxt, stretch

8/21 - stretch

Anarchy.

Khaaaaaaan!

A Few Hundred Shots Of Wizard World Chicago Cosplay. And Yes, Some Of Them Are Wizard - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News:

"When you see regret in a man's eyes, it's fucking painful."

Regret is Poison - Gary Vaynerchuk - RossTraining.com: "As an old saying suggests, growing older is a privilege denied to many. Therefore, the next time you see someone who has been fortunate enough to experience that privilege, take a moment to listen and learn from them. Ask them if there is anything they regret. More often than not, they will share regrets over something they didn’t do, rather than something they did. Take that message to heart so that if someone someday asks you the same, you can answer by saying you did everything that you wanted to do. That’s all the motivation I’ll ever need to wake up and grind each day. "