Tell the FDA their Draft Guidance on NDIs is Bad for Consumers

On July 1, the US Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance for complying with the New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) notification protocols required by the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA)—seventeen years late.

The biggest problem is that this guidance will create such huge barriers for supplement manufacturers that it will be much more difficult and expensive to produce them. But of course, that means consumers would either have to pay much more for nutritional supplements, or else risk not being able to buy them at all if the manufacturer deems them too expensive to produce.

No, we don't need more government control regarding the things we put in our bodies that actually help us, especially when they the FDA allows dangerous drugs like Ciprofloxacin on the market unchecked.

Sign the petition against this foolishness here.

Men, don't sleep on the couch

I think a lot of guys have been brainwashed by the media that in a heterosexual relationship with cohabitation, they should be the one to "sleep on the couch" if there is an unresolved argument of some sort, even if the woman is at fault.

Fuck that, and fuck the media for bombarding us with shit like this that makes us think it's noble to be a doormat for a woman.

First of all, there's no reason anyone need sleep on the couch. A queen size bed has more than enough room for two people to sleep in it without touching, if an argument leaves you feeling icky at the thought of cuddling with the other person.

Second, if anyone's going to sleep on the couch, it's not going to be me, it's going to be her. It's my bed, and like I already said there's no reason anyone needs to sleep on the couch. If she doesn't like it, she can sleep on the couch or get the fuck out.

It's especially important not to bend your will to a woman by sleeping on the couch when you know she is in the wrong. Giving into her in this way only rewards bad behavior and will encourage more disharmony in your relationship as she tries to see how much she can get away with. She will also lose more and more respect for you because nobody likes someone who doesn't stand up for themselves, especially when it's a man.

Adolescence is bullshit

From a comment at Inmalafide:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200703/trashing-teens

This guy wrote a book about how artificial a category “adolescence” is, and how treating people who have gone through puberty as if they are still children leads to all sorts of unintended consequences that have huge ramifications for the rest of society, i.e. more violence, isolating teens into a peer culture away from adults, laws preventing teens from taking any responsibility, sometimes into their 20s. I think of how miserable I was in high school, and a lot of what this guy says reflected my own alienation at that time…anyway, it will make you think about what kind of society you want to create for yourself as you get older.

Drug abuse is a symptom of our society's dysfunction, not a cause

http://www.inmalafide.com/blog/2011/05/09/the-true-nature-of-drug-abuse/

The second is that drug abuse is a symptom of our society’s dysfunction, not a cause. While there will always be a minority of addicts in any population, widespread substance abuse is due to the fact that reality for most people is so awful that they’d rather construct their own artificial realities with the aid of illicit substances. Spare me the lectures about how our quality of life is higher than our parents’ generation – the truth is that most people are aimless, lost and unsatisfied with their lives. For a populace with no purpose for living, no hope for having good friends or a meaningful job or a significant other to love, any reality is better than the one they’re condemned to. Basically, those who become addicted to alcohol, or marijuana, or heroin are addicted for the same reasons that people get addicted to Facebook, or World of Warcraft, or playing Angry Birds on their iPhones – reality avoidance.

His experiences with misandry

From The Ignored Gender:

http://www.youtube.com/user/theignoredgender#p/u/1/dnEp97oV-BM

Finally watched this, quite amusing - Women cheat, men blamed

http://avoiceformen.com/2011/07/05/women-cheat-men-blamed/

More Doug Stanhope

Summary: We are NOT free. Liberty is dead.

"You want to fix the Pledge of Allegiance, put a disclaimer at the end: With liberty and justice for all (must be 18, void where prohibited, some restrictions may apply, not available in all states)."

And many more quips about government intrusion into our lives.

He also mentions the power of jury nullification, such as in cases of non-violent crimes and .09 BAC DUIs. Bravo.

"You're not free. You need a diploma in this country to cut hair." And it gets better.

Thanks again Tony.

edit: More on freedom from Remorhaz at Inmalafide:

I was born in America and lived there 38 years and now live in Asia. China is better than America. Japan is better than America. Thailand, Cambodia and even Laos are better than America and so is South Korea. Can’t speak for India. People who think America is the shit are usually poorly traveled and/or do not know what freedom is and deliberately wish remain ignorant and stupid (hint: freedom isn’t getting groped by morbidly obese TSA types). Funny that I have never had to endure those TSA monsters anywhere but the “land of the free”. America sucks and needs to die with whatever pieces that come out hopefully making it a great place again. Throw a dart at world map and chances are the place the dart hits is freer in real terms than is the U.S. provided you actually define freedom as being able to mind your own fucking business without constant interference by government types.

Nominations for persons of the day

My nominations for persons of the day after a few hours at the driver's license office in Austin, TX:

- Obese women who sit next to you and brush up against you until you move then giggle as their friend takes your now open spot.

- Government officials who provide insufficient funding for drivers license offices, with an outrageous shortage of parking, resulting in long waits and inability to park.

- Greedy landlords who tow cars in nearly empty parking lots with insufficient signage.

- Greedy towing company owners who charge exhorbitant fees and are perfectly willing to tow whomever they can get away with.

Selfishness and greed are humanity's strong suits. This is not a world for honorable, decent men.

Yes, I made a mistake by parking where I parked, but I didn't see the sign and I wasn't hurting anyone's business because the parking lot was nigh empty. If the government provided enough driver's license offices with sufficient parking or made renewal easier and less frequent I wouldn't have had to park down the street in the first place, of course. And if anyone - the landlord, the employee who saw my car, or the person who towed my car - had some fucking common decency I wouldn't be over $200 poorer.

Bravo, you got me, a naive soul in an unfamiliar neighborhood just trying to get his fucking driver's license. Congratulations, and I hope you enjoy your soon-to-be-worthless cash payment, because the dollar won't be worth shit in a few years.

Lesson learned. Compassion is dead. Near everyone will screw you over to fill their own fucking pockets and save their own asses, from the government pigs who spend money on misandry and getting rich rather than providing a functioning government service, to the employee who calls in a tow on a car in an empty parking lot to save his own ass and the people doing the unscrupulous towing.

I'll remember this when the shit hits the fan (the coming collapse). Don't think I'll stand idly by then while you try to screw me over, 99% of you bastards. I may be just a complainer and a bit of an activist today, but in a different world where evil bastards aren't protected by the government, I won't sit quietly by. And there are a lot of others like me out there.

Thank you for the lesson. It was a much needed reminder of why things are bad- human beings are generally rotten.

As I suppose is expected, the reviews for Austin Express Towing aren't very good, but it does confirm their unscrupulousness and that of the business owners who contract with them: http://www.yelp.com/biz/austin-express-towing-austin-2

Seems like J & J Towing is even worse based on these reviews: http://www.yelp.com/biz/j-and-j-towing-austin-2 Here's a quotation from a gal named Micaela:

This morning now marks the FOURTH time these criminals have towed my car illegally. ILLEGALLY. But what am I to do? They hide behind the law, but in reality what they have done to me is grand theft auto.

Anyway, yes, I made a mistake. But:

1- The government fucked up in the first place and contributed to my need to park in that spot.

2- The cost for my "infraction" is far too steep.

3- You shouldn't be able to move someone else's car that's been there for half an hour if it's not causing a serious immediate problem or harming your business. It's theft and extortion, and it's wrong.

In the wild west this type of shit would be settled with guns. You take a guy's horse because he left it tied to your tree out in the middle of nowhere for 15 minutes and someone's going to get shot. And nobody will be dusting for fingerprints.

More of Micaela's thoughts from her yelp review:

I wish there was something I could do to shut them down.. But know this, if ever there is an arson fire at J&J.. it was me.

Soon I think there's going to be a lot of people breaking bad against the assholes of the world:

It's not ADD, I'm fucking THINKING

Doug Stanhope on how boring and sedated we've become, and drugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbVhbQPblNY

Thanks to Tony for the link.

Misandry kills (thanks government/media)

Misandry and feminism kill many innocents, including men, women, and children. From the families it has destroyed, to the war deaths it has caused, to the men who have committed suicide after losing their livehihoods, to the children growing up in single mom homes leading to a life of crime, and the men and women who are victims of hostility from the opposite sex due to feminism's gender war.

So government/media, please shut the fuck up about tobacco deaths (so you can tax smokers and fill your pockets), drunk driving deaths (rare as hell compared to death's from misandry, and it's not really "drunk"/impaired driving anymore, it's "the cops are going to try to nail you in any way they can whether you're impaired or not" driving), and pretty much anything else until you pay attention to the greatest problem the western world faces.

Misandry.

I don't want to hear another fucking word about Casey Anthony unless it's an analysis of the reasons why a woman very likely just got away with murdering a child and falsely accusing her father and brother of child sexual abuse, highlighting the chivalry and misandry still present in the American courts.

I rarely pay attention to the mainstream media these days because they continue to babble on incessantly about meaningless drivel while ignoring the real fucking problems. And that's just the way the government likes it - keeping us ignorant and easy to control.

Poor DSK

Perpetual false rape claims keep a man in jail and out of power. That's the "justice" system today.

Relationship Advice for Men or How to Find and Keep a Good Woman

This article is intended as an introduction for western men on how to find and keep a good western woman.

First of all, you have to understand that a great deal of western women are not good relationship material - many are extremely selfish and dysfunctional, and it's because our culture has reinforced these traits in women. If you disagree with this you are in denial and I suggest you wake up if you ever want a happy life with a woman.

With so many women today being unfit for relationships, it's difficult for men to find a good woman, and men are in danger of settling for a woman who is "good enough". This is extremely dangerous, especially when these men start thinking about marriage.

Why? Because marriage is not what it used to be. In traditional marriage, divorce was extremely rare. Nowadays, half of all marriages will end in divorce, and the vast majority of the time the divorce is filed by the wife. It's called Marriage 2.0.

In summary, modern marriage is a raw deal for men, and a great way to end up destitute and not allowed to see your children.

However, there are some things you can do to avoid a terrible outcome.

Option 1: Avoid marriage altogether. If you wish, have sex with women, but don't settle down. "Game" will help in being successful with women as well as protecting yourself. Roissy is a great source for "Game" information. Although you avoid the pitfalls of marriage with this choice, there are still many dangers, such as the risk of false rape accusations, which can happen to anyone.

I'm not a big fan of this choice because I've grown bored of casual sex, I don't like catering to women to get them to like me, and the risks of pregnancy and false rape accusations are very real.

Also, a lot of men want children someday, and the standard way of doing this is through a monogamous relationship with a woman. (Though this isn't the only way.)

Option 2, and this is the most important section of this article if you want a lasting relationship with a woman: a) Choose a good woman and b) know how to keep her. Men today haven't generally been taught either of these things. We're told that women are sugar and spice and everything nice, and that if a relationship fails it's always our fault; we are not taught how to spot or avoid bad women. In addition, the media and society tell us to be nice, subservient boys who cater to women's every wish, and women will love us - but this is not at all what women want in a man.

Just look at almost every teen dramatic comedy - some insecure, overly romantic guy confesses his true feelings to an aloof popular girl and she magically falls in love with him over time. In the real world, the snotty princess leads the insecure guy on while she has sex with the quarterback. And guess what, the media isn't doing young men any good by teaching them that they ought to pursue snotty princesses in the first place, because they don't make for good women.

One of my favorite articles on how to find and keep a good woman is Avoiding the Fate of the Average Married Chump by Hawaiian Libertarian. If you read nothing else, read this article.

And here is a good article from Dalrock regarding "gaming" your wife, as well as a set of questions you should ask any prospective wife.

I realize that I've left out a key component in Option 2: In order to keep a good woman you must "get" her in the first place. If you aren't naturally good with women, you'd be wise to educate yourself on how they tick, and that means reading up on "Game" and evolutionary psychology. I linked Roissy above, and I'll recommend him again. Also, here is an introduction to "Game": Men's Liberation Through "Game" by Delusion Damage, and a reading list to get you started: Mailbag: The Literary Canon of Game by Ferdinand Bardamu. If you're already married or in a long term relationship (LTR), try Married Man Sex Life.

A century ago, when the divorce rate was less than 5%, it may have been enough for a man to simply have a job and be a good man, in order to keep a wife. Today, things have changed so drastically that if you don't have LTR game, you are opening yourself up to a world of hurt.

I will do an article on "Game" (and its flaws) in the future.

Finally, here are some of the things I've gleaned from these articles and my own experiences, regarding finding a good woman.

Things to think about when evaluating a woman for a long term relationship:

- How does she treat family? She will treat you this way in the long run.

- What's her relationship like with her father? If it's not good, neither are your chances for a good relationship with her. Also examine the relationship between her mother and father.

- How does she treat service people? She will treat you the same.

- If you were to lose your job and become a cripple, would she stay with you through it all and support you? Would you do the same for her?

- How many sexual partners has she had? 0 before you? "Only" 25% chance of divorce. 1 before you? 50% chance of divorce. 16 before you? 80% chance of divorce. Source.

- What are her friends like? Do they complain about their men all the time? Do they go out to get drunk all the time? She will very likely become her friends, especially if she defends their behavior.

Now, for anyone who reads this and still thinks the best way to find a good woman is to look for the first moderately interesting woman who talks to you and then cater to her every whim and beg for her attention, here is a guide for you.

Dr. Paul on the "bitch double standard"

http://www.avoiceformen.com/2011/07/01/dr-paul-on-the-bitch-double-standard/

DSK is innocent of rape (as was obvious from the get-go to anyone who doesn't automatically believe rape liars)

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is Innocent, and Nafissatou Diallo is a Liar!

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's innocence was obvious to me from the beginning because the rape liar's story made no sense at all.

It was obvious to several others as well, but far too few. Another reason thing are so bad? Because most people believe even obvious rape liars like Nafissatou Diallo.

Also see the Dominique Strauss-Kahn Round-Up at FRS, including a link to an article at the Wall Street Journal victim-blaming DSK. Here's a quote from the WSJ article:

People like Dominique Strauss-Kahn or Anthony Weiner, who want to skate along the edge of responsibility to the public they serve and the excitements of private temptation, should probably retire to private life where they can take their chances with nothing more than private reputation.

Tell Congress to oppose the "Ten Strikes" bill

http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/ten_strikes/