@deathcow. It was a Canadian flag of course.

edit: A Canadian flag raised on a barber pole!

This song would have fit in perfectly with Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber

Nothings gunna stop us now.... from making yummy pies.

I lucked out. Went/going bald, but my head is decently shaped.

The biggest downside is there's now only 1 hairstyle I will ever have. That's kind of an upside, too. I haven't gone to the barber in like, 6 years.

@chilaxe, I never know if you are serious or trolling, but since you admire Cain so much, perhaps it would interest you to know that you would also consider his parents low class and not well educated, who worked 'cognitively simplistic' jobs:

Herman Cain was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Lenora Davis Cain, a cleaning woman and domestic worker, and Luther Cain, Jr., who was raised on a farm and worked as a barber and janitor, as well as a chauffeur for Coca-Cola Company president Robert W. Woodruff. Cain has said that as he was growing up, his family was "poor but happy." Cain related that his mother taught him about her belief that "success was not a function of what you start out with materially, but what you start out with spiritually". His father worked three jobs to own his own home — something he achieved during Cain's childhood — and to see his two sons graduate.

Also, the uploader is obviously in the Air Force, so he must have at least graduated from high school.

I'm a woman. Who doesn't like aftershave on her men. And has dated her share of hippies back in the day....


>> ^sme4r:

"I wonder if he really needs all that help. Metrosexual is a mixed signal, yeah?"
I bet you see a barber every now and then, right?

"I wonder if he really needs all that help. Metrosexual is a mixed signal, yeah?"

I bet you see a barber every now and then, right?

>> ^Barbar:

Dystopianfuturetoday:
I'm not looking to debate anything here, I'm just curious as to your reasoning for considering Hitchens as an (at least) one time neo-con. What information led you to this opinion? As it seems distinctly opposed to what I've read in his memoirs and other writings.


ill answer for ya @Barber
hitchens was all for the iraq war and went even as far as to say waterboarding was not only NOT torture but necessary.
in his defense he did step down from both those positions.it should also be noted that hitchens actually allowed himself to be waterboarded and immediately (and i do mean immediately) changed his position that waterboarding was most certainly torture.which to me was a tribute to this mans intelligence.a true believer would never change his ideology but the intelligent person,when confronted with incontrovertible evidence,will change.

one final note @Enzoblue
neo-conservatism was anything BUT conservative.the neo-conservative philosophy began in the 1940's by leon strauss from the university of chicago.the basic premise is to use america's military might to secure american interests globally.this small fringe group of intellectuals had very little influence until the late 70's when they co-opted the christian right for their cause.

and so began the conflation of the christian right and american nationalism in the form of the republican party.
oh the delicious irony.

so when you say "old school neoconservative" what you are really referring to is the time the neo-cons had minimal influence (still there though) rumsfeld and cheney being big players during the reagan administration.which of course was made possible by the christian rights entering the political sphere (up till then most churches stayed out of politics).these same players brought in their fellow neo-cons during the bush administration and that administration read like a who's-who of prominent neocons:rumsfeld,cheny,pearl,wolfowitz,amratige,addington,woo.the list is massive.
so it wasnt so much about a change in philosophy but rather this fringe group (catapulted by the naive christian right) as having come into their own in terms of power and influence.

and all i have to say to that merry bunch of fucks is: THANKS DICKHEADS.

>> ^geo321:

She's great. promote


You're great!

Out of all the things in that, the final cinema was by far the best. That look of being an actual brick building, like it'd been there forever... what an awesome idea!

They need to have a small street of buildings that looks like the 1940s or something next year, all just as solid and real looking as that one, that'd just be fantastic. A speakeasy, a barber shop etc.

>> ^rottenseed:

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^rottenseed:
Your birth channel?>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^rottenseed:
shut up dannychannel>> ^dannym3141:
Is there a good reason why people name themselves "channel"?


You can kiss the darkest part of my channel


Wtf are we talking about again?



Needs more channel in that name

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake>> ^dannym3141:

>> ^rottenseed:
Your birth channel?>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^rottenseed:
shut up dannychannel>> ^dannym3141:
Is there a good reason why people name themselves "channel"?


You can kiss the darkest part of my channel


Wtf are we talking about again?

You asked a lot of questions, @dystopianfuturetoday. Let's jump in.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Underregulated markets in early America resulted in slavery, child labor, monopolies, labor abuse and the great depression. Why should we want to return to those dark days?

Patently false. Slavery was held over from early British rule. And a lot of industrialized nations followed the same trend of slavery and child labor, but that's more endemic of the path of civilization than free markets. To think child labor or slavery would come back to the US if we deregulated the markets is ridiculous.

The great depression was prolonged by government. In fact, our recession has lasted longer already than the great depression. Thanks Bush and Obama.

And monopolies? How about government monopolies on the postal system? Public utilities and railroads used to be public, but recent years have been privatized. Government runs monopolies on alcoholic and controlled substance distribution in a lot of states. And don't get me started on government granted monopolies.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Deregulation and privatization always seem to result in massive unemployment, economic inequity, inflation and corruption. Is this the desired effect?

I had to reread that a couple times. Always results in massive unemployment? Where has that happened once in history? Regulations have lead to less employment, because less people can create jobs. If you want to open a florist in some states, you must pay several grand to take a test and get a license. Or be a barber. And so on. Regulations kill employment opportunity.

And inflation is caused mainly by growing the money supply. And you have the central bank system and the government to thank for that.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

There is no evidence to suggest a libertarian society would function at all. Why should I join you on blind faith?

There was no evidence to suggest an individualist society would work prior to the US. Good thing they took a chance.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Why do corporations fund your movement? What do they have to gain out of supporting your cause?

What movement is that exactly? Not too many corporations are really for a free market. A free market would add unwanted competition that would decrease their profits. But I take it you meant the Koch brothers supporting CATO? That's hardly my movement.

But for every one corporation you find in favor of Libertarianism, I can find you twenty against it.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Why does this American version of libertarianism require absolute fealty to market capitalism? Doesn't that kind of totalitarianism go against the concept of liberty?

If you mean the Libertarian Party, then they're acting in accord with capitalism just as Democrats and Republicans are. Because that's the current economic system. You want a better system? Then offer one up... oh, oops, you can't because we're not allowed those kinds of freedoms in this society, are we? It's the US Dollar or else.

For those of us who are libertarian in name (not party), it doesn't have to be capitalism. It doesn't have to be money. It just has to be voluntary.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Why is it that violence, blackmail and intimidation seem to be the primary ways of bringing these kinds of free market changes to other countries around the world? Liberty at the butt of a gun?

Interesting choice of words. The only group that tends to use violence to coerce people into doing what they want is government. Only a statist can conflate freedom with violence.

I doubt adoption of free markets is primarily done at the butt of the gun. I think you're alluding to Friedman and Chile. I doubt Friedman lead an army of Libertarians through Chile, but I know he was consulted regarding their economy. And according to wikipedia, today "Chile is ranked 3rd out of 29 countries in the Americas and has been a regional leader for over a decade. Chile's annual GDP growth was 3.2% in 2008 and has averaged 4.8% from 2004 to 2008." Not too shabby, though people like Neomi Klein may disagree.

But, to get back to your question, I don't know of any Libertarians that want to "bring" free markets to other countries; they just want to be able to freely provide for themselves and their families without other people telling them how to do it. Again, why not use your power of perception to look at the countless acts of violence perpetrated on the people by their government. And Chile is no different.

Counterpoint:

Aesthetics is 'a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, esp. in art.' It's typically undervalued in a capitalist society and a lot of times never goes beyond a niche market, which is odd since so many decry the 'McDonaldization' of society (and why diss McDonald's?--they exist precisely because they DO give a sh-t about their customers).

Shaving with a straight razor can be considered an art form. It's also an experience unto itself to be shaved by a pro with such an implement. You can buy machines that heat up lather at home but they never quite do it as well as the one at the shop. Also, the act of sitting prone in a chair while a stranger holds a blade to your throat is quite an impressive act of trust. There could be all the barber licenses in the world on the wall as well as a cop holding a gun on the barber...and he can still cut your throat before he's shot.

I dislike the trend to ban masculinity from society. Women are many things but (thank ye gods) they are not men. The idea of the 'man cave' is an insult when the entire home used to be a man's castle.