Man in a green tutu and a woman with a painted handlebar mustache. Alert the Ministry of Vice and Virtue. Oh, the damage to the children at the festivities.
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Is being anti-woke a winner?
Maybe it is dying of hyperbole and silly overuse?
Party before Country 1980-Style
The history of the modern Republican Party putting its own interests ahead of the interests of the country goes back to at least 1980 when Ronald Reagan operatives travelled to the Middle East to PREVENT Iran from releasing the hostages before the November election. This has long been suspected and had been repeatedly denied. Now, one of the operatives directly involved has come clean and apologized to the dying President Carter.
If that article is paywalled, here is another . . .
Beyond disgraceful. Americans continued to be held hostage for months because the Republicans wanted to win an election.
Florida GOP strikes again!
It is a fact of life that many very young girls begin menstruation early. Even as young as 10 or 11. They are very much children, but can become pregnant if they behave ignorantly or are molested. When a child is capable of becoming pregnant, sex education is not only age-appropriate, it is vital. But not in MAGA world apparently.
The Florida GOP in its wisdom wants to add discussion of menstrual cycles and sexual health to its list of forbidden topics for school kids. Their bill to do so is so poorly crafted that it would make it illegal for young girls to discuss the subject amongst themselves. And God forbid that a teacher try to help a youngster by explaining why they are bleeding.
https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-bill-bans-young-girls-from-discussing-periods-school-2023-3
Why is there political advantage in propagating dangerous ignorance? Maybe some MAGA-Republican can explain the logic?
Trump Calls for Protests Over His Arrest
The writer makes a lot of sense, but I wouldn’t go as far as he does to dissuade people from attending a protest over Trump’s arrest. Biden and his cronies may want there to be protests, but I don’t think exploiting the event is a power play the Biden team can win.
I agree with Elon Musk: Persecution of Trump by federal authorities is likely to inspire Trump’s re-election. The corollary to that is the potential for sparking a civil war, should protesters be treated harshly. Either way, I believe most Americans will hate the situation more than the participants. Meaning, the Biden team will get the blame.
Here’s What Will Happen If Trump Is Arrested Next Week
In some ways this is a nothing story. The arrest may not happen and, in any case, there isn’t much one can usefully say about events that haven’t happened yet.
Still, it is probably best to not arrest a former president. Even if you believe in the pious cliche that “no one is above the law,” such an arrest will diminish the office. It would be like telling the world we are not a serious country; our most powerful people have no legitimacy.
It may be a core American value to regard our leaders as inherently unimportant — indeed, we may have appropriated this very notion from the indigenous peoples our European ancestors found so interesting (and vexing). But I don’t imagine that this is the way the rest of the world thinks. Should Donald Trump be arrested, Joe Biden and everyone who props him up will lose a little geopolitical stature.
Influencers and Subjective Value: They Have Something to Teach Us
If ever I thought about social media influencers at all, it probably was in a derogatory way, assuming them to be minor lights among Madison Avenue propagandists. The writer sees becoming an influencer as a viable, even lucrative career path with a solid, economic basis.
The Tyranny of DEI
It is not benign, it is a cancer on our society.
In the end, it may only be symbolic, but…
Arrest warrants being issued by the ICC is pretty significant in this tragedy. Those aren’t issued will-nilly.
“Cheap” Solar Costs More Than Offshore Wind?
This is curious. One wonders how a story like this could even happen.
Apparently, Dominion Energy Virginia can purchase electricity from multiple sources, but chooses the most expensive option. There is no evidence of foul play; just weird decision making.
I read the story as an example of insular government operating in a bubble that excludes the people it supposedly serves. The minor insanity of irrational environmentalism is surely a factor.
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