I honestly don’t know where to post this.

JohnInCarolina

Good Lord

http://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1646270677882916864?s=20

lousubcap

The sad part of this is that sort of thought process has been around for a long time . With the constant need for attention and the 24/7 news cycle the reach is no longer just the local capital newspaper...

nolaegghead

Before modern medicine (widely accepted as starting in the 1600s), mortality rates were much higher and it was essential to get a head start creating more workers for the family unit as early as possible for the bloodline to have the highest odds of survival.

lousubcap

nolaegghead said:

Before modern medicine (widely accepted as starting in the 1600s), mortality rates were much higher and it was essential to get a head start creating more workers for the family unit as early as possible for the bloodline to have the highest odds of survival.

When incest became all the rage!    With no endpoint in sight!

nolaegghead

Romeo and Juliet were written as 16 and 13 years old kids, respectively.  

No surprise religion typically drives the age down whereas in the secular world sociologists and psychologists shoot for a much higher age.   And there are cultures where history is the driving force.

modern pr0n is like 50% incest fantasy (according to John 🤪), I would never watch it! 😜

HeavyG

Prior to about 1900 the age of consent for marriage in most US states was 10 or 12 years of age. Shocking to our contemporary sensibilities but it seems the theocrats want everything to be biblical so - marriage at the start of puberty it is.

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead

Too bad Fox viewers will never know...their news bubble his highly moderated.

nolaegghead

(but I think they already know about all the "cousin f*ckers" in their camp, and, to many, "cousin f*ckers" is a bit tasteless whereas everyone knows "second cousin f*ckers" is the true path)

kl8ton

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/world/children-cat-killing-contest-new-zealand-intl-hnk/index.html

nolaegghead

kl8ton said:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/world/children-cat-killing-contest-new-zealand-intl-hnk/index.html

I’m totally behind culling feral cats but a kid contest to see who can shoot the most seems a bit tone deaf, and the friendly fire problems inevitable.  

What could possibly go wrong?

JohnInCarolina

http://twitter.com/nypost/status/1649803318837886976?s=20

JohnInCarolina

http://twitter.com/daviddoel/status/1650138206262681600?s=20

lousubcap

I am not (and never have been) on twitter so I get all my twitter feeds here, overwhelmingly from @JohnInCarolina.  And I am thankful.  Some creative talent on that platform.  FWIW-

JohnInCarolina

lousubcap said:

I am not (and never have been) on twitter so I get all my twitter feeds here, overwhelmingly from @JohnInCarolina.  And I am thankful.  Some creative talent on that platform.  FWIW-

This one’s for you, Frank:

http://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1650205603497758720?s=20

JohnInCarolina

http://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee/status/1650312411524497410?s=20

That’s actually not a parody.  Sarah Huckabee Sanders had it made and thought it was a good idea to tweet out. 😂

Botch

     

HeavyG

I was sure that was going to end up being a parody in the mold of "real men of genius" ads from a while back but you're right - it's for real. LMAO

Does fit tho as a "Real Women of "Genius"" campaign.

nolaegghead

She’s trying so hard to virtue signal to her tribe all the while promoting beer drinking?

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

She’s trying so hard to virtue signal to her tribe all the while promoting beer drinking?

She is and always has been something of an odd duck.

nolaegghead

Probably her brief exposure to Beyoncé just ruined her like her dad said - happens all the time.

CPFC1905

CPFC1905 said:

Here you go @JohnInCarolina
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11968835/Joe-Biden-gushes-heart-Dublin-amid-unionist-anger.html

You might not be able to access the story,  which will be a blessing because it's in the Daily Mail that is the dog-whistle outlet for the passive aggressive, massively judgmental right wing masses.  Ah, bless them. 

Summary,  

• Uncle Joe pops over and has not said lovely things about England (not Britain, this is the Daily Mail, and England - specifically the bit around London is Britain)
• UJ accepts a shamrock from Irish rugby player who is theoretically  genetically linked to him, but UJ is cyborg right?
• UJ confuses 'All Blacks' the Kiwi all conquering rugby-ists with the Black & Tans.  Well, they are very very different my friend.
• UJ remarks upon beating the Black & Tans.
• The Black & Tans were a 'special' police unit deployed by the Brits to Ireland to quell the IRA insurrection a 100 years ago.  And hence much folklore and seething sentiment was launched.

Too much to unpack here about Ireland, but despite 25 years of 'peace' Northern Ireland remains combustible.  Bloody Brexit merely adding fuel. 

Exciting times ahead, lads.
I see Ireland's greatest export is having another go at being C-in-C.  You've got admire his optimism - and I don't mean the negative poll situation. 
And your other chap, the rather confident sort who advocated bleach for China Flu, he's having a tilt as well, right?  Assuming his mounting volume of trial dates don't clash.

lousubcap

The collective "we" are totally hosed if the final lineup is as expected.  But always remember, "ABC-Anybody But CHEETO!"

JohnInCarolina

right-wingers have lost their minds, version 1478:

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/arts-culture-news/2023/04/27/450282/houston-area-schools-scrap-field-trips-to-see-james-and-the-giant-peach-over-concerns-about-cross-gender-casting-at-main-street-theater/

Legume

JohnInCarolina said:

right-wingers have lost their minds, version 1478:

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/arts-culture-news/2023/04/27/450282/houston-area-schools-scrap-field-trips-to-see-james-and-the-giant-peach-over-concerns-about-cross-gender-casting-at-main-street-theater/

Good lord, there are some people out there that are afraid of their own shadow and were probably too sheltered as kids, so the cycle continues.  Anyone see Peter Pan as a kid?  Almost always female playing the part.

from the article:

Fewer than eight actors portray a total of 20 characters in "James and the Giant Peach," according to Udden, who said some play both male and female roles. Cross-gender casting is a common, longstanding practice at both Main Street Theater and in theater in general, she said.

"Except for a few characters in the show, they're all insects for heaven's sake. They're not even people," Udden said. "Every theater in the world has men playing women and women playing men. It's just part of the tradition. This is certainly blown out of context."

paqman

❄️ 

HeavyG

Legume said:

JohnInCarolina said:

right-wingers have lost their minds, version 1478:

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/arts-culture-news/2023/04/27/450282/houston-area-schools-scrap-field-trips-to-see-james-and-the-giant-peach-over-concerns-about-cross-gender-casting-at-main-street-theater/

Good lord, there are some people out there that are afraid of their own shadow and were probably too sheltered as kids, so the cycle continues.  Anyone see Peter Pan as a kid?  Almost always female playing the part.

from the article:

Fewer than eight actors portray a total of 20 characters in "James and the Giant Peach," according to Udden, who said some play both male and female roles. Cross-gender casting is a common, longstanding practice at both Main Street Theater and in theater in general, she said.

"Except for a few characters in the show, they're all insects for heaven's sake. They're not even people," Udden said. "Every theater in the world has men playing women and women playing men. It's just part of the tradition. This is certainly blown out of context."

I guess they won't be learning about Shakespeare cuz back in his day women were not allowed to act in plays. All the female roles were played by boys. For the last 400 years or so Japanese kabuki theater has not allowed women actors.
I'm betting those folks are the same ones that won't let their children read/see Harry Potter cuz it "promotes witchcraft". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

nolaegghead

Even the strict Islamic countries that are ultra-anti LBGTQ have men cross dressing (because, no women).  We're number 1!

JohnInCarolina

I sense a pattern!

nolaegghead

Does that suggest whoever is doing the banning could be a…bigot?