Politics is Downstream From Culture
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Hijinx
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Nothing destroys a woman's good looks like a tattoo.
Yes: She would be, why do these women believe that a shtty looking tattoo on a gorgeous body makes the attractive.?
Nose rings and lip rings and piercings. WTF? One day they will wish they never met a tattoo or piercing artist.
Tech
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Who wants to look like a skid row back alley? Then there are people who call graffiti art.
Wait... she had tattoos?!!
A rot has taken hold in American society — in our education system, the corporate world, government bureaucracy, and all of our cultural outlets. Gone are the days of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness — we now live in a regime where diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are the guiding light.
The layman political observer senses this in his gut, even if he does not fully understand the terms. He recognizes the insidious nature of the ideology that undergirds the euphemisms, even if he cannot fully articulate it. He finds their widespread support inexplicable given the destruction they sow. This leaves the American public partially in the dark — defending their principles with one hand tied behind their backs.
In his new book, “America’s Cultural Revolution: How The Radical Left Conquered Everything,” Christopher Rufo provides a remedy to this disconnect.
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The layman political observer senses this in his gut, even if he does not fully understand the terms. He recognizes the insidious nature of the ideology that undergirds the euphemisms, even if he cannot fully articulate it. He finds their widespread support inexplicable given the destruction they sow. This leaves the American public partially in the dark — defending their principles with one hand tied behind their backs.
In his new book, “America’s Cultural Revolution: How The Radical Left Conquered Everything,” Christopher Rufo provides a remedy to this disconnect.
New Book Lays Out The Playbook For How To End The Marxist Takeover Of America
A rot has taken hold in American society — in our education system, the corporate world, government bureaucracy, and all of our cultural outlets.
What is the Barbie movie trying to say? (Update)
Something happens to Margot Robbie’s Barbie in particular. Each Barbie in Barbieland is changed by how an actual Barbie doll is being played with somewhere in the real world. Robbie’s Barbie decides she needs to travel to the real world in an attempt to find the child who has been playing with her doll and see what is going on.
Barbie and Ken played by Ryan Gosling get to the real world and find it very different from their own world. For Ken, the real world seems like a patriarchy in which he no longer has to take a back seat. He thinks this is fantastic and returns to Barbieland to set up a similar patriarchy. Meanwhile, Margot Robbie’s Barbie apparently returns to Barbieland to undo what Ken has done, putting the Barbie’s back in power, but also decides to leave Barbieland permanently for the real world.
So what is the message? For the Critical Drinker the film was “like a serial killer dressed in a Pikachu outfit.” The message is one of upending the patriarchy and “any kind of gender roles.”
Media Bias Alert: How Left and Right Covered Conservative Backlash to Barbie
Initially, there was some backlash to the movie from the right in response to the casting of a trans actor as one of the barbies in the movie. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) defended his choice to attend the Barbie premiere at the British embassy with his wife on Twitter, saying, “If you let the trans stop you from seeing Margo Robbie……the terrorists win…..”
After viewing Barbie, however, his wife Ginger Gaetz discouraged people from going to see it. “Thinking about watching the Barbie movie? I'd recommend sticking to getting outfit inspiration and skipping the theater. Here's why: The Barbie I grew up with was a representation of limitless possibilities, embracing diverse careers and feminine empowerment. The 2023 Barbie movie, unfortunately, neglects to address any notion of faith or family, and tries to normalize the idea that men and women can't collaborate positively (yuck),” she tweeted. In a later interview with Steve Bannon she said,“I think the movie should be boycotted.”
Meanwhile, Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been speaking out about the film in a geopolitical context. In Barbie, there is a crayon-drawn map in which the South China Sea has a dashed line on it, reminiscent of the “nine-dashed line” used by China to claim authority over the area (notably, the Barbie map’s line only has eight dashes and is not the only dashed line visible). That ownership is disputed by neighboring countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines.
As a result of the map, Vietnam has banned the film, and Cruz claims that the film is “kissing up to the Chinese Communist Party.” Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer agreed the map was an attempt to appease Chinese censors, as did Rep. Mike Gallager (R-WI).
In response, a Warner Bros. spokesperson told Variety (Lean Left bias), “The map in Barbie Land is a child-like crayon drawing,” adding, “The doodles depict Barbie’s make-believe journey from Barbie Land to the ‘real world.’ It was not intended to make any type of statement.”
US women spark fury with ANOTHER listless rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner at World Cup - as Holland's players proudly sing their anthem with arms wrapped around each other
- There were six USA players holding their hands to their chest for the anthem
- Only three USA players sang the national anthem for the first World Cup game
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Mom Who Let Child Play at a Park Finally Removed From Unfit Parent Registry
The case against Sarra was this: In November 2020, as COVID-19 raged, she let her son and his friend, age 5, play at the park while she shopped for a Thanksgiving turkey.
This seemed prudent. The grocery was asking shoppers not to bring in kids, and the park was one that Sarra had played in herself as a child, about five blocks from the store. What's more, a friend happened to be teaching a tai chi class there. After about 20 minutes, the friend called Sarra about a police officer who was talking to her son.
When Sarra arrived at the park, the officer told her that she had committed negligence by leaving the kids alone, even for a short length of time in a safe, public place.
County prosecutors dropped all charges after Sarra agreed to take a "life skills" class. (Said class included advice on how to avoid angering a cop; truly, a worthwhile life skill.) But the folks at the DCS were not as easily appeased.
The agency ruled that Sarra had put her son at "unreasonable risk of harm for abduction, injury, harm from a stranger, exposure to drugs and death." That meant Sarra's name would go on Arizona's Central Registry—and remain there for 25 years.
Employers can access this registry, which essentially functions as a blacklist. People whose names are on the registry cannot get jobs involving children. This was a big problem for Sarra, who worked with refugees, helping them to find jobs and often providing child care.
Sarra took the Central Registry to court. I testified on her behalf, as a subject-matter expert. When the state argued that Sarra's son could have been abducted—a huge talking point for them—I asked the prosecutor if she knew how long it would take for a child to become statistically likely to be kidnapped by a stranger.
The answer: 750,000 years.
YouTubers disrupt Just Stop Oil meetings and protests: 'Just Stop P--sing Everyone Off'
The radical climate organization Just Stop Oil faced a disruption of its own courtesy of British YouTubers Josh & Archie on Sunday.
In a video posted to Josh & Archie’s channel, the two explained that they had planted a mole within the climate group’s ranks to keep track of their upcoming events. One included an invitation to what appeared to be a party inside a church to celebrate Just Stop Oil’s achievements.
Using the mole and other infiltrators, Josh & Archie’s team tied rape alarms to balloons and released them in the party, blasting a loud noise throughout the event.
Additional footage from the prank showed Just Stop Oil members attempting to reach the balloons using ladders.
Menaces! Censors who rewrote Roald Dahl now take on the Beano with hijab-wearing artist and wheelchair-using scientist among gaggle of girls joining the Bash Street Kids (after Fatty and Spotty were also given 'less pejorative' names)
- After remaining largely untouched for 70 years, Beano has been transformed
- Inclusive Minds, who recently rewrote Roald Dahl's 'offensive' books, helped out
- Comes after Bash Street Kids Fatty and Spotty were renamed Freddy and Scotty
The Beano has been transformed to make the comic more appealing to young readers with the help of the publishing censors who came under fire for rewriting Roald Dahl's books to remove offensive material.
After remaining mostly untouched for almost seven decades, the Bash Street Kids have quietly been joined by five new pupils - Harsha, Mandi, Khadija, Mahira and Stevie Starr, in an effort to be more inclusive and illustrate the demographics of modern Britain.
As The Beano prepares to celebrate its 85th birthday, the UK's longest-running comic has undergone a major transformation with the assistance of Inclusive Minds - a collective working to make children's literature more inclusive and accessible.
Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks, with some in the negative
In an Instagram video, William Stanford Davis, who plays Mr. Johnson on the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary, showed a residual check for 5 cents.
"That's what they think of us as actors," he said. "This is why we're on strike."
Jana Schmieding, who played Bev on FX's Reservation Dogs, said she gets a 3-cent residual every quarter for the show being streamed on Hulu.
"Listen, I'm an actor. I don't want a yacht. But I'd love to be able to save for retirement," she tweeted.
The Writers Guild of America is currently on the 13th week of its strike, while actors with the union SAG-AFTRA are on their second week. Both are striking against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). (Note: Many NPR employees are members of SAG-AFTRA, though journalists work under a different contract than the Hollywood actors.)
Writers and actors are demanding better wages, fair use of artificial intelligence and better contributions to health care and retirement
Business Hangs Sign That Claims It Would Be 'Detrimental' If They Hired 'Liberal' Employees — 'They Make Decisions Based On Their Emotions Not Logic'
Posting to the subreddit "r/antiwork" — an online forum where people can share any work-related struggles they are experiencing — an anonymous Reddit poster shared an advertisement they had seen in which a business had strictly laid out the type of employees they wanted to work for them.
A business sign claimed they refused to hire any 'liberal' employees as that would be 'detrimental' to their company.
In the photo the business sign had hung up in their establishment, the management bluntly stated that they refuse to hire any "liberals" that send in job applications.
"This is not because we disagree with their political views," the sign stated. "It is because working here requires superior reasoning, logic, and reading comprehension skills, and in our experience, Liberals are deficient in those areas."
