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- "Reader, I rolled my eyes. I know that’s not the kind or constructive thing to do when someone is brave enough to come out, but I’m afraid I couldn’t help it..."
- What is Ashley Olsen doing, walking in the forest with a beer and a machete?
- "It's unbelievable how that society changed from the brutality of the Taliban, and all of a sudden — sadly — I'm afraid Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm."
- "Deaths from drug overdoses soared to more than 93,000 last year... The death toll jumped by more than 21,000, or nearly 30 percent, from 2019..."
- "The Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to hospital... after being struck down by an unremitting bout of the hiccups which has lasted for more than 10 days...."
- "'Don’t Fauci My Florida,' read drink koozies and T-shirts that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s campaign team rolled out just as his state sees some of the highest coronavirus hospitalizations..."
- "The Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives... said they had no other recourse, and they admitted that they have no endgame..."
- "Judge Cronan's dismissal is the joke, and more than a bad joke at that."
- "Public opinion suggests there’s widespread bipartisan support for liberalizing cannabis laws, but that shift hasn’t translated to the Senate..."
- It was a 100% cloud cover sunrise, but the wildflowers were popping out nicely.
- Random objects.
- "I have 38D boobs and have been wearing a bra since fifth grade, so the thought of returning my boobs to any state of confinement has left me horrified."
| Posted: 14 Jul 2021 11:27 AM PDT "... my old gay eyes rolled involuntarily....When I came out, 20 years ago, I wasn't worried that people might think I was declaring myself queer because it was cool – it was decidedly not cool... Last time I checked, demisexuals weren't exactly an oppressed minority fighting for equal rights. They are just people who aren't sexually attracted to others unless they form a strong emotional bond with them first. (Congratulations, some of you may suddenly have realised that you are not actually the boring hetero you thought you were – you are an exciting demisexual! You even get your very own flag!) Acting as if needing to get to know someone before jumping into bed with them constitutes a marginalised sexual orientation that needs a flag seems to play into the hands of rightwingers who are desperate to argue that liberals are narcissists with a victimhood complex." From "What does the dawn of demisexuals tell us?/How sex-drenched society has become" by Arwa Mahdawi (The Guardian). Mahdawi is reacting to Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo's announcing that she's "demisexual." We talked about demisexuals on the blog last May, here. And here's the demisexual flag:  Now, I didn't listen to Kennedy-Cuomo's announcement, so I don't know how she framed it. Did she seem to want to be viewed as oppressed? Did she indicate that she thought demisexuals had experiences like those of gay people or that put them in a position to appreciate the special interests of gay people? What I like about out-and-proud demisexuals is that they desire a traditional relationship not because they want to adhere to tradition but because it's exactly what appeals to them sexually. It's so easy in our culture for a young person to assume that it's good to acquire a heaping portion of sexual experience. Demisexuals present a counter-argument: Maybe you're one of those people who don't desire sex unless it's part of a relationship. And, obviously, undesired sex isn't anything you want, even if you think you want a large portion of sexual experience and you don't care about sticking to tradition. ADDED: Here are 15 signs that you may be demisexual. I'd say those are 15 signs that you may be a woman!  |
| What is Ashley Olsen doing, walking in the forest with a beer and a machete? Posted: 14 Jul 2021 10:38 AM PDT |
| Posted: 14 Jul 2021 10:35 AM PDT "I'm sad. Laura and I spent a lot of time with Afghan women, and they're scared. And I think about all the interpreters and people that helped not only U.S. troops but NATO troops, and it seems like they're just going to be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people. And it breaks my heart."  |
| Posted: 14 Jul 2021 10:12 AM PDT "The increase came as no surprise to addiction specialists, drug counselors and policy experts who have watched the steady rise in deaths throughout the pandemic.... ... 2020 brought the added complications of a worldwide viral pandemic. Health care resources were stretched and redirected toward the emergency. Anti-addiction medication was more difficult to obtain. Stress increased dramatically."  |
| Posted: 14 Jul 2021 10:00 AM PDT "In a recent social media broadcast, Bolsonaro said his hiccups problem had started after he underwent dental surgery on 3 June, and blamed it on drugs he had been prescribed. The Folha said Bolsonaro had undergone a series of surgical procedures since his election-trail stabbing, an event many believe helped propel him to the presidency. Less than two months later he won a landslide election victory against his leftwing rival, Fernando Haddad."  |
| Posted: 14 Jul 2021 06:12 AM PDT "... new infections and deaths per capita in the country. It's the latest example of Republicans running on their opposition to virus-fueled shutdowns and mask mandates. A pandemic hero to some and villain to others, Fauci has become a high-profile target.... While discussing the Florida budget this summer, DeSantis said his state's rosy financial outlook would not have been possible 'if we had followed Fauci.' 'Instead we followed freedom,' he said. His campaign's 'Team DeSantis' Twitter account announced the new merchandise Monday. The Fauci items are listed alongside 'Keep Florida Free' hats and red koozies that take aim at face coverings with a DeSantis quote: 'How the hell am I going to be able to drink a beer with a mask on?'" From "DeSantis sells 'Don't Fauci My Florida' merch as new coronavirus cases near highest in nation" (WaPo). This campaign merchandise is viral — viral 2 ways. 1. It's about coronavirus, 2. It gets DeSantis haters to carry his message for him. Those haters may think they're attacking him, but try as they might, they're helping him more than they're hurting him. As for beer koozies, I think I can count on one hand the number of times I've drunk anything straight from a can in my entire life. I'll drink from a bottle, but not a can. I follow freedom, and I choose not to challenge my face with sharp edges of aluminum. I'll put a mask on my face if it's genuinely necessary, but I expect care to be taken in dictating when that is. Anyway, I'm not the market for any koozie, let alone a beer-specific koozie with a political slogan. I don't drink from cans, I almost never drink beer, I never wear or wield items emblazoned with politicized writing, and I would never casually expose the general public — which includes children — to aggressive words like "How the hell...?" But I did get a little interested in the word "koozie," which to my ear sounds dirty or insulting. Is it some combination of "cool" and "cozy"? I was interested in the etymology! Now, I'm reading Wikipedia. But it doesn't give the origin of the word, so I will maintain my belief — graphically stated at Urban Dictionary (definition #3) — that it started with a vagina metaphor.  |
| Posted: 14 Jul 2021 05:24 AM PDT "... as [Republican Governor Greg ] Abbott promised to keep calling special sessions, over and over, until the election legislation has its day. But they chose Washington, a hideout in full view, for a reason: to garner national attention and escalate the stakes in a long-running effort to pressure Congress and President Biden to approve federal voting-rights protections that would outlaw the kinds of restrictions Texas Republicans — and dozens of other legislatures across the country — are trying to enact.... 'The endgame is, we need Congress to act,' said state Rep. John Bucy III, who with his wife, Molly, decided to drive to Washington rather than fly, because their 17-month-old daughter, Bradley, has not received a coronavirus vaccine and is too young to wear a mask on a plane.... Republicans accused Democrats of abrogating their legislative duties in the Texas Capitol for a junket to Washington on private jets. They pounced on Democrats' social media posts showing smile-filled selfies on the coach and in the planes. They even homed in on what appeared to be a case of Miller Lite sitting on one of the seats in the coach they took to the Austin airport...." They're fleeing but they're not hiding. They want to be seen.. In fact, it's not enough merely to get attention, they want to garner attention. By the way, I see we're naming little girls Bradley now.  |
| "Judge Cronan's dismissal is the joke, and more than a bad joke at that." Posted: 14 Jul 2021 05:07 AM PDT Said Roy Moore's lawyer Larry Klayton, quoted in "Sacha Baron Cohen, Showtime win dismissal of Roy Moore defamation lawsuit." Moore fell for one of Baron Cohen's pranks and then sued Baron Cohen for $95 million, alleging defamation. The judge said it was "clearly a joke," and "It is simply inconceivable that the program's audience would have found a segment with Judge Moore activating a supposed pedophile-detecting wand to be grounded in any factual basis."  |
| Posted: 14 Jul 2021 05:02 AM PDT "Schumer has several reluctant members within his own caucus and will have to scrounge up at least 10 Republican votes for the legislation during an already chaotic Senate calendar filled with Biden administration priorities on infrastructure, police accountability and education. Schumer would also need to corner President Joe Biden — who has supported decriminalizing marijuana but not legalizing it — to sign the bill.... The discussion draft of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act includes provisions that cater to both 'states rights' Republicans and progressive Democrats. While the proposal seeks to remove all federal penalties on weed, it would allow states to prohibit even the possession of cannabis — along with production and distribution — a nod to states' rights.... Federal weed legalization is dicey at best, especially given the more pressing concerns of infrastructure spending and pandemic recovery." It's a nice distraction from "the more pressing concerns of infrastructure spending and pandemic recovery." Schumer is cuing up a distinct accomplishment that can be grabbed if they choose. I'd like to see this pass if only to restore order. It's chaotic for various states to be operating as if marijuana is legal when it is outlawed at the federal level.  |
| It was a 100% cloud cover sunrise, but the wildflowers were popping out nicely. Posted: 13 Jul 2021 05:36 PM PDT  
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| Posted: 13 Jul 2021 05:03 PM PDT "How could I go back to imprisoning my ladies after a wondrous year of letting them roam? In the words of Kate Lambert, 'I see women out and y'all are wearing bras again. I THOUGHT WE HAD AN AGREEMENT.'... Babe, I assure you, it is not about politics — it is about comfort. A few years back, a dear friend wrote about her bra-free path, saying that the decision to not wear a bra was not political, 'except insofar as everything a woman does with her body that isn't letting someone else dictate what she ought to do with it is a political decision.' That sounds about right to me." From "Free the Boob!" by Dayna Evans (NY Magazine).  |
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