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Today's challenge

 

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"Trump Reaches Out to Women Voters" #1,421

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a) I wonder how many voters understand this.
b) I wonder how many Americans recognize the wet woman as Jamie Lee Curtis' mom.

 

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"ANYTHING NOT CATERING SPECIFICALLY TO ME IS PERSECUTION" #1,423

Fine.

The remainder of this post may seem agenda driven. If at all, the agenda is equanimity, egalitarianism.

I'm a reformed atheist, formerly rejecting supernatural religions wholesale based on the squeaky wheel sample of the total religion panoply.
Grey hair has broadened the panorama. The cliché, 98% of lawyers give all the rest a bad reputation.

I'm not any less disdainful of what in American culture may be thought of as "Christian bigotry" [#1,423].
But it's unwise to throw baby out with bathwater.

If "they" were all bad, we could blanket condemn them all. But how then would we explain Mother Theresa? Dr. MLK ?
And before contrarians find fault with these two noble examples, let's not overlook an objective glimpse at the ideal disclosed by Holy Scripture, the divine.

According to Holy Scripture, God populated Earth with incest. Then this omniscient, omnipotent deity decided he didn't like it, and
flooded the planet, drowning all but the passengers on one large barn barge, & then populated the planet with incest again.

Have either Mother Theresa or MLK erred worse than that ?

1. Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you." Matthew 7 : 1-2

Fault-finding can be a fool's game.
CERTAINLY, in politics generally, and notably on election day, vigorous exercise of judicial temperament can produce utilitarian benefit.

But the accusatory can be tantamount to surrender, forfeit. Blame can be self-disempowering. Instead:

Destroy your enemy by making him your friend. - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln

"This vote has made it official. Donald Trump's big lie has now fully enveloped the Republican Party. Trump's big lie is now the defining principle of what was once the party of Lincoln," sen Charles Schumer [D-NY] 21/05/28

Bottom line, not all Christians undertake to inflict Machiavellian agenda. "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful." variously attributed - so beware snake oil salesmen

 

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If "they" were all bad, we could blanket condemn them all. But how then would we explain Mother Theresa?

Not to rain on your parade but Mother Theresa earned the title of "Hell's Angel" many times over. As sadist she said that suffering brought one closer to god (which is why she let patients in her hospitals suffer so much) but when it became her time to come closer to god she sought out the best medical care that was available anywhere.

 

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"Not to rain on your parade but Mother Theresa earned the title of "Hell's Angel" many times over. As sadist she said that suffering brought one closer to god (which is why she let patients in her hospitals suffer so much) but when it became her time to come closer to god she sought out the best medical care that was available anywhere." S2 1,426

I'm aware of the controversy. Chris Hitchens introduced me to it, presented it as a spectacular news scoop. Many others followed.
I'd cite a less disputed example of an admirable champion of humanity that also happens to be religious, if I knew of one.

But the criticism of her hasn't impressed me much. Monday morning quarterbacking one serving the needy of the most populous slums in the solar system, if such portions of Calcutta can be called that, doesn't impress me.
I'd be more receptive to criticism of her, from those that have done as much or more for the destitute than she did.

I vaguely recall some NPR broadcasts from some MDs that treated her. If I understood correctly, one of them said Theresa was resigned to die,
but that the doctor was capable enough to save her, extending her life significantly. Not certain if it was two MDs, or two separate broadcasts.

In general it's imprudent to regard the good as failure, because it's not ideal. I'm quite capable of the Darwinist perspective on the least fortunate among us.
But I'm not self-restricted enough to deny the efforts, the sacrifices made by those that do not share the genius of my indifference. I even donate either time, & or money once in a while.

 

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From a small town Canadian paper

 

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Well our dear Canadian brethren and cistern,
don't look now, but the green grande dame has turned her back on US too.
Her longing gaze is ever oceanward, possibly hoping for a Peugeot to stop by and pick her up. - h u r r y -

 

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Looks like porn is about to become seriously weird ...

 

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Looks like porn is about to become seriously weird ... #1,430

An insight into the complexity of human olfaction & gustatory perception is its diversity.
So complex, we can even distinguish difference in the taste of water from various sources.
Difficult to imagine how that diversity of chemistry could be duplicated on the surface of a display screen.

BUT !

Score one for porn:
CBS-TV The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert reports Politico reports:
The military troops North Korea provided for Russia to deploy to Ukraine ...


Isn't that nice.

 

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It's time

 

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#1,432

#1,433

That's two in a row.

Generations ago I knew this day would come. But I entirely failed to anticipate how spectacularly handsome I would be when it did.

Eat your hearts out rhinoceri.

PS
I can't believe it's any more than free association on my part, but there is a dirty joke #1,433 summons to mind, though I can't imagine there's a connection.

patient:
DOC !!
My tallywhackher has turned bright orange doc! Bright Orange! What am I gunna do ?!!

Doc:
Could indicate chemical toxins, or precancerous condition. When did you first notice this?

patient:
Right after my wife left me doc!

Doc:
What have you been doing since your wife left you?

Patient:
Nothing special doc, just watching porn, and eating Cheetos.

 

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Re 1432 and 1434

From another board:

MAGA Launches Increasingly Horrific Attacks on Women After Trump Win

Donald Trump’s win has emboldened his followers.

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtalling, The New Republic

The immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s presidential election win is already a bad omen for women and minorities across the nation, who within less than 48 hours have found themselves the subjects of hate campaigns designed to belittle and marginalize them.

“Your body, my choice. Forever,” posted white supremacist, Hitler fan, and far-right political pundit Nick Fuentes hours before the race had even been called in Trump’s favor.

On X (formerly Twitter), supporters of the “grab ’em by the pussy” rapist, convicted adulterer, Jeffery Epstein confidant, and proud abortion rights destroyers reveled in their own threats against women, openly celebrating what they described as an onslaught of rape on the horizon.

“Women threatening sex strikes like LMAO as if you have a say,” wrote streamer Jon Miller, who later noted that he had successfully removed a community note from the viral post, allowing him to “profit from it.”

A text campaign—and an obvious hate crime—issued a threat to students of color across the nation, claiming the recipients had been “selected” as “house slaves” and were due to appear at plantations.

One message shared online demanded that its recipient appear at Abingdon Plantation.

“This is mandatory,” the message read. “Sincerely, Trump administration.”

Another iteration of the campaign reportedly targeted Black public school students at South Western High School in Pennsylvania, which the principal described in a notice to parents as part of a “nationwide spread of AI-generated text messages.”

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But not all of the vitriol took place online. Activists celebrating Trump’s win overtook Texas State University at the school’s San Marcos campus, raising signs that read, “Women are property,” “Homo sex is sin,” and lists that designated women and slaves under “Types of Property.”

Meanwhile, American women in digital spaces spent the hours since Trump’s win musing about joining South Korea’s 4B movement as a counterprotest to the developing infringements on their personal autonomy. The guidelines of the voluntary movement involve saying “no” to dating or marrying men, having sex with them, and giving birth.

And there's more

MAGA Launches Increasingly Horrific Attacks on Women After Trump Win

Donald Trump’s win has emboldened his followers.

newrepublic.com

 

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