Unclear on the Concept
A protest by an environmental campaign group disrupted the UCI Cycling World Championships because, well, as everyone knows, cycling is harmful to the environment. Oh ... no. Yeah, like so many of these things, makes no sense.
Reimagine Hate
J.K. Rowling has been evicted from the Museum of Pop Culture for, among other things, "the lack of LGBTQIA+ representation" in her books as well as her pro-science view that women, not men, are people who menstruate. "Hateful" and "transphobic" remarks. The message of Pop Culture is a loud and clear, "Do not believe the science!"
Delusional?
Biden is hoping to take some of the light off the Trump stuff in order to rev up his campaign by touting his wonderful "Biden economics". Really? AP reports that 34% of Americans approve of Biden's handling of the economy. I know my dollar doesn't go as far as it did, say, two years ago ... not even close. I know that everything is more expensive, that the economy is struggling, that we're on the edge of a recession that we hope to avoid. I know my taxes are up. Yes, Mr. President, you go with that. And don't forget things like your fine handling of Afghanistan and the whole Hunter Biden thing. All winning points for your campaign.
Strike Out
They are rescheduling the Emmy Awards due to the ongoing writers' strike. Oh, you hadn't noticed they were on strike? Yeah, that says a lot, doesn't it?
Loud and Clear
Mike Pence was being ridiculed because of an ad he put out. He is at the gas pump with his pick-up talking about Biden's energy policies that have driven up prices and he wants to fix it. Was he inaccurate? No. He's being ridiculed because he wasn't actually pumping gas. Clearly not fact-based ridicule; it's hate-based ridicule. And I hate to say it, Mr. Pence, but that level of hate should give you pause in choosing to run.
Have to See it to Beelieve it
Chicago's mayor is asking that people stop using the word "Chicago" due to its negative connotations. The Bee suggests that Trump has been indicted for questioning election results while not being a Democrat. Maybe they have a point? (As a point of fact, in the 21st century, prior to Trump's debacle, 3 other challenges to the certification of the results were brought, all by the Democrats.) And going with the story about Biden's economic success, the Bee has a story about how he has been so successful that everyone has twice as many jobs as they used. Look they have to to survive, don't they?
Must be true; I read it on the Internet.
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Piers Morgan called those climate people cowards because they are unwilling to go protest in the places that are the actual problem, like Russia or China.
You know, if you start removing people from a Pop Culture Museum for not being Alphabet Soup inclusive in your product, you're going to have a very bare museum. I have not figured out the economic thinking about catering to these people. They make up like 2% of the population, while at least half is opposed to it on some level. Catering to those people directly isn't really going to give you that much of a boost.
I don't know if Biden's team would be capable of publicly acknowledging truth.
I've heard people mocking Pence for that, and I think it is a little over the top. All sorts of political ads have politicians doing "normal" things incorrectly. But do you really expect that he went to get gas cause his car was low and thought it would be a good idea to make an ad? Who knows how many takes it took? You expect any politician do more than 0 things at one time?
I've seen compilations of Democrats denying election results, as recently as Trump's election. They also decry January 6th, yet ignore the months of country wide rioting and destruction following Trump's election. Republicans question the results and their antigovernment, Republicans stage a mostly peaceful storming of one building for a couple hours and it's an insurrection. But let's go ahead and forget about the death and destruction that followed Trump's election.
Regarding “Reimagine Hate”: Since “pop culture” often showcases the dregs of society, she should be pleased to be out of the museum. However, ‘"the lack of LGBTQIA+ representation" in her books’ part is alarming as well as ridiculous. Will works of fiction be subject to a required representation going forward? Who would regulate this—the publishers? the booksellers? the readers? the LGBTQIA+ Gestapo? Perhaps AI will be used to create all acceptable fiction in the future, so they can control that sort of thing!
Except that there were gay characters in her books, so it just wasn't "enough" representation?
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