Friday Ephemera (691)

something you’d find in a hardware store. Some kind of grouting product.

A vegan grouting product. This may be a warning sign that your Other Half needs an intervention. 😮

it wasn’t appalling as such, but I didn’t crave seconds

Could be worse. Consider the US Army’s WWII D Ration, a chocolate bar:

The D ration was almost universally detested for its bitter taste by U.S. troops, and was often discarded instead of consumed when issued. Troops called the D ration “Hitler’s Secret Weapon” for its effect on soldiers’ intestinal tracts.

But it did satisfy the Army’s requirement it not be too tasty lest troops eat it in non-emergency situations.

Meanwhile in Portland, more well reasoned “trans” activism.

And that source reminds me that many of my liberal “friends” dismissed the near-deadly assault (and deadly threats) on Andy Ngo because he was, they claimed, not a journalist but a provocateur.
Conclusion: Most liberals are commies at heart. Or sometimes fascists.

I don’t mean to bash the single, as some replies have done, but it’s a curious trend

To a significant degree I blame sixties feminists, who pushed the idea that careers were fulfilling while raising children was demeaning and shameful. And they were quite eager to treat with contempt those women who prioritized children over professional careers.

Of course, there will always be some who remain childless–either by personal choice (strong passion for some field of endeavor or lack of interest in marriage and children) or due to personal characteristics that make them undesirable candidates for marriage regardless of their wishes.

But in the end, a culture that does not encourage child rearing–or worse, discourages it–is doomed to extinction. So how should we see–and how should we treat–those who advocate such attitudes and policies? /rhetorical question

That she doesn’t have children is something of a relief.

But if she had been raised in a different, less deluded, culture she might have turned out very differently.

The flimsy moral pretext for Western nations having to grant residency to unlimited numbers of people who (1) have collectively failed to make their nation livable, and (2) aren’t sticking around to fix it is that these people are oppressed and we can’t turn away oppressed people.

My top issues are (1) far too many “refugees” to assimilate, and (2) most of the refugees will not assimilate because they despise Western culture and values. Not to mention the fact that Western leftists will oppose effective integration programs.
These “migrants” are responsible for a disproportionate fraction of crimes and disorder, not to mention actual terrorism.

Different styles but equally effective.

Sir David Attenborough narrates the Critical Doggo. (via Critical Drinker)