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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #600 on: July 26, 2022, 12:41:07 PM »
Can't flipping win

What a paradox! Improved air quality is now accelerating global warming
https://www.wionews.com/science/what-a-paradox-improved-air-quality-is-now-accelerating-global-warming-499448
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #603 on: July 26, 2022, 05:22:58 PM »
https://conandaily.com/2022/07/26/portia-odufuwa-biography-13-things-about-mesquite-texas-woman/

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At around 7:50 p.m. on October 4, 2019, she was standing outside a house in Mesquite that was on fire watching it burn. She told one of the responding police officers that she was responsible for the fire and she would not give more information until she could speak to singer and actor Chris Brown, who she falsely claimed to be her husband. She was arrested. The Dallas County District Attorney’s office later rejected the arson case because of a lack of scientific evidence.

In September 2020, a person applied to a court for an order protecting themselves from her but a judge denied the application.

On April 25, 2021, she was staying at a hotel at Towne Crossing in Mesquite and was refused an extension to her stay so she became upset and pulled the fire alarm in front of the clerk. She was arrested and gave the address of Brown’s mansion in Tarzana although they do not know each other....

At around 11:00 a.m. on July 25, 2022, she was dropped off at Dallas Love Field airport in Dallas, Texas. She went inside the bathroom, came out wearing a hoodie, pulled out a gun at the airport, aimed it toward the ceiling and fired several times. A responding officer shot her in the lower body so she was hospitalized. She was the only person injured.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #604 on: July 26, 2022, 05:47:50 PM »
Teachers Worried Their Gay Students May Regress And Turn Straight Over Summer Break
https://babylonbee.com/news/teachers-worried-their-gay-students-may-regress-and-turn-straight-over-summer-break
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #605 on: July 26, 2022, 06:21:27 PM »
Teachers Worried Their Gay Students May Regress And Turn Straight Over Summer Break
https://babylonbee.com/news/teachers-worried-their-gay-students-may-regress-and-turn-straight-over-summer-break

I know this is the Bee, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least that this is true of many teachers today.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #606 on: July 26, 2022, 06:53:00 PM »
I know this is the Bee, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least that this is true of many teachers today.

Yeah, I was gonna say that I guarantee there are at least 100 tiktoks of "teachers" saying that.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #607 on: July 27, 2022, 08:01:10 AM »
Asian Murder Hornet aka Asian Giant Hornet has been rename to Northern Giant Hornet to ....
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Prevent anti-asian violence and discrimination.

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“Amid a rise in hate crimes and discrimination against people of Asian descent, usage of ‘Asian’ in the name of a pest insect can unintentionally bolster anti-Asian sentiment,” the Entomological Society of American said in a press released.

While most people colloquially call the bugs “murder hornets,” the association said it feared the stigma attacked to the hornets’ scientific name could led to future violence.
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“Northern giant hornet is both scientifically accurate and easy to understand, and it avoids evoking fear or discrimination.”
Scientists change Asian murder hornets name to avoid ‘discrimination’
https://nypost.com/2022/07/26/scientists-change-asian-murder-hornets-name/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

Some other suggestions on twitchy

Asian Murder Hornet gets a new name that is generic and presently deemed non-offensive
https://twitchy.com/foundersgirl-313133/2022/07/27/asian-murder-hornet-gets-a-new-name-that-is-generic-and-presently-deemed-non-offensive/
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #608 on: July 27, 2022, 08:08:30 AM »
And I'm going to drop this here too dispute it being in the Money Pox thread already.

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    We're calling on @WHO to act immediately to rename the “monkeypox” virus. We have a growing concern for the potentially stigmatizing effects that the messaging around the “monkeypox” virus can have on vulnerable communities. Read our letter: https://t.co/hC6L8o60TH pic.twitter.com/G8CQ9ueaMJ

    — Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD (@NYCHealthCommr) July 26, 2022
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/07/26/nyc-department-of-health-asks-the-who-to-rename-monkeypox-because-of-its-painful-and-racist-history/
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #609 on: July 27, 2022, 09:27:49 AM »
Asian Murder Hornet aka Asian Giant Hornet has been rename to Northern Giant Hornet to ....
Wait for it
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Prevent anti-asian violence and discrimination.
Scientists change Asian murder hornets name to avoid ‘discrimination’
https://nypost.com/2022/07/26/scientists-change-asian-murder-hornets-name/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

Some other suggestions on twitchy

Asian Murder Hornet gets a new name that is generic and presently deemed non-offensive
https://twitchy.com/foundersgirl-313133/2022/07/27/asian-murder-hornet-gets-a-new-name-that-is-generic-and-presently-deemed-non-offensive/
Has anyone heard someone call them "Asian Murder Hornets" in casual conversation?  I have only heard people say "murder hornets".  The idea that they came from Asia or Japan originally is just attached trivia.  These people must be incredible hateful and think everyone is just like them.

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #610 on: July 27, 2022, 05:35:55 PM »
Meanwhile at Portland Public Schools gender binary is white colonizer oppression

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    The new curriculum translates the principles of academic queer theory into K-12 pedagogy. The premise is simple: privileged heterosexual “white colonizers” have created an oppressive “gender binary” in order to exploit racial and sexual minorities. pic.twitter.com/GZWNYVOqdj

    — Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) July 27, 2022

School district teaching elementary school students that heterosexual white colonizers created the gender binary
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/07/27/school-district-teaching-elementary-school-students-that-heterosexual-white-colonizers-created-the-gender-binary/
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #611 on: July 27, 2022, 11:59:23 PM »
Asian Murder Hornet aka Asian Giant Hornet has been rename to Northern Giant Hornet to ....
Wait for it
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Prevent anti-asian violence and discrimination.
Scientists change Asian murder hornets name to avoid ‘discrimination’
https://nypost.com/2022/07/26/scientists-change-asian-murder-hornets-name/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

Some other suggestions on twitchy

Asian Murder Hornet gets a new name that is generic and presently deemed non-offensive
https://twitchy.com/foundersgirl-313133/2022/07/27/asian-murder-hornet-gets-a-new-name-that-is-generic-and-presently-deemed-non-offensive/

So much moral panic over anti-Asian violence, police use of force against soul brothers, etc; and no one cares about the vastly greater numbers of blacks and Hispanics being attacked by common criminals.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #612 on: July 28, 2022, 11:22:23 AM »
Now we have unisex scope rings
And not only that Unisex Adult scope rings

Athlon Optics unisex-adult Precision 30mm Low Height Ring, Black
https://www.amazon.com/Athlon-Precision-30mm-Height-Ring/dp/B08297JLKS/ref=sr_1_41?crid=LN1APQZA7Y0U&keywords=30mm+rings&qid=1659021440&sprefix=30mm+rings+%2Caps%2C79&sr=8-41

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Question:
Why are they called uni-sex? Aren't they just the "low" Precision Athlon rings?
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its 2021 everybody gotta be woke yo... lol
By Steven Do on April 28, 2021

You got to wonder sometimes  :rofl:
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #613 on: July 28, 2022, 02:07:42 PM »
Meanwhile at Portland Public Schools gender binary is white colonizer oppression


I've got nothing COC complaint to say about this. 

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #616 on: July 29, 2022, 08:59:57 AM »
It's too early in the morning for this insanity

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The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is recommending gender-neutral terminology for U.S. hospitals to use when discussing lactation.

The gender-inclusive terms include "chestfeeding" and "human milk feeding" for the act of breastfeeding, while the document suggests breast milk can be called “human milk,” “parent’s milk,” or even “father’s milk.”

"Father's Milk"  :facepalm:

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“Language has power,” said Laura Kair, medical director of well newborn care at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, who served on the task force behind the statement. “The language that we use should be as inclusive as possible when discussing infant feeding. When working with patients it is best to ask them their affirmed terminology. When communicating medical research, language should accurately reflect the population studied so as not to mask research needs.”

SCIENCE!

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Wants US Hospitals to Adopt These Woke New Terms for Breast Milk
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2022/07/29/breast-milk-n2610983
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #617 on: July 29, 2022, 09:11:49 AM »
What is the "Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine"?  Sounds like something set up solely for media press releases.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #618 on: July 29, 2022, 09:17:31 AM »
It's too early in the morning for this insanity

"Father's Milk"  :facepalm:

SCIENCE!

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Wants US Hospitals to Adopt These Woke New Terms for Breast Milk
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2022/07/29/breast-milk-n2610983

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #619 on: August 01, 2022, 11:40:57 AM »
Who ya going to believe? The narrative or your lying eyes?

'Dystopian Myths': Paul Krugman Shames Americans for Believing BLM Riots Happened in 2020
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #620 on: August 01, 2022, 12:05:42 PM »
Can't flipping win

What a paradox! Improved air quality is now accelerating global warming
https://www.wionews.com/science/what-a-paradox-improved-air-quality-is-now-accelerating-global-warming-499448

I’ve had that theory but for longer. We measure globular warming back to the 1800s a lot. All of Europe burned every last scrap of wood, peat and coal to power the industrial revolution. The sky was dim. Then comes the little ice age. Then a crap scientist, lets measure from there!
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #621 on: August 01, 2022, 02:04:17 PM »
Arrested for causing anxiety:

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2022/08/01/watch-british-police-arrest-man-for-the-crime-of-causing-anxiety-by-posting-lgbtq-flag-meme-on-social-media/

The arrest was filmed, and the person filming it was also arrested.

The source of the "anxiety":


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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #622 on: August 01, 2022, 08:54:28 PM »
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...is the chistian nationalist in the room with you right now?

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/08/01/msnbc-heres-how-atheists-can-help-fight-christian-nationalists-who-have-american-under-siege/

Yes, in the America where you can lose your job for not being super-enthusiastic about teh gays, the Christian Nationalists are also a major threat.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #623 on: August 01, 2022, 09:16:14 PM »
I’ve had that theory but for longer. We measure globular warming back to the 1800s a lot. All of Europe burned every last scrap of wood, peat and coal to power the industrial revolution. The sky was dim. Then comes the little ice age. Then a crap scientist, lets measure from there!
Yeah, that is pretty much what they do.  Don't forget the old "hockey stick" graph that seemed to show that temperatures were all normal and steady before that.  Turned out later it was a fraud. 

And after 25 years or so, we are still in the position where just about every "solution" for climate change does little or nothing for climate change.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #624 on: August 01, 2022, 10:20:25 PM »
ATL-area music festival cancels this year's event, because state law doesn't allow the snowflake organizers to ban guns.

https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/breaking-2022-music-midtown-festival-canceled/Z4WIDXAK6NHMRGUQLEIIORAZDU/

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