I Think Someone Missed the Point of Opposing Abortion

5/12/23 USA Today:

"A 22-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder after police say he got angry at his girlfriend for having an abortion out of state and fatally shot her in a Dallas parking lot this week."

Tragedy and stupidity all rolled together.

Color Me Unsurprised

4/5/23 The Economist:

"Prisha mosley was 17 when she was first given testosterone in a clinic in North Carolina, after she had declared to her parents that she was a boy. She had struggled through her teen years with anorexia and depression after a sexual assault. Luka Hein had both breasts removed as a 16-year-old in Nebraska. Chloe Cole, in California, was a year younger when she had her double mastectomy. She had been on testosterone and puberty-blocking drugs since 13, also after a sexual assault."

Teenaged girls victims of rape decide they want to be boys.  Is anyone even slightly surprised?  Tragedy, compounded by greedy medical professionals (and I use that word loosely) who saw a chance to make some money, created more tragedy.  States that are banning this abuse of minors are showing great courage going up against corporate seppuku such as Bud Lite 

Top Gun: Maverick

The critics hated it for its militaristic patriotism.  I feared an uninspired sequel.  My speech therapist recommended it.  My wife and I watched it this evening and really enjoyed it.  Amazingly enough, not one gay character and no drag queen sailors.

The opening sequence with the hypersonic stealth fighter was really impressive.  I can see why the Chinese wanted to know if there was Skunk Works assistance.

There is romance but not at steamy level that Hot Shots parodied so well with the eggs frying on the actress' belly.

Never Offend With Style When You Can Offend With Substance

JustTheNews:

"a tenured history professor for the "serious misconduct" of handing out chocolate, he claims.

"The composition of the chocolate wasn't the problem for Madera Community College, David Richardson told Just the News. It was the gender pronouns on the wrappers: "He/Him" for chocolate bars with nuts and "She/Her" for the "nutless" version, reflecting the human sexual binary."

Oh yes, he's gay.  He also got in trouble for an email to a trans colleague where he described his pronouns as "do, re, mi."

Unnecessarily provocative I would say but suspension for a fairly subtle "hostile workplace" violation distributing chocolate shows how broken the whole trans thing has become, along with the institutions doing things that are positively the stupidest expression of progressive "thought."

One of the Many Down Sides of Aging

Your toenails get too thick for traditional toenail clippers.  Perhaps it is just me but they get more rounded as well.  You cannot get enough of the nail between the blades.  My wife has started using a electric device intended for callous removal.  It is slow.  Does anyone have any recommendations?.

The good news is that I seem to have broken below 200 pounds and staying there.  I am 25 pounds below where I started dieting a couple years ago. Pizzas stay away!

Surprise: Reefer Madness

5/10/23 UPI:

"Up to 30% of schizophrenia cases among men aged 21 to 30 are related to heavy and problematic use of marijuana, according to the findings.

"The researchers also found a tripled overall risk of schizophrenia linked to cannabis use in young men compared to women: Around 15% of cases of schizophrenia in men aged 16 to 49 might have been avoided in 2021 by preventing cannabis use, in contrast to just 4% among women in that age range."

But it's natural.  Do you wonder about the increase in mass murders?

Another Victory

Fraser v. BATF (E.D.Va. 2023) rules that 18-21 year olds can buy handguns.  Long decision that largely boils down to "old enough to vote, old enough to buy a handgun."

Another Bruen victory.