buzzsawmonkey 11/13/2019 5:32:24 PM

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One of the Illinois Democrats apparently claimed today that hearsay evidence can be better than direct evidence.

The Democrats have found their long-sought what-are-you-smoking? gun!

Occasional Reader 11/13/2019 6:25:21 PM

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So I am on the mailing list for something called “kid friendly DC“, which, as the name implies, is supposed to be informing parents about events around the nations capital that will be suitable for small children. Today I got the following notice, posted here without comment:

http://www.kidfriendlydc.com/2019/11/13/rent-is-at-an-all-time-high-at-national-theatre/#comments

Occasional Reader 11/13/2019 6:27:42 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 1:

I truly don’t know whether to laugh or cry. 

buzzsawmonkey 11/13/2019 6:30:01 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 2:

Never saw "Rent," though I've probably heard some of the songs somewhere along the way.  Doesn't sound like it's quite the thing for the toddler set---what next, will they be promoting a revival of "Angels in America?"

buzzsawmonkey 11/13/2019 6:31:25 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 2:

BTW, there's a piece up at PJM in the "Culture" section about how the wokies are all upset because there's supposed to be some revival/get together of the "Friends" cast, and apparently the show wasn't sufficiently gay-friendly.

buzzsawmonkey 11/13/2019 6:33:48 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 5:

Here's the link to the "Friends" story.

doppelganglander 11/13/2019 6:45:12 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 2:

Good Lord. It might be okay for older teenagers, but not kids. I saw the movie version - all I could think about was why these losers didn't get real jobs and pay the damn rent. 

Occasional Reader 11/13/2019 6:57:45 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 4: Reply to doppelganglander in 7: 

But don’t you dare think they’re trying to “groom“ young children for their “lifestyle“, because if you do, you’re a right-wing hater.

doppelganglander 11/13/2019 7:05:11 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:

Nonsense. So how is Little OR enjoying drag queen story hour?

Kosh's Shadow 11/13/2019 7:10:24 PM

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In #7 doppelganglander said: Good Lord. It might be okay for older teenagers, but not kids. I saw the movie version - all I could think about was why these losers didn't get real jobs and pay the damn rent. 

Well, it is, I have heard, based on La Boheme opera, 

Here is the parody from Team America

buzzsawmonkey 11/13/2019 7:14:14 PM

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In #8 Occasional Reader said: But don’t you dare think they’re trying to “groom“ young children for their “lifestyle“, because if you do, you’re a right-wing hater.

You may recall that back in the old SOB days, I was initially a supporter of same-sex marriage, on the "What the hell, why not?" line of reasoning. As the push for it became more acrimonious, and I watched the changes in language advocating it, thinking back to the gay-rights stuff I'd read in my college years which proudly trumpeted the movement's opposition to marriage and desire for its destruction---which it has never actually disavowed---I realized that the "marriage" push was actually for the purpose of getting a toehold in "equal rights" jurisprudence that could later be leveraged in all sorts of ways, and I changed my mind.

Jim Crow laws, which decreed who could not be served, no longer exist; but the Left is doing everything it can to institute Jim Queer laws which decree who must be served, and where and how.  

doppelganglander 11/13/2019 7:15:12 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 10:

I knew it was based on La Boheme. They basically changed tuberculosis to AIDS. I still think everyone concerned should have gotten jobs.

/grumpy old woman

Kosh's Shadow 11/13/2019 7:16:44 PM

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In #12 doppelganglander said: They basically changed tuberculosis to AIDS

TB, or not TB? That is the coughing.

@PBJ3 11/13/2019 8:32:05 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 13:  Heh!

Syrah 11/13/2019 9:20:40 PM

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Red Planet (2000) with Val Kilmer. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199753/

It really sucks.