Occasional Reader 12/28/2022 6:06:04 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 12/28/2022 8:17:54 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 1:

Is that a commemoration of Herod's "Slaughter of the Innocents?"

Occasional Reader 12/28/2022 8:52:13 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 2:

Apparently, yes.  (it was what popped up when I searched for a holiday on this date.) So perhaps “happy” it’s not the right word….

buzzsawmonkey 12/28/2022 9:03:18 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 3:

It would, however, be a good day for anti-abortion agitation.

Some years ago I proposed the idea of an anti-abortion art contest and show, built around a "slaughter of the innocents" theme, and with some nice cash prizes for the contest winners.

Properly done---and with a multi-city exhibition tour---it could be a useful political and teaching tool.  Particularly nice is that it uses art to make the point, art being largely the province of the Left.  It would also be fun to watch normally left-leaning artists trying for the prize money.

doppelganglander 12/28/2022 9:22:54 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 4:

The pro-abortion crowd would burn down the gallery and the FBI would ignore it.

vxbush 12/28/2022 10:38:21 AM

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In #5 doppelganglander said: The pro-abortion crowd would burn down the gallery and the FBI would ignore it.

Really. 

Happy Wednesday, everyone. Thanks goodness I didn't have to go anywhere this morning; a migraine is NOT an optimal breakfast. 

vxbush 12/28/2022 10:50:31 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 12/28/2022 11:23:04 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 5:

Reply to vxbush in 6:

I'm not saying there wouldn't be issues, especially security issues---I'm merely suggesting it might be worth doing, and partly for that very reason.

However, "Innocents Day" would also be an excellent date for the presentation of the Gosnell Award, for the most egregious abuses of the abortion industry---and, possibly, in the not-unrelated abuses of children by the "transgender/transition" crowd.  The coveted Empty Bronze Baby Shoes trophy would go to the person who had done the most to promote abortion in the previous year.

doppelganglander 12/28/2022 11:53:45 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 8:

I see your point and I don't disagree. 

buzzsawmonkey 12/28/2022 1:31:48 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 9:

The late Andrew Breitbart always used to say, "Politics are downstream from culture."  It seems to me that there are a number of ways that the culture, and cultural events, could be used to counter the pro-abortion machine.

Some time ago, I suggested that states enact truth-in-advertising laws which took a leaf from the signs/marquees that used to be out front of every McDonald's, where they said "Over X million served."  If a state legislature could pass a law (and make it stick) that mandated abortion parlors have a constantly-updated sign that said, "Over X thousand aborted," that would, perhaps, make people think.  Of course, Planned Parenthood would scream bloody murder, at which point one could reply by saying, "Yes. Precisely."

Kosh's Shadow 12/28/2022 1:45:56 PM

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In #10 buzzsawmonkey said: Of course, Planned Parenthood would scream bloody murder, at which point one could reply by saying, "Yes. Precisely."

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CyberSimian 12/28/2022 1:49:16 PM

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In #4 buzzsawmonkey said: Particularly nice is that it uses art to make the point, art being largely the province of the Left.

In #5 doppelganglander said: The pro-abortion crowd would burn down the gallery and the FBI would ignore it.

In #10 buzzsawmonkey said: Some time ago, I suggested that states enact truth-in-advertising laws which took a leaf from the signs/marquees that used to be out front of every McDonald's, where they said "Over X million served."  If a state legislature could pass a law (and make it stick) that mandated abortion parlors have a constantly-updated sign that said, "Over X thousand aborted," that would, perhaps, make people think.  Of course, Planned Parenthood would scream bloody murder, at which point one could reply by saying, "Yes. Precisely."

CyberSimian 12/28/2022 1:56:43 PM

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In #7 vxbush said: Question in the Frontier for folks. 

mmkay

Kosh's Shadow 12/28/2022 2:08:54 PM

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In #12 CyberSimian said: “New and Improved Abortion Mill! Now with even more aborted black fetuses!”

Diversity!

Kosh's Shadow 12/28/2022 3:54:57 PM

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Study: 'Gender-affirming Care' for Children Has No Medical Benefits

“The ‘gender-affirming’ model of care for teenagers is based on evidence that falls apart under examination,” Sex Matters says. “There is strong evidence that this medical pathway causes physical harm. It can lead to infertility and loss of future sexual function; among multiple side effects, bone health suffers.”

According to Sex Matters, these side effects might be tolerable if there were substantial mental health advantages associated with them. However, the study discovered that there are no mental health advantages.

“Perhaps there are some teenagers for whom the cost-benefit analysis works out — but we have no evidence to tell us which ones, or under what circumstances,” the group explains. “We do know that the physical impacts are significant, and the mental-health improvements minimal.”

So, anyone who says that "gender affirming care" is good for kids, is a science denier!

Including our Assistant Secretary of Health

Earlier this year, Robert “Rachel” Levine, Joe Biden’s Assistant Secretary of Health, claimed without evidence that there is consensus in the medical community that so-called “gender-affirming care” is good for kids.

JCM 12/28/2022 4:01:00 PM

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I'm getting old.

Munchette, my little girl had her first day of work.

buzzsawmonkey 12/28/2022 4:04:58 PM

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In #15 Kosh's Shadow said: Study: 'Gender-affirming Care' for Children Has No Medical Benefits

If your gender is a-firming, the doctors will cut it off.

Kosh's Shadow 12/28/2022 6:43:41 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 12/28/2022 7:03:06 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 12/28/2022 7:04:07 PM

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Submitted for your approavel:

Something I do not see mentioned anywhere is why Jew-hatred has persisted, and that is somewhat Kabbalistic.

(I prefer the coarser term "Jew-hatred" to the sanitized "scientific" antiSemitism)

The reason is the lower world, and those bound to it - the Greeks, Romans, and their successors who find beauty only in the physical world) - reject the connection to the Divinity of the upper worlds. Yet that connection is the purpose of Creation, and it is the job of Jews, so those who want to stay in the physical world forcefully reject the connection, and thus hate those who would bring the connection about - the Jews.

Occasional Reader 12/28/2022 7:25:42 PM

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Reply to CyberSimian in 12:

“ I have a rabid Libertarian sister in <span style="color:red"><b>FLORIDA</b></span><span style="font-size: 1%; color: white;">Florida</span> who’s an artist.”

For some reason I heard this as the setup to a punchline, in a Groucho Marx voice.

CyberSimian 12/29/2022 3:23:18 AM

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In #15 Kosh's Shadow said: Study: 'Gender-affirming Care' for Children Has No Medical Benefits

In #17 buzzsawmonkey said: If your gender is a-firming, the doctors will cut it off.

If your gender is a-firming for children, it SHOULD be cut off… But, instead, you will be described as “family-friendly” and the government will PAY for you to be near children AND will smear as domestic terrorists any parents who object.