Friday, September 30, 2022

Miss Cellania's Links

The 35 Greatest Westerns of All Time. Your opinion may vary.

The Double Life of New York’s Black Oyster King. Thomas Downing served rich white men in his restaurant, but they didn't know about the people he was hiding in the basement.

What’s so scary about a transgender child?

Home For Sale is an Art Funhouse.

An Update on the Next Planet of the Apes Movie. This will be the tenth film in the series.

The CIA declassified these 11 Russian jokes about the Soviet Union. (via Fark, where you'll find more jokes)

Inside the Disneyland of Graveyards. How Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, a star-studded cemetery in Los Angeles, corporatized mourning in America

Taco Bell Is Letting Fans Choose One Of Two Menu Items To Bring Back. Sadly, neither option is the MexiMelt.

They were turned away from urgent care. The reason? Their car insurance.


8 comments:

MarkOfIowa said...

I LOVED the Meximelt! It was the best item on their menu.

Happy Friday, Miss C- Hope you have a great weekend!

Anonymous said...

Blazing Saddles for the Mongos who are only pawn in game of life.

Miss Cellania said...

Happy Friday, Mark!

gwdMaine said...

If you don't like transgender children blame straight people. They're the ones who keep having transgender babies.

Happy Friday Miss C!

Miss Cellania said...

Happy Friday, gwdMaine!

Anonymous said...

Regarding trans kids: it's Vox, so it is an incomplete article.

The issue is that there have been many stories of people who, as kids, and "top surgery" (mastectomies) and/or "bottom surgery" (penis removal, or hysterectomy with also removing the ovaries and making a penis from skin taken from an arm or leg and manipulating tissue to finish off the male genitalia) who end up regretting having that surgery. There are also stories of people that regret taking hormones or puberty blockers that end up regretting that.

No, I do not know if there are studies to know how many minors transitioned to the opposite sex go on to regret vs. are glad of their choice, but there are some number of people on either side.

The other issue is that some states allow this permanent procedures on minors without parental consent. But aren't parents supposed to know what is happening to their children and protect them?

With all of this, the states passing the laws that keep minors from possibly making permanent changes and then regretting it.

The other piece is allowing boys who decide they are girls to compete in girls' sports. This is inherently unfair to natural girls. As an example, the Kentucky boy's record for the 100-meter dash is 10.50 seconds; for girls, it is 11.92.

Miss Cellania said...

Did you read the article? They addressed all those things.

xoxoxoBruce said...

Blazing Saddles didn't make the top 35? Poppycock.