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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2175 on: November 15, 2023, 03:29:26 PM »
Get your pride nutcracker at Target
yeah....
Lets see how this goes for them

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The retailer has a range of Christmas decorations available this year including Santas of various ethnicities in wheelchairs and a toy soldier carrying the LGBTQ+ Pride flag and wearing a rainbow hat. It comes after the company suffered losses when shoppers boycotted Target for stocking Pride month merchandise and transgender friendly swimwear earlier this year.

Target Sparks Conservative Outrage Over 'Woke' Christmas Ornaments
https://www.newsweek.com/target-christmas-ornaments-backlash-woke-lgbtq-black-santa-1843896

TARGET HIRES PRIDE STRATEGIST WHO VOWS TO ‘MAKE TROUBLE,’ DEBUTS RAINBOW NUTCRACKERS FOR CHRISTMAS
https://www.outkick.com/target-hires-pride-strategist-who-vows-to-make-trouble-debuts-rainbow-nutcrackers-for-christmas/

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2176 on: November 15, 2023, 07:44:33 PM »
Get your pride nutcracker at Target
yeah....
Lets see how this goes for them

Target Sparks Conservative Outrage Over 'Woke' Christmas Ornaments
https://www.newsweek.com/target-christmas-ornaments-backlash-woke-lgbtq-black-santa-1843896

TARGET HIRES PRIDE STRATEGIST WHO VOWS TO ‘MAKE TROUBLE,’ DEBUTS RAINBOW NUTCRACKERS FOR CHRISTMAS
https://www.outkick.com/target-hires-pride-strategist-who-vows-to-make-trouble-debuts-rainbow-nutcrackers-for-christmas/

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2177 on: November 16, 2023, 08:17:50 AM »
Got to make sure they know how to be gangsta young  :facepalm:

Parents are slammed for viral video showing young children playing with ultra-realistic guns and flashing cash at 'NBA YoungBoy themed' birthday party
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12754485/viral-video-NBA-YoungBoy-themed-kids-birthday-party.html
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2178 on: November 16, 2023, 12:04:10 PM »
Get your pride nutcracker at Target
yeah....
Lets see how this goes for them

Target Sparks Conservative Outrage Over 'Woke' Christmas Ornaments
https://www.newsweek.com/target-christmas-ornaments-backlash-woke-lgbtq-black-santa-1843896

TARGET HIRES PRIDE STRATEGIST WHO VOWS TO ‘MAKE TROUBLE,’ DEBUTS RAINBOW NUTCRACKERS FOR CHRISTMAS
https://www.outkick.com/target-hires-pride-strategist-who-vows-to-make-trouble-debuts-rainbow-nutcrackers-for-christmas/

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Target Releases Trans Muslim Chinese Quadruple Amputee Santa
https://babylonbee.com/news/target-releases-trans-muslim-chinese-quadruple-amputee-santa
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2179 on: November 16, 2023, 06:57:05 PM »
Remember Miss Universe announced it was allowing trans contestants?
Well they've filed bankruptcy and some are blaming the woke move.

Miss Universe judge reveals bankruptcy likely due to 'outrage' over transgender organizer
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/miss-universe-judge-reveals-bankruptcy-due-outrage-transgender-organizer
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2180 on: November 16, 2023, 07:31:04 PM »
Remember Miss Universe announced it was allowing trans contestants?
Well they've filed bankruptcy and some are blaming the woke move.

Miss Universe judge reveals bankruptcy likely due to 'outrage' over transgender organizer
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/miss-universe-judge-reveals-bankruptcy-due-outrage-transgender-organizer

Get woke go broke.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2181 on: November 19, 2023, 01:39:19 PM »
Rent-a-Girl Friend

Revealed: Loneliness epidemic in Japan has led to the rise in popularity of websites offering fake girlfriends and boyfriends who can be RENTED
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-12767753/Loneliness-epidemic-Japan-led-rise-popularity-websites-offering-fake-girlfriends-boyfriends-RENT.html

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Jaggard said after the date: 'It was the most ridiculous, expensive date I've ever had - but we enjoyed it and it's still cheaper than having an actual girlfriend.'

Didn't they use to call these prostitutes?
Girl in HS actually did a paper for economics class on why it was cheaper for a guy to hire a prostitute once in awhile compared to keeping a GF
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2182 on: November 19, 2023, 02:38:24 PM »
^^^

I seem to recall reading about that a couple of years ago, so it has been ongoing. Though I'm pretty sure what I read was just about platonic stuff - no hanky panky for ducats.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2183 on: November 19, 2023, 02:43:24 PM »
^^^

I seem to recall reading about that a couple of years ago, so it has been ongoing. Though I'm pretty sure what I read was just about platonic stuff - no hanky panky for ducats.

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2184 on: November 19, 2023, 02:44:06 PM »
Rent-a-Girl Friend

I thought this was about one of the 2 "Rent A Girlfriend" animes that are out from Japan.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2185 on: November 19, 2023, 09:36:18 PM »
Look, I can quit any time I want, but I just don’t want to deal with the withdrawal. It doesn’t last that long, but it is intense.
From what I hear if you substitute nitrogen the withdrawal is quick, painless and lasts.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2186 on: November 19, 2023, 10:07:39 PM »
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2187 on: November 21, 2023, 08:34:48 AM »
Pelosi poops her depends because you walked through the capital building  - 19yrs
Carjack a grandma then drag her behind the vehicle until she rips apart - 20yrs

I bet I know which one will get out first

Something ain't right here.

Three Louisiana teens who carjacked New Orleans woman, 73, and dismembered her by dragging her behind her vehicle strike plea deals that'll see them jailed for 20 years
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12773761/Louisiana-teens-carjacked-Linda-Frickey-New-Orleans-plea-deal-20-years.html
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2188 on: November 21, 2023, 10:38:27 AM »
According to the article, these three were the passengers in the car, not the driver.  The quotes from the sister seem to indicate she wants to bury the driver.  That part sounds good.
I have a bad feeling the plea deal means a chance for parole pretty quick.  We'll see.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2189 on: November 21, 2023, 10:54:28 AM »
Pelosi poops her depends because you walked through the capital building  - 19yrs
Carjack a grandma then drag her behind the vehicle until she rips apart - 20yrs

I bet I know which one will get out first

Something ain't right here.

Three Louisiana teens who carjacked New Orleans woman, 73, and dismembered her by dragging her behind her vehicle strike plea deals that'll see them jailed for 20 years
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12773761/Louisiana-teens-carjacked-Linda-Frickey-New-Orleans-plea-deal-20-years.html

Take them out in to the swamp, shoot them in the knees and leave them for the 'gators.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2190 on: November 21, 2023, 12:15:11 PM »
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2192 on: November 22, 2023, 08:43:26 AM »
https://gab.com/Big_Daddy_CorkUSMC/posts/111443101708856509/media/1
Seeing this, I think . . . why NOT defund the police? They're not doing any police work, are they?
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2196 on: November 27, 2023, 04:45:46 PM »
. . . Three Louisiana teens who carjacked New Orleans woman, 73, and dismembered her by dragging her behind her vehicle strike plea deals that'll see them jailed for 20 years
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12773761/Louisiana-teens-carjacked-Linda-Frickey-New-Orleans-plea-deal-20-years.html
In 1998, three white guys in Texas kidnapped a black man, James Byrd, and dragged him behind their vehicle to his death. Texas caught, prosecuted, and convicted all three - two got the death penalty and have been executed, the last one got a life sentence and is spending 23 hours a day in a 6 x 8 foot jail cell to protect him from the other inmates. Somehow he'll be eligible for parole in 2038, but given the ghastly nature of his crime, he's unlikely to get it.

Draw your own conclusions about the differences in sentencing.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2198 on: November 27, 2023, 10:04:12 PM »
Did someone mention feral kids?

Horrifying moment mass brawl breaks out at North Carolina high school before student is stabbed to death and another suffers knife wounds - as cops arrest suspect
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12797119/NC-southeast-raleigh-high-school-stabbing-dead.html
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #2199 on: November 28, 2023, 07:21:46 AM »
THAT CLERK SHOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT A GUN TO WORK! (Not the Babylon Bee)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1729149916008821178

https://twitchy.com/chad-felix-greene/2023/11/27/wasnt-he-robbing-the-store-with-a-gun-family-of-slain-armed-robber-outraged-employee-had-a-gun-n2390211


Not long after I left the newspaper there was a police involved shooting in the town. During a street fair the local well-known drunkard and all around scumbag got REALLY handsy with a woman who didn't want to be groped. She yelled, police foot patrol responded, and scumbag took off with police in pursuit.

Scumbag ducks into an alley, pulls a crappy .22, and starts popping off at the officers when they enter after him. Gets several hits on the cops, mostly vest hits, but hits one of them in the elbow and the other one in the hip.

They light his ass up. Multiple hits on the guy, resulting in him bleeding out well before emergency services can arrive. Both cops hospitalized, the guy who was shot in the elbow ends up on disability retirement. State police investigate, find the shooting to be 100% justified, book closed.

Scumbag's family, also well-known scumbags, is screeching bloody murder about their family member being murdered, being executed, whatever soundbite sounds good for the local media, and finds themself a bottom feeder to file a wrongful death suit for millions and millions.

Didn't end well for them. I'm not sure if the case was out and out dismissed it or if the jury told them to pound sand, but ultimately the family got absolutely nothing. Which was far more than they should have gotten for the deceased scumbag.
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