Apr 112022
 

Checking out the “science” section on Google News brings up this headline:

*Science,* people. This is what “decolonized” science, stripped of “white supremacy” and “patriarchy” looks like: friggen’ horoscopes.

If you’re interested in astrology, you’re likely more than familiar with your Sun sign, which directly relates to your personality. Maybe your ‘scope-obsessed self is also well-versed in your Moon sign, which aligns with your emotions and moods.

Your Venus sign is something different altogether, although for most people, it can be the same sign as their Sun sign, or one of its neighboring signs, says Alice Alta, resident astrologer for the Futurio app. And as with any planetary sign, this one is determined by where Venus was in the sky at the time of your birth. To find your Venus sign, all you need is your birth date, time, and location to create your natal chart via an astrology app or website like CafeAstrology.com, explains Alta.

What is my Venus sign, and how does it impact me?

“Venus is the planet of love, beauty, harmony, money, material values,” she notes. So, Venus in the natal chart is responsible for the development of your sense of style and taste, determining your preferences in everything from clothes to romantic partners.

At its core, Venus is huge in helping to understand your personality and how you express yourself. It impacts how you show your desires, passions, and what’s important to you. It can also determine how you interact with others and the energy you give off in those interactions.

Oh my ᚠᚪᛣᚳᛁᚾᚷ Gawd.

 Posted by at 3:49 pm
Apr 112022
 

A recent ebay acquisition, this is a lithograph with a photo and color cutaway of the Vought ALVRJ demonstrator vehicle. The Advanced Low-Volume Ramjet was a program that ran from the late 1960s into the 1980’s with the goal of producing a ramjet engine for missile applications, such as air-to-air missiles and the like.

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 Posted by at 12:19 am
Apr 102022
 

As a child of the 70s and 80’s, department stores and shopping malls means something different to me than they doubtless do to Millenials and Gen Z’ers. I am sufficiently non-stupid so as to not be shocked that things change… but still, there’s a sadness to watching things that used to be popular and successful turn into ghost towns. I guess it’s like seeing the last of 8-tracks or cathode ray tubes. Still: I’d trade the convenience of Amazon and the inexpensiveness of WalMart if it meant that the cultural madness of Twitter and TikTok and Facebook and Tumbler and the rest of them could also be swept away. Kids these days could do with actual socialization and the exercise that comes from mall-walking. Maybe there’d be less
“gender madness” if kids could actually see, in a social setting, their peers looking normal and reasonably healthy.

The list of functioning Sears stores here (2:02) is kinda astounding, given that there used to be 3,000 of the places. There are only 4 (*FOUR*) functioning K-Mart stores, soon to be three. 2022 will probably be the last year for both of these brands.

Bonus:

 

 Posted by at 8:03 pm
Apr 102022
 

A collection of videos showing the current state of COVID-theater in China. So much of it is so over-the-top that it is clear that the purpose is not, as claimed, to control the spread of the ChiCom Flu, but to simply dominate the people… and to let the people know they’re being dominated. Power, pure and simple, naked and unlimited. This sort of thing is entirely possible in the west… if we allow it. Canada and Australia have been China-lite… how long until they – or the US – try to equal the Chinese government?

 Posted by at 7:45 pm
Apr 102022
 

No joke about “disturbing video:”

Disturbing Video: China Is Taking Cats for Extermination Due to COVID — Dogs Too

Think twice before clicking. Scenes of members of Team Humanity being tortured and killed on an industrial scale by humans. As much as many of use *hate* the little monsters responsible for the assault on Buddy The Cat… here’s an entire government that deserves that ire.

Remember the old wisdom about “if someone will do that to an animal, they’ll do that to a human?” Yeah, well… these are ChiComs. They’ve *already* done this to tens of millions of humans, so this is hardly surprising. But it’s still… hmmm.

Once again: humans at our worst are a Cosmic Horror to animals, especially those who rely on us.

 Posted by at 2:31 am
Apr 092022
 

Interesting if true:

Russia may have lost one fifth of their combat power in Ukraine, say Western officials

Seems like guesswork, but given how badly things have gone for the Russians… it may be true. A month and a half after essentially invading Kansas and Russias army has lost around 20% of their capability? A few more months and they’ll be under 50%. At that point, the Chinese will be looking *real* *hard* at Siberia. Finland might decide to just walk in and take their territory back.

 Posted by at 5:45 pm
Apr 092022
 

Ben’s staff selects some of the craziest nutbars tiktok has to offer to make their boss react to. Someday, historians will look back on this time in amazement that society ever allowed people with this level of mental illness to have this outsized of an influence on culture, norms and laws.

 

By the way: if you are still concerned about the so-called “Don’t Say gay” bill, Ruined Leon is here to set you right. Unlike the people screaming the loudest about it, he actually goes to the bother of actually reading the thing: Spoiler warning: the crazies are lying. Shocker, I know.

And if you are confused or concerned that perhaps you too are a groomer, the Babylon Bee has kindly provided a simple test:

Are You A Groomer? 9 Things To Look For

1. Do you talk about sex with 5-year-olds behind their parents’ back?

2. Do you begin sentences with, “Don’t tell your parents, but…”

3. Do you encourage kids to cut off their sex organs?

4. Are you a Disney Executive?

Take a look and see how you stack up, and whether you should be removed from the proximity of children.

We don’t need stricter gun laws. We don’t need open borders. We do need a whole lot of mental asylums.

 Posted by at 3:30 pm