Just a sweet lil’ dream.
Author: Kim du Toit
Staying Away
I don’t often visit Target stores because they so seldom have anything I want, and if they do, it’s at a premium price. Guess I won’t be going there anytime soon anyway, what with this bullshit going on:
Target will be selling breast binders and packing underwear as part of its latest clothing collection just ahead of “Pride month” in June.
The retailer is known for celebrating June in a splashy, rainbow-colored way. It has been criticized for offering a pride collection for kids, specifically babies, for years. Now the company is catering to the trans community by promoting specialty garments specifically made for them.
According to Bustle, Target partnered with TomboyX and Humankind for the collection, which are both “queer owned, female-founded brands.” Merchandise will include the expected rainbow-colored messaging that’s become commonplace for these collections. It will also have some new items that a mainstream retailer like Target hasn’t sold before.
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In the adult collection, a poem that includes the line, “For the queer lovers and everyone in between, for the rebels that fight to forever be seen,” is featured on tote bags, shirts, and beach towels.
There are also pride flag cat toys, including a giraffe designed in lesbian flag colors and stuffed teacup with rainbow tea, and three tea bags with the lesbian, transgender, and bisexual pride flags.
Call me whatever-phobic, but I just can’t see that any of that merchandise will be suited to me.
Idiots, or evil? I report, you decide.
“Private” Property?
The concept of private property has always been a contentious one. It shouldn’t have been, as one of the few actual duties of any government is to protect private property — but ask any landlord in, oh, California how difficult it can be to evict tenants who haven’t paid the rent.
It’s even worse in Scotland — surprise, surprise — where temporary tenant-relief laws passed during the Covidiocy are now set to become permanent:
Previously, once a landlord could prove three consecutive months of rental arrears or more, eviction would have been guaranteed.
Under these latest plans, no eviction will be guaranteed, regardless of circumstance or grounds. It will be all discretionary.
The Bill proposes that a tribunal will still be able to grant an eviction if it considers it reasonable, including where late or no-payment of rent is the reason why the landlord is seeking an eviction. But campaigners have questioned what is deemed reasonable.
Instead of making it an ironclad guarantee — if tenants haven’t paid rent for X period, you may evict them — there’s now good chance that a court may say that such eviction may be “unreasonable”, by some standard undefined. Of course, that’s an egregious injustice which runs contrary to the concept of private property, and the landloards know it:
‘Generally, a landlord will have a reason to recover their property and once they’ve evidenced their grounds, they should be entitled to recover it.
‘It is unclear what – if any – evidence the Scottish Government are analysing to consider the removal of mandatory grounds for possession.
‘Abusing temporary provisions to satisfy a long-term policy objective appears to be an underhand tactic and the intention to permanently make all grounds for possession discretionary simply highlights the Scottish Government’s wilful and continued disregard of the value of the private rented sector.’
And here’s the weaselly response from the ScotGov:
‘It simply means a Tribunal can take into account all of the circumstances of both landlords and tenants relating to a case before making a decision. Good landlords recognise the case for keeping tenants in their homes where possible, so adding a final check from the tribunal will support responsible management, recognise financial and other pressures that tenants can face and help prevent homelessness.’
What utter, Class A, Deluxe bullshit.
Quote Of The Day
After a bad experience while waxing her hoo-hah*, a Brit woman summarizes her experience:
“My fanny* looks like a bright pink newborn panda, but at least the hair is gone. So is my will to live and half the products in my bathroom, but at this point I’ll salvage a win wherever I can.”
Read the whole thing; it’s like a Mr. Bean episode.
Tonight’s The Night
Finally got my laptop’s power cord back (thankee MoK, no thankee USPS), so as soon as I’ve caught up with the 200+ emails in Ye Olde Inboxe, I’ll be be drawing the ULD Rifle lucky ticket sometime tonight.
The lucky winner will be contacted and announcement made tomorrow.
News Roundup
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I know, I know… but the news is still worse:
…Commie asshole.
…see below.
…don’t you just wish you could do that to the Antifa assholes without getting hassled by the fuzz?
…actually, the reverse is true, but of course the WH is going to get it wrong.
…would that were a literal event.
…it’s a common side effect from eating Tide pods.
…shut the fuck up, Carl.
…they call her “leggy” only because they can’t call her “breasty”.
…sounds about right. Should be more of it.
Train Smash Watch:
…no link, nothing to see. Oh, alright, but don’t say I didn’t warn ya.
And in INSIGNIFICA:
I know, I know: pictorial proof required:
And speaking of the above, here’s Christine McGuinness:
