I'm not going to pass judgment either way on sex work (other than to say that sex work is work), but Florida raising the stripping age from 18 to 21 is of the same cloth as all of the other de-adulting activities of 18-20YOs that have gone on since 1984 with the drinking age.
I've noticed that a legal age of 21 tends to stop further regulation of the vice in question. It happened with alcohol, with credit cards, with tobacco, and now with nekkid bars. The gaming industry has benefited from this for years. Next up will be porn, and then probably R-rated movies, and M- and AO-rated video games.
At least MADD has kept us from engaging in enough war to bring back the draft.
I also think that, collectively, it has sent a message to young adults that because they don't have the brainpower to handle these vices, they don't have the brainpower to engage in "adulting" in more constructive ways. Now we have a collective "failure to launch" among the young.
I have to think there is a relationship between the de-adulting of 18-20 YOs and the trepidation of "adulting" among the young. The fact that there has not been more of an outcry among the young suggests that they have drunk the (unspiked) Kool-Aid. Can we stop the MADDness?
I subscribed to this outlet for intelligent reporting. Now you’re using a defense attorney’s claim (of all things) to establish a legitimate argument that marijuana is a social problem? It’s most likely this person was very unwell and self-medicating, and thus a case of correlation not causation. Yet you use this one instance in your headline summary to propose that the marijuana is a broader problem?Fix this. Be better or you’re just as bad as the rest.
I have tried to find the source of the graph that Abraham Wyner presents...did he create that graph using the actual numbers provided to the public by the Gaza Ministry of Health? His article doesn't specifically say and it seems important.
While I have empathy for Israelis, my loyalty is with America and American citizens. I don't care about Princess Kate, weed legalization, Tik Tok or women having to be 21 to be strippers in Florida. You continue to refuse to report on the larger and more deeply concerning failures of the Biden administration and their repeated efforts to undermine every American, our laws and the very fundamental standards of our constitution. I will not continue to support your efforts if these obvious failures aren't addressed. "Common Sense" and your commitment to journalism should obligate you to report on the ugliest and most unpleasant truths you seem to be willing to ignore. We are at a tipping point in our current politics and I am fearful that the cliff is quickly approaching.
#1- How do you know the Chinese Communist Party is lying? You can see their lips move. Why would you trust them. They've spent milk lions on useful fools touting Tik-Tok. Their president(?) swore in front of congress that they're not controlled by the party. These people steal our technological advances as they please. They ignore our patents wholesale as if it is a proud moment to screw over other people, especially the west.They spy on us, by any means they can imagine, even to the point of having amorous relations with a standing (or more probably lying down), only to deny wrong doing. Why should we trust them? EVER.
#2- The press services have made a big to do about Kate Middleton. WHO CARES? Leave them alone. Not out business. Why all of a sudden do they get scruples? If this scrutiny was applied in important areas, we'd be talking. They lost that years ago, and as they say in the toothpaste commercial, once you've lost the enamel, you've lost it.
#3- Legalized weed is a tax boon for governments. The crap in California, where the dispensaries like to appear to have a modicum of gentility are more expensive than the street, or so I'm told.
#4- Hamas can't even lie correctly. The fact that so many people are willing to accept their lies at face value says a lot about antisemitism.
Of course the casualty figures issued by Hamas are suspect. However, let's not minimize the tens of thousand Palestinian casualties, including thousands of children. Do you think that while the current scorched earth policy might be in reaction to the horrific attacks of October 7, it also might be to cover up Netanyahu's inexcusable intelligence failure?
I love that, "epistemological sanity." Indeed. I'll have to use it.
But seriously, there needs to be a much larger overhaul of the legacy of the 1996 internet law, starting with the minimum age. At the time, the debate was between age 16 and age 18, which was a sane discussion. After the bill left committee, the minimum age was inexplicably lowered to 13, which is not sane. It needs to rise back to where the original discussion pointed, maybe as low as age 16 (driver's license, lowest age of consent) or as high as age 18 (age of majority).
Antimonopoly law, neglected for a generation after the late 1990s, needs to be revived and applied. Addictive and manipulative business models need to be restricted.
The spirit of the 1996 law was informed by the carefree, neoliberal 1990s mentality that is obsolete (if you follow some) or dead (if you follow Bari).
Cannabis legalization as now have it was a mistake. Legalizing full-blown THC psychosis and addiction for recreational use was always crazy. Better, more sensible approaches are available, like allowing CBD extracts while limiting THC to research and medical use. This is common in saner countries.
Looking forward to digging into the articles about weed legalization. It’s an issue I’ve shifted back and forth on quite a bit and I want to be well-informed.
Trump now loves Tiktok- I am not sure why anyone tries to figure out Trump anymore. Just go with the fact that everything he does is about him and him alone. He doesn't care about the US. He cares that he lost the last election and he needs to rectify that it in his own convoluted mind. That is all. He is a narcissistic, addle brained old man who for some reason people see as some kind of savior. (and don't talk about Biden I am not a fan of his either).
Now as far as Shaun King and Islam... I actually just felt sorry for the Islamic religion. But maybe he will move to Doha. That would be a boon to the US.
The legalization of weed has corresponded with the demonization of tobacco. While not wishing to promote smoking per se, growing up in the 1960s I never saw domestic violence and other social pathologies result from cigarette smoking. The house stank for awhile after your uncle left. Now weed and other greenies are promoted by quacks and others as having all sorts of medicinal advantages. With no warning labels. And plenty of advertising.
Wait! Is TFP also panicking about Tiktok, or merely reporting on Trump etc.?
I'm not going to pass judgment either way on sex work (other than to say that sex work is work), but Florida raising the stripping age from 18 to 21 is of the same cloth as all of the other de-adulting activities of 18-20YOs that have gone on since 1984 with the drinking age.
I've noticed that a legal age of 21 tends to stop further regulation of the vice in question. It happened with alcohol, with credit cards, with tobacco, and now with nekkid bars. The gaming industry has benefited from this for years. Next up will be porn, and then probably R-rated movies, and M- and AO-rated video games.
At least MADD has kept us from engaging in enough war to bring back the draft.
I also think that, collectively, it has sent a message to young adults that because they don't have the brainpower to handle these vices, they don't have the brainpower to engage in "adulting" in more constructive ways. Now we have a collective "failure to launch" among the young.
I have to think there is a relationship between the de-adulting of 18-20 YOs and the trepidation of "adulting" among the young. The fact that there has not been more of an outcry among the young suggests that they have drunk the (unspiked) Kool-Aid. Can we stop the MADDness?
“But, but. but Trump” Remind us, again, how some at TFP aren’t obsessed with / infected with “Trump Derangement Syndrome”
You & your kind have been yapping the same rhetoric for over 8 years now "Trump/Orange Man Bad" "We have to save Democracy" blah blah blah
Maybe try to find a hobby or go for long walks. Because it's so freaking tiring
Also please don't reply & try to have a good day
A tik tok free of CCP influence would be better than no tik tok at all. So long as it’s free of US interference as well
I subscribed to this outlet for intelligent reporting. Now you’re using a defense attorney’s claim (of all things) to establish a legitimate argument that marijuana is a social problem? It’s most likely this person was very unwell and self-medicating, and thus a case of correlation not causation. Yet you use this one instance in your headline summary to propose that the marijuana is a broader problem?Fix this. Be better or you’re just as bad as the rest.
I have tried to find the source of the graph that Abraham Wyner presents...did he create that graph using the actual numbers provided to the public by the Gaza Ministry of Health? His article doesn't specifically say and it seems important.
While I have empathy for Israelis, my loyalty is with America and American citizens. I don't care about Princess Kate, weed legalization, Tik Tok or women having to be 21 to be strippers in Florida. You continue to refuse to report on the larger and more deeply concerning failures of the Biden administration and their repeated efforts to undermine every American, our laws and the very fundamental standards of our constitution. I will not continue to support your efforts if these obvious failures aren't addressed. "Common Sense" and your commitment to journalism should obligate you to report on the ugliest and most unpleasant truths you seem to be willing to ignore. We are at a tipping point in our current politics and I am fearful that the cliff is quickly approaching.
China or not, tik tok and every other platform is a shill for progressives.
#1- How do you know the Chinese Communist Party is lying? You can see their lips move. Why would you trust them. They've spent milk lions on useful fools touting Tik-Tok. Their president(?) swore in front of congress that they're not controlled by the party. These people steal our technological advances as they please. They ignore our patents wholesale as if it is a proud moment to screw over other people, especially the west.They spy on us, by any means they can imagine, even to the point of having amorous relations with a standing (or more probably lying down), only to deny wrong doing. Why should we trust them? EVER.
#2- The press services have made a big to do about Kate Middleton. WHO CARES? Leave them alone. Not out business. Why all of a sudden do they get scruples? If this scrutiny was applied in important areas, we'd be talking. They lost that years ago, and as they say in the toothpaste commercial, once you've lost the enamel, you've lost it.
#3- Legalized weed is a tax boon for governments. The crap in California, where the dispensaries like to appear to have a modicum of gentility are more expensive than the street, or so I'm told.
#4- Hamas can't even lie correctly. The fact that so many people are willing to accept their lies at face value says a lot about antisemitism.
We don't need No Labels for a unity ticket: just replace Kamala with Nikki.
Of course the casualty figures issued by Hamas are suspect. However, let's not minimize the tens of thousand Palestinian casualties, including thousands of children. Do you think that while the current scorched earth policy might be in reaction to the horrific attacks of October 7, it also might be to cover up Netanyahu's inexcusable intelligence failure?
I love that, "epistemological sanity." Indeed. I'll have to use it.
But seriously, there needs to be a much larger overhaul of the legacy of the 1996 internet law, starting with the minimum age. At the time, the debate was between age 16 and age 18, which was a sane discussion. After the bill left committee, the minimum age was inexplicably lowered to 13, which is not sane. It needs to rise back to where the original discussion pointed, maybe as low as age 16 (driver's license, lowest age of consent) or as high as age 18 (age of majority).
Antimonopoly law, neglected for a generation after the late 1990s, needs to be revived and applied. Addictive and manipulative business models need to be restricted.
The spirit of the 1996 law was informed by the carefree, neoliberal 1990s mentality that is obsolete (if you follow some) or dead (if you follow Bari).
Cannabis legalization as now have it was a mistake. Legalizing full-blown THC psychosis and addiction for recreational use was always crazy. Better, more sensible approaches are available, like allowing CBD extracts while limiting THC to research and medical use. This is common in saner countries.
I hope it’s a case of great minds think alike and not stealing headlines! https://jessicareedkraus.substack.com/p/the-curious-case-of-kate-middletons
Looking forward to digging into the articles about weed legalization. It’s an issue I’ve shifted back and forth on quite a bit and I want to be well-informed.
Trump now loves Tiktok- I am not sure why anyone tries to figure out Trump anymore. Just go with the fact that everything he does is about him and him alone. He doesn't care about the US. He cares that he lost the last election and he needs to rectify that it in his own convoluted mind. That is all. He is a narcissistic, addle brained old man who for some reason people see as some kind of savior. (and don't talk about Biden I am not a fan of his either).
Now as far as Shaun King and Islam... I actually just felt sorry for the Islamic religion. But maybe he will move to Doha. That would be a boon to the US.
The legalization of weed has corresponded with the demonization of tobacco. While not wishing to promote smoking per se, growing up in the 1960s I never saw domestic violence and other social pathologies result from cigarette smoking. The house stank for awhile after your uncle left. Now weed and other greenies are promoted by quacks and others as having all sorts of medicinal advantages. With no warning labels. And plenty of advertising.
Gummies and edibles are all the rage in my cohort of 40 & 50 somethings. My husband and I chose not to participate but we are in the minority.