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Online abuse, harassment and hate toward women has soared in the days since the US election, with phrases like "your body, my choice" and "get back to the kitchen" exploding on platforms like X and and TikTok, according to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
OK, I'll go away quietly from these two tunes threads.
But this first...
Kings - This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide (1980)
www.youtube.com
The "nothing matters but the weekend" tune.
:)
@#69 ... Once these people have been rounded up and put in the deportation camps ...
OK, let me take a step back from the scenario proposed in your comment.
And ask ...
Who will be rounding up these undocumented people?
Who?
Number of full-time law enforcement officers in the United States from 2004 to 2022
www.statista.com
So, as of 2022, let's say 750,000 law enforcement people in the US.
OK, how many of those officers will be devoted to deportation?
And, what about the usual law-enforcement duties that they had been doing?
Who will be doing those duties?
That is why I ask, what is Pres-elect Trump's plan to carry out what he has promised to do (multiple times) in the early days of his term.
Your body, my choice': Harassment toward women surges online after Trump's win
www.deccanherald.com
... Trump's election victory against Harris has emboldened influencers from the 'Manosphere,' or interconnected misogynistic online communities, who see his election win as a rebuke of reproductive rights and gender equality, said ISD, a nonprofit that advocates policies to fight extremism. ...
Your Body, My Choice': Harassment Toward Women Surges Online After Election Day
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
... Online abuse, harassment and hate toward women has soared in the days since the US election, with phrases like "your body, my choice" and "get back to the kitchen" exploding on platforms like X and and TikTok, according to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. ...
"Get back to the kitchen"
Oh yeah, I have heard that before, and I have posted as much here on this most august web site.
OK, from 2022 ...
Caamp - Believe (2022)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics in the video.
From what I understand, the members of the group met at a summer camp, hence the name.
A couple of fun (interesting?) tunes by an alt-rock group ...
Beat Farmers - Happy Boy (1985)
www.youtube.com
--- and ---
Country Dick Montana - Little Balls of Yarn (1987)
www.youtube.com
Not a surprise, lyrics do not seem to be available in English.
@#9 ... Europe has started to wake up. ...
Europe started to wake up a couple years ago.
European defence spending: the new consensus (2018)
www.iiss.org
... Changing threat perceptions and an improved economic climate have prompted European states to increase defence spending.
In 2017, Europe was the fastest-growing region in real-terms defence spending, with a 3.6% increase over the 2016 figure (see Figure 1). While this trend is set to last, does it mean that European states will be better prepared to face today's increasingly unstable world? ...
One of my favorite lyrics excerpts is in this tune ...
Five for Fighting - Easy Tonight
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt...
genius.com
...
You were wrong
You were right
And you are gone
Tonight
You were free
So alive
You were wrong
You were right
And you were down
You could see
And you wore hearts
For me
And you were sharp
Sharp as knives
You were wrong
You were right
...
Later on in the lyrics is the phrase ... "Don't know where I'm going yet, no. But I sure am getting there"
Wow.
I don't know what my aim is, but I am hitting it.
That just has hung with me.
@#58
Is that supposed to be something that is funny?