Comments on: My Picks for Top Tweets: 23 August 2017

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:27:40 +0000

In reply to Andrea. Cheers Andrea. :-)

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 23:52:47 +0000

Thank you for the MANY laughs in this bunch!

By: nicky

nicky — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 02:47:56 +0000

It should be pointed out that paedophilia is legal in the US. There is no age limit for marriage in a majority of states, and under-16 or even under-13 marriages are not rare. Now if Clovis were to take action against that.... but no, it's mainly religious sects perpetrating this real abomination and hence ok.

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 23:22:21 +0000

In reply to Federico Bär. You haven't brought it up here before, and I'm glad you have now.

By: Federico Bär

Federico Bär — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:53:01 +0000

In reply to Jenny Haniver.

Thanks for your suggestion, Jenny; I also find ‘mudfooted’ an interesting blog. Consequently I am going to open its pages more often, although it surely will take much of my limited (I need at least 8 hours to sleep) time schedule 🙂
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By: Federico Bär

Federico Bär — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:09:41 +0000

On Trump’s favorite scientist Sam Clovis (“homosexuality is a choice”): this was also stated by a Protestant pastor, one of the panelists in an Australian tv-program. A young boy from the audience asked him: – “When did you choose to be straight?”.

I have recently made this comment in a blogforum that I don’t remember. My apologies in advance if I have repeated this brilliant question on a dicussion here.
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By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:38:04 +0000

In reply to Jenny Haniver. When the NZ Kyle Chapman got married a few years ago, his fiance made him publicly denounce the white supremacists. It was almost the only TV coverage he ever got, and certainly the biggest. However, I'm pretty sure he's gone back to his old ways. White supremacists only very rarely get media coverage here, and it's usually little more than a passing mention. The decision is that ignoring them is the best way to deal with them.

By: Jenny Haniver

Jenny Haniver — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 05:06:21 +0000

The doorway in St. Petersburg is exquisite. Think I need to copy that “Do Not Disturb Sign.”

An unsettling coincidence: Today, I learned the names of a couple of alt-right white supremacists who are supposed to be to Berkeley this weekend and are known to provoke trouble. One of them bears the nickname,”Based Stickman” because he carries a lead-weighted stick and uses it to attack counter-demonstrators at rallies. I learn that his given name is Kyle Chapman; but when I did a Google search, of course, the Kyle Chapman who first came up was the white supremacist from New Zealand. They’re roughly the same age and could pass as brothers or cousins — surely they are in ideology.

I wonder if you or your readers are familiar with the website http://mudfooted.com/? It’s a wonderful blog, hosted by a Cambridge biologist; lots of excellent photos and info about weird and beautiful animals, nature in general, and more.