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Hundreds of Russian vehicles, weapon systems seized during Kharkiv counterattack
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-Great Cultural Revolution
Woke Outrage: Leftists Triggered by ‘House of the Dragon' Killing Off Gay Character
[Breitbart] Woke LGBTQIA2S+ activists are triggered over House of the Dragon, the long-awaited Game of Thrones prequel series, killing off a gay character in episode five of its first season.

“To introduce a rare couple of queers to the series, only for one of them to be dispatched, quickly, in visceral fashion, leaves an awful taste,” British GQ writer Jack King wrote in a piece, headlined, “Like Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon has a queer problem.”

King was referring to a scene in House of the Dragon, in which Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) graphically murders Ser Joffrey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod), who is in a homosexual relationship with Laenor Valaryon (Theo Nate).

“It’s not the first time that queer characters have been introduced simply to face their ghoulish, bloody demise,” King lamented, insisting that “treatment of gays” in the Game of Thrones universe “has been a long-standing point of debate.”

While King acknowledged that straight men, women, children — pretty much every type of character — have suffered violence and brutal deaths in the Game of Thrones world (a fantasy series inspired by the Early Middle Ages), he nonetheless claimed that “there are certain demographics who get the brunt of it more than most.”

The British GQ writer also pointed to a 2016 piece, titled, “Game of Thrones Has a Gay Problem,” by Vulture’s Brian Moylan, who complained that gay characters in the original series “met especially bloody and ignominious deaths” — omitting the fact that a total of 6,887 characters died throughout the course of the series.

Amusingly, King went on to say that House of the Dragon — set in a time period reminiscent of the European Dark Ages — “feels outdated.”

“It’s not just the gays that get the short end of it in the world of Game of Thrones, but it’s unsettling that, even in 2022, a roomful of writers might still default to the same trope,” the writer complained.

Criston Cole’s motive for killing Joffrey Lonmouth, however, did not appear to be because the character was gay, as the murder happened shortly after Lonmouth revealed that he knew Cole’s secret: that he had slept with Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock).

Nonetheless, viewers rushed to social media to deem the fictional House of the Dragon character “homophobic.”
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/27/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Their whole thing for *decades* is "we just want to be treated normally. Just like everyone else!"

Well now they're getting it and they hate it. Turns out, what they wanted was special treatment the whole time. Remember this next time they demand something.
Posted by: Goober Wittlesbach1280 || 09/27/2022 4:15 Comments || Top||


#3  Guess we won't be seeing Braveheart. The scene of Edward I showing his son's paramour the window exit.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/27/2022 8:49 Comments || Top||

#4  “To introduce a rare couple of queers to the series, only for one of them to be dispatched, quickly, in visceral fashion, leaves an awful taste,”

You might wanna rephrase that?
Posted by: Frank G || 09/27/2022 10:00 Comments || Top||

#5  Turns out, what they wanted was special treatment the whole time.

Why, of course. They're fags.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/27/2022 11:10 Comments || Top||

#6  "Would it make you feel better, little girl, if a dragon had flamed him?"
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/27/2022 12:54 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Why Florida's Gulf Coast is susceptible to a hurricane's storm surge
[FoxWeather]
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/27/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


#2  Proximity to the ocean ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/27/2022 3:50 Comments || Top||

#3  That's also my guess Besoeker!

Actually, it's mainly due to the fact that Florida west coast is mostly shallow water.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 09/27/2022 4:10 Comments || Top||

#4  I can't wait for the accusations of "price gauging" at filling stations and airlines.

I forget which storm it was some years ago, but remember when THE GOVERNMENT told people to evacuate; so, of course they got on planes and drove their vehicles away only to have the storm be a veritable nothing burger. Faulty government proclamations cost people thousands upon thousands of dollars--and for what? Surely that government agency continues to be funded.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 09/27/2022 4:19 Comments || Top||

#5  Weather channel storm tracker
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/27/2022 6:21 Comments || Top||

#6  Geography and geometry ...Face it Mother Nature is a [unkind word]!
Posted by: magpie || 09/27/2022 15:46 Comments || Top||

#7  1. some of Bays, e.g. Tampa Bay are funnels

2. water is shallow for 40 miles west of Florida which allows strong storm surge

3. water off coast is really warm providing latent heat for tropical storms
Posted by: lord garth || 09/27/2022 21:16 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Don't get fooled again, Biden's baby formula crisis is far from over and still hitting our states hard
[FoxNews]
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/27/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

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I am seeing prices at $51 a can in Wally World. At checkout, I saw people getting 4+ cans with WIC & other Gov. vouchers.

I started to wonder if the babies are getting all the milk. Or did that explain the Flea Market tables selling the same brand powdered milk at $25 a can.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/27/2022 6:58 Comments || Top||

#2  I believe you know the answer to that NN2N1
Posted by: Chris || 09/27/2022 11:17 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Alexander Gabuev on Russia, Ukraine, the West and where it is going.
[Twitter Thread]
Posted by: 3dc || 09/27/2022 23:32 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,


Europe
Carlson explains the WIN of 'so called far right wing' Italian incoming Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
[FOX] Italian conservative Meloni "refuses to bow to the twin gods of self-destructive climate policies and mass migration."
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/27/2022 02:58 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


#2  Anything that isn't Marxist is considered 'radical right wing' by the ruling caste.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/27/2022 8:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Ursula von der Leyen like the "D."
Posted by: badanov || 09/27/2022 20:48 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
California Gov. Newsom must not declare war on doctors over so-called medical ‘misinformation'
[FoxNews] Insane new California bill would mean doctors could lose their licenses simply for expressing an opinion.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/27/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Science & Technology
The Development of Ironclads - 1867 to 1872 in the Royal Navy - The Good, Bad and Useless
Posted by: badanov || 09/27/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Latest Iran protests likely not last for Tehran
[Rudaw] Only glimpses of videos that make it online show the protests convulsing Iran
...The nation is noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence...
over the death of a 22-year-old woman who were tossed into the calaboose by the nation’s morality police.

But those flashes show that public anger across the country, once only simmering, is now boiling.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/27/2022 03:23 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran



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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2022-09-27
  Hundreds of Russian vehicles, weapon systems seized during Kharkiv counterattack
Mon 2022-09-26
  Head of Russian Orthodox Church says sacrificing life in war against Ukraine ‘washes away sins.’
Sun 2022-09-25
  Russian authorities detain more than 700 people at protests against partial mobilization
Sat 2022-09-24
  Four Ukraine regions controlled by Russia and pro-Moscow forces have started door to door referendums on Friday on joining Russia
Fri 2022-09-23
  31 killed in Iran protests, as people torch cop shoppes
Thu 2022-09-22
  Man admits to having murdered a teenager for being a Republican
Wed 2022-09-21
  Putin Orders Partial Military Mobilization Amid Setbacks In Ukraine, Warns West 'It's Not A Bluff
Tue 2022-09-20
  New protests in Iran over woman's death after morality police arrest, 5 protesters said killed
Mon 2022-09-19
  ''Kupiansk has surrendered. The enemy is on the left bank of the Oskil:'' pro-Russian military blogger
Sun 2022-09-18
  Former Guantanamo guest is injured in Panjshir war
Sat 2022-09-17
  400 militants of ISIS deployed to north of Afghanistan - CSTO
Fri 2022-09-16
  Tajikistan is trying to seize the territory of Kyrgyzstan
Thu 2022-09-15
  1 Tajikistan border guard killed after Kyrgyz, Tajik border guards exchange fire due to border dispute
Wed 2022-09-14
  Commander of Russia's 137th Guards Airborne Regiment died
Tue 2022-09-13
  Azerbaijan shelling Armenian positions, initiating offensive actions

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