Acid trips I have been on 😵💫🤪🤣
Via bloggy friend Pam, I learned that Trump was ranting and raving at his “State of the Union” speech about transGENDER mice. He was confusing transGENDER mice with transGENIC mice. Alas, a lot of MAGAts didn’t notice (or know) the difference and parts of the internet went a little wild complaining about the government spending gazillions of dollars to study transGENDER mice. Of course other parts of the internet went wild with memes mocking the orange baboon’s idiocy.
After I picked myself up off the floor from laughing, I remembered a story (or really a double story) from back in the days of yore when me and my cousins, etc. were young adults. As for the laughing, it was funny on the surface but it’s scary that so many people in our country are so misinformed that they are taking the orange idiot at his word even when he doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about.
Anyway, story(ies).
First, my cousin Uber Kayak Woman was visiting her parents a couple doors down the moominbeach from us in the yooperland and we went out to the “Al*phaaaa*” Bar with other cousins and various friends. She and someone else at our table were having an animated conversation about recombinant DNA. A guy who wanted to flirt with her was dogging her by asking “What are you talking about?” over and over again. Not being interested in flirting, she ignored him for a bit but finally turned around, looked him in the eye and said, “Recombinant DNA!” I don’t remember if he replied to that or not but I think he sorta slunk away.
Fast forward a year or so. I was at a MooU barroooom with my BFF Sam (archaeologist, not dog). Were we in “Drooley’s”? I dunno. We were talking about the DNA conversation at the Al*phaaa* when we noticed a big galoot heading our way. Oh noooo. Is he gonna ask if he can sit with us? Well, no. He didn’t ask. He just SAT DOWN. And asked, “What are you talking about?” Me and Sam looked wide-eyed at each other for a split second or so and then said, “Deoxyribonucleic acid!” In unison, no less, one syllable at a time.
The galoot’s response? “Oh. I haven’t done any of that in a while.” Those were the days…
BTW: The Alpha used to be a kind of a dive bar albeit very popular with returning college students and Canadians as well as locals. They have renovated it in recent years and they even have a menu now although they cart the food over from Zorba’s, the restaurant next door (owner of both is Greek, food is good). I do hope they’ve renovated the bathrooms. We’ll talk about those some other day. Or not.
Disclaimer: I am not well versed in either recombinant DNA or transgenic mice but I have enough scientific vocabulary to know transGENIC and transGENDER are different things.
Finally, I literally found Frooogy’s Harry Potter glasses on the moominbeach. Beachcombing at its best.
March 7th, 2025 at 9:32 am
I think you need to issue a correction too. Trump was accurate. CNN lied.
CNN was forced to issue a correction after the White House proved the far-left serial liars had published a fake “fact check” about President Trump’s claim on taxpayer money wasted on “transgender mice.”
During his widely popular joint address to Congress on Tuesday evening, the president pointed out the “appalling waste” the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had found in its first five weeks. This included $8.2 million for “gender-affirming” hormone treatments on mice.
You can see it on real news sites. : ) -Bob
March 7th, 2025 at 10:10 am
I’m so glad Bob spoke up. Yes, the White House issued a defense of tRump’s statement before congress. It provides more context for his assertions about transgender mice. But it’s still wrong. Here’s an explanation of why his comments are still wrong:
“The White House list made clear what Trump, in the speech, did not: The studies were meant to figure out how these treatments might affect the health of humans who take them, not for the purpose of making mice transgender,” the fact-check now reads.” (From ABC news — yeah, yeah, corrupt mainstream press (sarcasm).)
And here are the studies that are/were funded:
1. One study, having received a $3.1 million NIH grant, examines whether the estrogen hormone contributes to a greater chance of asthma in women.
2. Another, which received $455,000, uses mice to study how hormone therapy may impact someone’s immune response to an HIV vaccine.
3. A $299,940 study examines how gender-affirming hormone therapy impacts someone’s risk for breast cancer.
4. Two more look into the impact of hormone therapies: one studies how testosterone might affect fertility, while the other focuses on the potential impact on the gut microbiome.
5. The last one, a $1.2 million NIH-funded study, uses “transgenic mice,” not “transgender mice,” and focuses on improving healthcare outcomes for LGBTQ+ patients.
No. 3 IS about transwomen — but still not about transgender MICE.
No. 5 IS about transpeople, and gay people etc. But NOT about transgender MICE.
If MAGA types want to stop doing research on LGBTQ people that’s an opinion I can accept but not agree with.
But I don’t accept attacking research that helps millions of women (born as women) who take estrogen therapy for menopause or cancer treatments or have contracted HIV, and there are millions of them.
I’m coming to understand that Trump’s win in November was helped enormously by his attack on trans people. I wonder who among his brain trust first came up with the idea — suspect Stephen Miller.
It’s a good topic to divide people. Has drama, easily understood but so confusing to older people (like me). I stand by all trans people and their rights but I do not approve of trans people participating in sports.
I’m sorry, Bob, but Trump lies. And he’s a Russian asset (not agent, asset).
Read Craig Unger (American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery or House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia) or Luke Harding (Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win).