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The following article, Democrat Lies about Florida Anne Frank Book: When Their Mouth is Moving, They’re Lying., was first published on Conservative Firing Line. CA Democrat Scott Wiener is a lying idiot. His only ideology stems from whatever he hears in the grapevine of stupidity. He claimed that Florida banned the Diary of Anne Frank, who was a victim of the Holocaust in WWII. They did not. One school removed a novel adaptation of the book in 2023 because … Continue reading Democrat Lies about Florida Anne Frank Book: When Their Mouth is Moving, They’re Lying. ...

Cats really are strange creatures sometimes. We joke about them being liquid because they attempt to find a way to sit in the smallest, most awkward spaces for seemingly no reason. They can also be menaces to society, knocking things off of shelves, dipping their paws into whatever you're eating, or pouncing on your head while you're trying to sleep. There seems to be no end to their categorically weird behavior; they're even scared of strategically placed inanimate objects. There are tons of videos showing cats practically leaving their body when they come face to face with a stray cucumber or orange. This is something that seems to have been repeated with aluminum foil. For some reason, a lot of cats simply can't stand the shiny stuff if it's not in the form of a ball with a bell inside. So what is it about the food wrap that causes felines to flip out if they encounter it? According to Forever Vets, the answer is simple–sensory overload. Cooking up charm: kitchen cuddles and culinary creativity.Photo credit: CanvaAluminum foil is shiny and smooth so when a cat's paw touches it the texture is foreign to them and may seem dangerous. But the real challenge comes when they put weight on the paw touching the foil. The noise foil makes when manipulated in any way can be uncomfortable or overwhelming to a cat's sensitive ears. "Cats are highly particular about the surfaces they walk on, and many prefer soft, stable footing. Aluminum foil is the opposite — it's crinkly, slippery, and unpredictable. Cats rely on their paw pads to gauge texture and stability, and aluminum foil creates an unsettling sensation that they are not used to. The instability beneath their feet makes them feel unsafe, prompting them to jump away," Forever Vets writes in a blog post. @paws.of.tiktok Cats discovering aluminum foil for the first time are some of the most hilarious moments lol #cat #catsoftiktok #catlover #foryou #funnycat ♬ original sound - . One school of thought is that aluminum foil resembles water due to its reflective surface. Purrfect Fence says, "If a cat had not been exposed to foil before, and suddenly there was a large 'puddle' of it on the floor or countertop, it’s possible that it could be mistaken for water at first glance. In general, it’s safe to say that cats prefer to stay dry. So if the foil is initially perceived to be water, then most cats would likely be hesitant to walk right onto it."Whether cats believe foil is a slippery sheet of ice or a suddenly appearing pond, it can be used as a short-term deterrent. Short-term, because while it may work great to keep cats from jumping onto counters or stop them from scratching furniture, it won't change their instinct to do so. That means as soon as you remove the foil deterrent, the unwanted behavior will surely return just as fast as it stopped. It also doesn't work for the long term because some cats are braver than others. Eventually, a brave kitty will figure out the foil isn't scary and test it out until they've become used to the sensations the aluminum foil brings. @phanthavongrisugl Cat vs Aluminum foil #cat #catsoftiktok #funny #pets #funnycats #funnyvideo #foryou ♬ original sound - Cat Tales This doesn't mean it doesn't have its place in deterring felines from unwanted behaviors. If you're attempting to keep cats out of a Christmas tree until presents are snuggly fitted beneath the branches, foil is a cheap and easy solution. The same goes for when you're preparing for a birthday party or holiday meal. Placing foil on the counters and table for a few days before the event will likely deter the furry roommates from adding their hair as seasoning to whatever dish you're preparing. Cats are smart, determined little creatures, so the majority of deterrents used will have a shelf life of effectiveness. According to the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, the use of positive reinforcement is the best way to train animals...yes, even cats.

If you're in the mood for a good, cleansing cry session, you're in luck. We've got something that just might do it, so grab a tissue and settle in for this sweet little musical moment between a mother and son. It began in February of 2025 when 26-year-old Australian music artist Jude York casually recorded himself singing ABBA's "Slipping Through My Fingers" in his family's home. For those who are unfamiliar with the song, "Slipping Through My Fingers" is about a mother's feelings about the speed at which her little girl is growing up. With lyrics like Sometimes, I wish that I could freeze the picture / And save it from the funny tricks of time / Slipping through my fingers it's easy to see how touching it is. - YouTube www.youtube.com Then there's the chorus:I try to capture every minuteThe feeling in itSlipping through my fingers all the timeDo I really see what's in her mind?Each time I think I'm close to knowingShe keeps on growingSlipping through my fingers all the timeOof. You get the picture. As York was singing the song, his mother joined in to harmonize with him. "Getting older is realizing these lyrics work both ways," York wrote, and seeing him sing the words with his aging mom…welp, it got people right in the heartstrings. @itsjudeyork when mum starts harmonizing ? #coversforlovers The video went incredibly viral, with over 46 million views and thousands of comments, most of which were some version of "Someone should have held my hands for this," and "Great, now I'm sobbing. I was not prepared." But that was just their little ditty in the dining room. There was more to come. York's mother, Liza Beamish, had actually had a successful career as an opera singer, and the two had performed together many times starting when York was only 9. Beamish is retired now, but at a live performance on Aug 16, 2025, York brought her on stage to sing "Slipping Through My Fingers" with him. As her voice rang out, the crowd cheered."Mum had no idea people still wanted to hear her sing," York wrote. The video again wrecked millions, partly because Beamish herself got so emotional. It was the first time they've sung the song for a live audience together. So beautiful. See on Instagram Just like the first time around, tens of thousands gushed over the gorgeous duet and praised York for honoring his mother's voice this way. Beamish had been nervous about people hearing her "older" voice and about her hands shaking when they recorded the song together in February of 2025, but clearly people are thrilled by the performance. "We're both so blown away by the response, we can't believe it," York tells Upworthy. "Mum has always been 100% herself, whether she's nervous, excited, sad or joyous and that authenticity just immediately makes people want to root for her. In that moment on stage, Mum was just overwhelmed and deeply surprised by the love the audience was showing her. I also think our relationship somehow reminds people of their own mothers or children and the music enhances that." @itsjudeyork Replying to @Ana Kohler pt 2 the end was so sweet ? thank you for being an audience of 15 million cheering my mum on. now it’s your turn to sing ? It's true, and people who have experienced the physical and/or cognitive decline of an aging parent are feeling it particularly keenly. Beamish has developed some kind of condition that's causing her hands to shake, and it's a visible reminder for those watching that at some point our relationship with our parents flips. They cared for us as we grew up; we care for them as they grow old. The roles are so similar in so many ways, which is why the song feels so poignant through the lens of seeing our parents age. The feeling that I'm losing her foreverAnd without really entering her worldI'm glad whenever I can share her laughterThat funny little girlPhew. No wonder these two go viral every time they sing this song together. Look for the single, "Slipping Through My Fingers All the Time" by Jude York on Spotify or wherever you stream music. And you can follow Jude York on Instagram and TikTok.

Online culture has had an incredible effect on fashion trends. It used to take a trend about 20 years to complete a cycle: introduction, rise, peak, decline, and obsolescence. However, in 2025, this cycle has been sped up incredibly due to several factors. Trends can be quickly introduced and adopted due to social media, online shopping and quick turnaround through fast-fashion distribution. The speed of adaptation also means they can fizzle out just as fast.This means a fashion trends we’d usually see stick around for years can come and go in months. It’s an expensive pill to swallow for anyone trying to keep up with the latest (Gen Z, we’re looking at you), but it’s a blessing for those of us who have a problem with some of today’s polarizing looks.The bad news is you may not like broccoli cuts. The good news is that they will be gone and forgotten before you know it.A great conversation recently broke out on Reddit, where commenters weighed in on all the fashion trends they couldn’t wait to go away. It seems that some of the most controversial styles are the work of Gen Z. Whether it’s the nose ring that looks like it belongs on a bell cow or big pillowy eyelashes, Gen Z has championed some looks that will probably look a little silly in a few years.Here are 15 fashion trends currently “in” that people are already over.1. Suits with shorts"Took my cousin to prom and saw at least 30 dudes wearing a suit with shorts."This one is extremely hard for millennials and Gen Xers to wrap their heads around, but it is oh-too-real. It seems to be a natural evolution of the "suit with sneakers" look.2. Anti-aging tweens"Children (I’ve mostly seen around ages 9-13) going to Sephora for anti-aging serums and makeup. You all can hardly go to the park by yourselves, yet you’re plastered in expensive creams and makeup like you’re 20+.""This one really bothers me. It’s pretty dark, honestly, and the parents who allow this are weird as hell."The New Yorker says tweens are imitating influencers and popular "get ready with me" videos on social media.3. Limp Biz-kids"I'm a high school teacher and a surprising number of the boys dress like it's 2000 and they've got Limp Bizkit's 'Nookie' on repeat. There's one kid that looks like he's from 1977. Puka shells, feathered hair, big, open collars. I like that kid." Dressing like Fred Durst is in, for now. Giphy 4. Botox"Excessive Botox in young people. I’m so tired of everyone having a frozen face. It’s not pretty. It’s just weird.""I swear there was a coordinated effort by some industry to convince girls in their 20s that they need to start Botox now because it’s preventative. That’s the reason given when I ask these early 20s girls why they use it. “It prevents future wrinkles” like there was a peer-reviewed study showing it does or something."Patricia Wexler, MD, of Wexler Dermatology in Manhattan, told Vogue that getting preventative Botox injections at a young age can lead to more wrinkles. “If you do too much Botox on your forehead for many, many years, the muscles will get weaker and flatter,” Wexler says. This means that surrounding muscles do more work when you make facial expressions. “If one stops using their forehead muscles, they may start squinting using their nose and have wrinkles along the side of their nose," she continued.5. Teen boys with alpaca hair Famous men like Patrick Mahomes have popularized broccoli hair. Giphy "I used to work reception at a salon and it was always fricken hilarious when these kids would come in to get a perm. They'd come sulking in behind their mommies, sit for 2 hours with curlers and stinky perm solution in their hair looking like cats being forced to take a bath, then prance out thinking they were the shit with their new poodle cuts lol.""Some of them are definitely embracing their natural curls, which is awesome! But a good chunk of them, especially the preppy ones with rich parents, are getting straight up 80s style perms. It's great."We can blame Patrick Mahomes for popularizing this one, but he shares the responsibility with other famous men like Jake Paul (unfortunately).6. Laminated brows"Eyebrows that are brushed upwards. That's the only way I can think to describe it. I can't see anything else when looking at someone who has that style brows. I just don't know why people like it.""Almost every eyebrow trend ends up looking kinda silly. Let's just all work with the eyebrows we have. Sure, clean it up a lil bit if you feel like it."In the 2000s, we had spiky hair. Now, we have spiky eyebrows. But don't worry, it won't last.7. Over-the-top fake eyelashes"The ridiculous false eyelashes. I get it. I've got no problem with the ones that at least have a semblance of being natural. But the uber thick ones that look more like fur are just...pointless.Someone I deal with at work wears them. And it's so weird, because most of the time she dresses down in sweatshirts, jeans, sneakers, etc. And doesn't pay much attention to her hair. But she's got those stupid wooly caterpillar eyelashes in. They just call attention to how un put together the rest of her is. I know that everyone should just dress for themselves, but it's just weird." Can we just not with the fake eyelashes? Giphy 8. Barrell jeans"The barrel jeans have got to go. They’re the ugliest effing things I’ve ever seen. And people keep lying to these women about how they’re flattering and I’m like no! You look bowlegged!"For years jeans got tighter and lower until they reached an inevitable breaking point. High-waisted jeans were a sign of the pendulum swinging back in the other direction, and now young peoples' jeans look like inflated balloons.9. '80s moustaches"Weird '80s moustaches, I've seen good looking guys made to look like Ned Flanders. Ages them instantly, which I guess is the plan, but ages them past 20s to married with kids approaching teenage years." Benson Boone is the ultimate epitome of 2025 Gen Z style. Giphy The number of young men with mullets and moustaches is absolutely staggering these days.10. Crocs"I thought they were hideous when they first came out almost twenty years ago, and they’ve never gone away.""We always made fun of them and then suddenly everyone was wearing them. I don’t get it!"How did Crocs go from the bargain bins to becoming one of the top footwear brands in the U.S.? The big reason is that comfort became more important during the pandemic than aesthetics. They were also quite a statement for people who wanted to rebel against traditional beauty standards. Add celebrity endorsements from Justin Bieber and Post Malone and Crocs came back in a big way. No one quite knows how Crocs have managed to stay relevant for so long. Giphy 11. Long nails"Super long acrylic nails, they seem really impractical.""Especially the pointed ones that all the Hollywood people wear like claws. You look trashy and high maintenance."12. Grunt style"Patriot clothing and beards. Grunt style, nine line... all these fools dressing like they're special forces, their entire identity tied to 1776. It's embarrassing."If I never see a t-shirt of an American flag with an assault rifle superimposed on top, it will be too soon.13. Hair parted in the middle"Middle parts. You need an almost symmetrical face to be able to pull it off, which is pretty rare. Side parts all the way.""Middle parts look so harsh and unflattering on everyone. Side parts are a million times better."It was cool when Shawn Hunter and Jonathan Taylor Thomas did it. Let's leave this one in the '90s.14. Nose rings"That nose ring in the middle. Just doesn't look good to me. You do you. But just think it doesn't look good very often.""They always make me think of cattle." The good thing about piercings is that they can close up once they're out of style. Giphy 15. Political clothes"Political attire as someone's entire main wardrobe, no matter the side of the spectrum. You got more personality than that!""I have a bro-in-law who wears American flag t-shirts almost exclusively. He must have hundreds of them. And not the tasteful kind with like a little flag on the sleeve or chest. I’m talking about the most garish kind. The kind with a gigantic waving US flag along with a menacing bald eagle flying dramatically over snow-capped peaks. We like America too, Dan, but can you try to wear at least a polo to Grandma's funeral?"This article originally appeared last year. It has been updated.

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Why do some comedians hall monitor the jokes of other comedians? Marc Maron criticizes Netflix for airing Dave Chappelle’s comedy that poked fun at transgenders. That he does this six years after the fact indicates that while jokes keep some people laughing, they cause others to grind their teeth perpetually. Why did Netflix not take Chappelle off its programming? Because, Maron claims, “Fascism is good for business.” It’s actually not, as this old bit on Conan O’Brien’s TBS show proves. Chappelle, on the other hand, is good for business. Products that the people demand, but that elites demand that the people not demand, usually are. Normal people judge comedy on whether it makes them laugh, not whether it checks all of their political boxes. (RELATED: ‘Hey! It’s Enrico Pallazzo!’: The Fall of Comedy) Chappelle (or Netflix) presciently named his special “Sticks & Stones.” Maron does not get the irony of responding as though Chappelle’s jokes amounted to an assault that hurt people. The fact that he lectured the Left on Pod Save America to curb their buzz-killing ways, yet compared a comedy special that aired on Netflix to something out of Nazi Germany (minus the trains, gas chambers, camps, silly uniforms and mustaches, invasions, and demands for papers, but otherwise a close approximation — or not), emphasizes that he certainly does not get his own irony. So does his Tourettes-like tic for “othering” and other selections from the Condescensionese jargon dictionary. He faults Chappelle for using trans people as the punchline for some jokes. When I wrote about the special in question in 2019, the trans stuff did not make it into my article. Jokes about Jussie Smollett (er, Juicey Smolier) and abortion stood out. Maron, however, fixated on trans jokes. (RELATED: ‘That’s Not Funny!’ Well, It Is to Dave Chappelle) He thinks it’s fascism when powerful people do not commandeer your remote control. “Netflix will just co-opt anybody that can take that algorithm,” he told Pod Save America. “I used to do a joke about it that Netflix can become ‘Reichflix’ very quickly. I think the pivotal moment was when they had pushback from the trans community about Chappelle; they realized after several days that that community was not going to affect their bottom line at all, and cut them loose. That is how fascism works in business.” Cut them loose? Is that a euphemism for not acceding to their demands for censorship? That’s what the trans community called for — pulling Chappelle off of Netflix’s programming. Maron tells a joke about Mike Pence, Jesus, and a sex act. One would think that a comedian who relies on tolerance to tell his controversial joke might stand on the side of the jokester and not the jokesters trying to banish him from Netflix. Like most “progressives,” Maron can never separate his politics from the general principle. He wants to say what he wants, to shut the other guy up, and — this is key — to be thought of as a civil libertarian as he does this. The authoritarian reflects, “We’re currently in an authoritarian country.” Maron admits going on “bro” podcasts “specifically to take them to task.” He says it’s his “responsibility” to talk politics (just like Larry Fine and Rodney Dangerfield?). He describes his comedy act as “doing community service in a real sense.” Isn’t making people laugh the community service? That seems like a more needed job than sermonizing them about where you stand on Donald Trump’s position on, say, anti-Israel activism in the Ivy League. Recall that at the time of the release of “Sticks & Stones,” Rotten Tomatoes gave the special a critics rating of zero and an audience rating of 99 percent. The gatekeepers hated it, but the hoi polloi storming the gate loved it. How much did they love it? More of them watched that Chappelle standup routine than any other comedy special in the history of Netflix. When most people think of fascism, the concept of a select few determining the “choices” of the masses comes to mind. Maron imagines fascism — a left-wing swear word that he does not grasp the meaning of (let alone that a bunch of Italian left-wingers launched that movement) — as what everybody else thinks of when thinking about democracy. He thinks it’s fascism when powerful people do not commandeer your remote control, tell you what you can watch, what jokes you can laugh at, and what comedians are funny (laugh at Hannah Gadsby now!). What a world we live in that angry, grim-faced, turn-that-frown-upside-down, that’s-not-funny scolds wanting to censor jokes describe themselves as comedians — and depict a media outlet as fascist for not blocking the most-watched comedy special in its history. READ MORE from Daniel J. Flynn: Finding the Lost Papers of the Conservative Movement One Nobelist Attacks Two Nobelists As Racists House Democrat Puts Guatemala First