Target was the first company to ‘whip it out’ so to speak and declare it would allow its transgender employees and customers to choose the restroom and fitting room that corresponded to their gender identity. Though this surely was a step in the left direction many claimed it simply wasn’t enough. Sure, their stock tanked. Of course they were boycotted. Naturally, they lost millions of customers and dollars. But they know what they did was right for every American.
Now that a few years have passed it looks like Target is back to improving society in a more fabulous way. Head of Target’s HR Dept. Caitlin Jenner, and head of their PR Dept. Laverne Cox have teamed up to get Target “Back on Target” for 2020 and beyond.
Starting this week, all employees will be required to answer a simple question as part of their new program. Q1) Are you incredibly happy right now? I mean like super happy? Q2) See Q1. If the answer was Yes, the employee was referred for counseling. If no, they were scheduled to begin transitioning and scheduled for surgery.
Next week, at checkout, all customers will be given the opportunity to donate $1 to the Ronald McDonald House or begin transitioning hormones and surgery.
Not Satire:
Target’s top executive dismissed the social media uproar over the retailer’s new line of LGBTQ-friendly kids clothing, saying that marketing the products are good for business and “the right thing for society.”
Outraged shoppers posted videos and images on social media showing bathing suits that offer “extra crotch coverage” as well as rainbow-colored onesies for infants and children.
Other offerings that raised conservative hackles include T-shirts that say “Pride Adult Drag Queen ‘Katya,’” “Trans people will always exist!” and “Girls Gays Theys.”
I remember the days when Hubby and I would be visiting home on the Gulf, while in college. I could always tell when we lost enough altitude to feel the humidity on my face and actually on my body.
Ah yes, we of the ever present blanket of Gulf air.
#89 Tedtam, ain’t it the truth – no internet, no Starbucks, and no cable tv for a week, and these teens would wonder how we ever survived “the olden days” LOL
I’ve often marveled at how tough our ancestors must have been. I see the thick growth here, and try to imagine what it must’ve been like, hacking out a homestead, dealing with the heat of summer and the cold wet of winter, all the while fighting off mosquitoes while hunting or foraging for food… And teenagers today whine after a… Read more »
#84 – Shannon, it paid for itself during the “Big Freeze” right after I retired, and Mom was still with us… Power was off for most of a week… Blessedly, the temps this time were not horrible, either way, and it was only a little over 24 hours – but yes, it’s truly been a blessing many times. I even… Read more »
phlegmy dud phelan is a real weasel.
a Texas deep state asset.
Paxton in the crosshairs again.
Texpat I haven’t been taking good care of myself the last few days. Not eating at all, or eating junk, working and also burning up the road back and forth to Katy at all hours. So, late this morning I went to Tony’s for the giant chopped sirloin, three eggs, perfect hash browns and wheat toast with house-made salsa. Just… Read more »
I do believe the generator paid for itself this week. Congratulations.
We came home from church to find our house lit, and cool, and NO GENERATORS running anywhere in the subdivision – HOOOOOORAYYYYYYYYYY
Shannon, you and Tedtam have email.
Fay possibly had a spiritual connection with potatoes. It may have to do with growing up quite poor.
Her unparalleled potato salad. She could cook those potatoes to the perfect consistency – every time.
Fay’s incredible homemade potato soup. Nectar of the gods. You just have no idea. Nope, no sausage in it. The best was when every ingredient – except the celery in the mirepoix – was out of the garden. Simply incredible on a freezing cold night, in that drafty old farmhouse.
Good times, my friends.
Handyman said he’d take me to the potato processing place nearby. They throw away thousands of potatoes during their runs – don’t know if they are daily or not. Potatoes. For free. As many as you want. We see farmers’ trailers fully loaded, heading down the road. They feed them to their livestock and such. I told Handyman that I… Read more »
Polls are also fake.
flaked cable news shows talking about fake polls hosted by flaky fake journalists.
Individual people have their opinions and that is fine, but I am really stunned at all the talking heads on the Right making absolute declarations about Trump, DeSantis, etc for a primary process that doesn’t even begin for another 8 months. They can’t shut up citing this poll and that poll as if each one is an unquestionable predictor of… Read more »
Shannon, that’s great news.
As long as it doesn’t have an intelligence of its own…
Looks like they have finally figured it out. In a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, researchers in Switzerland described implants that provided a “digital bridge” between Mr. Oskam’s brain and his spinal cord, bypassing injured sections. The discovery allowed Mr. Oskam, 40, to stand, walk and ascend a steep ramp with only the assistance of a walker.… Read more »
MHarper, you are not alone. 😀
Dang near broke my big toe just now. Wasn’t paying attention to the drop-off by the front door entrance.
Ouch. It’ll be sore later, but I think it’s okay.
Afternoon, gang. Somehow I forgot to log on to Da Couch this morning. But now I’m caught up. I didn’t have any news, and still don’t.
Woops! I wrote the above a couple of hours ago, but never did the POST COMMENT step…
I watched the Brady Bunch.
Once.
Tedtam – Rhett seems to fit… In the multicultural environs of my last posting, there were prolly a few who pronounced “wet” that way <VBG>
That’s a a bummer.
Hubby wants “Rhett”. He has no idea who Gene Kelly is, much less be able to remember it. Yes, my husband is, in many ways, culturally illiterate. His momma just didn’t think it was important. I had to explain why my family with twelve kids laughed ourselves silly when we watched “The Brady Bunch” and the efforts made to make… Read more »
Shannon – I’ve seen that video. It is too cute. The lazy cat’s version of doggy fetch.
Okay, okay. Not a dog.
Bones –
Not bad, and I like it, but I’m wanting something shorter. It’s a typing thing.
#61 Tedtam – WOW…
GJT #55
Too funny!
Sky Bladder
#39 Tedtam, I believe you are right… I didn’t trust my memory, so checked the webs, and it was Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Debbie Reynolds – I was thinking Fred Astaire was in it, as well, but must be thinking of some other movie…
Tina Turner has passed.
Speaking of names, I was watering my garden totes this morning, and (an) Earl startled me. Earl, unlike white men, can jump! All of my lizards are collectively known as Earl. All of my squirrels are Marcel. Except for Fatty, one of the reasons I gave up trying to grow squash this year. And Junior made his third appearance this… Read more »
Bsue – We have come one step closer to being back in the 21st century. At least we do have running water again, now. Hubby and I think about that problem every now and then, and look fondly at our rainwater tank. I’ve gotta name that thing. Something shorter than “rainwater harvesting tank”. Was it Gene Kelly who did the… Read more »
Hubby came home one day with a massive wad of paper towel wrapped around one of his fingers, held in place by a strip of wide silver duck tape. He’d sliced the top of his knuckle right off while cutting some pipe that was at a weird angle. Dude just wrapped it up and kept on going. It’s a wonder… Read more »
We have come one step closer to being back in the 21st century. At least we do have running water again, now.
Duck tape? Bubble gum? Super glue? Well for my old worn out skin I go with Duck Tape. I keep a roll in the Mule along with a couple of sheets of blue shop paper towels. Just cut a piece of towel and tape her down. I really don’t mind the injuries much it’s just that the dang blood goes… Read more »
#18 Tedtam even if GJT had the updated manual I don’t think he could figure the instrument panel, I know I can’t and I have a First Class FCC. 😀
#15 GJT Great news and the newest medical marvels never cease to amaze me.
Just finished packing away my stir-fry veggies… 80 ounces of frozen veggies turned into 8.1 oz freeze dried. 27 cups frozen = 16 cups freeze dried (3 mylar bags with 5 1/3 cups in each). It took about 24 hours… And Nat King Cold gets time off until our power is restored. Please don’t ask me to hold my breath… Read more »
Not the PASTA! Whether it’s a plate of spaghetti aglio e olio or penne arrabbiata, the price of Italy’s beloved staple is soaring — enough to warrant a crisis meeting at the heart of the Italian government. Pasta prices rose 17.5% in March and 16.5% in April, according to Italy’s ministry of business which cited Istat data. The jump is double… Read more »
Go Kari Lake!!! Note: I am not one to declare the voting results fraudulent but I find her case before the courts far stronger than the court’s rulings. In the end though Republicans HAVE TO embrace the voting mechanisms the Democrats have mastered. Kari seems determined to do this. Lake announced that her organization, Save Arizona, will conduct the most… Read more »
Ted Cruz wasted no time smacking this soft ball pitch out of the park. First, the Dem party founded the KKK. – Then the Dem party wrote Jim Crow laws. – Then the Dem party filibustered the Civil Rights Act. Today, the Dem part[y] filibusters school choice—trapping millions of Black kids in failing schools. – Today, the Dem party pushes… Read more »
#46 Tedtam – my pressure canner has ONLY the weight… and you are so right – when the weight is jiggling, I get very “attuned” to the sound it makes, both tempo and pitch
I’ve vacuum packed the green beans I dried last night, but the ‘maters and colored bells needed a few more hours. They should be done soon, and I can then vacuum pack them into my jars and start again. Gotta figure out what the next load will be. Hoping I can start saving stuff from my garden soon. I found… Read more »
Texpat 11:30
It is not unless you are knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing Trotskyite hell bent on transforming the human race into “global citizens” so they are easier to dominate and control.
Could not have phrased it better myself.
I’ve decided that I prefer canning by using the weight than by checking the pressure gauge. I can hear the weight “dancing the hula” from the living or dining room, or look over to see it moving. The pressure gauge required me to constantly get up to check it visually, which meant stopping whatever I was doing to make sure… Read more »
LOL!!!
Sam Brinton would be a good spokesman for birth control.
One look at him in a dress…