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		By: LoFan John		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LoFan John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 21:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m coming in late on the eye-color question, but I wonder how the guy can leap completely over the association of blue eyes with pale skin.  The selection pressure may have been mostly for vitamin-D enhancing paleness. I don&#039;t see a reason to jump to speculation about sexual selection, and I (blue-eyed) scorn the flattery.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m coming in late on the eye-color question, but I wonder how the guy can leap completely over the association of blue eyes with pale skin.  The selection pressure may have been mostly for vitamin-D enhancing paleness. I don&#8217;t see a reason to jump to speculation about sexual selection, and I (blue-eyed) scorn the flattery.</p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/01/23/131910/#comment-2719805</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Meislin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Doubt is out...
...except for the things you&#039;re SUPPOSED TO DOUBT, of course, as decided by our Betters(TM)...though in that case, you&#039;re not supposed to doubt so much as to CANCEL, IGNORE, DISREGARD, DISPARAGE, DENIGRATE, MOCK...
...indeed...The Narrative(TM) Uber Alles...

&#039; Doubt As a Badge of Honor;
&#039; Pro-trans activists accuse a critical organization of being an “agent of uncertainty.” &#039;---
https://www.city-journal.org/article/we-should-doubt-trans-activists-claims
H/T Powerline blog.

&quot;Though shalt not doubt&quot; sounds rather like religious doctrine, which in fact it is.
And so we have things like: Follow the science! (That is, the science that our elites have declared to be true.)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doubt is out&#8230;<br />
&#8230;except for the things you&#8217;re SUPPOSED TO DOUBT, of course, as decided by our Betters(TM)&#8230;though in that case, you&#8217;re not supposed to doubt so much as to CANCEL, IGNORE, DISREGARD, DISPARAGE, DENIGRATE, MOCK&#8230;<br />
&#8230;indeed&#8230;The Narrative(TM) Uber Alles&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8216; Doubt As a Badge of Honor;<br />
&#8216; Pro-trans activists accuse a critical organization of being an “agent of uncertainty.” &#8216;&#8212;<br />
<a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/we-should-doubt-trans-activists-claims" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.city-journal.org/article/we-should-doubt-trans-activists-claims</a><br />
H/T Powerline blog.</p>
<p>&#8220;Though shalt not doubt&#8221; sounds rather like religious doctrine, which in fact it is.<br />
And so we have things like: Follow the science! (That is, the science that our elites have declared to be true.)</p>
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		By: Marlene		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/01/23/131910/#comment-2719789</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marlene]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TJ, about the audio: it&#039;ll be interesting to hear what Kari Lake says the next few days. Will she confirm it? 
Will Dewitt?  Or will there be lawsuits for fraud ... Or?
With all that&#039;s going on regarding AI, I wonder / worry if this is another case of a faked conversation, made &#038; released to cause trouble.
What times we have reached!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TJ, about the audio: it&#8217;ll be interesting to hear what Kari Lake says the next few days. Will she confirm it?<br />
Will Dewitt?  Or will there be lawsuits for fraud &#8230; Or?<br />
With all that&#8217;s going on regarding AI, I wonder / worry if this is another case of a faked conversation, made &amp; released to cause trouble.<br />
What times we have reached!</p>
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		By: TJ		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/01/23/131910/#comment-2719777</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 08:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Arizona based video blogger — who happens to know both Jeff DeWit and Kari Lake — “Officer Tatum” reacts to the bribery audio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACs1D-W_jmo]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Arizona based video blogger — who happens to know both Jeff DeWit and Kari Lake — “Officer Tatum” reacts to the bribery audio.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACs1D-W_jmo" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACs1D-W_jmo</a></p>
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		By: TJ		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/01/23/131910/#comment-2719774</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TJ]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 06:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Kari Lake—Jeff DeWit bribery audio is posted on line at Garret Lewis radio page, plus his X and Instapundit pages.

But here, video blogger “George” smartly introduces this audio by first calling attention to how Kari Lake explained that heavy moneybags were out to bribe her— without naming names or associations — in her speech at CPAC (Feb? Mar?) last year. He posts video of her at that confab — you might have even heard about it, back then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUwt-JMrSjA]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Kari Lake—Jeff DeWit bribery audio is posted on line at Garret Lewis radio page, plus his X and Instapundit pages.</p>
<p>But here, video blogger “George” smartly introduces this audio by first calling attention to how Kari Lake explained that heavy moneybags were out to bribe her— without naming names or associations — in her speech at CPAC (Feb? Mar?) last year. He posts video of her at that confab — you might have even heard about it, back then. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUwt-JMrSjA" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUwt-JMrSjA</a></p>
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		By: AesopFan		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/01/23/131910/#comment-2719773</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 06:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@ huxley &#062; &quot;A surprising number of commenters here have blue-green-violet eyes. What’s up with that?&quot;

Well, the guy said the blue eyes are better for seeing in dim light and most of us are up late at night, so QED?


I can get on board with that explanation, as I am very much in sync with this commenter at the video: 
@andream8234
As a blue eyed person I can confirm that I see very well in low light, and most people around me wonder why I am always doing things in the ‘dark’. I am also sensitive to sunlight and need sunglasses even when its cloudy.

AesopSpouse, although also blue-eyed, does not have the same sensitivities, and is always &quot;helping me&quot; by turning on the lights that I deliberately left off. I keep sunglasses in every car, purse, and coat pocket.

I thought the narrator&#039;s speculations about the reason for brown-eyed groups moving into ancient Europe and then becoming mostly blue-eyed was interesting, since the lighter pigment is a recessive trait and in other migrations the brown eyes soon dominated the populations. However, he doesn&#039;t answer why sexual selection (&quot;Blue eyes are so sexy!&quot;) operated in the first case but not the others.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ huxley &gt; &#8220;A surprising number of commenters here have blue-green-violet eyes. What’s up with that?&#8221;</p>
<p>Well, the guy said the blue eyes are better for seeing in dim light and most of us are up late at night, so QED?</p>
<p>I can get on board with that explanation, as I am very much in sync with this commenter at the video:<br />
@andream8234<br />
As a blue eyed person I can confirm that I see very well in low light, and most people around me wonder why I am always doing things in the ‘dark’. I am also sensitive to sunlight and need sunglasses even when its cloudy.</p>
<p>AesopSpouse, although also blue-eyed, does not have the same sensitivities, and is always &#8220;helping me&#8221; by turning on the lights that I deliberately left off. I keep sunglasses in every car, purse, and coat pocket.</p>
<p>I thought the narrator&#8217;s speculations about the reason for brown-eyed groups moving into ancient Europe and then becoming mostly blue-eyed was interesting, since the lighter pigment is a recessive trait and in other migrations the brown eyes soon dominated the populations. However, he doesn&#8217;t answer why sexual selection (&#8220;Blue eyes are so sexy!&#8221;) operated in the first case but not the others.</p>
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		By: R2L		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/01/23/131910/#comment-2719765</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[R2L]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 04:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kate: &quot;I was hoping for one characteristic which is “normal,”
Does your obvious intelligence count?

vv on January 23, 2024 at 3:08 pm:  that is great news on slapping down Trudeau et al., but where does that leave the Truckers and their bank accounts, let alone their ability to convert their government back to a more conservative one?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kate: &#8220;I was hoping for one characteristic which is “normal,”<br />
Does your obvious intelligence count?</p>
<p>vv on January 23, 2024 at 3:08 pm:  that is great news on slapping down Trudeau et al., but where does that leave the Truckers and their bank accounts, let alone their ability to convert their government back to a more conservative one?</p>
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		By: Chases Eagles		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/01/23/131910/#comment-2719755</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chases Eagles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 03:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Blue eyes here. They have been called intense.

I once worked with a beautiful young blonde woman who was an eleven. Her eyes were the most stunning blue. One day I was in a big box computer store and the checker was this stunning young redhead with those same eyes. I mentioned to her that I had seen another with those eyes and after a short conversation she says “she is one of my sisters”.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blue eyes here. They have been called intense.</p>
<p>I once worked with a beautiful young blonde woman who was an eleven. Her eyes were the most stunning blue. One day I was in a big box computer store and the checker was this stunning young redhead with those same eyes. I mentioned to her that I had seen another with those eyes and after a short conversation she says “she is one of my sisters”.</p>
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		By: Philip Sells		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/01/23/131910/#comment-2719752</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Sells]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 03:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oligonicella @ 12:56:
&lt;i&gt;Ease&lt;/i&gt; on down the road.... 
(I&#039;ve long had a soft spot for &lt;i&gt;The Wiz&lt;/i&gt;, so...)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oligonicella @ 12:56:<br />
<i>Ease</i> on down the road&#8230;.<br />
(I&#8217;ve long had a soft spot for <i>The Wiz</i>, so&#8230;)</p>
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		By: Kate		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/01/23/131910/#comment-2719744</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 01:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gray eyes are even less common than green, Scott the Badger.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gray eyes are even less common than green, Scott the Badger.</p>
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