@Florence @Nordicfae i've got like three other really important tasks to be doing right now. #ADHD brain has latched onto this avenue of inquiry as far more interesting and compels me. :)

i'm going to stop now, because I'm icked out at stuff I stumbled across while looking for minimum ages.

In 1880, 37 states set the age of consent at 10 years, 10 states set an age of consent at 12 years, and Delaware had an age of consent of 7 years. What the fuck, Delaware? In 1871 they LOWERED it from 10.

@Florence No Offense Taken…When People Converse & Discuss Issues They Can Learn

@Florence That I didn’t know (only read articles, not aurally).

@Florence @Nordicfae i found this interesting map of EXCEPTIONS to the prohibition on underage drinking. family/spouse, and at home. i was surprised at the number of states with exceptions.

#drinking #underage #spouse #exceptions

Does he mean the public ones that they already released? 🤦‍♂️ 🤡

@Florence since it is possible and legal for an 18-year old to marry a 21-year old, we cannot make a definite inference that this is a child bride situation.

possibility is there, yeah. i mean, in family law that minor thing is defined as under 18 and NOT MARRIED, which I thought was kind of weird. I didn't delve too far down that path. i don't want to know that badly, that's just icky.

point being, we can't assume that this is the explicit implication.:)

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#underage #alcohol #inference

@Florence i do believe this is a premature assumption to make.

f'rinstance, in Texas family code, a minor is defined as a person under 18. HOWEVER, in Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code title 4 chapter 106, Sec. 106.01. DEFINITION. In this code, "minor" means a person under 21 years of age.

106.05 & .06 have exceptions for (1) the minor's adult parent, guardian, or spouse, [...] and is visibly present when the minor possesses or consumes the alcoholic beverage;

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#underage #alcohol #inference

welp. donald's thanksgiving has just officially been ruined.

tonight, just a few minutes after midnight, E. Jean Carroll filed her rape #lawsuit against the former guy.

https://ejeancarroll.substack.com/p/thank-you-to-the-greatest-civil-rights

#trump #politics #accountability

@MeidasTouch Do your thing.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-gop-senate-nominee-herschel-173742391.html

Alaska just finished rank choice counting...

Lisa Murkowski has won her reelection.

Mary Peltola defeated Sarah Palin.

That's how you do it.

Brazil judge fines Bolsonaro allies millions after ‘bad faith’ election challenge

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/24/brazil-judge-fines-bolsonaro-allies-millions-after-bad-faith-election-challenge

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...and these are the people who want to balance our budget. republican voters wake up, you are being used.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/anti-woke-bank-founded-by-kelly-loeffler-and-gop-strategist-goes-bust-report/ar-AA14sGVJ

Their age.

😜

Fantastic urban street art