Was this the start of a US Presidential campaign

[moka]

It isn't often that I find myself in sympathy with the Trump camp, but they are currently being excoriated because JD Vance was being interviewed by Brett Weisenstein (think Evergreen).

Weisenstein mentioned that the function of postmenopausal women was to be grandparents, and Vance said 'Yes'. All hell has (understandably) broken out, and this has (again understandably) been used as an example of the Trump camp's contempt for women.

It wasn't (though they have plenty).

Weisenstein is an evolutionary biologist, and in that context, his statement was correct. For almost all the course of human evolution, women have been the principle caregivers, and as they age, there comes a point where (in terms of their health and life expectancy) it is statistically better to put energy and resources into the nurture of grandchildren carrying a quarter of their genes rather than another child carrying half their genes. Natural selection produces menopause.

The interview was with not with Bret Weinstein but with his brother Eric who is a podcast host and hedge fund director, (joint managing director for Thiel Capital from 2013 until 2022.)

One of the controversial statements by Eric which Vance agreed with was “That's the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female in theory.”

Here is a couple of minutes of the original over two hour interview.

https://x.com/HeartlandSignal/status...11043375907296
EW VANCE AUDIO: In an interview from 2020, JD Vance agrees with a podcast host who says having grandmothers help raise children is “the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female.” He also agrees when the host says grandparents helping raise children is a "weird, unadvertised feature of marrying an Indian woman."

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas...=1000473090465
32: J. D. Vance - American Dreams and Nightmares 29 April 2020
The Portal Society & Culture Listen on Apple Podcasts
Eric and JD sit down to discuss the history of coal and politics, the evolving American Left in the era after the demise of organized labor. Through it they discuss the difficulty of finding out footing in the collision and disappointment of so many American dreams which all too frequently remain tantalizingly out of reach for the majority of those who dare to dream them.

[davflaws]

The interview was with not with Bret Weinstein but with his brother Eric who is a podcast host and hedge fund director, (joint managing director for Thiel Capital from 2013 until 2022.)

One of the controversial statements by Eric which Vance agreed with was “That's the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female in theory.”

Here is a couple of minutes of the original over two hour interview.

https://x.com/HeartlandSignal/status...11043375907296
EW VANCE AUDIO: In an interview from 2020, JD Vance agrees with a podcast host who says having grandmothers help raise children is “the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female.” He also agrees when the host says grandparents helping raise children is a "weird, unadvertised feature of marrying an Indian woman."

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas...=1000473090465
32: J. D. Vance - American Dreams and Nightmares 29 April 2020
The Portal Society & Culture Listen on Apple Podcasts
Eric and JD sit down to discuss the history of coal and politics, the evolving American Left in the era after the demise of organized labor. Through it they discuss the difficulty of finding out footing in the collision and disappointment of so many American dreams which all too frequently remain tantalizingly out of reach for the majority of those who dare to dream them.

Thanks for that. I was wrong - got the Weinstein bros confused, even though I listened to the relevant portion of the interview.

Eric has clearly been talking to Brett about evolutionary biology.

[Balance]

I hope she speaks how she stopped the exploration for gas as her contribution to the environment. So how did that pan out? We are now short of gas and are bringing in coal by the shipload to keep the lights on.

Ardern was invited and recently addressed a major gathering of Native Americans. She spoke for over an hour about how kindness, family values and cultural cohesiveness would increase the standard of living for them. She also told them about the great job she did as PM in fostering harmony and unity in Aoteroa.

After she spoke, the Tribes presented her with a plague inscribed with her new Native American name ‘Walking Eagle.’ Ardern proudly accepted and with tears in her eyes, told them how humbled she felt that they would so honour her with such a title.

After Ardern left, a TVNZ reporter asked the chiefs how they chose such a name for her.

They explained that ‘Walking Eagle’ is the name given to a bird so full of shxt it can no longer fly.

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After she spoke, the Tribes presented her with a plague inscribed with her new Native American name ‘Walking Eagle.’ Ardern proudly accepted and with tears in her eyes, told them how humbled she felt that they would so honour her with such a title.

After Ardern left, a TVNZ reporter asked the chiefs how they chose such a name for her.

They explained that ‘Walking Eagle’ is the name given to a bird so full of shxt it can no longer fly.

You can't fool those natives.

Was the plague they presented Covid?

She's a lame duck that Walking Eagle!

*****
Getty say when nurse come, just what Doctor ordered.

[Bjauck]

Deep fake Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/19/trump-ai-swift-harris-musk-deepfake-images

[davflaws]

After she spoke, the Tribes presented her with a plague inscribed with her new Native American name ‘Walking Eagle.’ Ardern proudly accepted and with tears in her eyes, told them how humbled she felt that they would so honour her with such a title.

After Ardern left, a TVNZ reporter asked the chiefs how they chose such a name for her.

They explained that ‘Walking Eagle’ is the name given to a bird so full of shxt it can no longer fly.

Based on my inability to find any reference to this on the net, I call Bull****.