How Evolution Works

Can you believe it's Friday alre.... wait, you mean it's Saturday?  Son of bitch!  Just where does the work week go when you're having so much fun working in an Essential Job?
Yesterday, in the rain, I got to be one of the counter at the exit.  For a while, I was at the Garden Center, but then they moved me.  The vast majority of customers were wearing masks, many of whom took them off after leaving the store.  I have no problem with people walking through the parking lot without their masks.  The virus isn't free floating, meaning you can't walk into a cloud of infection that was sneezed out by someone 5 minutes ago.
When you think about it wearing masks is a perfect example of Darwin's Theory, the survival of the fittest. This is how Evolution works.  Those who are most able to adapt to new situations have gene pools that will survive.  Those who don't wear a mask?  They are genetically flawed.  Their inability to wear a mask is their most obvious example we've seen so far of risky behavior.  Statistics have show that over time, those who take risks (and their progeny) die off.  Those who adapt?  We survive.
I see the Idiot Jerk in the White House has taken another hit to his approval rating in regard to Covid - 19.  He's now down to 39%.  You can bet your shiny buttons this is why he had declared religious gatherings Essential.  He's worried he's going to start losing those Cracker Jack Christians who voted him into the White House.  He must have missed the briefing where the point was made that Covid - 19 turns religious gatherings in to Hot Spots... or maybe he just doesn't care.  Maybe he wants to make them happy now while hoping they'll still be alive to vote for him in November.
Finally, here's one of my yellows.  This is from the bush next to the Weigela.

It's a nice light perfumey pastel.

Gods of Egypt vs Risen, both so white

The Gods of Egypt starts this weekend and I'll probably go see it, not because it's great drama or that the acting is going to be superlative.  Nope, this is a CGI fest with lots of half-naked men running around, and a babe or two thrown in for the straight crowd.  People who got see this movie are not supposed to leave the theater scratching their heads, nor are they supposed to be pondering the meanings of life.  They're going to be wowed by special effects (and half-naked men running around).  What I find funny is that I was looking at My New Plaid Pants where it was pointed out that the cast was so white... well, so what.  If you're going to point that out in regard to The Gods of Egypt, you should also point out that Risen has a very white cast.  In fact, Risen stars that very white, very British Joseph Fiennes.... as a Roman.  He looks Italian, doesn't he?  Of course, Krazy Kristians around the world will see it as a religious documentary so accuracy is not important.  Is it?

You would think that if you were trying to tell the true story of the resurrection, you would at least hire middle-eastern actors to play the parts of the disciples.  But then, of course, you might lose the white audience of America, those who believe that Jesus had blue eyes and light brown hair.

If you're going to throw out that race trump card, it needs to be done uniformly.  You can't pick and chose.  Risen is going to make a lot more money than God's of Egypt because more people are going to be seeing it.  So which one should you be pointing your finger at?