TMI Show Ep 234: “Kissing Cousins in the UK”

Great Britain’s NHS is accused of caving in to political correctness by promoting marriages between first cousins, despite risks of birth defects and ties to women's oppression. The UK points to legality dating back to Henry VIII, enabling his marriage to Catherine Howard, while emphasizing stronger family support systems amid higher congenital disorder rates in British Pakistani communities that cost billions in treatments. Up to 20% of kids with congenital issues in cities like Sheffield have Pakistani descent, versus 4% UK-wide. A poll shows 75% of Britons want to ban cousin marriages.

Plus:

• Government Shutdown Looms: Republicans push their short-term funding bill to November 21, clashing with Democrats demanding restored Medicaid funding and ACA tax credits. Neither side has budged.

• Gaza Peace Deal Dead on Arrival: Trump's take-it-or-leave-it 20-point proposal would halt the two-year Israel-Hamas war. But it demands total capitulation from Hamas—even though Israel is now a pariah state and is spiraling toward political economic collapse.

• FBI Gifts: Director Kash Patel presents inoperable 3D-printed pistols to New Zealand officials during FBI office opening, violating strict gun laws requiring special permits. Regulators destroy the illegal replicas, treating them as potentially operable, amid silence from Patel's team on import permissions, highlighting diplomatic blunders in international security ties.