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  1. On 9/15/2023 at 5:43 PM, Cacti said:

    But if you want to narrow it down, then go to the DSA’s website and you’ll find a partial listing of their ‘wants’. I’ve already referenced one: defunding the police.

    I know…I know, the word defunding doesn’t really mean defunding; it means what you say it means. It’s sort of like the word socialism; you can change the meaning to fit the argument.

    Fucking hell, can we agree that to "defund" something means to allocate less funding towards it?

     

    And if so...

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-biden-defund-the-police-position

     

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    Biden has previously said that President Trump wants to cut funding for local law enforcement by roughly $500 billion, a claim that PolitiFact has rated as "Mostly True." Trump's FY 2021 budget proposal would reduce Justice Department funding for state and local law enforcement by $380 million compared to FY 2020, and the president's budget would also cut COPS by $170 million, according to PolitiFact.

     

  2. 11 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

    Kind of, its been a while… now I’m thinking of Staind. 

    Interesting, I didn’t pick up on that. He’s a bit nasally though. I don’t think it really matters unfortunately, although I’d love to be wrong. 

    Ya think?

     

    Dude sounds like fuckin Steve Urkel

  3. 6 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    That was Ivanka

     

    43 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    That's Ivanka. 

    Ok.... How is that slightly less dumb mofo still wishing veterans a Happy Memorial Day?

  4. 15 hours ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

    remember when good journalism presented both sides? Besides, Caitlin interviewer was disagreeing / correcting him at every opportunity, which is also very good.  Unlike FOX who shouts down any opponent, but will you bash FOX ?

    Good journalism isn't presenting both sides. Its calling out bullshit when a candidate spews bullshit. It wouldn't be good journalism to televise a panel of flat earthers, and it isn't good to present a forum for election conspiracies.

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  5. The wall was a uniquely Trumpian policy in 2015. That's how he separated himself from Jeb, Rubio, et al. In 2023 immigrant bashing is de rigueur for a GOP candidate.

     

    Had to go to my Dad's last weekend to help him re-tarp his koi pond. My brother had to bring up politics and in the middle of what passed for a discussion I asked my (completely batshit lost in the right wing grift-o-sphere) dad this very question when he laid the "'Trump is a little unpolished sometimes but his policies are PERFECT!!!" line. I wanted to know what policy he supported that was specifically and uniquely Trumpian rather than a policy every generic R supports. 

     

    His answer?

     

    Trump will fire everyone in the FBI and clean up the deep state.

     

    My Dad wants a special military squad beholden to Trump with the power to arrest, detain, and kill. Shockingly he's also a big DeSantis supporter.

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  6. 2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    While the law's intent is despicable, the execution is worse.  Why not accept a doctor's note ("Suzie is a biological female")?  They accept vaccine records, etc.  (Watch that requirement evaporate next.)

    To be perfectly clear: I oppose this bill completely and without hesitation. I think what the GOP is doing to demonize transgender teens is abhorrent and repugnant. It breaks my heart to see grown adults in positions of power bullying and humiliating emotionally vulnerable teenagers for political advantage.

     

    That being said, there is nothing in this bill requiring genital exams. The bill does not explain how a ban would be enforced. It may be enforced through a doctor's note or through a requirement to show a birth certificate, as it is in Kentucky.

    Spoiler

    Kansas lawmakers voted Wednesday to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s third veto in as many years on a law banning transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams.

    The ban, which critics are calling an attack on transgender students’ rights, will go into effect this summer.

    The text of the new law is pretty vague in terms of enforcement, so there’s a lot we don’t know yet — including how officials will determine whether a student athlete is transgender.

     

    The law tasks the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) — a group responsible for administrating competition among Kansas high schools in both athletic and non-athletic activities — with establishing the specific enforcement guidelines that schools will need to implement.

    Will the state insist on inspecting students’ genitalia?

    Critics have suggested the ban’s vague language could leave room for invasive inspections of student athletes. It’s a critique of the bill that has been thrown around since it began gaining traction in 2021, but state officials have said genital inspections will play no role in the policy.

     
     

    A similar bill in Ohio last year contained a “genital inspection” requirement that was later removed following public opposition. A similar provision was removed from a Florida bill in 2021.

    Kansas’ new law contains no such provision.

    Jeremy Holaday, a spokesman for KSHSAA, said that while no details of the enforcement plan have been discussed yet, invasive medical inspections are not likely.

    “We don’t anticipate something like that taking place,” he said. “I don’t think that’s ever been suggested, from what I know, in Kansas with this bill.”

     
     

    Rep. Barb Wasinger, a Hays Republican and supporter of the ban, told The Star Thursday that the ban does not mandate or allow for genital inspection of children.

    “Currently you have to supply a birth certificate to even go to school,” Wasinger said.

    On Thursday afternoon Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins issued a statement to add even more clarity: “There’s absolutely no language or intent in the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act to require any type of genitalia inspection and that will not be the outcome of the bill.”

     

    However, critics have pointed specifically to the bill’s extension to students younger than high school age, which are not governed by KSHAA.

    “It is my sincere hope that the rules and regulations will prevent students from being subjected to the proponents wishes, as they outlined on the House floor, which would require medical examinations of gentalia of student athletes,” Rep. Brandon Woodard, a Leawood Democrat and the first openly gay man elected to the state House. “Bill text aside, the representatives pushing for this bill stated that medical examinations will occur for those without birth certificates.”

    Woodard referenced an exchange on the House floor with Wasinger. He asked her how the sex at birth would be proved and she suggested a birth certificate or, in its absence, “a medical examination by their doctor.”

     

    “You have to have a sports physical before you play and so I assume that the physicians would know,” Wasinger said.

    Who decides how to enforce Kansas’ transgender athlete ban?

    The KSHSAA will “adopt rules and regulations for its member schools to implement the provisions” of the ban.

    Holaday, the spokesman, told The Star that the agency is meeting with several advisory groups this month to discuss how to approach these guidelines.

     

    “We want to have thorough discussions with our sports medicine advisory team and our board of directors before we have any sort of official details or direction for our member schools,” he said.

    “We do anticipate both of those groups will be in our office in the next couple of weeks to discuss this at length and make sure we’re heading in the right direction.”

    Public colleges and universities are also subject to the law but can decide their own enforcement standards.

     

    Officials with the Shawnee Mission, Blue Valley, Olathe, Gardner Edgerton and De Soto school districts did not immediately return The Star’s request for comment.

    How have other states handled transgender athlete bans?

    Kansas is now the 20th state to have some type of ban on transgender athletes competing in school sports. The state joins 11 others with bans that apply to students of all ages, from kindergarten through college.

    Transgender athlete bans are temporarily on hold in Idaho, Indiana, Utah and West Virginia due to court orders. Tennessee’s ban requires schools that do not comply to lose state funding.

     

    Some states, including those that do not have bans on transgender athletes, include space for genital inspections on forms used for student athletes’ physical exams. Some states, like Oklahoma and Michigan, specify that these exams are for “males only.”

    Most states also ask female athletes for information about their menstrual cycles on these forms, which critics say excludes transgender girls and women.

    ‘Who are they making these rules for?’

    Adam Kellogg, a transgender activist and University of Kansas student who has testified in the statehouse against anti-trans legislation, said that the ban opens children who are not transgender to greater scrutiny.

     

    “I think this is going to hurt more cisgender kids than anyone,” he told The Star, referring to students whose gender identity aligns with the sex they were assigned at birth. “They’re now subject to judgment for the way they dress, act and look. Tomboys are now going to be scrutinized for simply not being feminine enough.”

    Kellogg added that he doesn’t know of any transgender athletes who will be impacted by the new law — indicating that the ban attempts to solve a nonexistent problem.

    “Who are they making these rules for? No one. There had been no issue before,” he said. “It’s harmful rhetoric that only serves to tell trans kids they do not matter and are not welcome in Kansas.”

    https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article274047620.html

     

    Again, I completely oppose this legislation. But it damages the credibility of those who argue for equality among genders to create false enforcement that isn't in the bill. It opens the door for the middle of the road "both sides" doofuses to say, "well the bill doesn't mandate genital examinations by a homeroom teacher, so it's not THAT bad" after loud mouthed AM radio assholes scream about the woke mob blowing this out of proportion. Don't exaggerate the pernicious effects of this bill. It's horrific enough on its face. 

  7. Lol

    Good news: The non-sexy green M&M is coming back! On Monday, M&M’s parent company Mars Wrigley announced that it would be pulling its M&M’s ‘spokescandies’ mascots indefinitely and replacing them with the actor Maya Rudolph. However, the company told the New York Times on Friday that the controversial move was all just a PR stunt, and that the spokescandies will indeed return at the upcoming Super Bowl.

    https://www.polygon.com/23574687/m-and-m-spokescandies-super-bowl-ad

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  8. FWIW there's a credible argument that Bryan didn't argue against evolution because "hurr durr monkeys ain't people." Social Darwinism was prevalent and used to justify the wealthy gutting social welfare, labor reform, and anything else that threatened robber baron profits. Unlike Trump (what a terrible comparison) or Mencken, Bryan gave a shit about the impoverished and powerless.  Mencken promoted drivel from Ayn Rand and Nietzsche.

     

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09505430802062885

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  9. 17 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

    what a fucking game ! 

     

    Maybe I'm drunk but what does this mean? Wouldn't the batter's team need to be behind for them to be able to tie? How did any of the Astros after we took a 3-1 lead "have a shot to at least tie the game"?

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