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Take the 27-mile round trip between Hollidaysburg and Martinsburg on No. 11. Traveling through the breathtaking Morrison’s Cove, including a stop for ice cream at the Roaring Spring depot, will leave you with a sense that all is right with the world, at least for a few hours.

Book: How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything--Yes, Anything!

‘That’s Bullsh*t’: Vietnam Vet Star Wars Shop Owner Tells Trans Council Member ‘You’re Not A Woman’ In Viral Public Confrontation

They Don’t Speak for Me. The need for free black thought in academia—and beyond

‘Defund the Police’ Mayors Used Taxpayer Cash to Hire Their Own Private Security

VOX tells you how to deal with the emotional trauma of climate crisis

Guardian: Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet

New Hampshire delivers a double victory for school choice

This website has always liked school choice, and not just for urban kids

Polyamory Gets Another Push, This Time From Harvard Law

Did the CDC Director just kill the rationale for vaccine passports?

Anti-Racism Reaches Its Most Ridiculous Low Yet: $50,000 to Move a Rock

Corporate Rent-Seeking Reaches New Level With US Postal Service Reform Bill

The Green Dream of Electrified Vehicles

Where'd you go, Ohio? How a swing state went red

Wargaming in progress: The early panic by Team Biden about "the Kamala crisis" is ... something

Like it or not, Cuomo will be hanging around

Althouse considers Cuomo's sexiness

Women appreciate toughness when needed, but not creepiness

COVID Power: Biden Extends Freeze on Repayment of Student Loans Through January 2022

Democratic leaders are increasingly at odds with their own voters

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Re: Kamala

"Kamala" in Finnish means "Horrible".

#1 oolioo on 2021-08-09 09:07 (Reply)

Kamala Harris's mother was a biomedical scientist from India. In Sanskrit, Kamala means lotus, a plant that has its roots in the riverbed, but whose flower rises to bloom on the water's surface. The lotus is taken to represent enlightenment and rebirth, and how something beautiful can arise from the mud.

#1.1 Zachriel on 2021-08-09 09:28 (Reply)

I know, it's just a play on words.

When I saw that on another forum I looked for it in other languages as well. Didn't find any. Language is very complicated.

My name is "Monty". Most people think it's a nickname for Montgomery or Montague but it's not. "Monty" was the nickname of the doctor who delivered me.

#1.1.1 oolioo on 2021-08-09 09:56 (Reply)

In Calgary, mention of Kamala brings this to mind:

https://calp.ca/_uploads/5c101e9c223fe.pdf

#1.1.2 Frances on 2021-08-10 01:45 (Reply)

We also not that in Ugandan,"Kamala" means "The Giant"

#1.2 Zachriel's Most loyal Disciple on 2021-08-09 12:26 (Reply)

Which language?, Ganda, Swahili or Luganda?

#1.2.1 oolioo on 2021-08-09 13:35 (Reply)

QUOTE:

‘That’s Bullsh*t’: Vietnam Vet Star Wars Shop Owner Tells Trans Council Member ‘You’re Not A Woman’ In Viral Public Confrontation

Han Solo: "Uh, Lord Jiliac, are you feeling—"

Jabba Desilijic Tiure: "Human idiot! Can't you see that Lord Jiliac is now Lady Jiliac? She is expecting! In her delicate condition, she really should not make this effort, but we Desilijic are nothing if not faithful to our duty!"

Han Solo: "Your pardon, Lady Jiliac. I am not familiar with your species' … uh, er … reproductive habits. I meant no offense."

Jiliac Desilijic Tiron: "No offense taken. My people reproduce as they will, and I decided it was time for me to do so."

―Han Solo, Jabba Desilijic Tiure, and Jabba's aunt Jiliac Desilijic Tiron discuss her shift in gender

#2 Zachriel on 2021-08-09 09:08 (Reply)

'Trans' is fiction. Good to know.

#2.1 Christopher B on 2021-08-09 09:24 (Reply)

Christopher B: 'Trans' is fiction. Good to know.

Actually, human sexuality and gender are not strictly binary. For instance, about 1 in 2000 births exhibit ambiguous sex organs, while androgen insensitivity occurs in about 1 in 10000 births. That means that even in a small town, such as Dodge City, Kansas, or Plainfield, Indiana, there will likely be a number of people who are non-binary by birth. That's without even considering the wide range of sexual identities and behaviors found among the human species.

Regardless, as an aficionado of Star Wars, the shop owner would hopefully be more open to diversity. Then again, the franchise has had troubles diversity since its inception, especially when compared to Star Trek, which had diversity built into its very foundations.

#2.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-08-09 09:41 (Reply)

Oh, 1 in 2000?

Obviously we must craft our society to put the edge cases first in all things, and let those guide how we can have a ...

Pretty much screwed up general society. Law based on edge cases, (An edge case is a problem or situation that occurs only at an extreme (maximum or minimum) operating parameter.) almost always makes for bad results going forward.

Manipulating society so that the edge case is seen as a norm which must have preference in all accommodations is pretty much guaranteed to cause anger and resentment when others are disadvantaged.

#2.1.1.1 JLawson on 2021-08-09 10:28 (Reply)

JLawson: Obviously we must craft our society to put the edge cases first in all things, and let those guide how we can have a ...

What it means is that trans people exist regardless of your views or the views of the shop owner. As the transgender council member said, “We are people. We are who we are and we all want to be accepted in our community.”

#2.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-08-09 10:39 (Reply)

They exist. I do not argue they don't.

I argue that they do not have a right to control.

#2.1.1.1.1.1 JLawson on 2021-08-09 16:31 (Reply)

JLawson: I argue that they do not have a right to control.

Huh? The shop owner had a sign that transgenders would find offensive. A transgender council person voiced her objection. There's nothing there about coercion. But sure. People have the right to express their opinion, just as others have the right to criticize that expression.

#2.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-08-10 08:29 (Reply)

That nature doesn't always get everything right or that specific components of the incredibly complex biological machinery that we call the human body exhibit a wide range of possible values is indisputable.

Also indisputable is that liberals like to spew word salad when called on conflation of biology, sexual preference, sexual expression, and gender.

#2.1.1.2 Christopher B on 2021-08-09 11:55 (Reply)

Christopher B: That nature doesn't always get everything right or that specific components of the incredibly complex biological machinery that we call the human body exhibit a wide range of possible values is indisputable.

Turns out, they're people too.

Christopher B: Also indisputable is that liberals like to spew word salad when called on conflation of biology, sexual preference, sexual expression, and gender.

You might try to be specific. Who said what?

#2.1.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2021-08-09 12:04 (Reply)

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Did the CDC Director just kill the rationale for vaccine passports? . . . If a vaccinated and non-vaccinated person have the same capacity to carry, shed and transmit the virus

Except that people who are vaccinated are less likely to become infected, and if infected, less likely to transmit the virus. However, the vaccine is not perfect. That means some people who are vaccinated will become infected, so where the virus is prevalent, people should still take precautions. It helps the individual, and it helps the community.

#3 Zachriel on 2021-08-09 09:49 (Reply)

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Kiddiez: Except that people who are vaccinated are less likely to become infected, (of which you have no proof) and if infected, less likely to transmit the virus (of which you have no proof).

Apparently not in Israel, Kiddiez.

https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-seeing-new-covid-19-outbreak-despite-vaccine-success-2021-6?op=1

#3.1 Zachinoff on 2021-08-11 15:45 (Reply)

Funny that the transgender council member refers to herself as a "trans-woman" rather than as simply a woman. And the plaintive whine "all we want is to be accepted", well, sorry bubbette, you may be entitled to toleration, you're not entitled to acceptance. There's a difference between "I may not agree with what you say but I'll defend to the death your right to say it" and "You must agree with me or else." You're not the victim here when you're demanding that contrary opinions be silenced - you're the oppressor.

#4 Jerryskids on 2021-08-09 10:14 (Reply)

Jerryskids: You're not the victim here when you're demanding that contrary opinions be silenced - you're the oppressor.

She specifically said the shop owner has the right to his opinion, just as she has a right to criticize that opinion.

#4.1 Zachriel on 2021-08-09 10:18 (Reply)

Shouldn't Black English be called Blacklish?

‘Defund the Police’ Used Taxpayer Cash to Hire Their Own Private Security: They should be voted out of office...with extreme diligence.

How to fight climate despair: I don't have "climate despair. The climate has been changing since our planet got an atmosphere.

Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible: Scaremongering is what these people do.

New Hampshire delivers a double victory for school choice: OOO-RAH!!!

Did the CDC Director just kill the rationale
for vaccine passports? I keep my Covid Card in my shirt pocket, so that I can pull it out, hold it out in my left hand, and raise my right arm to 45 degrees, und zay, "Hier ist mein papier, Herr/Frau OBERST!!" Haven't had to, and likely won't, but I'm ready...

Anti-Racism Reaches Its Most Ridiculous Low Yet: $50,000 to Move a Rock: Just paint the damned thing!

Like it or not, Cuomo will be hanging around: It's New York...

Democratic leaders are increasingly at odds with their own voters: That's ENCOURAGING.

#5 Sam L. on 2021-08-09 10:35 (Reply)

It probably won't be a surprise, but though I've worked at UW Madison for decades I've not heard a whisper of any such name applied to Chamberlin Rock--and trust me, the campus newspapers would have been all over the story if anybody had used the phrase.

Prospective pain by proxy... "Somebody may have meant a slur, that may have hurt somebody else, and so I'll be hurt on their behalf and demand that something be done."

At least the taxpayers didn't have to pay for this. And nobody lost his job.

#6 James the lesser (Link) on 2021-08-09 10:42 (Reply)

"Guardian: Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet"
This is the blind squirrel and the stopped clock. The earth has been colder before, and hotter before.
As far as I can tell, the only earthly event with drastic effects are Krakatoa-like eruptions.

#7 Ted on 2021-08-09 14:00 (Reply)

Well, and asteroids and the Sweet Meteor of Death.

#7.1 Aggie on 2021-08-09 16:44 (Reply)

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