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Tuesday, December 28. 2021

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E. O. Wilson dead at 92

A great scientist

TikTok Moderators Sue After Being "Traumatized" By Content

So change jobs

NYC: Everywhere you look, it’s more and more spending and no positive results of any kind.

New York surrenders to the woke revolution

Fresh evidence the White House put teachers unions ahead of science on school COVID safety

Duh

The "Transgender Moment" Jumps the Shark. New York magazine elevates a journalist with a deeply troubled—and troubling—history to trans icon status

This person has issues

Dr. Fauci: Steer Clear of Large, Crowded New Year's Eve Parties

I got no invitation this year

Joe Biden's Surrender on COVID Gets More Embarrassing After the Receipts Emerge

NASCAR driver Brandon Brown who inadvertently sparked 'Let's Go Brandon!' anti-Biden chant says he has been CANCELLED: Phrase has made it 'extremely difficult' for him to get sponsorship

Poor guy never said it

AMERICANS ARE VOTING WITH THEIR FEET—AGAINST BLUE STATES

And bringing blue votes with them

Former Boston College Student Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter After Encouraging Boyfriend To Commit Suicide

Atlantic Senior Editor 'Let's Go Brandon' Analysis Is Hilariously Predictable

Kamala: Our Democracy Is Doomed Without Federal Takeover Over Voting System

KAMALA KEEPS DIGGING

Nikole Hannah-Jones beclowns herself on Meet the Press

Sorry, Hannah-Jones: Parents DO deserve a say in what their kids are taught

Blasphemy in Pakistan is a bad idea

How Venezuela pulled its oil production out of a tailspin

How a victorious Bashar al-Assad is changing Syria. Sunnis have been pushed out by the war. The new Syria is smaller, in ruins and more sectarian

Veteran leads Afghan evacuation push. Shawn VanDiver has worked full time to get U.S. allies out of danger

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encouraging someone to commit suicide is manslaughter? I encouraged Jeff Bezos does that mean I should get half his money? I think it was a big mistake for her to plead guilty.

#1 JustMe on 2021-12-28 09:51 (Reply)

There is a group that bails out criminals https://bailproject.org/team/ and often these same criminals go out and commit violent acts and even kill people. Should those people behind this bailout group be charged with crimes too???

#1.1 CallMeCrazyBut on 2021-12-28 10:51 (Reply)

In general, lefty militias are pretty organized, and thus, only operate in places with sympathetic prosecutors.

#1.1.1 OldCurmudgeon on 2021-12-28 13:42 (Reply)

NYPD Begin Arresting Unvaccinated Americans During Indoor COVID Compliance Checks.

Seriously? It was just the other day we were watching the jackboot thugs in Australia do this and we thought it would never happen here. Wouldn't it be great if NYCity put this many police in the subways and maybe saved a few women from being attacked???

#2 OneGuy on 2021-12-28 09:58 (Reply)

To be honest, I kinda prefer jackbooted thugs to the alternative -- forcing small business owners to act as enforcer. The mayor should own the consequences of his decrees.

#2.1 OldCurmudgeon on 2021-12-28 10:07 (Reply)

"Most Americans today support transgender rights and transgender acceptance as a matter of basic fairness and equality." I tend to disagree with that statement. To avoid being pounced on by the "progressives" many of us keep our mouths shut and think the majority of those involved with transgendering believe they have mental health issues. Teachers, doctors, phycologists, patients as well as parents pushing the changelings are supporting the problems. Recent research has shown many cases later regret transitioning and t he multiple following suicides. Many teenage girls seem to be following the fad. Quite sad really.

#3 JC on 2021-12-28 10:04 (Reply)

QUOTE:

E. O. Wilson

"They were obedient to a simple truth that separates our two species: humans send their young men to war; ants send their old ladies." — E. O. Wilson, Anthill, a novel which follows three parallel worlds: humans, ants, and the biosphere which connects them.

#4 Zachriel on 2021-12-28 10:06 (Reply)

I have no interest in New York Magazine.

I steer clear of Fauci.

Kamala's crazy.

#5 Sam L. on 2021-12-28 10:21 (Reply)

Teacher Mocks Parents as Bigots at School Board Meeting for Objecting to CRT and Adult Content in Books.

Teachers like this should be fired. The parents need to take back the schools. All the government should be doing is distributing the taxpayer provided funding. We should put cameras in every classroom and put them on the internet just like the traffic cams. Since we cannot trust the teachers and the government we need to be able to watch them closer.

IMHO any teacher or politician who puts these kinds of books in school should be charged with a crime. It is pornographic and child abuse.

#6 Anon on 2021-12-28 10:29 (Reply)

On November 30, there was a Covid-19 outbreak on board the cruise ship Artania even though the passengers and crew had been 100 percent vaccinated and tested.

At this point covid is a disease of the vaccinated and the spread is mostly caused by the vaccinated. The test is meaningless.

#7 OneGuy on 2021-12-28 10:39 (Reply)

OneGuy: At this point covid is a disease of the vaccinated and the spread is mostly caused by the vaccinated.

The unvaccinated are much more likely to be infected, to be hospitalized, or to die. However, as long as there is community spread, the vaccinated are also at risk.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/10222021/images/intro_10222021.jpg

#7.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-28 11:05 (Reply)

Then that's not "vaccinated."

Oh, and as always, you're wrong

"The unvaccinated are much more likely to be infected"

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/medrxiv/early/2021/12/22/2021.12.20.21267966/F1.large.jpg

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/addendumcorrection-to-danish-ve-data

https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?facet=none&Metric=Confirmed+cases&Interval=7-day+rolling+average&Relative+to+Population=true&Align+outbreaks=false&country=USA~ITA~GBR~ISR~SGP~BEL

#7.1.1 DrTorch (Link) on 2021-12-28 11:19 (Reply)

DrTorch: Then that's not "vaccinated."

Your own first link shows that vaccines are effective against Delta and initially effective against Omicron. Neither you nor the graph show the original source, so that would be helpful. The graph is probably showing infections, not hospitalizations or deaths.

Can you provide the statistics for hospitalizations or deaths?

12/16/2021: "Of the country's Omicron patients, 75% were fully vaccinated, and 9% had received a booster shot. About 80% of the Danish population is fully vaccinated." This implies that the vaccine has no effectiveness against Omicron, not negative as stated in your second link, though the article also notes that "it's too early to say if the signal is an artefact."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/12/omicron-boosts-covid-19-surges-denmark-uk

#7.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-28 11:37 (Reply)

You wrote, "The unvaccinated are much more likely to be infected, "

So I don't need to address the other conditions. As usual, you try to deflect from being wrong. The vaccines can, and do, lead to negative prevention of infection.

Further support comes from the charts of highly vaccinated nations show higher rates of infection than before the population was vaccinated.

Stop deflecting and just go away. No one likes seeing the lies you post.

#7.1.1.1.1 DrTorch (Link) on 2021-12-28 11:49 (Reply)

Dr Torch: So I don't need to address the other conditions.

We supported our claim, and your own link supports the claim, even though it is based, at best, on very tenuous data. (Even then, it looks as if he still has arithmetic problems.)

Dr Torch: Further support comes from the charts of highly vaccinated nations show higher rates of infection than before the population was vaccinated.

The chart you provided shows current cases from most to least:

But fully vaccinated from least to most:

#7.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-28 12:06 (Reply)

A very good piece on the VAXX through Archbishop Vigano at Church Militant. The facts of Sars as covered up by Pharma.
Https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/doctor-rips-vax-peddlers-anti-vigano-rant

#7.1.1.1.1.2 indyjonesouthere on 2021-12-28 12:08 (Reply)

I repeat myself, but it's clear that to the Left, "Democracy" means "we win". Any system that results in the Left losing is therefore undemocratic.
It's the whole party leading the proletariat out of the capitalist-induced false consciousness.
It's similar to how they use "Insurrection" rather than "revolution". "Revolution" is a good thing that they do, while "insurrection" is a bad thing that bad people do.

#8 Another Guy Named Dan on 2021-12-28 10:49 (Reply)

Another Guy Named Dan: I repeat myself, but it's clear that to the Left, "Democracy" means "we win".

Yet it is the political right in the U.S. that is seeking to limit the franchise, especially by minorities.

#8.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-28 11:07 (Reply)

That is the lie the left is pushing. They do this so they can create all kinds of voting anomalies that would allow them to cheat. Why cheat? Because that is the only way they can get elected.

Our voting laws encourage cheating. Why wouldn't any American want to fix this? You should have to register to vote in person and show ID, I did it! You should have to vote on election day, not a month ahead of it or 7 days after it. You should have to show ID to vote. Only special circumstances, such as military assigned out of state/country should get mail in ballots. The dead shouldn't be allowed to vote, DUH!

#8.1.1 OneGuy on 2021-12-28 13:40 (Reply)

OneGuy: You should have to vote on election day, not a month ahead

That fact that you reject early in-person voting show that ballot integrity is not the goal. Early voting is important for working people, especially urban minorities. The effect is to suppress the valid votes of those groups.

#8.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-28 14:41 (Reply)

AHHH!!! Thats why I suggested that! Who knew? I thought, silly me, because that is the way it was for over 200 years that maybe it would be good to go back to it. Who knew I was really trying to keep a certain group from voting!

By the way I also meant to say that we should go back to paper ballots too. Clearly our 2020 experience shows us that the voting machines were hacked.

#8.1.1.1.1 OneGuy on 2021-12-28 17:18 (Reply)

OneGuy: I thought, silly me, because that is the way it was for over 200 years that maybe it would be good to go back to it.

Um, at the founding, elections were spread out over a period of days. It wasn't until the 1840s that the federal government imposed a single election day. In any case, you haven't provided any reason against early in-person voting. Early in-person voting increases democratic participation, especially for working people and minorities, and reduces long lines on election day. Eliminating this option would reduce democratic participation, especially for working people and minorities.

#8.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-29 09:30 (Reply)

Why would it affect minorities more than normal people?

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1 OneGuy on 2021-12-29 09:39 (Reply)

OneGuy: Why would it affect minorities more than normal people?

Minorities are "normal people."

In any case, minorities tend to a lower economic strata, so are more likely to be working on election day, more likely to work hours making it more difficult to show up at the polls or to wait in long lines, more likely urban where long lines are a problem, more likely to be required at home as caretakers. A Black mother working shifts to make ends meet may have to work on election day, and even if she can get out of work before the polls close, she may not be able to stand in line for hours when she is needed at home by her children.

In addition, the same people who claim they are only concerned about voter integrity also propose policies that have nothing to do with voter integrity, but are clearly devised to make it harder for minorities to vote. For instance, North Carolina voter ID law was struck down by the courts because it "target{ed} African-Americans with almost surgical precision." It's clear some people don't really believe in democracy.

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-29 09:47 (Reply)

"Minorities are "normal people."

Really!!! You and the Democrats are the people trying to convince us that they are not. IF they were "normal" people THEN they wouldn't be affected more by things that happen normally. It is the Democrats who keep trying to tell us that minorities don't have or don't know how to get ID's. It is the Democrats who keep telling us that minorities can't do math. It is the Democrats who keep telling us that minorities need free stuff to survive because they don't know how to work.

So make up your mind: Either treat them as normal and stop bringing them up as a foil to fight every issue OR continue to treat them as sub human and accept the criticism for your racism.

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 OneGuy on 2021-12-29 11:25 (Reply)

OneGuy: You and the Democrats are the people trying to convince us that they are not.

Um, you were the one who had drawn the distinction between minorities and "normal people." It's a false distinction.

OneGuy: IF they were "normal" people THEN they wouldn't be affected more by things that happen normally.

That's clearly not true. For instance, a North Carolina voter ID law was struck down by the courts because it "target{ed} African-Americans with almost surgical precision."

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-29 11:36 (Reply)

"Um, you were the one who had drawn the distinction between minorities and "normal people."

I merely pointed out what you did. You deny it and I'm surprised you didn't also blame Trump for your error.

"a North Carolina voter ID law was struck down by the courts because it "target{ed} African-Americans with almost surgical precision."

Yeah! You said that already. Prove it! Cite the exact text in the law that surgically precisely targeted African Americans... I'm waiting...

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 OneGuy on 2021-12-29 11:57 (Reply)

OneGuy: I merely pointed out what you did.

Uh, no you didn't. You said, "Why would it affect minorities more than normal people?" Indeed, yours is the very first reference to "normal" on the thread. (It isn't necessary to defend your every poorly constructed utterance. Just move on.)

OneGuy: Prove it!

See ACLU v. North Carolina. Here's a link to findings of fact and law:
https://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/7-29-16%204th%20Circuit%20NAACP%20v%20NC.pdf

Here's a link to the appeals court decision:
https://mediaweb.wsoctv.com/document_dev/2016/04/25/VIVA%20Decision_3993915_ver1.0.pdf

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-29 13:11 (Reply)

No YOU treat them as though they are not normal. You cannot possibly say that everything harms them more unless you believe that they are not normal. YOU just don't like that being pointed out to you.

It's kind of like the handicapped parking spots. I actually saw a handicapped person in one the other day and it had been years since I have seen that. All the rest of the people I see there are "normal". But someone has carved out special treatment for special groups and that is NOT normal. And that is exactly what the left has done for "minorities".

83 pages of gobbledygook. I asked specifically for that part of the law that so clearly and precisely discriminated against African Americans. I can only assume that there is a good reason you cannot provide that precise wording and that is because it doesn't exist.

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 OneGuy on 2021-12-29 14:25 (Reply)

OneGuy: No YOU treat them as though they are not normal.

Huh? You drew the distinction between minorities and "normal" people. We had assumed it was merely a misspeak, like when people talk about the working class, but fail to consider the black working class.

OneGuy: 83 pages of gobbledygook.

It's called a judicial opinion, which included a finding of fact. That supports our claim above.

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-29 14:37 (Reply)

"Huh? You drew the distinction between minorities and "normal" people."

Not true! YOU said it affected minorities more because why??? We all know why; because it is the way the left thinks; that minorities cannot think for themselves. But when called on your racism you resort to "who me! I didn't bring up race... well except to say 'minorities' implying they are different from the normal". You can back track and shift blame all you want; that is the only dance steps the left knows. But it is still you that differentiated between "the norm" and minorities. So live with it.

"It's called a judicial opinion, which included a finding of fact."

I didn't ask for some left wing judges "judicial opinion". I asked for the "explicit" (your words) proof that it discriminated against minorities. I'm still waiting.

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 OneGuy on 2021-12-29 16:55 (Reply)

OneGuy: I didn't ask for some left wing judges "judicial opinion".

It's not simply an opinion, but a finding of fact and a verdict. See ACLU v. North Carolina.

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-29 17:05 (Reply)

"Before enacting that law, the legislature requested data on the use, by race, of a number of voting practices. Upon receipt of the race data, the General Assembly enacted legislation that restricted voting and registration in five different ways, all of which disproportionately affected African Americans."

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Zachriel on 2021-12-29 15:08 (Reply)

Show me the precise wording!

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 OneGuy on 2021-12-29 16:56 (Reply)

OneGuy: Show me the precise wording!

Of what? The evidentiary finding? If so, see ACLU v. North Carolina. If you won't look, that's on you.

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-29 17:06 (Reply)

It's hard to even know what you are asking. The plaintiffs showed at trial that the legislature improperly used race as a basis for crafting a law to suppress Black votes. There's a trial record, and appeals court records supporting the original finding.

#8.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2 Zachriel on 2021-12-29 17:10 (Reply)

Above all, it will establish a democratic constitution, and through this, the direct or indirect dominance of the proletariat.

— Friedrich Engels, Principles of Communism
From Wikipedia:
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels stated in The Communist Manifesto and later works that "the first step in the revolution by the working class, is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class, to win the battle for democracy"

Marx, Engels, and the Vote, Duncan Hallas, 1983:
The First Congress of the Communist International declared:

Democracy assumed different forms and was applied in different degrees in the ancient republics of Greece, the medieval cities and the advanced capitalist countries. It would be sheer nonsense to think that the most profound revolution in history, the first case in the history of the world of power being transferred from the exploiting minority to the exploited majority, could take place within the time-worn framework of the old, bourgeois parliamentary democracy, without drastic changes, without the creation of new forms of democracy, new institutions that embody the new conditions for applying democracy.

That is our position. The ‘new forms’ can only be organs of direct working class rule.

We are for the defence of bourgeois democracy – more precisely the defence of democratic rights – against attacks from the right.

We are, in principle, in favour of electoral activity but only as a subordinate form of activity, only as an auxiliary to direct working class action, never as an end in itself

We are for workers’ power on the basis of the direct rule of working class organisations, whatever specific form this may take. This involves far, far more elections but on a new basis.

“The abolition of state power is the goal of all socialists, including and above all Marx”, declared the resolution cited above. “Unless this goal is reached, true democracy, that is equality and freedom is not attainable.” And the road to the abolition of state power is the road of revolution and the commune-state, not the road of reformist electoralism.

#8.1.2 Another guy named Dan on 2021-12-28 15:00 (Reply)

Another guy named Dan: And the road to the abolition of state power is the road of revolution and the commune-state, not the road of reformist electoralism

You seem to be conflating the First Congress of the Communist International with the political left, which is a much broader group. Communists have virtually no influence in American politics.

On the other hand, the political right in the U.S. is currently advocating for eliminating policies that encourage democratic participation, such as in-person early voting.

#8.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-28 15:10 (Reply)

Re: Hannah-Jones

I get the feeling that if her kids were being taught that she was not only wrong about 1619 but she was lying to promote a divisive and subversive agenda, she would have a lot to say about how they were being taught.

#9 mudbug on 2021-12-28 10:52 (Reply)

mudbug: I get the feeling that if her kids were being taught that she was not only wrong about 1619

The basic thesis is correct: Racism and white supremacy are a fundamental factor of American history. Without reference to racism and white supremacy, you can't understand chattel slavery as practiced in America, the Civil War, Jim Crow, modern reactions to demographic changes, or the opposing egalitarian movements.

#9.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-28 11:12 (Reply)

Wrong again.

Without reference to racism and white supremacy, YOU can't understand chattel slavery as practiced in America, the Civil War, Jim Crow, modern reactions to demographic changes, or the opposing egalitarian movements.

The rest of us can. As usual, you are shown to be a liar.

#9.1.1 DrTorch (Link) on 2021-12-28 11:22 (Reply)

DrTorch: Without reference to racism and white supremacy, YOU can't understand chattel slavery as practiced in America, the Civil War, Jim Crow, modern reactions to demographic changes, or the opposing egalitarian movements.

QUOTE:

DECLARATION OF CAUSES: February 2, 1861: A declaration of the causes which impel the State of Texas to secede from the Federal Union.

We hold as undeniable truths that the governments of the various States, and of the confederacy itself, were established exclusively by the white race, for themselves and their posterity; that the African race had no agency in their establishment; that they were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race, and in that condition only could their existence in this country be rendered beneficial or tolerable.

https://www.history.com/.image/t_share/MTU3ODc5MDg2Njk2NTcyNjM5/black-students-integrate-little-rocks-central-high-school-2.jpg

#9.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-28 11:44 (Reply)

So?

There are two errors in your use of this to support your claim.

Your failures are comical when you are challenged.

#9.1.1.1.1 DrTorch (Link) on 2021-12-28 11:51 (Reply)

DrTorch: So?

The first citation shows YOU can't explain the U.S. Civil War without reference to racism and white supremacy. The link shows that YOU can't explain segregation and the opposing egalitarian movement without reference to racism and white supremacy. No one can provide a reasonable historical explanation of these events without reference to racism and white supremacy, and they are core parts of the American story.

#9.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-28 12:10 (Reply)

And just like that the Kiddiez unwittingly support Dr. Torchy's comment.

Well played, KiddieZ, well played.

#9.1.1.1.2 Zachinoff on 2021-12-28 11:57 (Reply)

Z: Without reference to racism and white supremacy, you can't understand chattel slavery as practiced in America

Wrong. Black slaves were sold to white slave traders by black slave traders.

#9.1.2 mudbug on 2021-12-28 13:39 (Reply)

mudbug: Black slaves were sold to white slave traders by black slave traders.

White colonialists traded arms for slaves. That doesn't make the American institution of chattel slavery less racist.

U.S. Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford found that "{Blacks} had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order ... and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit." The U.S. Supreme Court isn't just some kook on the street corner spouting white nationalism, or even the elected representatives of the state of Texas voting for a racist perversion of the Declaration of Independence. The Supreme Court defines the bounds of U.S. jurisprudence, including, in this case, putting white supremacy at the center of American law.

#9.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-28 14:52 (Reply)

All trans people "have issues"

It's a mental illness, by definition.

#10 DrTorch (Link) on 2021-12-28 11:11 (Reply)

It is as simple as that. Resist their nonsense.

#10.1 maddog on 2021-12-28 11:45 (Reply)

DrTorch: It's a mental illness, by definition.

About one in a thousand human births have ambiguous genitalia.
https://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/news/20190503/study-about-1-in-1000-babies-born-intersex

Another condition is androgen insensitivity. A person can be genetically male (XY), but be born with female genitalia, or be born with male genitalia, but exhibit other female characteristics. You can't blame these sorts of problems on "mental illness".

#10.2 Zachriel on 2021-12-28 11:55 (Reply)

The article that you linked to (from the scholarly WebMD journal) cites a single study from Turkey that reported "abnormalities" at a rate 4-5 times the rate observed in other studies of this kind. More than one such study would be needed--with appropriate controls--to revise the currently accepted rate so radically.

However that may be, the political issue is not at all about people who are born with genital or hormonal abnormalities. Those individuals, to my knowledge, have never been subject to systematic discrimination of any kind. They certainly didn't advertise it publicly in order to benefit from "victim points". On the contrary, in the past at least, these situations were handled privately by the individuals and their families and medical professionals, like any other medical issue.

By contrast, the political issue, and mental illness, has to do with the current fad among some young people, or their parents, who believe or claim that they are in some sense not "male" or "female", despite having no identifiable physical abnormalities. In its tireless quest to create division in our society, the Left is always on the lookout for "marginalized" groups who can be portrayed as "victims" of an evil, unfeeling System, with they (the Left) as their savior.

Though rather obviously bogus (how come we never heard about this in the '50s, '60s, and '70s?), few seem willing publicly to denounce this trend for the sick, destructive farce that it is.

#10.2.1 Hairless Joe on 2021-12-29 10:31 (Reply)

Hairless Joe: More than one such study would be needed--with appropriate controls--to revise the currently accepted rate so radically.

That's fine. Let's use the previous result of one in 5,000. That means in nearly every American town, there are some people born intersex. Keep in mind that intersex is only one type of sexual and gender difference in human populations.

Hairless Joe: Those individuals, to my knowledge, have never been subject to systematic discrimination of any kind.

Oh, gee whiz. Beating up 'sissies' used to be a common pastime. Still is.

Hairless Joe: By contrast, the political issue, and mental illness, has to do with the current fad among some young people, or their parents, who believe or claim that they are in some sense not "male" or "female", despite having no identifiable physical abnormalities.

Just because there are no medically identifiable physical differences doesn't mean there aren't other differences that can't be seen. Human development and behavior is very complex. Homosexuality and gender-bending is at least as old as human memory.

Hairless Joe: (how come we never heard about this in the '50s, '60s, and '70s?)

Probably too busy beating up 'sissies' to notice.

#10.2.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-29 11:01 (Reply)

argumentum ad hominem is a time-honored response of second-rate minds who have run out of ideas during a discussion.

#10.2.1.1.1 Hairless Joe on 2021-12-29 18:03 (Reply)

Hairless Joe: argumentum ad hominem

No, it was a substantive reply. You had said, “Those individuals, to my knowledge, have never been subject to systematic discrimination of any kind,” referring to people who don’t conform to gender norms. In fact, males who are too effeminate or females who are too masculine have historically been subject to social ostracism and physical abuse.

#10.2.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-29 20:11 (Reply)

"Brandon" is such a white bread entitled white boy name that it's obvious "Let's Go Brandon" is a racist dog whistle demeaning Joe Biden for being black.

The people fleeing the blue states have no idea what went wrong, but somehow their good intentions failed to save the day. They'll have to good intention harder, I guess.

Hannah-Jones claims not to understand the idea that parents should decide what their children are taught. She understands perfectly well. She wants the state to control the brainwashing of the youth and parents are an impediment to the brainwashing.

#11 Jerryskids on 2021-12-28 11:20 (Reply)

I see George Soros ain't getting his 50 cents worth today.

#12 Jerryskids on 2021-12-28 11:29 (Reply)

]How Venezuela pulled its oil production out of a tailspin

QUOTE:

Dec 27 (Reuters) - Venezuela this year almost doubled its oil production from last year's decades-low as its state-owned company struck deals that let it pump and process more extra heavy crude into exportable grades.
The surprising reversal began as state-run Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA.UL), known as PDVSA, won help from small drilling firms by rolling over old debts and later obtained steady supplies of a key diluent from Iran. The two lifted output to 824,000 barrels per day (bpd) in November, well above the first three-quarters of the year and 90% more than the monthly average a year earlier.

Out of a tailspin, bit still far below what it used to be. From ~ 430,000 BOPD last year (from "90% more") to 824,000 BOPD this year. (BOPD= Barrels of oil per day)
Venezuela oil.

QUOTE:

Barrels per Day
Oil Production
2,355,424
Oil Consumption
598,000
Daily Surplus + 1,757,424
Oil Imports 0
Oil Exports 1,725,049
Net Exports
1,725,049
(Data shown is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

From 2,355,000 BOPD in 2016 to 424,000 BOPD in late 2020 to 824,000 BOPD recently. Still a long way to go to reverse the tailspin.

The ruin of the Venezuelan oil industry was a long-term process. Chavez took control of PDVSA circa 2003, and by 2004 had beaten the PDVSA strike. in 2004, production was around 3 million BOPD, with plans for big increases, according to PDVSA. In 2007, in response to a drilling rig that burned down in Anaco (eastern Ven), I contacted a former professor. He told me that in his inspection trips to Venezuela, he had noted a marked deterioration in maintenance. Which would have been from 2003-2007.

#13 Gringo on 2021-12-28 14:13 (Reply)

A lot of those wells and interconnecting production lines will be too far gone to bring back, and in fact it looks like cutting them up into scrap metal is what is financing their focus on cherry-picking those producers that still retain enough integrity to re-start. These would probably be the properties in the Orinoco belt that Chevron and Conoco created to their standards. Note also, the article alludes to the extreme low quality of Venezuelan crude: It's a true Black Oil, very heavy, low API gravity. In order to refine it into anything useful, it first has to be cut with condensate, light, high-gravity, expensive fractions - which Venezuela has to import, paying cash, from places like Iran - which is under sanctions itself, or was in pre-Joker days.

#13.1 Aggie on 2021-12-28 16:08 (Reply)

Faceborg paid their censors a hardship payout after a lawsuit so the tik-tok mods figured what about us?
The Faceborg payout divided by the per-mod number revealed that Faceborg employs 50,000 censors.

#14 james wilson (Link) on 2021-12-28 15:38 (Reply)

Where's the GiveSendGo link for Brandon? I'll throw $5 in his pot, and if enough people do it, he won't have to worry about a sponsor. Don't bother with GoFundMe unless you have the right outlook.

#15 Grant1863 on 2021-12-28 18:55 (Reply)

Re "...more and more spending and no positive results of any kind..."

If we recognize that the true purpose of the spending is to create secure, good-paying jobs for government (i.e., Democrat) functionaries, drones, and enforcers, and to benefit from the subsequent political support from said functionaries, drones, and enforcers, we see that the system is working as intended, and brilliantly.

#16 Hairless Joe on 2021-12-29 10:07 (Reply)

KAMALA KEEPS DIGGING Articles like this are just battlespace preparation for Hillary becoming President. We know FJBs days are numbered but, first, Kamala has to resign. Then, under the 25th Amendment, Biden will nominate Hillary to take her place after confirmation by both Houses of Congress. Then Biden will resign or be removed and Hillary will achieve her life-long dream of becoming President. Think about it.

#17 snopercod on 2021-12-29 11:36 (Reply)

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