archer Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 Federal judge lifts last of injunctions against Trump's transgender military ban. https://thehill.com/policy/defense/433106-federal-judge-lifts-last-of-injunctions-against-transgender-military-ban In case anyone gets into a discussion in the next couple of days with someone who insists that being transgendered means that the person is mentally ill, this article gives a fairly good layman's description of how and why that isn't medically true. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/10/19/becoming-nicole/?utm_term=.d392e70d37f2 Dr.Device and Cygnia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 10 hours ago, archer said: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/10/19/becoming-nicole/?utm_term=.d392e70d37f2 If you've hit your limit on Washington posts articles, you can view this by right-clicking the link and choosing Open Link in New Private Window (or w/e the equivalent is in your browser of choice.). archer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 On 3/7/2019 at 9:23 AM, Cygnia said: Source: Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates Through a Secret Database Is anyone surprised? It's 2019, and we're all suspects for crimes that might happen in the future and that's considered good enough excuse for just about anything. Netzilla 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 6 hours ago, Pattern Ghost said: If you've hit your limit on Washington posts articles, you can view this by right-clicking the link and choosing Open Link in New Private Window (or w/e the equivalent is in your browser of choice.). Good Lord, you might have just revolutionized my life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Device Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 17 hours ago, archer said: Federal judge lifts last of injunctions against Trump's transgender military ban. https://thehill.com/policy/defense/433106-federal-judge-lifts-last-of-injunctions-against-transgender-military-ban In case anyone gets into a discussion in the next couple of days with someone who insists that being transgendered means that the person is mentally ill, this article gives a fairly good layman's description of how and why that isn't medically true. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/10/19/becoming-nicole/?utm_term=.d392e70d37f2 Thanks for this. One quick note, transgender is already an adjective, so transgendered isn't a thing, it's just transgender.(That's more the grammar pedant in me talking than the trans person, by the way. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 5 hours ago, Hermit said: Is anyone surprised? It's 2019, and we're all suspects for crimes that might happen in the future and that's considered good enough excuse for just about anything. I mean come on. Does anybody think that the government would have shut down Precog over some Minority Reports where the psychics got it wrong, or after they found out you can game the system. Heck no. They would continue to break into people's places for crimes that hadn't happened yet CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 That's why the movie universe gave us Tom Cruise. He's big on wanting the truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 The... the Scientologist? That Tom Cruise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Movie universe. Not reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 For a minute there I thought you meant movies aren't real. Can you imagine how awful that would be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Sadly, my days of constantly wandering the upper levels of fancy skyscrapers in a wife-beater and bare feet waiting for a team of heavily armed men to rob it so I can single-handedly kick their asses would be over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 19 minutes ago, Starlord said: Sadly, my days of constantly wandering the upper levels of fancy skyscrapers in a wife-beater and bare feet No pants? Have you been hanging out with Chad again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 6 hours ago, Old Man said: No pants? Have you been hanging out with Chad again? I had three of those last night. Now, the next time I have to put a half naked man in restraints, I'll be thinking of Chad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Make sure they pay the money up front. Lawnmower Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Unfortunately, they pay in arrears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 Interesting article why some folks concerned with illegal immigration turn to Trump and worse If Liberals Won’t Enforce Borders, Fascists Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Italy - Two men cleared of rape charges, despite date rape drug found in the victim's system and physical evidence of a sexual assault, because a panel of three female judges think the woman looked too masculine to be sexually assaulted. I kid you not. https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/433864-two-men-cleared-of-rape-charges-after-court-rules-woman-too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Device Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 16 minutes ago, archer said: Italy - Two men cleared of rape charges, despite date rape drug found in the victim's system and physical evidence of a sexual assault, because a panel of three female judges think the woman looked to masculine to be sexually assaulted. I kid you not. https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/433864-two-men-cleared-of-rape-charges-after-court-rules-woman-too I need to throw up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Race ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Obvious absurdities aside, I thought rape wasn't even about lust, isn't it about power and dominance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 hour ago, archer said: Italy - Two men cleared of rape charges, despite date rape drug found in the victim's system and physical evidence of a sexual assault, because a panel of three female judges think the woman looked to masculine to be sexually assaulted. I kid you not. https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/433864-two-men-cleared-of-rape-charges-after-court-rules-woman-too Oh sweet God in heaven, of all the stupid sexist hateful.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 38 minutes ago, Hermit said: Oh sweet God in heaven, of all the stupid sexist hateful.... Just when I start to think the USA is beyond all hope, I read a news story about Italy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 On 3/13/2019 at 2:11 PM, archer said: Just when I start to think the USA is beyond all hope, I read a news story about Italy. I can understand that. I can't name the number of times I hear about some hate fueled incident done by a moron and I find myself thinking "Please don't be from Tennessee" If I feel REALLY optimistic, it's "Please, don't be from a Southern state!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 In case anyone hasn't yet hear the story, there was a terrorist attack / mass shooting on two mosques in New Zealand. Left 40 dead and 20 wounded so far. 3 in custody. This site seems to be doing frequent updates: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/mar/15/christchurch-shooting-injuries-reported-as-police-respond-to-critical-incident-live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Also in the "other news" thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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