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De viris mortuis qui vita sua verberant feminas nihil mali dicatur (May no ill be spoken of dead men who, in their lifetime, beat women)

Her voting record is extremely right wing. And she still defends the US invasion of Iraq.

You really are out of touch with the what Republicans believe. About 70% believe the 2020 election was stolen. Do't think too many of those people will vote for Cheney. So that leaves 30%, And I can't predict what percentage of that 30% would vote for Trump anyway. At any rate, I doubt Cheney is politically suicidal.

I agree with you. I've met lots of Russians in Chiang Mai and they've actually been friendly and polite. Very civilized people. But then, given the large number of expats on site who complain about Thai people's conduct, it shouldn't be surprising that we see negative comments directed at Russians.

One of these passionate defenders of women's rights when it comes to transgenderism in this thread asserted elsewhere that the only reason Andrew Tate was being investigated was for a "thought crime".

A typical swing voter?

of Nastiness.

And, it should be noted, that these videos were released to Tucker Carlson, who successfully defended himself in a court case by claiming that people should know better than to believe what he says.

That you believe that's a FACT, tells us all we need to know about your criteria for ascertaining truth.

Given that reality is against you, not surprising that you'd reach for a fictional alternative.

It has repeatedly pointed out to you how Seymour Hersh has repeatedly made dubious reports on other issues. In addition, a novel also can provide all sorts of detailed information. But most of us recognize that a novel is fiction. There have also been plenty of reports of how Hersh's alleged details simply can't be true. Your continued allegiance to Hersh is one that is unmoored by fact.

This is analogous to there being 2 videos of a murder. One shows the murderer committing homicide and the other shows them leaving the building where the murder was committed. And then claiming that because the latter video doesn't show any murder being committed, therefore no murder was committed and the suspect isn't a murderer..

Yeah, it's a giveway. In most of what you call the "civilized world" the medical profession calls it a fetus. Calling it an "unborn child" is the term used by antiabortion groups. So your use of the term, in contrast to the most commonly used one, is a dead giveaway.

You seem to be operating on automatic pilot. What did you think this sentence of mine actually meant? "As for late term abortions, if the fetus is healthy, no. But, as usual, you focus on something that's extremely rare, if even existent. But the issue is discrimination against women. And even if you call a foetus an "unborn women" is abortion inherently discriminatory against female fetuses. In developed nations like the USA, not. But it is a problem in countries like India and China where women are 2nd class citizens. Unlike transgenderism, this disparity is reflective of the huge discrimination women are victims of in most of the world.

What makes your argument so obviously suspect is that Russia is not a disinterested party. Putin has made it clear that he wants to restore the old Russian empire. It doesn't really give one much faith in Russian claims given how they held elections in recently captured territory in Ukraine.

I'm not the one who used the phrase "unborn child" instead of fetus. That's a dead giveaway. As for late term abortions, if the fetus is healthy, no. But most late term abortions are done either because there is a threat to the health of the mother or the fetus isn't viable.

In a way, thought not as you intended abortion does exemplify discrimination against women. Not in developed nations like the USA, which you are clearly obsessed with, but in countries like India and China where female fetuses are aborted disproportionately. But this is a reflection of the inferior status of women in these countries.

By calling the foetus an "unborn child" you're already giving away where you stand on the issue.

Violence against women is a huge problem. Violence against biological women by transgenders, not so much. Or do you have some sound statistics to show otherwise?

You started out by claiming you're torn about the issue. And now you're claiming a foetus has "the rights of an unborn child."

Such nonsense. Transgenderism works both ways. Are men being affected by it? How does the uncertainty in definition affect the vast majority of women? Yes, it's a problem in women's sports. But a big one? Are there lots of incidents of women being raped or attacked by transgenders. Such a tiny problem compared to the huge challenges facing women around the world.

The vast majority of women are not affected by transgenderism. It's laughable that you believe this is a serious problem. Especially when compared to the challenges and discrimination faced by women in most of the world.

You consistently evade the issue. You originally contended that the total of his sentences amounted to 18 years. That is false.

Always interesting to see how obsessed those on the extreme right are with transgenderism, an issue which affects only a very small percentage of the population. Guterres was mostly referring to actual serious problems like the situation in Afghanistan or the rollback of reproductive rights.

The thing is, there is already plenty of videos showing the violent behavior on part of the rioters. So how do videos showing non-violent behavior contradict that?