Jingthing

Baloonapooza!

Yeah, started this. Wild!

No it won't! Also of course Ukraine lands occupied by Russia are not Russia.

Nobody is advocating pushing children. That's a fear mongering red herring. The what's taught and discussed in schools and fascist laws to make LGBT people invisible is really separate from fascist laws that seek to ban and criminalize medical care. This topic is the latter Of course this is political!!!!! It's interesting how American maga fascism and Putin fascism are quite aligned on these types of issues. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trans-people-right-wing-media The Narrative on Trans Rights Is Being Shaped by Right-Wing Media

You're not going to get much serious thought from super maga extremists like Noem.

People, don't conflate issues about what happens or not in schools to medical treatments such as prescribing hormones etc. Schools don't offer medical therapies

Kristi Noem as is customary among these far right wing maga anti-trans demagogues is very much pro guns and very much anti gun control. People that think such people care about children in any way are very mistaken. These anti trans laws have nothing to do with protecting children. It's all politics. Demonizing trans people for political gain is the flavor of the decade among these opportunist Maga-heads. They don't stop there unless good people stop them. They don't call them culture WARS for nothing.

Yes there is no decent choice but to fight him. He will not stop. The appeasers have lost the plot.

Doctors, you know the trained professionals that actually know a lot about gender affirming medical care, push back against the ignorant right wing bigots. https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/3672270-medical-groups-call-on-doj-to-investigate-threats-targeting-gender-affirming-care/ Leading medical organizations are asking the Department of Justice to investigate a string of recent online attacks against hospitals that provide gender-affirming health care to transgender minors. Right-wing commentators and social media users have accused children’s hospitals that provide gender-affirming care of abusing children. Research has shown that access to gender-affirming medical care improves the overall mental health and well-being of transgender people, including transgender youth.

These laws aren't really about protecting children. Like abortion, these personal decisions shouldn't be for politicians. The laws are more about protecting the ignorance of anti trans bigots and promoting the careers of right wing demagogues. Whether to take hormones or not is a decision that should be up to the parents and SPECIALIZED doctors of the people under 18. The right wing demagogues are such hypocrites. They talk about wanting total freedom but only for their fetishes like owning assault weapons but in a case like this that involves LGBT civil rights, no, we can't have that. Aren't there much more important things to legislate on in these backwards red states? Of course there are. But this garbage politics gets votes of the ignorant bigots.

If puberty blockers are banned until 18, you haven't blocked puberty. Which means the person in adulthood if they do transition is never going to be as convincing as someone who started earlier. These are decisions for medical and psychological professional, not neofascist demagogues trying to gain popularity by scapegoating hated minorities. Of course these are difficult matters by definition. Don't make them worse with political games. I think banning related surgery for minors is less controversial.

That twisted clown was a president!

Hmm. Mysterious.

NATO troops are not necessary for Ukraine to win. If nukes are to come, that will be on Russia. The world can't cower to his threats. It's stand up now or game over (China).

Perhaps the best way to prevent WW3 is to arm Ukraine well enough for them to WIN and that includes Crimea. Putin wants the west to be afraid of his threats. If it turns out he isn't bluffing we're headed to WW3 anyway (including China) as if Putin wins there is no way he stops at Ukraine.

She's a very sick puppy and her district voters that elected her are sick puppies too. Marjorie Taylor Greene accused of ‘screaming and cursing’ through private China spy balloon briefing | The Independent

Jingthing no likee.

I like Bill Maher but I don't agree with him on everything but that's how it should be. It's fair game to make fun of / criticize "woke" but in my view the US faces much much more serious existential problems. Now it looks like the Trump party will be running mostly on anti woke. That's insane.

Satire alert

For awhile I was paying 500 baht at a place catering to Koreans. I used to have good luck at similar places in the US (with similar language barriers). I can tell when a stylist is trained in Korean methods and these guys were. This was very good the best I've had in Thailand the first two or three times, and then it went downhill like my business was taken for granted. It had better be better than average for 500 in this market!

Yeah, no doubt, but face it, Canada is less xenophobic than the US, the people really are nicer, they aren't gun nuts, their politics is less crazy, and don't forget they have nationalized health care. I see the U.S. as more of a draw for the true believers in the American dream dogma myth that has its charms but isn't actually realistic for most. Differences Between How the US, Canada Treat Asylum-Seekers (insider.com)

I love the guy both as a person and politically. This is good publicity for him.

I looked into this and have concluded that Roger Water's anti Israel demonization does bleed into antisemtitism. Of course not all criticism of Israel's policies do that but consider the case of Waters displaying a black pig onstage with a Star of David. Leaves little doubt. It's also worth noting that a lot of pro Putin, anti Ukraine sentiment is tainted with antisemitism because of world democracy leader Zelinsky being a Jew. I think Waters could have been much more effective with legitimate criticism of Israel without the baggage he has introduced, but introduce it he has done.

Not sure there really was any doubt about U.S. readiness.

Stay classy, terrorists.