Mrebo

Lk lswhr.

Basically don’t act like a weirdo in the airport (or like a normal person) because air marshals may be following you and documenting everything you do in hopes of discovering you’re up to no good.

Handman said:

I don’t think it’s shocking for me to say that I am a total dumbass when it comes to this kind of thing, but since I have the opportunity, I’ll ask. Why is requiring surgery to declare yourself a male or female a bad thing? From my perspective, it seems like the logical thing to do, if a man is defined as being, you know, biologically a man, and a woman the same. I don’t mean to be provocative, I’m just genuinely curious.

Curiosity killed the cow in the clouds and it rained hamburgers and people said they were delicious so they petitioned for more cows to be sent up notwithstanding protesters.

http://apps.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/graphics/2018/07/tsa-quiet-skies/

Nutty.

moviefreakedmind said:

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Lol.

I don’t think we’re supposed to laugh at that.

Awaiting further guidance…

Supposed to has nothing to do with it. It’s an amusing story to me and it strikes me as a tad bit funny. In the past, my willingness to giggle at insane news stories has been cited as examples of how I’m pure evil, but I don’t care. Some guy changing his gender for insurance reasons is so crazy that it’s funny.

Weren’t you specifically laughing at chyron’s post? My post was facetious, as I smiled at his post. Admitting to it would mean I’m on the wrong side of history or whatever.

moviefreakedmind said:

Lol.

I don’t think we’re supposed to laugh at that.

Awaiting further guidance…

Sounds like he or his doctor could be on the hook for fraud…and yet what should the legal standard be for determining gender identity?

Warbler said:

That surprises me, is Mitch McConnell a republican?

If the republicans in the Senate didn’t like what he was doing couldn’t take away his being the Senate Majority leader? Couldn’t they also vote against his proposals?

Some very conservative people think McConnell is a sellout but give him grudging respect for judicial nominations and a couple other things. They don’t like that he supposedly holds back a more conservative agenda. I think those conservatives are misguided.

As for these recent articles, somebody is behind it with a more specific agenda. I don’t know what but have seen how such campaigns operate.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/07/how_mitch_mcconnell_stole_the_2016_congressional_elections.html

Second article I’ve seen in as many weeks on conservative sites pushing the idea that control over a legislative agenda by a legislative leader is unconstitutional.

It’s a radical suggestion with no legal basis and the kind of thing Id expect on liberal blogs. But apparently there is some movement afoot on the conservative side.

Handman said:

I don’t know why I bother.

I was reading through the TJL Spoiler thread, recalling why I don’t bother there anymore.

Some people make clear they aren’t willing to try to understand and there’s no sense trying to make them.

Handman said:

I’d like to make clear that my problem is not that teens have sex and drink alcohol, though I don’t particularly like the thought, it’s something so widespread that nothing you do is going to stop it.

But the way media portrays it in increasingly explicit ways seems to glorify and perpetuate it, and I find that kind of disgusting. I feel like we need to better educate our children of consequences in a better way than we currently are.

There is some dissonance between those two paragraphs. You seem to think there is something we can do and I agree.

It does come down to parenting like mfm says, although I depart from him in wanting to limit their access to certain media. And I don’t think the fact that it’s not 1958 means anything.

I don’t watch much TV (and don’t know what shows you’re referencing) but I’ve been long appalled by what is normalized by many shows that aren’t explicit.

TV isn’t a representative medium. The Parents Television Council seeks to “protect children and families from graphic sex, violence and profanity in the media, because of their proven long-term harmful effects.”

Good dinner and wine, probably out soon.

dahmage said:

Possessed said:

Does it look like that kid is taking a dump to anybody else?

Yes, that was my first thought

I assumed it was about potty training. Thinking about the sea made sense.

The thread has had better days.

TV’s Frink said:

But it’s not poison…?

The article I posted said there wasn’t lead poisoning. That was a huge fear and recognized as an obvious thing authorities should have recognized.

Legionnaires and pneumonia were said to be the result of using additional chlorine in the water that corroded metals like iron that allowed bacteria to flourish.

Still bad but if we care about these issues the details matter.

https://hotair.com/archives/2018/07/26/another-case-altruistic-punishment-taken-extremes-social-media/

And time can do so much.

LordZerome1080 said:

Ojason locked an entire thread just to have the last word.

I don’t like the public whining about mods/admin. This post goes against my usual policy of staying out of it altogether but wanted to note you previously said in that thread:

[LordZerome1080 said:]

This whole conversation is so awkward to watch. Thanks Ojason for ending it. In terms of the topic at hand I suggest appointing some sort of representative of this site to do a you tube video detailing the more positive aspects of our cause.

Consider making that video.

TV’s Frink said:

So beautiful…free stuff just rolling in to shore!

I blame Mrebo.

It’s capitalistic socialism.

Warbler said:

Could have sworn that what happened in Flint was worse that the average lead problem. Perhaps I am wrong.

That’s a point of the article: measuring the lead levels people actually had and not only what was feared to have happened.

At the time there were measurements in some homes that were ridiculously high. And fault was appropriately placed on public officials who made a hasty and ill-informed decision to switch water supplies. But statistically, this showed that there was not significantly elevated lead levels in people.

A problem identified in the article is that we don’t focus on the fact this is a national issue. We fixate on these singular events with a single identifiable decision but ignore the same issue as it happens all over all the time.

It’s the way people pay close attention to mass shootings but not the many other gun deaths.

When problems are big and diffuse I think many people have a harder time getting a handle on them.

I’m speechless

Possessed said:

Well he actually does kind of have a point with that too be fair, so I guess his reaction was fair enough.

Yep.

Frink, does that mean you’re staying on the Committee?

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Good news: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/opinion/flint-lead-poisoning-water.html

Children were unwillingly and unknowingly taking lead, a known dangerous substance. I’d call that poisoning. It may have fortunately done no serious damage, but it is still poisoning.

The article gives good reasons for not attaching that label.

Here’s a story from just a couple days ago: https://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2018/06/60m_to_remove_lead_from_newarks_water.html

Lots of us are unaware of what’s in our water. Your local testing results should be available if you’re interested. It seems a tad overboard to say we’re being poisoned.

Good news: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/opinion/flint-lead-poisoning-water.html