Engorgeous George

I let others live as they wish. I don't respect their choices, generally, nor condemn their choices, generally, so long as they leave me and mine out of it. Having lived for more thn a few decades I understand that high school is not a place of tolerance and acceptance. Anybody expecting adolesents to behave better than their parents and grandparents is a fool. Knowing that, if I had a family member struggling with these issues I would encourage them to not try to work them out publicly, in high school. I would encourage them towards introspection. I would support them, but I would discourage them from thinking that the high school milieu would be anything other than punishing. I would encourage them to cultivate near and dear friends, just a few, who are supportive and to wait unti college age to realize the full expression of their personhood.

Not my preferred idiom.

A mind your own damn business ruling. Maybe the next best thing to a right to privacy in the penumbra.

One of many, no doubt.

Perhaps it does, perhaps not, but it is definitely something other than the impression you deliberately left.

Wiki, the reliability of which is always an open question, notes that the biological male who allowed itself to get beaten up by females in the girls restroom overdosed on drugs the next day out of shame and depression from not fitting in.

I understand he can do the entire Puppetry of the show himself, from memory.

And yet I have been admonished that I should align my opinions with the opinions of the college educated. Of course i myself am college educated so make of that what you will.

I just follow the example of Trump who said to never look a gift in the mouth.

Maybe Tim is intimately familiar with rural Oklahomans and their attitudes and practices vis a vis trans folks. Maybe he has experienced the violence first hand. I don't think you can discount his perspective absent exploring the basis for it. Maybe he was in an all trans cast of the musical Oklahoma actually touring Oklahoma and he recieved cruel reviews, poor service at restaurants, and was pushed around by ruffians at the mall while trying to find a pair of pumps which would fit, you don't know so maybe hold your judgment until you do Mister man.

That is not Joe Biden's job!

The Federal Sentencing guidelines can be complex at times. That said I believe they do call for 15 to 21 months of incarceration for offenses charged. The Judge can depart from those guidelines but needs to explain why, in writing. I will not speculate as to the sentence. I would speculate that if incarceration is given it would be in a minimum security facility.

With the information having been released in a transcript the argument for Presidential immunity is so weakened as to be non-existant. The remaining argument is a new one. They want campaign immunity. They don't want it released as they fear it will hurt the campaign, not the Office of the President.

Worked so well with illegals they thought they would double down. Maybe they can take an official stance on giving sanctuary for shoplifters and street poopers. They are a de facto sanctuary city for those nownbut making an official statement is always nice.

Big day in our new legal paradigm.

Could be i meant the other Tim.

When anomalies first appear they are anomalies. They can become the norm if they keep appearing. I would argue that neither candidate was truely produced by their regualr party mechanisms but by the expedience of seeking victory in the moment.

I prefer those who are less didactic in their beliefs which are likely to be subject to change. Biden has noi beliefsd and no principles other than he wants to be popular with progressives. he mimics popular sentiment thinking it will make him popular. He has not been entirely wrong.

There are no such things as stupid questions, just stupid people who ask questions.

MIT is TIM spelled backwards. Maybe Tim will explain.

He is a weather vane that changes direction long after the wind does. He is always in catch up mode and has no guiding or overriding principles.

I did not think he would. I thought the whole exercise that he might was a transparent ruse so the jury would have his daughter's testimony in their ears over the weekend. A good move by defense counsel.

Super geniuses like Trump and Wile E. Coyote think of things beyond the ken of folks like you and me.

What if it is a really heavy battery and really powerful and your swimsuit is tied with copperwire or is made of Tommy Copper fabric and the ties touch the battery poles? What then?

And I might argue that blind partisanship produces anomolies, ever more dangerous ones as we spiral down neither side conceding even the most apparent points and each seeking victory regardless of the cost and principles lost.