FrancieFootball

We sold our modest home for a price that gave us the profits to pay cash for an incredible Texas home in a great school district. Not sure what you're talking about with this "inland" stuff. Both Texas and California have ocean coasts. Check it out on a map. Knowledge!

I don't need to ask anyone. I can look at my investments and what I'm paying at the pump to feel thriving. Interest rates are a bit high but not nearly as bad as they have been at certain points in the past. I can afford the groceries and everyday household expenses. At this point, the desperate Republican straw-grasping has become quite entertaining and likely will remain so for the forseeable future. Love always wins, and the Republican hate for its opposition will serve as an Achilles heel and its undoing, because hate instead of ideas to solve problems serves as the predominate platform. Sad to see this, but oh well.

Gas prices have come way down. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epmr_pte_nus_dpg&f=m Mortgage rates have come down. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US Illegal entries have dropped. https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/16/texas-border-migrant-apprehensions-decrease/ It's amazing to me how someone's political passions result in them latching onto outdated negative data that fuels their paradigms. And if you only got a $1 pay increase, perhaps you should find a new career field. My partner and I are way better off than we were four years ago. We got the heck out of California and have made a great home in Texas, although the state government needs some work.

https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3901 The "latest" Quinnipiac poll ran Friday through Sunday. A lot has happened since then.

The state of our country being record-low unemployment, higher wagers, a record-setting stock market, retirement assets growing and inflation slowing, among other things. What she did before in the primary is irrelevant. Republicans should be very worried, but I'll enjoy them making petty remarks about Harris, embracing their short-lived happiness and thinking they have this election in the bag.

Oh, please.

It will be childish and ineffective. It's game over for DJT, and he'll just become more desperate, unglued and bizarre the closer we get to election day.

Harris now has more than enough delegates pledged to her to secure the nomination. The only ones complaining about that are Republicans. No one on my side of the fence is complaining about their primary vote going to waste. This is an unprecedented political development. We've never seen this kind of rallying around a candidate. This election has gotten fun and hopefully will mean the political end of Donald J. Trump. Independents have found their candidate.

He'll come up with some nickname he thinks is clever, and his supporters will eat it up and find it funny. Trump now is the oldest person to ever run for president, so the age question shifts to him, as does the focus on what he says. We are just beginning to see what appears to be a very good presidential candidate in Harris, her cheerfulness and her smiles, particularly when she's sticking it to Trump like she did in her speech. She's quickly garnering the black vote, the women vote and perhaps even the young-adult vote. What a remarkable turnabout in a presidential campaign. Can't wait to see whom she picks as a running mate.

I'm particularly fond of this clip. I love her already!

Can't wait to see what Rachel Maddow has to say about all this in an hour. Just reading this thread - so much of it racist and misogynistic - has made it clear that Trump supporters are seriously underestimating what started yesterday. Wouldn't be surprised if Trump avoided debating her. She'd rip him to shreds. Part of her campaign will look like a prosecution of Trump.

Ephesians 4:32: “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God has forgiven you.” You're so full of hate. Jesus was about love, compassion and forgiveness. Be more like him.

Thank you, sir. We've seemed to have found some common ground. Yes, mental illness is rampant in the LGBTQ community, and I've had my struggles here and there over the years. There are those in the LGBTQ who are perverted and/or pushy, but my partner and I avoid all that and are doing the best we can to raise our kids as loving, tolerant and mentally healthy human beings. We're not perfect. We fight like couples do from time to time, but we stay the course and continue to find higher, more-meaningful ground. We run across hate and intolerance and respond to that with the best of who we are in hopes of finding the common ground and mutual understand you and I have seem to have found today. Thank you. Love you, brother.

So transgenders threaten your gender identity and sexual preferences? If they have, perhaps you should explore these things instead of suppressing it. You'd be a mentally healthier person. I don't agree with transgender women competing in women's sports. They should have their own category, same with women who identify as men. It kind of ends here with me. Men, women, transgender men, transgender women. You can't have too much sports, right? I support legal action if trans women are discriminated against because of who they are. Women fought for the right to vote, equal pay and the right to chose what they do with their bodies. Ultra conservatives have taken away that last part in so many places in our country, and shame on them for doing so. You confuse "mutation" with what has been around since the dawn of mankind. It's just not as oppressed and discriminated against. I love me. You choose to be a heterosexual man, so be fine with me being a trans woman, and we'll all get along just fine. It's all good in the humanity hood. Love wins!

I'd love to have a beer with you and enlighten you on the complexity of transgenderism. It isn't some mental decision. Our bodies are complex, and it's not about DNA. It's about hormones that lead to brain structures that are different from assigned sex at birth. This happens during fetal development. It's not the trans person's fault, nor is it mental illness, that their bodily chemicals and brain functions tell them they're the opposite sex. You were born with your brain and body telling you that you're male. I was born with my brain and body telling me I was female, despite being born with a twig and berries, which remain intact and fully functional. If you saw me walking down the street, you almost break your neck checking me out. I'm told I'm beautiful, so who cares what lurks beneath my panties? Imagine if you being born male and identifying as male is not the societal norm, and you grow up listening to adults and playground kids mocking heterosexual males. You'd be pretty messed up psychologically by the time you get to adulthood. This is where mental illness lies, the product of indirect emotional abuse and the shame that comes with it. I'm certainly against it being legal for anyone under 21 to undergo gender-altering surgery and even hormone therapy. Grow up and see where you are but get emotional support in the meantime. But if that's what they choose with their bodies, I don't see it much differently than cosmetic surgery or even getting tattoos. Why people feel threatened by all this is something I still have trouble trying to understand. I'm fine with you as long as you're fine with me. We both love fantasy football, so we've already got common ground.

Interesting read on cult-leader traits. Trump checks all the boxes. I'll never understand his followers' mindset, but he clearly matches a cult leader's description. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/spycatcher/201208/dangerous-cult-leaders?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2Yv_GHqlWow0qYINe7dbXw5aUIF371lwidbSmVh9j3TNeTJQYnQoypVxM_aem_AWqIr-WSAFb5-KEA_b3EkP4aVbApWINkIYbNzZs4nq9o2Jkm5rfz9IygKiLm9N9pBdywmiR-2yDzL4pcGlYHwNEq

Guys who have sex with other guys are gay or bisexual. Heterosexuals who have sex with little boys are pedophiles. You should really read up on the subject if it interests you so much.

Abnormal to the ignorant or those who say it's abnormal while surpressing their own sexuality and/or gender identity. I KNEW I was a girl from a very early age, and where the mental-health issues start is witnessing the anti-LGBTQ hatred and having to keep who we are locked away in a closet. Luckily, I had loving parents who were open-minded and accepted everyone for who they are, with the exception of hater types, with which this board is overrun, but it's more amusing to me than anything else. I lurk and see the comments, but having known so many in the LGBTQ community, I can promise you that I'm sure in the latter category in my first statement here. I'm not sure about you yet ... Maybe we could have a beer sometime when I'm up there in New York on business, which I do frequently. Perhaps I'll change your paradigm. Kisses!

My partner and I don't really care much about Pride Month. We don't take our kids to parades, library readings and all that. I don't have a problem with the month and those who celebrate it. What we want is just a normal life and not rubbing other people's noses in any agenda, but I love and respect those who have done so in the past to get us where we are today.

Here's a little Pride Month education for you fearful fellas: https://www.zeroabuseproject.org/victim-assistance/jwrc/keep-kids-safe/sexuality-of-offenders/ Most pedophiles are heterosexual!

Good for her!

Also known as a Homophobe Discomfort Month.

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/03/08/opinion-newsrooms/

Whatevs.

What is it with you and this inability to carry on an intelligent conversation? Put some effort into thoughtful discussion, and perhaps you won't be so loathed. Just a thought.