jerryskids

The Dems need to decide if they are going to double down on the woke, virtue signaling idiocy, or return to a center-left moderate party. The former is AOC and IMO is destined to fail. The latter is what the Dems did to get Bill Clinton elected. I'd be fine with another Clinton. I think the country would be better off with center-right vs. center-left. These extreme positions by both sides do not make us a better country.

Congrats Georgia. I don't have a rooting interest, but it helps my parlay (also pulling for Clemson and Oregon for the parlay).

I'm not terribly impressed with either Texas or Georgia.

That was awesome! I really hope that the committee puts them above Boise State, whose best win was a loss to Oregon, to get the bye. One of ASU's two losses was without their QB, so they are basically a one-loss team. Boise State's only good wins were over UNLV twice, yippee. Alternatively, if Clemson beats SMU, ASU might stay ahead of them. But Clemson has more name recognition. If they get the bye, they would play the 5/12 winner in... the Fiesta Bowl here. I would definitely try to get tickets.

That place is great! My next door neighbor has a second house in Bandon Dunes (literally, one of I think 30-ish houses on the Bandon Dunes property, 5 minute drive from the clubhouse). I went up in June 2023 with him, we played Sheep Ranch, the short/free par 3 course, and hit a bunch of balls at the awesome range. And we played the Punch Bowl. There is a little cabana bar at the "course," is that what you are referring to? Or the restaurant above it? Anyway, I beat him and won his red Bandon Dunes ball cap. Not sure I'd call that a nostalgic bar, but that putting green/course is phenomenal.

This place may be where Bob Ryan, famous NBA sports journalist, almost started a fight with me after a Celtics game, because I told him that if Larry Bird were black, he'd be just another very good player. This was the late 80s. We were both drunk. Good times.

Awesome, I'm very happy for you!

Hmm, I wonder if I've been there. I was in Cambridge 4 years for college, and mostly went to fraternity parties because I was poor, but I occasionally went to some Faneuil Hall bars when I went to the Bahston Gahden for events.

I'm surprised at many of your attitudes. You sound like Muslims when Charlie Hebdo was murdered ("well, he DID draw that cartoon of Mohammed..."). The victim is a cog in the healthcare machine. His company will just replace him with another suit who will try to maximize shareholder value.

Don't be stupid, that's not what I said. Your comment however is what id expect from a blue-haired virtue signaling Leftie girl. So congrats i guess.

Regarding the bolded: not really. Actually, that's exactly a concern.

Married? Da fuq$#@! Congrats! Tell us about this guy.

Ben Wa Hogan balls?

It's interesting. "Gender affirming" implies... affirming. So the therapy encapsulated within are designed to "affirm" the patient's belief that they are a different gender, not to have difficult discussions which might lead the patient to conclude otherwise. We certainly see that in the 150+ for-profit gender clinics that have popped up in recent years. "Reproductive healthcare" is also interesting, as it is a euphemism for "abortion" which is the opposite of reproduction.

You are the "slow clap" guy from Not Another Teen Movie -- you just don't seem to get social interactions. I'll try to explain, although I doubt it will help. - Commenting on public figures on a message board is not the same as commenting on the people who actually post here. - However, you can certainly insult the people who post here. - Here is a tricky part: for your insult to be taken as humor, you need to establish something of a friendly rapport with that poster. Otherwise, it just comes off as being a d1ck. - The same general approach applies to family members. For instance, there are guys here who joke with each other about banging their wives. This only works if you've established a friendship. If you were to say it, it would come off as creepy/stalky, because you don't seem to want to make friends here. - That all being said, even with a friendship, it would be hard to pull off "fat and ugly and a biotch" as a joke. Because none of us would say that. HTH

Focus Sean, I gave an extreme example of legislating to exceptions. I believe that some (not sure here) have argued separately that (1) child rape means parents shouldn't be involved ever, and (2) rare diseases dictate abortion until birth for all. My point was that eliminating medical transitions for children is a self-contained topic, not legislating to exceptions.

I don't think this is "legislating to the exceptions." An example of that would be the Left saying "some 10 yr old might get raped by her father and become pregnant and not realize it until she is crowning, so everybody should have abortions until birth, and kids shouldn't need parental consent." There is no "so everybody" in the case of children getting permanent medical sex change procedures.

Good one, Beavis.

Re: your second paragraph, I don't believe that the Tennessee law under review makes it illegal for kids to seek therapy. If it does than I object to it. Presuming I'm right, I'm talking about the specific topic under review, which is not the larger umbrella of "gender-affirming care." I feel like I'm typing the same thing again at this point; I'm not sure if you get it. I still object to putting a system in place which encourages medical transitions of children. Yes, it's only the LPGA now, but if this takes hold and enough people share your attitude, it will become the norm for all sports. Imagine a future where a boy shows ability in golf (or tennis or soccer or...), but also is having questions about his gender. Instead of riding it out for a while, the clock is ticking, he (with his family) need to decide NOW if he wants to become a girl.

A few comments: - SCOTUS hears only a fraction of the petitions brought to them. It's disingenuous to say they are just doing their job. They thought this was worth hearing. - It is the Left that obfuscates medical transitions by lumping them under the happy sounding "gender affirming care" umbrella, not the other way around. Nobody is arguing that kids shouldn't be able to talk to a therapist about their gender confusion.

Provide a link to where your family has been insulted in a way similar to what you said about MDC's wife. TIA

There is a difference between calling each other names, and being so insulting to someone's family. Sorry you can't see that. I cleaned out some PM space if you want to send me something.

Ah, the classic peefoam copy and paste response. Dang, you pwn3d me. Glad you could clap emoticon yourself. The rest of us think you suck.

I know MDC doesn't need my support, but this post is pathetic. What the fock is wrong with you? Why would you needlessly attack someone's wife in such a way? I'll ask again, please delete your account. You are a large net negative on this site, and we would all be better for it.

I didn't say it was a question; I was looking for your response. The statement of fact means that despite your "it's only a few people so we shouldn't discuss it," SCOTUS saw it worth addressing. Because, we aren't a democracy/mob rules society, and we address questions of rights for minorities. I don't know if you have kids, but since you are a teacher who deals with them on a daily basis, I'm fascinated that you think it's a nothingburger that SCOTUS is considering making it a constitutional right for minors to get irreversible sex change operations. It's not silly, it's incredibly dangerous.