jerryskids

I have asked @TimHaucknumerous times if he is on the spectrum, for the same reason you did. I'd be very surprised if he isn't. I like Tim. We can be kinda... mean at this place. I'd rather know if he is, in which case I might not keep calling him a yip yip dog.

What was the outside pressure? And why are you defending this?

Sigh... Probably not. My wife is a big sports fan but she is neck deep in a work project, and not feeling it, tonight anyway. Also that is her birthday, so she wants to do a brunch at our house with our kids (all of our kids, and myself, are ASU alums). But... tomorrow we might re-address.

Trump would be for Israel doing what it needs to do to definitively end this. That might mean more war in the short term to prevent much more war in the long term. Unless you are dumb enough to believe that if Israel just quits now, that solves everything.

I appreciate that you don't support biological men in women's sports; that is the no-brainer of this situation. I've also said that I see both sides of the bathroom discussion, although IMO other women's spaces like locker rooms, spas, prisons, are a hard no. That being said, trans is a mental disease. At its core, it's no different than thinking you are an animal, or a reincarnation of Julius Caesar (I actually knew a VP of engineering who believed this). If you believe you are something you aren't, that's a mental disease. It doesn't mean you are a bad person (for example, pedophilia is a mental disease, where you believe you should have sex with children), but it's not normal. And before you say "it's normal to them!" so is the animal, Julius Caesar, pedophilia, etc.

Sorry if this has been discussed, but it was a temporary cease-fire which expires 4 days after Trump takes over. Coincidence? I would think not. The permanent cease-fire, if it happens, will be under a Trump regime which will be much more willing to let Israel finish the job.

They didn't give any reasons. But sure, they could have no concerns for the safety of their players, and instead done it for the integrity of the game.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/28/sport/boise-state-mountain-west-volleyball-spt-intl/index.html#:~:text=Boise State's women's volleyball team,controversy surrounding an SJSU player. Kudos to Boise State for putting the safety of their athletes ahead of woke crap. Shame on San Jose State for prioritizing virtue signaling over both safety and the competitive integrity of women's sports. It happens but it's rare.

No, he's trying to be cute with a semantic game about the existence of a "concierge desk." And by cute I mean dumb. Nobody said concierge desk, but concierge service Seems pretty accurate.

It's a bit tl;dr. Not the Krugman article, but the linked study which allegedly shows preference by Trump to companies that supported him. I quit trying to find the actual results. But even if I had, this seems like the most normal thing that happens in politics. Also, I would need to see how such exceptions changed during the Biden administration. Presidents find ways to get money to their supporters, is this new?

Yes, and we do.

On call? I thought you were in HR or sumthin...

A while back I heard a wonderful interview with Javier Milei, the (libertarian) president of Argentina. He has done things like remove rent control, which while it causes initial higher prices, has led to a much more vibrant and affordable (e.g., competitive) rental market. When confronted about removing welfare/entitlements and the impact on the poor single mothers, he responded that there is a false dichotomy that presumed that their system could take everyone out of poverty. It couldn't, and it was destroying their economy to try to do so. While it is noble for individuals, and charitable groups, to help out people in need, the vector we were on -- let in anyone who wanted to come in and glom onto the system, as long as they knew the magic "asylum" words -- was unsustainable for our economy.

Looks like he picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. RIP

That was classic Obama politics -- "if they don't agree with me, they must not understand, so I need to educate them better." The Left will never learn...

Guys guys guys... Tim knows a shia dood, who to his knowledge hasn't raped anyone in the US. That makes the entire Shia culture favorable, we should encourage as many of them as possible to immigrate here ASAP! Immigrants are always a positive!

So, good people who fled a sh1t culture? ETA: 45 years ago. Why would new shia immigrants contribute to our culture?

No you haven't You are a pretend Jew who knows a guy, at best. But hey, lets start with shia. tell us the benefits of that culture in the US.

Islam is a morally bankrupt culture. Doesn't mean there aren't good Muslims. But the culture is not something I would want to encourage in the US.

Happy Thanksgiving to Sean and everyone! I hope you all find stuff to be thankful for, and celebrate it with those you love.

I'm calling you a child for equating "close the border" with "zero illegal aliens or else it's a failure." Child

Sure, bump posts that said we'd stop 100% of illegal aliens crossing. You propose that it will be a fail if we don't stop 100%. Child

So, a childish rant. Thanks, Veruca!

This seems like the perfect being the enemy of the good. If the border can't be completely sealed we... do nothing?

I'm not sure I agree with your assessment: "And it's not just trannies; once you open the door to trannies in women's spaces, you open the door for every pervert out there. Trannies of all variations can use the men's room and leave the women alone. Problem solved." Grammatically, I don't believe "every pervert" necessarily applies to trans folks. It's more what I said -- every abuser regardless of orientation, some of whom may be trans, most (most likely) aren't really trans but using this opportunity to do bad things, because there are a lot more of those types. Had he said "every other pervert", I would agree he's lumping all trans into "pervert." That all being said, I understand the spirit of your post. As I said earlier, people on "my side" tend to say a boy is a boy and a girl is a girl, or that trans doesn't exist, and IMO whether or not they are true, they immediately shut down meaningful dialog.