US continues to go backward...

[steross]

I am frustrated that SS and National Debt remain a looming issue, but hardly any politicians are serious about fixing.

Buffett said this while laughing, but he is absolutely correct. Unfortunately, it would require the same congress that would be pressured by the law to pass the law so that isn't going to happen.

US Government spending to tax intake can be solved with a very simple piece of legislation @DOGE @elonmusk

“I could end deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there's a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for… pic.twitter.com/qzOby5O3Ka

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) November 23, 2024

 

[PF5]

118th Congress: our 'representatives' do not necessarily 'represent' 'us'...
avg age House: 58, Senate: 64, Pres: 82, Pres elect: 78
congress: 78% white compared to 58% of country...male, 71.6%, compared to 49.5% of country...
length of service: House: 8.5 years, 4.3 terms; Senate: 11.2 years, 1.9 terms (this one actually surprised me)

 

[PF5]

Egg Prices Are Rising Again. Here’s Why They’re So High

Why are eggs so expensive?​

The pandemic and inflation play a role in rising egg prices, but the real culprit is an outbreak of H5N1, a highly transmissible and fatal strain of avian influenza, or bird flu. The outbreak started in early 2022 and quickly grew into the largest bird flu outbreak in U.S. history. As of Nov. 8, the virus has affected nearly 105.2 million birds in the U.S. since January 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(if only Americans had access to this information before the election...if only there was a way for Americans to do their own research...If there were a Google machine or something...)

 

[PF5]

House Republican Rep. Nancy Mace introduces transgender bathroom bill NPR

what is the reason people are afraid of transgenders in a bathroom? aren't they just saying, "they (trans) are sexual predators."? don't bathrooms have stalls? is it possible that a gay person is in a bathroom with their same sex?/are people concerned about this?

Montana lawmakers cross the aisle to block a trans bathroom ban in the state capitol

Some Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting the measure, which would have restricted bathroom access. Rep. Zooey Zephyr, Montana's first openly transgender legislator, won a second term last month.

www.kuow.org

 

[Vakarian74]

Montana lawmakers cross the aisle to block a trans bathroom ban in the state capitol

Some Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting the measure, which would have restricted bathroom access. Rep. Zooey Zephyr, Montana's first openly transgender legislator, won a second term last month.

www.kuow.org

“During the nearly 15-minute discussion — in which no women participated — lawmakers in favor of the rule said it would safeguard women's spaces, while those opposed questioned its utility and how it would be enforced.”

Amazing they are trying to protect women with out any input from the women in office. Seems to me they only care because they really don’t trust themselves to not be perverts.

 

[cowboyinexile]

Wonder what else DOGE will do (or threaten to do as I'm not sure the department has any real power?

MSN

 

[Duke Silver]

Wonder what else DOGE will do (or threaten to do as I'm not sure the department has any real power?

MSN

They don’t except to recommend

 

[Stillwater Townie]

“During the nearly 15-minute discussion — in which no women participated — lawmakers in favor of the rule said it would safeguard women's spaces, while those opposed questioned its utility and how it would be enforced.”

Amazing they are trying to protect women with out any input from the women in office. Seems to me they only care because they really don’t trust themselves to not be perverts.

If the state rep was a woman who transitioned to a man, the bill would have never been brought up. Biological women don't want someone in the women's room looking like a man who is obeying a stupid, needless law. Men would also find it awkward for transgenders in the men's room obeying the same stupid law. That why I'm against such prohibitive laws targeting transgenders. Just strongly enforce and punish violators of sexual assault laws that happen in restrooms.

 

[JTOSU]

Biological women don't want someone in the women's room looking like a man

True.
And the vast majority understand that —- Hence why this is an issue.

 

[mugatu]

True.
And the vast majority understand that —- Hence why this is an issue.

Shouldn't be an issue because people that look like men don't want to go in a women's bathroom and vice versa. Politicians are trying to force them too.

 

[Big Huck]

True.
And the vast majority understand that —- Hence why this is an issue.

1% of the population identify as trans. Like 50% of bathrooms are already gender neutral. It's such a small number and such a small issue that's been turned into such a huge thing.

Like with trans women in sports. My thought was just make their own league. But I was talking to a friend about it and realized you wouldn't be able to find enough trans women to form a single team, let alone a whole league.

 

[JTOSU]

Shouldn't be an issue because people that look like men don't want to go in a women's bathroom and vice versa. Politicians are trying to force them too.

This wasn’t an issue until people that look like men demanded to go in a womens’s bathroom.

 

[mugatu]

This wasn’t an issue until people that look like men demanded to go in a womens’s bathroom.

What do you consider "people that look like men"?

Someone that transitioned from woman to man 10 years ago by the law in some states would have to use a women's bathroom. I guarantee there are most at this point that you would consider look like men. I work with one.

 

[JTOSU]

What do you consider "people that look like men"?

Someone that transitioned from woman to man 10 years ago by the law in some states would have to use a women's bathroom. I guarantee there are most at this point that you would consider look like men. I work with one.

I am not going to post pictures or names of many of the trans population that most normal people would agree is obviously la man. I will use my niece as an example. She wants to be called by her new name and I certainly respect and honor that. She also has gone through complete surgery.
But…..she definitely looks still looks like a guy. I imagine she makes women uncomfortable if she goes into a women’s restroom. I don’t care about the “uncomfortable”, but I do care about potentially upsetting 7 to 15 year girls that are already nervous about their own bodies.

 

[mugatu]

I am not going to post pictures or names of many of the trans population that most normal people would agree is obviously la man. I will use my niece as an example. She wants to be called by her new name and I certainly respect and honor that. She also has gone through complete surgery.
But…..she definitely looks still looks like a guy. I imagine she makes women uncomfortable if she goes into a women’s restroom. I don’t care about the “uncomfortable”, but I do care about potentially upsetting 7 to 15 year girls that are already nervous about their own bodies.

So what about the case of someone that was born and girl but has very effectively transitioned to male?

 

[JTOSU]

So what about the case of someone that was born and girl but has very effectively transitioned to male?

To be clear, I am not advocating for the government to make laws about bathrooms. Obama was wrong when he first started this in 2016 and forced this on public schools. That was dumb and wrong. And Republicans making restrictive laws are wrong as well.

Facilities and businesses ought to make those decisions themselves. And I would hope people would respect decorum (ie people who are obviously male not invade space of women).

Certainly not bathrooms — but the argument to allow males to play in female sports is the dumbest argument and political hill to die on. That is an issue I care about —- bathrooms, not so much.

 

[PF5]

less than .00008% of athletes who compete in NCAA are transgender...

 

[PF5]

Manslaughter charge dismissed in Daniel Penny trial, jury to consider negligent homicide charge

The jury was 'unable to come to a unanimous vote' on Daniel Penny's manslaughter charge over the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely.

abcnews.go.com

 

[mugatu]

less than .00008% of athletes who compete in NCAA are transgender...

Probably even lower in high school.

"Of the estimated 332 million citizens living in the United States, 1.3 million adults and 300,000 youth ages 13 to 17 identify as transgender, equaling half a percent and 1.4 percent of the population respectively, according to a report published by Williams Institute, a think tank at UCLA's Law School in 2022.

Not all transgender people identify as women, and an even smaller number consists of transgender women hoping to compete in girls' and women's sports.

Privacy laws make it tough to identify the exact number of transgender athletes competing in public school sports, but researcher and medical physicist Joanna Harper estimates the number can't exceed 100 nationwide."

How many transgender athletes play women's sports?

The transgender population is again under fire from the GOP for participating in women's sports.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Pokey]

less than .00008% of athletes who compete in NCAA are transgender...

Making humongous mountains out of tiny molehills.