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https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/01/imane-khelif-algerian-boxer-gender-paris-olympics/

"It remains unclear what standards Khelif and Lin Yu Ting of Taiwan failed last year to lead to the disqualifications.

The IOC, which is overseeing the boxing competition in Paris, does not test for gender, and there never has been evidence that either Khelif or Lin had XY chromosomes or elevated levels of testosterone. They have competed for years, including at the Tokyo Olympics and several world championships."

So, none of that is true. She may have high testosterone (which isn’t even confirmed), but none of what you said follows. That isn’t even how that works.

There is no trans woman in this case. A female boxer, born and raised as a woman, is being attacked and called a man. What OP is saying is that it’s basically because they don’t see her as attractive, and that’s definitely a major component of it.

What it comes down to is that they’re so obsessed with the idea of trans women that they start seeing them everywhere, and it usually comes down to someone not being quite feminine enough in some way, though there have been cases of people trying to claim some of the most conventionally attractive women in the world were secretly trans.

Believe me, I’m not saying this is a good thing. He’s definitely getting special treatment, and I think that’s wrong. However, it’s not quite as bad as it sounds.

He’s still on the hook for the full amount if his appeal fails, he just no longer has to put it all up to start the appeal.

Yeah, SCOTUS just kicked it back to the lower courts and said they weren’t going to keep the pause.

Are you really asking what Nazis have to do with killing? A group famous for committing possibly the most heinous genocide in the history of humanity?

Is that an actual quote? I don’t see it in the article, and I honestly can’t distinguish between satire of Trump’s speech and his actual words anymore.

Honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the GOP still tries to run Trump even after he’s dead.

True, but it’s completely inaccurate to say that “Exxon rebranded as Chevron,” which is what I was responding to.

Exxon still exists, they just merged with Mobil and are now ExxonMobil. Chevron is an entirely different company.

His base thinks he is.

Were you paying attention the last several times he’s tried to do more and gotten blocked at every turn by people who can’t see past their own gains?

I wonder if the Republicans will kick him out for compromising, like they did with McCarthy.

Actually, SCOTUS precedent on the second amendment referring to a personal right only goes back to the Heller decision in 2008.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller

I will also note that this decision further held that some restrictions on the second amendment are permissible, although it left the precise boundaries open.

I think the most sound legal reasoning would be to say he hasn’t actually been convicted of any charge that constitutes “insurrection”. Conviction is how the government asserts and proves that something happened, and to skip this step opens our legal system for a whole lot of abuse. They’re going to say that, if and when he is convicted, then he can be barred, but not before.

It would be possibly the most egregious thing SCOTUS has done (and they’ve done some shit) if they use this argument. We have the records of the adoption of the 14th, its original wording specified only members of the Confederacy were barred, but they explicitly changed it to cover any act of insurrection. We also know that they considered the language of “any officer” to cover the presidency because someone asked that question, and it’s in the minutes.

Nobody here is saying it’s a cure all. It’s a step in the right direction. It’s better than doing nothing and continuing on the course we’ve been on. Do you think an “all or nothing” approach has any chance of working?

Diesel engines have nothing to do with what we were talking about.

And even if you want to call it a “band-aid”, that’s still better than letting the wound continue to bleed. It slows us down and gives us a chance to course correct, rather than barrelling ahead over the cliff at full speed.

You seem to be forgetting that wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and nuclear power exist.

Not to mention that, even with coal generating the energy for the cars, EVs still have lower lifetime emissions than any ICE car.