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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 23, 2021 22:01:43 GMT -8
If anyone still wonders why "Republicans," like Liz Cheney, need to be hounded out of the party, here is a perfect example. What a scurrilous bitch.
Only lying leftist and Globalist scoundrels push this libel. Why would Liz, the lobbyists' love, even mention such a thing except to sow discord and scare idiots who are afraid they might be called "racists" by the media or Demoncrats?
The party does not need such "traditional" Republicans.
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 25, 2021 15:48:18 GMT -8
The link is to a piece about the boondoggle that is the F-35. I would say it displays the problem with military procurement in general. Clearly, the F-35 program was peopled with many crooks, incompetents and idiots. As some may remember, I am not one of those people who praises the military and puts it on some marble pedestal. I will continue to point out that the military is peopled with fools, bums, idiots and good people, just like the rest of our institutions. That said, the trillions of dollars which is spent for our armed forces brings out the worst in many. As I recall, the F-35 program is to run into the trillions of dollars. One must ask, how many in the military were corrupted by their work on this program with the hope of going to work for one of the numerous companies which supply parts for or assemble the jet? Now, it seems they want to start over again. A goose instead of a swan
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Post by artraveler on Feb 25, 2021 21:57:12 GMT -8
F-35
As a dedicated ground pounder I can't talk much about the F-35. however, I have talked to the pilots that fly them at Hill AFB. These men and women don't like the press centering in on every little bump in development and truly, there have been a lot of bumps developing this aircraft some accidental and others just bureaucratic nonsense. However, as faults have been fixed the aircraft is capable of performing as designed. Let us not forget that the fabled B-29 program during WW II cost as much as the Manhattan Project and was not successful until Curtis LeMay used it for low level bombing of Japan, something it was not designed to do.
The Bradley, designed in the 60s was not perfected as a supplement to an armored divisions until the late 70s and suffered from design flaws and cost overruns throughout. Same with the Abrams tank now into its 40th year and the new modifications may take it into the 2040s.
So, yes these weapons systems cost billions, and there is fraud, theft and abuse in all the programs. But ultimately they get it right and the better design more often, than not makes it to the line and is used for generation of warriors. The great grand sons of the first B-52 H pilots are flying the same planes today. Remember all congress is trained to do is throw money at a problem, beyond that they have no skills what so ever.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 18, 2021 21:48:36 GMT -8
Here is an excellent piece which explains how Biden has revitalized the Neocon philosophy and the bad places this will lead us. Once again, that villain Kagan is mentioned. These people are leftists. I cannot believe they have pushed their damaging policies because they love the USA. By the way, Biden calling Putin a killer, has to be the most stupid thing I have heard come out of any national leader's mouth. The only exception might be some of the stuff coming out of North Korea, but even that is not as bad as what Biden said. Everyone makes an allowance for the ravings of the Norks. The coming China/Russia/Europe Cooperation The USA is truly being run by a criminal syndicate full of idiots and scoundrels.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 19, 2021 21:34:13 GMT -8
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Post by artraveler on Mar 20, 2021 8:00:12 GMT -8
Boys and girls
I think she is endeavoring to make the bill more clear and not to encourage a progressive fantasy.
Unfortunately, as I have studied this legislation and conferred with legal experts over the past several days, I have become concerned that this bill’s vague and overly broad language could have significant unintended consequences.
Presumably, this requirement was included to address a student taking these drugs as a part of a gender transition, but House Bill 1217 is not limited in this way. Rather, if a male student athlete failed to make the football team, and later learned that another student on the team was taking steroids without disclosing it, the student who didn’t make the team would be entitled to sue both the school and the steroid-using student for damages.
1. Revise Section 1 to read: 13-67-1 Athletic teams and sports-–Designation by sex--Participation. Any athletic team or sport that is sponsored or sanctioned by an accredited elementary or secondary school public school, a school district, or an association meeting the requirements of § 13-36-4, or an institution of higher education under the control of the Board of Regents or the South Dakota Board of Technical Education must be expressly designated as being: (1) A male team or sport; (2) A female team or sport; or (3) A coeducational team or sport. A team or sport designated as being female is available only to participants who are female, based on their biological sex, as reflected on the birth certificate or affidavit provided upon initial enrollment in accordance with verified in accordance with § 13-27-3.1 13-67-2. 2. Strike Section 2; 3. Revise former Section 3 to read: 13-67-2 3 Complaint—Investigation—Adverse Action. A governmental entity, licensing or accrediting organization, or athletic association or organization may not entertain a complaint, open an investigation, or take any adverse action against an accredited elementary or secondary school, or a school district, or an association meeting the requirements of § 13-36-4 or an institution of higher education, or against any person employed by, or a governing board member of, such an elementary or secondary school, or school district, or institution, or an association meeting the requirements of § 13-36-4, for maintaining athletic teams or sports in accordance with § 13-67-1. 4. Strike Section 4. The proposed revisions limit House Bill 1217 to elementary and secondary school athletics, which are primarily conducted among South Dakota schools and at the high school level are governed by the South Dakota High School Activities Association, a creature of South Dakota law. The proposed revisions will also remedy the vague language regarding civil liability and the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Overall, these style and form clarifications protect women sports while also showing empathy for youths struggling with what they understand to be their gender identity. But showing empathy does not mean a biologically-female-at birth woman should face an unbalanced playing field that effectively undermines the advances made by women and for women since the implementation of Title IX in 1972. The Supreme Court of the United States has recognized that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment allows for the law to treat women and men differently, and in this instance that equal protection afforded women absolutely should apply on our state’s elementary and high school playing fields.
It appears to me that she is attempting to do exactly what an executive should do, that is not allowing something cobbled together piecemeal to become law. Note her comments are solely on style and form not on content.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 20, 2021 9:19:40 GMT -8
I hope you are correct, but I have found it better to be skeptical of politicians in general and powerful politicians in particular. I do find it peculiar that Noem, according to the article, is looking at removing colleges from the wording of the bill. What does this mean?
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Post by artraveler on Mar 20, 2021 13:02:34 GMT -8
I do find it peculiar that Noem, according to the article, is looking at removing colleges from the wording of the bill. What does this mean? I share your distrust of any politician on or this or on any issue. We have to wait to see if what they say matches to what they do. As far as exempting colleges and universities from the bill, I can not say what her motive is. However, higher ed has greater flexibility where state legislators are concerned and the students are over 18 making them adults capable of making their own decisions and perhaps for that reason she doesn't want to muddy the waters of what appears to be a perfectly good law restricting sports to biological males and females in primary and secondary schools. By restricting the issue to schools that are completely dependent on state funding it will discourage the sudden appearance of 15 year old boys who want to shower with girls at least in public institutions.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 20, 2021 13:45:34 GMT -8
No faction has been discriminated against more than men and boys. I could give a tinker’s dam at this point if 15-year-old boys find a loophole in order to take showers with the girls. This is payback, baby, even if it comes gift-wrapped in wokeness. Let these idiot broads who keep voting for “woke” politicians have their faces rubbed in it.
Now, you might ask, “But, Brad, what if you had a daughter in the public school system?” I would say “Well, then I deserve everything I get if I expose my loved ones to the particularly corrupt and polluted environment of public schools.”
Come on, boys, let’s hit the showers.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 20, 2021 19:56:45 GMT -8
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Post by artraveler on Mar 20, 2021 21:31:05 GMT -8
13 paragraphs into the article they finely get to the nut. The ACLU also issued a statement from the other side, criticizing Noem because she didn’t use her veto power to stop it altogetherIt only takes a majority to pass the bill with the recommended changes. If it had been a full veto it would take a 2/3 vote to override. She is giving the legislature a chance to pass the bill and she will sign it. The ACLU and other progressives want the bill in any form stopped. A veto would have killed it. This is actually a good maneuver to get the bulk of the bill into law without redoing the entire bill.
I think the conservative media is actually helping progressives with a nonsense attack on Noem. A part of the regular circular GOP firing squad.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 21, 2021 9:56:45 GMT -8
I served a stint as a page in Olympia during high school. By osmosis (and some direct participation), I gained an idea of the hijinks and arcane methods involved in crafting legislation. Otto von Bismark apparently said, “Laws are like sausages. It is best not to see them being made.”
No normal human would run his life or make decisions according to the legislative process. Therefore not only are its methods obscure, they probably should be. No normal person should operate like this.
If you got rid of all legislators, you probably wouldn’t miss them. They are a menace to society, although one would say a necessary one if you don’t want dictators, although with Fauci and such, the difference is becoming moot. One of the biggest mistakes Trump made was not firing this fool and putting someone competent in his place. That’s what I thought the whole point of “The Apprentice” was. It was a competition, weeding out those with lesser capabilities. Turns out it was just a TV program.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 21, 2021 11:48:54 GMT -8
Sometimes it was even worse. He let people, who were actively working against him, stay in their positions. I think he truly believed he could smooze them over to his side. His ego got in his way.
This was a huge mistake. The Executive Branch runs things. With the right people in the right places, a lot can be done to get the president's agenda in place, regardless what the Congress says. As they say, "personnel is policy." The Democrats understand this and practice this philosophy always.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 21, 2021 11:55:11 GMT -8
Perhaps. I will keep an eye on this.
I don't see what this has to do with the situation. The age of an athlete has nothing to do with his or her gender. Allowing someone to impose his or her will on everyone else simply because he/she is adult does not make it any more sane or acceptable.
This goes back to my position that we should not even engage in these insane discussions with the left. Tell them they are nuts, to get help and close the book on them. By vetoing any part of the bill, Noem is engaging with insane leftists.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 21, 2021 12:30:26 GMT -8
I am somewhat sympathetic with this point of view, but I think we have to try to stop the insanity somewhere. I have no problem with "payback" as long as my "account" is not "overdrawn" for it, so to speak.
Let me quote something from "Bloodlands," which points out the problems people face when they don't unite against an oppressor. The Warsaw ghetto during the first half of 1942 is being discussed and it is not pretty. The Nazi's and their lackeys are going around gathering up Jews to fill quotas. At the time, the Nazi's needed laborers so healthy young men had papers and were the last to be murdered.
"Selections for labor kept some individuals alive, but undermined any collective spirit of resistance. Although the Germans were far from precise in their observation of the difference between documented laborers and others, selection created a crucial social division between those Jews who had papers and those who did not, and brought a general preoccupation with personal security. People tended to believe that they and their families could remain in the ghetto with the right jobs and the right papers. This privatization of hope was doom for the collectivity. Available energy was spent in the hunt for documents, rather than in the coordination of resistance. No one tried (as yet) to wrest the monopoly of force within the ghetto from the Germans and the Jewish police. So long as there was no Jewish group willing to resist the Jewish police, the roundups and deportations could continue, with German oversight but quite limited German personnel."
I understand the parallels are not exact, but it should be clear to everyone that sitting back now and waiting for others to do "something" is folly. Trying to parse the degrees of right and wrong on such issues as the insane subject of "transgenderism" is frankly stupid. Worse, it gives the left legitimacy that it does not deserve. It takes our eye off the ball.
For all those who are disturbed by less than perfect solutions in politics, I say wake up. Politics is not brain surgery. It is not something that can be dealt with by using a scalpel. Mass politics is not subtle. It is something for which a meat cleaver (figuratively speaking) is needed. Crowds do not deal in where commas and semi-colons need to be placed.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 21, 2021 12:48:39 GMT -8
More proof of the corruption of our political leaders. Serve in government and get richMore proof of my contention that the American government is a crime syndicate. I recently heard someone say that the French political system was such that all French politicians had broken the law in one way or another. That in fact, it was basically a requirement for one to be a criminal to make one's way up the political ladder. That if an honest person became a politician and wouldn't break the law, the rest of the political establishment would not trust that person because the establishment would have nothing to hold over that person's head i.e. that person could not be blackmailed or bribed. That person wasn't playing by the rules. I am completely convinced that we have the same system in the USA. I would say it is even worse. Everyone who goes to work for the federal government has to answer pages of questions, which are put to them by the FBI. If they lie on such questionnaires it is a crime. Can you imagine what a gold mine for blackmail these are? Does anyone wonder why the FBI is so corrupt? They have all the dirt on everyone and can threaten to use this dirt at any time. They couldn't get any dirt on Trump and it drove them crazy. The FBI needs to be burned to the ground and the earth upon which the headquarters stands should be salted with Cobalt-60 and Cesium -137. Should I say, figuratively speaking?
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 21, 2021 13:46:29 GMT -8
These broads came on the scene and said they could run the world better than men. Maybe so, given how violently men have governed the world.
But it’s the broads who gave us the gender-bending. Their proclivity toward “sensitivity” and “tolerance” has fueled this. The fags, queers, gays, homosexuals, transexuals, transvestites, and other gender-benders were accepted as fellow soldiers in the fight to overthrow straight, white, male, Christian America.
And now that they have all but done so, these women (and their ideologically cuckolded men) are the lunatics running the asylum. They have no context for saying “no” to any of this stuff. And we see that playing out.
That’s just it. I don’t expect someone else to do something. I’m fairly certain they won’t aside from a few cases. So I say pop some popcorn and enjoy the show.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 21, 2021 13:53:39 GMT -8
Bismuth-209 has a half-life of 19 exayears (1.9 x 10-to-the-19th....approximately 19 quintillion years). I'd opt for this longer-lasting element for the saltation of FBI headquarters, although perhaps a mix would be best. Fast-acting and highly-radioactive for fast damage (Cobalt and Cesium) with the benefit of the long-term (19 exayears) effects of Bismuth. But point taken either way.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 22, 2021 9:46:59 GMT -8
Noem is clearly getting a lot of blowback about her veto.
This morning she held a press conference to defend her actions. She had a number of people come up to the mic and say how they all supported Noem and Title IX. These included Herschel Walker and some other ex NFL player.
Noem repeated how she was for women's sports and trying to defend Title IX, but did not say much about her reasons for vetoing the bill other than that her lawyers had advised that the NCAA could sue South Dakota and S.D. would probably lose the suit. To remedy this, Noem said she is trying to put together a group of states to support Title IX and that such a group would be too powerful for the NCAA to beat.
The one specific problem that she did mention was that the bill prohibited athletes from taking "performance enhancing" drugs, but didn't clearly state what drugs or type of drugs this would entail.
I think Noem got caught backpedaling from her promise to sign the bill and is now trying to do damage control.
Whatever the case is, I am always happy to see a spotlight shined upon politicians.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 22, 2021 9:52:32 GMT -8
Maybe that is why Pepto-Bismol is that horrible radioactive-pink color.
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