Miscellaneous news items that don't warrant their own thread

[BDKJMU]

“Transgender sprinters finish 1st, 2nd at Connecticut girls indoor track championships

.....She recently finished second in the 55-meter dash at the state open indoor track championships. The winner, Terry Miller of Bloomfield High, is also transgender and set a girls state indoor record of 6.95 seconds. Yearwood finished in 7.01 seconds and the third-place competitor, who is not transgender, finished in 7.23 seconds.

Miller and Yearwood also topped the 100-meter state championships last year, and Miller won the 300 this season....

....Connecticut is one of 17 states that allow transgender high school athletes to compete without restrictions, according to Transathlete.com, which tracks state policies in high school sports across the country....
https://washingtontimes.com/news/2019/f ... -sprinter/
Apparently one of them even had a full mustache to boot..

Somewhere along the line, some parents of HS girls are going to sue and win a major lawsuit, which will put an end to this.

Transgenders are still generating male hormones regardless of how many surgeries they get. They need to have their own classification.
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Yep, doesn't matter how much hormones a guy takes, he still has the advantage of growing up male with male physical characteristics, frame, bone density, muscle mass. Hormones doesn't erase that. And most of these states aren't even making these boys/young men take female hormones to compete. They are 100% male competing against females. Patently unfair.

Lawsuit was filed a couple of months ago against these boys pretending to be female being allowed to compete as females.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/ ... nishes-and scholarships/UtGk9T4GdMJCozm4sE9PaI/story.html

[BDKJMU]

Somewhere along the line, some parents of HS girls are going to sue and win a major lawsuit, which will put an end to this.

Transgenders are still generating male hormones regardless of how many surgeries they get. They need to have their own classification.


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It's a weird debate, and I'm not certain what will be done. You'd think a 3rd classification would work, but then you have advocates for trans-athletes pushing back that not getting to be called male or female is itself discrimination. There's two classifications now (male and female) because without it females would naturally not fare well in most athletic contests. There are plenty of places now in the US where governing federations (high school, state, etc) don't even require medical treatments to have been begun to be considered the gender you identify with - so a guy who identifies female can compete as a female with no medical restriction at all. The argument against cis-athletes is tough luck, trans athletes have been more marginalized so they'll get the protection. Like I said, a weird debate.

WTF is a 'cis' athlete?

[CAA Flagship]

It's a weird debate, and I'm not certain what will be done. You'd think a 3rd classification would work, but then you have advocates for trans-athletes pushing back that not getting to be called male or female is itself discrimination. There's two classifications now (male and female) because without it females would naturally not fare well in most athletic contests. There are plenty of places now in the US where governing federations (high school, state, etc) don't even require medical treatments to have been begun to be considered the gender you identify with - so a guy who identifies female can compete as a female with no medical restriction at all. The argument against cis-athletes is tough luck, trans athletes have been more marginalized so they'll get the protection. Like I said, a weird debate.

WTF is a 'cis' athlete?

The soloist in an all-female three-legged race.

[89Hen]

"There’s only so much you can eat. There’s only so big a house you can have. There’s only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it’s enough."

[89Hen]

So proud of my progressive county...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019 ... -students/

Students in Montgomery County Public Schools will have a third gender option to declare on their school records.

This year the school system is adding an “X” classification in addition to male and female gender options, according to a letter from Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Jack Smith to Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon requesting that the change become official.

The letter states that Montgomery County school system has received “a number of requests” from students and their parents seeking to designate their gender in their official student records as “nonbinary” or “unspecified.”

[kalm]

"There’s only so much you can eat. There’s only so big a house you can have. There’s only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it’s enough."

Whoops!

Although I think a POTUS probably has earned a place like that and can still afford...even with higher taxes.

[GannonFan]

Whoops!

Although I think a POTUS probably has earned a place like that and can still afford...even with higher taxes.

Well, we at least we know that he didn't build that.

[kalm]

Whoops!

Although I think a POTUS probably has earned a place like that and can still afford...even with higher taxes.

Well, we at least we know that he didn't build that.

It's funny how legitimate that statement was and how it still sticks in peoples craws.

[HI54UNI]

"There’s only so much you can eat. There’s only so big a house you can have. There’s only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it’s enough."

Must not be too worried about the oceans rising in the next 10 years due to global warming.

[Baldy]

Well, we at least we know that he didn't build that.

It's funny how legitimate that statement was and how it still sticks in peoples craws.

Not quite the way, "elections have consequences", does.

[Pwns]

"There’s only so much you can eat. There’s only so big a house you can have. There’s only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it’s enough."

No solar panels on the roof?

[UNI88]

Well, we at least we know that he didn't build that.

It's funny how legitimate that statement was and how it still sticks in peoples craws.

In context of everything else he said with it, it wasn't an untrue statement. "If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that." by itself is demeaning to the people who busted their butts to build a business. All he had to do was add "by yourself" or "without help" and it would have been more respectful.

[GannonFan]

Well, we at least we know that he didn't build that.

It's funny how legitimate that statement was and how it still sticks in peoples craws.

Well, legitimacy can be skewed depending on your point of view, so it wasn't terribly surprising that people would take umbrage with a statement that grossly oversimplified reality.

With that said, I think an even more legitimate statement was that "basket of irredeemable deplorables" comment. I don't think she was too far off the mark with that one at all. Problem there, though, was that those deplorables, even the irredeemable ones, were also called "voters" in the election she was in.

[GannonFan]

It's funny how legitimate that statement was and how it still sticks in peoples craws.

In context of everything else he said with it, it wasn't an untrue statement. "If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that." by itself is demeaning to the people who busted their butts to build a business. All he had to do was add "by yourself" or "without help" and it would have been more respectful.

I think kalmie knows that, hence the tip-toe away emoji.

[CAA Flagship]

In context of everything else he said with it, it wasn't an untrue statement. "If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that." by itself is demeaning to the people who busted their butts to build a business. All he had to do was add "by yourself" or "without help" and it would have been more respectful.

I think kalmie knows that, hence the tip-toe away emoji.

No. The "tip-toe away emoji" is because he is light in his loafers.

[kalm]

It's funny how legitimate that statement was and how it still sticks in peoples craws.

Well, legitimacy can be skewed depending on your point of view, so it wasn't terribly surprising that people would take umbrage with a statement that grossly oversimplified reality.

With that said, I think an even more legitimate statement was that "basket of irredeemable deplorables" comment. I don't think she was too far off the mark with that one at all. Problem there, though, was that those deplorables, even the irredeemable ones, were also called "voters" in the election she was in.

Yep. I’m not defending it as politically smart but it was an honest point...especially if you know many business owners. It’s the old we versus me philosophy.

[kalm]

I think kalmie knows that, hence the tip-toe away emoji.

No. The "tip-toe away emoji" is because he is light in his loafers.

* birkenstocks

[GannonFan]

Well, legitimacy can be skewed depending on your point of view, so it wasn't terribly surprising that people would take umbrage with a statement that grossly oversimplified reality.

With that said, I think an even more legitimate statement was that "basket of irredeemable deplorables" comment. I don't think she was too far off the mark with that one at all. Problem there, though, was that those deplorables, even the irredeemable ones, were also called "voters" in the election she was in.

Yep. I’m not defending it as politically smart but it was an honest point...especially if you know many business owners. It’s the old we versus me philosophy.

But it's not - it's just the opposite of people thinking they did it all by themselves. He could've couched it better if he said it was a combination of self-effort and a wonderful country to be fortunate to live in, but it didn't come off that way. Like I said, oversimplifying a complex thing tends to get you in trouble every now and then.

[GannonFan]

No. The "tip-toe away emoji" is because he is light in his loafers.

* birkenstocks

Which have really made a comeback recently. My wife mentioned how many people we saw during our roadtrip, especially younger people, were wearing the ridiculously expensive versions of Birkenstocks. Millennial parents must have a lot of disposable income.

[Ivytalk]

Must not be too worried about the oceans rising in the next 10 years due to global warming.

In that case, Barry can just use Michelle as a flotation device.

[UNI88]

No. The "tip-toe away emoji" is because he is light in his loafers.

* crocs

FYP

[kalm]

* crocs

FYP

Those too for sandals and work.

Soft Science for golf and fishing.

[CAA Flagship]

No. The "tip-toe away emoji" is because he is light in his loafers.

* birkenstocks

[BDKJMU]

So proud of my progressive county...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019 ... -students/

Students in Montgomery County Public Schools will have a third gender option to declare on their school records.

This year the school system is adding an “X” classification in addition to male and female gender options, according to a letter from Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Jack Smith to Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon requesting that the change become official.

The letter states that Montgomery County school system has received “a number of requests” from students and their parents seeking to designate their gender in their official student records as “nonbinary” or “unspecified.”

So 8-9 year old need to be given the option to be trans gendered? What a bunch of running Montgomery Co schools..

[89Hen]

So 8-9 year old need to be given the option to be trans gendered? What a bunch of running Montgomery Co schools..

It's not really that which bothers me as much as IMO this will lead to colleges doing it and then pretty soon they will start tracking their 'X' gender acceptance rates and will start issuing demands for more 'X' gender in their student bodies, and so begins another bastardization of college acceptance.

My kids are only four generations removed from Spain and Cuba. Should/could they have applied "Hispanic"? I know kids who are three generations removed who did. At least that can be quantified. How do you quantify gender?