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TPT has taken this discussion down a rabbit hole which is his aim anyway. This topic was about the border and now we are talking about reparations. The fact of the matter is that Biden has all the authority he needs right now to do what he says he will do if the bill passes. So what does he mean he needs new legislation? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-promises-shut-border-authority-bipartisan-bill-rcna135980 President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to halt crossings at the border when it’s “overwhelmed” if Congress passes bipartisan immigration legislation giving him that authority. This statement is very telling. He won't close the border unless someone (who might that be?) determines that the border is overwhelmed. Well it is overwhelmed right now. The legislation passes and he says nope, not overwhelmed enough. From the article here is his direct quote which is no different than the above. “What’s been negotiated would — if passed into law — be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country,” Biden said Friday night. “It would give me, as President, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. And if given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into law.” From this statement, I have doubt that he would take action with the new legislation because he has put the caveat on it. But it will LOOK like the Ds are doing something hopefully enough so to save the election. This is the most cynical thing he could be doing in my opinion. This is a stupid thing and the Rs should not support because Biden has said in essence he won't close the border until a time he chooses based on it being overwhelmed. More likely based on timing of the polls and election. mspart

AI is a whole different animal. Once that camel gets its nose in the tent, game over. mspart

But that xxx millionth +1 and +2 guys are just as deserving. I think we had this conversation before. Terrorists have been stopped at the border luckily. How many haven't been caught? https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/in-the-news/capito-says-169-migrants-on-terrorist-watch-list-tried-to-cross-southern-border So far this year, 169 individuals with positive terrorism watchlist matches tried to cross the southern border into the United States. That’s according to U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., who says she is alarmed by the statistics. Capito, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, said the exact affiliations and identities of those 169 individuals apprehended at the southern border remain classified. She said the number of individuals on the U.S. terror watchlist who tried to cross the border so far this year is a “tenfold increase” from the fiscal year 2021 numbers. Capito, and a group of Republicans lawmakers led by U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., announced Monday that they were sending a letter to President Joe Biden demanding action at the southern border due to the rise in terrorist crossings. “Our southern border is a matter of deep national concern and insecurity,” Capito and the other Republican lawmakers wrote in the letter to Biden. “With rising violence and economic crises around the world pushing many people towards our borders, the record levels of illegal crossings and the spike in Border Patrol apprehensions of individuals matching the U.S. terror watchlist are alarming.” But I suppose these "death to america" folks have an equal interest in making it here as all the other folks that have a right to cross our borders without permission. mspart

My thought was that he was not sure if he was going to worlds so didn't work as hard as normal. But he went and looked fat, not as fat as me, but not in tip top shape as in the past. He was getting beat soundly by Taz before his neck injury and it might be interesting to see him when he is actually ready to go for the Olympics. Is he really regressing or was it just a moment of doubt and not preparing? mspart

Do EVs use braking as a recharging mechanism or is that just a Hybrid kind of thing? mspart

Sad never went if Snyder was there. That tells me he's a scared o' him. mspart

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By your logic the experiments on the Tuskeegee Airmen was justified in the name of science. By your logic, checking to see how much radiation a person can take before dying is also completely justified. What you are saying is monstrous. If you are for the sterilization of vulnerable children, just say so. Actually you don't have to because you have been saying so without actually committing yourself to that. Even it was a small chance of irreparable harm, that is not a good enough reason to experiment on any children. Can you see where you are? You are advocating experimenting on the most vulnerable among us who have no real say - the children. I have no patience for this. It is mean, cruel, and evil. There are no other words for it. By your logic the 3rd Reich was justified in their human experimentations. That's a really dark place to put yourself. mspart

Here is the border policy. Ignore current laws and regulations. Allow as many illegals into the country as can be tolerated. 102k people transitioned to sanctuary cities is ample witness of the above. What is the plan? https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/biden-shut-down-congress-bill/ President Joe Biden has vowed to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border “when it becomes overwhelmed” if Congress approves a bipartisan border security deal. This says all you need to know. Nothing will change if the bill passes or not. Biden will ignore the new law just like he is ignoring current law. If what you see reported suggests to you that the border is closed, then what would convince you that the border is open? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/record-number-migrant-border-crossings-december-2023/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/whats-behind-the-influx-of-migrants-crossing-the-u-s-southern-border https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/11/09/whats-happening-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-in-7-charts/ These charts show an indication that the border is not closed. If not closed, then the alternative conclusion would be open. mspart

Perhaps the new idea of solid state batteries will come to the rescue. Actually, these look very promising. Charge faster and hold more charge. Win win. mspart

The Ds aren't messing around when they are saying that Democracy is at stake. That just doesn't mean what they want the rest of us to think it means. mspart

Look at Gable Steveson. There is precedent!! mspart

Perhaps would have been good if Snyder were there. Did Taz participate? mspart

True. We may not know much about the case other than she can't remember when it happened and that is the root of both cases. mspart

It's good the D's are rich enough to go out and buy a black outfit for the occasion. Real working class heros. What a bunch of idiots that want the young women of Utah to possibly get horribly hurt. I have reffed intramural sports that were co-ed. We had to calm guys down that were going at it too hard and hurting the women. Bunch of idiots. mspart

So your solution is to experiment on the vulnerable. Nice solution. Oh but there's only a small amount of them so let's experiment on them possibly ruining their lives. Now that's a sane and safe solution. And oh so very compassionate. mspart

How well will the decision hold up in appeal? If she can't remember the year she says this assault happened, I'm not inclined to think her chances are great. She got by this time, an appellate court might actually look at the thing. If I was a judge and someone came to me with a lawsuit saying Trump assaulted her, I would ask, when did this happen. If the answer is I'm unclear on when it happened but by golly it did happen, I would throw it out as frivolous or something. If you are assaulted, you would know what year it happened. Period. mspart

Federal law allows for legal immigration. It specifically does not support illegal immigration. The American people feel the same. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/21/americans-remain-critical-of-governments-handling-of-situation-at-us-mexico-border/ Illegal immigration is an unwanted surplus of immigration not planned for, not wanted, not legal. It is an abrogation of the Presdent's oath of office to uphold the Constitution and faithfully discharge the duties of the office. The President, by allowing such absolute violation of our immigration laws and by stopping steps by border states to do something about it is a dereliction of duty. He should and could be impeached for this. And should have been, except the Ds want the country overrun with illegal immigrants for some reason. Ds will not allow a conviction for such an apparent dereliction of duty. Ds in Chicago and NYC and Martha's Vineyard do not feel the same way now that they are experiencing the wonderful joys of housing and taking care of such people. Their citizens are also not happy that their tax money is going to these illegal aliens rather than going to the citizens as is the social compact of living in a city. It is unjust to the citizens of the country to spend their money taking care of people who have entered the country illegally under false pretenses. mspart

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6626312/ Transgender individuals who undergo gender-affirming medical or surgical therapies are at risk for infertility. Suppression of puberty with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist analogs (GnRHa) in the pediatric transgender patient can pause the maturation of germ cells, and thus, affect fertility potential. Testosterone therapy in transgender men can suppress ovulation and alter ovarian histology, while estrogen therapy in transgender women can lead to impaired spermatogenesis and testicular atrophy. https://segm.org/ajp_correction_2020 Correction of a Key Study: No Evidence of “Gender-Affirming” Surgeries Improving Mental Health Allowing scientific debate in transgender medicine improves evidence basis In October 2019, the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) published a study from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, and the Yale School of Public Health which reported that “gender-affirming" surgeries for gender dysphoric patients are associated with improved mental health outcomes (1). Looking at mental health utilization in the year 2015, a retrospective analysis showed that the more time passed since surgery, the fewer mental services were utilized by patients, with an average 8% reduction in mental health utilization for each year following surgery. From this, the study concluded that surgery has a beneficial effect on mental health, and that benefits continue to accrue over time. However, following a reanalysis of the data, this conclusion has now been officially corrected to indicate that there is “no advantage of surgery.” So gender affirming care including puberty blockers and hormones raises the risk of infertility. This is chemical sterilization. So to support gender affirming care of this sort is to support the sterilization of minors. And don't say this is not aimed at minors because they would be the only ones using puberty blockers. Don't be daft. Gender affirming surgeries was first found that it resulted in decreased use of mental health services. But after a lot of people objected and said the study was wrong, the data was analyzed and found that there was no change actually. Mental health services requests did not change after gender affirming surgery. Now if you are an adult and opt for this, you should be aware of this. But a minor should never be physically sterilized via gender affirming care. This is monstrous to do to our children. So the Ohio legislature is completely, 100%, and in all other ways completely correct in overriding the veto. We now know that these things are true. But if we didn't and were wondering about it, that would not be reason to not accept this kind of care for minors. It is not care, it is sexual, psychological, and physical abuse of minors. mspart

WA has three floating bridges. Two across Lake Washington from the east side into Seattle, or from Seattle to the east side if you prefer. These are freshwater bridges. There is another called the Hood Canal Bridge that spans a part of Puget Sound (salt water). This happens to be the longest salt water floating bridge in the world, perhaps the universe!! The floating bridge is a unique structure with pontoons underneath filled with air to keep the bridge floating on the water. Concrete is the main material used. There have been a few instances of the bridges sinking due to high winds and waves. The I-90 bridge was under maintenance during a rough storm and someone left the access to the pontoon open. It filled with water and took a section or two down. There used to be just one bridge there but another was built to take care of one way traffic. It wasn't too long after the second bridge became operational that the the other sank. So we still had a working bridge, just half the capacity as before but the same as some time before that. Apparently something similar happened to the Hood Canal Bridge. The WA Highway 520 bridge is pictured below going across Lake Washington from Bellevue to UW. Husky Stadium is at the end of the bridge on the upper right. Puget Sound is seen at the top of the photo. I just thought this might be interesting to the folks on the board. The bridges are a unique feature in the PNW. They are kind of fun to drive across. They used to have a section in the middle (I think Hood Canal still does) that would open to boat traffic. The bridges on Lake Washington no longer have that feature, I guess they just go around. You can take a boat to Puget Sound through the Ballard Locks from Lake Washington but I don't think there is any real big boat traffic that does this. So they probably head towards shore to go under the bridge as shown. The lake is blue in this picture. It does not often look like that. This must have been taken on one of the rare non overcast days. mspart

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Oh and he likes to support Hamas and say he really doesn't like them. That is his favorite go to. mspart

He never does. He just likes to get peoples undies in a bunch. mspart

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