Tripnsweep

I think he's guilty. People who have that kind of knowledge and training know what appropriate use of force is. If I killed somebody under those circumstances, I'd be guilty too. I think the problem is the excessive use of force. You can easily get caught up in the moment, adrenaline is going, I get that. But if you kill somebody then you have to face some kind of consequences. This wasn't like a fist fight where somebody got hit in the head and died accidentally. This was a guy who had already subdued somebody he felt was a threat, and held onto his neck in a choke for too long and killed him. It wasn't premeditated, it doesn't sound like he was a particular sort to be an asshole, he just got caught up and unfortunately he killed somebody. I think the charges he's facing are appropriate.

Gogi Kougashvili. 5x world champion, 1x Olympic bronze medalist in 3 or 4 trips to the Olympics. And this guy in the red singlet.

"They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists." Literally the first words out of his mouth.

Sounds like what happened in the lead up to the 88 Olympics.

Most other athletes don't really care either. At least ones who are competing at a high level. I don't think the teams that forfeited or complained really care that deeply, it's just a way to score political points.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-37230916 Literally the first words out of his mouth.

I think her home country is too conservative for that to happen. But if it did, I don't think it would make a big difference to her, because in her view, that would mean she didn't work hard enough to win that spot. It's a much different mentality for her, winning is basically what matters. When she went to worlds 6 years ago and lost in the first round to a girl she had beaten by tech fall at some other tournament, there wasn't any kind of woe is me feeling sorry for herself. Literally the next day she was drilling at 6am obsessively. Things like whether somebody is transgender don't register or take up any thoughts because it just distracted from thinking about how to win.

WeeWillie needs to pay his gambling losses somehow.

I didn't like Breck at all. I got hurt after having been at ABasin, Breck, Loveland, Brian Head, and Mount Charleston in successive weekends. At of all places, Snowbowl in Arizona. Go figure.

I got permanently injured by an idiot who had no business on a black run who hit me from behind like that. I wasn't in a blind spot, but it didn't matter. If I had realized at the time how bad it was, I would have gotten their information.

My wife wrestled internationally for years. I once asked her what she thought of things like this, given that she could end up wrestling a transgender person. She didn't care. She said that in her view it didn't matter because she still needed to beat them, so worrying about things like this, that she can't control or do anything about, is a waste of mental energy and she'd just rather be focused on winning. That and she also felt that she was stronger than any average guy her size so it wouldn't matter.

I'd tell you I'm shocked but I'm not. The grift continues.

A Trump sycophant lost the election to the US Senate in my state to a guy who was pretty open about his liberal leaning. Then again he was also a combat veteran who isn't full of *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me* either.

So please, point out exactly what is false about it?

Meanwhile..... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-ethics-transition-agreement-b2656246.html?utm_source=reddit.com

Honestly good. I was against it, but after seeing how Trump pardoned people so they wouldn't have to cut deals and testify against him to avoid prison, I say good. He should pardon anyone who Trump hates on the way out just for good measure.

Our immigration rules are much different, more complex and have a lot of places where things aren't clear. Which is why we have judges in ICE court who decide things like removals on a case by case basis. I've helped people successfully avoid being deported, even though there was definitely enough cause to do so. Also if somebody walks across the border and immediately surrenders to BP and is asking for asylum, then that is not illegal. So you have to determine what would compel somebody to do something desperate like that. Did you know that if you have even a halfway competent attorney, you can delay removal proceedings for years, be able to claim legal status, work legally, etc while appealing your removal? I've had other ones where I thought it was a slam dunk where we would win and the judge ruled against us. Not for lack of trying. Sometimes it just doesn't go your way. But most of the time I've helped on cases, we've been pretty successful. So short answer, the laws concerning ICE are not exactly black and white. The NCAA rules are very clear though.

Sounds like you've never played sports. Trust me, especially in college, you know everything. Hell even if you aren't on the team but have close friends who are, you know things about their teammates. An old acquaintance played D1 ball and even though he eventually got booted out of school, twice, the stuff he let us non athletes in on would have ruined the football program if it ever got out. So yes I'm pretty sure they knew about their teammate being transgender, but until it became politically expedient, nobody cared. It wasn't like she was the sole reason they were winning.

Which has what to do with this exactly? Is this person also an illegal immigrant?

If it's a safety issue then why didn't anyone say anything or care 2 years ago?

I don't really see why anyone cares that much. As far as the NCAA is concerned, she meets the criteria to be eligible to play. If people are upset, take it up with the NCAA. They made the rules. And honestly, I am just tired of hearing about this crap. Who cares if somebody is transgender or not? I don't.

Nobody seemed to care about her playing for the last couple of years.

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2022/1/19/media-center-board-of-governors-updates-transgender-participation-policy.aspx

Tell me you're stupid without telling me you're stupid. This isn't some simple thing. Like if you go bald, you don't put a wig on and claim that it's real. Or if you're 5'7 you don't insist you're really 6'4. Where both sides are wrong is that there is a simple or easy fix to this. Trump makes the worst argument because he just plays to stupid people who believe things like Haitian immigrants eat pets, Mexicans are all drug traffickers and rapists (he launched his first presidential bid by saying that). We don't have a problem with illegal immigration. I'll maintain that opinion until something changes. Our problem is we're addicted to cheap and or illegal labor and employment. If that wasn't a possibility, then you would see it a lot less. As far as stopping people at the border, short of basically putting up various traps, and ordering the military to shoot people on sight, both of which would be violations of international law, you aren't going to stop people. You probably don't know, don't care and probably won't even read this far because you saw something bright and shiny, but poor and desperate people with little to lose who try coming here illegally aren't going to be easily discouraged. To them, coming here to wash dishes at Denny's is a lot better than what they could have hoped for wherever they come from. So to someone like that, they're going to find a way or die trying. The corpses of the unfortunate ones are scattered all across the Tohono O'odham reservation as proof of that. Have you ever found a dead and decaying dead body like that? I have. It's not pleasant and extremely sad.