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  1. And, I think the War Colleges and other senior field officer training is very specific on these kinds of issues. It's not going to stop some Flynn types, but I think the majority of senior officers will do the right thing.
  2. Well and we get to reap it due to their cowardice.
  3. Also note that that data was gathered from insurance statistics. Does anyone think that insurance pays out on claims for treatment that's not medically necessary? Or, stated differently, if they could reject those claims because elective or not medically necessary that they would not? And, that's relative to ~72 million Americans under age 18. And an even tinier fraction of that is ever going to attempt to participate in a sport that doesn't match their birth certificate. Is this "gender fiasco" really something that should be driving national politics? Really? I mean like, for real? Since it does, ask yourself why?
  4. Yes, let's break this down. The only "different" medical care transgender people ask for is treatment for their gender dysphoria, which may include hormones and eventual surgery. If they receive that treatment, it's because doctors find it medically necessary, or at least justifiable. If insurance covers it, it's for the same reason. It's covered for federal prisoners just like their other medical necessities. But, like other medical necessities for federal prisoners, it is subject to pretty extreme scrutiny by BOP, because they're in the business of denying healthcare whenever they can, 8th Amendment notwithstanding. They routinely discharge cancer patients rather than foot the bill for their treatment, as their continued incarceration would require. We wouldn't begin to question other people's medical diagnoses and treatments across the board unless they were "icky trans." Nor would we accuse the medical community of some vast conspiracy unless it was some lunatic right wing patrioteaglefreedomgun issue.
  5. Ok fine. But, seriously, what difference does it make what your gender is on your drivers license and birth certificate? Do you really think a competitiveness issue like men in women's sports should be the subject of legislation? Especially when it is a tiny fraction of competitors?
  6. What about other stuff? Life getting cheaper for ya there, boyo?
  7. Exactly how is he clearing up the "gender fiasco," and what is it exactly? What government "misappropriation of funds" are you talking about? And what has he done to secure the southern border? How about inflation and the price of gas?
  8. Great info source there, homeshank. All presidents have staffs that assist them. Ironic that you would talk about a 30 hour work week when your orange god has spent 29% of his second term on the golf course. https://trumpgolftrack.com/ Biden has a lifetime of public service, for better or worse, and a staff that generally aligned with his policies. Trump has a lifetime of self-service and a staff that at least superficially serves his interests. The question here is what other interests are they serving? There's some pretty solid evidence that those interests are their own, not Trump's and not the American people's. This, of course, assumes that you believe Trump's interests are aligned with those of the American people.
  9. No, it's really not. Biden started with a whole lot more functional brain than Trump ever had. So it's all relative. The point being, Trump has never been smart enough to understand the long-term ramifications of hardly anything. Someone is pulling his strings. The question being who and why. The answer should frighten you.
  10. Remember that Thiel is largely responsible for both Musk and Vance. He has Trump's ear, one way or another. I think Heritage/P2025 and Thiel/Yarvin types come at it from different angles or directions, but at least temporarily have the same goals.
  11. Yeah, I think it's just arrogance. They think they know how to run shit and should be put in charge.
  12. Certainly is for the plutocrats. I'm not sure what's really motivating the common gooders. It's Catholic fundamentalism raised to the 11th power, though.
  13. Suck harder, Johnny boy. There is some pretty healthy criticism of his own voters implied there.
  14. Well, yeah, have you seen Curtis Yarvin? Peter Thiel? Elmo?
  15. Many of the tech billionaires don't believe democracy is viable and authoritarianism is the answer. See Curtis Yarvin and Peter Thiel. Whether this is an honest belief, pure arrogance, or just wanting to shed government interference with profit-taking is more or less anyone's guess. A fair number of conservative intellectuals advocate something called "common good" constitutionalism. Although it is technically a theory of constitutional interpretation, it basically holds that authoritarians should tell the people what is good for them, that good being defined by allegedly Christian, mostly Catholic, teachings. See Adrian Vermeule and Gladden Pappin. Part and parcel of all of this is accruing power to the executive to rule by fiat and removing checks and balances from the other branches of government, at least until they get in line. So, that's what underlies all of this. I highly doubt Trump is even those plutocrats' ideal of a national leader, but he is a useful idiot. I think Vance is more their type.
  16. Ok tough guy. Reading about and otherwise devoting mental bandwidth to wars that are so deeply politically infected (by other than the politics of the belligerents), like most of the Middle East, is exhausting and depressing. And, as was fairly evident back in November, and inevitable now, there's not going to be a happy ending for Ukraine. I'm glad Russia got exposed and militarily pantsed and wrecked their economy, but I don't think the outcome is going to quite justify that.
  17. Your CofC is showing. Decent religion mostly teaches that the enemy is ourselves.
  18. You can make an argument that USSR was never worthy of our enmity, or the degree we exhibited it; and certainly that the "anti-communist" fever that gripped the country for a half century or so was very wrongheaded and led to a lot of misadventures (e.g. Vietnam, Central America and so on). But, even if you accept that, Russia has a long history of illiberalism, autocracy, brutality, and repression that they have never escaped and are a natural poltical/philiosophical enemy, regardless of the current regime. Putin just makes that worse. The notion that they are a more Christian western power in a secular world is completely absurd.
  19. I think like every dumbass American thinks that if taxes and regulations on the rich are low enough, they'll be the next Bezos or Musk; they also think that an $8k voucher is going to enable them to send their kids to St. Marks, Hockaday, Kinkaid, Country Day, etc. Which is ironic, because the best of those schools are probably as classically liberal and elite as any you'll find. Of course, the real schools they might be able to afford will be grifty-fraudy fundagelical schools whose "education" aligns with current "conservative" thinking and will leave them ill-equipped to do anything real in the world except run for office on a MAGA ticket. And, it enables those who can't afford to move from "diverse" districts and schools to believe that they can finally get their kids away from the dirty darkies. Also, I think there's some vague appeal, like "small government" and "local control" (illusory of course), to letting people out of the "socialism" of paying for education of other people's kids.
  20. Also, in the context of Russia's history as a brutal, autocratic, repressive state vs. us: Stalin:Russia::Trump:USA
  21. So, it occurs to me that perhaps we're trying to replicate Louisiana here. There has been a proliferation of fundagelical private schools in Louisiana of probably dubious educational quality (but sports pipelines, see Evangel in Shreveport, among others). These were ostensibly in response to the decline of public education, severely underfunded in that poor state, but helped along significantly by white flight racism.
  22. The only good that seems to be coming of this shitshow is that Europe (writ large) is having to step the fuck up and take more control of its own security. They had become too dependent on us, and we only too happy, apparently, to secure them. And I don't mean this on a "transactional" basis, as in how much they spend on defense, or how much we spend on their defense, they just need to take more responsibility, I think. Like a lot of Trumpian "policies," there is a tiny nugget of truth somewhere in the enormous, steaming pile of shit, and the above seems to be it. I'm kinda thinking and hoping that by doing this, giving them an external enemy, Europe (again writ large) can turn away from fascist, nationalist populism sooner than later. I think once Europe bands together against the Russian threat, shitbag appeasers like Orban and his marginal country will begin to be ostracized.
  23. What does Col. Dad think about Trump calling him a dope, baby, and loser?
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