Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread

[MechAg94]

I just want to know how they get these weird talking points out to all these weirdos without anyone outting the weird process... Public Relations execs would LOVE to have the ability to send some sort of weird message out, and have it parroted, uniformly, by most of the media...

Some years back when Rush was still on the air, someone found and got screen shots of a discussion forum that included all the top national news anchors plus plenty of others.  As soon as the screen shots went public, the site was wiped out.  I assumed they restarted it and quietly let the members know where to go.  For the online activists, I assume they follow the leader of certain people they are told.  Plus a lot of it on Twitter and such are bots. 

[Ben]

Oh no! Barron Trump is a weirdo now! Why? Because he didn't eat cafeteria food in High School.

Are the weirdos on the left *expletive deleted*ing kidding? I switched from the cafeteria to the crappy meat(?) burgers at the school snack bar in Junior High. At my schools, only the dorks and "free gov lunch" kids ate in the cafeteria. By High School, we were leaving campus to go eat fast food.

https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/07/31/barron-no-school-lunch-n2399091

[Perd Hapley]

Some years back when Rush was still on the air, someone found and got screen shots of a discussion forum that included all the top national news anchors plus plenty of others.  As soon as the screen shots went public, the site was wiped out.  I assumed they restarted it and quietly let the members know where to go.  For the online activists, I assume they follow the leader of certain people they are told.  Plus a lot of it on Twitter and such are bots.

I think you're referring to Journo-list.

[WLJ]

They allowed two biologic males to compete in women's boxing and they are beating the crap out of their female opponents.

The fight between Italy's Angela Carini and her Algerian opponent Imane Khelif took just 46 seconds, with the Italian throwing her helmet onto the floor as the clash was abandoned, yelling: 'This is unjust.'

Ignoring the Algerian, the Italian fighter then plunged to her knees and burst into tears as she said she had never felt such strong blows in a contest before.

Speaking after the match, the heartbroken Italian said: 'I'm used to suffering. I've never taken a punch like that, it's impossible to continue. I'm nobody to say it's illegal.

'I got into the ring to fight. But I didn't feel like it anymore after the first minute. I started to feel a strong pain in my nose. I didn't give up, but a punch hurt too much and so I said enough. I'm leaving with my head held high.'

Many of the women are obviously afraid to speak out in fear of being banned

She said she did not walk away from the fight as a protest against her opponent's inclusion, but that was a decision for the Olympics to consider.

Female boxer yells 'this is unjust' and falls to her knees in tears as she quits fight against 'biologically male' Olympic opponent Imane Khelif after just 46 SECONDS following two powerful punches
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13697397/Boxer-Imane-Khelif-cleared-compete-Olympics-despite-deemed-biologically-male-leaves-Italian-opponent-tears-fight-abandoned.html

Olympic chiefs DITCHED all gender rules three years ago allowing men identifying as the opposite sex to compete in female competitions, warn experts - as 'biologically male' boxers, Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting, are set to fight women within hours
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13687839/Sports-scientists-Olympics-biological-males-womens-boxing-controversy.html

[Perd Hapley]

Because I figure this thread is a good place for randomly-selected political topics that may not deserve their own threads...

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2024/07/30/mother-jones-freaks-over-secret-plan-to-restore-gun-rights-n1225774

Their report starts with the background of an organization called the Constitutional Defense Fund (CDF). It was founded by a former undercover narcotics officer turned pastor. The issue is apparently summed up in the headline that reads, "The Secret Plan to Strike Down US Gun Laws."

In short: An anonymous funder or funders is bankrolling a legal attack aimed at providing the conservative majority on the Supreme Court an opportunity to wipe out America’s firearms laws. It’s akin to the Christian right’s abortion playbook but for guns....

The motives of many of the players in this drama—gun rights advocates and the conservative lawyers who work for them—are obvious. But Sutherland is more of a mystery. People who have known him for years say they’ve never heard him talk about the Second Amendment or state a position on the gun debate.

One thing Bearing Arms doesn't mention is how Mother Jones would obviously react if Pastor Sutherland actually did talk about gun rights. They'd accuse him of leading a right-wing Christian militia, being a violent extremist, yadda-yadda...

[WLJ]

Because I figure this thread is a good place for randomly-selected political topics that may not deserve their own threads...

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2024/07/30/mother-jones-freaks-over-secret-plan-to-restore-gun-rights-n1225774


One thing Bearing Arms doesn't mention is how Mother Jones would obviously react if Pastor Sutherland actually did talk about gun rights. They'd accuse him of leading a right-wing Christian militia, being a violent extremist, yadda-yadda...

Now they just call him weird

[dogmush]

They allowed two biologic males to compete in women's boxing and they are beating the crap out of their female opponents.
Many of the women are obviously afraid to speak out in fear of being banned

Female boxer yells 'this is unjust' and falls to her knees in tears as she quits fight against 'biologically male' Olympic opponent Imane Khelif after just 46 SECONDS following two powerful punches
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13697397/Boxer-Imane-Khelif-cleared-compete-Olympics-despite-deemed-biologically-male-leaves-Italian-opponent-tears-fight-abandoned.html

Olympic chiefs DITCHED all gender rules three years ago allowing men identifying as the opposite sex to compete in female competitions, warn experts - as 'biologically male' boxers, Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting, are set to fight women within hours
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13687839/Sports-scientists-Olympics-biological-males-womens-boxing-controversy.html

It seems like it's more complicated than that though.  I was reading up on this last night after I saw a Libs of TikTok tweet, and most of X jumped on her.

With the cave that the internet is retarded around Trans issues, here's what I've found:

Both those boxers were born, and immediately identified as female.  They have never called themselves anything but female. Never I'D as men, never Trans, have been girls their whole life.

Both were doing very well, and expected to medal in the World Championships last year, run by the International Boxing Association. During that competition they tested positive for high levels of Testosterone,  and they were DNA tested.  The IBA said they tested positive for XY chromosomes and DQ'd them.

The Olympics has said they passed Medical Requirements without detailing those requirements.

Obviously Genetic disorders are rare, but it sounds more like these are women, with XY chromosomes, but otherwise functional female anatomy, not men pretending to be women.

I would imagine that that particular genetic disorder would make a woman produce a lot of T, have denser bones and build muscle mass faster than a women without it, but seems like a natural advantage?   Assuming it's a condition they were born with.

[WLJ]

A case of where do you draw the line in such events and there are cases where the line isn't straight.

[MechAg94]

So under normal circumstances (at least in the past) they would fail drug testing due to the high testosterone. 

The skeptic in me wants to question the records that they were always female.  And I also wonder if the "male" gene stuff is masking actual steroid use.     ....but I haven't been following this and know very little about it. 

[dogmush]

I dunno, As I said I just started looking into it when a whole bunch of folks on X told Libs of TikTok she was incorrect for calling them men.  And not the screeching woke harpy folks, but seemingly normal folks.

I also don't know about what levels of Testostorone would be illegal in Women's Boxing.  I find it telling that the T levels didn't get them kicked out last year, they just triggered the chromosome test.  Why do a DNA test it the T levels are high enough to break the rules?

I note that the boxers in question are from Tiawan and Algeria.  Not places known for their super tolerant feelings towards the woke, Algeria especially.

[WLJ]

The skeptic in me wants to question the records that they were always female. 

And Harris was never Border Czar.

Just hat stuff but it would be relatively easy for countries to fake the records to enable them to increase their changes of getting a gold metal at the Olympics

[cordex]

... it would be relatively easy for countries to fake the records to enable them to increase their changes of getting a gold metal at the Olympics

Surely no country would sink so low as to try to cheat at the Olympics.

[WLJ]

I note that the boxers in question are from Tiawan and Algeria.  Not places known for their super tolerant feelings towards the woke, Algeria especially.

They can be surprisingly tolerant of people who had no choice because of a chromosome throw of the dice that was the will of Allah. What they are not tolerant of however is people who think they can pick and choose their gender at will.

[JTHunter]

Now they just call him weird.

Speaking of weird - -.

[MechAg94]

They can be surprisingly tolerant of people who had no choice because of a chromosome throw of the dice that was the will of Allah. What they are not tolerant of however is people who think they can pick and choose their gender at will.

Not to mention they are beating up on a bunch of women who are not Muslim and don't wear the required clothing. 

Many of those people are just as prone to be amateur lawyers about the rules if it gets them the results they are looking for. 

[MechAg94]

UK man imprisoned for 4 months after walking up to cops wielding 6-inch Master Sword
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/uk-man-imprisoned-for-4-months-after-walking-up-to-cops-wielding-6-inch-master-sword/

That "bladed article" was, in fact, the sword that seals the darkness: Link's Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda series. A sheathed six-inch blade that could be drawn at the press of a button, Bray's claim that the gadget was just a fidget toy didn't hold much water with the badges, who "tried to explain to Bray that, despite its intended purpose, it was in fact a sharply pointed item which could be used as a weapon and might put others in fear of it being used against them."

https://globalnews.ca/news/10604050/zelda-replica-sword-man-jailed-nuneaton-uk/



Makes me a little curious as to the record of those cops and that judge on actual criminals who use blades in crimes.  I suspect this guy got a harsher sentence than many of the real criminals.  Just a educated guess.

Thanks to Skallagrim for highlighting the story.
Jailed for "Wielding" a "Fidget Toy"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYa8EQvFvl4

[Perd Hapley]

When he tells the blokes in nick that he's in for coming at the filth with a sword, he's going to hope they don't go looking for details.

[K Frame]

To think... Britain once conquered much of the world.

Now they can't even conquer their fear of pointy toys.

[WLJ]

Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing 6-inch Master Swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.”

[griz]

I guess it is shaped like a sword, but I think the bamboo skewer that was in my chicken teriyaki is more dangerous.

[Perd Hapley]

Canada crumbling?

https://pjmedia.com/david-solway-2/2024/08/03/clinging-to-power-canada-style-n4931324

[K Frame]

Canada crumbling?

https://pjmedia.com/david-solway-2/2024/08/03/clinging-to-power-canada-style-n4931324

I'm shocked that it's taken this long.

Fortunately they were buoyed by all of the liberals who moved North, especially the famous liberals acting on their word, after the Bush II and Trump presidencies.

Oh, wait....

[WLJ]

I'm putting this here

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Crazy Nancy's delusions have reached a new level — saying Biden should be added to Mt. Rushmore

https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1820148648782512426


Crazy Nancy Pelosi Suggests an 'Interesting' Addition to Mount Rushmore (WATCH)
https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1820148648782512426

Needs to be a anti-drinking video "This is your brain on vodka"

[MechAg94]

Canada crumbling?

https://pjmedia.com/david-solway-2/2024/08/03/clinging-to-power-canada-style-n4931324

I hadn't heard of this one.  I can really see leftists in the US pushing something like this.  Crazy SC nominees would love to rule that the 1st only applies to journalists and then define it as those that are licensed. 

Trudeau has also introduced a “Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization” licence, the purpose of which is to ban unfriendly or dissident journalism as “disinformation.” News and Opinion outlets critical of Trudeau and his administration would be refused access to interviews, funding, and research sources. Only state-funded media would be granted these privileges, which means the overwhelming majority of the country’s bought press agencies.

[Ben]

I'm putting this here

https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1820148648782512426


Crazy Nancy Pelosi Suggests an 'Interesting' Addition to Mount Rushmore (WATCH)
https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1820148648782512426

Needs to be a anti-drinking video "This is your brain on vodka"

I have been fascinated by all the "Biden is the greatest President of all time!" stuff. Not that I liked them, but no Obama? No Clinton? Or how about Kennedy, who was better than all three of them. I mean, Obama was the savior, and Biden was his bumbling court jester, even to the left. Is it gaslighting, or is it GenZ, who thinks that history started in 2016?