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BigFatCoward replied to Ormond's topic in General Chatter
I've been quite clear I only think that rules should govern high end sports. Olympics/world championships etc. nNobody needs to tell a 14 year old they can't play hockey with their mates. -
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Kalbear replied to Ormond's topic in General Chatter
Sure, but those dictations were to add inclusion, not to add exclusion. Note that when the government has stepped in and said things need to change it was to give athletes either more rights (like the NCAA with NIL) or more access (like Title IX). I'm fine if the government wants to make things more expansive, but there are a very, very scant few cases where the government stepped in to regulate a sport, and none that I can find that restricted athlete access. -
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Tears of Lys replied to Ormond's topic in General Chatter
Except I can think of many instances where government DID dictate how a sports league of any size ran their system. Mostly to the benefit of sports in general. I'm sure you can too. Legislating "fairness" can come in many guises. -
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Kalbear replied to Ormond's topic in General Chatter
Eh. I don't think you need that. I don't think you need the rules governing FIFA to apply to rec league soccer. I don't think you need Olympic rules to govern high school diving. I think that at MOST you can take what @karaddin said as the base point and then rule on case by case basis as you go, because the actual amount of people affected is so small that individual judgments can be reasonable. You absolutely do not need to make a blanket condemnation of it or a blanket restriction based on hypotheticals, especially across all sports. And you really, really don't need to create a separate league or set of leagues for sports as a response. And yeah, you might get results that aren't fair to some people. Which is true all the time. Especially in sports. You'll also get some results that are MORE fair to some people. -
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LongRider replied to H Wadsworth Longfellow's topic in General (ASoIaF)
Well, seemed better for awhile, then back to the same old grind. -
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The irony of that scene. It’s why George’s writing is leagues above most people’s. -
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Craving Peaches replied to H Wadsworth Longfellow's topic in General (ASoIaF)
The Targaryens cannot seem to follow rules. Aerys had issues with rules and so did Rhaegar. Daenerys continues the ignoble family trait with what she does to poor Viserys and the black magic. Soon she will start craving blood. -
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BigFatCoward replied to LongRider's topic in General Chatter
I go about 2/3 mayi, 1/3 lemon juice. And it's impossible to have too much black pepper with tuna. -
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Craving Peaches replied to H Wadsworth Longfellow's topic in General (ASoIaF)
Took a break for a while because no wifi or mobile reception and these threads are the delights I am greeted with... -
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BigFatCoward replied to Ormond's topic in General Chatter
I never said governments. Sporting bodies make the rules. But the problem with that is different sports have very different rules, some degree of consistency would be better for everyone imo. -
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Yet you support a house whose motto is 'Fire and Blood'.... -
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He will almost certainly be convicted again, but with a more legitimate trial. Here's potentially a new way of making false accusations: This accuser was relatively inept (among other things, he used computers at the place where he was employed to research how to do this), but he still managed to get a lot of traction: the principal has been suspended since January and his family needed police protection due to harassment at their home. AI tools are only going to get better from this point on and not everyone will be this sloppy so audio accusations of this sort (and, eventually, also video) will become more common.
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Spockydog replied to LongRider's topic in General Chatter
I freakin' love mustard so I'm definitely trying that. -
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Fragile Bird replied to LongRider's topic in General Chatter
Somewhere along the way I read a suggestion that mustard be substituted for the mayo, and I tried it out and liked it very much. I use Dijon, and to my surprise don’t miss the mayo at all. If that’s too radical, do half mayo half mustard, they actual bottle and sell that mix here as Dijonaise. -
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Spockydog replied to LongRider's topic in General Chatter
Chopped onion, a dash of mayo, with sliced tomatoes and black pepper on top. Delicious. -
Presidency and Executive Power! Core Powers! Non-core Power! Elected Nominee in the pas! Non-elected Nominee now! Future uses of criminal law elections! Bad Political Motive! Non-Political Motive! Wishing to stay in power is not a motive to consider! Vindictive investigation and prosecution of previous presidents! No concern of now but the future! When bad things happen because immunity then proved not to be immunity now! No regime of accountability of past presidents. Reagan! Clinton! Public authority or Immunity - Motive? Good grief.
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Kalbear replied to Ormond's topic in General Chatter
I think you can do that, and until you really are having an issue you absolutely should. There is nothing that stops these sport bodies from making very fast rules. In fact they've already done so in other cases that don't involve trans athletes. This isn't constitutional law, it's fucking high school sports and in a few cases small niche sporting events. More importantly I don't think that as a rule sports needs legislation about fairness whatsoever. That's entirely up to those sports leagues. If you need the government to step in and set rules about sporting it should be for either the commercial aspects or literal cases of breaking the law (like Larry Nassar). Why should the government get involved? What is so critical that any government needs to dictate how a sports league of any size runs their system? - Today
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But they'll still overwhelmingly vote for Trump. I know third party candidates always see their numbers drop as the election approaches, but I expect RFK will suffer particularly badly. Nationals polls had him at ~15% last fall, down to 8% today. I would be very surprised if he can hold onto even a third of that when actual votes get counted.