While the Nation is preoccupied with the appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, it appears there will soon be another vacancy on the US Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had a re-occurrence of malignant melanoma, she has told her law clerks. Ginsburg was treated in 1999 for colon cancer and had surgery in 2009 for pancreatic cancer.
She has told key Democratic members of the Senate about her medical condition, including ranking Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee Dianne Feinstein. This explains in part the "take no prisoners" attitude of the Democrats during the Kavanaugh nomination, carefully orchestrating weak 37 year old allegations against Kavanaugh by Women he barely remembers knowing in High School and College.
Now to be clear... this is not being "widely reported" - and the Santa Monica Observer is not exactly Reuters, so it's unclear exactly how accurate this report is. Heck, it's not even made it's way to the Drudge Report as of yet. And Drudge is not exactly shy about linking to dubious sources if the story is interesting enough. So my gut feeling is that this may not actually be a real "scoop".
But it would explain why the underlying attacks on Judge Kavanaugh seemed so over the top and oh so desperate. It also is something extremely interesting to casually "chat about" in a non emotional manner.
There is no question that if Ruth Bader Ginsburg retires from the USSC that the collective liberal psyche will explode.
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If true the Democrats and their friends in the media are about to find out how hollow their "victory" is.
There are now enough GOP senators to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett over the objections of Mukowski and Collins.
Although I suspect Trump will be more receptive to Collins' objections than Mukowski.
The deciding vote to put Barrett will be senator Scott of Florida.
Josh Hawley , senator MO.
Ran on confirming conservative Judges.
There are now enough GOP senators to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett over the objections of Mukowski and Collins.
indeed, though i wonder what egregious and disgusting lies will be told about her to ruin her life on her way to the USSC?
even though the votes are there i would fully expect a feckless cunt like harris or a walking shitstain like whitehouse to hurt the woman as much as humanly possible.
I think she's one tough lady and the blowback against the liberals will be awesome. Fienstien has already expose herself as an anti-catholic bigot during her first hearings.
i don't think the liberals care. they know no shame. it's going to be one big "here, hold my beer" moment for the left side of the judiciary committee.
they are fully content to ruin the life of a confirmation lock just because they can.
Don't think Linsey Graham will let them get away with what they pulled against Kavanaugh and I'm not sure they want to after their antics cost them five senate seats.
On the other hand the entire Democrat caucus is AOC stupid.
There are now enough GOP senators to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett over the objections of Mukowski and Collins.
Yeah, but what about Jeff Flake? Oh wait... nevermind.
. Fienstien has already expose herself as an anti-catholic bigot during her first hearings.
And do you have a direct line to a psychic??? Just keep fellating cramps and making shit up....it is all you ever do.....friggin idiotic ass wipe....
C.H. Truth said...
There are now enough GOP senators to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett
Skins versus shirts....yeah you sure have enough votes to loose more women from the Grand Old Man Party.....brilliant CH et al....
Trump has just said that he doesn't believe that the crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has committed murder. The CIA has said that there is no doubt.
He also said that his daughter's use of private email has not been in violation of the regulations for his daughter. Lock Her Up applied to Hillary Clinton but not his daughter he wants to fuck.
I don't think that the Democrats can block the nomination process. Of course we should meet the standards by Mitch Mcconnell and wait until the election in just two years.
Bullshit CS
Roger Amick said...
Trump has just said that he doesn't believe that the crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has committed murder. The CIA has said that there is no doubt.
and i say - who gives a fuck? khasshogi was a raghead, moose-limb brotherhood, osama bin laden buddy. whoever took him out did the world a favor.
mexico has had a scourge of journalists murdered by the drug cartels and i haven't seen the amazon post shed a tear or report on any of it. nor have you mentioned it because you can't feign outrage with it to make trump look bad.
of private email has not been in violation of the regulations for his daughter.
There is no clear knowledge of the e-mail content and only the FBI reviewing them can disclose if classified information was transmitted....You going to believe Ivanka or her lawyer...???? You wing nuts sure did not buy Clintons excuses, why should you all here?????? Oh I know,,,,,It's a trump and they all tell the truth!!!
Attorneys for the president said that they turned over his answers to a series of questions from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III about Trump’s knowledge of the Russian government’s efforts to assist his 2016 White House bid.
The inquiries address only a portion of the questions that Mueller has sought to pose to Trump for nearly a year, when he first requested an interview with president.
and i say - who gives a fuck?
Bingo, rat the fucking hole don't give a fuck because he is a moose limb.....more proof a worm has eaten what little brain you had....!!! Only 1/3 the world is moose limb and rectum breath doing his best to fuck them all!!!Watch out for fleas...LOL
There is no reason to discuss issues with the racist rodent bastard. Jimmy is a bigot of the worst kind. A typical base of the President.
and i say - who gives a fuck? khasshogi was a raghead, moose-limb brotherhood, osama bin laden buddy. whoever took him out did the world a favor.
He wishes that the President could murder the Fake News reporters.
F the Left.
! Only 1/3 the world is moose limb
Wow 1.5 billion is a third of 7.7 billion, who knew.
No wonder you went to a shit school in Jersey, you don’t know remedial math
Idiot
Historically no one is more vapid the rehab Barbie Amuck.
Is President Trump at the end of his 2nd term Rehab Barbie?
Dopie on math, one more subject he failed at.
Geez pauline, you can actually calculate a simple fraction...pretty good for an alleged actuarial minor...LOLOLOLO Maybe you need a piece of fucking them like rectum breath...probably be the best piece of pussy you have had in ages....idiot..
And as always fatty, you can’t admit you made shit up
Nothing unusual
Trump
The world is a very dangerous place!
The country of Iran, as an example, is responsible for a bloody proxy war against Saudi Arabia in Yemen, trying to destabilize Iraq’s fragile attempt at democracy, supporting the terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon, propping up dictator Bashar Assad in Syria (who has killed millions of his own citizens), and much more. Likewise, the Iranians have killed many Americans and other innocent people throughout the Middle East. Iran states openly, and with great force, “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!” Iran is considered “the world’s leading sponsor of terror.”
On the other hand, Saudi Arabia would gladly withdraw from Yemen if the Iranians would agree to leave. They would immediately provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance. Additionally, Saudi Arabia has agreed to spend billions of dollars in leading the fight against Radical Islamic Terrorism.
After my heavily negotiated trip to Saudi Arabia last year, the Kingdom agreed to spend and invest $450 billion in the United States. This is a record amount of money. It will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, tremendous economic development, and much additional wealth for the United States. Of the $450 billion, $110 billion will be spent on the purchase of military equipment from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and many other great U.S. defense contractors. If we foolishly cancel these contracts, Russia and China would be the enormous beneficiaries - and very happy to acquire all of this newfound business. It would be a wonderful gift to them directly from the United States!
The crime against Jamal Khashoggi was a terrible one, and one that our country does not condone. Indeed, we have taken strong action against those already known to have participated in the murder. After great independent research, we now know many details of this horrible crime. We have already sanctioned 17 Saudis known to have been involved in the murder of Mr. Khashoggi, and the disposal of his body.
Representatives of Saudi Arabia say that Jamal Khashoggi was an “enemy of the state” and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, but my decision is in no way based on that – this is an unacceptable and horrible crime. King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman vigorously deny any knowledge of the planning or execution of the murder of Mr. Khashoggi. Our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information, but it could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event – maybe he did and maybe he didn’t!
maybe he did and maybe he didn’t!
The CIA told the President that he had ordered the murder of a journalist.
You just know that if Barack Obama made the same decision (and he would have) Roger would call it a strategic imperative and praise him for his real politick.
Yep, what did the lazy o bimbo call his shot, oh yeah.
"Strategic Navel gazing".
Failure.
Avanaughty is a sorry piece of shot. Perfect for the Democrat and a run for President.
Cray Cray o bimbo
"“The reason we don't” invest in climate change policies, Obama said, “is because we are still confused, blind, shrouded with hate, anger, racism — mommy issues.”
The comments drew laughter from the audience.
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This is huge
WASHINGTON — President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to according to two people familiar with the conversation.
The lawyer, Donald F. McGahn II, rebuffed the president, saying that he had no authority to order a prosecution. Mr. McGahn said that while he could request an investigation, that too could prompt accusations of abuse of power. To underscore his point, Mr. McGahn had White House lawyers write a memo for Mr. Trump warning that if he asked law enforcement to investigate his rivals, he could face a range of consequences, including possible impeachment.
The encounter was one of the most blatant examples yet of how Mr. Trump views the typically independent Justice Department as a tool to be wielded against his political enemies. It took on additional significance in recent weeks when Mr. McGahn left the White House and Mr. Trump appointed a relatively inexperienced political loyalist, Matthew G. Whitaker, as the acting attorney general.
You are a fucking liar and asshole.
Yawn
Roger, you never ever think for yourself.
"Matthew G. Whitaker is serving as Acting Attorney General.
Prior to becoming Acting Attorney General, Mr. Whitaker served as Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He was appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa on June 15, 2004 by President George W. Bush. While U.S. Attorney, he served on the Controlled Substances and Asset Forfeiture Subcommittee of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee and was a member of both the White Collar Crime Subcommittee and the Violent and Organized Crime Subcommittee. Previously, Whitaker was a managing partner of Des Moines based law firm, Whitaker Hagenow & Gustoff LLP. He was also the Executive Director for FACT, The Foundation for Accountability & Civic Trust, between 2014 and 2017.
Mr. Whitaker graduated with a Master of Business Administration, Juris Doctor, and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa."
Which college degree do you hold Roger??
In his conversation with Mr. McGahn, the president asked what stopped him from ordering the Justice Department to investigate Mr. Comey and Mrs. Clinton, the two people familiar with the conversation said. He did have the authority to ask the Justice Department to investigate, Mr. McGahn said, but warned that making such a request could create a series of problems.
Mr. McGahn promised to write a memo outlining the president’s authorities. In the days that followed, lawyers in the White House Counsel’s Office wrote a several-page document in which they strongly cautioned Mr. Trump against asking the Justice Department to investigate anyone.
The lawyers laid out a series of consequences. For starters, Justice Department lawyers could refuse to follow Mr. Trump’s orders even before an investigation began, setting off another political firestorm.
If charges were brought, judges could dismiss them. And Congress, they added, could investigate the president’s role in a prosecution and begin impeachment proceedings.
Ultimately, the lawyers warned, Mr. Trump could be voted out of office if voters believed he had abused his power.
Mr. Trump’s frustrations about Mr. Comey and Mrs. Clinton were a recurring refrain, a former White House official said. “Why aren’t they going after” them?, the president would ask of Justice Department officials.
For decades, White House aides have routinely sought to shield presidents from decisions related to criminal cases or even from talking about them publicly. Presidential meddling could undermine the legitimacy of prosecutions by attaching political overtones to investigations in which career law enforcement officials followed the evidence and the law.
Perhaps more than any president since Richard M. Nixon, Mr. Trump has been accused of trying to exploit his authority over law enforcement. Witnesses have told the special counsel’s investigators about how Mr. Trump tried to end an investigation into an aide, install loyalists to oversee the inquiry into his campaign and fire Mr. Mueller.
In addition, Mr. Trump has attacked the integrity of Justice Department officials, claiming they are on a “witch hunt” to bring him down.
Gee Roger...
Since the Obama administration "did" actually abuse FICA and other resources to start an investigation into a political opponent...
Are you suggesting that is a ethical violation or something?
Or is it okay when Trump is investigated, but not the other way around?
He also said that his daughter's use of private email has not been in violation of the regulations for his daughter
And do you have any evidence that it's not?
It's actually not against the law to use private email for certain things. In fact, there are regulations that cover how you preserve anything from a private email to government archives.
It is, however, against the law to use private email for classified documents, and it's against the law not to delete or not preserve those emails, and it's against the law to conduct certain types of business on personal email.
Or did you forget that this was the Hillary defense? That nothing she sent or received was classified?
There it is. A manufactured investigation. Someone accuses Ivanka of some kinda email gate, and the house now says they'll investigate.
Whatxa crock of shit.
She had correspondent with Cabinet members and staff members. The White House staff has been reporting that she was informed that she was not supposed to use the private email.
Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal records rules, according to people familiar with a White House examination of her correspondence.
White House ethics officials learned of Trump’s repeated use of personal email when reviewing emails gathered last fall by five Cabinet agencies to respond to a public records lawsuit. That review revealed that throughout much of 2017, she often discussed or relayed official White House business using a private email account with a domain that she shares with her husband, Jared Kushner.
The discovery alarmed some advisers to President Trump, who feared that his daughter’s practices bore similarities to the personal email use of Hillary Clinton, an issue he made a focus of his 2016 campaign. He attacked his Democratic challenger as untrustworthy and dubbed her “Crooked Hillary” for using a personal email account as secretary of state.
Some aides were startled by the volume of Ivanka Trump’s personal emails — and taken aback by her response when questioned about the practice. She said she was not familiar with some details of the rules, according to people with knowledge of her reaction.
The White House referred requests for comment to Ivanka Trump’s attorney and ethics counsel, Abbe Lowell.
comparisons between Ivanka Trump and Clinton were nonetheless obvious as House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced their intention to investigate, in letters to White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly and acting White House counsel Emmet Flood. They demanded a full account of exactly how many emails Trump sent and received, on what subjects, and whether she had preserved them in accordance with the Presidential Records Act.
You want to lock her up. Why don't you apply the same standards?
The bombshell is the use of the Department of justice to investigate his political opponents. The Department of justice doesn't report to the President. He was warned that he could be impeached for the use of the Department of justice for his own political purposes.
You're going to claim that Obama did the same things. Investigators in the Republican controlled house didn't find any evidence to support the accusations.
The FBI investigated the accusations of Clinton using the private server to discuss security issues and secret information.
Comey was fired because he had not found evidence that the accusations.
Saudi Arabia has committed murder. Trump is celebrating the death of a journalist.
Not most Republicans are agreeing with him.
What they're saying:
Republicans:
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.): "I never thought I’d see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia."
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.): "'Great allies' don’t plot the murder of journalists, Mr. President. 'Great allies' don’t lure their own citizens into a trap, then kill them."
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.): "Our foreign policy must be about promoting our national interests. It is in our natl interest to defend human rights. HR violations lead to mass migration, help extremism flourish & often result in new governments hostile towards the U.S. because we supported their oppressors."
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.): "This is an utterly absurd, irresponsible, and repugnant statement from @POTUS. No amount of money justifies the betrayal of our principles and values as Americans."
Democrats:
Making shot up.
"Comey was fired because he had not found evidence that the accusations."
Since the Obama administration "did" actually abuse FICA and other resources to start an investigation into a political opponent...
The investigation into the accusations by the Republican controlled house. Nothing was wrong.
Making stuff up 2
"Trump is celebrating the death of a journalist. "
Comey was fired for another reason. He refused to suspend the investigation into the Russian government into the election of Donald Trump.
My opinion based upon my observation of the President and his claim that the free press is the enemy of the people.
"Trump is celebrating the death of a journalist. "
You wish he could kill the CNN reporter who pissed him off.
You're up Roger, lie #3 ???
You wish he could kill the CNN reporter who pissed him off.
If he did that CH would have been excited.
Kput'z shut up
his point, Mr. McGahn had White House lawyers write a memo for Mr. Trump warning that if he asked law enforcement to investigate his rivals, he could face a range of consequences, including possible impeachment.
The encounter was one of the most blatant examples yet of how Mr. Trump views the typically independent Justice Department as a tool to be wielded against his political enemies. It took on additional significance in recent weeks when Mr. McGahn left the White House and Mr. Trump appointed a relatively inexperienced political loyalist, Matthew G. Whitaker, as the acting attorney general.
It is unclear whether Mr. Trump read Mr. McGahn’s memo or whether he pursued the prosecutions further. But the president has continued to privately discuss the matter, including the possible appointment of a second special counsel to investigate both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Comey ... He has also repeatedly expressed disappointment in the F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, for failing to more aggressively investigate Mrs. Clinton, calling him weak ...
CNN reports Trump didn't just approach McGahn with his desires. He also discussed prosecuting Clinton both with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Whitaker.
President Donald Trump on multiple occasions raised with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Matt Whitaker, who was then-chief of staff to Jeff Sessions, whether the Justice Department was progressing in investigating Hillary Clinton, according to a source familiar with the matter.
(...)
Anticipating the question about Clinton would be raised, Whitaker came prepared to answer with what Justice was doing on Clinton-related matters, including the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One investigations, the source said. The source added that Whitaker was trying to appease the President, but did not seem to cross any line.
In July 2016, Whitaker wrote an opinion piece for USA Today saying he would have indicted Clinton.
Trump's animosity toward Comey is clear but what the president believed DOJ could prosecute him for is ambiguous.
Whittaker took a lot of money from curious people.
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's public financial disclosure forms show a man who made almost $1 million from a charity that claimed him as its only employee and who collected legal fees from a company charged with fraud.
Washington Post:
The form, which Whitaker first filled out after taking over as Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s chief of staff, shows Whitaker drew a salary from the conservative Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust of $904,000 and collected $1,875 in legal fees from World Patent Marketing.
That company is notable because it shut down in May and agreed to pay a settlement of more than $25 million to resolve a Federal Trade Commission inquiry into its practices.
Whitaker also reported a $103,000 distribution from his own law firm and $15,000 in consulting fees from CNN, the form shows. He reported that he had two liabilities of between $10,000 and $15,000 in 2017 — both credit card accounts.
The disclosure report covers 2016 through October 2017, when Whitaker started at the Justice Department. Although Whitaker first signed it in November 2017, the report was revised several times after he took over as acting attorney general in the wake of Sessions’s ouster.
The Associated Press' Chad Day notes Whitaker's disclosure forms were revised as recently as today.
Even before his financial disclosure was made public, Whitaker’s finances had come under intense scrutiny.
Over the past two decades, Whitaker owned a day-care center, a concrete supply business and a trailer manufacturer; served as the U.S. attorney in Iowa; and before coming to the Justice Department to be Sessions’s chief of staff, did legal commentary and led the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, which described itself as a watchdog nonprofit dedicated to exposing unethical conduct by public officials.
Whitaker also was involved in a taxpayer-subsidized effort to rehabilitate an apartment building for affordable housing in Des Moines but made little progress — frustrating city leaders — and ultimately walked away from the project.
Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker's 2016-2017 public financial disclosure
On Cue, 4th lie.
"You wish he could kill the CNN reporter who pissed him off." Rehab Barbie Amick
The department of justice is not his personal political tool.
You accused that Obama had done similar things. If it was true he could have been impeached.
This is how bananas dictatorship works.
The DOJ is an not his weapon.
Roger, are you done?
Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker
Has our alky hitting the bottle. Hard!! And pissing on himself like his alcoholic dad used to.
Ivanka used a private email account to conduct government business during the first year of the Trump administration.
I don't drink alcohol anymore.
My father was not an alcoholic. He liked beer but I didn't see him intoxicated ever.
In the three years after he arrived in Washington in 2014, Matthew G. Whitaker received more than $1.2 million as the leader of a charity that reported having no other employees, some of the best pay of his career.
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust described itself as a new watchdog nonprofit dedicated to exposing unethical conduct by public officials. For Whitaker, it became a lucrative steppingstone in a swift rise from a modest law practice in Iowa to the nation’s top law enforcement job. As FACT’s president, he regularly appeared on radio and television, often to skewer liberals.
But FACT’s origins and the source of funding used to pay Whitaker — now the acting attorney general — remain obscured. An examination of state and federal records, and interviews with those involved, show that the group is part of a national network of nonprofits that often work in concert to amplify conservative messages.
Contrary to its claims in news releases and a tax filing, the group was created under a different name two years before Whitaker’s arrival, according to incorporation and IRS records. At least two of the organizers were involved in another conservative charity using the same address.
In its application to the IRS for status as a tax-exempt organization, the organizers reported that the group would study the impact of environmental regulations on businesses, records show. In that incarnation, the group took no action and “only existed on paper,” one man named in IRS filings as a board member told The Washington Post. Another named in a state filing as a board member said he never agreed to be on the board.
Whitaker’s 2017 pay from the charity — more than $500,000 for the first nine months, or half the charity’s receipts for the year, according to tax filings — and the group’s earlier, dormant incarnation have not been previously reported by media.
Whitaker did not respond to requests for interviews. Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec declined to answer detailed questions about his involvement in FACT, referring a reporter to the charity.
Lie big as Roger and his drunk daddy .
"Democrat Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams claimed Tuesday that a poll worker in her precinct nearly denied her a ballot on Election Day.
Abrams, who recently lost the Georgia gubernatorial election to Republican Brian Kemp, said she had problems at her polling place because the poll worker thought she voted with an absentee ballot."
F the Left.
With the Presidence set by Naco President Hillary. This is not a crime.
"Ivanka used a private email account to conduct government business during the first year of the Trump administration."
Daddy was a mean drunk so Roger didn't fall down drunk far from dad.
You want to lock her up. Why don't you apply the same standards?
The same standards would require the same actions.
Clinton sent and received classified information over a private server. She deleted 30,000 emails. She wiped the server after it was subpoenaed by the FBI...
Oh, and yeah. She got off without any consequences.
Not only did you not hold Clinton accountable for any of that... you voted for her to be President.
Why obviously didn't see it as a big deal when it was Clinton.
But as things go for people with TDS....
When the name is Trump, well that's a different story.
The department of justice is not his personal political tool.
Tell that to all the Police Departments who were "investigated" by Eric Holder at the bidding of Obama. Not to mention that the DOJ was ultimately responsible for much of the Trump investigation.
The reality Roger... is everyone expects that the Attorney General is appointed by and follows the same beliefs and pushes the same policy choices as the President.
That is why the President is allowed to nominate his own cabinet.
It's never, ever, ever been an "independent branch" and there is nowhere in the law or constitution that suggests as such.
Unless of course the President has the last name Trump, huh?
Then everything is different....
Either you've been drinking Rog, or you are suffering from acute TDS.
Roger Amick said...
This is huge
no alky, it's not huge...
...it's maggie haberman and her merry band of anonymous sources.
LOL.
good one alky.
You accused that Obama had done similar things. If it was true he could have been impeached.
the politics of being the shiny new and very first magic negro president made impeaching 0linsky, while well deserved, an impossibility alky.
"Sorry Mr. President. We would have gotten bin Laden sooner, but our bone spurs were acting up. And then it rained."
The chairman of the Department of Justice swears aligence to the Constitution of the United States.
Not the President.
Scott you know better but you have completely lost your fucking mind.
Wesley K. Clark
Special to the Washington Post
Of all the roles of the presidency, commander in chief was perhaps the one that candidate Donald Trump most relished. His take-charge style, his hat and slogan, his command presence on the stage, his early experience at New York Military Academy and his boasting that “I know more about ISIS than the generals do” demonstrated his inclinations. And many Americans, including service members and veterans, believed that he would be a strong and effective commander in chief.
Yet as president, Trump’s actions and behavior have led service members and veterans to question whether he really understands who a commander in chief is, or what he does.
I served under eight presidents. I applied for West Point as President John F. Kennedy confronted the Soviets in Berlin, went to Vietnam under President Richard Nixon and came home on a stretcher, worked in the White House under President Gerald Ford, and eventually retired as NATO supreme allied commander under President Bill Clinton. I ran for the presidency myself out of deep concern as the ill-considered Iraq War unfolded under President George W. Bush. My heart is with the men and women in uniform, as well as our veterans. It is that affinity that brings me to these observations.
President Trump believes he honors and respects the military. He praises our men and women constantly. “I don’t think anybody’s been more with the military than I have, as a president,” he told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” He has appointed numerous generals to serve in his administration (“I have generals that are great generals”) and gained pay raises and hikes in defense spending. He fired the VA chief. He has a snappy salute and appreciates a good military parade, like the one he saw in France last year. He wants to be loved, respected and admired, no doubt.
But there is more to being commander in chief. He commands us, but he also represents us. The military is mission-oriented and values-based. The mission is protecting the United States, securing our freedoms, advancing our interests. The commander in chief sets the directions, makes the big decisions and inspires us to carry out the mission. And in his person and character, he represents the men and women who serve, as well as the veterans. He is actually our chief recruiter, too. We are loyal, regardless of which party is in power or who is in the Oval Office. We can’t be bought. We believe in selfless service, telling truth to power, choosing the harder right over the easier wrong. We honor noble sacrifice.
For Trump, trouble began on several of these fronts before he was even in office. He dismissed the service and sacrifice of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and, by implication, all those who had suffered as prisoners of war. “He’s not a war hero,” Trump said while campaigning in Iowa. “I like people who weren’t captured.”
He engaged in a back-and-forth with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, Gold Star parents whose son, Army Capt. Humayun Khan, died in combat. After Khizr Khan pointed out in an emotional speech at the Democratic National Convention that Trump had “sacrificed nothing, and no one,” Trump suggested that “Hillary’s script writers” were responsible for the speech and said that Khan had “viciously attacked” him. And there were the references to what “his” generals would do and be. “I see my generals, generals that are going to keep us so safe,” he said on Inauguration Day.
Didn’t he understand that good leaders are big-hearted, that they don’t bully and quarrel with those they outrank? And doesn’t he respect that generals are loyal to the Constitution and chain of command – you can’t “own” them?
Commonsense said...
You just know that if Barack Obama made the same decision (and he would have) Roger would call it a strategic imperative and praise him for his real politick.
the alky is upset at trump's reaction to a terror-sympathizing moose-limb journalist.
huh.
i'm old enough to remember how 0linsky could not be bothered to even interrupt his round of golf at the news that an american journalist - james foley - had his head sawed off by isis.
i suspect that very few of the amazon post's 'journOlister's or any others for that matter genuinely give a fuck about khashoggi beyond his value as a tool to attack trump.
In the first military operation of his tenure, which Trump personally authorized, Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens was killed. Trump seemed to slough off the blame onto his predecessor, and his own secretary of defense, retired Gen. Jim Mattis.
“Well, this was a mission that started before I got here,” the president said on “Fox & Friends,” referring to the Obama administration before turning on his own team: “They explained what they wanted to do, the generals,” he said. “My generals are the most respected that we’ve had in many decades,” he added, “and they lost Ryan.”
Good leaders accept responsibility, especially when things go wrong. Commanders in chief do that.
He apparently didn’t know how to console the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, killed in an ambush in Niger, and ended up in a partisan spat with a congresswoman who had heard Trump tell Myeshia Johnson “something to the effect that ‘he knew what he was getting into when he signed up, but I guess it hurts anyway.’ ”
Commanders in chief don’t do that.
Posturing and electioneering were evident in the call for a parade in Washington, since canceled, and the rush to deploy active-duty forces to the border to stem “an invasion” from the south. We don’t want to be used that way.
The president hasn’t yet visited our men and women in a combat zone – not Afghanistan, Iraq or even along the DMZ in Korea. And last week, when he failed to visit the U.S. cemetery at Belleau Wood in France, where so many Americans gave their lives – it was raining, and a long drive from Paris – the criticisms exploded. Did he not understand that the troops and veterans want the president to see them where they work, to share in their hardships a little, and appreciate their sacrifices and risks?
“I’ve had an unbelievable busy schedule, and I will be doing it,” Trump said in the Fox interview on Sunday. I was in the ops center with the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam, when President Nixon braved the rocket zone north of Saigon to see the troops. Yes, even Nixon.
But if Trump struggles with his role’s rites and rituals, there are deeper issues with his command. His blustering and combative diplomacy on Korea, cozying up with a potential adversary who has consistently worked to undermine the United States, and his pattern of insulting friends and disrupting allies are all deeply unsettling to the middle-grade and senior officers who plan and execute U.S. policy. They need steady, consistent, reliable leadership. The bobbing and weaving may work in a small family office, but he is now leading one of the largest, most structured organizations in the world – and certainly the most powerful. It needs a steady hand, not just at secretary of defense, but also at the very top.
What actually drives Trump’s policies and actions as commander in chief? On what basis does he make the decisions that could separate us from our families, and send us to war? By all reports he doesn’t like to read, doesn’t suffer long briefings, doesn’t want to study, doesn’t seem to want much of the experience of the generals closest to him.
We honor the chain of command, so we trust him with the most central issues of our time: war, peace, the nuclear button. But Russia is still bullying, North Korea is still polishing up its nuclear force, China is strengthening its position in the South China Sea, and Iran and the Islamic State are still there in the Middle East, while our oldest allies are cringing and disheartened.
In his campaign, Trump promised that only he knew how to lead America. In the field of national security the jury is still out.
– Wesley K. Clark is a former NATO supreme allied commander. The retired general is a Centennial Fellow at Georgetown and a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations.
This is completely untrue.
Tell that to all the Police Departments who were "investigated" by Eric Holder at the bidding of Obama. Not to mention that the DOJ was ultimately responsible for much of the Trump investigation.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
The chairman of the Department of Justice swears aligence to the Constitution of the United States.
the "chairman" of the DOJ, alky?
now who would that be?
oh, you mean the attorney general. yeah... while he or she swears allegiance to the constitution like any other appointed or elected government official, he or she actually SERVES at the...
...wait for it...
...pleasure of the president.
there's no chairman, alky. just like there's no "three chambers of government."
tell assholio fucktardio cortez we said hi.
not true? c'mon alky, this shit is easy peasy to find. especially for an accomplished copy/paster like yourself.
He has investigated police departments for excessive force — including in Ferguson, Mo.
[...]
Of course, Mr. Holder has always served at the pleasure of the president...
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/opinion/eric-holders-legacy.html
CLEVELAND — The Justice Department announced on Thursday that a nearly two-year civil rights investigation into the Cleveland Police Department had found a pattern of “unreasonable and unnecessary use of force” that resulted in dangerous and reckless behavior by officers, pointing out the kinds of problems that have angered black residents here and touched off demonstrations across the country in recent weeks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/us/justice-dept-inquiry-finds-abuses-by-cleveland-police.html
ah, good old wesley clark. i saw that little ditty the other day alky. i was wondering what had happened to that feckless old fuckstick.
maybe he'll primary trump in 2020, eh alky?
or maybe a worthless pile of shit like john kasich will choose him as his running mate.
hey alky, it just dawned on me...
...i think the "three chambers of government" assholio fucktardio cortez was referring to are the nina, the pinta, and the santa maria.
she's hispanic so it kinda makes sense, no?
perhaps you can share that with her the next time you two kids are discussing the chairman of the DOJ.
ah, good old wesley clark.
Good ol brain damaged rat hole....he who is so brave to never have served but thinks that those who have are worthless....sound just like fat ass old white man trump......so sad you never grew up to respect the sacrifice of others and can only think of your selfish self.....Gee, you do have a lot in common with trump....a lying sniveling loser....so sad...
Hey Rat hole....Sen Hyde Smith just called....she has your front row tickets for the next lynching at the will call in Selma....I'm sure you will enjoy the show.....idiot...
hey alky...
remember when you used to tell us that democrats were the "party of science?"
good times...
US proposal for defining gender has no basis in science
A move to classify people on the basis of anatomy or genetics should be abandoned.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07238-8?utm_source=twt_na&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=NGMTnature
That was the most amazing disconnect from scientific reality I've ever read and is exhibit A of the damage done when science becomes political.
Generational Alcoholism explains a lot about Mr. Rogers.
US proposal for defining gender has no basis in science
And you have no basis to breathe.....An opinion well founded however, does not mitigate the fact that all people have inherent rights even though an easy clarification does not exist....Your spawn is a great example....LOL
All gains for the DOW for 2018 are gone goat fucker....with your inability to heat your home....your portfolio is not generating any income which makes your life more miserable thanx to donnie.....too funny
Hey rectum breath, You ever read anything you post....Your nature article is not from a science study but an opinion piece that shows the complexity for simplistic republican definitions is impossible!!!!! y....You really are the dumbest fuck in the NY area.....which says a lot since trump is from there...!!!
Furthermore, biology is not as straightforward as the proposal suggests. By some estimates, as many as one in 100 people have differences or disorders of sex development, such as hormonal conditions, genetic changes or anatomical ambiguities, some of which mean that their genitalia cannot clearly be classified as male or female. For most of the twentieth century, doctors would often surgically alter an infant’s ambiguous genitals to match whichever sex was easier, and expect the child to adapt. Frequently, they were wrong. A 2004 study tracked 14 genetically male children given female genitalia; 8 ended up identifying as male, and the surgical intervention caused them great distress (W. G. Reiner and J. P. Gearhart N. Engl. J. Med. 350, 333–341; 2004).
The research and medical community now sees sex as more complex than male and female, and gender as a spectrum that includes transgender people and those who identify as neither male nor female. The US administration’s proposal would ignore that expert consensus
Roger, your call for prosecution of Hillary is refreshing.
FDR friended Stalin.
So save us your fake outrage.
To declare that "gender has no basis in science" in a scientific journal is such an Orwellian disconnect from scientific fact that putting it even in an editorial destroys the credibility and prestige of that journal.
If Nature wants to salvage what's left of it's reputation it needs to fire it's editors now.
A fact and Mrs. Denise have never met.
To declare that "gender has no basis in science"
You should read the article....they are dissing the R written definition ......assholes both you and the goat fucker can't find your own asses in the dark....idiots...Wanna try again mr. .6% growth???????
I repeat....fucking idiots....
The research and medical community now sees sex as more complex than male and female, and gender as a spectrum that includes transgender people and those who identify as neither male nor female. The US administration’s proposal would ignore that expert consensus
Instead of your bullshit cramps....refute the above statement from the journal....god you are dumber than lynch mob rectum breath!!!
Democrats want to submit to sharia law by allowing hijabs to be worn on the floor of the house of representatives. These are the same people who demanded prayer out of schools and the ten commandments removed from state government buildings.
We can now call them dhimmicrats.
The chairman of the Department of Justice swears aligence to the Constitution of the United States.
Every federal office holder swears allegiance to the Constitution. Although Chairman of the DOJ is not a real job.
But certainly Obama (for example) put his Party and his own personal beliefs ahead of the Constitution. How many times did Obama lose a 9-0 case in front of the USSC because he ignored the constitution to do his own personal political thing?
Again, Rog... Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch were two of the most partisan A.G. that we ever had, and two of the most politically active A.G. that we ever had. They both had Obama's ass juices running down their chins from having their face stuck up there.
You never suggested once that either of those needed to be "independent" of Obama.
TDS.
Democrats want to submit to sharia law by allowing hijab
You really should stop listening to extremist radio....the elected congressional women is a muslim who wants her headwear be allowed in the senate building....sharia law is your dog whistle to get losers like you up in arms....like the invasion....total bullshit as troops are being sent home.....still difficult to know whom the biggest horses ass is in the R party....there are so many candidates it is impossible to just pick 1
You should read the article
You don't follow a thread very well do you?
refute the above statement from the journal...
It's really not that hard at all. The scientific truth is that there are only two genders. In all of nature there is never more than two genders.
And to say "it's say it's more complicated than that" is not science but leftist political pablum.
Commonsense said...
To declare that "gender has no basis in science" in a scientific journal is such an Orwellian disconnect from scientific fact that putting it even in an editorial destroys the credibility and prestige of that journal.
it reminds me of a meme i read recently:
"if i had a dollar for every gender that exists, i'd have two dollars...
...and a stack of counterfeit bills."
he scientific truth is that there are only two genders
That is not what the consensus of the scientific community says....I repeat..
The research and medical community now sees sex as more complex than male and female, and gender as a spectrum that includes transgender people and those who identify as neither male nor female
Your word and scientific ability are well known to be a cultist view.....IOW's BULLSHIT!!!!
Two Genders.
Mr. Denise still confused.
it reminds me of a meme i read recently:
That you were invited to a lynching in alabama and enjoyed it?????
Again, Rog... Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch were two of the most partisan A.G. that we ever had, and two of the most politically active A.G. that we ever had.
and two of the most corrupt we've ever had.
holder had the distinction of being held in contempt of congress. and not along party lines either. 17 dems voted in favor and two republicans against.
this is a large part of the reason the recent donk outrage at interim AG whitaker is such a steaming pile of bullshit.
Mr. Denise still confused.
No, you and the trump rewriting rules are confused....What is certain is you are dirt poor, can't feed your dysfunctional family and live in a polluted cold trailer......LOLOLOLOL!! Going with the science consensus, not what an idiotic cultist asshole says....Like you...What is most amusing is rat hole didn't read the piece and neither did cramps or you.....but you all are in agreement that trump and his minions are correct in spite of what the evidence says....typical brain washed lepers ....LOL
and two of the most corrupt we've ever had.
You mean like Whittaker and the millions he made from his sham group????? LOL at you again, like the gender article you did not read.....ass fucking hole...
he scientific truth is that there are two genders
That exactly what the science says and why editors of Nature need to be fired.
gosh, i love global warming. we will have a high of about -1 F with the wind chill for thanksgiving tomorrow.
i hope no one gets hurt by all those dead polar bears falling from the sky.
Mark R. Levin
"You need a negative IQ to compare Ivanka’s emails to Hillary’s email scandal"
Scientific Consensus
Consensus is normally achieved through communication at conferences, the publication process, replication (reproducible results by others), and peer review.
So Denny... can you provide the specific scientific studies, the replication, peer review, and other scientific evidence that leads you to believe that the idea of a fluid spectrum of gender is (at this point) a scientific consensus?
Because so far, all I have seen is a letter from 1600 people who claim to be scientists and provide an opinion (that doesn't appear to be backed by any scientific experiments or data at all). By their own admission, the concept is too new to have conducted any scientific experiments to prove their opinions, because they still are not even sure what they are looking for.
Given that there are approximately seven million scientists in this country, I would offer that the political opinions of 1600 of them hardly qualifies as a majority of scientists, much less a "consensus" of the scientific community.
Or is the idea of a "scientific consensus" now defined as anything being said by anyone in the scientific community on anything?
The Director of the Department of Justice.
Trumpism demands intellectual dishonesty. You are a classic example.
The Director of the Department of Justice.
we have one of those now?
since when?
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration.
[...]
The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice
alky,
would you please edit and update this wiki so it reflects your newly created position with the DOJ?
thanks in advance alky.
Trumpism demands intellectual dishonesty.
no it doesn't, but TDS does:
Roger Amick said...
This is completely untrue.
Tell that to all the Police Departments who were "investigated" by Eric Holder at the bidding of Obama. Not to mention that the DOJ was ultimately responsible for much of the Trump investigation.
as i showed you with two examples from the NYT, it was completely TRUE.
Denise is on the clock
DOJ Org Chart:
https://www.justice.gov/agencies/chart
and i can't find the Director of the Department of Justice anywhere.
Blogger KD said...
Denise is on the clock
and it looks like the alky is back on the sauce.
Because so far, all I have seen is a letter from 1600 people who claim to be scientists and provide an opinion
LOLOLOLOL!!!!!! asshole....!!!
Hey, little scotty....your ability to avoid finding anything scientific about gender and identity is about as good as you lack of science ability...Nice try, there is copious amounts of research on the subject, just because you say there isn't is about as relevant as you saying wood fires are clean burning yesterday....so sad how the might have fallen on trumps little white dick...and old white ass, like yours...
Between the (Gender) Lines: the Science of Transgender ...
sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2016/gende
Gender identity haunts every aspect of our lives, dictating the outcomes of our conversations, our workplaces, our relationships – even our bath products. Before most infants are named, they are assigned a sex based on the appearance of their external genitalia by a third party.
Trump Administration's Attempt to Deny Transgender Rights
www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/how-science...
Gender includes components such as gender identity and expression, but not sexual orientation. Some cultures recognize genders that are neither man nor woman. Visit our glossary of terms.
What Science Has to Say About Gender Identity - Areo
areomagazine.com/2017/07/29/what-science-has-to-say-about...
To be clear, science does not yet have a definitive answer regarding the biology of gender identity. The underlying biology is complex and particularly difficult to study in humans.
Try searching this asshole...
science of gender identity journal articles
man, i never knew nancy pelosi was such a racist. the way she kneecapped marcia fudge just because fudge endorsed a murderer was fucking brutal.
i'm old enough to remember when we would treat mental illness.
now we celebrate it and give it espy and woman of the year awards.
if this is how we're going to treat gender, then the least we could do is re-classify "idiocracy" as a documentary.
The underlying biology is complex and particularly difficult to study in humans.
Which is exactly what the Nature article put forth.....So much for your asinine post about scientific methods....that has nothing to do what they opined about....just the stupidity of the R's who wrote the alleged new definition which seems no one has defined yet or published....in any scientific journal....Seems our genius host being the political asshole he is missed that point, nothing new about his stupid uneducated bias...typical of trump slurtpers....old, white and stupid!!!
i'm old enough to remember when we would treat mental illness.
And shoot assholes like you!!!!
Given that there are approximately seven million scientists in this country, I would offer that the political opinions of 1600 of them hardly qualifies as a majority of scientists, much less a "consensus" of the scientific community.
but as with the "science" of warmyl cooling, it illustrates that there are at least 1600 individuals who are monetizing this particular line of bullshit.
"man, i never knew nancy pelosi was such a racist. the way she kneecapped marcia fudge just because fudge endorsed a murderer was fucking brutal."
Nancy burned Fudge.
Given that there are approximately seven million scientists in this country, I would offer that the political opinions of 1600 of them hardly qualifies as a majority of scientists,
HEY ASSHOLES>>>>!!!! No one claimed a consensus of opinion ......there isn't one and it was clearly stated in nature.....!!!!! And out of the 3 non-science ass wipes posting here....who gives a flying fuck what you think....My opinion....is there is no answer yet except R's want to define something that does not exist....Lil Scotty acting like the dumb fuck he truly is as you chew on his old white mans ass.....LOLOLOLOL
And KD packed fudge in trumps ass....LOLOLOL
Conservative nonprofit with undisclosed funders paid Whitaker $1.2 million
Acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker worked for the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust for three years. The group became a lucrative steppingstone in a swift rise to the nation’s top law enforcement job.
By Robert O'Harrow Jr., Shawn Bobur
Yeah, another crook amongst thieves....
Blogger rrb said...
hey alky...
remember when you used to tell us that democrats were the "party of science?"
good times...
US proposal for defining gender has no basis in science
Funny how this whole POS started and the irony of CH arguing there is no consensus.....Well gee whiz Lil Scotty.....that is exactly what everyone has been saying all along...Now I suggest you go take a nice nap....you really deed it...
shit that the alky tells us never happens is happening right in the alky's backyard...
A forged signature swapped for $1 — or sometimes a cigarette.
The crude exchange played out hundreds of times on L.A.’s skid row during the 2016 election cycle and again this year, prosecutors said Tuesday as they announced criminal charges against nine people accused in a fraud scheme.
Using cash and cigarettes as lures, the defendants approached homeless people on skid row and asked them to forge signatures on state ballot measure petitions and voter registration forms, the district attorney’s office said. The defendants — some of whom were scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday — face several criminal charges, including circulating a petition with fake names, voter fraud and registering a fictitious person.
The charges, which were filed three weeks ago but made public Tuesday, followed a Los Angeles Police Department crackdown on suspected election fraud on skid row earlier in the year.
“They paid individuals to sign the names,” Officer Deon Joseph, the senior lead officer on skid row, told The Times in September. “That’s an assault on our democracy.”
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-skid-row-voter-fraud-20181120-story.html?fbclid=IwAR1Ddb8pmuIy9g-6yhoxvnSe1h_KcWYV3FC4Una1Bh1-XPscumvJrAj1dbw
Denny Now:
Funny how this whole POS started and the irony of CH arguing there is no consensus.....Well gee whiz Lil Scotty.....that is exactly what everyone has been saying all along...
Denny then:
That is not what the consensus of the scientific community says....I repeat..
I suspect the consensus is limited to one asshole who is overly fond of the chocolate fountain at the Golden Corral buffet.
.CS. just crushed Fatty.
Denny - the study in question shows what most people would be willing to concede. That in a small amount of cases (by their own studies about 0.3% of the population or 1 in 333) - there may be some inconsistencies regarding biological sex and a particular portion of the brain.
In other words, a biological female/male has a portion of the brain that does not correspond to what the 99.7% of female/male brains look like.
They still concede in the study that this is only a "marker" and that they do not understand exactly what this portion of the brain might actually do or how it might trigger transgenderism. As they continue to suggest, this 'science' is new and incomplete. It could be that it has nothing at all to do with it.
But all this particular study concludes is that in roughly 0.3 percent of the time someone is born with something that isn't quite normal. This is not too far off how many people are born with one kidney or how many people are born with 6 fingers or toes. Are the amount of kidneys or toes part of a spectrum?
To be clear... I have never argued that there is no such thing as someone who might be transgender. I also would believe that is is genetic or biological. But then again, paedophilia would also be something that is likely genetic or biological. We don't go around suggesting that sexual attraction to prepubescent children should be defined on a natural spectrum.
What I reject is the idea that gender is "fluid" and that gender is based on a "spectrum". This study does nothing to further than belief and in fact it sort of suggests the opposite. When 99.7% of the population is consistent, then the other 0.3% (by statistical fact) are simply exceptions... which exist in all matters of nature.
That is not what the consensus of the scientific community says....I repeat..
You need to learn how to follow the thread asswipes.....Nether of you 2 jagoffs has a clue of what the fuck you side you are on except you are both dumber than the dirt on the goat fuckers farms.......LOLOLOL
he scientific truth is that there are only two genders
That is not what the consensus of the scientific community says.
The whole post which our menstral cramps tried to cherry pick and the goat fucker seconded like the idiot he is.....Dumb and dumbest....tweedle dee and tweedle dumbass!!!
Talk about assholes....might be real problems for the senate to ever confirm this jag off...
As U.S. attorney, Whitaker sought longer-than-usual drug sentences
In one case, Matthew G. Whitaker offered a woman charged in a third drug case a choice between spending the rest of her life in jail, or accepting a plea bargain sentence of 21 to 27 years, records show. Whitaker’s record on drug sentencing is newly relevant after President Trump named him as acting attorney general.
By Michael Kranish
Nonprofit with obscure roots, funding paid Whitaker $1.2 million
More to the point...
The study in question is just suggesting that 0.3% of the time someone is born with a disconnect between a portion of their brain and their biological sex.
That does not, by any definition, create a new "gender" or make "gender fluid" or create a "gender spectrum".
Transgenderism is an obvious abnormality... by statistical, mathematical, and scientific definition. Such an abnormality (like any abnormality) should be treated in whatever way that needs to be (and I have no objections to people taking hormones and having a sex change if that is what they want to do). Or if science allows at some time, to take other hormones to change their neurological tendencies to match their physical bodies if that is what they prefer to do. I really don't care as long as they end up happy.
But that doesn't mean that it's not an abnormality or that this 0.3% of the population should be declared to have their own newly defined "gender" or that this 0.3% of the population creates a "spectrum".
Latest line of bullshit from donnie....Taking credit for the lowering oil prices saying they are better than a tax cut...!!!! Feel better now goat fucker?? Maybe you can heat your home now that donnie is admitting your tax break was bullshit.!!!! This is truly funny for us non believers!!!!
Transgenderism is an obvious abnormality..
WOw....swinging in the breeze there Scotty....you got spanked and are now trying to show all that you are a genius!!!! NOT!!!! The fact remains you argued against yourself trying to show me up. Well, fuck you, you lost and I am smiling at your desperate attempt to show me up again....Maybe you can now get a link showing how healthy the output of a wood stovei is when used in a house!!!!.....BWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
Funny if nelson only got .3% more of the vote, he would have won......You really are a stitch today lil Scotty....
It makes sense, Denise is gender confussed.
Denise, when you go to the pump, do you pay 8% over the pump price?
“Remember when we were all concerned about our dependence on foreign oil? Well, let me tell you — we’ve cut the amount of oil we buy from other countries in half. Remember when the other team was promising they were going to get gas prices down in like 10 years? We did it…”
Denny
Like always, you miss the point. I stated that there was no scientific evidence that gender was fluid or on a spectrum.
You provided a study that shows that 99.7% of people fall genetically into the very same normal gender tendencies.
If you were half as smart as you think you are, you would have never posted the study, because you would have seen that it did nothing to dispute what I stated, and in fact it largely reinforces it.
Your problem (as it always seems to be) is that you have no understanding of relatively. In your simple mind everyone is 100% one way or 100% the other. In this simpleton way of thinking, if you can show any evidence that there is a scientific explanation of why someone might be gender confused... then you have proven everything (including that gender is a spectrum).
You should stop digging your hole.
Trump bitch slapped by SCOTUS.....about time someone stood up to the asshole in chief!!!!
Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump after president criticized judge who blocked asylum ban
“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” John G. Roberts Jr. said in an unusual statement. “What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do
I stated that there was no scientific evidence that gender was fluid or on a spectrum.
The fact is that had nothing to do with rat holes original post.....sorry Lil scotty, proving something that wasn't part of the discussion proves one thing....you can't read.....LOLOLOLOLOL Simplicity is your black/white views that are dictated by others....sad how the mighty can't even see where they fucked up....Hilarously ironic, doncha think!!!!! The only thing fluid is trumps sperm cascading down your throat....
you would have never posted the study,
I did not post the study, asshole....Rectum breath did!!!!! And it confirmed his original post was complete bullshit, just like your fluids study!!! BWAAAAAAAAAAAA
The extreme irony in your post saying you couldn't find shit on line to now you being the consummate expert on human sexual classifications is almost as amusing as your faux expertise on wood stove pollution not being harmful to your non science opinion on what denotes a warm year of record stupidity...I really suggest getting up to speed before I have to hammer your old white ass into submission again...>BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
TRANSGENDER SURGERY: REGRET RATES HIGHEST IN MALE-TO-FEMALE REASSIGNMENT OPERATIONS
Gender-confirmation surgeries—the name given to procedures that change the physical appearance and function of sexual characteristics—increased by 20 percent from 2015 to 2016 in the U.S., with more than 3,000 such operations performed last year. Rates are also increasing worldwide. Now, at least one surgeon is reporting a trend of regret.
Urologist Miroslav Djordjevic, who specializes in gender reassignment surgery, has seen an increase in “reversal” surgeries among transgender women who want their male genitalia back. In the past five years, Djordjevic performed seven reversals in his clinic in Belgrade, Serbia. The urologist explains to The Telegraph that those who want the reversal display high levels of depression, and in some instances, suicidal thoughts. Other researchers also report hearing about such regrets.
Kind of tells me transgender is not a natural condition but a mental health problem that can't be fixed with gender reassignment surgery.
And the normalization of transgenderism is more of a political fad without a scientific basis in nature.
Unfortunately this fad prevents real sufferers from seeking the proper help to lead happy productive lives.
Well Denny, neither you or I are experts on gender. Although I suspect that almost nobody is an "expert" on this particular subject, since it hasn't been a subject for very long. Just a couple of years ago, nobody in the world was suggesting that there was more than two sexes or two genders.
But what I can do is read a report and determine if it proves what you suggest it does. This particular report was little more than a study that attempts to find a causal relationship between something biological/neurological and the idea that someone would be "transgender" or having the feeling that they are person trapped in a body of the wrong biological sex.
But at the end of the day, science can only tell us the facts.
In this study the fact it that 99.7% of humans do not have any cognitive dissociation regarding their sex or gender. The study also finds a "marker" that suggests (but cannot be proven) that this may be caused by an area of the brain being developed differently.
But science cannot determine the "definition" of what this means. By any objective standard, something that only happens 0.3% of the time is not a normal condition that allows for it's own category, and generally science would regard that sort of percentage as an anomaly or aberration.
In other words transgenderism would probably be better describes as a medical/neurological "condition" rather than it's own definition of a entirely new sex or gender.
The concept of providing it as a label or determining that this allows for society to demand that gender should be redefined is entirely a political or social determination. In those regards, a scientist's views are going to likely follow that scientist's political philosophy. Although I strongly suspect that the more neutral a scientist is and the more stringent he or she is to science.... the more likely that they would look at this situation in terms of an exception or aberration or condition (rather than a third sex or third gender).
So the study you provided does not demand that there is any sort of scientific consensus on this subject, other than I am sure that most scientists would agree that there is something neurological or biological that explains the 0.3% of the population who seem "transgender" (however you want to define it).
or I are experts on gender
That is certainly evident especially with trumps dick in your mouth....Let me make a suggestion.....instead of trying to show me how smart you are with lots of pretty words.....learn how to read instead of being a partisan asshole...Trust me, have not advocated any consensus other than there is none...your wasting your time trying to prove something that I never postulated....Rat hole started it and you fell for his initial stupid post....now the only condition left is you, going away and apologizing for being a horses ass.....LOL BTW....your menial .3% is a whole lot more than the number of bakers you defend not baking....too stupid for words....and you lose again..
The above is nonsense.
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