Anger is the mind blanket I will let the anger flow over me I will seize it and shape it to my will And let it blow away like sand.

My version of dune’s thingy :-D

“I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once.”

Younited States of Syisrael … maybe once Jordan is “self-defended” JordSyisrael …

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Or an Earth with Harsher winters and Massive Winterstorms followed by Scorching HeatWaves. Only cockaroaches will survive.

Unless you are evolving into roaches, no human being will survive the Earth’s mighty global climate swings.

Dont they make Tea out of stinging nettles or something?

I’ve tried hibiscus tea which is nice even without the sugar.

But Minecrafting Reagan would not be possible so it has to be Ponging him. Or Q*berting him ?

Farting does expel some amount of body heat.

Im sure long-distance runners might relieve themselves without stopping, as it cools them down while also a release and embarrassment which might spur their brain into flight response.

I doubt if the heat loss is significant but when actively working out or doing intense work the mind might get tricked into thinking that it benefitted.

Anecdotally when running a fever it does feel better emptying out. So not sure if physiological or psychological effect.

wow! somehow you came to the conclusion that I am victim-blaming ? :-/

the perpetrators are the ones who are going to victimize the groups who cant defend themselves.

Be prepared for all sorts of predators, pedo-philes, serial killers to start their closet journey and they will claim victimhood better than most normal people.

Police will defend their own people even if police commit the crime.

Right-wingers will claim special providence when their people commit the crime.

Criminals will claim to be part of a vulnerable group just so they can commit the crime.

Make up your own mind and judgement what is the safest choices.

Do not become victims of criminals.

Be Safe and Carry on living peacefully.

no i never said that justifies it. Chinese people go to jail if they are found browsing outside the Great Firewall.Google and other social media censorship can, just as quickly, lead to social credit scores ( well credit scores are gatekeeping poor people already ) and inevitable erosion of free speech and chill fair-use copyright exercising.

Censorship might have edge cases ( terror attack suspect details, privacy from surveillance, etc) but it should never be the norm and it should be directly dealt with jury-trial court-cases with Billion-dollar penalties to ensure it will never happen again without stringent checks-and-balances.

Its very prevalent in Commie-China-Places. Pooh-Bear to mean XiPIGpIng. 8964 for TiannamenSquare Massacre. Taiwan #1 Country. All those are censored behind the Great Firewall of China.

Problem is that trans people have been around non-western cultures for several millenia and are either tolerated or abused. But it has always been that trans was not treated as a problem in most of those societies that had them.

If PDF files / pedo-philes are using the trans “identity” as a sword and shield, it is ABSOLUTELY a BIG PROBLEM. Trans people should vehemently ban and completely villify these abhorrent criminal kiddie-diddlers for what they are.

Right-wing Nazis will use these and anything else as an excuse to go after the community supporting or hiding criminals. DO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN.

If you wish for a latest and greatest example of people abusing “identities” … #MeToo failed due to excessive AmberTurd, AnitaSNarkeesian, ZoeDQuinn publicity while mainstream media failed spectacularly. Most recently, DEIDIEESG and BRIDGE are also going to become like this and are well on their way to getting buried. DO NOT BECOME THESE KIND OF EXAMPLES. Elevate yourselves and keep the Criminals OUT.

Do you understand how corruption works in SouthEast Asia? Do you understand the threat of China simply “stealing” / “destroying” other countries infrastructure? Imagine if China could cripple Singapore by cutting undersea cables etc, what would happen to WindFarms that are on the ocean surface.

Singapore PHYSICALLY CANNOT run WindFarms of the size and scale you are talking about. Not on their own territories and definitively not in other surrounding countries territories. Singapore depends on Water from Malaysia already( even then Singapore is installing Desalination plants in attempts to reduce the dependencies as we speak ) And If Singapore decides to depend so much on their neighbours, there is a real and imminent threat of corruption/sabotage/malfeasance/crimes that can seriously affect Singapore.

And what fill up important shipping and harbours with WindFarms ? They have almost no land and actively are dredging and building up out on the sea as it is.

If they expand too much they will either lose shipping lanes or docking locations for container ships.

You can’t mess with the local wildlife and ecology. There is a limit to anything and everything that Singapore can do on their already over-built tiny island.

Europe had once planned to create Solar Plants all over North Africa. Manned by African immigrants that might end up in Europe. But then European corruption and rampant African corruption happened. So all those plans and attempts fell through without even getting off the ground-level.

Singapore and Australia are the pinnacle of economic and political systems in the Oceania region. China does not even matter beyond the stick-waving and other propaganda stupidity.

Singapore has ties globally and sits at the strategic Singapore Straits.

Australia is one of the strongest “Western” markets with close ties to the UK and US. New Zealand are very much dependent and isolated from the rest of the world and hence have almost negligible influence politically or economically.

Malaysia , Indonesia and the Philippines are very corrupt and similar in their status quo of most countries surrounding the South China Sea. They are all dependent on foreign trade, foreign customers and have very little in terms of large industrial/dense-commercial domestic markets.

Setting up the stage, Australia while does have good industrial,dense-commercial, educational/research, and other leading advanced technologies , there is still that “lobbying” and other western/capitalist/modern corruption driving political decisions.

Coal/Oil/Gas Corpos, Gambling Corpos, CIA-controlled, Organized-Criminals running things in-front and behind the scenes.

You will not get very far with renewables in Aussie Land. Just watch FriendlyJordies and AustralienGov youtube videos if you want to go-down-under the rabbithole.

Senate pissed away their majority and thought that people wouldnt notice the stone-walling and nuclear option and other bullshit shenanigans that MAJORITY elected officials were letting Republizards get away with. Liebermann and other DINOs were allowed to run free and destroy the MAJORITY vote.

Guess why the 2nd-term of Obama DID NOT GET THE SUPER MAJORITY? FAILED TO KEEP PROMISES.

Biden was the Veep responsible to ensure that Senate and the House did their job.

Geriatric Dog Pony Soldier Biden screwed around during the Obama Presidency and now doing worse.

Biden could nominate Bernie, dude is older than any one else. AND STILL THE DEMS WILL WIN THIS 2024!

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I feel worse than just cursing at the 'Murican stupidity on display. Hate this crap. You cannot blame voters when your candidate is brain-dead. So get serious or get out.

Drumpf is elected because of all the lies he tells and not because he is competent. He is the “Set everything on Fire and watch it all Burn down” candidate. IF YOU CANNOT BEAT THIS DUMB DEADBEAT YOU ARE NOT WORTH ANYTHING.

During the Drumpf Rule, Republizards silently pass every rule-breaking garbage and rig every system beyond breaking-point and create an unfixable situation everywhere again.

Dem Candidate has to :

• Inspire voters

• Unbreak all the broken systems since the time of Jimmy Carter.

• Implement new systems that are robust and unbreakable.

• Imprison every rule-breaking politician regardless of party or affiliation.

• Simplify everything for anyone earning below 1 MILLION USD.

• Tax 90% everything for anyone earning above 1 BILLION USD.

You need a very brave candidate. Bernie will do it. Biden is a zombie without even the brainworm.

Any sports that is competitive requires testing to ensure that no one cheats or has an unfair advantage. If you are against testing in sports, then sports is not what you are looking for.

An Open participant category would solve almost every problem. Only the best of the best will win.

Traditionally, “Women” ( biological XX-chromosome Homo-sapiens ) had their own category due to their inherent physical weakness compared to “Men” ( biological XY-chromosome Homo-sapiens ) in almost every physical category. This allowed “Women” to compete on their own “safe” “fair” “even” “fair” playing field separate from “Men”.

If you want a sports category “Trans-Woman” or “Trans-Man” or “Trans-any / Non-Binary” PLEASE GO FOR IT ! I am not saying anyone should be excluded from sports. But there are reasons that categories exist in sporting events. Be constructive or don’t it is your choice.

:smh: If you have to split hairs what is “Human” I cannot help you. Be Awesome or don’t it is eventually every persons choice to act or not act.

Very interesting

It sucks that everything these days get politically and ideologically bent out of shape. I just want to enjoy sports without all the hoopla and co-opting.

Just too excited waiting for the Paris 2024 to start, hopefully there will be less controversy and more human moments in sports.

Keep Being a Good Human and Calmly Carry On Being Excellent to One Another !

:-D

HRT doesnt level the playing field for benefits gained due to “doping” or “Y-chromosome” development.

Sports should have “XX-chromosome” category i.e. Female/Women sports. And “XY-chromosome” category i.e. Male/Men sports.

And if there are sufficient participants, an “All-Gender” category i.e. Open/Neutral sports.

There is no need to co-opt or include ambiguous situations. Sports should be fair, equal-opportunity and intensely competitive within their segments.

Im guessing that over the decades US middle-class has shifted a lot from a “savings” economy to a “debtor-hell” economy. With higher interest-rates savings are slightly more valuable but spending will take a “hit”. Inflation will be sky-high since everything will get more expensive as less product on shelves and demand will keep rising.

You need direct stimulus into the middle-class, lower taxes or even tax-free for below median income families, massive luxury taxes on rolexes and ferraris , 60% to 90% tax on 1+ billionaires , capped-prices on essentials and rent-controlled housing. etc. etc.

Plenty of things the Fed and govt can do to rescue the middle-class. High interest rates doesnt do enough.