Is abortion harmless?

Democrats claim abortions are part of women's health care. But the Democrats also have lied about the accessibility of abortion.  Is any of this true?

What "MAGA" really means

What "MAGA" really means

The phrase has troubled liberals who think it is a call for a return to an America before civil rights, gay rights, and women's rights.

But I have a more generous interpretation, one that is truer to my experience of Donald Trump as he is today. "Make America Great Again" recalls a nation brimming with vitality, with a can-do spirit, with hope and a belief in itself.

It was an America that was beginning to confront its darker shadows, could acknowledge the injustice in its past and present, yet at the same time could celebrate its successes. It was a nation of broad prosperity, the world's most vibrant middle class, and a idealistic belief (though not consistently applied) in freedom, justice, and democracy. It was a nation that led the world in innovation, productivity, and technology. And it was the healthiest country in the world.

I have talked to many Trump supporters. I have talked with his inner circle. I have talked to the man himself. This is the America they want to restore.

@RobertKennedyJr, Aug 25.

Olympic boxing, sex & gender

At the 2024 Olympics, Imane Khelif of Algeria won her opening Olympic boxing bout when Angela Carini of Italy quit after just 46 seconds. Almost everyone heard about that.  Then came the allegations that Khelifis a man, and counter-claims that s/he is not.

Let me complicate the debate.  Khelifis is male or female depending on how one defines sex.  

The sex of a baby is usually apparent at birth.  But in one birth out of about 15,000, the infant appears female, in fact is is an undeveloped  male.  The undeveloped male clinically appears to be female, but has no way to product gametes upon puberty.  Usually, there are very underdeveloped male components that are also sterile.  The person has no sex, thus it is incorrect to call the person a third sex.

Anyway, the usual clinical procedure to determine sex is just to look.  But when the genetics are there to make a baby male, but those genes don't get expressed for some reason, the baby boy is identified as a girl. If the infant survives, s/he will appear female but rarely develop breasts, and will have full or partial set of male hormones.  A less-functional version of a womb may develop.  Because there is something like a womb in place,this fe/male can be implanted with an embryo and even carry the embryo to term.

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I recall CNN interviewing a fe/male someone about 35 years ago.  The interviewer appeared to be  a young woman.  The interview got no farther than the questions of, "Do you want to have sex?" and "Do you need intimate human relations?" repeated several times.  The interviewer was dumbfounded.

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More information on this rare form of human (non)sexuality is posted at a Novo Nordisk article entitled  More Women Than Expected Are Genetically Men

assassination attempt

Saturday marked the end of the longest span between domestic assassination attempts of U.S. presidents and presidential candidates since President Lincoln was killed at Ford’s Theatre in 1865. President Garfield was killed in 1881; Mckinley in 1901. 

Attempts were made at Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, and Truman in 1950. President JFK was killed in 1963 and candidate RFK in 1968. Candidate George Wallace was shot and survived in 1972, and two attempts were made at President Ford in 1975. 

The most recent domestic assassination attempt prior to Saturday was over forty years ago, when Ronald Reagan was shot and survived, and afterward quipped to his wife Nancy, “Honey, I forgot to duck.”

While the frequency of this violent history may be surprising, it does not diminish the horrific and evil nature of Saturday’s shooting nor the tremendous loss experienced by the family of Corey Comperatore. According to the New York Times, Comperatore died when he “threw himself over his family members to shield them.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr Trump is wounded

Mr Trump was wounded at a political rally in Pennsylvania.

We've seen an act of hatred in Pennsylvania. We must restore brotherhood in this country. Let us not hate in response. Punish only the guilty. Be charitable to all Americans

Let us pray for America to be at peace.