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  1. Not for nothing, but the USA has sent a third of ALL javelin missiles in existence to Ukraine. The supplies the west provides are absolutely critical to Ukraine's continued successful defense. (Coupled with sanctions that have already made Russia incapable of repair or replacement of lost equipment) It would be great if we could help more directly with air support, but it is hard to see how that could happen without it providing Russia with an excuse to deploy tactical nukes out of desperation, or at the very least opens the door for them to fire cruise missiles indiscriminately into NATO territory in retaliation, raising the stakes for civilians outside of Ukraine.
  2. I think that generally falls within the intended spirit of the rules when separating male and female athletes for physical competition. Similar to genetically gifted male athletes being able to dominate their sport. (Though in the case of Castor Semenya, there was some pretty invasive scrutiny to "prove" she was genetically female, given that she had a rather extreme outlier case of androgenic hormones) But to your question, are you suggesting that a biological male that goes through normal male puberty, and increases muscle mass to athletic male levels due to natural testosterone ends up in a fair competition with genetic females just from suppressing their current testosterone (for 1 year, or however long it was)? They gained essentially all of the physiological athletic advantage of actually being male into adulthood. That doesn't just go away and create a level playing field if the person continues to work out and maintain as much of their original male muscle levels as possible (aside from the direct mechanical benefits of being naturally larger framed due to male puberty). It is a genuinely challenging and interesting question, where from the ethical side the decision starts to revolve around which group exercising their rights infringes more, or less, on the other group attempting to exercise similar rights (in terms of equal access to competition that lead to school admissions, scholarships, etc) This is wholly separate from accepting, socially, that people can be whoever they feel they need to be, to be themselves.
  3. From what I understand the sports issue is more about sex (and sex hormones during peak developmental years) than it is about gender, though. If someone goes through puberty and early adulthood with fully functioning testicles and male genetics, but then switches to hormone suppressing drugs to reduce testosterone levels - from a standpoint of athletic competition, would you say that is materially different from a genetically female (with baseline female-sexed testosterone levels) taking anabolic steroids during her peak developmental years and then discontinuing use? Separating the discussion from "gender" and what a person feels they are, and talking purely from the standpoint of athletic physiology and development. I don't know that there is a "right answer" but it is an interesting topic to consider.
  4. Since the structure for the organs starts from a common origin, having a truly full set of both male and female sex organs would probably require you to actually be conjoined male twins where one of them had androgen insensitivity so ended up with a vagina instead of a penis. There are definitely a wide range of possible birth defects that result in "ambiguous" combinations of apparent sex organs, though.
  5. Rank and file Russian soldiers that are too cowardly to defect or simply refuse illegal orders are actively doing evil in this war. They have no excuse, unless they are trying to help in a round about way by becoming fertilizer.
  6. Slava Ukraini. I have only skimmed the thread, but I hope the couple of early seeming-apologists for Russia have managed to extract their heads from their anuses before they suffocated. Anyone that thinks a meaningful percentage of Russian speaking Ukrainians want to be ruled by Russia is a fucking idiot. They want freedom. They all are old enough or have enough family that remember how shitty it was the last time Russia was in charge and want absolutely nothing to do with it. And enough Russian troops have been smart enough to defect or go AWOL that the rest committing atrocities have absolutely no excuses for "just following orders".
  7. What has changed is the direct need to file the paperwork since a reported 1099 without a matching line on your tax return is bad news. Yes, you "should have" been doing this anyway, but for yard sale like selling (cleaning house of old stuff and potentially less than paid) most low volume sellers would have skipped the hassle of the paperwork. The other actual problem this 1099 creates is that for hobby sellers, they get screwed by shipping, fees, and sales taxes being included in the reported gross. Only businesses can take those deductions, and if you are really a hobby sellers, not a business, it is up to you whether to take the risk of claiming those deductions.
  8. Estate sales are different. Heirs get a stepped up cost basis, so what was paid for a thing is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is whether the total value exceeds the estate tax exclusion.
  9. I would think one worker supporting a household while one can take care of the kids IS part of the American dream, and that through a variety of reasons we have all gradually succumbed to the need for dual income households over the last few decades. Also, you are obviously not a parent if you think being a stay at home parent with 5 kids is "doing nothing"...
  10. I think if that was really the fact of the matter, you would just do it via letters from HR, rather than some sort of video production where you go on camera and talk about how you almost cried the last time you had to do something like this. The optics certainly would have been better in that case, IMO.
  11. The other kind of funny thing, is that if it is true that omicron has "common cold" coronavirus parts, it seems like a nonzero chance that a targeted booster/vaccine may "cure" that class of common colds entirely...
  12. I read an interesting and thorough metastudy that GLOBALLY, taking ivermectin was generally helpful for Covid because, on average, people around the globe are likely to have parasites that make it harder for their bodies to fight covid successfully in the first place. It was a truly fascinating take on things. Obviously has no support for taking it if you live in a developed country with safe food and water, which most of the most vocal ivermectin proponents do...
  13. Grape seed oil is OK. Don't find it to be as good as avocado oil, and lacks the flavor appeal of olive or coconut oils.
  14. For awesome popcorn, airpop popcorn sprayed with coconut oil cooking spray and sprinkled with salt is fantastic.
  15. 10 from me. One of the all time best. It is simultaneously one of the best in multiple genres as the tone shifts during each act of the movie. Also just saw Dune today... Can you imagine if Denis Villeneuve got tapped to make an Alien movie?
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