2024 Presidential Election thread

[Motown Bombers]

8 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Okay can we put this to rest now?

This sums it up. 

 

[Tigerbomb13]

Just now, Motown Bombers said:

This sums it up. 

 

Yup. Where it’s ILLEGAL TO BE TRANS

[mtutiger]

8 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

Gonna go out on a limb and say this won't factor in to a decision 

[smr-nj]

9 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Okay can we put this to rest now?

For anyone who hasn’t read any of the articles dealing with her gender…

in a nutshell:

Algerian Imane Khelif, who defeated Italian boxer Angela Carini in under a minute when Carini forfeited, is a woman from birth; however, she has naturally occurring high levels of testosterone and was excluded from a competition last year for failing an unspecified gender eligibility test, which has led many right-wing commentators to falsely claim Khelif is transgender or even a "biological man." 

In fact, gender transitions are banned in Khelif's home country of Algeria, so if she hadn't been female at birth, she likely could not even have competed under their flag as a woman. 

Khelif is not a transgender athlete. She was born female but has a disorder of sex development (DSD) that results in XY chromosomes and naturally elevated testosterone levels. 

DSD encompasses a group of rare conditions that affect genes, hormones, and reproductive organs. 

Individuals with DSDs may be raised as female but possess XY chromosomes and testosterone levels typically found in males.”

[mtutiger]

15 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Okay can we put this to rest now?

There's a real arrogance that we have to take a match between two people who aren't even from America and shoe-horn it into whatever stupid culture war bull**** that some of our residents insist on arguing about at any given moment 

It's really embarrassing, to be honest. We should be better than that.

Edited August 2, 2024 by mtutiger

[Motown Bombers]

10 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Gonna go out on a limb and say this won't factor in to a decision 

Probably not but I bet the media is chomping at the bit to cover protests that are sure to happen. 

[Tigeraholic1]

2 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Probably not but I bet the media is chomping at the bit to cover protests that are sure to happen. 

This might be more damming. 

 

https://www.newsweek.com/womens-group-demands-answers-kamala-harris-vp-contender-josh-shapiro-sexual-harassment-settlement-1932784

[chasfh]

16 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Gonna go out on a limb and say this won't factor in to a decision 

Is it possible that might cost her a bunch of votes in Dearborn and thus put the state at risk?

[chasfh]

12 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

There's a real arrogance that we have to take a match between two people who aren't even from America and shoe-horn it into whatever stupid culture war bull**** that some of our residents insist on arguing about at any given moment 

It's really embarrassing, to be honest. We should be better than that.

Is it any worse than waging a culture war about the very French Olympics opening ceremony?

[RatkoVarda]

9 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

This might be more damming. 

 

https://www.newsweek.com/womens-group-demands-answers-kamala-harris-vp-contender-josh-shapiro-sexual-harassment-settlement-1932784

100% of people who actually care about women should be treated will not be voting for the adjudicated rapist.

[mtutiger]

10 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Is it possible that might cost her a bunch of votes in Dearborn and thus put the state at risk?

Michigan is a very large state, and I think this conversation often loses sight of that.

Just my two cents 

[mtutiger]

14 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Is it any worse than waging a culture war about the very French Olympics opening ceremony?

It's all one in the same to me... And it is all very embarrassing 

[CMRivdogs]

2 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

 

When was the last time Don Lemon was relevant?

 

[Motown Bombers]

5 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Michigan is a very large state, and I think this conversation often loses sight of that.

Just my two cents 

Biden won by 3 and Arabs are 2% of the population. Whitmer pulled it off but margins are thin. 

[chasfh]

https://x.com/KellDA/status/1819153902153224253I have to admit my stomach did a flip flop when I heard about today's number, and my post in this specific forum is a hint as to why.

 

[Motor City Sonics]

44 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

It always was and will be Mark Kelly.   If he wants it, it's his.     If not, likely Tim Walz or Andy Beshear.  

[chasfh]

Then there is this. My stomach can't take actually watching the video.

 

[mtutiger]

1 minute ago, Motown Bombers said:

Biden won by 3 and Arabs are 2% of the population. Whitmer pulled it off but margins are thin. 

Probably closer to 1% of actual registered voters, though. And other groups can and do shift election to election as well... 

It isn't a nothing concern, but Pennsylvania is the most important state in this election. If they think he helps bring that state along, that is going to weigh heavily into their CBA

[Motor City Sonics]

Shaprio said something folks didn't like when he was 20? 

JD Vance said stupid **** this morning. 

Kamala cheated in a 2nd grade Spelling Bee

Trump cheated on every wife.  

 

There are subtitles, you know. 

 

Looking for a perfect human?    Well, Nick Lidstrom was born in Sweden, so you're out of luck, becuase there is nobody else. 

 

 

 

Wait, you mean AOC danced in a music video in college?   She DANCED?   How dare she --- and to a song by a French band.   Means that she hates America.  

 

 

[Motor City Sonics]

3 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Then there is this. My stomach can't take actually watching the video.

 

Unemployment is so low that's all they needed. 

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, mtutiger said:

Gonna go out on a limb and say this won't factor in to a decision 

In fact he was so close to the truth that he nailed the reason Arafat would never sign a deal - because Yassir knew the radicals would get him if he ever turned hard on them.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, smr-nj said:

For anyone who hasn’t read any of the articles dealing with her gender…

in a nutshell:

Algerian Imane Khelif, who defeated Italian boxer Angela Carini in under a minute when Carini forfeited, is a woman from birth; however, she has naturally occurring high levels of testosterone and was excluded from a competition last year for failing an unspecified gender eligibility test, which has led many right-wing commentators to falsely claim Khelif is transgender or even a "biological man." 

In fact, gender transitions are banned in Khelif's home country of Algeria, so if she hadn't been female at birth, she likely could not even have competed under their flag as a woman. 

Khelif is not a transgender athlete. She was born female but has a disorder of sex development (DSD) that results in XY chromosomes and naturally elevated testosterone levels. 

DSD encompasses a group of rare conditions that affect genes, hormones, and reproductive organs. 

Individuals with DSDs may be raised as female but possess XY chromosomes and testosterone levels typically found in males.”

Well posted.

It just highlights the level of ignorance the cultural warriors start from. 

[mtutiger]

I doubt it would end up being Pritzker, but it's crazy how little his name has come up throughout all of this...

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

This might be more damming. 

 

https://www.newsweek.com/womens-group-demands-answers-kamala-harris-vp-contender-josh-shapiro-sexual-harassment-settlement-1932784

Sad truth is that in today's American legal system,  $259K is cheaper than trying to litigate your innocence  so a settlement in that range doesn't tell you if the person was guilty or just practical.

Edited August 2, 2024 by gehringer_2

[CMRivdogs]

I'm starting to think whomever Ms Harris chooses as a running mate, he (or she) will mop the floor with Trump's guy