Recent content by Derec

They are not furries, they are species fluid. /s

A "POC House" for Berkeley students bans whites from common areas. Off-campus UC Berkeley student housing bans white people from common areas That is segregation, pure and simple. I thought that was banned by the Civil Rights Law.

Since that Bondi stabbing was posted on here, there has been another high-profile stabbing in Sydney. Sydney church stabbing: Boy, 15, arrested after Bishop attacked One of the victims is a bishop in the Assyrian Orthodox Church. Given that it's Sydney, I suspect the teenage stabbist will get...

How about murder? Gascón stops effort to prosecute juvenile gang murderer as adult; victim’s family outraged I do not think a 17 murderer should get off with a few years in juvie. The thug had already been released and has already been rearrested, this time for robbery. Los Angeles teen...

Don't know about sex work in Italy, but France's left-wing government banned sex work a few years ago (they adopted the highly sexist and illiberal Swedish model). In Germany sex work is legal, but there is no "red light district" as such in Munich. Instead, establishments (often under a system...

I am not dismissing possible results. I am just saying that we need to look at results critically. Increase in reports is not necessarily due to an increase in the underlying variable. Also, Toni keeps talking about how legal sex work does not result in zero trafficking. Well duh! Nothing is...

All this depends on the level of regulation. From what I understand, Nevada brothels are too heavily regulated. I like the Laufhäuser in Germany. Women (usually) rent a room in the establishment, but are independent providers and keep their earnings. Example: Laufhaus HWB7.

So this Direct File is very limited and only applies to some people. Why?

It is very doubtful that this policy was ever practiced. If it were to ever be implemented, then terms of all loans would end just before the forgiveness date, and nobody would lend shortly before that date. It's not a very practical system. And neither is Biden's student loan forgiveness...

It wasn't an embassy. It was an adjacent building housing IRGC and Hezbollah officers involved in attacks against Israel.

RFK Jr. I think would take from both Biden and Trump. Cornel West and Jill Stein might not poll nearly as highly, but they are firmly on the far left, like Ralph Nader - or Jill Stein herself - were, and they will take from Biden only. West's new running mate is a real peach though. Cornel...

Not gay, but demasculinization. Effects of endocrine disruptors are not Alex Jones conspiracy theories. Demasculinization and feminization of male gonads by atrazine: Consistent effects across vertebrate classes

I firmly believe that a war between US and the Tehran regime is inevitable in the short to medium term. Getting it done before the theocrats acquire the bomb is strongly preferable.

Are you a 10/7 denialist now too? What other reasonable options did Israel have? You insinuated in post #4069 that attack on Pearl Harbor was somehow more of a threat to US than the Hamas attack on 10/7 was a threat to Israel.

It does not have to be cause a change in policy to be idiotic. You are shifting goalposts.