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Well... it's Trump... again. #47, here we go.

My wife just told me she heard on the news that Trump has blocked all communications coming out of the National Institute of Health. So I looked it up.

www.forbes.com

Trump Administration Halts Certain Public Health Agencies’ Activities

President Trump has imposed temporary freezes at the National Institutes of Health on meetings, travel, communications and hiring, citing the need to review protocols.
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Derec said:
Loren Pechtel said:
No, the EO got it wrong.
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I don't disagree the EO was poorly worded. But the "we are all female now" chorus is also wrong.
The pieces have the potential for going either way, but at conception everyone is biologically female.
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In what meaningful sense is a zygote that first develops into an undifferentiated embryo with bipotential gonads and both sets of ducts (one for male genitalia, one for female) "biologically female"? It is not. It's pure hokum, good for guffawing but not much else.
During pregnancy hormones cause the males to take a different path. In the absence of this change order you get a female.
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You need a lot of signaling for an embryo to develop in the first place. Some more for male development, sure.
However, I think that if some of that male hormone signaling is knocked out, you do not get a healthy female, but for example a person with undescended, testes or streak gonads and a vagina sans uterus (Swyer syndrome and similar). Or a phallus, testes and also a uterus (PMDS).
All this further shows that the "we all start out as female" is very simplistic. We start out undifferentiated, and then hopefully develop into one of the two biological sexes with healthy, functional reproductive organs.
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XY genes + failed applying of the "male" template = Swyer syndrome -- someone who is female, although some things that should develop in puberty might not. Thus male is female + template and that template does not exist at conception.

His EO was written based on the biological definition of male and female but without understanding what's actually going on.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
Trump's next target... not killing civilians in military actions. :oops:

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The Trump administration is moving to abolish a Pentagon office responsible for promoting civilian safety in battlefield operations, suggesting incoming Defense Department leaders may attempt to loosen restrictions on U.S. military operations worldwide.
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It should be noted that the office was established way back in 2023, so this feels like an anti-Biden thing.
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The early moves suggest the Trump Pentagon may distance itself from a host of measures established under President Joe Biden to prioritize the safety of noncombatants in conflict zones. Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who has promised to make the U.S. military more lethal, has complained about overly restrictive rules of engagement and said that service members “fight lawyers as much as we fight bad guys.”
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Biden should have EO'd a requirement for the President to breath air with a mix that was 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen.
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So the president can't grab an oxygen mask if the plane depressurizes?
 
Loren Pechtel said:
Derec said:
Loren Pechtel said:
No, the EO got it wrong.
Click to expand...
I don't disagree the EO was poorly worded. But the "we are all female now" chorus is also wrong.
The pieces have the potential for going either way, but at conception everyone is biologically female.
Click to expand...
In what meaningful sense is a zygote that first develops into an undifferentiated embryo with bipotential gonads and both sets of ducts (one for male genitalia, one for female) "biologically female"? It is not. It's pure hokum, good for guffawing but not much else.
During pregnancy hormones cause the males to take a different path. In the absence of this change order you get a female.
Click to expand...
You need a lot of signaling for an embryo to develop in the first place. Some more for male development, sure.
However, I think that if some of that male hormone signaling is knocked out, you do not get a healthy female, but for example a person with undescended, testes or streak gonads and a vagina sans uterus (Swyer syndrome and similar). Or a phallus, testes and also a uterus (PMDS).
All this further shows that the "we all start out as female" is very simplistic. We start out undifferentiated, and then hopefully develop into one of the two biological sexes with healthy, functional reproductive organs.
Click to expand...
XY genes + failed applying of the "male" template = Swyer syndrome -- someone who is female, although some things that should develop in puberty might not. Thus male is female + template and that template does not exist at conception.

His EO was written based on the biological definition of male and female but without understanding what's actually going on.
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What defines the template? Isn't that the genetic code that also exists at conception?
 
I knew it would be bad, but based on all that I've read this week in several different news papers, I have to admit that so far, it's even worse than I expected. I mean, for example the madman is asking federal employees to spy on each other and report them if they are supporting DEI. America's Hitler for sure. My son is a federal employee. Will someone report he's an atheist? He's very quiet and introverted so they probably don't even know, but the MAGA extremists would probably like to kill or imprison us. I'm reading a book called "2000 year of Disbelief" It's so horrid how many people were jailed, tortured, killed etc. for not believing the dominate religion, for doubting there was a god or for being openly atheist. Of course that shit is still common in some Muslim dominant countries, but, despite atheists being the most hated group in the US, I never thought it would come to this.
 
The theme from Trump is if you want to trade with the US, you have to invest in the US. The annoying this is Trump is jacking off about trade deficits with Canada... and what is the main cause? Energy.
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And this ignores the reality that trade is about what you need. The US is a massive consumer. Canada is 1/10 the size population wise. Is it remotely reasonable to suggest Canada should be absolutely even?
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“Canada makes 20 per cent of our cars. We don’t need that. I’d rather make them in Detroit,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida in early January before he was officially appointed president.
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Ultimately Trump thinks if Canada gives up all of their jobs to us, that'll make things better. Except working Canadians (-iens) buy US products. Unemployed Canadians (-iens) buy notably fewer US products.

A strong Canada is good for America.
 
Shadowy Man said:
Jimmy Higgins said:
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“Canada makes 20 per cent of our cars. We don’t need that. I’d rather make them in Detroit,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida in early January before he was officially appointed president.
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Detroit basically is Canada. In fact it lies North of Canada!!
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Suppose Trump gets his way in that regard. While simultaneously getting his way in regards to cheap labor (AKA undocumented workers). Wanna bet on the effects on inflation?
Tom
 
Shadowy Man said:
Jimmy Higgins said:
article said:
“Canada makes 20 per cent of our cars. We don’t need that. I’d rather make them in Detroit,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida in early January before he was officially appointed president.
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Detroit basically is Canada. In fact it lies North of Canada!!
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On The National, the Canadian commentators were noting that 'rationality' will not be part of the solution with dealing with Trump as he creates these fake issues. That is a terrible thing to recognize in diplomacy, that your ally is an irrational lying ass.
 
www.cbsnews.com

Elon Musk's DOGE has a new target for cutting federal spending: the U.S. penny

Elon Musk's DOGE is taking aim at the U.S. penny, pointing out that it costs more to manufacture than it's worth.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
Dump the penny.
This comes up all the time.
It would save $179 million.
But, would cost consumers as prices would be rounded up to nearest $.05.
Many countries have done it.
So, what happened in your country?
 
The Fraternal Order Of Police have just rescinded their endorsement of Trump.

 
robnisch said:
www.cbsnews.com

Elon Musk's DOGE has a new target for cutting federal spending: the U.S. penny

Elon Musk's DOGE is taking aim at the U.S. penny, pointing out that it costs more to manufacture than it's worth.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
Dump the penny.
This comes up all the time.
It would save $179 million.
But, would cost consumers as prices would be rounded up to nearest $.05.
Many countries have done it.
So, what happened in your country?
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Get rid of the penny and nickel. They are obsolete! But let's not pretend the savings is remotely in the neighborhood of the outlandish prophesized savings DOGE was targetting to meet.
 
Why does the Right Wing hate Dr Fauci so much? Nothing he has done justifies that level of hatred. He had a difficult job at a time when the scientific community was in flux and not quite sure what to do, and their views on Covid were rapidly changing, so his advice changed to suit the current stage of knowledge.
 
lostone said:
Why does the Right Wing hate Dr Fauci so much? Nothing he has done justifies that level of hatred. He had a difficult job at a time when the scientific community was in flux and not quite sure what to do, and their views on Covid were rapidly changing, so his advice changed to suit the current stage of knowledge.
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I’m assuming it’s because he said everyone should wear masks, which were useless and annoying, and he wouldn’t back the use of ivermectin, which would have cured everyone of Covid.
 
lostone said:
Why does the Right Wing hate Dr Fauci so much? Nothing he has done justifies that level of hatred. He had a difficult job at a time when the scientific community was in flux and not quite sure what to do, and their views on Covid were rapidly changing, so his advice changed to suit the current stage of knowledge.
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Based on Hillary Clinton, I'd guess they simply hate health care in general.

He was demonized for doing his job... and doing it well.
 
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