(02-04-2021, 10:04 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(02-03-2021, 08:13 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: We are officially in bizarro world. 

Are there any lefties on here willing to defend Miguel Cardona's refusal to answer whether boys should be allowed to compete in girls track meets?

Anyone? 

Anyone?

Yeah.  
Never understood the need to allow trans-people into organized sport. 
Just doesn't make any sense.  

I'm all for people making whatever changes they feel they need to within medically-safe-reasonability,  but that doesn't mean you get to unfairly dominate a sporting event. 

What does this have to do with Joe Biden?

He signed an EO which opens up challenges to whether transgendered women can compete in women's sports. It shouldn't even be a question.

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(02-04-2021, 10:04 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(02-04-2021, 09:59 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Gender is black and white. You are either a boy or girl, depending on what genitalia you are born with. Period. In some rare cases, some people are born with both kinds of genitals. In that case, it's up to the doctor and family to decide. There is no other options on the table. These are set in stone by nature. You can't change nature or science, no matter what kind of fantasy world some people are living in.

Frankly, I don't care.  If women insist on having "separate but equal" sports, where they exclude half the population, they need to deal with the consequences.  This is Megan Rapinoe's problem, not mine.  If she wants to be a warrior for social justice, while discriminating based on gender, then she's going to wind up with issues like this.

You have to explain this. Are you saying women are being discriminatory by excluding men from their sports competitions?

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(02-04-2021, 10:10 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(02-04-2021, 08:59 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: Hopefully the unemployed who supported the $15 minimum wage will remember this.

Ralphs, Food 4 Less to close 25% of Long Beach stores over extra $4 per hour 'Hero Pay' ordinance (foxla.com)

The city council unanimously approved the wage increase on Jan. 19 to compensate grocery store workers for the dangers they face in serving the public during the coronavirus pandemic. The ordinance was tentatively approved, and a final vote is scheduled for Feb. 2.


The ordinance would be in place for at least 120 days, after which the ordinance would come back to the city council for a possible extension.

The company spokesperson noted that the Long Beach City Council’s mandate does nothing to raise wages for the frontline workers the city employs.



Damn you, free enterprise!!!

There will be business very adversely affected by a dramatic hike in minimum wage.

It's a major issue.

The real culprit is allowing the wage to stagnate for many years while inflation marched onward making the wage even less than it appears, but a way forward must be found. 

The only way forward IMO, is to implement incremental adjustments. 
Individual companies will need to be allowed to apply for an implementation schedule that will not break them. 

Not, BOOM, every entry level employee earns $15 an hour! 

( I realize the hero pay ordinance is a separate thing - but it correlates to the national issue at hand)

I disagree. The real culprit is the left defining the minimum wage as a living wage. It was never intended for that.

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