Right-wing Jewish pundit Ben Shapiro spoke to Orthodox students at Yeshiva Monday.
Transgender people are unfortunately suffering from a significant mental illness that is deeply harmful and it’s not a solution to pretend that transgender people are the sex that they think they are in their head. Biology is biology; men can’t magically become women and women can’t magically become men.
If you're on the Facebook feed of a bunch of Clinton critics you have perhaps seen this Atlantic piece by Derek Thompson:
The Dangerous Myth That Hillary Clinton Ignored the Working Class
I'm afraid once again laughter is getting the better of me, just forget how serious it all is for a minute; we have a little time before January. Think of it as a vacation from reality/outrage.
The media and blogs
Would the MSM stop showing videos of Trump rallies! Now!
Two minutes later the same people en masse write:
Did you see what Trump just done did! The horror!
Trump Tweets
The following is intended as satire, unless a certain someone takes it seriously.
Dear Hillary Clinton:
https://soundcloud.com/paralycyst -- industrial hardcore
http://katabatik.org/audio/ -- housey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLLerrep_-tsfM2vonl-fJqXBi63VhH1zN&v=... -- dream pop
I do like the wee small hours - I also have moderate insomnia anyway so I might as well enjoy it. It also gives me the absolute quiet here in the countryside to read. So one article tonight I'm thinking about by George Monbiot.
No country with a McDonald’s can remain a democracy
[He turns one piece of old "common wisdom" on its head]
Yesterday we decided to brave the cold and ride our bikes to yoga. Cold is relative of course, was up to 40F with a wind. Thinking about the Water Protectors spurred us on, up there in North Dakota where cold is damn cold.
A few days ago, I mentioned in various comments that it would be difficult for Trump to overturn the Army Corps of Engineers' ("ACOE" or "Corps," hereafter) decision to refuse an easement to the backers of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to allow them to drill and complete their pipeline under Lake Oahe. Why?
This has been a depraved and depressing election, and its results have left many terrorized and deeply mistrustful of their fellow citizens' character and intentions. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent to spread divisive propaganda of racial antagonism, and it has had an impact.
