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Even people who otherwise support transgender equality often draw the line at transgender women competing against cisgender women. We have a couple of new opinions expressed lately. What makes these more unusual than most is that they are grounded in science.

Steven Petrow investigates at Washington Post.

This charged debate is timely because of a landmark rule change instituted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this year. In Rio, transgender men (female-to-male athletes) will be allowed to compete without any restrictions (based on the sexist assumption, I suppose, that trans men could never dominate their sports). Trans women, meanwhile, are no longer required to undergo gender-reassignment surgery to compete in female divisions, and the previously mandated two-year wait after transitioning has been jettisoned.

With Bernie Sanders disposed of and the coercion of "moderate Republicans" underway, Hillary and the "Democrats" will continue to move further to the right, corporate power will continue to expand after the "election", the Constitution will continue to be shredded, the Pentagon beast will continue to prowl through the Middle East, there'll be finger pointing at Putin and fearmongering about terrorism every damn day of the week, by everyone in power, by everyone in the corporate media, by ever

The Inspector general of the US Postal Service has completed a detailed report on something people in many countries take for granted: Banking Services offered by the Post Office. While it may seem a bit strange to us, a few moments thought reveal that there are a number of very exciting benefits to the concept.

Largely unnoticed, last week, Penny Pritzker, the Secretary of Commerce and former fundraiser in chief for Obama's 2012 camapign, whose billionaire family members are among the largest donors to the Clinton campaign and Clinton SuperPacs,

There was always the plan to attract the right, it's what the Clinton's do best

Few people outside of the financial media are talking about it, but Italy's banks are virtually bankrupt.

Just broke my self-imposed boycott of Charlie Pierce of Esquire, a very witty commentator who has shown a distressing tendency in recent years to line up along the Democratic party line. During the primary season this meant toeing pretty close to the Clinton party line, with occasional gestures toward impartiality. So, like so much other corporate media, he went in the trash bin. Today, though, I'm home getting over a cold, and wandered over to his joint. Imagine my surprise to see an entry from Friday entitled Somehow Hillary Clinton Made the E-mail Mess Even Worse Today.

(In British- Scrapheap Poo Pit Challenge)

I stand accused of being unfair to Brazil and mouthing the Imperialist Exceptionalist tropes that mark our Northern fully industrialized (hah!) First Worlder institutionally and systemically privileged status.

Guilty! I'm the whitest guy you'll ever meet. Nurses greet me with- "Son, the last time someone came in with numbers like that, they'd been shot." Oh, how'd they do? "They died."

I think this person doesn't understand what I find humorous.

Lindsey Deaton frequently is between Cincinnati and Los Angeles on business. She recounts her experiences in a recent essay at Cincinnati.com.

Once again, a lawsuit brought by the Libertarian and Green Parties against the RNC, DNC and The Commission on Presidential Debates seeking injunctive relief to allow them to participate in the upcoming Presidential debates was dismissed without any hearing on the merits of the case by a Federal District Court Judge yesterday.