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1

That Groucho Marx bit was amazing ... What a find!

2

The mystery of the address does not preclude the facts of the case Matt.

3

Shouldn't the existence of the crime scene be one of the facts of the case? Seems like a weird one to be flexible about.

4

Biden can't fire DeJoy. The board does that, and it currently only has repub members. Biden can appoint more members to the board. I expect it's on his to-do list, but so are ten thousand other things that don't normally need fixing by a new President.

5

Maybe someone is operating a small, indie craft store out of their garage - surprised the nosy neighbors haven't complained about all the dangerous old ladies staggering around with their needles and hooks just sticking out of their baskets where children might see them.

WHO WILL THINK OF THE CHILDREN???

6

I expected it, but there really was no need for a Tiger Woods story this morning. Just one big mess of mad and sad.

7

RE: The cocaine story

Cocaine's not a narcotic, it's a stimulant.

10

Why can I never find a kilo of cocaine? What kind of person involves the police for something like this. It's only inviting trouble into your life. If you're not comfortable, flush it or donate it to someone in need.

11

I think we all know that craft store. It's the one that had that crazy snowperson in front of it.

13

@7, I refer you to Merriam-Webster, "narcotic", definition 1(b): a drug (such as marijuana or LSD) subject to restriction similar to that of addictive narcotics whether physiologically (see PHYSIOLOGICAL) addictive and narcotic or not

14

So are we saying we can't allow that there might be an issue of competitive fairness with letting a trans athlete compete against those born female without being labeled transphobic? That doesn't seem right either.

15

The SPD report this article links to says the cocainey animal hat making kit was bought at “6400 8th ave nw”, which is the Ballard Goodwill, and I feel like we all just should’ve guessed that that was the place to begin with.

16

@15: Earth to Matt: Just a little digging, just a little digging.

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@15:

No surprise that SPD would locate the BALLARD Goodwill in GREENWOOD (although, technically it's in Phinney Ridge, but just barely) - just more proof they couldn't find their collective asses from a hole in the ground if they were standing neck deep in one.

18

@10 Baltimore.

19

Anything that is not overtly trans-affirmative is transphobic. Deciding where to place trans athletes, high school or otherwise, is hardly cut and dried. Could be done thoughtfully or could be really destructive for women's sports. Also, a fair amount of trans activism is mostly the act of a trans person loosing their white male privilege in a very loud way.

20

I think the eligibility of trans athletes depends on the sport. I think sports that depend on raw muscle power like track or boxing need special deliberation, team sports not so much because skill prevails here. Other sports like archery or shooting or bowling or whatever are almost entirely skill-based and should be fine.

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@20 I think that is a reasonable solution. For athletic sports like track, there probably won't be enough trans athletes to compete in their own classification so could they compete with biological females but just be excluded from medals/records? Theoretically high school should be more about participation than who actually wins so that would allow inclusivity without penalizing biological females who are in line for scholarships and/or higher levels of competition (Olympics/pro leagues etc).

23

@13,

Ugh. Why on Earth did Merriam-Webster legitimize that.

It's as bad as Georgians referring to all soft drinks as "Coke" whether it's Coke or not.

Server: "Would you like something to drink?"
Customer: "A Coke"
Server: "What kind of Coke?"
Customer: "Pepsi"

Just ugh.

25

Conflating a discussion of the topic as "moral panic" is dumb.

26

DeJoy was put in place by the head of the Board of Governors of the USPS in collusion with Mitch McConnell (who the head of the BoG worked for) and Trump's Munchkin, Steve Mnuchin. He never worked in the USPS. He was placed in the position (coached by the aforementioned to pass his "interview") with the sole purpose of destroying the most successful government organization since this country began. He was put in place to destroy the service, slow down the mail delivery, and specifically and especially tamper with the mail in ballots of the 2020 presidential election. He failed. But he's still there. The BoG have refused to do their jobs (fire him), allowed him to continue his sabotage, and all of them, every single one of them, and DeJoy, are criminals who should not simply lose their jobs, but be held liable in criminal court for their purposeful and deliberate destruction of the organization for which they were entrusted to oversee.

Everyone, no matter who they are, no matter what they believe, no matter who they vote for, and no matter how old they are - relies on the United States Postal SERVICE.

Biden may not be able to fire him but this country needs to get rid of DeJoy and all of the BoG, and stop the dismantling and destruction of the USPS before it is too late. No one seems very interested in all of the crimes that Trump committed and how McConnell and the Republicans (148 guilty of sedition and treason) run rip shod over the law and do whatever they fuck they want. Time for Democrats to do the same. Rip that fucker out of his position. Destroy the BoG and build it from the ground up. Our entire government is full of cancer and the only way one with cancer has a chance of surviving is by cutting every single cell of it out.

31

Someone's grandma was probably stashing coke for $$$ LOL that's like the basis of a mediocre Netflix show right there.

32

@29/@30 the ability of you both to extrapolate a couple of posts, read into people’s minds and concoct a full blown assault on trans rights is amusing and sad. The only moral panic here is in your head.

Professor, your argument that the issue is so small (which is not in question) that it’s not worth considering is really pathetic even for you. It’s fascinating to me that progressives are so willing to counter perceived injustice by inflicting injustice on others. If your solution to this issue is to tell these young women that their right to compete fairly is subservaint to inclusiveness than the whole spirit of athletic competition is pointless.

33

@26 xina for the WIN!

Hey, Groucho: Ever listen to the Beatles? Now you know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall!

34

@26: Agreed and seconded, xina. Trump, Pence, McConnell, DeJoy, ad nauseum must be held fully accountable and removed from their positions ASAP. I, too, am amazed it hasn't happened yet under the Biden / Harris Administration. But indeed, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have a LOT of damage to undo after four years of Trumpian Dark Ages.

re @33 (Groucho comment): I couldn't help myself.

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@34: Correction: Louis Dejoy and the Board of Governors destroying the USPS should be removed immediately, and Trump, Pence, McConnell, ad nauseum should be held criminally accountable for their unspeakable damage done in four years.

36

@27 Not sure where you're getting these numbers from but you're saying that approximately one third of the US population are female athletes? (And "probably way more"?) Definitely not true.

39

Title IX requires schools that use scholarships to lure athletes to their lucrative men's football and basketball programs to also offer athletic scholarships to women. To date, the lawsuits that have been filed over this issue mostly concern that scholarship money. Courts will have to issue rulings on such cases. You seem to be asking "who cares?" about this issue, so there's your answer.

The fact that it affects a small number of people is the whole point -- it's a limited resource that people are willing to fight over. There are all kinds of laws on the books that address rare situations. That's how the law works, genius.

40

@6 Phoebe in Wallingford: I remember when Tiger Woods knocked out a tooth. Agreed: this is one big mess of mad and sad.

@23 Urgutha Forka: Maybe Georgians are used to calling all soft drinks Cokes, regardless of brand names because the Coca Cola bottling plant is headquartered in Atlanta?
I know--still. And seconded on the ugh.

41

@33: NOBODY got my Groucho punchline??
Come on, commenters--I know a good handful of you out there who are my age and older.

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@41: For those interested or curious, for better reference to my attempted Groucho Marx "Albert Hall" joke, give the Beatles' classic multi-platinum 1967 album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band a listen, particularly to the final track, "A Day in the Life".


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