Forced? If someone is forcing you to get undressed in a particular place then I’m afraid you have more problems than a simple gender vs sex debate. If you mean “ the place where you ‘CHOOSE’ to get changed is less to your liking then ‘CHOOSE’ to go somewhere else. I’m currently ‘forced’ to get chan...
Jump to postHistoric genuine ignorance is not a valid excuse for future wilful ignorance. A false equivalence, me explaining to Lia what it’s like to be a transgender athlete would be the equivalent to what you suggest. Schooling a black woman in the genetic predisposition to certain diseases and conditions wo...
Jump to postThe pronouns use is to do with gender the athletic ability is due to sex. It’s pretty basic. I wasn’t going to get in to “the left does this and the right does that” stuff but I now feel compelled for some reason. Whilst not an all out 100% thing then tendencies appear to be that. The individual fr...
Jump to postI mentioned size earlier but in some sports, there are categories by weight. In combat sports. That could help in that case, maybe. Lets look at weight, the women's raw deadlight world record is 288,5kg, set by Tamara Walcott she weighted 130kg, in the up to 69kg men's class record is 305kg held by...
Jump to postI suggest that we start from the point of why do men and women to race against each other. The next question is about trans people. To what extent do they retain the characteristics of their gender, and at what stage do we conclude that they have transitioned. If the person transitioned before pube...
Jump to postWe all know the solution will be a trans category. The only sport I watch is mixed, but women never make it (Formula 1). I'm not even sure men have a physical advantage, these days the smaller and lighter you are the better, and the cars have everything assisted or automatic so no need for crazy st...
Jump to postIt seems that people who are offended by trans people are the ones who simply think a guy puts on a dress or bikini and instant trans. It never ever works that way. There is actual science behind it. Medications and surgeries and mental health counseling and disownment by loved ones. I don't know w...
Jump to postThis deserves its own thread and has understandably been overshadowed by COVID and now the Ukrainian crisis in the last year. Unfortunately feckless and wishy-washy leadership by NCAA and other athletic organizations have led to this situation where highly competitive female athletes are being push...
Jump to postAesma wrote:
At the end of the day, all countries are part of the UN, and aren't supposed to take over any other country. Simple facts like that aren't easy to disguise.
If you chose to drive a dinosaur car in Norway, you better pay a bit extra. It is our air you are polluting. You have nothing to complain about. Compared to prices in Norway / Europe, that is cheap. Yup cost me 1400 NOK to fill my car the other day, it's not all due to Russia that stupid champagne ...
Jump to postCan't use Apple pay, Google pay. Get your plastic card out : can't use that either. Getting hard currency from the bank ? Banned by Putin. Only worthless rubles allowed. I think I a lot of other systems will come about because of these sanctions, there’s less than 1b people in the western alliance,...
Jump to postCrude oil was up almost $9 today. Yikes. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Oil-Rebounds-As-Market-Fears-Russian-Supply-Shock.html A lot is still to be sorted out about Russian Oil. As I said, it will be a rough spring summer, and that was before the Russian Kamikaze curveball. We will have to ...
Jump to postPaid the most I ever have for a gallon today. $4.99 hows that hopey changey stuff working for ya? You have nothing to complain about. Compared to prices in Norway / Europe, that is cheap. Yup cost me 1400 NOK to fill my car the other day, it's not all due to Russia that stupid champagne socialist N...
Jump to postT18 wrote:Well, I'll shed no tears for Sochi, politically it should not go on and frankly the track stinks anyway imo.
johns624 wrote:Kiwirob wrote:So far...the RAN only operate helicopters from theirs.
Aesma wrote:Rafales might be an option...
China is not investing in gas powered cars. It is investing loads of money in military aircraft. It's not just about building cars. It's about the industrial base that allows you to build quality cars that is the building blocks to building quality air crafts which is the base for building quality ...
Jump to postHowever, you have to be fair and compare current versions of the radars. The sub-par 800 odd modules RBE2 had been replaced by the more modern RBE2-Aesa radar with apparently moreand more modern modules ( There is more to performance of a radar system than the technical spec of a radar or any indiv...
Jump to postThe truth is that average people are already financing all of this, via inflation. This is why many of you cannot afford to buy a house or a new car anymore. Because the value of the dollar has declined, because your dollar has already been spent by the government to “help people.” Which means the ...
Jump to postTWA772LR wrote:Elon Musk has stepped up with the Starlink coverage in Ukraine. And that's outright supporting the Ukrainian war effort by keeping the internet on. A huge advantage even if Russia could keep their vehicles fueled.
I'm with you here. Just not seeing here abdicating, no way. The coronation oath, other promises of the same nature (earlier and later) too. Plus the spectre of abdication of her uncle still hanging over her, and the premature death of her father, who was clearly stressed with the whole "unexpe...
Jump to postThe US and it’s citizens aren’t subject to the ICC since they aren’t signatories to the Rome Statute. Bush even signed into law the American Servicemembers Protection Act of 2002, the law authorizes the use of military force to liberate any American being held by the court, which is located in The ...
Jump to postTaylor, 61, was sentenced to two years in prison. Peter Taylor, 29, was accused of arranging the escape and sentenced to 20 months in prison. Since he is athletic and younger, he is in better shape than his father, Kelly said. They're short sentences, they weren't sentenced to life, they should jus...
Jump to postI hope he with gets killed in Ukraine or it subject to arrest to stand trial in the Hague for war crimes. He will have a Hell of a time traveling back to Texas. Aeroflot can't fly anywhere in Europe, the US or Canada. The US and it’s citizens aren’t subject to the ICC since they aren’t signatories ...
Jump to postIn NZ 52% of the pump price is tax.
Jump to postWhen a commodity goes up in price, all the distribution points from A to B have a chance to collect, but the majority of it will go to those that actually produce and pump the oil. So Oil well owners should see the most profits, which is as it should be. They will have more incentive to drill more ...
Jump to postI would also expect Charles to only "take over" as soon as QE2 passes away. I have to admit I always felt Charles was a bit strange, not really the winning type of person whose fate was that all his life he would have to wait for mum to die to really reach the top level of his career. The...
Jump to postPrince Charles will become King when his mother, the current Queen, passes away unless he passes away before her. Full Stop. ... I'm with you here. Just not seeing here abdicating, no way. The coronation oath, other promises of the same nature (earlier and later) too. Plus the spectre of abdication...
Jump to postScoMo has announced the East Coast Nuclear sub base is to be established. ScoMo said the location of the new base had been narrowed down from 19 potential sites to a shortlisted choice of three locations – Brisbane, Newcastle, or Port Kembla near Wollongong. https://adbr.com.au/new-east-coast-nuclea...
Jump to postStill looking for a reliable source but seeing at the very least rumours Aeroflot won't return the leased airplanes: https://twitter.com/jakluge/status/1499373653372420099 I don't think the moderators permit articles in a foreign language to be linked, but I have seen various Russian media sources ...
Jump to postI would love to see those overweight husky, fat-assed muscular malcontents patriots get off their butts driver's seats and head towards a fight that is really worth fighting. "Putin vs. the Truckers" would be a documentary I would love to watch! Spotted on Twitter: 50-something fatty from...
Jump to post@jakluge: According to a source in Aeroflot, #Russia will not return airplanes leased from European companies (more than 500). Trust in protection of property rights will disappear. Who will ever send any machinery to Russia again? https://www.frequentflyers.ru/2022/03/03/7500/ Look at all the prop...
Jump to postAesma wrote:who and who ?
The proper response it to not shoot someone who threw popcorn. We weren't there I doubt that was the only thing that happened. So sending a text message in a public place is wrong You are supposed to put your phone away in the movie theatre once the lights go dark. According to the eye witness stat...
Jump to postNIKV69 wrote:The proper response from Oulson would have been to apologize and put the phone away not become aggressive. I do not think with the evidence presented that pulling a gun was warranted but the jury spoke within the law.
This just blows my mind. After acquittal, Curtis Reeves renews freedom; Chad Oulson’s widow grieves anew “He never lost hope in our system of justice,” says lawyer for Reeves, found not guilty in the 2014 Wesley Chapel movie theater shooting. “When stand-your-ground self-defense was enacted, I canno...
Jump to postI recall, possibly way up in the thread, that Australia does not want to have a Nuclear Industry. Either the Virginia S9G or the Astute class's reactor will be set up to not require refueling during the life of the sub, the S9G in the US Navy has attained lifetime initial refueling for their fleet....
Jump to postAirPacific747 wrote:Yeah so the Russians may win a conventional war in a short amount of time but what will they do with Ukraine afterwards? They can’t suppress the will of 44 million people in the long term
Bravo France, 14 weeks is fine. Not sure I agree with aborting downs children, but that's the parents choice and has naught to do with anyone else.
Jump to postThe main power station of the independent Luhansk Republic - was bombed not long ago with Grad rockets of the Ukrainian army. https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/6861 87.5K views edited Feb 22 at 08:58 Amir Tsarfati .... so yeah, if there where rockets at all, they came from a Russian launcher. best r...
Jump to postPi7472000 wrote:Putin will do what he wants. The U.S. can do little as it will hurt us economically. I think Putin and Russia will march toward Poland in the future. Will be interesting to see if he goes for Finland too.
I hate to admit it, but Putin is kind of a genius here for the way he went about this. He knows that Ukraine will not attempt to move his forces out because it would provoke a wider war that would end in disaster for Kiev, and he also knows that Biden will not go through with his doomsday sanctions...
Jump to postjohns624 wrote:sierrakilo44 wrote:Putting a CBG in the constrained waters of the Black Sea wouldn't be a good idea.no Carrier Battle Group to the Black Sea.
Berlin is axing certification of Nordstream2 (finally...). axing it easlier would have cost Russia nothing. So, are the US going to stop importing Oil from Russia now? best regards Thomas Let's see what the sanctions are, but the US doesn't import a hill of beans in terms of volume from Russia. May...
Jump to postVirtual737 wrote:Kiwirob wrote:
Training exercises. The Whitehouse have been saying since New Years Russia invading Ukraine was imminent, we're now 2 months on and still no invasion.
That didn't age too well eh?
So if breakaway regions in Ukraine can receive assistance from a foreign, outside military agent, that means equally the government in Kiev can invite in outside military assistance as well. Correct? I hope Ukraine does and that NATO (or whoever does assist) And I would word the assistance using Pu...
Jump to postI just want to remind my post #198. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=23182191#p23182169 What the hell are you talking about? Or another question, why you are supporting a dictator or playing his agenda? I do not believe there will be any invasion. There already was an invation.They a...
Jump to postRight. So the 150,000 Russian troops and obscene amount of military equipment Putin has ammassed around the Ukrainian border are just made up? Training exercises. The Whitehouse have been saying since New Years Russia invading Ukraine was imminent, we're now 2 months on and still no invasion. I jus...
Jump to postI honestly do not believe the insane propaganda coming from the Whitehouse, it's the WMD in Iraq all over again, American wants to go to war again and they are doing there very best to set one up. Right. So the 150,000 Russian troops and obscene amount of military equipment Putin has ammassed aroun...
Jump to posthttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60454818 So let me get this straight, the media had been reporting non-stop that U.S. intelligence indicated that Putin had already given the order to commence the invasion to his commanders, but now he's agreeing to a summit ? If Putin had already supposedly g...
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