WOW!!!

[Nancy OShea]

[John T Smith]

[Nancy OShea]

Albeit morally reprehensible, selatious s*x scandal hush money payments to cover up cheating on one's wife are not felonious crimes. The 34 felony convictions were for much, much more than that...

Another WOW just came down.  While Chad Daybell's 'Doomsday books' were not well written and his religious beliefs are way out there, that's not why he was convicted.

[Ricky336]

The 34 felony convictions were for much, much more than that...

By @Nancy OShea

However, it's the 'Hush money' that's sticking, which happened around 18 years ago, apparently. (A skeleton in the closet.)

[Nancy OShea]

What's sticking is falsification of business records and an elaborate catch & kill scheme intended to skew results of an  election, as well as illegal campaign contributions and tax fraud (similar to what Nixon did which ended very badly).

According to latest Ipsos poll, half of Americans believe the guilty verdict is correct. And many more won't support a convicted felon who is facing a prison sentence.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-more-bad-news-fourth-post-verdict-poll-1907209

[Ricky336]

This shows how divided your country is! Trump a former US President, is now a convicted criminal. This makes the US look very bad!

You only have 2 people to choose from. A convicted criminal, and an old geriatric. 

Not living in the US, I really can't comment, but looking from the outside - it is not a good look!

By the way, if Trump were to win, it probably won't be good for Europe, bearing in mind Russian aggression.

[Nancy OShea]

You only have 2 people to choose from. A convicted criminal, and an old geriatric. 

By @Ricky336

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Not that divided.  Don't forget our third option -- the 70 year old trust-fund baby & long-time heroin addict who said “COVID was ethnically targeted” to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.  A real winner that one...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Biden & #ConvictedFelonTrump have a 3 year age difference -- Trump turns 78 on June 14th. They attended high school at the same time.

Biden stays fit and leads an active lifestyle while the other binges on fast food, falls asleep in courtrooms, slurs words and makes unintelligible noises that no one can understand.

While we're talking about seniors, 93 year old Rupert Murdoch just married wife #5 with a 30 year age gap between them. No doubt she married him for his charisma & s*x appeal?  😂

[Ricky336]

On the other side of the coin, The Pres falls off bike:

[Nancy OShea]

All cyclists have accidents -- even the pros.

[Abambo]

By @John T Smith

Looks different to me. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/jones111498.htm?itid=lk_inlin...

[Ricky336]

The most interesting thing is that if Trump wasn't running for President, none of this would have happened!!! Ergo, it is politically motivated!!

But this is the US of A, where even 'Bernie' can be president. 

[Chuck Uebele]

Well now that Trump has been found guilty, so has Hunter Biden, on all counts. Good that no one is above the law, but I do agree with @Ricky336 that the Trump case would not have happened if he wasn't running for election and same with Hunter's case, if his dad wasn't running. Pretty sad when we're using the justice system as means to controlling politics.

I also agree with @Ricky336 that it is so embarassing for the U.S. to have these two running. Not only embarassing but extremely depressing. Although it won't be the first time the U.S. had a convicted Felon running for President: In 1918 Eugene Debs ran for president, from prison, under the Socialist ticket.

Frankly, I blame the Left for Trump 's comeback. The more they go after him, the stronger his base becomes. I was really hoping that he would fade away after the election.

[Abambo]

Trump is old and makes outlandish claims. Biden is old.

Besides any political preference, there is a behavioural difference between Trump and Biden.

[Ricky336]

Trump is old and makes outlandish claims.

By @Abambo

So does Biden. Remember he suggested his uncle was eaten by cannibals, because his (the uncle's ) body wasn't found as there were a lot of them in that region.

[Chuck Uebele]

Just one of many made up stories. There are so many! Kind of reminds me of my mom, when the Alzheimer's was first kicking in. She was adament that my dad designed the first successful rocket launch at Cape Canaveral. She was upset when a local paper ran a story on SpaceX and didn't mention my dad. She insisted that we take her to the newspaper to set things straight. As proof, she brought a photo of a rocket launch that I had taken for work - not even remotely related. That's what I think about when Biden talks: the dementia taking over my mom.

Just to be fair. I can't stand watching Trump talk. My wife watches all their speaches - I can't do that.

[MimiF]

so true!

lately i dont tune into politics because it hurts to watch our own elected president talk. how anyone can argue that biden is fit to be president i dont know i dont like trump but he is our best bet right now

[Nancy OShea]

After the disparaging remarks Trump made yesterday about Milwaukee being a "horrible city," Milwaukeeans are calling him a "horrible person."  The RNC Convention will be held in Milwaukee in a few weeks. The organizers better hope there's not a city-wide strike.  😁

[Nancy OShea]

First bed bugs, now this!!

Unsafe Levels of E. Coli Found in Paris’ Seine River Less Than 60 Days Before Olympics

https://time.com/6988977/unsafe-e-coli-paris-seine-river-olympics/

[Leslie Moak Murray]

I saw that today. Good grief

[John T Smith]

One good thing about the Olympics (actually, the World Court) is that Lia Thomas lost a court case and will not be allowed to compete against real women

[Leslie Moak Murray]

I agree that was good news. Sad about the womens basketball team tho. I think it's a shame and not fair at all.

[Ricky336]

At least some sporting authorities have a brain and understand basic biology. Men compete with men, women compete with women. The end!

[Nancy OShea]

Men compete with men, women compete with women.

By @Ricky336

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Except when they compete together 🤔 -- darts, table-tennis, archery, shooting, curling, figure skating, ice dancing, mixed-doubles tennis, synchronized swimming...

Men with bigger frames and explosive muscle mass have better speeds at shorter distances.  But in longer distances and colder conditions (ultra-cycling, ultra-swimming, megamarathons), research data shows that women outperform men. 

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/will-women-athletes-ever-be-able-to-compete-with-men#Women-cl...

[John T Smith]

Men & women competing together is fine when the specific sport is DESIGNED to be for both

A man should not be allowed to compete against women in a WOMEN'S sport

[Nancy OShea]

A man should not be allowed to compete against women in a WOMEN'S sport

By @John T Smith

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If you say so.  But that view is not shared by policymakers.

CAS POLICY:

"Transgender women can compete in World Aquatic events under two conditions:

1. they did not experience male puberty or their male puberty was suppressed before age 12,

2. their testosterone levels are consistently below 2.5nmol/L."

USA SWIMMING'S POLICY:

"Transgender women must have less than 5 nmol/L of testosterone consistently for 36 months before they can compete at elite levels. But to compete in international events, a transgender woman must meet World Aquatics criteria." [See above]

Lia Thomas tried to challenge condition #1 for unfairly discriminating against athletes who transitioned after age 12.  She's right, it does discriminate.  But because she's not a member of World Aquatics or USA Swimming, technically she can't challenge their policy.

I'm sure she or some other athlete who is a member will eventually challenge condition #1.