facepalm of the day

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by OldDog

Bruce Springsteen pulls out of North Carolina concert

http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...rimination-law



"In any case, by the time Bruce finally consents to play in North Carolina, Born to Run will surely have undergone one hell of a re-write:

We gotta get out while we’re young

‘Cause tramps like us, baby we were born respectively as a cis gender male assigned male at birth and a cis female assigned female at birth although obviously that entire binary concept supports outmoded privilege structures that do not recognise the legitimacy of sexuality’s fluid reality which should allow people to wander into any toilet they please based on how they identify at that precise moment in time. "

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegr...c_street_band/

OldDog, do you actually know any transgender folk personally? Or are you just spouting off assumptions about what you think transgender folk are like?

[GenuineRisk]

Because, you know, there are more Senators that have been caught doing illegal things in bathrooms than transgender people. The arrest record for transgender folk assaulting women and/or kids in bathrooms currently stands at, I believe, zero.

Let's take a look at an actual sexual predator, shall we?

[Danzig]

come now, GR, poor folks with wide stances and such.......



good for bruce springsteen. meanwhile, brian adams cancelled a miss. show.
we went to st Louis over the wknd, for the hockey game vs the blues. we took the long way there and back, to avoid travel thru Mississippi. (recent law passage, and then there's that confederate heritage month bs from the same gov).
they won't get any money from us, neither will n.c. as long as they keep that bs....so, no hurricans games next season if nc doesn't get their stuff together.

[Danzig]

http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...9780553447231/

this book will be out may 17. stumbled across it while reading about something else.


· Thanks to 40 years of policy changes and bad decisions, only about 15 % of all the money in our market system actually ends up in the real economy – the rest stays within the closed loop of finance itself.
· The financial sector takes a quarter of all corporate profits in this country while creating only 4 % of American jobs.
· The tax code continues to favor debt over equity, making it easier for companies to hoard cash overseas rather than reinvest it on our shores.
· Our biggest and most profitable corporations are investing more money in stock buybacks than in research and innovation.
· And, still, the majority of the financial regulations promised after the 2008 meltdown have yet come to pass, thanks to cozy relationship between our lawmakers and the country’s wealthiest financiers.

[casp0555]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...9780553447231/

this book will be out may 17. stumbled across it while reading about something else.


· Thanks to 40 years of policy changes and bad decisions, only about 15 % of all the money in our market system actually ends up in the real economy – the rest stays within the closed loop of finance itself.
· The financial sector takes a quarter of all corporate profits in this country while creating only 4 % of American jobs.
· The tax code continues to favor debt over equity, making it easier for companies to hoard cash overseas rather than reinvest it on our shores.
· Our biggest and most profitable corporations are investing more money in stock buybacks than in research and innovation.
· And, still, the majority of the financial regulations promised after the 2008 meltdown have yet come to pass, thanks to cozy relationship between our lawmakers and the country’s wealthiest financiers.

or pay their fair share of the tax burden

[Rudeboyelvis]

WTF??!!

BERLIN — The German government on Friday granted a Turkish request to allow the possible prosecution of a German TV comedian who wrote a crude poem about Turkey’s president, an awkward decision for Chancellor Angela Merkel as she seeks Ankara’s help in reducing Europe’s migrant influx.

Turkey demanded last week to have comedian Jan Boehmermann prosecuted for insulting a foreign head of state. German law required Merkel’s government to grant permission before prosecutors could consider whether to press charges.

Merkel stressed that it “means neither a prejudgment of the person affected nor a decision about the limits of freedom of art, the press and opinion.”

Merkel is now sending one of her own citizens to face prosecution in a foreign country for telling a joke??!!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/enter...4dc_story.html

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

OldDog, do you actually know any transgender folk personally? Or are you just spouting off assumptions about what you think transgender folk are like?

I saw Dressed to Kill. Does that count?

I do know a young man who was convinced that his equipment was wrong. He convinced his parents, who were well to do, and they paid for his change. Fast forward six years: he is dating a woman and wants to change back. Best of luck to him.

Actually, I "spouted off" no assumptions. Re-read my post if you doubt me. I was a fan of Springsteen in the old days. Born to Run (the album) was the height of his work, imo. Now . . . he's just a political belief system, and you're either with him or agin him. And he's taking his guitar his working class schtick and going home. I don't care. I didn't have tickets, and wouldn't go to see him now under any circumstances. And I'm sure that's fine by him.