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No surprise.

Sarcasm ? A circumcision is painful. The infant is always given a pain reliever afterwards. Usually liquid Tylenol.

A great anniversary for America .

Only? I'm reading this NYT column by Jessica Grose: "Kennedy’s Comments on Circumcision Are Only Going to Confuse and Shame Parents." The headline makes it sound as though human beings cannot be trusted with information. We'll only get confused or descend into shame. What's the issue here? On Thursday, Kennedy, the secretary of health and human services, said in a cabinet meeting, “There’s two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they’re given Tylenol.” Was he trying to persuade parents to avoid circumcision, Tylenol (the most popular brand of acetaminophen) or both?... Why not read it for exactly what it is, an observation that you can take into account when deciding whether to have your child circumcised and, if you do, what form of pain relief do you want? What's confusing or shameful about that? Health info often comes in this form — studies find that a substance is associated with a health problem. It might not be causal, but don't parents have the right to decide if they should take the risk? https://althouse.blogspot.com/2025/10/only.html

What a 'leader' Mamdami Won't Credit Trump for Ceasefire and Won't Say Hamas Should Give Up Weapons John Sexton https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/10/15/mamdami-refuses-to-say-hamas-should-give-up-its-weapons-n3807877

Is the Trans Fad Over? One of the strangest phenomena of recent years is the remarkable number of young people who tell pollsters they are bisexual, transsexual, asexual, nonbinary, or otherwise “*****.” Since human biology has not likely changed, what explains this literally perverse trend? Whatever it was, it now may be drawing to an end. A new report, based on surveys from multiple sources, finds “*****” identification in steep decline: From the text of the report: • After surging in the 2010s and 20s, trans and ***** identities are in decline among young Americans • The transgender share among university students peaked in 2023 and has almost halved since, from nearly 7 percent to under 4 percent • The share of students identifying as not heterosexual fell by around 10 points in the same period • The decline in non-heterosexual share is concentrated in the ***** or other sexual categories (i.e. pansexual, asexual) and, to a lesser extent, bisexuality • Today’s freshmen are less BTQ+ than seniors, suggesting that decline will continue • The decline in BTQ+ identification does not appear to be connected to lower social media use, religious revival, a shift to the political right or lower support for woke ideology • There is evidence that improved mental health has reduced BTQ+ identification My sense was always that being “*****” was largely a fad, and that actual sexual behavior changed much less than what young people told pollsters. It appears, finally, that the fad is drawing to a close. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/10/is-the-trans-fad-over.php

Interesting. How did he lose his legs?

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WOOF! Obama Accidentally Reveals Virginia's Gubernatorial Race Is NOT Going Abigail Spanberger's Way https://twitchy.com/samj/2025/10/16/obama-just-accidentally-revealed-virginias-gubernatorial-race-is-not-going-abigail-spanbergers-way-n2420429

The best part is that they cannot reopen the government until this No Kings rally ends this weekend. No way are Democrats risking their unhinged base camping outside their offices over the weekend. They’ll vent and then cave days later. What the Hell Happened to the Dems on CNN Last Night? Matt Vespa On CNN, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spewed nonsense, with AOC even accusing Deloitte of dumping toxic chemicals into riverways. Deloitte is an accounting firm. Sanders finally said the quiet part out loud, which is that this shutdown is meant to defeat Trump. It’s not about the American people. The question that really got under their skin is whether Chuck Schumer did this to avoid a primary challenge by AOC, which led to a Sanders mansplaining session. Sorry, these are their rules. AOC even did a gender lecture about how the GOP is poisoning young men and gravitating them toward toxic masculinity. Yeah, lady, this crap is why no one likes Democrats. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/10/16/what-the-hell-happened-to-the-democrats-last-night-n2665032 .

The Voting Rights Act Probably Won't Be 'Gutted,' but the Supreme Court Appears Set to Restrain It By Joe Cunningham If you only read the headlines after the Supreme Court’s re-argument in Louisiana v. Callais, you’d think conservatives on the Court were sharpening their knives to “gut” the Voting Rights Act. The reality inside the courtroom was more nuanced—and, for those who actually care about constitutional limits, more encouraging. The justices weren’t preparing to demolish Section 2. They were trying to rescue it from the legal contradictions that have plagued redistricting for forty years. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act prohibits any map or election law that “results” in minority voters having less opportunity than others to elect their candidates of choice. In 1986, the Court’s decision in Thornburg v. Gingles established a three-part test: a large and compact minority population, political cohesion, and majority bloc voting. In Allen v. Milligan (2023), Chief Justice John Roberts reaffirmed that Section 2 can still require states to draw majority-minority districts under those conditions. But what happens when satisfying Section 2 forces a legislature to make race the overriding factor in its map—a move that violates the Equal Protection Clause? That’s the core of Louisiana v. Callais. Louisiana found itself trapped between two conflicting commands. A federal court instructed the legislature to create a second majority-Black district under Section 2. The moment it did, another set of plaintiffs sued, saying the new map— which passed our legislature as Senate Bill 8—was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under Shaw v. Reno. Louisiana Solicitor General J. Benjamin Aguiñaga put it bluntly at argument: “Louisiana would rather not be here… we would rather not be caught between two parties with opposed visions.” His point: the state can’t simultaneously comply with both Section 2’s racial awareness and the Constitution’s racial neutrality without clearer boundaries. https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/10/15/the-voting-rights-act-probably-wont-be-gutted-but-the-supreme-court-appears-set-to-restrain-it-n2195116

Fetterman Torches Dems on Shutdown, Stuns Forum Crowd With Refusal to Call Political Opponents ‘Fascists’ Rusty Weiss Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) criticized Democrats for the ongoing Schumer Shutdown, accusing them of holding the government hostage while suggesting they are prioritizing their party's own interests over the best interests of the American people. Fetterman made several comments during NewsNation’s live town hall at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday that demonstrate why he is considered a maverick among Democrats in the Senate. “I follow country, then party,” he explained. What a novel idea. “You don’t hold the government hostage,” Fetterman added, noting that the Schumer shutdown is “what the Democratic Party wants to do.” “I know and I love people who voted for President Trump. But they are not fascists, they’re not Nazis, they’re not trying to destroy the Constitution and those things," he insisted. "I refuse to call people Nazis or fascists. I would never compare anybody — anybody to Hitler.” Isn't it remarkable that perfectly reasonable comments like this actually stand out in today's Democrat party? https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/10/16/fetterman-torches-democrats-on-shutdown-stuns-crowd-with-refusal-to-call-political-opponents-fascists-n2195117

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ANOTHER ONE.

Just look at the board today, I have posted on the Middle East Peace situation. The government "Shutdown" The Supreme Court debating redistricting Jack Smith updates Media fake news. US bombing drug smugglers Transgenders failing. Voter fraud. And the usual suspects on this board have spent the entire day pushing a Politico story about young republican jackasses spouting foolishness on a chat board. (and when you point out the hypocrisy of their excusing someone actually proposing murder online, they say that you are deflecting ) .

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OMG.