April 16 Reads

It should come as no surprise a movement devoted to the spreading of lies would promote lies about how "vulnerable" the trans community, especially "trans women," are to being victims of murder.

The facts show no such thing, not for numbers of murders or for the murder rates.  These people have among the lowest numbers of murders and the lowest murder rates of any group.

It is all part of the gaslighting this movement of mostly abusers and narcissists use to manipulate the public.

Ditto for the suicide card this movement is fond of promoting.
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Unemployment in the U.S. continues to go through the roof.
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Let's hope the ACLU loses its worthless ass in court in its support for male cheaters.  From FB:

Women's Liberation Front

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The ACLU's complaint is based entirely on misrepresentations and manipulations. Male people simply are not women or girls, and it is not possible to change sex. Title IX exists in order to protect women and girls in the educational arena, and - as everyone knows - women and girls are human females.

If the ACLU wants protection for people who do not conform to sex stereotypes, they should make these claims based on their accurately recorded sex.

In addition, this lawsuit demands that federal judges blind their eyes to basic biology and rewrite our nation’s civil rights laws based on a falsehood. Gender proponents have done a good job of confusing people with confusing language. But even the coronavirus pandemic has exposed how fragile these word games are, by proving that even viruses know the differences between men and women. No one can escape the reality of biology.

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It is way too soon yet to reopen the economy.  I am expect it to be reopened to some degree by June.

GOP Maryland Governor: Now Is ‘The Worst Possible Time’ To Reopen Economy https://t.co/zoPXctfkuV via @TPM

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 16, 2020

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Meanwhile, "Dr." Oz is a quack:

Dear @ABC are you okay with this?#DrOz https://t.co/Jxy5jLrqLu

— Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) April 16, 2020

Clue to the clueless one: The schools aren't open in order to protect the kids. They are closed to protect the ADULTS who work with the kids. Children, especially those under 10, are the least vulnerable of all to COVID-19, but they can be asymptomatic carriers. Teachers and other adult staff cannot be exposed to this. Not to mention kids carrying the coronavirus can infect other kids, who can then infect adults at home. Kids are disease vectors. Anybody who has worked in the schools can attest to it.

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Obituary:  Actor Brian Dennehy, 81, known for his roles on stage and screen, has died.  He was a Tony-award winning actor:

Dennehy was born July 9, 1938, in Bridgeport, Conn., the first of three sons. His venture into acting began when he was 14 in New York City and a student at a Brooklyn high school. He acted the title role in “Macbeth.” He played football on a scholarship at Columbia University, and he served five years in the U.S. Marines.

Back in New York City in 1965, he pursued acting while working at side jobs. “I learned first-hand how a truck driver lives, what a bartender does, how a salesman thinks,” he told The New York Times in 1989. “I had to make a life inside those jobs, not just pretend.”

His parents — Ed Dennehy, an editor for The Associated Press in New York, and Hannah Dennehy, a nurse — could never understand why his son chose to act. “Anyone raised in a first- or second-generation immigrant family knows that you are expected to advance the ball down the field,” Dennehy told Columbia College Today in 1999. “Acting didn’t qualify in any way.”