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Not all democracies are the same. The US is a representative democracy, specifically a constitutional republic, and that constitution has had this succession rule and sequence in place without serious issue since the year 1788. 235 years of consistent success is a good bit of evidence in favor of effectiveness, IMO.

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There’s a whole wiki article for rotating locomotion in living systems which feels like it should’ve been shared by now: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating_locomotion_in_living_systems

^this If it’s a person with whom you’d like the exchange to continue, consider a response style such as: ”Thanks so much for the response, though I suspect I’m misunderstanding you. It sounded to me like you said XYZ, however it’s always been explained to me that ABC. If it’s not too much trouble, perhaps you can point me to the source of the contradiction so I may continue correcting errors in my thinking?”

I feel with my heart that the internet is becoming inundated with poorly trained bots

Had a dog once that loved to chew anything it could find. Nothing was off limits. Sticks. Stones. Food scraps, furniture, clothing, anything left laying around on the ground really. Then one day she swallowed a Matchbox car toy. It was painted bright orange with a confederate flag on top just like the one on Dukes of Hazard… so I suppose technically speaking… at least that ONE particular animal had “wheels in it” (at least, that is, until she took a giant General Lee dump a few days later).

Historically, the same mindset was applied to homosexuality. Nobody is identifying as a dog, but you raise a valid point that people’s rights shouldn’t be limited when/if they do. “Gay marriage?!? What’s next… letting people marry their dog!!” Ahh… memories.

Anyone else notice Toucana always posts OPs like this on political topics, doesn’t frame the discussion, then also never really engages? Anyway… Now it’s 11. The House has adjourned and McCarthy has lost 11 votes for Speaker.

Some representatives involved with national security have lost their security clearances this week since they haven’t been sworn in yet.

As did his speaking out against Trump after the January 6 insurrection only to then very shortly thereafter fly to Maralago and beg forgives, kiss the ring, lick Donald’s hiney hole, etc.

I wasn’t clear on topic intent so apologies if this misses the mark or isn’t what you’re after, but thought immediately of this quick mathy 3-part series:

McCarthy previously negotiated that 6 votes is enough to force a broader vote of No Confidence on him. If 218 then later vote to remove him, he’d be gone and need to be replaced. It would start this whole cycle over again. Last night, he then sweetened the deal and offered for ONLY 1 vote to be enough to force a vote of No Confidence on him as the Speaker. His offer is to change House rules to allow that possibility. If it happens, that’s gonna throw a monkey wrench into the already gummy gears of governance if every 7 minutes or so there’s another No Confidence vote on him as the Speaker. Worse? During any debt ceiling votes (where congress must agree to pay bills on spending we’ve already done), they could simply remove him from his chair to prevent the debt ceiling funding vote from even being allowed (votes can’t be called / can’t happen if there’s no Speaker to call them). The government would shutdown. Social security and Medicare payments wouldn’t be made. Post offices would close. Veterans healthcare would shutdown and military would be limited to essential personnel. All others wouldn’t be able to pay their rent, heating, or food bills. National monuments and parks would close, and… All because ONE Representative asked for a vote of No Confidence on McCarthy at a strategic and extremely inopportune time. It’s madness. It’s also 2nd in line for the presidency behind only the VP.

You keep reflexively referring to them as "male identifying as female." They're just "female." Why is this such a struggle for you? You misspelled female again Unless your concern extends to female teachers as well, then it's unclear why this is a problem. Why can we not just all agree as I suggested earlier that rules for teachers in children changing areas should be applied consistently regardless of gender, whether that gender is cis or otherwise? You'll get no disagreement from me here. I think pretty much everyone here agrees with this. However, you seem to be arguing that your daughter is at some extra risk because some teachers are transgendered. That doesn't make sense unless you fear transgendered people, and you don't strike me as the fearful type... not over pretend and invented enemies, anyway.

That plus “owning the libs” constitutes their ENTIRE “policy” agenda. Depends on how we the voters respond in aggregate I do, yes, hence todays photo op with them both together

“Classic” as in nothing “like this has ever happened before, and the nearest event that was even remotely similar was over 100 years ago?”

No governing can occur until the speaker is elected. No legislation brought to the floor nor voted upon. No ensuring funding or avoiding shutdowns. Also… No other newly elected representatives from across the entire country can be sworn in to begin their new role in congress until the new speaker is chosen. Given who’s voting against McCarthy, I suspect humiliating him is only a secondary motivation, the primary motivation being “we’re January 6 insurging election deniers and we still have other ways to prevent people from taking their seats… ways to mandate that we control all of the most powerful committees and grinding all gears to a halt.”

Can't put my finger on why, but I keep thinking of the old adage that we shouldn't sacrifice the good in pursuit of the perfect

I have no problem with female teachers being in female areas Also, rules about kids changing areas ought to be consistent regardless of gender, cis or otherwise.

Some of us just find it courteous to simply accept them as a female teacher and recognize that doing so inflicts no harm to others or to their kids… but us refusing to let go of the male label does, in fact, do measurable harm to that teacher, and also the broader lack of cultural acceptance provides a permission structure for the more unhinged among us to attack and carry out violence against them since they’ve been dehumanized so much that some see them as no different from rats and vermin. It’s just a female teacher. That is all. No need for any special tap dancing, torches, nor angry chants… which also happen in local school board meetings when they’re not trying to ban books or advocate against vaccination during global pandemics.

It is our description of the map, but it is not the territory. Now it’s your turn: What is reincarnation and what evidence do you have confirming it happens?

And by equality, too. The OP isn't defined well enough for me to offer a more thoughtful comment beyond, "Of course there are similarities. The Venn diagrams even for black and white, or negative and positive, or good and evil overlap somewhere... all contingent on the definitions we choose at the start"

Depends a bit on what metric one uses to define “work.” No plan is perfect, but the publicly stated objectives for prohibition aren’t usually realized, and further they nearly always result in unforeseen and unseemly effects, black markets, thuggery, etc. As we’ve not yet established what you’re trying to ask here, I’m unable to offer comment. And to you, too bud. Hope good health and good people are there whenever you wish them to be. ✌🏼

For your perusal and pontification. Various short essays on Adam Smith, Scottish enlightenment thinker and humanist. https://www.adamsmithworks.org/documents/just-sentiments And if this is a topic of interest to you, but podcasts are more accessible (or just supplemental) then this 3-part series from the fine team at Freakonomics was well done, too: In Search of the Real Adam Smith https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/in-search-of-the-real-adam-smith/

That’s exactly the point, and why they’re so often supported by more invisible hands

Who two?