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I do. And many of the ones who don't believe it outright, say things like "we have questions about it." Where do you get information? If it's all on X, not sure that's an improvement over OAN. Wendy P.

Maybe that's also because the standard of evidence required for a rape appears to be higher; you made it clear that basically nothing that Carroll said would convince you that she was telling the truth, and that you don't even believe her win; you're probably not alone. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen. It just means the bullies get to "win." Wendy P.

But the fact that it goes on all the time isn't a problem? Or just not your problem, so why care? But if you have a wife or girl, then it still might be their problem, right? Wendy P.

I’d probably be prettier if I smiled more, too Wendy P.

I’m not sure what you’re saying here; that it’s not real, that it’s not the first time, or that it’s all the liberal press’s fault, or something else? Considering the rape “joke” that a long-time posted out up, and then doubled down on, I tend to believe thiS Wendy P.

In other words, get rid of the women, gays, etc who are currently serving their country? Or can the women still be nursies and USO girls? Wendy P.

And should money actually be the sole determinant of power and value? Is that really a good thing? Wendy P.

How do you deal with the citizenship and rights thing if you’re busing them to (free?) treatment centers? Because they have the right to sue to not be forced to do something they don’t want to, also. Or are only the willing going to get the free forced treatment, and the willing get to pay for the expensive unavailable treatment, until they’re so bad off that they have to be forced? These are legitimate questions; I actually have some experience volunteering and working with homeless and very poor people. They’re no more simple and one-dimensional than you or I Wendy P

Or maybe it was more like “we know he’s a vindictive guy and we don’t want to risk our money.” And I’m guessing shit in the Capitol is better than shit on the street? The Democrats didn’t cause homelessness, and the Republicans aren’t going to solve it (it takes money to improve it, and republicans aren’t going to spend money on people without influence) Wendy P.

Do you have any ideas of what to do about homeless populations? Because most of them are US citizens, so we can’t just send them to Mexico. We send money and guns to Mexico for drugs, they send us drugs and the people displaced by all the cartel violence. Seems like a lose-lose situation, right? I don’t have awesome ideas; many of the homeless are the kinds of people who struggled for decent grades in school; ADHD, mental illness, crummy homes, reading difficulties, prejudice. There aren’t as many jobs for people who don’t have the basics. Ask a garage these days if they want a guy who’s good with his hands but can’t deal well with the computer diagnostics; or just about any other job. Especially in the much-vaunted tech sector We as a people need to be willing to pay the price so that the vast majority of our citizens and legal residents can get ahead, and foresee a better future in some way for their kids. The reason for all the success stories you hear about immigrants is because they’ve already sacrificed everything; many really are starting out with nothing. But we need US-based basic industry, and I don’t know how we can compete with countries with such lower standards of living. Maybe supported industries in some of the emptied-out towns, but then you still have to get the goods out to market. And yes, I do think global warming is an issue. Maybe even as big as some of the more strident say it is — but it’s not as immediate as the doctor bills, the broken car, or the inability to find an apartment Wendy P.

Simplistic analysis: One set of media spends their time telling the viewers they’re OK people just the way they are, and that most people who have more problems either deserve it because of a poor decision in their past, or because they’re too far away to matter in their immediate world. The other set of media is all about the problems in the world, and all the things they need to do in their daily life to atone for these, or help with them, or at least show that they care. If you have enough, you can worry about others. If you don’t (even if that’s just perception because of the onslaught of advertising we all face of things “all our friends have!”), then you worry about building yourself up first. And when each set of media is telling all their viewers that the other guy is lying, what else do you expect? We’ve been convinced that our comfort (as opposed to our actual needs) is paramount. Wendy P.

Would you say that if it’s children? Do you really think men are so cool and sexy they can do whatever they want and it’s funny? Another post like this, especially to the only woman who posts regularly, and I’ll know it’s trolling Wendy P.

Is non-consensual penetration wrong? Because she very clearly said it was non-consensual. I’m assuming you don’t think that as long as she doesn’t claw your eyes out it’s OK (it’s not) Wendy P.

As Bill said, she still has the dress. She also still has the friends she told at the time. As part of her testimony, she said that as part of the Silent Generation, she learned just to put with things; it took the Harvey Weinstein affair and the MeToo movement for her to realize she could file and maybe be taken seriously. Then she waited until he wasn’t President any more, I assume. Probably a good move. I don’t know if you’ve ever been told you can’t have a job because of your gender (I have). I don’t know if you’ve ever worked in an office where the only women to get promotions dated the (married) managers. I have. I’m told I can have an intimidating presence; that may be part of why I’m not part of the up to 20% of women who’ve had sex without it’s being what they wanted (it’s not always violent rape by a stranger). But we’re brought up to be mild, nice, cooperative, and afraid. It takes brave parents to do otherwise with their daughter, and I’m supremely grateful to mine that they didn’t make me afraid, and taught me to temper the rest. Of course society in general rewards those traits in women, just as it rewards aggressiveness in men. Is it surprising then that sometimes what the man saw as “I had to talk her into it but she out out in the end” wasn’t really as consensual as that? Wendy P.

Thank you. We have a homeless problem here, too, even though it’s snowy in winter. And Santa Monica is so much more pleasant than Houston (where I used to live), and housing so much less affordable, that I can understand it’s being way worse. Personally, I think unaffordable housing is a huge problem pretty much country wide, along with a lack of vibrant middle-class industry (ie not high tech and pharmaceutical). I do disagree with your assessment on COVID, but then I’m closely embedded with relatives in the healthcare sector. COVID isn’t, in fact, the common cold; it’s turning out now that children who had COVID are significantly more likely than the general population to get diabetes; if they’re obese, it’s nearly 100%. I don’t understand the seemingly objection to the Fed by some people (and I was in Ron Paul’s district for awhile). I doubt it’s perfect, but would unfettered panics be better than the slightly more fettered ones that we’ve had since its inception? I’m no economist, so this is an honest question. Wendy P.

What do you care about? Wendy P.

And the last two significant waves of populism in the US (late 1800's and late 20's into the 30's) were ended by change. One was, in part, the trust-busting of T. Roosevelt, as well as the blatantly jingoistic "let's all pull together" journalism of the Spanish American war. One is unlikely to happen (the corporations and elites now own the political process), and Fox News is trying mightily for the other, but that won't work as long as they make 1/2 of the country part of the enemy. In the late 20's and 30's we had the run-up to and start of WW2. In both cases, the populism was brought on in part (definitely not entirely) by a concentration of wealth with little view to using that wealth for much besides the accumulation of more wealth, along with there being enough dispossessed-feeling people (mainly farmers in the 1890's and just about everyone in the 1930's) to carry it along by word of mouth. Wendy P.

So you're in the "my opinion of someone else counts" camp? Bless your heart. Wendy P.

One thing to consider is that a lot (if not most) undocumented aliens live in households that include citizens and legal residents. So those places are already in use. Another is the disruptive effect of Airbnb and to a lesser extent VRBO and the like. Desirable places that people visit have up to 25% of their housing in use by guests like that. Yeah, the owner gets more money, but we as a country do an excellent job of letting people make more money if they already have some. It’s much harder to convince people that it’s in their interests to give others a leg up “at their expense.” Because most Americans think they earned everything they have, including good parenting, access to good schools, mental health, and a support structure with good examples Wendy P.

No, Brent, that's not going to happen. It might be that the government will protect bigots instead of the weaker, but that's what happened during the whole Jim Crow era as well. Acknowledging something respects it, it doesn't bring it into existence. And anyway, it's now up to the states, where it belongs, like everything else having to do with human rights, right? Wendy P.

If they were to do that, it'd probably be just the topical forums, and it might just be in the form of an archive, kind of like the Basejumper.com archive. And as the information ages, it'd be less and less relevant. At least that's what I'd want if I were USPA... not the hassle of running it every month. Wendy P.

It’s always different. And I understand lots of things quite well, even though I don’t have the additional brain in a dick Wendy P.

Guys, don't get personal. Get ideological. Wendy P.

So? He never threatened to lie about the sanctity of supreme court justice nomination timing, either. Wendy P.

Good of you to say Wendy P.