Perhaps I am getting a big jaded with all this. Last year Indian Point nuclear plant closed down and a company is in the process of cleaning up the site for it to be sold off. One thing they need to do is get rid of the nuclear waste water and Democrat pollies in the area were up in arms about it. T...

We have made great strides in the last few years in energy efficiency, alternative energies, electric cars, energy storage tech etc. And there are lots of good reasons other than climate change to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels from improving air quality in cities to not being dragged into wa...

The latest booster was barely tested before being approved. Moderna injected 50 people with it and measured the increase in antibodies. Pfizer didn't even test on humans and just tested the increase in antibodies in mice. Probably an increase in antibodies increases protection against COVID but by h...

Just curious - who is going to get the COVID booster this year? Why or why not?

My status - Three doses of Moderna, had COVID late last year. Given there is little benefit for reducing transmission I am not going to rush out and get it if I get it at all.

Drag Queen Story Hour NYC website:

https://www.dshnyc.org/

One thing that's always confused me is Drag Queen Story Time. That seems a little sketchy to me since their whole point is sexualization. Granted I think the point of Drag Queens go completely over my head. Is it like Wrestling but for gay people? If I understand correctly, Drag Queen Story Hour is...

Let's just say it could be worse. At least its not Germany: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/german-kindergarten-ban-children-doctor-game-kdln8bpxj Bypassing the paywall: https://archive.ph/2GUKC A more culture war-ish source which is a bit more hyperbolic: https://reduxx.info/germany-sex-educatio...

I guess the opposing view in this is that there are many people that still feel that sex is primarily for procreation inside a committed relationship. They will tolerate (not celebrate) people that have different sexual preferences and different family structures but they would like to be responsibl...

I think I understand the progressive argument here?: (1) all sexual preference is innate. (2) All sexual preferences are equal to society except for those that harm others. (3) You can't change someone's sexuality, you can only expose them to more things that will help them achieve self-actualizatio...

Where does that argument end? Would it be OK to show the kids the "Human Centipede" movie for example? We wouldn't want them protected from everything and sealed off in a cotton wool bubble and leave them unprepared for life, would we?

Reading up on the author it looks like he has a full on political agenda here. "As a result, Harry was able to use their time at Herts not just to learn about illustration, but also queer theory, LGBT history, and the various political and social movements that intersect those two topics. All of thi...

I am curious - What would your line be here then? What would they need to have in the book before you say "hold on, that's a bit much for young kids, isn't it?"

Damn, misread the story. Got confused between the parent and the head of Hull's LGBT forum. Wish I could update the previous post.

When this sort of thing happens in the US, there would have been some Republican politician that would have come out claiming that children have been groomed. There would have been a reflective outcry from activists claiming that conservatives are trying to "erase" LGBTQIA+ people. Major news networ...

LOL, your new image.

And it tells you in the article that these numbers are likely undercounted: "This tally and others in the Komodo analysis are likely an undercount because they didn’t include treatment that wasn’t covered by insurance and were limited to pediatric patients with a gender dysphoria diagnosis. Practiti...

Rare, like did you just reference about 15,000 people out of 40 million? That is incredibly rare. Doubling from a tiny number to another tiny number still remains rare, even if you decide to take the provocative title and not mention the absolute numbers in the exact data you are referencing. Defin...

I said nothing at all to suggest sexual preference is binary. You said "Being gay is not a choice". It seemed pretty clear that was what you were saying...but if you are backing away from that assertion now that is fine. Sorry, being gay is not a choice. What does that have to do with sexual prefer...

Likewise , puberty blockers can delay the onset of puberty so children don't have to undergo irreversable changes to their bodies. Giving them time to decide for themselves. The fact that most people who go on puberty blockers end up on hrt and transitioning in adult life is liekly a sign of how un...