At least three British men who were born female are ‘on the brink’ of becoming parents using IVF techniques, according to a top doctor.
And dozens more are now having their eggs frozen at NHS clinics before undergoing surgery or hormone therapy to switch sex.
They’re not men. Cutting off one’s legs doesn’t make you a snake.
Their greatest asset is our short memories: In forecasting the future, experts are generally no better than everybody else. They might be worse.
A classic tune for a warm summer evening, to kick off the month of August — Wouldn’t It Be Nice. By the Beach Boys, from 1966. Tips open.
Political scientists have spent millions of words trying to explain how Appalachia and the South went from staunchly Democratic to staunchly Republican in less than a generation.
Some blame race relations and the Democratic Party’s embrace of the civil rights movement. Others cite religious faith and the hold that social conservatism has on evangelicals in that region.
A big part of the explanation lies in the fact that many in the white working class saw precisely what I did, working at Dillman’s.
They Just Don’t Get It – You gotta be wondering – how did this happen? 324 million people and the choice for President is between a blowhard who has never been held hostage by the truth and the pathological liar who’s used government as her own personal ATM machine. The answer reveals it’s part of a bigger story you can’t afford to miss.
Wir fuer Berlin und Wir fuer Deutschland;
Merkel’s premiership is hanging by a thread today as thousands gathered to call for her resignation while a key political ally dramatically withdrew his support over immigration policy.
More than 5,000 protested in Berlin and thousands more throughout Germany over the ‘open-door’ policy that many have blamed for four brutal terrorist attacks that left 13 dead over the last month.
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A new survey found that 83 per cent of Germans see immigration as their nation’s biggest challenge – twice as many as a year ago.
Tonight’s selection for your tips thread, is No More Mister Nice Guy — stAlice Cooper. Tips thread is open.
Snopes Caught Lying About Lack Of American Flags At Democratic Convention
USS Surrender: Navy ship to be named for late gay rights leader Harvey Milk …
Reuters: A computer network used by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign was hacked as part of a broad cyber attack on Democratic political organizations, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Nice Guys Finish Last – Green Day.
Tips open. NO RIDER JOKES.
They’re going full Cambodia. (You never go full Cambodia).
Unifying message from the convention: ‘you f–g jerk,’ (link fixed)
Islamist strategy well on track: Terrorism hits tourism as visitors stay away from London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Istanbul in fear of new attacks
This is what Open Borders has added to French tourism. pic.twitter.com/7xbEhR5zsP
— David Vance (@DVATW) July 29, 2016
I can’t believe they’re still there: The Beginning Of The End For Venezuela’s Oil Sector?
A tip of the hat to bocanut for this one: My Drinking Days Are Over — Slaid Cleaves
Thread open.
The province’s attorney general filed a bizarre lawsuit Monday to stop power companies – including utilities owned or partially owned by Alberta’s two largest cities, Calgary and Edmonton – from backing out of power contracts made less profitable by Alberta’s increased carbon costs.
The lawsuit also strangely targets its own regulatory agency, the Alberta Utilities Commission, for “unlawfully” agreeing to terms in 2000 that allowed termination of so-called Power Purchase Arrangements “if a change in law renders the PPA unprofitable, or more unprofitable.”
Strangely, Rachel Notley’s NDP government claims it wasn’t aware of the out clause until recently.
An African or European PPA?
Watch: Prentice asked Notley about the cost of ending PPAs and she deflected with her typical Alberta bashing junk. pic.twitter.com/EcQLcDdKoH
— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) July 27, 2016