Paris Olympics

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Apparently, 'free speech' isn't allowed by the Japanese...butt hurt, tough titty!

 

[Hoji]

Gotta career in porn anyway,

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Takes a certain kind to notice things like that.
I guess Oli had a good day!

 

[jmohme]

All I have to say is that Olympic gymnastics aint' chit!

 

[Rafe]

All I have to say is that Olympic gymnastics aint' chit!

That ain't Shaolin anything.

 

[Mohawk600]

Ain't that ain't Shaolin anything.

Still pretty darn amazing

 

[Bigguy]

Yes, I'm watching the Olympics. We record it so we can skip through the stuff we don't care for and commercials. Tonight (Sat. 08/03/2024) they showed a tribute commercial free about WWII vets being welcomed and and thanked for their service. Even young kids are thrilled to meet them. The vets visit a school among other places. The tribute can be found of YouTube. I'll leave a link. Do yourself a favor and watch. Just a warning, you might find your allergies acting up.

 

[seeker_two]

All I have to say is that Olympic gymnastics aint' chit!

That kid is definitely going to be in the next Jackie Chan movie.....

 

[Armybrat]

 

[IXLR8]

 

[kbaxter60]

Is this utter bullsqueeze?
It's Snopes.com, so yes?

Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Is Not a Trans Athlete

One controversy coming out of the 2024 Paris Olympics concerned a fight between Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Italian boxer Angela Carini.

www.snopes.com

 

[Rafe]

Is this utter bullsqueeze?
It's Snopes.com, so yes?

Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Is Not a Trans Athlete

One controversy coming out of the 2024 Paris Olympics concerned a fight between Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Italian boxer Angela Carini.

www.snopes.com

From what I've gleaned of the situation, the headline of the Snopes article is technically correct. There is no indication that I've found to imply that Khelif is transsexual.

However, the "gender fluidity" movement somehow started to bend science and twist terminology. Because Imane Khelif, two decades ago, would have been adjudged a male, plain and simple. Never trans anything or female anything.

The simple biological designation in mammals of male and female depends on one thing: the presence in the somatic cells of a Y chromosome. Structural conditions exist, called aneuploidies, where extra chromosomes--or portions thereof--are present. One example is Down syndrome, which is caused by an extra Chromosome 21, or an extra part thereof.

Klinefelter syndrome--which is what I gather Khelif has--is caused by a male having an extra X chromosome. You can't have a female with an extra Y chromosome because, by definition, that is a male with an extra X, regardless of what the early physical formation of the genitalia might look like. The genetics simply do not lie.

The appearance of individuals with Klinefelter syndrome range across a spectrum. Some appear to be normal males, some appear to be more feminine. But they are biological males. Full stop. I gather that this may be why the amount of testosterone in Khelif's system has either been undisclosed or possibly was tested and found not to be outside ranges that might be considered normal for a not-drug-enhanced female. Neither that nor that Khelif "has lived her entire life as a female" can change the fact that if a Y chromosome is present, Khelif is a biological male.

The Snopes article said:

"There are genetic conditions, termed differences of sexual development, in which biological females are born with XY chromosomes but possess female anatomy, or that affect how a biological female regulates and reacts to testosterone, causing levels typically associated with males."

That is patently false. But by around 2004, the term CAIS--complete androgen insensitivity--started to be used for individuals with Klinefelter syndrome who looked female, underwent what seemed to be a feminizing puberty, and whose testes never dropped; they remain immature and hidden within the groin. But these individuals also do not have ovaries or a uterus and do not menstruate.

Presumably due to DEI and pressure from the LGBTQXZY front, these cases sometimes began to be called "females with a Y chromosome." But, biologically and genetically, they are not and never were female. They are males with an extra X chromosome.

 

[kbaxter60]

From what I've gleaned of the situation, the headline of the Snopes article is technically correct. There is no indication that I've found to imply that Khelif is transsexual.

However, the "gender fluidity" movement somehow started to bend science and twist terminology. Because Imane Khelif, two decades ago, would have been adjudged a male, plain and simple. Never trans anything or female anything.

The simple biological designation in mammals of male and female depends on one thing: the presence in the somatic cells of a Y chromosome. Structural conditions exist, called aneuploidies, where extra chromosomes--or portions thereof--are present. One example is Down syndrome, which is caused by an extra Chromosome 21, or an extra part thereof.

Klinefelter syndrome--which is what I gather Khelif has--is caused by a male having an extra X chromosome. You can't have a female with an extra Y chromosome because, by definition, that is a male with an extra X, regardless of what the early physical formation of the genitalia might look like. The genetics simply do not lie.

The appearance of individuals with Klinefelter syndrome range across a spectrum. Some appear to be normal males, some appear to be more feminine. But they are biological males. Full stop. I gather that this may be why the amount of testosterone in Khelif's system has either been undisclosed or possibly was tested and found not to be outside ranges that might be considered normal for a not-drug-enhanced female. Neither that nor that Khelif "has lived her entire life as a female" can change the fact that if a Y chromosome is present, Khelif is a biological male.

The Snopes article said:



That is patently false. But by around 2004, the term CAIS--complete androgen insensitivity--started to be used for individuals with Klinefelter syndrome who looked female, underwent what seemed to be a feminizing puberty, and whose testes never dropped; they remain immature and hidden within the groin. But these individuals also do not have ovaries or a uterus and do not menstruate.

Presumably due to DEI and pressure from the LGBTQXZY front, these cases sometimes began to be called "females with a Y chromosome." But, biologically and genetically, they are not and never were female. They are males with an extra X chromosome.

Thanks, but WAY more than I ever wanted to know...

 

[Rafe]

Thanks, but WAY more than I ever wanted to know...

I'm back to having an actual coffee maker, and church isn't until noon today. Habeo capulus, ergo molestus.

 

[Bigguy]

Is this utter bullsqueeze?
It's Snopes.com, so yes?

Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Is Not a Trans Athlete

One controversy coming out of the 2024 Paris Olympics concerned a fight between Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Italian boxer Angela Carini.

www.snopes.com

Look fr a Y chromosome. End of story.

 

[kbaxter60]

Okay, we have watched very little still, but Sweden's women's table tennis (playing vs Korea now) is HAWT.

 

[Mohawk600]

Women pole vaulters

 

[benenglish]

Women pole vaulters

Even better than Beach Volleyball. The only reason I didn't get track and field tickets and instead got Beach Volleyball tickets at the last Olympics I attended is that during practice I could sit 10 yards away from the Beach Volleyball players. The pole vaulters are always 100 yards away.

But if I'm watching video from someone who could get close? Pole vaulters. Definitely pole vaulters.

Yes, I'm an old perv. But y'all already knew that.

 

[Bigguy]

The wife and I have been watching hurdles. A bunch of those folks are knocking over those hurdles like a tornado in a corn field. Is there a penalty when that happens? I haven't seen anything about it.

 

[Mohawk600]

The wife and I have been watching hurdles. A bunch of those folks are knocking over those hurdles like a tornado in a corn field. Is there a penalty when that happens? I haven't seen anything about it.

Their lost time by hitting the hurdles is the penalty......it just slows them down