With all the issues San Francisco has, they decide to create another czar for fat people.
Washington state has learned what happens when you put a male criminal in a female prison.
And let’s talk about the garbage Continuing Resolution that Congress is about to vote on. It’s a mess.
You’ve Got to be Kidding?!
According to the Citizen Watch Report:
The San Francisco Health Department hired a ‘fat positivity’ influencer to consult on “weight stigma and weight neutrality.”
The new weight stigma czar, Virgie Tovar, is a self-described expert on “anti-weight-based discrimination.”
Tovar, author of “You Have the Right to Remain Fat,” boasted about her new role as a consultant on “weight neutrality” on social media on Monday.
You’re Kidding
According to The Post Millennial:
On Tuesday, a trans-identifying murderer serving a life sentence in Washington filed a court petition through the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, arguing that a transfer to a men’s prison is cruel punishment. This comes after being labeled a safety concern at a women’s facility and being found having sex with a female inmate. The inmate has claimed to have been “denied … humanity.”
In March, 35-year-old Amber FayeFox Kim, a trans-identifying male who previously went by Bryan Kim, was removed from the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) and transferred back to a men’s prison after Kim was caught having sex with a 25-year-old female inmate and other safety concerns.
After a description of what Kim was doing with the female inmate (which you don’t need to hear):
Kim then went on a hunger strike to protest. According to DOC policy, incarcerated transgender individuals placed in a “gender-affirming facility” may be transferred “due to documented, objective safety and security concerns.”
According to The Seattle Times, Kim has been in solitary for approximately six months, “excluding a short transfer for gender-affirming surgery,” an elective surgery that was paid for by Washington taxpayers, claiming to fear harassment from male inmates. Kim told the outlet from prison, “We are being denied our humanity in a systemic way… Being in isolation like this is soul-sucking.”
In 2008, Kim was convicted on two counts of aggravated first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for murdering Richard and Terri Kim, Kim’s parents, in their home in 2006. Following the gruesome murders, Kim attempted to clean the crime scene and conceal the parents’ bodies, and the following day went shopping and used the father’s debit card to withdraw $1,000.
Things Are Changing
According to Fox News:
The Senate voted to pass the $895 billion annual defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for U.S. servicemembers and a provision that restricts transgender care.
The bill passed 85 to 14, and now heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature.
The legislation scored a more bipartisan vote in the Senate than it did in the House, where more Democrats voted no on the legislation in protest of the transgender provisions.
The bill prohibits military health care provider Tricare from paying for transgender care “that could result in sterilization” for children under 18.
The legislation passed the House last week 281-140, with 16 Republicans voting “no.” Only 81 Democrats voted yes – 124 voting no – a much larger margin than in years passed when the legislation typically enjoyed bipartisan support.
The 1,800-page bill details how $895.2 billion allocated toward defense and national security will be spent. It will be voted on more than two months after the start of the fiscal year.
The $895.2 billion represents a 1% increase over last year’s budget, a smaller number than some defense hawks would have liked.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-passes-ndaa?intcmp=tw_fnc
Republicans Just Love Losing
According to the Daily Caller:
Members of Congress are slated to receive a pay raise for the first time in 15 years if the massive spending bill released by House leaders Tuesday evening passes both chambers and is signed into law.
The 1,574 page bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), contains language allowing for a cost of living adjustment (COLA), which would give members of Congress a pay raise for the first time since 2009. This pay increase for Congress comes as many lawmakers’ constituents are struggling to make ends meet as inflation has skyrocketed under President Joe Biden’s administration.
Lawmakers currently earn a base salary of $174,000 annually with members in leadership receiving a higher salary. If Biden signs the CR into law, members of Congress are set to receive a maximum salary increase of $6,600 due to a 2025 COLA of 3.8%, according to a press release from Maine Democratic Rep. Jared Golden on Wednesday. The Maine Democrat is notably opposing the CR over the pay raise language in the bill.
What else in this bill?
- Improved health benefits for Congress.
- $100 Billion for disaster relief.
- $10 billion for struggling farmers.
- $29 billion to FEMA.
- $8 billion for roads and highways (didn’t we have a bill for infrastructure).
- $12 billion to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- There’s also a provision to transfer the land that is the site of the old RFK Stadium from the federal government to the District of Columbia, which could potentially lead to a new stadium for the Washington Commanders.
- The legislation also provides full federal funding to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.
- There are social security reforms that will cost $200 billion.
- Money for the Global Engagement Center (this is a censorship group).
- There’s funding for a bioweapon’s lab.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/18/congress-sneaks-massive-pay-raise-spending-bill
Dumbasses of the Day
I Think It Might Be More Complicated Than That
According to the AP:
The District of Columbia sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging the company secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents of two predominantly Black neighborhoods while still charging millions of dollars for a membership that promises the benefit.
The complaint filed in District of Columbia Superior Court revolves around Amazon’s Prime membership, which costs consumers $139 per year or $14.99 per month for fast deliveries — including one-day, two-day and same-day shipments — along with other enhancements.
In mid-2022, the lawsuit alleges, the Seattle-based online retailer imposed what it called a delivery “exclusion” on two low-income ZIP codes in the district — 20019 and 20020 — and began relying exclusively on third-party delivery services such as UPS and the U.S. Postal Service, rather than its own delivery systems.
Amazon says it made the change based on concerns about driver safety.
“There have been specific and targeted acts against drivers delivering Amazon packages” in the two ZIP codes and the company made the change to “put the safety of delivery drivers first,” Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a prepared statement.
What a Shock!
From X:
The California High-Speed Rail project, initially budgeted at $33 billion and promised for completion by 2020, has seen its costs balloon to $128 billion and now only plans for service from Bakersfield to Merced. Delays and cost overruns have sparked widespread criticism regarding its feasibility and management, despite its potential to transform economic growth, mobility, and reduce carbon emissions. Discussions on social media and public forums highlight a polarized view on the project’s value and progress.
Give a Mouse a Cookie
According to the New York Post:
The sight of this ruff rider gave a flight attendant paws — and her scowl is now breeding contempt online.
Emotional support pets come in all shapes, sizes and species.
But when a gigantic Great Dane accompanied its owner onto a small jet for a recent flight, one cabin crew member’s grimace made it clear that canine wouldn’t be receiving much puppy love while flying the friendly skies.
“Have we taken this support animal thing too far?” asked Rob, a content creator, in an Instagram clip of the huge hound accidentally stepping on the flight attendant’s foot while boarding the aircraft.
The viral vid fetched 4.8 million views from a split virtual audience, who debated whether the flight attendant overreacted or if the super-sized pooch — of a breed that can weigh between 140-175 pounds per the American Kennel Club — should have been crated beneath the plane.
The US Department of Transportation, however, recently moved to tighten regulations around flying with emotional support critters, insisting that only trained service dogs should be permitted to cruise the clouds with their disabled owners.
“The days of Noah’s Ark in the air are hopefully coming to an end,” cheered Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants. The push for new limitations came after airline passengers tried getting away with passing off peacocks and snakes as emotional support companions.
But it seems dogged pet lovers, such as the guy with the Great Dane, are still coming up with creative ways to get their fur balls, feathered friends and reptilian pals prime seats at 30,000 feet.
Bartholomew, a four-foot boa constructor, was found stashed away in his owner’s luggage just before catching a flight out of Tampa International Airport last Christmas. The scale-covered stowaway was detected in during a TSA x-ray scan of the unnamed woman’s bag.
