An Australian man is deported from the United States. There is not a lot of sympathy for him.
“Doctors” want to replace the word for “obese” because of the sadness it causes those who are obese.
And the backlash against yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on trans-ing kids is happening. Unfortunately for them, the backlash just proves the Supreme Court’s point.
FAFO
According to The Guardian:
An Australian man who was detained upon arrival at Los Angeles airport and deported back to Melbourne says United States border officials told him it was due to his writing on pro-Palestine protests by university students.
Alistair Kitchen said he left Melbourne on Thursday bound for New York and was detained for 12 hours and interrogated by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials during the stopover in Los Angeles.
The 33-year-old said he was “clearly targeted for politically motivated reasons” and said officials spent more than 30 minutes questioning him about his views on Israel and Palestine including his “thoughts on Hamas”.
Here is why he was actually deported:
- He posted support for the pro-Palestinian protests.
- He supported anti-government protest in Columbia.
- He called the United States a Nazi state.
- Of course, he deleted all those X posts.
- He encouraged ignoring U.S. vetting laws to enter the country.
- He has shown communist tendencies and anti-Western Civilization.
- He lied to the state department about his political leanings (yes, that can keep you out of the country).
The guys hates the United States and does not belong here.
Shame Is A Good Thing
A growing number of researchers are advocating for the term “obesity” to be renamed in order to reduce stigma and better reflect the complex, chronic nature of the condition. Experts argue that the current terminology—often conflated with body mass index (BMI) or body size—fails to accurately convey that obesity is a disease influenced by environmental, genetic, physiological, behavioral, and developmental factors, not just excess body weight123.
Proposed alternative names include “adiposity-based chronic disease” and “chronic appetite dysregulation.” These terms aim to shift the focus from appearance to underlying biological and metabolic dysfunction, potentially reducing shame and improving understanding among both the public and policymakers132. Researchers emphasize that renaming could help disentangle the medical definition of obesity from the BMI category, since a high BMI does not always indicate poor health, and obesity-related medical complications can occur independently of body weight456.
However, while renaming may help clarify the nature of the disease and reduce confusion, many experts caution that it alone will not eliminate weight stigma overnight. Stigma is deeply rooted in societal attitudes and persistent exposure to the “thin ideal,” requiring broader cultural shifts in addition to changes in terminology567. For meaningful change, it is recommended that discussions about renaming involve people with lived experience, stigma experts, and healthcare professionals to ensure new terms are not inadvertently stigmatizing56.
In summary, researchers are calling for obesity to be renamed to avoid shaming people, better reflect the disease’s complexity, and encourage more effective treatment and prevention strategies, but acknowledge that reducing stigma will require more than just a new name326.
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/researchers-call-for-obesity-t-4CU3eidRRl6dF8PWbLxjrg
Dumbass of the Day
Everything Is Going in this Directions
According to CBS News:
Social Security is on track to deplete its trust funds by 2034, one year sooner than previously forecast,
when the federal retirement program will be required to cut monthly benefits by about 20%.
The new projection, issued Wednesday in the Social Security Board of Trustees’ annual report, is partly due to increased costs from the Social Security Fairness Act, which boosted benefits for millions of retirees, the report said. Last year’s report had forecast that the program would need to cut benefits starting in 2035, impacting Social Security’s 70 million beneficiaries.
The Social Security program has been staring down a financial crunch for years, although the trust funds’ depletion date can change from year to year due to fluctuations in the economy and the number of beneficiaries. The trust fund is slated to be depleted partly due to the wave of baby boomer retirements and an aging U.S. population, which means its reserves are drawing down because spending is outpacing income.
“Congress, along with the Social Security Administration and others committed to eliminating waste, fraud and abuse, must work together to protect and strengthen the trust funds for the millions of Americans who rely on it — now and in the future — for a secure retirement or in the event of a disability,” said Frank Bisignano, commissioner of Social Security, in a statement.
Congratulations!
According to the New York Post:
San Francisco has been ranked at the bottom of a new report by a financial services company ranking the best and worst-run cities in the country.
WalletHub reported it measured the “effectiveness of local leadership” by “determining a city’s operating efficiency.” San Francisco came in 148th out of 148 cities studied.
“We can learn how well city officials manage and spend public funds by comparing the quality of the services residents receive against the city’s total budget,” WalletHub Financial Writer Adam McCann wrote to explain the study.
Each city was given a “Quality of Services’” score based on 36 metrics that were grouped into six service categories, including financial stability, education, health, safety, economy, and infrastructure and pollution. These were measured against the city’s per capita budget.
San Francisco was ranked at the bottom after making headlines previously for the mass exodus from the liberal city, declining enrollment in its public school system as well as skyrocketing housing prices.
Residents elected a new mayor last year, Daniel Lurie, who beat incumbent Democrat London Breed by a more than 10-point margin, 56% to 43%.
The last election indicated a pivot away from soft-on-crime policies and lax policies on drug use and homelessness that were rampant in the city.
The next worst-run cities after San Francisco were Detroit (147th), Oakland (146th), New York City (145th), Philadelphia (144th), and Baltimore (143rd).