NBC News is pretending Khelif and Lin are actually women, not men pretending to be women.

Two boxers who were disqualified from competing with women at a global event last year have been permitted to fight in the Paris Olympics, the International Olympic Committee confirmed.

Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu‑ting of Taiwan failed to meet gender eligibility tests at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi last year, prompting their disqualifications. But they have been cleared to compete in the women’s 66-kilogram and women’s 57-kilogram matches in Paris this week, the IOC confirmed in an email Tuesday.

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“Based on DNA tests, we identified a number of athletes who tried to trick their colleagues into posing

Hmmm, will that include men who pretend to be women invading women’s boxing?

The International Fair Play Committee (CIFP), in collaboration with the IOC, announces the Fair Play Award to honour extraordinary acts of sporting spirit during the #OlympicGames #Paris2024 https://t.co/7oj1FMISRZ pic.twitter.com/DV8gsVjybk

— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) July 29, 2024

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One violent man stopped.

Anjem Choudary, the leader of the banned terror group al-Muhajiroun, has been jailed for life and may never leave prison alive. He was found guilty of directing the group and encouraging support for it through online meetings

The sentence means that Choudary cannot seek to leave jail on licence until he is more than 85 years old. Choudary appeared shocked and rocked on his feet in the dock as he was given a minimum term of 28 years at Woolwich Crown Court.

Shocked was he? How does he think his victims felt?

Mr Justice Wall said Choudary’s group was a radical organisation that intended to spread sharia law, by violent means, to as much of

The Telegraph’s chief sports writer Oliver Brown points out that someone could get killed.

Boxing, in case you have not already noticed, is based on trying to knock someone out as the quickest route to victory. It is the sporting realm where sexual dimorphism is most pronounced, since men are biologically favoured with not just wider shoulders and longer reach than women, but 90 per cent increased bicep strength and 162 per cent greater puncher power.

To spell this out, this means that a man’s average punch has over 2.6 times the force of one delivered by a woman. It is a stark illustration of the responsibility that boxing’s authorities must carry when they match fighters up. Quite simply,

When unions go mad:

NEW on the Commons blog: ‘Trade Unions Oppose the Cass Report’.

We’re so proud to have passed this motion at our NEC, which then passed at LGBT TUC. It’s now the business of all trade unions to oppose Cass:https://t.co/jnYhPwPqyf

— UCU Commons #ucuRISING (@UCUCommons) July 29, 2024

Why is it the business of all trade unions to oppose the Cass Report?

Why would unions be in the business of disrupting puberties and handing adolescents over to gender quacks to have their lives ruined? Why is submission to trans ideology a requirement for all trade unions? Why is it a requirement for any trade union? … Read the rest

Seriously though…what kind of lunatic goes to a hotel and lies around near the pool to take photos of his legs and post them on Twitter?????

Jonathan’s on holiday… thoughts and prayers to his fellow hotel guests, imagine nipping down to the pool and finding Jon’s in the same hotel and will be spending 90% of his time photographing his crotch by the pool? pic.twitter.com/7YNekQwQCg

— Le_Sorelle_Arduino KPSS (@Sorelle_Arduino) July 29, 2024

Who does that?? And why???… Read the rest

Guardian lede omits the crucial point of the very story it’s reporting on:

The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that two boxers who were disqualified from last year’s world championships for failing gender eligibility tests will be allowed to fight in Paris.

Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) both start their Olympic campaigns this week, with Khelif meeting the Italian Angela Carini in the 66kg category and Yu-ting expected to face an unnamed opponent in the 55kg category on Friday.

Just look at the Graun carefully not saying that these are men who will be allowed to beat up women in Paris. If you’re familiar with the pattern then the mention of Angela Carini tells … Read the rest

Well well. Is the ship starting to turn at last?

And today, they capitulated at tribunal, admitting liability for harassment and discrimination. Lizzy has won! Book World – there is a lesson in here, if you would only listen to it. Well done, Lizzy and her legal team!

It seems Cambridgeshire County Council just said “It’s a fair cop, guvnor” and that was the end of that.

Reporter's note: This means the respondents have admitted discrimination so there will be no evidence from either party.

The barristers will now prepare recommendations to be considered by the Judge at noon.

— Tribunal Tweets (@tribunaltweets) July 29, 2024

Boom. … Read the rest

Guido Fawkes tells us:

Jolyon Maugham and his Good Law Project have faced yet another defeat. Earlier this year, Jolyon’s brigade attempted to overturn former Health Secretary Victoria Atkins’ ban on puberty blockers, raising a whopping £60,000 from gullible donors to fight their case. The High Court has now upheld the ban, citing a study that identified “very substantial risks and very narrow benefits” of puberty blockers. Another one bites the dust…

The Good Law Project took to X to bemoan their loss, promising they are “consulting on next steps.” This marks the second case Jolyon has managed to lose in less than a week. When will credulous donors wake up and realise that when it comes to campaigns, Jolyon

The water is going away.

Two of the largest reservoirs in America, which provide water and electricity to millions, are in danger of reaching ‘dead pool status,’ a result of the climate crisis and overconsumption of water, experts say.

Lake Mead, in Nevada and Arizona, and Lake Powell, in Utah and Arizona, experienced their lowest ever levels last year. ‘Dead pool’ status would mean the water level in the dams was so low it could no longer flow downstream and power hydroelectric power stations.

The Lake Mead reservoir, which is the largest artificial body of water in America, was created in the 1930s by the construction of the Hoover Dam, an engineering masterpiece. Lake Powell, the second largest,

For refreshment, a rescue story. I love rescue stories.

Seattle tour boat captain rescues paddleboarder in distress

“I think on three occasions, [I’ve seen] humpback whales and on about six occasions, orca whales,” said Captain John Darmody, who has been a captain with Argosy Cruises in Seattle since 2021.

While being the captain for a private charter Wednesday, Captain Darmody chose to take a different route than normal due to high winds and the wind direction. “We went out past Alki Point and down towards Lincoln Park, which we pretty much never do,” said Darmody.

That’s where he saw something much more alarming than the normal sightseeing views. “I had noticed a paddleboarder earlier in that area paddling, and then

The 40 billionth Trump didn’t mean it literally he was just being Trump.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday dismissed Republican president nominee Donald Trump’s statement Friday telling people they “won’t have to vote anymore” if they elect him as standard Trump rhetoric.

Well yes but guess what, it’s a problem that an ex-president and hopeful future president’s standard rhetoric is totalitarian in nature. The fact that he’s happy to say that kind of thing is the problem. The fact that he constantly threatens/promises to act like a dictator is the problem. The fact that he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about any moral or political norms at all is the problem.

Furthermore, the fact … Read the rest

So I read the Guardian’s story on the Tommy Robinson protest to see if it too hauled in the trans protest for no apparent reason, and I was more impressed by the Guardian’s ability to stay focused with every paragraph I read. I really thought the Graun was going to make it, but then the very last paragraph says…

The day also saw a Trans Pride march from Langham Place, near Oxford Circus, to Hyde Park Corner. The march was originally planned to start at Trafalgar Square, but organisers changed the route to avoid Robinson’s protest. Police said a ninth person was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a steward at that event.

So close, but no prizes.… Read the rest

BBC weirdness. It does a story on a huge protest in Trafalgar Square organized by Tommy Robinson…

Thousands of supporters of the far-right activist Tommy Robinson have filled Trafalgar Square in central London after a march. He claimed the event was the “biggest patriotic rally” the UK had ever seen.

A counter-protest by Stand Up To Racism and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace & Justice Project also took place in London. The Metropolitan Police said a major operation was in place to “keep the peace” between the two protests, amid fears of serious disruption.

But don’t worry – that doesn’t exhaust the full list of protests.

A Trans Pride event was also held in the capital.

Ok, got … Read the rest

Day 1, selective outrage; day 2, selective apologies.

The organisers of the Paris Olympics have apologised after a drag queen parody of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper featured in the opening ceremony.

What, did it get there because someone opened the wrong box? Was it supposed to be Vermeer’s Milkmaid or Van Gogh’s Sunflowers?

The tableau, which recreated the biblical scene of Christ and his apostles, included drag artists and a naked singer. It was heavily criticised by politicians and members of the Catholic Church.

Hang on. What does that mean? How does one “recreate” a biblical scene of anything? Paintings that illustrate bible stories are just that – illustrations. They’re not photographic records of historical events, they’re … Read the rest

Gotta have men in rape crisis centers says lunatic.

Biological men should still be able to work in rape crisis centres despite a scandal over a trans woman’s running of survivor services, a leading charity boss has claimed.

Sandy Brindley, the chief executive of Rape Crisis Scotland, confirmed that Mridul Wadhwa, a male who identifies as female and is chief executive of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, was not currently at work following a damning employment tribunal ruling.

Emphasis on “currently” no doubt.

Ms Brindley, who has previously championed Wadhwa as an “amazing sister”, denied that her organisation had any involvement in the appointment and declined to confirm whether the chief executive was suspended or on leave. She said she

PBS asks and answers:

Are the 2024 Paris Olympics gender equal? That depends how you measure it.

Well how about measuring it as the same number of women competing as men competing? Crazy, I know, but that’s what I understand “equal” to mean in this context.

The last time the French capital played host to the Olympic Games, 135 women competed out of the more than 3,000 athletes – a participation rate of about 4.4 percent.

A century later, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has dubbed the 2024 Paris Games the #GenderEqualOlympics, with half of the athlete spots available to men and half to women, the organization says.

Cool; do they mean the “women” part?

The reality is more

Reduxx tells us:

Two athletes competing at the Paris Olympics as “women” were previously disqualified from a women’s world championship for having “XY chromosomes.” Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan are scheduled to compete in Olympic women’s boxing next week despite past questions surrounding their biological sex.

The Women’s World Boxing Championships took place in March of 2023 and was hosted in New Delhi, India. A total of 324 boxers from 64 nations competed during the 10-day trial, marking the largest participation in any iteration of the championship ever recorded.

However, the grand event was marred by controversy after Umar Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association (IBA), announced the disqualification of multiple boxers from the

Framing.

The Associated Press:

In an unprecedented display of inclusivity, drag queens took center stage at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, showcasing the vibrant and influential role of the French LGBTQ+ community — while also attracting criticism over a tableau reminiscent of “The Last Supper.”

It’s astounding, isn’t it? Mockery of women is “inclusivity” – the only problem is bringing “the last supper” into it. One mustn’t tease religion, but jeering at women is inclusive and hilarious and edgy.

Le Filip, the recent winner of “Drag Race France,” expressed their positive “surprise” and “pride” at the ceremony’s scale and representation.

“I thought it would be a five-minute drag event with queer representation. I was amazed. It started with Lady

Politico on Vance’s bumpy week:

THE VANCE CATFIGHT — The WSJ editorial board is joining the pile-on over Sen. JD VANCE’s (R-Ohio) comments about “childless cat ladies.”

In a tough piece posted last night, Paul Gigot and colleagues call the comment “the sort of smart-aleck crack that gets laughs in certain right-wing male precincts” but that “doesn’t play well with the millions of female voters, many of them Republican, who will decide the presidential race.”

This is the fly in the ointment for political hopefuls who campaign on misogyny – they forget that women get to vote and that they’re quite a large demographic, aka half the population.

But the most interesting bit is:

The dive into Vance’s transformation